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N: Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart, my two favorite drivers of all-time, both ran 22 Cup races I attended in person. 21 featured both drivers; the 1998 Coke 600 was Gordon-only, while the 2016 Coke Zero 400 was Smoke-only. Gordon: 2 wins, 5 Top 5s, 10 Top 10s, Avg 16.3 Smoke: 5 wins, 10 Top 5s, 11 Top 10s, Avg 13.9 V: I am bored as gently caress at work and was inspired by this article: http://racereviewonline.com/2017/08/how-does-dale-earnhardt-jr-s-final-season-line-up-statistically-with-other-past-greats/
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kidcoelacanth posted:That loving rules, you dips I don't think anyone is disputing this. BMB5150 posted:I thought this was a joke iRacing paint scheme. I'm wrong and I'm happy for it. I swear I thought I had clicked my iRacing thread bookmark instead.
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https://twitter.com/roushfenway/status/900426592723382278 https://twitter.com/RPMReport/status/900522230408294405 https://twitter.com/JTGRacing/status/900417435513311232
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I fuckin love that Buscher scheme
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Green and white car with 33 on the side, you’re telling me it’s for Lowe’s Food? Sure.
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way to ruin the 17, morans
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VikingSkull posted:way to ruin the 17, morans Hell no, that 17 owns bones. And on the 25th anniversary of DW's last win, where he kept Davey Allison from the Winston Million. I'm with wicka on the 33. Mike Bliss already ran the Skoal Bandit two years ago, but would have loved to see it again.
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Isn't that the same scheme the 33 runs every week already?
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Yeah the shade of green isn't even the same. A shameful attempt.
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Road America is Schwieger-free this weekend. Dave Burns, Dale Jarrett, Ralph Sheheen,, Kelli Stavast.
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BMB5150 posted:That was a loving finish
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kidcoelacanth posted:Fuckin good-rear end race 
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iospace posted:Cup really needs to do RA Only if they introduced local yellows, although it seemed like they did a good job at not jumping the gun at bringing out a caution today.
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Race winner Jeremy Clemets.
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kidcoelacanth posted:https://twitter.com/TheWilderThings/status/902536631562981376 I don't think it costs $40 million to run a car for the season.
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gret posted:I don't think it costs $40 million to run a car for the season. It can when the governing body is basically like "hey these people are paying us to make you use this new poo poo so you must use it or you cannot race" all the time
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The thing is 40m is F1 money, at least on the low end. I know the top spending Indy team spent in 2013 only spent 15m (likely Penske). It does seem stupid high, unless you're shelling out 40m to retain Dale Jr.
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gret posted:I don't think it costs $40 million to run a car for the season. How much does it cost?
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All of a sudden I hear a voice in my ear scream, “ARE YOU PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN?” I whip around to find a guy wearing a DRUNK LIVES MATTER T-shirt bending down so that his face is level with mine, about three inches away. He’s holding a big black flag that has both the NASCAR and Monster Energy logos splashed across it. I recoil and don’t say anything. He responds to my silence with, “You should be.” Then he drapes the flag around my shoulders and puts his hand on my back. “Stop it; what are you doing?” I say, swatting the flag and his hand away and jumping back so quickly that I almost fall over onto three shirtless, middle-aged men in front of me. Flag Guy stares directly into my eyes. He shakes the NASCAR logo in my face. “You just got baptized by the greatest thing this country has,” he says.
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NASCAR 2017 - You just got baptized by the greatest (worst) thing this country has
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CBJSprague24 posted:2010sNASCAR.txt To be fair, money is tight around all forms of racing ever since tobacco (got) pulled out. Pay drivers are likely going to be the order of the day across all series unless you're really something special. That's on top of racing being an expensive sport to start with anyway.
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daslog posted:How much does it cost? Top teams look for ~$20m. Also Chase is changing numbers to the 9 and Byron is taking the 24. https://twitter.com/TeamHendrick/status/902675679094771712
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Cygni posted:Top teams look for ~$20m.  The #5 car.
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Cygni posted:Top teams look for ~$20m. But the 24 is going to be the 5 team and the 9 is going to be the 24 team so it's kinda messing with the legacy. I think I remember Rick Hendrick around the time where it was rumored Smoke might go there saying the 5 was a special number to him and he really didn't want to give it up since he'd already switched 25 for 88. (Is it bad I'm slightly more likely to pull for the 24 again now?) Is this legacy going to be like Marco Andretti where they keep changing the number and he still doesn't win? CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Aug 30, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/902880427828011010 Welp.
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They made the decision after NASCAR asked about them for ideas for their cup merchandise.
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