NASCAR 2023

easygoing39

Not quite the season opener,as it's a exhibition/cash prize race,but the Busch Clash is on tonight,midnight Irish time.And while at Daytona International Speedway as normal,it's going to be on the roadcourse,or the Roval as the Yanks call it,half of the infield and half on the banking.Won't watch it live,as its a school night,but will catch the replay tomorrow hopefully.

Charlie-Bravo

Any idea of who is carrying the broadcasts this year? Is it Premier Sports again?

eagle eye

It's on Premier sports 2 right now. Race hasn't started yet.

Infoanon

Austin Cindric won the xfinity race last night, could he do the same in the 500 tonight ?

Toyotas look strong but this race will probably come down to the last ten laps and the probable 'big one' taking out a few contenders.

Live on Premier Sports 2 tonight

TheChrisD

Infoanon wrote: »

Austin Cindric won the xfinity race last night, could he do the same in the 500 tonight?

If he does, the Internet will have a meltdown considering how many of them were baffled as to why he got in the race when Ty didn't.

Infoanon

TheChrisD wrote: »

If he does, the Internet will have a meltdown considering how many of them were baffled as to why he got in the race when Ty didn't.

Cindric was almost a certainty for the race given that he was in a Penske , if there is any bafflement it's around how Derrike Cope starting despite being miles off the pace due to the charter system.

Ty Dillon should be in the race but he lost out to 4 other drivers not just Cindric.

Charlie-Bravo

Yeehaaa! Mega wreck!

Infoanon

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

Yeehaaa! Mega wreck!

16 cars wrecked after 14 laps....now lightning in the air

Truex/ Bowman amongst them

Cool_CM

:pac:

https://twitter.com/CGRTeams/status/1361095819995226112?s=19

eagle eye

Driers on the track, hopefully get going again in the next half hour or so.

TheChrisD

Well that was one long night. And eventually at 5am, a less-than-one-year Tánaiste won the race after the Penskes seppuku'd.

Infoanon

It's hard to believe its 20 years since we lost the intimidator Dale Earnhardt.
I recall Martin Brundle, who has raced Dale in iroc ,commenting that Earnhardt could make a car do things on the track.that shouldn't have been possible.

Never realised that F1 star Danny Ricciardo use of #3 in F1 was inspired by Earnhardt whom Danny Ric was a huge fan of and a fan of his 'intimidator ' style.

eagle eye

Earnhardt was incredible, loved watching him.

easygoing39

eagle eye wrote: »

Earnhardt was incredible, loved watching him.

I hated him as a driver,a bully on the track,when he had'nt the speed to pass you on the track he basically bet you into the wall,where's the skill in that??When he was introduced to the crowd at the start of the race 60% of the crowd would cheer wildly,me and my da and about 10% of the other fans used to boo as loud as we could.You'd want to see the Earnhardt fans turn to look at us,we used to give an extra boo and smile at them!!!Great banter! He drove his motorhome past us at Darlington in 1990,this was on the Wednesday,hardly a sinner around,me and my da gave him thumb's up all the same.We were impressed he was staying in the pits all week,as opposed to a flash hotel.
So I liked him as a person,in fact I cried at the telly when he hit the wall and the aftermath.You could tell by all the marshals/medic's reaction's at his car that it was'nt going to be good news.

Charlie-Bravo

Daytona Roval is on now. Should be fun!

Jordan 199

The Bus Stop. Woohoo!

Charlie-Bravo

Lots of damage happening from minor little things. Going to be a long evening of watching this.

Come on Chase!

Charlie-Bravo

Interesting call for wet weather. I'm hoping drivers go for it on slicks.

Infoanon

Enjoyed that race -good track - surprised there wasn't a wreck at the end - some questionable blocking !

eagle eye

What a weekend for Joe Gibbs, his grandson wins his first ever Xfinity race and then his new young driver wins the Cup race.
I was looking at next weekends race and Truex, Hamlin and Kyle have one win each. Bell could do two in a row.

easygoing39

Good race,the 24 won it well in the end.Shocking how Logano and Blaney fell off the pace as the track cooled,even Bubba beat them!!!

Charlie-Bravo

Vegas is on... Let's get racin'.

eagle eye

Very tough track, stay low early and go high later. Really is set up for the likes of Truex and Larson.
I mention them because starting near the front always seems to be a huge bonus on this track.

Charlie-Bravo

Some great speeds and racing so far. It's going to get tastier towards the end..

easygoing39

Vegas had great racing in the 1st 2 Stages,but the last stage settled down very quickly and it basically follow the leader after that.Larson won it handy enough.

Charlie-Bravo

Both truck and Sprint cup races postponed until tomorrow due to threat of flooding in Bristol.

eagle eye

Truck race at 5pm Irish time and Cup race at 9pm.
Glad I'm off tomorrow.

One More Toy

eagle eye wrote: »

Truck race at 5pm Irish time and Cup race at 9pm.
Glad I'm off tomorrow.

What channel is this on out of curiosity? Tia

TheChrisD

One More Toy wrote: »

What channel is this on out of curiosity? Tia

Cup on Premier 2.
Trucks... good luck with that.

Charlie-Bravo

I think it's pretty amazing them trying to do this dirt track race. Here's some of the practice showing the track cleaning up on the racing line but the cars still drifting around the bends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gt5vgfU47nA

Infoanon

This race is nuts !

Hoping overheating doesn't become an issue due to mud building up on the front of the cars