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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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algebra testes posted:

It can't be worse than death throws period Champ Car.

DAYTONA BEACH, February 3, 2027 - Ten-time NASCAR Champion Jimmie Johnson has won his 4th straight Daytona 500 Pole presented by "Ow! My Balls!" for tonight's SJWs Are The Real Fascists Daytona 500. NASCAR president Mike Helton praised the new 1-day format for the full field of 22 entries across all classes, all using the new for 2017 spec-1.6 Liter 4 Cylinder Chevy Cruz racecars. Oil tycoon heir and reality programming sensation Ayden Tillerson claimed pole in the Grand National Sportsman class for gentleman drivers after qualifying was marred by six accidents in class. He will start 9th in the combined field, and has been granted three Red Bull Speed Tokens and an additional Joker Lap presented by Marvel Comics from in app fan purchases.

Eternal Emergency Chancellor Donald Trump has announced that all attendees for tonight's event will be screened and interlopers executed on sight. Included in the "temporary ban" are all latinos, blacks, gays, muslims, citizens of the Renegade City States of Los Angeles and San Francisco, settlers from the Cascadia Nation, anyone holding a Federate Macrostates of New England passport, and any "losers or haters".

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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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drat, I probably shoulda worked Danica into my thing but i kinda forgot she was in the field

http://racing.ap.org/article/apnewsbreak-danica-patricks-sponsor-sued-racing-team

oh, and SHR is suing her now ex-sponsor

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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quote:

Coincidence or not?
alex jones, nascar writer

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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if that is your godfather, youve really got to look into a new crime family

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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CBJSprague24 posted:

Reminder, MONSTER ENERGY FANTASY NASCAR CUP 2017!

https://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto/group/4769

ID: 4769
PW: SRA

in as Buffdaddy HD for the moment. nascar fantasy is blocked at work so i cant wait to miss setting my lineup in half the races.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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i know this won't make many people around here too sad but:

https://twitter.com/gbiffle/status/832637235912597509

losing stewart, biffle, and edwards in one year removes 96 cup wins, 706 top 10s, and 50 poles from the field. meanwhile, the "young guns" replacing them, like ty dillon, chris buescher, and daniel suarez have managed a combined 7 wins in 252 xfinity starts...

im holding out hope for Erik Jones, though

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Slickdrac posted:

So, is there going to be someone else in the 16 car for the rest of the year, or is this probably more likely Roush failing to get sponsors and telling Biffle to go be a fall guy?

16 is gone. charter was leased to JTG Daugherty for buescher to use.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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DEMAG posted:

Did anyone see the CBS News report on the decline of NASCAR? Their 2 main reasons was Lack of good ole boy drivers. Today's drivers are too corporate, to which they interviewed Gray Gaulding and not SRA... :negative: The other reason is safety??? The element of death is gone so NASCAR isn't interesting anymore. :ughh:

NASCAR is doing bad because its bad.

The races are too long, the gimmicks are too strong, and they sold out any sense of identity in the series to try to attract midwesterners who are unarguably the worst people in america. When you give those dumbshits too much say-so you end up with president trump and dividing races into segments.

Mainstream NASCAR interest was as much a fad of the late 90s as Jncos. That shits not coming back, especially with NASCARs current badness.

Cygni fucked around with this message at 17:41 on Feb 23, 2017

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Logano, Todd Gordon, and Shell/Pennzoil re-signed through 2023(!)

http://racing.ap.org/article/penske-signs-joey-logano-and-shell-pennzoil-new-deal

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Elephanthead posted:

Danica is in 11th place has she ever been higher? Right now she is in the chase! I think who knows the rules.

maybe she got advanced a few positions in the points by her new scammy payday loan sponsor

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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They are only looking at hotel prices in Daytona Beach city proper (61sq mi, population 61,000), and comparing it to places like Tampa (170sq mi, population 370k, shitloads more hotel rooms). Most people I know who have gone to the 500 stay in NE Orlando or somewhere else in the area, not Daytona proper. Its like assuming everyone who ever takes a trip to Disneyland stays only at the Disney hotels on site.

Basically that trivago article is as lovely as their awful awful commercials.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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are we still allowed to root for SRA if his team runs 1-2-3-4

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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after 2 segments of them talking about playoff points and segments and poo poo i can confirm that it sucks like hell

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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lmao, welp, 5 non wrecked cars left at the end. GMS still wins so yay?

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Good banner placement

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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The 5 minute limit seems arbitrary. I feel like it would be easier/better to just ban most parts and tools over the wall, and keep the rest the same (with the minimum speed and cant go behind the wall, etc). NASCAR already limits what repairs you can do on pit road, and by just banning most other stuff, it would also address the team owner concerns that they are essentially going to need to pay to have the entire shop sitting on pit road... or even funnier, the concern that was raised of teams investing in REALLY FAST garage and crash carts so they can call down to the garage to get specific parts/tools and have someone HAUL rear end through the garage to the pits.

Thats right boys, garage cart racing against the clock.

Also i thought the segments were incredibly bad last night. If Sauter hadnt won em all, i would have no clue/care who won each segment, and all it seemed to do was give another topic for the booth to pretend was exciting and talk about every 2 seconds when everyone just stayed doing what they were already doing. Maybe it will be better for the 500, but lord...

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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felt like Kahne moved a little too early there, only watched the last 10 laps and i dont regret it.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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I just turned the TV on to Michael Waltrip hamming it up with Larry the Cable Guy and DW screaming at him so yeah


btw sorry if I've been annoyingly negative lately it's just so EASY

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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7 caution laps even though there was nothing wrong on track, lots of commercials. Under green for a few laps, back to commercials.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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yall are getting soft, they literally stopped the race to interview the segment winner by radio

if they axed the caution, it would just be another dumb ignorable point system though

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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goodyear quality products at work

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Sure glad we added 21 laps of caution that we didn't need to this race.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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imagine working in the body shop of a team, spending hundreds of hours massaging your plate cars/trucks knowing full well none of them will ever come back. lol

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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and we still have 60 to go. I'm going to need more beer for this poo poo

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Lol, hyping up the WORLD PREMIER of a goddamn commercial... that already ran in the last break.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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a full screen ad for Toyota, 2 laps of racing, back to commercials. this is unbearable

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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love the ad for NASCAR playing while interrupting the NASCAR race we're trying to watch

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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kidcoelacanth posted:

I am bummed for Larson, but that got interesting at the end at least. It would've sucked if Chase just coasted to the win.

agreeing with all this, pullin for the larsowns but comedy ending was fun anyway

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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LASTCAR posted:

The shortest Cup field at Atlanta since November 1976.

and lookin at Jayski, i see at least 2 more cars that probably arent going to make the full season. yikes.

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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https://twitter.com/DaleJr/status/836976986966880256

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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i am the son pussy

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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does the nascar dude say "Kyle, the gently caress is wrong with you?" as hes pulling him out of the pile, cause thats pretty great if so

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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maybe im cynical but im pretty sure the drivers know that getting in tussles is good for ratings. not that its staged, but i think the bar for 'im gonna go try to punch him' is lower than in other series or sports cuz of that

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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this is when you remember that they made mentally disabled little brother Tony George the president of IMS

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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i think i dislike newman more than any other fulltime driver

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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yall people liking the segments are insane

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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jeff, race the vinyl firesuit

Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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i legit thought that was an april fools thing about drivers themselves getting in scheduled fights during/after races...

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Cygni
Nov 12, 2005

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i am leading in fantasy and im here to tell you that im going to win it all so dont even try

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