they used to just finish a race under caution and it wasn't that big of a deal. didn't keep folks from attending or watching.

8/4/2017 8:32:17 PM

^there used to be 6 cars on lead lap but that doesnt mean its better that way

8/5/2017 7:38:59 AM

Quote :

"^^I don't want to see that happen with any of the non-endurance race circuits, but it is nice. The standard IMSA is race 2 hrs 40 mins. The standard WEC race is 6 hrs. When the clock runs out it is over. NASCAR should have one attempt at a restart and after that it is over."

a lot of the races are endurance length though, 500 or 600 miles is an endurance race

if you want it distance based shorten the races so there is less time for problems (they are already trying to move to BTCC style stages), if you want long races make it based on time

australia supercars are distance based but only have 3 endurance races and 2 of those are shorter than a lot of nascar races

[Edited on August 5, 2017 at 9:53 AM. Reason : .]

8/5/2017 9:50:56 AM

^^if attendance numbers mean anything, then it was better

8/5/2017 10:18:39 AM

^^Well my point is endurance circuits go by the clock and when the clock runs out it is over even if the ending isn't exciting. NASCAR needs to get away from throwing yellow flags and get the race over ASAP. We play baseball in America instead of cricket because it takes less time. We don't even have a national team that competes in the World Cup, or World T20s. No one wants to watch a sport that takes too long to complete unless you are British.

8/5/2017 12:10:08 PM

i like how they have the TV commentators in 4 different spots on track radio style. not a fan of the f1 guy tho, he dont talk right

8/6/2017 2:30:34 PM

fuel mileage races are lame

8/6/2017 5:27:17 PM

Well, the stage format at least at Watkins Glen sets it up that way.

To be fair, only cars that were going to win straight up today without shenanigans was going to be either Truex or Busch.

[Edited on August 6, 2017 at 10:57 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2017 10:57:36 PM

^little douche went after some of his twitter trolls on flight home he was so butt hurt about it

race was only 2hr 7mins. nice

8/7/2017 6:16:24 AM

^Yeah it went quick and that is not a bad thing. It ended not much after the IMSA race and that started before the NASCAR race.

8/7/2017 7:56:50 PM

Cleaning out my old toys at my parents' house and came across these I forgot I had.

The Mears Indycar is older than the Earnhardt car. That car is from Gay Toys Inc. And the Earnhardt car is from American Plastic Toys, they changed their name in 1986. Earnhardt ran the Wrangler #3 car from 1983 to 1987 looking it up, so it's either fom 1986 or 1987 and is actually in pretty good shape although it'd never be considered a mint collectible. Mears having the #1 is confusing me. Mears was last national champion in 1982 when he would've ran the #1 season-long in 1983. But he won the 1984 Indy 500 which meant he would've ran the #1 in the 1985 Indy 500 due to the Indy 500 then being sanctioned by USAC and not CART. There is Ford on the sticker on the side and Penske ran the Ford-badged Cosworth until the middle of the 1986 season. So I guess the car is likely from '85 but could be '83. Need to get out some super glue for the rear wing.

[Edited on August 9, 2017 at 10:18 AM. Reason : .]

8/9/2017 10:11:57 AM

Quote :

"GAY TOYS INC."

8/9/2017 11:19:41 PM

Yeah, wonder why they did the name change?

Doing my research, American Plastic Toys are actually still around and still in Michigan.

Back to current racing:

-too little, too late, Kahne out of the #5 next year
-Harvick ripped into Junior's performance or lack thereof in his swansong season on his radio show, and wonders why fans don't more embrace the series' most successful driver, Jimmie Johnson (uhhh, Kevin? I could answer that)

[Edited on August 10, 2017 at 7:56 AM. Reason : .]

8/10/2017 7:39:08 AM

harvick did the radio equivalent of click bait to get mentions. sad!





what cha'll think about 2018 chevy

i dont like the big ass gray rectangle in nose

[Edited on August 10, 2017 at 6:14 PM. Reason : a]

8/10/2017 6:07:57 PM

Anyone read Junior's comment on silly season and the drivers that will be coming in?

It's not far from the truth. Hendrick's 4-car team next year looks like it'll have Chase Elliott the 2nd-most senior driver next year.

On top of that, read up on Gray Gaulding's situation at Frontstretch.

8/11/2017 11:42:19 AM

^harvick using jr's comments as cover for his own shade throwing. monster is paying about half or what sprint was so that's going to have to trickle down to drivers if they dont want their team to lose money and fold

final stage of mich truck race was great yesterday.

[Edited on August 13, 2017 at 7:22 AM. Reason : a]

8/13/2017 7:21:42 AM

the stage is set for another classic overtime clusterfuck

8/13/2017 5:59:49 PM

LarSON!

Need to get the Busch Indy race aero on these cup cars

8/13/2017 6:31:44 PM

meanwhile MTJ adds another stage win, making his cakewalk to homestead even easier

8/13/2017 6:44:04 PM

^And suffers another almost win.

