Posted on 11/02/2009 5:21:33 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Sometimes nascar bugs the crap out of me. Why dont they just put a dog leg in the back straight let the motors breath and stop whining about having to really drive the cars?
No I’m for dumping the Cali and Michigan lookalikes. Texas, Kansas, Chicago, Phoenix, Atlanta, and Homestead.
maybe adding more road races wouldn’t be such a bad thing..
Wondering if Ryan Newman would be here today had he not landed on Kevin Harvick’s car?
CoTank... definitely not meant to fly but somehow do. Lead might help .. ;-}
Michigan stays (its got 40 years seniority). California is a lookalike but I do agree we need more short tracks and more true ovals.
Back to North Wilkesburo.
Make them race on the beach.
I don’t know, that was a pretty strange wreck..
The race is exciting... but broken.
When this highly dangerous race is decided by not who is the most skillful, but who is luckiest, it’s broken.
Restrictor plate racing is a lot like liberal policy. It results in the exact opposite of the stated intent. By restricting the speed, the cars race in huge dangerous packs.
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I think that Talledega is not at all the reason why viewship is down; instead, coverage for Nascar is terrible. When baseball shows stats, analyzes how batter A does against pitcher B, allowing even the novice viewer to understand how a matchup is important.
I’ve been watching Nascar for 3-4 years and I still don’t understand some of the subtleties. The commentators don’t analyze the situation so much as describe what we’re seeing on the screen. A monkey could do that.
Instead, tell me that why Driver A is better on the high-line and Driver B is slow after 5 laps. Tell me which driver between A and B generally have faster starts. Tell me the crews that have the lowest percentage of dropped lug nuts and the drivers that are the fastest into the pits without invoking a penalty.
Show me graphically how Driver A accelerates out of a turn versus driver B and explain why I should look to turn 2 for Driver B to finally overtake Driver A, or tell me what the commentators expect for Driver A to do in the pits to help his ailing car.
Explain to me once and for all proper fuel strategy and what the crew is hoping to accomplish and what they are risking.
In the final laps, show me next to the drivers’ name the estimated number of laps left in his tank.
I could go on with the almost limitless questions I have for Brad Daugherty and his friends.
I believe that Nascar has far more subtleties than baseball (though baseball is more psychological), but for anybody watching it, it just looks like cars turning left (except for Watkin Glens). Unfortunately, that’s all the commentators seem to understand.
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Thanks for listening.
back to their roots
sand and dirt and turf
I saw something Sunday that stunned me. Dale Earnhardt Jr. IS NASCAR. I don’t think there was one fan NOT standing when he took the lead. The desire to see Dale Earnhardt reanimated by his fans is truly a creepy thing to behold.
No problem.
It’s a mystery to me sometimes too.
Geez, I get so tired of people getting this wrong. The First Amendment only applies to government action. In private affairs there is no right of free speech whatsoever. An owner of a private company could fire an employee on the spot for wearing an Obama shirt to work and such worker would have no First Amendment defense whatsoever.
The Earnhardts are a Nascar family. It’s a respect thing, I reckun.
Do you know how hard it is to win on the Cup circuit these days?
Ask Junior. ;-)
What was the take off speed of a Piper Cub?
The answer to talladega is quite simple, but NASCAR won’t do it because it will cost teams money and give them something else to have to inspect.
The solution: Take off the restrictor plates and run V6 engines. it wi slow the cars down to the speeds when Daytona and Tally were designed.
No restrictor plate will eliminate the huge packs, bring back the slingshot move, and the smaller engines will regulate the speed.
Racing will be just as it was in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s — still extremely exciting, but nowhere near as close packed.
I would love it. However, the best funded team would most likely win. It's already very much tilted towards Hendricks as other teams are getting very cash strapped. I still want to see Robby Gorden and some other small teams compete.
Also, I think the speed restrictions help keep the cars on the track during a wreck, but I really don't think restrictor plates are the solution.
Never been a Jr fan myself. He’s not his father that’s for sure.
Seems to be a good enough guy and he wouldn’t be in NASCAR if he weren’t among the best. Been a long time since his last win.
Phoenix is flat. Vegas is the other cookie cutter.
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