Random NASCAR Stuff to talk about.....

Johali said:
Yep. I got two chapters in and said "nope, not for me" and chunked it in the trash. :D
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I got a bit farther but not much. I greatly enjoyed Roth's "Our Gang", a satire on the Nixon administration. I'm sure it's dated now, what with heavy reliance on familiarity of contemporary politicians, celebs, media figures, '60s / '70s social standards, etc.
 
NASCAR must be paying Portnoy and Barstool a good chunk of that new marketing budget they set aside for them to suddenly be fawning over it. Portnoy just got kicked out of the Super Bowl in handcuffs after being barred for going to games with fake press passes. So he may need a new sport to get into.

But hey, whatever works, I guess, as long as they know who they're dealing with. It's a good fit to get Blaney, Elliott, etc. in front of more young eyeballs. This article gives some more details on the new partnership and the possibility of Barstool sponsorship.

https://awfulannouncing.com/barstoo...any-may-be-sponsoring-a-nascar-stock-car.html
 
Wow, look at you guys trying to class up this joint with talk of Philip Roth novels. I wish I could say I have read more of them.
 
gnomesayin said:
Wow, look at you guys trying to class up this joint with talk of Philip Roth novels. I wish I could say I have read more of them.
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I know more about Philip Roth novels than I do Barstool and Portnoy, so it's to my advantage to side track the conversation. Since I don't know squat about social media 'influenzas', are these guys someone people are familiar with?
 
Not sure if this has ever been posted here but it's an interesting 4-minute video concerning an unusual story about a guy that works in my area.

I found it to be fascinating and absolutely loved the part where he asked, "How fast are we going?"

 
DIDIT said:
Many times I have wondered who is the official truck warranty of NASCAR. Now we know. Geesh I thought the official grill was surprising.
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I thought most after-market warranties were considered rip-offs; isn't that what bit Rusty Wallace?

Still, I'm always glad to see Ross land a sponsor.
 
pjmolo said:
Not sure if this has ever been posted here but it's an interesting 4-minute video concerning an unusual story about a guy that works in my area.

I found it to be fascinating and absolutely loved the part where he asked, "How fast are we going?"

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Thanks for sharing!
 
I am excited to see what they can do with the Gen 7 car. With all the Camera's being used,
I would like to see some interior work done on the cars. The manufacturers could design the dash
boards so that they can be used in the Cup car as well. That would at least give the impression
that some stock is being used in stock car. One thing I have noticed is that Ford and GM have gone to a flat faced look while Toyota is leaning toward a pointed nose. The new Xfinity car is definitely more pointed than the Camaro and Mustang. IMO
 
SpeedPagan said:
What was NASCAR reasoning for removing the in-car trackbar adjuster?
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To many distractions for these young drivers. Here in Canada they passed a law that you can't eat and drive. All started with that dang slogan " Don't Drink N Drive"
Next thing ya know it will be illegal to sit in the back seat when your parked. :headbang:
 
SpeedPagan said:
Ahh, I was just curious as to whether or not the in-car trackbar adjuster could've salvage some of the HMS cars at Atlanta.
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A whole new ball game for a lot of CC's. Drivers could compensate for errors before but now it will be up to the CC to get the adjustments right.
 
Team Penske said:
A whole new ball game for a lot of CC's. Drivers could compensate for errors before but now it will be up to the CC to get the adjustments right.
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Geez, it was only in the car for what, two seasons? I'd think the new package would cause more CC head scratching than losing a bar adjuster. Didn't many CCs complain their drivers would forget to reset it after a pit stop, often resulting in the changes made during the stop being ineffective or worse?
 
Whoops, bad things happen when you dont pay attention, hauler driver tired to go thru the turn 4 car tunnel and not the turn 2 truck tunnel
 
SpeedPagan said:
Ahh, I was just curious as to whether or not the in-car trackbar adjuster could've salvage some of the HMS cars at Atlanta.
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give the track bar adjuster to just their team...could work. m ,
aunty dive said:
The adjuster allowed the driver to compensate, effectively or otherwise, for tire wear and fuel burn.

They got along without it for years.
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I don't think it helped the racing at all when they had it. Puts more pressure on the crew chiefs and drivers, like Kyle Busch who had to gamble and run the high line at Atlanta, Harvick rubbed off his splitter and lost his advantage. Probably both of them would have been able to help themselves get over a bad setup if they would have had the track bar adjuster.
 
jws926 said:
Whoops, bad things happen when you dont pay attention, hauler driver tired to go thru the turn 4 car tunnel and not the turn 2 truck tunnel
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Saw the team is skipping Vegas because of it
 
StandOnIt said:
give the track bar adjuster to just their team...could work. m ,


I don't think it helped the racing at all when they had it. Puts more pressure on the crew chiefs and drivers, like Kyle Busch who had to gamble and run the high line at Atlanta, Harvick rubbed off his splitter and lost his advantage. Probably both of them would have been able to help themselves get over a bad setup if they would have had the track bar adjuster.
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Track bar adjustments of any magnitude are not going to help anybody get over a bad setup.unless the only thing "bad" about the setup is the location of the rear roll center.

Track bar / rear roll center height adjustments fall into the "fine" adjustment category.
 
aunty dive said:
Track bar adjustments of any magnitude are not going to help anybody get over a bad setup.unless the only thing "bad" about the setup is the location of the rear roll center.

Track bar / rear roll center height adjustments fall into the "fine" adjustment category.
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track bar can help a too tight or too lose condition and yeah it can help with a bad setup, both with adjustments in the pits and being able to fine tune it out on the track.

If you raise the trackbar on the right-hand side, you move the rear wheels to the right. This makes the car looser when accelerating and tighter when braking. Conversely, moving the trackbar down on the right-hand side pushes the wheels to the left, tightening the car under acceleration and loosening the car during braking. Moving the rear axle left/right is essentially adding stagger (“rear steer”) to the car because the distance between the front and rear wheels isn’t the same on both sides of the car due to the offset.
 
Flashback

On this date.....

Reduced penalty for Earnhardt
Mon., March 3, 1986 – NASCAR officials reduced a penalty and fine levied against driver Dale Earnhardt for his actions in the final laps of the Feb. 23 Miller High Life 400 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway. The Richard Childress Racing driver had initially been placed on probation for one year under a $10,000 bond and fined $5,000 for contact with Darrell Waltrip. Following a meeting of the NASCAR appeals committee held at Charlotte Douglas Airport, Earnhardt’s penalty was reduced to a $3,000 fine.

• At the time, Earnhardt’s $5,000 fine and $10,000 bond (required to pay before he could resume competition) was the harshest penalty levied against a driver since Curtis Turner and Tim Flock were banned from the sport in 1961.

• Waltrip passed Earnhardt with three laps remaining but contact from Earnhardt sent both cars into the guardrail in Turn 3 before the lap was completed.

• Kyle Petty slipped through the wreckage to score the win, his first in NASCAR’s premier series.

https://kennybruce.net/2019/03/03/reduced-penalty-for-earnhardt/
 
MONGO!

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