2019 Nascar thread

[Al Bundy]

Schedule
DAYTONA 500
Sunday, Feb 17
2:30 PM Daytona International Speedway

Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
Sunday, Feb 24
2:00 PM Atlanta Motor Speedway

MARCH 2019
Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube
Sunday, Mar 3
3:30 PM Las Vegas Motor Speedway

TicketGuardian 500
Sunday, Mar 10
3:30 PM ISM Raceway

Auto Club 400
Sunday, Mar 17
3:30 PM Auto Club Speedway

STP 500
Sunday, Mar 24
2:00 PM Martinsville Speedway

O’Reilly Auto Parts 500
Sunday, Mar 31
3:00 PM Texas Motor Speedway

APRIL 2019
Food City 500
Sunday, Apr 7
2:00 PM Bristol Motor Speedway

TOYOTA OWNERS 400
Saturday, Apr 13
7:30 PM Richmond Raceway

GEICO 500
Sunday, Apr 28
2:00 PM Talladega Superspeedway

MAY 2019
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover
Sunday, May 5
2:00 PM Dover International Speedway

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at Kansas
Saturday, May 11
7:30 PM Kansas Speedway

Monster Energy Open
Saturday, May 18
6:00 PM Charlotte Motor Speedway

Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race
Saturday, May 18
8:00 PM Charlotte Motor Speedway

Coca-Cola 600
Sunday, May 26
6:00 PM Charlotte Motor Speedway

JUNE 2019
Pocono 400
Sunday, Jun 2
2:00 PM Pocono Raceway

FireKeepers Casino 400
Sunday, Jun 9
2:00 PM Michigan International Speedway

Toyota / Save Mart 350
Sunday, Jun 23
3:00 PM Sonoma Raceway

Camping World 400
Sunday, Jun 30
3:00 PM Chicagoland Speedway

JULY 2019
Coke Zero Sugar 400
Saturday, Jul 6
7:30 PM Daytona International Speedway

Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart
Saturday, Jul 13
7:30 PM Kentucky Speedway

Foxwoods Resort Casino 301
Sunday, Jul 21
3:00 PM New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Gander Outdoors 400
Sunday, Jul 28
3:00 PM Pocono Raceway

AUGUST 2019
Go Bowling at The Glen
Sunday, Aug 4
3:00 PM Watkins Glen International

Consumers Energy 400
Sunday, Aug 11
3:00 PM Michigan International Speedway

Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race
Saturday, Aug 17
7:30 PM Bristol Motor Speedway

SEPTEMBER 2019*PLAYOFF RACE
Bojangles’ Southern 500
Sunday, Sep 1
6:00 PM Darlington Raceway

Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard Powered By Florida Georgia Line
Sunday, Sep 8
2:00 PM Indianapolis Motor Speedway

*South Point 400
Sunday, Sep 15
7:00 PM Las Vegas Motor Speedway

*Federated Auto Parts 400
Saturday, Sep 21
7:30 PM Richmond Raceway

*Bank of America ROVAL 400
Sunday, Sep 29
2:30 PM Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course

OCTOBER 2019*PLAYOFF RACE
*Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at Dover
Sunday, Oct 6
2:30 PM Dover International Speedway

*1000Bulbs.com 500
Sunday, Oct 13
2:00 PM Talladega Superspeedway

*Hollywood Casino 400
Sunday, Oct 20
2:30 PM Kansas Speedway

*First Data 500
Sunday, Oct 27
3:00 PM Martinsville Speedway

NOVEMBER 2019*PLAYOFF RACE
*AAA Texas 500
Sunday, Nov 3
3:00 PM Texas Motor Speedway

*Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race at ISM Raceway
Sunday, Nov 10
2:30 PM ISM Raceway

*Ford EcoBoost 400
Sunday, Nov 17
3:00 PM Homestead-Miami Speedway


Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus split up. With Knaus going to William Byron. Kevin Meendering goes to Jimmie Johnson. Lowes has also exited.

[stumppy]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

This is right where I am with it. I have been around a lot of different garages in my life, as a tow truck driver, and as an auto body shop employee. I've never seen a rope fashioned as a noose in any of those places.

Posted the same thing earlier. It doesn't even make sense to make a noose/slipknot for a garage door.

[kstater]

Originally Posted by stumppy

I feel the same. It's not like NASCAR has much experience in dealing with the whole race related problems like , say, the NFL or NBA.

