NASCAR 2017 OFFSEASON: When is it murder?

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LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
you never want

dentist toy box posted:

Time to play the who gonna drive the 43 game!

Tommy Kendall said he had an announcement today, and when someone suggested he was running the 43 at Sears Point I got crazy excited.

Then he said he's running some race of champions or whatever in Saudi Arabia. Lame.

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 16:12

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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iospace posted:

I'm hearing rumors that Carl Long is in talks with Ortho.

Namely for a "Weed-B-Gone" sponsorship.

https://www.facebook.com/carllongmotorsports/posts/1483698651651783

Hahaha

Calling it now - Carl gets the fan vote next year.

# ¿ May 18, 2017 02:12

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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Boomer The Cannon posted:

Loved it when Elliott Sadler ran it at Talladega in 2000, love it even more now.

# ¿ May 23, 2017 06:25

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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Muddy Burphy posted:

Didn't either the 21 or 99 crews screw up in the pits because of the similar paint schemes?

Yes indeed. They looked near identical that day, especially from the front.

# ¿ May 23, 2017 21:31

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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CBJSprague24 posted:

Darlington is something I'd like to do someday.

I might be doing it this year. :ssh:

# ¿ May 28, 2017 01:08

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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in the cars
you never see
who finish in the position
you never want

iospace posted:

Threadtitle.txt:

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-considering-additional-stages-for-2018-912658/

We're well on our way to calling the final two stages Depression and Acceptance.

# ¿ May 30, 2017 22:20

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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kidcoelacanth posted:

1995 or so

# ¿ Jun 10, 2017 22:04

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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Adam could use more practice, too.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2017 23:23

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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dentist toy box posted:

But him driving DA 3 makes people angry which is great.

Austin Dillon's initials are even the same as "After Dale."

# ¿ Jun 12, 2017 22:33

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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How timely. Jimmy Horton's my Thowback Thursday feature for this week. :ssh:

# ¿ Jun 13, 2017 01:49

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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New cover for my J.D. McDuffie book.

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/875010573607485441

# ¿ Jun 14, 2017 16:25

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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SpitztheGreat posted:

After Pocono and Michigan, I have mixed feelings on the impact of stage racing on the flow of the race. I've been pleasantly surprised by the stages, they have helped more than they've hurt I feel. But at tracks like Pocono and Michigan, it feels like they interrupt the strategy without the benefit of making for better racing. Michigan is what it is, it's a big fast race track where the cars get spread-out. If you aren't ok with that I understand, and there have been plenty of bad races there (years ago, many of us here thought it was in contention for the worst race of the year). But it did have a distinct flow and strategy, and I'm not sure the stages helped. Now we have boring racing, for shorter periods, without the upside of any strategy. Yes, in the end there was some concern about fuel, but I'm not sure it wasn't a little less interesting because of the stages.

I see what you're saying, but one thing that's good about the segments (other than the 600) is that the third stage is much longer than each of the first two, and it seems like it's always long enough for at least one more round of pit stops. To me, it almost feels like a self-contained race separate from the first two short stages - even at these last two races. It seemed to work well at Pocono, allowing us to see Blaney go for the win. It would have been interesting at Michigan, too, at least with the fuel mileage - NASCAR just decided to screw it up with that debris caution.

That said, I am concerned about how the stages will play out at Sears Point and Watkins Glen, where the lap counts are much smaller. Road courses since 1996 have been all about running the race backwards, so the segments kind of screw up that spontaneity. I guess the final segment can be planned out that way, but it seems like you have much fewer strategies to choose from.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2017 00:52

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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During Israeli driver Alon Day's press conference, the local jet team was doing flyovers, which got him nervous. "I was about to head to the bunkers," he said.

# ¿ Jun 23, 2017 20:07

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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Stay tuned to my Twitter for live Sears Point updates - and other stuff.

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/879022164858421248

# ¿ Jun 25, 2017 19:44

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/879103518669328386

# ¿ Jun 25, 2017 23:54

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
you never want

Boomer The Cannon posted:

So David Ragan is 1 for 3 in not loving up a late race restart at Daytona.

It's amazing how much more critical people get when someone unusual loses a chance at a win. It's like "come on, you'll never get this good of a chance again, how could you screw this up?"

# ¿ Jul 3, 2017 22:36

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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in the cars
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I still hold out hope Bowman gets it, then lets Junior run the Clash.

# ¿ Jul 5, 2017 06:56

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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in the cars
you never see
who finish in the position
you never want

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/885192483386392577

# ¿ Jul 12, 2017 20:01

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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Peanut President posted:

So is Earnhardt's car having "DALE JR." on the nameplate normal and I never noticed or are they allowing nicknames for Darlington?

Probably a compromise since Jeffrey Earnhardt is out there. His says "J Earnhardt" on the back.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2017 06:00

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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WindyMan posted:

Kyle Busch had never been so angry. There he was, on his way to an unprecedented third straight Brickyard 400. Now he had nothing. Nothing, that is, except what was in the pocket of his uniform.

