hi Mikael
yes, I've been at a Nascar race for the first time, but I if I stay healthy for a while longer, it wasnt the last time
I've seen CART when they were at the Lausitzring (with the horrible Zanardi crash), and saw a lot of F1 races(best was in Monza 1987), its nothing compared to the NASCAR show.
The crowd is amazing, they always cheer for their drivers and shout at the others (=Jeff Gordon mostly hehe), and the drivers take every risk to make a move forward. At Michigan when the 43 cars get into T3 with highest speed you cant imagine that T4 spits them out to the frontstraight - amazingly it mostly does without a crash.
3hours 20 minutes if I remember right was the race, and I wasnt bored a single minute.
ciao
Wolfgang