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Matt Kenseth was the reason they did "The Chase". I was always a Ford guy. I could list them all but if I'm being honest, my favorites were Mark Martin, Harry Gant, Davey Allison and Matt Kenseth.
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Quoted: Not like him. The media celebrated him and vilified anyone who wrecked him. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: That's literally every driver, LOL Not like him. The media celebrated him and vilified anyone who wrecked him. Yeah, that's probably true. It's been a long time, don't remember how it was all covered. I do remember his ass getting booed when wrecked Terry and was claiming he just wanted to "rattle his cage". |
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Dale might not have been able to stop what NASCAR became but he might have slowed it down for a bit. Dale's death led to an explosion of new interest in the sport. Old tracks expanded and new tracks were built. Now those expansion seats are boarded over or taken out and those new tracks are off of the circuit. I don't think anyone will argue the reason the COT was built but it was too much too soon with too little thought put into it. They had to have a safer car and it was but it didn't race worth a damn. The wing made it look like they were trying to attract the younger Ricer crowd.
Race day became part sideshow, part rock concert with a circus midway. The TV broadcast became yuckfest instead of educational commentary. Then they went woke. I still follow the sport but I haven't been to a race or watched many on TV since the start of COVID. I still enjoy the sport I just don't give a damn about the presentation. |
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Quoted: Not like him. The media celebrated him and vilified anyone who wrecked him. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: That's literally every driver, LOL Not like him. The media celebrated him and vilified anyone who wrecked him. Do you always let the media tell you what to think? |
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Quoted: F1 is gay. Last race I watched, there were like 4 guys competing at Indy. The rest, decided to protest or some bullshit. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It was never real racing to begin with. Rally and F1 are real racing. F1 is gay. Last race I watched, there were like 4 guys competing at Indy. The rest, decided to protest or some bullshit. That was because the new Michelin tires they were given were having high failure rates at speed and the FIA would not address it. If a full field had started that race, it is very likely that someone would have died that day. It was a one-off event. You just happened to catch it. |
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Quoted: I used to be a huge fan. But I haven’t watched in years. Davey Allison was my favorite driver. I was so upset when he died. I honestly don’t even understand the goofy scoring system anymore. View Quote My dad and I went and stood on the side of the road during his funeral. I was 10 or something and remember is pretty well. |
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Quoted: Quoted: He wasn't "The Intimidator" he was a titty baby. If he wrecked someone on purpose that was cool. If someone wrecked him he cried like a baby. That's literally every driver, LOL clearly you have no knowledge whatsoever of terry labonte i don't know that he ever even raised his voice, fucker was always cool as a cucumber. the iceman. |
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Quoted: When they quit racing real cars modified for racing. Old style win on sunday, sell on monday View Quote They call those GEN2 cars 1967-1980. That was a long time ago. They can't un-ring that bell, you need a real race car to run safely at 200mph. It's a spec series, just like 99% of motorsports. The days of innovation and huge competitive advantages are gone, never to return. |
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And Jr is far and away the single most overrated driver in motorsports history.
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Nascar Crashes - I Cheered When Dale Earnhardt Hit The Wall - Nascar 14 Funny Video Game Trolling I lol'd. |
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Quoted: Alpha types?. Lolz They're just dudes driving a car in circles. Anyone could do it with one arm out the window, smokin a Marlboro. I could drive those circles with a Frappuccino in the cup holder and one hand full of avocado toast. View Quote I can tell you've never turned a lap in a actual NASCAR prepared car. It's very demanding are tiring. |
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Quoted: Once The Chase and Playoffs started they had to keep adding drivers every year in an attempt to get The Golden Child in there so he could win a championship. http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e94/RacingCarSmilies/jrwreckIndy05.gif View Quote Yes sir. IIRC it started with 10 being in chase and Dale came in 12th so the next year 12 cars were in the chase. |
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Quoted: It didn’t necessarily die with Dale, but his passing was a fatal injury that the sport never recovered from. I love watching all the OLD races at sold out venues—was just a greater time, it seems. View Quote Of course it was better. There weren't the massive super teams there are now. Nascar lost its identity a long, long time ago. It actually started with the Monte Carlo in what was it, 96 or something. The Cup car was 6 inches wider than the street version and didn't fit the template of the street car like every single other entry did. No shock, it was around the time Childress pilfered Jeff Gordon from Ford and Nascar needed a car to help him win earlier and quicker. Not shocking he won a title in '95 with an illegal car, sanctioned by Nascar. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Alpha types?. Lolz They're just dudes driving a car in circles. Anyone could do it with one arm out the window, smokin a Marlboro. I could drive those circles with a Frappuccino in the cup holder and one hand full of avocado toast. Is that you Jean Girard? Ze cut worm forgives ze plow. |
