The 2021 Running NASCAR/IMSA/other racing things thread

Those guys were the next tier up!
My wife actually played softball with McDuffie's daughter at Louisburg.... said she always had a nice Monte Carlo.

 

What happened to Roush Racing? They used to be one of the "superteams" and now they're just a mid-pack group. Figured with the Fenway money they'd be better, but they've been on a long decline.

 

There have always been the haves and have nots in NASCAR.
In 2020, 5 drivers won 28 races; 8 won 1 each.
In 2019, it was 7x30; 5x1
In 2018, 7x31; 5x1
In 1990, 6x21; 8x1
In 1985, 6x25, 3x1
In 1980, 8x29; 2x1

 

That period in the twenty-oughts when the PTB at Roush Racing were more interested in drivers who could master sponsor engagement than in drivers who could master race cars has left a long shadow.

 

Roush could have signed Chase Briscoe or Ross Chastain (did have him for a couple races, I suppose) or Allmendinger or any of those younger guys.

What’s happened at Childress is worse IMO. Dillon got into the playoffs but otherwise, I feel like they’re a non-entity, particularly since Harvick left. I don’t recall them blowing up a lot, so I doubt the Chevy common engine is gonna help much.

 

Liverpool is John Henry’s current obsession. I guess he’s still involved with iRacing, too. He could not care less about NASCAR or the Red Sox (or The Boston Globe, for that matter).

 

Not a fan. This should be something to get people fired up about the season, and I was literally asleep by the third lap.

 

I guess I don't begrudge NASCAR for trying something new, but to channel my inner Lou Brown: "Nice race. Don't ever fuckin' do it again."

Part of enjoying watching Daytona events in February is seeing the sunshine and palm trees as a reality break from it being nasty winter, not watching a night race.

 

Then you misse a fantastic finish.

Too long, though. Should’ve been 20 laps, with no fuel stop.

 

No, I stuck with it until the end. The finish was fun.

 

Six of the top 10 in qualifying were Chevys.

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Bubba has done well on the big tracks, so the time isn’t a total surprise.