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I haven't followed racing in close to a decade, but I'd like to catch back up a little since I'm going to the October race in Charlotte. Who's fun to root for? All I really remember about the current drivers is that I hate Joey Logano.
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deety posted:I haven't followed racing in close to a decade, but I'd like to catch back up a little since I'm going to the October race in Charlotte. Who's fun to root for? All I really remember about the current drivers is that I hate Joey Logano. Do you want someone who is an underdog and who pisses off most of the field to do it? Meet Ross Chastain! How about perhaps the most talented driver of his generation but who said the gamer word on a stream during COVID and is perceived to have fallen up for his troubles (even though probably would have gone to Hendrick anyway)? It's Kyle Larson for you. Is Star Wars more your speed? The Force is strong with Ryan Blaney. What about the first African-American winner since the 1960s? Bubba.
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Do you want a failson? Austin Cindric or Austin Dillon have you covered. Do you want a nepotism product who is surprisingly decent (and not surprisingly a chud?) Chase Elliot. Do you want to piss off all the goons? Kyle Busch. How about a strong start but a weak finish? Daniel Suarez.
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Jun 4, 2023 04:28
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If there's a Star Wars guy, that's definitely my husband's new driver. I like the idea of an underdog or someone who doesn't get the respect that they should because for me, sports are about getting drunk and yelling at the TV.
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Jun 4, 2023 04:55
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Bubba doing well pisses off the worst people on the planet, that's always a good choice.
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Oh yeah, that'll do. I'm definitely gonna go for team "make the assholes mad" this summer.
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If you would like to drink and yell futilely at your television every weekend, Blaney has definitely inherited the "AWWW SHUCKS" failure merchant identity from Dale Junior. Suarez is pretty similar, just have to pick a different beer for your yelling purposes.
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Jun 5, 2023 00:49
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Way, way too many cautions.
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Jun 5, 2023 01:46
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Kirios posted:Way, way too many cautions. Eh, it's not like they were for phantom debris or other bullshit, they were all legit ones. Unless you're referring to the number of brake rotors that blew up, in which case, yeah, a bit too much.
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Jun 5, 2023 03:18
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I have a hard time understanding why cautions take so many laps. 5 laps under caution for a spinout that doesn't hit the wall feels excessively slow.
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Judge Schnoopy posted:I have a hard time understanding why cautions take so many laps. 5 laps under caution for a spinout that doesn't hit the wall feels excessively slow. Because teams want the option to pit under the caution laps and it takes time for Nascar to make sure everyone is in the correct order before going green again. The real problem is that Nascar throws the caution as soon as someone starts to spin, but they don't hit anything or anyone and get moving again and there was no need to throw the caution. Pretty much all motorsports though have cautions that are excessively long.
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Jun 5, 2023 09:05
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But they don't always do this. Sometimes they throw one sometimes they don't.
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Plus later in races they are at least an extra lap longer because they have the lead lap cars pit first then allow lap down cars to pit on the next lap. If everyone is on the lead lap then that is one less lap under yellow. But yes agreed most places could cut pace laps down by one or two in some instances.
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pretty good finish coming up between truex and busch although truex probably takes it
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Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson, 24 Hours of Le Mans finisher. Somehow, a nearly stock cup car managed to survive Le Mans with only having its gearbox go on it, which they swapped with three hours left to go in the race. And by nearly stock, it was 400 pounds lighter due to switching the brakes from steel to composite discs, some cockpit adjustments to make it more in line with a car that would normally compete there, wing mirrors, FIA spec fueling system, headlights, tail lights, extra aero bits, and paddle shifters. The drive train was not changed at all. poo poo, they didn't even put in air jacks, per request of the ACO itself. When the gearbox went, it was beating all the GT cars in the race, and of the cars that were still running at the end, finished 2nd last, as there wasn't enough time to recover. All three drivers kept it clean, including Jimmie, and while they lost a lot due to the gearbox change, finishing Le Mans in a cup car? Yeah, that's an achievement. https://twitter.com/alanisnking/status/1667768410158120961 https://twitter.com/i/status/1667801422811873281 iospace fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Jun 11, 2023 |
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:bring back the cup car next year as a gt3 entry 
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:bring back the cup car next year as a gt3 entry Homologate it as a Camaro GT3, sell to customers 
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was that an exhibition or was it actually subject to class limitations, like power to weight?
