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02-18-2019, 10:10 AM
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tmrpots
Join Date: Jun 2008
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I Love Nascar
40+ cars traveling at ~200 MPH inches apart...What could possibly go wrong?
I watch it for the wrecks.
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02-18-2019, 10:32 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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I read that this is the last restrictor plate race.
Starting next week the cars lose over 200 hp and no longer can go 200mph
We’ll see....... btw, it’s at least 10 yrs too late
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02-18-2019, 11:53 AM
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Top Horse Analytics
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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The wrecks may be exciting, if you're serious, but I'm concerned that more wrecks that come with pack racing and the new package also includes a greater chance for a car being launched into the stands. When cars ride over the top of each other, end over end, the aerodynamic effects might turn them into "flyers". A few have already landed in catch fences. With more pack racing at different tracks, I'm sure there will be more. The idea that a car might go over the catch fence at 150 mph plus is really scary. The fallout from scores of casualties might just break NASCAR.
More commonly, wreck debris (think engine) has already landed in the stands at Daytona with more surely to come. Speaking from experience, I once had the rear wheel from a midget race car land against the seat over my shoulder and I never saw it coming. It was torqued up with a lot of spin and it created a gap between the catch fence and a concrete wall when it came off the car. Fortunately, nobody was sitting behind me.
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02-18-2019, 12:18 PM
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crusty old guy
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Snarkytown USA
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I think one of the main reasons for wrecks now is the drivers feel even more invulnerable due to the added safety features (HANS device and others). There have been a lot of bad crashes since the passing of #3 and the drivers have walked away unscathed. And most of the time there's no repercussion for causing crashes. I'm all for safety but it's led to awful racing late, the point where it should be the most exciting.
NASCAR is unwatchable now. Just televise demolition derbies if you like wrecks. Or watch reality tv if you like the soap opera stuff.
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02-18-2019, 12:24 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 22,456
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were those cars pushing the ones in front to give them a boost?
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02-18-2019, 04:12 PM
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Ultra MAGA "Gun Bitch"
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Western NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davew
were those cars pushing the ones in front to give them a boost?
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Drafting to get pulled along, sometimes they get too close. One little tap and it's over.
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02-18-2019, 04:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: donkeys ride from ASD
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Any serious injuries?
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02-18-2019, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 6,297
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Quote:
Originally Posted by woodtoo
Any serious injuries?
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Turned on the TV and the wreck came a second later... but no injuries from it.
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02-19-2019, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Houston , Tx.
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I used to love Nascar, now I can't stand it. I did watch the last lap Sunday.
Too many rules changes year after year. Sponsorship dictates a lot of which teams get the best crews. Safety has diminished the thrills in a sport that's suppose to revolve around danger and suspense. Darrell Waltrip always made me cringe with his redneck babbling. I did notice for the first time Jeff Gordon in the booth. That's an added attraction which Nascar sorely needed.
I believe racing in general (Indy, trucks, ect. included) has become a sophisticated form of art rather than the rugged sport it once was. So many numbers, calculations, and strategic manner that many viewers get lost with. The risk factor has been almost eliminated. Huge crashes that appear deadly result largely with bumps and bruises where drivers walk away more angry than hurt.
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02-19-2019, 09:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Back in the mid to late 90's, I worked with an accountant who was an avid fantasy football fan, playing in more than one league. He married a co-worker who's father was a big Nascar fan. The accountant wanted to start his own fantasy football league, but his father-in-law convinced that Nascar fans were as rabid as football fans. So his FIL gave him some start up money and he created a fantasy Nascar thing that took off like a rocket. Within 2 years he quit his job, managing the fantasy thing and after about 5 years sells the whole thing for a huge amount of money. New company hires him to keep running the thing for a couple years. As an accountant, he'd probably be something mid-level by now.
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