Talladega Pre-race Race Thread

Sunday
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Partly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then overcast with rain showers. High of 68F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the WSW in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60%.
Sunday Night
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Overcast with a chance of rain. Fog overnight. Low of 41F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70% with rainfall amounts near 0.4 in. possible.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point 42 | 40 63 | 46 55 | 47 47 | 46
Wind 3 mph North 6 mph WNW 10 mph West 7 mph WNW
Humidity 94% 53% 75% 97%
Chance of Precip. 10% 60% 60% 20%
Cloud Cover 36% 68% 91% 98%
Conditions Fog Chance of Rain Rain Showers Chance of Rain
Sunrise & Sunset
5:52 AM
7:30 PM
Source: Weather Underground BestForecast View Detailed Hourly Forecast

TALLADEGA AL. FORECAST ALSO
 
Don't shoot the messenger, grin and drink another adult beverage of your choice. :cool:
 
AndyMarquisLive said:
John Wes Townley won the pole in ARCA Qualifying but his time was thrown out when he failed post-race tech. That puts Milka Duno on the pole.

Makes me want to skip Kingsport or Ace tomorrow and watch this clusterfluck.
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Just read where JWT qualified 10th for the Nationwide race and that car didn't pass tech time disallowed.He's supposed to replace I think it said Jeff Green.
 
mike honcho said:
Just read where JWT qualified 10th for the Nationwide race and that car didn't pass tech time disallowed.He's supposed to replace I think it said Jeff Green.
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Hell he's taking after KyBu. :cool:
 
John Wes Townley initially qualified 10th, but his No. 25 Toyota was ruled to be too low in qualifying and his time was disallowed. As a result, Tim Andrews -- who originally did not qualify -- is now in the 40-car field, and Townley's entry is out. Townley, though, will replace Jeff Green in the No. 10 car and start 14th
 
mike honcho said:
John Wes Townley initially qualified 10th, but his No. 25 Toyota was ruled to be too low in qualifying and his time was disallowed. As a result, Tim Andrews -- who originally did not qualify -- is now in the 40-car field, and Townley's entry is out. Townley, though, will replace Jeff Green in the No. 10 car and start 14th
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Like German ****roaches, cant hardly get rid of him.
 
Whoever chose to put JWT in a car over a former champion is a cold, hard idiot.
 
:)****roaches with daddy's sponsor money. JWT keeps turning up like a bad penny...oh yeah, sorry Jeff, hit the road. JWT got his bell rung in the ARCA race. Milka hip checked him into the wall, and he did his best imitation of a ping pong ball.
 
Key word "former"...Jeff Green hasn't won a race in 11 years. 16 career Nationwide wins over 22 years isn't exactly setting the world on fire. Which is why he has zero Cup wins in almost 270 races.
JWT wads up cars on a regular basis but today's wreck was all Milka's fault.
 
I'm no longer in the campground. Waiting for the service desk at walmart to open to shove a leeky tent up someones rear.
 
BobbyFord said:
Key word "former"...Jeff Green hasn't won a race in 11 years. 16 career Nationwide wins over 22 years isn't exactly setting the world on fire. Which is why he has zero Cup wins in almost 270 races.
JWT wads up cars on a regular basis but today's wreck was all Milka's fault.
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I agree that Milka moved up (to avoid hitting another car) , but the announcers barely mentioned that JWT also moved down at the same time . That looked like a racin deal to my old eyes. In the other deal that they blamed her for , she had to brake to avoid a car that cut down on her and hit her , when he wasn't cleared . Nascars usual intolerence , no big deal.:D
 
#17D500winner said:
I don't for a second believe that people who claim to hate plate races yet still watch actually dislike them. I don't like The Bold and The Beautiful or Duck Dynasty so I don't watch them.

I guess I can't fathom why anyone would intentionally partake in an activity which they find so distasteful :confused:
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I've been known to say I don't like plate racing. What I guess I really mean is, "I don't like plate racing as much as unrestricted races, but it beats watching baseball, basketball, golf, or whatever else is on this weekend." If it was on opposite an Indy or Grand Am race, I'd probably tape it and watch one of those live instead. That's my plan for tomorrow when the last hour of the Indy race overlaps with the start at Talladega. (I admit the weather forecast makes that an easy decision.)
 
Because of my NASCAR addiction I watch every lap of every one of these RP "races" (Talladega has no business being part of The Chase) and I try to enjoy them for what they are. However, there is no denying that the closing laps tend to produce an unbelievable amount of tension, excitement and drama. Even if the majority of the race is somewhat pointless the finishes are often a proper payoff.
 
