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Norns posted:Isn't motorsport viewership down as a whole? Pretty sure Jimmy Johnson doesn't have poo poo to do with that. Ratings are down, but is that an accurate measure of viewership? They're all ignoring the internet. NFL and Premier League ratings have plummeted, too. Just about the only sport that isn't losing viewers is the NBA.
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quote:Incidentally, NASCAR is now Scott-free. I wonder who takes the 44 next year. I think you're onto something with the below-quoted post, which NASCAR will milk to distance themselves from Trump: kidcoelacanth posted:Talk about how proud they are of their Mexican champion, push him as a huge upcoming star, and they're exonerated for being lovely. It's great for Daniel but it's a huge win for NASCAR getting off scott-free. My money's on Bubba with the Ford ties. "A Mexican champion! A full-time African-American in Sprint Cup! WE ARE INCLUSIVE!" wicka posted:Ratings are down, but is that an accurate measure of viewership? They're all ignoring the internet. NFL and Premier League ratings have plummeted, too. Just about the only sport that isn't losing viewers is the NBA. This is what NASCAR is leaning hard on to say "See? It's not so bad!".
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wicka posted:Ratings are down, but is that an accurate measure of viewership? They're all ignoring the internet. NFL and Premier League ratings have plummeted, too. Just about the only sport that isn't losing viewers is the NBA. I know Indy and IMSA livestreams (unless Fox is running the show, but Fox's non-NASCAR coverage blows massive chunks), and I think NASCAR does too. F1 does not 
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wicka posted:Ratings are down, but is that an accurate measure of viewership? They're all ignoring the internet. NFL and Premier League ratings have plummeted, too. Just about the only sport that isn't losing viewers is the NBA. the TNA defense
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I've pretty much stopped watching everything except INDYCAR, I have too much poo poo to get done, so I put the Colts on in the background and watch them lose.
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iospace posted:gently caress, have a road course in the chase first round. Are these road courses the inside the oval (Daytona, Indy, etc) or full real road course (Road Atlanta, Road America, Virginia)?
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HFX posted:Are these road courses the inside the oval (Daytona, Indy, etc) or full real road course (Road Atlanta, Road America, Virginia)? I'm fine with either or, with preference given to real ones. Like it would be awesome if they did the Daytona road course the second time they came to town, but that would likely piss off people because of lack of infield seating or some poo poo. e: of the chase tracks that exist already, Texas (barely), Kansas, Charlotte, and New Hampshire have road course configs. iospace fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Nov 21, 2016 |
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Also, belated, but throwing that red flag last night was to me, the correct course of action. There was no way they'd be able to clean that mess up in 10 laps.
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I miss the old pre-GWC rule where any yellow flag between 10 and 5 laps to go was an automatic red.
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Has there ever been a boring NASCAR road race?
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VikingSkull posted:The correct two is Mario and AJ, loving Schumacher only won in F1 and is a plebe by comparison. Yeah, I wrote that extremely tired last night and should have included AJ instead
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iospace posted:e: of the chase tracks that exist already, Texas (barely), Kansas, Charlotte, and New Hampshire have road course configs. The road course at NHMS would probably rule. I would start attending again.
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iospace posted:Some more hot takes/spitballing: I think these are steps in the right direction. I'd also argue allowing Cup drivers more "cross over" appearances in say, IMSA, and Indy. (and vice versa), as that would make kinda create a "team" like thing NASCAR has been dying to capitalize on. I'd also ban XFinity and Trucks from racing at the same track as cup, on cup weekends. Save for, say Daytona 500 weekend and what not.
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wicka posted:Has there ever been a boring NASCAR road race? Yes.
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Also: Jimmie Johnson is real bad and so is NASCAR so I guess they're made for each other.
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Someone should try getting Pastor Maldonado a NASCAR ride. That'd spice things up.
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Congrats @IMSA, seven-time world tweeting champion.
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Biffle gone at Roush, Buescher to JTG. Bummed to not have Chris at FRM again on a personal level, excited for his career prospects though. The Roush ladder was pretty much a dead-end at this point.
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N:quote:“I just couldn’t do this anymore,” Biffle told the Times-Union. “I’ve been the one carrying the company banner. I’ve been the one who kept re-signing. I was all of those things. But it just didn’t get any better. I didn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel, so I decided I’d rather do something else – even if it means not driving anymore. V: This is Roush-Fenway right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd2Zcbl9_iU Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 00:13 on Nov 22, 2016 |
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So the 16, 34, and 44 are all available rides now, with Biffle a free agent. Been a while since we've had a decent Silly Season.
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CBJSprague24 posted:So the 16, 34, and 44 are all available rides now, with Biffle a free agent. 16 is being contracted, charter probably going to JTG
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Boomer The Cannon posted:N: good, gently caress jack roush, i hope his organization burns in poo poo
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Looks like I ditched the Greg Biffle avatar just in time. Weird to think that Roush is all but done being competitive in the sport when 10 years ago they were one of the top teams. I know 10 years is a long time, especially when it is pretty obvious you've fallen behind in the technology but to go from one of the best and being one of those teams that could practically print money to losing all of your top tier drivers, most of your sponsors and now your most veteran mid-tier driver is a pretty big flight of stairs to fall down. Somebody really hosed that organization up.
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bigbillystyle posted:Weird to think that Roush is all but done being competitive in the sport when 10 years ago they were one of the top teams. Not even 10 years ago. 5 years ago Carl Edwards tied for the championship.
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There was talk about doing Winter Heat in CyTube again during the offseason, so here's the thread: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3585016 Go wild, have fun, maybe bump this thread in addition to that one in case some goons don't have ^that^ bookmarked. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Nov 23, 2016 |
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Not sure if this is Misc thread worthy or NASCAR, so it'll get both: https://twitter.com/dennyhamlin/status/801144254588297216 https://twitter.com/IMSA/status/801152130618916869
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iospace posted:Not sure if this is Misc thread worthy or NASCAR, so it'll get both: I get what he saying that he doesn't want to think about another race for a while and rest. Should he have said it on Twitter, probably not. Are the fans being extremely lovely and deserve a middle finger to get of his case, sure.
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Denny Hamlin's career is basically Batman's story, only he didn't gain redemption after he got his back snapped.
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Have a dumb Sporcle game I made a while ago and just updated: http://www.sporcle.com/games/JSprague24/nascarwhatif Three-time Sprint Cup Champion Kevin Harvick.
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iospace posted:But real talk right now: NASCAR has an image issue, and it has nothing to do with the on-track product. Live sports ratings are down across the board- even the NFL is not immune. Despite the fact that they're trying to grow the sport in Europe, they're getting pressure to stop showing games at balls in the morning on the west coast. My guess is that cord-cutters are finally getting to live sports, and they're going to have to give up and sell directly to consumers. I live in the local broadcast area for my NFL team and I pay $20/season to listen to the radio broadcasts of my "local" baseball team (meaning that I can't get them on MLB.TV) that isn't even carried in my local cable system. This is what is killing sports in general and NASCAR in particular- people under 40 simply won't get cable to watch sports, especially as networks pay to put those sports on progressively higher tiers of cable.
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