# How Many NASCAR Races Have You Been To? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 23, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105 "2014-05-23T16:51:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/1 "2014-05-23T16:51:07Z")
I’ve never been to one, and wouldn’t go even if I had tickets that included seats in an air-conditioned, catered luxury box. Racing just isn’t my thing. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/2 "2014-05-23T19:29:32Z")
I’d like to go to one someday. Crowd is not really my demographic, but there’s not much to dislike about fast cars. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/3 "2014-05-23T19:34:10Z")
I’d rather go to a soccer game, and that’s saying a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/4 "2014-05-23T19:38:02Z")
If there were a track nearby I would probably go once for the experience but I’m not going to travel to go. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/5 "2014-05-23T20:36:24Z")
I have been to zero NASCAR races but I have been to the Indy 500. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/6 "2014-05-23T20:36:47Z")
I’ve thought about seeing an auto race, but there are no tracks anywhere near New York City. I think the closest one is in Dover, Delaware. I have ridden a lap on the tour bus on the Indy 500 Speedway track, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/7 "2014-05-23T21:58:41Z")
I’ve seen those HUGE traffic jams heading to and from Texas Motor Speedway and can’t find the motivation to suffer through it. No NASCAR around Toronto now, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/8 "2014-05-23T22:29:05Z")
Gotta represent here. About 8, all at PIR. Wasn’t so bad in the beginning, but the crowds got so huge it would take three hours to get back to I-10 (about 5 linear miles), so I quit. It was more enjoyable because I took my scanner to try to listen to the drivers, but instead I found the TV feed and listened to the broadcast instead. Made it a lot easier to know what was going on! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/9 "2014-05-24T02:57:33Z")
I would rather watch traffic on I-75. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/10 "2014-05-24T03:42:23Z")
No NASCAR, plenty of local dirt races. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/11 "2014-05-24T09:12:18Z")
It depends if you are counting only (Sprint) Cup Series or other lower divisions like what is now the Nationwide Series. I’ve been to Cup races at Talladega, Atlanta and Charlotte. Busch/Nationwide Series races as well as ARCA and IROC races at Talladega. > **[ARCA Menards Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARCA_Racing_Series)** > > The ARCA Menards Series is an American stock car series, the premier division of the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA). It is considered a minor, semi-professional league of stock car racing, used as a feeder series into the three national touring series of NASCAR, and hosts events at a variety of track types including superspeedways, road courses, and dirt tracks. It also provides hobby drivers a chance to experience racing at large tracks used in the three national touring serie The seri... > **[International Race of Champions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IROC)** > > International Race of Champions (IROC) was a North American auto racing competition, created by Les Richter, Roger Penske and Mike Phelps, promoted as an American-motorsports equivalent of an all-star game. Despite its name, the IROC was primarily associated with North American oval track racing. > Drivers raced identically-prepared stock cars set up by a single team of mechanics in an effort to make the race purely a test of driver ability. It was run with a small field of 12 invited drivers. It... ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/12 "2014-05-24T15:25:46Z")
I’ve been to the twin qualifying races in Daytona in 1993 and the Daytona 500 in 1994. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/13 "2014-05-24T16:43:54Z")
Talladega (fall race) for the last 12 years. Daytona 500 about 6-7 times. Firecracker 400 about 5 times. Charlotte twice (once for the 600 once for the summer/fall race). Atlanta once (and won’t go back - love the track, hate the traffic). Really want to see Bristol one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/14 "2014-05-24T16:52:18Z")
One, about a year ago. I think my ears are still ringing. (Seriously, it’s LOUD. Louder than that. No, still louder. There’s a reason they sell earplugs at the concession stand.) On the plus side, there’s no line at the ladies room. Men’s, on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/15 "2014-05-24T17:11:30Z")
I was persuaded to join a group of friends once. Even with large quantities of alcohol, it was the dullest thing ever. I cannot fathom how this has become a thing. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/16 "2014-05-24T19:10:15Z")
Let’s see… Winston/Sprint Cup: Darlington Southern 500: 1986 Texas Motor Speedway: 1997-2000,2012 Talladega: 2000 (Dale Earnhardt’s last win) Bristol: 2012 night race Busch Series: Texas Motor Speedway: 1997-2000 Craftsman Truck Series: Memphis: 2001, 2002 Slim Jim All Pro Series Memphis: 2001 Goody’s Dash Series Memphis 2002 Also, I’ve been to an Indycar race at TMS in 2009 and a Rolex Sports car race at Austin in 2013. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/17 "2014-05-25T02:48:27Z")
I live about five miles from the Speedway and haven’t been there once. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/18 "2014-05-25T13:10:17Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I have been to zero NASCAR races but I have been to the Indy 500. In the 70s my dad was the sales manager in Indianapolis for Brown and Williamson. I spent the weekend of the Indy 500 for I think two - maybe three - years in the suite playing with my little sister. And when I talk to my mother about it, what I remember is it was loud (even inside the suite) and all the women had big hair. My mother laughs - because all the women did have big hair. I did meet Al Unser and Mario Andretti and Ethel Merman (it was a LONG time ago). ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/19 "2014-05-26T04:26:10Z")
Depends on your definition of a NASCAR race. I have attended 3 Cup races, Riverside 1964, Ontario 1979 and Sonoma 1992. Add to that the 3 Craftsman Truck races at Evergreen Speedway. I have also attended about 25 races of the old NASCAR Sportsman series and competed in the NASCAR Northwest tour back in the late 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2014, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105/20 "2014-05-26T07:56:41Z")
One. I was maybe 8, and my dad was promotions manager for a local network affiliate. We were in the press box, so I mostly just drank Cokes and played my GameBoy. Can’t say as it much gave me any interest in going back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-nascar-races-have-you-been-to/689105.md?page=2)