Cup RACE thread --- Sonoma

[HoneyBadger]

This race is a drag.

 

[BobbyFord]

8 isn’t that fast. 19 is really good. Kyle Busch can drive .

 

[Naitch]

LOL, they threw a yellow for an uncontrolled tire in pit row, but not for Austin Dillon spinning around. NASCAR and inconsistent yellow, name a more iconic duo.

Dillon was out of the way and in a part of the track that is unaccessible under most circumstances and accessible at a low speed in others. He was no danger to anyone.

 

[SpeedPagan]

Holy ****, Kyle Busch is out here Tokyo Drifting!

 

[BobbyFord]

This race is a drag.

…if you’re pulling for a Hendrick car

 

[Naitch]

This race is a drag.

I've never Infineon/Sears Point/Sonoma to be that exciting. Watkins Glen was always the most exciting of the two long time road courses. This track is way too technical for stock cars, which will never be as good as open wheel cars on road courses. The Glen has more passing zones and places where you can get momentum to set up a pass.

 

[SpeedPagan]

Busch vs Truex Jr., round 2!

 

[BobbyFord]

8 moved over and let the faster car pass

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Busch vs Truex Jr., round 2!

That was a short fight. I hope nobody paid for the PPV.

 

[StandOnIt]

Truex is on better tires besides..no contest.

 

[Spotter22]

LOL, they threw a yellow for an uncontrolled tire in pit row, but not for Austin Dillon spinning around. NASCAR and inconsistent yellow, name a more iconic duo.

The tire was imminent danger, Dillon was sitting out of harms way

 

[SpeedPagan]

That was a short fight. I hope nobody paid for the PPV.

Which one was a bigger disappointment, Busch vs Truex Jr. round two, or Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston?

 

[BobbyFord]

Wow, Logano now a student of the Michael McDowell road course school

 

[Thegeneral23]

Any passing out here?? Lol

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Any passing out here?? Lol

Only if your name is Truex or McDowell.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Which one was a bigger disappointment, Busch vs Truex Jr. round two, or Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston?

New Coke. The last episode of Seinfeld. Star Trek 5. Twitter.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Back in the day, driver’s ed was offered in High School. Simulator trailer and actual street driving is the correct answer, IMO.

It amazes me that parents teaching their kids how to drive is legal in the states. That just screams bad idea to me.

 

[Mispeedway15]

Any passing out here?? Lol

Yeah this place never put on the show you see in the Glen

 

[SpeedPagan]

eBay Motors, for people dumb enough to teach their kids to drive on a public street, instead of an empty parking lot.

To be fair, my parents started me on an empty parking lot and then moved me to the public streets when I could demonstrate I wasn't going to immediately destroy the car.

 

[BobbyFord]

Truex headed back toward the front

 

[Musrat#2]

Any passing out here?? Lol

Yes! Spectators passing out from boredom

 

[donthaveanickname]

I forgot they're no longer doing stage cautions on road courses. Would've tuned in before lap 65 if I had remembered

 

[34R7H130UND]

I guess the 9 team is just going for it lol

 

[SpeedPagan]

Oh no, green flag runs! What a nightmare!

 

[AdoubleU24]

I guess the 9 team is just going for it lol

I like it. Had to try something. It's win or nothing for them anyways

 

[Greg]

Is there any chance that Elliot is trying to stretch it to only one more pit stop.

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

I guess the 9 team is just going for it lol

Nope. Pitting now, so they lost about 15 seconds

 

[34R7H130UND]

I like it. Had to try something. It's win or nothing for them anyways

And now we're buried lmao

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

Does the 19 have to pit again?

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

And now we're buried lmao

This is the way.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Does the 19 have to pit again?

Shouldn't have to. Everyone should be good from here.

 

[BobbyFord]

Good times

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

Shouldn't have to.

Gustafsoned again. I guess they were gambling for a yellow?

 

[Thegeneral23]

We (8) car in very good position

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

On to Nashville

 

[Dr_B_UNC]

We (8) car in very good position

Nobody is touching the 19 on speed man

 

[SpeedPagan]

Huh, Duck Dynasty is still a thing. I didn't realize that.

 

[AdoubleU24]

Nobody is touching the 19 on speed man

Nope, this is why I didn't care about the pit call. It was either that or ride in between Hamlin and Larson the rest of the day

 

[AdoubleU24]

These teams spent years adjusting these races around stage breaks, gonna take some time to unlearn and go back to the old way.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

This race has gone green except for a runaway tire, but the booth is going to beat the "What if a caution???" drum.