24 Hours of Talladega

Underdogfan · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:46 am

Joe A wrote:

At least it wasn't Logano. Few things are more depressing than a Joey Logano win.

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AMAZING Race, in near pitch black darkness, really gonna be hard to top that tomorrow.

Shane · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:47 am

RtN wrote:

Caution had to be thrown. There were cars sliding across the track and the last thing they wanted was for those cars a couple of hundred yards back to come through at full speed in the hope of gaining a spot or two.

NASCAR being consistent with the rules sucks when it costs your driver the win.. :flag:

Fox · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:47 am

K_Sherman wrote:

Starlancer wrote:

Kasey Kahne won that race. Regan Smith won the race that occurred a couple of hundred feet from the finish line.

Races should not be determined by the arbitrary timing of some pushing a button.

Kasey Kahne won that race.

Fucking this.

That yellow flag served absolutely no purpose other than to alter the finish of the race. Literally, two seconds would have elapsed before they had crossed the finish line and then they could have pushed the button. Anybody behind was not going to slow down regardless. They never do. This is bullshit.

And if they wouldnt have thrown the Caution and someone would have been T-Boned and died in the process everyone would blame Nascar.

Get used to it.In Terms of Safety its the right Decision!!

KingOfChins · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:48 am

Cartman wrote:

I Can't See Shit: The Race

Underdogfan · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:49 am

Shane wrote:

RtN wrote:

Caution had to be thrown. There were cars sliding across the track and the last thing they wanted was for those cars a couple of hundred yards back to come through at full speed in the hope of gaining a spot or two.

NASCAR being consistent with the rules sucks when it costs your driver the win.. :flag:

If Regan was screwed by that, there would've been monitors out the window

K_Sherman · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:50 am

Fox wrote:

K_Sherman wrote:

Starlancer wrote:

Kasey Kahne won that race. Regan Smith won the race that occurred a couple of hundred feet from the finish line.

Races should not be determined by the arbitrary timing of some pushing a button.

Kasey Kahne won that race.

Fucking this.

That yellow flag served absolutely no purpose other than to alter the finish of the race. Literally, two seconds would have elapsed before they had crossed the finish line and then they could have pushed the button. Anybody behind was not going to slow down regardless. They never do. This is bullshit.

And if they wouldnt have thrown the Caution and someone would have been T-Boned and died in the process everyone would blame Nascar.

Get used to it.In Terms of Safety its the right Decision!!

If that were the case, they should have thrown the yellow the instant the first car got turned across the track.

Woodski · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:50 am

Starlancer wrote:

Kasey Kahne won that race. Regan Smith won the race that occurred a couple of hundred feet from the finish line.

Races should not be determined by the arbitrary timing of some pushing a button.

Kasey Kahne won that race.

I'll agree with this.

NASCAR will let the Cup guys ball their cars up coming out of 4 all the time and let the race play out, yet they do that? That's some shit.

Starlancer · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:51 am

How about you guys tell me how I'm wrong instead of bullshitting and calling me a whiner.

Shit like this is why NASCAR is the laughingstock of professional sports.

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:52 am

Awww, thread was fun when we were all hyped up and getting good racing...

Now it's just bitching and arguments...

I'm hauling ass outta here like an Australian fan spying a flying car coming towards him at Symmons Plains...
GET IT NOW ESBEN????

RtN · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:52 am

Woodski wrote:

Starlancer wrote:

Kasey Kahne won that race. Regan Smith won the race that occurred a couple of hundred feet from the finish line.

Races should not be determined by the arbitrary timing of some pushing a button.

Kasey Kahne won that race.

I'll agree with this.

NASCAR will let the Cup guys ball their cars up coming out of 4 all the time and let the race play out, yet they do that? That's some shit.

The guys running 25th on back in Cup are usually mature, experienced drivers who have ended up in not-so-good equipment. They can be trusted to behave appropriately.

I would not trust Nationwide backmarkers to behave in the same way.

