Will Off-Road Racing Take Over NASCAR?

Loud engines, cars flying past at 200mph, and partsfew BIG differences. What surpasses the experience
flying, its the beautiful sport of NASCAR racing. Thisof driving a stock car is the unlimited suspension and
intense adrenaline rush of mass horse power goingthe smoothness of 140 mph through large plains of
around the track has stimulated billions in revenue andthe desert. Coming up to cliff sides in the southern
continues to be the leader in sports revenue eachtip of Baja in the well known Baja 1000 race will
year. Originally, the idea of putting fast stock cars indefinitely get your heart pumping, knowing a wrong
a stadium came from the prohibition days. When theturn can send you about a thousand feet to your
prohibition was implied and the ban on alcohol wasdeath. There isn't a feeling in the world that can
established many people in the US started makingcompare this sensation, it is almost like dancing on
their very own alcohol out of the backyard orthe step of death, you can imagine the adrenaline
basement of their house. This alcohol was beingthat pumps through your vanes.
distributed and it needed to get to its destinationSo is this sport going to take over NASCAR? With
fast, without being caught. The alcohol runnerssome of the trucks in off-road racing, they have
started attending all the southern stock car races,estimated values of up to $500,000, which imposes a
and then it evolved into what we know it now as abig risk on owners driving these and the unexpected
nationwide sport called NASCAR.outcomes we have seen. Off-road racing is
In the recent years we have seen many topsanctioned into many different classifications and
performance drivers from the NASCAR associationeach gaining their own revenue. Combining what
dipping into the unlimited world of off-road racing.every sanction brings in is unknown, but the fan
Performers such as Robby Gordon who started withcount, and publicity all make up for those numbers.
off-road racing and made his way into NASCAR.Many are completely devoted to the sport and have
Other top motocross performers such as Travisfaith the off-road sport will take off into a whole
Pastrana, and Brian Deegan have stepped foot in thisnew revolution unmatched by NASCAR. It is only
revolution. This world filled with the same firetime that will tell, but as the sport gets bigger and
breathing 850 hp. engines found in the stock cars andbigger, you may see your favorite drivers of
the same white knuckle driving experience minus aNASCAR racing off-road.