Cup RACE thread --- Soggy Daytona

[Spotter22]

Hell of a crowd. You dont have half that many people in July for a regular race.

 

[StandOnIt]

This is more like an infomercial with a race on the side

 

[REBS31]

I think the entire point of the Smithfield corporation is now to keep Aric Almirola in NASCAR

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Hell of a crowd. You dont have half that many people in July for a regular race.

Great make-up crowd. Helps that it's Sunday and not Monday.

 

[Mr. E]

I have the sound completely off, I couldn't stand it. SMH

JR's voice is just as bad. All of them need to be replaced.

 

[DewChaser988]

Ryan Blaney; Has the 3rd highest average finish of any driver in Cup, yet may not get to race for the championship because he didn't win a race

Austin Cindric: Largely mediocre most of the season, but is guaranteed to race for the championship because he backed into a mickey mouse win during the first race of the season?!

How the HELL does THAT make any sense?

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Not that Cindric looks like a championship contender but Blaney and Truex’s seasons haven’t screamed championship material especially Truex

 

[donthaveanickname]

Has NBC explained why Brad is out?

 

[DewChaser988]

Not that Cindric looks like a championship contender but Blaney and Truex’s seasons haven’t screamed championship material especially Truex

Blaney has the 3rd highest average finish in Cup this year!

 

[pjmolo]

Ryan Blaney; Has the 3rd highest average finish of any driver in Cup, yet may not get to race for the championship because he didn't win a race

Austin Cindric: Largely mediocre most of the season, but is guaranteed to race for the championship because he backed into a mickey mouse win during the first race of the season?!

How the HELL does THAT make any sense?

That's today's NASCAR.

 

[kkfan91]

Has NBC explained why Brad is out?

He was in the wreck, but I don't think they've talked about it

 

[aunty dive]

Ryan Blaney; Has the 3rd highest average finish of any driver in Cup, yet may not get to race for the championship because he didn't win a race

Austin Cindric: Largely mediocre most of the season, but is guaranteed to race for the championship because he backed into a mickey mouse win during the first race of the season?!

How the HELL does THAT make any sense?

Everybody was in the playoffs before the green flag fell at this track in February.

And everyone had read the rules. Give that a whirl.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Has NBC explained why Brad is out?

Wasn't he in the lap 30 wreck?

 

[DewChaser988]

Aaaaaaand ... they’re off!

Everybody was in the playoffs before the green flag fell at this track in February.

And everyone had read the rules. Give that a whirl.

So? That doesn't mean you can't criticize a confusing system that makes zero sense at all

 

[wi_racefan]

Ryan Blaney; Has the 3rd highest average finish of any driver in Cup, yet may not get to race for the championship because he didn't win a race

Austin Cindric: Largely mediocre most of the season, but is guaranteed to race for the championship because he backed into a mickey mouse win during the first race of the season?!

How the HELL does THAT make any sense?

This is nascar we make up the rules as we go along and points don't matter

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[kkfan91]

Denny decided its time to try to make it boring

 

[donthaveanickname]

So? That doesn't mean you can't criticize a confusing system that makes zero sense at all

Yes. Criticism of NASCAR is stricly forbidden.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

How the HELL does THAT make any sense?

I agree it doesn't make sense, but

And everyone had read the rules. Give that a whirl

Them's the rules.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Blaney has the 3rd highest average finish in Cup this year!

Yeah but hasn’t actually contended for a race win in months. He hasn’t been awful but I would guess at least 5 other drivers were higher in points before I got to him

 

[DewChaser988]

I agree it doesn't make sense, but

Them's the rules.

Given that it's a stupid ass rule, I won't stop ranting about it

 

[pjmolo]

So? That doesn't mean you can't criticize a confusing system that makes zero sense at all

Welcome to the "old man yelling at clouds" club.

The entry fee was waived years ago

 

[Spotter22]

Ryan Blaney; Has the 3rd highest average finish of any driver in Cup, yet may not get to race for the championship because he didn't win a race

Austin Cindric: Largely mediocre most of the season, but is guaranteed to race for the championship because he backed into a mickey mouse win during the first race of the season?!

How the HELL does THAT make any sense?

Because thats rule, we had a decade of people hanging around and lagging for 3/4 of the race, they have to get off their ass and race now.

 

[StandOnIt]

Hamlin's strategy is to push so crappy that the car in front moves to the other line

 

[HoneyBadger]

The gerbils must have put Red Bull in their coffee.

 

[DewChaser988]

Yeah but hasn’t actually contended for a race win in months. He hasn’t been awful but I would guess at least 5 other drivers were higher in points before I got to him

Still, should Cindric deserve to be racing for a championship instead of Blaney?

 

[kkfan91]

Erik Jones drops back, Jeff Burton this is how mirrors work

 

[DewChaser988]

Because thats rule, we had a decade of people hanging around and lagging for 3/4 of the race, they have to get off their ass and race now.

Really? Because that worked out SO well for Kevin Harvick in 2020.. He won 10 races and STILL didn't get to race for the championship at Phoenix

 

[donthaveanickname]

He was in the wreck, but I don't think they've talked about it

Wasn't he in the lap 30 wreck?

Thanks. I only watched the replay and didn't see the 6.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Still, should Cindric deserve to be racing for a championship instead of Blaney?

Define 'deserve'. According to the rules, yes.

 

[aunty dive]

So? That doesn't mean you can't criticize a confusing system that makes zero sense at all

And it doesn’t mean I can’t have an opposing opinion.

Your view of some of this is subjective. This is not figure skating. The playoff qualification rules are written before February.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Thanks. I only watched the replay and didn't see the 6.

In one shot looking the front if the pack, I saw the Castrol hood get wadded up.

 

[Daytripper]

What happened to ty Gibbs? 2 laps down

 

[DewChaser988]

And it doesn’t mean I can’t have an opposing opinion.

Your view of some of this is subjective. This is not figure skating. The playoff qualification rules are written before February.

Look I'm not faulting Cindric. I'm faulting NASCAR for creating this asinine format

 

[Spotter22]

Really? Because that worked out SO well for Kevin Harvick in 2020.. He won 10 races and STILL didn't get to race for the championship at Phoenix

Its getting there to have a chance.

 

[aunty dive]

Yes. Criticism of NASCAR is stricly forbidden.

Get over yourself. Both viewpoints are being discussed.

 

[kkfan91]

What happened to ty Gibbs? 2 laps down

He got some damage in the wreck ran in the back of Harvick

 

[pjmolo]

The gerbils must have put Red Bull in their coffee.

A poor choice.

 

[DewChaser988]

Its getting there to have a chance.

Unless you get taken out by a driver not even in the playoffs (I.E: Kenseth in 2016)

 

[2 Sweet]

What happened to ty Gibbs? 2 laps down

He needed a diaper change and a bottle of formula

 

[Spotter22]

Unless you get taken out by a driver not even in the playoffs (I.E: Kenseth in 2016)

Racing can be cruel