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Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - ngauger - 04-17-2016 Amazing... No one changed position again this week. I felt for sure since the field was flopped points-wise, that a few would have changed position... See you next week!!!! Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - Tyson Rayles - 04-17-2016 I was channel surfing when I came across the race. Back in the day Bristol was always sold out, usually months in advance but it looked like it was 75% empty? How hard of times has NASCAR fallen on? Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - ngauger - 04-17-2016 It's a combination of: The price of plane tickets - for those that used to go to 3 or more races a season The cost of hotel stays The economy in general The charges for parking the RV's at certain tracks The increasing price of fuel for those RV's The cost of race tickets and/or weekend packages The big stars retiring... Stewart, Gordon, Wallace, the Waltrip boys, etc. The (way too many) rule changes Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - teejay - 04-17-2016 I used to go but haven't been in 15 years ....tickets were very hard to get back then and for me it was a 12 hour drive down there and good luck trying to find a motel ....stayed in Virginia one time , 40 miles from the track . Things have changed for Nascar over the last several years . Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - Tyson Rayles - 04-18-2016 Waltrip and Wallace retired many years ago and Mikey Waltrip never was a star and nobody liked Stewart so I wouldn't think they are a factor. Fuel prices are the cheapest they have been in 8 years so that shouldn't be a factor either. I think while some of the other things mentioned are a contributing factor the biggest reason may be is they have strayed too far from their roots. Too many big budget multi car teams that have forced the little (and sometimes more colorful people) out of the sport. Also too many cookie cutter mile and a half and two mile tracks where they just go round and round. They need to go back to the half mile bull rings where they got out there and beat the fenders off each other's cars for 500 laps. Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - teejay - 04-18-2016 Yeah , it's pretty boring now ......identical cars , same power , drivers who can only speak " Nascar - speak " ....want to thank my sponsors , the fans , the crew , blah , blah .....almost like they have cue cards . I do like the local dirt track here in my area , a fun night with amateurs who battle for a few hundred bucks . T Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - dwight77 - 04-19-2016 Have you also noticed that since Daytona where they had a full field of 43 cars, I think every race since then has had only 39 cars. They must be keeping the little guys out for sure. dwight77 Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - dwight77 - 04-19-2016 Take that back.....the last three races have had 40 cars......still not a normal full field of 43. dwight77 Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - ngauger - 04-19-2016 That's one of the new rules.... Designed to get rid of the Start & Park cars Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - ngauger - 04-24-2016 Race #9 Toyota Owners 500 Results of drivers picked and their points: 1. Carl Edwards 45 2. Kyle Busch 40 3. Jimmie Johnson 39 5. Kevin Harvick 37 6. Denny Hamlin 36 7. Matt Kenseth 35 8. Joey Logano 33 9. Martin Truex Jr. 32 11. Brad Kesolowski 31 12. Chase Elliot 28 13. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 28 This weeks standings: UP Down Remained the same Dwight77 933 Mike Kieran 901 NGauger 851 W8JY 802 teejay 674 Next race: Geico 500 - Sunday May 1st at 1:00 - Fox TV - Talladega Superspeedway Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - ngauger - 05-02-2016 Race #10 Geico 500 Results of drivers picked and their points: 1. Brad Kesolowski 45 2. Kyle Busch 40 5. Chase Elliot 37 13. Martin Truex Jr. 28 15. Kevin Harvick 27 22. Jimmie Johnson 19 23. Matt Kenseth 19 25. Joey Logano 17 31. Denny Hamlin 11 35. Carl Edwards 6 40. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1 This weeks standings: UP Down Remained the same Dwight77 996 Mike Kieran 979 NGauger 930 W8JY 880 teejay 710 Next race: Go Bowling 400 - Saturday Night May 7th at 7:30 - Fox TV - Kansas Speedway Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - ngauger - 05-08-2016 Race #11 Go Bowling 400 Results of drivers picked and their points: 1. Kyle Busch 44 2. Kevin Harvick 39 4. Matt Kenseth 38 9. Chase Elliot 32 10. Brad Kesolowski 32 11. Carl Edwards 30 14. Martin Truex Jr. 29 15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 26 17. Jimmie Johnson 24 37. Denny Hamlin 4 38. Joey Logano 4 This weeks standings: UP Down Remained the same Dwight77 1063 Mike Kieran 1042 NGauger 1021 W8JY 982 teejay 756 Next race: Drive for Autism 400 - Sunday May 15th at 1:00 - Fox TV - Dover Speedway Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - Mike Kieran - 05-09-2016 I'm hooking myself up to a defriblator. Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - teejay - 05-09-2016 Youz guyz should be thanking me for being , uh , " supportive " Re: 2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin' - dwight77 - 05-09-2016 HI....is the current list of teams still correct on page 1? Just curious. dwight77 |