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WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH4rndCmzT4

DAY TOOOOH NAAAAAAAAAAAH

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CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

I had a joke lined up about how Chase Elliott was still not 24 on his birthday and then here comes NASFACTS with a dinger:

https://twitter.com/NASFACTS/status/935524686729043968

:thurman:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


CBJSprague24 posted:

I had a joke lined up about how Chase Elliott was still not 24 on his birthday and then here comes NASFACTS with a dinger:

https://twitter.com/NASFACTS/status/935524686729043968

:thurman:

:vince:

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

That's an ugly loving cake

Elephanthead
Sep 11, 2008


Toilet Rascal

Norns posted:

That's an ugly loving cake

It is German Chocolate, I will allow it. Plus bonus points for being the only person to actual use the $24,000 stove in their vanity kitchen.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Copying NBC and Parker Kligerman with the "let's have a former driver be a pit reporter" idea, Regan Smith will be a pit reporter for FOX in 2018, replacing Chris Neville. There will be a couple other small changes:

Cup:
Booth- Mike Joy, Jeff Gordon, Darrell Waltrip
Whatever his role is now- Larry McReynolds
Hollywood Hotel- Chris Myers, Michael Waltrip
Pits- Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Vince Welch, Matt Yocum

NXS:
Booth- Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Cup driver rotation (TBD)
Hollywood Hotel- Shannon Spake, Larry McReynolds, Kenny Wallace
Pits- Jamie Little, Regan Smith, Matt Yocum

NXS Drivers-Only (race and crew TBD)

Trucks:
Booth- Vince Welch, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip
Pits- Hermie Sadler, Kaitlyn Vincie, Alan Cavanna

TL;DR: Drivers-Only is coming back. :getin:

http://www.foxsports.com/presspass/latest-news/2017/11/29/fox-sports-adds-broadcasting-depth-18th-consecutive-season-nascar-coverage

SpitztheGreat
Jul 20, 2005
http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/11/29/kurt-busch-not-too-worried-about-being-without-announced-cup-ride/

Kurt Busch is still technically without a ride for next year. He's still talking like it's not a big deal...but it's December. I know it's only been two weeks since the season ended, but teams gotta get started early. If this goes on for another couple of weeks, I have to believe that it will begin to impact preparations for both the 500 and the season. If he doesn't have a contract by mid December, I think it's time to start wondering if he will have one at all.

Twelve months ago, I don't think any of us saw the bottom falling out of the sport like it has. Even if Kurt gets a new contract, I can't imagine at this point it will be with a top tier sponsor. If he gets into another Nature's Bakery I'm not sure how enticed he'll be. It's one thing to run a season with an underfunded team if you know that there's light at the end of the tunnel. But if Kurt does get stuck with a second-rate sponsor, what does he have to look forward to?

Nit Wit Dog Shit
Sep 28, 2000

Toilet Rascal
Look up Dale Jr's interview on the Dan Patrick show on YouTube.

It's a pro click.

Nit Wit Dog Shit fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Dec 1, 2017

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


https://twitter.com/KyleBusch/status/936650361208737792
https://twitter.com/steveluvender/status/936660910856433665

Norns
Nov 21, 2011

Senior Shitposting Strategist

He's so punchable

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

"Here, dummy, come get your trophy ring, my private jet is ready to go across the street."

https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/936669072283942912

Boomer The Cannon
Oct 27, 2011

Gotta see it live!


CBJSprague24 posted:

"Here, dummy, come get your trophy ring, my private jet is ready to go across the street."

https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/936669072283942912

Bill France built the sport and got paid,
Then went home to Daytona to get laid.
Ripped off his pants,
Knocked out Brian Z France,
Who could gently caress up a two car parade.

Harveygod
Jan 4, 2014

YEEAAH HEH HEH HEEEHH

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN

THIS TRASH WAR AIN'T GONNA SOLVE ITSELF YA KNOW

CBJSprague24 posted:

"Here, dummy, come get your trophy ring, my private jet is ready to go across the street."

https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/936669072283942912

I think it's neat that they got Drunken Brian France to officiate.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Jerry Jones and the Cowboys nearly bought a stake in Andy Petree Racing in 2002 or 2003.

quote:

Sources reported that Jones and the Cowboys would pay $6 million for part of the team, and another $15 million annually to sponsor a car in Cowboys colors. For a second car, Pizza Hut and Ciclon Energy Drink were confirmed to have discussed sponsorship. The Dallas Cowboys would handle the marketing side of the team while Petree would control racing matters.

