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NASCAR Season Discussion - 2012 Edition

tomalak301

tomalak301

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Figured we could make a thread for this. To start out, I only have one thought regarding the postponement of NASCAR's most prestigious race:

Isn't this why the Daytona 500 was always on Presidents Day weekend? Just in case it rained, it could be pushed to Monday but people would still be able to see it. Now the ratings are going to suck because it's a work day. I know Nascar can't do much if it's raining, so instead I will say thank you NFL for causing havoc with all the other sports with your arrogance and popularity.
 
It's almost worth it to move races to Saturday, so then if you do rain out on a Saturday, you have Sunday to try again.

I'll try to watch and get updates during work tomorrow.
 
I am too, Sundays are pretty busy for me, and I don't really have time to watch racing, so catching NASCAR live on Monday night is kinda cool... Maybe they should move Darlington, or one of the Richmond or Bristol races to Monday night.
 
Well this will probably make Juan Pablo Montoya more infamous than winning the Daytona ever would.
 
A Green-White-Checkered ending. Still, I figured this race was going to keep going until my 50th birthday. Jesus!

And Kenseth wins the Daytona 500! Finally! And I don't mean as in "finally he won", but "finally somebody finished this race!"
 
I had to work tonight but did set the DVR to record the end of the race. I'm glad I set a time where I saw the finish because of that 2 hour delay they had. From yesterday to waiting for the darn thing to start, to tonight having to go to work, I chalked it up to, you know, this year it just isn't going to happen and I can't watch the race. Then I realized it did get the finish in there and I'm glad I got that at least. Still, so many bizarre things happened this weekend. Hopefully this isn't the new normal for Nascar.
 
If anyone had told me this thing was going to run the way it did, I'd have accused them of lying. Still, it made for an entertaining race....and it that picture of Montoya's car afterward will speak volumes about NASCAR safety.
 
The other 24 Hours of Daytona was pretty entertaining. The net is rife with Jet Dryer jokes today. For many reasons, people will remember this one for a long time.
 
Danny99 said:
It's almost worth it to move races to Saturday, so then if you do rain out on a Saturday, you have Sunday to try again.

I'll try to watch and get updates during work tomorrow.
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That would kill a lot of local Saturday night tracks tracks.

arch101 said:
The other 24 Hours of Daytona was pretty entertaining. The net is rife with Jet Dryer jokes today. For many reasons, people will remember this one for a long time.
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Yeah some of those jokes are down right racist, not even Kyle, Jimmie or the late grate Dale Sr,.could have save that from happening, something just broke on the car at the wrong place and time.
 
Gil T.Azell said:
Yeah some of those jokes are down right racist, not even Kyle, Jimmie or the late grate Dale Sr,.could have save that from happening, something just broke on the car at the wrong place and time.
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I both agree, and disagree. Given the circumstances when the car broke, there is no way JPM could've prevented that crash, but with the car "vibrating apart in every gear" it was clear that something was bad in the rear end or trans. NASCAR teams SOP under cation is try to diagnose the problem while staying on the lead lap, which means working on the car till the field is in turn 3, leave your pit stall, then haul ass around the track, catch up to the field, then pit again, then repeat until problem is fixed, ID'd, or green flag racing resumes. That is what led to JPMs JP5 conflagaration.
To put it plainly, that shouldn't have happened, and it shouldn't have been allowed to happen.

I know that seems like a Monday morning QB observation, and I guess it is to an extent, but I have an overabundance of high pressure motor sports experience to fall back on to back that statement up. For the last 3 years I have worked as the crew person(crew chief, "car" chief, mechanic, and "pit" guy rolled into one) for a 2 truck Monster Truck team, and if my driver is telling me that "somethings broke, this thing is vibrating like mad" there is absolutely no way that I would let him go out and try to compete, until and unless problem was ID'd and fixed. To do so would put my driver, our fans, and our track crew at Excessive Risk, and that I Will Not do. That's the way that all people involved in motor sports should be.
NASCAR has never been a very proactive or foreward looking industry, especially where safety is concerned, they do things the way that they always have until something bad happens....
 
Gil T.Azell said:
Yeah some of those jokes are down right racist, not even Kyle, Jimmie or the late grate Dale Sr,.could have save that from happening, something just broke on the car at the wrong place and time.
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I both agree, and disagree. Given the circumstances when the car broke, there is no way JPM could've prevented that crash, but with the car "vibrating apart in every gear" it was clear that something was bad in the rear end or trans. NASCAR teams SOP under cation is try to diagnose the problem while staying on the lead lap, which means working on the car till the field is in turn 3, leave your pit stall, then haul ass around the track, catch up to the field, then pit again, then repeat until problem is fixed, ID'd, or green flag racing resumes. That is what led to JPMs JP5 conflagaration.
To put it plainly, that shouldn't have happened, and it shouldn't have been allowed to happen.

I know that seems like a Monday morning QB observation, and I guess it is to an extent, but I have an overabundance of igh pressure motor sports experience to fall back on to back that statement up. For the last 3 years I have worked as the crew person(crew chief, "car" chief, mechanic, and "pit" guy rolled into one) for a 2 truck Monster Truck team, and if my driver is telling me that "somethings broke, this thing is vibrating like mad" there is absolutely no way that I would let the him go out and try to compete, until and unless problem was ID'd and fixed. To do so would put my driver, our fans, and our track crew at Excessive Risk, and that I Will Not do. That's the way that all people involved in motor sports should be.
NASCAR has never been a very proactive or foreward looking industry, especially where safety is concerned, they do things the way that they always have until something bad happens....
 
When your friend of almost 35 years makes the call.....what did you expect???
Total FARCE!
NA$CRAP just showed they have no ethics or integrity by letting a Friend of the guilty party (And they are guilty, or the fine and probation would have been lifted as well.) make the call.

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