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Eric McClure has died. Sad to hear.
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May 3, 2021 11:03
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dennyk posted:Eric McClure has died. Sad to hear. I just saw that today also. I actually got to meet him in Charlotte once. He was doing like an autograph/meet and greet type thing for Hefty and he seemed genuinely appreciative that somebody actually came over and wanted to meet him and get his autograph. I still have the signed hero card stashed away somewhere.
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May 4, 2021 22:56
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That new Camaro is a fantastic looking car, it really mirrors the production car and stands out from the other 2. And it has functional hood vents!
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May 5, 2021 20:27
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From what I was reading it sounds like all 3 cars are going to have functional vents.NASCAR.com posted:Each of the three Next Gen models will have manufacturer-specific hood louvers, a release point for ducts that transfer air out of radiator. What I found pretty interesting is the addition of the rear facing camera. Like is it going to be a "rear view mirror" that is just a screen or like a wide shot of what is going on back there? Also how long until there is a problem with somebody's rear view mirror not working and they are flying completely blind, except for a spotter, as far as what is behind them? https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/05/05/stock-reborn-nascar-manufacturers-unveil-next-gen-models-for-2022-cup-series/
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May 5, 2021 23:31
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Rear view cameras are in 24 hour races and are cool as hell. The vette one even has like targeting so it warns you when a dentist and an LMP2 is dive bombing you from 500m back.
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May 6, 2021 02:55
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Of all the road courses to pick, they decide to run COTA? At least it sounds like they are going to have to deal with rain... Also must be quite the advantage for the drivers running in 2 races and get twice as much practice.
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May 22, 2021 17:28
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I don't think I've ever heard Andy Lally talk before but I really like him in the trucks booth. He's excited about everything but still speaks clearly and I like how technical he gets with what the trucks are doing.
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May 22, 2021 20:07
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Sadly the race ended up being dry... As expected for a race at COTA, it was not that good... Really not too sure why they would pick COTA over other good circuit courses like Laguna Seca or Sebring, the later of which Nascar apparently even owns through IMSA...
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May 23, 2021 00:25
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What I learned from the Xfinity race Saturday is that Skittles Gummies exist, and that I need to procure some immediately.
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May 23, 2021 06:27
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This is a demolition derby
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May 23, 2021 21:18
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They sure do have their clown shoes on today.
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May 23, 2021 21:18
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Rain* race.
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May 23, 2021 23:25
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https://twitter.com/FredSmith914/status/1396591686457774087
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May 23, 2021 23:27
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Racing in the rain all day. Chase Elliot gets the lead, time to yellow flag and call the race!
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May 24, 2021 03:40
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I like the track, but racing cup cars in those conditions was idiotic. Truex said it all, they were blind driving on the straight just hoping and praying not to hit anyone, which was an extremely stupid and unsafe thing for the race officials to ignore. Even after he ran into someone else, he tried to stay in the gas because he knew the next blind driver behind was gonna hit him too, and sure enough Cole Custer did anyway. They were both loving lucky to hit the barrier exactly where they did, and walk away without injury. I'm all for racing on road courses and in adverse conditions, but that was loving stupid. Furthermore, gently caress Chase Elliot.
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May 25, 2021 22:11
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I watched the trucks and the Cup race and the Cup race was what it was I guess. The conditions pretty much ruined it. Cindric was impressive running on slicks for as long as he did but other than that it was a pretty big mess. The truck race at least had just enough wet to make the wet tires work and not so bad that they couldn't see what they were doing so that wasn't an issue. It's just that the trucks didn't seem like, dynamic I guess? It just seemed like they were all tip toeing around the track and the track is so technical they all had to be like right on with hitting their marks and to me it just seemed like they were all in slow motion. Compare it to Sonoma or Watkins Glenn when you see a lot more side by side throughout the entire track and guys flying through the grass and trying to cut corners and all that. To me they just look a lot faster and little more wild on those tracks which makes the road course watching a little more fun.
