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[DaVinci 1,968]

43 minutes ago, Payne said:

As mentioned, the situation is so strange. First, the only garage door with that was his? What are the odds of that?

1 in 40

[matttyl 2,689]

8 hours ago, belljr said:

Yes it's very possible.  There is no road course at talledega.  

So you propose when stalls were assigned last week the someone between then and now redid it?

Have no idea what the second part says.  I’m saying that at some point between (at least) last Fall and this past race that someone from NASCAR at least checked on and went into the garage stalls to verify they were still in good order and were able to be used for that race.  This would be especially true if there hasn’t been any race/event there in 9 months.  

As another poster asked above, if this were in fact a coincidence, it’s roughly a 2% chance that he would have been randomly assigned that particular stall. A week after the banning of the Confederate flag and during all the current unrest.  In Alabama.  There are coincidences, and then there are enormous coincidences.  

[E Street Brat 1,581]

10 hours ago, Eephus said:

I blame Kenny Wallace

It was definitely Larren Wallace

[Eephus 23,383]

Tripleheader today

[Eephus 23,383]

Jimmie Johnson tests positive for COVID-19.

This NASCAR season has had everything

[boilerdave 604]

16 hours ago, Eephus said:

Jimmie Johnson tests positive for COVID-19.

This NASCAR season has had everything

He was set to test a Ganassi Indycar next week. And also stated he was open to do a full season of indycar road and street races. For the first time I heard him say his wife might let him try the Indianapolis 500 as he feels the new windscreen has greatly improved the safety. Get well soon JJ. 

[popeye 745]

Well, at least no one has sit though another boring Brickyard in person this year.

[E Street Brat 1,581]

48 minutes ago, popeye said:

Well, at least no one has sit though another boring Brickyard in person this year.

Im reallly intersted in the Xfinity race on the Indy road course. That may be a pretty good show..

[Eephus 23,383]

4 hours ago, E Street Brat said:

Im reallly intersted in the Xfinity race on the Indy road course. That may be a pretty good show..

It was a pretty great show

[JaxBill 6,737]

The NBC commentator group and the way they display the standings are suboptimal. 

[Eephus 23,383]

1 hour ago, JaxBill said:

The NBC commentator group and the way they display the standings are suboptimal. 

The vertical column on the left side of the screen is much better.

Left/right eye movement is more natural than up/down.

[Eephus 23,383]

...and they switched to the column

[Eephus 23,383]

Right side tires are going to hurt somebody

[JaxBill 6,737]

4 minutes ago, Eephus said:

Right side tires are going to hurt somebody

Not a good showing for Goodyear.  Glad to see Hamlin climb out of the car. He hit hard. Looked a little wobbly though.

[Eephus 23,383]

2 minutes ago, JaxBill said:

Not a good showing for Goodyear.  Glad to see Hamlin climb out of the car. He hit hard. Looked a little wobbly though.

Aggressive setups and no practice are as much to blame as Goodyear.

[E Street Brat 1,581]

11 hours ago, Eephus said:

Aggressive setups and no practice are as much to blame as Goodyear.

90 degree turns really have the tams push the camber settings.

[2Young2BBald 515]

Sort of a jump the shark move, but WTH this year, I think underglow for the All Star Race at Bristol will be fun to see.  

[DaVinci 1,968]

1 hour ago, 2Young2BBald said:

Sort of a jump the shark move, but WTH this year, I think underglow for the All Star Race at Bristol will be fun to see.  

How is that going to work? Will they be racing in the dark?

[Eephus 23,383]

The Daytona road course should be an interesting replacement for Watkins Glen, especially with no practice.

[2Young2BBald 515]

1 hour ago, DaVinci said:

How is that going to work? Will they be racing in the dark?

Bristol does tend to be darker.  I suspect it'll be easier to see during cautions and if one of the cars that has the underglow wins, I could see them dimming the lights for the burnout.  

[belljr 10,764]

If you can see the brake/rotor heat, you'll see this

[JaxBill 6,737]

From the network that brought you a glowing hockey puck...

 

ETA I don't hate it. kinda gimmicky

Edited July 16, 2020 by JaxBill

[cheeseypoof 1,741]

I think it’s kind of stupid.  Not sure what the point of the lights is supposed to be.

