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NASCAR running thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by franticscribe, Jan 17, 2011.

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  1. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    That's the thing, it had been anyone else it maybe wouldn't have raised an eyebrow, but because it's the brat, he shouldn't be given any benefit of the doubt.

    I'd like to see Childress pay off one of the start-and-park guys to put Busch in the wall on about lap 3 for three or four races in a row.
     
    Shoeless Joe, Jun 6, 2011
    #157
  2. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Childress gets hit with $150,000 fine and a strong message from NASCAR.

    http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-nascar-childresspenalized

    And the position on this matter is what again? That spinning an unmanned car potentially into other people is worth $25K but punching someone in a headlock is six times as bad? ??? ::)
     
    murphyc, Jun 6, 2011
    #158
  3. Shoeless Joe

    Shoeless Joe Active Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Childress is on probation. That's great. It mean he can punch him again next week and absolutely nothing will happen!
     
    Shoeless Joe, Jun 7, 2011
    #159
  4. Layman

    Layman Well-Known Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    I suspect (that's all, of course) that both the "fight" (*ss whoopin'), and the resulting relatively minor punishment, had more to do with what came out of Shrubs mouth in the garage, than the contact on the track.
     
    Layman, Jun 7, 2011
    #160
  5. Tarheel316

    Tarheel316 Well-Known Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    NASCAR's fines are a joke. But it must have been something to see a 65-year-old man punk out a guy who is 26. Reminds me of A.J. Foyt going after Arie Luyenduk at Indy.
     
    Tarheel316, Jun 7, 2011
    #161
  6. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    murphyc, Jul 7, 2011
    #162
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Why?
     
    imjustagirl, Jul 7, 2011
    #163
  8. Clerk Typist

    Clerk Typist Guest

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Sound like it'll be a big weekend. Not so good for IRP, but it'll survive. IMS is looking at a half-filled track again this year. Next year may be different. Curious to how they'll market a three-day race weekend. They offer combo and single-day packages of various sorts for MotoGP.
     
    Clerk Typist, Jul 7, 2011
    #164
  9. Layman

    Layman Well-Known Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    I agree, sounds like a big weekend. As much as I've enjoyed some fun NASCAR weekends at IRP (we didn't even bother with the Cup race at the 'yard), I guess I don't see this is a particularly bad thing. For NASCAR, or the Speedway. What am I missing?
     
    Layman, Jul 7, 2011
    #165
  10. westcoastvol

    westcoastvol Active Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Did any of y'all go an' type out yer feelings on what you really think of cars a-runnin' in pairs on plate tracks like Junior asked you to?

    (he has nothing to bitch about; Hendrick cars started their charge back up to the front about 20 laps too late)
     
    westcoastvol, Jul 7, 2011
    #166
  11. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Bad for IRP because that series was part of the Nationwide and Truck Series schedules from the start and now gets the shaft for next year. Why? So a Triple-A series can race at the world's most famous track.
    Stock cars aren't a good mix with the Brickyard. That's a big part of the reason why attendance keeps going down (Tiregate didn't help, but that all happened in part because stock cars don't work at Indy). So NASCAR and IMS folks try to prop up a crappy race by kicking IRP in the nuts. Fans going to Indy that weekend used to have a chance to see a good stock car race just down the road; now they'll have two snoozers.
    /rant
     
    murphyc, Jul 7, 2011
    #167
  12. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

    Terrible move. Harvick said something like "it will be new for the fans" -- um, yeah. A Nationwide car will look so much different at the Brickyard than a Cup car. The only good thing is that a craptastic Nationwide race at IMS will end faster than a craptastic Cup race at IMS. They should have put the N'wide cars on the road course or raced them clockwise on the oval -- now that would have been different.

    IMS obviously pulled a power play with NASCAR's help to save a race weekend that was dying on the vine very quickly. Of course the little track loses. Forrest Lucas now wants to re-evaluate his sponsorship deal with the facility, which now only has one marquee event, the NHRA's U.S. Nationals. I know some good folks over there and hope this doesn't end up costing jobs.
     
    playthrough, Jul 7, 2011
    #168
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