The 2021 Running NASCAR/IMSA/other racing things thread

That's how I feel about everything most days, so it was a fitting reply.

 

And there it is.

 

And on the IMSA side, this is just a stupid way to run your top-echelon series.



Put LMP3 back into DPi and tell the factory teams that if they want to not get beat by LMP3 cars they know what they have to do on race day.

 

Haven’t anything about Felix since he sold his team to Ganassi. Anybody know anything?

 

Two years ago, AP wrote a story that said Sabates had been in a long-term coma in 2016 and had congestive heart failure. I'm guessing not good.

AP Exclusive: Felix Sabates to retire from NASCAR ownership

 

I was driving through Charlotte yesterday and heard a spot from the guy who bought out a dealership there. It ran at least 2 times an hour.

 

Rumple Furniture, from what I remember.

And Brock's an interesting guy. He's from the Antioch/Pittsburg area of Northern California, but got an idea to chart all the drivers who have finished last in every Cup race, and at some point contacted J.D.'s family because McDuffie was the all-time leader before "start and parks."

He wrote to me when he was beginning his research back in 2009 or so, and he asked a lot of questions about what I had uncovered with my history columns.

 

Veteran racing announcer Bob Jenkins dies at 73

 

Jordan Taylor will be sporting this helmet when he wheels a Corvette C8.R 10 days from now at Le Mans.

The co-driver of the No. 3 Corvette has heard the legendary stories for a decade from veterans Johnny O’Connell and Andy Pilgrim about “The Intimidator’s” lone start in the 2001 Rolex 24, and one tale (even if it might be apocryphal) is his favorite.

When the seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion whipped his yellow Corvette Racing GT around the high banks of Daytona International Speedway, Earnhardt somehow managed to illuminate the rev limiter on the car’s dashboard while running alone – a feat that his highly accomplished teammates could achieve only by drafting off the slipstream of another car.

It was an affirmation of Earnhardt’s uncanny ability to harness Daytona’s finicky aerodynamics whether he was manhandling through a pack of stock cars or gracefully navigating a racing line with the precision of a sleek sports car.

“He was doing something around the oval that us road course guys just didn’t know,” Taylor told NBC Sports with a sense of wonder. “The first time I heard it in 2011, I thought it was the craziest thing.

“There are still those myths inside our team that he was doing something around turns 3 and 4 and into the trioval that set him apart. He only did one race with the team, and they still talk about it to this day. I can respect what kind of man he was to keep that legacy. I think about it every single year when I go to Daytona.”
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“He’s ‘The Intimidator,’ and I honestly feel a little bit intimidated to wear it,” Taylor said with a laugh. “Because it is his look. It’s who he is. It’s what everyone knew when they looked at the TV. He had an open-faced helmet, so you could see who he was, but I think even if you saw the back quarter of the helmet with just these logos, you knew it was Dale Sr. and ‘The Intimidator.’

“I’m really looking forward to it. I know the NASCAR community will love to see it come back, and I know the sports car racing community, especially in France, they’re a really motorsports-driven community, and I know they’ll love it.”
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Because he wanted the logos to reflect their 1990s origins, Taylor cleared the helmet with GM Racing and Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was the first person texted by Taylor when the project began two months ago.

Earnhardt Jr. immediately replied “This is gonna be awesome” and offered help to ensure the helmet’s historical accuracy and legitimacy.

“He was obviously the first guy I asked to make sure he was OK with me doing the helmet, and he was super excited,” Taylor said of Earnhardt Jr. “Which was really cool. He’s a busy guy and has a lot more important things to do. So it was nice he spent all the time. I texted (an image) during one of the broadcasts, and he texted me back during a commercial break to say, ‘Yeah, this looks accurate. It looks good!’ I really appreciated that.”
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Jordan Taylor will wear Dale Earnhardt tribute helmet during the 24 Hours of Le Mans

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Can Teresa go after him for using the slanted 3, or is that owned by RCR?

 

She absolutely would, but that’s RCR property. It’s on Austin Dillon’s car.