I like racing But I am more of the Drift style fan. D1 Gran Prix all the way! IMO, American Racing is kind of boring. You know, NASCAR? All it does is go around circles turning left all the time just to see who gets in the positions and all. I don't know...
This is my personal explanation for why NASCAR is so popular in the States. For one thing, its one of the few, if not the only MAJOR racing circuit that's exclusively or dominated by American drivers. American drivers can't hack it in F1, plain and simple, there hasn't been an American driver in F1 since Michael Andretti drove for McLaren, like what, 15 years ago? In Champ Car and IRL, the Americans compete against Brits, Canadians, Aussies, Japanese, South/Latin Americans, a couple Germans and Swedes I think, etc., etc. Drifting was brought over by the Asians, Rally racing was brought over by Europeans, and so on, and so on. NASCAR is American (particularly redneck American). When there's a virtual guarantee that an American will win the race, then Americans will watch. Why would they want to watch a British guy win and IRL race, or a Brazillian in Champ Car, or anyone in F1 when there's good ol' Americans like Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, and Dale Jr. in NASCAR? It's like the American coverage of the Olympic games. They only show the finals of an event, and ONLY if there's an American in medal contention. Every other event gets ignored by the American networks (at least that's what I've been told by the Americans I know who are now hooked on the Canadian Olympic coverage).
But back to NASCAR, you know how as little kids, if we saw a hamster in it's cage, and it would run on that little wheel of his/hers? As kids, we could just watch that hamster run in that whell for hours if we had the chance. That's what NASCAR is to the American public. The cars go round and round and round just like that wheel that the hamster runs in.