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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I use really love nascar ... but all the best drivers have left.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    Meltdown99 said:
    I use really love nascar ... but all the best drivers have left.
    There are a good bunch of new drivers now though!  Keslowski is a stud, Logano is good too.

    Truex Jr has been great this year so far!  Bubba Wallace is a nice new edition too.

    Chase Elliott looks good too!

    C'mon pick one!  My favorite driver was Jeff Gordon so I just root for a race now rather than a specific driver because I can't choose, lol.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    I use really love nascar ... but all the best drivers have left.
    There are a good bunch of new drivers now though!  Keslowski is a stud, Logano is good too.

    Truex Jr has been great this year so far!  Bubba Wallace is a nice new edition too.

    Chase Elliott looks good too!

    C'mon pick one!  My favorite driver was Jeff Gordon so I just root for a race now rather than a specific driver because I can't choose, lol.
    Yes, the drivers are just as talented, but their personalities don’t match the likes of both Earnhardt’s, Gordon, Stewart, Edwards, Wallace ... you get the picture ... have picked a driver ... Johnston 
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    Meltdown99 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    I use really love nascar ... but all the best drivers have left.
    There are a good bunch of new drivers now though!  Keslowski is a stud, Logano is good too.

    Truex Jr has been great this year so far!  Bubba Wallace is a nice new edition too.

    Chase Elliott looks good too!

    C'mon pick one!  My favorite driver was Jeff Gordon so I just root for a race now rather than a specific driver because I can't choose, lol.
    Yes, the drivers are just as talented, but their personalities don’t match the likes of both Earnhardt’s, Gordon, Stewart, Edwards, Wallace ... you get the picture ... have picked a driver ... Johnston 
    My favorite personality from a racer is Michael Waltrip.  He cracks me up when he goes down in the pits and talks to the drivers.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    So there were 5 drivers only on the lead lap here in Texas but Newman blew a front right tire and found the wall so now there are only 4...

    Go Harvick.  He looks really good!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    Congrats to Joey Logano for securing the Championship.

    I was hoping that Truex Jr would win again.  He was dominant all year.

    See you all in February.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    How'd Jimmy Johnston do?  He is at 7 championships?
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    Meltdown99 said:
    How'd Jimmy Johnston do?  He is at 7 championships?
    He didn't have a good year this year.  That's why his crew chief is leaving.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    His crew chief is leaving, they've been together since day 1.  Haven't followed it as much since Gordon retired.
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,363
    ^plus 1...something between then and now just changed entirely. I just can't follow it anymore. Even jumped on the Truex train prior to it becoming a bandwagon. I knew I needed a new guy a few years before Gordon called it quits and Truex had a good story. Even with him panning out as a good driver, I just can't follow it anymore. 
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    darwinstheory said:
    ^plus 1...something between then and now just changed entirely. I just can't follow it anymore. Even jumped on the Truex train prior to it becoming a bandwagon. I knew I needed a new guy a few years before Gordon called it quits and Truex had a good story. Even with him panning out as a good driver, I just can't follow it anymore. 
    I was liking Elliott last year but they changed his number from 24 10 9 so I might follow the rookie Byron now since he has #24.  That kid has won ROY four years in a row now.  That's impressive.

    Maybe all of us Gordon fans can root for that kid?

    What say you?

    It's still Hendricks...
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,193
    I have no idea who half of these drivers are.  never heard of the dude that won the pole for Daytona (or the guy that got second)
    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
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    eeriepadave said:
    I have no idea who half of these drivers are.  never heard of the dude that won the pole for Daytona (or the guy that got second)
    lol, guy that won the pole is a new driver for Hendrick.  Chad Knauss (Jimmy Johnson's old chief) is his crew chief.
    The guy that got 2nd, Kurt Busch, is Kyles brother.  Kyle drives the M&M's car.  Both have been around for years in NASCAR and race both in xfinity and Monster.

    Jimmy Johnson ended up winning due to rain and causing a damn wreck that took out 12 cars off the lead lap including the leader at the time in Menard.

    I'm glad someone else was watching!


  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    eeriepadave said:
    I have no idea who half of these drivers are.  never heard of the dude that won the pole for Daytona (or the guy that got second)
    So I misread the question.  Byron got the pole for the 500.  Menard got the pole for The Clash.

    Paul Menard has been in the league quite a few years now.  He is a driver I happen to like.  He got picked up to drive for Wood Brothers Racing.  They were tweeting right after the first rain delay that NASCAR should "call it" which was funny because Menard was in first.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I usually only watch Watkins Glen.  Not a huge fan of NASCAR and I have very little clue who anyone is anymore.  Are there any other road courses?  Laguna Seca, Sonoma?
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    At one time NASCAR was worth watching when rubbing was racing and Earnhardt Sr and the old guard were there. 
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Anyone has been to the Daytona 500.  I'd love to go for speed week and the race. 
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    Meltdown99 said:
    Anyone has been to the Daytona 500.  I'd love to go for speed week and the race. 
    Meltdown99 said:
    At one time NASCAR was worth watching when rubbing was racing and Earnhardt Sr and the old guard were there. 
    I've never been to Daytona and it's a bucket list of mine.

    The "rubbing is racing" and Trading paint terms were cute.

    I love the racing now.  These guys are just so skilled and have taken what Earnhardt did to an all new level.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,372
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I usually only watch Watkins Glen.  Not a huge fan of NASCAR and I have very little clue who anyone is anymore.  Are there any other road courses?  Laguna Seca, Sonoma?
    Sonoma, Watkins Glenn and Charlotte.

    Charlotte was added last year in the playoffs.  

    So Charlotte is a road course now too.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    tempo_n_groove said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I usually only watch Watkins Glen.  Not a huge fan of NASCAR and I have very little clue who anyone is anymore.  Are there any other road courses?  Laguna Seca, Sonoma?
    Sonoma, Watkins Glenn and Charlotte.

    Charlotte was added last year in the playoffs.  

    So Charlotte is a road course now too.
    NASCAR has playoffs?  How the heck does that work?
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25

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