Jahgee
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- Jahgee1124
Wrecking someone's okay if the person wrecked isn't liked, good to know
I'm just saying, if you're mad at someone crashing someone else, it should be universal.
The double standards are real.
2016 NASCAR Discussion ThreadNASCAR
- Thread starter MustangRyan
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The double standards are real.
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- GTP_RACECAR
Except you missed the part where personnel were in danger (something that also happened with Brad's actions in Charlotte years ago, but not present at the Southern 500 with the Stewart/Scott incident). THAT is not in anyway ok (Not to me anyway), in addition to the Excessive driving that again wasn't necessary when a bump and run would've worked just fine.
RedTailBoa
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- GlyconRedTailBoa
Maybe Old Man Joe cashed one of his old "start n park" checks to somebody to get his kid out of trouble. After all, when it comes to families in NASCAR there are none worse than the bottom feeding Nemecheks. So is it still a surprise that he has no sponsor? Why would any corporation want to be associated with these two?
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So, a good friend of mine and I were having a chat and he brought up something I don't think we talk about. As much as we loathe so many things that NASCAR does, I feel like this kinda brings the other missing piece of the puzzle as to what is wrong with it: Its identity.
I think in a way, The Throwback weekend at Darlington kinda makes it even more obvious the massive difference between the sport now and the Sport before. At that time, the only pressure out there was winning the race and getting that title (Without killing yourself, because what safety). Nowadays, its all about making one sponsor appearance after another and after another and after another but whatever you do, don't give detailed feedback of any kind because its "Detrimental to the Sport" or don't act this way or else your sponsor will leave because you are no longer "Advertiser friendly" (Sounds familiar, doesn't it?), but feel free to so much as to trash living hell out of the guy in the lead on the final lap so bad that he has no chance of fighting back (and disregard the safety of those personnel on the other side, they're expendable), its "Entertainment" for the rating..err, fans. However, don't be the guy that does it back or else YOU will have a massive penalty (even if the fans agree with it) and BTW, win some races and a championship.
Now I know there are many people that think Technology will take away from the racing but frankly, what else is it gonna remove that the sanctioning body and its overemphasis on Marketing the personalities solely already hasn't? If anything, the Throwback weekend is essentially the whole "Throwback Thursday" fad turned into yet another cash cow for NASCAR to milk (while failing to notice its ratings still aren't any better) while ironically again reminding us how overly commercial and corporate its become. If that's not enough, the next is Richmond, which is basically the time where people actually do start paying attention because it single-handily is the point in which the regular season is thrown away because the "Real deal" is about to begin. In all, the sum total of the madness comes to this: NASCAR has no idea what it is anymore or who its actually looking for anymore. Brian France does NOT know what NASCAR is , hell the sponsors don't know apart from how much money they can make from a Cup drivers face. Do the fans even know what NASCAR is? I don't think so, it sure as hell isn't the NASCAR that Bill France ran. We finally have a on-track product that isn't completely stale but because of the annoying over promotion of the chase, every race outside the Daytona 500 and the Two weeks of Charlotte are ignored (Unless its Sonoma and Watkins Glen, which again beat the snot out of the brickyard year after year), making the regular season effectively pointless.
So overall, I can't but think that NASCAR's second biggest problem, right after their inconsistency, is its inability to identify what it is or what fans it actually want.
I think in a way, The Throwback weekend at Darlington kinda makes it even more obvious the massive difference between the sport now and the Sport before. At that time, the only pressure out there was winning the race and getting that title (Without killing yourself, because what safety). Nowadays, its all about making one sponsor appearance after another and after another and after another but whatever you do, don't give detailed feedback of any kind because its "Detrimental to the Sport" or don't act this way or else your sponsor will leave because you are no longer "Advertiser friendly" (Sounds familiar, doesn't it?), but feel free to so much as to trash living hell out of the guy in the lead on the final lap so bad that he has no chance of fighting back (and disregard the safety of those personnel on the other side, they're expendable), its "Entertainment" for the rating..err, fans. However, don't be the guy that does it back or else YOU will have a massive penalty (even if the fans agree with it) and BTW, win some races and a championship.
Now I know there are many people that think Technology will take away from the racing but frankly, what else is it gonna remove that the sanctioning body and its overemphasis on Marketing the personalities solely already hasn't? If anything, the Throwback weekend is essentially the whole "Throwback Thursday" fad turned into yet another cash cow for NASCAR to milk (while failing to notice its ratings still aren't any better) while ironically again reminding us how overly commercial and corporate its become. If that's not enough, the next is Richmond, which is basically the time where people actually do start paying attention because it single-handily is the point in which the regular season is thrown away because the "Real deal" is about to begin. In all, the sum total of the madness comes to this: NASCAR has no idea what it is anymore or who its actually looking for anymore. Brian France does NOT know what NASCAR is , hell the sponsors don't know apart from how much money they can make from a Cup drivers face. Do the fans even know what NASCAR is? I don't think so, it sure as hell isn't the NASCAR that Bill France ran. We finally have a on-track product that isn't completely stale but because of the annoying over promotion of the chase, every race outside the Daytona 500 and the Two weeks of Charlotte are ignored (Unless its Sonoma and Watkins Glen, which again beat the snot out of the brickyard year after year), making the regular season effectively pointless.
So overall, I can't but think that NASCAR's second biggest problem, right after their inconsistency, is its inability to identify what it is or what fans it actually want.
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- mustang622006
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- Anoka, MN
Both Busch brothers have matured a great deal (granted like any other driver they have their moments). It's kind of sad it took Kurt being nearly driven out of the series for him to finally grow up, but at least it happened before it was too late. Kyle apparently just needed a wife and kid.
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- catamount39
The current one looks so much better. 
Wonder what Chevy and Ford will do in response....
Wonder what Chevy and Ford will do in response....
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- Australia
That's an interesting look car 
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- Texas
Well aside from knowing it's at Richmond, and that KB won again, that's all I got out of it. I had it on, but I wasn't paying it much attention.
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- OutlawQuadrant
Switched it over. Saw Kyle leading. Decided I had better things to do.
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- cargorat323
- CargoRatt
So, who won. 
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- OutlawQuadrant
Cool to see all the cars lined up four wide.
I just hope that's not the highlight of the race.
I just hope that's not the highlight of the race.
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I just got an Amazon Firestick and hacked it from a YouTube tutorial and am streaming it that way. If it works out I can cancel my Playstation Vue subscription because NASCAR is the only reason I have it.
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- Ventura, California
I'm willing to bet Newman's car is illegal as hell. He doesn't have anything to lose and if he wins he is in the chase and they won't take the win away.
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- Leadfoot530
I like how they keep saying "Buescher needs to do this to make it into the Chase."
Meanwhile, I'm over here saying "he needs to do this to have a shot at being knocked out the first round of the Chase."
Meanwhile, I'm over here saying "he needs to do this to have a shot at being knocked out the first round of the Chase."
Jahgee
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Supposedly NASCAR's looking into making it so a failed post race laser inspection doesn't advance you in the chase
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- MikuHime80
"Brake Fade" on the 38.
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- Droptop2001gt
I would pronounce that as "teammate insurance." They aren't even rushing to "fix" the car.
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- Leadfoot530
I was gonna say, I find it funny that the #34 is racing to get into the Chase, yet the #38 is ahead of him in points, but I guess that ain't true now.
This format is an absolute joke.
This format is an absolute joke.
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- MikuHime80
I noticed that, too.
