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2018 Motor Racing thread
- Thread starter Hollywood
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Screw local time. We all know where the Nascar audience lives. F1 is smart enough to pander their race times to their base.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
Need that Final 4 set before the end of the NFL game so NBCSN can have a full breakdown of the GAME 7 EXCITEMENT!~!~!~!
BIG EVIL
America's Finest
Was at the race today. Rain delay was awful. They got the track basically completely dry and called drivers to cars twice and then it started raining pretty hard again. Heard multiple drivers/teams on the radio say they knew the race was never gonna go back green no matter how much/little it rained because the 88 was out front. But you all knew that already.
I think if NASCAR were going to play favorites, they would have held off on that caution flag at Talladega for another 1-2 seconds. It was obvious to everyone that Junior was going to have the lead as soon as they took the green. He was on the inside and got a good restart. Even Junior himself said he knew he was going to win the race when Logano chose the outside line to restart in.
can't wait for harvick to dominate homestead again
Gordon has actually done a lot of dominating there the last few years. He won in 2012 starting from 15th, and had the car to beat last year leading over 160 laps. Harvick only led ~50. If not for pitting on the last caution and going from the lead back to 24th, he prolly would have won that race too.
I bet its because of the front straight. They could save some money by tearing up the front straight and just leaving the dirt. Can't be any worse than it is now.
FYI: If you'll aren't following Mark Martin on Twitter, you are really missing out. He's a rap aficionado, and tweets out some gold.
-YTC
-YTC
Hes gonna be in the broadcast booth next year for the first half of the season. With health and his young kids in mind, i don't think you'll see him full time. I'll never count out him coming back and running a race...however if he wins the whole damn thing this year, id bet he never suits up again
Man, didn't realize Gordon won so many races before the turn of the millennium. His win in the 1999 Daytona 500 was win #43. I think once he had kids, the real magic was gone. Once these guys have something to live for, they don't drive like this anymore:
Except for Earnhardt of course. He grew up poor and when he was young, would borrow money on Friday and had to win to pay it back on Monday. He had everything in the world and still raced like his career depended on it. Can't teach hunger.
Except for Earnhardt of course. He grew up poor and when he was young, would borrow money on Friday and had to win to pay it back on Monday. He had everything in the world and still raced like his career depended on it. Can't teach hunger.
goblue96
Disney and Curling Expert
Sports car racing? Would be a great addition to a 24 hrs. of Daytona/LeMans team.
I believe I heard someone ask him about Indianapolis, and he said no. Wouldn't be surprised to see him show up at the 24 Hours of Daytona or Le Mans, maybe for Chevrolet's factory Corvette program. It'd be cool to see him in an Audi or a Porsche prototype doe. Not sure what other kind of racing he'd want to do. F1 would be great, but it doesn't work like that. I don't think he'd touch Indycar with a 10 foot pole. Maybe Rallycross? If Ken Block and Piquet Jr. can do it, surely he can too.
Iron
Well-Known Member
I could see him running Eldora next year (in a truck fielded by Tony Stewart or Jr.) or Fall Martinsville on the NASCAR side. Although any Sprint Cup car can't technically be entered by Hendrick if he were to run next year, so he'd have to run under like JR Motorsports etc.
gilstein21
Well-Known Member
mark martin is great on twitter. People will always ask him, "don't you miss it mark?" ... "Nope." ... "I'll be at the dealership on Sunday with hot dogs"
Ryan Blaney to cup with having never run a full xfinity series year. Interesting. I think he has the talent, I see a lack of consistency in him though. Lookin forward to ROTY battle next year between he and Chase though. They're good buds so I know they'll enjoy it as well. Should make them both better
Look at the crop of youngsters that'll be taking the reins from guys like Gordon, Johnson, Edwards, Kenseth, Biffle, Kurt Busch, etc. in the coming years:
Larson
Dillon Bros.
Elliott
Blaney
Erik Jones
Buescher
Wallace
Suarez
Allgaier
I don't think Bayne and Stenhouse will be much of a factor unless Roush picks up its game, or they leave.
Larson
Dillon Bros.
Elliott
Blaney
Erik Jones
Buescher
Wallace
Suarez
Allgaier
I don't think Bayne and Stenhouse will be much of a factor unless Roush picks up its game, or they leave.
Lots of movement this offseason.
Smith to ???(rumored to a vacant cup ride)
Scott to ???
Sadler to JRM.