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Wow it's NASCAR again! Still not dead, despite all efforts. Vital information for new NASCAR fans: http://www.clickhole.com/article/11-simple-rhymes-help-you-remember-how-dale-earnha-5632 Discord server for all SAS racing threads: https://discord.gg/kg3d2Uu Martin Truex Jr won the championship last year with in a dominant performance. It was pretty cool. Stages were less horribly implemented than some might expect and helped make the best driver all year champion. A lot of driver changes this year, with retirements and rookies aplenty. A quick overview: Dale Earnhardt Jr has retired and will be working for NBC Sports (not just racing!). Alex Bowman will be the new driver of the #88 for Hendrick Motorsports. The Hendrick reshuffling continues with Kasey Kahne ousted to be replaced by rookie William Byron, who will be running the #24 as Chase Elliot shifts to the #9. Kahne will be replacing Michael McDowell in the Leavine Family Racing #95. McDowell moves to the Front Row Motorsports #34, replacing Landon Cassill, who is tragically still without a ride. Ryan Blaney moves to a new Penske Racing entry in the #12, leaving the Wood Brothers #21 entry open for Paul Menard, who moves over from the Childress #27, which has been shuttered. However, Richard Petty Motorsports has entered an alliance with Richard Childress Racing, with the #43 now acting as a quasi-teammate to RCR as they move to Chevy. Bubba Wallace is the new driver of the #43, as Aric Almirola takes his Smithfield sponsorship to Stewart-Haas Racing, replacing the retiring Danica Patrick in the #10. Patrick will be running the #7 car for Premium Motorsports in the Daytona 500, in addition to attempting one final Indianapolis 500. Erik Jones is replacing Matt Kenseth in the Joe Gibbs #20, and a rideless Kenseth has more or less retired.The Furniture Row #77 that Jones is leaving has shuttered. Schedule: I'll put some links to other stuff here when people who are less lazy than I collect them.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 17:07 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:57 |
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Title is directly from Kyle's dumb thing, btwquote:"All you're doing is advertising all these younger guys for fans to figure out and pick up on and choose as their favorite driver," Busch said during the NASCAR preseason media days at the Charlotte Convention Center. "I think it's stupid. I don't know, I'm not the marketing genius that's behind this deal.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 17:15 |
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WindyMan posted:Stages, and the playoffs, were also what allowed the likes of Chase Elliot to come maybe-too-close to seriously competing for the championship. If anything I think stages helped neutralize the bullshit of the playoff format, which still sucks and I hate it, but at least the drivers who've actually been doing the best all season have an advantage built in.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 18:34 |
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WindyMan posted:Absolutely. Truex and Furniture Row was a fantastic story all year. Thank goodness they won it all in the end. Agreed on all counts. WindyMan posted:Here's the fix: Make the last race a literal winner-take all. If one of the Champ 4 wins the race, they win the championship. If none of them win it, the points leader is the champion. (This would make the stage points in the last race actually matter.) Same amount of drama, but with enough fairness in there to avoid a bullshit ending if something happens during hard racin' to take out a championship contender. This isn't a bad solution at all. The frustrating thing about any good solution is that it comes at the cost of yet another change, which has already worn extremely thin as they keep tweaking things.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 19:09 |
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https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/956242932805357568
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 21:06 |
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runoverbobby posted:I know it was possible under the old Chase because it was essentially a points reset with 10 races to go. I’m confused because I thought the latest format resets the points for the top four cars before the final race. You can win and end up with fewer points? No, because the points are reset after every round. The top 4 all have the same amount of points going into Homestead so the top finisher will have the most points. The actual number of points is manipulated to serve the results.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 21:51 |
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https://twitter.com/JTGRacing/status/958717037630644225 biiiit of a mouthful
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# ¿ Jan 31, 2018 16:47 |
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DEMAG posted:Hell yes, NASCAR is finally bringing the party with Hawkeye! > Describe yourself in one gif
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# ¿ Feb 2, 2018 13:28 |
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WindyMan posted:Yeah, if NASCAR is going to keep making double-file a thing on tracks where single-file is the only thing, letting drivers decide where the sweet spot is between track position and optimal line would be great. They don't line up the double-file until one or two laps before the restart anyway, so it wouldn't make a big difference
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# ¿ Feb 4, 2018 19:10 |
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iwentdoodie posted:Is it not already a rule that 1st place picks his lane? I always thought it was. The leader picks their lane, no one else does. The problem this is trying to solve is the scenario that happens all too often where you'd rather restart 4th than second.
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# ¿ Feb 4, 2018 23:24 |
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Ryan Blaney, Tom Brady fan, has turned heel in my heart
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# ¿ Feb 5, 2018 06:01 |
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The fox football graphics are tight as hell so I'm on board with this
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# ¿ Feb 10, 2018 17:13 |
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Elephanthead posted:I can't wait for 199 single file parade laps, I mean the daytona 500. That's unfair, the single file parade is reserved for the middle third of the race and the last 20 laps.
