ran 3 full time seasons and won the championship each time

2/5/2017 2:42:48 PM

Quote :

" teams no longer will be allowed to replace damaged body parts that are the result of accidents or contact. Repairs, such as fixing damaged sheet metal, will be allowed; however, teams will be given five minutes to fix damage once they enter pit road. If the damage requires the car to go behind pit wall or to the garage for repairs, the car will not be allowed to return to the race."

oh man, when Jr blows a tire and is out of the race many a chicken bone and beer can will hit the track

2/8/2017 5:05:51 PM

^That isn't a bad rule. I've seen too many times where someone with a beat up car is out there and starts leaking oil which causes some dominating drive to lose when he is about to win his first race, or break a long losing streak.

2/8/2017 6:41:34 PM

Why are they adding rules the week the season starts? No other sport operates this way.

2/8/2017 8:16:28 PM

Because everything's made up and the points don't matter

2/9/2017 8:06:06 AM

simplifies the crash cart.

plus, with the last handful of places getting the same points there's a lot less incentive to drive around in a beat p car to go from 39th to 36th if a few more wrecks happen.

2/9/2017 9:38:25 AM

member that time rick mast gave away the 500 to DW and he did the ickey shuffle. i member

2/9/2017 6:08:08 PM

i celebrated my first birthday the monday before that

so, no

2/9/2017 7:37:04 PM

A.J. Foyt!

https://youtu.be/N_UbhlsD4NU :

1991 CART @ Nazareth: A.J. Foyt is Pissed at Jeff Andretti

2/12/2017 8:47:42 AM

as for the fix damage rule.........i can't wait til we have a 15 car pileup and about 12 cars are hitting pit road at the same time to fix their damage and then we have a 8 minute caution riding around trying to figure out who went over 5 min and who didn't...lol

2/12/2017 4:08:21 PM

what would a nascar rule change be without a humongous clusterfuck soon after implementation?

2/12/2017 7:36:07 PM

member when they put a wing on the back of the cars that would send them airborne whenever the car ended up pointed the wrong way? i member.

2/12/2017 9:37:39 PM

Unintended consequences and auto racing rules changes go together like peanut butter and jelly.

2/12/2017 10:03:24 PM

Quote :

"as for the fix damage rule.........i can't wait til we have a 15 car pileup and about 12 cars are hitting pit road at the same time to fix their damage and then we have a 8 minute caution riding around trying to figure out who went over 5 min and who didn't...lol"

think they are going to use the pit road entrance and exit lines to make it easy to use the computer timing and scoring. but yea, im sure it will be an issue somehow

2/13/2017 6:34:23 PM

the Busch Clash is back and IT'S TONIGHT!!!!!!!1111one

2/18/2017 7:20:50 AM

I run a fantasy NASCAR suicide league. You pick one driver a week and then can't pick them again. It makes watching the races really fun bc you have an extra drive to pull for every week, and all the other picks to pull against. And it's really easy to follow and keep up with. Picks come to me and I send out a spreadsheet to everyone at the start of the race.

If anyone wants to join, let me know. We all pay in but it's not high dollar.

2/18/2017 8:30:45 PM

^cool. in a season with 36 weeks and only 40 cars that would be tough. i do draft kings every week and have not lost that much. $3 can win you $30k next week. top 25% pay out $5 at least

not too mad the clash got rained out last night. day time should make them have to lift more and wheel it




[Edited on February 19, 2017 at 10:54 AM. Reason : l]

2/19/2017 10:37:41 AM

That's part of what makes it fun...being strategic about when and where you pick the bottom drivers...plus there's always a few drivers (waltrip, Bowman, vickers, reed, etc.) that run a limited schedule so the pool is greater than 40. It's a marathon instead of sprint but it makes watching each weekend really fun. Our buy-in is $75 for the season if anyone wants to join. Top 5 pays-out, maybe more depending on the league size.

[Edited on February 19, 2017 at 1:44 PM. Reason : Spelling]

2/19/2017 1:41:21 PM

the clash was good. gibbs cars and bowman schooled em on pit stategery there before lap 25 yellow. of course little douche was being a dick to bowman post race for not pushing his sorry ass to the win on last lap

2/20/2017 5:42:13 PM

son of a bitch. jayski done got ruined

2/21/2017 7:25:35 PM

ewwww

[Edited on February 21, 2017 at 8:54 PM. Reason : it's fucking horrible]

2/21/2017 8:51:07 PM

I know.......it's awful......that was my fantasy league silver bullet......I hid that insider knowledge from the rest of the league.....fuck.....

