NASCAR thread

[vhcat70]

What a surprise...Stenhouse causes a wreck on a super-speedway...

Yea, he gets rear-ended & he's thus at fault. I go with what Busch said.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Glad to see JJ have a good finish.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

 

[Creed Bratton]

If you listen to podcasts make sure to check out Denny Hamlin's Actions Detrimental podcast this week. He blasts NASCAR and says a lot of the same things we are saying. He talks about how they have abandoned the core of the sport just for the sake of entertainment. He says he is tired, as a competitor, of wins having to come down to luck because the cars are all so even nobody can pass. He says that NASCAR media tries to tell fans the racing is good but it's not. I agree with pretty much everything he said.

 

[JSgorocks]

If you listen to podcasts make sure to check out Denny Hamlin's Actions Detrimental podcast this week. He blasts NASCAR and says a lot of the same things we are saying. He talks about how they have abandoned the core of the sport just for the sake of entertainment. He says he is tired, as a competitor, of wins having to come down to luck because the cars are all so even nobody can pass. He says that NASCAR media tries to tell fans the racing is good but it's not. I agree with pretty much everything he said.

The problem is the majority of NASCAR media bend the knee to NASCAR.

If you listen to any of the daily shows on SiriusXM NASCAR they for the most part toe the company line and never call out NASCAR for any of their shenanigans. They were parroting all day Friday that NASCAR did what they thought was right in the duel race throwing the caution and it’s a-ok.

 

[Creed Bratton]

The problem is the majority of NASCAR media bend the knee to NASCAR.

If you listen to any of the daily shows on SiriusXM NASCAR they for the most part toe the company line and never call out NASCAR for any of their shenanigans. They were parroting all day Friday that NASCAR did what they thought was right in the duel race throwing the caution and it’s a-ok.

They are like NCAA basketball refs. They are inconsistent on what they call or enforce from race to race. They had a situation where drivers had a lot further to drive to get to the checkered flag on Sunday than they did on Thursday and yet the Thursday race they threw the caution and Sunday they didn't. They were totally backward to what they should have called.

 

[TCPUKChamps]

Huge penalty for Briscoe

 

[TCPUKChamps]

 

[Catfan in Tn.]

Huge penalty for Briscoe

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/huge-penalties-levied-against-daytona-500-pole-sitter-chase-briscoe-and-jgr/10697188/

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

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[kywildcatsfannumber1]

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Great finish in the Truck race. Busch just beats out Stewart Friesen.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

NASCAR officials with a hard-on getting to review the cautions lights for another winner.

 

[kywildcatsfannumber1]

Also comical seeing Ross Chastain having words with Carson Hocevar considering he does the same shit, and they are one and the same.

 

[IkeCat]

FOX probably told nascar that they had to show a few more side-by-side commercials, the ones that all take all of the audio and 95% of the video.

NASCAR officials with a hard-on getting to review the cautions lights for another winner.

 

[Creed Bratton]

Another NASCAR botched finish. What a clown show it has become.

 

[SWFLwildcat06]

Why is the finish to almost every race like that? I don’t remember that happening near as often back when I was more into it ( late 90s early 2k). It was just a much better product back then, was it the drivers, different rules, better managed?

 

[Creed Bratton]

Why is the finish to almost every race like that? I don’t remember that happening near as often back when I was more into it ( late 90s early 2k). It was just a much better product back then, was it the drivers, different rules, better managed?

Probably all 3 things.

 

[M4CAT]

I thought McDowell did an incredible job fighting all race long after going back to the garage early to replace the power steering hose. Earned 6 Lucky Dogs and finished on the lead lap in 13th. Can't help but to mention this is an issue that should have been caught in practice given how quick it happened at the start of the race. NASCAR having no practice at Atlanta really screwed him over and this could have been avoided if caught early in practice. Sure, that could happen any time during a race. However, I have noticed numerous occasions the lack of practice in recent years trying to save the teams money and a car have some electrical issue to ruin their race that would have been found during a practice session.

 

[JSgorocks]

Why is the finish to almost every race like that? I don’t remember that happening near as often back when I was more into it ( late 90s early 2k). It was just a much better product back then, was it the drivers, different rules, better managed?

This generation of car has a hard time passing. On superspeedways handling isn't as important as it used to be. Now its about surviving.

The win and in format has created urgency and reckless behavior in the waning laps. Drivers are making moves they otherwise wouldn't make. Add in the overtime component its a recipe for disaster.

Go back and watch the 1999 Daytona 500. The last 15 laps were wild yet there wasn't a caution. Awesome racing and finish.

 

[Creed Bratton]

You also have guys like Logano who will wreck someone that blocks him but if it happens to him when he blocks then he whines about it. For whatever reason some of them don't ever think they do anything wrong.