F1 vs. Nascar

For the first time since I don't know when I sat down and watched not 1 but 2 races on TV. Cup cars at Bristol on Saturday night and Formula 1 from Turkey on Sunday morning. In a major upset at least for this week at these two tracks I liked the F1 race better. Here's why:

Nascar has taking the spunk out of the drivers. There was very little rubbing and racing at Bristol Saturday night because, IMHO, as soon as you touch someone you get sent to the big yellow trailer. The driver may get fined (no big deal) or have points taken away (very big deal). So the chance of someone taking a risk has been reduced, making for boring racing.

F1 is made for TV. The race fits neatly into a two hour time frame. The Nascar race dragged on and on, in fact I caught myself nodding off a few times. While most of the F1 races are in Europe, the live Sunday morning time slot isn't so bad with a nice cup of coffee and a bagel.

The track in Turkey had several passing zones and they were used throughout the race. Yes, passing in a F1 race. Maybe even more than Bristol but we will never know because:

Nascar TV focus is on the leader. In F1 it's on the action. We hardly saw the race leader in F1, the camera was showing the battles further back in the field including a stunning battle at the end of the race between Alanzo and M. Shumacher who are 1-2 in the F1 points.

In F1 we had a first time winner (always exciting). In Nascar we had a guy who won his second of the weekend and third in row...

F1 has a real points battle based on performance throughout the season, Renault had been strong at the start of the year, but Ferrari has caught up and it will go down to the wire for both the driver and manufacturer's crowns. Nascar is still setting up it's Chase where really anyone in the top 10 can win.

Now I know that F1 has some downright boring races that are decided on the start of the race by who beats who into the first turn, but on this weekend I give the nod to F1.............................