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NASCAR Cup Points Race at Bristol...on Dirt (2) (1,284)
Posted By rj1
NASCAR Cup Points Race at Bristol...on Dirt
10/1/20, 12:21 PM
What say you?
IMS Sold to Penske (68) (24,307)
Posted By rj1
Re: IMS Sold to Penske
6/22/20, 11:10 AM
With the benefit of Covid-influenced hindsight I think we can safely say that the Hulman George family had the good fortune to sell at the top of the market when they did.
USAC points question (6) (2,149)
Posted By rj1
Re: USAC points question
6/22/20, 11:06 AM
Thanks.

I always thought race series licenses were part of the conditions for being allowed to go on the track. Guess not for USAC. Presume it's something like "USAC honors certain other series'...
USAC points question (6) (2,149)
Posted By rj1
Re: USAC points question
6/22/20, 8:20 AM
Why is Kyle Larson not listed in the USAC Midgets national points?
IMS Sold to Penske (68) (24,307)
Posted By rj1
Re: IMS Sold to Penske
11/5/19, 4:29 PM
Roger - always smartest man in the room right? - what was he doing in the early '90s? He started up a Winston Cup team, with Rusty Wallace as his driver.

NASCAR had already passed IndyCar by 1995....
Four Crown Nationals question (11) (2,805)
Posted By rj1
Four Crown Nationals question
9/3/19, 8:39 PM
Does this event sell out? Do I need to buy tickets before walking up?
Baer Field Sprint Cars (0) (941)
Posted By rj1
Baer Field Sprint Cars
6/29/19, 11:01 PM
18 sprint cars on the paved half-mile. Bobby Santos won. Taylor Ferns 2nd. Kody Swanson 3rd. Santos made some sweet passes on the outside moving up, going for the pass for the lead midway but the...
Kahne (14) (5,437)
Posted By rj1
Re: Kahne
8/16/18, 4:51 PM
Kahne had to get paid by Hendrick the 2018 season whether he was racing or not, so Kahne drove for the Hendrick-affiliated #95 car. Hendrick money is gone, no one was going to offer him close to that...
Usac: Bc39 entry list up to 54 as larson, bell, bayston, sea (5) (1,908)
Posted By rj1
Re: Usac: Bc39 entry list up to 54 as larson, bell, bayston,
8/1/18, 10:14 AM
The B-main should be awesome, let alone the A.

They'll probably have to have a C right?
New non-wing podcast on MRN (3) (1,675)
Posted By rj1
Re: New non-wing podcast on MRN
6/4/18, 11:21 AM
Good show.
Daytona crowd so small today (76) (20,988)
Posted By rj1
Re: Daytona crowd so small today
2/23/18, 12:24 PM
My thoughts:

-plate racing in a nutshell-that race, it's one giant clusterf*** that has no bearing on the rest of the season
-yeah, stage racing is so great, we're halfway through the race and...
The Unofficial Rules of Auto Racing (7) (3,213)
Posted By rj1
The Unofficial Rules of Auto Racing
2/1/18, 5:09 PM
Been working on these for most of a year. Pretty happy with them as they are now so putting them out there for your reading pleasure. They are meant to be tongue-in-cheek, some funny, some serious,...
Bommarito 500 (15) (4,864)
Posted By rj1
Re: Bommarito 500
8/31/17, 9:20 PM
We left the track at 12:40am Central Time. I was driving to west of Indianapolis and got there at 6am Eastern Time.
Bommarito 500 (15) (4,864)
Posted By rj1
Re: Bommarito 500
8/30/17, 4:09 PM
At the time of the crash he was 3 laps down and everyone else was still on the lead lap, if the race had stayed green til the end, Boat would've finished 4 laps down and Alberico and Rickards...
Bommarito 500 (15) (4,864)
Posted By rj1
Re: Bommarito 500
8/29/17, 4:09 PM
I attended as well. From parking to concessions to leaving the track, I could tell they underestimated the attendance they could get. A good problem to have for a promoter. For that reason, I'll give...
Brickyard 400 (33) (8,637)
Posted By rj1
Re: Brickyard 400
7/24/17, 11:55 AM
Watching the race I'm just slackjawed at what modern auto racing has become. Not a full list by any means:

-we see a thunderstorm coming, command to start engines a little after 2:30, race starts...
Kyle Larson (20) (7,471)
Posted By rj1
Re: Kyle Larson
6/21/17, 12:35 PM
Hendrick may be desperate. All indications are they want to be rid of Kasey Kahne as his sponsors are leaving after this year and Kahne's a driver that's had a very good ride for a long time and not...
Hoosier Hundred Not being rescheduled (29) (7,984)
Posted By rj1
Re: Hoosier Hundred Not being rescheduled
6/20/17, 12:23 PM
Brickyard weekend I assume? Here's what I posted herepreviously on a proposed reschedule date.



I do think one issue with racing the sport sometimes is there's a complete lack of political nous...
Hoosier Hundred Reschedule (6) (3,290)
Posted By rj1
Re: Hoosier Hundred Reschedule
6/12/17, 12:30 PM
I'm seeing the State Fair starts on August 4th and runs until the 20th, so 2 weeks before that is Friday, July 21st, Brickyard 400 weekend.

Silver Crowns run IRP on July 20th and Toledo on July...
Montpelier (47) (14,941)
Posted By rj1
Re: Montpelier
6/7/17, 8:14 AM
Yeah, they shuffled around the schedule. Midgets were done at 10:45. Then they ran the modified B-main, sprints and saved the modified final for last. I left after the sprint car feature a little...
Montpelier (47) (14,941)
Posted By rj1
Re: Montpelier
6/7/17, 8:10 AM
Thought the midget heats were pretty good. Some of them were stacked and you had some hardcore fights in the ones that sent Darland and Abreu to the B-main.

Didn't know Kyle Larson was going to be...
BC @ Indy (24) (8,213)
Posted By rj1
Re: BC @ Indy
5/23/16, 9:40 PM
Scott Harrington did mortgage his house to run the 500.

Also, comparing NASCAR to Indycar. NASCAR has double the races, with the exception of the Indy and Pocono 500s they're longer races, and...
BC @ Indy (24) (8,213)
Posted By rj1
Re: BC @ Indy
5/23/16, 2:56 PM
Last I heard for full-time season sponsorship was $5 million. So maybe six nowadays. Greg Beck the last year he ran full-time was doing it for $3 million and that was bare bones. $20 million is...
The 500 (44) (13,105)
Posted By rj1
Re: The 500
5/29/14, 5:45 PM
I like Quattro, but he had the driving talent of Hiro Matsushita.

Married into the Irsay family. Hoping that means someday he decides to field racecars.



I believe Tony was fired by his...
The 500 (44) (13,105)
Posted By rj1
Re: The 500
5/28/14, 8:17 PM
dude, just passing it on

here, would you like to read what they wrote?