2015 NASCAR Thread - And then there was 1

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Even teams like Furniture Row would be hurting with the added costs.

43 is a good number. Shutting teams down and putting hundreds (if not more) people out of work doesn't seem right.
 
I know some of you guys here will just love this change...

As NASCAR prepares to crown its national series champions this weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway, FOX NASCAR already has begun preparations for the 2016 season, announcing its full broadcaster lineup for next year, including a new NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team featuring veteran play-by-play announcer Mike Joy and analysts Darrell Waltrip, together for their 16thseason, and newcomer and four-time champion Jeff Gordon, plus new NASCAR Camping World Truck Series play-by-play announcer Vince Welch.
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More info here: http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/sto...rell-waltrip-larry-mcreynolds-mike-joy-111815
 
GTPorsche
Didn't seem to be a big issue when they cut entry lists down to 43 initially, back when they started 60+ cars at any given track on a weekly basis.
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There was an actual reason behind that though as the fields were getting to be more than tracks could handle. There really isn't a problem with the current cap as there's nothing saying 43 cars have to enter every race.
 
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Gordon's homestead helmet:

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Edit: Btw, this happened last night. Try NOT to get mad at the justin bieber fans on the stands when he takes his turn:


 
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Well, final round coming up. Best of luck to the 3 drivers who didn't cheat their way into the final 4. To be fair, the recent signs of the sport turning into a show business are quite worrying. Once this is all over, I really don't want to read that Princess Sparkle Pony has Marty Houston'd one (or more) of Harvick's title rivals.
 
Marty Houston, Andy Houston, Ricky Stenhouse.

Not really much of a difference and one of them has connections with her. A very worrying sign indeed...
 
Adamgp
NASCAR likes to keep costs down. Low level tech is what makes NASCAR semi affordable among major forms of motorsports. Fuel Injection was added to the cars when it came down in cost.

Start adding F1 style KERS and hybrid crap to the cars kiss the smaller teams goodbye.
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To be completely honest, I won't miss alot of the smaller teams out there right now and would be the first to say good riddance to the BK Racings, Go Fast Racings, Mike Harmons, and Circle Sport Racings of the NASCAR world. alot of them honestly have no business out there, and when watching races like Martinsville, Richmond, Phoenix, and the like I'd rather they just not be there as they're just cluttering up the racetrack and creating cautions.

GTPorsche
If those smaller teams went away, there would be no noticeable difference in races. I don't even think there's a need for 43 car races. 30 would be the sweet spot.
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30 or 36 would be the sweet spot. More room on the track so the cars can race, track isn't F1 levels of empty, and speeds might go up. However, I think the schedule needs to be cut down to size to gain ratings and lower costs for the teams
GTPorsche
While his example is massively flawed, he is right.

NASCAR has steadily remained stagnant in pushing technology. It was only a few years ago that they moved on to fuel injection, which is something that's been around since the early 40s... before NASCAR even existed. They have this NASCAR Green initiative, but it only goes as far as track facilities and doesn't even begin to touch the action on the track.

Limiting fuel is not the way to do it. It doesn't work in F1. Tires need to be more efficient, for a start. Engines need to be more efficient. An energy recovery system would be useful. They're never going to get to Toyota Prius levels of efficiency, but they don't need to go that far. No racing series does. They need to stop being archaic.
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Agreed in full
GTFan24
I had to put this in :lol:

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+10000000 boss points
 
GTPorsche
Marty Houston, Andy Houston, Ricky Stenhouse.

Not really much of a difference and one of them has connections with her. A very worrying sign indeed...
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There is a key difference though. Marty Houston has experience with sabotaging a points battle at the last race.
 
Swagger897
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The problem with that is there would be a ton of fill in hosts for Indycar and F1. (He can't do all of the series unless he's offsite).

GTPorsche
I know some of you guys here will just love this change...



More info here: http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/sto...rell-waltrip-larry-mcreynolds-mike-joy-111815
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In summary, Faux is being Faux. They're keeping the Waltrips even though most hate the two; keeping the Marty Reid/Joe Buck 2.0, Adam Alexander; and throwing an ESPN'er into the truck booth.

The good thing: Larry Mac and his trends are getting demoted to analyst.

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Also, is Faux keeping the "rules analyst"/Andy Petree for 2016?
 
Homestead-Miami Speedway. Four remaining drivers... or maybe four survivors? Or maybe four lucky ones? I have never praised the Chase to say it's the best idea to settle a championship score. I do like the sort of format this season, but in no way do I think this is the greatest idea ever to decide a champion.

All I know is this...

* Jeff Gordon could retire a five-time champion, rather than a four-time champion. Imagine calling him "five-time" like when Jimmie Johnson was a five-time champ before Jimmie got his sixth title.

* "Rowdy" Kyle Busch may finally knock down a Cup championship after making winning Truck and XFINITY races look easy. He was the 2009 (then) Nationwide Series champion.

* Kevin Harvick may become a two-time, defending Cup champion.

* Martin Truex Jr. may become a first-time champ in Cup. He's been champ before in the series now known as the XFINITY Series.

So of these drivers, Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick both have won the Cup championship. Harvick, in fact, is the defending Cup champion.

A few lighthearted notes now. When I looked at NASCAR's website, I learned Kyle Busch is the only driver of the four remaining Chase contenders north of six feet tall (I am 6'0" myself). Jeff Gordon is the shortest at 5'8". One thing I already knew is that Kyle Busch is younger than me as well as the youngest of the contenders (he's 30, I'm 32). The four drivers represent three different time zones- J. Gordon and K. Harvick (Pacific, both from CA), Kyle Busch (Mountain, NV), and M. Truex Jr. (Eastern, NJ). I like Homestead-Miami Speedway. It is very cool as an oval, and its road course is pretty competitive. The oval, of course, will be used by NASCAR among the top three Touring Series.


Good luck to all drivers and teams this final weekend of NASCAR racing, and congratulations to all champions across all levels of NASCAR this season.
 
ukfan758
The problem with that is there would be a ton of fill in hosts for Indycar and F1. (He can't do all of the series unless he's offsite).
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US GP is the only GP (maybe Silverston, not sure) that they go to. The rest are done in the studio, where ever that is..
 
Anyone every been to LVMS? I'm attending the race in March and would like to start planning seats and such.
 
Cale
Anyone every been to LVMS? I'm attending the race in March and would like to start planning seats and such.
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I have every few years. It's easy when I practically live 10 minutes away from it.

2 hours on NASCAR weekend.
 

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