What is your favourite form of motorsport? Is it touring cars, motorcross, rally, drag racing, formula 1? Just curious as to what people prefer.

Mine is the the touring car series V8 supercars Australia

here in the UK (i dont have cable tv or anything) all i get is F1, world rally and british touring cars

i guess F1 and the rallies are my favourite

the WRC is definitly the best of all!!!!! then btcc and moto gp is great to!

WRC all the way by far the best. The inside view from the car shows the turns and speed amazingly and the stages are all different and most of the time very tough and narrow. BTCC is quite good sometimes too and F1 is only good because the cars are so amazing.

In order:
1)NASCAR
2)F1
3)American LeMans Series/LeMans/any other GT racing
3)IRL
4)Champ Car

I know all of our Euro friends will wonder how I can put NASCAR first when you think it's a bunch of rednecks driving the wrong way around a circle while drinking Busch beer, but in truth NASCAR is the series with the most overtaking, most excitement, and biggest percentage of the grid with a legit chance of winning. Despite what Juan Montoya says, the cars don't drive like pickup trucks either. There's amazing technology in these cars. They just use a little different formula than in open-wheel cars. 6L engines making 10,000 rpm and 800+ hp does not sound primitive to me. True, F1 cars can spin 18-19K, but they do so with only three liters. The drivers are great too, (as they show when they show up at LeMans, get into unfamiliar cars and drive with the best open wheel, (including F1), drivers in the world.

7 months, 14 days, 12 hours, 58 minuts, and 56 seconds to Le Mans 24 Hours 2006.

That allrady tells enough about what kind of motorsport i like, don't it?

Wasnt this done already?

Anyways, I enjoy F1 and WRC the most.

F1 then V8 supercars.
The only to that I have ever watched.

WRC RULEZZ

NASCAR = XTREMELY bored form of racing......:|

MotoGP
V8 SUPERCARS
SUPER GT (JGTC)
D1-GP
WRC
WorldSuperBikes
Targa rallies like TARGA TASMANIA
F1
Indy carts
A1
ARC (AustralianRallyChampionship)
Nations Cup (AUSTRALIAN)
DAKAR
24hour racing ( only reason for being so low on list is because i don't get to see much of this racing in Australia
NASCAR

Favorite race of the year. Bathurst 1000 Mt Panorama
Phillip Island doesn't matter whats racing
Nuringburg (should be higher on my list, but i don't get to see much racing on it)

me favs are F1 and WRC,they're both interesting to watch.

sorry I should ahve done a poll with this topic, I though everyone would say F1.

7 months, 14 days, 12 hours, 58 minuts, and 56 seconds to Le Mans 24 Hours 2006.

That allrady tells enough about what kind of motorsport i like, don't it?

Have you ever been to Le Mans? I know that there are always many Danish people coming to Le Mans.
I'm trying to go next year, because its after my exams. Normally I'd have school when Le Mans is, but this time I already have vacation.

F1
BTCC
DTM
WRC
Moto Gp

F 1 definently the best !

There was a poll done already and WRC got the highest % F1 got the second highest

Formula 1 then WRC

Yes, it's been done before. So what?

I prefer road racing, but I like any form of racing with close competition, other than short track ovals.

The SCCA Runoffs were held at Road Atlanta from 1970 to 1994. 450-odd invited "amateur" entries competed in 18 lap races in 20-odd classes for a one-shot/winner take all championship. Budgets ranged from pocket change to "factory" support, i.e., BRE and Bob Sharp Datsuns/Nissans. Driving skills ranged from crude to real pros. Drivers would do anything to lead the first or last lap! I remember a D Production Datsun 2000 roadster driver going straight to the paddock not knowing he had won. The dust cloud at turn 11 obscured the 2 former frontrunners who had crashed each other out on the last lap.

Road Atanta used to get 2 IMSA races; mid-April and Labor Day. IMSA GT racing at one time consisted of hordes (panzer divisions?) of Porsche 935's. We would complain about lack of variety, but the races were always hotly contested. Peter Gregg, Hurley Haywood, John Paul Sr, John Paul Jr, Dick Barbour, Don Whittington, Bill Whittington (track owners), Ted Field (Interscope Pictures owner) or Danny Ongais might win at any event. "Double ought" Danny Ongais spun out of the lead at turn 7 once, then broke the IMSA GT race lap track record 3 times in the next 5 laps! It was frightening to watch. John Paul Jr was a win or DNF driver. We thought he was high. (Little did we know.)

