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exploded mummy posted:why would you want to avoid Vince Russo next thing you know there'll be a Brian France on a Pole race happening sometime in June.
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CBJSprague24 posted:A bunch of contrived changes to the now six-minute clock for repairs, any five roster pit crew members being allowed over the wall to repair a car, speeding on pit road to beat the pace car resulting in 15 seconds of lost repair time, as well as drivers being held two laps instead of parked for too many men over the wall in the process of trying to repair the car can be found here: https://twitter.com/bobpockrass NASCAR has released the following guidelines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFOvldn_IRw
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Feb 9, 2018 14:37
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CBJSprague24 posted:FS1 is running another of their Beyond The Wheel episodes featuring various 30-for-30 style shorts about NASCAR right now. These tend to be really good- the Dick Trickle one was the first. That’s because it was written in Japanese as nasuka - nasu means eggplant, and ka is a common particle that shows a question. It’s written in a way where you won’t see it that way, and even Toyota’s global Gazoo Racing site uses “NASCAR” now.
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Feb 18, 2018 01:56
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iospace posted:The thing is I don't fault them for doing a west coast trip at the moment. The weather out there is more consistent than the east so you have less chance of snow coming by and loving the whole thing up. Also helps that those tracks are more southern than most of the East coast tracks, though they could do 'Dega as well. *South West. And while IndyCar races at Phoenix in a month or so, thats about the latest it could possibly be held until late September because otherwise it’s way too hot. Vegas, Phoenix and that desert east of LA are all far too warm in June or July, so this trip makes sense. Logistically works too.
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Mar 14, 2018 00:45
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Hey NASCAR dudes, the incredibly well-regarded Dinner With Racers podcast has just released a four-part podcast miniseries on the life and death of Alan Kulwicki. http://www.dinnerwithracers.com Episode 93 - Alan Kulwicki - The Wisconsin Racer Episode 94 - Alan Kulwicki - The NASCAR Champion Episode 95 - Alan Kulwicki - The Untold Stories Episode 95 - Alan Kulwicki - April 1, 1993 and Legacy I’m going to start listening now, but the two hosts (racing PR specialist Sean Heckman and Acura World Challenge/IMSA driver Ryan Eversley) are great and provide insightful listening. Give it a shot.
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Apr 2, 2018 05:51
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iwentdoodie posted:It's just amazing to me, since sportscars in America were basically dead. And now it's bigger than ever, and somehow getting better and better. What’s dead may never die. Seriously, go track the rise and fall and rise and fall and rise and fall of American sports car racing, and similarly its connection to the global/world championship too. Even the “mishandling” of the prototypes has turned around into a position of strength. It’s amazing.
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May 2, 2018 05:44
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shame on an IGA posted:Excuse me sir, the Indy thread is thataway excuse you, sir, things are much happier over in the Indy thread because we get to make fun of Danica and because I T S M A Y, M O T H E R F U C K E R S
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May 6, 2018 12:02
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https://racer.com/2018/05/23/davey-allison-jeff-gordon-alan-kulwicki-roger-penske-and-jack-roush-elected-to-nascar-hall-of-fame/ Dave Allison, Alan Kulwicki, Jeff Gordon, Roger Penske and Jack Roush for the HoF this year. After that Dinner with Racers special, I’m glad Kulwicki made it in this season. Allison too, thinking about the timing.
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May 24, 2018 03:14
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Frond posted:I wonder why he didn't continue in Indycar. He was a decent driver. He wasn’t getting regular rides, and it turns out he was just early to jump from Indy to NASCAR ahead of the boom times.
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May 28, 2018 23:10
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iospace posted:Couple things: The problem for NASCAR - and a problem IndyCar faces sometimes - is filling up a day with running on-track at ovals. Only a couple of the ICS support series also run on ovals, which means three-day race weekends feel too long; there’s too much dead time. NASCAR might fill up the Friday and Saturday well if all three series are there, but without, it gets tricky. Which is why I think they compensate with long races for the live crowd.
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Jun 11, 2018 10:59
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So long as it’s in addition to a GT3 or GTE program, plus Super GT, and maybe more, then it’s fine. If that’s the only racing Supra, there will be riots.
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Jul 6, 2018 15:10
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^ it wouldn’t really have added anything or any better passing areas. I’m not expecting much, especially considering the short versions of Sears Point and Watkins Glen they use already. shame on an IGA posted:The charlotte roval has now gone full retard. As a sporty car watcher primarily, I see no problem here. Tall kerbs and tire stacks to enforce track limits isn’t exactly a new idea. And unlike the bus stop on the back straight at Daytona, there isn’t grass to help enforce the edge of the track.
