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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2012 5:47 pm 
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ARCA are supposed to be practicing right now but the track is being dried after a morning rain.

Friday/Saturday/Sunday look fairly decent at the moment but there could be a bit of a threat to the ARCA and Nationwide races. Sunday looks best at the moment.


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mclaren2008 wrote:
This race has a real chance of going caution free, based on recent races this year and several caution free races at Dega

Nah, this race will just as crazy as all the recent RP races have been. We definitely need a reprieve from the ultra boring races we had recently.


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ARCA qualifying got rained out. As a result some fast cars are starting in the back half of the field. Bobby Gerhart is starting 24th, Alex Bowman is starting 26th, Joey Coulter is starting 31st and Mark Thompson is starting 33rd. The starting grid can be found here:

http://www.arcaracing.com/schedule.php?contentid=1615&display=event_grid#details

Brian Keselowski and Jared Marks didn't make the race.


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Man, I remember when one of the Dega threads got to page 13 before the first ARCA practice. :(


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mclaren2008 wrote:


5 wide across the line mid pack :8:




lap 2 and 3 wide 10 deep :8: and Nemecheck leading :8:


This race has a real chance of going caution free, based on recent races this year and several caution free races at Dega


Man that was gooooood fucken shit!! Not only was the racing amazing back then, the commentary was a heap better as well!

2001-2004 (Maybe 2005) was some of the best RP i've ever watched


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What i don't understand is the racing in the Bud Shootout was honestly some of the best i've seen in probably 6-7 years, why did the 500 suck so much!!!???


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Busch qualifying got canned as well, with Elliott Sadler on the pole. Blake Koch in the 75 DNQ'd.


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Good, I'd rather watch practice on ESPN instead of qualifying.


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Cartman wrote:
Man, I remember when one of the Dega threads got to page 13 before the first ARCA practice. :(


You actually miss all that bullshit?


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I was being sarcastic. I'm actually glad those days are over, even if it means smaller Dega threads.

So Dega was supposed to get lights? Wonder why it didn't happen?
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Talladega Superspeedway will become the 11th NASCAR race track to get lights and'Dega fans could see their first night race as early as the fall race of 2007, Talladega Superspeedway President Grant Lynch said Sunday. While repaving the track is in the works now, the installation of lights will begin once that project is finished, Lynch said. NASCAR spokesperson Denise Maloof, who would not comment on any plans for illuminating Talladega Superspeedway for night racing, said the reasons for running night races are simple. "Our TV partners like racing in prime-time," she said. "You can't beat prime-time. It's a marquee time for racing to be on the air." NASCAR does not enter into the expensive task of lighting speedways blindly, she said. "The numbers we see from Nielsen Media Research are good," Maloof said. "The fans like it, too. It's a new experience. At Daytona when they flipped the switch for the first time it was electric - no pun intended. It's a different atmosphere. It can also be more comfortable for fans and drivers.(May 2005)


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FHgrad99 wrote:
ARCA qualifying got rained out. As a result some fast cars are starting in the back half of the field. Bobby Gerhart is starting 24th, Alex Bowman is starting 26th, Joey Coulter is starting 31st and Mark Thompson is starting 33rd. The starting grid can be found here:

http://www.arcaracing.com/schedule.php?contentid=1615&display=event_grid#details

Brian Keselowski and Jared Marks didn't make the race.


They'll shuffle the field before green, the slower guys up towards the front will drop to the back.

Jared Marks isn't old enough to race at talladega, ARCA was probably going to let him run a practice lap so he'd get points for entering the race. I think they did a similar thing last year.


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Dega Busch race on Sunday Morning would help me out a lot.


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Cartman wrote:
I was being sarcastic. I'm actually glad those days are over, even if it means smaller Dega threads.

So Dega was supposed to get lights? Wonder why it didn't happen?
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Talladega Superspeedway will become the 11th NASCAR race track to get lights and'Dega fans could see their first night race as early as the fall race of 2007, Talladega Superspeedway President Grant Lynch said Sunday. While repaving the track is in the works now, the installation of lights will begin once that project is finished, Lynch said. NASCAR spokesperson Denise Maloof, who would not comment on any plans for illuminating Talladega Superspeedway for night racing, said the reasons for running night races are simple. "Our TV partners like racing in prime-time," she said. "You can't beat prime-time. It's a marquee time for racing to be on the air." NASCAR does not enter into the expensive task of lighting speedways blindly, she said. "The numbers we see from Nielsen Media Research are good," Maloof said. "The fans like it, too. It's a new experience. At Daytona when they flipped the switch for the first time it was electric - no pun intended. It's a different atmosphere. It can also be more comfortable for fans and drivers.(May 2005)


Fuck lights at Dega

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I actually have wanted to see a night Talladega race. Not so much now that so many races are at night, but even just a truck or an additional Nationwide race. Would be cool I think.

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YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

wait...wrong sport.

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No more cup races at night. Fuck I miss July Daytona during the day and the brickyard on a Saturday

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ChrisTRD wrote:
No more cup races at night. Fuck I miss July Daytona during the day and the brickyard on a Saturday

THIS.


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Like baseball games, racing is played best during the daytime.

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Chris A wrote:
Cartman wrote:
Man, I remember when one of the Dega threads got to page 13 before the first ARCA practice. :(


You actually miss all that bullshit?

:lol:


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Talladega at night would look strange. Don't think I'd be a fan, although it would help if rain was causing issues during the day.


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