2/22/2017 1:44:55 AM

^seriously.

i need the damn practice times

[Edited on February 22, 2017 at 6:48 AM. Reason : s]

2/22/2017 6:39:17 AM

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/motorsports/nascar-drivers-don%e2%80%99t-understand-the-internet%e2%80%99s-horror-over-the-monster-energy-girls/ar-AAneOsU?li=BBnbfcL&OCID=AVRES007


People are upset of Monster Energy Girls sexy outfits.

2/23/2017 9:37:49 AM

If they're not different than what the Supercross girls wear don't see what the big deal is.

2/23/2017 12:59:41 PM

people would be upset if supercross was a sport that people watched

its 2017 and nascar is supposed to be fun for the whole family

2/23/2017 1:02:54 PM

Supercross comes close to selling out NFL stadiums. Bought tickets day of the event at the Indianapolis Colts' stadium a couple years ago and I was way up in the rafters. Based on live attendance, they also get a ton of teenage and young 20s boys and girls that buy tickets and NASCAR or IndyCar or Formula One would love to have.

I consider Supercross the best-promoted racing series globally as far as being the series that comes the closest toward reaching their maximum potential. Something like the top 8 to 10 riders are all millionaires off of dirt bike racing.

[Edited on February 23, 2017 at 1:28 PM. Reason : .]

2/23/2017 1:18:49 PM

I'd be interested in seeing your receipts on that one

2/23/2017 1:22:38 PM

^^Monster Jam is actually pretty successful too for what it is. They sell out the NFL stadiums.

2/23/2017 6:51:06 PM

^ they're more arenas

OK. Time to start these races with all the heartbreak and drama wrapped around D.J. Kennington, Reed Sorenson, Timmy Hill, and Randy Lajoie's son. They're the only ones these races matter for. (I miss 60 cars showing up for Speedweeks.)

[Edited on February 23, 2017 at 7:06 PM. Reason : /]

2/23/2017 7:00:37 PM

Results of the Twins:

In race 1, Randy Lajoie's son spun out Reed Sorenson sending him into the inside wall past the trioval and him qualifying.

In race 2, D.J. Kennington of Ontario barely beat out Elliott Sadler on the last lap to qualify. Sadler and Brendan Gaughan made the race on speed. Sorenson and Timmy Hill do not qualify.

2/23/2017 10:48:16 PM

lol lajoie said he'd have wrecked his own mama to make the race

gonna be a tough row to hoe for him if that's how he's gonna conduct himself on the track

[Edited on February 24, 2017 at 12:52 AM. Reason : dfs]

2/24/2017 12:51:11 AM

Quote :

"Monster Jam is actually pretty successful too for what it is. They sell out the NFL stadiums "

I'd like to seen that data too plz. They didn't even come close to selling out the PNC Arena last time I saw them. In fact there was nobody in the upper level.

[Edited on February 24, 2017 at 1:15 AM. Reason : Supercross is easily a wayyyyy bigger deal than monster trucks ]

[Edited on February 24, 2017 at 1:19 AM. Reason : Comparing the two is like comparing WWE to UFC

2/24/2017 1:12:54 AM

^^that was pretty dumb to admit it. he wrecked the one guy he was racing to make the race

duels were good. i dont mind plate racin as much the last couple years now that track position seems to matter more. the cars were loose even at night so they are going to be a handful sunday in daytime

people complaining about monster girls on twitter is NOT a news story. you can find people whining about anything on there







[Edited on February 24, 2017 at 6:46 AM. Reason : p]

2/24/2017 6:43:35 AM

I showed the girl in Victory Lane to my wife and a friend of hers last night and said "does her outfit offend either of you". They both said no pretty much and I explained that some people were up in arms about it. I hope those people don't go to the beach and get a heartattack when they see a bikini for the first time.

2/24/2017 8:13:19 AM

Quote :

"I'd like to seen that data too plz. They didn't even come close to selling out the PNC Arena last time I saw them. In fact there was nobody in the upper level."

There is a huge difference between the stadium and arena events though. At PNC they start and then hit the brakes to stop about a second after they push the gas. At football stadiums they actually race in circles on a track and have enough room to make big jumps. It's a pretty popular event in some of the stadium cities.

