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2020 NASCAR Thread

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

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  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    They are considering it, but the Fairgrounds track downtown needs more updating than the intermediate track out in Lebanon. Meanwhile, the MLS people are trying to get the old short track paved so they can put up a parking lot.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jun 3, 2020
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  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Brickyard 400 weekend at Indy over July 4 (which will also include an IndyCar road race) to run without fans. Which isn't a significant change from recent years (rim shot).

    The rescheduled Indy 500 is less than two months later.
     
    playthrough, Jun 4, 2020
    #422
  3. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Gives Penske more time to upgrade the fan experience (that is if there is any plan to have fans in August).
     
    wicked, Jun 4, 2020
    #423
  4. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I've heard that Penske is prepared to move the 500 back as far as October if that's what it takes to have fans. IMS can afford to run an empty Brickyard thanks to the Nascar TV contract, but no such luck with the 500.

    As for upgrading the fan experience, I've gotten a kick out of that storyline and how local media have ate it up. Penske is certainly doing it, from renovating the infamous infield restrooms to paving a lot of notorious mudpit parking lots inside and outside the oval, but to me that also shines a light on just how little the Hulman-George family had done as far as upkeep.
     
    playthrough, Jun 4, 2020
    #424
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  5. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    The next phase of the revamped schedule is out, and they're apparently saying damn the torpedoes now as far as venturing away from Charlotte.
    The Pocono doubleheader weekend stays, as do the next two weekends at Indy and Kentucky. Then they'll come back to Charlotte for the All-Star race (God only knows why), followed by Texas, Kansas and New Hampshire. Some of the series will have doubleheaders at those tracks, but the scheduled doubleheader at Pocono is the only one in the Cup Series.
    The adjustments take us up to Aug. 2.
    The release doesn't specify whether fans will be allowed back, just that it's in accordance with various local, state and federal guidelines.

    NASCAR unveils schedule updates through Aug. 2 | NASCAR
     
    Batman, Jun 4, 2020
    #425
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Texas is allowing up to 50 percent capacity.

    Texas to allow sports with 50 percent capacity of fans
     
    MileHigh, Jun 4, 2020
    #426
  7. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    SMI is hanging on to the All-Star Race for the usual reason — dolla dolla bills, y’all.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jun 4, 2020
    #427
  8. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Because Bruton ...
     
    Sam Mills 51, Jun 4, 2020
    #428
  9. Driftwood

    Driftwood Well-Known Member

    Is Bruton even functioning anymore? He's 90+, and the last time I had an interaction with him in 2011 or 12, he seemed to be declining then. Marcus was already calling many shots.
     
    Driftwood, Jun 5, 2020
    #429
  10. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Because it should be talked about, here’s the conversation Bubba Wallace and Ty Dillon had on Instagram live Monday night. It follows Ty’s BLM Instagram post of last weekend, which once upon a time would’ve given Pop Pop an aneurysm.



    If I can find Ty and Austin’s Instagram posts, I will append them.

    Times might be a-changin’ in stock car land.



     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jun 5, 2020
    #430
  11. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

     
    2muchcoffeeman, Jun 7, 2020
    #431
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  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    February and Daytona were a very, very long time ago, but this isn't the same Nascar that let Trump have the run of the place then.
     
    playthrough, Jun 7, 2020
    #432
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