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Hard not to view the segment races as a response to the lack of attrition these days.
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Feb 17, 2017 03:31
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Things used to happen before the last 50 laps. Cars would get better or worse in long runs on fresh/worn rubber, drivers would slowly get their car dialed in and find pace over 500 miles, people would blow up, or wreck. A lot of the variability and unpredictability is now gone.
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Feb 17, 2017 20:19
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I still think Larson is promising once he gets out of that lovely-rear end Ganassi car.
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Feb 17, 2017 21:27
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Human Grand Prix posted:That's a little harsh... It's extremely true. Only people from Boston are worse.
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Feb 23, 2017 19:36
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i actually think the segments should just bring the cars down pit lane for a 10 minute break or so. the yellow flag laps just seem weird.
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Feb 26, 2017 22:58
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I don't even know who's in the Roush 6 anymore but they suck rear end
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Feb 26, 2017 23:08
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Kevin Harvick has finished Zero (0) races since betraying his fans and switching to Ford.
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Feb 26, 2017 23:09
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kidcoelacanth posted:Every segment winner in NASCAR history has wrecked out of the race Huge if true
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Feb 26, 2017 23:10
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Cygni posted:Sure glad we added 21 laps of caution that we didn't need to this race. They should change it to red flags with 15 minute breaks to work on the car, with a normal 3-lap pace car restart. This somehow strikes me as much less disruptive than endless caution laps, at least you can go to the studio for recaps or do mid-race interviews or something.
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Feb 26, 2017 23:17
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VikingSkull posted:Not a debris yellow anywhere all week. I like that this is an implied acknowledgement on nascars part that debris yellows were almost always fake
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Feb 26, 2017 23:20
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exploded mummy posted:Waltrip is going to win this 
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Feb 26, 2017 23:21
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dentist toy box posted:I'm just happy we didn't get a wet fart plate track gwc God I hate GWCs
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Feb 27, 2017 20:46
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Norns posted:Are there any good season review videos for the 80s 90s and 00s anywhere? NASCAR never really did official season reviews, outside a few years. The best way to get into old racing is just to watch old races. I'll be honest: for most old seasons, the championship battle isn't really that enthralling, they just ran like 30 races and someone ended up getting more points than everyone else. There's a few exceptions (1989, 1992) but NASCAR is really about the races above all else. For a fun old race to watch, here's the 1989 Pepsi 400. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgkELQwyIU
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Mar 3, 2017 23:21
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The first race at Texas was a wreckfest that ended up with Jeff Burton's first win, which I remember being entertaining. 2001 was a great race but all the inters were great in 2001.
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Mar 5, 2017 05:34
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WindyMan posted:There is nothing wrong with a team crushing the field and lapping everyone to the point where there are only 5 cars left on the lead lap. If NASCAR racing wasn't so manufactured for entertainment, it would probably happen more often even with the parity of the field. yeah. bigger problems were those COT races where it looked like someone was running away with the race but then it turned out that it was just because of the insane clean-air advantage the COT gave you. always loved when the "fastest car of the day" was stuck in 10th after a bad pit stop because you couldn't loving pass in those things
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Mar 8, 2017 19:08
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Proud Christian Mom posted:Oh yeah don't get me wrong I see nothing wrong with a guy putting most of a field a lap down before halfway. My interest in NASCAR rapidly dropped once they started dropping debris cautions when it seemed like someone might stink up the show. you know, if they're going to do this poo poo, I vastly prefer the stage system. at least everyone knows about them beforehand. if you're going to contrive poo poo to put on a good show, at least be transparent about it. (good example: people complaining, pre-GWC that NASCAR was showing favoritism with throwing red flags on late cautions to ensure a green flag finish, so they made up a rule that any caution between 10-5 laps to go was an automatic red flag)
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Mar 8, 2017 19:11
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The decline of the mid-range team has been ongoing since the 2000s. I think the only guys we have left that you might call a mid-field team are the 47, the Petty cars, and maybe the Furniture Row guys. (and, at this point, maybe Roush).
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Mar 10, 2017 21:46
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Mar 12, 2017 02:24
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VikingSkull posted:this isn't a Monte Carlo and it isn't #17 what is wrong with you I like the T-Bird and the Monte was kinda too obvious.
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Mar 12, 2017 21:52
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A Logano/Busch fight is just boring now. Give me a fight between two drivers who aren't prone to acting like shitheads, and that's more interesting. Get like, Suarez and Chase Elliott to start their historic Feud.
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Mar 13, 2017 01:43
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Mar 13, 2017 01:47
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I didn't watch the race so I'm pretty sure you're all joking about Newman winning
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Mar 20, 2017 02:41
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bring back the wicker bill
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Mar 23, 2017 19:37
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L_Harrison posted:Holy gently caress Larson's stats this year: finished 2nd or better in every race, except for Daytona (he was leading with 1 to go). Imagine if he wasn't in a Ganassi car
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Mar 28, 2017 19:15
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Kyle Larson is the real goddamn thing
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Apr 9, 2017 22:48
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the most important thing about the all star race is that the last segment is 10 laps, nothing else matters
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Apr 12, 2017 02:46
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remember that stupid rear end "quarters" format where the last segment was 25 laps, holy poo poo that sucked
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Apr 12, 2017 02:47
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The Spring '91 Bristol race is completely nuts.
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Apr 18, 2017 02:33
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Norns posted:Finally getting around to watching Bristol 91. Holy poo poo Bristol is not a coliseum. Spring bristol 91 is an insane race from a great season
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May 1, 2017 20:08
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either one of trucks or nationwide should be cut, i think. I'd cut Nationwide because it may be the worst racing series on the planet.
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May 2, 2017 20:31
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I don't like cutting race lengths because it seems to be trying to fix the symptoms (the racing post-COT is very boring, so make the races shorter) rather than the cause (the cars don't provide good racing, though the latest Gen6 improvements have helped)
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May 2, 2017 20:32
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The loss of shitloads of the small Busch-only teams killed the series, which may have been a result of buschwhacking. I don't know how to fix that, though, other than drastically reducing the cost it takes to run competitively in Xfinity.
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May 2, 2017 20:38
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I had deep suspicions on IMSA being owned by the Frances, mainly because of how effectively they killed AMA, but then again, Grand-Am always generally seemed like a well-run series.
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May 3, 2017 17:16
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Tyler posted:Funny you should mention that. Paul Heyman is a horrible businessman.
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May 3, 2017 19:19
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I won't stand for any Cale Yarborough slander in the NASCAR thread.
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May 5, 2017 20:55
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here's another law of racing: if you're a star, the wrath of god will not come down on you. if you aren't a star, it will.
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May 11, 2017 19:24
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To be clear, it's not the idea that NASCAR wouldn't penalize anyone for a engine block that's out of spec, it's the idea that if by some mistake at the shop, bad CNC, outright cheating, or whatever, Joey Logano rode in qualifying with an engine that was 5cc too large, NASCAR would also supend him for like a decade as they did Carl Long. I'm almost positive sponsors would flip the gently caress out.
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May 11, 2017 21:05
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VikingSkull posted:
oh you're the guy who came up with the charter system
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May 12, 2017 20:30
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He died, wicka
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