motorsports

[grizzled palm]

Gat damnit Michael.

Is he?

I must be pretty far behind lmao.

[fading prawn]

SVG by Bowman.

[marble willow]

ok, now he is

[fading prawn]

SVG by Larson.

[marble willow]

There he goes past larson

[grizzled palm]

All the Penske's are on wets.

[fading prawn]

Hamlin and Busch fighting.

[lethal yacht]

im guessing rain was the issue for the delay?

[grizzled palm]

That and a protest.

[fading prawn]

Hamlin lost out massively.

[grizzled palm]

WOAAAAAAAH

[marble willow]

Poor move from them

[grizzled palm]

ZANE!

[fading prawn]

Smith with a craking move.

[lethal yacht]

ah alright

[grizzled palm]

Zane Smith finishes top 10 once and now he's a top driver huh.

Those on the dries will have the advantage.

I think.

The wets aren't significantly faster right now and it's drying.

[grizzled palm]

Which just really makes me sad since the poor Penske's are on wets...

[marble willow]

Sauce Van Gisbergen

[fading prawn]

McDowell pits.

[grizzled palm]

For wets...?

Hmm that might be smart.

[fading prawn]

I believe so.

[grizzled palm]

Maybe.

Could also be shit.

If the rain does increase then it'll be good otherwise it's ass.

[fading prawn]

Van Gisbergen under pressure.

[lethal yacht]

there's not a lot more rain expected im pretty sure

[marble willow]

Here comes Larson

[grizzled palm]

What's SVG on? Dries right?

[fading prawn]

Larson is onto him..

Hamlin is struggling VERY BADLY.

[autumn briar]

@uneven coral

[lethal yacht]

yea no grip

[grizzled palm]

Rooting for Hamlin is hell.

[fading prawn]

Truex was 10th... He's 16th...

Utter woke nonsense...

[uneven coral]

Yes, thank you.

[grizzled palm]

💀

[marble willow]

well then

[uneven coral]

I managed to make it before green.

[fading prawn]

You guys don't know the joke...

Do ya?

[autumn briar]

Wallace in the top 10

nice

[grizzled palm]

Oh I got it.

[marble willow]

Larson gets past Reddick

[fading prawn]

Bell too!

[grizzled palm]

At this rate maybe he'll finish 31st.

[marble willow]

Reddick losing positions

[fading prawn]

Briscoe aswell.

[autumn briar]

Oh no Reddick

[uneven coral]

Reddick lost 2 spots... Utter woke nonsense.

[lethal yacht]

the drys are faster

[fading prawn]

Nah, 3!

Truex is 19th...

[grizzled palm]

OHH SHIT BUBBA.

[grizzled palm]

Yeesh that was close.

[uneven coral]

James Small with another incorrect call. 😭

[grizzled palm]

Just asspacked Bowman.

[fading prawn]

Wait, MTJ pitted?

[grizzled palm]

Ope what happened to Reddick?

[fading prawn]

Small i'mma kill you.

Oh, he pits now.

[uneven coral]

I think he started the race with the wets.

[grizzled palm]

Better than McDowell.

[fading prawn]

He did...

[grizzled palm]

Motherfucker pit from 8th to wets 💀

[fading prawn]

That's Ferrari level stuff.

[manic palm]

Yeah, it’s like Ferrari

[grizzled palm]

It's the BEAN.

[manic palm]

Or McClaren today

[autumn briar]

Bell 3rd woo

[grizzled palm]

Burton leading woo.

[uneven coral]

LAPPED TRAFFIC ALREADY?

[grizzled palm]

💀

[fading prawn]

It's Burton..
What do you expect?

[grizzled palm]

He's leading wdum.

[fading prawn]

Gibbs wide.

[manic palm]

He’s also on wet tires

[fading prawn]

Ah.
That makes sense.

[grizzled palm]

Wait when the hell did SVG get up to second 😭

[uneven coral]

If The Gojo car finishes in the top 10, then I'm going to watch Jujutsu Kaisen.

[manic palm]

Be SVG

[grizzled palm]

If the 23 finishes the race I'll buy McDonalds.

[fading prawn]

50/50

[grizzled palm]

💀

[fading prawn]

We got three wide racing....

[grizzled palm]

Rain 7/10 minutes out.

