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10/17/12, 6:00 PM   #21
Re: Awesome news if it happens-nascar trucks @ eld
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Maybe the Craftsman Camping world trucks are going to one of the 16 divisions for next weeks BCB.Boogity boogity boogity let's go racin Boys.
 
10/17/12, 8:31 PM   #22
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Just think what pit road would be like.....
 
10/17/12, 9:00 PM   #23
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If this happens, and NASCAR makes the giant leap to run on dirt, they might as well make another leap and run heats. a semi if necessary. and a feature.
Give 2 laps of qualifying. 4 or 5, 15 lap heat races. A 15 lap semi. And a 100 lap feature. No pitting, no fuel strategy, just racing.

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10/17/12, 9:13 PM   #24
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If this happens, and NASCAR makes the giant leap to run on dirt, they might as well make another leap and run heats. a semi if necessary. and a feature.
Give 2 laps of qualifying. 4 or 5, 15 lap heat races. A 15 lap semi. And a 100 lap feature. No pitting, no fuel strategy, just racing.

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Would be cool to see and It would help all the shows on tv from repeating the same topic over and over and over and over and over and over...(different show starts) and over and over and ...... We get the point...... It's just good to see NASCAR going out of their comfort zone and trying something else and I hope it works out for everyone.

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10/17/12, 11:29 PM   #25
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When the truck series came out it was intended to be a series to feed not only drivers but fans toward the cup series. All the races were scheduled a small (some as small as 3/10 mile) weekly paved tracks with average or better seating capacities.....and average or lesser pit roads....and as a way to keep cost down and make these tracks effective they decided that each race would have a mandatory red at the halfway point (usually lap 100) where each truck would get 5 minutes to make any adjustments they wanted, including tires, and get their spot back. No need to hire full time pit crews that way. I remember seeing them race somewhere that had a figure 8 in the infield and there were pitcarts lining both sides of both fig 8 straights.

Then at some point some "genius" decided that the fans really want it to be a team sport, so pit stops became more important than the racing...truck series went with on the fly stops, left the smaller tracks for the bigger ones, and TV producers trained the commentators to make it sound like a good idea to "Step away from the action so we can show you the upcoming green flag pitstops uninterrupted when we come back".

My point is....Eldora is the PERFECT opportunity to throw that B.S. mindset in the trashcan, at least for one race, and make it about the RACING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not the fastest man with a gas can.
 
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10/18/12, 12:32 PM   #26
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They should try and run the Cup cars on the mile dirt tracks like years and years ago.
 
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