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2/20/18, 9:26 AM |
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I feel bad for those who's only exposer to racing is what was on display this past weekend at Daytona.
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2/20/18, 10:44 AM |
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2/20/18, 10:49 AM |
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That's probably the sad extent of it, altho the numbers were great, the shows were not, but then again, it is NICECAR, it is expected to be that way, I really think a lot of people came to see what Danica would do in her last tin top race, too bad she had to get collected up in a wreck, but racing tends to lead the way in that, no need to wonder "IF", it's more like "WHEN". I did my usual thing, got sat down too soon, and was sound asleep before the first crash, dang, I hated to miss JJ's wreck! Bob
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2/20/18, 4:45 PM |
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If D4D were not a drivers program but a crew members; from tire changers to mechanics to engineers, trying to bring opportunities and awareness to minority individuals in different universities then I would support it. But the drivers should be who ever is the best, and that should be decided by owners and/or sponsors. (Now the reality is there is a rich kid problem where parents and grandparents with companies are buying these rides up; but for today I don't think there is a solution. You just have to let the kids fail on their own and leave, or hang around if they are good enough or rich enough.) |
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2/20/18, 7:55 PM |
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I went to the 500 on Sunday. Haven't been since Dale Jarrett won his first race for Yates, so it had been a long time. I don't care for all the crashing. I attended my first NASCAR race at Charlotte in 1984. Although they have not been able to keep all the fans that they had during the boom of the 90's when they were the flavor of the day, the crowds are bigger than they were in the days of the traitor flag. Daytona was not real nice when I went before, it is real nice now. I liked the racing at Ocala better, but was impressed with what I saw at Daytona. The facility was real nice.
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Okay, first off, I watch all kinds of racing. Short track, motocross, NASCAR, IndyCar, F1, NHRA. With that said, at the highest level of the sport of auto racing, it is supposed to be the elite of the sport. So why in the world can’t what are supposed to be the greatest stock car drivers in the world drive 500 miles without bouncing off each other and the walls and demolishing millions of dollars of equipment? NASCAR implements rules every year to “control costs” and then they have a week of races at Daytona where some teams trashed as much as $2,000,000 (or more) worth of race cars per team. I read where the Hendricks team was estimated to have lost close to $7,000,000 in race cars at Daytona. That’s insanity!
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2/20/18, 9:27 PM |
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Oh noes! You got me! I get up every morning, light a few candles around a photo of Dan Gurney, slather myself in baby oil, turn on a little Marvin Gaye, and pull my wicker bill to the sultry sounds of a 3.4L Mercedes pushrod. Jesus H. Christ on moped. Boles and Miles ought just hand in their resignations. With geniuses such as yourself out of circulation no wonder things can't get cranking at the old speed plant. |
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2/20/18, 10:05 PM | #68 | ||
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As to Nascar, it was born here, the same way Indy car was born in Indiana, but like I said earlier the flag deal was just one more thing in the move to separate itself from its base. It won’t bother me to see NASCAR crumble, they chose to leave the loyal and grass roots could use the sponsor dollars. I’m not mad with you and I hope you aren’t mad with me. |
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2/21/18, 12:58 AM |
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One more quote coming, then lets drop the subject...OK? |
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2/21/18, 1:02 AM |
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The Confederacy was ALL about slavery! From Alexander Stephens, Confederate VP: "Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas; its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition."
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