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Stenhouse and Dillon have both been pretty solid, given the quality of the equipment they're in.

On the other hand, there's Larson. Is Johnston(?) really that bad?
 
Gerarghini
Stenhouse and Dillon have both been pretty solid, given the quality of the equipment they're in.

On the other hand, there's Larson. Is Johnston(?) really that bad?
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You're talking about the guy that cost Stewart a shot at the win at Indy last year
 
It says something about Larson when he doesn't meet his new crew chief until the week before the shootout because he's busy racing sprint cars around the country
 
No NASCAR this past weekend. Easter break (by the way, Happy Easter [Monday] to my Canadian friends!). There was no NASCAR unless you pretended a certain race went on. Like maybe you pretended NASCAR raced the full course of Circuit of the Americas with a very narrow finish kind of like Corvette Racing at this year's Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona. Or maybe you pretended NASCAR raced the Nürburgring Nordschleife and everything had to come down to a green-white-checker finish on that 12+ mile course. Maybe you imagined NASCAR raced at Bathurst, or NASCAR racing at a vastly renovated and revived North Wilkesboro, or something like that. Either way, NASCAR will return to action this weekend.

With the concern of concussions in today's sports landscape, it was pretty huge for Dale Earnhardt Jr. to donate his brain for CTE research.


Pretty soon, the calendar will turn to April. And when April arrives, these races in NASCAR's top three Touring Series will occur. Here's the schedule for April in case you want to go to these races or follow them intently:

--- April 2016: NASCAR Trucks ---
* Apr 2: Martinsville

--- April 2016: NASCAR XFINITY ---
* Apr. 8: Texas
* Apr. 16: Bristol (three races; two heats, one main)
* Apr. 23: Richmond (three races; two heats, one main)
* Apr. 30: Talladega

--- April 2016: NASCAR Cup ---
* Apr. 3: Martinsville
* Apr. 9: Texas
* Apr. 17: Bristol
* Apr. 24: Richmond

So for April, NASCAR returns to the good old South. And for all of my Texans- both native (like myself) and non-native, NASCAR decides to grace the Lone Star State yet again with some good old stock car racing. There is also a good bit of diversity with short tracks along with an intermediate and the all-bets-are-off speed playground known as Talladega. Baseball season may start up in April, but there's going to be plenty of slug fests this month in NASCAR. By the way, I learned today of this new format for these heat races in some XFINITY Series races. I sometimes feel like maybe NASCAR should do like the Australian V8 Supercars and maybe have some segmented races. You know, maybe two or three (maybe four) races at certain tracks and maybe not run certain courses twice a year. What do you think about these heat races?


And of course, good luck to all drivers and teams across all levels of NASCAR racing.
 
Jahgee
From Jayski, Bringing Back the Sunshine will be NBC's song again this year, there's a casting call at Texas
http://www.jayski.com/news/tracks/story/_/page/texas-motor-speedway
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I actually like the song now. It was ok to me when they first started using it but it grew on me over time. I wonder if NBC is gonna up their coverage some more this year and continue to:censored: on fox. Can't wait until they take over for the rest of the season in july because i had enough of fox already.
 
Elitekilla29
I actually like the song now. It was ok to me when they first started using it but it grew on me over time. I wonder if NBC is gonna up their coverage some more this year and continue to:censored: on fox. Can't wait until they take over for the rest of the season in july because i had enough of fox already.
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It's grown on me too, except for the fact that NASCAR typically has the alternative effect on a region :lol:
 
My only real complaint about NBC's coverage is that most races start 2 est. or later, and only one (Martinsville due to Daylight Savings Time) starts at 1.
Other than that, the only thing FOX has over them is Gordon being better than Burton as an analyst. Even then, there's only so much he can do with DW next to him doing everything he can to nonchalantly bury him and never agrees with him.
Case in point- DW talking about Jeff's "friend" Chase, hinting at bias. Of course, this might be the most hypocritical comment in the history of sports coverage, considering Waltrip's relationships with "Junebug", "Rowdy", and his own brother.
An example of Waltrip disagreeing with Gordon no matter what was last week when I think Harvick pitted right before the caution mid race. Everybody else pitted on the caution except for Harv, who reinherated the lead. Gordon said that Harvick was at a big disadvantage because of how more worn his tires were even though he only had a few laps on them over the rest of the field. Waltrip claimed that "it played right in his hand" and that that's not a problem. Even though all you had to do was watch qualifying to know a lap's difference is huge on grip. Green comes out and Gordon (and in turn common sense) is proven right when Harvick fell back fast.
 
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GTPorsche
DW should be afraid.... the last guy in the booth that barely spoke English got replaced. He's the next one to go.
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When was Sterling Marlin in the booth? :sly:

Honestly DW is going to have less knowledge than Gordon due to time away from the car. Gordon can provide more insight into many of the things going on with the car and the response it has to the race track because he's been on the track more recently than DW has.
 
Could you imagine having Ward in the booth? He'd be several laps behind with how slowly he talks. :lol: I'd still like to see it.
 
Blitz24
Is there irony that the video title is having trouble spelling Caterpillar?
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That is deliciously ironic.

Either that, or that was the joke (which would be equally funny).

Dolph Drago
Could you imagine having Ward in the booth? He'd be several laps behind with how slowly he talks. :lol: I'd still like to see it.
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I could also see a gag where they end up having a Sponsor that specializes in Potatos.
 
GTFan24


Any guesses?
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Buddy Baker 1977?
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