As far as a manufacter was concerned, Jones had contracts to promote Ford with the Cowboys. That meant Andy Petree Racing would need to switch from Chevy to the blue oval. Petree, however, was a General Motors man for his entire time in NASCAR. Still, in June it was reported that Petree had agreeded to buy several Fords from Team Penske when they were quietly preparing a switch to Dodge.

And if the team was going to exist, Jones wanted strong, winning drivers. In May it was reported that Jones wanted Dale Jarrett to drive for the team and was willing to buy out his contract from Robert Yates. Jarrett had no interest in switching teams and strongly denied he ever would. A few weeks later, he wanted Tony Stewart. Joe Gibbs would not let that happen.

Shortly after winning at Sonoma in late June, Ricky Rudd was spotted at the Dallas / Fort Worth Airport meeting with Jones and Petree. It appeared Rudd would be the likely choice for the lead driver. David Starr admitted the team spoke to him about joining the team as well. Starr would've been a logical choice; he was a popular driver from Texas and led the Truck Series point standings earlier in the year.

http://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=3146

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Jerry Jones owning a team would've killed NASCAR by 2010.

Slickdrac
Oct 5, 2007

Not allowed to have nice things

Peanut President posted:

Jerry Jones owning a team would've killed NASCAR by 2010.

On the bright side, Jerry would have absolutely demolished France

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Jeff Gluck analyzes the Most Popular Driver vote since Jr's first win in 2003: http://jeffgluck.com/nascar-driver-popularity-in-the-dale-jr-era/

Here's an easier to read chart: https://twitter.com/JoshHanson18/st...-dale-jr-era%2F

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

https://twitter.com/roushfenway/status/938060808948453376?s=17

Good lookin car here

SpitztheGreat
Jul 20, 2005
Not only is that a good looking car, but it will be easy to pick out in the field. I find that as color schemes have gotten more complicated, it has made it more difficult for a car to look really unique when in a pack.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

That's a much better looking car than this year's.

https://twitter.com/JHNemechek/status/938183118326059009

I'm going to take this to mean NEMCO shut down and, thus, Trucks are short another competitive team.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

CBJSprague24 posted:

That's a much better looking car than this year's.

https://twitter.com/JHNemechek/status/938183118326059009

I'm going to take this to mean NEMCO shut down and, thus, Trucks are short another competitive team.

Probably just moving JH to Junior League. Though you are still technically right since Joe was running as backmarker.

kidcoelacanth
Sep 23, 2009

https://twitter.com/a_s12/status/938775066426437632

My guess is that this is a precursor to both teams running Dodge in 2019

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

https://twitter.com/AxaltaRacing/status/938844422439129088

The yellow reminds me of the Great Clips cars Kahne would run, but pretty cool still.

Also, no Monster Cup Series logo? (Though is that more "We only put the decal on the car when we have to because of Pepsi"?)

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

NASCAR spelled Chase Briscoe's name wrong on the CWTS most popular driver trophy.

That's just reckless levels of don't give a gently caress.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

CBJSprague24 posted:

https://twitter.com/AxaltaRacing/status/938844422439129088

The yellow reminds me of the Great Clips cars Kahne would run, but pretty cool still.

Also, no Monster Cup Series logo? (Though is that more "We only put the decal on the car when we have to because of Pepsi"?)

Considering Axalta is basically the spun-off Dupont Automotive company, it actually reminds me of Ricky Craven's Dupont GNS car.

Elitist Bitch
Sep 13, 2007



I feel like there's a joke to be made here, but I'm too tired to make it.

https://jalopnik.com/guy-jailed-for-swindling-25m-was-trying-to-fund-kid-in-1821165427

Slickdrac
Oct 5, 2007

Not allowed to have nice things

Elitist Bitch posted:

I feel like there's a joke to be made here, but I'm too tired to make it.

https://jalopnik.com/guy-jailed-for-swindling-25m-was-trying-to-fund-kid-in-1821165427

"Is this a white collar crime or a blue collar crime?" Was a pretty good one.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

John Hunter Nemechek to Ganassi in NXS.