Matthew2470 said:
Because of my NASCAR addiction I watch every lap of every one of these RP "races" (Talladega has no business being part of The Chase) and I try to enjoy them for what they are. However, there is no denying that the closing laps tend to produce an unbelievable amount of tension, excitement and drama. Even if the majority of the race is somewhat pointless the finishes are often a proper payoff.
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And it could be said that the middle laps of most non-RP races are pointless too. On the other hand, any GWC finish produces drama and tension.
 
Lap3Forever said:
I'm no longer in the campground. Waiting for the service desk at walmart to open to shove a leeky tent up someones rear.
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Walmart ?

doncha know that ya get what ya pay for ?
 
Matthew2470 said:
Because of my NASCAR addiction I watch every lap of every one of these RP "races" (Talladega has no business being part of The Chase) and I try to enjoy them for what they are. However, there is no denying that the closing laps tend to produce an unbelievable amount of tension, excitement and drama. Even if the majority of the race is somewhat pointless the finishes are often a proper payoff.[/quote]

Charlie Spencer said:
And it could be said that the middle laps of most non-RP races are pointless too. On the other hand, any GWC finish produces drama and tension.
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I disagree

as I've gotten older, I've come to believe that it's not the destination that's important, it's the journey

imo, you can't have a great finish without having made the effort of getting there
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I've always loved to watch every lap to see "the journey". I hate seeing the end of the race after missing the middle and not knowing how everyone ended up where they did. Whether they were up front all day or if they came back from a bad start. Who wrecked, who's laps down, who's on what tire and/or fuel strategy etc. It makes the end of the race much more exciting. Plus there's nothing worse than checking on a race to see how your driver is doing and seeing that he's 37 laps down in 35th and not knowing what happened. Sometimes it can be boring but without watching the whole race it severely takes away from the excitement of the finish in my opinion.
 
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Saturday
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Overcast with thunderstorms and rain showers, then a chance of a thunderstorm and rain showers in the afternoon. Fog early. High of 57F. Winds from the WNW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 100% with rainfall amounts near 0.8 in. possible.
Saturday Night
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Partly cloudy with rain showers. Fog overnight. Low of 37F. Winds from the North at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50% with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point 47 | 47 49 | 45 53 | 45 43 | 42
Wind 6 mph SSW 7 mph WNW 6 mph NNW 5 mph North
Humidity 97% 90% 75% 95%
Chance of Precip. 90% 90% 100% 60%
Cloud Cover 100% 100% 94% 50%
Conditions Thunderstorm Thunderstorm Chance of a Thunderstorm
Rain Showers
 
And again.

Sunday
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Partly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, then overcast with rain showers. High of 68F. Winds from the NNW at 5 to 10 mph shifting to the WSW in the afternoon. Chance of rain 60%.
Sunday Night
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Overcast with a chance of rain. Fog overnight. Low of 41F. Winds from the WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70% with rainfall amounts near 0.4 in. possible.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point 42 | 40 63 | 46 55 | 47 47 | 46
Wind 3 mph North 6 mph WNW 10 mph West 7 mph WNW
Humidity 94% 53% 75% 97%
Chance of Precip. 10% 60% 60% 20%
Cloud Cover 36% 68% 91% 98%
Conditions Fog Chance of Rain Rain Showers Chance of Rain
Sunrise & Sunset
5:52 AM
7:30 PM
 
SlicedBread22 said:
Well you're bringing all this good news.... do you know the rescheduling of the races if it does rain all weekend?
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Usually both on Monday and post the times after the rainouts but DP is better at this rain delay stuff than me.
 
BobbyFord said:
Key word "former"...Jeff Green hasn't won a race in 11 years. 16 career Nationwide wins over 22 years isn't exactly setting the world on fire. Which is why he has zero Cup wins in almost 270 races.
JWT wads up cars on a regular basis but today's wreck was all Milka's fault.
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Neither one can hold their lane, but the #2 car was causing more wrecks than a drunken Juan Pablo in a jet dryer show room.
 
Not too bad Monday.

Monday
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Overcast with a chance of rain. Fog early. High of 70F. Winds from the NW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 70% with rainfall amounts near 0.2 in. possible.
Monday Night
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Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Fog overnight. Low of 43F. Winds from the NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 40%.

Hourly Forecast6AM12 Noon6PM12 Midnight
Temp. | Dew Point 46 | 46 61 | 54 63 | 57 52 | 52
Wind 11 mph WNW 9 mph NW 9 mph NW 7 mph NW
Humidity 100% 77% 82% 100%
Chance of Precip. 40% 30% 20% 20%
Cloud Cover 96% 74% 73% 79%
Conditions Chance of Rain Chance of Rain Chance of Rain Chance of Rain
Sunrise & Sunset
5:51 AM
7:31 PM
Source: Weather Underground BestForecast View Detailed Hourly Forecast
 
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