Watkins Glenn Pre-Race Thread
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Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Kaulig doubling down with both AJ and SVG
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Start wide open and into turn one breaking hell and then the up hill S is one of the baddest ass starts to a race there is.
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I love road racing. Hoping for a good one
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New tires could make this one really interesting.
Brentford
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I always think of some of the big wrecks we've had at this place. Goes to show the speed these cars get at Watkins Glen.
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The codes and some of the data from recent testing will be posted tomorrow.
In the meantime : https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2...len-features-unique-tire-combos-driver-spins/
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That should do something.
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Me too.
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Greg
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That will be outstanding if they really have that much of a drop off. I just wish they wouldn't use the cautions for the stages to let it materialize
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It getting spikey in the bus stop.
hmmm298
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$5 says Larson clears 4 tires worth of air there this weekend
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The first lap.
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They added rumble strips coming out of turn one. If they swing wide, this is what they get.
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It's gotta be Larson.
5 road course wins since joining HMS. Won 2021, 2022, last year was mostly a track position race and he was blazing fast prior to his issues.
I think, with how much speed he had at Chicago and Sonoma, he's the one to beat
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I think we're going to see some cars be blazing fast on the long run.
20 car imo. He's been untouchable on long runs on road courses this year outside of Sonoma
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Entry into the bus stop. The curbing has been removed for a straighter entry.
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Girls! Hide your hair blow dryers! You know how JPM is with things that blow hot air.Love seeing the last name on the list.
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What a contrast, listening to the engines and being able to watch the race instead of having three of them constantly screaming in your ear.
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Time to snap a streak.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Interesting. According to TVRacer, USA has a 2.5-hour window for the Xfinity race, but only a 2-our window allocated for Cup. Maybe a typo?
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2.5 hours if you include the half hour they have scheduled for post race coverage.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
I question whether 2.5 would be enough in the GWC-prone season. There's some kind of reality show scheduled at 5:30 and USA has shown they'll stay with the race anyway.
If we're including post-race, then the X race is scheduled for 3 hours. Either way, it appears they've allocated more time for the shorter race.
Zerkfitting
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When I first started watching NASCAR (decades ago), I didn't like the road courses, I thought NASCAR should stick to ovals. Now the road courses are among my favorite tracks.
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I like road courses and thought that there should be more when there was only two on the schedule but I do believe they went too far and now have too many road courses.
StandOnIt
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I think with the car being built tougher it has made the road course racing even better. Cautiously optimistic this softer tire they are trying will help even more.
Call me crazy but I would like to see the championship race on the Daytona road course come rain or shine. Engineer some proper windshield wiper systems and have at it.
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Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
That would be awkward, what with him going to be fired and all.2024: Alex Bowman
Nitro Dude
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Might as well win as many as possible until his keycard is deactivated.That would be awkward, what with him going to be fired and all.
Charlie Spencer
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I suspect some of here will be expired before Bowman's HMS access is.Might as well win as many as possible until his keycard is deactivated.