2014 NASCAR Thread

[Fuzzy]

Pretty neat start to the season with seven different winners in seven different races. I'd go ahead and say we'll have the eight this weekend.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Pretty neat start to the season with seven different winners in seven different races. I'd go ahead and say we'll have the eight this weekend.

Not only that, but saw this tidbit on Jayski:
"After seven Cup Series races, we now have seven different race winners, seven different pole winners, and seven different last-place finishers." The last part is what really stands out to me. It doesn't appear to be the usual start-and-parkers getting the last place finishes every week, i.e. Nemechek (sorry, Ganon ). Actually, looking through the results, it doesn't appear any driver or team has done the start-and-park. That's nice to see for once. It's been years.

 

[Carbonox]

Damn, I didn't even realize this season had as much variety as it's had, before having a sneak peek at the Wikipedia tables. And I'm not even talking about race winners, but top 5 finishers in general.

 

[GTPorsche]

Aside from Daytona and Phoenix, there hasn't been any start and park drivers.

 

[Fryto]

I will be in the US for work next week. Normally I always use the Sunday to take a walk around town, but as the forecast looks like utter crap for the Chicago area, I might rather stay in part of the day and watch NASCAR

So hence my question: on which channel(s) do they broadcast the NASCAR races?

Edit: just seeing that the race during the upcoming weekend is on Saturday evening, so I'll watch then . Just need to know the channel which hopefully won't be hidden behind a decoder...

 

[MustangRyan]

I will be in the US for work next week. Normally I always use the Sunday to take a walk around town, but as the forecast looks like utter crap for the Chicago area, I might rather stay in part of the day and watch NASCAR

So hence my question: on which channel(s) do they broadcast the NASCAR races?

Edit: just seeing that the race during the upcoming weekend is on Saturday evening, so I'll watch then . Just need to know the channel which hopefully won't be hidden behind a decoder...

Fox, which is available on every TV nationwide.

 

[Ganon83]

I'm amazed the 77 ran most of Texas. Can't believe they have much money.

 

[Fryto]

Fox, which is available on every TV nationwide.

Excellent, thanks!

 

[GTPorsche]

Cup cars are hitting 215+mph at Michigan in testing today. Dale Jr hit 215.2, and then Clint Bowyer went out and hit 217.

 

[Earth]

So, bring on restrictor plates or power reductions, and take all the excitement out of it.

Why not let them go 220 or 225? Move the stands back from the fence and they'll be fine

 

[GTPorsche]

They were touching those speeds last year in tire testing as well. When the actual qualifying/race came along, they weren't nearly as fast since it was mid-summer.

 

[MustangRyan]

With treads falling apart after 15 laps and speeds approaching 220 mph on the straightaways

This was in 2012, using the old car.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/spor...an-qualifying-marcos-ambrose-tires/55640662/1

 

[Earth]

This is why Im growing disillusioned with racing - when faced with an obstacle the common choice is to now back down instead of standing up to the challenge.

Bill Elliot was qualifying at 215mph 30 years ago. But NASCAR cant design a car safe enough to go that fast today? Goodyear cant build a tire to handle those speeds? The answer is both can, but they're taking the lazy way out. And thats why racing is losing popularity. And why Im finding myself less and less interested.

 

[GTPorsche]

It's cheaper to keep the cars under a certain speed than it is to let them go above those speeds and get hit with a lawsuit when something catastrophic happens.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This is why Im growing disillusioned with racing - when faced with an obstacle the common choice is to now back down instead of standing up to the challenge.

Bill Elliot was qualifying at 215mph 30 years ago. But NASCAR cant design a car safe enough to go that fast today? Goodyear cant build a tire to handle those speeds? The answer is both can, but they're taking the lazy way out. And thats why racing is losing popularity. And why Im finding myself less and less interested.

Are you still going on and on? It's been explained yet again @GTPorsche has done this and if racing is losing popularity prove it. The cars are virtually the same as they were 30 years ago just safer and with EFI, and restricted. The racing is still very exciting, but part of safety is not having the damn things go 225. Perhaps you haven't seen what happens even when they go 205-210 around these track and a massive crash unfolds.

You're disillusioned cause you think this should be the 80s or early 90s of Racing and can't accept change or reality more so.

 

[Müle]

Things like this are why Earth has been on my ignore list for a long time now.

 

[MustangRyan]

I would much prefer that not one single driver die just for the sake of my entertainment. If that means slowing down the cars, I'm ok with that. The pursuit of ultimate safety should take precedence over the pursuit of ultimate speed.