[lethal yacht]

more rain coming

[grizzled palm]

THREEEE WIDE.

[manic palm]

3 wide for like 35th

[grizzled palm]

Logano realized who he was three wide with and backed off.

[manic palm]

Also going 3 wide for 35th at Chicago is just dumb

[fading prawn]

Svg ready to pouce!

He does it!

[manic palm]

Ok I have to go eat dinner, brb

[fading prawn]

Bell 2nd.

[autumn briar]

Nooo Gibbs

[marble willow]

GIBBS GETS SQUEEZED

[fading prawn]

Gibbs past again!

[grizzled palm]

CBELL!

[autumn briar]

Lol he bumped Logano

[marble willow]

WOAH

[fading prawn]

Stenhouse had an incident....

[grizzled palm]

LOGANO LMAO

[fading prawn]

Like usual.

[grizzled palm]

Oh hey it's Wrecky Spinhouse.

Hi Wrecky Spinhouse!

[lethal yacht]

this is the 15th hour in a row ive been watching any sort of racing

[grizzled palm]

This is some good racing.

[fading prawn]

Stenhouse lost it on his own.

[marble willow]

Hell yeah it is

[fading prawn]

Fully driver error.

[grizzled palm]

Whaaat?

Not my Spinhouse.

He never makes mistakes.

[lethal yacht]

not really a spin

Chicago is the street circuit Monaco wishes it was

just running wide and having contact with the tyre barriers

[grizzled palm]

Well then the Wrecky part of the name fits still.

[lethal yacht]

what are you even saying

[lethal yacht]

yup

[chrome grove]

ive seen enough this race needs to stay forever

[lethal yacht]

ye it's good so far

[grizzled palm]

Can we just have SVG full-time NASCAR?

[chrome grove]

sign a 200 year contract

[lethal yacht]

much better than indy

today

[fading prawn]

Bell goes by Gibbs.

[lethal yacht]

ads in nbc

[lethal yacht]

He's full time in Xfinity

[marble willow]

I'd say the Palou-O'Ward battle made up for it

[lethal yacht]

nah lmao

[chrome grove]

not hard tbf mid ohio is almost always a snoozer lol

[grizzled palm]

Meant in the cup.

[lethal yacht]

ye fr

the track is nicely designed

imo

[grizzled palm]

Once he figures out the ovals he'll be a menace.

[marble willow]

I mean, it was pretty tense at the final few laps

[lethal yacht]

but the racing not so much

[lethal yacht]

a few laps at the end don't make up for 70 laps of no action

[chrome grove]

great event to go in person but the racing is very straight forward and dull

[marble willow]

Fair enough. The 1992 Monaco Grand Prix didn't have anything until the final laps with Mansell and Senna battling it out

[grizzled palm]

Aaaand the 34 is a lap down.

Great call guys!

[lethal yacht]

wasn't q good race either, was a good finale tho

[grizzled palm]

Fucking idiots.

[marble willow]

Same with the 1982 Austrian Grand Prix with Keke Rosberg and Elio De Angelis

[lethal yacht]

internet died again ffs

[grizzled palm]

BELL

[lethal yacht]

same scenario, bad race good finale

[grizzled palm]

BELL AND SVG BATTLING

SVG GETS BACK AHEAD.

[fading prawn]

Ok now, who you bet will crash first?

[marble willow]

yup

[grizzled palm]

Preece.

[fading prawn]

I'd put my bets on Wallace.

Or Hamlin.

[lethal yacht]

holy shit im so annoyed

[fading prawn]

Nevermind...

[lethal yacht]

my internet cut off again

[fading prawn]

LaJoie did it.

[marble willow]

LAJOIE

[fading prawn]

[lethal yacht]

ofc i miss a crash

[grizzled palm]

💀

[marble willow]

The celsius car into the wall

[grizzled palm]

Welp.

RIP the 34.

He's on fiya.

[lethal yacht]

was it a big hit?

[marble willow]

Minor hit

[grizzled palm]

Not really.

[lethal yacht]

ty

[marble willow]

Lajoie spun round and slapped the wall

[grizzled palm]

What the fuck is Hocevar doing in 17th?

[fading prawn]

Just lost it on the exit.

Bad throttle imput?

[grizzled palm]

Lajoie is what people think Stroll is.

