CBJSprague24 posted:

Did you know this was coming or was this sarcasm? Because:

https://twitter.com/nascardaytona/status/706856950869467136

CBJSprague24 posted:

Carl Icahn

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Carl Icahn acquired control of TWA and took the company private in a leveraged buyout in 1988. TWA became saddled with debt, sold its London routes, underwent Chapter 11 restructuring in 1992 and 1995, and was further stressed by the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996. In 2001, TWA filed for a third and final bankruptcy and was acquired by American Airlines. American laid off many former TWA employees in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks and closed its St. Louis hub in 2003.

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The airline briefly considered selling itself to renowned corporate raider Frank Lorenzo in the 1980s, but ended up selling to yet another corporate raider, Carl Icahn, in 1985. Under Icahn's direction, many of its most profitable assets were sold to competitors, much to the detriment of TWA. Icahn was eventually ousted in 1993, though not before the airline was forced to file for bankruptcy on January 31, 1992. Icahn emerged unscathed. TWA moved its headquarters from Mt. Kisco to the former headquarters building of McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis soon after Icahn left.

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In 1989, TWA decided to replace its fleet of Boeing 727 Series 100 aircraft with the former Ozark DC-9s. This decision was based on the economics of operating three-crew airplanes (727s) with three engines, versus operating two-crew airplanes (DC-9s) with two engines. Both airplanes had approximately the same passenger and cargo capacity, so it was decided to replace the Boeing fleet. In order to prepare for this transition, TWA positioned several million dollars worth of spare parts for the DC-9s in Germany. This was a requirement dictated by the German government. If TWA wanted to use DC-9s in the service of the German population, then TWA had to provide readily available spare parts for its fleet. The airline also sent its senior DC-9 pilots (known as Check Airmen) to Europe to observe the operations in preparation for the changeover of the crews that was to follow. Shortly before the DC-9 airplanes began arriving in Germany, however, the entire plan was canceled because the leasing contracts that Carl Icahn had created for the former Ozark DC-9s specifically forbade any operations outside the continental limits of the United States.

CBJSprague24 posted:

Assist to Kidc for pointing it out earlier in the podcast group:

https://twitter.com/CBJspanberg/status/706895471256739841

Donald Trump: ruining the clean image of our NASCAR heroes, one driver at a time.

Elitist Bitch posted:

That? Oh nothing, that's just the sound of my heart breaking.

VikingSkull posted:

the irony of the "takin' yer jerbs" driver being for the building of a wall is pretty lol

Elitist Bitch posted:

That? Oh nothing, that's just the sound of my heart breaking.

Uncle Jam posted:

gret posted:

Much like Mark, Trump may win a lot of races, but he ain't winning the championship.

gret posted:

Much like Mark, Trump may win a lot of races, but he ain't winning the championship.

gret posted:

Much like Mark, Drumpf may win a lot of races, but he ain't winning the championship.

gret posted:

Much like Mark, Trump may win a lot of races, but he ain't winning the championship.

VikingSkull posted:

Trump better build 4 walls because I seen Mark knock 3 down in one shot before

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XFINITY Entry List: There are 42 cars on the preliminary entry list for Saturday's Axalta Faster. Tougher. Brighter. 200 at Phoenix International Speedway. A few notes:
Spencer Gallagher will be in the #21

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Mark Martin got the seemingly thankless task of escorting Clinton around the paddock. Both were from Arkansas, so NASCAR asked Martin to handle the duty.

Looking back, Martin said he didn't mind being seen with a man who was obviously viewed with scorn and skepticism by most of the other drivers.

''My dad told me he did a lot of great things for our state,'' Martin said. ''I probably wouldn't have escorted him around if I thought he was a heel.''

While professing that he's not into politics, Martin did speak some brave words as he walked toward his motor home after Wednesday's practice - he actually believes Clinton was a pretty good president.

''I'm not into whether you're a Republican or a Democrat - I care about the individual,'' Martin said, not even bothering to lower his voice to a whisper. ''I will tell you this: I don't believe the Republicans when they say everything good that Clinton did was just luck, and all the bad stuff that's happened since Bush has been in office is just bad luck.

''Hey, at least the budget got balanced when Clinton was in there.''

Cubey posted:

Years and years ago I remember they did some kind of survey of the top 10 drivers in points and Jeff Gordon was the only one who was a democrat. Too bad he's in the booth now so he can't run a Hillary for President paint scheme.

Peanut President posted:

Please fire brad keselowski into the loving sun already.

VikingSkull posted:

I mean, I guess it's possible that a Cup driver sponsor in Xfinity wouldn't provide spillover to help fund a second team, but I doubt it.

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"I was frankly, very surprised, that my diversity efforts for my whole career would have been called into question, over this, in my view, a routine endorsement," France said Wednesday in an interview with The Associated Press.

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To the surprise of everyone at Hendrick Motorsports, France was joined by Elliott at the Trump rally in Georgia where he offered his endorsement. At 20, Elliott has yet to vote in his first presidential election. Trump called Elliott to the microphone, and the young driver stumbled through a few remarks before sheepishly joining his father and the rest of the NASCAR contingent off to the side.

A person familiar with the situation told the AP that Elliott, intrigued by the election process, agreed to an invitation from NASCAR to fly on a NASCAR plane to the Trump event in Elliott's home state of Georgia. It never occurred to the rising star to give his team or sponsors a heads-up, the person said, and Elliott realized he was in over his head when he began receiving heavy criticism on social media.