2015 NASCAR Thread - And then there was 1

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spacecowboy73
I've seen interviews with NASCAR drivers that have said they could have won doing the same thing in races past. Maybe they shouldn't be in the series either?
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No because they didn't do what they said they would do.
 
nascarfan1400
I think he pushed really hard the whole time. It's still a fair win but it's not how to make friends.
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That's the biggest deterrent against making such moves. Do it too often and drivers will give you less respect on the track.
ukfan758
If this happened in any non-american series, there would have been penalties.
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And if those penalties weren't in place, guess what would happen? If racers can get away with something to win, they'll be more willing to do it.
Jahgee1124
If that's considered dirty, then NASCAR may not be the racing series for you
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And that's pretty much all that needs to be said. NASCAR's not going to change the rules because things like this gets people's attention.
 
Publicity.
 
Stock car racing is racing. It's not as talent based as other series, but a 3,500 pound car going about 190 mph for 3-4 hours is still as enduring as an F1 or an IndyCar race. My problem with NASCAR is that quite frankly the casual fans have them by the gonads, and the casual fan thinks that moves like that are cool, so the policing is relaxed. IndyCar is the same way, so welcome to America I guess.
 
BRRT_Angel
Stock car racing is racing. It's not as talent based as other series, but a 3,500 pound car going about 190 mph for 3-4 hours is still as enduring as an F1 or an IndyCar race. My problem with NASCAR is that quite frankly the casual fans have them by the gonads, and the casual fan thinks that moves like that are cool, so the policing is relaxed. IndyCar is the same way, so welcome to America I guess.
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At least Indycar gives out penalties, but on the following Wednesday and not race day.
 
BRRT_Angel
Stock car racing is racing. It's not as talent based as other series, but a 3,500 pound car going about 190 mph for 3-4 hours is still as enduring as an F1 or an IndyCar race. My problem with NASCAR is that quite frankly the casual fans have them by the gonads, and the casual fan thinks that moves like that are cool, so the policing is relaxed. IndyCar is the same way, so welcome to America I guess.
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Don't forget people who miss the "good ol days" where it was a dangerous mess and people were getting killed because of ignorance.
 
nascarfan1400
Don't forget people who miss the "good ol days" where it was a dangerous mess and people were getting killed because of ignorance.
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In F1 I will say that it's become too safe. For NASCAR and IndyCar, the safety advancements are fine and shouldn't be made even safer.
 
BRRT_Angel
In F1 I will say that it's become too safe. For NASCAR and IndyCar, the safety advancements are fine and shouldn't be made even safer.
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Well Jules Bianchi just died after an accident from a lack of safety on the crane and a lack of common sense by the track officials. So I wouldn't say F1 is too safe...
 
ukfan758
Well Jules Bianchi just died after an accident from a lack of safety on the crane and a lack of common sense by the track officials. So I wouldn't say F1 is too safe...
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The cars are safe. The safety procedures aren't.
 
ukfan758
Well Jules Bianchi just died after an accident from a lack of safety on the crane and a lack of common sense by the track officials. So I wouldn't say F1 is too safe...
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In an injury that was caused by the sudden stop of the car. And that comes down to common sense. Had common sense been applied, it wouldn't have happened. But you can't control common sense, which relates to Regan Smith's stupid move on Tagliani.
 
nascarfan1400
The cars are safe. The safety procedures aren't.
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Double post but yes, cars, tracks are as safe as a nerf built Prius.
 
Ganon83
They are called "bumpers" for a reason. If you don't outright wreck somebody and you are going for the win, it's perfectly fine. NASCAR has lived on this philosophy for 67 years.
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Smiths move, albeit cheeky, was about as clean as moves like that get, but still, Tag had that one.
 
nascarfan1400
*video of the Glen in 2012*

This is why it is the sport for a lot of us. A lot of the bumps here were unavoidable
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Well, BK dumping Ambrose into the 2nd-to-last corner sure wasn't. :p Otherwise that was a great battle though, with a satisfying ending.
 
Carbonox
Well, BK dumping Ambrose into the 2nd-to-last corner sure wasn't. :p Otherwise that was a great battle though, with a satisfying ending.
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Obvious BK is obvious :P
 
GTPorsche
Ryan Eversley@RyanEversley2m

Funny observation..

My NASCAR friends thought Regan Smith made a legit pass.

My road racing friends thought it was dirty.
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This Rallycross fan says that's nothin. OK if not expected by NASCAR standards, uncalled for, if not outright inviting interference by race control by Tudor/road racing standards, and "LOL he lost the race on that pansy hit"/"meh, just another by Rallycross standards. Back to your regulary scheduled forum banter.

Also, Jalopnik report http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/watch-regan-smith-bump-alex-tagliani-out-of-his-way-to-1724347631
 
Ha... Jalopnik.. when is Kotaku doing their report on it as well? :rolleyes:
 
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