When the GTP Lola, Rondeau, and March(Porsche or Chevy power) chassis came on the scene, so did new drivers. SA native Sarel Van der Merwe won the Daytona 24 in a March/Chevy. David Hobbs won several races in a Lola T600/Chevy. JLP (Sr & Jr) Racing won races with both a T600 and a homebrew 935. The latter car was constructed from an old 911T for 2/3 the cost of a turnkey 935. The rules said "fender shape is free." Our camp nicknamed it the 935 PPS (Paul Paint Scraper).

IMSA RS (Radial Series/Racing Stock on shaved street tires) racing might feature 5 different makes of cars that would fit into one photo halfway through the race (BMW '02, Maxda RX-2, Toyota Corolla 2TC, Ford Pinto or Capri, Datsun 610/710, etc.) A bit later, 5 Renault(R5) LeCars and 1 Mazda GLC raced nose-to-tail up to the old #11 Bridge Turn(rated one of the world's 10 most difficult by C/D [thank you Doc Panoz for f****** it up!]) for 5 laps on a damp/drying track (surrounded by soggy GA grass & clay) until the leader waited a wee bit late to brake. All 6 went OCE; only 2 rejoined the race.

This year in the Rolex Grand Am series, attendees/viewers had no reasonable certainty as to who the winner would be with 20 minutes to go in the last 6 races.

Over the 8 years of its existence, ALMS has never produced, even remotely, this level of competition with its max of 7 LMP1 entries.

I went to Barber MS Park (20 miles more distant than RdATL) this year for the Rolex race. I WILL go back. Barring hurricane induced gas price spikes (I saw 2.319/gal yesterday), or an invitation to share accommodations with the Pirelli girls; I will travel the 440 miles to VIR for the Rolex race next year in lieu of the Petit LeMans.

I mean no slam at the younger auto enthusiasts enthralled by fast cars. I would love to go to Bonneville and see cars go 300 or 400 mph. Rally is some awesome stuff. I have carved a many a paved/gravel road and scared myself in my lifetime. This is not head-to-head; It is not RACING!

I would rather see wheelbarrows or karts make sparks wheel-to-wheel than watch another Audi(Doody) win by 12 laps.

I posted this before, but 15 years ago F1 drivers were surveyed as to what motorsport they watched when they had time available. 75% said NASCAR; because of the level of competition.

I find AMS/AIR (30 minutes away), the venue of tomorrow's NASCAR race, boring. I will never go back. I don't get into lots of the NASCAR short track events.

Anyone who has never seen video of Dale Earnhard's run from 18th place with 3 laps to go for the win (his last) at Talladega in the fall of 2000, and thinks NASCAR is boring is uninformed.

Anyone who has ever watched a NASCAR road race (heaviest cars required to turn right in the history of auto racing) at Sears Point or Watkins Glen and thinks NASCAR is boring is a dumbass. Sue me.

F1 by a mile.

Mostly circuit stuff. I find F1 extremely boring, A1 hauls ass.

V8 Supercars Australia (Go Holden!)
Australian Circuit Championships - various classes
Carrera Cup
Australian Drifting
A1
WRC, (cept it's getting owned by Citroen, Go Subie!)
Drag Racing - (Not really the Top Fuel dragsters, I like the Test'N'Tune events held regulary where it's just peoples own rides going down the strip. I like it better because these are people's actual street beasts)
Moto GP (pretty shweet)

I grew up drag racing but I road race a lot. I'm running qual laps tonight for an unsanctioned leaderboard race tomorrow.... wish me luck

Good Luck

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Drag Racing - (Not really the Top Fuel dragsters, I like the Test'N'Tune events held regulary where it's just peoples own rides going down the strip. I like it better because these are people's actual street beasts)


yeah I know what you mean, last time I went there was a torana that took off on two wheels and pulled an 8.5 second run.

Yes, it's been done before. So what?

I prefer road racing, but I like any form of racing with close competition, other than short track ovals.
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I went to Barber MS Park (20 miles more distant than RdATL) this year for the Rolex race. I WILL go back. .......
Gotta agree there.
I prefer to get ON the track rather than watch. :driving
Now I don't race, but I do love those HPDE track days! Barber is my favorite, with TWS next, then Road Atlanta.
Everyone should go to Barber (outside Birmingham) at least once. Heck, the motorcycle museum is worth the trip! And the track and facilities are the nicest I have ever seen!:D

I don't have the channels to watch motorsports. I only have access to NASCAR, but that's too boring.....

