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The 2021 Running NASCAR/IMSA/other racing things thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Jan 30, 2021.

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  1. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    That's what I thought, but didn't know if for some reason there was some level of co-ownership.
     
    wicked, Aug 11, 2021
    #553
  2. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    That Taylor/Earnhardt helmet story is cool. I remember how competitive Earnhardt was in the driving rain in the Corvette. As I recall, he gradually worked up to the limits of the car each time he got in, as opposed to his son finding the limits right away. It would have been fascinating seeing Earnhardt's second career racing Corvettes at Daytona, Sebring, LeMans, etc.
     
    murphyc, Aug 12, 2021
    #554
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  3. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    And the metal curbing on the Indy road course in Turn 6 failed in some way and just tore up at least a dozen cars. Crazy.
     
    maumann, Aug 15, 2021
    #555
  4. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Almost as much of a sham as the race where they couldn’t run tires for 10 laps.
     
    wicked, Aug 15, 2021
    #556
  5. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

     
    goalmouth, Aug 15, 2021
    #557
  6. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    What a farce. They need to make it a one-lap shootout in overtime on road courses, not green-white-checkered. They ran about 18 laps more than scheduled.
     
    wicked, Aug 15, 2021
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  7. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    The barren grandstand photos are as much of a tradition as kissing the bricks. The Speedway's in a no-win spot given their 200,000 seats. They could tarp over more parts of the stands and force people into fewer sections, but then they'd turn off longtime fans who have their routines and always sit in the same place.

    Someone told me they're going to change the race dates again, if that's true that's just more silliness for a tough weekend.
     
    playthrough, Aug 15, 2021
    #559
  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Move Daytona back to the Fourth and put Indy as the last race before the cutoff. It'll give the Brickyard some extra prestige.
     
    wicked, Aug 15, 2021
    #560
  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    I tuned in looking for the U.S. Am and watched that demolition derby. I was oddly fascinated and mostly turned off by it.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 15, 2021
    #561
  10. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Hasn't Indy been in that spot before? I could be wrong, I've had whiplash from all the moves. After years of oppressive July heat, IMS begged to go later and the race landed in September. That lasted two years and then Nascar moved it to July 4 weekend, back to the heat plus a tough sell in Indy after everyone takes Memorial Day weekend off for racing -- and then the pandemic made the fan question moot. This year, back to August for the first time in a long time. The IndyCar/Xfinity doubleheader yesterday was a nice twinbill and the weather wasn't sweltering, ditto the weather today.
     
    playthrough, Aug 15, 2021
    #562
  11. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    What literally used to be called "The August Night Race" at Bristol - after sponsorship dried up - is now in September.
     
    Driftwood, Aug 15, 2021
    #563
  12. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    The sponsorship didn’t dry up. The sponsors didn’t want to pay the TV networks to get their name on TV after having already paid to get their name all over the track. That was one of the innovations that David Hill and Fox brought in 20 years ago.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Aug 15, 2021
    #564
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