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Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Maybe they'll finally add the "one lap on foot" idea.

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Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

mactheknife posted:

Yeah, I'd keep the plate tracks and I guess the Coke 600 long - maybe Bristol too?

I just can't justify spending an entire Sunday afternoon watching this poo poo anymore. Feel the same way about the NFL.

Bristol's races are only 250 miles long

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

WindyMan posted:

266½ miles long :eng101:

I'm gonna kick your rear end 266 and one half times, fucker

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

Elephanthead posted:

You can drag race any car! (Except a new dodge demon because it is unsafe).

You can't drag race a Dodge Demon because it doesn't have safety equipment. It has to have a racing seat and roll cage and all that jazz to run in its time bracket.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

iospace posted:

Ok, so. Mod post inbound. You didn't gently caress up, so this isn't anything bad.

But I need your help. I'm going to be running a competition on the 28th regarding all three races, and I need a description of the Coke 600 (such as history, why it's important, etc) for the eventual thread OP. Best submission one will get featured in it (and perhaps some bonus points for it)! PM me, or if you don't have plat, quote this post with your submission. Thank you!

The Six-hundred sucks and I hate it.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Only 41 entries for Talladega, lowest in 25 years.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

CactusWeasle posted:

Explaining the start/finish line to all the New Fans watching :allears:
They're not still doing that.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
:siren:NASCAR HAS ENDED CARL LONG'S SUSPENSION FROM CUP:siren: After eight loving years he's gonna race this weekend!

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

VikingSkull posted:

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that if you can't replace an engine block that worn out perhaps you have no business in top level auto racing

it's like saying a sports team is so broke they can't afford cleats so they play barefoot

The thing with Long was he was running a busted engine and got a 250 thousand dollar fine, but when Ray Evernham ran a car that got the entire rule book changed he got a pat on the back and a "don't run this car again" memo.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Also since when is NASCAR a top level racing series?

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

VikingSkull posted:

I mean I'm probably the biggest Smokey Yunick fan in this thread so whipping out the ole "well what about that rules loophole car that cost a bajillion dollars?" line might not be the strategy to go with.

There are three things in racing that you absolutely do not gently caress with, and that's the engine, tires and fuel. If found loving with those rules, intentionally or not, the wrath of god will come down on you. That's not a NASCAR exclusive and it's as old as racing itself.

Yeah good one. Show me where Michael Waltrip was banned for a decade when he ran fuel additives, or when DW got a quarter million fine when he hosed with the fuel tank 2 or 3 times.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

VikingSkull posted:

Carl Long wasn't banned, he was fined and couldn't afford to pay the fine

reverting back to my first point, don't be a broke rear end and try and run Cup, it's really dumb

also Michael got fined for the oxidizer and loving with a fuel tank is not the same as loving with the fuel

Oh so the rules matter except when they don't. Glad to see Brian France has an account.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

Cygni posted:

remember brian 'the brain' france was a trump supporter. he probably actually believes weed kills you instantly.

[Goon Project] Let's Inject A Weed Into NASCAR CEO Brian France

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Does Hoosier count as a compound?

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Escorts aren't hookers unless you kill one.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

Boomer The Cannon posted:

That race sucked. Smoke didn't even bother showing up:

https://twitter.com/Damein_DC/status/866087557007892480

Overweight?

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

exploded mummy posted:

Tyler Breeze dressed like a granny and lost.

Dressed up like a janitor, then a granny, then they lost a close one.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
RIP the Good Loudon race.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

Cygni posted:

NASCAR (not even ISC) straight up owns Sebring and Road Atlanta, from what I understand.

im not an ISC stockholder, but this whole plan to spend a bunch of money on this CLT roadcourse looks really dumb, even with a guarantee cup date in the chase.

SMI owns Charlotte. ISC is the France family, SMI is Smith.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

wicka posted:

Why can't they just move Sears Point or the Glen into the Chase?

As much as I'd love to see NorCal or Upstate NY in October I don't think NASCAR would.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Las Vegas would be a better race than Homestead because Homestead is loving horrible and at least ending the season on a cookie-cutter makes sense. Also that poo poo about "bidding" for dates, he does realize that 30+ races on the schedule are owned by 2 people right?

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

wicka posted:

I can't blame them. NASCAR struggles to find a middle ground between "no personality" and "violent, childish piece of poo poo." You've got Dale Jr, and

I love it that in the article DW owned you before you even made this post.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

wicka posted:

Playing the villain is entirely different than being genuinely such a piece of poo poo that you're like wrecking people on pit road after the race. Next time Kyle cries and wrecks somebody I sincerely hope it backfires and injures him badly enough to end his career but otherwise have a normal life.

Please go on.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
"We need more entertaining drivers, more villains, more guys you can boo!"--teh nascar thread
"kyle busch is a human being and i hope he dies screaming"--also the nascar thread

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

wicka posted:

Isn't that literally the entire point?

Wishing someone would die is a little different that booing.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

wicka posted:

Lol what?

Is there an alternate universe version of this thread you came from?

I wish there was one where wicka was a good poster and not a bloodthirsty maniac.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

wicka posted:

What the gently caress? Calm down, you are being ridiculous.

You're calling for the death of a race car driver who has never done anything to you and then screeching at me to calm down. Are you okay?

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

Yes.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

skaboomizzy posted:

I know Danica is kind of a special case because of her notoriety, but she's 35 now. Isn't that about when never-was drivers start to get pushed out of Cup rides?

Mark Martin.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

VikingSkull posted:

Morgan Sheppard was sponsored by Jesus, I don't think it gets any better than that

Racin 4 Jesus.

Also that Hulu car is awful. The green/white is neat but the sponsor name like being half on the trunk and half over the wheel looks bad and also Circle Sport's #33 is terrible.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Also I'm starting a kickstarter to make Spencer Gallagher say he's gonna split someone open like a melon after they wreck him.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

exploded mummy posted:

Yeah we should wait another half hour under red to clean that wreck

As opposed to making them run laps across a beach for 15 minutes and then ending the race.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Hey gang we here at NASCAR don't want our races to end under caution because then foreigners might win so instead we're gonna run a parade for 5 laps and then end under caution anyway xd

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
I thought Edwards was just sitting out a year, is Fryer just an idiot? (even if she's right the answer is still yes)

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

iospace posted:

So here's my question, with the weirdness with lugnut penalties, is it time for NASCAR to finally bite the bullet and go single lug?

Single lug is dumb. It's literally the only difficult thing involved in pitstops anymore.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

FuzzySkinner posted:

What exactly is the point of Xfinity anymore?

Same thing it's been for for the last 20 years: stats padding.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

VikingSkull posted:

let's try and keep the politics out of racing threads lest I call upon a dark army to ride forth

Donald Trump is a lot like NASCAR in that I forget he exists a lot.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

Elitist Bitch posted:

https://twitter.com/Ryan_Truex/status/876800330733957120

So, if Ryan Truex can get some merch, why can't SRA get us a freaking hat?

(This is rhetorical, p sure he's too cool to hang out with us anymore)

That is a great shirt.

Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos

VikingSkull posted:

the ugly truth is a whole mess of deaths made NASCAR popular

Hahah yeah good one!

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Peanut President
Nov 5, 2008

by Athanatos
Though to be fair viking you're the guy who jacks off to pictures of adam petty wishing you could've been in the car when he died so maybe it's just you who needs to be institutionalized and not every single person in the country.

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