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All-Purpose NASCAR thread II

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Aug 9, 2007.

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  1. lono

    lono Active Member

    Don't you love how Jayski reported it, then ESPN.com reports it as:

    "Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com on Monday that Robert Yates Racing and Hendrick Motorsports are discussing a transfer of that number for 2008. The No. 38 currently is being used by David Gilliland. ... Officials at Hendrick Motor Sports, Robert Yates Racing and JR Motorsports could not be reached for comment."

    Wow.

    Two of the three team names are wrong. It's actually Hendrick Motorsports, but, hey, it's not like they're a big team or anything. And it's been Yates/Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing for the past month.

    Not only can ESPN.com not get Hendrick or Yates's team names correct, they can't get a statement pro or con from Hendrick, Y/N/H/L or JR Motorsports. Makes you wonder doesn't it?

    http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?seriesId=2&id=2992977

    I wouldn't be changing your tats to "38" just yet.
     
    lono, Aug 27, 2007
    #121
  2. imjustagirl2

    imjustagirl2 New Member

    My favorite part? A request has to be made to "the NASCAR."

    I wonder if he's related to Miss Teen South Carolina and "the Iraq."
     
    imjustagirl2, Aug 27, 2007
    #122
  3. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    Still think it'll be 83 before it's 38.
     
    wickedwritah, Aug 27, 2007
    #123
  4. lono

    lono Active Member

    There will NOT be a 3 anywhere in Junior's new number, out of the respect he has for his late father.

    I'm told the frontrunner is 81, though it could be 5 or 25. Dark horse is 88.
     
    lono, Aug 27, 2007
    #124
  5. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    You're probably right, lono, but it's definitely not going to be 38.
     
    wickedwritah, Aug 28, 2007
    #125
  6. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Poole's blog turned into more of a statement on the COT and Goodyear than Bristol, though Bristol was the catalyst for the conversation to begin with.

    But this paragraph puzzled me:
    "The drivers loved the new track, thought it was fantastic. Well, bully for them. But they get paid to race, and it shouldn’t be about what they like. I don’t know a whole lot, apparently, but I do know that the more drivers like racing at a place the less likely fans are to want to watch races there."

    It shouldn't be about what they like?? As I said earlier, I don't want to be a drivers' honk, but that sounds a bit arrogant. Drivers are paid to race and to know what works, and they thought Bristol was great. I'll take them at their word. They also, for the most part, think that cookie-cutter 1.5-mile ovals are overdone and 500 miles x2 at Pocono is ridiculous. Are they wrong? I disagree with the last sentence of that graph too, I think drivers and fans alike have ganged up on California as a twice-a-year track, for example.

    I understand the media frustration that there was no "signature Bristol" moment Sat. night with someone getting pushed out of the way and/or someone wanting a piece of another driver after the race. I like writing those stories as much as Poole and as much as the networks like broadcasting it. It didn't happen this time, so what? It's overreaction to write the place off. And again, I think Poole's frustration lies more with the COT and tires than the "new" Bristol. But these are all new issues coming together at once. It's not thought-provoking, glamorous writing to say "wait and see," but I think that's more of a reality than thinking Bristol is, all of a sudden, dead.
     
    playthrough, Aug 28, 2007
    #126
  7. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    I think the "old" Bristol was one of NASCAR's most tired and contrived cliches.

    Wreck occurs, someone gets pissed, and either: a) tosses helmet at accused car; or b) takes car out after race on pit road.

    Lather, rinse, repeat.

    It was that kind of pro wrestling-esque shit that drives long-time fans of NASCAR away. It rarely had anything to do with racing at all.
     
    Bubbler, Aug 28, 2007
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  8. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Famous last words ...
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Aug 28, 2007
    #128
  9. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    NASCAR had nothing to do with that. Take it up with Speedway Motorsports Inc. (Bristol is run by the same company that owns Charlotte, Atlanta, Texas, Las Vegas and Sears Point).
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Aug 28, 2007
    #129
  10. expendable

    expendable Well-Known Member

    I believe it's NASCAR. Seems every time a SMI track tries to do something to improve the product, NASCAR either mandates rock hard tires or smaller fuel cells. The tires last Saturday wouldn't fall off and while there was passing, it made for a boring Bristol race (though it would've made for a rather exciting Pocono or Chicagoland).
     
    expendable, Aug 28, 2007
    #130
  11. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    NASCAR didn't make the decision to re-do the track. SMI takes the fall for turning Bristol into Fontana.
     
    2muchcoffeeman, Aug 28, 2007
    #131
  12. wickedwritah

    wickedwritah Guest

    NASCAR ISC is doing what it can to screw over SMI.
     
    wickedwritah, Aug 28, 2007
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