NASCAR on Road Courses = Boring? Or is It?

Actually attending a NASCAR race at a road course track will give you a different perspective you can't get from watching on TV.
© Photos by Paul Wilkinson

I had never been a fan of watching NASCAR road course races on TV.  Unless you’re familiar with the track, it can be difficult to follow, making the races = Boring!!!

1.     The twists & turns only let the TV crews follow one or two cars on the track at a time.

With so many turns it's difficult for the camera crews to effectively
 follow many cars on the track.  © Photos by Paul Wilkinson

2.     TV crews tend to only follow the lead cars and seem to ignore other actual racing going on.

3.     The constant changing cameras at every turn, every two seconds makes the broadcast feel so “choppy” -  Ugh, hate it!

Or IS it BORING?  Since I was able to go to Sonoma Raceway this year and experience my first road course NASCAR racing IN PERSON, I actually found it fascinating.

1.      I could see almost the entire track from my seating area.

2.      Using my Racing Electronics Scanner and headset it was nice to “hear” and “see” where ALL the cars were on the track, even with the varying pit strategies after the cars were strung out at different places on the track after a long green flag run.

With cars getting so strung out over the track from long green flag runs and pit strategies, scanners/headsets are a must in order to follow the action. 
© Photos by Paul Wilkinson

3.     Although car speeds were much slower than you’d find on a super speedway oval, it sure didn’t look like they were driving slow.

Average speeds are much slower overall, but with cars taking corners at tops speeds make the racing look FAST and fun! 
© Photos by Paul Wilkinson

With cars racing RAIN or SHINE, I was doing the rain dance hoping for some wet weather to see how these cars performed on their Goodyear racing rain tires.

I look forward to watching NASCAR in the rain to see how Goodyear's racing tires hold up.
 © Photos by Paul Wilkinson

With NASCAR racing at Watkins Glen International , the best suggestion I can make to anyone who is NOT a road course fan is . . . GO WATCH IT IN PERSON!  It’ll give you a new perspective on NASCAR road course race if you are not a fan.

What do you think of NASCAR racing on road courses?

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