Nascar 2019/2020

Infoanon · 17-05-2020 8:53pm

Darlington 400 about to start - Nascar effectively setting the template for motor sports worldwide.

National Anthem done on line with the drivers all wearing masks.

Let's go racing !

And Stenhouse wrecks !

Charlie-Bravo · 17-05-2020 10:13pm

I didn't know it was back. Thank jebus there's something back on. Now off to find it....

Infoanon · 17-05-2020 11:01pm

astrofluff wrote: »

I didn't know it was back. Thank jebus there's something back on. Now off to find it....

Another round/race at Darlington on Wednesday night !

eagle eye · 18-05-2020 12:56am

Harvick was impressive tonight and Alex Bowman has improved a lot this season.

Charlie-Bravo · 18-05-2020 11:58am

Some amount of cautions last night. No practice or qualifying sessions resulting in no rubber being laid down. Interesting race all the same!

eagle eye · 18-05-2020 1:05pm

astrofluff wrote:

Some amount of cautions last night. No practice or qualifying sessions resulting in no rubber being laid down. Interesting race all the same!

Yeah and Wednesday could be totally different if there's no rain between now and then. There's an Xfinity race the night before it so plenty of of rubber will have been laid down.

eagle eye · 24-05-2020 7:05pm

One lap qualifying for the Coca-Cola 600 starting now. No practice just the one lap.
Race is later, I think it's 11pm or thereabouts.

Charlie-Bravo · 25-05-2020 12:08am

Been busy all day so nice to sit down and find this is on. Don't think I'll make staying awake for the whole race but at least it's real racing and not steamed i-racing.

Edit: sh!te, it just started raining...

eagle eye · 25-05-2020 12:51am

Clear skies now thankfully.

Charlie-Bravo · 25-05-2020 10:30am

Well, I couldn't stay up to watch it but got a nice recap from YT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85xKXOnlig8

Infoanon · 25-05-2020 11:28am

Nascar disqualify a car/driver !

Jimmy Johnson has been disqualified from 2nd for a technical infringement on his car.

Next race - Wednesday - Earlier hours of Thursday morning here

eagle eye · 25-05-2020 11:50am

There's an Xfinity race tonight. There's a truck race in Tuesday night too. Kyle Busch is in both. Chase Elliott goes in the truck race too, I think he'll be looking to wreck Kyle in that, it'd be payback for last Wednesday and he'll be after the bounty as well.

Charlie-Bravo · 01-06-2020 12:20am

NASCAR delivering a great race tonight. 20 to go. Come on Chase Elliott!!!

Infoanon · 01-06-2020 12:29am

astrofluff wrote: »

NASCAR delivering a great race tonight. 20 to go. Come on Chase Elliott!!!

That ending was no surprise ! - well apart from the winner

eagle eye · 22-06-2020 10:07pm

Red flag on day 2 in Talledega. I'm not sure if they'll get this race finished this week looking at the weather.

A noose was found in Bubba Wallace's team garage. I'd love to get my hands on the scum that did this.
A plane towing a Confederate flag flew over Talladega with a defund Nascar message. More scum.

Infoanon · 22-06-2020 11:12pm

Back racing - interesting top 15 at the moment

Charlie-Bravo · 22-06-2020 11:17pm

This is fantastic bump drafting. Three rows. Only a matter of time before it gets too aggressive and ends in a big wreck.

eagle eye · 22-06-2020 11:48pm

Wow, Chase Elliott spins and doesn't collect anybody. That's highly unusual at Talledega.

Charlie-Bravo · 22-06-2020 11:50pm

Logano in the 22, just do not like him - totally blocked Chase. I really like Chase, but now I'm turning to Bubba to see if he can get up front tonight.

eagle eye · 22-06-2020 11:56pm

astrofluff wrote:

Logano in the 22, just do not like him - totally blocked Chase. I really like Chase, but now I'm turning to Bubba to see if he can get up front tonight.

Looks like Keselowski was responsible for that.

Charlie-Bravo · 23-06-2020 12:04am

Ah, perhaps, but if Logano didn't move up the areo might not have been as bad for Chase.

Anyhow, the race is shaping up nicely. Tyre life towards the end might be a factor...