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Jul 12, 2018 04:51
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Aug 7, 2018 04:14
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iospace posted:Oh good, we're split-era IRL now. There it is. And the worst thing about Furniture Row is they’re based in Colorado, which may be good for quality of life but it makes changing teams a whole lot harder for the rank and file guys. From last year’s Dinner With Racers with Cole Pearn it seemed like a big positive for the team. Unless it goes under...
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Aug 21, 2018 05:29
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Dudley posted:I wonder if there's the counterpoint that it does mean they can attract people that might not otherwise work in Nascar and hold onto them. It seems like most of the racing industry is either North Carolina or Indianapolis, with a few scattered around the Midwest (Wisconsin, Illinois, Pennsylvania) but I don’t think any other major teams are that far west. So it’s not like they’re getting sports car people or IndyCar people, they’re a real exception being out there. And with how specialized auto racing can be, it is a selling point to be “the team out of the spotlight and in a nice place to live,” or for West Coast people who don’t want to stay in North Carolina. If the team is wound up, of course the top people will be fine. I only worry more about how that will impact the lives of their general staff, especially those who would have to move more than halfway across the country for another job.
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Aug 22, 2018 09:58
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kidcoelacanth posted:False, Logano's normal scheme exists and I loathe it The Pennzoil one is fine, the normal one is more a Shell scheme than anything. And IndyCar should totally make the Indy GP road course race the throwback round.
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Sep 3, 2018 00:12
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Fauxhawk Express posted:sadly the oval was damaged by the Fukushima disaster and I don't think they've done the necessary repairs it's primarily just used as parking for events happening at the road course, so it's not like dead-dead, but I don't think Honda has done the necessary full inspection and repair on the oval afterwards. which is a shame, as IndyCar definitely needs another oval and a race in Japan again... also rovals are DEFINITELY what NASCAR needs more of. become the American V8 Supercars we need.
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Sep 29, 2018 02:55
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Abu Dhabi will be hosting official tests. NASCAR's schedule ends 11/19, this is the day after the F1 season ends so it has to be close enough for Fernando and McLaren support team personnel to get there. And Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund is the majority stakeholder of McLaren.
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Nov 3, 2018 09:05
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bigbillystyle posted:Now knowing Bahrain's involvement with McLaren it makes sense but you'd think doing it in Texas or Mexico over the last few weeks would've been a logistically better option. There’s a few different logistical points that suggest it would’ve been tough, especially for McLaren, never mind finding a location (I highly doubt they would’ve used the GP circuits the day after the race).
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Nov 4, 2018 23:20
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Cygni posted:Huge domino prepping to fall here. NASCAR makes offer to buy ISC outright: Going all-in with the racing business would seemingly contradict failson Brian France’s desire to buy an NFL team, which makes for interesting fallout from him getting arrested earlier this year...what a difference a few months makes.
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Nov 10, 2018 07:15
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CBJSprague24 posted:2019 will be the last year for one title sponsor of the Cup series: https://www.news-journalonline.com/sports/20181216/steve-phelps-says-nascars-model-changing-in-2020 That article has more concrete details on what the new president did last weekend than what they mean by “new sponsorship model.” Just a promise it’ll be new and better for everyone.
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Dec 18, 2018 00:43
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CBJSprague24 posted:I've got a playlist of the 2013 Battle at the Beach races from Daytona lined up in Winter Heat if anybody wants to watch at least one of them in the next couple days. Did I stutter? Let’s break it down quote:NASCAR will move away from the one titled sponsor approach (Winston, Nextel/Sprint, Monster Energy) for its marquee Cup Series to a variety of sponsors pouring money into the entire system — NASCAR, TV partners, member tracks and race teams. Okay, so this is where they say what they’re going to do. Fair enough. quote:”We’re going to a new sponsorship model,” Phelps said. Here’s where you expect details. quote:It’s really more to make the sponsorship buy as easy as possible. As an industry, we are fairly fragmented. You have the sanctioning body, different tracks, race teams, drivers and broadcast partners; all these different groups you can contract with as a sponsor. No examples of who, what, or when? This is straight “why”? And wouldn’t you want to do this when you and your partners can showcase this instead of floating it like a trial balloon? quote:If you go to, for example, a company such as Coca-Cola, you can sell them a one-stop shop. It’s an ease in doing business. If you do that, it’s going to foster more sponsor activity.” Again: nothing about what this will actually look like for NASCAR. Does this mean a company sponsors The Chase and a handful of races and is Official _____ of NASCAR? Does this mean a company sponsors a track, its events there, and part of the season? Will this look like FIFA with global partners, the NFL, the NBA, or something different? This is all what and why, there’s nothing in that section about how.
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Dec 19, 2018 01:17
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NASCAR’s catching a whiff of the sports cars with behavior like this!
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Peanut President posted:Black, Purple and Neon Green don't go together, whoulda thunk it Looks like the 48 numbers and the Ally text are two different shades of yellow-green, which, lol. It’s not a great design.
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