The 2024 running motorsports thread

Bummed that Wallace and Buescher didn't get in. Still not a fan of the win-and-you're-in format. Perhaps two wins and you're in? Would make a win a little more meaningful and would discount fluke wins (even though I'm sure that's exactly what NASCAR wants, Harrison Burton and Daniel Suarez wasting playoff spots).

 

Suarez, Briscoe and Austin Cindric were all in the top 20 in points. Considering the top 16 make the cut, I wouldn't say they were outliers like Burton is or Austin Dillon would've been.

It really sucks for Buescher, who missed the playoffs by literally less than a fraction of a second at the Kansas race.

 

Gonna have to disagree on this one. Dan Wheldon's family might disagree on this one, too. Romain Grosjean does as well.

 

I figure if a driver isn't allowed to partake in scat in the name of winning then it's not really motorsports.

 

Seeing this on Facebook. Longtime racing photographer Brian Czobat has died from cancer. He did a ton of work for NASCAR.com with Motorsport Images. Really nice man and wonderful photographer. Gone too soon, and cancer sucks.

RIP, big man. Much respect.

 

Paul Goldsmith, who won the last NASCAR race on the Daytona beach course and was the oldest living Indy 500 starter, has died at 98.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2...mier-series-race-on-daytona-beach-dies-at-98/

 

From the very-esteemed self-proclaimed media star Brett Griffin, who moonlights as a Cup Series spotter:

 

I'm expecting the "suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the sport pending completion of a senstivity training program" announcement from NASCAR any second.

 

Terry Boatass, he's on it?

 

Racer reporting that it's over theft of IP.

The source of the investigation is alleged to involve a former employee of the Andretti Global IndyCar team, who left the team to join RLL in a senior engineering role, and the alleged transfer of intellectual property from their former team to their current team.

“We are cooperating fully with investigators,” said the team in a statement issued on Wednesday evening. “Given that this is an ongoing investigation, we are limited in what information we can share right now, but we intend to provide additional information as soon as we can.”

The FBI is also alleged to have visited the Andretti shop in August to look for proof of possible IP-related improprieties.

A call to Andretti COO Rob Edwards on Wednesday to inquire about the alleged FBI visit to the team’s shop, and whether that visit was possibly linked to today’s FBI appearance at RLL, was met with a “No comment.”​

https://racer.com/2024/09/18/fbi-agents-carry-out-operation-at-rll-headquarters/

Also, both teams have IMSA GTP interests.