2021 NASCAR Discussion ThreadNASCAR

[Dylan]

You're not the only one thinking this, though to be honest I can't see anyone stumping up the cash for essentially rebuilding the place from scratch at this point in time. I can't imagine much, if any of the infrastructure left there is very usable anymore, let alone able to be brought up to modern building code after about a quarter century of sitting unmaintained.

 

[EngieDiesel]

...okay, so maaaaaaybe the guy who was bonkers enough to sponsor a huge number of trucks in the same race would find "Camping World Raceway at North Wilkesboro" to be an attractive idea. I'll concede that point.

 

[Adamgp]

Talked with my dad tonight.

We liked the Bristol dirt race so much that we immediately put our names on the list for tickets next year. Hopefully they (and everything else) will be back to 100% capacity again.

 

[Northstar]

A wild Carl Edwards has appeared!

I think they’ll keep the Gen6 cars around for the dirt, would make sense and it’s not like there’s anything else to do with them.

Sounds like that is very much in the cards.

https://www.jayski.com/2021/04/03/next-gen-cars-future-on-dirt-in-question/

It would potentially boost the number of entries as well since there will be a lot of used gen. 6 cars available at the end of the year.

 

[ICEYOU3]

Paperclip picks.

 

[ICEYOU3]

Well in other news, Pockrass says the manufacturers will be revealing their bodies on May 5th.

 

[Dylan]

 

[ICEYOU3]

Baddd Afff

I hope the reveal is on TV.

 

[Northstar]

I'm not really buying their "Return to Stock" line, but I'm still interested to see what the new cars look like considering the changes being made.

 

[ICEYOU3]

The Mustang's design will benefit from the most from this, I expect the Camry to look the same-ish and the Camaro will probably be badass as always but also look like what you'd expect.

 

[Dylan]

 

[ICEYOU3]

There's actually footage of reddick chasing the car up into one, guess it'll be pretty hard to drive.

 

[Dylan]

I remember back when Byron spun the car at Fontana he said something about the with the smaller sidewalls that they can’t lean on the tires as much as they can right now.

 

[Northstar]

Ferrari is coming to NASCAR!... via Joey Logano's throwback livery which pays tribute to Mario Andretti's 1971 F1 ride.

 

[Dolph Drago]

Surprise! The start to the race was delayed, run for 42 laps, then delayed once again for rain. Now postponed to 4pm tomorrow. Why does it rain every race?

 

[Blitz24]

Surprise! The start to the race was delayed, run for 42 laps, then delayed once again for rain. Now postponed to 4pm tomorrow. Why does it rain every race?

This is why they are testing rain tires at Martinsville for the next-gen cars.

 

[Blood Eagle]

75% of the NASCAR schedule is in areas where there is a 50% chance of rain any day of the year so.

 

[EngieDiesel]

Ferrari is coming to NASCAR!... via Joey Logano's throwback livery which pays tribute to Mario Andretti's 1971 F1 ride.

I hope I'm not the only one who appreciates the supreme irony of a Ferrari livery being on a Ford vehicle. That said, I wish they fitted the door numbers in the circle a bit better but it works well regardless.

 

[Northstar]

The Xfinity race is about to restart.

 

[NotThePrez]

Got home with ~100 laps still on the board, enjoying the racing so far. Larson has been working both Bell and Elliot pretty hard tonight. I'll be very happy if Bubba is able to stay in the Top-10 at the finish.

Edit: Well, schucks. Still a fun race, though, and Truex putting down one of the best burnouts I've ever seen.

 

[Northstar]

Sucks to see the different winner streak end, but Truex certainly earned that win. There’s still quite a few top drivers without wins though so we could still see them break the different winners record.

 

[ICEYOU3]

Now this would be pretty cool!

http://racinboysscoop.com/news/news.asp?NewsID=66429

 

[bloodyboyblue]

Now this would be pretty cool!

http://racinboysscoop.com/news/news.asp?NewsID=66429

I’m sure Allgaier feels good when he hears that Berry would be considered for Cup before him.

Would make sense for Hendrick to have their own 23XI equivalent (like SHR used to be before they went to Ford)

 

[NotThePrez]

I think I'm slowly turning into a Daniel Suarez fan...

 

[ICEYOU3]

I'll stick to video games then.

 

[Northstar]

Worse Danica will be making her Cup debut at Talladega. This can’t possibly end well.

https://www.jayski.com/2021/04/13/j...cup-debut-at-talladega-with-rick-ware-racing/

 

[RVDNuT374]

Does this mean I can enter a 2005 PT Cruiser and get a top 10 finish, if this goes as bad as I think it will?

 

[Dylan]

Round 6 of the iRacing Coca-Cola iRacing Series is live!

 

[bloodyboyblue]

Worse Danica will be making her Cup debut at Talladega. This can’t possibly end well.

https://www.jayski.com/2021/04/13/j...cup-debut-at-talladega-with-rick-ware-racing/

Jenn Jo Cobb isn’t (or wasn’t, since she’s way past her prime now) that bad of a driver. I mean, she’s not good, but she’s at least adequate. At least she has built her own team, even if it is always the slowest (or 2nd slowest after Benning) vehicle on track. But she generally doesn’t crash or get in the way that often, which can’t be said for a lot of the backmarkers in Trucks.

It doesn’t matter who’s in the Rick Ware cars anyway. They’ll lose the draft on lap 1 and you won’t see them again all day.

A decade ago I would’ve joined you in shuddering, but it says a lot about the state of the sport that there’s a lot worse people who could’ve bought that ride for Talladega.

 

[Blitz24]

Jenn Jo Cobb isn’t (or wasn’t, since she’s way past her prime now) that bad of a driver. I mean, she’s not good, but she’s at least adequate. At least she has built her own team, even if it is always the slowest (or 2nd slowest after Benning) vehicle on track. But she generally doesn’t crash or get in the way that often, which can’t be said for a lot of the backmarkers in Trucks.

It doesn’t matter who’s in the Rick Ware cars anyway. They’ll lose the draft on lap 1 and you won’t see them again all day.

A decade ago I would’ve joined you in shuddering, but it says a lot about the state of the sport that there’s a lot worse people who could’ve bought that ride for Talladega.

Agreed. Jo Cobb isn't atrocious. She's a backmarker who doesn't wreck.