[JaxBill 6,737]

Fairly boring race but nice to hear real fans

[Eephus 23,383]

Having the All-Star race at Bristol seemed like a good idea

[snogger 2,922]

The Open was a lot more fun to watch then the actual race. Seemed everyone was in a "be nice today"   mood during the race for a million.

[Eephus 23,383]

8 hours ago, snogger said:

The Open was a lot more fun to watch then the actual race. Seemed everyone was in a "be nice today"   mood during the race for a million.

The race wasn't long enough for the second groove to come in.  This and the lack of lapped cars made it a parade.

[Payne 546]

Did not like the glowing rear ends at all. Reminded me of the glow puck. 

[snogger 2,922]

Quick reminder there is a Rare Thursday night race tonight.

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Coverage of the Super Start Batteries 400 will begin at 7:30 p.m. EST. with the green flag flying at 7:48 p.m. EST.

The race will 271 laps and 400 miles in length. Denny Hamlin is the most recent winner at the track.

 

[JaxBill 6,737]

ouch

@NASCARonNBC: "The No. 8 car ran out of talent."

Ryan Newman has some words for Tyler Reddick. #NASCAR https://twitter.com/NASCARonNBC/status/1299891355695681544/video/1

[BobbyLayne 10,874]

Watching the Infinity road course race in Charlotte while cooking dinner. The rain has been coming down pretty hard & gonna get worse in 15-10 minutes. Huge roostertails behind the cars. Thankfully only one caution. Just finished stage 1.

Crazy entertaining stuff.

[The Man With No Name 1,054]

Texas today. One thing I remember from Texas is THIS amazing qualifying crash

[JaxBill 6,737]

Nothing like a Wednesday night finish to a Sunday race.

NASCAR MACTION!

[JaxBill 6,737]

@jeff_gluck: Chase Elliott WINS at Martinsville and advances to the final four for the first time!

Kevin Harvick ELIMINATED from playoffs despite one of the best seasons in decades. Misses by ONE point. HARVICK tried to wreck Kyle Busch coming to the finish and wrecked himself too!!!!!

 

@rubbinisracing: Harvick went for it all, and just came up short https://twitter.com/ChuckTamato/status/1323036748176412674/video/1

 

[Payne 546]

On 10/25/2020 at 2:40 PM, The Man With No Name said:

Texas today. One thing I remember from Texas is THIS amazing qualifying crash

Those cars were so ugly with the winged spoilers. 

[Payne 546]

16 hours ago, JaxBill said:

@jeff_gluck: Chase Elliott WINS at Martinsville and advances to the final four for the first time!

Kevin Harvick ELIMINATED from playoffs despite one of the best seasons in decades. Misses by ONE point. HARVICK tried to wreck Kyle Busch coming to the finish and wrecked himself too!!!!!

 

@rubbinisracing: Harvick went for it all, and just came up short https://twitter.com/ChuckTamato/status/1323036748176412674/video/1

 

First time I feel like this format isn't right. He won 1/4th the races this year. Feel like the current model needs tweaking. 

[Payne 546]

16 hours ago, JaxBill said:

@jeff_gluck: Chase Elliott WINS at Martinsville and advances to the final four for the first time!

Kevin Harvick ELIMINATED from playoffs despite one of the best seasons in decades. Misses by ONE point. HARVICK tried to wreck Kyle Busch coming to the finish and wrecked himself too!!!!!

 

@rubbinisracing: Harvick went for it all, and just came up short https://twitter.com/ChuckTamato/status/1323036748176412674/video/1

 

I feel like he could have spun Kyle much easier going into the turn. I understand he was trying to pass as clean as possible, but......

[Eephus 23,383]

NASCAR has constantly tweaked with the Chase/Playoffs format since its inception 17 years ago.  Harvick would have already clinched the championship under the old pre-Chase scoring system but according to some guy on Reddit with too much time on his hands, Alex Bowman is the driver who's been most negatively impacted by the current Playoffs scoring vs. the previous three formats.

[Eephus 23,383]

This is awful

[snogger 2,922]

Good to see Chase win it.. Bad it was at Phoenix .. Ever since they redesigned that track it tends to be  .. 

[BroncoFreak_2K3 2,541]

Go Chase Go!! Glad to see him win it all.

[JaxBill 6,737]

Sorry to hear that Krista Voda has been let go by NBC and Winston Kelley is retiring from MRN.