It's nothing to do with it being a sport,
it's to do with it being very dull indeed.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 10 May 2009, 14:58, archived)

I can imagine it being dull watching it at the race track.
Watching only one section of the track, and being unable to distinguish one driver from the next.
( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Sun 10 May 2009, 15:01, archived)

Yeah,
I've wondered that before. You'd hardly see anything.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 10 May 2009, 15:02, archived)