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2015 NASCAR Silly Season

joe bob said:
Close competition such as a Darlington race where two guys have spent the whole afternoon dialing in their cars, one has it working best in the short radius turn and the other has it dialed in to the wider radius turn, coming out of turn 4 door to door, that is NASCAR at it's most pure.
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Darlington is definitely good racing! :applause:
(Note: I would still love to see Rockingham back on the circuit),,,,
 
Hey All,

I guess P in your mind it is wrong to have an opinion. I never associate what I think of a motorsport with the other people who might like that motor sport - that is I am never insulting another person for liking what they like. As I said to each their own.

-Ed-
 
Having an opinion is one thing.
Knowing when and when not to express it during appropriate and inappropriate times is another.
 
I make no bones about it. I am not a fan of the super speedway, restrictor plate races. I much prefer racing on short tracks or even road courses. 1.5 miles is plenty long for circle track racing and the NASCAR circuit is full of them. I think some of the absolute best racing is seen at Darlington, Richmond, Bristol, and Martinsville. What these tracks have in common? They are all under 1.5 miles. Drivers race against each other, not racing with drafting partners. They can beat and bang fenders, go full bore down the straights and two-wide (three if you are insane) in the turns. Gas-brake-gas-brake all race long, not just put it in fourth gear and hold the pedal to the floor. Just my dos centavos. By the way, Richmond last night was a good Nationwide race, the Sprint Cup race tonight should be even better as there are four drivers competing for the last two spots in The Chase.
 
stansdds said:
I make no bones about it. I am not a fan of the super speedway, restrictor plate races. I much prefer racing on short tracks or even road courses. 1.5 miles is plenty long for circle track racing and the NASCAR circuit is full of them. I think some of the absolute best racing is seen at Darlington, Richmond, Bristol, and Martinsville. What these tracks have in common? They are all under 1.5 miles. Drivers race against each other, not racing with drafting partners. They can beat and bang fenders, go full bore down the straights and two-wide (three if you are insane) in the turns. Gas-brake-gas-brake all race long, not just put it in fourth gear and hold the pedal to the floor. Just my dos centavos. By the way, Richmond last night was a good Nationwide race, the Sprint Cup race tonight should be even better as there are four drivers competing for the last two spots in The Chase.
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Well said, I agree.
 
Hey All,

Wombat I have never doubted your knowledge of racing. What I am interested in is the cross-pollination of ideas and technology between companies. Ford and Cosworth go way back - - was there cross pollination if so when and what. Let me give you a modern example - if you know of maserati then you may know that the new engine in a maserati is a chrysler pentastar block matched to a ferrari head. Now that is cross pollination. If none of those books say then fine I don't have ready access to any of them.

As for racing types - one of the best things about NASCAR is the variety of racing - short tracks, 1.5 milers, road and superspeedways. They all require different skill sets and the cars all have a clutch and a working reverse. I wouldn't want any of this variety to disappear. I don't get the argument against superspeedways - just different skills needed and they are not a luckfest - that idea is I think bogus. On any track you can be in the wrong place at the wrong time - you see that most every week. And the opportunity to go from the back to the front relatively quickly is cool. JMO.

-Ed-
 
stansdds said:
I much prefer racing on short tracks or even road courses. 1.5 miles is plenty long for circle track racing and the NASCAR circuit is full of them.
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You know...
I think all 3 NASCAR series could put on a good show at the old Indy Nazareth circuit....:mixed-smiley-010:
 
Hey All,

Well I was at the last local county fair in my area and so missed all but the last 125 laps or so at Richmond. As I settled in to watch it I was trying to figure out if Richmond was somehow turned into a mile and a half track. I saw way more 1.5 mile style racing than any short track racing. Now the announcer said it was hard to get the setups right but obviously Brad got it right. I bet the other part is that NASCAR "laid down the law" on anything that could look like a "shenanigan" to favor a driver and so everybody was real careful tippy toeing around each other. Seems karma works too - the "itchy" driver that spun leading to all last years "shenanigans" was first car outside the chase. Karma...

Saw the F1 results too - nothing surprising.

-Ed-
 
Hey All,


Believe it was the late Dan Wheldon who won the last race at the late Nazareth Speedway.

Don't know how many of you know of Mark Knopfler. Here he is with Emmylou.


Speedway at Nazareth.

Only prob with the video is it woulda been nice if Emmy had played a Martin instead a that big moustache Gibson - but it is her trademark guitar. Nazareth is the home of my favorite guitar maker - C F Martin Guitar.

NASCAR owners as part of ISC shut er down to move racing to Watkins Glen IIRC.

-Ed-
 
EasyEd said:
Hey All,

Well I was at the last local county fair in my area and so missed all but the last 125 laps or so at Richmond. As I settled in to watch it I was trying to figure out if Richmond was somehow turned into a mile and a half track. I saw way more 1.5 mile style racing than any short track racing. Now the announcer said it was hard to get the setups right but obviously Brad got it right. I bet the other part is that NASCAR "laid down the law" on anything that could look like a "shenanigan" to favor a driver and so everybody was real careful tippy toeing around each other. Seems karma works too - the "itchy" driver that spun leading to all last years "shenanigans" was first car outside the chase. Karma...

Saw the F1 results too - nothing surprising.

-Ed-
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Yes, the Sprint Cup race at Richmond was really tame this time. I'm sure, especially with the media recapping last year's shenanigans, that NASCAR laid down the law and everyone was on their best behavior. As for karma, that could very well be the case.

By the way, I got to see the flyover before any of the fans at RIR saw it. The formation of T6's flew over my house as I was grilling some steaks in preparation for the night's event.


Oh, and then there was this...

http://wtvr.com/2014/09/07/nascar-fan-on-fence-at-rir/

Stupid is as stupid does.
 
You know if you look at the video...
It seems like there's a Security Officer everyone 100ft or so.....

So how the heck did that guy get on the fence without one of those Security Officers stopping him? :dizzy:


stansdds said:
Yes, the Sprint Cup race at Richmond was really tame this time. I'm sure, especially with the media recapping last year's shenanigans, that NASCAR laid down the law and everyone was on their best behavior. As for karma, that could very well be the case.

By the way, I got to see the flyover before any of the fans at RIR saw it. The formation of T6's flew over my house as I was grilling some steaks in preparation for the night's event.


Oh, and then there was this...

http://wtvr.com/2014/09/07/nascar-fan-on-fence-at-rir/

Stupid is as stupid does.
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Panther_99FS said:
You know if you look at the video... It seems like there's a Security Officer everyone 100ft or so..... So how the heck did that guy get on the fence without one of those Security Officers stopping him? :dizzy:
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He reportedly waited for the patrol officer to pass by, then quickly climbed the fence. He was drunk, it was his birthday and he wanted to be on tv.
 
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