NASCAR is not for the birds

[CD Boogie]

Hundreds Of Birds Kill Themselves Crashing Into NASCAR Hall of Fame

Hundreds of birds launched themselves into the side of the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, killing themselves ... and the surreal scene was all caught on video.

A woman in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina filmed the chaos ... saying for OVER AN HOUR -- birds continued to kill themselves by running into the building's windows.​

:eek:

 

[BTExpress]

Must have been on the other side of the building. I left that building a few minutes before midnight and didn't see a thing.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Because pileups with those getting too close to one another at Daytona and Talladega aren't enough ...

 

[maumann]

Well, when you put a large glass building between North Wilkesboro and Rockingham, things like this are bound to happen.

 

[DanOregon]

OH THE HUMANITY!!!

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Laughed so hard ... well done.

 

[playthrough]

They were all just trying to see this

 

[DanOregon]

Can someone explain what advantage Wallace was trying to gain? Petty doesn't have a car in the playoff. What's the benefit?

NASCAR penalizes, fines Wallace after Texas race | NASCAR.com

 

[Batman]

Can someone explain what advantage Wallace was trying to gain? Petty doesn't have a car in the playoff. What's the benefit?

NASCAR penalizes, fines Wallace after Texas race | NASCAR.com

Not sure what his position was, but maybe he was about to go a lap down and trying to stay on the lead lap. Or maybe he had some issue that needed fixing and that was the only way to get it done without waiting for the next round of pit stops.

 

[DanOregon]

but if you have a tire going down, it's going down and you can pit - so I'm guessing he just wanted to freeze the field with a yellow?

 

[Batman]

but if you have a tire going down, it's going down and you can pit - so I'm guessing he just wanted to freeze the field with a yellow?

That's the idea. If you pit alone under green, you're kind of screwed. If you pit under yellow you might lose a few spots but won't lose any laps.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

This could all be avoided if NASCAR actually possessed the stones to tell those eliminated to stay home. But sponsors and all the crap ...

Typical NAScrap ... we'll manipulate you, but we'll make sure you don't do the same. And if you do ...

 

[DanOregon]

OK, call me gullible - and I'm well aware that these are the best drivers and best cars and they put them at the front because they WANT the race for the checker at Homestead to also be for the NASCAR season championship - but do the other drivers back off? Give the final four extra room and not really compete? Seems odd that one of the four has won Homestead the last six years.

 

[Batman]

This could all be avoided if NASCAR actually possessed the stones to tell those eliminated to stay home. But sponsors and all the crap ...

Typical NAScrap ... we'll manipulate you, but we'll make sure you don't do the same. And if you do ...

Well, a three-hour, 400-mile race with only four cars -- or even eight, or 12, or 16 -- would be pretty damn boring.

 

[Batman]

OK, call me gullible - and I'm well aware that these are the best drivers and best cars and they put them at the front because they WANT the race for the checker at Homestead to also be for the NASCAR season championship - but do the other drivers back off? Give the final four extra room and not really compete? Seems odd that one of the four has won Homestead the last six years.

I'm not sure if it's explicitly said to stay away from them, but I'm sure there's at least a gentleman's agreement or an understanding not to screw around too much with those four. Like if the non-championship drivers happen to be running up front in the last 30-40 laps that's one thing, but they get out of the way if the championship drivers are trying to pass. You see that a lot in normal races, where lapped drivers won't block the leaders at the end of the race. It's a professional courtesy. At Homestead it maybe gets kicked up a notch, whether consciously or subconsciously.

 

[Bubbler]

Hundreds Of Birds Kill Themselves Crashing Into NASCAR Hall of Fame

Hundreds of birds launched themselves into the side of the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, killing themselves ... and the surreal scene was all caught on video.

A woman in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina filmed the chaos ... saying for OVER AN HOUR -- birds continued to kill themselves by running into the building's windows.​

:eek:

This is what happens when you put restrictor plates on birds. The big one is inevitable.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

Well, a three-hour, 400-mile race with only four cars -- or even eight, or 12, or 16 -- would be pretty damn boring.

F1 puts 20 on the grid. They don't find excuses to put out a safety car with 10 laps to go. It's not boring.

I get what you're saying, Batman. But they want to have their cake and eat it, too. Either they all race - and the contenders can STFU when someone battling for 38th gets in the way - or take the non-contenders out during the playoffs and stop with the shocked faces when crap like what triggered them to stick their noses in it merely as a reaction occurs.

Do the other 3o teams schedule 15 games during Super Bowl week if they don't make it? Do the other 28 teams schedule best-of-seven series that don't make the NBA Finals?

Yes, I'm taking these examples to extremes. But NAScrap is full of ... crap.