NASCAR running thread

BTExpress · Dec 15, 2014

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Let's see if Trevor will "customize" his car the way Sterling Marlin did for a race at Bristol.

imjustagirl · Feb 20, 2011

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Hank_Scorpio said:

Admittedly, I'm not a NASCAR fan. Always been more of an open-wheel fan (although, auto racing is low on the list of sports).

But, that really wasn't racing. You got teammates pushing each other, instead of trying to pass each other? Is that just what racing has become now? Are all NASCAR races like that now?

AJ Foyt, Richard Petty would be turning over in their graves (if they were dead).
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It was rare for the teammates to push each other. Hell, Bayne was pushing Gordon (Ford on Chevy) for most of the second Duel on Thursday. Bobby Labonte in a Toyota pushed Bayne (Ford) to the win today.

Knighthawk · Feb 21, 2011

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If you didn't already realize this was a monumental upset, you did after watching Dale Jr's post-race interview, when he couldn't even remember Bayne's name.

I loved seeing so many drivers make the trip to Victory Lane to congratulate the #21 team.

Shoeless Joe · Feb 21, 2011

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I think the woman interviewing him in Victory Lane called him "Travis" on first reference.

maumann · Feb 21, 2011

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From a storyline perspective? Awesome. 20-year-old kid wins in second-ever start for one of the most famous teams in NASCAR history.

But the greatest Daytona 500 in history, as many folks have been writing? You have got to be kidding me. Yeah, record-number lead changes blah blah blah. That wreckfest was the second-slowest 500 in history. Three-fourths of the top contenders were in the garage by lap 30.

It was bungee-cord racing, NASCAR's version of the Hanford device. A gimmick that created a lot of false excitement. I don't know if the fan in the grandstands found it nearly as exciting as the announcers on TV.

It's as if Marty Roth won the Indy 500 driving for A.J. Foyt Racing in a stirring battle with Mike Conway and Sarah Fisher, because all of the Penske and Ganassi cars were wiped out early in the race.

Yeah, the 1992 Indy 500 had one of the greatest finishes of all time, but it was a dog of a race.

I'll be glad to get back to "racing" at Phoenix next weekend.

imjustagirl · Feb 21, 2011

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maumann said:

I don't know if the fan in the grandstands found it nearly as exciting as the announcers on TV.
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Well the fans aren't getting paid to be "excited."

And he's not a kid! He's not even a teen any more!!!!!

wicked · Feb 21, 2011

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maumann puts into words what I tried to say.

UPChip · Feb 21, 2011

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maumann said:

From a storyline perspective? Awesome. 20-year-old kid wins in second-ever start for one of the most famous teams in NASCAR history.

But the greatest Daytona 500 in history, as many folks have been writing? You have got to be kidding me. Yeah, record-number lead changes blah blah blah. That wreckfest was the second-slowest 500 in history. Three-fourths of the top contenders were in the garage by lap 30.

It was bungee-cord racing, NASCAR's version of the Hanford device. A gimmick that created a lot of false excitement. I don't know if the fan in the grandstands found it nearly as exciting as the announcers on TV.

It's as if Marty Roth won the Indy 500 driving for A.J. Foyt Racing in a stirring battle with Mike Conway and Sarah Fisher, because all of the Penske and Ganassi cars were wiped out early in the race.

Yeah, the 1992 Indy 500 had one of the greatest finishes of all time, but it was a dog of a race.

I'll be glad to get back to "racing" at Phoenix next weekend.
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Those guys in the Michigan grandstand that got hit by the tire thought it was plenty exciting.

murphyc · Feb 21, 2011

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I'm pretty sure when I covered some lower level NASCAR races in Iowa around 2007 or 2008 that Bayne was driving a DEI Chevy as part of a Chevy driver development program. Maybe Ford has finally gotten its revenge for Chevy/Hendrick taking Gordon away.

expendable · Feb 21, 2011

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UPChip said:

maumann said:

From a storyline perspective? Awesome. 20-year-old kid wins in second-ever start for one of the most famous teams in NASCAR history.

But the greatest Daytona 500 in history, as many folks have been writing? You have got to be kidding me. Yeah, record-number lead changes blah blah blah. That wreckfest was the second-slowest 500 in history. Three-fourths of the top contenders were in the garage by lap 30.

It was bungee-cord racing, NASCAR's version of the Hanford device. A gimmick that created a lot of false excitement. I don't know if the fan in the grandstands found it nearly as exciting as the announcers on TV.

It's as if Marty Roth won the Indy 500 driving for A.J. Foyt Racing in a stirring battle with Mike Conway and Sarah Fisher, because all of the Penske and Ganassi cars were wiped out early in the race.

Yeah, the 1992 Indy 500 had one of the greatest finishes of all time, but it was a dog of a race.

I'll be glad to get back to "racing" at Phoenix next weekend.
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Those guys in the Michigan grandstand that got hit by the tire thought it was plenty exciting.
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So did Maude Flanders.

playthrough · Feb 21, 2011

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maumann said:

From a storyline perspective? Awesome. 20-year-old kid wins in second-ever start for one of the most famous teams in NASCAR history.

But the greatest Daytona 500 in history, as many folks have been writing? You have got to be kidding me. Yeah, record-number lead changes blah blah blah. That wreckfest was the second-slowest 500 in history. Three-fourths of the top contenders were in the garage by lap 30.

It was bungee-cord racing, NASCAR's version of the Hanford device. A gimmick that created a lot of false excitement. I don't know if the fan in the grandstands found it nearly as exciting as the announcers on TV.

It's as if Marty Roth won the Indy 500 driving for A.J. Foyt Racing in a stirring battle with Mike Conway and Sarah Fisher, because all of the Penske and Ganassi cars were wiped out early in the race.

Yeah, the 1992 Indy 500 had one of the greatest finishes of all time, but it was a dog of a race.

I'll be glad to get back to "racing" at Phoenix next weekend.
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Second-slowest? OK, I thought it was just me. I did an entire day's worth of errands between watching the start and finish. All that was missing was a finish under the lights, and the only reason that didn't happen was because it had a reasonable starting time around 1:25.

Daytona is one thing, but NASCAR has got to reel in the 500-mile slogfests.

Double J · Feb 21, 2011

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I wonder if David Ragan has finally seen the replay of the jumped start on the first green-white-checkered that cost him the 500.

A monumental screwup. I know you're excited that you're leading the biggest race of your life with two to go, but you have to be smarter than that simply because so much on the line.

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