All Purpose NASCAR Thread

I wouldn't be surprised to see NASCAR and Ford/GM/Chrysler come to some sort of revenue-sharing arrangement eventually. Seems to me that the Big Three pour an awful lot into NASCAR financially with diminishing returns for their investments, while the France family continues to live high on the hog. I would think GM or Ford pulling out would be a body-blow to NASCAR that would make the IndyCar/Champ Car split pale in comparison.

 

Don't hold your breath waiting on them to form a competing series the way Champ Car wound up or the way Formula 1 has threatened to go. The International Speedway Corporation (aka the France family) controls most of the big stock car tracks in America where money is to be made.

NASCAR hasn't been the same since North Wilkesboro was shut down by the bastards who also own the tracks in Texas and New Hampshire (they took NW's two Cup dates and divided them among their newer and supposedly better facilities).

 

NASCAR hasn't been the same since The King retired.

NASCAR hasn't been the same since plates became a big deal.

NASCAR hasn't been the same since Jeff Gordon started running around with dem good ol' boys.

NASCAR hasn't been the same since the new TV deal.

NASCAR hasn't been the same since Earnhardt died.

The list goes on.

 

He did get clipped --- probably the only reason Junior doesn't end up in the wall.

No problem with the Hamlin penalty --- he was below the yellow line, and it was a stupid move anyway. So was that five-wide deal on lap 9, but it's hard to pick one guy to blame for it.

 

I don't see why everyone has so much love for Mark Martin. Every time I see him, he's totally cranky and pissy. And it seems when he's not cranky or pissy, he's just pretending not to be.

 

Kyle Busch is 21 today...close the bars, quick!!

 

I was watching NASCAR Live just now on SPEED Channel.

They said four different times that the track surface at Darlington is so gritty because of all the "sand and sea shells that blow in from the coast."

Whoa, whoa, whoa...SEA SHELLS BLOW IN FROM THE COAST (50-60 miles away) and "land on the track?"

The first time they said it, I thought it was a mistake. Then he repeated it, then had the camera zoom in on the track to prove there were sea shells in there.

Does anyone else think this sounds insane? That sea shells blew in from the coast and got embedded in the track?

 

BWHAHAHA! Jeff, seashells? Who are they kidding?

Seriously, the area has a sandy base. Unless the pond counts, the coast is too far away for that to be a factor.

Sand, yes. Seashells? No way.

 

The surface is a mix of asphalt, sand and crushed seashells. Drivers always talk about it tearing up their tires.

 

Yes, but the shells were mixed in, correct? They didn't embed themselves in the track.

 

Mixed in, yes.

 

Well, time to turn the channel from the Indy 500 to the Coke 600.

It would be hard to beat last year's Coca-Cola 600, which was the best race I'd ever seen in person. That race had it all. But the Indy 500 certainly started the day well, so let's hope this race is good, too.