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Realistically, she should be in the same boat as Larson, a Cup regular racing all of the Nationwide Series races occurring at the same track.
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http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-me...ay-weekend.html Busch is gonna do the double  Also, Martin is the relief driver in case, so let the Martin whining continue. Slickdrac fucked around with this message at 15:37 on Mar 4, 2014 |
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Another thing about backmarkers is, after a few years of a lull, we're getting teams that run full races again. Teams which were noted for being S&P cars at one point or another (Front Row, Inception/Swan, Furniture Row, Phoenix/Scott, TBR, Stoddard's team) have built up enough cash to all be running multiple cars which can be competitive on occasion. It's allowed the loss of teams like Bill Davis Racing and the cars lost from the DEI/Ganassi and Yates/Petty/Evernham megamergers to be compensated for. There are fewer "free spots" to be had with more drivers going the distance. Which means it's probably time for NASCAR to make a move which will bankrupt all of them.
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Mar 4, 2014 15:50
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SpitztheGreat posted:Yea I just went onto the NASCAR website (god help me, it's such a piece of poo poo) to try and watch a replay of the accident and there really isn't a good shot of it. That's kind of surprising, usually the cameras are pretty good at magically being in the right place to catch a wreck. Since Allgaier says that he made it three wide on the outside I'm going to have to agree that he's at fault. The thing is though, that time and time again Danica is in the middle of these situations. Allgaier, Cassill, Gilliland, and company all seem to be able to run next to each other without a problem most of the time, but the second Danica gets put into the mix there's going to be a wreck. I don't know who to blame in this particular situation, but if Danica is involved in a wreck every two weeks then I'm going to have to say that she may be part of the problem. I like Allgaier, but he's a lot like Allmendinger a few years ago where he would ruin so many decent days because he didn't give anybody an inch of room and ended up getting wrecked while running mid pack. I've heard that many drivers dont't like racing with him.
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I'll just leave this here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etjSLAvO1Sk
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Mar 4, 2014 17:15
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VikingSkull posted:I'll just leave this here... Oh Tony. 
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Mar 4, 2014 17:56
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LASTCAR posted:I agree with this to a certain point. The backmarkers are a bit better now because so many of them have been cycled through from one team to the next over the last 5-6 years (Sorenson, Yeley, Reutimann, Kvapil, Gilliland, etc.) that those drivers are not only more used to running in Cup, but running against each other. I think you might have something there. You never heard of Sorenson, Yeley, Kvapil, etc getting into one another and then feuding in the garage for getting loose and hitting each other but this incident, by Allgaier's own description, sounds a lot like Allgaier getting aggressive and Danica not giving him any room and causing a wreck. You'd think these guys in the #23, #83, #93, #26, #51 etc, would know their car's history and kind of know what they are there to do. Show up, run the race, finish well but don't kill the car to do it because we'd rather have a clean car finish 24th than a wrecked car trying to make a pass for 13th. But I guess I can totally see the new guys coming in with something to prove and falling into that Danica trap of, hey just because I'm a rookie you can't take what's mine, and burn the world down getting wrecked out of 21st place 4 laps down.
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bigbillystyle posted:You'd think these guys in the #23, #83, #93, #26, #51 etc, would know their car's history and kind of know what they are there to do. Show up, run the race, finish well but don't kill the car to do it because we'd rather have a clean car finish 24th than a wrecked car trying to make a pass for 13th. But I guess I can totally see the new guys coming in with something to prove and falling into that Danica trap of, hey just because I'm a rookie you can't take what's mine, and burn the world down getting wrecked out of 21st place 4 laps down. The Kvapils, Reutimanns, and Stremmes of the world are perfectly content to take a 30th place car and run 30th (maybe 27th if there's more attrition), but the guys like Kligerman, Whitt, R Truex, and Bowman who are coming up before some would say they're ready seem to have the mentality of "This could be my one shot into Cup.. I better make the most of it" which in my opinion is smart. Sure if they go for broke and wreck some cars they may end up getting replaced, but if they ride around in good Nationwide cars for years waiting for Joe Gibbs to call them up for a Cup ride they may be waiting forever.
