Recent content by virtualbalboa

He's a racer who (to my knowledge) wasn't even necessarily seeking to go to NASCAR until his family met Kevin Harvick.

Gio Scelzi dropped out of the 18 at exactly the right time, it turns out.

I discovered last month that AAA's championship records were/are a complete mess. Some guys working there literally just started making people champion pre-WW2 based on their own criteria and reformulated the championship schedule to fit their needs. Maybe that's how NASCAR "fixes" the chase -...

Wait, Kyle Larson didn't win the race this past weekend? I just assumed NASCAR had the finalists up in spots 1-3 (since Byron hit the wall). (I'm not kidding. I really had no idea Kyle Larson didn't win the Phoenix race. Who did? I seriously don't know.)

I can't wait to see how Denny manages to lose the title in the next format NASCAR picks. I mean he's lost in every other format and this will be the 5th or 6th since he got to Cup, right? He never should have been in the running in the first place so if he was champ, it would have been because...

Well, in that case - time to head back to the Open wheel and short track forums.

Kauffman certainly championed it, but it was never a thing that he or the RTA could create. The only people who could create it was NASCAR themselves, and they did it for all the reasons you pointed out. What I think has changed is the loose thread you identified at the end. NASCAR has...

The only people who could offer it are NASCAR. RTA couldn't generate their own charters.

I went to Dave and Busters yesterday with my wife - hey, it's 1/2 price game night, OK? Anyhow, they have this: https://www.laigames.com/games/nascar-pit-stop Right by it was this: https://www.icegame.com/games/smash-n-win-nba-edition/ And this was nearby...

Here's some more fun stuff: (clearing out my incorrect take)

That is literally the language being used: "evergreen". Not "pseudoevergreen" or "somewhat evergreen" but "evergreen", and it existing in this format will also make it difficult for NASCAR to just break that later at will. Also extending the charters past the next rights period was not happening...

What is the comparison point? The 2024 net income for TKO Group (who owns the UFC, WWE, and PBR) had net income of 6.4 million against total revenue of 2.8 billion. NASCAR has 330 million in debt against 1.1 billion in assets and made (net income) 600 million dollars in the last two years.

I'm not misconstruing anything. They didn't sign the agreement and instead filed suit against NASCAR. NASCAR apparently thinks enough of their suit to now give them the charters forever (which was the sticking point) but doesn't want to give them the money they'd be owed from keeping the...

That relates to the transaction of 23XI buying the SHR charter; the money and charter for that transaction were put in escrow depending on the result of the trial. While a settlement under the terms discussed a few days ago would put that transaction through, what it wouldn't do is lead to 23XI...

Just going back to the Athletic piece, it is two things: 1) The legal fees: also *HILARIOUS* to me that anyone thinks the defendant in a trial willing to settle it would get their legal fees reimbursed. But I don't think that's the issue. I think the issue is that NASCAR doesn't want to pay the...