Nascar 2020

[KaptainRandom]

Just sayin'

Has ya'll noticed the plethora of non-white, non-male nascar participants.
Drivers,
Mechanics,
Pitcrew,
Etc....

Racist?

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[Elsguy]

Just sayin'

Has ya'll noticed the plethora of non-white, non-male nascar participants.
Drivers,
Mechanics,
Pitcrew,
Etc....

Racist?

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How about no interest in that activity?

 

[DWS44]

Sounds like NASCAR might be getting closer to starting things back up again in some form or fashion. Been seeing some stuff floating around they they are working on broadcast schedules for a revised schedule and working on starting back up (without fans) the weekend before Memorial Day...in Darlington! Supposedly they are trying to kick things back off with a series of races close enough for the teams to drive to. Darlington, Coke 600 on its usual Memorial Day weekend. Apparently the Darlington race would be in ADDITION to the Southern 500 on Labor Day as a replacement for some tracks that might not be allowed to hold races this year by state/local gov'ts (like Sonoma, which CA officials reportedly to want to cancel entirely for this year). Who knows if all that actually happens, but sounds promising at least!

 

[Elsguy]

Sounds like NASCAR might be getting closer to starting things back up again in some form or fashion. Been seeing some stuff floating around they they are working on broadcast schedules for a revised schedule and working on starting back up (without fans) the weekend before Memorial Day...in Darlington! Supposedly they are trying to kick things back off with a series of races close enough for the teams to drive to. Darlington, Coke 600 on its usual Memorial Day weekend. Apparently the Darlington race would be in ADDITION to the Southern 500 on Labor Day as a replacement for some tracks that might not be allowed to hold races this year by state/local gov'ts (like Sonoma, which CA officials reportedly to want to cancel entirely for this year). Who knows if all that actually happens, but sounds promising at least!

So, Darlington, Charlotte, Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond, Atlanta?

 

[DWS44]

So, Darlington, Charlotte, Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond, Atlanta?

Apparently the VA tracks are iffy for a while, as VA is on lockdown until mid-June at the earliest right now. (Company I work for has headquarters in Richmond)

Also, Texas and Florida are apparently all but begging for races at the moment, so they may end up on the early list too. Supposedly NASCAR wants to leave the Playoff schedule and order alone if possible, but everything else is fair game with midweek races and some doubleheader weekends in the works (two races on same weekend) so they can keep 36 races.

 

[Elsguy]

Apparently the VA tracks are iffy for a while, as VA is on lockdown until mid-June at the earliest right now. (Company I work for has headquarters in Richmond)

Also, Texas and Florida are apparently all but begging for races at the moment, so they may end up on the early list too. Supposedly NASCAR wants to leave the Playoff schedule and order alone if possible, but everything else is fair game with midweek races and some doubleheader weekends in the works (two races on same weekend) so they can keep 36 races.

Forgot about the lockdown even though I live in Va.

 

[DWS44]

Getting closer...






Alls I can say is...

 

[Howard Simmons]

May 17th may not go over but I bet they will be running in Charlotte on May 24th. It's kind of funny they said that there wouldn't be any fans in the stands. That's a typical race in the last few years.

 

[Don in CT]

So Fox is showing the 1979 Daytona 500. How the hell did the drivers not die?

 

[SamCdbs]

So Fox is showing the 1979 Daytona 500. How the hell did the drivers not die?

1979 is the most important year in the history of NASCAR's rise. The Daytona 500 was the first race ever shown "flag to flag". And back then most people only got 3 or 4 channels, and the northeast got a massive snow storm, trapping people at home. Later that year CART got de facto control of Indy car racing and soon turned it from a legitimate thing to a controlled competition/exhibition where only a handful of cars had a shot, and driver selection switched from merit based to rich, mostly Brazilian kids willing to pay the CART owners. And then ESPN was formed, quickly followed by many other channels. ESPN, et al, had hours to fill and no relationship with the major sports, so it pointed its cameras at the races, and if it had any suggestions, kept them to itself. And NASCAR boomed for the next 20 years.

Then sadly, came the unified TV contract, and the passing of control to the idiot grandson, Brian France. France had a deep need to be accepted by those he considered his betters. With RJ Reynolds, and its marketing genius T Wayne Robertson gone, the networks started calling the shots, flooding the sport with people who had no understanding of what the sport was about. This people were listened to, and the massive decline followed.

Which brings us back to 1979. Under the idiotic rules of today, one of the greatest finishes in NASCAR history would have never happened.

First generation starts a business, second generation builds a business, third generation destroys a business.

 

[DWS44]

Well...there's a surprise for the new driver of the 42...



Kenseth out of retirement! Good for him. I thought for sure it would be Chastain, especially with Newman announcing he intends to return to the 6 when racing resumes (pending medical clearance).

 

[Howard Simmons]

Well...there's a surprise for the new driver of the 42...



Kenseth out of retirement! Good for him. I thought for sure it would be Chastain, especially with Newman announcing he intends to return to the 6 when racing resumes (pending medical clearance).

They're bringing back a retired driver over a young driver that was fired over saying a bad word over the radio.

 

[Partysox]

Bad word?........A racist word....A word that a White guy shouldn't be broadcasting to the world, A word that as soon as his sponsors and his boss herd about it dumped him on the spot. Yes bring in the retired guy and out with the Young Moron.

 

[Partysox]

May 17 is the day no fans but we will have real racing.

 

[osu1991]

Nascar added another classic race online.

 

[waylew]

real racing

That's your opinion

 

[Elsguy]

No practice, no qualifying. What kind of racing will that give us?

 

[DWS44]

No practice, no qualifying. What kind of racing will that give us?

Better hope the team unloads fast! Could have been worse...there were reports of serious discussion given to replacing live pit stops with regular competition cautions, so as to leave the pit crews at home and have even fewer people. Luckily they talked themselves out of that one. I'm starved for some real racing, but that would have been a bit much to swallow.

 

[Partysox]

No practice, no qualifying. What kind of racing will that give us?

More.....Wrecks.....Wrecks.....Wrecks

 

[DWS44]

A good article on the logistics of the return:

Everything you need to know about NASCAR's return to racing