NASCAR 2024 - BOLD Prediction Thread

[RaceCritter]

Suarez wins 1, Wallace wins 2, Chastain wins 3 and Elliott wins it all (which won’t actually make me happy).

Well if I count the promo Saturday at the coliseum race, Daniel is checked off

 

[pjmolo]

Well if I count the promo Saturday at the coliseum race, Daniel is checked off

Not exactly, as per the game's rules:

"Predictions can concern virtually anything related to one of the three premier NASCAR series (Cup, Xfinity, Craftsman Truck)."

Race wins in the NASCAR Mexico Series are not included.

 

[Iceman]

Ryan Preece makes it to AT LEAST the Round of 8.

 

[RaceCritter]

Not exactly, as per the game's rules:

"Predictions can concern virtually anything related to one of the three premier NASCAR series (Cup, Xfinity, Craftsman Truck)."

Race wins in the NASCAR Mexico Series are not included.

My comment was tic. Yeah he needs to prove it in a points race.

 

[pjmolo]

Suarez wins 1, Wallace wins 2, Chastain wins 3 and Elliott wins it all (which won’t actually make me happy).

Yo @RaceCritter

Unless otherwise specified before the deadline, this prediction will be considered to include only the NASCAR Cup Series.

 

[HoneyBadger]

I'll play this year. This is probably a hopeful one, and given the performance of SHR, it counts as a bold prediction:

Josh Berry wins a NASCAR Cup Series race in 2024.

 

[superchuck500]

HMS will have at least 12 wins.

 

[JJ_14]

@pjmolo

I want to change my prediction for something a bit more bold.

Daniel Hemric wins the Daytona 500 & follows it up with a top 5 run at Atlanta the very next week.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Hailie Deegan wins an Xfinity race

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Hailie Deegan wins an Xfinity race

You're killing me, man!

 

[FLRacingFan]

You're killing me, man!

Somebody had to be that guy.

 

[kkfan91]

You're killing me, man!

Stranger things have happened, it is the anniversary of notable attempted ax murderer Jon Wes Townley winning an ARCA race at Daytona.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

He'd been prep'ing chickens for Zaxby's and forgot he had it in his hand.

 

[Efisher131]

Hailie Deegan wins an Xfinity race

Now that’s BOLD

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Now that’s BOLD

That put BOLD a lap down early on and is going for the second one.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Well, congrats to Nick.
He can drive. Unlike 95% of the field.

This should still be a short track/riad course series like it once was.

 

[pjmolo]

 

[pjmolo]

@LibertyU24 and @superchuck500 take an early lead in the race for the game's Championship, while @Bigpaulie1979 takes a hit and @JJ_14 is sent packing.

 

[pjmolo]

Bold Predictions submitted by @JJ_14.

SHR wins more races than HMS for the whole season.

I'm changing my prediction.

Justin Haley gives Rick Ware their first ever Cup series victory.

@pjmolo I want to make a slight modification to my prediction.

Justin Haley gives Rick Ware Racing their first ever points paying victory.

And finally . . .

@pjmolo

I want to change my prediction for something a bit more bold.

Daniel Hemric wins the Daytona 500 & follows it up with a top 5 run at Atlanta the very next week.

Gets a pat on the back for being BOLD before being escorted from the building.

 

[Efisher131]

SVG’s driving wasn’t promising for my prediction

 

[acmerocket]

SVG’s driving wasn’t promising for my prediction

well, he didnt give up. so thats a good sign.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

SVG’s driving wasn’t promising for my prediction

It was a plate race, a completely new environment for him. ARCA's always a wreckfest anyway. There are plenty of friendly tracks ahead, including the short ovals.

 

[kkfan91]

And the Amigo keeps me alive by the thinnest of margins

 

[RaceCritter]

Feeling good as the first Domino of my predictions falls into place!

 

[FLRacingFan]

The new Ford body struggles aerodynamically and causes a combined Cup Series win total for all Fords of five or less wins.

^ May have been cooking something.

Winless at the end of the first quarter. They were similarly not very good from the start either of the last two seasons, but still had two wins by this point in 2022 and one last year.

 

[LibertyU24]

I need 3 more of 6 and a Cup Championship.

 

[cheesepuffs]

^ May have been cooking something.

Winless at the end of the first quarter. They were similarly not very good from the start either of the last two seasons, but still had two wins by this point in 2022 and one last year.

I thought it would be a struggle, but it's definitely worse than I think anybody could have anticipated. Between SHR, RFK, Penske/Wood Bros and Front Row, they have a dozen cars out there and not a single W to show for it yet. And that's just Cup.

 

[hmmm298]

I thought it would be a struggle, but it's definitely worse than I think anybody could have anticipated. Between SHR, RFK, Penske/Wood Bros and Front Row, they have a dozen cars out there and not a single W to show for it yet. And that's just Cup.

Kind of wild considering that fords have lost by less than 3 inches in two different races this year (Kansas and Atlanta) so far and haven’t won.

Also yes, they may have epically failed at picking their noses this year.

 

[kkfan91]

I mean Fords struggles are certainly making mine plausible so far.

 

[pjmolo]

 

[kkfan91]

Not looking good...with 14 to go

 

[kkfan91]

And still alive thank you fuel gods...though still a Penske win so SHR needs to luck into some stuff now.

 

[kkfan91]

Well it was fun while it lasted.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Well it was fun while it lasted.

I over-emphasized 7-Time's talent reservoir

 

[Greg]

Larson didn't win the double (would have meant winning both the 500 & 600) so I am done or out.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Larson didn't win the double (would have meant winning both the 500 & 600) so I am done or out.

Maybe you can get a waiver?

 

[virtualbalboa]

The final result of at least one race in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Season will be determined in a hearing or meeting held no less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the event.

Bonus prediction: The driver who crosses the finish line first in this race will not be the winner.

Double bonus prediction: It will be a playoff cutoff race, the decision won't actually affect the championship outcome at all, and the hearing may even be televised.

Still time in the year for these to come true.

 

[pjmolo]

The final result of at least one race in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Season will be determined in a hearing or meeting held no less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the event.

Bonus prediction: The driver who crosses the finish line first in this race will not be the winner.

Double bonus prediction: It will be a playoff cutoff race, the decision won't actually affect the championship outcome at all, and the hearing may even be televised.

The first line of this post will be considered the prediction submitted by @virtualbalboa.

The follow-up predictions make it that much more interesting.

Interesting prediction.

Was the final result of the Richmond race (that Austin Dillon won) determined during the hearings or meetings that were held by NASCAR during the days following the race ?

Or did the meetings simply determine that Dillon wasn't eligible for the playoffs despite winning the race ?

 

[Greg]

Interesting prediction.

Was the final result of the Richmond race (that Austin Dillon won) determined during the hearings or meetings that were held by NASCAR during the days following the race ?

Or did the meetings simply determine that Dillon wasn't eligible for the playoffs despite winning the race ?

YES!!

 

[pjmolo]

YES!!

Knew I could count on you, @Greg.

You never fail to provide clarity on an issue.