Rate The Race: Kansas II

It was a 3. Boring race. Even Rick Allen didn't attempt to make it sound exciting calling the win. He couldn't. The 41 car was almost 3 seconds behind the 78. Yawn.
 
It’s what 200 mph racing looks like. I guess it’s not for everyone.
 
Towmater said:
It was a 3. Boring race. Even Rick Allen didn't attempt to make it sound exciting calling the win. He couldn't. The 41 car was almost 3 seconds behind the 78. Yawn.
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How could he..they were racing for the cut off with the car that was in the garage. that didn't shut him or Jabba up though they were making stuff up, the brothers were side by side and they weren't Here come KDB and Truex passed him. Another sterling performance by the three blind mice. there was no need to go elbows up for the 8 that were in the cut off positions. Just finish above 14th.
 
aunty dive said:
4 consecutive complaint posts in a row in the rate the race thread.

Is that a record?
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aunty dive said:
4 consecutive complaint posts in a row in the rate the race thread.

Is that a record?
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You have stated on multiple occasions that there is no such thing as a bad race and that is fine with me but it doesn't mean you should get all mopey because others see things differently. Deep breaths.....if we all saw everything the same way life would be dull.
 
aunty dive said:
It’s what 200 mph racing looks like. I guess it’s not for everyone.
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"I guess it’s not for everyone." Now that's the spirit as some people really liked the race today and some didn't. Either way it is OK.
 

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8, minus three for tv coverage, plus one for Twitter in car camera with Blaney starting at the rear.
 
DIDIT said:
8, minus three for tv coverage, plus one for Twitter in car camera with Blaney starting at the rear.
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yeah I watched a lot of Blaney's in car camera especially the first stage, he was passing like crazy, lots of throttle driving
 
PeopleAreStrange said:
This championship format makes me sick, and discussion about it detracted from my enjoyment of the race.

That said, I tried not to let it influence my race rating.
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I tried too, but it's pretty hard when it's 98% of the discussion from the booth, and also the focus of the cameras the majority of the time
 
2 Sweet said:
I tried too, but it's pretty hard when it's 98% of the discussion from the booth, and also the focus of the cameras the majority of the time
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Yeah that is what I meant when I said NBC doesn't make it easy for us as I quit acknowledging champs after JJ won number 6 so I don't follow all this playoff/cut line/playoff points nonsense. I just want to see a race called as a standalone event but I understand that won't happen.
 
I give it a 7.5. Typical Kansas stretched out racing, but a lot of good efforts mixed with the drama of the playoff stage ending.
 
78 gazillion. Tremendous TRD performance. Three move on....could have been four. Great day!
 
6.5
I enjoyed the race, until it became about playing it safe and finishing ahead of the cars in the garage.
I understand the strategy, but at that point I start to lose interest
 
7.5. Some good racing, faster cars were definitely able to pass despite aero effects, and I love how on-edge the cars are. It's not supposed to be easy, and this race was definitely not easy. I hate Kyle Larson's misfortune. My fav driver Keselowski suffered the same fate from blown engine last year in the Round of 12, and now this for the 42... it does suck.

There was definitely playoff drama. Nascar haters are gonna hate that, but I enjoyed it.

I have not seen a "Bonehead" thread, but I don't think we need one. Jason Ratcliff is the bonehead of the year, and no further discussion is needed. I thought he would never live down that black flag deal at Atlanta 2016 ("I was too busy arguing the case to tell you to drive through the pits"). Now I think Ratcliff has finally found a way to make everyone forget that stupid incident in Atlanta.
 
LewTheShoe said:
... I have not seen a "Bonehead" thread, but I don't think we need one. Jason Ratcliff is the bonehead of the year, and no further discussion is needed. I thought he would never live down that black flag deal at Atlanta 2016 ("I was too busy arguing the case to tell you to drive through the pits"). Now I think Ratcliff has finally found a way to make everyone forget that stupid incident in Atlanta.
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Dishonorable mention to Eric Jones in the Xfinity race for his inability to slow his car and save it for a shot at getting the lead back.
 
I enjoyed the afternoon/suppertime race. Booth nonsense really takes away from
the enjoyment tho. Just shows that NBC really has to do something different with the production.
Maybe getting a producer that likes racing would help.

7.5
 
BTW, I wanna know why NBC kept showing the 78 when he was so far out in the lead. The excuse last week was that the racing needed to be shown. Martin wasn't racing anyone in the shot as he was way out in front. Then all the yapping about Bass Pro Shops being a local company - never mind that the race was in Kansas and Bass Pro is out of MO and roughly 3 hours drive from Kansas Speedway. Was NBC attempting to make up for the gawd awful mistake they made last week?
 
StandOnIt said:
How could he..they were racing for the cut off with the car that was in the garage. that didn't shut him or Jabba up though they were making stuff up, the brothers were side by side and they weren't Here come KDB and Truex passed him. Another sterling performance by the three blind mice. there was no need to go elbows up for the 8 that were in the cut off positions. Just finish above 14th.
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When I watched live, the caution clock (another gimmick) for the 48 was giving Steve and Jeff some trouble. Looks like they didn’t know when it would start or stop. I got chuckled and went back to Red Zone
 
Towmater said:
BTW, I wanna know why NBC kept showing the 78 when he was so far out in the lead. The excuse last week was that the racing needed to be shown. Martin wasn't racing anyone in the shot as he was way out in front. Then all the yapping about Bass Pro Shops being a local company - never mind that the race was in Kansas and Bass Pro is out of MO and roughly 3 hours drive from Kansas Speedway. Was NBC attempting to make up for the gawd awful mistake they made last week?
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Isn’t the first ever Bass Pro shops right across the street from the track? I’ve been to it and coulda sworn it was store #1
 
The 78 team continues to impress me, they over came problems to win. I thought Harvick should have gotten the same penalty as Truex. The 48 totally lucked out and the 20 and 42 didn't. Kenseth was having good day and I thought he was going to beat the 48 for the transfer spot. I felt bad for Larson, I though he was going to move on. I don't recall seeing a disqualification during a race before. Unpredictable stuff happened in Kansas.
 
Team Penske said:
I enjoyed the afternoon/suppertime race. Booth nonsense really takes away from
the enjoyment tho. Just shows that NBC really has to do something different with the production.
Maybe getting a producer that likes racing would help.

7.5
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What was so bad about it ?
 
Zerkfitting said:
The 78 team continues to impress me, they over came problems to win. I thought Harvick should have gotten the same penalty as Truex. The 48 totally lucked out and the 20 and 42 didn't. Kenseth was having good day and I thought he was going to beat the 48 for the transfer spot. I felt bad for Larson, I though he was going to move on. I don't recall seeing a disqualification during a race before. Unpredictable stuff happened in Kansas.
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I'm not going to blame one race for putting the #20 out of the championship running. Matt basically said they were inconsistent this year. Better performance before the playoff started would have put them higher above the cut line going into Kansas.

But the #42? The Chase format gave them the shaft.
 
Snappy D said:
Isn’t the first ever Bass Pro shops right across the street from the track? I’ve been to it and coulda sworn it was store #1
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Their first store was in Springfield, MO. I think the second was on the Lake of the Ozarks in MO. After that I have no idea.

Their website states that the original location is the one located at:
1935 S Campbell Ave Springfield, MO 65807
 
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