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Decided to check some of this poo poo show out, and apparently NASCAR are putting full race replays up on YouTube? And possibly even simulcasting the broadcast live as well? Could be because I'm outside the U.S. but that seems new. bigbillystyle posted:It just seemed like they were all tip toeing around the track and the track is so technical they all had to be like right on with hitting their marks and to me it just seemed like they were all in slow motion. Compare it to Sonoma or Watkins Glenn when you see a lot more side by side throughout the entire track and guys flying through the grass and trying to cut corners and all that. To me they just look a lot faster and little more wild on those tracks which makes the road course watching a little more fun. I mean, COTA is a newer design, a longer track with a much more technical layout. Plus the rain  Sonoma and Watkins for NASCAR are both on layouts that encourage a bit more of a short-track mentality, if that makes sense. Road America is longer but still encourages good action.(take NASCAR to Lime Rock Park is what I'm saying.)
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May 26, 2021 08:00
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harperdc posted:Decided to check some of this poo poo show out, and apparently NASCAR are putting full race replays up on YouTube? And possibly even simulcasting the broadcast live as well? Could be because I'm outside the U.S. but that seems new. It has to be, because last time I was in deep into NASCAR, and Australian TV stopped showing it (which they had for like, 20 years on various pay and free channels) I was annoyed to find out the replays took 2 weeks to go up. Anyway, i'm not stupid enough to care about nascar anymore so it's no problem. Jokes aside it's intermittently on streaming here and is uploaded pretty quickly onto YT.
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May 26, 2021 13:16
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Nice of Chase Elliott's spotter to attack pregnant women.
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May 26, 2021 23:06
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tater_salad posted:Nice of Chase Elliott's spotter to attack pregnant women. hahah holy poo poo the details of that incident quote:According to Bob Pockrass of Fox Sports, D'Hondt's arrest stems from a September 7, 2020 incident where D'Hondt began arguing with an employee at a jet ski rental company. The employee claimed that D'Hondt made "full body contact and yelled in my face pushing me back multiple times with body", and also hit the employee's arm away and swung a fist at her. That is some Squidbillies level poo poo there
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May 27, 2021 00:45
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https://twitter.com/KellyCrandall/status/1397231177682014208GD_American posted:hahah holy poo poo the details of that incident I think he made references to being a Christian or something like that in his Twitter bio, too. I liked him as a spotter, but...yikes.
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May 27, 2021 02:52
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Anyone who has the American flag, some sort of Christian iconography, or references to being a patriot or Christian in their social media is invariably a hate filled bigot. This is my obvious statement for the day.
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May 30, 2021 02:38
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Bad race, bad winner. That's NASCAR!
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May 31, 2021 03:31
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Indeed, now the thread title is 100% accurate... Also the winner the Coke 600 deserves really.
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May 31, 2021 03:52
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No more 550 HP races pleeeaaaase
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May 31, 2021 03:53
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maffew buildings posted:Anyone who has the American flag, some sort of Christian iconography, or references to being a patriot or Christian in their social media is invariably a hate filled bigot. This is my obvious statement for the day. So Memorial Day is about hatred? Or anyone that flies an American flag is a bigot? What?
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May 31, 2021 08:30
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I've watched about 15 minutes of NASCAR this year. This race was so bad I couldn't even fall asleep on the couch with it on. In additional to "the race is too long," "the first 90% doesn't matter," "the commentator suck," and "ZOMG So many commercials, the biggest problem is that all the drivers are super boring vanilla.
