They call the Indy 500 - which is raced every Memorial Day weekend - the "greatest spectacle in racing" or the "greatest show on wheels". It isn't. Admittedly, I don't watch much Indycar racing, because I find it about as uninteresting to watch as I find Formula 1. And some of the race that I caught today only confirmed that. And the Indy 500 traditions can't redeem the tedium of the race - the kissing of the bricks, the chugging of milk, whatever. But this wasn't the only race today. We also had the Monaco Grand Prix - which I didn't bother watching, because even by Formula 1 standards it's an absolute procession. And we also had the Coca-Cola 600 in NASCAR - which as I write this blog (about 8 pm) is currently under a rain delay, one of my pet peeves with this type of motor racing. Making the longest race of the NASCAR series even more ridiculously long. And totally unwatchable. As with a lot of other sporting events, I've got into the habit of recording NASCAR races, so I can fast forward through all the adverts and most of the racing - only watching the interesting parts, which in the case of motor racing is the crashes. And, recently (and amusingly), the fights between drivers.
If you want to get into something genuinely interesting in the "motor" pantheon, get into the Isle of Man TT.
ReplyDeleteTotal fuckin' balls of steel, those riders - none of your 4 wheeled with umpteen safety features crap.