2/25/2017 1:05:28 PM

last lap in truck race last night

https://youtu.be/qNOkeHVZe-A?t=4m10s

so jayski still has practice speeds but its just really hard to find. yay



[Edited on February 25, 2017 at 3:01 PM. Reason : p]

2/25/2017 2:56:37 PM

This Xfinity race has not been a good advertisement for the segment system. Race has had caution after caution, plus 2 red flags. They had a red flag right after another and then threw the green flag at lap 28...for the yellow to come out at lap 30, which then lasts 5 laps.

2 things is for the Xfinity Series and Trucks, it's going to make green flag pit stops almost extinct and lapped cars because they're slower, not because they wrecked, far more rare on the larger tracks.

The 5 minutes rule eliminated Elliott Sadler who was the best car all day and evening because their saw saw didn't have the battery charged to cut off the fender. Reason for the rule was to eliminate wrecked cars from creating cautions, it still happened twice. Sadler though still got points for leading at the two checkpoints. I don't mind that part of it outside of they create a caution, but that's the unstated reason why they have the segments to begin with is to create a caution.

Ryan Reed won. About half the field running at the end. Race was longer than any other 2016 Xfinity Series by 20 to 30 minutes.

2/25/2017 7:24:04 PM

That race was only about 25 min shorter than the 2016 Coke 600. Fuckin insane

Also yeah, this pts system is dumb as fuck. Sadler didnt even finish the race and hes 3rd in pts...fuckin dumb

2/25/2017 8:48:36 PM

^one could say its fuckin dumb to lead the most laps and get turned near end and be 30th in points

^^i would put way more blame on plate racin than the stages for bad race busch race. part of problem was they took a lot of spoiler off and the drivers didnt compensate, tried to push like they did last year. i know i'm in minority but i wish they would go back to tandem racing so the cars can get away from each other.

its daytona day!

https://youtu.be/tQu7SIOIeQI

poor Krashalotski, dude is so ugly they brought in an actor to say his line



[Edited on February 26, 2017 at 7:16 AM. Reason : bk]

2/26/2017 7:09:10 AM

Why did that caution take 7 laps? That's 17.5 miles.

Take the caution at end of lap 60. Catch pace car at end of 61. Come back from commercial at end of 63, then they come to pits at end of 63, start of 64. Another commercial. Then take the green at beginning of 68. 7-lap long caution with nothing on the track to clean up. That should be completed at a huge track like Daytona in 3 to 4 laps.

That is worse than the NFL's commercial-touchback-commercial.

And 5 laps after green? COMMERCIAL! I watched the Xfinity race yesterday on DVR, which thank God I did in hindsight. But that's the issue with NASCAR races (and NFL games as well) is it's beyond frustrating to watch the damn things live.


[Edited on February 26, 2017 at 3:54 PM. Reason : .]

2/26/2017 3:51:01 PM

what a clusterfuck

2/26/2017 5:30:23 PM

This is a fucking joke.

[Edited on February 26, 2017 at 5:58 PM. Reason : No more commercial breaks announcement immediately followed up by a commercial break...]

2/26/2017 5:44:51 PM

fuel mileage races suck

2/26/2017 6:28:10 PM

nascar is a fucking disgrace now days. WWE on wheels but without the entertainment

2/26/2017 6:56:45 PM

whole weekend was a demo derby. REAL racin starts in Hotlanta next week. woohoo

2/26/2017 7:43:06 PM

That stretch from about Lap 90 to Lap 150 is why I hate Daytona and Talladega.

2/26/2017 10:23:31 PM

the last from lap 150-about lap 180 was really good racing though. Once they went single file the suspense started building. Then everyone started running out of gas, lol

2/26/2017 11:01:06 PM

Quote :

"Take the caution at end of lap 60. Catch pace car at end of 61. Come back from commercial at end of 63, then they come to pits at end of 63, start of 64. Another commercial. Then take the green at beginning of 68. 7-lap long caution with nothing on the track to clean up. That should be completed at a huge track like Daytona in 3 to 4 laps."

They just want to have a long break because NASCAR has determined that stoppages will draw more people since most people don't have the attention span to watch an entire race. The problem is cautions actually slow down the race and they cause other cautions which actually makes the race longer. Working to make a race as caution free as possible would actually be better for the sport.

2/27/2017 7:35:56 PM

I bet on draft kings for this race. 5 of my 6 drivers DNF and wrecked. LOL I suck.

2/28/2017 1:17:23 AM