This is awesome and the exact responses I thought I was going to get.
First and foremost, Since someone decided to go down the narrow minded no travel american route... I have circumnavigated the globe, Twice. Ive stopped in more countries then most of us americans can name (pretty sad, but for a total, ive been to something in the likes of 30 countries and thats spread around the globe). So there goes the theory that Ive never been out of the states. Most importantly I didnt scale my world view on America or Europe.
As far as Americans not faring well in WC events, go back and look at all of the Ifmar events. In most of them, Americans hold half of the top 10 spots.
As far as the Americans not doing well on astro and what not? What makes the ones named so good at racing is how fast they can adapt to different tracks/changes. It takes me weeks to adapt to just a track layout change, and thats with the same dirt. Give any of the top guys a few runs and they are running with the fastest. A few more and they are the fastest. So to say they couldnt adapt to the astro turf is just absent minded.
As far as the rules... most tracks around the states loosely follow the rules because where there are roar rules, you have lower turnouts on a club scale. Lots of whining and complaining when rules are enforced.
Now what needs to happen, and Im sure everyone would be down for it, no complaining about security, and a great opportunity for all, would be to hold a near future Ifmar in Dubai! Dubai is probably one of the most amazing countries I have ever been to. Its also fairly cheap to go there, so money complaints are not there either, and Im sure since Dubai is trying to continue to up their attendance in all venues that they would make it a high priority to get an event there and make it a event to remember.
As far as the parallels between RC and other sports, Come on thats silly. These are TOY CARS! Nascar is a money making machine and the only reason to attend a event is to see all the naked mammories that are in the crowds. Which to Europeans is no big deal, but to us americans (religious fanatics I dare say) its a big deal. When it all comes down to it its all about dollars and cents, Or Euros, or Durhams, or Looneys, or Sings, or Yen, or whatever you wanna call it. If there is no purse, no chance for advertisement opportunities, and no competition; there is no reason for any company or pro driver to attend any event.
Btw, is the Durango the new ifmar champ yet?
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