[lethal yacht]

just saw the crash, id call it that

[fading prawn]

Nah, they are evenly matched.

Both very mediocre.

[grizzled palm]

Stroll can actually finish top 10 💀

[lethal yacht]

stroll doesn't even crash a lot, he's just a pain to share the track with

sometimes

[grizzled palm]

Scratch that*

Stroll can actually finish.

[lethal yacht]

lol

any weather update?

[grizzled palm]

Rain.

Mhm.

[lethal yacht]

oo

[grizzled palm]

There's your update.

[fading prawn]

Eh, you guys are right.

[lethal yacht]

but ofc ads in nbc

[grizzled palm]

If I ever see Lajoie winning the pole I'll shit my pants.

[lethal yacht]

why would you even buy the rights for something if you give ads for 2/5 the race

[grizzled palm]

Rain coming down hard.

[marble willow]

because this is american tv.

[lethal yacht]

true

can't wait to come back to like a red flag

[floral urchin]

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[lethal yacht]

nvm

[fading prawn]

Maldonado won a race.
Everything is possible, just hella insanely hard to happen.

[grizzled palm]

Dude would need to be blessed with a rain shortened race by Mother Nature.

[marble willow]

The rain's definitely coming down now

[grizzled palm]

It's coming down now.

[lethal yacht]

woah heavy rain indeed

[grizzled palm]

WHAT?!?

BOOOOOOOO

[fading prawn]

Huh?

What happened?

[grizzled palm]

They're finishing the stage under yellow.

[lethal yacht]

THATS BS

[fading prawn]

Oh ffs....

[lethal yacht]

oh actually

the crash isn't bad throttle input

[grizzled palm]

Always fucking Lajoie ruining the fun.

[lethal yacht]

OH HELL NAH

[grizzled palm]

So welp.

[lethal yacht]

NAH MORE ADS

[grizzled palm]

RIP the 34's chances.

And any of the Penske's.

[split vapor]

I missed Chicago
forgive me for my sins

[grizzled palm]

Only one of those I'm upset about I'll let you guess which.

[lethal yacht]

WE HAD 5 MINS OF ADS, 30 SECONDS OF FUCKING WATCHING, THEN MORE ADS

FUCKING HELL

[grizzled palm]

Been a great race so far.

Rain is coming down much heavier.

[fading prawn]

Ok, bad breaking input then?

[split vapor]

man

[lethal yacht]

nope, too aggressive in the entry

maybe a bit too quick with the throttle too

need telemetry to see

[marble willow]

Hell yeah

[grizzled palm]

Rain will be continuing until around 7.

[fading prawn]

Ok, my phone's battery is like...
5%

See you guys later.

[lethal yacht]

cya

[grizzled palm]

The crash is bad talent related.

[lethal yacht]

lmao fair enough

[grizzled palm]

If Bubba gets to first they'll probably call the race lmao.

[lethal yacht]

HELL YEA ADS OVER

[uneven coral]

Are we stopping the race for rain at the moment.

Please no.

[grizzled palm]

Please NASCAR...

[marble willow]

so ig svg wins stage 1....?

[grizzled palm]

Yeah.

[lethal yacht]

yup

[marble willow]

pretty anticlimatic

[lethal yacht]

they're gonna pit at the end of this lap

[grizzled palm]

Kind of a lame ending but oh well.

I would've rather it end under green.

[lethal yacht]

too many drivers on slicks

[grizzled palm]

Would've actually made for a good race

This decision just ruins like all the cars who were on wets.

[split vapor]

SVG IS LEADING THIS TOO?

[lethal yacht]

true

[lethal yacht]

yup

[split vapor]

that supercars experience is clutch

😭

[grizzled palm]

Fucking over the cars who made the right decision 🔥

[split vapor]

this is his track damn

[grizzled palm]

NASCAR baby.

[split vapor]

hope I didn't just jinx him

[grizzled palm]

Who all is a lap down?

[marble willow]

pit stop time

Holy mother of christ

[grizzled palm]

SVG down 4

💀

[marble willow]

Huge ass traffic jam

[grizzled palm]

Oh my god 💀

[west notch]

what have i just witnessed

[marble willow]

WTF JUST HAPPENED

[grizzled palm]

Bubba moment.

