It seesm that NASCAR has a rule that ALL drivers MUST live w/in a 50-mile radius of Charlotte, NC...WHY???
Take Kevin Harvick, for example:Born in Bakersfield, he and his new wife had just bought a custom-built house in nearby City of Tehachapi when NASCAR officials made him sell it and move to Charlotte;he's more homesick than ever before...Or Jeff Gordon(from Vallejo, near Oakland);NASCAR goons bought him a house near a supposedly-isolated lake and made him move there(he only lasted a week, then moved back to his adopted hometown of Indianapolis!)...
The only exceptions are the Andretti brothers and Robby Gordon(from Artesia, near Long Beach)...
Why would NASCAR officials enforce the North Carolina-or-else rule for its drivers?
Look at the new pole-sitter for the '07 Daytona 500:he's from Riverside, but was forced to move to Raleigh in order to race!...
That's downright ILLEGAL!...
Your thoughts, please...
2007-02-12 14:42:29 · 13 answers · asked by bigmonty91010 5 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ NASCAR
Update:the pole-sitter for the '07 D-500 was actually born in Torrance, but now has to live in the Charlotte suburb of Mooresville(to appease the NASCAR folks)...
This was a valid question, so please, NO MORE STUPID ANSWERS!!!...
Thanks for your cooperation...
2007-02-13 04:22:57 · update #1
Actually, the team owners DON'T have the authority, NASCAR officials have the final say about where the drivers AND team members live, and if they say you have to live in a 50-mile radius of Charlotte, then by golly YOU HAVE TO!...
JMO...
2007-02-13 04:24:52 · update #2
To that last person's answer, I'M RIGHT!!!:Jeff Gordon is a Californian by birth(City of Vallejo-NE of Oakland;his parents divorced when he was 13 and he moved w/ Dad to Indianapolis, where he still has a home in one of the northern suburbs)...Robby Gordon(no relation; was born in Long Beach, and still lives in nearby Artesia w/ his big family!)...
2007-02-14 04:22:08 · update #3
Your question is based on false information... NASCAR does not force drivers to live anywhere. Sterling Marlin lives in Tennessee and has never lived in NC. The Hamiltons also live in Tennessee. There are also several drivers who live in Virginia. Mark Martin lives in Daytona. Whoever told you drivers are required to live in NC is a huge liar. As for Kevin Harvick, he still has a home in Ca. He chose to move to NC to be closer to his RCR team and subsequently to the team he now owns, which is in Kernersville, NC. By the way, Harvick lives about 85 miles from his RCR team and he's about 100 miles from Charlotte. If you will attempt to use some critical thinking skills, you would know that most of the drivers live in NC to be close to their teams.
2007-02-13 06:39:15 · answer #1 · answered by dr_law2003 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
There is no rule stating that drivers must live in the Charlotte/North Carolina area. That is where most of the teams are based, because it is centrally located to most of the older tracks (which were the only tracks built when these teams originally opened shop), so it is natural that the drivers would like to be close to the shop. There are so drivers who are not located in the area, I can think of Sterling Marlin and Tony Stewart just off the top of my head. There was talk recently of teams building second shops, smaller, out on the west coast, but I don't think anything came from it.
2007-02-12 16:48:43 · answer #2 · answered by spunkyseasicksmurf 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're right of course...
NASCAR shouldn't force team owners AND drivers to live in North Carolina all the time...
Make Jeff Gordon move back to Vallejo...
Thanks for that great question...
2007-02-13 05:05:13 · answer #3 · answered by baldwin91006 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Show it in the NASCAR rules.Most drivers have a home in the Carolinas as well as their home state.There are some that have homes in the Charlotte area,as well as their state of residence and a 3rd "vacation" home where they can take a day or two after races.
As long as they can commute back and forth it is up to their teams if there is a a problem.
2007-02-13 00:32:57 · answer #4 · answered by blakree 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
They're not really forced, they just come to NC to be close to the team, makes it a lot easier and convenient.
One example of somebody who does not live in NC(though not California either): Tony Stewart, he moved back to Indiana a couple years back, when he became a better Tony.
2007-02-12 15:22:33 · answer #5 · answered by samwu09 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your'e an idiot.. The biggest percentage of active drivers are from CALIFORNIA.. and there not FORCED to live in NC.. They choose too. I mean ****.. Why would you want to live thousands of miles from your teams race shop.. Moron!!! Think about it...
2ndly.. Gordons true hometown is Indiana..
2007-02-13 07:40:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
THERE MUST BE A CONSPIRACY! Seriously , most of the driver's voluntarily move to North Carolina to be closer to there race shops. Since that is where they spend most of their time anyway.
2007-02-13 04:55:27 · answer #7 · answered by Gorilla 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I doubt they were forced to move from California to NC. More likely that many of them volentarily moved to a house in NC because most race teams are based in NC.
2007-02-12 14:50:28 · answer #8 · answered by gohawks1988 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I can't imagine NASCAR has the authority to do that.
However, their TEAM OWNERS might. Being that almost all teams are based in NC, its quite possible they asked them to move closer.
2007-02-12 15:23:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
not all drivers live in nc. tony lives in indiana again. i know that jeff and brain vickers have apartments in ny.
2007-02-13 02:10:06 · answer #10 · answered by gibbs_20_11 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