|| *Comments on the 2014 Food City 500:* First Page | Previous Page | Next Page | Last Page | View All On One Page View the most recent comment | Post a comment <#post> 1. Anonymous posted: 03.14.2014 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (5) (3) The 35 car has failed to qualify for the 3rd time this year. I wouldn't be surprised if this team shuts down before the end of year. The 77 car has not qualified once this year. This team will likely shut down very soon. 2. joey2448 posted: 03.14.2014 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Hamlin and Keselowski both ran bad fast laps. I mean, a 14.76?? Wow. When the Cup series goes to Bristol, it can be certain that the 2 and the 11 will be tough to beat. It's been that way for years, going back to Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough in the 11, and Rusty Wallace in the blue deuce, haha... 3. murb posted: 03.14.2014 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's a 70% chance of rain on Sunday and a 30% chance on Monday. So it's quite possible that this might turn into a night race. 4. Eric posted: 03.14.2014 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think the Bristol Race is going to delayed to Monday or Tuesday. Right now there is 90 percent chance of on Sunday for Bristol. Right now there is a 50 percent chance of Rain on Tuesday. 5. murb posted: 03.14.2014 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh yeah, and the SHR cars (except for Kurt Busch) once again look like complete garbage. Stewart had to take a provisional. 6. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know the times are airtight but its tough to see Reutimann miss the race when the other Front Row cars are in the top 20. Also, did Vickers have an issue during practice this afternoon? Odd to see him in the provisionals given that he's ran in the top 5-10 at Bristol since joining MWR. 7. Eric posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My source of percentage of rain came from weather.com According the hourly forecast on weather.com, Sunday is project to have rain at least up to 5 p.m. without any night information for Bristol available. 8. Anonymous posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reutimann was a thousandth of a second from making it in. Dang. 9. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The National Weather Service has a 100% chance of rain for Sunday, 90% from Sunday night, 60% on Monday and Clear on Tuesday. 10. murb posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would really hate that for the hauler drivers if it gets postponed until Tuesday, considering that next week is California. 11. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Go NWS or Wunderground for your forecasts, ALWAYS. Personal experience and years of analysis says that only Weather Underground and the NWS actually get anywhere close to the right forecasts. 12. JP88 posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow...it's looking like Stewart might have a Jr. '09 year. Ambrose with a nice run as well as the Front Row duo, and is it just me or has Cole Whitt done awesome in that 26. He just seems way quicker than Kligerman in the 30. 13. RaceFanX posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) David Reutimann's first 2014 attempt to run in the Cup series sadly ends with the Coke 600 winner on the trailer. Front Row advertised his addition to their lineup alongside David Gilliland and David Ragan as being "Three Davids taking on Goliath" but it wasn't to be. 14. TS1420 posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *See's where SHR & Smoke qualified* Where's the Donny Lia bucket? Well at least Tony has the company of Future Cup Champion Brian Vickers and Future Top Ten Not At A Plate Race Finisher Danica Patrick to keep him company... Could we have 2 Bristol Night races in the same season? 15. Peter posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ughhhh Tony there's no shame in using a relief driver 16. 18fan posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Stewart has been awful at Bristol ever since he moved to SHR. The team has 7 top 10 finishes at Bristol since 2009, 6 of them belonging to Ryan Newman and outside of a 2nd place finish in Spring 2010, Stewart only has 1 top 15 and 5 finishes of 27th or worse. He has an average start of 18.6 and average finish of 22nd in his 9 races at Bristol with SHR. 17. Jaws_fan posted: 03.14.2014 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What is up with the Penske cars? The lowest ether of them has qualified the last three weeks is fourth 18. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.14.2014 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What is up with the Penske cars? The lowest ether of them has qualified the last three weeks is fourth" Multi-round / knockout qualifying is out hat to Penske. His team's have been doing it in IndyCar for years. 19. JG24FanForever posted: 03.14.2014 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The only other time Jeff Gordon Qualified 6th at Bristol, was the 2001 Night event. He led 199 laps and finished 3rd. 20. Daniel posted: 03.14.2014 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (2) (5) Go Gordon! 21. Schroeder51 posted: 03.14.2014 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm beginning to think Daniel's entire vocabulary consists of nothing but the words "Go Gordon!"... 22. Anon posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) David Reutimann misses the field because NASCAR flipped the qualifying order at the last minute. Without Danica Patrick being the 2nd car on track due to that "mysterious" change (that benefitted her extremely) Reutimann would be making his first start of the year. 23. RaceFanX posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Donny Lia bucket? 24. We need more Onion posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Donny Lia bucket? " Battle at the Beach 2013, Lia puked on live TV. Shout out to Front Row, Ragan was very close to a top 10 last time here, so this might be the race :) Also props to McDowell, not the 1st time that his qualifying speed is impressive this year. 25. Sarf52 posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cole Whitt looked FAST during practice this morning and laid down a solid lap in qualifying. The 26 team looks great heading into this weekends race, lets hope Cole can keep her out of trouble and bring home a cool top 20. I think Whitt could even WIN (bold prediction) a race this year on a fuel-mileage/plate-race sort of deal. On the other hand, Kligerman looked lost out there, granted he did have a damaged car as a result of Danica's crash in practice. The 30 has been slow, unsponsored and in trouble a lot this year. Hope they can get it turned around. 26. Sarf52 posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also shout out to Alex Bowman on qualifying 33rd in that piece of junk BK car. I know it's a little absurd to praise a 33rd place qualifying effort, but it just kills me to think what Bowman could be doing in Larson's #42 or in the #10. Kid's a talent. 27. 02Justin10 posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another close field again here at Bristol...if Reutimann would have qualified on time, the #83 of Ryan Truex would have missed the show...so he barely gets in. I guess Nemechek and Hill will the moving roadblocks this time around. I'm hoping Larson, Whitt, and Sorenson have a decent run. 28. Daniel posted: 03.14.2014 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using fastest 43: #35 David Reutimann & #77 Dave Blaney Out using fastest 43: #33 Timmy Hill & #66 Joe Nemechek 29. Neal posted: 03.14.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Nice qualifying effort by Lapdownica. That damn Parker Kligerman...idiot got in her way when she spun. 30. cjs3872 posted: 03.14.2014 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Jaws_fan (#17), I think Penske's sudden domination of the Cup Series, in particular their qualifying dominance has to do with the no ride height rule. The reason being that they can now set up their cars for the NASCAR races like they do their IndyCars. That's one thing the new rule eliminating the minimum ride height has done. It's allowed the teams to set up their cars as low to the ground as they can, and I think that plays right into the hands of Penske and Ganassi, because they can now use their decades of IndyCar experience in NASCAR, when it comes to setting up their cars. I doubt that group qualifying has anything to do with the sudden dominance of Penske. The fact that Penske's gotten bullet fast at the same time that group qualifying came to the Cup Series is purely coincidental. But Penske and Ganassi have more experience setting up their cars really low to the ground than any other team in the sport, due to all their IndyCar experience, and that's where Penske has the advantage right now. And as for the struggles of Stewart-Haas Racing, I think there are a couple of factors involved. First, there's the Danica effect, as that team has gotten progressively worse ever since Danica joined them in 2012, which has happened with every team she's been with, either in IndyCar racing or NASCAR. She has made every team she's been with worse. But there's a more tangible thing here, and that is that SHR is simply spread too thin. Much as was the case the two times Richard Childress tried to run four cars, SHR simply has it's resources spread too thin. Four teams seems to be way too much for that organization to handle, especially when you have a slow driver like Danica in one car and an injured driver like Tony Stewart in another car. The situations with Stewart and Danica mean that SHR is effectively operating with two strikes against it before the race weekend even begins. On the other hand, whenever this race does get run, I wouldn't sleep on Marcos Ambrose, who seems to have finally woken up, at least this week. Others might laugh at this opinion, but Ambrose could be a real sleeper this week, considering his past success at Bristol. Also, one thing the short tracks do is to level the playing field to a degree, an one look at this starting lineup seem to prove that point, as teams such as Roush (who's been struggling mightily on the bigger tracks), Front Row Motorsports, and even Swan Racing put cars in the top 20. In fact, every Ford but one that qualified for this race qualified in the top 24, and that Ford belongs to the perennially slow Go FAS Racing team, which may be running out of time. 31. 18fan posted: 03.14.2014 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (5) (1) I really don't know any explanation for Danica crashing like she did other than she is a terrible driver. 32. Sky Warrior posted: 03.15.2014 - 12:13 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I think provisionals might need a tweak. Reutimann didn't put up a great lap, but he was 4 1/2 MPH faster than Timmy Hill. Even Blaney and the BK cars were significantly faster. His practice speeds were even worse. Not to mention a full second slower than the pole time, they'll be going a lap down roughly once every 14 laps. Unless they park after 5 laps or are doing some major tanking, they're going to be a serious hazard on track 33. luigistarted06 posted: 03.15.2014 - 1:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I can not for the life of me figure out why Timmy Hill has a cup ride 34. 18fan posted: 03.15.2014 - 2:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Does Hill come with sponsorship? That would be the only explanation I would have for why backmarker teams continue to hire him. 35. Scott. B posted: 03.15.2014 - 3:13 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hill doesn't come with sponsorship, but I'm guessing he doesn't come with a big salary, either. Plus, for a 21 year old, he does remarkably well at conserving equipment. 36. DB1995 posted: 03.15.2014 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Why is Timmy Hill so bad?, he respectfully driven junk his whole career and hasn't done terrible 37. luigistarted06 posted: 03.15.2014 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My point is I think you'd have a much better chance with someone like Dave Blaney or JJ Yeley, hell even David Stremme in that #33 car. I don't dislike the kid, I just am surprised how he keeps on picking up cup rides 38. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.15.2014 - 11:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The "Flying Phallus" leads the way at Sebring right now. 39. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.15.2014 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Though they're on a different pit strategy, it's great to see the DeltaWing lead at Sebring. I'm getting sick of those Corvette DPs dominate so far, so it's great to see a former ALMS car lead. 40. 02Justin10 posted: 03.15.2014 - 11:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wish the owners would be charged when they use a provisional in the Cup series like it used to be back before 2005. That way, Justin Allgaier, GO FAS Racing and any other chronic provisional users would eventually have to either pick up their pace or go home. (I know the #51 got in on time this week) But I guess NASCAR has to keep everyone in the top 40 in points in every show. 41. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.15.2014 - 1:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) What an absolute joke!!!! FS1 had to cut out of the 12 Hours of Sebring, one of the biggest sports car races in the WORLD, for a freaking college baseball game?? 42. TS1420 posted: 03.15.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) FootballiSnumber1/uFciSnumber2 don't give 1 single s*** or f*** about racing. Our only hope for a racing centric channel is if MavTV or Velocity pick up in popularity. 43. We need more Onion posted: 03.15.2014 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That way, Justin Allgaier, GO FAS Racing and any other chronic provisional users would eventually have to either pick up their pace or go home. (I know the #51 got in on time this week) But I guess NASCAR has to keep everyone in the top 40 in points in every show. " Allgaier? You do realize that he wrecked in Phoenix, but got in on time all other races so far. And did much more than respectably each week. It's not like qualifying is he strength, but does it matter if he's locked in and races well? 44. Canadianfan posted: 03.15.2014 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anyone who wants to watch Sebring it is on now IMSA.com 45. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.15.2014 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's great seeing the P2s finally be competitive against the DPs. It's making this quite an interesting race. 46. David posted: 03.15.2014 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What an absolute joke!!!! FS1 had to cut out of the 12 Hours of Sebring, one of the biggest sports car races in the WORLD, for a freaking college baseball game??" I missed the finish by a few minutes, but I am still incensed at that. 47. Anonymous posted: 03.15.2014 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Nabi may have left the 40 team. No source or info yet but heard it. If so, HUGE blow to Hillman Racing. 48. DB1995 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:48 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) what is Nabi 49. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (2) (1) Now, now 18Fan. She is still inexperienced and and is learning. She is great for the sport and doesn't need to be judged so harshly. Man, can I spew NASCAR BS rhetoric or what? 50. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) Agree or disagree, Bristol is now better than Ambien at putting me to sleep. 51. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nabi is a manufacturer of tablet-computers. 52. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #47: Nabi signed on as an 18-race sponsor. This might not have been one of those races to sponsor them. 53. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) To the back: #40-Landon Cassill (backup car) #27-Paul Menard (engine change) #30-Parker Kligerman (engine change) 54. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In fact, for this race and more than a few others, the #40 car is being sponsored by an old RCR sponsor, CRC. CRC sponsored RCR when Richard Childress himself drove that #3 car back in the late 70s and early 80s. And @50, the racing at Bristol is better because there's much more of it, and they can actually race. Before, it was a crashfest with up to 2 hours of caution every race to clean up all the crashes that took place because the only way to pass was to wreck the guy in front of you or knock him out of the way, and as a result, races with 15+ cautions and 100+ caution laps used to be the rule, rather than the exception, and it was expected that around 2 hours of the race would be spent behind the pace car in every Bristol race. And actually, it's more like it was when the track was asphalt, because back then, the racing groove was around the top of the track, and there was room to maneuver and race side-by-side. Bristol's always going to be tough, because they run speedway speeds on a 0.533 mile track, but the drivers can now race because of the progressive banking, so what they have now is better. 55. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 12:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @54. Been a NASCAR fan since 1985. Went to every single race at Bristol from 1989 thru 2011. I know what I like and judging from the grandstands, everyone else knows what they like. It was the uniqueness of that style of racing that made it the hardest ticket to obtain. Now its another Michigan-esque race. No emotion, no bumping, no drama. We wanted to see frustration from the best in the sport. I'd rather see half the race run under caution if there is drama, than to watch the snoozefest that they give us now. I have probably been to more Bristol races than anyone on here, so I do consider myself an expert. You can continue to spill NA$CAR's rhetoric, but true fans that built the sport have been alienated since the early 90s. 56. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 12:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welp, looks like no racing today. How much do you wanna bet that Fox re-airs the 2013 Daytona 500 again and gets calls from fans complaining about Daytona getting 2 race dates in the span of a month? 57. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 12:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If they replay something, lets hope its a Bristol race worth a crap. Pre-2007 58. WinstonCup4Ever posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How could no one notice the FOX Sports BottomLine ticker saying the 2014 race was delayed. The whole ticker was visible during the race re air. Plus the whole Kyle Montoya mess to add insult. 59. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:15 pm Rate this comment: (2) (3) We're under a rain delay. Does anyone want to talk about PBS? If anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, go to the "2014 Daytona 500" page, start with comment #690 and scroll through the next 30-40 comments. 60. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, the last missing 2003 cup race (the Phoenix one), got uploaded to YT 2 weeks ago and I have not watched it yet... so don't really mind what they are going to re-air. (If they are going to replay anything at all.) 61. WinstonCup4Ever posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kermit: I'm Kermit the Frog reporting from the world's last great coliseum. THE RACING SHOULD BE EXCITING LIKE THE KISS I GOT FROM MS. PIGGY. YayYayYayYayYayYayYay!!! 62. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) #59: No... just hell freaking no. 63. jabber1990 posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "this is Danica's motorcoach, i'm not allowed within 500 feet of it"- Waltrip I know we shouldn't make TMZ-like jokes or statements, But i've always wondered if Ricky and Danica shared a motorcoach for the weekend, or if they had their own ...I need help 64. WinstonCup4Ever posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @63 Makes since. FOX spoofed TMZ during their 2011 prerace for the Daytona 500. 65. WinstonCup4Ever posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did anyone take advantage of that NAPA Know How can offer yet? 66. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have an old NASCAR trivia book. Anyone want to do some rain delay trivia? 67. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #66: Sure, throw me a question. 68. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well I've been a NASCAR fan almost as long as you have, 52, and have seen many of those same Bristol races on TV that you went to personally (congrats to you on that, by the way), and I just think that it's better to see more racing and the ability for the drivers to be able to race, and when they did the concreting of the track in 1992, it made it so that the only way to pass was to knock someone out of the way, and to me, that's not racing. In fact, there's virtually no skill in that at all. I did see some of those races before the paved the track with concrete, and the racing then was just the same as it is now, just not with the ridiculous wave-around that can get scores of cars laps back at the same time (18 got a lap back at once in the NNS race, for example). And many of those great finishes back in the 90s and early 2000s were caused by traffic, and the fact that the leader was stuck without a place to go. I like the fact that the drivers now have options there now, because it actually takes skill and a good handling car to maneuver your way by another car, instead of jut knocking it out of the way. But back to the cautions. Any race with a lot of caution flags is one without any rhythm to it at all. In fact, the 1992 Indianapolis 500 was one of the worst races I've ever watched, mainly because two-thirds of the elapsed time of the race was under caution (nearly two and a half hours of that race was run under caution). It had an undeniably great finish, but it was a terrible race to watch, mainly because of all the cautions, which ate up 85 of the 200 laps. I would rather see a race with fewer cautions with less drama, but a better flow and a race that naturally plays itself out than one in which most of the time is spent behind the pace car cleaning up after one crash after another, simply because the drivers can't race. 69. jabber1990 posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "is there a way I can turn on all of my electronics on from the recliner" yes, its a remote control, they were VERY popular in the 1990's 70. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @66. I'll take classic Bristol for $1000 Trebek. 71. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After hitting the inside wall at Bristol on July 19, 1970, who "looked on the floorboard and saw my shoes laying there and thought for sure I was dead"? 72. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 1:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buck Baker? 73. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cale Yarborough? 74. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nope. And Nope. 75. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Richard Petty? 76. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bobby Allison? 77. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No. 78. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dick Brooks? 79. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nope. Would yinz like a hint? 80. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Benny Parsons? 81. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes. I would like a hint. 82. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still haven't got that answer yet. Honestly, I thought someone would get it by now... 83. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Pearson? 84. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wendell Scott? 85. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David 'Silver Fox' Pearson? 86. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nevermind, Schroder asked Pearson. Dave Marcis? 87. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hint: He finished 22nd in the race driving the #17 Holman-Moody Ford. 88. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) James Hylton? Dave Marcus? 89. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As soon as I post the hint, Schroeder51 gets it right. It was David Pearson! 90. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Schroeder...pick 'Swords'. 91. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) LeeRoy Yarbrough? 92. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can you ask another question now? 93. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ah man, Pearson was my second guess after Petty. 94. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Question #2: What was the first year in-car cameras were used? 95. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1989? 96. jabber1990 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fox will be in trouble after Noah is out of theatres and if they have rain 97. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1984? 98. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1979? 99. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think it was 1981. 100. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What was the first year in-car cameras were used?" It's at least 1984, since Cale had one in the Daytona 500. 101. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The radar looks good to at least get to halfway today. 102. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1982? 103. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've seen incar cameras from the 1963 and 1965 Riverside events...not sure if that counts though. There weren't any in the 1971 or 1979 airing of live races...and I don't recall any from 1981. I DO recall an onboard from the 1982 Daytona 500 Big One I'll guess 1982. 104. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Benny Parsons had an onboard camera in the 1979 Daytona 500. It didn't play any sound, though. 105. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Schroeder51 must be butter, cause he's on a roll. It was 1979. Benny Parsons used it in the 1979 Daytona 500. However, it wasn't until a few years later that in-car cameras became more common. 106. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can you ask another question now? 107. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's all for now. Pre-race is FINALLY under way. 108. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is there no one who can sing a decent national anthem nowadays? 109. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race hasn't even started yet and we already have more comments than yesterday's race. 110. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is there no one who can sing a decent national anthem nowadays? Just have a contest around town and pick the best 6th-7th grader out of the group. You save some money and you get a better performance than these alleged singers/musicians. 111. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:45 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) #108 At least it wasn't Madison Rising...I'm still shuddering thinking about that "performance" at the Daytona Nationwide race... 112. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've never even heard of most of these national anthem people. 113. OldSchoolNascarDude1 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The crowd looks sparse, at best. 114. Kenny posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can someone update me please? Is the race starting what's going on I've been looking for info but can't find any :( 115. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow. Kyle Busch actually recognized the fact that he should win more Cup races. 116. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I've never even heard of most of these national anthem people." And you'll probably never hear of them again. The only previously unknown national anthem singer that went on to stardom afterwards that I know of was Scott Hoying of Pentatonix (he sang at the Nationwide race at Texas in either 2011 or 2012). 117. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenny: The parade laps have just started. 118. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the forecast scared a lot of people away. 119. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm going to estimate that there are only about 50,000 people in the stands, which is empty by Bristol standards. 120. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "The crowd looks sparse, at best." That's what happens when the chance of rain is at 100%. 121. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mighty Ducks. Nice pick Stenhouse. 122. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just saw a leaf blow onto the track. Time for NASCAR to throw a caution. 123. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Is there no one who can sing a decent national anthem nowadays?" Aloe Blacc did a pretty damn good rendition at Daytona. He got that you need to keep it simple and classic. Unlike 99% of these other hacks NASCAR gets that try to "jazz it up" and end sounding like tone-deaf idiots. 124. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now that was an aggressive waving of the green flag. 125. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin's car is extremely loose. 5 laps in and he's already almost dropped out of the top 5. 126. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Now that was an aggressive waving of the green flag." No idea who it was, but you could easily see that he was enjoying it to the fullest extent. 127. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) TS1420: Of course Aloe Blacc did a good job at it. After all, he is The Man. ;) 128. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Familiar sight. The Blue, err, "White" Deuce up front leading at Bristol. 129. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Gilliland knocking on the door of the top 10. 130. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DAVID GILLILAND!!! GO GILLY! 131. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Go Gilliland! Front Row is very fast at Bristol, I think it's their best non-plate track. 132. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) And Timmy Hill is already a lap down...and Reutimann's sitting at home. -_- 133. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Gilliland and Kyle Larson are looking good so far. 134. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "TS1420: Of course Aloe Blacc did a good job at it. After all, he is The Man. ;)" And you can tell everybody ;) 135. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I feel bad for Hill, I like him a lot, but he would be much better in a truck or a Nationwide ride. 136. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) That competition caution may be before lap 50. BK's about 10 laps from putting Danica down a lap. 137. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle Larson, once again, is looking like a pro. Where's "Thrillin Dillon" running? 138. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "TS1420: Of course Aloe Blacc did a good job at it. After all, he is The Man. ;)" Never mention that song/Elton John rip-off/piece of shit again. Please. 139. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gilliland is running really well right now. 140. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Penske is flying. 141. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TS1420: Oh, I will. Long Shot: Sorry, I had to say it. 142. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kyle Larson, once again, is looking like a pro." It's just too bad he's racing for Cheap Ganassi's half-assed Cup operation. 143. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski has about lost his lead due to lap traffic not budging. 144. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's go Gordon! *clap clap clap clap clap* Let's go Gordon! *clap clap clap clap clap* 145. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It's just too bad he's racing for Cheap Ganassi's half-assed Cup operation." They seem to have improved this year though. Both McMurray and Larson have had nice starts to this year. AWESOME racing at the front of the field right now. 146. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd be willing to bet that's about all the TV time Annett and Wise will receive all year. 147. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It's just too bad he's racing for Cheap Ganassi's half-assed Cup operation." At least equipment doesn't matter very much at the shorts. 148. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Allgaier is also having a nice start. Meanwhile, the caution will be a relief for Kurt and Biffle. 149. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano gets the lead in traffic. 150. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Allgaier just passed Kurt Busch for position. While it's possible that Allgaier might just have a really good car, I think it's more proof of Stewart-Haas Racing's incompetence this year. 151. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Gene Haas has torpedoed our organization." - What everyone at SHR should be saying. 152. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This lap traffic is ridicules. 153. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Is the 33 using a street car motor? That car is insanely slow. It about caused a 10 car wreck with the leaders and the cars staying on the lead lap. 154. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hoping BoB will not be lucky enough to be the 1st car a lap down on lap 50... 155. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Of course the competition caution comes out as Danica is about to get lapped. 156. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Lord Jesus, they mentioned McDowell. 157. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Competition caution. I REALLY like this race so far. That was some cool racing for the lead. 158. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well done for McDowell, he got back on the lead lap. And even BS1 noticed it! 159. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Lord Jesus, they mentioned McDowell. " I see what you did there :D 160. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "They seem to have improved this year though. Both McMurray and Larson have had nice starts to this year." Give it half a year when Cheap is unwilling to spend money to keep up with the changes and ends up back at square one. 161. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Gordon and David Ragan wreck in the pits. Damage on Gordon's right front. 162. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 34 is pitting sideways and Dos Jotas only took 2 tires. 163. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) f**k off, Jimmie. 164. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gordon gets in trouble in the pits and damages his fender. 165. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gordon spins Ragan on pit road. Right front fender damage for the 24. 166. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jacques returns. 167. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Debris caution after just 2 laps of green. 168. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for no debris in turn two. 169. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Of course that jackass takes two tires and scoots away from the pack... Debris? Was Danica about to be lapped already? 170. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You race two laps....and then theres a debris caution.....How the hell do you miss that when sweeping the track from your damn compatition caution 171. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Debris" 172. Brian France posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is that a piece of tape in turn 2? Time to throw the caution. 173. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) -.- This sums up what is wrong with NASCAR. At least the racing has been really, really good so far. 174. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Timmy hill is actually a hazard on the track NASCAR needs to black flag him 175. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We missed a restart and another huh? caution. 176. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, so they threw the caution because Parker Kligerman made an epic save. 177. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, Parker Kligerman NEARLY wiped his car out on the restart. 178. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) HOW DID NOBODY HIT KLIGERMAN??????????????? 179. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Oh. My. God. Why always Parker? But, WHAT A SAVE! 180. Smiff_2 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wow, what a save by Kligerman! 181. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) found the debris. 182. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What the hell is going on? This race has taken a weird turn all of a sudden. 183. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is Kligerman ever going to catch a break this year? 184. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Hill going to pit road. -_- And something is hanging out the back of Landon Cassill's car. Is there a full moon or what? 185. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) OK, so there was a competition caution, then a caution for debris they missed the 1st time, then another caution for debris that they missed from the 1st debris caution. Is Mr. Magoo running this race? 186. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "This sums up what is wrong with NASCAR. At least the racing has been really, really good so far." What are you talking about? There is no slamming people out of the way and wrecks but actual tense close racing for position and the lead. This race is awful.... ;) 187. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Cassill is running a "just married" special. 188. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Aliens. 189. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It looks like someone tepeed Bristol with toilet paper! 190. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Brian France once again shows his disrespect for the sport by trying to toilet paper Bristol Motor Speedway. 191. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A battery? Yup. It's either a full moon or aliens. 192. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Is Mr. Magoo running this race?" Worse. A drunken Brian France. 193. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman stalls. This is insane. 194. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ive seen alot of races in my life.....But ive never seen anything like what we have seen today.....and as i type Bowmans car is stalled! . 195. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What's worse? This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV3K_ML2UsI or debri cautions? 196. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's paper continuously appearing all over the race track and now Alex Bowman has stalled. This race has REALLY taken a turn for the crazy. 197. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And now Alex Bowman stalled! What in the world is going on here? 198. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WHY? Poor Bowman is really showing what he can do and his car breaks down on him... 199. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The offending piece appears to have been the battery from Alex Bowman's car, which is a bad break for Bowman, who was moving up prior to the competition caution. 200. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why the hell is this race still under caution? So we can listen to larry mac and D.W go on and on and on and on and on and on about how we're under caution? 201. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Actually, if that was Bowman's battery, then it is a new low for BK Racing cars' build quality. Acievement Unlocked! 202. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All right, let's have a race now! 203. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McMurray has a damn good car. 204. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin almost spun out. 205. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson is in the top 10. 206. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "McMurray has a damn good car." Gordon has damn bad luck. 207. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano's lost his power steering. 208. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Logano is losing his power steering. 209. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) This track is the one thing keeping NASCAR's status as a sport and not an entertainment expo. 210. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Timmy Hill has been really slow and in the way, just like predicted. 211. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Can we get a long green flag run so Jimmie's right side tires burn off and he ends up a lap or two down? 212. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Over/under 40 laps down for Timmy Hill a the end of the race barring NASCAR actually parking his ass 213. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2014 Food City 500 = aliens 214. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @201, considering that Bowman's car quit moments later, then yes, I would say that the battery on Bowman's car flat fell off the car. And Joey Logano's in for a LOOOOOOONG day if his power steering's gone and the race goes the distance, since his power steering went away on about lap 85 of 500. 215. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kyle Larson is in the top 10." Just give him the ROTY already. Does anybody on here really believe that Dillon is a more talented driver? 216. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano has completely lost his power steering and he is fading like a rock. 217. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) TS, you got your wish 218. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie has a flat tire. 219. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson with a flat. 220. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There goes the 48's tire. 221. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JG24FanForever: I believe Dillon is more talented. AND WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JIMMIE BLEW A TIRE!!! BOOM! 222. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JOHNSON's DONE!!!! 3 Laps down!!! 223. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain. 224. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) *Daniel Bryan Mode* YES! YES! YES! 225. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ernie Irvan almost wrecked while cutting off Kahne. Caution for rain. 226. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution flag for rain. 227. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for rain. 228. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain. Ugh. 229. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) BK Racing - *facepalm* It's a shame for Logano, one of the fastest cars all weekend. But, we've seen drivers overcome difficulties with their cars and hand on to a top 10 before. (Fellows, Sonoma, 2005. No power steering - 8th with a useless car.) 230. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Timmy Hill, get out. You're not needed here. And yet, Reutimann is sitting at home watching... >_< 231. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I believe Dillon is more talented." In what capacity? Dillon is running outside the Top 20, Larson is running inside the Top 10. This is a drivers track. What am I missing? 232. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the best race I've seen in a long time. It's nuts out there! 233. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) The #48 is likely two laps down bit thanks to the wave around they will get one back... thanks NASCAR. 234. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I like Timmy Hill, but DAMN, is that #33 car awful. At this rate he's going to be either 25 laps down at the end of this race, or wrecked out because he got run over. 235. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano enters pit road, forfeiting the free pass. 236. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, Jimmie Johnson's team just learned the folly of not changing right side tires on a pit stop. Remember that they changed just left side tires on their pit stop during the competition caution. And while they were changing tires, there appeared to be a fire on the right front corner. And by the way, the rain has returned, bringing out the caution, which is an big break for Logano, assuming they can get their problem fixed. If they can, Logano can still be a factor, even though he's one lap behind the leaders. 237. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:43 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Larson has 5 times the natural ability that Dillon does. Dillon relies on equipment; Larson has pure driving talent on his side. 238. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Timmy Hill Paid the bill Got the ride, And we died. 239. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Jimmie is 2 laps down according to NASCAR.com's Live Leaderboard. 240. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "Well, Jimmie Johnson's team just learned the folly of not changing right side tires on a pit stop. Remember that they changed just left side tires on their pit stop during the competition caution. And while they were changing tires, there appeared to be a fire on the right front corner." The malocchia (karma, fate, whatever you like to call it) is a nasty thing, Jimmie. 241. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) JG24FanForever: Simple, really. The fact that Dillon won both the Nationwide & Truck Championships AND ROTY. Larson has just one Truck win at Rockingham yet. In fact, Larson just won his first POLE in NASCAR. You pretty much have to be talented to win a championship. (Unless it's in the Chase, of course) 242. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano enters pit road, forfeiting the free pass. Its either getting the steering fixed or racing Timmy Hill the rest of the day. How slow is the minimum speed for this race? 243. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looked like Kyle Busch was stopping. Red flag, I assume. 244. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm a Ford guy, but damn' the new Mustang is ugly. 245. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe @229, but you can't run competitively at Bristol without power steering. There are tracks where you could run competitively without power steering, but Bristol is not one of them. And on the subject of Timmy Hill's #33 car. Doesn't NASCAR have a minimum speed requirement? If so, then why are they not enforcing it? 246. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Timmy Hill needs to be parked. The combination of minimal driving talent, inexperience, and a shitbox ride is a disaster waiting to happen. 247. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yep. Race has been red-flagged, unfortunately. 248. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bristol has been feast of famine for Johnson's team as they usually run top-5 and have issues the other half of tjr races. 249. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) FOX just pulled a TNT.....Come back from commercial....talk for 30seconds and then go back to a commerical 250. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Long Shot: It's not like Larson didn't have good equipment. Turner Scott Motorsports, IMO, is the best non-Cup affiliated team in the Nationwide and Truck Series. 251. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Not only is Larson better than Austin Dillon, but I don't think Austin Dillon is that good to begin with. He's decent. But we've seen his lack of determination when it comes to winning races. He let TREVOR BAYNE rough him up for the win at Iowa last year. So as long as he keeps getting stepped on like that, he's in for a pretty average career in Cup. 252. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I love it when Chad tries to get cute with his strategies and they come back and bite him in the ass. 253. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The malocchia (karma, fate, whatever you like to call it) is a nasty thing, Jimmie. Real karma would be winning 10 races then having a flat at Chicago, losing a cylinder at New Hampshire, then running out of gas at Dover. 254. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anybody up for more Rain Delay trivia? 255. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) FOX is trying their absolute hardest to hide the fact that the race has been red-flagged. 256. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "It's not like Larson didn't have good equipment. Turner Scott Motorsports, IMO, is the best non-Cup affiliated team in the Nationwide and Truck Series. " So it's the 6th best team/15th best car out there... Noice point. 257. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I figured it out! Today's the full moon. 258. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) murb: What's wrong with Trevor Bayne? It's not like Larson hasn't let somebody slip by him for a win before... besides, do you guys have any proof that Larson is more talented than Dillon? 259. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^Yes, I would enjoy some trivia. 260. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NRF: I SAID THAT ALREADY!! (look at comment #184) 261. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "JG24FanForever: Simple, really. The fact that Dillon won both the Nationwide & Truck Championships AND ROTY. Larson has just one Truck win at Rockingham yet. In fact, Larson just won his first POLE in NASCAR. You pretty much have to be talented to win a championship. (Unless it's in the Chase, of course)" Jimmie Johnson never won a Nationwide or Truck championship. Nor have Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart. Mediocre drivers, right? 262. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "FOX is trying their absolute hardest to hide the fact that the race has been red-flagged." They always try to hide the fact weather is effecting a race. Mike Joy: The rain is letting up and we should be getting ready to start the drying process here pretty soon. *quick shot of track getting monsooned on* 263. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^Points to you. You made a good guess, and won the chips. Now give us some fr@cking trivia! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 :D :D :D :D :D 264. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trivia? Okay. Who is the only F1 driver to make his only start at Monaco? 265. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If you're upset about the rain, just think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VKy69sE4VY 266. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon could win 400 races and 20 straight championships THE OLD WAY and you guys on here still wouldn't give him credit. I don't understand the animosity toward him... 267. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Anybody up for more Rain Delay trivia?" Who carried a bumper sticker that said: "Save the South, teach a yankee to drive."? 268. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Gordon ran like 1 year of Nationwide, Johnson's only considered good because of the Chase. Now, to trivia! What NASCAR driver was a member of the Georgetown Hoyas basketball team? (I'll start out with an easy one) 269. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Austin Dillon could win 400 races and 20 straight championships THE OLD WAY and you guys on here still wouldn't give him credit. I don't understand the animosity toward him..." He drives the 3 and isn't an Earnhardt. 270. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "What's wrong with Trevor Bayne? It's not like Larson hasn't let somebody slip by him for a win before... besides, do you guys have any proof that Larson is more talented than Dillon?" Trevor Bayne is one of the least aggressive drivers out there, and he's always been an underachiever throughout his career. And the proof is in the pudding, as they say. Larson has run significantly better than Dillon so far today, driving in inferior equipment. He's run just as well as Dillon has, if not better, all season. 271. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "What's wrong with Trevor Bayne?" Nothing, but he's one of the most conservative drivers I've ever seen. It says a lot when you let a conservative driver like that just run you over and take a win from you. From what I've seen out of Dillon in NNS, he can't win unless he hands down has the best car, whereas Larson has taken not as good equipment to some incredible runs (namely at Bristol - two second place runs in standalone NNS equipment is nothing to sneeze at). No there is no "proof" that Larson is better, but from what I've seen, head to head it seems to be a no contest, especially in Cup this year. I'd say that RCR and the newly reformed Ganassi teams are about equal, yet Larson has completely blown Dillon off the track so far. 272. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Gordon ran like 1 year of Nationwide, Johnson's only considered good because of the Chase. " So did Larson? So did Jimmie? And actually, it was 2 years. 273. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) THANK YOU ZACHARY SHAWN!!! 274. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) ""Austin Dillon could win 400 races and 20 straight championships THE OLD WAY and you guys on here still wouldn't give him credit. I don't understand the animosity toward him..."" That's pretty much a lie. Problem is, he is only as good as his car. If Dillon is running 20th in a car, then Brian Scott, Timmy Hill, or Justin Allgaier would be in 20th as well. 275. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Long Shot, that's proof right there that some drivers are more suited for the Nationwide cars and the shorter races that series runs, while others, like Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart, are more suited to the Cup cars and the longer races the Cup series runs. 276. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @268, Brendan Gaughan @267, probably Earnhardt @264, beats me. 277. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JG24FanForever: Jeff Foxworthy? 278. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Who is the only F1 driver to make his only start at Monaco?" Louis Chiron? 279. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #267 I believe it was Richard Petty who drove with that bumper sticker... 280. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That's pretty much a lie." Oh. My bad. You've totally changed my mind. 281. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chad's Hair Plugs: You got it. I figured someone would get it right away. We Need More Onion: Dan Wheldon? I have no idea. 282. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So my trivia question will need a clue: He is a foreign-born Frenchman. Not Chiron, he ran 2 full seasons. 283. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Austin Dillon could win 400 races and 20 straight championships THE OLD WAY and you guys on here still wouldn't give him credit. I don't understand the animosity toward him..." If Austin Dillon turns into one of the best NASCAR drivers in history and Kyle Larson becomes one of the biggest flops, then I'll eat my words. I just don't think that will happen. 284. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "He drives the 3 and isn't an Earnhardt." He doesn't DESERVE to drive the #3! Lets see him try to drive the #61 in the Modified series. You know why that can't happen? because when Richie Evans was killed in practice at Martinsville, they had enough respect to retire the number in his honor, as they should have done with the #3 in Cup. 285. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who carried a bumper sticker that said: "Save the South, teach a yankee to drive."? David Pearson? 286. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Austin Dillon could win 400 races and 20 straight championships THE OLD WAY and you guys on here still wouldn't give him credit." lol, Now THAT I would give him credit for. But in RCR Cup cars (and this year, driving for the same exact team that finished 3rd in points last year), he has been a 20th place driver. I just think he's gonna have an underwhelming Cup career, mainly because I look at all these guys he's coming up with. I think Keselowski and Logano are both gonna win more races than Dillon over the next 5-7 years, and I think other up and comers like Ryan Blaney, Darrell Wallace, and Chase Elliott will also be better than him once they get to Cup (assuming they do). 287. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We Need More Onion: Michel Disdier? 288. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "He doesn't DESERVE to drive the #3! Lets see him try to drive the #61 in the Modified series. You know why that can't happen? because when Richie Evans was killed in practice at Martinsville, they had enough respect to retire the number in his honor, as they should have done with the #3 in Cup." Both of those men were so much bigger than a damn number. 289. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I believe it was Richard Petty who drove with that bumper sticker..." YES! A fellow South Carolinian got it. 290. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "So my trivia question will need a clue: He is a foreign-born Frenchman. Not Chiron, he ran 2 full seasons. " Explain "foreign-born Frenchman." Do you mean like Tazio Nuvolari is a foreign-born Italian? 291. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Radar looks pretty good for later. It'll probably finish as the lights are coming on, but we should be able to get it in today. 292. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "He doesn't DESERVE to drive the #3! Lets see him try to drive the #61 in the Modified series. You know why that can't happen? because when Richie Evans was killed in practice at Martinsville, they had enough respect to retire the number in his honor, as they should have done with the #3 in Cup." If the 3 gets retired, then so should the 43, 21, 17, 22, 11, 2, etc., as well as the 24 and 48 when their respective drivers retire. 293. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Oh. My bad. You've totally changed my mind. " I'm glad to hear it. 294. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) AGAIN THANK YOU ZACHARY SHAWN!!! I don't understand why so many people are upset over Dillon driving the #3. IT'S JUST A FREAKING NUMBER. 295. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Explain "foreign-born Frenchman." Do you mean like Tazio Nuvolari is a foreign-born Italian? Born in Algeria, is French and races with a French license. I don't mean "not born in the US" :) 296. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "So my trivia question will need a clue: He is a foreign-born Frenchman." I didn't know Napoleon drove a race car. 297. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 7, 10, 34, 76, 1998 Those are some numbers that define Dale Earnhardt much more so than the number 3 ever will. 298. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) God, Earnhardt fans act like Earnhardt is the only driver to ever die during a race. 299. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rene Dreyfus? 300. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TLS, Napoleon was born in Corsica. 301. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You mean that punk ass Logano kid's driving Fireball's number? That's bullshit!" How come no one ever says anything like that? Why is it just Dillon and the 3? 302. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "TLS, Napoleon was born in Corsica. " Before it became the part of France, actually. It was part of the Genovese Republic. 303. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Zachary Shawn: Who are you? Mike Stefanik? 304. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2pVPWGYMQ Heres a little rain delay music for you all to enjoy 305. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "God, Earnhardt fans act like Earnhardt is the only driver to ever die during a race." I mentioned Evans in my post. You didn't even bother to read my argument. 306. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The retiring numbers argument is ridiculous. It's a stupid tradition that should never have been started in the first place (this referring to stick-and-ball sports, of course). Name the driver/player to some sort of "Ring of Honor" instead. Don't attach the person's legacy to a single number. It's idiotic. So don't give me this crap about Dillon's being given the #3 tarnishing Earnhardt's legacy. It's Richard Childress's number, and he can do with it what he damn well pleases. 307. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But JG24FF, they can't just retire numbers in NASCAR. If they could not only would the #3 be retired, but so would the #22 (for Fireball Roberts), #43 (for Richard Petty), #11 (for Junior Johnson), and the #21 when the Wood Brothers no longer decide to race, and possibly even the #28 (for Davey Allison and Robert Yates), and the #24 when Jeff Gordon finally decides to hang it up. There's only a finite amount of numbers that can be used (110 to be exact), and to tell and entre sport they can't use a certain number is wrong, just like it was wrong for MLB to unilaterally retire the #42 and for the NHL to retire the #99. And yes, it's also wrong for NASCAR to retire the #61 in the Modified Series, or for IndyCar to retire the #14 when A.J. Foyt's team finally departs the sport. The retiring of numbers is something to be decided by an organization, not the sanctioning body of a sport. And it's also a terrible idea for a sanctioning body of a sport not to even allow a number to be used, as is the case with F1's not even allowing the use of the #13. That's a slippery and dangerous slope for a sanctioning body to go on as it relates to uniform or car numbers. 308. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It'll probably finish as the lights are coming on, but we should be able to get it in today." Unless The 15 Years Passed It's Prime Simpsons & Reanimated Corpse of Family Guy have new episodes. They could move it to FS1, but they probably got a show with Regis Philbin & Donovan McNabb running their yaps about nothing that they can't pre-empt. F them if they try moving it to FS2. Most NASCAR fans either don't get that channel or are subjected to a horribly over compressed SD-only feed like myself. 309. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "How come no one ever says anything like that? Why is it just Dillon and the 3? " Because the #3 is the only number to ever be illegally held hostage for such a despicable reason. (and according to the rule book it was actually illegal, as in if someone had sued to get the number NASCAR and Childress would be paying some angry owner's legal fees and whatever else he demanded). 310. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And it's also a terrible idea for a sanctioning body of a sport not to even allow a number to be used, as is the case with F1's not even allowing the use of the #13." Pretty sure Maldonado just race that one today. 311. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "JG24FanForever: Jeff Foxworthy?" I have voice like Terry Labonte, and I look like a skinny Matt Damon. 312. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We Need More Onion, I give up. Who was it? 313. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bold prediction: NASCAR will prematurely bring this race to an end when they realize it's going to pre-empt Animation Domination. 314. John Royal posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But #3 belongs to Baker's. 315. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "We Need More Onion, I give up. Who was it? " Pierre-Henri Raphanel. Obscure as hell. Currently Bugatti's factory driver. 316. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2pVPWGYMQ Heres a little rain delay music for you all to enjoy " No matter what, CCR deserves a thumbs-up. Even from a totally different culture. 317. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That was a ball shot. 318. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Because the #3 is the only number to ever be illegally held hostage for such a despicable reason. (and according to the rule book it was actually illegal, as in if someone had sued to get the number NASCAR and Childress would be paying some angry owner's legal fees and whatever else he demanded)." Actually, NASCAR allowed Childress to have the number and not use it, yes, but they also told Childress that if another team wanted the number they would have to let that team use it. Of course, no team ever did that because that would have been much more despicable than this #nontroversy people have started about the 3. 319. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:22 pm Rate this comment: (7) (0) I don't care about Dillon running #3. For his sake, I wish he would run a different stylistic version of it, and I REALLY wish BSPN and all them would stop with all the media hype about it. But overall, I could really care less. My criticism of Dillon is that I think he's just extremely overrated as a driver. 320. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Here's some more delay music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8m1nRzsOJM 321. