The 2022 running NASCAR, IMSA & other racing things thread

Since it's during the Chase, I thought NASCAR would go with upper-body and lower-body injuries ...

 

I'm glad we're past Ricky Rudd doing that, especially because it was at Daytona.

Davey, I can't remember where he did that. Was it Pocono, or was that where he got hurt? I don't know if shifting 1,500 times or however many is a smart thing for Cody Ware to be doing. Then again, these guys are shifting everywhere now.

 

Yeah, Davey did it the following week after his big crash at Pocono in 92. Cost him the championship.

 

Ernie Irvan cost him the championship at Atlanta.

 

That is a fact as well, but if it hadn't been for the wreck at Pocono, the wreck caused by Swervin' Irvan probably wouldn't have mattered.
Davey led the points by 46 over Elliott and 134 over Kulwicki going into that race.
He was down by 70 with two races to go, won at Phoenix, and led by Kulwicki 30 going into Atlanta.
Had he stayed on form, the title would probably have been decided before the green flag dropped in the final race.

I remember in April of 93 telling a friend who was a Kulwicki fan that I was OK with Kulwicki winning the championship because Davey would have his chances. Come July, I was heartbroken.

 

I liked Davey a lot back when I covered NASCAR. And that Thunderbird was sweet.

 

Last week: Kevin Harvick rips the shit out of NASCAR
This week: NASCAR gives Kevin Harvick a massive points penalty

NASCAR hits No. 4 Cup team with L2-level penalty for modification of single-source part

Harvick right before the penalty was announced:

 

Reminds me of how Earnhardt would rip restrictor plate "racing," then at the next plate race his car would be deemed illegal.

 

Professional wrestling is more subtle than NASCAR leadership.

 

William Byron appeals his penalty and gets 25 key points back, but sees his fine go up from 50K to 100K.

Appeal panel gives William Byron his 25 points back (yahoo.com)

I didn't realize NASCAR had a loyalty program where you could buy points...

 

Hunter Nickell! I haven't heard that name in a while. The former president of SPEED cable network and Raycom honcho. He got the boot a year before I did.