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Also,I Bet Hornaday got the axe cause he's the only non-pay driver on that team

yea, roidin' ron was in the shit 9 truck for two years and couldn't finish in the top 12. JWT beat him in points last year. Harv's equipment made the difference

Kenseths launch anti-bullying book



I assume the bully's name is Carl.

B A STAR

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That's Ross Kenseth's book.

You flat out busted me on LVMS and ACS. Went fishing on the Cape Fear river in a 21 foot Wellcraft and drank a pint of Jack Black and ate something for supper at a truck stop somewhere coming home (no I can't believe it either) prior to posting that and no I wasn't the designated driver. He doesn't drink. Still and all, the point made was valid re: aero push no-passing tracks. Atlanta and CMS and TMS are near clones and I think some other tracks too, but still don't feel like searching for the specs rat now, the day after. You guys know the what the point being made was.

They changed the 10am starting time for July 4 races at Daytona due to obvious reasons. Such as, who the hell wants to be in Daytona Beach and have to get up that early and be at a friggin' race track at that ungodly hour, plus it's as hot or hotter there on July 4 in daytime as at Darlington on Labor Day in daytime. Always lots of empty seats at the July 4 daytime races and always greed in play. Better for everyone at both tracks and times of year racing at night.

There is nothing to do around Darlington 60 some years after the track was built prior to a race with a wife and/or kids in tow and nothing you won't regret doing solo. Still a good race day only trip as was always the case if you can pull it off or else stay at Myrtle Beach with the wife and kids or friends for the same or less money for two nights of racing or whatever they will have and enjoy the beach in the daytime. SC at its best never has been as friendly as NC, starting with SLED and going downhill from there.

ISC and Brutus used to be more equal as villains ten years ago and Brutus was the most hateful back then. So I blame him for ROCK and stick to that. He was the one who auctioned ROCK, not ISC, despite the background shenanigans. Penske was in on that deal too and if memory serves closed off the infield to fans when his corp owned the joint. Hate to lose unique tracks like ROCK, WILKES and the original ATL to biz tycoons who could not give half a shit about history and good racing vs. the almighty $$.

PS: Brutus screwed over Curtis Turner building CMS but outlived Curtis and wound up getting it back 15 years later after making a fortune as a car dealership mogul, kinda like Slick Rick Hendrick. If you ever saw how Brutus decorated the Speedway Club, think Putt-Putt golf course colors - orange and green carpet side by side - and fine grain woods stained so darkly you can't see the grain - and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker gold plated chandeliers - then you just might dislike the guy a little bit too.

Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart agree with you...



Tony razzing on Jenna starts at 9:00 into the video.

i'mma bust his ass.
thanks tony.
thank you.

So, wait... Jenna Fryer sucks because Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart can be complete and utter assholes, and sometimes forget just how good they've got it, and how easy it would be to talk to fellow human beings sometimes? It's not Jenna's fault these guys also seem to have figured out how to menstruate, and go from tolerable to complete dickhead in the span of three weeks.



The "thank YOU" was the best part of that whole damn shemozzle.

I didn't watch the videos. I don't like her because of her attitude on twitter. Yeah yeah yeah, twitter is twitter, but following certain sports journalists can be a very good source of news and insight and I used to put her in that group until her attitude got in the way.

I certainly find her more bearable than Jim Utter. That guy is King among the many pricks in the land.

Everyone has their favourites, I guess - people like to shit on Jeff Gluck because he looks on the bright side of things, which is more than fair, given the nothing-but-shit attitude towards NASCAR that people have decided to adapt over the last few years (mostly because it's "cool", and "popular" and "hip" - some like to hate because they like being mad). In any event, I think Gluck's pretty respectable and reports fairly.

Also, since the dawn of Twitter, I don't mind commercial breaks all that much. Yeah, they kinda suck, but at least I know what's going on thanks to people like Pockrass, Utter, Gluck, Pistone, Fryer, etc.

Also not an Utter fan. I don't mind Gluck. Dustin Long is pretty good but 90% of his tweets are reposting a link he has already tweeted 5 times. Nate Ryan is straight business most of the time.

I wish they all were more like Pierre LeBrun and Bob McKenzie on the hockey side of things. Good senses of humor but also very insightful and TONS of legit "you heard it first" news.

Yeah, Long's "ICYMI" link posts get old pretty quick.

POCKRASS is the fucking worst.

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Who is good then?

I'd say find people on Twitter who are at the track as the race happens, and then make up your own mind about who is good and who isn't.

Who one person says is great, the next person will call terrible. I have Jim Utter, Bob Pockrass, Jeff Gluck, Jenna Fryer, Pete Pistone, Jim Utter (informative but a massive tool), official "Team" accounts (SHR, Hendrick, Penske, etc) and a variety of drivers' wives to help keep me informed. Delana Harvick and Jeff Burton's wife are pretty good with updates, as is Samantha (Kyle's wife) Busch.

It's popular because it's wholly warranted. And I won't go so far as to blame the journalists for NASCAR's list of problems, but their constant refusal to write any meaningful criticism with a bit of substance is no help. Fans have to be a little noisy about the bullshit when the people with viewership/readership won't say anything.

Oh I know the quality of the on-track product isn't nearly as consistently good as it used to be. I just choose to be angry about tangible things that deserve my anger, not things I have zero control over.

But that's just my viewpoint.

Um what......