Only 42 on Kentucky Entry List

FLRacingFan said:
RFR is struggling enough financially at the moment.
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dpkimmel2001 said:
If I wouldn't have read that there were only 42 cars in the field I'd never have known it. I'll be surprised if spot #43 isn't filled come Saturday night.

This all brings up another question. This voids the television contract, right? o_O I mean, I've been reading that for years on this board. This could be the last race we get to watch this season. :rolleyes:
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I have never seen the contract where it says there's some sort of financial loss for nascar if a full field of 43 doesn't take the green.
Roush being tight fisted? Heard that too, heck I've even speculated and posted about it, but never see any solid facts.
The stuff urban legends are made from????
 
BREAKING NEWS!

This just in.....

Due to the short field this week the race from Kentucky will not be televised. TBS released in a statement that their contract is null and void with NASCAR and have petitioned with the courts to exit their contract early.

In response Brian France has announced that an emergency meeting has taken place. NASCAR had an early indication of a short field after checking their mailbox repeatably for delayed entry forms early last week. NASCAR has now pulled in their best engineers and have decided to erect an outdoor television screen that they have code named BF'nH. (Big, use your imagination, Hoss) will rival any previously built outdoor viewing screen built to date. This new screen will broadcast the race in it's entirety, commercial free. Brian France went on to inform the NASCAR fans and I quote, 'Climb to the biggest freakin hill that you can find Saturday night. You'll be able to see this race from coast to coast!'.

If there are any more updates that I see I'll be sure and pass them along.

Man, it's now looking like all of those people were right about that contract.
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
BREAKING NEWS!

This just in.....

Due to the short field this week the race from Kentucky will not be televised. TBS released in a statement that their contract is null and void with NASCAR and have petitioned with the courts to exit their contract early.

In response Brian France has announced that an emergency meeting has taken place. NASCAR had an early indication of a short field after checking their mailbox repeatably for delayed entry forms early last week. NASCAR has now pulled in their best engineers and have decided to erect an outdoor television screen that they have code named BF'nH. (Big, use your imagination, Hoss) will rival any previously built outdoor viewing screen built to date. This new screen will broadcast the race in it's entirety, commercial free. Brian France went on to inform the NASCAR fans and I quote, 'Climb to the biggest freakin hill that you can find Saturday night. You'll be able to see this race from coast to coast!'.

If there are any more updates that I see I'll be sure and pass them along.

Man, it's now looking like all of those people were right about that contract.
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:XXROFL::XXROFL::XXROFL: :cheers:
 
Little House on the Prairie will be shown in place of the NASCAR race.
 
ted@economy said:
Welcome to the forum Slapchop . You bring up a lot of points there . First , I don't think a Nationwide car would get thru a Nascar inspection any more than a truck would . And the cost of upfitting a car to enter a Nascar race with engines , tires and crew would be more than the potential last place winnings . The one way to do it would be with a good sponsor who wanted to test the Sprint Cup waters ,and was willing to foot the bill . PS , I love your tv ads .
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No, no, I wasn't suggesting that a Nationwide team turn their car into a cup car. That's just crazy talk! ;) I was saying that maybe a back of the field Cup team like #66 (the Cup car that Waltrip/Jay Robinson/Joe Nemechek are collaborating on) late enter their backup car as Nemechek's #87 (also a Cup car). Since there are seven Nationwide cars above the 40 car limit entered, there are going to be plenty of extra drivers on hand to fill a seat in a 43rd make-shift Cup car. In Phoenix this year, Nemechek ran the 66 and Morgan Shepherd S & P the Nemco 87 car. I was suggesting that they do that again. It's easy money. The 66 is guaranteed a spot, so as long as they don't wreck in practice, they may as well enter their backup and cash in. No Nationwide retrofitting!
 
Lazyking said:
A 30 car field is all that is properly funded so its not a surprise when one backmarker decides not to come..honestly more surprised it hasnt happened sooner
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Good point. Kentucky might not be paying much to the teams, not all races pay the same, they might not be paying anything for 40th on down. Don't see any lack of cars when there is a big money race.
 
The purse @ Kentucky is about average. All finishing positions get paid.

As far as I see it, this is only a story if it's mentioned by someone. Otherwise nobody would even care. Starting 42 cars will take nothing away from the race whatsoever.

Heck, look on the bright side..... The ticker will cycle a little faster. Not all's bad.
 
I'd love to see a 42 car field this weekend . That would be all the proof needed to put to rest the stupid notion that there is money to be made as a 'start and park' . Obviously , if there was a profit to be made , SOMEBODY WOULD DO IT.
 
ted@economy said:
I'd love to see a 42 car field this weekend . That would be all the proof needed to put to rest the stupid notion that there is money to be made as a 'start and park' . Obviously , if there was a profit to be made , SOMEBODY WOULD DO IT.
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...but there is money made start and parking. Who knows the reason why a couple of these teams decided to not make the trip this weekend.
 
I will still watch every Saturday night or Sunday, it doesn't really matter to me. The 43th spot used to be the champions provisional, and I think still is, so this is a non issue to me
 
DUN24 said:
...but there is money made start and parking. Who knows the reason why a couple of these teams decided to not make the trip this weekend.
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Maybe they already have all the money they can use ?
 