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Bhester posted:The Kvapils, Reutimanns, and Stremmes of the world are perfectly content to take a 30th place car and run 30th (maybe 27th if there's more attrition), but the guys like Kligerman, Whitt, R Truex, and Bowman who are coming up before some would say they're ready seem to have the mentality of "This could be my one shot into Cup.. I better make the most of it" which in my opinion is smart. Sure if they go for broke and wreck some cars they may end up getting replaced, but if they ride around in good Nationwide cars for years waiting for Joe Gibbs to call them up for a Cup ride they may be waiting forever. Yeah I didn't factor that in when first discussing the garage confrontation between Allgaier and Patrick. I feel like now that it was less incidental and more two dummies that think they are racing for the win, or to become a star when in actuality they are merely surviving a race trying to get to the end. What's really too bad for these guys is that Kurt Busch spent two years in mediocre equipment showing people what a good driver could really do with talent. I mean even Kurt couldn't do much with that #51, 1 top 5 and 5 top 10s 25th in points, but I highly doubt Allgaier is going to put that #51 25th in points. Basically what I'm saying is that all these mediocre teams have a talent measuring stick now. They had a championship caliber driver running around in their stuff and did all he could with it because he had to re-make his way back to the top just like these young drivers are trying to do. If they can't replicate Kurt's success then maybe they can't do it at all. It probably isn't fair to compare a 14 year veteran to a rookie but in today's NASCAR that seems to be the way it goes.
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Mar 4, 2014 18:48
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VikingSkull posted:I'll just leave this here... This is perfection.
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VikingSkull posted:I'll just leave this here... Wallpaper size:  edit: here it is avatar size in case anyone wants it  edit2: 
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Mar 5, 2014 00:15
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oh man, I need a new avatar but I dont have any good text ideas.
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Mar 5, 2014 01:29
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Pussy bound and down, loaded up and fuckin'
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bigbillystyle posted:What's really too bad for these guys is that Kurt Busch spent two years in mediocre equipment showing people what a good driver could really do with talent. I mean even Kurt couldn't do much with that #51, 1 top 5 and 5 top 10s 25th in points, but I highly doubt Allgaier is going to put that #51 25th in points. Basically what I'm saying is that all these mediocre teams have a talent measuring stick now. They had a championship caliber driver running around in their stuff and did all he could with it because he had to re-make his way back to the top just like these young drivers are trying to do. If they can't replicate Kurt's success then maybe they can't do it at all. It probably isn't fair to compare a 14 year veteran to a rookie but in today's NASCAR that seems to be the way it goes. Don't forget that Casey Mears also drives pretty low-tier equipment but still gets top-20's relatively often anyway, such as his 14th at Phoenix last week and his 10th in the 500 (RP race, but still). I think the 13 is about on par with the 51 in terms of funding and equipment, so he's another measuring stick for those teams. He even finished one position better than 25th in points last year.
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Mar 5, 2014 02:57
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VikingSkull posted:I'll just leave this here... Will Danica be Frog?
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Mar 5, 2014 03:26
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I've been contemplating getting a new Jimmie avatar. Boom, confetti.
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Mar 5, 2014 03:51
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"This hat isn't the only thing that's big"
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Top Hats Monthly posted:
"and by that I mean my gut"
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Mar 5, 2014 06:18
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and that's how you wear a cowboy hat
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The boys are thirsty in Atlanta, and there's soda-cookies in Texarkana
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I caught "NASCAR America" for the first time. You know what? I liked it. Ken Schrader, Kyle Petty and Alexander were the hosts. All three did an excellent job, and the segments were actually interesting. I still say that I think a racing series is better suited for a more "Weekly Show" or one that's supposed to be more "all things racing". But, it looks like NBCSN has it's poo poo together versus what I've seen from Fox and ESPN in the past. I'm really interested to see how they'll cover the series next year.
