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2020 NASCAR Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by DanOregon, Feb 7, 2020.

  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    This is not the person I would’ve expected to do this. More power to him.

    (Yes, FedEx is paying for this.)


     
  2. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

  3. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    Will be curious to see if NASCAR's TV ratings take a hit.
     
  4. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

  5. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    I'll ask the question I posed on another thread: Are these areas monitored by surveillance cameras? Any chance the perp gets caught?
    Those, of course, are separate questions.
     
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  6. melock

    melock Well-Known Member

  7. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Someone doesn’t understand that there are cameras everywhere at Talladega. It’s like the Bellagio in George Clooney’s “Ocean’s 11” — somebody’s always watching.

    The big change here is that NASCAR released a statement about this at all. Even three years ago, they’d have swept this under the rug and quietly “encouraged” the offending party to find himself a new job in some other field — and with track access limited to essential racing personnel, they could’ve gotten away with it. Instead, NASCAR made the statement in time to get it into the 11 p.m. news cycle. As ESPN’s Ryan McGee noted, Steve Phelps and NASCAR management are running toward this with their fists clenched.
     
    Last edited: Jun 21, 2020
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  8. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

  9. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Can’t imagine why this part was left out of the SportsCenter tweet.

     
  10. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Apparently the Sons of Confederate Veterans claimed responsibility for the plane flag. I don't know if it was institutional or individuals.
    I've mentioned elsewhere that they are nuts.
     
  11. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    If it's someone affiliated with another team - I can see sponsorships lost (and perhaps moved to Wallace's team?)
     
  12. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Twitter trolls are claiming the noose was a false flag operation to draw attention.
    Folks better hope not or any gains that have been made will be lost for a decade or more.
     
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