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu2pVPWGYMQ" Just epic. One of my all time favorite bands The Minutemen did an amazing cover of this, but of course the CCR version is awesome too. 322. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While we're on the subjects of numbers though...when Hendrick got the 88 from Yates for Jr. to dirve, it was reported Hendrick first asked for the 28 but Yates wanted to keep it because of Davey Allison. I always thought it would have been cool it Jr. got the 38, though. Then it would have been a mixture of Ralph, Dale Sr, and Dale Jr's numbers. 323. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Way off the wall, but where is Matthias Ekstrom nowadays? I remember him being a Red Bull road course guy who ran a few ovals...just my mind wandering during this delay 324. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Way off the wall, but where is Matthias Ekstrom nowadays? I remember him being a Red Bull road course guy who ran a few ovals...just my mind wandering during this delay." Still runs DTM in his Red Bull backed Audis. 325. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm a Ford guy, but damn' the new Mustang is ugly" It's OK, though not nearly as beautiful as the new Corvette. 326. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) BK Racing used toilet paper, or something like that to help keep the battery in the #23 car? How ridiculous is that. And you could also add the #42 and #92 to the list of those numbers that would likely be on the numbers being retired list, #42 for Lee Petty and #92 for Herb Thomas. And while the #48 would be on The Long Shot's list, the number 48 will, to me, always be associated with Dan Gurney, though he never really used it in NASCAR. And the #2 would be for either Rusty Wallace or Roger Penske. The #12 for Bobby Allison and the #15 for Bud Moore would be another couple that could be retired, if we're going on that theory. Now let's see. We have the #s 2 (Roger Penske/Rusty Wallace), 3 (Dale Earnhardt, Sr.), 11 (Junior Johnson), 12 (Bobby Allison), 15 (Bud Moore), 21 (the Wood Brothers), 22 (Fireball Roberts), 24 (Jeff Gordon), 28 (Davey Allison/Robert Yates), 42 (Lee Petty), 43 (Richard Petty), 48 (Jimmie Johnson), and 92 (Herb Thomas). That's 13 numbers on that list. Now does anyone see how bad of a idea it is for a sports sanctioning body to unilaterally retire numbers? 327. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Trivia: 1) Who finished last in the inaugural Convertible race in 1956 at Daytona Beach? 2) Who finished last in the inaugural USAC Champ Car race in 1956 at the Indianapolis 500? 328. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson pretty much just said that the competion level in the nationwide series sucks....e said in Nationwide your racing 15 guy are so while in cup your racing 42 329. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some rain-delay Pink Floyd for y'all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDb7px_pwl0 I'll throw some Marvin Gaye into the mix as well:. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-kA3UtBj4M 330. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) cjs3872: What about #87 for Buck Baker? 331. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) They can't retire numbers just because the legacy with a great ended. As long as fans realize there is nothing new drivers can do to carry on whatever legacy the past driver left (because for example, if Earnhardt was your favorite driver, there's nothing anyone else could have done to replace that because legacies are more than just a car number), we'll be fine. The problem is ESPN trying to hype the BS that Austin is carrying on Earnhardt's legacy. No, he's just a new driver to Cup who has showed flashes in Nationwide and Truck races, and last year he won the Nationwide championship without even winning a race, which was as unlike Dale as you can get. I think this is where most of the angst towards Dillon comes from. Obviously if he started winning races on a regular basis, some of that would go away. I don't see where people are just piling on him just for the sake of it. 332. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1) Who finished last in the inaugural Convertible race in 1956 at Daytona Beach? 2) Who finished last in the inaugural USAC Champ Car race in 1956 at the Indianapolis 500? " Without checking, I would have no chance, but why not try? 2) Pat O'Connor? 333. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're currently interviewing the Face of NASCAR herself... 334. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trivia: What two drivers lead the Cup series in last place finishes? 335. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well @310, if that's so, then F1 relaxed that rule, because when they had the numbers that corresponded to the team's standings in the constructor's points, they could not legally use the #13. The seventh place team in the constructor's points had to use numbers 14 and 15 because #13 was not permitted to be used. But if what you say is true, then that rule has been relaxed. 336. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @334: Joe Nemechek and J.D. McDuffie 337. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #334 Joe Nemechek and J. D. McDuffie? 338. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What two drivers lead the Cup series in last place finishes? " Easy one :) Nemechek and McDuffie. 339. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Opinion: Don't any of yinz like NEW music? Like Bruno Mars, or JT? Rock music disgusts me. 340. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @332: Sorry. 341. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Don't any of yinz like NEW music? Like Bruno Mars, or JT? Rock music disgusts me. " If you'd like, I could upload one of my piano sonatas to a website you can access. 342. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) -_- Yes. All 3 of you. Who has the most Nationwide series last place finishes? (NO LOOKING ON LASTCAR) 343. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Brad Teague? 344. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1) Who finished last in the inaugural Convertible race in 1956 at Daytona Beach? 2) Who finished last in the inaugural USAC Champ Car race in 1956 at the Indianapolis 500? " Bill Brown and Paul Russo. 345. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Who has the most Nationwide series last place finishes?" The mighty #10? The JG of vibration and handling? 346. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NRF: Piano sonatas? Is this what normally happens during a rain delay? 347. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes, WnmO. Jeff Green. Truck Series Last Place Leader? (This one will get you. Hopefully.) 348. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Fuller? 349. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oops, too late... Truck Series...hmmm...Phil Bonifield? 350. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @347 Brandon Knupp 351. RaceFanX posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When did Crafton hop in the #27, is this his first time racing Cup? 352. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Truck Series...hmmm...Phil Bonifield? " My guess also. 353. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) RaceFanX: I believe Menard had a baby on the way, and Crafton was the backup driver. 354. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not Phil Bonifield or Brandon Knupp. 355. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While we're at it, let's just retire all the numbers run by Cup champions. Here's what the list would look like (including all previously mentioned numbers): - #2-Rusty Wallace/Kurt Busch/Brad Keselowski (pending retirement) - #3-Dale Earnhardt - #4-Rex White - #5-Terry Labonte - #7-Alan Kulwicki - #8-Joe Weatherly - #9-Bill Elliott - #11-Junior Johnson/Ned Jarrett/Cale Yarborough - #12-Bobby Allison - #15-Bud Moore - #17-Darrell Waltrip/Matt Kenseth (pending retirement) - #18-Bobby Labonte (pending retirement) - #20-Tony Stewart (pending retirement) - #21-David Pearson/The Wood Brothers - #22-Red Byron/Fireball Roberts - #24-Jeff Gordon (pending retirement) - #28-Davey Allison - #42-Lee Petty - #43-Richard Petty - #48-Dan Gurney/Jimmie Johnson (pending retirement) - #71-Bobby Isaac - #72-Benny Parsons - #80-Bill Rexford - #87-Buck Baker - #88-Dale Jarrett - #91-Tim Flock - #92-Herb Thomas Yep, bad idea. 356. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Don't any of yinz like NEW music? Like Bruno Mars, or JT? Rock music disgusts me." I've got massive respect for both of those guys you mentioned, but unfortunately, I'm just not interested in any current "mainstream" type artists. As for specific genres though, I listen to literally just about everything. Alt Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Punk Rock, Experimental, Metal. The only thing I don't listen to is Country, though I obviously have a lot of respect for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Hank Williams. 357. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truck Series: Wayne Edwards. 358. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rusty Wallace also drove the #27, I think he drove the #27 during his championship year. 359. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) JG24FF: No looking up the answers allowed. Damn! 360. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Long Shot: So close, yet so far. Edwards is 2nd. 361. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "While we're at it, let's just retire all the numbers run by Cup champions. Here's what the list would look like (including all previously mentioned numbers):" "Yep, bad idea." Solution: Use triple digit numbers from 100-999. It's not brain surgery. 362. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've never seen anybody interview Alex Bowman. 363. Jaws_fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jr. calling for another Bristol. Hell yeah Jr. 364. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I really hope the highlight of Alex Bowman's Cup career isn't being the Toilet Paper Guy... 365. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "JG24FF: No looking up the answers allowed. Damn" HaHa! Sorry. No one would have gotten anyway. 366. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) If Paul Menard's out of the #27 car, that's news to me and the FOX crew, who still have Menard listed as the driver of that car, which has moved up to 14th in the race from the back of the field. Meanwhile, Alex Bowman just debuted a new nickname for himself nationally, "Bad Luck Bowman". 367. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Guys.....This is the crazyiest rain delay coverage i think ive ever seen..... 368. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Don't any of yinz like NEW music? Like Bruno Mars, or JT? Rock music disgusts me." So, here music is totally different. Currently the only style which is close to mainstream which interests me is Sax House. Not sure whether anyone know that in the US. Is it known there? Truck last places: Lafferty? 369. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Da hell just happened? 370. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not Lafferty. 371. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're interviewing Menard right now, so I don't know where the Crafton thing is coming from. 372. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Don't any of yinz like NEW music? Like Bruno Mars, or JT? Rock music disgusts me." Mars and Timberlake are two of the new age artists I can tolerate the most, but I despise most of today's pop music. Nowadays you don't seem to need to have any talent in order to succeed in the music industry (cases in point: Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj). "As for specific genres though, I listen to literally just about everything. Alt Rock, Jazz, Hip Hop, Punk Rock, Experimental, Metal. The only thing I don't listen to is Country, though I obviously have a lot of respect for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Hank Williams." I'm a classic rock/folk rock type myself (Beatles, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Queen, Pink Floyd, CSNY, etc.), but my music taste is actually pretty diverse. I'll listen to grunge rock (Nirvana), punk rock (Green Day), folk/country (John Denver, Jim Croce, James Taylor, Jason Mraz), soul (Marvin Gaye), and alt rock (3 Doors Down, Daughtry). My favorite type of music is acappella, however (Peter Hollens, Pentatonix, Home Free, Rescue). 373. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) In fact, they're interviewing Paul Menard right now, so I don't know where the poster who said it got the information that Menard had left the track, so obviously, that was bad information. 374. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truck "lastcar": Those guys who ran the #0 and the #00 a lot. Ryan McGlynn and Lonnie(?) Richardson. Maybe? 375. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I bet somebody will be making "Bad Luck Bowman" memes. 376. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Long Shot: So close, yet so far. Edwards is 2nd." Darn, I thought I had it there. Oh wait, I remember now. Mike Garvey (3-time LASTCAR Truck Series champion, I believe). 377. Wallmendinger posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was an awkward Paul Menard interview 378. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I didn't see the Bowman interview, did they have him explain the whole toilet paper/battery thing? 379. Quasar posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Menard killed the fun. 380. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Long Shot: I think I may know somebody that you may like. ;) (No, it's not me) Onion: It's not either of those. Hint? 381. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hint. 382. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's not Garvey. 383. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Shout out to Carl Edwards for calling Fox "average". 384. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hint: He has spent most of his career starting-and-parking, including driving for the infamous MSRP Motorsports. And Carl is calling out the broadcast booth. 385. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some of the groups/artist I like: Type o Negative Sisters of Mercy Killing Joke Bauhaus Joy Division and New Order Death in June Coil Front Line Assembly Front 242 Aphex Twin M83 Sleep Chamber Depeche Mode Porcupine Tree Visage I despise "pop" music for the most part. And don't consider most of that crap as anything resembling art. 386. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnny Chapman? 387. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "That was an awkward Paul Menard interview" Seems like Paul was shocked that Steve Byrnes knew that a)He has a wife and b)They have a baby due. 388. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "He has spent most of his career starting-and-parking, including driving for the infamous MSRP Motorsports." Terry Cook ran truck properly, so Johnny Chapman? 389. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Finally, Long Shot, after guessing 2nd and 3rd place on the Truck Series list, you got 1st! It was Johnny Chapman! 390. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The problem I have with modern day popular music is that it seems to be far more about the actual image than about the actual music being made. You're more likely these days to make it big if you've got little talent but could grace the front cover of teen magazines than you are if you have a ton of musical talent but look like Peter Griffin. Plus, a lot of modern day pop music just sounds so...similar-ish across the board to my ears. Don't take it personally. As for me, I've said it before, but I dig old rock music...all kinds of varieties of it. I love classic heavy metal groups like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, and Blue Oyster Cult, I love the complex progressive rock groups like Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, I love the poppier artists and groups like the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Elton John...I even love lesser known and obscure artists from the time period such as UFO, Wishbone Ash, Budgie, Gentle Giant, Caravan, Van Der Graaf Generator...So on and so forth. What can I say, I've always had a fascination with older music. Maybe because I grew up with it... 391. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I honest-to-goodness don't remember when Chapman took first on the all-time list, but it had to have been pretty recently. My turn: who has the most DNQ's in Cup Series history? 392. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most DNQs...Kevin LePage? 393. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) When showing a radar, why would you have your location in the far corner??? (Its rhetorical) 394. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lepage is 6th all-time with 64 DNQ's. 395. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Which driver (no looking this one up!) was known as the "Kansas City Flash"? 396. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So on the topic of "popular" music, is Sax House a thing in the US, because it is now huge in France and in the Netherlands, also it's getting popular even in Hungary. What is the situation over the pond? 397. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Debate: What is your favorite NASCAR video game? Me, I like NASCAR Thunder 2003 or 2004. Unlike ETX NASCAR games, you actually have to EARN your spot on the racetrack. And when you get your spot, you still have to KEEP it. 398. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Derrike Cope!! Most DNQ's. Did not look it up. 399. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Long Shot: Dave Marcis. I've seen you post it on his driver page. ;) 400. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I forgot to add for music: I'm a huge fan of John Williams and Howard Shore. By far and wide the two greatest movie theme composers of all time, in my opinion. 401. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Morgan Shepherd? 402. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @391 Gotta be Kevin "25 DNQ" LePage! 403. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) haha, We've got pretty similar taste JG24FF. Joy Division is one of my favorite bands ever. I also like quite a bit of Death In June's catalog. 404. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "who has the most DNQ's in Cup Series history? " Dave Marcis? 405. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Debate: What is your favorite NASCAR video game?" Dirt to Daytona. Always will be too. 406. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Derrike Cope!! Most DNQ's. Did not look it up." Good guess, but Cope is 3rd all-time with 87. "Long Shot: Dave Marcis. I've seen you post it on his driver page. ;)" Dammit. Oh well, I knew that one would be easy. How about for Nationwide? 407. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What is your favorite NASCAR video game?" Game? Nascar Thunder 2004 Simulator? Papyrus's NR2003. That's one I still use regularly. 408. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't listen to much heavy metal (I guess Led Zeppelin could count, but I put them more in the "classic rock" genre), but "Chop Suey" by System of a Down is an amazing song, if only for the last minute or so. 409. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "haha, We've got pretty similar taste JG24FF. Joy Division is one of my favorite bands ever. I also like quite a bit of Death In June's catalog." murb, you're a Goth. You like macabre and dark music like me. 410. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cuzin' Carl called FOX average? That's awesome :D 411. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drivers have been called back to their cars. 412. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "How about for Nationwide? " Lepage? 413. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've never played NR2003. 414. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What is your favorite NASCAR video game?" Thunder 2004, no contest. I still play it every now and then. Nascar 2001 is probably my next favorite since that was the first one I ever got. I've been thinking about picking up the new Nascar 14 game that just came out, but the videos I've seen of the gameplay seem really weird. It just doesn't look like that much fun (and not only that, but it also seems really unrealistic - the CPU had people like Michael McDowell and Josh Wise running up front and dominating races). 415. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rise Against is #1 in music in my opinion. If you like someone else that is fine even if you like Bieber. 416. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Speaking of NASCAR video games, does Eutechnyx know nothing about creating stable video games or something? The mechanics of their games seem not to have improved at all over the years. 417. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "murb, you're a Goth. You like macabre and dark music like me." lol, I definitely listen to a lot of messed up music. Lately I've been on a Shellac kick. 418. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What recent NASCAR game was it that had every single driver doing Carl Edwards-style backflips after they won a race (even Mark Martin, Danica Patrick, and Jeff Gordon, who has had back problems)? I remember seeing the clips of it, but it's been a while and I can't remember off the top of my head... 419. John Royal posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR Racing 2003, still play it. 420. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What recent NASCAR game was it that had every single driver doing Carl Edwards-style backflips after they won a race (even Mark Martin, Danica Patrick, and Jeff Gordon, who has had back problems)? I remember seeing the clips of it, but it's been a while and I can't remember off the top of my head..." Nascar 2011. It's a pretty cool game, it's just buggy as hell. 421. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Lepage is 4th all-time in Nationwide with 43 DNQ's. Good guess, though. 422. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In non-NASCAR news, DUKE LOST!!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES 423. John Royal posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain. 424. Spen posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Long? 425. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Harmon? 426. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Long is tied for 17th all-time with 23 DNQ's. Keep guessing... 427. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Funny you guys should bring up NASCAR video games. I just started a season in NASCAR Thunder 2004 for the PC (would have rather done NASCAR SimRacing but it needs reinstalled due to some editing of game files and now longer able to load setups and I can't find CD1. Or NASCAR 2000 but it hates Windows 7 even with compatibly modes enabled). Finished 2nd driving the #0 NetZero Pontiac of Haas Racing. Was running 1st on the high side with Smoke in 2nd on the low side then Kenseth tried to make it three wide in the middle going into 3 on the final lap causing a melee that allowed Hermie Friggin' Sadler to "Derrike Cope" his way on by to win. I know there are better games for the PC (NR2003, Heat, NASCAR Racing 3), but sometimes it is fun just to play the simple dumb-fun EA Sports PC games. The other ones since they are so customizable I feel the need to tweak out the schedules, paint schemes, driver ratings & other stuff that I get burnt out before I even get a chance to start a real season. 428. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow. Some good feuds here. Spencer vs Busch, Harvick vs Rudd. 429. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Onion is the closest. Harmon is second with 57 DNQ's. 430. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TS1420: In my NT2003 for the GameCube, Kyle Petty led all the laps at Bristol and won. I only have it on 10% race length. 431. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Morgan Shepherd. 432. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Personally, I like a little country music, old and new. Also like rock, pop, rap, classic metal. Anything really, but I hate the stuff that screams at you. I have a soft spot for Taylor Swift, frankly. 433. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @427: I did a NR2003 season with the 2000 cup carset driving Wally Dallenbach's #75, with 50% race distance, all assists off and 110% AI. It was great fun, although I am not good enough to be competitive with that difficulty. So the thing is that I had so many wrecks in the first part of the autumn Dover race, then a long green run to end it, so people either were many laps behind or ran out of fuel. And guess who got by my coasting car to win... Robert Pressley. I ended up 2 laps down in 9th, one of my 3 top 10s. 434. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Patty Moise? 435. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Schroeder51 nailed it. Shepherd has 83 DNQ's throughout his Nationwide career. One more question: who has the most Truck DNQ's of all time? 436. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jennifer Jo Cobb? 437. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cobb is tied for 8th with 15 DNQ's. 438. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm beginning to get the feeling that the rest of this race is going to be run tomorrow... 439. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm out for the day. I'll check later to see if the race finished or not. 440. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember one time in my Career mode on Thunder 2004 that David Green won at Martinsville. I was leading the race, but I messed up coming into the pits and crashed into the yellow barrel thing. So then David Green randomly won somehow with like four cars on the lead lap. 441. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Robert Richardson Jr.? 442. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "One more question: who has the most Truck DNQ's of all time?" Kyle Busch? 443. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kelly Sutton might have the most truck DNQs. 444. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "I remember one time in my Career mode on Thunder 2004 that David Green won at Martinsville. I was leading the race, but I messed up coming into the pits and crashed into the yellow barrel thing. So then David Green randomly won somehow with like four cars on the lead lap." If you had done that at Bristol, we would forever dub you as "Murb Martin". 445. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truck DNQ's: Norm Benning? 446. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I messed up coming into the pits and crashed into the yellow barrel thing." I remember turning yellow off and deliberately causing a huge pileup with crashing someone into the barrels... 447. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All guesses have been incorrect so far. The closest was Onion, as Sutton is 4th all-time with 17. 448. John Royal posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I always try to start 100% realism season with NR2003 to go with the current NASCAR season. I even have my own money and sponsorship management to keep things interesting and difficult. So far, I have failed every single Daytona Duel race either due wreck or not finishing high enough. Never had money to continue to second race :) 449. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If you had done that at Bristol, we would forever dub you as "Murb Martin"." LOL. It was actually more like Kenseth at Dover in 2004, so "Murb Kenseth" might be better. 450. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "If you had done that at Bristol, we would forever dub you as "Murb Martin"." We can still call him "murb Martinsville". 451. BON GORDON posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) NASCAR Thunder 2004 is the best NASCAR game ever. Also NASCAR Thunder 2005: Chase for the Cup, NASCAR Thunder 2002, NASCAR Dirt to Daytona, and NASCAR Rumble are all also great NASCAR games. A lot of hours spent on those games. 452. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My guess for the last places then; Who was Ryan McGlynn. 453. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Mark Martin did hit the end of the pit wall at Martinsville in 1998 when he tried to make a late move to stay on the racetrack when a caution came out just as he was going to make a green flag pit stop. 454. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "My guess for the last places then; Who was Ryan McGlynn." Who was Ryan McGlynn? Are we playing NASCAR Jeopardy now? :P Incorrect, unfortunately. However, his name was guessed for the last places question. 455. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wayne Edwards then. 456. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnny Chapman? Mike Harmon? 457. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Onion nailed it. Edwards' 32 DNQ's are 10 more than anyone else. 458. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phil Bonifield? 459. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ah, finally. Good night everyone, hopefully the race can still get underway and I will get to watch it tomorrow. 460. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Scott Wimmer won a race at Martinsville in my NASCAR Thunder 2003. 461. We need more Onion posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *facepalm* As soon as I pressed "Publish", I realized it' only "night" for me :) 462. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Whew. I'm glad I wasn't here earlier, or I would have been tempted to jump into that silly debate about Larson/Dillon/#3/retired numbers. As for the former two, it's still early in their Cup careers. Give them two more years, then let's talk. I do love me some trivia. I just need a tough question to think of. 463. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race will be on Fox Sports 1 once it resumes. 464. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This has definitely been the most interesting race comments page of the year, PBS discussion not withstanding. 465. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "TS1420: In my NT2003 for the GameCube, Kyle Petty led all the laps at Bristol and won. I only have it on 10% race length." I got a better one. NASCAR 2001 for the PS1: Richard Petty comes out of retirement at Pocono, starts on the pole, leads the most laps & wins the race. Rumors were going around that EA Sports let him have a supercharged 426 Hemi for the race ;) 466. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I got one for you guys,,,,,David Stremme and the underdog Inception motorsports won the Daytona 500 on my NASCAR the game inside line career once 467. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "This has definitely been the most interesting race comments page of the year" Probably due to my absence. :) 468. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Amazing... Cosmos that is. Sadly one of NASCAR's main draws, Bristol has been bumped to a second rate ESPN-lite BS1. This has a feeling of the 1998 WCW Halloween Havoc when thousands of ppv buyers lost the signal at the beginning of the DDP-Goldberg WCW title match. The next night on Monday Nitro, the entire match aired. 469. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Whenever I run season modes on NASCAR games... I run the table :) 470. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On NASCAR 2005 Chase for the Cup I once ran full-time in Cup in one of the fantasy cars, the #8 Chance 2 Oreo car in NNS, owner-drivered in Modifieds, and skipped the first 5 or 6 races before entering the CWTS with a self-owned truck. I won ALL FOUR titles in spite of all the skipped Cup, NNS, CWTS, and Modified races/quali-sessions. *Head inflates and explodes* 471. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In a few races I've run in NASCAR games, the fake drivers (you know what I mean...the ones they have who usually have numbers above 100 and are often programmers for the games themselves) actually won a few times... 472. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Raines won Rockingham on NASCAR Thunder 2004 in the #74 Brace Motorsports white, unsponsored car. 473. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I got one for you guys,,,,,David Stremme and the underdog Inception motorsports won the Daytona 500 on my NASCAR the game inside line career once" I feel like Stremme must be friends with the developers of that game because he's up front in a lot of races in that game. 474. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm pretty sure Joe Nemecheck won Kentucky on my version of Inside Line...and still finished last in the final points standings. 475. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Right Zackary Shawn, Stremme usually surfaces in the top ten on plate tracks and high speed ovals when cautions (when turned on) and pit strategy works itself out. 476. WinstonCup4Ever posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My favorite game will always be NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. I run a 4 hour endurance series offline with the game. Filming is done overnight from around 11:30 PM to 3:30 AM. Though I did play NASCAR Heat recently. Played as Earnhardt and got into a battle with the Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte at Atlanta. 477. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Soooooo, what have I been missing? I was unable to watch any of the race... 478. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, during my very first season of Inside Line I barely got into The Chase on a wild card (I think I was 19th in points, but had four wins). All the chasers did so crappy during the Chase that I finished 43rd in two of the ten Chase races and still managed to pull off the championship over Montoya of all people. 1.5 milers are my weak spot on that game. My second season had the points lead going into Homestead though and I had saved enough fuel to coast to the win and the championship, but then the caution came out. I decided to gamble on fuel, ran out, finished 43rd, lost the championship to Jr. Oh yeah...I was responsible for bringing out the yellow that sealed my fate... One more...Martinsville is one of my best tracks, but it's hard on tires. I had dominated, but only had enough tire to go another lap or so. Coming to the white I got over zealous and nailed David Ragan in turn 3. Caution came out. My tire didn't survive the GWC. Finished 13th. 479. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On some NASCAR games, if you run full distance you could lap the field at Indy or Watkins Glen. 480. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On one of those NASCAR games, 09 I believe, the caution would always come out in the inner-loop and the whole race would usually never have a single green flag lap. 481. jabber1990 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was super excited when I got NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PS2 (lets not talk about the PlayStation version) but I can't get anything done in career mode, I drive a car that makes BK racing laugh at me. I never seem to have any success, is it possible to be good in that game? should I just Start and Park? however in season mode I was getting pole after pole, but I haven't played the game in a while in NASCAR 2005 I did try to run all 4 seasons in 1 year and try to get all three titles but that's hard especially since on more than 1 occasion the Truck weekend matches up with the Nationwide weekend in NASCAR 2008 I had to skip the last 3 truck races (since you can't run truck and cup at the same time, apparently) and I still got the title! 482. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Papyrus NASCAR 3 was pretty awesome too for the gamer that is busy. I think it was the last sim that allowed you to save progress mid race. Played a lot when I was in college 483. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was never any good at racing games, except for Mario Kart Wii (with which I can legitimately say that I've beaten some of the best). I don't know what console you guys play on, but I can't control the Inside Line cars with a PS3 controller to save my life. 484. jabber1990 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't run very good at plate tracks on NASCAR 2005 (I am going to try a new strategy) so when the truck season starts at Daytona I do everything I can to run everyone out of gas, I find some reason to keep stretching out the GWC! 485. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember once I set the difficulty on NASCAR Heat to the easiest level (I sometimes did that just for the hell of it because the competition is a total joke at that level) and I then proceeded to run the Southern 500. I completely skipped qualifying and so I started last. I took the lead by lap 15 and ended up leading the entire rest of the race on my way to lapping the field 22 times! 486. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jarrett88fan: How? Tony Raines isn't even is NT2004... 487. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember playing NT2003, and at New Hampshire, I started 43rd (skipped qualifing), took the lead by Turn 3, and lapped the field by lap 22. 488. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In my latter days on NTG:IL, I spent most of my time not on the track, but in the paint booth, designing cars. I would include the link to my online garage, but that would take a while to post. 489. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If you aren't on Twitter...the track is ready and drivers are being called to their vehicles. 490. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I actually won a championship in Thunder 2004 Career Mode, which I'm pretty proud of. If anyone has ever played that Career Mode, you'll know what I mean. You start out driving TOTAL shitboxes. It took me about four seasons (in game), but it was pretty awesome once I finally accomplished that. Most of the time though when I'm playing that game, I just play the regular Season Mode on Legendary difficulty. It's the exact same thing as Career Mode except you don't have to keep track of sponsors and your equipment doesn't really matter. But you can still go from season to season, so you're basically running a career. In that mode, I've won three championships and like 32 races (in about 8 seasons) I think. That's probably my favorite thing to do because you can actually race for championships and stuff, yet there's still a challenge to it. The CPUs are actually pretty racey on Legendary. I also make my own custom schedules on there, which make it a HELL of a lot more fun than just the plain 2003 Winston Cup schedule. I'll use the fantasy tracks and stuff. It's so much fun. I definitely want to get into NR2003 at some point though. I've always wanted to do a thing where I start my career as an owner/driver in like 1986 and then run my career through the late 80s and early 90s, right during the "Golden Era" as a lot of us refer to it. That seems like it would be really fun. 491. WinstonCup4Ever posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @483. Was never good at Mario Kart Wii, but I've done a race at Toad's Turnpike in Extra without hitting any objects or weapons and even without picking up weapons. I've actually won a few races playing like that at the track. No joke. 492. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If you aren't on Twitter...the track is ready and drivers are being called to their vehicles." Yet FS1 gives no updates at all. 493. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would laugh and cry if the race actually does go green and FS1 doesn't even bother to show a single bit of coverage... 494. John Royal posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have full satellite feed, seems like the track is indeed dry and covers have been taken off of the cars. 495. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I've always wanted to do a thing where I start my career as an owner/driver in like 1986 and then run my career through the late 80s and early 90s, right during the "Golden Era" as a lot of us refer to it. That seems like it would be really fun." You can do that? That's cool. 496. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I assume they are waiting until the top of the hour. They might as well. 497. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You can do that?" Yeah, you just have to get the carsets and stuff for each year. It takes a ton of work I think, but it seems like it would be a really fun project. I've seen guys on some of those sim racing forums do it. 498. startandparkfan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Josh Wise won the 500 in my Inside Line, but still finished last in points. In my last "season", every driver had at least 1 top 10. I won both Inside Line championships I was in, and was halfway though my 3rd when I got NASCAR 14. NASCAR 2011 was one glitchy game. Also, when anyone won, they would climb on the roof. Didn't NASCAR ban that a few years ago because it made the cars too low in post race inspection, forcing the introduction of that stupid pipe-contraption thing? I'm not sure if they changed that, I saw Ricky Stenhouse climbing on the roof a few years ago. Anyway, I am a big fan of Dirt to Daytona. I remember at one of the fantasy modified or dirt tracks, I lapped the field once, and lapped all but the 2nd place car twice in like 10-20 laps, although it was a very small track. I didn't actually realize that none of the Dirt to Daytona tracks were real for a while,(I know, i'm stupid) which was disappointing, since many of them were in the NYC area, near where I live. Drivers back to cars. Lets go racing. 499. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nope. They're going to show coverage of the K&N West Series race at Phoenix instead, like they were scheduled too. 500. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well my FS1 is showing a K&N Pro Series West race. What is this shit? 501. SoonersFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) The race is being moved to tommarow. 502. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey the Cup Series morphed in the the K&N Pro Series and headed out to Phoenix. 503. startandparkfan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I really want to get NASCAR 2003, but all of the copies I can find on eBay are like 200 dollars. Also, my computer is not that great. 504. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) By the way, during this prolonged rain delay, I watched a great part of this race from 1992 on YouTube, which was the last race run at Bristol on the old asphalt, and my, things have changed over the years, even though the racing is pretty much the same now as it was then. In that race, only three cars (Alan Kulwicki, Dale Jarrett, and Ken Schrader) finished on the lead lap, the next two (Terry Labonte and Dick Trickle) were each one lap down, and the next finisher was three laps behind, eighth place (Hut Stricklin) was five laps behind, and ninth place (Rusty Wallace) was six laps behind, and near the end of that race, the announcers were mentioning about how unusual it was for some of the leaders to even be that far behind. Can you imagine a race today where even some of the leading finishers were multiple laps behind at the end of the race. Now certainly attrition had a lot to do with that (the top three in points all had dreadful days), as well as a 32-car field (instead of the track-cramming 43 of today), but guys in the top ten four, five, six laps behind at the finish is something that would not be tolerated today, mainly because they won't let a race like that play out today. And could you imagine a 33-car entry list for a Cup race today? But yet, there was also a competition caution in that race, and 17 cars from that race were listed in the accident report, so some things have also remained the same over time. 505. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who is Cole Custer and how is he in the Cup Series? This is bogus. *facetious* 506. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fox has no clue whatsoever. 507. BON GORDON posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On Wednesday evening I did a season on NASCAR Thunder 2002. It was the first time I played this game in at least 3 years. I raced 36 races @ 3% race length with Legend difficulty. The problem I ran into most of the time was not enough time and once you got into the top ten it was actually competitive. I ended up winning the championship over Mark Martin by 674 points. I had 10 wins, 3 poles, 20 Top fives, 32 Top tens, and an average finish of 6.1. I definitely cost myself a few wins. 508. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "@483. Was never good at Mario Kart Wii, but I've done a race at Toad's Turnpike in Extra without hitting any objects or weapons and even without picking up weapons. I've actually won a few races playing like that at the track. No joke." I was playing that track online once, and by not hitting any obstacles, I worked my way to second (first place knew how to take the inside line and dominated the entire event). One little misjudgment caused me to hit a car, and after proceeding to hit several other obstacles, I ended up finishing dead last. That track is insane, and that's an understatement. 509. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alright, here we go. Cars rolling back out. 510. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Engines are fired. I know the race will be on, but why not just go ahead and jump in instead of showing the first five minutes of a regional series prerace that took place more than 2 weeks ago? 511. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're back!...finally. 512. startandparkfan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Imagine if the same thing happens with this K&N race that happened with the replay of the 2013 daytona 500? People will be like "Wow, Cole Custer won a race, I didn't even know that he ran in cup! Who are these people? 513. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And we're back to race coverage. 514. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh my god. BS1 finally woke up and got with the program. 515. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano is in the garage as his crew is repairing his power steering. 516. JP88 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ironically I was just playing some NT03 and 04 while the rain delay has dragged on and just looked at the comments only to find some of you guys doing the same. Nice!!! Anyway I was doing a career in 03 and on Legend and it's tough. In the start you can't stay with most guys on the plate tracks which leads to a 16th place finish, 30 seconds back...haha. Even tuning the setups really good, I can't crack the top 20 until my R&D upgrades come through. And it's hilarious when you wreck out early and the game jumbles up the finishing order. One time I did a 125 lapper at Bristol and I wrecked out with around 30 to go. Then I see the winner... Shawna Robinson!!! And she was 3 laps down with 30 to go!!! In fact I think drivers like Shane Hall, Casey Atwood, and John Andretti finished in the top 5 despite being multiple laps down. And has anyone ever noticed that Kasey Kahne is apparently 50-something years old in the game...haha 517. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Oh my god. BS1 finally woke up and got with the program." 87 anchors to give us an update, 1 person to flip the switch to the Bristol race. And that person was in the bathroom. 518. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I almost feel we have regressed in time since 6 PM EST back to the olden days before ABC Wide World of Sports highlights of NASCAR races. 519. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Timmy Hill might be the only driver ever that could get penalized for being too slow on pit road. 520. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JP88: I think they have the wrong hometown for Kasey Kahne. And, he's driving a Ford! I didn't even know he ever drove a Ford! 521. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cole Whitt crashes, and Timmy Hill pile-drives into the back of Matt Kenseth. 522. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Whitt spins, and Hill just piledrove the dominant car. 523. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Hill... 524. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought FS1 wasn't supposed to show cup races until next year. 525. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) And, Timmy Hill plows into Matt Kenseth after Danican't gets into Cole Whitt. Again, Reutimann's at home. -_- 526. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica & Timmy Hill.... 527. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Timmy Hill decided to go faster under caution than he goes under green. 528. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Timmy Hill seals his bonehead reputation. 529. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like plenty of good seats still available 530. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Starting it this late is bullshit. I'd prefer they remove the NNS race from the August slate and run back-to-back Cup races on Friday and Saturday. 531. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JP88: I think they have the wrong hometown for Kasey Kahne. And, he's driving a Ford! I didn't even know he ever drove a Ford! He did before he got to Cup. Ford even sued Kahne when he decided to go with Evernham and Dodge. Danica puts Cole in the wall and Hill slams into Kenseth under caution. I didn't know he was going fast enough. 532. Jaws_fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ...And the baroness claims another victim 533. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Timmy Hill shouldn't be on a racetrack. 534. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm epic swag on Mario Kart Wii. It literally takes a minimum of 3-8 blue shells (depending on the track) for me to not finish first on any difficulty on that game, even 150cc and Extra. 535. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Even if the could improve position under yellow, there's no way for the idiot in the 33 who's already last, 8 laps down can improve anyway. 536. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "And, Timmy Hill plows into Matt Kenseth after Danican't gets into Cole Whitt. Again, Reutimann's at home. -_-" good point. I can't even imagine how many wrecks we would have if Reutimann was in the field too. 537. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Somewhere, luigistarted06 is snickering, saying "I told you so." 538. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (6) (0) "Timmy Hill needs to be parked. The combination of minimal driving talent, inexperience, and a shitbox ride is a disaster waiting to happen." The most prophetic statement I've ever made. 539. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Timmy Hill shouldn't be on a racetrack." Timmy Hill Over hill. 540. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Timmy Hill should be in Arca. His not slowing down for cautions would fit in perfectly. 541. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Achievement Unlocked: Turn on Idiot Mode. 542. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Timmy Hill just makes Robin Miller look just for calling them "Taxi Cabs." 543. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How is Timmy Hill in a Cup car anyways, even if it is the 33 crapmobile. 544. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "good point. I can't even imagine how many wrecks we would have if Reutimann was in the field too." Just be thankful Future Cup Champion Brian Vickers isn't in "Pinball Vickers" mode. There would be no finishers by the end of the race. 545. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm epic swag on Mario Kart Wii. It literally takes a minimum of 3-8 blue shells (depending on the track) for me to not finish first on any difficulty on that game, even 150cc and Extra." Well then, hotshot. It just so happens I'm a pretty fair player of that game myself. 546. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Timmy Hill is just one of those drivers who makes you wonder... Da f@q is dis $#!* !?!?!?!?!??! 547. Blue Pulaski posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:28 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Kenseth is wise beyond his years 548. Aframe43 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What's the matter Nico, is it bedtime? 549. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, they're actually interviewing Timmy Hill...At the very least, he admitted it was his fault. Doesn't make up for what happened, though... 550. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm epic swag on Mario Kart Wii. It literally takes a minimum of 3-8 blue shells (depending on the track) for me to not finish first on any difficulty on that game, even 150cc and Extra." I'm the same way (although for the record, the maximum number of blue shells in a race is 6). I'm pretty decent online as well, but my GameCube controller has gone to hell in recent months, so I haven't played much recently. 551. Leo posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I spend a lot of time on iRacing, which is an online-only sim from the team that did NR2003. I am primarily a road racer, running in a GT3 class and the Skip Barber cars (US F2000, before Pro Mazda on the Road to Indy ladder) but have been dabbling in a bit of oval this year. Running the Nationwide cars full time and doing assorted Cup races here and there. Ran the full length Daytona 500 and pushed a teammate to the win, that was an awesome feeling! Didn't race at Bristol on Saturday night, instead I found myself on the spotters stand for another teammate of mine. 250 lap race, caught a bit of damage as an innocent bystander in an early wreck and lost 4 laps. Then we drove it through the field, got a couple of wave arounds and lucky dogs, then took P3 with about 5 to go. That was really cool. 552. joey2448 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow.....I cannot express my anger and disappointment with FOX right now. Moving the race to FS1?? Really?? But if it was resumed Monday, it would still be on FOX! WTH! Instead I get to watch paid programming....f**k me. 553. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) He may be a good kid, but he's not a good driver... 554. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland!- Reutimann doesn't start many wrecks. He had BK Racing equipment last year, so that was a whammy to begin with. I'm saying, if Reutimann was in the race instead of Hill, we wouldn't have that idiotic crash. 555. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) AND THE AWARD FOR BIGGEST FAIL GOES TO *DRUM ROLL PLEAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSE* TIMMAH HILL- Yes i know its Timmy but those of you who watch south park will get my reference *TIMMAH* Btw Timmy Hill sounds like a huge doofus haha 556. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) lol, They're talking about how calm Kenseth is. He was probably just shocked that he got annihilated five seconds after the caution. 557. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I played Mario Kart Wii (before it broke) with the Wii Wheel. 558. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wait, they interviewed Timmy Hill? Dammit, I missed it. 559. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Wow.....I cannot express my anger and disappointment with FOX right now. Moving the race to FS1?? Really?? But if it was resumed Monday, it would still be on FOX! WTH! Instead I get to watch paid programming....f**k me." I would share your anger and frustration, but I actually have access to a TV with FS1 for once, so I'm too busy enjoying it. 560. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Busch race when it snowed had more people in the stands than this. But I'm sure progressive banking is a good thing 561. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Gordon is really fading backwards right now. 562. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "548. Aframe43 posted: What's the matter Nico, is it bedtime? " Lol, sucks to be you. At least you must have a job. Even if you have to get up @ 2 AM to go stock shelves over at Kroger, you're making more money than I am. 563. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) TIMMAH! from South Park would be a better driver than Timmy Hill. 564. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great run for Allgaier. 565. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Justin Allgaier running in the top 15, good for him. 566. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) I won't defend this incident, but I still really like Timmy Hill. I hope this one incident won't define what's up to this point been a pretty decent career, considering his equipment. 567. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Seeing Jamie up there makes me miss BP. "Jamie MacMary" 568. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have FS1 and FS2. Jealous? Big Mac trying to get the lead. Great, now I'm hungry. 569. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Raindrops keep fallin' on my head... 570. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McMurray leads at the stripe. 571. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How about Allgaier? Really impressive run for him. Oh, and the racing since the race was restarted has been nothing short of fantastic. 572. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Jeff's lap times indicate either a flat or a dropped cylinder. 573. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt Kenseth's role in that last incident begins to make you wonder about the runner-up jinx. Also, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. has snuck into the top ten, running in sixth or seventh place #17 car. 574. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 24's in trouble... his lap times are slower than... Timmy freaking Hill's... 575. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But I'm sure progressive banking is a good thing" Yes it is horrible that we are having two wide & three wide battles all over the track instead of cars following the pace car around the track for the 20th time because somebody got bumped out of the bottom line and wrecked. 576. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Honestly, I think I was the one who jinxed Kenseth, considering how just a few laps prior I was thankful for putting him on my Fantasy Live team instead of Jimmie Johnson. 577. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They just went 4-wide at the pit exit. 578. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman took fuel only and is in 3rd. Kyle Busch takes lead on pit road. Or is it Ernie Irvan??? 579. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Seeing Jamie up there makes me miss BP. "Jamie MacMary"" I loved the emphasis he used to put on his name "JAMIE MAC!-MARY!" ...Did Newman just take no tires? Wat da faq??? 580. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I predict mystery debris within less than 10 laps... look who's the first car one lap down. 581. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer stays out and takes the lead. 582. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Taking no tires shall now be known as "Timmy Hilling". 583. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kenseth's about to crack the top 10. 584. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Never thought I would see a day where the leaders cant catch Josh Wise in a Phil Parsons car 585. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haha Newman Timmy Hilled the competition for a few of his eight wins in 2003. Timmy Hilling was popular in the early 2000s. 586. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Props to Wise for staying on the lead lap. 587. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Newman makes a green flag pit stop. AWFUL move to not take tires under the caution. 588. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 2 things I'm surprised about Josh Wise: 1. He's PULLING AWAY from the leaders. 2. He's still in the race. 589. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Matt Kenseth is channeling Bobby Allison in the 1982 Daytona 500. 590. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Of course Josh Wise is being held up by Danican't. 591. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It is crazy how much better the 4 is than his SHR teammates. 592. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica is holding them up worse than Josh Wise is. 593. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How has Bristol been ruined again? Oh right. There isn't a wreck every 10 laps. 594. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wise got mega-loose. 595. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I love this 2nd reconfiguration of Bristol. Awesome, awesome race so far. 596. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is Fox feeling ok? Theyve never paid this much attension to a car on the tail end of the lead lap thats not named Danica BTW IM LOVING THIS RACE!!!! 597. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Kenseth back in the top 5 in his Prius. 598. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) God, seeing it 3-wide here is getting me really nervous. 599. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) LOL Kenseth 4th. 600. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What happened to Kurt? He dropped from 2nd to 8th in like 5 laps... 601. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good grief, is this some intense racing. 602. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) If Kenseth wins this race, I want to see one of those Raced Version diecasts that they usually make for winners. 603. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) It's ruined because of clean racing. I guess you are one that loves Fontana races. They go 4 wide there too. Lost a date too. Bristol doesn't sell out anymore because of this. It's simple business, sold out for decades, then reconfigure and now you don't 604. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If Kenseth wins this race, I want to see one of those Raced Version diecasts that they usually make for winners." I'm not a big fan of Kenseth but I would totally buy one of them :D 605. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did Chris Myers just say that Timmy Smith hit Matt Kenseth? 606. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Smith??? 607. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Kurt is 17th, something has to be wrong with his car...jesus. 608. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "then reconfigure and now you don't" The first reconfiguration they did in 2007 or whatever sucked ass, but I don't know how you can't enjoy what's going on out there right now. 609. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch is a lap down now. 610. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) The same reason 120,000 people don't enjoy it. 611. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch makes a green flag pit stop. 612. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kahne vs. Kenseth. Wonder where we've seen this before. 613. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race is kicking some gargantuan ass. Larson is having a huge breakout race right now. 614. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Truex slams the outside wall. 615. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) This version of the reconfigured Bristol is very similar to Winchester Speedway in Indiana and I like it. The three short tracks on the current Cup roster have their own individual character, an honest fan can appreciate them. 616. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Truex pounds the wall. 617. Jaws_fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This has been well worth the wait; by far the best race of the year 618. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Truex in the wall. 619. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 52: You are an idiot. Caution's out for Ryan Truex. 620. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Explain why they don't sell out anymore then? Don't shit in a cup and try to convince me that its a milkshake 621. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is pretty much screwed now. 622. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) General rule for the night...if you lead, eventually you're gonna have problems. 623. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch ran over something. Maybe a brake rotor? 624. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And Kyle Busch hit one of Truex's brake rotors. 625. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:06 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) BREAKING NEWS: 2014 Food City 500 becomes the most watched telecast in Fox Sports 1 history. 626. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) 52: What track does sell out nowadays? Economy's tough, hotels are expensive, so are track tickets. Seriously, if you don't think tonight's racing is badass, you're just a dumbass. 627. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola is having a great run tonight. Stenhouse and Larson are having awesome runs as well. 628. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 52: There's this crazy thing called the economy... 629. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 52 "The same reason 120,000 people don't enjoy it." You do realize that the Forecast for today called for 100% chance of rain right....And there was a really good crowd when they finally got racing today and now after a 3and a half hour rain delay thats why the crowds thinned out.... 630. Blue Pulaski posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Anyone who says F1 is better then this can take a hike... 631. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Apparently Timmy Hill is back in the race... 632. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Someone PLEASE tell me what is going on with Dale Jr's car. is it just a piece of crap or what? 633. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) So the economy was so rosy through the 90s? Early 2000s. Slow economy has a minimal effect. I used to know Welfare people that would save cans to go to the races. And the tickets have always been expensive, rooms too. The product has waned so much is why it doesn't sell out. Quit buying the BS. I'm from the area, and it pains me to see what they have done. We will never have Earnhardt-Labonte moments again 634. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson 3rd!!! 635. Jaws_fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Go ahead Stenhouse!! 636. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "It's ruined because of clean racing. I guess you are one that loves Fontana races. They go 4 wide there too. Lost a date too. Bristol doesn't sell out anymore because of this. It's simple business, sold out for decades, then reconfigure and now you don't" -What in the **** is wrong if clean 4-3 wide racing!?!?! -Fontana produced two of the best races of the year last year (Auto Club 400 & MavTV 500). -95% of the other tracks don't sell out either. They all over-built for the fairweather fickle bangwagon fad fans. 637. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Explain why they don't sell out anymore then? Don't shit in a cup and try to convince me that its a milkshake" You are a fool if you determine the quality of a race by the amount of tickets it sells. The 2013 Daytona 500 sold a lot of tickets, I bet. How'd that work out? I can't imagine that most IndyCar races sell out. Terrible races, right? 638. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1995z71, if you're on here, I'm going to steal one of your lines. 52, you are an idiot. 639. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Apparently Timmy Hill is back in the race..." Joe Gibbs had his crew members fix the car so he could take out the rear bumpers of Busch and Hamlin. 640. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Call me crazy, but it seems like the FS1 coverage is better than the actual FOX coverage. Less commercials it seems like. 641. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We don't know what to tell you, 52. Go watch the 2007 Memphis Busch race on YouTube if you want some "dirty racing". This is my favorite race all year so far. Really awesome. 642. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson could legitimately win this race. That kid is driving a phenomenal race. 643. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So could Mr. Danica. 644. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) I'm an idiot. Guess that's why I have a PhD and a thriving business. You hit it on the head. I know business and sports business. Bristol tickets went from as big as Super Bowl tickets to half full. 645. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) murb: Do not speak of that travesty. 646. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) PhD in what? Stupidity? Seriously, this is the best racing I've seen all year. 647. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If that's the case, give Bri-Bri in Daytona a call. Cuz there's 20 other tracks right now that have the same problem as Bristol. 648. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "PhD in what? Stupidity?" You can let it go now. No need to continue this argument with silly personal attacks. 649. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 52, if you hate the on-track product at Bristol so much...why are you torturing yourself watching the race? 650. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good heavens, is NASCAR.com's Live Leaderboard messed up right now. Matt Kenseth is listed as five seconds behind the leader...and HE's the leader! 651. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Jr. makes a green flag pit stop. 652. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Schroeder51: That's why I don't use NASCAR.COM'S live leaderboard. In fact, I just watch the race. 653. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm not now. Filling out a bracket. I just believe that the state of the whole sport is awful right now. I discovered this site about 6 mos ago and loved it because of the detailed info on old races. I'm sorry I said anything. I'm in the minority, but I appreciate the sport's history. 654. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution flag is out. 655. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) "Good heavens, is NASCAR.com's Live Leaderboard messed up right now. Matt Kenseth is listed as five seconds behind the leader...and HE's the leader!" Hill probably knocked off his transponder and embedded it in one of the billboards. 656. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ragan has a problem. Caution. 657. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Ragan hit the wall, apparently. 658. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm not now. Filling out a bracket." Good luck figuring out the Midwest. 659. Peter posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It's ruined because of clean racing. I guess you are one that loves Fontana races. They go 4 wide there too. Lost a date too. Bristol doesn't sell out anymore because of this. It's simple business, sold out for decades, then reconfigure and now you don't" Oh yeah, 'cause not seeing someone in the wall every 5 minutes really sucks huh? 660. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenseth takes only two tires. This should get interesting. 661. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh Jesus, Ragan got bumped. (sorry) 662. Talk4Tar posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) What has killed attendance at Bristol is the face that they decided to design a Race Track instead of pandering to the redneck, county fair, crash loving NASCAR Fan. Unfortunately, as you can see when you look at local short tracks, the demolition derby style events are packed houses, and the traditional races struggle to bring in a crowd. Bristol is hands down the best RACE track in NASCAR, but the NASCAR Fans are too stupid to realize how great it is. I grew up at the short tracks, I still attend at least 50 different races every single year, but I have not gone to a NASCAR race in 15 years. But if I was going to pay to go to a NASCAR event, it would exclusively be Bristol. It is a shame morons are going to lead to this track being ruined. 663. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I picked lots of favorites. First time I ever did that 664. The Long Shot posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) David Ragan gets turned by McDowell. Guess he forgot to say his morning prayers. 665. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There is something about these rain delayed races in 2014...the quality and competitiveness of the drivers seems heightened. Good stuff! 666. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Maybe he thought his last name was Pagan. 667. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kasey "Timmy Hill" Kahne 668. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WHERE DID ALMIROLA COME FROM?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? 669. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson is up to second...and Almirola is moving into 3rd. 670. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm starting to really think we might see a first-time winner tonight. 671. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, David Reagan forgot to take his vitamins brother! After all, David is a Georgian like the real life Terry 'Hulk Hogan' Bolea. 672. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson is about to lead this thing. And the Cuban Missile lurks in third. 673. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:31 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Austin Dillon is having a terrific 19th place race right now. He's sure to win the Rookie of the Year award with solid perfomances like this. 674. Peter posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola, Larson, Stenhouse..We could be looking at a first time winner tonight boys! 675. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I was really skeptical about Larson at the beginning of last year, but he's completely made a believer out of me. He IS the real deal. Another great run for Aric too. It looks like he and Trent Owens might be a great combo. 676. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trent Owens is an exceptional crew chief who guided multiple drivers to wins and strong finishes in the Nationwide Series. 677. Blue Pulaski posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) After this run, if they still give Dillon ROTY over Larson I think we should riot. This is beyond impressive! 678. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) This race got really boring all of a sudden. 679. Sector posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wow, I ended up falling asleep/taking a nap during this whole rain delay thing, only to wake up & found out that the race is on Fox Sports 1. Are you freaking kidding me? I've been looking all over, don't tell me they don't have a livestream somewhere to watch this stinking race? >:( 680. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch crashes. 681. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is in the wall. 682. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Bristol tickets went from as big as Super Bowl tickets to half full." The Super Bowl and playoff games are starting to have last minute sellouts. I remember the spring race at Bristol, even before the repave, was becoming a last minute sell-out too. 683. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch spins. Kurt Busch with a flat. 684. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Both Busch's have problems. 685. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And as soon as I type that, Kyle Busch spins. 686. LIkid85 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Killed two birds (or Bush's) with one stone 687. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Travis Kvapil hits the outside wall trying to avoid Irvan...er, I mean Kyle Busch. 688. Talk4Tar posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "The Super Bowl and playoff games are starting to have last minute sellouts. I remember the spring race at Bristol, even before the repave, was becoming a last minute sell-out too." Quit using facts to make your argument! It is only because Bristol is boring. It also has nothing to do with the economic recession or the overall NASCAR attendance sag 689. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle is DAMNED lucky he didn't get plowed into heavily when his car was stopped in the middle of the racing groove. 690. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's so damn weird to be watching a Bristol Night race in march. This race has been nothing short of the best Nascar this season. And Gordon actually gained track position on pit-road! 691. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *race 692. LIkid85 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 678, it's going to pick up again soon, they're just taking a breather 693. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hear you Sector, hands down one of the top races of the year so far and it isn't on network television to have more eyeballs watching. 694. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Quit using facts to make your argument! It is only because Bristol is boring. It also has nothing to do with the economic recession or the overall NASCAR attendance sag" This is boring? If this is boring, than F1 is the worst motorsport on earth and the entire season is completely useless. 695. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @682. I will call BS on that. Pre repave you had to buy season tickets. So there were no "last minute sell outs". You are talking to a 23 year ticket holder. 1989-2011. I know how the box office worked there. 696. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Something is really wrong with Kenseth's car. 697. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenseth has a right rear down, he's about to spin. 698. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Somethin' is up wit Kenseth. 699. Watto posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Michael McDowell's no stranger to intentionally wrecking other drivers, which is frankly sad given that his entire stat line in Cup is filled with start & park efforts. I wish he would clean up his driving. With his constant mention of religion in every interview he gives, you'd think he'd drive halfway morally. 700. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correction, Kenseth doesn't seem to have a flat. He just got in the marbles. 701. Sector posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @Jarrett88fan It's downright stupid. My Sunday got ruined. Especially since their racing at my third favorite track! 702. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) FOX knows that Danica and Dillon are racing for the free pass, right? Someone is slipping in the control booth. 703. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch is in the garage. 704. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin Truex is smoking. 705. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin Truex, Jr. has a serious tire rub. 706. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And now he crashes. 707. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin Truex with a tire rub...and he spins. 708. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sure enough, Truex lost a tire and hit the wall. The Next Dale Earnhardt gets his lap back. 709. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's just stop feeding the troll, guys. Martin Truex Jr spins. Obviously, 52 doesn't know what a good race is. 710. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Carl Edwards stays out, so he is about to get steam rolled. 711. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon has had 4 different sponsors in the first 4 races. You would think that RC would give Austin the best sponsors. 712. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 52 is starting to remind me of the guy who sat behind me at Darlington who was upset with all the long green flag runs and was praying for the last 50 laps to have some flaming cars and flying fenders... But yeah, no point in bothering with him anymore. Nothing is going to convince him that this is a good race. 713. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *Sat behind me at Darlington last year. Forgot to add that part. 714. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Surprised FS1 hasn't mentioned Danica yet. Much. 715. Watto posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Austin Dillon has had 4 different sponsors in the first 4 races. You would think that RC would give Austin the best sponsors." Asking price might be high so he's gotten several to cover the whole year. 716. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "@682. I will call BS on that. Pre repave you had to buy season tickets. So there were no "last minute sell outs". You are talking to a 23 year ticket holder. 1989-2011. I know how the box office worked there." Then why was I seeing "Call and order your Food City 500 tickets today!" commercials during the races before the spring race in 2006 & 2007? I remember that because I always thought it was weird Bruton & Co. would always tout "Bristol is sold out years in advance!" yet they were airing ticket commercials just weeks before the spring race. 717. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Go Almirola! 718. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) I present facts, you present opinions. It's a money operation. 719. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Something is wrong with Denny Hamlin. 720. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) YES! THEY ARE SHOWING TEST DRIVE 2!!!!!! 721. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, I think Hamlin just went way up the hill. Didn't really see what happened there... 722. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 52 presents bullshit, we present facts. 723. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah, I think Denny just got in the marbles like Kenseth did earlier. 724. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, this argument with 52 is getting REALLY annoying. Just forget about it. Everyone. 725. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 52, it may be a money operation, but that doesn't mean there's no good racing. 726. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick burns up a gear. 727. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ditto murb 728. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick, McMurray, Keselowski chain reaction crash. 729. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is smoking big time. And he just went into the wall HARD. Keselowski is involved and has heavy damage as well. 730. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stewart-Haas Racing folks.... 731. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Aliens. 732. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DW started sounding like Count von Count. Get outta car Harvick. 733. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick just blew up, and everyone else got in the oil. 734. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) On comment 622 I said... "General rule for the night...if you lead, eventually you're gonna have problems." I stand by what I said. 735. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't see much damage to McMurray's car. 736. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McMurray's car doesn't look like it got that much damage, but Keselowski is probably done. 737. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (8) I'm done. Everyone that likes new Bristol hates Rockingham and Wilkesboro. Post 2000 fans that do not appreciate the history of the sport is what is killing it. So enjoy your Kentucky, Fontana, and Vegas races. The true fans that the sport built their foundation on are gone. I was once the most die hard in the world. From the Bristol area and went to 46 Cup races at Bristol along with countless Busch and Trucks. It hurts me that catering to the new style fan has destroyed what I loved for so long. My opinion. If anyone has anything else negative to say, God Bless you. 738. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) If you believe this race is boring, turn the channel to another character development focused episode of The Walking Dead. 739. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How is McMurray in the garage? He didn't have much damage... 740. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Everyone who likes New Bristol hates Rockingham and Wilkesboro...? Are you ****ing kidding me?! 741. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It looked like McMurray went down behind the wall, so there must be something pretty substantial with his damage. 742. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:10 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) So, because we don't want to see a wreck every 10 laps, means we're not good race fans? Wow........ Dumbass. 743. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica crashes into Bowyer in the pits. 744. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica ran into Clint Bowyer trying to get out of the pits. 745. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica peeled out of her pit stall and hit the back of the 15. And DW gives an excuse for it. 746. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ,.....Danica Patrick ladies n gentlemen.....SLOW CLAP 747. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And by the way, 52, I would technically be a post-2000 fan because I was only born in 1997. And Danica causes ANOTHER wreck. Even FOX couldn't defend her this time. When is she going to be GoneDaddy? 748. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "It's only right here on FOX" We're not watching FOX right now, we're watching FS1 749. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "And DW gives an excuse for it." Actually no. The first thing he said was along the lines of "I don't know what to say about that one". Even he's running out of excuses at this point. 750. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just seems like nobody wants to win this race. 751. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) GO ARIC!!!! 752. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This Bristol, the Rock and Wilkesboro have/had character which made for good racing...I will take the short tracks and Rock/Darlington, etc. over Texas, Chicago and Kansas any weekend. 753. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Almirola is battling for the lead! 754. Jaws_fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This is a testament to how damn tough Tony really is 755. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:16 pm Rate this comment: (6) (0) "And by the way, 52, I would technically be a post-2000 fan because I was only born in 1997. " I'm right there with you. I cannot stand it when some older fans say younger fans like myself can't appreciate the history of the sport merely because I was born 30 years later than they were. I do it pretty much every day. 756. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (6) You guy's have hurt me so bad i'm crying. I can't believe you guy's hate the sport this much. 757. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mr. Danica to second. 758. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm done. Everyone that likes new Bristol hates Rockingham and Wilkesboro. Post 2000 fans that do not appreciate the history of the sport is what is killing it. So enjoy your Kentucky, Fontana, and Vegas races. The true fans that the sport built their foundation on are gone. I was once the most die hard in the world. From the Bristol area and went to 46 Cup races at Bristol along with countless Busch and Trucks. It hurts me that catering to the new style fan has destroyed what I loved for so long. My opinion. If anyone has anything else negative to say, God Bless you." I'm pretty sure everybody that likes new new Bristol loved Rockingham & North Wilkesboro and hate Las Vegas & Kentucky. Quit slagging Fontana. It's turned into a pretty good race track the last few years, but I'm 100% sure that will change once the inevitable repave comes. The biggest reason why tracks like Rockingham & North Wilkesboro no longer have races is because of "fans" like you that decided that the tracks were longer catering to your needs and stopped going to them (Bristol for getting rid of the demolition derbies and Rockingham & North Wilkesboro for having outdated facilities and being out in the middle of nowhere). 759. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually no. The first thing he said was along the lines of "I don't know what to say about that one". Even he's running out of excuses at this point. I heard him say she just got new tires and they may have not stuck to the ground yet. He kind of mumbled it, but maybe it was cuz it wasn't the oddest thing we've seen today/tonight. 760. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Look who's behind Larson. 761. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 52, you're crying? Man the f**k up. 762. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry 52, I posted #756. You make it out like we want these horrible intermediate tracks. We want good racing. That's all. 763. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Edwards has this won unless something happens in the last 15 laps... 764. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awkward... 765. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution. GWC. 766. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution? 767. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green-white-checkered... Is it Jacques? 768. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) How about Richard Petty Motorsports tonight? Almirola and Ambrose in the top 5! Ambrose didn't even have a top 5 last year!! "Debris" caution 769. Jaws_fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse got this 770. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Should've let some of the lapped cars slow you down, Carl. 771. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution flag for absolutely no reason, apparently. 772. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Well, that's one of the most bullshit cautions of all time. 773. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wtf is this NASCAR... 774. JRacingFast posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And this strange raceday......Gets even more stranger! 775. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is gonna get crazy 776. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Been tuned back in for a while, what is this shit with throwing a caution with 2 to go? 777. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nobody knows..... 778. Peter posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) True definition of a phantom caution 779. John Royal posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All debris cautions just became legit. 780. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like the lights came on, but the flag wasn't waved... 781. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh, it's for rain. 782. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's pouring. 783. Rusty posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It's pouring with 2 to go, race over. 784. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Okay, that's some real rain. 785. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate mother nature. 786. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rain 787. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Race over. Gordon finishes in the Top 10 in the first four races of a season for the first time in his career. 788. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So the caution lights coming on by mistake may avoid costing the #99 the race be an ending for rain? 789. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Checkered is coming out. 790. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bizarre ending. 791. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Hey, a race ending under a classic caution. Those are the days. 792. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards wins. Despite the weird finish, that was an EPIC race. Awesome. 793. Peter posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a crappy way to end a great race 794. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good move by NASCAR to end the race, as there were only 2 laps to go. My question is, they seriously couldn't run those 2 laps under green? 795. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards wins the Food City 503 796. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Great runs for Almirola and Ambrose 797. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One hell of a wacky finish to this race, but this was still a fine race (in spite of what 52 has been saying). Best race of the year so far. Lots of intense racing tonight. Carl Edwards nails his backflip despite the pouring rain. 798. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) My mom is happy. And so am I. Congratulations Edwards. 799. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'm so hyped for Aric and the 43 team though. What a great run. Shout out to Larson too for fighting for the lead there for a while. He's gonna be really good. 800. numbah10hatah posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Well, 52 was saying about old-school races, that's an old-school finish. Under Caution. 801. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One of the wierdest races I've seen in a while. 802. startandparkfan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Possibly the first race that was race extended, finished at lap 503. What. A. Race. 803. RaceFanX posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Mother Nature Wins and so does Carl Edwards"- Mike Joy Well that was one of the most bizarre finishes I've seen of late. I'm glad they didn't try to restart after the bizarro yellow, nobody gets cost a spot because of it. 804. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:32 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This is Larson's first career top 10, correct? Best career finishes for Stenhouse and Almirola. 805. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Good move by NASCAR to end the race, as there were only 2 laps to go. My question is, they seriously couldn't run those 2 laps under green?" I think the caution was a mistake. 806. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Excellent race and the best team finishes for RPM. 807. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Apparently, Clint Bowyer pitted under the last caution and lost a spot. Keep that in mind if he misses the Chase by a point. 808. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Logano went behind the wall to fix his power steering and still got a top 20; that's how crazy this race was. 809. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I sure picked a fine time to take a trip. Congrats to Carl Edwards on his third Bristol win and first in the spring race. Great runs by Stenhouse, Aric Almirola, Somke and Ambrose. The top three finish streaks of Dale Jr. and Brad K come to end, but Brad takes the point lead by finishing higher. On to Auto Club Speedway. 810. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 2014 Food City 500 is this decades candidate for weird race of the 2010s just like the 2002 Daytona 500. 811. BON GORDON posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Idk if it's been mentioned yet but Alan and Jeff both made a terrible call to pit during that last caution. He would've restarted 4th on the outside and possibly challenged for the win. Instead, he settles for 7th or 8th. Not sure where NASCAR will place him but very upset about it. None the less for the first time in his legendary career he starts the season with four straight top tens. 812. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "The 2014 Food City 500 is this decades candidate for weird race of the 2010s just like the 2002 Daytona 500." This race actually reminded me more of the 1999 Spring Darlington race where it started raining, Burton crashed in the rain, but then he still won anyway when they called the race for rain. 813. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) We're getting an explanation for the final caution now...Sure enough, it was because some of the caution lights came on by themselves. 814. epzik8 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That was a pretty strange ending. I'm just glad they got the whole race in today. And Carl Edwards took one of my favorite paint schemes, the Kellogg's one, to victory lane. 815. 52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @762. That was good. It did make me smile. Never thought I'd say this, but I'll pull for Jeff Gordon next week. 816. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Since NASCAR did not determine the reason for the final caution flag, which I don't think was for rain, I would have to assume that what brought out that final caution period was a caution light malfunction, and if the caution lights malfunction and turn yellow on their own, the caution flag is obliged to come out, so unless we hear anything concrete from NASCAR, I would say that the final caution was caused by the lights malfunctioning. But that did not change the final result, as Carl Edwards was going to win anyway, and what a turnaround for Ford, as the Ford teams that were lagging back finished 1-2-3-5, while the Penske Fords were hit with bad luck in this one. Roush and Petty were up front for this one (as was Tony Stewart, the only non-Ford among the top five finishers), but the question remains, can they remain competitive on the big tracks, because form tells us they can't. And that rain that ended the race was straight out of the 1975 Indianapolis 500 or the 2000 Southern 500, because it came all at once, but at least they got it all in, which is nothing short of a miracle, given the forecast coming into today. 817. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yep the spring 1999 Darlington race was bizarre with both Jeffs. Burton and Gordon receiving damage in the Irvan/Kenny Irwin crash. Luckily the rain bailed out Burton with the win and Gordon lost one spot falling to third respectively. 