Truck RACE thread --- Phoenix

Suarez was the second best truck. I suppose that's fair.


Two talented racecar drivers, regardless.
 
The chase has been proven to be the biggest sham in all of sports. William Byron, who had more than twice as many wins as anyone else, is not going to be in the final race for the championship. While leading the race in Phoenix, with ten laps to go, his engine let go. Hearing the idiots on TV saying, that it's to bad his equipment wasn't good enough, to put him in the championship race, is disgusting to say the least. If this doesn't show the fans, and BF, how worthless the chase is, nothing will. I've been watching NASCAR for over fifty years, but this may just kill my interest in this sport. The idea of a few races at the end of the season, making all of the other races irrelevant, goes against everything racing is supposed to be. In my opinion, this was robbery, plain and simple. The chase needs to be done away with.
 
Some pics from last night before the race started.
 

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The race got off to a super slow start because there were like 5 cautions in the first 30 laps. Once the race got going, Byron was gone. With about 13 to go he drove past and you could really hear how his engine went down a couple of cylinders. It was a bummer to say the least.
Fun time overall though and couldn't ask for better weather!
 
I have only been watching trucks for about three years. The stands were practically empty. Have the trucks ever packed the stands
 
Yogisd1 said:
The chase has been proven to be the biggest sham in all of sports. William Byron, who had more than twice as many wins as anyone else, is not going to be in the final race for the championship. While leading the race in Phoenix, with ten laps to go, his engine let go. Hearing the idiots on TV saying, that it's to bad his equipment wasn't good enough, to put him in the championship race, is disgusting to say the least. If this doesn't show the fans, and BF, how worthless the chase is, nothing will. I've been watching NASCAR for over fifty years, but this may just kill my interest in this sport. The idea of a few races at the end of the season, making all of the other races irrelevant, goes against everything racing is supposed to be. In my opinion, this was robbery, plain and simple. The chase needs to be done away with.
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The chase isn't bad. But this stupid elimination crap is, I like a 10 man playoff but this new thing sucks
 
Stopped watching the trucks when NASCAR did the caution clock thing.

That said, if Peters stands to take the trophy without a win I’ll be watching next week ‘n he’ll be my guy.
 
TexasRaceLady said:
Yes, when the trucks first got started they ran at small local tracks and the stands were packed.
For example, look at the names of the tracks during 1995, the first year of truck racing.
http://www.racing-reference.info/raceyear/1995/C
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Thanks. I'd forgotten how much time the Truck series spent out west during its first several seasons. It's easier to fill the stands when you're barnstorming tracks that don't normally have a top-tier touring series show up within 150 or 200 miles. Maybe there's a lesson there. :rolleyes:
 
Stands looked about on par as you would expect for Trucks in 2016. I agree would love to see Trucks at Kern County (Mesa Marin), Five Flags, Nashville Fairgrounds, Dominion Raceway, etc.

Race was decent. Chase is stupid. Would have rather seen Byron dominate and win and have seen the outcome if Timothy Peters could hold on to a Chase spot at the end over Bell.
 
Will Byron blowing up from the lead really sucks. It was essentially the same outcome as B Kez blowing up at Talladega. That one sucks too.
 
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