Feel like I landed in VancouverThe Clutch man is in the sky...
Auto Club Speedway Pre- Race 2023
- Thread starter StandOnIt
- Start date
acmerocket
Team Owner
- Joined
- Feb 9, 2017
- Messages
- 1,996
- Points
- 343
hope they get the race in for you
- Joined
- Mar 17, 2014
- Messages
- 33,940
- Points
- 883
Has it started to snow yet, Bob?
rd45usa
Contrarian
NASCAR Drivers Know Why Fans Don't Like Auto Club Speedway
The big 2-mile track in California to undergo major renovation to shorten the track distance.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
The Nature Boy
Stylin and Profilin
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2014
- Messages
- 21,177
- Points
- 883
The forecast for Sunday looks like we’re back at Rockingham for the 2nd race of the year.
AdoubleU24
Team Owner
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2015
- Messages
- 7,150
- Points
- 793
I could see snow from my house this morning.
Fontana Saturday forecast
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Don't I wish. I'd love to be sitting in that lot waiting for the announcement that today's Cup race will run Monday.
76% rain on Monday as of right now. Minimal chance of rain Sunday.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I'd love to be waiting out a Cup rain delay at Rockingham regardless of the reschedule date.
MRM
Team Owner
Wow!
acmerocket
Team Owner
- Joined
- Feb 9, 2017
- Messages
- 1,996
- Points
- 343
sunday looks good,should get both races in.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
Don’t be silly, nobody gets out of bed for temblors.
It has nothing to do with the “inch of rain.” They’re getting 5-10 inches in Ventura County by Saturday night. Snow is at the 1200’ level, the grapevine is shut down.
4’ of snow in Arrowhead.
The real problem is that NA$CAR will let 60,000 fans drive to the track on Saturday when there won’t be a single car on the track all day. Nobody is going to walk around in the rain to go to the vendors for an $8 beer and a foil-wrapped $12 soggy-bun burger.
rd45usa
Contrarian
Keeping 89 acres.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
No need to overreact. I'm sure they will suffer thru it.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
They were still designing the track Feb. 4th
AdoubleU24
Team Owner
- Joined
- Mar 9, 2015
- Messages
- 7,150
- Points
- 793
Squeezing an entire race facility, parking, etc into 89 acres seems like a super tough task
Going to be one of those weekends
Daytripper
Team Owner
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2020
- Messages
- 935
- Points
- 203
Even if it was sunny and 75 degrees you wouldn't have anywhere near 60000 people showing up on Saturday.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
544 million. I can only imagine what the taxes per year would be on that track.
DewChaser988
NASCAR fan since 1998
Martinsville's track itself is 43 acres
Mispeedway15
Team Owner
- Joined
- May 22, 2016
- Messages
- 4,269
- Points
- 443
It was a number I threw out there. The track has had relatively full grandstands since they trimmed the turn 4 and 1 seating areas several years ago.
I didn’t overreact. I just corrected your statement.
You obviously aren’t familiar with California weather.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
eh, calm down bud, I was clowning around, looks like Mt. Baldy is going to be whitey for a short time.
I’m extremely calm. Bud.
You’re always “clowning around.”
Soon nascar will be back to the county fair racetracks that made Richard Petty a household name.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
X out that Saturday 25th schedule. None of that is going to happen.
StandOnIt
Farm Truck
Greg
2014 RF YAHOO CHAMP Your leader
- Joined
- Jun 22, 2011
- Messages
- 19,454
- Points
- 1,033
Not sure if anyone has posted this but 10 years ago Logano was in first season with Penske. He was still the guy that Gibbs no longer wanted or needed and a lot to prove.
Hamlin still thought Logano wasn't in his league and someone he could easily ridicule
In addition to this Kesolowski was still the man at Penske and all the racing world had reason to believe that he would be winning several championships for the Captain in the coming years. While many including Kesolowski probabaly had some high expectations from Logano, I don't think many of them could have foreseen what was coming.
IMO this is the time and race when Logano came of age and made it clear to everyone else.
He has won 2 championships since then compared to none for Kesolowski or Hamlin. Both of those drivers are future HOF drivers with great careers going for them, but Logano has been better for the last ten years.
Hamlin still thought Logano wasn't in his league and someone he could easily ridicule
In addition to this Kesolowski was still the man at Penske and all the racing world had reason to believe that he would be winning several championships for the Captain in the coming years. While many including Kesolowski probabaly had some high expectations from Logano, I don't think many of them could have foreseen what was coming.
IMO this is the time and race when Logano came of age and made it clear to everyone else.
He has won 2 championships since then compared to none for Kesolowski or Hamlin. Both of those drivers are future HOF drivers with great careers going for them, but Logano has been better for the last ten years.
I was there. My seats are halfway between the entrance to pit road and and the start/finish line. Denny got out of the car and went straight to the ground.