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Elephanthead posted:You can drag race any car! (Except a new dodge demon because it is unsafe). You can't drag race a Dodge Demon because it doesn't have safety equipment. It has to have a racing seat and roll cage and all that jazz to run in its time bracket.
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Ok, so. Mod post inbound. You didn't gently caress up, so this isn't anything bad. But I need your help. I'm going to be running a competition on the 28th regarding all three races, and I need a description of the Coke 600 (such as history, why it's important, etc) for the eventual thread OP. Best submission one will get featured in it (and perhaps some bonus points for it)! PM me, or if you don't have plat, quote this post with your submission. Thank you!
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Noted garbageman Casey Mears had his only win at the 07 race.
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von Manstein posted:It's almost Talladega Time! I get this wave of nostalgia and awesomeness from that picture. gently caress I miss old NASCAR.
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iospace posted:Ok, so. Mod post inbound. You didn't gently caress up, so this isn't anything bad. One of the most important stories regarding the 600 is that it was built by former (then current) driver Curtis Turner. They ran into issues in construction and the project went way over budget, money Turner didn't have. When the paving contractor said he wouldn't finish until he got his back payment, Turner pulled a shotgun on him and threatened to kill him. It's also one of the Grand Slam races in NASCAR, along with the Daytona 500, the spring Talladega race, and Darlington. Nowadays, 600 miles is just a long race, but at the beginnings of NASCAR, cars often couldn't complete 500 miles. The additional 100 miles essentially made this an endurance race, and winning it was probably the greatest achievement in NASCAR barring the Daytona 500 itself. Another fun fact is it's become part of the historic Memorial Day double, as drivers like John Andretti, Kurt Busch, Robbie Gordon and Tony Stewart have run both the Indy 500 and Coke 600 in the same day. Tony Stewart did it twice. In 1999 he finished 9th at Indy, and 4th at Charlotte. In 2001 he did it again, finishing 6th at Indy and leading some laps, missed the drivers meeting at Charlotte, started last, and still got 3rd. He's the only driver to have ever successfully completed all 1,100 miles. VikingSkull fucked around with this message at 01:22 on May 4, 2017 |
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iospace posted:Ok, so. Mod post inbound. You didn't gently caress up, so this isn't anything bad. The Six-hundred sucks and I hate it.
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Last year the 600 was led by one person non stop with no cautions. That won't be the case this year.
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von Manstein posted:It's almost Talladega Time! Time to dust this off again https://youtu.be/EKe6TUY9jrQ
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njsykora posted:WEC does I think double points for Le Mans, I think Blancpain GT does quad points for the 24 hours of Spa with full normal race points awarded at 6 and 12 hours and double points at the finish. It feels different when the double points are being given for much longer races I think.
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JoLo's win being called an encumbered finish. http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/joey-logano-win-richmond-encumbered-penalty-putting-playoffs-in-jeopardy-nascar-050417 Elitist Bitch fucked around with this message at 14:58 on May 4, 2017 |
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Elitist Bitch posted:JoLo's win being called an encumbered finish. https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/860128347204046850
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JoLo: Been a dick, encumbered, natch
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iospace posted:Ok, so. Mod post inbound. You didn't gently caress up, so this isn't anything bad. VikingSkull posted:One of the most important stories regarding the 600 is that it was built by former (then current) driver Curtis Turner. They ran into issues in construction and the project went way over budget, money Turner didn't have. When the paving contractor said he wouldn't finish until he got his back payment, Turner pulled a shotgun on him and threatened to kill him. It's also one of the Grand Slam races in NASCAR, along with the Daytona 500, the spring Talladega race, and Darlington. In addition, the Winston Million (as it was known from 1985 to 1997) required drivers to win three of the four "Crown Jewel" races Viking alluded to in his post. Only two drivers succeeded, in the first and last years of the program: Jeff Gordon won the 600 as part of the three wins required (Daytona-Charlotte-Darlington), Bill Elliott did not (Daytona-Talladega-Darlington). Darrell Waltrip (1989) and Dale Jarrett (1996) won the Daytona 500 and Coke 600, but were unable to win Darlington to win the bonus. Davey Allison was the only driver other than Elliott with a chance to win the Winston Million with a win in the 600, but didn't; he didn't win Darlington, either. In 1998, the No Bull 5 program replaced the Winston Million, and the Brickyard 400 was added as a 5th Crown Jewel race: Jeff Burton (1999) and Mark Martin (2002) won $1M bonuses by winning the 600; Gordon probably would've done it in 2001 as he had a bad fast car which ran into Kenny Wallace on pit road early in the race.
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kidcoelacanth posted:I just need to know if they're gonna paint the walls neon green this year. Black and green is what Monster wants
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von Manstein posted:It's almost Talladega Time! And it's cold and wet in May. I guess extra time for garage shenanigans at least
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iospace posted:Ok, so. Mod post inbound. You didn't gently caress up, so this isn't anything bad. 100 more miles of intermediate hell. Because gently caress you, that's why. Drink Monster.
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Don't forget the ARCA hilarity on today at 6pm est. edit: nevermind, ARCA postponed until tomorrow. L_Harrison fucked around with this message at 21:47 on May 5, 2017 |
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von Manstein posted:It's almost Talladega Time! The Talledega RV park was filled up nicely Thursday night, and still active at 1am when I drove past on I 20. There were people there on Tuesday night, just not nearly as many.
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L_Harrison posted:Don't forget the ARCA hilarity on today at 6pm est. It is pissing rain, they already moved it CannonFodder posted:The Talledega RV park was filled up nicely Thursday night, and still active at 1am when I drove past on I 20. Garage area was pretty empty compared to usual, but weather was/is pretty bad Slickdrac fucked around with this message at 21:48 on May 5, 2017 |
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LOL ARCA fun times live on FS2/FSGo at e- I red gud. 6pm EDT tonight (Saturday).  Join us for the greatest tradition in IRC: Talladega Busch race and the Kentucky Derby, with LOL ARCA bonus coverage.
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Only 41 entries for Talladega, lowest in 25 years.
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How much money are Stages on plate tracks costing the small teams in NXS? e- We've got a link to a Radio Le Mans IMSA stream in #nascar which pops out into the Mibbit window if you want to see that live. It's perfect and it has JO'N 'IND'AUGH WHO IS A RIGHT PROPER RAYCIN' ANNOUNCUH! CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:43 on May 6, 2017 |
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Even the big teams in the garage hate stage racing at plate tracks. All the drivers were down in the garage calling for its head.
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It's been 15 years and 82 last-place finishes since Jeff Green led this many laps in an XFINITY Series race. And FOX couldn't care less.
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Aric Almirola's 3rd* career NXS win.
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kidcoelacanth posted:People in the stands Are there more people than empty spots?
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iospace posted:Are there more people than empty spots? It looks packed
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