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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

big nipples big life posted:

If they don't give Custer that seat he would have gone somewhere else most likely. IMO they should have given him Bowyer's ride but people like Clint and he's good on TV so I can see reasons for keeping him around.

Custer's dad is the COO of Haas, he wasn't going to any other team.

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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Xfinity is running the IMS road course instead of the full oval.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Very fitting for Ryan

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i believe the pace car checked up and caused a bunch of cars to collide, but wasn't touched itself

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

that race ruled

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Depends on how broadly you want to define "south," but I'd recommend Bristol or Martinsville. Short tracks rule.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i'm so mad

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

turn right don yess

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

really great finish

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i'm watching anime til the race actually starts :cool:

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i turned on the race when they were about to go green and i never took it off mute you just gotta know your nascar hacks

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

bad bad bad bad bad this sucks

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i seriously can't imagine how lajoie and blaney feel right now

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

I know nothing about NASCAR or crash procedure. Is that standard for bad crashes or is it real, real bad?

it hasn't happened in 19 years so honestly there's not a lot of comparison points. definitely happened with wheldon in indycar back in 2011

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

Did they do black screen for Earnhardt?

i do not remember

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

iirc kenny schrader knew pretty much right away that dale was dead af

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009


jesus christ

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

surf rock posted:

I'm not a regular NASCAR fan (watched it some when I was a kid and I'll watch the occasional gif on Twitter), so I'm asking this sincerely: what are the signs here that this crash is worse than average? I feel like every NASCAR crash gif I've ever seen looks absolutely horrific to the same degree as this. Is it being airborne, or part of the trunk being ripped off signalling the intensity of the initial impact?

the photo in particular isn't showing anything, really, it's the fact that he got hit directly in the driver's side door while upside down on second impact.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

that photo is blowing my loving mind guys

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

It's beautiful in a haunting, awful way.

yeah

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK posted:

it reminds me a lot of when Wheldon died in Indycar

you just see a wreck happen, and way off in the distance, he gets hit with a nose cone in the head and then immediately crashes his car into the infield wall

that was wilson, not wheldon

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

In my non-expert opinion: That dude is dead, F

thanks

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Big Huski Boi posted:

This side of the car was cut open, no?

yeah that's the car being cut open

e: don't trust "sources" til we have official word thanks

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

okay so follow up how the gently caress

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

i thought this was going to be at best a steve park or jerry nadeau situation, how the gently caress

in fairness we really don't know the full extent of this yet, so

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

DEEP STATE PLOT posted:

nadeau and park both had extremely life-threatening injuries upon arrival to the hospital so newman is already better off than either of them

more in the after-effects, i mean

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

I was so worried for his wife and daughters. They must be so relived right now.

he and his wife just announced their separation so i imagine tonight was extremely weird for her

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

They said it was amicable. Hopefully that's true. Hopefully they're still on good terms.

i don't doubt that that's the case, but even then the emotions involved must be incredibly complex

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

BigBallChunkyTime posted:

Initially, Earnhardt's looked pretty tame as far as race car crashes go. That one killed him and Newman walks away from this one. Baffling.

i don't mean to be morbid but "walks away" is no guarantee right now

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

88 REAL NASCAR MEMES 22 -CHANDA

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

big nipples big life posted:

I bet it's David Ragan

e:unless the 36 is running at vegas.

Ragan shut that down on Twitter today, it seems.

I'm guessing Briscoe, but I'd like to see someone like Cassill get a shot.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

daughters strategically placed to hide cool new robot legs

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Chastain subbing at Vegas.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

important news

https://twitter.com/JennaFryer/status/1230940459964387329

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Foehammer007 posted:

Is there a guide to know who to follow? Haven't watched Nascar in like ten years, used to like jeff

Watch some races until you decide you like a guy

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

and Almirola and Larson, to a lesser extent

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

i'm so loving mad at that caution, we got completely robbed of a great finish. bowman was absolutely hauling rear end

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

Dip poo poo!

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kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

decent race!

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