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I'll give it a few races before deciding how shyte it is.

That's decent news. There's no point of having 4 different bodies in 4 series that are actually on the same level, ladder-wise

The thing about the state of NASCAR is, even if it leads to shitshow at 1.5 Milers where they run around in a pack that can't do anything and wreck more, because of how dire the racing has been for the last few years, that'll almost be an IMPROVEMENT

Take the road course race at Charlotte last year. It was yakkity sax, borderline french farce of a race once they got down to Wreckin and more wrekin at the end, but at least it wasn't as goddamn dull as a usual cookie cutter race there, where they'd have to find any excuse under the sun to throw a yellow late on in the race because of how much nothing was going on....

It'll be artificial, it'll be terrible, it won't be as much fun as if they do what they should do (but for some reason always resist giving us no matter what, IE MORE POWER and LESS DOWNFORCE) but at least it won't be a 3 hour parade every sunday

Well, not for the first few races anyway, until the teams figure out their tricks and work out how to give us a single file parade that's a hell of a lot slower than it was (and probably with 1 team absolutely dominating early on because they've worked out something no-one else has...)

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Way more than just body differences between those 6 series as chassis is different across all but for K&N / ARCA. Pinty's (CASCAR) and Mexico has always been it's own thing. Euro is loosely based on the original CASCAR model but with various changes.

A interchangeable car is a good goal to have (as it was in the 80's and early 90's for most of NASCAR's national tours where you could run a Cup car in ARCA, Winston West or in Australia - or a Busch Grand National car in Busch North) - it's just how they plan on implementing is key. It could hurt Pinty's & K&N West pretty badly if implemented wrong as both are hanging by a thread with lower car counts. Most of the teams & drivers either switched to other series due to high costs & low purses (APC in terms of eastern Canada, SRL or local tracks) or shut down / retired.

Personally, I think it would be a big shame if NASCAR scrapped the current style cars used in Pinty's though. if anything the other fendered tours should be more like that (as the racing product is the best of the fendered series - both national & regional). If anything the Pinty's cars with more horsepower & without the added skirts / quarters would be great I think. I assume the current K&N / ARCA platform will be the starting point tho with Gen6 chassis carried down from the Cup / NXS side when both change over to a new chassis in 2021+

gonna have to disagree. look at his cup history and the gen cars he dominated in, then watch his dominance fade with the lower downforce packages. he used to be able to save a car that was completely sideways, but recently he's spun out much more often on his own.

i'm not gonna bet on it 'cause i dumped all my money into my engine rebuild, but if jimmy has a return to form we'll know who was right

FOX Sports will no longer televise practice sessions on Fridays before 3pm EST effective immediately. All sessions prior to that time will be streamed on NASCAR.com

https://www.foxsports.com/presspass/lat ... schedule-3

When is NASCAR going to build a 3rd restrictor plate superspeedway? That'll attract a fuck ton of fans

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I'd cream my pants if they were to build a real life zenjoltis. Then again, it'll prolly just end up a single file shit show.

But seriously why the hell doesn't NASCAR run some different tracks and change it up a bit.

Add a Road Atlanta race - It's a great track located in Georgia so all the redneck fans are in driving distance. Plus, people like fast road courses like Watkins Glen.

Then add Thunderhill Raceway Park and Virginia International Raceway (They already do testing there anyway). Shit, throw in Barber Motorsports Park or any of the other available road courses that would be bad ass. Take out several of the stupid ass tracks like Vegas, Kansas, Chicagoland or reduce them down to 1 race a year.

Build that damn 3rd restrictor plate track OR build a newer, exciting oval that we haven't seen yet. A 2.25 mile high banked oval or some shit. And make the races SHORTER. These 500 mile races are way too long sometimes and they just drag the fuck out and only get exciting at the end if at all. Or split the races into 2 separate heats and make the win worth it. OR make it so the winner is the only person who takes a monetary prize.

Point is mix it the hell up. Wheres the creativity and the balls in this sport

One point of contention: 500-milers wouldn't seem as long if the cars weren't shitty, downforce-diseased turds.

For what it's worth, members of NASCAR's Fan Council recently received a comprehensive survey regarding changes to the Cup schedule, and it sounds like nothing was left off the table. From what I've gathered through Twitter/Reddit, some topics included:

- Cutting the number of races a season
- Shortening race distances
- The option of running Cup races on a weekday
- Indycar-style doubleheaders
- Changes to the All-Star Race. One option was to schedule the event between the end of the regular season and the start of the playoffs. This also includes shuffling the race to a different track every season
- New tracks. Reported options available included Iowa, Road America, Eldora, Road Atlanta, and Mosport. Street circuits were also discussed, though no specific ones were named

Pretty much checks off all the things I mentioned. I really hope they can pull their head out of their asses and make some major changes to the sport. It'd be nice to see NASCAR be exciting again.

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Doesn't sound like Zippy is going to be running Las Vegas, thanks to the hauler driver. According to Zippy's social media, leaving the track in Atlanta, the hauler driver tried to go through a tunnel that was 2 feet shorter than the height of the truck. The team's Vegas truck was being used as the backup truck for Atlanta, so it was in the front part of the hauler. The impact caused their Atlanta truck to get loose and run into the Vegas truck and banged it up.

you gotta be shitting me, lol

Rockingham Speedway, and Rockingham Dragway to receive a $8 million from the State of North Carolina for upgrades. Total cost of the project for both tracks is around $11.5 million, which will be used to help the venue become a full-blown entertainment complex & to bring the track up to current standards. The oval track will see a repave, and there has been rumors about dirt being laid down at Little Rock also
https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2019/03/07 ... to-racing/

wow, that is great news

The one track where a repave isn't a big deal. It would still be a mighty challenge.

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So long as they keep the back straight wall at flipping angle it'll be tast

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