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Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Why are lot of people going to discord's NASCAR page/site/forum? What's the appeal? I mean, what's the difference between discord and SA, which is a place all of us helped create and maintain?

I'm seriously curious because I don't know anything about discord.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2018 09:02

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 09:46

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

I did a search on Casey Atwood tonight (watching a Junior video brought it up), and came across this on reddit:

kpstormie posted:

I'll give a firsthand account of the whole Evernham/Gillett merger...it was by far the worst deal ever made and cost many people, including my dad, his job there.

It all started in 2007 when Ray Evernham got divorced. The ex-wife wanted about 80% of what he had (money-wise) - she won! That put Evernham Motorsports at a huge disadvantage, as they lacked the proper funding for anything. The first massive round of layoffs was soon to come.

Ray announced the merger with George Gillett, everyone thought it was all good. But little did they know that with the merger came a deal where everyone lost. Gillett ran the team, not Evernham. Gillett drove the team into the ground.

By 2009, the poo poo hit the fan. The Gillett's had ran the team into the ground by now. Sure, the team was called Richard Petty Motorsports, but the Gillett's owned EVERYTHING. They owned the rights to Richard Petty's name and likeness, everything with the team, and essentially could care less about anything but money.

After the Petty's bought out the team from the Gillett's, they now had full control of the team (Evernham was gone at this point), they moved the team from the huge 3 building complex in Statesville, NC (I can get pics of the shop for ANYBODY to show you guys how much of a shithole it is now. Hell, I'll get picks of the abandoned shop for you guys if you would like. I live not 10 minutes from the old Evernham shop and BK Racing...) to the Roush complex in Concord in the start of 2009. This was mainly due to the team switching over to Ford because of Dodge's lack of funding.

My dad worked for Evernham Motorsports as the Head of the Electrical Dept. from 2001 to 2008, then he got hit by one of the layoffs. He was out of work for about 2 months I belive. I remember on Christmas Day in 2008.....he got a call from the shop (now Richard Petty Motorsports), and they wanted him back. But he was to perform setup pn Sadler's 19. It was a job, he took it, and is currently working on the 43 car doing setup.

My dad, as well as many current and former Evernham employees, have expressed their hatred fro Evernham and the Gillett's, that whole thing was a fiasco from the start. Glad the Petty family owns the team now with Medallion Financial (they sponsor the 9 of Ambrose), the place is a much better place to work at without idiots running it.

TL;DR: My dad used to work for Evernham, got layed off, and was re-hired when they became RPM. Tells the story of the Gillett/Evernham/Petty merger from his point of view.

On the subject of Atwood, Mayfield, Sadler, Crocker, and other drivers like Paul Wolffe (the same one that's Brad K.'s crew chief!) and Scott Riggs, Evernham has screwed a number of them over, some were his doing, others happened due to the driving.

Casey Atwood is self-explanatory, just read the article. Jeremy Mayfield (one of my most favorite drivers ever...shame NASCAR hosed him over....I knew him personally and he was NOT A DRUGGIE!!) was decent, but never really was a driver. If he had a car capable of winning, he'd take the chance. Other than that, he never did much. Cool guy though. Sadler....ugh. That man wouldn't EVER drive the car unless it was what he wanted....my dad did the setup on the 19 for him in 2008 and 2009, he was sure glad once Sadler left the team. The guy was just a dick to all the crew members. Erin Crocker had the talent, but she just didn't have the right equipment or always had bad luck. Shame, she was doing pretty well in the ARCA series in 2005. As for Paul Wolffe, we know his story. In 2005, Evernham hired him to run their Busch car. Guy was a talented driver, but Evernham didn't have very good Busch equipment at the time. He left to become a crew chief and it was for the better.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2018 09:23

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Double post.

And that interview led me to this:

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# ¿ Feb 11, 2018 09:59

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

kidcoelacanth posted:

Hey remember Rick Crawford?

http://kickinthetires.net/index.php/2018/03/03/former-truck-series-driver-rick-crawford-busted-for-attempted-child-enticement/

I'm literally slack jawed on this story. What. In. The. gently caress?!?! Seriously? What the gently caress?

# ¿ Mar 4, 2018 11:28

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

gently caress Kevin Harvick. And Kyle Busch.

# ¿ Mar 12, 2018 09:32

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Slickdrac posted:

Also, NASCAR is terrified of showing all the empty stands.

Ding ding ding, we got a winner. This is absolutely true.

# ¿ Mar 29, 2018 05:32

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

GALLAGHER ON FINAL MOMENTS: �I HOPE TO HELL THIS WORKS�

WINNING �WORTH THE WAIT AND MORE� FOR GALLAGHER

# ¿ Apr 29, 2018 04:14

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

dennyk posted:

Someone probably told him to quit posting on social media before he said something that might get him suspended...

Yeah, this is pretty much it.

# ¿ May 4, 2018 07:50

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

shame on an IGA posted:

Excuse me sir, the Indy thread is thataway

That would be "excuse me" Miss, or Mrs. I'm not quite sure she's married yet. How I know she's a woman who is not married or not concerns me.

# ¿ May 6, 2018 10:23

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

kidcoelacanth posted:

well, i bought this today

I used to to get stuff like that for free after a NASCAR race when I was a kid.

# ¿ May 7, 2018 11:50

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Elitist Bitch posted:

I don't hide the fact that I'm a woman, and I've been on this thread for like ten years. And I prefer Ms.

I know you don't hide the fact that you're a woman, and I know you've been here for a long time. I was simply correcting someone who called you "sir." That's it.

# ¿ May 7, 2018 11:54

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

kidcoelacanth posted:

I caught the last five laps of this race and my main takeaway is please for the love of god force DW Kevin Harvick to retire

# ¿ May 20, 2018 03:17

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

CBJSprague24 posted:

e- Who likes depression? :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYtFULOeGwE

Wow! It failed all the way back in 2006. That's forward thinking in a nutshell.

Peanut President posted:

"DO YOU LIKE THE NUMBER OF COOKIE CUTTER TRACKS WE RUN?"
>No
"you heard em boys, MORE COOKIE CUTTERS"

Haha!

# ¿ Jun 13, 2018 08:07

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Does anyone know when Sponger Galapagos is coming back from his suspension?

# ¿ Jul 1, 2018 06:46

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

iospace posted:

I see, but have you considered gently caress Kyle Busch?

# ¿ Jul 2, 2018 09:50

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Troy Queef posted:

https://twitter.com/timmyhillracer/status/1021803641571864582?s=21

drat! That car is all Allentown'd up.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2018 06:20

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

maffew buildings posted:

Watching Xfinity practice, they keep telling me how popular NASCAR is getting again and how the BIG 3 are doing so much to fuel that.

Ok guys.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2018 11:21

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Boomer The Cannon posted:

Ken Schrader did it better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf10yT-XG5Q

Elliott Sadler did a good job of it, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQXugT11Js8

# ¿ Jul 30, 2018 03:22

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

https://twitter.com/toomuchcountry/status/1025936787192143872

# ¿ Aug 5, 2018 04:14

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

CBJSprague24 posted:

N: Jimmie Johnson is on a 46 race winless streak and finished 28th today.

V:

# ¿ Aug 13, 2018 05:17

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

maffew buildings posted:

He's getting number 8 this season

# ¿ Aug 13, 2018 09:26

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

https://twitter.com/JMorrisTV/status/1029500807425736706

:aaaaa:

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 08:26

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

gently caress Kevin Harvick.

# ¿ Sep 5, 2018 04:53

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

My apologies if this was posted before:

Dale Earnhardt Jr. on NASCAR�s decline.

# ¿ Sep 12, 2018 06:29

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

SwampYankee posted:

Good race, great finish. Time to turn all 1.5 milers into Rovals

I only saw the highlights of the race, and I'm all for this idea.

More rovals at cookie cutters, please.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2018 09:14

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Dale Earnhardt Jr Talks New Book, Parenthood & More w/Dan Patrick | Full Interview | 10/4/18

# ¿ Oct 5, 2018 09:31

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

big nipples big life posted:

The thread's new favorite driver out being good in the neighborhood.

https://twitter.com/KyleBusch/status/1057453618243231744

He's not my new favorite driver, but drat, was that awesome of him to do that. You could tell some of those people had no clue who he was, which is kind of cool, too. He does seem to treat his fans (and neighbors) very well.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2018 05:44

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Joe Rogan - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Reflects on His Career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPCHVNK42f8

Edit: Joe Rogan - Dale Earnhardt Jr. on What It's Like to Flip a Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQrzrTM3IQ4

Nit Wit Dog Shit fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Nov 8, 2018

# ¿ Nov 8, 2018 08:47

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Must see:

Dale Earnhardt Jr Talks New Book, Concussions & Retirement w/Rich Eisen | Full Interview | 11/8/18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgRsH6KdXvc

Nit Wit Dog Shit fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Nov 9, 2018

# ¿ Nov 9, 2018 07:35

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

CBJSprague24 posted:

Somebody a while back said they hoped Kenny Wallace would disappear off TV:

https://twitter.com/Kenny_Wallace/status/1060910127535005698

Good for him.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2018 06:37

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

RIP David Pearson.

https://twitter.com/Basso488/status/1062159710181384193

https://twitter.com/Basso488/status/1062148881646055424

https://twitter.com/Basso488/status/1062147939412443137

https://twitter.com/Basso488/status/1062145053437689857

https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/1062146285761904640

And one of the best finishes to a NASCAR race ever:

https://twitter.com/Basso488/status/1062141761055809536

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 03:23

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

https://twitter.com/Basso488/status/1062188254148116482

Awesome.

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 04:46

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

Joe Rogan - Dale Earnhardt Jr. on His Relationship with his Dad

It seems Dale, Sr. may have been a bit of a prick. Imagine that.

https://youtu.be/AgXI3eWGnkA

# ¿ Nov 13, 2018 09:05

Nit Wit Dog Shit: Sep 28, 2000; Toilet Rascal

CBJSprague24 posted:

https://twitter.com/SamanthaBusch/status/1068582515764539392

That's terrible news and all, but does she really need to go to twitter to post that?! I mean how much attention does she need? It's a private matter; keep it that way.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2018 05:35