The 2022 running NASCAR, IMSA & other racing things thread

I’m watching the IMSA race — it rains in Delaware, but it never rains in Southern California — and I still want to know who’s paying the freight for a two-car “unsponsored” Chip Ganassi team in DPi.

 

I always wonder...who can REALLY drive and who is with great equipment? I imagine everyone at this level can really drive, but I tend to like to root for the guys who rise above their equipment (for lack of a better phrase).

So, with that said, is Ross Chastain one of those guys?

 

Justin Marks, he gave him $20 million (or whatever) last year.

 

Not the same thing. Chip certainly understands the Felix Sabates Principle of Motorsports Economics¹, and somebody is paying to not have their logos on the car.

¹-In order to build a small fortune in racing, start with a large fortune.

 

Which seems weird... unless he's doing a Bill Davis and really doing R&D work for a new manufacturer. How much does it cost to run an IMSA team nowadays?

 

Nah, he’s not Bill Davis and these cars go away after this season. I just want to know who’s paying the freight — France family, Cadillac, whomever.

 

They probably shouldn't have used tungsten.

Danica Patrick shares breast implant complications to warn other women

 

Of course they did.

Trackhouse Racing forced to change Earnhardt throwback for Darlington

Today, Teresa Earnhardt no longer holds the right to use the numbers previously used at Dale Earnhardt, Inc in competition. However, she maintains the trademarks to the design of the numbers themselves.
... the No. 1 car that will be used this weekend by Ross Chastain has been modified from it’s original look. A black slash has been added through the 1, after the car was released.
That slash was added on Wednesday, the day after the reveal of the machines. It distinguishes the No. 1 from the number used for the DEI car.

 

Trackhouse said they added the slash through the 1 because they usually have the slash in numbers as part of the design. I do wish the Senior throwback could be a number a little closer to the original.

 

Yes.