Cup RACE thread --- Homestead

Unpopular opinion.


Those that complain about NASCAR "gimmicks" will never admit Homestead is a gimmick track.
 
kkfan91 said:
Unpopular opinion.


Those that complain about NASCAR "gimmicks" will never admit Homestead is a gimmick track.
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Well, you never see me pleading to have the final at Homestead which seems to be the popular opinion around here. It's pretty much all about running the wall and Larson is the best at it.
 
No doubt Larson is able to get away with a lot more on intermediates in this generation of car than he was with the Gen 6 (mostly as it relates to the pre-NA18D era). But if he’s able to extract more out of this car with his preferred style of driving, then the other guys need to be brave and skilled enough to figure it out too. Bowman tried and fenced himself almost immediately.
 
StandOnIt said:
It's typical fan base. It used to be he's fast but he would be really good if he didn't wreck so much. Now it is that he wins too much lol.
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Yeah, like how there are people who use to hate when Cup drivers dropped down to lower series and won, and now get mad when they don't win. Such a fickle fanbase.
 
Blaze said:
Yeah, like how there are people who use to hate when Cup drivers dropped down to lower series and won, and now get mad when they don't win. Such a fickle fanbase.
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That depends on if they are a fan of the driver or not. These are Larson dislike/haters in this thread.
 
StandOnIt said:
That depends on if they are a fan of the driver or not. These are Larson dislike/haters in this thread.
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nah. They were definitely people who made a huge deal about it. Especially when the other Kyle did it. They thought it was ridiculous. Thought they changed their tune completely when that Kyle went to Chevy....odd.
 
Efisher131 said:
15 second lead and lapped up to 6th place in those “real race cars” yesterday
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Larson is on another level. I’m not taking away from his performance this weekend.

There was at least 2 times he hit the wall today that would’ve killed the old car is all I’m saying.
 
Blaze said:
nah. They were definitely people who made a huge deal about it. Especially when the other Kyle did it. They thought it was ridiculous. Thought they changed their tune completely when that Kyle went to Chevy....odd.
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Lol. Playing dumb or incoherent is a choice. Preacher Joe and the asylum I have never been a fan of. You should know that by now I would think.
 
JBone88 said:
Larson is on another level. I’m not taking away from his performance this weekend.

There was at least 2 times he hit the wall today that would’ve killed the old car is all I’m saying.
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If you would have noticed when Larson rubbed the wall he had a lot of wheel in it keeping the front end away from the wall. He doesn't hit it flat, he leads with the rear end.
 
The Busch Kyle was a grade A *ss hole when he drove for the asylum and he won a bunch of races also. That's two reasons to bring the boos. Larson keeps winning even though he isn't an A hole he will get boos. He gets some when he dirt races.
 
FLRacingFan said:
No doubt Larson is able to get away with a lot more on intermediates in this generation of car than he was with the Gen 6 (mostly as it relates to the pre-NA18D era). But if he’s able to extract more out of this car with his preferred style of driving, then the other guys need to be brave and skilled enough to figure it out too. Bowman tried and fenced himself almost immediately.
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Speaking of generation cars.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Bowman is one classy guy. I’m pretty stoked to see HMS 1-2-3 and 6th in the points. Byron, than the baddest dude on earth Larson and 3 points back is Bowman, and in 6th is Elliott.
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Chase isn’t having a great season at all but he’s 6th in points. Everybody’s been feast or famine so far this year, and he just finishes 10-15th every week and comes home clean.
 
StandOnIt said:
The Busch Kyle was a grade A *ss hole when he drove for the asylum and he won a bunch of races also. That's two reasons to bring the boos. Larson keeps winning even though he isn't an A hole he will get boos. He gets some when he dirt races.
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I never hear him getting booed at NASCAR races.
 
Just finished watching the race. Had no idea, kept my phone away from me all day. Good to see your favorite guy win. Thought the 12 was the best car though. Kyle survived calamity on pit road, hitting the wall and racing with the 11. Awesome win, hopefully he goes on a run, Larson is now the 3rd winningest driver in HMS history.

 
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Jorge De Guzman said:
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You can tell that Rick and Jeff really like and respect Alex. I think I read a post on here earlier that said Alex choked but I don’t see it that way at all. He didn’t have a car as fast as Larsons and he was just trying everything he could to keep up with him but there was no way he would have been able to unless Larson had a problem. It was good clean racing. Obviously no one else could keep up with Larson or Bowman.🙂
 
Nitro Dude said:
You can tell that Rick and Jeff really like and respect Alex. I think I read a post on here earlier that said Alex choked but I don’t see it that way at all. He didn’t have a car as fast as Larsons and he was just trying everything he could to keep up with him but there was no way he would have been able to unless Larson had a problem. It was good clean racing. Obviously no one else could keep up with Larson or Bowman.🙂
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Doesn't matter much to me. If Bowman keeps running as strong as he has this year the wins will come. They have changed something on the 48 team it looks like to me.
 
kkfan91 said:
Unpopular opinion.


Those that complain about NASCAR "gimmicks" will never admit Homestead is a gimmick track.
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I don't know about that....why do you think that? I mean the fact that I am just getting here this AM to see only 3 pages of chat kind of tells the tale to me that it was an OK race at best. I thought it was getting really good at the beginning of the final stage - lots of comers and goers and the cars were not strung out and racing pretty hard but got really strung out at the end. Good win for Larson but he did not have as good a car as I thought he would and this win was more about this being one of his bread and butter tracks and getting the long run he needed at the end. I know others will disagree but I get tired of seeing cars hitting the wall all day and still being fast. Used to be more of a rick to run up there. I remember Dale JR was good at it but it usually cost him.
 
Yeah I don't agree with the gimmick assessment. The track pavement is rough and the tire is fairly soft. New tires are going to let cars go everywhere they want, but shortly later the fastest way is running the top groove when the tires give way.
This week it is Martinsville, a true one lane track tires or not. There won't be hardly any passing. It you are thinking about watching because you will see tons of passing, you would be better off taking a baseball bat to a gold course. Makes about the same sense but you would have better luck with the golf ball and the bat.
 
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