NASCAR 2020: The Excitement is Becoming Contagious

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Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liUSeI_5LUw

WELL YEEHAW "Y'ALL" IT'S TIME FOR NASCAR, THE SOUTH'S GREATEST EXPORT AFTER COCA COLA AND THE REBEL FLAG

2020 Schedule had a few changes
Now instead of Daytona>Atlanta>West Coast Swing it goes straight from Florida to Vegas with The Atlanta 500 moving to after Phoenix (Spring) leading into
HOMESTEAD now no longer the finale gets a who gives a poo poo race in mid march right during the middle of march madness lmao
Martinsville is moving to Mother's Day Weekend with a new night race
Kansas, which was Mother's Day gets kicked down to May 31, the week after Memorial Day
Pocono is losing its second date and instead will run both races on the same weekend of June 27/28 :bigwhat:

. Instead of 2 500 mile affairs it'll be 1 325 and 1 350 race respectively. They're also hosting a GN race and a Truck race that weekend so it's gonna be a total clusterfuck especially if it rains
The Firecracker 400 is punted out of the Fourth of July slot it's held since 19 loving 59 so they can give it to the Brickyard, a loving shithole track in a shithole town
Firecracker instead will be held as the last race before the playoffs :laffo:

on August 29th
Lotta deck chair moving within the playoffs blah blah
Phoenix 2 is now the championship race, hey it made homestead a popular track (lie) so I'm sure it'll do wonders for the worst track in the series
Only other change is a 2 week break after Loudon in July for the Olympics because NBC knows where the real money is and it ain't fuckin Michigan Speedway

Driver changes:
Rookies:
#00 Quin Houff (StarCom)
#8 Tyler Reddick (Childress)
#15 Brennan Poole (Premium)
#38 JH Nemechek (Front Row)
#41 Cole Custer (Stewart-Haas)
#95 Christopher Bell (Leavine Family)

Retirees:
David Ragan
Paul Menard
Matt Tifft

Transfers:
Daniel Suarez (Stewart-Haas > Trashcan or down a level maybe :rip:

)
Barstool Sports' Matt DiBenedetto (Leavine Family > Wood Bros)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Roush > JTG)
Daniel Hemric (Childress > back to baby cars)
Chris Buescher (JTG > Roush)

Other stuff:
Wiki only lists 14 full time truck teams :popeye:

Indycar driver James Davison is running the Daytona 500 with an Indycar and USAC teams teamup
The Cup Series will not have a sponsor "on purpose" for the first time in decades
NASCAR has banned CBD sponsorships because of "media partners"
HOWEVER!! NASCAR has lifted bans on sponsors that compete with "official nascar partners" so time to bring back the cingular wireless car baby

Alright that's all! Raise Hell Praise Dale, congrats to ROWDY for winning another cup, RIP Jimmie Johnson and his son Junior Johnson, off in that SODA Truck Heaven :angel:

here's a pic of terry labonte

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# ¿ Jan 2, 2020 23:51

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 00:32

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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nascar sucks :siren:

# ¿ Jan 2, 2020 23:52

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Norns posted:

Much like your posting

thanks for the personal attack bernie bro

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 00:00

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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Yeah I was surprised about the Davison thing too. Running a car prepared by Johnathan Byrd's Indycar team and The Haywards' sprint car team, as part of a deal that'll see him run the Indy 500 and some sprint car races.

# ¿ Jan 3, 2020 05:50

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ThePopeOfFun posted:

I guess I dont get why 5 & 24 were championship contenders. They're the same car, right?

Or do you say 5 and imply the driver as well?

They're not the same car. Teams have like 6 or 7 cars for each driver, usually set up for the different style tracks (for example most cars are built to pull to the left but you don't want that at road courses where you turn left and right). Usually the cars are set up by the crew chief for each individual entry. So the setup for the 25 could be worse than the setup for the 24.

# ¿ Jan 11, 2020 09:08

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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

Hmm, I'm not too up to date on the rules, but I am pretty sure this is probably not too safe for Daytona.

it's fine he won't qualify anyway

# ¿ Jan 22, 2020 12:40

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algebra testes posted:

Another year, another missed opportunity to cull some dull 1.5 mile tracks for THE ROCK and another Darlington Race.

There's some deal they made with the track owners to keep the schedule locked down that runs out this year. They've been hinting they really want to change things for next season. (i can't wait for the big change to be Indy gets 2 dates or something)

# ¿ Jan 23, 2020 12:04

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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the first audio is from the wreck that spawned JIMMIE JOHNSON SHOULD BE FUCKIN SHAWT which would fit better, imo

# ¿ Jan 27, 2020 18:01

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hunnert car pileup posted:

gimme Bull Run Raceway or gimme death

hell yes

# ¿ Feb 5, 2020 23:01

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Bull Run is a great big road course, The Pits used to organize (iirc) an endurance race there every year that included driver swaps and special skins to make the cars look like touring cars.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2020 02:36

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CBJSprague24 posted:

I can't believe I'm sympathizing with a member of the Smith family. The MLS NASCAR-style fall from grace once people stop caring about soccer again will be interesting, too.

I hate to break it to you but idk if that's gonna happen

# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 05:14

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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I'm real glad that Brad Keselowski being a bad driver has cost Suarez his shot. Good work all around.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2020 15:03

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SpitztheGreat posted:

Dusting off the ol' forum.

Someone remind me, are we getting new pit rules this year? I feel like I remember some sort of insane new rules for tires and poo poo.

they're testing new pit crew rules at a couple gn and truck races. can't fuel and tires at the same time or some such, can only have 5 men over the wall, idr the rest

# ¿ Feb 15, 2020 23:13

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hunnert car pileup posted:

Probably Jimmy Horton at Talladega. Dude walked away pretty much unhurt

that was a rare crash that looked horrific but was funny in the end. loving car flips over the wall and the first responder is a guy without a shirt holding a beer going "y'all alright??"

# ¿ Feb 18, 2020 15:31

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can't wait for John Edward Burton Burton to lose a seat to Ace Richard Childress Dillon

# ¿ Feb 21, 2020 22:29

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as long as that guy ain't Austin Dillon

# ¿ Feb 23, 2020 01:46

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hunnert car pileup posted:

All racers are unlikable whitebread corporate fucks.

Just root for chaos. And whoever isn't Austin Dillon.

brave stance calling Daniel Suarez and Bubba Wallace white

# ¿ Feb 23, 2020 03:03

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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Maybe in the sequel they can have Indiana Sprint Week and MY LOCAL TRACK will finally be in a video game

# ¿ Feb 25, 2020 20:34

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to prevent wobbling maybe?

# ¿ Mar 3, 2020 21:57

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parody is counted under first amendment, all he can do is get the guy kicked off twitter

# ¿ Mar 5, 2020 23:29

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hmm I wonder if twitter user DRUNK BRIAN FRANCE is actually brian j france

# ¿ Mar 6, 2020 02:10

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hunnert car pileup posted:

Off the top of my head:
-Road America (which has a chicane before the kink for bikes)
-Indy (which goes the opposite direction of the Indy/Xfinity track and also has a separate bike loop)
-Daytona (only for the Daytona 200, which used to be a bfd but is now basically a club race since the big bikes outgrew it and began shredding tires on the banking)
-Mosport (Not sure if the Pinty's guys still race there, but that track is horribly dangerous for bikes)

Mosport is a truck race
does Mid-Ohio (GN) have bike races?

# ¿ Mar 12, 2020 05:19

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be warned that the admin is a raging, petty, rear end in a top hat

# ¿ Mar 13, 2020 14:38

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cutting a dude's sponsorship over twitter with a donald trump gif? the social media dude at blue emu should blow his loving brains out, imo

# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 04:51

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nascar drivers have to be in peak physical condition

# ¿ Apr 11, 2020 03:22

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I would like to take this time to say that Kyle Busch is now the better Kyle. :smug:

# ¿ Apr 14, 2020 19:00

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big nipples big life posted:

He was the better Kyle when Larson went all why football man don't stand but truly he's always been the best Kyle.

this is now an official Kyle Busch fan zone.

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 05:02

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# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 14:51

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGNl9LEJSME

# ¿ Apr 15, 2020 14:52

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as the page loaded my eyes merged "Sioux City" and "Dirt Track" as "poo poo track"

# ¿ Apr 22, 2020 16:38

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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man I was hoping for Myrtle Beach

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 04:43

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shame on an IGA posted:

Y'all know Myrtle Beach is under contract pending a zoning change and all-but certain to be demo'd right?

yeah so is laguna seca, I can still want a nascar race there

# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 20:25

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mischief posted:

Savvy move. Replace the young and promising driver with tons of potential with literally the most boring driver ever.

Edit: I'm not in any way saying Larson didn't screw the pooch royally but this kind of thing is a big part of where we end up with Sponsorbot in the 48 and very little actual driver personality. Bowyer and Blaney are the last two guys with any kind of charisma and even it is usually pretty sanitized and safe.

its really weird because they're still doing iracing right? just let some rando like this guy I see on twitter named Steve Boyland drive its not like he's tearing up actual equipment

# ¿ Apr 28, 2020 00:06

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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

# ¿ May 2, 2020 00:47

Peanut President: Nov 5, 2008; by Athanatos
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sure the thunderbird and monte carlo are cool but WHERE THE gently caress IS THE LEBARON

# ¿ May 10, 2020 06:58

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I keep trying to tell you guys

# ¿ May 21, 2020 06:05

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I see the 600 is a never ending whirlwind of excitement just like every year

# ¿ May 25, 2020 01:52

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gently caress NASCAR

# ¿ Jun 3, 2020 02:34

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Dover owns Nashville SS, that's why. It's the same way SMI tracks will switch dates all the time.

edit: Dover Downs Motorsports Inc or whatever the gently caress, they own Gateway and Memphis too

# ¿ Jun 3, 2020 14:48

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 00:32

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oh Dover Downs sold Memphis and Gateway so they literally just own Dover and Nashville SS. Whatever the point is: gently caress nascar and gently caress dover

# ¿ Jun 3, 2020 14:52

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