Cup RACE thread --- Loudon

Of course Jimmie Johnsom's pit crew scews him out of what would have likely been a top 5 finish. They have more speed, was riding on potentially 3 strait top 10s, I believe.

Also, I was at this race. 16 rows up, front stretch. Toyota's advantage is very real. Don't know the detail, but you can see where they are faster...specifically in RPMs.

I watched Kyle Busch pull Larson by 3 car lengths on the backstretch. The Toyotas, the 18, 78, and for one run, the 77 were flat out making more downforce. You could visibly see it with those cars. The weight of the car visibly appeared to roll forward blatantly more than anyone else. Also, the 18 was revved up higher, every lap he went by. In my 13 years coming here, I have never seen cars look so much faster than other cars. It was amazing.

Kyle drove a flawless race and deserved that win, without a doubt and until teams can find more downforce, the season is over. Details of all workes advantages aside, those cars today looked like they were running 20 extra hp.

From what I saw today, it really looked like a weight distribution thing.
 
Stacy said:
Letarte now thinks KyBu's old pit crew is lifting up Suarez???

Suarez has his pit crew forcibly removed from him, and Letarte is acting like somebody did Suarez a favor???

So twisted - -these guys in the booth are Lousy...
Click to expand...
I had to turn off the sound, it was like having a room full of screaming idiots in my home. They said so many stupid comments, I was done before the first stage
 
jaqua19 said:
Of course Jimmie Johnsom's pit crew scews him out of what would have likely been a top 5 finish. They have more speed, was riding on potentially 3 strait top 10s, I believe.

Also, I was at this race. 16 rows up, front stretch. Toyota's advantage is very real. Don't know the detail, but you can see where they are faster...specifically in RPMs.

I watched Kyle Busch pull Larson by 3 car lengths on the backstretch. The Toyotas, the 18, 78, and for one run, the 77 were flat out making more downforce. You could visibly see it with those cars. The weight of the car visibly appeared to roll forward blatantly more than anyone else. Also, the 18 was revved up higher, every lap he went by. In my 13 years coming here, I have never seen cars look so much faster than other cars. It was amazing.

Kyle drove a flawless race and deserved that win, without a doubt and until teams can find more downforce, the season is over. Details of all workes advantages aside, those cars today looked like they were running 20 extra hp.

From what I saw today, it really looked like a weight distribution thing.
Click to expand...
Sounds like a great day.
 
Racer1930 said:
Candy car wins - Falcons win - Life is good :partytime:XXROFL::partytime
Click to expand...

I watched the Eagles beat the Giants with time running out on an 61 yard field goal by a rookie replacement kicker. I watched the first 2 stages of the race but started nodding off in the last stage before bailing out on it altogether with 20 laps to go. IMO it was mind numbing.
 
kyle18fan said:
Still sounds like Kyle Petty is in the booth
Click to expand...

Atleast these guys clear their throats if phlegm is stuck in them. I cant count the amount of times I cringed because I could hear the mucus from his lungs come up his throat.

It was disgusting
 
BobbyFord said:
Always better live :cheers:
Click to expand...

My buddy and I brought a friend who is hardly a casual fan but he enjoyed himself. It is absolutely a "you need to just go to this".

"You can bring in alcohol" is usually a selling point.

I've never been Id'd there either. I'm 25, but I find it odd that they just let people walk in with beer
 
jaqua19 said:
My buddy and I brought a friend who is hardly a casual fan but he enjoyed himself. It is absolutely a "you need to just go to this".

"You can bring in alcohol" is usually a selling point.

I've never been Id'd there either. I'm 25, but I find it odd that they just let people walk in with beer
Click to expand...

Yet another reason CA blows. They'll write you a ticket for drinking in the damned parking lot, let alone bring in your own coolers.
 
jaqua19 said:
My buddy and I brought a friend who is hardly a casual fan but he enjoyed himself. It is absolutely a "you need to just go to this".

"You can bring in alcohol" is usually a selling point.

I've never been Id'd there either. I'm 25, but I find it odd that they just let people walk in with beer
Click to expand...
Sounds like a partay...
 
DUN24 said:
Yet another reason CA blows. They'll write you a ticket for drinking in the damned parking lot, let alone bring in your own coolers.
Click to expand...



You can't bring alcohol in to the track here either ..... its just as well .... I am stupid enough without drinking :D
 
kyle18fan said:
You can't bring alcohol in to the track here either ..... its just as well .... I am stupid enough without drinking :D
Click to expand...

Is it just a Nh thing? They have the employeed attendants look in your cooler, then you go.

Has to be cans of beer though.
 
jaqua19 said:
Is it just a Nh thing? They have the employeed attendants look in your cooler, then you go.

Has to be cans of beer though.
Click to expand...

The whole southeast/east coast lets you bring coolers in as far as I know.
 
jaqua19 said:
Is it just a Nh thing? They have the employeed attendants look in your cooler, then you go.

Has to be cans of beer though.
Click to expand...



I don't know of any tracks that allow alcohol to be carried in out here ..... PIR will let you bring in unopened soft drinks
 
kyle18fan said:
I don't know of any tracks that allow alcohol to be carried in out here ..... PIR will let you bring in unopened soft drinks
Click to expand...

