Daytona 500?

In reply to stafford1500 :

I always liked the radio announcers better, but they were never broadcast in NY so we only heard them on vacation until we got XM. Eli Gold had probably the best voice in NASCAR. 

johndej said:

nascar seems to have gone away from racing and more focused on getting eyes on the teams and sponsors. Wreckidy wreck wreck wreck for the 500 with the winner decided by who was ahead at the caution by replay. 

NASCAR refers to their events as "shows". IMO that mindset is what makes them more wreckidy wreck prone. Wrecks are more of a show for their fans than what races like LeMans are.

In reply to L5wolvesf :

The all star wrestling of racing?

Watched the 1st stage and then from the last (regulation) restart to the end.  Was surprised to see Stenhouse win without wrecking someone.  Overall, decent race.  Big wreck in the middle was caused by green flag pit stop blending, not straight up pack racing.  Disappointing to "finish" under yellow but there was no real safe way for them to race to the line.  

I fully support the end of plate races.  Give them 900hp and pull those spoilers off.  Not just for the superspeedways...give me that rules package all season long.  

Y'all know the restrictor plates have been gone for years, right?

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

Y'all know the restrictor plates have been gone for years, right?

Yes.  The plates are physically gone, however the engines still make less HP on superspeedways than on other tracks.  Creates the same effect.

SKJSS (formerly Klayfish) said:

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

Y'all know the restrictor plates have been gone for years, right?

Yes.  The plates are physically gone, however the engines still make less HP on superspeedways than on other tracks.  Creates the same effect.

My understanding is that the throttle response is much better than it was in the old carburated restrictor plate cars, which was one of the biggest complaints about those races.

Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) said:

Y'all know the restrictor plates have been gone for years, right?

Plate races are just the colloquial term.   They use tapered spacers with different sizes based on the tracks (Daytona, Atlanta, and Talladega use the 550hp spacer)

I thought it was nice that the Commercial Channel was able to show snippets of the race during the normal broadcast of commercials.  The humming noise you could hear in the background was Bob Jenkins, Larry Nuber and Benny Parsons spinning in their respective graves.

jmabarone said:

I fully support the end of plate races.  Give them 900hp and pull those spoilers off.  Not just for the superspeedways...give me that rules package all season long.  

That could be a very fun short track and road course package. At a track like Daytona you'd kill a lot of people (drivers and spectators) running that package. 

No talk about Travis pastrana placing 11th?

First outing for him right?

CrashDummy said:

jmabarone said:

I fully support the end of plate races.  Give them 900hp and pull those spoilers off.  Not just for the superspeedways...give me that rules package all season long.  

That could be a very fun short track and road course package. At a track like Daytona you'd kill a lot of people (drivers and spectators) running that package. 

Nah, they'd have to brake for the corners.  If you'd feel more comfortable, pull the diffuser too. 

I gave up on NASCAR in the late 70's.

In fact, I'm willing to bet that if you ran a NASCAR race with cars from 1975-1979 to the rules at that time, you'd get higher TV ratings and more interest from the fan base.