Charlie-Bravo · 23-06-2020 12:25am

Tyres or fuel? What's going to dictate how this finishes?

Infoanon · 23-06-2020 12:36am

astrofluff wrote: »

Tyres or fuel? What's going to dictate how this finishes?

Fuel -;Truex Jr only one can make it to the finish?

Charlie-Bravo · 23-06-2020 12:42am

Shame for Jimmie Johnson being spun around. He had a decent run. Bring on the green, white, checker.

Charlie-Bravo · 23-06-2020 12:51am

Wild finish under review! Wow!

eagle eye · 23-06-2020 1:18am

Looked like it was Amirola's until he spun.

Infoanon · 23-06-2020 10:30am

eagle eye wrote: »

Looked like it was Amirola's until he spun.

I watched the finish again this morning - I don't think the winner would have got away with those moves (plural) in any other form of motorsport - let them at it as Nascar say !

2 races this weekend !

Capra · 24-06-2020 9:01am

eagle eye wrote: »

Red flag on day 2 in Talledega. I'm not sure if they'll get this race finished this week looking at the weather.

A noose was found in Bubba Wallace's team garage. I'd love to get my hands on the scum that did this.
A plane towing a Confederate flag flew over Talladega with a defund Nascar message. More scum.

Turns out that was fake. How could he not have known that it wasn't a noose? Publicity hunting from a guy with 6 top 10 finishes in his career?

Danzy · 24-06-2020 9:03am

The Bubba Wallace rope was for pulling the garage door and has been there a long time.

They made it a PR stunt.

eagle eye · 24-06-2020 9:23am

Capra wrote:

Turns out that was fake. How could he not have known that it wasn't a noose? Publicity hunting from a guy with 6 top 10 finishes in his career?

I don't think he found it.

Capra · 24-06-2020 9:44am

eagle eye wrote: »

I don't think he found it.

Maybe not, but he was doubling down on his insistence that it was a noose in a interview on CNN despite the FBI report.

There are too many opportunists in the world to "believe victims" without hesitation. It's total mob mentality.

eagle eye · 24-06-2020 10:09am

Capra wrote:

Maybe not, but he was doubling down on his insistence that it was a noose in a interview on CNN despite the FBI report.
There are too many opportunists in the world to "believe victims" without hesitation. It's total mob mentality.

Well I certainly wouldn't call Bubba an opportunist. He is a fun loving guy who has worked hard to get to where's he's at.
Great entertainment when you get rain delays, he'll go out throwing football with the crowd and things like that. Great at giving autographs and being very good to kids. And there's always a funny quip when the opportunity arises.

Danzy · 24-06-2020 10:15am

eagle eye wrote: »

Well I certainly wouldn't call Bubba an opportunist. He is a fun loving guy who has worked hard to get to where's he's at.
Great entertainment when you get rain delays, he'll go out throwing football with the crowd and things like that. Great at giving autographs and being very good to kids. And there's always a funny quip when the opportunity arises.

He seized an opportunity and played along with it for career and business reasons.

Infoanon · 24-06-2020 10:30am

Danzy wrote: »

He seized an opportunity and played along with it for career and business reasons.

Bubba didn't find the noose , it was a team member who brought it to the attention of Nascar who then called in the FBI - these are the reported facts.

Alleging that Bubba was opportunist shows a complete lack of understanding of Bubba,Nascar,RPM and the negative reaction by some to Nascars evolution.

Charlie-Bravo · 24-06-2020 12:35pm

Danzy wrote: »

He seized an opportunity and played along with it for career and business reasons.

Wow, I wouldn't be jumping to such a conclusion. There's a big problem that needs sorting out, and comments like this do not help the change needed.

I would wonder if the knot was a classic noose shape or just a regular figure of 9, or figure of 8. Easy to be mislead if you don't know your knots.

Anyway, back on topic....

Capra · 24-06-2020 2:14pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Bubba didn't find the noose , it was a team member who brought it to the attention of Nascar who then called in the FBI - these are the reported facts.

Alleging that Bubba was opportunist shows a complete lack of understanding of Bubba,Nascar,RPM and the negative reaction by some to Nascars evolution.