^ i saw nascar a while back, no offence but it was really boring.

Touring cars are the most interseting because they develop a car rivalry between two makes.

Rallying (WRC) all the way, huge amount of action, plenty of crashes, amazing driving skills and it's something I can relate to more than F1.

I can drive about 5 miles from my home and be on some great, bumpy B-road (crosscountry backroad) having a great time threading the car through a tree lined, muddy, wet singletrack while jumping over crests in the road. And you don't have to have a multi million car to do it!!

WRC is, in my opinion, way more exciting than F1.

Le Mans! Because it will be funny to find out about the superstitious 7-results really is true. - Which can be figured out in 2006.

I mean, Tom Kristensen was born the 7/7 1967 17:07. He won his first Le Mans in 1997 in car number 7. He has a winning status at 77.777%, at Le Mans. And last but not least 7 victories at Le Mans.

Le Mans 2006 will be exciting as hell, because of that 7-theory! If he win again it will just be strange coincidence. But if not... Yeah you know what i mean.

Personally I like JTCC, DTM and occasionally WRC.
Fun most of the times are those amateur drift races.

At the moment don't even have cable or any other means of watching anything but DVD's as my remote stopped working, TV on/off switch went lost and I only have one channel left. Fortunately that's the SCART.

There's something about a car that can do 0-340 in 4.5 seconds thats just exciting! And drag racing has classes from top fuel all the way down to sportsman, they even race stock from the factory cars like Hyundai Sonatas and Nissan Sentras... there's a class for everyone.

#1 drag racing, pro or door slammers
#2 nascar
#3 autocross
#4 sand drags. The only reason for #4 is that my uncle raced for years. He held the record in Nevada for four years with a run of 123mph through the traps. This is really amazing when you realize that this was 100 yards, not the 1/4 mile.
#5 wrc

...there's a class for everyone.
There's a class for everyone in Le Mans too:D
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:p

Formula 1
Rally
Motocross
Nascar
WRC

Those are the only one's I watch..

There's a class for everyone in Le Mans too:D
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:pSo I can jump in my girlfriend's Lincoln Towncar and go race LeMans? I thought not

So I can jump in my girlfriend's Lincoln Towncar and go race LeMans? I thought notLol. - Nah. But one of the Pescarolo drivers made an entry by traning in Gran Turismo 4...
All you need is GT4, and a contract with one of the small Porsche 911 teams.:cool:

ANYTHING... as long as its not DRAG... NASCAR is gay too..

F1, Wrc, Touring Cars (any), Super Bikes, Endurance Series (any).

Lol. - Nah. But one of the Pescarolo drivers made an entry by traning in Gran Turismo 4...
All you need is GT4, and a contract with one of the small Porsche 911 teams.:cool:
HE WAS JUST TAKING A LOOK OF THE TRACK. EVEN F1 DRIVERS DO THAT WHEN NEW TO A CIRCUIT JUST TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE TRACK LOOKS LIKE.

Raod Racing, because of the hot done up cars!

F1 are my fauvorites.....there isn't any news bout the BTCC here...too bad..

Nascar is my favorite F1 is second

FIA GT and WTTC.

WRC, WTTC, JGTC, F1, Le Mans. Basicly I love em' all!

japan gt i like touring cars f1 has become borin

Anyone remember group B rally, that was great seeing 500bhp in a hachback

yeah that was great with the engines i also remember dakar 1000+ trucks they were fast indeed i also liked the old quatro(audi) from the group b rally era

yeah that was great with the engines i also remember dakar 1000+ trucks they were fast indeed i also liked the old quatro(audi) from the group b rally era

Damn straight , those Audiis were great

I have changed my mind.
I have to say my new favourite is go carting.
But only when I'm driving.

WRC definatly for me .... the other races (to be honest) remind me of a scalectrix sets just going round the same track over and over again

v8 supercars for sure. pity marcos ambrose is going to nascar. then F1.

v8 supercars for sure. pity marcos ambrose is going to nascar. then F1.

WHo said he was joining F1? ford dont have a formula 1 team. Ambrose ended his career by moving to the US, he is going to get drilled.

i didnt say he was going to F1, i said he's going to Nascar but he aims to go to F1 if he does good enough at nascar.
oh sorry what i meant by 'then F1' is that would be be my second choice of motorsport.

I hope he does well, but honestly I think he will get drilled.

yeah he kicked ass in v8 supercars but nascar is a whole different league.

He seems over qualified for Nascar to me.
There circits are compleatly round. Once you get the optmim speed/inside track line you just stay like that.