I've done it at Charlotte....

You can still sneak **** in at Fontucky though :D
 
DUN24 said:
I've done it at Charlotte....

You can still sneak sh!t in at Fontucky though :D
Click to expand...



The seating is so tight at PIR cup races that you barely have room to sit at all ...... no room for much of a cooler or anything else. I feel like a sardine at the cup race ..... its nationwide or truck for me
 
Nice job by Kyle Busch. Surprised that Martin got in the top five. Saw Jimmie, Joey, and Kasey all coming tantalizingly close to some good results.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
No, this is a lot of Smoke:

fat-ass-smokeless-tony-stewart.jpg
Click to expand...

(bump)
 
Truex_rox said:
Nice job by Kyle Busch. Surprised that Martin got in the top five. Saw Jimmie, Joey, and Kasey all coming tantalizingly close to some good results.
Click to expand...
Why u surprised his car that fast.. he almost still won race smh
 
jaqua19 said:
Is it just a Nh thing? They have the employeed attendants look in your cooler, then you go.

Has to be cans of beer though.
Click to expand...
You can bring in a soft sided cooler with canned beers in Richmond. You even get one re-entry to refill the cooler if you need to unless they changed that policy recently.
 
Snowman said:
You can bring in a soft sided cooler with canned beers in Richmond. You even get one re-entry to refill the cooler if you need to unless they changed that policy recently.
Click to expand...

I think if they banned coolers and alcoholic beverages at the tracks in the eastern time zone it would be the straw that broke the camel's back for many.
 
jaqua19 said:
Because the car had damage. And it wasn't as fast. He's right
Click to expand...
That's exactly what I'm saying .. the guy had damaged and still almost won.. his car was fast.. did u see where he finished?? Nobody else's car would have done what his car done yesterday
 
Thegeneral23 said:
That's exactly what I'm saying .. the guy had damaged and still almost won.. his car was fast.. did u see where he finished?? Nobody else's car would have done what his car done yesterday
Click to expand...
The damage was the left rear --- the nose and right side were intact --- that's the important side, the one that's leaned on in the corners. He was fortunate the left rear was pushed in, rather than out to create a sail-like effect. I've seen cars win with much worse damage than that.
_____________________________
Dale Earnhardt Jr.‏Verified account @DaleJr 13h13 hours ago
Flew home with @Blaney @MartinTruex_Jr and @RyanJNewman. I ran into 2 of them today, and one two weeks in a row. Never fails.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
The damage was the left rear --- the nose and right side were intact --- that's the important side, the one that's leaned on in the corners. He was fortunate the left rear was pushed in, rather than out to create a sail-like effect. I've seen cars win with much worse damage than that.
_____________________________
Dale Earnhardt Jr.‏Verified account @DaleJr 13h13 hours ago
Flew home with @Blaney @MartinTruex_Jr and @RyanJNewman. I ran into 2 of them today, and one two weeks in a row. Never fails.
Click to expand...
Ok thanks for the info.. I'm always willing to learn ..
 
Formerjackman said:
At Indy, you are only limited in cooler size and no glass bottles.
Click to expand...

I have never known any track that has allowed glass bottles but I guess there are some that do allow it. A few years ago at Mid-Ohio they were selling some beer in cans and others in plastic bottles on one of the terraces. I can't ever remember drinking during a Nascar race as often times the weather was hot and I didn't want to have to run to the restroom every caution. Water was good for me!
 
I don't drink alcohol at the track either. I don't find it refreshing in the heat. I'll never forget the first Brickyard. We had seats 3 through 5 on an aisle and we were packed in like sardines. The two guys sitting in seats 1 and 2 were drinking when they got there and drank all day. They never appeared drunk or anything, and we had no issue with them, but we started counting and figured they missed nearly half the race in the restroom. We forget now what a tough ticket that was to get in 1994, and to spend most of the day waiting to pee just seems absurd.
 
Skoalbandit33 said:
I think if they banned coolers and alcoholic beverages at the tracks in the eastern time zone it would be the straw that broke the camel's back for many.
Click to expand...

Maybe it's just folklore (and apologies if I told this story here before) but a guy I go to races with told me when he was a kid back in the 70's after Pocono first opened he said people would buy two tickets and set a keg on the seat next to them. Good story, whether true or not and certainly has some plausibility at Pocono.
 
Bob said:
Maybe it's just folklore (and apologies if I told this story here before) but a guy I go to races with told me when he was a kid back in the 70's after Pocono first opened he said people would buy two tickets and set a keg on the seat next to them. Good story, whether true or not and certainly has some plausibility at Pocono.
Click to expand...

Seems believable, especially at Pocono. Old Indy, Pocono, and Watkins Glen had a pretty rowdy crowd from what I understand.
 
Thegeneral23 said:
That's exactly what I'm saying .. the guy had damaged and still almost won.. his car was fast.. did u see where he finished?? Nobody else's car would have done what his car done yesterday
Click to expand...

Track position at Loudon. His car was not as fast
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom