February 20, 20232 yr Predictable restrictor plate/nascar rules crap at the end as usual. At least Austin Dillon didn't win.
February 20, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Fuck Tim Beck said: Predictable restrictor plate/nascar rules crap at the end as usual. At least Austin Dillon didn't win. Yep. This sport has become such a mess, I'm not even sure they could find their way back if they tried. Longest Daytona 500 ever, and nobody even knew who had won at the end.
February 20, 20232 yr Lulz. Even the French are making fun of the race. En francais ... Translation: " only year when Stenhouse doesn't cause a crash, he wins the race" Guillaume Vachey sur Twitter : "La seule année ou Stenhouse ne provoque pas un crash, il gagne la course #NASCAR #Daytona500" / Twitter
February 20, 20232 yr I know that NASCAR has been tinkering with ways to prevent these types of endings, but jeez. That was awful.
February 20, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said: Still better than that boring ass F1 crap. Just see who leads coming out of the first turn then come back for the trophy presentation.
February 20, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, hookem48 said: Just see who leads coming out of the first turn then come back for the trophy presentation. Exactly
March 4, 20232 yr No matter when I turn a tournament on its just in time to see Jordan fuck up a hole.
March 4, 20232 yr No matter when I turn a tournament on its just in time to see Jordan fuck up a hole.Swing and a miss
March 4, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, Scraps said: 1 hour ago, hookem48 said: No matter when I turn a tournament on its just in time to see Jordan fuck up a hole. Swing and a miss Lol
March 10, 20232 yr BTW, if any of y'all are going out to NASCAR at COTA, Danny & Carmen's Parking on Elroy Road (across from the fire station) is offering parking for $11/day. Easy in and out, and itabout 50 yards from COTA's Lot T. You can also reserve a spot by paying them on paypal. Good folks. https://www.facebook.com/Dandcparking/
March 10, 20232 yr Button is going to be at COTA as well https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/jenson-button-nascar-cup-debut-cota/10441873/
March 10, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, elfenix said: Button is going to be at COTA as wellhttps://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/jenson-button-nascar-cup-debut-cota/10441873/ Yep. 2 F1 Champs in a NASCAR race. I wonder if that's ever happened before this. I asked on Autosport and nobody had an answer, which tells me that it probably hasn't happened.
March 12, 20232 yr Author Villeneuve has five Cup starts and 9 Xfinity starts, but I can't easily figure out who else he might have overlapped with. JPM never won a title. Edited March 12, 20232 yr by Prepuce of Doom
March 15, 20232 yr So let me start off by saying I obviously am not a racer, never raced, don't know shit about the specs of cars and all the dynamics that go into it etc. I know people will have a differing opinion than this and I am good with that, this is just my thinking on the last couple races. So in Vegas Truex was in i think 4th and then stayed out while everyone pitted for the Overtime. So he starts 1st and then of course gets passed by multiple guys so ends up 7th. My issue isn't so much with people questioning Truex's call to stay out, my issue is why the fuck aren't the people in 14th-18th staying out? Between this and then the same thing at PHX, I just find it to be some pussy ass stuff it seems like. So in Vegas say Truex stays out and 3 other cars stay out behind him. So they have first two rows on restart. That provides at least some congestion for the pitted cars to have to get through. Possibly they don't do it in 2 laps? Possibly they do, but worse case is the dudes who were running at the end of the lead lap cars would seem to have a much higher probability of finishing higher than say 18th. By pitting 18th, coming out restarting 18th, how many spots are they really going to move up when everyone else pitted too? At least if they are in the front (key word here...) WITH other non pitted cars they could potentially do some blocking and no fall all the way back to 18th in 2 laps. Same thing happened at PHX....everyone pitted and took the 2 tires except Harvick who was the leader took 4, then came out in like 5th for the restart and couldn't make up the ground to get back to 1st. Cars at the end of the line running 19, 20, 21 etc seem like they should have just stayed out and jumped to the front of the line and then see what happens. OK if they get passed by all 20 cars in 2 laps who cares? They were already running 20th on a track where no one can pass anyone as it is. But maybe, just maybe, they present an issue and one of them wins the damn thing, or they only drop half the spots and end up with a top 10 finish etc. Like I said I am not claiming to be a know it all or expert or anything, just strategy stuff that I would think would give their car more options with 2 laps to go than just standing pat as the 19th car and oh well we will follow everyone else to pits and come back out 19th and then just run the 2 laps. Fuck shit up and see what happens man! /tldr just trying to get some talk on this thread go ahead and call me an idoit
March 24, 20232 yr Not much buzz for NASCAR at COTA this weekend. Actually, like no buzz at all. A little surprised. My kid and I will be out there some. SMI knows how to run a race, so it's not the usual COTA shitshow. Cheap tickets and free parking outside Lot A. I was also looking for a 2023 thread. Did I just miss it?
March 24, 20232 yr Author Curious to see which of our road course ringers (Kimi, Jenny Butts, Conor Daly, and whichever Taylor boy) fare best in practice today. Hope the weather doesn't render it all meaningless, too.
March 25, 20232 yr Was planning on being up there but now I'm going to watch longhorn basketball instead
March 25, 20232 yr On 3/15/2023 at 11:02 AM, Scraps said: So let me start off by saying I obviously am not a racer, never raced, don't know shit about the specs of cars and all the dynamics that go into it etc. I know people will have a differing opinion than this and I am good with that, this is just my thinking on the last couple races. So in Vegas Truex was in i think 4th and then stayed out while everyone pitted for the Overtime. So he starts 1st and then of course gets passed by multiple guys so ends up 7th. My issue isn't so much with people questioning Truex's call to stay out, my issue is why the fuck aren't the people in 14th-18th staying out? Between this and then the same thing at PHX, I just find it to be some pussy ass stuff it seems like. So in Vegas say Truex stays out and 3 other cars stay out behind him. So they have first two rows on restart. That provides at least some congestion for the pitted cars to have to get through. Possibly they don't do it in 2 laps? Possibly they do, but worse case is the dudes who were running at the end of the lead lap cars would seem to have a much higher probability of finishing higher than say 18th. By pitting 18th, coming out restarting 18th, how many spots are they really going to move up when everyone else pitted too? At least if they are in the front (key word here...) WITH other non pitted cars they could potentially do some blocking and no fall all the way back to 18th in 2 laps. Same thing happened at PHX....everyone pitted and took the 2 tires except Harvick who was the leader took 4, then came out in like 5th for the restart and couldn't make up the ground to get back to 1st. Cars at the end of the line running 19, 20, 21 etc seem like they should have just stayed out and jumped to the front of the line and then see what happens. OK if they get passed by all 20 cars in 2 laps who cares? They were already running 20th on a track where no one can pass anyone as it is. But maybe, just maybe, they present an issue and one of them wins the damn thing, or they only drop half the spots and end up with a top 10 finish etc. Like I said I am not claiming to be a know it all or expert or anything, just strategy stuff that I would think would give their car more options with 2 laps to go than just standing pat as the 19th car and oh well we will follow everyone else to pits and come back out 19th and then just run the 2 laps. Fuck shit up and see what happens man! /tldr just trying to get some talk on this thread go ahead and call me an idoit if those guys further back stay out they will get absolutely smoked by those with new tires, but I do agree it would be more fun to watch them at least try
March 25, 20232 yr if those guys further back stay out they will get absolutely smoked by those with new tires, but I do agree it would be more fun to watch them at least try Oh no doubt but the worst they can do is fall right back to where they were as last cars on lead lap...so might as well try to fuck shit up lol
March 25, 20232 yr Allmendinger is just pimping slapping these fools in Xfinity. He was 1st, then went all the way back to 30th. Managed to run through the whole field and got back up to 1st in what seemed to be maybe 8 laps. Now has been up there with 9 to go
March 26, 20232 yr I know I said earlier that there was absolutely no buzz anywhere about this race, but dang, man. There might have been 5-7000 people out there today. It's a well-run event by SMI, too, with good racing today in the Xfinity race.
March 26, 20232 yr no cautions at the end of the stages, kimi with 3 words for the 'grid walk' (which consisted of denny hamlin, kimi, and jensen's daughter) the micing for this broadcast sucks. it's nascar i should hear the V8s more than the commentators. guess that's actually just the sound mixing. Edited March 26, 20232 yr by elfenix
March 26, 20232 yr Damn should have went to this and seen my 23XI boy win then watch Texas with epic choke job
March 28, 20232 yr I guess now I have a new NASCAR driver to like ... Upset Alex Bowman Doesn’t Mince Words, Blasts NASCAR for Putting Drivers in Box and Producing ‘Embarrassing’ Racing at COTA https://www.sportscasting.com/alex-bowman-blasts-nascar-putting-drivers-box-producing-embarrassing-racing-cota/ Quote “It’s such a box that we’re all in,” Bowman said. “It’s so dumb how we have to race each other. It’s not OK by any means. But it’s what we do. It’s somewhat embarrassing, but at some point, you’re here to finish well for your sponsors. It’s a matter of losing 10 spots. You can’t be the one clean guy at the end.” He wasn’t done and delivered more harsh remarks moments later. “Yeah, the problem is if you don’t peek out and bomb the guy in front of you, the guy behind you does it to you,” he said. “What are you going to do there, right? It’s not right. The way we race is embarrassing. If 12-year-olds were doing it, we would be yelling at them, but here we are saying it’s the best, and we’re all on TV.” Edited March 28, 20232 yr by wood
March 29, 20232 yr Author 6 hours ago, Scraps said: Well except he's a douche How is Bowman a douche?! He's mild-mannered as hell.
April 10, 20232 yr Was all excited to watch the dirt race. Holy shit this is boring as fuck. 3 laps racing, 3 laps yellow flag, repeat.
April 13, 20232 yr Yeah most of the races have been pretty much duds so far from a casual fans perspective like me. These fuckers cannot pass in these cars on most tracks so far, just makes for a pretty boring ass race.
April 22, 20232 yr It's DeGa weekend. Pretty bad crash with 2 left in xfinity race. Hemric upside down
April 23, 20232 yr I always want to punch Busch in his face, but not because of the reason most race fans want to, but because he wears that stupid ass breathe right strip lol
April 24, 20232 yr just go to your hauler Bubba, you're not the first driver to wreck himself with a chance to win.
April 26, 20232 yr Author Anyone interested in doing the same kind of bracket pool that Denny Hamlin brought up? $25 to enter, and then 1/2/3/6/12 points per round (or something along those lines). Let me know if you're interested...
April 27, 20232 yr I mean i would do it cause i am a degenerate But does Almirola get a bye? Or is Berry going in Bowmans slot?
April 28, 20232 yr On 4/26/2023 at 8:20 PM, Scraps said: I mean i would do it cause i am a degenerate But does Almirola get a bye? Or is Berry going in Bowmans slot? Check your PM
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