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CBJSprague24 posted:Don't think I've said it yet, but NASCAR dumbing down the engine noise is akin to the Cleveland Browns having an awful team and going "LET'S CHANGE THE UNIFORMS!". It might be nicer at tracks, but it's still not fixing the god drat aero package. They should have used new Hampshire's roval
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Oh yeah don't get me wrong I see nothing wrong with a guy putting most of a field a lap down before halfway. My interest in NASCAR rapidly dropped once they started dropping debris cautions when it seemed like someone might stink up the show. you know, if they're going to do this poo poo, I vastly prefer the stage system. at least everyone knows about them beforehand. if you're going to contrive poo poo to put on a good show, at least be transparent about it. (good example: people complaining, pre-GWC that NASCAR was showing favoritism with throwing red flags on late cautions to ensure a green flag finish, so they made up a rule that any caution between 10-5 laps to go was an automatic red flag)
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shyduck posted:New Hampshire's fall race date is officially moving to LV starting next season. God damnit there goes the only race I can go to each year. Oh well at least Lee USA still exists.
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I'm surprised it took this long for Bruton to indirectly gently caress Bob Bahre after the two of them hosed North Wilkesboro, to be quite honest.
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VikingSkull posted:It's why so many people bitch about Kansas, Texas or Las Vegas and rarely poo poo on Charlotte and Atlanta directly. The typical NASCAR fan will bitch about 1.5's but would also howl in anger if you bulldozed those two because of "mah traditions" I'm from Atlanta and I would gladly bulldoze that shitpile after Smith kneecapped it and made it into a loving Charlotte clone. Also the reason 1.5 mile tri-ovals got popular is because it's shaped like a ball diamond only it's pointed at the finish line instead of home plate meaning people sitting on the front stretch don't have to crane their necks to see the race.
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CBJSprague24 posted:I'm surprised it took this long for Bruton to indirectly gently caress Bob Bahre after the two of them hosed North Wilkesboro, to be quite honest. I dont get it. Bahre sold the track years ago.
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daslog posted:I dont get it. Bahre sold the track years ago. He did, but I seem to remember people expecting (myself included) him to buy Bahre's track and promptly exploit it for its date, which would go to Kentucky or Las Vegas. It just took a decade for it to actually happen, which is a surprise given both of them bought NWS for the sole purpose of harvesting its dates and SMI later buying Rockingham for the same purpose.
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NO GMS why you cheating with the guest driver car. Better sell me some t shirts so you can pay that guys fine.
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iospace posted:They should have used new Hampshire's roval see that would be them making a good decision and nascar is not in the business of good decision making
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iospace posted:They should have used new Hampshire's roval That roval is awesome and is underused. love to see IMSA swing up there for it.
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I think SRA hosed up by not getting that Barstool Sports sponsorship. Could have had SRA on Pardon My Take.
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quote:Following are the 20 nominees for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, listed alphabetically: Baker, Yates, Squier*, Stefanik, Hornaday, Rudd. Evernham and every car owner on the list are too recent. *I think Squier should be in the HoF itself, but could also go in for the Landmark assuming they don't make it the Nepotism Award for Jim France.
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It would be a crime if Stefanik didn't get in. Also, no Smokey, HoF continues to be a garbage fire.
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Here's a fun read: http://www.espn.com/racing/nascar/story/_/id/18856556
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Boomer The Cannon posted:Here's a fun read: You know a series is healthy when Dale Jr has a single date free that needs sponsorship. I mean maybe i'm overreacting but I bet when he was with Bud he would have been locked up for every weekend, right?
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https://twitter.com/GMSRacingLLC/status/840214700684107778 Some of us may think the running gag of asking for merch may have gotten old but Spence. Spencer. Our Man Spence. SRA. We're so close. I'd bet you'd sell more 23 Allegiant Travel Chevy diecasts than those. algebra testes posted:You know a series is healthy when Dale Jr has a single date free that needs sponsorship. That's back in the day when everybody pretty much had one sponsor save for a one-off for a company lucky enough to get a piece of a Jeff Gordon (Pepsi) or Junyer. Even backmarkers had full-time sponsors.