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Exhibition. They went back and forth with the ACO about performance and other issues throughout the development process.
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either way, that's cool as hell. nascar has gone to lemans a number of times before but i never expected to see it in the modern era
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OMGVBFLOL posted:either way, that's cool as hell. nascar has gone to lemans a number of times before but i never expected to see it in the modern era One of the coolest parts about it is NASCAR shipped all those previous cars back to France and had them in their big pavilion. Lineage was def established.
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harperdc posted:Homologate it as a Camaro GT3, sell to customers 
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marshalljim posted:Exhibition. They went back and forth with the ACO about performance and other issues throughout the development process. the absolute best note is the ACO wanted them to keep using the floor jack for pit stops -- they didn't use the gas cans, probably too dangerous and you want to standardize the fueling with what's there for everyone else anyways, but they didn't add air jacks in to the Camaro (aka the NASCHONK per the Discord during the race) because the organizers said "no, we like your quaint old way of doing things."
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They were right to do so. If it was racing in a GT class or whatever, sure use the air jacks. It's an exhibition class to show off a NASCAR car running Le Mans, make the experience as NASCAR as possible.
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Listening to more Dale Jr Download, and yeah the same stuff still applies we always talk about, but can I say that it's really cool the recent run of interviews where they talk to the shop guys for DEI and such and kind of putting faces to the people that did so much hardwork.
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https://twitter.com/timviensnascar/status/1669800862254809088?s=20 lmao
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^^^ LMAO ^^^ Ya'll ready for some great NBC (Never Broadcasts Cars) coverage for the rest of the season?
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Howard The Dork posted:^^^ LMAO ^^^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgcSPcpaTv0 I thought it stood for Not the Best Coverage. 
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harperdc posted:Homologate it as a Camaro GT3, sell to customers tired: homologated nascar camaro wired: homologated nascar camry
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Holy poo poo this NBC coverage is so bad.
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Douchebag posted:Holy poo poo this NBC coverage is so bad.
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Douchebag posted:Holy poo poo this NBC coverage is so bad. Yay we don't have to deal with fox and their lovely coverage. Monkey paw curls
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Douchebag posted:Holy poo poo this NBC coverage is so bad. nbc sports cut to commercial 3 times in the last 15 minutes of the 6 hours of the glen, missing the race-winning pass and everything. it is unacceptably bad.
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:nbc sports cut to commercial 3 times in the last 15 minutes of the 6 hours of the glen, missing the race-winning pass and everything. it is unacceptably bad. Yeah I heard about that, what a joke.
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Douchebag posted:Holy poo poo this NBC coverage is so bad. Last year they at least had that sick Marcus King intro and did some prerace coverage. Mournful broadcast. But how ‘bout that MELON SMASH!!!
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Douchebag posted:Yeah I heard about that, what a joke. It was painful. Reasonable coverage for the whole race and just loaded up the commercials at the end. Then I completely forgot the Cup race was even on. mischief fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Jun 26, 2023 |
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The cup race itself was decent. Nashville is a good track. The broadcast bullshit they pulled at the beginning with Jr and Burton at the end of pit wall was a joke. I had to adjust the drat volume everytime they went to them. When they all got in the booth, it was a typical NASCAR broadcast with mediocre to bad announcing. There are too many people in the NBC booth. I know Letarte is there because of Jr but if you got rid of him and Burton and just had the lead guy and Jr I think it would flow better.
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