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T-Bird · 06-12-2004, 09:12 PM

I would have to honestly say Americans, We have Nascar :roll: NHRA/IHRA (drag racing) we have IRL/CART All the SpeedWorld classes we even host some very large races like 24 hrs daytona (not nascar) Miami GP Road America etc.... Nascar is sadly very popular and so is NHRA/IHRA.

SFDMALEX · 06-12-2004, 09:17 PM

America races everything but its not pacionate about everything. Ever seen a GT races that actually had spectators?

SPEEDCORE · 06-13-2004, 02:37 AM

I am of italian decent(been to Italy etc), I went to the Italian GP back in 1998, it was a Ferrari 1-2 that year. The after race celebrations were insane, I have been to other F1 races and even thou Ferrari won those races the passion wasnt as intense.
In Italy anything that happens with Ferrari its the main story in the news more important than other news.
Im sure other Euopean nations and South American are just as passionate about their drivers when they win/competing, but in Italy they also have the team Ferrari to support so as the case we have now there isnt any Italian drivers in Ferrari but they support Schumie and Rubino as they were Italian.

Ford Capri 2.8i · 07-03-2004, 06:59 PM

Its difficult to make a prediction....but alongside Finland....id include other countries as well....for example....czech republic, and hungary for rallying,...drivers do everything of their best in order to get a good track time although some of them have a very crappy car, and they take their risks, people do their best showing a lot of enthusiasm, drivers also try to get a lot of spectacle.....the audience in the Barum rallye(the european rallye of the czech republic) is many more times higher than in soccer..............about the Formula 1 case....im not very sure......but id go for Finland and Italy due to the earlier mentioned reasons

goose93 · 07-04-2004, 03:39 AM

I have to put a vote in for Japan. They have a passion for cars second to none and they race everything with a large fan base supporting more than one type of racing. They will also race cars from all over the world and actively support drivers and team from other contries.

In Japan just owning a car is a big deal, but the ability to actually drive the car is practiced with passon. The techniques and abilities of experts are praised while amatuers are encouraged to continue getting better without feeling inferior.

They also love to tune cars, any car and every car. From Hondas and Nissans, to Porsches and Ferraris, and evrything in between. It doesn't seem to matter to them.

It's just amazing.

yg60m · 07-04-2004, 04:56 AM

England is a great nation for racing, almost all the F1 teams are based in england.
When you go to the 24 h of Le Mans, you can see a lot of english people too.
They also have a lot of national competitions, the english F3 championship is one of the hardest in the world (that's why Senna came here).

fabro_s · 07-04-2004, 01:41 PM

Well its a simple question, where does motorsport becomes a great party?????

Not in US

Its Italy, I mean I have a cousin there and when shumacher won the las championship, he said all Italy was crazy party, from childs to mothers to grandfathers, everyone had their ferrari tshirts or flags, so Italy is crazy in that point!!!

TopGearNL · 07-05-2004, 01:04 PM

I think the Italians are the most

68-998 · 07-05-2004, 09:12 PM

Here in Australia we're pretty race crazy, but we race some weird cars. The main/most popular form of racing is V8 Supercars. These are basically 5.0L V8, 4 door family sedans which (when modified for racing) put out about 620 HP.

Here's some pics I took at the last even in my home city of Adelaide's street circuit (sorry if they load really slow, or not at all. I need better hosting).

We have grid girls too

Here's some other crazy machines we race. These are utes. Basically the same as the cars above, but were originally designed to cart stuff around, so they lost the rear doors and are replaced with a tray. They've become such an icon that now we race them, albeit in a far less modified form. Here's some pics of a couple of utes, they have 5.7L V8's. They're prone to a lot of oversteer, which makes for some entertaining racing.

Recently, a new series started racing these things

They're called Aussie Racers, and they're basically motorbike engines in a very lightweight frame. They are very entertaining to watch due to their small size and the benefits they get from drafting the car in front down the straights.

You can check out all my pics from the event here (unfortunately its very slow):
http://redleader.mine.nu/gallery/vie...ame=clipsal500

tigerx · 07-05-2004, 09:25 PM

well we canadian are a really race crazy nation, let's see we have lawnmower race, horse race, greyhound races , and ONE f1 gp.

btw if you don't get it i'm being sarcastic

TopGearNL · 07-12-2004, 05:59 PM

I remember once somebody saying that Americans will race anything, so its not mu favorite racing country but its America :x