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Possibly Chicken posted:We've had more good then bad races this year imo. Texas was the only pretty boring one, but when has it ever been good? Yeah, Texas is so fast that you're gonna get aero problems regardless. edit: You're not going to get amazing racing every week, but you just want a package that can facilitate that more than hinder it. Gen 4 cars had a package that could race really well in the right circumstances, and as pointed out by Alan Post the COT cars did away with that for a while, and so far this year it's looking like you could get a good race when the stars align.
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FuzzySkinner posted:A good post. That's a fair point, but I'd argue that the races themselves were equally (or possibly more) as terrible as races today.
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LordPants posted:Yeah, Texas is so fast that you're gonna get aero problems regardless. it's not even like a "stars align" thing, it was just like, loving mind-numbing to see every race turn into cars spaced exactly one second apart because A) they're all the same so performance differentials are minimal, and B) they're so aero-dependent that you need a massively better car to actually get close, which is a loving problem when combined with point A
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VikingSkull posted:That's a fair point, but I'd argue that the races themselves were equally (or possibly more) as terrible as races today. Cue the Michigan race from the 80s we watched on cytube where they cut from green flag racing to show a 15 minute feature story on Darrell Waltrip's bible study group.
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Possibly Chicken posted:Cue the Michigan race from the 80s we watched on cytube where they cut from green flag racing to show a 15 minute feature story on Darrell Waltrip's bible study group. loving Benny and Ned had a piece (weekly) about Benny wearing silly hats and answering fan mail NASCAR races have always sucked rear end
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Alain Post posted:it's not even like a "stars align" thing, it was just like, loving mind-numbing to see every race turn into cars spaced exactly one second apart because A) they're all the same so performance differentials are minimal, and B) they're so aero-dependent that you need a massively better car to actually get close, which is a loving problem when combined with point A Yeah, the COT really killed me enthusiasm for NASCAR back in the day. A real boner killer.
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the best part of the COT was the wing fans like us: "I think that wing causes the cars to flip" NASCAR: "no, you're crazy"
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My favorite part is that nobody in the press was allowed to say it raced like poo poo until the Gen6, when all of a sudden everyone acted like they were saying the CoT like poo poo all along, and that NASCAR was so smart to change it.
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https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/720695745033187328 https://twitter.com/Willie_Blanton/status/720494054434291712 https://twitter.com/dionisi_cj/status/719605846980825090 These some good-rear end retro schemes, y'all. Danica also has one, but it looks more like the color pallet for a modern paint catalog.
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Alain Post posted:My favorite part is that nobody in the press was allowed to say it raced like poo poo until the Gen6, when all of a sudden everyone acted like they were saying the CoT like poo poo all along, and that NASCAR was so smart to change it. brian_france.txt Also the same thing with the top-35 rule. "Good thing we got rid of that convoluted provisional system." Same people a few years later: "Good thing they're bringing back provisionals. The fastest cars should start every week." Same people a few years later: "Good thing we got franchising."
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Apr 15, 2016 02:39
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I have kind of hilariously turned around on the original chase format. I really like the idea of having to run well across a bunch of different tracks* over the course of a season to qualify for the chase not just "win at talledega"
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I just love how the tandem draft revolution produced the first interesting restrictor race in a decade or more and NASCAR's immediate response was "aww hell naw"
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shame on an IGA posted:I just love how the tandem draft revolution produced the first interesting restrictor race in a decade or more and NASCAR's immediate response was "aww hell naw" Yeah the last one was.. I wanna say that 500 that Junior won where there was just like a pack of 8 cars at the front instead of the usual wall. But then again there was so many shenanigans with those DEI Restrictor cars.
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http://www.deerfieldraceway.com/#!about/c16fk So this is a thing that exists near me. Asking Viking and Boomer, what weekends should I see? (I know "ALL OF THEM", but I'm working a lot of saturday nights lately.)
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/720695745033187328 Those all loving suck.
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shame on an IGA posted:I just love how the tandem draft revolution produced the first interesting restrictor race in a decade or more and NASCAR's immediate response was "aww hell naw" this was the thread's reaction, too, it was hilarious I was like, "gently caress y'all this rules" FuzzySkinner posted:http://www.deerfieldraceway.com/#!about/c16fk 7/16, these guys are there Seizure Meat fucked around with this message at 06:44 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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The first race the tandem draft went away gave Matt Kenseth his 2nd Daytona 500. "B-but my packs DALE wouldn't of liked this!" I mean this is what I'm talking about here true pack racing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeH1NoYMA2w Not this dumb poo poo dale wouldn't of liked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry4nyYCiM98 dentist toy box fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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Apr 15, 2016 07:47
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Apr 15, 2016 08:35
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ECU_Drummer posted:Has this thing been discussed yet? Holy loving poo poo. I've been to two races at Bristol and I never had the thought, "I hate being able to see the entire race happening at once. I'd prefer just to see bits and pieces of the race on a giant floating screen."
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Apr 15, 2016 15:33
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It's for football. I realize that doesn't make sense.
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Apr 15, 2016 15:43
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they are secretly turning Bristol into a giant laser weapon IMO
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VikingSkull posted:they are secretly turning Bristol into a giant laser weapon IMO Now that you say so... 
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Lord Crapulus posted:It's for football. I realize that doesn't make sense. I mean, it does, when you consider the football game they'll be playing there. I for one would be terrified to stand under that thing.
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Apr 15, 2016 17:07
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Roll Vols
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kidcoelacanth posted:I for one would be terrified to stand under that thing. That was my first thought too. That thing is huge.
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Remember when they used a cable-suspended camera and it failed and fell into the race and then they stopped using it?
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kidcoelacanth posted:I mean, it does, when you consider the football game they'll be playing there. When I read about that, I assumed it was just for football instead of being a permanent thing. 1/2 mile track is a really odd choice for a jumbotron.
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VikingSkull posted:they are secretly turning Bristol into a giant laser weapon IMO  The last 24 races have not been really exciting. Harveygod fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 15, 2016 |
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With how well FOX's cable-cam went during the 600 a couple years ago, I am fully expecting that thing to crush a bunch of haulers during the race this weekend, goring fans in the path of the steel cables Metalocalypse-style on its way down.
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CBJSprague24 posted:With how well FOX's cable-cam went during the 600 a couple years ago, I am fully expecting that thing to crush a bunch of haulers during the race this weekend, goring fans in the path of the steel cables Metalocalypse-style on its way down. Can't loving wait.
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Lord Crapulus posted:It's for football. I realize that doesn't make sense. Speaking of which, FOX just said they have not only sold all the seats for that game, but there's a waiting list of more than 30,000 people. Meanwhile, I'm sure there's still plenty of seats for Sunday.
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Yes, how dare he put on this crude display instead of reiterating "Well, we got a good car, I'm real proud of my guys" for the hundredth time like everyone else does.
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Peanut President posted:Those all loving suck. I like the Busch car 
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Oh cool, those dumb people that got all upset when Marshawn Lynch didn't want to talk to reporters are in NASCAR too
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LASTCAR posted:Speaking of which, FOX just said they have not only sold all the seats for that game, but there's a waiting list of more than 30,000 people. Something, something "Remember when races there used to have a 20,000-strong waiting list?"...
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keevo posted:God drat Why the gently caress do tracks think their audio systems need to compete with the cars? I don't give a poo poo about the trackside announcer.
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