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Augh | 46 | 32.39% | |
gently caress | 96 | 67.61% | |
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NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Schedule) NASCAR’s premiere series is the Sprint Cup. This is the big leagues. Sprint Cup is host to 36 races and the biggest events on the schedule, such as the Daytona 500. Sprint Cup is also the land of the Chase for the Cup, a total crap idea of a championship system that doesn’t have any place in auto racing ever god drat it NASCAR. And this year, it gets even worse! Drivers: NASCAR Nationwide Series (Schedule) The Nationwide Series (formerly the Busch Series) is NASCAR’s secondary series, where most Cup drivers pass through before they make full-time rounds in the big show. Nationwide is home to upcoming rookies, washed-up old-timers, and Cup drivers with nothing better to do on Saturday (who will invariably win most of the races). Fortunately, this year is looking to be different, with a talented crop of young drivers running the series full-time in search of a championsh- what? Kyle Busch is running most of the races? Never mind, then. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Schedule) The Truck Series is essentially a step down from Nationwide. They race trucks! It’s pretty swell. The racing also tends to be better than the Cup races on any given week (link Gale/Busch). Much like Nationwide, there will be plenty of Cup drivers bullying their way in to pick up wins, but less so here, but there will also be plenty of young drivers here too looking for a championship to kickstart their career. ARCA Racing Series (Schedule) ARCA is not a NASCAR series, but many drivers will pass through on their path of progression. However, given ARCA’s minor-minor-minor league status, the drivers tend to be... not as talented. This is especially evident at big tracks like Daytona (link wrecks). We’ll tune in here every now and then. Stuff: (more later) Click here for IRC This is not the Indycar thread go to the Indycar thread if you have poo poo to say about Indycar!!! kidcoelacanth fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Jan 30, 2014 |
# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:01 |
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# ? May 30, 2024 13:05 |
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So, first, an announcement: I will be stepping down from running bingo. If anyone wants to take up the lead on that, feel free, but I'm done with it. Prizes and everything got to be too much to keep up with. I would suggest making a Bingo/SASCAR fantasy sports thread in TAQ that I can link in the OP.
kidcoelacanth fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Jan 23, 2014 |
# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:02 |
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NASCAR should learn a thing or five from Orange County Fair Speedway.quote:For qualifying, drivers will draw for their starting positions upon entry to the speedway. Heat-race finishes utilizing staggered passing points will be calculated to set the redraw participants and qualified cars from 10-lap heat races. Consolations, 10 laps each, will set the remainder of the 28-car starting field via their order of finish. The heat-race finish/passing point combination will set the starting lineups for the consolations. Rules for the open comp event in March. That's the proper way to improve qualifying in the off season.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:16 |
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You got Justin Allgaier and James Buescher confused. Allgaier has like 8 truck starts.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:20 |
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Personperson14 posted:You got Justin Allgaier and James Buescher confused. Allgaier has like 8 truck starts. I literally don't give a gently caress
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:21 |
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Goodbye, old thread. Hello, new thread.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:22 |
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kidcoelacanth posted:I literally don't give a gently caress Motto of this season right there.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:26 |
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Is this where I can post my Harry Gant fanfic?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:30 |
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Why is there a fanfic about Harry Gant? (Yes please do it right here)
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:32 |
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In 1984 Bobby Allison won a belt buckle when he won the Winston Cup. Can Jimmie Johnson say that?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:40 |
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kidcoelacanth posted:So, first, an announcement: I will be stepping down from running bingo. If anyone wants to take up the lead on that, feel free, but I'm done with it. Prizes and everything got to be too much to keep up with. I would suggest making a Bingo/SASCAR fantasy sports thread in TAQ that I can link in the OP. KIDC DO WE COUNT KIDC FOR STEPPING DOWN BINGO?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 04:41 |
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Peanut President posted:KIDC DO WE COUNT KIDC FOR STEPPING DOWN BINGO?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 05:08 |
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I don't know what shocked me more: JMac having won 7 times, or the being reminded that Ryan Newman won 8 races one year because the Penske cars had insane fuel mileage
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 05:42 |
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Haha excellent OP, kidc - I like to think the season begins with "augh" and ends with "gently caress." Love the Dave Blaney car, too. COME ON! NASCAR! RACERS!
