2013 NASCAR Thread

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Shoe67
How can you be mad at him? He earned that win. Gambled on no tires and won it 👍 I'm not a fan of his but that was a well deserved win.
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I never liked Kenseth. When one of your least favorite drivers wins you're going to be (at least a little bit) mad.

Also, considering that the Generation 6 car can pull away from the pack very easily, pit strategy isn't as much as a gamble anymore. You can take no tires and as long as you're out front, you'll be in great shape.
 
Stormtrooper217
I never liked Kenseth. When one of your least favorite drivers wins you're going to be (at least a little bit) mad.
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Judging by the thumbs down (which I usually see you do when Johnson wins), sounds more like you hate the guy.

I don't always find myself mad when a driver I'm not cheering for wins, disappointed but not always mad. I'm only mad if he's taken out for the win.
 
Great job by McMurray. 👍

Tire issues today although that could be because Goodyear brought a tire only meant for nighttime conditions.
 
outlaw4rc
Great job by McMurray. 👍

Tire issues today although that could be because Goodyear brought a tire only meant for nighttime conditions.
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Yeah and they weren't expecting to race in the day.



Something I want to ask you guys: Do you think more in-season testing should be allowed for Cup? Just seems like tires are constantly a guessing game and its abit unreasonable in my mind to expect to develop a compound with only a few select tests.
 
RACECAR
Judging by the thumbs down (which I usually see you do when Johnson wins), sounds more like you hate the guy.

I don't always find myself mad when a driver I'm not cheering for wins, disappointed but not always mad. I'm only mad if he's taken out for the win.
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All because of a thumbs down you think I hate him. :rolleyes:

RACECAR
Something I want to ask you guys: Do you think more in-season testing should be allowed for Cup? Just seems like tires are constantly a guessing game and its abit unreasonable in my mind to expect to develop a compound with only a few select tests.
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I'd like that. 👍
 
Start finish line needs to be the "start" line, not some stupid box. Soooo happy for Matt. What did Joey accomplish at JGR? NOTHIN'!!! Great win for Toyota!
 
RACECAR
Something I want to ask you guys: Do you think more in-season testing should be allowed for Cup? Just seems like tires are constantly a guessing game and its abit unreasonable in my mind to expect to develop a compound with only a few select tests.
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I'd rather focus on rules packages that are less aero-dependant and tires with a greater wear rate. Just look at all the drivers that lost out on that early caution such as Kahne, Gordon, and Harvick. They never contended again because of lost track position (save for Edwards for a brief stint).
 
Remember when the new car was supposed to make competition tighter and harder for the leader to pull away?
 
outlaw4rc
I'd rather focus on rules packages that are less aero-dependant and tires with a greater wear rate. Just look at all the drivers that lost out on that early caution such as Kahne, Gordon, and Harvick. They never contended again because of lost track position (save for Edwards for a brief stint).
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Problem is that was already done. its called the COT and unfortunately, the same thing happened. Honestly, I think this is a problem that'll never be fixed. We had the old cars that I kinda think were at the highest peak of aerodynamics and that problem was there, we had the most Unaerodynamic car in the COT and the problem was still there (with both the wing and Spoiler).
 
Ganon83
Remember when the new car was supposed to make competition tighter and harder for the leader to pull away?
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McMurray was right there at the end. 5 more laps and he could have had him

And I agree with racecar, aero is aero, when an average lap speed is 175mph having clean air will always matter
 
As a matter of fact, this was McMurray's first top 5 in almost two years. Talk about a long drought.
 
RACECAR
Problem is that was already done. its called the COT and unfortunately, the same thing happened. Honestly, I think this is a problem that'll never be fixed. We had the old cars that I kinda think were at the highest peak of aerodynamics and that problem was there, we had the most Unaerodynamic car in the COT and the problem was still there (with both the wing and Spoiler).
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I'll grant you that. For me, the cars are just too fast, compounded by repaving jobs at some of the tracks that has given them additional grip. I'd say whatever the gap is right now between a Nationwide and Cup car in terms of times, I'd love to watch it narrow by around half.
 
Personally I always thought they should make the cars about 20 MPH slower, because that lowers the bar for the smaller teams like BK Racing to go out and be competitive against say Hendrick.
 
I actually prefer the cars faster, and I feel if they were to slow them down, then there would be problems with fans turning off because the sport can go faster, but is restricted in doing so, that's the #1 reason I dislike F1, because I know the cars can go faster and have done so previously.
 
Ganon83
Remember when the new car was supposed to make competition tighter and harder for the leader to pull away?
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Might want to watch what you say about the new Gen 6 cars, I think that the NSA is one of NASCARS new team members:nervous::nervous::nervous:.
 
Jahgee1124
I actually prefer the cars faster, and I feel if they were to slow them down, then there would be problems with fans turning off because the sport can go faster, but is restricted in doing so, that's the #1 reason I dislike F1, because I know the cars can go faster and have done so previously.
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I'm probably going to make a couple of people on here mad saying this, but let's face it. The majority of NASCAR fans are still Dale Jounya lovin rednecks. There are less really hardcore fans in it compared to Formula 1. I really doubt most of them would care if we can only go 180 at Michigan.
 
Ganon83
I'm probably going to make a couple of people on here mad saying this, but let's face it. The majority of NASCAR fans are still Dale Jounya lovin rednecks. There are less really hardcore fans in it compared to Formula 1. I really doubt most of them would care if we can only go 180 at Michigan.
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I did get that impression scanning over the RaceBuddy chatbox. Over half the messages were:

"Where's Jr running?"
"Junior's gonna win!"
"Go Jr!"
"Jr's climbing through the field!"
"What's wrong with Jr?"

Wish I could turn it off.
 
Ganon83
I'm probably going to make a couple of people on here mad saying this, but let's face it. The majority of NASCAR fans are still Dale Jounya lovin rednecks. There are less really hardcore fans in it compared to Formula 1. I really doubt most of them would care if we can only go 180 at Michigan.
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But the Jounya fans will complain when they see Jouyna going slower than usual.
 
outlaw4rc
I did get that impression scanning over the RaceBuddy chatbox. Over half the messages were:

"Where's Jr running?"
"Junior's gonna win!"
"Go Jr!"
"Jr's climbing through the field!"
"What's wrong with Jr?"

Wish I could turn it off.
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I avoid those chats at all times. You cannot expect decent race fan conversation.
 

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