Originally Posted by fasteddie

NASCAR evolved from the South, and there was a negative association with it, as in people from the south (who they stereotyped as 'rednecks') were big-time fans. Now, NASCAR is a billion dollar industry and there's big money to be made everywhere. There are big races in lots of major cities now, like Chicago and Las Vegas, and it's quite popular everywhere.

I would guess more fans are 'blue-collar', not that there is anything bad with it. I think the term 'redneck racing' just comes from NASCAR's roots, which I think has a negative connotation and still lingers to this day.

That said, I'm not much of a fan of NASCAR, I'd much rather watch Formula 1, where they actually do something besides turn left. ;)

Originally Posted by Sherry Lynn

Another little tid bit that my husband told me that really surprised me. The best advertising dollar you can spend is spent at NASCAR. Evidently its pretty cheap to buy a bunch of decals or caps with your company logo, and NASCAR consumers are supposed to be the most brand loyal.

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

This is from Urban Dictionary

Mildly offensive term for a lower class white person from the southeastern states of the USA. Derives from someone who spent a lot of time on manual labour outside and so received a "red neck" from the sun.

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You would be a redneck if:

You need one more hole punched in your card to get a freebie at the House of Tattoos.

You need an estimate from your barber before you get a haircut.

The biggest fashion risk you take is which plaid you'll wear to the 4-H Fair.

You have flowers planted in a bathroom appliance in your front yard.

Your wife weighs more then your refrigerator.

You move your refrigerator and the grass underneath it has turned yellow.

You mow your lawn and find a car.

You can spit without opening your mouth.

Going to the bathroom in the middle of the night involves putting on shoes and a jacket and grabbing a flashlight.

You go Christmas shopping for your mom, sister, and girlfriend, and you only need to buy one gift.

Taking a dip has nothing to do with water.

There are more than ten lawsuits currently pending against your dog.

You take a fishing pole to Sea World.

The hood and one door are a different color from the rest of your car.

You've ever filled your deer tag on the golf course.

You've ever shot somebody over a mall parking space.

Santa Claus refuses to let your kids sit in his lap.

Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.

You think mud rasslin' should be an Olympic sport.

The receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business.

More than one living relative is named after a Southern Civil War general.

You think the stock market has a fence around it.

You think the O.J. trial was the big Sunkist and Minutemaid taste test.

You've ever lost a loved one to kudzu.

Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years.

Your front porch collapses and kills more than three dogs.

Your coffee table used to be a telephone cable spool.

You keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table.

You've ever used a toilet seat as a picture frame.

Your home has more miles on it than your car.
Your Christmas tree is still up in February.

You've ever been arrested for loitering.

You think that potted meat on a saltine is an hors d'ouvre.

There is a stuffed possum anywhere in your house.

You hammer bottle caps into the frame of your front door to make it look nice.

You've ever shot anyone for looking at you.

You own a homemade fur coat.

Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.

Your momma has "ammo" on her Christmas list.

You've totaled every car you've ever owned.

Originally Posted by LaviniaHyacynth

Mildly offensive??? :eek:

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

Maybe mildly offensive because some people are proud of it?
I've always thought of redneck and hillbilly to be like a joke. You know, like Sherry Lynn pointed out as the Jeff Foxworthy joke... furniture on the lawn, beat up motor home, incest, etc. No one's really like that. At least I don't think any family is really like that ?? As everyone knows, there are really people w/ mullets though ;)

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

Maybe mildly offensive because some people are proud of it?
I've always thought of redneck and hillbilly to be like a joke. You know, like Sherry Lynn pointed out as the Jeff Foxworthy joke... furniture on the lawn, beat up motor home, incest, etc. No one's really like that. At least I don't think any family is really like that ?? As everyone knows, there are really people w/ mullets though ;)

Originally Posted by LaviniaHyacynth

What is it with mullets? Does that style really flatter anyone? :confused:

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

Just a few reasons why I have to disagree

1. Chicago doesn't even have a racetrack and will never have one, so there is no way that we can have races.

2. blue collar and redneck, to me, are NOT the same. No where near the same. Rednecks don't have jobs; they're on welfare. Blue collars are union workers or other factory workers aka "working class" or "lower middle class".

Originally Posted by StewiesMom

Just a few reasons why I have to disagree

1. Chicago doesn't even have a racetrack and will never have one, so there is no way that we can have races.

2. blue collar and redneck, to me, are NOT the same. No where near the same. Rednecks don't have jobs; they're on welfare. Blue collars are union workers or other factory workers aka "working class" or "lower middle class".