The All-Purpose Motorsports Thread

MoparOrNoCar said:
I'm just glad it turned out that way. It's crazy how much luck is involved to beat Busch/Harvick/Truex these days but I'm glad Chase didn't. I'm not really a fan of his but I'm tired of the same guys winning every race.

Was real disappointed in Allmendinger. I always look forward to the show he puts on at the Glen but he was basically out of it from the opening laps on. I don't know if the damage he sustained at the beginning did something to his car or if it was just that slow but that was a major disappointment.
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I was surprised that Chase didn't get a penalty on the last pit stop for taking equipment out of his pit box when he took the tire changer with the air gun and hose out on his hood. Maybe Brian France was drunk by then?
 
Graves said:
nascar took a big hit when dale died.
they also alienated many southerners when they removed all confederate flags.
the cars don't look like stock cars anymore.
the myriad rule changes have made the racing impossible to follow and boring to watch
for the most part.
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There are still Confederate Flags at races. That's a hard thing to police.
 
Matt Kenseth killed NASCAR with that God awful one-win championship season
 
ralphc1 said:
I was surprised that Chase didn't get a penalty on the last pit stop for taking equipment out of his pit box when he took the tire changer with the air gun and hose out on his hood. Maybe Brian France was drunk by then?
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I forgot all about that. You're absolutely right. I was thinking the same thing before they went to commercial but must have forgotten about it once they threw the green flag.
 
lol, anything other than turning left all day is too much for these oval cans

what a mess of a racecar driving
 
Graves said:
lol, anything other than turning left all day is too much for these oval cans

what a mess of a racecar driving
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Several of the spinners were road course specialists brought in for one race.
 
Kevin Harvick won again.

Kurt Busch is gonna take over for the #1 car next season .
 
Interesting Cup race today. Harvick had another slow pit stop but managed to win all three segments. Truex team had some strange strategy as they tried to gain track position by stretching fuel mileage in the second segment, staying out when others pitted. Truex tried to race Harvick for the segment win. This caused him to use too much fuel and he ran out with a lap to go, forcing him to pit with the pits closed so he had to start the final segment from the rear. Somebody lost a large piece, either a weight or a battery and Ty Dillion hit it at nearly 200 mph. It looked like an explosion but was likely his oil cooler, maybe the oil pan and took out his steering sending him into the wall.


Austin Dillion tried a 2 tire stop on the last stop under green to get out ahead of Harvick but he couldn't stay there for long and ended up dropping back to fourth.
 
They apparently solved the mystery of what Ty Dillion hit by listening to radio traffic. One car had trouble and pitted about the time of the incident and that team told the driver that the battery was missing. Now the question is how did it happen and why didn't any of NASCAR's officials see it?
 
A North Carolina jury found former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle guilty of invasion of privacy Monday.

According to WSOC TV in Charlotte, the jury determined that Biffle did “intrude offensively upon the privacy” of his then-wife, Nicole, by installing cameras in their bedroom and bathroom.


However, the jury awarded Nicole Biffle only $1 in damages, and answered "No" on all other claims against the former driver. The plaintiff had sought $9 million in damages.

“What the jury said sends a loud message that they don’t believe there was wrong doing,” Biffle said (via WSOC).

According to court documents, Biffle used the cameras to discover Nicole Biffle was having an affair. Biffle and his wife divorced in 2015.

Read more:http://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nasc...ading-wifes-privacy/el94i3mcgt4m1c7j64uwtxlx6
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Lol @ $1.
 
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Fernando Alonso to retire from Formula One racing. That was pretty much a given as he could find a competitive team.
 
I got a good laugh out of Kyle Petty talking about the NASCAR drivers that are retiring at younger ages now than they did in the past. Elliott Sadler and Kasey Kahne recently announced theiy would retire. Sadler is 43 and Kahne is 38. Jeff Gordon retired at 44 and Earnhardt Jr at 42, albeit because of concussions. Petty talks about the demands on a driver these days. Who is he kidding? NASCAR has cut down on the practice/testing time and the number of days at a track. Many tracks are 2 day weekends now for the Cup series. They work 2 or three days a week. Maybe they have a public appearance or two during the week. In the early day of NASCAR they raced at two or three tracks a week and most drivers raced into their 50s. Most even raced after their official retirement.

I checked and Sadler is worth $25 million and Kasey Kahne is worth $50 million so they don't need a job. I like to think that people race because they love to race but maybe they do just race for the money. The racing I was involved in cost money to race. Admission to the track for spectators was cheaper than admission to the pits. There was also an entry fee for the cars. As one racer said, it's like the clown paying to perform in the circus.
 
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