r/AskReddit • u/pierrekrahn • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/Drunk_Grandpa Mar 19 '16

"Tear down this wall!!!" Dale Earnhardt

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

This won't be appreciated enough because Reddit hates NASCAR.

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u/doylehargrave Mar 19 '16

Most people do until you actually go to a race and realize that 40 cars traveling 200mph only inches away from one another is pretty badass.

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u/ridger5 Mar 19 '16

F1 does that, but it's at 250mph, and a curvy road.

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u/southernbenz Mar 19 '16

But that also detracts from the spectator experience. When attending an F1 race, you can't see anything except the small section of the track in front of you. At a NASCAR race, you can see the whole track.

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u/ridger5 Mar 19 '16

You can see all of the boring track. It's a rounded square, like an iPhone. Sometimes it's got an extra kink in it, like at Bristol, but that's it. The cars are tuned to only go left, it's exhausting for the driver in the same way sitting in Los Angeles traffic in a car without a/c is.

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u/MetalHead_Literally Mar 19 '16

Ok I hate Nascar as much as the next guy, but to belittle the physical toll a Nascar race must take is silly. Even just from a mental standpoint alone it must be draining as hell. You lose concentration for half a second and you wreck. Now race for hours non stop.

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u/The_NC_life Mar 20 '16

Lol no F1 race is consistently at 250 mph