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Sadly yes. He was nothing but a wreck causer. Kyle is too. They stink.
My guess is Johnson doesn't do a lot of sim racing and didn't do a lot of it growing up like some of the younger guys did. I would guess the same about Kyle.
My fear is that Bristol is gonna be a caution filled mess with some of these guys not being very experienced at iRacing. But I will absolutely watch it.
I saw Jeff Gluck had a poll for the first iRacing event they had and it was one of the top 5 rated races since he has been doing this poll which was about 3 or 4 years. Pretty sad about the state of NASCAR when a computer simulated race is more exciting than an actual race.
Biggest thing is that it has no competition right now. Normally, you'd have multiple other sports on TV on a Sunday. Right now it's all us nerds have.
There is an article by The Athletic one possible scenario for the season which begins with the Coke 600 and all races will be raced. There were some mid week races and some tracks would have both races in 1 weekend like they planned at Pocono. I still doubt that there will be folks able to gather by the end of May.
Also, if the season if fully cancelled or mostly cancelled I wouldn't be shocked to see Johnson come back. He is leaving that door open with all of his comments.
https://www.jayski.com/2020/04/02/jimmie-johnson-says-opportunity-could-be-there-to-return-in-2021/
Also, if the season if fully cancelled or mostly cancelled I wouldn't be shocked to see Johnson come back. He is leaving that door open with all of his comments.
https://www.jayski.com/2020/04/02/jimmie-johnson-says-opportunity-could-be-there-to-return-in-2021/
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/0...sponsor-after-rage-quitting-an-iracing-event/
Bubba Wallace loses sponsor.
Bubba Wallace loses sponsor.
The polls are legit. I’ve been a nascar fan my whole life. The iRacing stuff is better tv viewing than the real life stuff has been for a long time now. The four-day series that started tonight on NBC sports will get good ratings too. And every Wednesday night is World of Outlaws sprints and late models. It’s even better than the virtual nascar stuff. Dirt racing has always been better than asphalt, but a lot of people are just now figuring that out. The difference will be even more obvious after this all blows over.
The iRacing seemed to be a great idea for adding fans and then....
https://www.businessinsider.com/twi...nascar-driver-kyle-larson-using-n-word-2020-4
My son's never watched a live Nascar race but he's kept up with this series. It's probably going to have some fallout.
https://www.businessinsider.com/twi...nascar-driver-kyle-larson-using-n-word-2020-4
My son's never watched a live Nascar race but he's kept up with this series. It's probably going to have some fallout.
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Those of us who are big enough NASCAR nerds to be watching this won't care about one slip up by a marginal driver. I'll continue to tune it.
Where did some of the comments from yesterday go about Larson's ordeal? Unless something was said last night that was out of hand nothing on here was inappropriate and most was just tweets to articles about losing his sponsors and getting fired. Good grief if any of that was offensive then people are getting too sensitive on this board.
That makes sense. 
I thought there wasn't anything that I had read yesterday that was offensive.
I thought there wasn't anything that I had read yesterday that was offensive.
I saw a tweet from him this weekend saying how he wasn't Brian France, he didn't mean to do any harm or embarrass Brian France or his family, that he would be deleting the Twitter account, etc. I immediately had 2 thoughts the first of which was Brian France didn't need any help doing anything to embarrass his family. He single handedly brought NASCAR to it's knees then got a DUI. He did enough on his own. The second thought was I hope he starts another Twitter account called Drunk Frian Brance and continues on because he was a funny follow.
I think it is safe to say that Gov Andy will not let NASCAR race at Kentucky Speedway in July with fans in attendance and I am not sure if he will allow it without fans at this point.
Honestly I feel awful for him. Ridiculous that this has gotten him black balled.
I would love to see Cousin Carl back in a car but I don't think he ever races again. I mean when he left he really left NASCAR. What is funny is I saw his interview when he lost the title in 2017 and he was talking about how strong the team was and they would win the title next year only to announce a 1 month or so later he was retiring. It just seemed like a sudden decision. I have been a Johnson fan since his rookie year but Carl was always a favorite too.
Looks like NASCAR is granting waivers for Newman and Kenseth to be eligible to make the Chase. I get Newman as he was supposed to run the season but was injured racing. What I don't get is why Kenseth is granted a waiver when he is just having to fill in for Larson's stupid mistake.
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/news/nascar-schedule-2020-updated/l21dswxk1fye1t0793bl3r69r
Proposed NASCAR race schedule.
Proposed NASCAR race schedule.
Looks like a few tracks are losing races that will be reassigned to other tracks. I am also interested to see how no practice or qualifying will effect the racing too. It has to play into the veterans hands.
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2...dule-realignment-chicagoland-richmond-sonoma/
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2...dule-realignment-chicagoland-richmond-sonoma/
Absolutely! I competed myself for 15 years with SCCA and NASA. I love racing. A friend with an 80” HDTV is going to put it in the window of his enclosed back porch, and 4 of us are going to gather in his back yard and watch. Sitting 20 feet apart. Still working out how we’re going to relieve ourselves without going in his house. Overkill perhaps, but we’re all over 60, and former amateur racers.
I assume you mean the Pikes Peak hill climb. I’ve been part of the grassroots motor sports community here for a long time so I have connections, and have worked that event on a volunteer basis a couple of times for pro racing teams. Data acquisition and analysis. I’m a retired software engineer. A talent I discover at UK. It’s an absolute riot. With an additional risk factor. There are no fences or guardrails.
Maybe it's because there hasn't been any sports in 2 months but I am super stoked to watch some racing this weekend. I know basketball, football and other sports would be different without fans but honestly the fans in the stand doesn't contribute to the racing so other than the temporary rule changes like no practice, qualifying, competition caution, etc it should be somewhat a normal race.
Live f’ng sports baby. Let’s go.
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My pick is Harvick
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My pick is Harvick
