There is probably some truth in both of our statements. No one is going to invest in learning all the nuances of a game which doesn't particularly interest him at the outset.
Basketball was invented by a Canadian and to claim its American is rather tenuous
Tenuous? While the game was invented by a Canadian who had moved to the U.S. (and who I believed never returned to Canada and later changed his citizenship), the game was first played in the U.S., it developed in the U.S., it spread from the U.S., and was (and arguably still is) dominated by U.S. players? If not the U.S., what other country would have a claim to the sport?
Again, I am not denying NASCAR isn’t great stuff, but frankly it will never have the glamour of F1: the cars, the history, the racetracks and locations. The one US race that does enthrall us is the Indy 500, that is a race par excellence.
You're probably right about the F1 glamour being unattainable to NASCAR. NASCAR doesn't have the same exotic race sites nor the same prestigious marques (particularly if Porsche returns to F1). In the U.S., NASCAR is far ahead of F1 and IndyCar in terms of popularity. Each of those racing series is very interesting in its own right.
Sports is a matter of personal taste. Some people think all sports are a silly waste of time and they are probably more correct than we are.
Thanks for reply.
By tenuous, I was referring to the game’s invention, rather than the history of the sport.