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Quoted: clearly you have no knowledge whatsoever of terry labonte i don't know that he ever even raised his voice, fucker was always cool as a cucumber. the iceman. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He wasn't "The Intimidator" he was a titty baby. If he wrecked someone on purpose that was cool. If someone wrecked him he cried like a baby. That's literally every driver, LOL clearly you have no knowledge whatsoever of terry labonte i don't know that he ever even raised his voice, fucker was always cool as a cucumber. the iceman. The Labonte brothers were pretty cool customers, for the most part. Bobby was my wife's favorite. |
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Quoted: I can tell you've never turned a lap in a actual NASCAR prepared car. It's very demanding are tiring. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Alpha types?. Lolz They're just dudes driving a car in circles. Anyone could do it with one arm out the window, smokin a Marlboro. I could drive those circles with a Frappuccino in the cup holder and one hand full of avocado toast. I can tell you've never turned a lap in a actual NASCAR prepared car. It's very demanding are tiring. A few hundred left hand only laps. Please dude. And they only do it once a week. A couple carmel macchiatos, pop in my "NOW That's what I call music 28" CD, and drives the wheels off your NASCAR "prepared" car. Smoke 'em all in my 2012 Rav too. |
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Quoted: in 2015 Kyle Busch missed 11 races due to an injury and still won the 2015 Championship. WTF! View Quote This, Gibbs bought that championship behind closed doors with nascar. Canceled my subscriptions the day they announced his eligibility and haven't watched a lap since. For the old-school fans I recommend Stapleton42 on YouTube, he goes around to the old shops with drivers/owners from the 80s/90s and talks with them at length about the good days. |
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When they went to spec cars.
I miss win on Sunday, sell on Monday. |
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Quoted: The Labonte brothers were pretty cool customers, for the most part. Bobby was my wife's favorite. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: He wasn't "The Intimidator" he was a titty baby. If he wrecked someone on purpose that was cool. If someone wrecked him he cried like a baby. That's literally every driver, LOL clearly you have no knowledge whatsoever of terry labonte i don't know that he ever even raised his voice, fucker was always cool as a cucumber. the iceman. The Labonte brothers were pretty cool customers, for the most part. Bobby was my wife's favorite. but i bet you didn't know that violence is what got them into nascar, did ya? terry was racing at corpus christi speedway, where he never, ever would have been seen by anybody important. ever. well, terry had some corn fed fucker on his crew that liked to fight and eventually got terry kicked out completely so they packed up their shit and started racing in houston? (i'd have to ask my dad specifics) and the rest is history |
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Quoted: FIFY Jet Dryer @ Daytona under Caution: 0 Juan Pablo non driving ass Montoya: 1 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Is that you FIFY Jet Dryer @ Daytona under Caution: 0 Juan Pablo non driving ass Montoya: 1 NASCAR Daytona 500 Jet Dryer Crash Fire HD |
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Quoted: It's funny to me that all the open wheel, F1 fans say that Nascar sucks and it's just driving in circles but almost every one of them that goes to Nascar fails like a retard. View Quote Tony Stewart didn't do too shabby. Transitioning either way is a giant shock. Look at Jimmie. Also JPMs car broke prior to smashing into said jet dryer. |
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Quoted: but i bet you didn't know that violence is what got them into nascar, did ya? terry was racing at corpus christi speedway, where he never, ever would have been seen by anybody important. ever. well, terry had some corn fed fucker on his crew that liked to fight and eventually got terry kicked out completely so they packed up their shit and started racing in houston? (i'd have to ask my dad specifics) and the rest is history View Quote No, I never heard that story. |
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Quoted: Quoted: but i bet you didn't know that violence is what got them into nascar, did ya? terry was racing at corpus christi speedway, where he never, ever would have been seen by anybody important. ever. well, terry had some corn fed fucker on his crew that liked to fight and eventually got terry kicked out completely so they packed up their shit and started racing in houston? (i'd have to ask my dad specifics) and the rest is history No, I never heard that story. i wouldn't think that many have my dad was sponsoring and playing racecar at CC speedway back in those days i would later go on to race at the same track myself for a few seasons before i realized that it was really, really fucking expensive seriously, i have done some STUPID shit with money but racing is probably still the pinnacle |
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Quoted: Once The Chase and Playoffs started they had to keep adding drivers every year in an attempt to get The Golden Child in there so he could win a championship. type Status report message description Access to the specified resource has been forbidden. Apache Tomcat/7.0.68 (Ubuntu) |