2023 NASCAR Season

[JEBar]

well, the season kicks off in a few minutes with drop of the Green Flag at Daytona .... for me, its time to give NASCAR another chance and it appears I'm not the only one --- the grandstands and infield are packed .... hope it turns out to be a good race

[Vaquero]

Not me, I gave up on them when they started all the stage bull crap.
Hope you enjoy.

RP

[Sir Henry]

Not me, I gave up on them when they started all the stage bull crap.
Hope you enjoy.

RP

Same here. Inverting the field is stupid.

[RetiredSeabee]

Gene, they don’t invert the field. They restart in the same order of the stage finish.
I do agree that the stages are a waste of good racing.

[navvet8189]

I dont follow NASCAR what so ever. I didn't understand the stages at all. is that for a free pit stop? How does it benefit the drivers?

[Sir Henry]

Gene, they don’t invert the field. They restart in the same order of the stage finish.
I do agree that the stages are a waste of good racing.

It’s like starting a new inning with two men on base if you are behind.

[JEBar]

years back the cars (by design) were so even that on many tracks there wasn't much passing .... the cars just ran in a pack .... most passing took place at restarts before the field settled back into a pack .... stages were brought in to add more opportunities for passing .... in addition, back then championship points were awarded to the places drivers finished the race .... adding points for the places drivers were in at the end of the stages rewarded teams who ran well early and finished down in the lower positions due to some type of mechanical problem, wreck or whatever .... personally, I don't car for the stage format but for me its not a major issue

[Vaquero]

Well, who won?

RP

[JEBar]

the second "big one" happened just before the white flag and took out several good cars .... the result was a Green-White-Checker overtime .... Ricky Stenhouse in his Chevy Camaro was out front when a crash behind him right after he took the White flag .... that brought out the yellow and gave Stenhouse the victory ..... one of the things I really like is he drives for JTG Daugherty Racing which is a single car team owned in part by Brad Daugherty who is a former basketball star at UNC .... much more interesting race with bunches of lead changes

[BigAl52]

It took more time to run the last 10 laps than it did to run half the race. Didn’t watch to much of it anyway just drank a couple beers and cooked some sliders. Those litter sliders were pretty good

[Hatchdog]

It took more time to run the last 10 laps than it did to run half the race. Didn’t watch to much of it anyway just drank a couple beers and cooked some sliders. Those litter sliders were pretty good

Yeah, it was almost as bad as the last 2 minutes of a college basketball game.

[220]

I am hoping the rumors trackhouse racing may give Shane Van Gisbergen a one off drive at one of the road courses are true.
If you dont know who SVG is he's another kiwi that has made a career in Supercars in Aus. Was Scott Mclaughlin's main rival before he went to dive indycar for team Penske. The bloke is quick in just about anything, raced a round of the world rally championship last year finished 3rd in class and 9th overall. Won the 2021 NZ grand prix after setting off the in car fire extinguisher on the formation lap and starting from pit lane.
If it has wheels he can drive it and at the same level as drivers that do it full time.
In a nascar on a road course a top 5 finish or even a race win wouldn't be out of the question.

[JEBar]

having never heard of him, I do appreciate you posting info about him .... if he gets a ride, I'll most certainly watch him

[JEBar]

today's race is out in California .... its named the Pala Casino 400 and will be the final race on the Auto Club Speedway’s classic 2-mile oval in Fontana, California .... Green Flag 3:30PM on FOX

[Vaquero]

WOW! What's the reason for that?
Caly, becoming anti racing as well as anti gun?

RP

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

well, the season kicks off in a few minutes with drop of the Green Flag at Daytona .... for me, its time to give NASCAR another chance and it appears I'm not the only one --- the grandstands and infield are packed .... hope it turns out to be a good race

Interesting as I was wondering if you all were going to go back to posting on Nascar and sure enough, here it is. I have to admit that, although I am still in boycott mode, it seems like Nascar is softening up on it's Woke-ness. The LA race was much more respectful this year, I was glad to see, and the Daytona pre-race and all had a flavor of the old days.

I watched the Daytona race and although a little flat, the last dozen or two laps were great. I'll also be watching most of the race today. Some might say "how are you boycotting it when you watch most of it?", lol. Nascar does not know I'm watching it. As some may remember, I have antenna only TV. I still am not going to attend any races and I still do not click onto anything Nascar "official" online.

A side note on the Grandstands though. They bragged on a "sell-out" crowd. The place now only holds 150,000 (although the official capacity is listed at only 101,500). They must have torn out a lot of seats in the recent years. By comparison, little 'ol 1/2 Mile Bristol holds 160,000.

I am just going to see how it goes. Will Nascar ever win me back (and many others out there like me), time will tell.

[BigAl52]

WOW! What's the reason for that?
Caly, becoming anti racing as well as anti gun?

RP

They cant recharge their cars out there because there is to much on the grid already. It would take 3 days to complete a race

[Vaquero]

RP

[JEBar]

I am just going to see how it goes. Will Nascar ever win me back (and many others out there like me), time will tell.

I'm pretty much in the same camp .... there are some good young drives out there that I'm enjoying watching .... they just fired the engines at Fontana

[Rifletom]

TV race announcers mentioned that a large portion[80%?] of the track proprty has been sold to a commercial developer. Seems like there will be a short track of sorts with some leased property for "new" track and parking etc. Can't keep a track in this damn place! Riverside, Ontario, now this mess. And no drag strips other than the Fairplex. Lordy!