Recent content by Jonesi

What I don't get is: With all his money why doesn't Brian France have a limo and chauffeur? Then he can be as drunk & drugged out as he wants.

Brian France for Bonehead of week, year, decade.

As I recall they couldn't build there, too much chemicals in the ground that would have been pushed into the water. Like putting a brick on a soaked sponge.

It should be mentioned he had Ernie Elliott built Ford engines and Ford's new Thunderbird aero making a BIG contribution to those "single handed" finishes. Also as I recall (and don't want to look it up) Bill has 9 or 10 second place finishes before he got that first win.

NBC & Fox do sponsor cars, 40 of them to the tune of $8-10mil each week with about $3mil going directly into the purse.

I suspect that the fall Las Vegas date will match up with a big convention week like SEMA aftermarket auto show which is one of the biggest events Vegas has annually. I don't think Nascar will ever admit that a lot of drop in attendence is because of "The Chase!" When you hyper emphasize the...

While the two ends were interesting the middle was very boring. No cork-screw or loop-de-loops. :(

because they are soaking wet and can't blow over the fence in the wind? and probably a lot fewer people.

Comp caution around lap 29.

and they're green.

I apologize if this is the wrong forum but I'm sure some members would be interested in these movies: Turner Classic Movies - Friday 14th - times are Pacific time zone: 3:00 AM SPEEDWAY (1929) A brash young race-car driver zooms his way to the Dir: Harry Beaumont Cast: William Haines , Anita...

I've been thinking (Yes i know how dangerous that is;) Nascar may have another reason for reducing the over the wall crew members not yet brought up here yet. Now that they are doing AI officiating from cameras on the top of the stands, removing a rear tire carrier (most likely) would make it...

Longer pit stops make it more desirable to consider a 2 tire pit stop over 4, and a (gas only) 0 tire pit stop over 2 or 4 tire stop. I think it might be as much as 2 sets of tires per race. Now teams will still buy and mount all the tires they can, but if they don't use them they can sell...

and about $200k saved in tire costs per car.

And that's why he can win Nascar Cup Championships now. He matured a lot last year while recovering from the leg injuries.