Can a NASCAR Enthusiast and an MMA Fan Learn to Live Together in Harmony?

After a forty-year marriage, my husband and I have a bone of contention.

He is very hard of hearing and just loves to watch the NASCAR races at full volume from start to finish.

Number 48 is "his" car and Jimmie Johnson is definitely his "hero."

This may not sound so bad, being that Jimmie advertises Lowe's on his car and I am always sending hubby Mel to that particular store in search of bargains.  I don't know if he actually anticipates running into Jimmie at the store, but he goes willingly and does bring home "the bargain" without fail.  But to him, that is the end of that.  He fails to install said bargain even if I continually refer to it all during the race.  Of course, his being deaf and deafening me with the volume jacked up to maximum may be contributing to the problem—I know for a fact he sees my mouth moving because he keeps telling me all the significant points of the race (as if I care.)

On the other hand HE continually asks ME why I have the volume of the MMA fights "so loud" and they are only turned halfway up.  So we fight over the difference in trying to hear words versus having to endure the drone of high-powered cars going around and around and around x 250-500 laps, which seems like forever to me.

The races last three to four hours "if there are not many crashes," while the fights on PPV are after he goes to sleep.  So why am I even comparing this aspect?  Of course I do love to re-watch my DVDs of the really great fights and Tuf 4, which is the very best one IMHO.

In spite of being deaf, he always hears any comments I make about Georges St. Pierre and asks "what is Georges doing?"  When I invite him to "see for himself" he picks up his current John Grissom novel and continues reading.

When I am excited and yelling advice such as "use the plum clinch; knee him in the face or whizzer," he yells back at me "they can't hear you!"

Well, I can't hear what he is saying when his races are going--selective hearing I guess.  (Oh, and I stuff my ears with cotton too.)

Is there any hope for us?  And no, I will not consider Dr. Phil.

He looks more like a NASCAR fan than an MMA aficionado.