[west notch]

why is bro trying to go 3 wide on the exit of the pitlane

[grizzled palm]

Because he's Bubba Wallace.

[west notch]

you're already on a tight ass street course

[marble willow]

[midnight drum]

WHAT WAS THAT

[manic palm]

F1 translation: Bubba Wallace is like Lance Stroll

[grizzled palm]

That's accurate.

[west notch]

L

[midnight drum]

yeah hes mid at best

[grizzled palm]

Don't be dissing Bubbles.

[manic palm]

Good at times but sometimes a absolute dumbass

[split vapor]

how far behind am I tf

i just saw the pit incident

[grizzled palm]

💀

[split vapor]

the bottleneck

[midnight drum]

https://tenor.com/view/nascar-nascar2022-kyle-larson-bubba-wallace-gif-27007161

just an inchident

[split vapor]

and you guys talked abt it 3 min ago

???

am I 3m behind the fuck

[grizzled palm]

I'm watching the International Broadcast.

No ads so I saw it live.

[obtuse mulch]

yo guys im pretty new to f1 im getting into it and ive been watching and learning about f1 for like 2-3 weeks, what happened to gasly in silverstone

[grizzled palm]

Wrong chat but he had a gearbox issue and was forced to retire.

[obtuse mulch]

oh ok, mb btw

[grizzled palm]

Nws.

[marble willow]

GREEN GREEN GREEN

[grizzled palm]

WOAAAAAAAAAAAAAH BIG SLIDE FROM BOWMAN.

And there goes Bubbles.

Swervez and Bubba? Damn.

And Bowman, too.

Thank god no yellow.

[uneven coral]

Noooo Sukuna

[marble willow]

OH SHIT BRISCOE

[grizzled palm]

Nnnnevermind.

Bye bye Briscoe.

[fading prawn]

Bowman killed Wallace and Briscoe lost it...

Damn..

[uneven coral]

Ok, what is that word? "shwacked"

Hahahahaha

[midnight drum]

DAMN Briscoe

[manic palm]

Better then FOX and their TikTok language

[fading prawn]

Van Gisbergen out.

[grizzled palm]

Oh shit SVG.

Damn...

[marble willow]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

DAMN YOU BRISCOE

[lethal yacht]

ping me when green again

[grizzled palm]

He was punted by Briscoe.

It's out.

RIP.

First DNF is SVG.

Didn't see that coming.

[marble willow]

Never would we think it would happen

[old osprey]

what happened 😢

[marble willow]

SVG out

[grizzled palm]

Briscoe railed the fuck out of SVG.

[bitter tapir]

wrecked by chase brisket

[grizzled palm]

This is really good for Smith.

He might be able to squeak to the end from here.

[old osprey]

f

was hoping svg could go 2/2

[bitter tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/guy-in-mirror-angry-gif-20037839

[grizzled palm]

The 23 has major damage too.

Logano got his lap back.

Damn. 💀

[fading prawn]

And....
67% win rate for SVG now.

[split vapor]

NOOOO

[grizzled palm]

Was Briscoe on slicks?

[split vapor]

I no longer like briscoe

[gleaming yoke]

You suck Chase

[grizzled palm]

The Caution Park 165.

[urban sinew]

No, he just hydroplaned.

[manic palm]

The precipitation park 165

[grizzled palm]

He really didn't hit SVG too hard, either.

Such minor contact but it threw him off.

[floral urchin]

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[old osprey]

it’s still like an ice rink out there

[grizzled palm]

Great.

Red Flag.

Maybe they can whip the spare out.

💀

[lapis dove]

DOES NASCAR NOT KNOW THAT IF THEY RUN IT THE PUDDLES WILL BE GONE

[grizzled palm]

The difference is that they have blowers that can clear the track even better.

So that's what they're going to do, I don't think it'll be a long red.

[lapis dove]

they have a time limit tho they have 2 hours left till the sun sets

[grizzled palm]

There's only 50 laps left.

They'll make it.

[split vapor]

red flag damn

[grizzled palm]

Holy hot damn it's pouring now.

[lapis dove]

with no other cautions theyll make it, it took 1 hour to make 25 laps

[split vapor]

😭

[lethal yacht]

it's absolutely pouring it

[lapis dove]

if the red flag doesnt end quick ill whip something else out

[tawny elbow]

Congrats @lapis dove, you're now on lap 20

[urban sinew]

This includes an extended caution period.

