The Daytona 500????

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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    81 wrote:
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    I prefer to see guys drive the freaking cars. Like it was intended. Pull off the plates, and get rid of all the down force, and make them use their brakes and things would be interesting.

    i like the idea of using brakes. :lol:

    i'm ok with the downforce...the thing i don't like, is we currently have a spec race and on these big tracks, it's put the pedal to the floor and cruise. i'd like to see them race "real" cars. let the teams put on different noses, and bodies. bring the creativity back and reward teams for trying new stuff vs. this cookie cutter approach that makes most races a snoozefest.

    outside of the fire, that was one of the most boring daytona 500's ever.

    The drawback is you'd be back to 1 or 2 cars in contention for a win each week. And the rest just out "riding" around.

    it would defiantly split the field up...but it wouldn't be one or two cars. gotta figure all of X brand cars would have an advantage. as it stands now, my desire to watch is getting lower and lower by the year. i used to watch the first half of the season, now it's a race here and their with the decline starting when the went with the COT.
    81 is now off the air

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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    I don't think the COT bothers me, or common templates. The announcers drive me nuts, and the 2:1 ratio of commercials to race footage. Also all the stupid rules to make sure the top guys have a change to get back into the race drives me nuts.

    I watch a lot of late model and sprint car racing on dirt, everyone practically shows up with the same equipment, and those are great races.
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,398
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    The announcers drive me nuts,

    darrell waltrip is the absolute worst :evil:
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,373
    imalive wrote:
    All Those Yesterdays wrote:
    The announcers drive me nuts,

    darrell waltrip is the absolute worst :evil:

    boogity boogity boogity
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,373
    didn't want to start a new thread just for this, but Congrats to my fav driver in winning is first race in 4 years. Way to go #88! :mrgreen:
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    edited February 2024
    Sooooo…I’m going to this thing next weekend…in a pretty insane situation with VIP access to garages, pits and all that. Thinking it’s gonna be a good time

  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,881
    Heck yes, that is badass
      Take a few pics for us to see what sort of shit you observe there on the Redneck Riviera
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Heck yes, that is badass
      Take a few pics for us to see what sort of shit you observe there on the Redneck Riviera
    Yessir. Will do. Should be quite the experience. Pretty pumped 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,881
    Yeah I'm sure there will be a lot of good stuff
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,398
    cliffy is big time.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    Wobbie said:
    cliffy is big time.
    For the record, a lot of the shit I get to do is all very surprising to me too
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,881
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Wobbie said:
    cliffy is big time.
    For the record, a lot of the shit I get to do is all very surprising to me too
    Wobbie gets to live vicariously through his friends.  👋 
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  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,398
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Wobbie said:
    cliffy is big time.
    For the record, a lot of the shit I get to do is all very surprising to me too
    Wobbie gets to live vicariously through his friends.  👋 
    no doubt, I live vicariously through 1%er F’me.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,881
    Wobbie said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Cliffy6745 said:
    Wobbie said:
    cliffy is big time.
    For the record, a lot of the shit I get to do is all very surprising to me too
    Wobbie gets to live vicariously through his friends.  👋 
    no doubt, I live vicariously through 1%er F’me.
    Ha.  I still need to fly you out for a visit....my gate and stairs are still in need of your help!
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,599
    This is on today MONDAY!!!  It got moved baby.  NASCAR and work!!
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,167
    Having full paddock access is awesome for any motor sport. I have had it twice for F1 and it is insane.  NASCAR? FIrst ten laps and last ten laps are exciting. It's the three+ hours in between that are tedious. I will watch a bit today since its a holiday and I am being lazy.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    So yeah, went to Daytona this weekend for full access and didn’t see a single race car running. Still a blast of a weekend, but yeah, pretty bummed it was pushed back and ended up switching my flight and coming home last night instead of this morning. Couldn’t push it one more day between the family and work
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,373
    There's the big wreck with 8 laps to go. Thought Logano might have a good shot at winning, but that ain't happening now. Probably Chastain's race to lose now.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,167
    Last ten laps of NASCAR are always exciting, but I found this ending to be disappointing. 
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,398
    death, taxes and a wreck in the final 10 laps….
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24

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