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It's 2016 and people are just figuring out that points contenders hang back at Talladega and people wonder why I have such a hatred of NASCAR fans
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VikingSkull posted:It's 2016 and people are just figuring out that points contenders hang back at Talladega I realize this and I've only really been watching a year lol. Maybe it's from all the Dale Senior races I've watched though. Helps that I do the same thing in iRacing!
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Oct 25, 2016 15:26
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Yeah I was always a stroker, too. Gimme them sweet top 5's with no 4x thanks
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Elitist Bitch posted:I can't believe I missed this. Thanks to this song for the reminder, my camshaft is in dire needing of clearing out.
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 Cup Drivers Are Now Restricted From Doing Too Many Raceshttp://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/10/26/2017-limitations-sprint-cup-drivers-xfinity-truck-series-races.html Gist of it is 10 Xfinity races and 7 camping world truck races Prohibited from the chase cutoff and chase races (Dash 4 Cash races too) If a driver has under 5 years experience in cup they're exempt from those guidelines
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Oct 26, 2016 14:10
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I think 10/7 is even a little too much but gently caress yes at everything else
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Oct 26, 2016 14:36
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I was going to post a "I am confused nascar did a good thing?" And then I remembered I liked the new rules package so... Good move anyway.
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Oct 26, 2016 14:40
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BMB5150 posted:Prohibited from the chase cutoff and chase races (Dash 4 Cash races too) I'm OK with this.
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BMB5150 posted:
Hot drat, they did it. They did it and they didn't do it badly somehow.  Still think it should be a set number across all series and 10/7 is probably too generous to the drivers, but whatever, they did A Good Thing. e- Really think they need to investigate someday a provision where Cup drivers can only drive one car per NXS team. That way, there's a barrier to running Kyle, Denny, and Matt in the same NXS race because they all want to run Charlotte or whatever. Hypothetical list of races which would prohibit Cup driver participation in 2017: -Bristol (Spring; D4C) -Richmond (Spring; D4C) -Dover (Spring; D4C) -Iowa (non-companion) -Indianapolis (D4C) -Iowa again -Mid-Ohio (non-companion) -Road America (non-companion) -Chicago (Chase cutoff) (e- Yes, per Pockrass) -Kentucky, Dover, Charlotte, Kansas, Texas, Phoenix, Homestead (Chase) So 16/33. Yeesh, the regular season could be ugly when you really think about it. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Oct 26, 2016 |
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Oct 26, 2016 15:28
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Gonna be funny when they all pick different races and still win every one.
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Oct 26, 2016 17:19
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The drivers who will probably still be able to run unlimited races in NXS (with a Cup ride) and have a chance at winning them, based on RoTY classes, are as follows: 2017- Jones, T. Dillon(?) 2016- Elliott, Blaney, Scott, Buescher 2015- Nobody really 2014- Larson, A. Dillon, Allgaier, Bowman 2013- Stenhouse, Danica VikingSkull posted:Gonna be funny when they all pick different races and still win every one. You're expecting NASCAR to get the rule totally right after it took them 12 years to admit "We have a problem"? Even with your prediction inevitably being the outcome, I think the net for me is I'll have more NXS races to watch. My viewing habits have pretty much been plate races, road courses, non-companions, and maybe Bristol since 2006.
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If it's a race I watch it, often times who wins is irrelevant to the actual enjoyment of the racing. Even if you cut the Cup guys out completely, we're at the point in the sport that it's just gonna be the same 3 or 4 guys in Victory Lane regularly, anyway. Ban Cup teams not Cup drivers. That's the real problem.
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It won't help because the good dedicated GNS teams are gone and the racing is atrociously bad. You'll just get worse fields. What that series needs is a money injection and a better car.
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Edit: ^^^Removing downforce did wonders for Cup on it's own, maybe do it there too.VikingSkull posted:If it's a race I watch it, often times who wins is irrelevant to the actual enjoyment of the racing. Right, the biggest issue is the huge disparity between the top teams and just the mid teams. But a bigger variety of drivers between the series wouldn't hurt either and would give more guys a chance to hop into a seat. And probably with less star power, there will be less sponsor interest and can bring those teams back in line (at the risk of killing the series) But while in theory the idea of removing Cup teams from the lower series would be a nice idea, in practice we already know that it doesn't mean anything. KBM may as well be JGR, BKR is basically Penske. Hell, major factor in why cup is fairly competitive in comparison is half the field is basically made up of only 3 teams effectively.
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Oct 26, 2016 19:57
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I wonder what the networks think about all this.
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Given that nobody watches Xfinity or the truck races besides the 3 of us in IRC for the truck races, does it matter?
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I guarantee you won't see more people in IRC next year because of this
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VikingSkull posted:I guarantee you won't see more people in IRC next year because of this Then it's the perfect change
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Oct 27, 2016 02:50
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I watched a couple of Xfinity races, I saw that dope as hell bristol race, and uhhh.. the ones that Edwards and Junyer commentated on which were obviously so unremarkable that all I remember is who commentated on them.
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Guess what time it is? It's time for the STEWART-HAAS RACING HALLOWEEN PARTY https://twitter.com/TonyStewart/status/791469373923950592 https://twitter.com/TonyStewart/status/791474033934135296
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Oct 27, 2016 04:25
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nice Chuck's, Smoke
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Chase Elliott running a truck at Martinsville. Probably doing it for the ratings.
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Take 17 minutes and watch Fox's salute to Dick Trickle on his 75th birthday. If you've never seen it, this is your trigger warning. It starts with his 911 call, telling dispatch where to find his body.
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Oct 28, 2016 02:02
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Hey Smoke, those glasses make you look like a fat nerd Also, nice Chucks
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theacox posted:Chase Elliott running a truck at Martinsville. Probably doing it for the ratings. it's a gorgeous truck though e- mods plz name change to Smoke's Chucks
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It is incredible the consistency with which JWT will bumble his way into a wreck
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GMS win number 5 of the year 
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Ben Rhodes is gonna piss hot at his next drug test. Am I the only one that noticed Matt Tifft's sponsor was BrainGear?
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https://twitter.com/23SpeedRacer/status/792811615913709569
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Hey, I see most of me in the background in that reply! Got all my Dega photos piled into a folder, will post trip report tonight.
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Oct 30, 2016 20:41
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https://twitter.com/23SpeedRacer/status/792801903084208128 https://twitter.com/23SpeedRacer/status/792803403936194560 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcNXq5DUZnk
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Oct 30, 2016 20:49
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OCFS handles yellow disputes better than this, and I've seen drivers ram the pace car there
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Edwards' car got repaired before NASCAR could figure out who is where in the restart.
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https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/792817085747527682
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This is like Talladega in slow motion. Somebody pops out of line and guys follow. Somebody gets hung to the high side and fades to the back.
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fuseshock posted:That's ridiculous. So I'm guessing those 2 didn't get the wave around so they are technically back of the pack in respect to both Gordon lucky dog and everyone else in the wave around. Wish the booth made it a little more clear why those 2 were up front.
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