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FuzzySkinner posted:But, it looks like NBCSN has it's poo poo together versus what I've seen from Fox and ESPN in the past. NBCSN has the best auto racing coverage out there right now, I just wish more people got that channel.
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Fag Boy Jim posted:and that's how you wear a cowboy hat Winner.
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Cannot Find Server posted:Don't forget that Casey Mears also drives pretty low-tier equipment but still gets top-20's relatively often anyway, such as his 14th at Phoenix last week and his 10th in the 500 (RP race, but still). I think the 13 is about on par with the 51 in terms of funding and equipment, so he's another measuring stick for those teams. He even finished one position better than 25th in points last year. Isn't Germain basically on the same level as Furniture Row Racing now with the RCR connection?
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Bhester posted:Isn't Germain basically on the same level as Furniture Row Racing now with the RCR connection? I thought kinda the same thing, that the #13 was a little ahead of the #51 equipment-wise but I didn't realize they ran so well at Phoenix last week not did I realize they finished inside the top 25 last year. That is a pretty good run for that team, good on them. Now that I think about it doesn't the 13 just get motors from RCR or do they get full chassis because doesn't the #51 get motors from Hendrick or did that end when they were bought out? If the #51 gets motors from Hendrick and the #13 gets motors only from RCR I'd go as far as to say the #51 is ahead of the #13 at least motor-wise.
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I believe Germain is getting cars and motors from RCR, but perhaps I'm wrong. My assumption is that the totem pole is RCR > FRR > Germain > JTGD
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Mar 5, 2014 18:47
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Look, if no one is claiming that Smoke avatar I'm taking it on Friday.
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So Dale just tweeted that he has all these old NASCAR races on DVD at his house, and this his racing idol (outside of his dad) is Jimmy "Smut" Means. Again, who here drives the 88?
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Mar 5, 2014 22:52
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lmfao goddamn it's impossible to hate Jr. it's loving impossible I try so hard too
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FuzzySkinner posted:So Dale just tweeted that he has all these old NASCAR races on DVD at his house, and this his racing idol (outside of his dad) is Jimmy "Smut" Means. He was just being polite and responding to your questions!
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Bhester posted:Isn't Germain basically on the same level as Furniture Row Racing now with the RCR connection? Well, they weren't last year as they still used Ford. I wasn't aware of the RCR deal this year, hopefully it works out and he can keep notching top-15's and the occasional top-10!
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L_Harrison posted:
I've been singing this in my head all day, but substituting 'crease' for 'pussy' to keep the meter intact.
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I met Dale Jr, he was really nice to me and made me feel happy Top Hats Monthly fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaqTjl4iBXI
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Meh. They should have left it as just a kitchy trailer. Fast n' Loud did it 9 times better just last month when they got the actual Little Enos, despite being a hammy little bugger, to reprise his role. They got Burt too, but they really shouldn't have made the effort.
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Darrell Waltrip @AllWaltrip “@TheOrangeCone: Let's do it DW! @ AllWaltrip I still have a ASA car if someone wants to revive it.” I have my All-American 400 winning car! Darrell Waltrip @AllWaltrip When #NASCARnationwideseries stopped running on short tracks and ASA went away, it changed the demographics of the sport! I think Waltrip has some good ideas sometimes. This is one of those times.
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Someone must of hacked his Twitter account or something. And hey he didn't say it changed the demographics for the worst did he? He just said it changed.
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Xxxtreme Motorsports (#44) makes their 2014 debut at Vegas this weekend with J.J. Yeley in yet another awesome looking car: Beautiful. Just beautiful.
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my bud was playing the new South Park game (who does that) and sent this image to me
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That's a pretty piss poor cover for that screenshot you totally took yourself.
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