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# ¿ Feb 13, 2018 23:06 |
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bigbillystyle posted:Bowman did OK when he filled in for Jr. I mean judging by how the 88 ran for most of the last few years with Jr. in the car he pretty much ran what Jr. probably would have run. Bowman's average finish in 10 races was 19.7. I would hope that putting in a full off season with the team and then the full season that they would be able to put up a little bit better numbers but really an average finish of 19.7 is also ran status if your last name isn't Earnhardt I guess. E: Earnhardt had an average of 16th before hanging it up after 18 races that year. Really I'm just trying to justify defending Bowman because I like him and don't want him to be a bust. Bowman's come closer to winning a race in the 88 in the past two years than Jr ever did. Anyway,
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# ¿ Feb 15, 2018 00:55 |
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Duuuaaaaalllsss
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# ¿ Feb 16, 2018 01:18 |
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Yo this top 5 right now is some tight stuff Suck it cup guys
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# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 23:12 |
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gently caress
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# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 23:28 |
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this is the most xfinity plate race race
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# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 23:36 |
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Feels Villeneuve posted:This race is bad disagree
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# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 23:44 |
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What a good, stupid race. Hell of a drive, Spence.
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# ¿ Feb 17, 2018 23:59 |
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uhm i think you mean ナスカー you loving baka gaijin
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2018 03:28 |
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sup idiots the daytona five hundred is on. hell yeah
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2018 21:03 |
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Mahoning posted:I was a huge NASCAR fan from like 95 to somewhere around a decade ago. I keep trying to get back into it but every year I turn on the Daytona 500 and everyone has different sponsors, different numbers, and there’s like 20 new drivers. It’s so inaccessible. Blaney and Wallace
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2018 21:08 |
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Feels Villeneuve posted:why did all the not-that-old veterans leave anyway, is it a cost-cutting thing of rookies being cheap as poo poo compared to Matt Kenseth's giant-rear end contract In Kenseth's case specifically, yes. Junior dipped before his brain turned to mush.
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2018 21:15 |
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Stenhouse is on the loving warpath
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2018 22:06 |
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Mahoning posted:Thanks for the Blaney suggestion everyone. His dad is from NE Ohio about 30 min from me so it’s a good fit. He's also a total dreamboat
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# ¿ Feb 18, 2018 23:13 |
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That was the craziest five laps I've ever watched
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:25 |
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exploded mummy posted:You watched NXS last night I said crazy, not endless
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:26 |
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holy poo poo
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:33 |
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that race ruled i feel super bad for aric
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:37 |
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Hopkins FBI posted:I just wanna thank the good Lord up above for givin' me a rich grampa *dabs violently* New thread title please mods
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:41 |
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Bubba with the
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:49 |
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12th place finisher: Justin Marks??????
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 00:54 |
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Feels Villeneuve posted:how long has austin dillon been in the #3 car now. like holy poo poo i think everyone gets that dale used to drive that number. why is every sports site leading with RIP DALE angles on this race because it sells
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# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 01:37 |
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algebra testes posted:I saw people on Twitter say Aric was blocking so wasnt hung up that he got wrecked? Was that a thing? He was upset he lost, but said that he threw a block and wasn't blaming Austin because no one's going to lift there. https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/965373534301315072 kidcoelacanth fucked around with this message at 12:51 on Feb 19, 2018 |
# ¿ Feb 19, 2018 12:49 |
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SpitztheGreat posted:On a different topic, did anyone else catch Wallace referring to Richard as "The King"? I know that Kyle refers to him as The King, and I've always found that super weird, but hearing Wallace refer to him as The King made me stop and ask if Richard actually wants to be called The King to his face. If that's true, if Richard Petty actually goes by "The King" in his daily life it makes me wonder just how obnoxious he must be. I mean, the man is a legend, and I hope he's an all around decent guy (though there are red flags concerning Tim Richmond, kneeling for the anthem, to name two) but man, if you tell people to call you "The King" that's something else. It's either that or the entire garage just respects him that much, I guess.
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2018 03:57 |
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Feels Villeneuve posted:eliminate the wretched, pathetic xfinity series But... but where will names be made?
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# ¿ Feb 20, 2018 19:14 |
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It's kind of wild that they came to that resolution after how hard that deal imploded last year.
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# ¿ Feb 21, 2018 17:27 |
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PFTCommenter tearing discord through NASCAR. They should bring on another driver
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# ¿ Feb 23, 2018 21:30 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 21:57 |
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I highly recommend following Dale Jr on instagram for his vaguely bewildered adventures in South Korea
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# ¿ Feb 25, 2018 02:20 |