The NASCAR Thread

[petwofan]

Someday I want to get a 60's Belvedere and make a Petty stocker for the street 

I have a 1981 #42 STP  Regal Street Legal Tribute car.

Just bought a 1974 #43 STP Dodge Charger Street Legal Tribute car.

Not sure how to post pics on here yet.

If you got to Street Legal Stock Car Tributes on Facebook you can see them

[nvrbdn]

Nice cars. The main part of adding pics is to reduce the size of them. There are threads on this subject which can walk you through it.

[alfaitalia]

....or just use photobucket....no resizing, no renaming and it just generates a link especially for forums that you just copy paste in the post...don't even have to use the "insert hyperlink" tab when posting....simples!

[Ponch ®]

 

It's hard to really compare the two eras.

Johnson  has won titles in each of the three formats: 
1- the original "Winston Cup" points system,   
2- the first version of the Chase
3- the current "winner take all"  Chase

I have no doubt that some people do not like Johnson because he's vanilla.   He's not flashy.   He does not speak badly of others.   He's like a machine clicking off laps. 

No to nitpick (and i know this is 2 months late), but his first Cup was in 2006 - the chase had been in place for 2 seasons. Still doesnt take away from the fact that hes absolutely dominated the sport.

Plus, according to those who like to figure out that kind of thing, he would have run away with one or two more if the old season long points system had been in place. Sure, there are other factors out there, but you lose some because of the rules and you win some because of the rules.

[TruckDriver]

NASCAR will not permit damaged race cars to return to track

https://sports.yahoo.com/news/nascar-creates-traveling-safety-team-2017-153555856--nascar.html

NASCAR will not permit damaged race cars to return to the track this season unless the repairs can be made on pit road within a tight window.

The ban on wrecked race cars continuing to compete was announced Wednesday in a series of a rule updates for the 2017 season.

Beginning later this month at Daytona, if a car receives enough damage during an on-track incident that it must go to the garage for repairs, the team will not be allowed to repair it in an effort to get back on track. Damaged vehicles can be repaired on pit road during a five-minute cumulative time limit.

Under the new process:

- Body repairs are limited to the removal or reattachment of original parts with fasteners and tape.

- Rods and supports may be used to reinforce original panels.

- New or previously unused body panels are prohibited.

[bristol]

A good read on the new rules.

http://jeffgluck.com/grading-the-latest-nascar-tweaks/

[JB400]

Looks like there'll only be 10 cars on the track, running by the end of Martinsville and Bristol

[JB400]

Nascar's changing the points system some more:

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2017/1/23/new-nascar-race-format-2017-announced.html

[TruckDriver]

Looks like there'll only be 10 cars on the track, running by the end of Martinsville and Bristol

Or Daytona, Talladega, Dover or even after next Saturday's Shootout where it is only a few cars to start with.

[Chargen69]

I am totally done with nascar.  I may watch daytona 500, maybe.  but that will be it.  I aint wasting no more of my life hoping it will get better





NOT MY NASCAR

[Ponch ®]

Its probably a good rule. Nothing worse to watch than a car w no front end riding around in 37th place and getting lapped for 2 hours just to get an extra point or two.  Its gotta suck for the drivers too.

That being said, they also need to adjust the points so that being out of the race isnt a huge penalty. Like cutting points altogether if you finish beyond a certain spot (25th) like F1 does. Plus the new points system will allow a driver to get some points even if they dont finish.

On the other hand, NASCAR is gonna have a headache trying to police drivers from taking each other out on purpose to screw the other guy over.

[Mike DC]

Its probably a good rule. Nothing worse to watch than a car w no front end riding around in 37th place and getting lapped for 2 hours just to get an extra point or two.  Its gotta suck for the drivers too.

That being said, they also need to adjust the points so that being out of the race isnt a huge penalty. Like cutting points altogether if you finish beyond a certain spot (25th) like F1 does. Plus the new points system will allow a driver to get some points even if they dont finish.

On the other hand, NASCAR is gonna have a headache trying to police drivers from taking each other out on purpose to screw the other guy over.

Why not just quit awarding points for finishing way down at the back of the pack?  They wouldn't need to ban driving damaged cars.


I gotta hand it to NASCAR:  Every time I start thinking they've made the sport as corporate-ized & micro-managed & inoffensive as it possibly could be, they find something else to clamp down on.
             

[thedodgeboys]

personally I havent cared a thing about carl since this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlge72GS6rU

cheered against him ever since

Same for me, he showed his true colors that day...

I think he was paid to sit out this year by his sponsor so the sponsors son could take over. Carol only had one more year left on his contract why not drive one more year and then hang up??? Something fishy and time will tell.

New rules new look same ol BS I'll still record the race and watch the highlights tell 10 laps to go...

[JB400]

For anyone complaining about this, maybe you should check out the pit road girls of Indy and F1

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/monster-energy-girls-nascar

[TruckDriver]

 

[birdsandbees]

Yah.. made my day too Truckdriver! He caused the situation, but of course little Kyle does nothing wrong...   

[RallyeMike]

If I'd had the windows open I probably could have heard the community cheering.

[Ponch ®]

What a thug!

[41husk]

If by thug, you mean entitled cry baby, yes I agree!

[ralley72]

I made it to the race Sunday afternoon at Texas Motor Speedway. Nice day and some good racing even though Johnson won again. Been a while since I have been to a race, forgot how loud it can be, my ears are still ringing. The stand where about 2/3 filled, kind of surprised me.
Anybody else go?

Mike

[Chargen69]

he is done

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/dale-earnhardt-jr-retire-cup-series-2017-131327664.html

[Chargen69]

I just jumped on the Jimmy train.


choo choo

[bristol]

You could see that coming. I was pretty excited i got to shake his hand and get an autograph yesterday before the race. Got to love rain outs I got 2 tickets and pit pass from some Yankees (didn't ask where they were from)  that had to get home for $100.

[Chargen69]

You could see that coming. I was pretty excited i got to shake his hand and get an autograph yesterday before the race. Got to love rain outs I got 2 tickets and pit pass from some Yankees (didn't ask where they were from)  that had to get home for $100.

[Mike DC]

 
I'm surprised Dale Jr waited this long to retire.  IMO he had no business on the track anymore after last year. 


People look at his hit against the wall last year in Michigan and say, "those hits are a lot harder than they look on TV."  I'm sure that's true.  But it doesn't change the fact that it was almost nothing compared to how hard a NASCAR wreck can get.  If that one was too much then he basically cannot take any hit at all.  I'm not calling him a pussy but he is past his body's limits.  There's no shame in it.  It can happen to the best athletes.