Random NASCAR Discussion

racer612008 · PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 7:39 pm

Brad Keselowski Racing moved into the old BK Racing shop in Statesville and has created 40 new jobs
http://www.statesville.com/news/brad-ke ... 29a8c.html

Western Union sponsoring Furniture Row Racing for the rest of the season on the rear quarter panel (started last weekend at Kansas)
http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/ne ... ow-racing/

Ross Kenseth racing for Hattori in the Truck race next week at Martinsville
[tweet]https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/656504073592504320[/tweet]

Ryan Ellis racing for Circle Sport in the #33 at Phoenix
http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-S ... oenix.aspx

Hank Hill · PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 7:59 pm

It essentially forces out one-off teams. I dont care what anyone says, teams that put together a car two weeks before Daytona or before any race and show up and try to run well have added a lot to the sport, or even part time teams in general. This essentially kills chances of that happening. Kills interest in qualifying too.

SecretAgentHarvick · PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:22 pm

racer612008 wrote:

Don't agree with any idea of franchising being involved in motorsports, it doesn't really work that well in other series and I don't think it would work well in NASCAR either.

It's just going to force out the smaller teams yet again. Which in turn will force out drivers who wouldn't have a chance at a development contract with a team or to run a car for 1 or 2 races with a mid pack team because how expensive such programs are. And we can forget any new startup teams forming unless they had alot of money behind them too.

In the end though, it would essentially be a insurance policy for sponsors as they wouldn't have the chance to miss the race like last fall at Talladega.

Chocolate Myers just told a caller that if "you're watching the racing from 41st - 43rd, then you're missing all the great racing up front!" :slaphead:

Chris A · PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:43 pm

Chocolate Myers is many good things (good crewman, engaging personality, etc), but he's also kind of a dummy shill when it comes to NASCAR as a product.

Hank Hill · PostPosted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:52 pm

SecretAgentHarvick wrote:

racer612008 wrote:

Don't agree with any idea of franchising being involved in motorsports, it doesn't really work that well in other series and I don't think it would work well in NASCAR either.

It's just going to force out the smaller teams yet again. Which in turn will force out drivers who wouldn't have a chance at a development contract with a team or to run a car for 1 or 2 races with a mid pack team because how expensive such programs are. And we can forget any new startup teams forming unless they had alot of money behind them too.

In the end though, it would essentially be a insurance policy for sponsors as they wouldn't have the chance to miss the race like last fall at Talladega.

Chocolate Myers just told a caller that if "you're watching the racing from 41st - 43rd, then you're missing all the great racing up front!" :slaphead:

Atleast theres a few passes around 41st-43rd.

Mobil1fan · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:59 am

Franchising could work IF there was a promotion/relegation system of some sort.

Chris A · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:05 am

Well now we're getting side-tracked, but (in the US at least) the franchise system is the biggest barrier to a pro/rel sports league format.

Tristar 7AT · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:34 am

I like this because if let's say a Ginn or SHR or DEI or Furniture Row would like to start up and just compete, they can't. We'll see less cars showing up to qualify and less drivers breaking in the top levels of the sport. This is great, this is what the fans want, this is NASCAR.

ChrisTRD · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 2:45 am

Hank Hill wrote:

It essentially forces out one-off teams. I dont care what anyone says, teams that put together a car two weeks before Daytona or before any race and show up and try to run well have added a lot to the sport, or even part time teams in general. This essentially kills chances of that happening. Kills interest in qualifying too.

Now I'm not a fan of franchising or whatever but seriously, when was the last time a team was put together before speedweeks or any other race, actually made the race and was hardly somewhat competitive? Let's be real now.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:01 pm

Dover's 2016 dates have been confirmed.
http://nascar.nbcsports.com/2015/10/21/ ... -for-2016/

racer612008 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:25 pm

Peak Antifreeze to sponsor Clint Bowyer & HScott Motorsports in 2016
http://www.hscottmotorsports.com/news-a ... ER_IN_2016

Taylor · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:47 pm

cArmAkAze · PostPosted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 11:16 pm

I remember hearing his 911 call a couple years ago. Hearing someone say "there's gonna be a dead body" and they're talking about themselves is eerie as shit

Pretzel · PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 2:39 am

Regarding the Franchising, when was the honest to God last time a new team tried entering NASCAR from scratch? Most the new teams buy or swap owner points anyways, which sounds similar to franchising to begin with.

racer612008 · PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 3:23 pm

the developers of rFactor and other motorsports games, Image Space Incorporated will sponsor Joey Gase at Phoenix on the #32 Go Green Racing Ford Fusion
http://rfactor.net/web/2015/10/22/no-32 ... n-phoenix/

momo1911 · PostPosted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 9:13 pm

Pretzel wrote:

Regarding the Franchising, when was the honest to God last time a new team tried entering NASCAR from scratch? Most the new teams buy or swap owner points anyways, which sounds similar to franchising to begin with.

John Andretti in '05? With the liquor sponsorship?

racer612008 · PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:21 pm

oh look, nothing changed. And nothing will change for the next 5 years too
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/ ... edule.html

Dan Belcher · PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:36 pm

dr dog · PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:29 pm

Kentucky was added in 2011 so that will mean 10 straight seasons of the same set of tracks for a series that is struggling to hold the fans' interest.

Underdogfan · PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:54 pm

What a fuckin' crock...no new road courses, no new short tracks, just the same old cookie cutter shit for at least five years...just another reason not to continue this shit.

TBK-Light.com

Random NASCAR Discussion

Who is online