818. David posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) According to Mike Joy, one of the banks of caution lights illuminated by themselves. It may have been a short circuit caused by water. Darrell Waltrip claims that that saved a bunch of cars from being wrecked. Never mind the fact that the race would have finished in less than 30 seconds had it stayed green, and it wasn't until about a minute after the caution came out that the downpour started. 819. Neal posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola and Stenhouse both with career-best finishes. Too bad they won't be getting a full-page fluff piece like Lapdownica. 820. TS1420 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) -Congrats to Carl Edwards on winning a strange yet fun & awesome race. -What is it about the last few races that have had rain issues, they end up being strange & memorable? -HOLY ****ING S***! Tony Stewart pulls off a top five finish after starting damn near dead last. -Harvick has one of the better if not best cars in the race and yet again has mechanical issues and Kurt Busch has one of best races this year derailed by issues. -After all the talk of Penske being the class of the Fords (especially from me), they have issues this race and then the 4 positions in the top five were were occupied by Roush-Fenway & Richard Petty Motorsports Ford's. -Kyle Larson looks like he could really be the next big thing in the Cup Series. Just too bad he is hooked up with Cheap. -This softer tire compound really helped make the race even better. Too bad Goodyear doesn't get with the program and get rid of their non-wearing hockey puck tires for the rest of the races. -I don't care what anybody says. New New Bristol>Old New Bristol>Single File Demo Derby Bristol. -Ha-Ha at Jimmie Johnson & especially Chad Knaus. -Can NASCAR tell Timmy Hill to stay home the rest of the season? -Can SHR tell their curse (aka Danica) to stay home too? -Also, Can Jimmie stay home three ;) I give the race a 9.5/10. Race of the Year candidate right hear. 821. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate to be that guy, but... Austin Dillon almost got by Kyle Larson towards the end. 822. jabber1990 posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The 2014 Food City 500 is this decades candidate for weird race of the 2010s just like the 2002 Daytona 500." do you mean 2002 or 2012? I honestly thought the 2012 was a bit weird, 36 hour rain delay, big crash on lap 2 that involved a few big stars, then the big starts attritioned themselves out, then Juan's little stunt (yes it was the freakiest accident, doesn't make it less weird) plus the 2 hour cleanup, then 2 big crashes in the final 10 laps. sorry, I didn't mean to give the play-by-play, we all know what happened 823. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) "I hate to be that guy, but... Austin Dillon almost got by Kyle Larson towards the end." How many lucky dogs and wave arounds did he need? 824. Sector posted: 03.16.2014 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not only did Jeff Gordon finish in the top 10 the first four races of his career, he is the only driver to do so. Jimmie, Brad & Dale Jr all didn't keep their streak. Strange change of event. Great to see Jeff in the top 5 in points from the get go again. Definitely great after experiencing the starts since 2008 825. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "How many lucky dogs and wave arounds did he need?" That doesn't matter. That's part of it. 826. JG24FanForever posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That doesn't matter. That's part of it." I know. I was just ribbin ya. 827. Sector posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So the question is, when will the SHR team turn their stuff around? Harvick obviously has great cars, he just ends up having car trouble no matter the race. Kurt Busch seems to not have any momentum at all. Tony Stewart got a surprised 4th tonight, but his struggles is still there. Who knows what the future holds for him due to his injury. & Danica is Danica. I'm quite interesting to see how things play out with this team over the summer, since that's usually when Tony Stewart shines. 828. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "-Can NASCAR tell Timmy Hill to stay home the rest of the season?" Can we not judge the kid's entire career off of one boneheaded move? yes, he shouldn't have started the race today just based off of how far off pace he was in practice and qualifying, but it's not like the kid's Steve Wallace, he actually has some talent (though he didn't show it today). 829. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Is this the first time Kellogg's has gone to victory lane at Bristol since Terry Labonte in 1995, which was a strange, memorable finish as well? 830. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Let me point this out: Alex Bowman finished 9 laps down I believe, but here's the amazing part; he lost 8 laps putting the new battery and replacing the toilet paper in his car. So, over the course of the race, if bowman hadn't lost the battery he would've lost...1 LAP in the BK Car. That's an incredible feat. Ambrose woke up from his slumber to turn in an excellent showing today. Both Petty cars were extremely impressive. 831. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Let me point this out: Alex Bowman finished 9 laps down I believe, but here's the amazing part; he lost 8 laps putting the new battery and replacing the toilet paper in his car. So, over the course of the race, if bowman hadn't lost the battery he would've lost...1 LAP in the BK Car. That's an incredible feat. Ambrose woke up from his slumber to turn in an excellent showing today. Both Petty cars were extremely impressive. 832. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Is this the first time Kellogg's has gone to victory lane at Bristol since Terry Labonte in 1995" Kyle Busch won in 2007 in the Kellogg's car. 833. Mike posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey guys. I had the race on DVR and missed 100 laps after the rain delay when the network switched. I was wondering what happened to Kyle Busch. I saw after he was lap down and spun out, but did he get lapped normally, or did something happen to put him in that position. 834. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Can we not judge the kid's entire career off of one boneheaded move? yes, he shouldn't have started the race today just based off of how far off pace he was in practice and qualifying, but it's not like the kid's Steve Wallace, he actually has some talent (though he didn't show it today)." I don't know if I can agree with this. He's never even had a top 5 finish in professional auto racing. And when I say "professional" I'm including ARCA, K&N Pro, and Canadian Tire. That's pretty unremarkable to me. 835. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) BON GORDON, I'd normally be one of the first to come down hard on Alan Gustafson if I was a pit strategy blunder to bring Gordon in under that caution when he got up to fourth, but he was one of those that was right behind Kevin Harvick when he had that engine failure that put him in the wall and ended up getting Jamie McMurray's and Brad Keselowski's cars wrecked. But I don't think it was a pit strategy blunder. Not with so few laps to go. Jeff probably felt that he either ran over something from that crash or he may have gotten oil over his windshield, and either the oil on the windshield or fear of having run over something may have been what brought him into the pits. I doubt that was a tactical call of any kind, but rather a pit stop of necessity, and while in the pits, why not change four tires, since you'll probably be near the back anyway. And David (#818), that's what I thought, because usually when a caution flag is thrown, NASCAR always indicates why the caution was thrown, whether it was legitimate or not, but because they never said why the caution was thrown, that's what told me that it was from a caution light malfunction, in which case, they were forced to throw the caution flag. It'll be interesting to see what the official cause of that last caution was in the race report. 836. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) SHR looked strong today, but only have Stewart to show for it. 837. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch made a pit stop for a tire issue and lost two laps and a few laps after he pitted Ryan Truex blew a right front tire and brought out a caution, which trapped Kyle a lap down. 838. Schroeder51 posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #833 Kyle made a green flag pit stop and got trapped laps down when a caution came out just after he pitted. 839. Mike posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks! 840. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The caution lights going off due to rain causing something to malfunction is believable, especially since they'd already had a lot of rain earlier in the day. Caution or no caution, the race results would have been about the same. Glad to see Aric Almirola finish in the Top 5. That team is surely getting there when it comes to being able to scare those good finishes. I predict they will win a race this year, as we seem to have at least one or two darkhorse winner(s) per year. 841. Yvan Dubois posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The 2014 Food City 500 is this decades candidate for weird race of the 2010s just like the 2002 Daytona 500." I also think it is, although the 2012 Daytona 500 comes to a close 2nd. On a related note, is this the first time a race that goes the full distance ends under caution without a single GWC attempt? 2 great races out of 4 to start the season, and the other 2 weren't all that bad either. I really hope it stays that way for the rest of the season. 842. 18fan posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Robin Pemberton said that one of the flagmen leaned on the light switch and that caused the lights to come on. 843. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You know, I really wish I had been able to watch this race. Looked like it was really good. And to my memory, I've never watched a 'Good' bristol race. But I had to spend most of the day with my family (Sigh) Why is it that when there is a race on that I am obligated to miss, It ends up being good and if I'm not obligated to be with them, it turns out forgettable? Congrats to Cousin Carl, good job at sticking the landing. Thumbs up to both Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon. I'm that guy who is pulling hard for both of them to be the best stars. Even if it ends up being that for most of the career one is hated and one is loved, I'm sure that for me, I'll end up pulling hard for both of them. Also, isn't it a bit weird that yesterday, I was watching some parts of the 2010 Vegas race, which is known for the caution lights incident, and that happens again now? - - - - - I'll say this on the topic of Bristol setups: 2012 Bristol to now: Great 1992 and Prior Bristol: Pretty Danm Good, might as well be considered 'great' also. 2007-2012 Bristol: Terrible. 1992-2006 Bristol: Terrible racing, but if you can enjoy the sport for multiple things, you could say that it's great. It did produce quite a few iconic moments and memorable crashes, but the racing...ugh. --------- Also, to Commenter '52'. You might be a little interested in my top 10 favorite tracks list and memorable races on those tracks list. Might Surprise you a bit. 10. Martinsville (Favorite race ever held there: Unsure, SO danm many of them) 9. Texas (Favorite Race ever held there: 2010 Spring Event) 8. Bristol (Favorite Race: Unsure...) 7. Charlotte (Favorite Race: 2005 and 1994 Coke 600 tie with the 2009 Fall event) 6. Daytona (Favorite race: 1997 Daytona 500, with the 1979, 2011, 1993, and 1991 events tieing for second) 5. Altanta (Either configuration is equal for me, both have contrasting pros and cons) (Favorite Race on Old Configuration: 1992/3 Hooter's 500)(Favorite Race on New Configuration: 2011 Atlanta event ties with 2010 Kolbalt Tools 500 Spring) 4. Infenion (Favorite Race ever held there: The 1993 and 2011 events tie) 3. Darlington (Favorite Race ever held there: The 2009 Southern 500) 2. Talladega (Favorite Race ever held there: the 2010 Aaron's 499, 1993 Winston 500, and 2011 Aaron's 499 tie) 1. Riverside (Favorite Race ever held there: the 1965 Riverside International 500, followed by the 1986 Winston Western 500) You can like Pre-2001 NASCAR just as much as post 2001 Nascar. There is never a case where everything is 'terrible' for the future, there will always be good and bad. For instance, I DESPISE the new chase, but think the qualifying system is perfect. However, people like you are drowning in your own Nostalgia to see where modern NASCAR has improved on 'Classic' NASCAR just as easily as the downturns. I think you need to go back to youtube, and be the little keyboard warrior you are, screaming about how evil modern NASCAR is along with other people. Coming here is like preaching to the choir, considering that most of us prefer the older era over now for various reasons. 844. Anonymous posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) congrads stenhouse on your 2nd place which means absolutely nothing for the chase 845. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In fairness to the commenter who calls himself 52... I have always maintained that it's up to each individual fan as to whether or not a race was good using whatever criteria they want. I don't agree with him, but I don't agree with calling him an idiot either just because he has a different perspective on what makes a good race. 846. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "congrads stenhouse on your 2nd place which means absolutely nothing for the chase" Unless there is less than 16 winners and he gets in on points. 847. RACE34 posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I like modern and classic NASCAR evenly!! I don't know why people have to complain the way they do. Sure things are different now then they used to be, but NASCAR can't live in the GOLDEN DAYS forever, it's hard to say that but NASCAR has to keep up with the times. I love NASCAR and I just want the TV ratings and filling the seats in the stands to improve!! 848. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "On a related note, is this the first time a race that goes the full distance ends under caution without a single GWC attempt?" Certainly not. In fact the GWC rule is a direct result of races ending under caution. However, this may have been the first time where a race goes BEYOND the scheduled distance without a GWC attempt. 849. 23andJoe posted: 03.16.2014 - 10:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #9 sponsor: Stanley Tools/DeWalt #32 sponsor: Ask More-Get More 850. Mr X posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Living in Canada TSN decided to air all of last nights Australian Grand Prix and then a curling match which meant I only saw the first 136 laps, plus the last 80 or so. It must have been an interesting race given the comments here were being posted faster then I could read them, (over 800 comments before the end of race day!) I liked what I saw until NASCAR's caution at the end, given the circumstances, I'd like to think that they would've just ended the race at that point even though the rain forced their hand really. NASCAR screwed up and it would've been very unfair for everyone to get another shot at everyone else, particularly Edwards, especially as most of the field wouldn't have changed much in the last two laps. I didn't time it but if the race would've stayed green someone may have wrecked depending on when the rain arrived. I don't understand how the stands were so empty. 851. cjs3872 posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If that's true, 18fan, than that person needs to be fired right now, because of how that could have changed the outcome of the race. And NASCAR needs to warn it's officials not to "lean" on the caution lights, because that certainly would manipulate the outcome of a race, and possibly a championship. Nothing happened tonight that wouldn't have happened normally, but something like that could determine the outcome of a championship, much less a race. And on another note, I said when the track at Bristol was reconfigured to a multi-groove track in 2007 that it would produce much better racing, because the drivers can actually race. Granted, too much of an advantage was given to the to of the track, a problem that was fixed, but tonight's race may have had the greatest racing ever seen at Bristol throughout the entirety of a race. And Sarf52, Alex Bowman actually finished 10 laps down, as he had just been passed by Carl Edwards when that final dubious caution came out, but when you consider that he lost just two laps in the final 375 in the car he was driving, and compare that to how some of the bigger names fared with better teams, it gives ample reason to wonder if Alex Bowman isn't really up there with Dillon and Larson among the rookie drivers this year. He sure is making Ryan Truex look like a total fool. And speaking of rookies, how about a shout out to Justin Allgaier, who brought the #51 car home 17th, just one lap behind the winner. And for those that want to compare the ridiculous incident involving Timmy Hill early in this race, one that comes to mind was that bizarre incident in the 1994 Indianapolis 500 when Dennis Vitolo ran over the top of Nigel Mansell's car under caution in the pit access lane in turns three and four. But now we may know why Frank Stoddard didn't run Hill in the #32 car on the short tracks, and ran Terry Labonte and Ken Schrader in those races, instead, and why he didn't keep Hill in that car for this year. At least in Travis Kvapil, he has a somewhat steadier driver in that car. And also, a great run for Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., who is under some pressure to perform, albeit not very much. But more races like tonight, when he let the race come to him, will take all of the pressure off. And the same goes for Marcos Ambrose in the #9 car. In post #30 in this thread, I said that Ambrose was a driver not to sleep on, because of his past record at Bristol, and Ambrose proved me right by running very competitively and finishing fifth. And honestly, this has to have been the best race for Richard Petty Motorsports since the spring race at Atlanta in 2010 when his cars finished 4-5-6, with Kasey Kahne, who was fourth that day, leading the most laps in that race in Petty's #9 car, with Paul Menard and A.J. Allmendinger finishing just behind Kahne in fifth and sixth positions. 852. Peter posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "congrads stenhouse on your 2nd place which means absolutely nothing for the chase" Yeah it kinda does, I don't think there has ever been 16 different winners in a season in the modern era. I have a feeling that 12th on back will be racing for points 853. Yvan Dubois posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Zackary Shawn: "Certainly not. In fact the GWC rule is a direct result of races ending under caution." Just to clarify, I meant not to include the races prior to the implementation of the GWC rules. Mr X: "Living in Canada TSN decided to air all of last nights Australian Grand Prix and then a curling match" Nowdays, TSN always stream the races online for free when there are programming conflicts caused by rain delays. When that happens, they post a link on the main page of their website. 854. Cornys posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I'm reading something on twitter about the controls for the yellow light to be exclusively in RC tower since 2005. It was a great race, and free of fake cautions (until the final few laps), but I will say that I was calling for a fake one in the final laps. I called both of them yesterday, and NASCAR didn't disappoint (reasons. what ever) You guys really won't just wake-up and accept that something is wrong with the way NASCAR officiates these events. There's something seriously wrong with it. I'm often disappointed that I cannot keep from watching these things when I'm not busy. They only make me sad, and miss what was once a great sport. I've realized that there are alternative racing leagues, and have started watching them. If we as fans don't penalize NASCAR for mismanagement, they will continue to do it. We are responsible for continuing to watch just as much as they are for what this sports league is becoming. 855. Jared McNutt posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I didn't get to catch the race once it got back going, but a few observations: -Great runs by the Roush and RPM Fords, given all the talk of Team Penske's early season success. -This season's had four different winners in four different races. I think this trend keeps up throughout the season. I predict that Stenhouse, Almirola, Dillon, and Larson will each get their first wins this year. -Kevin Harvick's having a 1994 Geoff Bodine/2000 Jeremy Mayfield type season so far. Has led a lot of laps and has contended and yet is mired in 21st in points by back to back mechanical failures. If this keeps up, this will be a big concern come Chase time. -Solid Top-20 run for Allgaier and a solid Top-25 run for Josh Wise. -The rookies for BK and Swan Racing have had a plethora of bad luck this year. Hope these young guys can keep their heads up. -The performances of the 15 and 78 this year have been disappointing to say the least. I'd peg the 78 as the most disappointing team this year. -On that note, a lot of big names stuck deep in points. Of these drivers- Stewart, Bowyer, Truex, Ku Busch- who will get a win and get themselves into the Chase? 856. murb posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:34 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "it gives ample reason to wonder if Alex Bowman isn't really up there with Dillon and Larson among the rookie drivers this year." I think that is entirely possible. I know Marcos Ambrose finished 5th tonight, but how awesome would it be if Bowman got a shot in the 9 car next year? Almirola is proving that RPM has improved their race cars, so I think it would be great for them to pick up another young guy like that. I like Ambrose personally, but he just isn't capable of consistently running good on the ovals. Seriously, I think an Almirola/Bowman combination could do some good things in the future if that were to happen (and also, they would instantly become my favorite race team - Almirola is probably my favorite driver in Cup now that Burton is gone, and I really think highly of Bowman). I think Bowman would be a great driver for them to go after. 857. Cornys posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, I will mention that today's race was probably one of the best Bristol races I've ever seen. I'm just so disappointed with the state of the sport that I cannot hope to enjoy it. 858. RACE34 posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know the sport has some flaws, but somebody please make a list of the top 10 flaws in NASCAR right now! 859. RaceFanX posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Sponsor: #99 Carl Edwards- Kellogg's Frosted Flakes / Cheez-It This is Carl's second win in a row with the Kellogg's colors on his car. (The Paul Menard/Matt Crafton mix up about 500 posts ago was FOX showed a rundown that listed Crafton as driving Menard's #27 during the rain delay. I knew Crafton was on standby if the baby came but I didn't think Menard had left, looks like a mixup by the broadcast.) 860. Sarf52 posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) murb, that's an entirely possible team. Ambrose had a nice run today but unless his performance picks up he might be getting the boot from Petty next year. I feel like Bowman will get justice in the sprint cup series and be put in a mid-level ride in the next year or two. The 47 or 13 cars could ê good fits as well, though I'd hate to see Casey go 861. luigistarted06 posted: 03.16.2014 - 11:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Poor Alex Bowman, if not for that battery problem I imagine he could have finished in the top 20. 862. luigistarted06 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, I goofed, I meant top 25 which is incredibly respectable for BK Racing. The only other driver whose ever performed for them has been Landon Cassill, and they really screwed him over Also, I hate how this weekend went for both Cole Whitt and Parker Kligerman. Danica really ruined it for both of these drivers, which is a shame. If they were in the proper equipment they have the potential to be competitive. Hell, even Ryan Truex is talented and has potential, he's just so inexperieneced, really should be in the Nationwide series instead 863. Papis13 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I heard Truex isn't very good at communicating with his team and isn't to good with sponsors, he's kind of introverted so that's been scaring some employers away. Though Borla appears to be in board with him this year. I don't see the same ability in Truex that bowman or Whitt have they're both excellent racers 864. The Long Shot posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sprint car Hall-of-Famer Gary Bettenhausen has passed away at the age of 72. Rest in peace. 865. VoteGillilandNotDanica2014 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) It was a decent enough race, but it wasn't Bristol. I want Bristol back! Bristol's supposed to be different. Bristol's supposed to be a high-speed demolition derby. Bristol's supposed to be the home of wrecked racecars, angry drivers, and 120,000 fans on their feet every green flag lap. The glory days are gone, and the attendance keeps getting weaker, and the more the powers-that-be and short-sighted fans continue to blame the economy, the sport sinks deeper and deeper into obscurity from the days when it once rivaled the NFL in popularity. These are sad days indeed. 866. RACE34 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I'm just sick and tired of everybody complaining about the modern state of NASCAR!! It doesn't have to be side by side 2-3 wide racing every single lap and crashes every 20-25 laps to be a good race. Many other elements that are true racing that people don't look for is strategy, timing restarts, nailing pit stops just right etc. I just don't know why so many people take NASCAR for granted. Sure NASCAR can use some tweaks with the competition and rules, but we are lucky that we at least have NASCAR to watch!! Say what you will but I am trying to be optimistic about NASCAR's future!! 867. Sarf52 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (1) (4) NASCAR is dead. It's been corrupted by years of tinkering by the higher-ups. In an ideal world, an alternate stock car association would sprout up and race at the tracks race fans loved, and wasn't dominated by corporate idiocy. But that could never happen since NASCAR owns a stake in most every track on the circuit. It could act sort of like a USFL, offer big purses, get a few big names to participate and get a few financially solid sponsors to back the league. I could see a guy like Tony Stewart or Robby Gordon at the forefront for this. But unless something radical like that happens, the old NASCAR will never comeback. 868. VoteGillilandNotDanica2014 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It doesn't have to be side by side 2-3 wide racing every single lap and crashes every 20-25 laps to be a good race." 2-3 wide racing every single lap can be boring. Bristol is supposed to be a wreck-fest, that's just how it works. "Many other elements that are true racing that people don't look for is strategy, timing restarts, nailing pit stops just right etc." Never said otherwise. "Sure NASCAR can use some tweaks with the competition and rules" Oh no. They need more than tweaks. They need a complete overhaul. "we are lucky that we at least have NASCAR to watch!!" If they broadcast all the ARCA races I'd watch that instead. "Say what you will but I am trying to be optimistic about NASCAR's future!!" Say what you will bet I am trying to persuade them to change it for the better by not kissing their asses. Go to better tracks whether Bruton Smith owns the track or not. Get rid of the Chase. Get rid of the Lucky Dog & other such useless gimmicks. Install SAFER barriers on every track at every point. FIX BRISTOL. Make the right changes. 869. cjs3872 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:44 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) That's sad to hear, The Long Shot. Gary was a very good driver who's one of those that you wonder what might have been. In the 1972 Indianapolis 500, which was won by Mark Donohue for Penske Racing, it was Bettenhausen in the other Penske car that actually dominated that race, leading 138 laps before overheating problems knocked him out of the race. A year earlier, Gary B. was the one that assisted Mike Mosley after his terrible crash late in the 1971 Indianapolis 500 when he and Bobby Unser crashed into three parked cars. Bettenhausen finished third in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 with the slowest car in the field, and added fifth place finishes at Indy in 1973 and '87. Bettenhausen also helped Penske's NASCAR operation, driving Penske's Matador until the sprint car crash in 1974 that forever changed his career. Gary was also responsible for one of the greatest pieces of driving in Indy history when his right rear assembly fell off late in the 1975 race, and he guided his car into the infield just before the rain hit that ended that race, much like what happened when that heavy rain ended tonight's bizarre race at Bristol. There have been many uncrowned champions at Indy, and Gary was one of them. But he was also one of those IndyCar drivers that, like his younger brother Tony, Jr., actually drove in NASCAR first, as he competed in the Daytona 500 twice before ever competing at Indy. Gary was also one of those versatile drivers that we see less and less of as the years go by. I think then it's ironic that ex-USAC drivers finished 1-2 in this race on the night USAC loses one of it's greatest drivers. R.I.P. Gary B. 870. The Long Shot posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "2-3 wide racing every single lap can be boring. Bristol is supposed to be a wreck-fest, that's just how it works." So you would rather see a bunch of wrecks than see competitive 3-wide action throughout the entire race? You have every right to your opinion, but I honestly can't see where this is coming from (and this is coming from someone who doesn't really mind wreckfests, as long as they only happen occasionally and nobody gets hurt). 871. DB1995 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:51 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) I went to this race, great race, not so fun rain delay even though i seen some pretty great drunk girl tits, Josh Wise did great in the park car, Kyle Larson did great and i was really impressed by how much he was ahead of Austin until he only finished one spot ahead of him, 4 Fords in the top 5. Although 4th and 5th wouldnt had been close without strategy 872. RACE34 posted: 03.17.2014 - 12:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wasn't necessarily talking about Bristol I was talking about everywhere. I know Bristol is known for the bump and run. What I'm trying to say is that NASCAR has changes it needs to make but I truly believe if NASCAR would make more changes to these cars including speed and aero tightness that the racing would be closer. All I'm saying is NASCAR can change, I just think people want to be more negative than positive. I just don't know why people have be like this about the issues of NASCAR. Every sport has had an era of issues in history. 873. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (2) (1) "Also, I will mention that today's race was probably one of the best Bristol races I've ever seen. I'm just so disappointed with the state of the sport that I cannot hope to enjoy it." This statement is exactly why I don't understand some NASCAR fans. Even when they acknowledge something that is good about the sport, they still manage to find something negative, even if it's a paradox! It blows my mind how negative people can be. Everyone is obviously entitled to their own opinion, but why does everything have to be a conspiracy? Is it not possible that the lights simply malfunctioned or that there was some sort of human error? If NASCAR really wanted to throw a fake yellow they wouldn't have said "we don't know why the yellow flew." That would be an awfully weak conspiratorial plan. This season has been incredible so far in terms of racing, stories, etc. I think the sport is actually in decent shape. There's honestly no need to be so negative. 874. Daniel posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Go Gordon! 875. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I like modern and classic NASCAR evenly!! I don't know why people have to complain the way they do. Sure things are different now then they used to be, but NASCAR can't live in the GOLDEN DAYS forever, it's hard to say that but NASCAR has to keep up with the times. I love NASCAR and I just want the TV ratings and filling the seats in the stands to improve!!" Enjoy it dude because this is NASCAR's year in the sports mainstream. Stock car racing is rapidly becoming niche in the US, as open wheel, drag racing, sports car racing, and sprint cars were well over a decade ago. NASCAR's popularity is clearly plummeting - as is the popularity of racing in general here, especially with younger fans. It seems like almost all of us are here. With a sizable number of races on Fox Sports 1 and NBC Sports in 2015, two channels very few people are ever watching, NASCAR's ratings may not be a whole lot better than the sports car and IndyCar races on those channels. I'm sure given NASCAR's much greater marketing strength and inertia from its previous popularity, it will remain more popular, but its popularity is clearly fizzling, and that can especially be seen through attendance... "I'm just sick and tired of everybody complaining about the modern state of NASCAR!! It doesn't have to be side by side 2-3 wide racing every single lap and crashes every 20-25 laps to be a good race. Many other elements that are true racing that people don't look for is strategy, timing restarts, nailing pit stops just right etc." That is a straw man argument. Most long-time fans indeed realize that side-by-side racing is not necessarily essential to have a compelling race (indeed, tons of Bristol and Darlington races were compelling despite being single-file and two of the two very best IndyCar races last year were on street courses at Sao Paulo and Baltimore where passing was difficult). Indeed, if EVERY race had that kind of action . Boring races are necessary so that the exciting races are cherished. However, most of us are criticizing NASCAR for attempting to make every race artificially more exciting than it actually was due to poor officiating. It can lead to unpredictable outcomes, sure, but these sort of outcomes are usually seen as unfair, and when every race no matter how boring is made "more exciting" this way each race becomes more meaningless. After Trevor Bayne's Daytona 500 win, I was happy for him but I said in a Facebook message something like "When a race is designed so that anything can happen, how can you remotely care about what happens?" Actually, what I stated was less eloquent than that but the point stands. Derrike Cope's 1990 Daytona 500 win while equally flukish seemed more meaningful because back then the top contenders were much more likely to dominate plate races than they have been since. For endless 2 and 3 wide battling, look no further than the IRL circa 2001-2002. Some of those races I remember fondly, but it was still hard to take a lot of the drivers seriously compared to their superior CART contemporaries and when every single cookie-cutter race seemed to have a storybook photo finish solely because the IRL greatly lowered the horsepower to allow lesser drivers to be more competitive (a lot like plate racing, as a matter of fact) it became a big joke. 876. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:38 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) "I know the sport has some flaws, but somebody please make a list of the top 10 flaws in NASCAR right now!" 1. Bogus officiating designed to make every race close rather than figuring out the appropriate engineering rules that will make the races exciting naturally (NASCAR had this nailed in the '80s and '90s for the most part but they've lost this balance in the last 15 years, while IndyCar today seems to have the perfect balance between pre-split CART which was too boring and IRL which was too much contrived excitement, although post-split CART from 1996-2001 was more exciting than either IRL or pre-split CART). 2. A championship system that seems to have less value with each passing year, ESPECIALLY because they keep changing it on average every 3 years since the introduction of the chase. 3. The track building boom of the late '90s/early 2000s like many things in this period was a bubble that busted. While I recognize that all the intermediate cookie-cutter tracks are different and I think the cars' inability to race on them rather than the tracks themselves is the main issue, having this track type which has always rewarded engineering talent more than driving talent predominate on the schedule so much is overkill. 4. Related to #3, most of these tracks were placed in suburbs of major US cities to attempt to pander to a yuppie audience that emerged in the late '90s. A sizable percentage of these fans were fairweather fans and even those that weren't have been turned off by NASCAR's recent direction. 5. NASCAR rigged the game in the early '90s by switching from unlimited testing to allowing 7 tests per car, which directly led to multi-car teams taking over the sport and creating a system of haves and have-nots that was as bad as anything in the '70s or earlier. As Hendrick's model in the mid-'90s proved successful all other teams followed that model and essentially at this point all the teams who can actually win races are barely indistinguishable from each other except in terms of success and all the teams that can regularly contend to win races seem to be robber barons that have no real character, ESPECIALLY when they take over Nationwide. 6. NASCAR has been focusing on marketing more than the actual racing since around 1998 with the 50th Anniversary and NASCAR's Night in Hollywood. Popular drivers or drivers with well-connected sponsors became the media focus. The media were increasingly discouraged from saying anything controversial, as were the drivers. What essentially resulted was that the ideal desired driver was a "media-friendly badass" who occasionally has tepid public temper tantrums to appear to be "recapturing NASCAR's roots" when it really tends to come off as bratty or choreographed (I guess we can blame some of Darrell Waltrip's quips in the '80s for starting this, actually), with said drivers never actually SAYING anything controversial about other drivers, teams, NASCAR itself, or anything that will offend their sponsors. While drivers with completely generic personalities like Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson are sponsor darlings also, it seems like drivers who act tougher than they actually are and pretend to be outspoken while being simultaneously "media-friendly" are the ideal model, since that's what gets ratings. The media, highly discouraged to say anything controversial, much like the drivers, instead choose to be clownish and "goofy" in order to be entertaining yet family-friendly and many people are tired of this act by both the drivers and the media. 7. Related to #5, the feeder system is broken. Full-season Nationwide-only teams cannot compete with full-season teams owned by Cup owners with Cup drivers driving them and thereby can't attract sponsorships, thereby developing drivers cannot gain the experience they need to be competitive (and I ESPECIALLY blame the Cup owners for choosing retreads like Bayne, Smith, and Sadler over actual prospects). Because of the number of major Cup rookies from 1999-2006, Cup still has a very talented field, but there is going to be a massive power vacuum when a generation of journeyman drivers will be expected to take over top rides simply because the system is broken such that new prospects cannot properly develop. It is seriously better for drivers to develop in Cup than in Nationwide now, especially since they can actually find sponsors with smaller teams for Cup, but this also means that drivers will be rushed up too quickly and a higher percentage of prospects will fail with only a few obvious drivers like Dylan Kwasniewski and Chase Elliott eventually succeeding. 8. Related to NASCAR's marketing, NASCAR has managed to convince the American public that racing = NASCAR to the point that most Americans are possibly unaware that other forms of racing exist. With no general racing shows on the air anymore, almost all other forms of racing buried on channels most Americans don't get or never watch (with the exception of the 5 or 6 ABC IndyCar races and the NHRA races on ESPN), and NASCAR's meddlesome interference in other forms of racing (Bill France, Jr. is widely acknowledged with advising Tony George to split to remove IndyCar competition, and NASCAR essentially split sports car racing into Grand-Am and ALMS by itself...this allowed the general public to not even be aware of other forms of racing even when they were superior...NASCAR also interfered with AMA motorcycle road racing), to the general US public, racing = NASCAR now. When NASCAR makes so many bad decisions after holding the monopoly on auto racing, people disinclined to watch NASCAR stop caring about racing in general, and thereby NASCAR has had a partially indirect but partially direct effect on killing interest in racing in general in the US. While IndyCar racing in the CART era had a mixture of ovals and road courses, many current IndyCar fans, ignorant of its past history (as well as F1 fans too young to remember when CART was almost as big) mock IndyCar racing for having ovals, because people now associate ovals with NASCAR almost exclusively, while associating NASCAR with crap. It doesn't help that the clownish NASCAR announcers act like NASCAR invented or developed things that it was actually years behind on, especially safety innovations from open wheel series. These are my main objections. I wasn't able to split it neatly into ten, but I could make it more redundant by creating multiple entries for several different kinds of bad officiating, etc... 877. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Does all this mean I'm incapable of enjoying a race? No. I enjoyed today's race at Bristol although I despised the ending. I'd give it about an 8. I do have to give NASCAR credit for not attempting to restart the race, so at least it was better than the ending of the 2011 IndyCar Loudon race. However, I definitely consider myself to be much more of an IndyCar fan than a NASCAR fan today, and I'm not watching every race anymore - only ones I think I'll find compelling and today was indeed one of them. But like I said, that ending made me want to vomit and wonder why I bothered. "Also, I will mention that today's race was probably one of the best Bristol races I've ever seen. I'm just so disappointed with the state of the sport that I cannot hope to enjoy it." That pretty much sums it up. 878. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Enjoy it dude because this is NASCAR's year in the sports mainstream." I meant to say NASCAR's LAST year in the sports mainstream. 879. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:41 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) And I can't understand what that idiotic 52 guy was complaining about. This current version of Bristol (we'll call it New New Bristol) is a perfect blend of New and Old Bristol. The groove at New New Bristol is narrower than that of New Bristol, but since the groove moves towards the top throughout the race it offers the potential of side by side racing. Thus, you have the best elements of both previous Bristol iterations all while getting back the classic beating, banging, and close racing of "Old Bristol." I loved Old Bristol just as much as the next guy, but one would be foolish to say that "New New Bristol" isn't just as good. Bristol has it's character back now. It's not what it used to be, it's different, but still racy, and it's still "Bristol." 880. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Indeed, if EVERY race had that kind of action ." This should read: Indeed, if EVERY race had that kind of action, people would become numb to it and it would essentially become meaningless, as artificially exciting races would become expected, as they lately have been. 881. murb posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:47 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) So basically, Nascar is dead because Bristol isn't a wreck fest anymore? I am gobsmacked. We just had one of the best races of the past five years, and probably one of the three or four best Bristol races I've seen in 16 years of watching. We've had four races total this year, two of them I would consider fantastic (Daytona and Bristol), one of them was a good overall race despite it being dominated by one guy (Phoenix), and the other one was mostly mediocre, but it was on a shitty race track that is notorious for mediocre races, so that should be no surprise. I think this is easily the best start to a season we've had in a long time, and I think with all of the unknowns with this new Chase and whatnot, the whole year has potential to be really freaking good and exciting (by the way, I was wrong, I think this "win and you're in" stuff has played a role in improving the regular season by a lot - I just wish they'd not do the gimmicky Homestead "Super Bowl" race). 2010-2012 was a nice little run of years to block those horrid COT years out of our memories, but this year I think it has been even better than 2010-2012. I know it's been only four races, but think about it. We're not only seeing multiple guys have shots to win every week, but we're also seeing some fierce ass competition, whether it has been on track (Bristol), or with ballsy strategy calls (Dale Jr and Letarte at Vegas, and I can only imagine once we get more winners we'll see more of that). Good racing? Close competition and parity? Strategy? Young drivers growing into potential race and championship contenders? Those are all very important things for me when it comes to watching racing, and we've seen ALL of these things transpire so far this year. The only changes I would make would be some tweaks to the intermediate package, but that's really it. My advice would be to go to YouTube and look at some of those embarrassing 2007-2009 races, and then come back and rewatch the races run so far this year. I have to imagine that the upswing we've been waiting for is finally starting to happen. I REALLY like this season so far. 882. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:51 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Enjoy it dude because this is NASCAR's year in the sports mainstream." I meant to say NASCAR's LAST year in the sports mainstream." I can't agree with this at all. This is hyperbole to the 10th power. NASCAR still enjoys TV ratings that plenty of other mainstream sports salivate over and the sport still has a palpable presence on the mainstream sports networks. If you said that NASCAR might fall out of the mainstream within the next 20 years, I could maybe buy that. I wouldn't agree with it but I'd see your point. To say that the sport is essentially going to fall off the face of the Earth next year is just hyperbolic and overly sensationalistic. 883. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And I can't understand what that idiotic 52 guy was complaining about. This current version of Bristol (we'll call it New New Bristol) is a perfect blend of New and Old Bristol. The groove at New New Bristol is narrower than that of New Bristol, but since the groove moves towards the top throughout the race it offers the potential of side by side racing. Thus, you have the best elements of both previous Bristol iterations all while getting back the classic beating, banging, and close racing of "Old Bristol."" Although I'm sure Matt doesn't agree with me in general, I definitely agree with that. I preferred the 2007-2012 iteration of Bristol, but I still like this version more than the 1992-2007 so-called "classic" era where the wrecks and bumps-and-run are almost the only things people remember. 884. murb posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree with you on the NEW New Bristol, MStall. To me, it's the perfect hybrid. The drivers get more room to race, but the fans still get exciting racing. Win-win. 885. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One point of clarity: Sean makes some good points in his last few posts about the sport at-large and the issues it faces. That being said, I just can not in any way subscribe to the whole "sky is falling" notion of where the sport is headed. The sport is still way, way, WAY too big to just fall out of mainstream consciousness. I think people take for granted how big this sport still is. It's HUGE. When people talk about how TV Ratings and Attendance and popularity declined...the drops aren't as huge as some make them out to be when you put them in context. At NASCAR's peak, the average post Daytona FOX race in March was pulling in around 10-12 million viewers. Nowadays that number is around 7-9 million depending on things like rain delays, the Olympics, etc. Yes, 2-4 million viewers might be gone, but there's still SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE watching these races. Consider that the average Sunday NBA on ABC game barely grabs three million viewers this season, and you can see why I feel the way I do about this. This sport is still massive. It's not going away, no matter how hard BZF tries to muck things up. And even if he does squander those seven million some viewers, stock car racking and NASCAR will likely always still be around in some way shape or form. So let's all take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy the fact that 2014 is off to a great start. 886. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Agreed, murb, definitely agreed. 887. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I can't agree with this at all. This is hyperbole to the 10th power. NASCAR still enjoys TV ratings that plenty of other mainstream sports salivate over and the sport still has a palpable presence on the mainstream sports networks." First, it depends on what you call mainstream and what you call niche. The Indy 500 still gets ratings of 4 and occasionally but rarely 5, but I would certainly call IndyCar as a series niche, and a pretty small niche at that even though I'm greatly enjoying it at the moment. There is no question the ratings will go down for the Cup races on FS1 and NBC Sports and I definitely think the ratings for the FOX and NBC races will likely also decline because the races on deluxe cable channels will break many fans' habit of watching races religiously, much like IndyCar's switch from ESPN to NBC Sports probably was responsible for lowering the popularity of the ABC races as well. When do you think NASCAR became mainstream? I would say 2001 with the FOX and NBC deals, but this will be much more reminiscent of 2000 when most of the races were on ESPN and TNN, only those channels were more watched than FS1 and NBC Sports are. If you argue NASCAR truly became mainstream in the '90s and not in 2001, then I might be more inclined to agree with you. I'm not saying that NASCAR's niche will descend to something like IndyCar's niche in 2015, and I think it will be one of the biggest niche sports like it was in the '90s, but the difference is then it was a niche sport on the rise, much like say the Ultimate Fighting Championship is now, and NASCAR is no longer. How many young fans are getting into racing lately, relative to the other mainstream sports? Not many. All racing series' fan bases seem to be skewing old in the US. That is not a good sign for the future. 20 years is quite a long time, by the way. IndyCar fell from mainstream to niche in like 5 years, and from mainstream to a SMALL niche in ten. Sure, nothing as dramatic as a split will happen, but... 888. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) See, I actually peg ~1994 as the time that NASCAR became mainstream. In my view, it was a major niche sport, a la MLS, UFC, tennis, etc up until '94. I think our big difference here is what we view as niche. To me, NASCAR is a firm second tier mainstream sport, in direct competition with Golf and the NHL. NASCAR had a BRIEF (maybe 2-3 years?) where it was a first tier mainstream sport. Other than that, it has scaled up and down the Tier 2 mainstream range since the sport descended upon the Brickyard in '94 ( and perhaps even a bit before that). 889. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) And that brief 3 year stint as a first tier mainstream sport ( meaning it was on par with NFL, MLB, and NBA) was somewhere between '01 and '05. BTW, MLB is on it's way to joining NASCAR in the tier 2 range, so it's not like NASCAR is alone here. 890. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe if I'm using NASCAR 2001 as my standard, IndyCar racing outside the 500 was never mainstream since I know NASCAR did surpass CART in average ratings BEFORE the split. However, I'm mainly judging by races being aired on broadcast networks here, and a far greater percentage of CART races were on broadcast networks than Cup races in the early '90s, even if the Cup races on cable were frequently getting higher ratings than the CART races on broadcast networks. Maybe I just have higher standards for what counts as mainstream, but I'm still almost certain 2015 will be the lowest-rated Cup season since 2000, even if the racing is better than it was in 2009 or whenever. 891. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "See, I actually peg ~1994 as the time that NASCAR became mainstream. In my view, it was a major niche sport, a la MLS, UFC, tennis, etc up until '94." Yeah, that's a good argument. Although NASCAR had already surpassed CART in ratings, the inaugural Brickyard is essentially what put NASCAR on a level playing field as far as media respect. That's definitely when NASCAR was first perceived as a national sport as opposed to a regional sport by the general public. NASCAR benefited hugely from the baseball strike that happened a month later when there was suddenly a lot less going on in the sports world, and then IndyCar nuked itself with the split. "I think our big difference here is what we view as niche." I'll agree with you now that NASCAR is a 2nd-tier mainstream sport. I believe that in 2015 with the switch to FS1 and NBC Sports that it will be moving from a 2nd-tier mainstream sport to a 1st-tier niche sport (like the NHL or something, although I would acknowledge it will probably remain the most popular of the niche sports for a while longer). 892. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Before the split, CART was a fringe (and I mean FRINGE) level mainstream sport, at least that's how it's been described to me, and NASCAR passed CART right before the split happened. When NASCAR had it's "boom period" the powers that be had their eyes set on challenging the NFL. That was never realistic. NASCAR's decline was really just a regression to the mean. The sport has the chops to be mainstream, but it will likely always be a PGA Tour-level of mainstream, which is perfectly fine. 893. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) By calling it a niche sport, I'm not saying it's going to drop to IndyCar's popularity or something. That's not going to happen. Even with Verizon taking over title sponsorship of the IndyCar Series and hopefully finally giving them the promotion they need to become a more popular niche sport, IndyCar is something like 2nd tier niche and I don't see THAT happening to NASCAR for considerably more time, but the 2015 TV deal is definitely the beginning of that... We've seen how IndyCar already niche became even more niche when it switched to NBC Sports, even though the racing considerably improved and became much better than NASCAR's. 894. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I still think that Junior, Danica, JJ, JGordon, etc are all still far too ingrained in the mainstream consciousness for the sport to fall to niche level that quickly. Same goes for the Daytona 500, the Chase, the Brickyard 400, etc. These are all still big properties that the public isn't going to just forget about overnight. 895. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Before the split, CART was a fringe (and I mean FRINGE) level mainstream sport, at least that's how it's been described to me, and NASCAR passed CART right before the split happened." I agree NASCAR passed CART in US popularity before the split. Some people here say it was as early as 1985. I'd say it was around the time of the inaugural Brickyard. How does international popularity change this? I mean Formula One has been mainstream internationally and niche here for decades, while CART actually entered the global mainstream after the split as it was becoming niche here. I assume you're only considering the American perspective. So you would say all racing series were fringe in the US until NASCAR's ascension began in the late '90s? Okay... I still think considering how the popularity of every other form of racing in the US has PLUMMETED since then that NASCAR is likely to follow, although certainly not to that level or degree. I haven't studied marketing at all. I just don't get it. Do you have any advised reading so I know the proper context for what you're saying here, like the distinctions between 1st tier mainstream, 2nd tier mainstream, fringe mainstream, 1st tier niche, etc..., etc...? 896. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The debate here is really nothing more than semantics. Your first tier niche sounds like my second tier mainstream. To me, NASCAR/NHL/Golf/UFC have all been on a similar level for years now and likely will for years to come. They'll all have their moments but mostly they'll all just sort of float on the edge of mainstream awareness. People know the names, the big events, but they won't have the casual following of the Big 3 first tier sports, but they'll all still be respected as quality 2nd level sports. To me, NASCAR is arguably the leader of that group and will remain that way for the foreseeable future. 897. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's also no question that other forms of racing have plummeted as of late, but that has more to do with an overall shrinking sports market than it has anything to do with NASCAR. NASCAR has simply become the surrogate for racing in the US. There's just not much room for much else racing here right now. That doesn't mean NASCAR is headed down the same path though. It simply means that NASCAR has carved it's own little slice of the mainstream pie, and it's the only racing series that has been able to adapt to a mainstream, modern sports market. At least that's my view, and I hope that made sense. 898. MStall41 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wish I had better definitions to offer you as to what I'd constitutes as first tier, second tier, etc. I can envision the distinctions in my head but they are hard to quantify into words without a marketing expert on hand. I have colleagues at FS that are pretty knowledgable when it comes to marketing and such, he could probably explain it more accurately. Most marketing people I've talked to are very frank when they say that NASCAR is very much a mainstream sport and will remain so for quite some time. It's still regarded and held in the same breath as the big sports by folks in the business world. I can definitely confirm that. 899. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.17.2014 - 4:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) So sorry to hear about Gary B. passing away. The man was a legend for who he was and what he did. Will always think of him watching the old Indy 500s in May, especially 1974 when he lost two tires and kept driving even as the car was flapping like a bird wing. 900. Bradley Thomas posted: 03.17.2014 - 4:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alex Bowman TP/twitter 901. Anonymous posted: 03.17.2014 - 6:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't understand how the guys who didn't take tires at the end were able to stay up front that easily because when Bowyer tried that strategy earlier he went to the back in a hurry and Newman could hardly drive his car and was almost 1 second slower than anybody and they decided to bring him in the pits under green because he dropped back to 28th. I know many great cars got wrecked in the second part of the race but I can't figure out how Kahne, Gordon and Larson who were all pretty fast finished 7-8-10th... 902. CBASS posted: 03.17.2014 - 6:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #99 Kellogg's/ Cheez-It #9 Stanley Vidmar/ DeWalt #42 Target/ AXE #48 Lowe's/ Kobalt Tools #32 Ask More-Get More/ Warriors in the Workplace #77 Randy Humphrey Racing 903. cjs3872 posted: 03.17.2014 - 8:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NicoRosbergFan, that incident you're referring to was, as I mentioned in post #869, late in the 1975 Indianapolis 500, not in '74. (He lasted only two laps in the '74 race.) What happened was that he lost his entire right rear assembly, which resulted in him driving the car on just two wheels, since his left front was in the air, yet he was able to control his car and drive in into the infield. That brought out the caution that enabled the field to get slowed down just before the monsoon hit that ended that race. But in a way, that single incident defined Gary as a driver, because it showed his talent and his spirit never to give up. And as I said, he was one of those uncrowned champions, because he dominated the 1972 Indianapolis race his teammate Mark Donohue won, and he may have been on one of the most diverse driver teams in Indy history in 1973, when he, Donohue, and Bobby Allison made up Roger Penske's team for the 1973 Indianapolis 500. You had Donohue, who was a sports car driver, as well as an engineer, Bettenhausen, who was a sprint car driver that made it to IndyCar racing (he won four IndyCar races), and Bobby Allison, who was already one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all-time with over 40 NASCAR wins to his credit even then, and all three were very versatile racers. Also, Bettenhausen was the first to drive a car in NASCAR's top series for Harry Ranier, doing so at the 1967 Daytona 500, finishing tenth in his qualifying race before problems forced him to retire from that year's Daytona 500, and in 1974, he and his younger brother Tony, Jr. both competed in several NASCAR races, as Tony, Jr. ran the full NASCAR circuit in 1974. And also, Gary ushered in the second generation of drivers from the 1950s, along with Billy Vukovich II, though as often happened at Indy, Billy Vukovich II outdid Gary, taking Rookie of the Year honors at Indy in '68. (Gary suffered an injury in Al Unser's crash, and was knocked out of that race.) Both Pancho Carter and Johnny Parsons, Jr. joined them in the mid-70s, and for a time, all four second generation drivers competed at the same time, just as their legendary fathers had in the 50s before Bill Vukovich's fatal crash in the 1955 Indianapolis 500, a race in which Tony, Sr. finished second. But Gary Bettenhausen was the focal point in one of the greatest deeds ever done by a car owner in racing history. It occurred at Michigan, where Gary had won in 1970 over Bobby Unser. It took place after his brother Merle had lost his arm in a crash in the 1972 race there. When notified of the severity of the situation, Roger Penske withdrew Gary's car from that race, just so Gary could be with Merle at the hospital. Penske didn't have to do that, especially with a car that could have won that race, but he decided that having Gary with his brother Merle at his time of greatest need was more important than trying to win a race. 904. cjs3872 posted: 03.17.2014 - 8:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well Sean, to your point in post #875 about how Derrike Cope's 1990 Daytona 500 seemed to have more meaning than some of the other recent dark horse winners of that race, just look at who he was battling in that race. his was the second-best car in that race to Dale Earnhardt's, and the rest of the top five in that race behind Cope were Terry Labonte, Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd, and Earnhardt. Rusty Wallace was seventh in that race, with Geoff Bodine, who ran in the top five most o that race, finishing ninth after his late spin triggered the third and final caution of that race. But I have to vehemently disagree with you about a point you made in post #876 about retread drivers. Certainly, I wholeheartedly agree that Elliott Sadler is a retread driver, but Regan Smith and Trevor Bayne? Give me a break. Smith is a very good driver who likely lost his ride in the #78 car only because Kurt Busch became available. He was actually doing a pretty good job with that team, considering what that team's up against, and he proved what he could do once he got into better equipment, both with HMS when Dale, Jr. was sidelined for two races in the Chase, and then with JR Motorsports' #7 car, which he turned into a championship-contending car that is one of only about three or four capable of running with the elite Cup drivers. And Trevor Bayne is even less of a retread than Smith is. He's lost rides only because sponsorship dried up on him, not because of his performance, and while his car is currently not of the caliber of the car that Smith drives in the NNS, he's equally capable of taking down the title, and if Greg Biffle continues to struggle in the #16 car (he ran worse than he finished), Bayne might be in that car next year (which could be renumbered to Roush's flagship #6), MS or not. And I would hardly consider any driver at 23 to be a retread anyway. You have a valid point there about Elliott Sadler being a retread, but not about either Smith or Bayne, and even Sadler could be running better if he was with a team that actually cared about how well he was doing, as his two-year stint with RCR proved. 