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 06:15 |
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Are we there yet?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 06:22 |
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LASTCAR posted:Haha excellent OP, kidc - I like to think the season begins with "augh" and ends with "gently caress." There had better be a starting grid this year for Daytona, Goon sir.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 06:33 |
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Joe Nemechek has 4 career wins? Holy balls.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 06:51 |
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FuzzySkinner posted:There had better be a starting grid this year for Daytona, Goon sir. mmmmmmmaybe--- In the meantime, there's still this.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 06:56 |
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NASCAR.gif SPiTZ posted:Joe Nemechek has 4 career wins? Holy balls. Smokin' Joe. And what a last win he had. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2iWcwQ6I0 fake edit: I didn't realise he was the '92 Grand National champ beating Gordon and Bobby Labonte. algebra testes fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Jan 23, 2014 |
# ? Jan 23, 2014 07:28 |
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So basically, this is now a sim?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 10:01 |
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Dudley posted:So basically, this is now a sim? Is THAT where they got the idea of the F1 Kart racing game from? And is that supposed to be Carl Edwards on the far left?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 11:37 |
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Dudley posted:So basically, this is now a sim? In tonight's episode Jeff Gordon will be played by Lord Farquad. edit: We need the NASCAR Racers video, DAYTONA video, and this video in the op: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuSxg4I1WQU
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 14:59 |
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Nemechek's four wins: -1999 NHIS -2001 Rockingham (Fall) -2003 Richmond (Spring) -2004 Kansas: LordPants posted:Smokin' Joe. And what a last win he had. That's one of those finishes where I went "Uhh...umm...uh...Oh God WHO DO I PULL FOR?"
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 16:19 |
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CBJSprague24 posted:Nemechek's four wins: Were good finishes at 1.5 rare like that? I seem to recall TMS having some really good cup dates for a while.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 16:20 |
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LordPants posted:NASCAR.gif If NASCAR ever needs proof they've hosed up the on track product with their new cars there is the video evidence. Watching that video the most amazing thing to me wasn't that Joe Nemechek won but the ability for those cars to race like that side by side. I forgot that side by side was a thing, that's how long the racing has been bad. I've been saying, aw its not so bad, its not that bad and now here I am longing for a race at loving Kansas. FuzzySkinner posted:Were good finishes at 1.5 rare like that?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 16:51 |
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the racing at Atlanta and Texas was really good for a while in the late 90s, and early 00s. I'd say 2003-or-so is when it started getting a bit bad on the intermediates- maybe the common template was the culprit?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 17:51 |
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bigbillystyle posted:
Didn't Harvick's first win after Dale died come at Atlanta in a drag race to the line with Jeff Gordon?
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 17:57 |
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Kwik posted:Didn't Harvick's first win after Dale died come at Atlanta in a drag race to the line with Jeff Gordon? Yes. And up until only a few laps left, there were 3 other people in contention to win as well. A nice little group of cars racing for the lead in the last 10 laps before Harvick and Gordon broke away.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 18:09 |
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Kwik posted:Didn't Harvick's first win after Dale died come at Atlanta in a drag race to the line with Jeff Gordon? The previous year was a win for Dale in the exact same scenario against Labonte
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 19:13 |
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Then in 2004 Edwards got his first win against Johnson.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 19:49 |
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That'd be 2005, an innocent time where I actually liked Carl Edwards. 2005 was really a fantastic season- all three series were so watchable that year. Maybe the last actual good year of Busch/Nationwide.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 19:51 |
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I loved noticing in the OP Danica finished 27th in points after running all 36 races while Stewart finished only two spots behind her in 29th and ran in only 21 races.
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# ? Jan 23, 2014 23:41 |
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kidcoelacanth posted:I literally don't give a gently caress This would be a better thread title. But I'm sure by summer the sentiment will be even stronger.
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 00:01 |
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Peanut President posted:In tonight's episode Jeff Gordon will be played by Lord Farquad. I was thinking Quentin Tarantino myself.
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 04:34 |
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Kinda surprised Almirola got a cup seat, he's not that good is he? Danica: "The Future of Our Sport"
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 04:36 |
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Sorry to hear you won't be bingoing this year, kidc. I'd volunteer to step in, but I'm now going to school full time and working basically full time. It's definitely one thing I'll miss about the season. ...my driver retired, why am I coming back for seconds?
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 04:53 |
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Elitist Bitch posted:Sorry to hear you won't be bingoing this year, kidc. I'd volunteer to step in, but I'm now going to school full time and working basically full time. It's definitely one thing I'll miss about the season. Well, your driver is Mark Martin, so nothing is certain, really.
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 05:03 |
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kidcoelacanth posted:Well, your driver is Mark Martin, so nothing is certain, really. Except not having a chance at another win. gret fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Jan 24, 2014 |
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kidcoelacanth posted:Well, your driver is Mark Martin, so nothing is certain, really. Except embarrassment for his sake. Please stop racing, Mark, it's already embarrassing enough publicly wearing your stuff.
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 05:22 |
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# ? May 30, 2024 13:05 |
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So, wait. Let me make sure I have this correct. Danica Patrick, despite all the hype and flimflammery and enormous amounts of attention the media pays to her, cameos in racing games, all that bullshit--she has NEVER won a race?
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# ? Jan 24, 2014 05:36 |