NASCAR’s blunders aside, the reactions from the community were real, it was good to see everyone rally around Bubba when they were all under the assumption that it was a nefarious act. Those reactions were real.

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Is it time for Talladega to Change the design of their garage door pulls??

They're tied like that for a reason. When the doors are down you can hang the loop on a nail at belt level so you can grab it and open the door without bending over and picking the rope up off the ground.

Take a door up and down a few dozen times a day and you'll learn to appreciate the loop hanging on the nail. Especially if you're over 35 and been slinging tires for a decade.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by kstater

NASCAR’s blunders aside, the reactions from the community were real, it was good to see everyone rally around Bubba when they were all under the assumption that it was a nefarious act. Those reactions were real.

Agreed. Overall it’s a positive for NASCAR. They went from the neckiest sport of all time to wokest sport almost overnight.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by stumppy

Posted the same thing earlier. It doesn't even make sense to make a noose/slipknot for a garage door.

I just don't get it. I have been in and out of over 100 garages, never have seen them tied like that. They are always just a giant knot or a basic circular knot.

[smithandrew051]

Originally Posted by kstater

Well put. I think at worst it was an overreaction, and wanted to get ahead of the pr from a leak that would most assuredly happen while they looked in to it, and more likely just a **** up and going public before getting all the information.

Their statement should’ve just been something to the effect of:

“It was brought to our attention that an object believed to be a noose was found in the #XX garage. We take these allegations very seriously and will fully investigate the situation. Swift action will be taken to address the findings, and we will have further comments upon the conclusion of the investigation.”

Let people know that you’re taking it seriously, but you aren’t forming an opinion until all the facts are known.

[Eleazar]

Well, the whole country can go back to ignoring NASCAR again

[ghak99]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

I just don't get it. I have been in and out of over 100 garages, never have seen them tied like that. They are always just a giant knot or a basic circular knot.

They're on most garage doors in my area. It's not actually a noose, but very similar. No one wants to bend over and pick a rope up off the floor multiple times a day every day.

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Agreed. Overall it’s a positive for NASCAR. They went from the neckiest sport of all time to wokest sport almost overnight.

Overnight? You think Nascar went from 1960 south to 2020 Berkeley overnight? I dont think so. I think nascar has grown with the times like everywhere and not even close as redneck as you thought. I dream of the day when I quit hearing the term "WOKE". Insulting

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by ghak99

They're tied like that for a reason. When the doors are down you can hang the loop on a nail at belt level so you can grab it and open the door without bending over and picking the rope up off the ground.

Take a door up and down a few dozen times a day and you'll learn to appreciate the loop hanging on the nail. Especially if you're over 35 and been slinging tires for a decade.

And that answers the question I had. Thank you.

[jdubya]

Originally Posted by ghak99

They're on most garage doors in my area. It's not actually a noose, but very similar. No one wants to bend over and pick a rope up off the floor multiple times a day every day.

Exactly....I use a similar knot. Ive always called it an overhand knot on a bight

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by kstater

No, no,no every garage has nooses in them...


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Well there is the point that most loops aren’t actually nooses. Which is what you see here.

Ban loops in ropes!!

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by stumppy

Posted the same thing earlier. It doesn't even make sense to make a noose/slipknot for a garage door.

That’s why it’s actually neither of those things but you wouldn’t know.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by ghak99

They're on most garage doors in my area. It's not actually a noose, but very similar. No one wants to bend over and pick a rope up off the floor multiple times a day every day.

At the garage I worked in as an autobody expert we used just a circular knot up on a nail.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

You think a professional race car driver and his team didn't know what a garage door pull-down looked like? Or happen to notice that stalls all around them had them as well?

Or that he started doing public interviews without ever saying "hey guys - maybe SHOW me what it is you're talking about...."

If the guy wasn't complicit, then he and his team are as dumb as shoes. These guys have been in and out of a million garages in their lives and yes, they know what the damn pull-down at the front of the door does. And it wouldn't have taken a second to realize that there's weren't the only ones.

He didn't concoct this idiot scheme, but he damn sure played along with it.

Or is this one of those 'soft bigotry of low expectations' things where you just presume that poor sweet Bubba just couldn't have figured this out?

Probably a dipshit with the press didn't understand what he was seeing and thought they had a scoop.