Joe Rogan | Nascar's Surprising Beginning w/Jon Reep

Yeah, NASCAR, I think they should bring, they should, you know how hockey, you can still fight in hockey. NASCAR fights? Yeah. Pull out in the pit stop, once Duke it out, let's, yeah, let's, if there's a caution, everyone else is lapping, you got two guys who have a beef, pull over, get out of the car. Whoa. In the middle of the infield, we have a wrestling rink. And it's like full on, let's go get in the rink. We'll get it, we'll give you two minutes. And then if you win that match, maybe you get a little time shaving off, you know. So it's, there's advantage to, I'd watch that more if it were like half wrestling, half NASCAR. Put the, put the, not your Lebray mascot. NASCAR's a weird one, right? Because it's, it's obviously fun to watch. It's fun to be there, but it's not as fun as Formula One. You watch Formula One, you're like, well, these guys are going way faster. Well, and those wheels. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's the whole, another thing. Yeah. You know, these, those wheels touch, it's over, you're in the air. Right. Yeah. These guys, NASCAR, a lot of that happens and it's fine. That's true. That one wheel, wow. Yeah. And those guys die. Yeah. Well, I guess NASCAR guys did too. Yeah. Not as much anymore, but I mean, anybody's driving a fucking car going fast can die. What am I saying? But there's something about, if you ever see the video between, um, they showed GT3 racing versus Formula One racing. It's the same track and they show a GT3 car, like a Porsche going around this car really fast. And then they show the same exact path being taken by a Formula One car and you're like, Jesus, watch this. Watch. Okay. Watch this. Yeah. One on the left. Two on one. Look at how much faster they are. Now what's the, okay. That's the same track. The same track, exact same turn. Look how much goddamn faster they are, man. That's insane. How fast is that car going on the right? I don't know, man. That's insane. It seems amazing. Yeah. And the perfect line is cutting. See how the line, the perfect racing line is cut into the groove. Like, you see that darkness? Yep. Yep. That's a bunch of talented drivers. No, thank you. I think the fastest I've ever been is like maybe 115. You ever been on a racetrack? I've been on a racetrack. Yeah. Yeah. But not, you know, not in a pace car, you know. Oh, in NASCAR? Yeah. Yeah. Daytona 500 has that huge, you know, that incline. And just being down there and seeing that and standing there next to it like, whoa, I didn't know it was that steep. You have to go fast to stay on that then. Yeah. Yeah. That is pretty wild, right? Yeah. And people get hit up there. They bump wheels up there and collide and fucking spin out on each other. Yeah. Look at that thing. Yeah, that is nuts, man. Yeah. That's a serious bang. Look at that. Wow. It's like a wall that is. People turn to the picture, but still. What is, what do you think that degree is? Like what angle? They've told me before, I forgot. It's probably like, it's pretty serious though. 20 degrees. 31 degrees. Whoa. Wow. That's crazy. That's insane. That's, I mean, if you would be nervous if you were on a skateboard on that thing. You have to go to a certain speed just to stay up on that. Probably. Yeah. Yeah. It's such an American sport, man. NASCAR is so American because it's loud as fuck. The cars are gross. They look, they're so gross looking. They don't look anything like a real car. Too many sponsors are all over it. Even if you have a really nice car that's supposed to be the model that that car is, the NASCAR car looks gross. And they, the decal, they make fake headlights. It's a sticker of a headlight. Why even put that on there? Yeah. What are we doing? Why are you lying to me? Yeah. Yeah. It's a fascinating piece of equipment though. Yeah. That we've decided to make these things that just drive really fast and then hurl them around this circle, this oval over and over and over. It's got so high tech, like every, they count every, the drafting of it, they know it. Every angle, you know, all that, back in the day, it was just a couple of good old boys with moonshine trying to outrun the cops. Exactly. Yeah. That's what I want to see. That was hot rodding in its finest. That's what it was. That's what I want to see. Put moonshine in them cars. That's where it all came from. These guys are trying to figure out how to get the fuck away from cops. Yeah. Cops used to have the shittiest cars, man. Yeah. You think they had to chase people in like Caprice classics? You know, that is with butt bench seats. Yeah. That is the worst car for handling. With dress shoes. Yeah. Oh my God. They make them wear those stupid shoes. Yeah. Yeah. Give these guys some Nike shoes. That's back in the day. That's like the early days. Yeah, on the beach. Wow. Daytada was on the ocean. Was Daytona 500 the first event? You know, I think so. I think. Well, no, I don't know about that. Look at these cars. It was on the sand. The first Daytona was on the sand. I believe so. These are on the sand. Yeah. They're driving in the sand. This is crazy. They're not going as fast. Oh, those cars are so shitty. Is that a convertible? That looks like a Batmobile. They are convertibles. They're convertibles. Wow. That's what I want to see. I'll bring back the damn convertible in that car. I want to see these dudes faces. I wonder why they made them in convertibles. I don't know. Yeah. Well, they got the roll bar. Yeah, but still. I mean, I bet it gets too hot in there. They probably didn't have air conditioning. Right. Yeah. That's probably exactly what it was. It's all fire. It's easier to get out when you don't have a roof. Yeah. Yeah. Those people probably died in those things all the time. Those shitty cars. Like if you were a car racer back then, you were going to crash. There's no way you're going to not. You're not going to keep it together every time. That's the fastest you think you've been in a vehicle. I don't want to say it because we're on the end. Well, you know, you don't say where, what country it was in. I don't know. It's going to be in Germany on the auto model. In the 100s. Yeah. Yeah.