The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.


All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

What a snob!


"HK" wrote in message
...
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings
for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.


All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR
are soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once
at a local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is
that ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?


What a pompous snob!

On Mar 19, 6:25*pm, "Florida born" wrote:
What a snob!

"HK" wrote in message

...





wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings
for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR
are soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once
at a local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is
that ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

What a pompous snob!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

A few weeks back my kid asked me "how come rednecks always turn
left", I told 'em "it was rednecks, they forgot they could turn right
too"

On Mar 19, 6:25*pm, "Florida born" wrote:
What a snob!

"HK" wrote in message

...





wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings
for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR
are soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once
at a local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is
that ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

What a pompous snob!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That's Harry! If he doesn't like something, it's not worth liking. If
he doesn't do it, it's not worth doing. If he doesn't own it, it's
junk.

On Mar 19, 5:56*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

Harry, I watch racing, and I'll bet I'm ten times more active than
you. I'm in the dojo either training, sparring or teaching a minimum
of five evenings a week. I hike, I jog, I swim almost daily in season.
What does YOUR fat ass do?

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

People that don't understand the engineering, have never been in a
race car, and don't understand the intricate nature of the cars
usually DO find it boring.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

Yeah, liberal arts, now THERES a spectacular heart racing thing to do.

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

That's just an idiotic question.

On Mar 19, 4:56*pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

In my parts, theres a lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.

alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"

On Mar 20, 8:46*am, Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:56*pm, HK wrote:





wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.

They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.

All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

In my parts, theres a *lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.

alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Where I grew up, the demolition derby was at the county fair grounds
when the fair was on!

Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:56 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

In my parts, theres a lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.

alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"


Where I grew up, there was a "stadium seating" quarter mile dirt race
track at an amusement park called Savin Rock we used to go to once in a
while on Friday or Saturday nights in the summer, and they'd hold
"theme" races, but I don't recall anything as tacky as what you mentioned!

It was strictly bush league racing, but it was very noisy and very
dusty. At least twice a summer, they'd hold a demo derby. That was the
big crowd pleaser.

It was not the place to go if you were wearing contact lenses. The dust
was just incredible.

On Mar 20, 10:19*am, HK wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Mar 19, 4:56 pm, HK wrote:
wrote:
The FOX broadcast of the Food City 500 earned a reported 5.0
television rating, not exactly a number that will have programming
executives trading high-fives. But that was still up 2 percent from
the same race broadcast a year ago. It was better than the ratings for
the NCAA selection show on CBS, better than the ratings for Tiger
Woods' amazing PGA Tour victory on NBC, and markedly better than the
ratings for the Rockets-Lakers NBA game on ABC. And it continued an
upward trend for television ratings in NASCAR this season.
They have worked very hard over the last decade, looks like they are
going to hold. Hopefully they don't go the way of the NFL and the
Yankees trying to charge more to watch what should be free to the
consumers who have to sit through the commercials.
All it proves to me is that there is no end to the supply of male
American couch potato(e)s who don't have the energy or ability to go
outdoors and do something for themselves.

The only "major sports" I think are more boring to watch than NASCAR are
soccer, Olympic dance, and cockroach racing, something I saw once at a
local fair in NE Florida.

Watching NASCAR is like watching ceiling paint dry. "What color is that
ceiling paint?" "Why, it's...beige."

"The Food City 500"

Were the promoters handing out bags of groceries?

In my parts, theres a *lot of demolition derby that goes on through
the sumer.

alais the "Welfare 500" or the "Food Stamp 500"

Where I grew up, there was a "stadium seating" quarter mile dirt race
track at an amusement park called Savin Rock we used to go to once in a
while on Friday or Saturday nights in the summer, and they'd hold
"theme" races, but I don't recall anything as tacky as what you mentioned!

It was strictly bush league racing, but it was very noisy and very
dusty. At least twice a summer, they'd hold a demo derby. That was the
big crowd pleaser.

It was not the place to go if you were wearing contact lenses. The dust
was just incredible.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

We had Riverside Park in Agawam. Every saturday night, stock cars,
demo derby, and my favorite, figure 8's