M'ville RACE thread

VaDirt said:
One thing I noticed yesterday. Kurt got on the roof in victory lane. I recall a few years ago, after some controversy about a winner's car being too low or something, that NASCAR banned drivers from getting on the roof post-race. I wonder if there will be some sort of stupid fine or penalty coming from it (which would be the mother of all stupid penalties if it were to happen)
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If you caught the victory lane celebration on FOX, when Kurt got out, Krista Voda said "The victory pose, on top of his car, now if that's not an Outlaw move, I don't know what is." I had that first thought when he did it, then she said that, so I assume it's still illegal to be considered an "outlaw move".

 
breatheoflife said:
If you caught the victory lane celebration on FOX, when Kurt got out, Krista Voda said "The victory pose, on top of his car, now if that's not an Outlaw move, I don't know what is." I had that first thought when he did it, then she said that, so I assume it's still illegal to be considered an "outlaw move".

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I thought the exact same things, and I'm kind of surprised we didn't hear more about it.
 
FenderBumper said:
That was great. Brad and his spotter messed up on keeping track of who would be pitting. Mainly Brad, because he had to know Kasey was in front of him and intending to pit. One think I'm not sure about is Kez said Kasey had the pit box in front of him, so maybe Kasey missed his box and stopped instead of passing thru. Sure Kurt could have eased off a tad and given Brad a break and they wouldn't have lost much time. IMO, when there was contact, Kurt gassing up and driving thru the 2 was a punk move.

People are whining that Brad tried to wreck kurt, but Brad CLEARLY avoids wrecking him. He planted his left front tire on Kurts door, where there is NO chance of turning him. When Kurt grinds by, Brad moves right so he doesn't catch Kurts rear quarter, which would have turned Kurt to the wall. It's shocking how many nascar fans just don't understand the obvious difference between roughing a guy up and wrecking him.

Props to both for the post race banter. VERY entertaining.
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No doubt that Brad could have figured out how to wreck Kurt, somewhere down the line he probably will. There wasnt any whining from my corner, I LOVE that stuff. The Brad K sandwich is an absolute hoot.
It would have been better if Brad had run all over the place slapping himself on the butt though, like he did when Kyle ran over him :XXROFL:
 
Kyle18fan said:
No doubt that Brad could have figured out how to wreck Kurt, somewhere down the line he probably will. There wasnt any whining from my corner, I LOVE that stuff. The Brad K sandwich is an absolute hoot.
It would have been better if Brad had run all over the place slapping himself on the butt though, like he did when Kyle ran over him :XXROFL:
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Yeah, that was pathetic. There's a guy who deserved to be wrecked, and Brad didn't do sheet.
 
BobbyFord said:
Historically, women haven't fared well in motorsports.
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Sorry Bobby, but, i have to disagree. I can think of a few just off the top of my head...Shirley Muldowney, Shelly Anderson, Melanie Troxel, Ashley Force, Courtney Force, Alexis DeJoria, Erica Enders, Leah Pruett.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Sorry Bobby, but, i have to disagree. I can think of a few just off the top of my head...Shirley Muldowney, Shelly Anderson, Melanie Troxel, Ashley Force, Courtney Force, Alexis DeJoria, Erica Enders.
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You named 7. Comparatively, far less than men.
 
Nitro Dude said:
There are more men then women in motorsports...but, that doesn't make the ones that i listed any less talented.
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I guess I should've worded my post better. I didn't mean that there weren't any talented women in motorsports. My point was that compared to men, women have had far less success in motorsports.
All of the women you named are drag racers. Drag racing takes far less physical strength for a far shorter period of time than other forms of motorsports.
 
BobbyFord said:
I guess I should've worded my post better. I didn't mean that there weren't any talented women in motorsports. My point was that compared to men, women have had far less success in motorsports.
All of the women you named are drag racers. Drag racing takes far less physical strength for a far shorter period of time than other forms of motorsports.
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I don't doubt there are women out there that could be competitive in the Cup series, and I'd really love to see it happen one day. I hope it does. I think it would be great.

Key word here is "competitive".
 
Nitro Dude said:
Sorry Bobby, but, i have to disagree. I can think of a few just off the top of my head...Shirley Muldowney, Shelly Anderson, Melanie Troxel, Ashley Force, Courtney Force, Alexis DeJoria, Erica Enders, Leah Pruett.
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I honestly think women naturally have amazing reaction time. For decades there have always been females at the top of the food chain in Pro asphalt drag racing.
 
BobbyFord said:
I guess I should've worded my post better. I didn't mean that there weren't any talented women in motorsports. My point was that compared to men, women have had far less success in motorsports.
All of the women you named are drag racers. Drag racing takes far less physical strength for a far shorter period of time than other forms of motorsports.
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Women have had less success because not as many women have pursued a career in motorsports. You are correct that it takes less physical strength in a drag race, but racing is not always about strength and endurance like boxing or weight lifting. Racing is more about car control. If we were judging a drivers talent on physical strength and endurance then the supercross riders would win over cup drivers.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Women have had less success because not as many women have pursued a career in motorsports. You are correct that it takes less physical strength in a drag race, but racing is not always about strength and endurance like boxing or weight lifting. Racing is more about car control. If we were judging a drivers talent on physical strength and endurance then the supercross riders would win over cup drivers.
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I'll be the first to tell you the SX riders are gnarlier than Cup drivers. You already knew that though.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Women have had less success because not as many women have pursued a career in motorsports. You are correct that it takes less physical strength in a drag race, but racing is not always about strength and endurance like boxing or weight lifting. Racing is more about car control. If we were judging a drivers talent on physical strength and endurance then the supercross riders would win over cup drivers.
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I'll agree with that.
 
DUN24 said:
I honestly think women naturally have amazing reaction time. For decades there have always been females at the top of the food chain in Pro asphalt drag racing.
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Reaction time? You bet us guys are at a disadvantage there.......I walk in the house with my shoes on and I'm blindsided before I knew I was in there.
 
Nitro Dude said:
Women have had less success because not as many women have pursued a career in motorsports. You are correct that it takes less physical strength in a drag race, but racing is not always about strength and endurance like boxing or weight lifting. Racing is more about car control. If we were judging a drivers talent on physical strength and endurance then the supercross riders would win over cup drivers.
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I like your sentiments but I have to disagree.
 
Dammit, I'm talking about racing. Chicks can own a christmas tree, probably with their eyes closed.

Their brains are from a whole 'nother universe.
 
I was late to the party and i'm still trying to catch up and i didn't realize that TRL had warned everyone to stop talking about the subject of women vs men on this thread. I realize how hard it is to keep a thread on track sometimes so i'm out of this conversation on that subject.
 
Nitro Dude said:
I was late to the party and i'm still trying to catch up and i didn't realize that TRL had warned everyone to stop talking about the subject of women vs men on this thread. I realize how hard it is to keep a thread on track sometimes so i'm out of this conversation on that subject.
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That's the other thread.
 
I remember once, my mom was vacuuming with one of the old canister vacuums. I thought I was far enough away to safely sass off. She toasted me in the gourd with the wand from 4 feet away.
 
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