 

[MustangManiac]

This is why Im growing disillusioned with racing - when faced with an obstacle the common choice is to now back down instead of standing up to the challenge.

Bill Elliot was qualifying at 215mph 30 years ago. But NASCAR cant design a car safe enough to go that fast today? Goodyear cant build a tire to handle those speeds? The answer is both can, but they're taking the lazy way out. And thats why racing is losing popularity. And why Im finding myself less and less interested.

Then quit watching and quit going on race forums and spreading your bs everywhere. We are fully capable of making cars that will go well in excess of 300mph, the problem is keeping both the drivers and spectators alive to enjoy them. Just how many (other peoples) lives are you willing to sacrifice for your entertainment?

 

[Ganon83]

Like I've said before, I will always put safety over race quality in priorities of my enjoyment of racing. Slowly rolling out the smaller engines (like the COT) next year would improve both, although with how this year has gone it'll be tough to make the racing much better

 

[Earth]

What would racing be like if people 50 years ago said 150mph too fast, if people 30 years ago said 200mph was too fast

We've lost that pioneering spirit, and have become content. I watched James Stewart's Spirit of St Louis recently, and it reminded me of a great time when people were interested in knocking down barriers and so forth. Not anymore.

Its not about safety - restrictor plate racing is still far more dangerous then anything I proposed - its about pushing forward and achieving new heights - but if you're only interested in the quality of racing - of course you'll be satisfied with what you have now. Racing use to have both, but not anymore.

As for me still posting on a motorsport forum, I'll leave when Im good and ready.

 

[MustangRyan]

What would racing be like if people 50 years ago said 150mph too fast, if people 30 years ago said 200mph was too fast

We've lost that pioneering spirit, and have become content. I watched James Stewart's Spirit of St Louis recently, and it reminded me of a great time when people were interested in knocking down barriers and so forth. Not anymore.

Its not about safety - restrictor plate racing is still far more dangerous then anything I proposed - its about pushing forward and achieving new heights - but if you're only interested in the quality of racing - of course you'll be satisfied with what you have now. Racing use to have both, but not anymore.

As for me still posting on a motorsport forum, I'll leave when Im good and ready.

A lot of really great drivers (and even spectators) died because the cars were faster than they were safe. That is NOT entertaining in any way. I don't care what kind of engineering marvels came out of racing; they weren't worth the cost of another man's life. Even the safety improvements are almost always reactive, instead of proactive.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

What would racing be like if people 50 years ago said 150mph too fast, if people 30 years ago said 200mph was too fast

We've lost that pioneering spirit, and have become content. I watched James Stewart's Spirit of St Louis recently, and it reminded me of a great time when people were interested in knocking down barriers and so forth. Not anymore.

Its not about safety - restrictor plate racing is still far more dangerous then anything I proposed - its about pushing forward and achieving new heights - but if you're only interested in the quality of racing - of course you'll be satisfied with what you have now. Racing use to have both, but not anymore.

As for me still posting on a motorsport forum, I'll leave when Im good and ready.

People are still going quite fast if 205 and 210 is too slow for you then tell me what you do or have done that is faster. Oh and while your at it prove that people are losing interest in racing, you made a call as a fact and didn't show info to back it up and still haven't as AUP asks.

We haven't lost any pioneering spirit...cars in racing are more advance now then they've ever been, get out from under your rock. Also as I'm interested in Safety and as a fan of Dale Earnhardt and Dan Weldon and Senna I'd rather not see my favorite driver/idols die on Sunday. I'm also interested in the engineering side of things and I probably know the engineering aspect better than you and I can easily say that these cars are more technological and advance than ever before. NASCAR has created things in the past decade as safety measures that others have utilized

 

[Jahgee]

Phil Parsons Racing agreed to let Dogecoin sponsor them in the All Star race weekend at no cost, let's vote Josh into the main event! Click here to vote (Have to put in an email address first time)

 

[Cale]

Cool, but Id rather see Larson in it. 👍

 

[MustangRyan]

Cool, but Id rather see Larson in it. 👍

He will probably race his way in through the showdown race held the night before the main race.

 

[Jahgee]

So if/when Chase Elliott replaces Gordon, he'll be my new favorite.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Oh, so this is Chase Elliott. You know, he's not that bad.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I'd much rather see Larson go over to HMS

 

[GTPorsche]

Glad that last caution happened. Kyle Busch would have won easily.

That Larson/Elliott battle would have been great if it was for the lead instead of 2nd.

 

[Doodle]

I can hardly believe that Chase Elliot is a year older than me. He's got incredible talent.