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sell us hats sprinkler e- Also backmarkers did have sponsors, but you don't remember that you almost never had a one off single race deal. Dude's would run 2/3rds of the year with a blank car and then lock up a deal for the rest of the year. Or start the year with a sponsor and then lose it. Teams would also just disappear and no one cared and there were far more teams that'd only show for big races with their one car and one of those rare "I'm sponsored for three races" deals. Some of the owners today feel like NASCAR needs to be a money making enterprise and 20 years ago owners would just piss money in the wind to do it. VikingSkull fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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You have to remember that 20 years ago running a car at daytona or your local track was a 50-60k investment. Now 5 figures doesn't even get you to first practice.
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Oh definitely. A big reason for that, though, is the teams. A guy like Haas will slap his name on a car, or Penske, and just eat the money, but a lot of teams today want to fully fund everything and it's just unrealistic. I could give two shits hearing about Jr. having a race still open when I know Hendrick can just put him in the City Chevrolet car for a race and make all the money in the world.
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In general racing's just gotten too expensive while stagnating in popularity. Hence the increase in ride buyers across all forms of motorsports.
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VikingSkull posted:sell us hats sprinkler I was thinking specifically of teams such as the #81 Kenny Wallace ran which had Square D for 2-3 years despite never doing anything in Cup (though that might have been Wallace, because they followed him to Andy Petree), the RAMOC 75 with Remington and later a revolving door of sponsors who I guess were all related, or Brett Bodine's team (Lowe's, Close Call, Paychex, Ralph's, Hooters). All those teams eventually died off, but were able to lock down full-year deals or, like you mentioned had a sponsor and lost it (Bodine and whatever Close Call was) despite never having any success. A more recent example might be the Jim Smith's 7 after Geoff Bodine sold it (Philips, Nations Rent, SiriusXM) or the early days of Gene Haas' team, which had Netzero and Best Buy year-round well before Smoke got involved and turned them into a winner.
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The decline of the mid-range team has been ongoing since the 2000s. I think the only guys we have left that you might call a mid-field team are the 47, the Petty cars, and maybe the Furniture Row guys. (and, at this point, maybe Roush).
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Alain Post posted:The decline of the mid-range team has been ongoing since the 2000s. I think the only guys we have left that you might call a mid-field team are the 47, the Petty cars, and maybe the Furniture Row guys. (and, at this point, maybe Roush). I assume you mean Front Row, but yeah that's about all in the mid-tier. I'd pretty solidly put Roush in there at this point.
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Alain Post posted:The decline of the mid-range team has been ongoing since the 2000s. I think the only guys we have left that you might call a mid-field team are the 47, the Petty cars, and maybe the Furniture Row guys. (and, at this point, maybe Roush). ganassi
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The big teams are running out of sponsors because they don't have the small and middle sized teams to poach them from anymore.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:The big teams are running out of sponsors because they don't have the small and middle sized teams to poach them from anymore. It is a fragile ecosystem.
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NASCAR itself poached a shitload
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Proud Christian Mom posted:NASCAR itself poached a shitload preparation h, the official hemorrhoid cream of nascar
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the real downward slide was when boudreaux's butt paste left the sport. rip.
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financially racist posted:the real downward slide was when boudreaux's butt paste left the sport. rip. same but Buckshot Jones
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financially racist posted:the real downward slide was when farewell, best looking stock car of all time
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Fauxhawk Express posted:farewell, best looking stock car of all time MGD
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Fauxhawk Express posted:best looking stock car of all time 
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Fauxhawk Express posted:farewell, best looking stock car of all time 
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MN12s are great looking cars.
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Human Grand Prix posted:MN12s are great looking cars. I know that people ended up spending a fortune on those things in the wind tunnel. But man, why'd they get rid of that era of cars. edit: And one make of car was offset, which was hilarous. Like the whole body was to the left of the line of center.
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Another quality post from the professor.
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this isn't a Monte Carlo and it isn't #17 what is wrong with you
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