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[QUOTE=JHamilton;3435682]I'm Josh (yes, I'm aware )or JP as my friends call me. Feel free to use either, Lee.
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So, Indy was boring?
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28 Jul 2014, 14:54 (Ref:3439332) | #378 | |
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That was not too interesting. May be time to run them through the road course or at least alternate years they do it.
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28 Jul 2014, 22:59 (Ref:3439479) | #379 | ||
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Yes, absolutely boring! This track has not ever produced good racing. It is too narrow, too flat, there are very few places where you can pass. Races there are basically single file, no passing, follow the leader, parades. I'm not saying passing every lap, but it is nice to see at least attempts to pass, even if the pass is not made. There is not enough of a place to do even that. It is the worst track on the schedule to try and watch a race at. The sight lines are awful, basically non existent. You can basically see what is happening in front of you and that is about it. I liken it to sitting on the side of an interstate highway and watching traffic go by, just a dronning, dull, bore! I saw the 2003 Brickyard 400 so I am not speaking from hearsay, I saw how bad it was, first hand! indy is BORING! Nothing more can be said!
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28 Jul 2014, 23:03 (Ref:3439481) | #380 | ||
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I'd say it's just time to remove this track from the schedule, once and for all. Give the race to Indianapolis Raceway Park, or whatever it's called these day. We could use another short track on the schedule. Or give this race to Iowa. They would certainly race better there, that track is a very good facility for providing good racing! Hey canamman, do you live around the Atlanta, GA area?
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29 Jul 2014, 03:00 (Ref:3439519) | #381 | ||
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I would hate to see Indy get taken off the schedule as it would likely just be replaced with a 1.5 mile track.
As for the race itself, my biggest gripe about it is the way they market it, just because you are running at one of the worlds most prestigious tracks doesn't mean the race itself is. |
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I don't see much difference in marketing this race, than any other on the schedule. Sure there is more advertisement, than say, Martinsville, but I doubt it gets any more than the Daytona 500 or Charlotte's World 600, yeah, I know, it isn't called the World 600 anymore, but I'm an old breed stock car fan, that race will ALWAYS be the World 600 to me! I guess "prestigious" is a matter of personal opinion. |
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29 Jul 2014, 12:58 (Ref:3439676) | #383 | ||
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If NASCAR dumped the Brickyard, that'd be a tough financial hit for the Speedway.
As a viewer though I'm indifferent. From a TV pov the 400 never impressed me as a kind 'mini' major or anything. |
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29 Jul 2014, 17:24 (Ref:3439779) | #384 | ||
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Rahter tha the IndyCar road course, I'd do the oval with two chicanes at the end of both straights.
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29 Jul 2014, 20:21 (Ref:3439865) | #385 | ||
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So be it. That track's racing series has been depending on NASCAR dollars to survive for FAR too long! That is the ONLY reason they brought NASCAR there to start with. They didn't and don't care about NASCAR and did not want NASCAR there, but they NEEDED the money that NASCAR racing generates. They did not, do not and will not ever car for NASCAR, NASCAR's racing or NASCAR fans! I say, DUMP IT! If they take a hit, and or, if they can't survive, So be it!
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Nascar brings the ban hammer down big time on the No.11. Sounds like someone at JGR forgot where the sealant is kept...
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-med...ianapolis.html |
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Hamlin gets penalized 75 points, goes from 11th to 21st in points, and is still locked into the Chase because of that one win. To make matters worse, there are still drivers behind him who are also locked into the Chase (Almirola 22nd, Busch 25th). If one of these three wins the Championship, can anyone honestly say they deserve it? Also, I just realized that because of the current Chase format, locked-in teams can do whatever they want and it won't affect their Championship aspirations. Teams can push the boundaries and if they get caught, they get a measly points deduction. |
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30 Jul 2014, 18:36 (Ref:3440183) | #389 | ||
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No, but it is pretty much a clone of Richmond, so I'm not sure it would help the "tracks being the same" issue. That being said I would be more than happy to have it replace a race at one of the 1.5 mile tracks (plus it would be close enough for me to go to a race).
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Interesting that the Wood Bros. are moving their technical alliance from Roush to Penske.
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Yes, that is interesting. I didn't see that one coming and I don't think anyone else did either.
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Penske gets engines from Roush/Yates and the Roush cars have been out to lunch on the 1.5 tracks most of this year. It's little wonder why Edwards is gone at the end of the season, probably to JGR. Roush has been too hot and cold IMO since the end of '08 to be taken seriously as a consistent title threat due to their inconsistency over the past few years.
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What a save by Keselowski, wow.
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Junior!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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**** yeah, go Junior!!!
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Standings after Pocono:
1. Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Chevy), 757 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr (Hendrick Chevy), 740 3. Brad Keselowski (Penske Ford), 687 4. Matt Kenseth (Gibbs Toyota), 668 /0 5. Ryan Newman (Childress Chevy), 642 /0 6. Jimmie Johnson (Hendrick Chevy), 633 7. Joey Logano (Penske Ford), 633 8. Carl Edwards (Roush Ford), 618 9. Clint Bowyer (Waltrip Toyota), 617 /0 10. Kyle Busch (Gibbs Toyota), 611 11. Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas Chevy), 608 12. Kyle Larson (Ganassi Chevy), 595 /0 13. Greg Biffle (Roush Ford), 590 /0 14. Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Chevy), 589 /0 15. Austin Dillon (Childress Chevy), 588 /0 16. Paul Menard (Childress Chevy), 562 /0 17. Marcos Ambrose (Petty Ford), 541 /0 18. Brian Vickers (Waltrip Toyota), 539 /0 19. Tony Stewart (Stewart-Haas Chevy), 537 /0 20. Jamie McMurray (Ganassi Chevy), 536 /0 |
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Junior Is this his season?
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Imagine being the driver who took out Joonyer early on in the Chase race at Talladega....
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Cheez It 355 @ the Glen - one of my favorite races of the year.
Great road course for stockcars. Much better than that Cali track. |
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