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This is one area where Loudon does well. Their one Cup weekend this year also has K&N East, 2 Modified races, and Xfinity. The downside is NHMS usually produces dogshit races (aside from the mods, which are awesome there).
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sportsgenius86 posted:What reason, other than complete randomness or "I liked the guy who used to drive that car" would any fan have to give a poo poo about any of the young drivers now. -Ryan Blaney seems fun and also I wanted Dave Blaney to run well in Cup as a kid and he didn't. -Kyle Larson strikes me as capable of being very competitive in any type of car, a rare breed of driver like both Gordons, Smoke, Kurt Busch (who have demonstrated it), and you could probably make an argument for Kyle Busch and Jimmiebot being in this category, too. I tend to be amazed at drivers with that type of talent and it's part of why I can't completely hate Kyle Busch. Frond posted:My memeory might fail me but didn't (Jeff) Burton, Labonte, and Ernie Irvan win on occasion? I'm making this a placeholder post to remember to look the specific winners up tomorrow when I have two monitors, but yes.
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Irvan probably would've won the title in '94 if the wreck at Michigan didn't happen. Jimmy Spencer winning 2 races hunnert car pileup fucked around with this message at 00:20 on Jun 26, 2018 |
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Andy Houston/Cal Wells having McDonald’s sponsorship in 2001 was pretty funny. They were basically paying to run at the back or DNQ.
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WindyMan posted:NASCAR's issues with promoting young drivers isn't just with Cup drivers hogging the spotlight in Trucks and Xfinity. There's also the deeper problem about local tracks and regional series not getting the same kind of attendance or attention that they might have used to. And herein lies the problem. I have no problem with Kyle Busch Motorsports existing. I have a problem that he races for them in Xfinity and Trucks for extra track time. The only reason I knew of the past two Xfinity champions is 1. Suarez was the first foreign born person to win, and 2. Byron was shoved down everyone's throats. At Indy, I'm already predicting two, if not three of the Lights drivers are going to move up. A small field is putting on fantastic races, and people are realizing that. USF2000 has 26 cars this year, and that'll eventually filter up with time. I know the name of one of the Pro Mazda drivers and others are familiar to me if you mentioned them. I know NONE of the Trucks and Xfinity drivers except maybe JH Nemechek and Cindric, SRA excluded because duh. Also, here's another thing: sportsgenius86 posted:There's a million things wrong with NASCAR but the biggest problem IMO is that nobody has actual personality anymore because you can't do anything but suck NASCAR's dick without getting fined. Superstars can never hurt a sport except in a few situations. Even then, it's hard for them because they can easily be made persona non-grata. They always help, because "oh hey, I want to see this person now!". See also, Gordon, Dale (mostly Sr but Jr somewhat), Petty. KyBu is the heel, and he fully knows it and embraces it. The problem is, there's no good faces to counter him. JimmieBot is bland as gently caress and washed up it seems (though how much of it is the Chevys sucking poo poo this year is up to debate). Remember how good Martinsville #2 was last year? It had soap opera level drama and everyone loved it. Shame Chase will forever be a giant douche and an also-ran.
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NBC will not be Bringing Back The Sunshine and decided to take a page out of the post-2007 TNT playbook and use covers of rock songs for their intro: https://twitter.com/NASCARonNBC/status/1011732043607298053 Is it me or does the drum beat sound like it's going too fast for that song? iospace posted:Remember how good Martinsville #2 was last year? It had soap opera level drama and everyone loved it. I actually had to stop and think about what happened in that race. My ability and/or interest in recollecting race outcomes has dropped that far. Frond posted:My memeory might fail me but didn't (Jeff) Burton, Labonte, and Ernie Irvan win on occasion? Winners through 16 races from 1992-1999 when 9 or fewer drivers won in that span (*=multiple wins): 1992- Allison*, Elliott*, Kulwicki, Martin, Earnhardt, Gant, Irvan*, Waltrip 1993- Jarrett, Wallace*, Allison, Shepherd, Earnhardt* (first 5 races, 5 winners), Irvan, G. Bodine, Petty, Rudd 1994- Marlin, Wallace*, Irvan*, Earnhardt*, T. Labonte, Gordon, Spencer, Rudd 1995- Marlin*, Gordon*, T. Labonte*, B. Labonte*, Earnhardt*, Martin, Petty 1996- Jarrett*, Earnhardt*, Gordon*, T. Labonte, Wallace*, Marlin, Irvan 1997- Gordon*, Wallace, Jarrett*, J. Burton, Martin*, Rudd, Irvan, Andretti 1998- Earnhardt, Gordon*, Martin*, B. Labonte*, Jarrett (5 races, 5 winners), Hamilton, T. Labonte, Mayfield 1999- Gordon*, Martin, J. Burton*, T. Labonte, Wallace, Andretti, Earnhardt, Jarrett*, B. Labonte So yeah. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 14:50 on Jun 27, 2018 |
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Hahaha John Hunter Nemechek blew an engine leading on the last lap Jesus Christ
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Seeing Rhodes came in second, so that's cool 
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sportsgenius86 posted:Hahaha John Hunter Nemechek blew an engine leading on the last lap Jesus Christ Didn't he blow one at Gateway too?
