# What if... ? NASCAR **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943 "2009-08-10T17:23:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/1 "2009-08-10T17:23:17Z")
What if a personal friend of yours has a connection with a NASCAR team owner and mentions your name while watching a race from their pits. The team owner tells your friend “Let’s get together, talk and possibly put them in a car to see if they have what it takes.” It’s not Sprint Cup, but the class right below, Nationwide. Would you go and see if you have what it takes? If you truly believed you could do it, would you even consider quitting your job to pursue a career in the spot light, becoming a full time driver? It would involve travel, hard work, dedication and finding sponsors to keep you in a car. Would you go meet with the owner, knowing how hard it is to make it? ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/2 "2009-08-10T17:27:23Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/3 "2009-08-10T17:30:30Z")
Yap. and risking your life as well. yep yep yep. ---
**Author:** ![Karter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Karter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Karter)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/4 "2009-08-10T17:34:18Z")
be prepared to hear things like “fall back 10 spots so we can get an edge next week for the manufacture” Ask Chuck Hossfeld about that, when he drove the roush truck after winning everything under the sun in an asphalt modified. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/5 "2009-08-10T17:35:00Z")
Mos Def ---
**Author:** ![vt1992s10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vt1992s10](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vt1992s10)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/6 "2009-08-10T17:36:37Z")
ya, where do I sign up? ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/7 "2009-08-10T17:37:28Z")
100% agree unless your job now is like your dream job ---
**Author:** ![misteroman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misteroman/32/7423_2.png) [@misteroman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/misteroman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/8 "2009-08-10T17:38:06Z")
Also can I sponsor you so I can get into the pit area !?!?!?!!?!?!??!?! ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/9 "2009-08-10T17:43:56Z")
> [@misteroman$$$](#): > > Also can I sponsor you so I can get into the pit area !?!?!?!!?!?!??!?! So I haven’t even had the interview and already I have a sponsor? I will be glad to bring that up, as well as get you into the pits. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/10 "2009-08-10T17:44:04Z")
you’d be dumb not to. that would be my dream job. ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/11 "2009-08-10T17:46:18Z")
> [@misteroman$$$](#): > > Also can I sponsor you so I can get into the pit area !?!?!?!!?!?!??!?! Sure! One 3" x 10" sticker on the side for $5,000 per race. Still game? ---
**Author:** ![ILC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilc/32/5337_2.png) [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/12 "2009-08-10T17:56:22Z")
You’d be dumb to leave your job. I’ll tell you right now. you don’t have what it takes. You aren’t a good driver at all compared to the million other prospects out there in the world, that have racing experience, and lots of time on the track. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/13 "2009-08-10T17:57:37Z")
> [@ILC](#): > > You’d be dumb to leave your job. I’ll tell you right now. you don’t have what it takes. > > You aren’t a good driver at all compared to the million other prospects out there in the world, that have racing experience, and lots of time on the track. Thanks Mr. Buzzkill. Or, shall we call you Buzz Killington? LOL ---
**Author:** ![mindless](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mindless/32/7286_2.png) [@mindless](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mindless)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/14 "2009-08-10T17:58:21Z")
If you have been doing circle track racing for years then yes. If you beat on your street car and think your a good driver no you would be an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Jack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jack/32/7613_2.png) [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/15 "2009-08-10T17:58:23Z")
Yes, I would go and see if I have what it takes. No, I don’t think this is actually going to happen. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/16 "2009-08-10T17:59:43Z")
That depends, is it a team like Hendrick where you actually have a competitive car and a chance to win big, or some broke dick team that runs 5 laps and your shit blows up? ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/17 "2009-08-10T18:09:09Z")
You know they don’t have auto’s to heal toe ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/18 "2009-08-10T18:11:09Z")
If you, the driver, need to bring sponsors to the table, you are dealing with a very small budget race team and most likely wasting your time. Although unlikely, it is possible to be a walk on driving sensation. (i.e. Denny Hamlin) ---
**Author:** ![38stang](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/38stang/32/7479_2.png) [@38stang](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/38stang)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/19 "2009-08-10T18:23:09Z")
I’d take the chance in a heartbeat ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943/20 "2009-08-10T18:28:14Z")
Nascar do not have autos how will you heal toe? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-if-nascar/71943.md?page=2)