The Black Hole of NASCAR

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   Anyone who saw the Daytona 500 Sunday 2/14 was treated to a good race when it wasn't interupted by a few hours of track repair to a pot hole in the lower racing groove. It's a good thing we had plenty of food and spirits to get us through the "intermission". For an hour and a half we watched as they puttied the hole and used a torch to dry the patch. Meanwhile behind them sat a jet engine on a truck.  Imagine the Superbowl was interupted for that long as they filled a sink hole at the 50 yard line. 
   Well congrats to Jamie Mcmurray in the #1 Pro Bass Shops car taking the Checkers 6 hours after the green flag with Earnhardt Jr. a close second. 

[Shuffler]

They were turning left and avoiding potholes. Just like back in the rum runner days.


I saw it on the news and had a good laugh. I find nascar boring these days. Nothing like it was in the past... too rigid.

[TequilaChaser]

those last 2 attempts of the G/W/C restarts was what made the wait all the worth while......

nothing though, like Saturday watching Rowdy drive in the nationwide race and then later in the Truck race.....

that Kyle Busch reminds me of "the old days" of petty/pearson or "rusty & dale" or Tim Richmond & Dale"......

and to finally see them go and "Bondo" a pot hole in the asphalt.... of all things.. the Bondo trick worked 

[crazyivan]

I only remember the last few laps. Everything else was just subliminal commericals telling me to buy crap I don't need. But hey, those last few laps were a hoot! They really need to go to the split screen with the commerical on one side. Live race feed on the other.

Harvick seemed to have the best car but thats racing. Those cars were sliding everywhere at 190mph whew!

[Slate]

They were turning left and avoiding potholes. Just like back in the rum runner days.


I saw it on the news and had a good laugh. I find nascar boring these days. Nothing like it was in the past... too rigid.

  I think they may be feeling the heat from the loss of fans. They went to a larger restrictor plate and I hear they are going to scrap the rear wing for the old spoiler. They also relaxed the rules on the so-called rough driving they enforced in the past. They have to get the excitement back or they are doomed like the IRL.

[crazyivan]

 I think they may be feeling the heat from the loss of fans. They went to a larger restrictor plate and I hear they are going to scrap the rear wing for the old spoiler. They also relaxed the rules on the so-called rough driving they enforced in the past. They have to get the excitement back or they are doomed like the IRL.

Yeah, sometimes you have to listen to the fans. Also they're putting more races back to middays on Sundays. What true nascar fan likes that

dang wing! Need to get rid of that sharkfin on the back suck drafting cars around also.

[caldera]

I might find NASCAR interesting if they turned right once in a while. 

What would be exciting would be if they were to use the real cars off the assembly line.  Stock bodies, suspensions, engines and electronics.  Interior and glass delete/roll cage and safety equipment/wheels and tires should be the only thing different than factory.  Like the good old days: "race on sunday, sell on monday".  Mustangs and Camaros and Challengers duking it out.  That would be real "stock car" racing. 

[Slash27]

They really need to go to the split screen with the commerical on one side. Live race feed on the other.

They used to do that on TNT. Guess it made too much sense.

Nice to see the 88 show up.

[Bosco123]

I saw that one commercial said that they were going back to their old roots. They should have just left it and avioded it lol.

Overall the race was awsome, I loved the restricter package that they had on the cars, which kept all of the cars to within 2 seconds of eachother, and they were all insepreble. Also, Goodyear made a good tire for the track and there was only a minor problem with that, but that was because of the gaping hole in the track lol.

Congrats to McMurray, he did an outstanding job, as well as Jr. coming from 10th to 2nd in 1 lap, sounded like his old man there.

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[VonMessa]

Glad the rules are changing back a bit.

Trading paint is a part of stock car racing.  Safe or not, it is what it is.

This is the first season in a while that I have been somewhat excited about.  It was getting way too antiseptic.

[Plazus]

I might find NASCAR interesting if they turned right once in a while. 

They do. I believe there are two-four races a year where they go race at the road courses?  Watkins Glen and Sonoma?

[Bosco123]

They do. I believe there are two-four races a year where they go race at the road courses?  Watkins Glen and Sonoma?

Watkins Glenn and Sanoma is correct.
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[Strip]

Mexico City as well, I believe they dropped Sonoma though I might be mistaken.

Nevermind, they dropped Mexico, at least for the Sprint series.......

Strip

[CAP1]

I only remember the last few laps. Everything else was just subliminal commericals telling me to buy crap I don't need. But hey, those last few laps were a hoot! They really need to go to the split screen with the commerical on one side. Live race feed on the other.

Harvick seemed to have the best car but thats racing. Those cars were sliding everywhere at 190mph whew!

what amazed me was when harvick gave up position to go hook up with his team mate..........

[indy007]

those last 2 attempts of the G/W/C restarts was what made the wait all the worth while......

What's the point of driving 200 laps if only the last 5 actually matter? Why not just have them run 5 crash free laps, pick a winner from that, and call it a day?