If they started the race when the broadcast began at 4:30, darkness wouldnt be an issue

Chicago's a full hour behind anyways. They have 2.5 hours left.

[lethal yacht]

I don't believe it was supposed to rain today in Chi town haha at least thats what a friend told me who lives there

[winter temple]

red flag probably won’t be short

[lethal yacht]

What kind of "wet" tires do they use?

[uneven coral]

George told me this was going to be a boring dry street course race.

I guess he was wrong on this instance.

[lethal yacht]

i expect this to be at least a 1 hour red

[urban sinew]

Goodyear's with like 4/32 (3mm) of tread depth 😭💀

[lethal yacht]

Bruh...

3mm

[winter temple]

if not more, i’m around 35-40 minutes out of the city for this storm and it is absolutely pouring here

[grizzled palm]

We also had a very long caution to end stage 1.

[gleaming yoke]

Ofc now it’s a red flag

[urban sinew]

I only know because I caught a good glimpse of the tread pattern, it's only 3 coventional lines in the tires

[lethal yacht]

damn

and the weather forecast doesn't seem good either

[winter temple]

damn

[lethal yacht]

how long does this race have until it must be finished

[lethal yacht]

sweet jesus

[urban sinew]

25/75 completed

Have to get to lap 40/75 for it to be official.

[lethal yacht]

oof

but thing is

i meant

how much time till it must be finished

you know how in f1 the race must be max 2h?

that's what i mean

[urban sinew]

2.5 hours or they move it to Monday.

[winter temple]

don’t think that exists, so probably once it gets dark

[lethal yacht]

ah alright

[winter temple]

i think that’s when they call it

[lethal yacht]

honestly

i think it goes to monday

What is the tread depth of an F1 "Wet" and "Intermediate" tire?

way too much rain expected

[winter temple]

probably 90 minutes or more of rain still

[urban sinew]

About the same, 3mm

Extreme wets have more like a 7mm depth to it

[lethal yacht]

Oh wow

[lethal yacht]

yea this ain't getting completed

[winter temple]

even if they try to get started, doubt they will get enough to count it as official

[manic palm]

They said they’re calling it at 8:20 local time a while ago

[urban sinew]

They only have to make it 40 laps for it to be declared official.

[lethal yacht]

thing with the inters is that the tread slowly goes away

if you drive too much with them

they become slicks

[winter temple]

would make sense, that’s around sunset time here

[urban sinew]

NASCAR can't really drive in extreme wet conditions though since the cars are much heavier

[lethal yacht]

in 3 hours?

[midnight drum]

nascar is just a rain magnet this year

[urban sinew]

NASCAR in extreme wet is F1's intermediate

[lethal yacht]

yup

[eternal ravine]

I fell asleep and missed the start 💀

[manic palm]

About a hour and 45 minutes

[lethal yacht]

exactly

[lethal yacht]

oh dam

i think this gets moved to monday

time to gamble

[winter temple]

probably

[lethal yacht]

i will go to sleep

[manic palm]

Nvm

I CANT DO MATH

[lethal yacht]

hoping that it doesn't resume

[lethal yacht]

oh

[manic palm]

Nvm I was right

[lethal yacht]

BRO

😭

[manic palm]

Yeah I was right

[lethal yacht]

let's swap with f1 and we good

[winter temple]

if you think this year is bad you didn’t watch last year

i swear at least 60% of the races had some sort of rain

[urban sinew]

Literally every broadcast says this about what series they're covering

[lethal yacht]

can't blame the drivers

if it's the cars and the tyres

F1 drivers laughing

But it really is very different cars

[grizzled palm]

Why, because they don't let them race in the rain either?

[lethal yacht]

I wanna see F1 cars do oval racing just for kicks LOL

Also w h a t is this monstrosity

[lethal yacht]

it will be 10 times less exciting

💀

[lethal yacht]

the magnussen special :D

[lethal yacht]

How to go P20 pit start to P1 in a monsoon 💀😂

lmaooo

[urban sinew]

People laugh like F1 drivers could dog walk them but Kimi Raikkonen was no better than a top 15 in the races he ran

[lethal yacht]

Oh my

[urban sinew]

In the trucks, 3rd tier national series

[midnight drum]

Kimi got destroyed on oval in the truks

[urban sinew]

Jenson Button wasn't too great when he ran it either

Van Gisbergen was kinda a cheat code since his experience comes from virtually the same cars but Australian

[plush flicker]

I forgot to reply to this earlier, wtf

[plush flicker]

When? JB was actually pretty good last year in Chicago

He had an issue late in the race didn't he

Wasn't he even in the top 10 briefly?

