NASCAR: Five Misconceptions About Racing Amongst Non-Fans

It’s More Complicated Than “Just Making Left Turns.”

First of all, thank you Captain Obvious.

It’s clear that you watched NASCAR once in your life or you have heard the most common NASCAR joke ever and have concluded that the drivers make a lot of left turns, bravo. Before we get into the left turns it’s also fair to point out that there are these things called road courses and when NASCAR goes there the drivers also make right turns.

The complaint that all drivers do is turn left is ridiculous. It would be like saying all soccer players do is run or that all basketball players do is throw a ball at a metal circle. The sport is made the way it is made, if you break down any sport into its simplest self they would all be easy to make fun of by pointing out the obvious.

Also, I dare you to try to “just turn left” when you’re going more than 165 MPH and that left turn is banked at about 35 degrees and then the next left turn is completely different and is banked at 25 degrees. I mean after all it’s just turning left right? And aren’t all left turns created equal in the eyes of non-NASCAR fans?