8/13/2017 7:36:38 PM

i wouldn't call it suffering. he added another top 3 finish to an already insanely successful year.

8/13/2017 8:34:16 PM

post your Sat night bristol intro song with a youtubes link

https://youtu.be/k84-cRlwz7I?list=RDEMIPEkrQhrG4hakxHUsQfy3w

got to roll the center at bristol: Soul Coughing - Rolling

8/14/2017 7:18:41 PM

The Old Gray Mare

'cause she ain't what she used to be!

8/14/2017 10:01:34 PM

wednesday night truckin

[Edited on August 16, 2017 at 8:44 PM. Reason : well, shit. just saw that it's raining]

8/16/2017 8:43:22 PM

Kyle Busch is an ass

8/17/2017 6:03:37 AM

^ what else is new?

NASCAR is considering going to air jacks and dumping the jackmen. It's easy for me to get nostalgic on things auto racing, but this is one thing I endorse. The less people that go to the far side of the car the better for safety reasons, and people don't watch racing for the action of the pitstops.

[Edited on August 17, 2017 at 3:52 PM. Reason : .]

8/17/2017 3:36:30 PM

might as well go to a single wheel nut too

8/17/2017 5:20:22 PM

make the races short enough dont need a gas man like F1 too

8/17/2017 6:59:50 PM

Brad k shutting down his truck team.

8/17/2017 7:57:50 PM

^^ F1 only did that because drivers and teams were actively not trying to pass and were instead timing fuel stops to pass other guys. Still happens now with tires, but it's not near as bad.

8/17/2017 10:16:51 PM

Parker Kligerman attends the Brooklyn Formula E race. Good read.

http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/07/27/kligerman-formula-e-is-an-instagram-hit-but-attending-a-race-is-an-out-of-focus-experience/

8/18/2017 2:10:55 PM

Bush wins again! I'm glad I haven't been able to watch any of the races this weekend so far.

8/18/2017 11:16:33 PM

Quote :

"Brad k shutting down his truck team."

Trucks need to go back old school. halfway break, no passing on pit road, short tracks like south boston, spec motors

8/19/2017 3:41:54 PM

^That would be stupid. Why shouldn't they race like the other series?

8/19/2017 6:33:09 PM

^because there wont be any teams left to race soon, they are all losing money right now. need big changes to cut costs

[Edited on August 19, 2017 at 6:51 PM. Reason : a]

8/19/2017 6:51:08 PM

lol kahne walks out to "you're gonna miss me when i'm gone", picked by dale jr.

kahne picked "stuntin' like my daddy" for him

8/19/2017 7:12:36 PM

did that douche bag just spit his drink on everyone in the winner's circle?

8/19/2017 10:43:25 PM

Re Trucks, I think NASCAR should only have 2 national touring series. Trucks will stay national probably until they get to the next TV contract I think, then they'll get dropped to maybe a regional deal with some superspeedways but mostly short tracks to keep costs lower (a la ARCA).

Good race last night.

Pocono for Indycar starts on NBC Sports at 2:30.

[Edited on August 20, 2017 at 2:20 PM. Reason : /]

8/20/2017 2:19:33 PM

Will Power wins a solid race to repeat as Pocono 500 winner. Power before his next-to-last pitstop stayed out and was able to get a 5-second lead alone. A train of 3 drivers led by Josef Newgarden were able to catch him with 5 laps to go, but Power was able to stay in front and win.

Right now there are 4 drivers within one race of championship leader Josef Newgarden with 3 races to go at Gateway, Watkins Glen, and Sonoma.

8/20/2017 10:34:36 PM

^And that was an entertaining race. Maybe someday NASCAR will realize they don't need all of the silly rules to draw in fans and ratings.

8/21/2017 8:17:47 AM

If NASCAR regulations were a finite element analysis, it'd be overconstrained.

(My super engineer dork comment for the day.)

8/22/2017 11:52:19 AM

http://autoweek.com/article/nascar/qa-answering-questions-about-nascar-xfinity-series-composite-body

8/24/2017 10:15:03 PM

yay road america rain clusterfuck

8/27/2017 11:52:23 AM

No real rain, just general dumbassery.

8/27/2017 7:10:55 PM

Ned Jarrett and Ken squire back in the booth Sunday

8/30/2017 7:59:29 AM

Chase to the 9, Byron to the 24 (number swap, no personnel changes)

8/30/2017 5:37:16 PM

Ultimately means nothing, but that's...interesting.

8/30/2017 11:39:24 PM

Chase driving the family number will sell lots of merchandise. Got to fill the gap left by the loss of Dale Jr merch sales.

8/31/2017 7:59:09 AM

got an extra ticket to xfinity and cup races this weekend if anyone is interested. one of the guys in our group bailed. we'll let them go cheap, just trying to recoup what we can.

8/31/2017 6:26:35 PM

^^ I kind of view it as a soft demotion.

8/31/2017 9:17:31 PM