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Hey Martin Truex, hope you enjoyed the time at home with your cancer-survivor girlfriend. Time to quarantine away from her until November!
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Also like all the car owners are gonna die because they're old AF. Except Smoke. He's too ornery to die.
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Elitist Bitch posted:Also like all the car owners are gonna die because they're old AF. lol like any of them will show
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I swear to God if Michael Waltrip says "you encounter more people on a trip to Walmart" on air, I am calling the FCC on his rear end
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May 17th- Cup at Darlington May 19th- NXS at Darlington May 20th- Cup at Darlington again May 24th- Coke 600 May 25th- NXS at Charlotte May 26th- Trucks at Charlotte May 27th- Cup again (they're missing an opportunity here by not running this one on the roval) Anybody else think this is NASCAR thinking whichever sport starts again first is going to get massive ratings and this is their chance to seize on that?
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Too bad they'll gently caress this up, get the garage sick and be shut down in the fall, when the real TV windows might open up.
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16 people per team for a Cup race is 640 people and that's before you get to NASCAR officials, TV crews, other media, etc I really don't see how they can do this safely.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Anybody else think this is NASCAR thinking whichever sport starts again first is going to get massive ratings and this is their chance to seize on that? That's definitely part of it, but it helps that racing is an isolated, individual sport to begin with. They'd be the most safe to restart first. Next would be golf and baseball, forgetting the locker room situations. skaboomizzy posted:I really don't see how they can do this safely. The answer to that problem was solved in Space Jam! 
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They can't do it safely and the FAQ on NASCAR.com practically says so without saying so.quote:Is it safe for racing to resume? They forgot the word "yes" in this answer. quote:How did NASCAR determine the number of team personnel allowed at the track? "We worked with teams to see how many people they thought they needed to bring. Social distancing was not part of this decision." I know of a few people that have encouraged them not to start until June when more widespread rapid-testing is available, but NASCAR's not gonna wait.
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skaboomizzy posted:I really don't see how they can do this safely. The owners don't care about that at all.
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Ugh. Okay.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Anybody else think this is NASCAR thinking whichever sport starts again first is going to get massive ratings and this is their chance to seize on that? There's no way this is anything else. And gently caress, it's probably going to result in me actually watching a Coke 600. 
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Boomer The Cannon posted:Too bad they'll gently caress this up, get the garage sick and be shut down in the fall, when the real TV windows might open up. The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Are Suspended > NASCAR 2020: Too bad they'll gently caress this up
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For god's sake this is your chance NASCAR, you're doing the same track twice in a week, it's time to run clockwise
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the same people who have managed through sheer luck not to have a car enter the grandstands for 30 years do not give one loving iota about safety
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Proud Christian Mom posted:the same people who have managed through sheer luck not to have a car enter the grandstands for 30 years at least this won't be a problem now
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They should run at Bristol, stands are empty these days anyway.
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What are you talking about PCM they've had plenty of spectator maimings
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To be fair, the 600 last year was one of the best ones in...ever, I guess.shame on an IGA posted:For god's sake this is your chance NASCAR, you're doing the same track twice in a week, it's time to run clockwise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYdpGbKD9QQ
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Ok also while I'm wishing, when sports come back all-Japanese booth teams should be mandatory
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shame on an IGA posted:Ok also while I'm wishing, when sports come back all-Japanese booth teams should be mandatory The loving truth.
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This article gets a little more in-depth with the safety/health precautions they're taking: https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2020/0...s-with-a-twist/ That makes it sound like it can be done reasonably safe, but I still don't see how you can have pit stops or guys working on the car together and still maintain social distance
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SwampYankee posted:This article gets a little more in-depth with the safety/health precautions they're taking: (you cant)
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Elitist Bitch posted:Come back to discord pnut I miss your sense of humor pretty bold of you to post this right after I got a 3 day probation
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https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1256630073001684992 I wonder which tracks are losing a date this year.
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hunnert car pileup posted:at least this won't be a problem now "Hey, you're right!" *removes restrictor plates
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UFC and stock cars back on the same weekend.
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mischief posted:UFC and stock cars back on the same weekend. Atleast it will keep the chuds home for a few hours
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I have to imagine that just about every contract every which way is up in the air now that we've confirmed that they're not running every race. They cannot be substantially fulfilled. Between economic outlook of the world in general and the downward trend of NASCAR, lots of parties would love to break their contracts, I'm sure. Even if the May races do iron man numbers, NASCAR's survival is of concern.
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Atleast it will keep the chuds home for a few hours Go outside, honey. You're getting annoying.
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Pinecone Sample posted:Even if the May races do iron man numbers, NASCAR's survival is of concern. Is it too  to wonder out loud if the Sunday and Wednesday night iRacing shows on FOX/FS1 aren't, at least in part, testbeds to see if people would watch eRacing in lieu of the real thing?
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mischief posted:Go outside, honey. You're getting annoying. 
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CBJSprague24 posted:Is it too that is like
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CBJSprague24 posted:Is it too Maybe it is a test bed to running two shorter races a week rather than 1 long as garbage pile on a Sunday? Say 250's in a week, Wed and Sun, rather than 1 500 mile race? I think Indy does it right, like a Saturday/Sunday double header at some tracks? If they ran a Texas 250 on a Wed night and then a 250 on a Sun afternoon this time of year I think that would work out nicely. Probably a lot of strain on teams, especially the small ones, to get done with a race on Sunday and have another car ready to go that Wednesday but I think the shorter races, and one on a weekday, would be pretty fun to watch.
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mischief posted:UFC and stock cars back on the same weekend. to be fair, those two fanbases were dying off on their own before they end up catching covid
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They should just limit 'em to four people per team; driver, hauler driver, spotter, and one mechanic. Owners can watch on TV like everyone else. If they don't want to attempt real-time one-man pit stops, split the race into stages shorter than a fuel run and have a fifteen-minute break in between each, like the original Truck races back in the day.
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bigbillystyle posted:Maybe it is a test bed to running two shorter races a week rather than 1 long as garbage pile on a Sunday? Say 250's in a week, Wed and Sun, rather than 1 500 mile race? I think Indy does it right, like a Saturday/Sunday double header at some tracks? If they ran a Texas 250 on a Wed night and then a 250 on a Sun afternoon this time of year I think that would work out nicely. This explanation makes more sense. I'm liking the shorter length of the Sunday race, as it's usually done in under 2 hours. E- I wondered about the logistics as well. Maybe the weekend races are held around the country and the Wednesday races are somewhere relatively close to Charlotte to somehow create a one-day show. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 15:14 on May 3, 2020 |
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If they do go to short races I think they should dump impound weekends, let the teams go all out in quals because it's going to matter a lot more.
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one car, one engine, one setup, just impound everything and haul it around until there is only one car left. congrats, thats your champion
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