Silly Season 2025

Badass.

SVG might go for 4/4 in those starts.

Best equipment Ross has had in Xfinity since he drove for Chip. Can’t wait to see how he runs.
 
StandOnIt said:
Hooked up with Zilisch? I wouldn't want to leave.
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I understand, but my friend and former teammate Charles Denike just got the nod as CC for Bubba Wallace, Mardy has twice the experience and deserves a shot. But you are correct, it should be fun watching those two
 
Blaze said:
I think it's cause he probably has raced at a high level more recently. Plus they are making him do the ARCA Race before hand.
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So if wallace runs the arca race do they allow him in then? I think wallace running is kinda a joke but IMO he gets screwed here. They say he doesn't have enough recent experience, yet the closest thing to nascar Helio has ever done is SRX and he's guaranteed a spot for the race? And they don't even allow wallace to try to race his way into the race?

Maybe I'm in the minority here but this just makes no sense and seems unfair.
 
wi_racefan said:
So if wallace runs the arca race do they allow him in then? I think wallace running is kinda a joke but IMO he gets screwed here. They say he doesn't have enough recent experience, yet the closest thing to nascar Helio has ever done is SRX and he's guaranteed a spot for the race? And they don't even allow wallace to try to race his way into the race?

Maybe I'm in the minority here but this just makes no sense and seems unfair.
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Look I wanted to see what he could do at his age. Maybe he can do some races this year else wheee and try next year
 
Mike Wallace response.
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Yep Kenny said Mike didn't talk with the competition director Sawyer who has the say about it but talked to his friend who was the president.
 
What terrible news that the senior citizen known for drunken brawls and crashing women was prevented from fulfilling his dream of qualifying (again) for the Daytona 500 a decade removed from racing literally anything at all. This will terribly affect the race team that used to be owned by an organized crime figure who subsequently sold it to his partner, the plucky underdog that got caught cheating once.
 
MRM said:
Carl Long is an organized crime figure?
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virtualbalboa said:
What terrible news that the senior citizen known for drunken brawls and crashing women was prevented from fulfilling his dream of qualifying (again) for the Daytona 500 a decade removed from racing literally anything at all. This will terribly affect the race team that used to be owned by an organized crime figure who subsequently sold it to his partner, the plucky underdog that got caught cheating once.
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virtualbalboa said:
What terrible news that the senior citizen known for drunken brawls and crashing women was prevented from fulfilling his dream of qualifying (again) for the Daytona 500 a decade removed from racing literally anything at all. This will terribly affect the race team that used to be owned by an organized crime figure who subsequently sold it to his partner, the plucky underdog that got caught cheating once.
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If you are talking about the "over size" engine HE didnt cheat. He leased a sealed engine that was a little to big on one cylinder and NASCAr had no way to punish the builder so Long got the shaft.
 
I could certainly understand why they might want some kind of refresher for somebody that has been out of a car so so long, but its alright for Helio, who has NEVER driven a Cup car to race? What exactly did SVG do to get approved to run Xfinity plate races? I do remember that Danica and JPM got speedway approval after running ONE ARCA speedway race. There seems to be a real lack of consistency here.
 
Formerjackman said:
I could certainly understand why they might want some kind of refresher for somebody that has been out of a car so so long, but its alright for Helio, who has NEVER driven a Cup car to race? What exactly did SVG do to get approved to run Xfinity plate races? I do remember that Danica and JPM got speedway approval after running ONE ARCA speedway race. There seems to be a real lack of consistency here.
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Exactly what I was saying.....
 
Formerjackman said:
I could certainly understand why they might want some kind of refresher for somebody that has been out of a car so so long, but its alright for Helio, who has NEVER driven a Cup car to race? What exactly did SVG do to get approved to run Xfinity plate races? I do remember that Danica and JPM got speedway approval after running ONE ARCA speedway race. There seems to be a real lack of consistency here.
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It's not the type of experience, it's how recent. Helio has been running Indy, IMSA, and SRX continously for a couple of decades. Mike Wallace hasn't been in any form of race car in several years. One has regularly shown his reflexes and decision making are still competitive; one has sat on his ass.

I'd probably feel differently if this had been Wallace's idea in the first place. It wasn't, it was Long looking for a driver. I remember asking if Wallace was the best they could find.
 
Mike Wallace did run in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020. He competed in three Xfinity Series races with JD Motorsports that year, specifically at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Road America, and the Daytona road course. His best finish was 24th place. However, he was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR in September 2020 for a social media post that violated the sport’s behavioral policy. He did go thru Nascar Sensitivity training on March 2021.
 
rd45usa said:
Mike Wallace did run in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020. He competed in three Xfinity Series races with JD Motorsports that year, specifically at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, Road America, and the Daytona road course. His best finish was 24th place.
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Thanks.
 
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