NASCAR running thread

Re: 2011 NASCAR running thread

Biebs, I may have been wearing the only Montoya lid in the place, on Sunday!

Wish I could give you more input on 'dega. Haven't been there since 01, though...

 

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1.) Avoid the infield unless you're prepared. And don't take your wife in there, regardless.
2.) Take plenty of beer.
3.) Take a fan or something. It gets real warm, depending on the weather, obviously.
4.) Take more beer.
5.) Beer.

 

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And along with the beer, beer and beer, bring the following:

 

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In the "IJAG's worlds collide" department, Trevor Bayne is apparently going to show up on American Idol tonight.

 

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I may have been the only one paying attention, but a heck of a finish in Fontana yesterday. Typical race for Cali (or Michigan, for that matter), but great stretch run by Harvick, Johnson & Little Busch, w/ a great pass by Harvick to win it.

Pretty good start to the season, actually....

 

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The only downside to that finish is that it completely masked what was a shitty 198 laps of racing before it.

 

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Thank you, IJAG, for making that point. Channel switching during the frequent NCAA tourney commercial breaks, I was amazed at how little I saw in that race.

 

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California is what it is. It's "five-wide racing" as they like to claim right after a restart, but it spaces out REALLY quickly and becomes single-file around a 2-mile oval for the rest of the race.

 

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Just like MIS, the closest track (unfortunately) to me. I was in attendance a number of years ago (99??) the year Dale Jarrett won the "yellow free" race at Michigan. Craptastic.

Of course, I also saw a couple of amazing ChampCar races at both MIS & Fontana. Not that it has anything to do with a NASCAR thread

 

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http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110329/NASCAR/110329857

I can hear it now in trailer parks around the South:
"Earnhardt died there and, gosh durn it, I'm gonna die at Daytona too! Pass me another beer, Bubba!"

 

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I'm more of a casual fan. I was only 19 when Dale died, and I never caught on with Jr. So I just watch to watch ... and to ponder why my dad and brother still love Jr. I don't get it.

 

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When Junior took the lead late yesterday, I just knew he wouldn't hold on. And I was right.