Running 2019 Nascar thread

[DanOregon]

Three "Big Ones" at Talladega today - the latest with 7 laps to go. Crazy. Goughan did a full mid-air flip and landed on his tires.

 

[Batman]

Three "Big Ones" at Talladega today - the latest with 7 laps to go. Crazy. Goughan did a full mid-air flip and landed on his tires.

His post-wreck interview was hilarious.
"The Russian judge docked me a little because I didn't keep it straight."

 

[Batman]

Hell of a finish. Blaney wins by a bumper, and damn if I can tell whether Hamlin or Almirola was third or fourth.

Joey Logano running around the track with giant sheets of duct tape holding his car together is pretty damn awesome, too. That's some old school Bristol stuff right there.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Jimmie Johnson announces 2020 will be his last full season. Can't help noting this is the first NASCAR post in 37 days.

 

[DanOregon]

I posted a bit on the NASCAR birds thing. Too bad about JJ, but if you aren't competitive and have more to lose than gain, it is time to call it a day. I'm guessing he'll keep racing here and there. It's really too bad there isn't a driver who could energize the audience. Something between Jean Girard and Malcolm X who could drive.

 

[Driftwood]

The whole championship went pretty much unnoticed. I flipped over a bit Sunday but didn't watch the whole thing.
I was watching the NHRA finals in Pomona.

 

[playthrough]

The whole championship went pretty much unnoticed. I flipped over a bit Sunday but didn't watch the whole thing.
I was watching the NHRA finals in Pomona.

The NHRA is so great. Always wanted to do more with them when I was an inkstainer but the interest just hasn't grown as much as one would expect for a sport with great personalities, danger, noise and a perfect short-attention-span format.

 

[Batman]

I posted a bit on the NASCAR birds thing. Too bad about JJ, but if you aren't competitive and have more to lose than gain, it is time to call it a day. I'm guessing he'll keep racing here and there. It's really too bad there isn't a driver who could energize the audience. Something between Jean Girard and Malcolm X who could drive.

Colin Kaepernick is looking for something to do.

 

[wicked]

Never been to an NHRA event, but I understand there’s a lot of down time between runs. I think this was the problem ESPN had when it did those broadcasts.

 

[Driftwood]

If you consider strictly the pro classes, yes, there is more than an hour between sessions. The track doesn't sit idle, though. From Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon, it's pretty much non-stop racing. If you don't want to watch the sportsman categories, go tour the pits.

 

[DanOregon]

Really love NASCAR's spin that having four sponsors instead of one main title sponsor is their call.

NASCAR signs 4 partners to sponsor Cup Series

 

[playthrough]

Really love NASCAR's spin that having four sponsors instead of one main title sponsor is their call.

NASCAR signs 4 partners to sponsor Cup Series

They can spin it (poorly) all they want, but not only is the lack of a title sponsor alarming but those four companies don't represent any "new" money in the sport.

 

[TigerVols]

They can spin it (poorly) all they want, but not only is the lack of a title sponsor alarming but those four companies don't represent any "new" money in the sport.

Wow. The boxing-ication and horse-racing-ication of NASCAR speeds up.

 

[Driftwood]

If drivers like Jr. and Jimmie Johnson couldn't hold a single sponsor all year, it was only a matter of time before the series itself fell to the same.

 

[DanOregon]

How many teams are actually competitive week to week in Nascar - 12 maybe? The rest may as well be racing Xfinity. I almost think they need to put all the cars under the same garage - "teams" would be the driver, pit crew and crew chief period. Maybe a few mechanics at the track.

 

[Driftwood]

IROC was fun back in the day even though it was tilted way too much toward the Cup drivers.

 

[wicked]

Can’t they get rid of the ******* chase already?