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big nipples big life posted:fire the waltrips? Into the Sun?
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https://twitter.com/MW55/status/890279778061881344 Sure, dude. Let's weld the last barrier to entry to this sport completely shut and just water this thing down to the NASCARtel completely. financially racist posted:also just lmao @ 'fans of this thing aren't worth listening to' It's criminally stupid to underestimate the value of the people who make your sport go by watching, attending, and spending money on overpriced merchandise. Brian France has been making GBS threads on them since Labor Day moved to California, then to Atlanta when it probably should've just gone straight back to Darlington. I guess this really doesn't surprise me all that much when I stop and think about it from Waltrip. I went to a charity meet and greet thing like two days after he won Talladega in 2003 and he could've given two fucks less about signing autographs and talking to people. Peanut President posted:Also Mikey's tweet was like "i'll listen to you when you've raced cars for 30 years and owned a race team" which is incredible coming from Mikey loving Waltrip, the Jeff Jarrett of NASCAR. Without looking, I'd figure Jeff Jarrett spent less time as a jobber in his sport than Mikey did in Cup.
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Jul 27, 2017 14:39
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I still remember meeting him back when I was 14 and he was driving the number 7 Philips light bulbs car. He was really nice back then. I'm not sure what happened but my guess is that even a little bit of success was too much for him.
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Jul 27, 2017 14:48
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NASCARtel would make a fun Narcos parody.
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Jul 27, 2017 15:04
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I'm just saying, by the start of next year, you'll have gained the 77, 12, and the probable GMS car while keeping the 21 a full-time ride, and you (Mikey) want to cut fields further?
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Jul 27, 2017 15:14
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I don't think his point would be all that bad if a) NASCAR could support trucks and Xfinity worth a drat and b) he wasn't a colossal prick about it
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Jul 27, 2017 15:29
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From the context of what he's saying he pretty much sounds like he wants 36 full time rides with charters and none of the riff raff trying to DNQ every weekend. So making the field more elite I guess, which is bad.
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Jul 27, 2017 16:18
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Waltrips are dumb
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Jul 27, 2017 16:19
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https://twitter.com/CopaCavanna/status/890592734591012868 Don't bite the hand that feeds you. What happened?
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Jul 27, 2017 16:25
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Pretty harsh words coming from this guy.
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Jul 27, 2017 16:28
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The early days of MWR owned
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Jul 27, 2017 16:33
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I am all for cutting the field down to one car.
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Jul 27, 2017 16:34
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Feels Villeneuve posted:The early days of MWR owned quote:On any other night, the Michael Waltrip Racing shop had the cleanest floors in the league, thanks to the efforts of its lone janitor, Steve. Steve was just finishing his rounds when he saw a light coming from the garage and heard a strange sound. As he neared the half-opened door, a strange scent filled the air. It was pungeant, but hard to describe.
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Jul 27, 2017 17:28
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dentist toy box posted:Pretty harsh words coming from this guy. I didn't remember it being this bad. I mean, I know the Top 35 rule was in place and there were several cars on the outside of that looking in which were fully funded but  .
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://twitter.com/CopaCavanna/status/890592734591012868 Here's the answer: http://jeffgluck.com/joe-gibbs-racing-suspends-truex-pit-crew-members/ So two of the 78 guys get suspended because Kyle's crew chief couldn't let the taunting go while Stevens gets off unscathed.
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Jul 27, 2017 20:50
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CBJSprague24 posted:It's criminally stupid to underestimate the value of the people who make your sport go by watching, attending, and spending money on overpriced merchandise. Brian France has been making GBS threads on them since Labor Day moved to California, then to Atlanta when it probably should've just gone straight back to Darlington. They threw their fanbase over board in favor of chasing yiuppies, soccer moms, and suburban types. What I mean by fanbase btw? People into cars/auto racing and people in rural locales. Fontana isn't a bad track to have on the schedule. That area has hosted/supported Cup before (It's VERY close to where Ontario and Riverside used to be), but the fact that they continued to chuck venues like Rockingham, North Wilkesboro, Darlington, Atlanta, and such off the schedule in favor of trying to run places like Chicagoland, Kentucky, Kansas, and Texas was suicidal.
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Jul 27, 2017 20:59
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Burn Chicagoland, Kansas, and Texas to the ground. Vegas too.
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CBJSprague24 posted:[ Jarrett basically spent all of 0 years as a jobber despite being a great one he started out as the son of the promoter in the USWA, went to WWF where Vince loved his dad even if he was a rival, went to WCW as a high priced free agent, went back to WWF as a poach and became friends with Vince Russo, went back to WCW with Russo and sat in the main event because of it, and after WCW folded he's spent the last 16 years making brand new promotions where he's a top of the card guy for some reason
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Jul 28, 2017 01:30
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Jul 28, 2017 01:30
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"wrecked 10,000 racecars, never won a race".
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quote:So I think I did the right thing breaking it up, but I did the wrong thing. So when I did that little cliffhanger in the middle, obviously that didn’t sit super great with NASCAR. They didn’t love that. And they called me and said, “We just don’t see how this helps the sport.” I honestly think they had a pretty good point — it probably did not help much. But I made them talk about it, and at least maybe got the discussion going if nothing else happened. http://jeffgluck.com/social-spotlight-tommy-joe-martins-2017/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sacn_bCj8tQ
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Jul 28, 2017 16:17
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I'm weirdly fine with Texas. It's in NASCAR's wheelhouse in terms of what state it's in, and yeah it's a cookie-cutter 1.5 mile tri-oval, but between it and Charlotte, those are the two 1.5 milers I'm ok with. Chicagoland was probably built with the thought "Ok, the Mile will never happen, but there's a base up in the Milwaukee/Chicago area. We could do Road Amer- HAHAHA what am I kidding, Road America probably didn't even get a glance in that discussion.
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Jul 28, 2017 17:15
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iospace posted:I'm weirdly fine with Texas. It's in NASCAR's wheelhouse in terms of what state it's in, and yeah it's a cookie-cutter 1.5 mile tri-oval, but between it and Charlotte, those are the two 1.5 milers I'm ok with. Chicagoland was a project with Dale Coyne, Tony George and the France Family. This was kinda done after they figured buying up CMS was not as good of a scenario (a mistake). hindsight is 20/20, but in a perfect world? Kentucky, CHICAGO Motor Speedway, Heartland Park Topeka are all hosting ICS (or in Heartland's case, IMSA), and XFS, while Gateway has a cup date. e: If we're going fully down the rabbit hole? I wish CART/USAC and Cup had found a way to keep running Texas World over TMS.
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Jul 28, 2017 17:55
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http://www.racer.com/nascar/item/142669-target-to-exit-nascar-when-2017-deal-ends As expected, rip Target in racing. ps soccer sucks
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Kyle Busch had never been so angry. There he was, on his way to an unprecedented third straight Brickyard 400. Now he had nothing. Nothing, that is, except what was in the pocket of his uniform. He found it when he got back to the bus and marveled at it in his hands. How perfectly a dozen Skittles fit on that length of string, each threaded through the S and held by knots three centimeters apart. Engineered perfect - like No. 18. Though now the rainbow hues of each candy were dulled somewhat. Just like No. 18. Then came a knock on the door. It opened, and there was Martin Truex, Jr. He looked unsure of himself, like he wanted to apologize but couldn't find the words. That is, until he saw those Skittles on a string. In a flash, the memory of the previous night plunged through him. His loins pearned with desire. "Are those what I think they are?" Truex asked. Busch leered at him with an evil grin. "Close the door."
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Jul 28, 2017 20:07
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I need a smiley that's this  and this  combined.
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Jul 28, 2017 20:11
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the warm comfort of knowing I'm not the worst poster itt
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Jul 28, 2017 20:14
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big nipples big life posted:I need a smiley that's this 
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Jul 28, 2017 20:36
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LASTCAR posted:"Are those what I think they are?" Truex asked. 
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big nipples big life posted:I need a smiley that's this 
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Jul 28, 2017 21:26
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Oh wow, IRC fanfics are back. ARCA at Pocono is fixin' to happen on FS1. Ralph Sheheen and Phil Parsons on the call.
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Jul 28, 2017 23:04
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CBJSprague24 posted:Oh wow, IRC fanfics are back. Odds of ARCA brakes?
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Jul 28, 2017 23:14
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iospace posted:Chicagoland was probably built with the thought "Ok, the Mile will never happen, but there's a base up in the Milwaukee/Chicago area. We could do Road Amer- Chicagoland was built because the France family didn't want to give money to Chip Ganassi.
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Jul 28, 2017 23:16
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iospace posted:Odds of ARCA brakes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5VC1KoDpyM
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Jul 28, 2017 23:28
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I never realized how many elevation changes were in the pit road at Pocono, but they just showed the 78's stop and, when you look up pit road, you can see rises and dips.
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So, trucks may move to a spec engine next season, made by Ilmor, currently used by ARCA.
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