Shane · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:53 am

Starlancer wrote:

How about you guys tell me how I'm wrong instead of bullshitting and calling me a whiner.

Shit like this is why NASCAR is the laughingstock of professional sports.

RtN wrote:

Caution had to be thrown. There were cars sliding across the track and the last thing they wanted was for those cars a couple of hundred yards back to come through at full speed in the hope of gaining a spot or two.

Underdogfan · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:57 am

Looks like Mike Wallace, Jason White and Jeremy Clements got top 10's. Nice!

Squall · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:59 am

The Yellow was maybe for Nascar's consciousness. By not putting the Yellow at the end, they basically allow drivers to continue fighting full speed to the finish line. In that scenario, we often saw cars spinning being hit at max speed and thrown away in the air (and in the catch fence now and then). I agree that the yellow will not stop drivers to rush to the finish full throttle but at least Nascar can say they waved the yellow flag (and maybe give penalties who knows...).

Starlancer · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 1:59 am

Shane wrote:

Starlancer wrote:

How about you guys tell me how I'm wrong instead of bullshitting and calling me a whiner.

Shit like this is why NASCAR is the laughingstock of professional sports.

RtN wrote:

Caution had to be thrown. There were cars sliding across the track and the last thing they wanted was for those cars a couple of hundred yards back to come through at full speed in the hope of gaining a spot or two.

Thank you for responding instead of just being condescending.

I can see the sense in that argument, but couldn't they have at least let the leaders cross the line? That has been the presedence for a while now.

It was a hell of a finish, I just feel like Kahne got robbed. We can agree to disagree, it just pissed me off when people just dismiss an argument by posting a stupid meme picture in response.

Now, I need to drive home from Reno, so I'm going.

HRC · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:00 am

Who cares who won, this event is clearly all about the entertainment. It ended it with a big bang, just the way we want. NASCAR understands it, that is why they shortened it and let them race in the dark with almost zero visibility. Next year we need more cars, more crashes and more flips!

I have to agree Nationwide has the most exciting package right now, it always ends up being a crapshoot and when the dust settles they are all wrecked. It is fun to watch, but at the same time it is scary and almost has nothing to do with real racin', plus I'm pretty sure most of the drivers aren't a big fan of it. You kinda get tired finishing the race in the grass on the tri-oval with a burning wreckage.

Underdogfan · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:02 am

No matter how it ended, anyone upset about Regan Smith winning a race at Talladega should be kicked in the shins.

Shane · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:02 am

Starlancer wrote:

Shane wrote:

Starlancer wrote:

How about you guys tell me how I'm wrong instead of bullshitting and calling me a whiner.

Shit like this is why NASCAR is the laughingstock of professional sports.

RtN wrote:

Caution had to be thrown. There were cars sliding across the track and the last thing they wanted was for those cars a couple of hundred yards back to come through at full speed in the hope of gaining a spot or two.

Thank you for responding instead of just being condescending.

I can see the sense in that argument, but couldn't they have at least let the leaders cross the line? That has been the presedence for a while now.

It was a hell of a finish, I just feel like Kahne got robbed. We can agree to disagree, it just pissed me off when people just dismiss an argument by posting a stupid meme picture in response.

Now, I need to drive home from Reno, so I'm going.

I honestly can't be mad at NASCAR trying to be consistent with the rules. Calling the race at the last scoring pylon was the consistent call.

Though I do prefer the race to the line, like it used to be.

Cartman · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:05 am

codename_47 wrote:

Awww, thread was fun when we were all hyped up and getting good racing...

Now it's just bitching and arguments...

When you're dealing with DEGA, it's only inevitable.

Joe A · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:07 am

But at the end of the day, it's no big deal. There's another race tomorrow (I hope).

codename_47 · PostPosted: Sun May 05, 2013 2:14 am

Joe A wrote:

But at the end of the day, it's no big deal. There's another race tomorrow (I hope).

Yeah, but we've hit our high watermark tonight, sadly.

Tomorrow it'll be all single file for 90% of the race then a blue balls finish. Callin' it.

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