He seems over qualified for Nascar to me.
There circits are compleatly round. Once you get the optmim speed/inside track line you just stay like that.
Until you crash. As I've heard it happens quite often in Nascar.

ANYTHING... as long as its not DRAG.Why? Are you too scared to run the 1/4 mile at 350 mph in 4.5 seconds with 8000 horsepower sucking air behind your head??

^ I am!!! I'll **** myself!!!!

f1 rules as it is fast paced action. v8 engines in an f1 car, what a combination. woot! any crash would be r.o.f.l.m.a.o

i am an englishman and our drag racing sucks compared to yours. adz_619 got me started, not sure on his view though. give me 800 horsepower anytime. shove it in a mustang, oh yeah. hey, i can dream can't i?, lol

could not agree more with that

f1 rules and you know it. nascar comes second to f1 in every respect except for the indy 500. that rocks

WHo said he was joining F1? ford dont have a formula 1 team. Ambrose ended his career by moving to the US, he is going to get drilled. ford supply engines though or did you not know this. There was a rumour from the ford plant that they would get the old f1 arrows bodies, update them and shove a v8 cosworth engine in the rear. i beleive that if they did that, ford in f1 would be formidable

1. F1
2. WRC
3. LeMans Endurance Series

Petrolhead try not to post more than once in a row.
Use the edit button or wait untill someone eles posts.
Because it get really annoying seeing 5 posts by the same person in a row.

ford supply engines though or did you not know this. There was a rumour from the ford plant that they would get the old f1 arrows bodies, update them and shove a v8 cosworth engine in the rear. i beleive that if they did that, ford in f1 would be formidable

They supply engines, dont have a team which is what I stated. & I stand by my original statement that Marcos Ambrose would get drilled in F1 just like he will and is in NASCAR.

The only one I can watch at tv is the Formula 1.
I am for thre Toyota team cause Jarno Trulli is from my town...:D
I also really like the DTM and Rally.

:driving

WRC!!!:D
Too bad its so hard to catch it on TV here in the states..:(
Reason why its the best: I think it incorporates the best of every type of racing out there, head to head, dry tarmac, rain, mud, dirt, off-raod, drifting, fast, slow, technical, huge crashes/wrecks, night, day, snow, ice, moded street cars, and non stop ACTION:eek:
wow, thats alot of things, probably missed some.

Nascar ...

http://otaconryu2.free.fr/Gif/rallycarflips7qo.gif

this explains everything.....

motogp all the way

one lap of motogp has more overtakings than a whole season of formula 1.

even though jap factories spend more than a 100 million dollars each the ability of the rider still takes precedence. so you get technolgy charged overtaking rich racing without any artificial restrictions of ballast or rules that don't give r&d freedom.

you just got to love it when riders only have a 6 inch patch to control the 260bhp that is unleashed from their wrist

Well organised Drag races on closed roads/drag strips

racing in tube-framed production car looking racers is pretty lame e.g trans-am nascar jgtc all tube-framed racing cars suck gimme fia gt and touring cars

F1 used to be my fave... then with all the rules and politics spoiled it. Now WRC is the most entertiaining, and im also enjoying the new A1 grand prix of nations...

WRC!!!
Too bad its so hard to catch it on TV here in the states..
Reason why its the best: I think it incorporates the best of every type of racing out there, head to head, dry tarmac, rain, mud, dirt, off-raod, drifting, fast, slow, technical, huge crashes/wrecks, night, day, snow, ice, moded street cars, and non stop ACTION
wow, thats alot of things, probably missed some.

http://otaconryu2.free.fr/Gif/rallycarflips7qo.gif

this explains everything.....

agreed .... im a 100% rally person

F1 just reminds me of a scaletrix set, i cant see how people get attracted to a load of cars that take courses that all look the same for dont know how many laps, and nothing happens, and if its raining (america last year).... what can i say?

now rally driving.... dont care if its raining, and they dont care if the track has a spec of dust in the way, and all the big ass crashes that happen in almost every contry.

WRC, formula F1 and MotoGP

Le Mans(for the cars)
WRC (For the Skill/accidents)
JGTC(For the personality, close racing)
F1(For the onboard cams of the rediulous speed they do)

^^Like Le Mans and JGTC but got bored of F1

:evil: NASCAR rules the school!:twisted:

1. V8 supercars
2 Moto GP
3. DTM

all the big ass crashes that happen in almost every contry.

I'm sure you enjoyed it when Michael Park died last year because his car crashed.