Start and parking has pretty much stopped ever since they implemented the "100%" rule
 
ted@economy said:
I'd love to see a 42 car field this weekend . That would be all the proof needed to put to rest the stupid notion that there is money to be made as a 'start and park' . Obviously , if there was a profit to be made , SOMEBODY WOULD DO IT.
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Here, Ted, from the (very good) Car & Driver article on start and parking:

“There’s a lot of money to be made in start and park,” says [Kenny] Wallace. “These guys show up, they put on one set of tires, they spend 8 to 10 grand, they end up catching a really good race that pays $18,000 or $20,000 to start, and they make $10,000 a week. But you gotta know how to do it. You can’t employ very many people. You gotta use the same motor about six or eight weeks in a row. Every lap on that racetrack takes money.”
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Unless maybe the article was written by the vast evil conspiracy against start-and-parkers.
 
ted@economy said:
Yep , there 's all that yappin , then there's the fact that nobody wants to start the race . Hmmmmmmm.
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Except they'll find somebody by Saturday. I'll make a sig bet with you. If 43 cars start on Saturday, I win. If 42 start on Saturday, you win. Winner gets to decide what goes in the loser's forum signature for seven days.
 
KevinWI said:
Remember when you said that the restrictor plate didn't make things more equal for smaller teams?
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Restrictor plates take away an equal amount of potential horsepower from each and every car in the race . The back half of the field constantly closing the gap with knowledge , parts and personnel makes the racing more equal. (One fans opinion )
 
ted@economy said:
Restrictor plates take away an equal amount of potential horsepower from each and every car in the race . The back half of the field constantly closing the gap with knowledge , parts and personnel makes the racing more equal. (One fans opinion )
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Well, what the crap Ted. Like a year ago you told me the exact opposite and I thought you were off your rocker.
 
KevinWI said:
Except they'll find somebody by Saturday. I'll make a sig bet with you. If 43 cars start on Saturday, I win. If 42 start on Saturday, you win. Winner gets to decide what goes in the loser's forum signature for seven days.
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You win . I don't want to play a game where the rules keep changin.
 
[quote="KevinWI, post: 797313, member: 7081"....... I thought you were off your rocker.[/quote]

Odd , my nurse says that every day . You know each other ?
 
And, the top ten answer for only 42 cars is? The 77 is "retooling".
retooling some people? hmmm:cool:
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20140625f

#77 team "retooling": Randy Humphrey's race team won't be at Kentucky Speedway this weekend -- but that's not because the operation is shutting down. "We're retooling things," Humphrey said Tuesday by telephone. "We're just trying to find the right people. ... We have not shut down." The #77 car of Randy Humphrey Racing has competed in four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events this season, all with veteran driver Dave Blaney behind the wheel. The team had entered every race until this past weekend's event on the Sonoma Raceway road course, although it ultimately withdrew from the Daytona 500, the most recent oval race at Michigan International Speedway two weeks ago, and two other events earlier this year. Humphrey said the hiatus isn't due to funding -- the competition level of his #77 car simply wasn't what he had hoped. Humphrey said he hopes to return to the track for the July 27 Crown Royal Presents the John Walding 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "You will not see us at Daytona (next weekend), but I do suspect you will be seeing us at Indy forward, hopefully," he said. "That's our plan. We have some meetings that are going on, and we're just interviewing some people. We had to retool some people and that kind of thing to get ourselves in order here."(NASCAR.com)(6-25-2014
 
StandOnIt said:
And, the top ten answer for only 42 cars is? The 77 is "retooling".
retooling some people? hmmm:cool:
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20140625f

#77 team "retooling": Randy Humphrey's race team won't be at Kentucky Speedway this weekend -- but that's not because the operation is shutting down. "We're retooling things," Humphrey said Tuesday by telephone. "We're just trying to find the right people. ... We have not shut down." The #77 car of Randy Humphrey Racing has competed in four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events this season, all with veteran driver Dave Blaney behind the wheel. The team had entered every race until this past weekend's event on the Sonoma Raceway road course, although it ultimately withdrew from the Daytona 500, the most recent oval race at Michigan International Speedway two weeks ago, and two other events earlier this year. Humphrey said the hiatus isn't due to funding -- the competition level of his #77 car simply wasn't what he had hoped. Humphrey said he hopes to return to the track for the July 27 Crown Royal Presents the John Walding 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "You will not see us at Daytona (next weekend), but I do suspect you will be seeing us at Indy forward, hopefully," he said. "That's our plan. We have some meetings that are going on, and we're just interviewing some people. We had to retool some people and that kind of thing to get ourselves in order here."(NASCAR.com)(6-25-2014
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There goes my idea.
 
StandOnIt said:
And, the top ten answer for only 42 cars is? The 77 is "retooling".
retooling some people? hmmm:cool:
http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20140625f

#77 team "retooling": Randy Humphrey's race team won't be at Kentucky Speedway this weekend -- but that's not because the operation is shutting down. "We're retooling things," Humphrey said Tuesday by telephone. "We're just trying to find the right people. ... We have not shut down." The #77 car of Randy Humphrey Racing has competed in four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events this season, all with veteran driver Dave Blaney behind the wheel. The team had entered every race until this past weekend's event on the Sonoma Raceway road course, although it ultimately withdrew from the Daytona 500, the most recent oval race at Michigan International Speedway two weeks ago, and two other events earlier this year. Humphrey said the hiatus isn't due to funding -- the competition level of his #77 car simply wasn't what he had hoped. Humphrey said he hopes to return to the track for the July 27 Crown Royal Presents the John Walding 400 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "You will not see us at Daytona (next weekend), but I do suspect you will be seeing us at Indy forward, hopefully," he said. "That's our plan. We have some meetings that are going on, and we're just interviewing some people. We had to retool some people and that kind of thing to get ourselves in order here."(NASCAR.com)(6-25-2014
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They're getting Carl Edwards. What a turn of events :eek:
 
Thought Edwards was going to furniture row..come up thru the back door like Kurt. Truex retooled to the 77.
 
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