Is car racing real or fake?

Question

Are the winnings predetermined?

Answer 1

Real.  Not predetermined.  Watch an entire race and maybe you'll get a good perspective on how things really work.  You can't control wrecks, blown motors, blown tires, etc.  How could it be predetermined?

Answer 2

100% real.

Answer 3

They are predetermined, yes.

Answer 4

REAL!!!!!!!

Answer 5

the winners are picked before the race but usually the wrecks are not on purpose, except for the dale jr/kyle busch wreck at richmond that one was planned.

Answer 6

If Tony Stewart was being honest, then yes it is fake. Some things seem a bit impossible but in today's world anything can happen

Answer 7

yes, it is predetermined. JM #3 summed it up perfectly!!

Answer 8

You can't fake a race car making it to the end

Answer 9

Well, I used to think it was real(but until I was 10 I thought wrestling was real), but late race cautions for phantom debris, etc...

Let's just say that NASCAR tends to "manipulate" race outcomes....

SHOW ME THE DEBRIS!!!  

Answer 10

I concur with the cat in the hat. The #26 car on his team usually struggles yet magically in FORD's back yard this weekend all five of his FORDs finish in the top 10 as well as the winner. I find this very interesting since the 26 NEVER finishes that high. I think this storyline will lead into another year or so of domination for the jack roush cars which to me will be a boring storyline.

Answer 11

Yes. My cousin works for Industrial Light and Magic. They have a 4 post shaker were they film all the in-car stuff with a blue screen behind them. They  filmed the entire season in a week.

The 'actors' don't have to work again until the awards show in New York.  

Answer 12

It is real. I've been there. There are real cars going real fast.

Answer 13

Probably, but any sport is vulnerable....

Answer 14

Ya it's fake but who cares, it's still fun to watch.

Answer 15

of course its fake - how do you think i always get all my boys to finish in the top five at michigan every time we go there, but i can't get ol' jimmy mac (the one with the hair) to finish in the top 20 anywhere else!!!

Answer 16

Just as fake as wrestling, Tony Stewart would not lie about that.

Answer 17

i would be shocked if it was predetermined. i bet 9/10 of you have only watched NASCAR on TV... its different in real life. you literally see the drivers drive the car. You can also listen to the radios and its not like they say, "ok dale... im gonna blow your engine... be ready". he literally has to suffer for a while. also you have to consider cheating... why would they cheat if its fixed? please leave the wrestling influences in wrestling.

Answer 18

Of course its fake for the rainbow warrior dale jr to win but yet he still seems to s***w it up LOL !!

Answer 19

Great question. NASCAR is much like the professional wrestling we see on TV nowadays.

Much like wrestling, it started out as not being pre determined. However, through the years and with the advanced technologies that have arisen, NASCAR quickly gravitated toward the predetermined state it is in now.

Growing up watching the sport while it was still anyone's game was fun, and it's hard for many fans such as myself to come to terms with this new "scripted" NASCAR we tune in and watch each weekend.

However, much like wrestling, NASCAR makes a good premise for professional predetermined sports. The storylines are often gripping, and usually leave the viewer on a hook in order to make them tune in the next week to see what happens.

NASCAR was widely accepted to be non-scripted until mid 2007 when outspoken NASCAR driver Tony Stewart came out and said that NASCAR basically dictates the outcome of the races.

This turned many diehard fans away, but fans looking for entertainment tuned in each week to watch the faces take on the heels inside the ovals. The biggest "face" in NASCAR is Dale Earnhardt Jr. The storyline for him is that he lost his father in a tragic wreck on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. Obviously this was faked much like Vince McMahons limosine death in 07. Since then he went from small baby face, to the biggest fan favorite in racing.

The storylines make him out to be an humble racer, who tries so hard to win, but a blown tire, or engine failure always seems to come into play. In 2007 the storylines began a feud between he and "the evil stepmother" in which Jr used his large fan base to try to take control of his fathers race team. The storyline concluded with Teresa (The stepmother) keeping controlling stock of the DEI team, while Jr made the ultimate decision of Good vs Evil.

He chose evil.

He went with Hendrick motorsports, the long hated team for Earnhardt Jr. fans. This was a surprise to all.

Jr. was expected to turn heel at this point, but as we've seen in wrestling countless times, the positive crowd reaction he'd earned over the years didn't leave. He did gain a few more boos, but many fans stuck behind him, even though he began acting more arrogant than ever. It was surprising.

By the beginning of this season NASCAR was thirsting for fresh storylines. Since Jr's move to becoming a heel did not go quite as planned, NASCAR looked for a new route.

Meet Kyle Busch.

Dale Jr replaced Kyle Busch at Hendrick Motorsports, and NASCAR jumped at the opportunity to put these two in a feud together.

The feud went perfect.

Kyle Busch constantly seemed to out duel Jr throughout the beginning of the season. The hatred was building for Kyle Busch, while the underdog Jr had his fans in turmoil as he tried to snap a long losing streak.

No one knew where this storyline would end up.

Flash forward to May 2008 at Richmond.

Denny Hamlin leads 342 laps in what looks to be one of the most dominating performances in YEARS in NASCAR. The race was becoming a borefest. Little did we know what NASCAR had in store.

With just 17 to go, Denny blew a tire after dominating. Dale Jr took the lead, and Kyle Busch moved into second. It looked like Jr was finally going to snap the streak that had burdened him for over 2 years.

Suddenly, Kyle Buschs teammate Denny Hamlin stalled in turn 4 with less than 10 to go. Jr nation was stunned. Could Jr still hold off Busch? Only NASCAR knew the answer. Jr was able to pull away, but now Busch was right with him.

With just a few laps to go the green flag waved. As scripted, the heel Kyle Busch was able to get under Jr. The crowd went crazy as the biggest face and the biggest heel in the business went at it for the win.

Then the unthinkable happened.

Kyle Busch wrecked Jr.

The crowd went insane and began throwing debris onto the track (it is unsure if that was a real reaction to the storyline, or scripted as well)

Kyle Busch ended up finishing second as the storyline planned, while Jr. finished 15th.

Ever since then Kyle's heel status has exploded, while Jr's face routine is slowly going stale.

Fast forward to late August, and Kyle Busch has 8 wins. Dale Jr. won a race that was cheating in Michigan, but no one really complained since he was the fan favorite, and it was all part of the "will he run out of fuel" story line.

The NASCAR officials also planned this win right as it had been 76 races since Jr's last win, and his father (who died kayfabe) won 76 races in his career, and it all took place on fathers day. Earnhardt lovers rejoiced as if it was on skill alone that he won. NASCAR later would state that it was part of a storyline that will conclude next week at Bristol.

Meanwhile the new storyline seems to be Kyle Busch vs Carl Edwards entitled "Battle of the best" The story line is expected to last until the end of the season when the New champion will be declared.

There is also another storyline dealing with the villain Kyle where he tries to break the all time record for NASCAR wins in a modern era season. I'm not sure how it ends but I think the writers at NASCAR are going to make it end about 1 less of the record to keep everyone in suspense.

Answer 20

Its real and no the winnings are not predetermined like they are on this forum.

Answer 21

It's real or they wouldn't try to cheat.

Answer 22

Car racing is real, I just don't know why you'd ask about it in a NASCAR thread.

Answer 23

it's all fake. i lived in hollywood for a while, and they were always looking for thousands of "extras" - there are signs up all over for them. i answered one once and had to sign a non-disclosure agreement, but nobody knows who i really am here so i can tell you. they'd take caravans of buses full of people out to the desert where they filmed the "moon landing." out to the east of where apollo 11 "landed" the studios have built an incredible sound stage - with completely modular sections for the stands and the track - which strangely enough was not black or grey, but green. they can move these sections around and "reconstruct" all the different "race tracks" supposedly from around the country.

as we got off the bus, we were all given numbers. we went to what looked like ticket booths and traded our numbers for t-shirts, hats, and jackets that corresponded to the numbers we had. i couldn't believe how long the line for the people holding "88"s was!!! then they gave everybody hot dogs and lots of beer and set us in the stands. we were given instructions over the loudspeaker of when to stand, when to sit, when to cheer, etc. as they piped in sound of race cars going around the track. we never actually saw any cars, but after a few hours the car sounds died down, and some fans with certain numbers were told to throw their beer cans and bottles down onto the "track." then we were led back out to the "parking lot" and back on the buses. as payment, we got to keep the t-shirts, hats, and jackets. we did that for 36 different days in november, december, and january.

but because i worked for a multimedia company at the time, i managed to get into a post-production session, and it's amazing what they can do. the "green" on the track was actually "greenscreen" and they could digitally insert all the cars into the film, just like the cars they have in the "bumpers" that lead into and out of commercials. they put the cars, crashes, pit stops, everything in, sync'ed it up to the sound of the cars, and sure enough, they had scripted it perfectly. there would be a screeching sound a thud, the cars on the greenscreen would be involved in a crash, and all at the same time as we had been told to stand up. and sure enough, for some of those days we filmed, the #18 would win, and those were the days some of the people were told to throw their beer cans and bottles. it was WAAAY cool.

ps. i asked one of the producers once why they didn't just run real cars which would have saved A LOT of the post-production costs and he said "gas is even more expensive, and we don't want to muck up the environment." those hollywood types are always thinking "green."

pps. now you know how i knew i should be #18s #1 fan. unfortunately, the post-production studio was shrouded in secrecy while they worked on inserting the second half of the year - probably to keep people like me who break their NDA from giving away the ending. and to keep us from increasing the bets we made at the beginning of the year in vegas.

Answer 24

Don't you have something better to do? It may be fake but you don't see us going to the wrestling section telling them wrestling is fake either do we

Answer 25

Bunnie thinks your a ding bat if you think nascar is fixed & you should go to a race and see its not....

Bunnie thinks you have cute avatar like a cartoon

XXOO Bunnie and Mandy

Best Friends Forever

Answer 26

It is 100% real.  All of these guys want to win so bad.  I listen to them on their radios while they are racing, and it is super intense.  It's not like wrestling or anything, which is fake.  These guys are serious about winning, and all the action is real.

Answer 27

IT IS FAKE BUT SOMETIMES THE DRIVERS BREAK FORM AND s***w UP!!!!

Answer 28

You spend way too much time in the wrestling rooms, now please troll somewhere else, thank you.

Answer 29

Yes its fake but it's entertaining at least