2016 NASCAR Discussion ThreadNASCAR

[nascarfan1400]

Welp thats Tony out of the chase.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Harvick. Bleh!

 

[GTFan24]

Ugh

 

[catamount39]

Dang...well at least its not Keselowski...

 

[Leadfoot530]

Unfavourable result is unfavorable.

So if he isn't in 1st, he'll 🤬 about anything under the sun. I'm sure he'll find something to complain about in Victory Lne this week.

 

[GTFan24]

Ummmmm.... why did Harvick just head to pit road first before the burnout?

 

[nascarfan1400]

Ummmmm.... why did Harvick just head to pit road first before the burnout?

Lug nut inspections

 

[Leadfoot530]

And now we see how much the #4 fails post race inspection.

Still suprised at how the #18 was running at the end. 20 more laps or so and he might have been in Victory Lane.

 

[nascarfan1400]

Austin Dillons 2017 Scheme has been released:

 

[Anathema]

Oboy, white 3 with a red outline on a black background... how many people going to complain about this?

On a more serious note... lack of sponsorship? Looks like a lot of empty space, seems off somehow.

 

[GTFan24]

Austin Dillons 2017 Scheme has been released:

Liking the fading black it has on it 👍

 

[Jahgee]

Don't like the white roof, should be black since both the hood and decklid are black

 

[Leadfoot530]

Not a fan. Gradients only work when they're done right. Using one for the quarter panel just seems lazy, like "What can we do to keep it from being all black?" "Let's just fade to white!"

Someone probably through it together in five minutes and called it done.

 

[Eh Team]

Talking about liveries for Dillon (We'll put on our tin foil hats for this one), when a GM Goodwrench throwback happens, do you think NASCAR might actually try to manipulate the race to get the 3 in the winner's circle?

Taking the hats off again, how much criticism do you think he would receive for not winning? Tar and feathered level, or hang him in the town square level?

 

[nascarfan1400]

I wish they kept the white fade all the way to the back of the car. Looks lazy just being on the quarter panel.

 

[Jahgee]

It's like they forgot to turn off some layers in their Photoshop template to let the gradient go through

 

[nascarfan1400]

It's like they forgot to turn off some layers in their Photoshop template to let the gradient go through

TURN MASK OFF BEFORE EXPORTING

 

[GTFan24]

My god Danica and her crew really are whiny 🤬 sometimes:

 

[RACECAR]

My god Danica and her crew really are whiny 🤬 sometimes:

Kevin Harvick has taught her well.

 

[catamount39]

Kevin Harvick has taught her well.

What is he Lord Sith and she's Anakin?

 

[GTFan24]

What is he Lord Sith and she's Anakin?

"Now Danica, i will teach you my greatest ability as a sith, my ability to hate on my pit crew every single week".

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

My god Danica and her crew really are whiny 🤬 sometimes:

Kevin is fake, he goes from being that pre-race nice guy team player to angsty CoD losing player and blaming his team as the race progresses...just stop Kevin.

 

[CCM284]

Ryan Reed to attempt cup debut at talladega in the #99 for Roush.

http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/xfinity-driver-ryan-reed-to-attempt-sprint-cup-debut-at-talladega-roush-fenway-racing-092816

 

[catamount39]

Ryan Reed to attempt cup debut at talladega in the #99 for Roush.

http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/xfinity-driver-ryan-reed-to-attempt-sprint-cup-debut-at-talladega-roush-fenway-racing-092816

Looking forward to this.

 

[L8 Apex]

Stewart says series' increasing reliance on engineering is "frustrating," part of why he's retiring.

http://www.espn.com/auto/story/_/id/17663121/tony-stewart-frustrated-state-nascar

 

[Ganon83]

Stewart says series' increasing reliance on engineering is "frustrating," part of why he's retiring.

http://www.espn.com/auto/story/_/id/17663121/tony-stewart-frustrated-state-nascar

He's not wrong on this. You can't even do a bump and run anymore until the last corner of the race, because the bumping car loses so much aero it's ridiculous.
For a long time now NASCAR has needed to just simplify both the cars and the rulebook. I have a copy of the rulebook from a few years ago and it could lose about 20 pages. This is why pay drivers are more prevalent today than ever before, because teams need to offset the cost of all of this engineering.

 

[MustangRyan]

It's also why you see less and less single-car teams. It takes multiple sponsored cars to offset the cost of R&D more efficiently.

 

[VenomDan]

It's also why you see less and less single-car teams. It takes multiple sponsored cars to offset the cost of R&D more efficiently.

This is why I like seeing single car teams win from time to time

 

[RACECAR]

It's also why you see less and less single-car teams. It takes multiple sponsored cars to offset the cost of R&D more efficiently.

And by extention (or so I assume), this is what makes many of these teams have technical alliances with the big teams.

 

[Cale]

The texture in the red makes this look much more complete than his Miller scheme