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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Kid c post the schedule

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


What happened?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


He's not wrong here on any of the points. They've had the 90s transition in terms of stars and now it's another transition, the nuance relies in transitioning properly. They did it back then, but I'm a tad bearish that they can do it again partially because of how it's concentrated. Case in point, they decided to make Chase a star.

I'm going to be generous here. He's not entirely wrong because streaming is very much a thing these days, and it does impact ratings for better or for worse. Secondly, I think he might be realizing that getting butts in the seats instead of on the couch may be a better goal from here on out.

Then again, Brian France.

Right on Danica, half-right on Kenseth. Matt is the epitome of "driver who is consistently in the hunt by placing in the top 10, but doesn't win races". Since the emphasis on winning races came into play, I understand why he's bearish on Matt, but it's largely undeserved in my opinion.

quote:

https://twitter.com/MattWeaverAW/status/932281942447357952
https://twitter.com/MattWeaverAW/status/932282739948212225
https://twitter.com/MattWeaverAW/status/932283558646906880

There are more nuggets from Brian, I just picked the ones where he either doesn't answer the question or denies or deflects the fact anything is wrong. :tif:

And...Matt Kenseth made the Chase and...won last week? :wtc:

e- https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/932280230898790402

:confused:

Also, Miami is the only 1.5 mile track that's a traditional oval, not a tri/quad-oval. Take that as you will.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


L_Harrison posted:

sounds like the standard assurance from a CEO to his shareholders that nothing's wrong

e: also, why am I not a trump lover anymore?

Someone red texted you.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Friendly reminder Kulwicki and Kenseth won the cup with 2 and 1 wins respectively.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


:worship::devil:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Those last few laps was why I love watching racing.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Dale Jr: "I gave Martin a high five with my car!"

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Neodoomium posted:

Dale Jr. owns and NASCAR is going to be worse off without him.

It's good that he's sticking around to do TV.

He seems completely at ease with the decision to hang up.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


CBJSprague24 posted:

Dale's apparently not the only driver going to NBC next year:

http://awfulannouncing.com/racing/danica-patrick-reportedly-nbc-retire-racing-after-indy-500.html

Spoiler alert: the other driver is being "coy" about their plans, which is nothing new.

Watch, it turns out she does it for Indy.

Which, uh, I don't know how to feel about that. I'm sure she can do it though, she definitely knows how to work a camera.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


I still will maintain Larson getting riiiiiiight up to Busch's bumper in the final laps is what made him flinch.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Norns posted:

Oh I don't care what the article says just gently caress Kyle Busch

Also this.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


shame on an IGA posted:

drat, Larson has pulled a top 5 finish in 24% of his cup starts.

He had four straight DNFs before Miami

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


shame on an IGA posted:

I looked up a few others, this is a fun metric.

Gordon: 40.4% T5, 59.3%T10
Jimmiebot: 38.3 T5, 58.9 T10
Smoke: 30.3 T5, 49.8 T10
Chase: 28.6 T5, 49.4 T10
Larson: 23.8 T5, 42.2 T10
Danica: 0.00 T5, 3.68 T10

Dale and Dale Jr?

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


wicka posted:

This is a lie, I was literally shaking during the last few laps yesterday.

Stupid loving playoffs. So dumb, yet so effective.

I think KyBu would probably the only other person who deserved (:barf:) the cup, he came in HOT at the end.

But those last laps, oh man. I hope they do Hot Pass next year because that made it all the more amazing.

Also, it was nice to see no BS caution at the end. Just 30 or so laps of pure racing.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Norns posted:

gently caress KyBu

Fixed

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Ungratek posted:

This is one the of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard

Like we hear about contrived drama, but you're talking about instituting a rule that almost never has to be invoked

Naturally NASCAR is feverishly working to implement it now. :rip:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


kidcoelacanth posted:

I think numbers on uniforms is pretty neat :shobon:

I'm fine with it, and it'll probably be used to help track over the wall count violations more than anything. Yeah, it's quite obvious what each person is doing, sure, but they largely do this already anyway so it's one more thing slapped on the blank space on the back.

Though it really smells of "Rearranging the deck chairs".

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:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


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

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

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Boomer The Cannon posted:

Kyle Petty had sex.

:stonk:

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Outlaw Mailman posted:

Nice of them to name the kid after the last thing Adam saw.

:stonklol:

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iospace
Jan 19, 2038


Norns posted:

gently caress KYLE BUSCH

Norns posted:

gently caress KYLE BUSCH

Norns posted:

gently caress KYLE BUSCH

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