He found it when he got back to the bus and marveled at it in his hands. How perfectly a dozen Skittles fit on that length of string, each threaded through the S and held by knots three centimeters apart. Engineered perfect - like No. 18. Though now the rainbow hues of each candy were dulled somewhat. Just like No. 18.

Then came a knock on the door. It opened, and there was Martin Truex, Jr. He looked unsure of himself, like he wanted to apologize but couldn't find the words. That is, until he saw those Skittles on a string. In a flash, the memory of the previous night plunged through him. His loins pearned with desire.

"Are those what I think they are?" Truex asked.

Busch leered at him with an evil grin. "Close the door."

# ¿ Jul 28, 2017 20:07

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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in the cars
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who finish in the position
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no, please, don't go

# ¿ Aug 2, 2017 22:08

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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CBJSprague24 posted:

Also, the NXS race from the Glen will be set up like MRN broadcasts, with Diffey and Letarte in the booth and Mike Bagley, Parker Kligerman, and Jeff Burton as turn announcers.

Wait - they're not doing it that way for Cup, too? This is the ONLY way you broadcast a road course!

# ¿ Aug 3, 2017 20:30

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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Boomer The Cannon posted:

Nope.

On another topic:

https://thefinallap.com/2017/08/02/bk-racing-defaults-on-promissory-note-is-the-end-near/

Picked up my Corey LaJoie shirt at just the right time.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2017 21:41

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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in the cars
you never see
who finish in the position
you never want

iospace posted:

Don't ask where this came from, but anyone want a gang tag?

Ooh yes I'm gonna need that too.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2017 08:05

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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CBJSprague24 posted:

Oh man, who's getting suspended from the 78 team?

# ¿ Aug 4, 2017 17:46

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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iospace posted:

Boris Said has one more race left in him.

You heard it here first.

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/878297174496256000

# ¿ Aug 5, 2017 00:31

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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who finish in the position
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My credential request was approved for Darlington.

I'm headed to "Throwback Weekend" at the end of the month. :getin:

# ¿ Aug 7, 2017 19:06

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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Boomer The Cannon posted:

Von Manstein and LAST CAR felt some feelings today, I'm sure:

http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2017/story/_/id/20282291/derrike-cope-drive-own-throwback-darlington-mane-n-tail

I certainly did!

# ¿ Aug 9, 2017 00:06

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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Morgan Shepherd, Joe Nemechek, and Derrike Cope rank 2nd through 4th in NASCAR's all-time last-place rankings.

All 3 finished last this weekend.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2017 04:02

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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VikingSkull posted:

what happened to Jeff Green

Jeff Green actually finished 39th in the XFINITY race, nearly taking the spot from Morgan Shepherd. Just posted the full story here with tons of stats.

Among the stats, Joe Nemechek and John Hunter Nemechek became the first father/son pair to finish in the final 2 spots in a NASCAR points race. That includes Allisons, Earnhardts, Pettys, etc.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2017 00:45

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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LASTCAR posted:

Among the stats, Joe Nemechek and John Hunter Nemechek became the first father/son pair to finish in the final 2 spots in a NASCAR points race. That includes Allisons, Earnhardts, Pettys, etc.

Correction - Richard and Kyle Petty took the last 2 spots of the 1988 TranSouth 500 at Darlington.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2017 20:38

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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VikingSkull posted:

here you go Fuzzy

name that track, 1975

Watkins Glen?

# ¿ Aug 20, 2017 00:13

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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https://twitter.com/roushfenway/status/900426592723382278

https://twitter.com/RPMReport/status/900522230408294405

https://twitter.com/JTGRacing/status/900417435513311232

# ¿ Aug 24, 2017 12:27

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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.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2017 14:28

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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kidcoelacanth posted:

Fuckin good-rear end race

# ¿ Aug 27, 2017 22:50

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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njsykora posted:

I came to that ready to mock the hell out of it but that is a loving sweet trophy.

Norns posted:

That trophy is much more tasteful than I imagined and kicks rear end

# ¿ Sep 1, 2017 00:26

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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It's been a busy couple of days.

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/903295266836578306

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/903733108528336897

# ¿ Sep 1, 2017 22:38

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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I'm going to ask SRA where our hats are.

EDIT: are/our, drat my grammar is slipping

LASTCAR fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Sep 2, 2017

# ¿ Sep 2, 2017 20:02

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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Sorry guys, couldn't get SRA this weekend. Waited by the hauler but he didn't show.

Getting these hats is gonna be harder than we thought.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2017 23:51

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 16:12

LASTCAR: Mar 25, 2010; I like the drivers
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A couple highlights from yesterday.

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/904080245044781056

https://twitter.com/LASTCARonBROCK/status/904100712333836288

# ¿ Sep 3, 2017 13:41

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