905. Evan posted: 03.17.2014 - 9:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) * Mother Nature wins the weather race, Carl Edwards wins the NASCAR race and takes Tony The Tiger to Victory Lane with him. In the famous words of Tony:A Grrrrrrrrrreat win! * There was excellent passing for the lead, even some three wide racing. And I like Darrell Waltrip saying "You can't do that at Bristol!" Well you can now, DW. * The rain messed up a lot of the race, it took away from the show, and the unknown caution at the end, I don't know what that was for yet this is the first race to end under caution in quite a while. * Kyle Larson ran pretty well and really showed he could be something to reckoned with in the years to come. He had a car that could really close 906. startandparkfan posted: 03.17.2014 - 10:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Human Error caused the last caution, a flagman leaned on the caution light switch in the flagstand. 907. 02Justin10 posted: 03.17.2014 - 11:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I personally enjoyed last nights race...I still prefer the old Bristol configuration...but that was some hard, fun racing to watch last night!!! Larson, Stenhouse Jr. and Almirola really impressed me last night and hopefully they will have more good runs this year!!! Danica did get 18th...but how many people had problems? Hopefully David Reutimann enjoyed this race. LOL. 908. Neal posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As expected, Lapdownica's 18th place finish was good enough to warrant some fluffing from Brant James. 909. VoteGillilandNotDanica2014 posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "So you would rather see a bunch of wrecks than see competitive 3-wide action throughout the entire race?" At Bristol, yes. Anywhere else? Hell no. Bristol just should be different. Bristol should be Bristol. 910. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But I have to vehemently disagree with you about a point you made in post #876 about retread drivers. Certainly, I wholeheartedly agree that Elliott Sadler is a retread driver, but Regan Smith and Trevor Bayne? Give me a break." You're right. That was the wrong choice of word. However, my point stands. It seems like only the Cup teams are able to be competitive in Nationwide and none of them remotely want to take a chance on a legitimate development driver, instead preferring drivers with Cup experience... It seems wrong to me that for the most part the truly hot prospects like Dylan Kwasniewski, etc... are stuck on second-tier teams while mediocre Cup drivers like Bayne, Sadler, Smith (who is the only one I actually think still has Cup potential), and Hornish get full-season major team rides basically because of their name recognition. When the hottest prospects are mostly stuck on teams where they have no chance of winning, how is Nationwide not broken? But apparently nobody wants to sponsor a driver without Cup experience at this point, so more and more drivers jump to Cup way too quickly (Alex Bowman, Parker Kligerman, Ryan Truex, etc...) because they essentially cannot attract significant sponsorship in Nationwide because the top seats are occupied by ex-Cup drivers rather than real prospects (not that I'm ALL that impressed with any of these three, but my point stands...) 911. Sean posted: 03.17.2014 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was excited when the one-series points rule was finally enacted, but when I saw that what ultimately resulted was essentially a battle between ex-Cup drivers, I lost interest quickly... Hot development drivers should be on the marquee teams (as say, Steve Park and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. were in the '90s) while veteran Cup washouts or Nationwide lifers should be on Nationwide-only teams (like Todd Bodine and Phil Parsons usually were when they were in Busch). Smith maybe still counts as a hot development driver. Bayne, Sadler, and Hornish on the other hand DO NOT. They are there primarily because of their ability to attract sponsors, and I can't defend that. And I say that really liking Smith and Bayne... Yeah, Chase Elliott is on one of the powerhouse teams, but Dylan Kwasniewski has won more and has much stronger credentials than the current drivers on the top teams but is essentially locked out of victory lane due to the Nationwide power structure. 912. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brant James is a dick, plain and simple. 913. cjs3872 posted: 03.17.2014 - 2:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) But Sean, how do we know that Regan Smith and Trevor Bayne are mediocre Cup drivers? Smith won the Southern 500 in 2011, and that's one race almost nobody backs into. Darlington is the most exacting track on the entire circuit, and no mediocre driver wins there. Heck, there were great Hall of Fame drivers that were never able to win there. And he did it for a team that couldn't even win last year with a proven champion behind the wheel, though they did run much better with Kurt Busch. And Trevor Bayne's not even gotten a shot in a full-time ride in the Cup Series yet, and he's certainly not underachieved in that #21 car. Certainly winning the Daytona 500 when he did may have been the worst thing that could have ever happened to him, because of the expectations that came with it, but he's been more competitive in that car than many thought he could be, simply because they only run one-third of the races, which has to be a drag on that team's ability to compete. And if Greg Biffle continues to struggle like he has we could see Bayne in that car next year, unless his MS acts up again. And I suspect that car would be renumbered from #16 to Roush's traditional flagship #6 if Bayne were given that car, since I believe that Roush has been saving the #6 for Bayne. Why else would he not give Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. the #6 when he won two NNS championship in the #6 car. But let's give Smith and Bayne a shot in a good car with a good team before calling them mediocre Cup drivers. If they don't do well when given their shot n a really good car, then you could call them mediocre, but not until then. Frankly, I think both would be good in Cup because their driving style fits the longer races better than it does the shorter NNS races. 914. Daniel posted: 03.17.2014 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fontana Entry List: 45 entered -Brian Scott in the #33 -J.J. Yeley in the #44 -#95 not entered 915. Zackary Shawn posted: 03.17.2014 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "They are there primarily because of their ability to attract sponsors, and I can't defend that." And sponsorship keeps the bills paid, which enables the team to exist, which keeps people employed. I bet if you were a a crew member who relied on a paycheck from those teams to put food on the table for your family and keep a roof over their head, you'd be able to defend it. 916. RACE34 posted: 03.17.2014 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Fontana will be good. NASCAR still has work to do on the aero tightness of these race cars, if they can just fix that it will help the racing. Last years race was one of the best of the year. 917. Matt posted: 03.17.2014 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @872 I believe that adding aero tightness to these cars is the last thing we'd want to see. I think a free/loose car produces on the edge, sliding around racing which is what allows people to make passes and advance through the field. The gen-4 car could be driven more freely and aggressively and I think NASCAR should be trying to emulate that car, with the enhanced safety features the COT introduced. 918. RACE34 posted: 03.17.2014 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @917 That's what I meant to say. NASCAR needs to reduce the aero tightness so a car doesn't get behind another and not able to pass. 919. Watto posted: 03.17.2014 - 10:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Furniture Row Racing is really perplexing, because they've had far too many issues in just four weeks and they really need to get them squared away. Daytona 500 they lose an engine after the oil pump belt came off. Las Vegas loose oil line. Bristol they have track bar problems in qualifying after practicing well, then the track bar mount goes during the race, resulting in the flat tire and them going behind the wall. Whatever was going on in qualifying with the track bar, it doesn't sound like they ever really fixed it. There's been two races where the car has finished - one being Phoenix where the car was the slowest out of the four races, the other being Las Vegas where he ran 7th just about all day until a 2 tire call when most were taking none put Truex right in front of a bunch of cars who took 4 tires, and he faded from 11th to 14th. To have mechanical issues last a whole weekend without them being fixed is troubling. 920. Watto posted: 03.17.2014 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) to clarify, the loose oil line at Vegas was early on in practice, of course. It was chalked up to likely being crew error. 921. Damien posted: 03.18.2014 - 5:14 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Hi all. I've been observing this site from Australia for quite some time. I've been a fan of NASCAR since 2002, and had my first exposure to NASCAR through a Rusty Wallace trading card in 1993 and a Sterling Marlin model car from the Morgan-McClure days, as well as pay-tv coverage of the 1996 Winston Cup which Terry Labonte won. I've always taken a great interest in point standing and performance correlation. Indeed, I've developed my own system called "The String", where a driver's qualifying and race performance is combined and averaged together. But here's the catch. The String is an indication of the lap running order at the conclusion of the race. That is, if positions 1-43 complete laps 500-490, all cars are eligible to have that position entered into the system and ultimately contribute to their season-long average. Should, say, positions 1-20 complete laps 500-498, and the 25th place car complete 496 laps, that car, as well as positions 26-43 would be ineligible to have their race positions for that race contribute to their season-long average. Their qualifying position would still count towards the season-long average. DNQ's and their subsequent positions, as indicated by NASCAR, would also count towards the season-long average, as it represents an indicator of performance. Should a driver attempt a race over the course of the season, their average performance in that car would be what counts, not their cumulative performance over the season, as it give a true indication as to team and driver performance against each other. "The String" standing as of Bristol: 1. #2 Brad Keselowski 7.38 (Penske) 2. #24 Jeff Gordon 8.63 (Hendrick) 3. #88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 8.88 (Hendrick) 4. #5 Kasey Kahne 9.43 (Hendrick) 5. #22 Joey Logano 10.13 (Penske) 6. #11 Denny Hamlin 10.38 (Gibbs) 7. #48 Jimmie Johnson 11 (Hendrick) 8. #43 Aric Almirola 11.83 (Petty) 9. #20 Matt Kenseth 11.88 (Gibbs) 10.#1 Jamie McMurray 12.57 (Ganassi) 11.#31 Ryan Newman 13 (Childress) 12.#99 Carl Edwards 13.38 (Roush) 13.#3 Austin Dillon 14.38 (Childress) 14.#15 Clint Bowyer 14.71 (Waltrip) 15.#41 Kurt Busch 15 (Stewart-Haas) 16.#16 Greg Biffle 15.38 (Roush) 17.#17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 15.57 (Roush) 18.#42 Kyle Larson 15.71 (Ganassi) 19.#18 Kyle Busch 17.38 (Gibbs) 20.#78 Martin Truex, Jr. 17.67 (Furniture Row) 21.#4 Kevin Harvick 18 (Stewart-Haas) 22.#66 Jeff Burton 18 (Waltrip) 23.#27 Paul Menard 18.29 (Childress) 24.#9 Marcos Ambrose 19 (Petty) 25.#55 Brian Vickers 20.14 (Waltrip) 26.#14 Tony Stewart 20.33 (Stewart-Haas) 27.#52 Bobby Labonte 20.5 (Scott/Finch) 28.#47 A.J. Allmendinger 21.29 (JTG-Daugherty) 29.#13 Casey Mears 21.71 (Germain) 30.#32 Terry Labonte 22 (Go FAS) 31.#21 Trevor Bayne 22.67 (Wood Brothers) 32.#38 David Gilliland 24.17 (Front Row) 33.#33 Brian Scott 25.33 (Childress/Falk) 34.#26 Cole Whitt 25.4 (Swan) 35.#10 Danica Patrick 27.57 (Stewart-Haas) 36.#98 Josh Wise 28.2 (Parsons) 37.#34 David Ragan 29.5 (Front Row) 38.#40 Landon Cassill 30.17 (Falk) 39.#23 Alex Bowman 31.2 (BK Racing) 40.#95 Michael McDowell 32.4 (Leavine) 41.#36 Reed Sorenson 32.57 (Baldwin) 42.#51 Justin Allgaier 32.83 (Scott) 43.#7 Michael Annett 34.83 (Baldwin) 44.#30 Parker Kligerman 37.5 (Swan) 45.#83 Ryan Truex 39 (BK Racing) 46.#35 Blake Koch 39.33 (Front Row) 47.#66 Joe Nemechek 40 (Robinson) 48.#32 Travis Kvapil 40.33 (Go FAS) 49.#33 Timmy Hill 42 (Falk) 50.#87 Morgan Shepherd 42 (Nemechek/Robinson) 51.#66 Michael Waltrip 42 (Waltrip) 52.#35 David Reutimann 44 (Front Row) 53.#93 Morgan Shepherd 46 (Shepherd/BK Racing) 54.#87 Joe Nemechek 46 (Nemechek/Robinson) 55.#77 Dave Blaney 46.5 (Humphrey) 56.#44 J.J. Yeley 48 (Cohen) 57.#35 Eric McClure 48 (Front Row) I will be providing weekly updates of the standings, as well as providing retro standings at various points in the season. I look forward to contributing. 922. Daniel posted: 03.18.2014 - 10:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #44 has now withdrawn. Only 44 cars now attempting Fontana. 923. Jim Davis posted: 03.18.2014 - 1:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That is, if positions 1-43 complete laps 500-490, all cars are eligible to have that position entered into the system and ultimately contribute to their season-long average. Should, say, positions 1-20 complete laps 500-498, and the 25th place car complete 496 laps, that car, as well as positions 26-43 would be ineligible to have their race positions for that race contribute to their season-long average." I confess I am unable to make any sense of the above passage. Would you please elaborate? 924. Damien posted: 03.18.2014 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jim, more than happy to elaborate as that sentence sounded too long-winded looking back at it. Using the past Bristol race as an example. The 43 cars in the race, plus the two that did not qualify had their final qualifying positions contribute to their season-long average. The race itself follows like this: Positions 1-16 - Lap 503 Positions 17-18 - Lap 502 Position 19 - Lap 501 Positions 20-22 - Lap 500 Positions 23-24 - Lap 499 Position 25 - Lap 498 Positions 26-28 - Lap 497 Positions 29-30 - Lap 496 Position 31 - Lap 495 Position 32 - Lap 493 - String broken; that position, as well positions 33-43 ineligible for final race position to contribute to their season-long performance average. The 31 cars that stayed in the string eligible for final race position to contribute to their season-long average. I hope this helps, Jim. 925. Scott B posted: 03.18.2014 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #77 with Dave Blaney has now also withdrawn, so all 43 remaining entries are in for the next race. 926. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.18.2014 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's just ass backwards... 927. NicoRosbergFan posted: 03.18.2014 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any thoughts on Mark Plourde? 928. Spen posted: 03.19.2014 - 7:51 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Backing up the conversation about 400 posts, since I've been working and not really posting much, so I missed the conversation about weird outcomes in sim races. Since I've been playing NASCAR sims since the days of Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge, and have done about 4000 races, we've had a number of odd happenings over the years. But here's my personal favorite: Back in 2003, I decided to put Danica Patrick in a stock car (the #87, with sponsorship from Skittles). In her second season, she won the championship. Quite possibly the least impressive title of all time, though. Over the course of 40 races, she had 0 wins, and only 5 top fives. She led exactly two laps all year, had an average finish of 18.5, and only had the point lead for one week. She entered the season finale two points out, and managed to defeat my then 74-year old grandmother in an epic battle for 27th to win the championship. 929. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.19.2014 - 10:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Spen - Post 928 That's really odd. I wonder if that is supposed to be a foretelling of something. 930. Sector posted: 03.19.2014 - 11:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I am curious since that newest update, but why do we keep track of the Australian V8 Sports Car Series on here? 931. Sector posted: 03.19.2014 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Derp, I said Sports Car. I meant Supercars 932. The Long Shot posted: 03.19.2014 - 11:38 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I am curious since that newest update, but why do we keep track of the Australian V8 Sports Car Series on here?" Why not? It's a racing database, isn't it? 933. Sector posted: 03.19.2014 - 12:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *sigh* I swear everything that happened today, I can't keep up. I'll clear it up. Why DON'T we keep track of them? 934. The Long Shot posted: 03.19.2014 - 12:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "*sigh* I swear everything that happened today, I can't keep up. I'll clear it up. Why DON'T we keep track of them?" Actually, RR just started keeping track of them a few weeks ago. Look at the homepage, and you'll find the results for the season-opening Clipsal 500 right under the Nationwide results. 935. Anonymous posted: 03.19.2014 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sean you mentioned your biggest problems with the current NASCAR. I'm curious if you were in charge of NASCAR, how exactly would you run it? Shorter schedule, shorter races, get rid of the chase, what are some ideas on how you would fix attendance etc. I'm new to the site and for the most part I agree with your last comment about the problems with NASCAR. 936. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.20.2014 - 9:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stupid question, maybe someone can answer it. I was on youtube looking at 1970-1990's clips from various Indy 500 races the other day (I always start doing this about 2-3 months before the running of the Indy 500), when I came across an incident in the 1994 Indy 500 where a driver named Nigel Mansell crashed with the machine of Dennis Vitolo ontop of him, under caution. The entire incident was a mess, and the commentators couldn't seem to agree or make sense as to what was going on. Methanol fire, hot water, normal fire, Mansell knocked out, etc, etc. What the heck really happened there? How did Vitolo end up atop of Mansell's car, and is there any alternate footage of it that shows what actually happened? What kind of fire was there, if any at all? Why the hell was Vitolo running so d@nm fast that he literally ran over Mansell? 937. Sean posted: 03.20.2014 - 11:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Vitolo was going too quickly to catch up to the field and ran into John Andretti, which launched his car and caused him to land on top of Mansell. This was not seen on camera. #935, give me some time to think but I will respond. 938. cjs3872 posted: 03.20.2014 - 11:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well D-666, I brought up the Vitolo-Mansell incident much earlier in this thread when trying to compare that bizarre incident when Timmy Hill slammed into the back of Kenseth's car when the caution was already out for Cole Whitt's crash. But that kind of thing was going on all night. Later in the race, Kasey Kahne didn't slow down immediately when a caution came out (he blew by about two or three cars), and Dale, Jr. gave him the business as a result, and later on, there was yet another veteran driver that didn't slow down immediately when a caution came out, though I don't know exactly who. So there were veteran drivers that didn't slow down when the caution came out, and that's inexcusable, because they should know better. And Anonymous (#935), some of what I would do would be to get rid of the Chase so that the champion is tested throughout the entire season like the champions used to be tested on all kinds of tracks, I would go back to the old-style restarts (pre-June of 2009), which would also give front running teams an advantage they deserve to have, as well as getting rid of that dumb wave-around, though I would keep the free pass for the highest scored non-lead lap car, though I would revert that back to the original rules, meaning no free pass on the road courses, or with 10 or fewer laps to go in any race. Last year, we were seeing crew chiefs actually telling their drivers to give up a position on pit road at Martinsville just so they could get the inside lane on the next restart. Going back to the old-style restarts would also eliminate the situation regarding changing of lanes that actually decided the 2011 Daytona 500. However, I would not shorten any more races, and in fact, the argument could be made that certain races, such as this coming weekend's race at Auto Club Speedway, need to be lengthened back to 500 miles, and I would also increase the distance of one of the races at Michigan to 500 miles to set the two races there apart. The two road course races may also need to be lengthened. Watkins Glen certainly needs to be lengthened, since I think it's too short. I think it should be lengthened from 90 to 120 laps. And if tracks like Pocono or Dover lose one of their dates, the existing race there could be extended back to 500 miles. As for the schedule, I have no big problem with it. Certainly it could use alterations, but I have no problem with the length of the schedule. Some of the alterations I would make is to restore the Southern 500 to it's Labor Day slot and switch that with the current Atlanta date, or move the Southern 500 to it's 2004 date, which was the next-to-last race of the season. One big problem the sport has is that it has no truly big races after July to hype up interest. The last big race on the circuit is the Brickyard 400. If they're going to have the Chase, I think that should be the Chase opener. But there needs to be a big race later in the season, because while interest in the sport is high for the race that has decided the Chase field, there's very little interest in races in the Chase because there's not a big race in the Chase. One thing that could be done, as I stated, would be to move the Southern 500 to the next-to-last race in the season, because that would not only put a big race in the Chase, but place such an important race as it relates to determining a champion at the most demanding track on the circuit. That certainly would separate that contenders from the pretenders, as far as winning a championship is concerned. But I have no problem with the overall length of the schedule. To me, that's fine as it is. 939. Destroyahirismix666 posted: 03.20.2014 - 12:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Thanks guys for clearing that up. I went and watched the race today, but posted the comment before they interviewed Vitolo. If I had waited to hear the interview, my question would have been answered. - - - - - 940. Anonymous posted: 03.20.2014 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds good Sean thanks! And I'm curious about what the rest of you guys think. These are my ideas, which I believe I posted on this site like a year a ago. I may be wrong about that though. I think no chase, double the points from first to second (that creates people wanting to win more then one race.) Also I would have tons of points given for leading the most laps and 2nd most laps (not this 1 lap lead thing.) I would have the announcers keep an updated lap lead leaderboard. And it would be a big deal in points if someone dropped from 1st to 2nd, 1st to not in top 2, maybe like 3rd to 1st. I've done tests and the battle for 2nd most laps lead is really close a lot of the time also. 40 car fields and no start and parks (either make the sport cheaper for the small team owner, if you can't then I guess I accept start and parks.) 40th-25st get 0 points. I know this sounds bad. But with this people aren't so afraid to wreck when going for the win, and are really willing to do anything possible to win, because they are not afraid of wrecking (not like the current 43-1 point system before this year) So positions 40th-25th are still important I would change the purse system so that the money difference between each position 25th-40th is a lot. And that these guys are fighting for purse and not points. (and purse for the smaller teams is more important then points. And yeah I understand the smaller teams will be afraid of wrecking because of the purse deal 25th-40th, but those aren't the guys contending for wins. And I want guys doing anything to win, and the smaller-smallest teams they don't/won't ever contend for wins.) 23 races 1 race per track (except Daytona they get 500 and July race) add Lucis Oil, Road America, Eldora, and Iowa. Get rid of Chicago, Kentucky, and Indianapolis (Lucis Oil replaces Indianapolis which has over stayed it's welcome) No off weeks in the season except a 2 week off week after 12 races. (23 race season, and with a 2 week off week I would imagine people would be craving for races after 12 races and would really want to start watching against starting at race 13.) And I also believe that the NFL has proven (yet no other sports in America do this) that less is more. I would even go back to single lap qualifying so people don't watch qualifying and that the races are even more in demand to watch and tv ratings go even higher along with the shorter schedule. Also attendance is helped because instead of picking 2 race dates to go to, you only have the choice of 1. Helps that tracks' attendance. Nationwide and trucks would have 21-23 race schedules. No fake debris cautions ever. I want the nationwide and truck series to be "developmental systems" not only for drivers, but tracks as well. If they are in a good enough market, and have great racing give them 1 truck race. Good enough and good attendance put then in 1 nationwide race remove truck race. Still good enough attendance 1 race in nationwide and trucks. Still good enough racing and attendance? Give them a cup date and remove nationwide and truck race. Every new track would go threw this formula. (once they get the cup date you can add a nationwide and truck date at sometime if you want.) Drivers can run as many nationwide and truck races as they want, but they can't run for cup teams, if they are planning to run the full cup schedule. I would have timed races (I know ehh) but I'm thinking of the casual fans. I was with my grandfather and I turned on a Martinsville race he saw 150 laps left and thought the race was far, far from over. And we would be here all day watching and because of that he didn't want to watch. He didn't know, that the race had like an hour and 15 minutes left (like 1.5 quarters in football). For a casual fan me turning on the Martinsville race and them realizing it's 500 laps, that seems like a long, long , long race. (I would imagine 120 laps at Dover would seem like a long time for casual fans too , I could see this happening at a lot of tracks.) And because of that they won't watch the whole thing (TV ratings.) So because of that I would have the races timed. The timed races would be 2 hours and 45 minutes. (I truly believe the short f1 races helps them in tv ratings. And with 2 hours and 30 minutes you feel like you should watch every lap because the race is so short. Obviously most of us on here would watch every lap, but I mean casual and new fans. The 2 hour 30 minute races apply to all of the races except the Coke 600 and Daytona 500. The last 4 races of the cup schedule every year would be the Bristol night race southern 500, Richmond night race, and Atlanta. So even if the title is basically decided, people still watch because of the great race tracks. And if the title is close, it would be a lot of fun seeing those tracks as the last 4 races. And obviously fix the safer barrier issue 941. Anonymous posted: 03.20.2014 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *timed races 2 1/2 hours. 942. Sector posted: 03.21.2014 - 5:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I keep forgetting to scroll all the way down to see the other series section at the bottom. Thanks The Long Shot. I see it has its own series page as well. Awesome. Glad the webmaster decided to include it all this year! 943. David posted: 03.21.2014 - 2:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Duke just got upset big-time. I'll bet DSFF is happy. 944. Scott B posted: 03.21.2014 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Landon Cassill had something break today during practice, wrecks and goes to a back-up car. Exact same thing happened last week at Bristol, except it was after qualifying in the final practice. I think it's same to say the #40 team does not have the best equipment or the biggest budget in the sport. 945. Debris posted: 03.22.2014 - 12:27 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) Funny... the whole win you're in thing is a lot less absurd when my favorite driver wins. Now Roush Racing has 22 weeks to figure out how to beat Danica at the high speed tracks! 946. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 04.24.2014 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Updated 44 All City Leasing and Warehousing http://xxxtrememotorsport.com/ALLCITY_2014_CHEVY_(TDS).png 947. 88&4Fan posted: 11.15.2015 - 11:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Possibly the only race that I know of that went past the scheduled distance without going into any GWCS and ended under caution. 948. Maverick11 posted: 03.10.2016 - 1:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Most likely the final 1-2 finish for Roush. Also shouldn't the final caution be for rain? I don't think the lights malfunctioned... 949. Rob McKeever posted: 03.10.2016 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 948 - there was a race with a light malfunction - seems like this was it. It may have also rained preventing a restart thereof. 950. Wil posted: 01.19.2020 - 9:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) In his 4th race for SHR, Kevin Harvick makes a rare mistake and piles into a wreck, displaying poor wreck avoidance. It was Harv's only crash DNF in his first 2.5 years at SHR. At Childress he once went 5 years without a crash DNF. Remarkable. 951. Wil posted: 01.19.2020 - 9:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Watching this race compared to the same one 5 years earlier, and the FOX booth was almost unrecognizable. The commentators -- DW, Mike Joy and Larry Mac -- were the same, but DW was entering his uncomfortable "oh my GOSH" and "Are you KIDDINGGG MEE?!" phase. Joy made the mistake of trying to match DW's excitement, while Larry Mac barely spoke anymore. A sad fall for an announcing trio that was once the sport's best. 952. TheDewCrew posted: 03.03.2020 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just rewatched this race on my day off, and I can't say I ever felt bored. Rain, comers and goers, cautions, top contenders having problems, some memorable calls, underdogs, a caution light malfunction, wacky finish. That's my kinda race 953. SweetRich posted: 03.03.2020 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators for the race were Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip with Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum and Krista Voda on pit road. 954. RaceFanX posted: 05.31.2020 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In addition to a regular trophy Carl Edwards' win here made him the first driver to receive one of Bristol's Roman-style gladius replica swords to celebrate his win at "Last Great Colosseum." The gladius became a staple of Bristol victory lanes at all levels in the years that followed. 955. Indycar1 posted: 07.31.2020 - 9:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The lap 119-136 caution had a red flag of 3 hours 19 minutes 956. Rich posted: 12.08.2020 - 9:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joining the race coverage were Jeff Hammond as the roving reporter as well as Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip in the Hollywood hotel. 957. Spen posted: 02.07.2021 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 10 different drivers led ten or more laps in this race. I believe this ties a record with Richmond 1986. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: