The 2024 running motorsports thread

I’d like to go back to a simpler time, one when DEI referred to the 1, 8, and 15 Chevy Monte Carlos.

 

Dang. Nothing like getting the pink slip after the holidays. Tiny little slip of a lady but more energy per pound than anybody else in the media center.

Claire B. was at every race I attended between 2003-2012, usually holed up in a tiny radio booth or straining to hold a mic in a group scrum. I'm not sure she ever was able to get outside and actually see cars running.

I have no idea what she did when not on the air, but it couldn't have been much since she devoted so much time to XM. Best of luck to her.

 

Key dates (not a complete list) for 2024:

• Chili Bowl: Monday through Jan. 13, Tulsa. (The flip count Twitter feed is no longer being updated.)
• Rolex 24 at Daytona: Jan. 27-28.
• Clash: Feb. 4.
• Daytona 500: Feb. 18.
• Gatornationals: March 7-10.
• IndyCar at St. Petersburg: March 10.
• Sebring: March 16. (The 1000km WEC event will not return.)
• Terre Haute, The Action Track!: First stop of the year is April 5.
• Four Wide Nationals at Vegas: April 12-14.
• Long Beach: April 21.
• Four-Wide Nationals at Charlotte: April 26-28.
• NASCAR All-Star Race: May 19.
• Hoosier Hundred & Carb Night Classic: May 24.
• Indy, Monte Carlo, World 600: May 26.
• IndyCar at Road America: June 9.
• Le Mans: June 15-16.
• Kings Royal: July 20.
• Indiana Sprint Week: July 25-Aug. 3.
• Knoxville Nationals: Aug. 7-10.
• US Nationals: Aug. 28-Sept. 2.
• Indycar at the Milwaukee Mile: Aug. 31-Sept. 1.
• Petit Le Mans: Oct. 12.
• NASCAR finale at Phoenix: Nov. 10.
• NHRA Finals: Nov. 14-17.

 

I’ve never understood the to-do about the Chili Bowl, other than everyone seems to want to drive in it nowadays. Cars going around a quarter-mile fake oval inside an arena… just meh. Then again I like Martinsville, so I could be off my rocker. Open to changing my mind.

 

From Lang's post, I take it as she isn't necessarily just leaving SXM. It's leaving racing coverage.
Is that correct?

 

The way she said "changes in direction in the channel" is what made me think they were at least doing something different.
I very well could be misinterpreting it. I've made mistakes before. If they were just getting rid of her for someone new, why not make that happen at the end of the season instead of a month before Daytona?
When Gastonia decided to stop coving NASCAR, I'm pretty sure Monte was called in right after a race and told they were pulling the plug.
Again, I may be mixed up on all of it.

 

I have no idea why, but Tulsa chili is virtually identical to Cincinnati chili. Just thought I’d share.