Professional surfing, sleeping at the wheel. Per the norm.
And who would have ever guessed? Who could have ever thunk that rednecks, proper southern fried American rednecks, would showcase a vision of socially distanced sport for me, you, the rest of the world that our World Surf League, “young, sexy and free” can’t even halfway actualize?
Well, me.
I don’t have much/any faith in our World Surf League seeing as the only “sport” that not only encourages, but requires, social distancing didn’t see opportunity as opposed to fear, paranoia, complete shutdown.
Professional surfing should have been our apocalyptic way forward.
Instead racist NASCAR is and let us turn to ESPN for the latest.
The stands were packed, Jimmie Johnson caused several wrecks, Denny Hamlin raced barefoot and damaged cars were repaired with the push of a button — a few virtual signs that NASCAR backed quite an unreal race.
NASCAR eased off the brake in the real sports world brought to a sudden halt by the coronavirus and introduced the country to iRacing with some of the sports biggest stars. Hamlin, the three-time Daytona 500 winner, beat Dale Earnhardt Jr. off the final corner Sunday at virtual Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the bizarre spectacle.
“For the community, the racing community, the NASCAR drivers to come together and put drivers on the racetrack with such short notice, everyone is buying up simulation rigs this week and last week getting ready for the event, and for it all to come together and have a great finish, I think it was definitely a success,” Hamlin said.
“iRacing got involved and emailed everyone, said, ‘Hey, this is what we’re thinking about.’ NASCAR got involved, television got involved and said they’d be interested. But no one really talked to the drivers about unifying and participating. It was all free will, and that’s what’s exciting is you had full-time Cup guys out there willing to spend their time doing this.”
It was Hamlin’s 31st victory in iRacing, which is where he was first discovered by Earnhardt long before he made it to NASCAR. Hamlin was heavily involved in putting together Sunday’s pretend race, which was broadcast live on Fox Sports 1 and called by its regular team of Mike Joy and Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon.
Etc.
And do you understand?
Do you get?
NASCAR drivers participated in online race to the thrill of The People™.
How much easier would it have been, would it be, to trot Julian Wilson, Italo F., Gabriel Medina down to Lower Trestles and make a surf contest featuring any local down there including you if you are there?
Or a robust game of Kelly Slater’s Pro Surfer online?
Damn it, professional surfing.
Consistently disappointing.
Wake up, please.
Get woke up. But if recruiting NASCAR fans take “woke” with many grains of salt.
Woke? Why ruin a lifestyle with your lame scared politics? We should ALL be proud to be American and if you are male, even more reason. Dont cabe in on this and be ashamed of who you are just to get laid. Grow up.
I love handball. Not so much lacrosse though. I know LGR. I’m actually a bit of a fan of all motorsport one way or another. Have actually been watching a bit of NASCAR highlights on the Tube for entertainment lately.
Was a slight reference to Eric Bana’s doco on the Targa Tasmania from a few years back. He cracks wise riffing on crossing NASCAR with rally driving while tooling around his backyard dam in a buggy. As he hoons around the banked walls of the dam with a mate, he acting as the co-driver starts calling directions; “Straight, TURN LEFT, straight, TURN LEFT, …
MAybe you had to be there. The doco is called “The Beast”. It’s pretty good.
Wait, people are so bored that they’ll watch cars going in circles for 3 hours at a time? And that was before this virus thingy?
I’ve said it before and I will say it again. Sunny Garcia’s Pro Surfing is unparalleled.
I hope that Australian isn’t Scott Dixon.
Couple of Brabhams and Marcos Ambrose have given it a dig. Or maybe the Brabhams were Indy? I don’t know. Can’t keep up with the going round in circles crew.
I kid! Trope! NASCAR my second fav sport after Aussie Rules!
Online contests for KSPS? Sounds like something BG should host for regular commenters to compete in! Contestants get two runs to nail a score at a beach, using only real surfer characters, no unlocked special characters like Tiki God (cheap). Highest individual run wins! Since it takes a Tour to make a Title, there will be multiple events, each beach in the game being an event, spaced out over the season. Best overall performer on all events will be crowned the 2020 World Champion, taking his place among legit Title surfing gods like Ceej. Kirra (Dusk) and Cortez Bank would require at least 7 million points, which I’d get with Kalani Robb! The 27 or so hardcore surf contest watchers who ever played the game would enjoy! Or just me.
Why do you think NASCAR is racist?
Do not ask why, ask why not..
I was being fucking serious.
Cunt there is nothing more serious than waiting on hold from your bank for two hours trying to get a six month deferral on ya mortgage whilst commenting on BG..
And they just cut me off..
Watch “Uppity” on Netflix give you some insight!
Bryce Kanights?