How is that even remotely plausible? The pull strings which are on most of the garages have never, ever been seen before by any of his mechanics? The guys who use them every single day? You'd want to be very certain before a) making a claim such as this to anyone b) going public with it.

Also, his interview with Don Lemon today shared a lot of similarities with the one Jussie Smollet gave when he was found out. Indignation about how people were doubting him, doubling down despite evidence to the contrary and showing absolutely no joy at the fact that this wasn't a hate crime? Surely he would be happy to find out it wasn't a hate crime?

Everyone seems like a nice guy until they are found out. Pity, I was getting back into NASCAR since it was the first sport back after the lockdown. I hadn't followed it in about 7 years so to see it getting bad press like this now because of the actions of its own drivers is sad.

Charlie-Bravo · 27-06-2020 8:10pm

Pocono Organics 325 race tonight at 8.30pm. there's a second race tomorrow evening at 9pm

Tonight's starting grid:

1. A. Almirola
Ford·#10

2. R. Blaney
Ford·#12

3. D. Hamlin
Toyota·#11

4. K. Busch
Toyota·#18

5. C. Elliott
Chevrolet·#9

I'm up for Chase Elliott, then Denny Hamlin.

eagle eye · 27-06-2020 8:25pm

Fancy it'll be between Chase and Blaney based on their performances with this package.
Hamlin has the most wins and Jones has the best average finish at Pocono.
Dark horse for me is William Byron who has had terrible luck but has been very fast with this package.

Infoanon · 28-06-2020 12:21am

Good that the rain held off -:looked like Amirola was well positioned for the win ,alas 15 seconds behind in the end.

Next race - today Sunday

Charlie-Bravo · 28-06-2020 9:19pm

https://m.nascar.com/drive

Live video from NASCAR. Drivers and race views. No commentary.

Charlie-Bravo · 28-06-2020 10:15pm

So in comes some rain. This band of rain will pass but might be a bigger one to follow. Might not get much running this evening.

eagle eye · 28-06-2020 10:58pm

astrofluff wrote:

So in comes some rain. This band of rain will pass but might be a bigger one to follow. Might not get much running this evening.

It seems to be following the cars, every race has delays.

Infoanon · 28-06-2020 11:27pm

eagle eye wrote: »

It seems to be following the cars, every race has delays.

Back under green !

Charlie-Bravo · 29-06-2020 12:25am

eagle eye wrote: »

It seems to be following the cars, every race has delays.

Going to any track that doesn't have lights makes it a big headache. Lots of fans saying a 12pm start is better than 3.30pm because of better daylight if there's a rain delay. We could have this race pushed to tomorrow due to daylight if anything delays it from here. Lap 67/140.

Charlie-Bravo · 05-07-2020 10:37pm

Anyone watching the Indianapolis race at the brickyard for NASCAR tonight? Competition caution on lap 14 and the cars are piling into each other in the pit lane because it's so tight. I can see at least one mechanic getting knocked down. Mayhem.

Infoanon · 05-07-2020 11:34pm

astrofluff wrote: »

Anyone watching the Indianapolis race at the brickyard for NASCAR tonight? Competition caution on lap 14 and the cars are piling into each other in the pit lane because it's so tight. I can see at least one mechanic getting knocked down. Mayhem.

Not live on Premier. ....showing football and speedway

All us good again - Free sports showing it live !

Charlie-Bravo · 12-07-2020 9:50pm

I think we've got a fair share of racing the last couple of weeks. I'm now watching the Cup race at Kentucky.

Hoping for a Toyota win. Let's see what happens!!

Charlie-Bravo · 12-07-2020 11:02pm

Great finish to that cup race. Well done to the rookie Cole Custer in the #41.

eagle eye · 12-07-2020 11:12pm

It was a great race, loved every minute of it.

Delighted for Cole Custer, first of the big three from the last couple of years in the Xfinity series to get one. You'll see a lot more from him, Reddick and Bell over the coming years. I'd expect at least two if them to be series champs in the next ten years.

Charlie-Bravo · 09-08-2020 11:10pm

Some racing here in Michigan. Blaney and Keslowski out after coming together and hitting the wall hard.

Hoping for a Chase or Denny win.

Nascar 2019/2020

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