#I'll answer specific nascar questions too but I assume there's not a crowd for that lol

[james-is-nasqueer]

I'm not necessarily a NASCAR fan, but my parents+grandparents are, so I grew up with NASCAR playing in the background a lot while I played Legos or did homework or whatever. So it makes ur NASCAR posting kinda nostalgic for me honestly and it's nice

(2/2) Sorry my last ask sent before I finished it anyway I wouldn't take much for me to get into nascar tbh I kinda used to be into it when I was younger so like

awe, I'm glad!! A little but of an anecdote here but the reason NASCAR was even on my radar is because my dad used to be a fan—he stopped watching when I was in middle school because his driver, Dale Jr, retired. Football was too complicated for me to understand and just less appealing at the time, so one of the ways I spent time with him was watching a race every now and then. I actually enjoyed watching a sport, which was a first for me. Once my dad stopped watching though, I was preoccupied with all my reading and just never got that deep into the sport until I decided I wanted to this summer.

The 2014 Daytona 500 was the first full sporting event I ever watched after it aired live. I never watched it live, but that Dale Jr 88 car is so nostalgic for me because of my dad and all that. I don't have a great relationship with him, and he doesn't care to follow the sport anymore, but they're not joking when they say it's a family sport.

If I have any one thing to say to sway anyone's opinions, I would say this: sports are about stories. Everyone loves a good story. NASCAR is full of those stories, you just have to listen.

would anyone be interested in me explaining/busting common NASCAR myths...? or at least me sharing the sources that explain stuff in fun ways, like how an oval track is a lot more than just "turning left"? my ask box is open ofc