I hate plate racing

[edicehouse]

All right the Daytona 500 has come and gone. I realize I hate plate racing. The best thing I can compare it to is, is the lottery drawing. The balls are being bounced around by air and they open a valve and one goes to the top and that is the number. I would take Darlington over Daytona any day.

What do you all think?

 

[D.Oliver]

What does any of that have to do with how fast your can clear your dinner plate (aka plate racing)?:biggrin:

 

[bjbear76]

Short track racing is by far the most exciting to watch. Everything else, I record and review the highlights (if there are any). Ky speedway is only an hour from here; we went the first 2 years, but no more. It was just too boring. To me, I'll take Bristol anytime!

 

[lyonsacc]

Agreed. Not really that fun to watch. I don't like all of the big wrecks.

 

[jimofsanston]

That what i watch the race for is the wrecks

 

[dbledsoe]

I still think they should have to race production cars. These tin cans they race now have no relationship to the manufacturers except the decals. I want to see real cars race.
But I am glad Junior finally caught one.

 

[tbroye]

God invented Dirt Tracks not these asphalt monsters. Glad Junior won though. Plate racing and racing on the cookie cutter 1 1/2 mile tracks are crap. Make the fields smaller and take the plates off then they would have a race. Fastest 22 make the big race and the top two from a shorter 100 mile race would make the field of 24.

 

[EBorraga]

God invented Dirt Tracks not these asphalt monsters. Glad Junior won though. Plate racing and racing on the cookie cutter 1 1/2 mile tracks are crap. Make the fields smaller and take the plates off then they would have a race. Fastest 22 make the big race and the top two from a shorter 100 mile race would make the field of 24.

I'm with you Tom. Let's have heat races and consi's. I love racing, but you'll never find me at a Nascar race. I'll be at some dirt track every Friday and Saturday night throughout the summer.

 

[Dalecamino]

Nope! I don't like the plates either. Let the crews build their own machines. As far as super speedways go....there is nothing better (to me) than watching AND hearing 43 cars at 200 mph. AND, it smells soooo good. I'll take ALL of them. Cookie cutters, short tracks road courses etc.

BTW, today is a good day!:biggrin::tongue:

 

[stonepecker]

HEY........They are making a left turn !

 

[cal91666]

Dirt is for racing ..... asphalt and concrete are for getting to the track!!

 

[Boz]

I am sorry but NASCAR racing has become too much like the WWE. Last year Danica was on the pole and look at all the media coverage that got. This year they bring back the number
#3 car after all these years and and with a rookie driver it was on the pole. The last time the 3 car was on the pole Dale Jr. won the 500. And he wins again this year. I am sure this is all coincidence and hard work. I will get interested in stock car racing when they adopt the Brock Yates formula. Build a box so long by so wide and so tall. The car has to fit inside the box. Can't weigh less than the decided upon number. After that build what you want. Motor, it is up to you. Tires, what ever you want. Brakes, if you think you need them. Run what you brung and and hope you spent enough.

 

[edicehouse]

Did you hear Chuck that it has been so long since Jr has gone to victory lane he had to ask Kyle Busch for directions?

 

[Dalecamino]

Did you hear Chuck that it has been so long since Jr has gone to victory lane he had to ask Kyle Busch for directions?

Yeah! I'm sorry bout what happened to Kyle. Better get used to it Ed. Kyle ain't gonna win every race.:biggrin:

 

[flyitfast]

I heard the NASCAR cars all have discount GPS in them. All they can say is turn left at the next turn and "recalculating" if they go spinning in the infield. Some of the drivers can't even find their way to Victory Lane......
gordon

 

[tbroye]

Ernie

Can you imagine what it would be like if the ran a trophy dash, 4 heat races, a semi and main at Bristol and started fast cars in the back and gave passing points. Thats what we used to do. They could do that on any number of tracks. Here in Sacramento back when I was a kid NASCAR held a 100 mile race on Labor Day weekend and the horse track at the old State fair grounds, and AAA or USAC ran the "Indy Cars" later call Champ Dirt Cars on the same track in October. Been to couple of NASCAR races at California Speedway,Boring. Sears Point is better so is Phenix this weekend might go weather permitting up here. I grew up the Vuky, Parsons, Agabashian, Ward,and a whole host of other great ones. Nothing like 20 Offy midgets on a quarter mile track what a sound.

 

[edicehouse]

I heard the NASCAR cars all have discount GPS in them. All they can say is turn left at the next turn and "recalculating" if they go spinning in the infield. Some of the drivers can't even find their way to Victory Lane......
gordon

Then what about the road tracks?

 

[tbroye]

That annoying shrill voice starts screaming "your not listening to me", "Stop right now so I can recalculate"and finally "you never listen to me, so go stay at your mothers" and 3 laps into the race the voice shuts up.