Kurt Busch extends with SHR for one year.

e- Apparently, K&N West will run a dirt race in Las Vegas next September. :getin:

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Dec 12, 2017

SpitztheGreat
Jul 20, 2005
I'd really like to know the details regarding what took so long for Kurt to get re-signed. Both sides wanted it to happen for months, so what took them so long? Money, obviously, but I'd really like to know what it was because it had to affect some prep work for Daytona.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

John Hunter Nemechek's deal is he gets to be the guy who runs the 42 when Larson isn't running it and apparently NEMCO is still planning on running the 8 truck.

https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/940950401393856512

:allears:

e- Chase Elliott's name isn't Chase.

William Clyde Elliott, II. :psyboom:

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Dec 13, 2017

Quantrill
Nov 18, 2005

CBJSprague24 posted:


e- Chase Elliott's name isn't Chase.

William Clyde Elliott, II. :psyboom:

Dibs on calling him Clyde The Glide when he gets airborne someday.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

CBJSprague24 posted:

John Hunter Nemechek's deal is he gets to be the guy who runs the 42 when Larson isn't running it and apparently NEMCO is still planning on running the 8 truck.

https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/940950401393856512

:allears:

e- Chase Elliott's name isn't Chase.

William Clyde Elliott, II. :psyboom:

Is that any weirder than Ralph Earnhardt Jr?

BMB5150
Oct 24, 2010

2018 Indianapolis 500 Winner

Quantrill posted:

Dibs on calling him Clyde The Glide when he gets airborne someday.

Well how airborne are we talking, since he was flying at Talladega but somehow didn't flip. In some ways it was actually gliding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxbu8x21OYo&t=142s

WindyMan
Mar 21, 2002

Respect the power of the wind

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Peanut President posted:

Is that any weirder than Ralph Earnhardt Jr?

Dale is Junyer's middle name, whereas Chase is a nickname. Other than that, not really.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

raring to post

mcdowell to Front Row, if anyone one earth cares

http://www.racer.com/nascar/item/146305-front-row-adds-mcdowell-re-signs-ragan

gret
Dec 12, 2005

goggle-eyed freak


Is it a better team than who he drove for? I know nothing about these backmarker teams.

Hopkins FBI
Jan 4, 2015

MY SACRED POSTING VOW IS NOTHING, FOR WHILE I STAKED MY HONOR UPON MY COMMITMENT TO NEVER SUPPORT JOSEPH R. B. JUNIOR I HAVE SCANDALOUSLY ABANDONED MY PRINCIPLES
mod edit: off-site drama removed.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Alright, here's the rub.

When bringing up politics here, ask yourself, "Is it related to the sport at hand?"

If the answer is yes, then by all means, bring it up. If the answer is no, then don't. This one is A. not related, and B. importing offsite drama. Consider this your warning for the former. If you want to discuss politics that don't satisfy the relation bit, take it to DnD or CSpam.

iospace fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Dec 17, 2017

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Harveygod
Jan 4, 2014

YEEAAH HEH HEH HEEEHH

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN

THIS TRASH WAR AIN'T GONNA SOLVE ITSELF YA KNOW

iospace posted:

Alright, here's the rub.

When bringing up politics here, ask yourself, "Is it related to the sport at hand?"

If the answer is yes, then by all means, bring it up. If the answer is no, then don't. This one is A. not related, and B. importing offsite drama. Consider this your warning. If you want to discuss politics that don't satisfy the relation bit, take it to DnD or CSpam.

lol, I'm really curious now. But, yeah, you're right.

Anyway, here's what Greg Biffle is doing with his retirement. Driving the 69 car with a little propeller plane doing what looks like 100-foot flyovers.

https://www.facebook.com/gregbiffle/videos/10155677847535219/?hc_ref=ARRE1ZtMwwh-E_4M49l8cbMidcryccOBuk2nXDMJRF0XNdANCtccuVKQprAwqRsKsbM

Dude was too good for NASCAR.

Harveygod fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Dec 17, 2017

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