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Man Moffitt is having a hell of a year
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maffew buildings posted:Oh good Rutledge is back https://twitter.com/RutledgeWood/status/1013143882303983617?s=19 What the gently caress does that even mean (the grab a drink part)? Shut up, Rutledge. E- oh cool, NBC has an intrusive pylon everybody's going to have to get used to as well! CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Jun 30, 2018 |
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Jun 30, 2018 21:22
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Which cup driver won xfinity today?
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iospace posted:Which cup driver won xfinity today? Kyle Larson
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Now that we've all turned on Larson he's gonna win everything.
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dentist toy box posted:Now that we've all turned on Larson he's gonna win everything. 
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/RutledgeWood/status/1013143882303983617?s=19 Seriously. The stupidest loving thing they did last year was the on track interview followed up with the exact same interview in victory lane. One's for the fans, one's for the sponsors? They are the exact same each time.
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Does anyone know when Sponger Galapagos is coming back from his suspension?
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:Does anyone know when Sponger Galapagos is coming back from his suspension? right after shane hmiel
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maffew buildings posted:the road to recovery is an extremely long one, man The road is long With many a winding turn That leads us to who knows where Who knows where But I'm strong Strong enough to carry him He ain't smokin', he's my poster
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Oh cool, the NFL is bigger because of all the games to bet on. Guess we just need to do 18 head to head races. To bet on. And be more popular.
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YOU WILL LOVE CHASE ELLIOTT
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Who is the idiot that decided to run this race at 2 p.m. central on July day?bigbillystyle posted:Seriously. The stupidest loving thing they did last year was the on track interview followed up with the exact same interview in victory lane. One's for the fans, one's for the sponsors? They are the exact same each time. His response is hilarious because it seems like a metaphor for the mindset which got NASCAR to where it is today. "What do you know? Shut up, you'll like it."
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CBJSprague24 posted:Who is the idiot that decided to run this race at 2 p.m. central on July day? His name rhymes with Prance.
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It really bothers me how opaque the punishment/recovery process is for substances in NASCAR. I get that racing is inherently more dangerous to be participating in under the influence but it seems ridiculous to keep everything so hush-hush. E: I was just reading up on it and Dinger was out for 6 races. I have to think SRA is coming back, or wouldn't the team just close? Elitist Bitch fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Jul 1, 2018 |
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Dear God, who doesn't exist, please don't let a Kyle win
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Ok that was Extremely Rad. Suarez finished 11 despite starting in the back and the over the wall penalty, also Extremely Rad
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Dear Kyle Larson: If you're going to hit a guy like that, loving FINISH THE JOB
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Bless You Ryan Newman
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Boomer The Cannon posted:Dear Kyle Larson: Yeah he should of finished the job in turn 1-2, especially knowing who's in the 18.
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That was an awesome race with excellent coverage. If NASCAR is serious about picking up ground in viewership this is exactly the sort of thing they need to be doing every weekend. Daytona under the lights next? Shiiiiiiiiit. You better believe there's going to be some people watching.
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He didn't finish the job because he didn't mean to do it. If he had meant to dump him he would have...I think. Kyle Busch is right about one thing, if you are mad about that finish there's something wrong with you. I can't loving stand the guy, but that was fun as hell. That's the kind of finish that "race fans" have been begging for. Kyle Busch is still an rear end in a top hat. But maybe not as much of an rear end in a top hat as Ryan Newman. What the gently caress is he doing? A lap car, roughing up the leader, at the end of a race, that's just madness- and not in a good way. He should get dumped for that. Don't take the fact that you're a backmarker out on the leader, that doesn't even fly at your local dirt track. If you're all interested in a great example of how not to race a leader when you're a lap car, check out Dave Marcis being an rear end in a top hat. I mentioned this in chat, but it's worth a watch. Gant is running 3rd, Marcis is 4 laps down.
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CBJSprague24 posted:His response is hilarious because it seems like a metaphor for the mindset which got NASCAR to where it is today. Elitist Bitch posted:It really bothers me how opaque the punishment/recovery process is for substances in NASCAR. I get that racing is inherently more dangerous to be participating in under the influence but it seems ridiculous to keep everything so hush-hush. Finally a good race at a mile and half track. It was nice not knowing who was going to win the race 10 laps in for once. Say what you want about either Kyle, that was a good finish, and really great save from Larson to hold onto 2nd place. I'll take a finish like that every week even if it means Shrub winning them all.
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SpitztheGreat posted:But maybe not as much of an rear end in a top hat as Ryan Newman. What the gently caress is he doing? A lap car, roughing up the leader, at the end of a race, that's just madness- and not in a good way. He should get dumped for that. Don't take the fact that you're a backmarker out on the leader, that doesn't even fly at your local dirt track. Newman saved that finish yo
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