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May 31, 2021 12:44
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I went to bed glad I didn't miss anything
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May 31, 2021 12:49
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there's actually been pretty decent racing this year imo but the coke 600 is a great time to do anything else
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:So Memorial Day is about hatred? Or anyone that flies an American flag is a bigot? What? Not too far off the mark there. People who are super vocal about how I AM AN AMERICAN AND A CHRISTIAN AND A PATRIOT are usually hateful sacks of poo poo. We do enough to suck off the military industrial complex in this country already, waxing poetic about the "brave men and women" (poor people with no prospects who turn to soldiering for college money) who "sacrifice themselves for our freedoms" (get killed on the other side of the planet for corporate interests unrelated to American freedom) is some pretty willful ignorance. You can cheer on Team America if you want to, gently caress knows plenty of people always will no matter what, but it smells like bullshit to me. Every injured veteran I know thinks that joining the military was the dumbest loving thing they ever did. The RAH RAH AMERICA stuff at sporting events gives me some pretty heavy propaganda rally vibes and I hate it. Same thing with Christian invocations before races, really. There is always someone glaring at you if you don't take off your hat and pray to their god with them before the cars go fast, and it's pretty loving creepy. /rant Also at this point I would rather drive home from the Indy 500 and watch it again on TV than tune in to the Coke 600 and watch those bricks circulate for 4+ hours. Now that I know Larson won, I won't even bother with the highlights. It's always around this point in the season that I stop paying attention to the cup series it seems, while open wheel stuff is really taking off. I'll probably check out the remaining road courses, despite Chase Elliot. XFINITY and trucks are much more my jam.
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I don’t think having a flag or celebrating Memorial Day makes you a bigot, but making it be a central part of your social media presence or personality correlates pretty well to bigot. Which is what I (assume) he was saying.
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Nit Wit Dog poo poo posted:So Memorial Day is about hatred? Or anyone that flies an American flag is a bigot? What? Reading "anyone who has these things in their social media" as "ANYONE WHO CELEBRATES MEMORIAL DAY" is a pretty good indication that forums user Nit Wit Dog poo poo lives up to his username
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May 31, 2021 18:16
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I actually thought the racing between the Hendrick cars and Kyle Busch was decent, but the 550hp model kills it when they have to let off a tiny, tiny bit and lose 100yds on track. Like at the end the 24 was probably better than the 18 and the 9 but had to let off here and there because of the lapped cars and could never fully recover. While I agree that this race (like most races) are too long I don't mind having 1 600 mile race on the schedule and I hope they keep this race the same. I just hope the new car makes it better. Good runs for the 8, 17, 23 and 99 I thought. Though the 99 was 2 laps down but still managed a 15th that is pretty good I think. 23 had a lead lap finish which is pretty impressive for them.
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May 31, 2021 19:00
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A 600 mile race on the schedule is fine. But even 500 miles is too long for Charlotte.
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May 31, 2021 19:17
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It's just too long, the purpose of it being so long - that it was a test of the endurance of your engine - is totally gone. I won't even think about buying tickets for the 600 until they move the trying halftime program to pre-race. Also, the difference in tone between the serious of NBC at the Indy 500* vs. Jay Leno poo poo and Coca-Cola interruptions and the way I winced at where that gynecologist joke was going, it's absolutely dreadful. I have watched most of the Fox races on mute, and am counting down to the end of their broadcast season. *that broadcast wasn't brilliant, but it sold the dramatics and the urgency well. It was the first full 500 I think a lot of people have watched in a long time. I laughed when they said Helio was STRUGGLING with 2 laps to go from 2nd, that was when I knew he'd win
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May 31, 2021 19:21
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the best driver should win, so it was a good race
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May 31, 2021 19:35
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kidcoelacanth posted:there's actually been pretty decent racing this year imo but the coke 600 is a great time to do anything else Even the 600 wasn't too bad at times. It's better than the days where Truex led 392 of 400 laps.
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May 31, 2021 20:01
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your friend wicka posted:Reading "anyone who has these things in their social media" as "ANYONE WHO CELEBRATES MEMORIAL DAY" is a pretty good indication that forums user Nit Wit Dog poo poo lives up to his username Chill, dude. It was simply a question. At no point was I "yelling." Also, there's a reason I chose this user name. I never attested to being the sharpest knife in the door.
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chamois posted:the best driver should win, so it was a good race U can't cancel fast
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