Or am I just misremembering

[urban sinew]

No, he was top 10 until Logano punted him on pit entry

[midnight drum]

I think youre right

yeah that incident

[plush flicker]

Thought so

That's not bad

[urban sinew]

But overall it was a pretty expected performance from a C-tier team with a road ringer

[plush flicker]

Not really because JB isn't a street circuit driver or sports car driver or anything like that

Not an A Tier standard anyway

And nascar is probably the strongest field in racing

So it's pretty difficult to get anywhere near the top

[urban sinew]

He's a road ringer. The term is anyone who's majority of racing experience comes from actual race circuits and not ovals.

[grizzled palm]

Can someone ping me when/if we go green again?

[plush flicker]

I know but f1 and nascar don't have much transferable skill

[urban sinew]

Anyone in America will call IndyCar, F1, IMSA, WEC, MotoGP, DTM, Super Formula, Super GT road ringers.

[plush flicker]

There's very little overlap from what I've seen

[marble willow]

Even though MotoGP wouldn’t really fit in this much since it’s a motorcycle racing series. (But it still has road courses nonetheless)

[urban sinew]

I'm trying to drive the point home with the oval-to-circuit ratio

[plush flicker]

The only successful transition between nascar and single seater for years is mclaughlin

Oops

Didn't mean nascar lol

[urban sinew]

I was about to say.

[plush flicker]

But anyway these days it may as well be nascar

[lethal yacht]

I saw a race recently (older race?) of MotoGP racers in the rain at Spa...crazy stuff.

[plush flicker]

Literally

Because the current gen is just a nascar after all

Or visa versa

[urban sinew]

Yeah basically

[urban sinew]

Pet peeve is when people call it a NASCAR and not a stock car 💀

[marble willow]

1988?

[plush flicker]

I can't call them stock cars

Because it just sounds too silly

[urban sinew]

You're saying the car is the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing

[plush flicker]

When they're about as stock as an F1 car

😂

[urban sinew]

They aren't stock anymore either

[plush flicker]

The only real stock cars are touring cars

[lapis dove]

well its just the same as people call it F1

[plush flicker]

And even them...

[lapis dove]

F1's

[plush flicker]

But at least touring cars use the real chassis

[lethal yacht]

Probably?

[marble willow]

https://youtu.be/V2YH9iQJJmg?feature=shared

[plush flicker]

BTCC doesn't use different engines anymore afaik though

[urban sinew]

I say Formula 1 cars. I hate people that say "Is that an F1?" no dude its the MCL38.

[lethal yacht]

The 24 hr spa race was also wild

Meme music videos everywhere

[lethal yacht]

This was it yeh

[lapis dove]

well tehre is indeed a huge influx of fans who just watch because its trendy

[plush flicker]

Nascar car would be a bit awkward

Like British touring car car

[lapis dove]

yeah

[marble willow]

500cc 2 strokes + rain + Spa

A deadly combo

[lethal yacht]

Quite literally 💀

[plush flicker]

Or

[urban sinew]

I will admit DTS got me a little more tuned with the sport, but then I caught a bug and have been on top of it ever since.

[plush flicker]

British touring car cup car (BTCCC)

Lol

[urban sinew]

buh tuh c-c-cuh

[fading prawn]

Martin ffs....
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9I30mhxh2m/?igsh=NTJtNzF1ZWZudjU0

joegibbsracing

And he just kept going! 👏👏👏

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[marble willow]

Apart from referring to the cars as stock cars, I refer to them as Cup Cars/Xfinity Cars

[plush flicker]

I'll just call them sports cars from now on how's that

Any objections

It's a sport and it's a car

[marble willow]

…..

[fading prawn]

Ehhhhhh

[marble ingot]

whats going on?

[fading prawn]

What

The heck?

[marble ingot]

just started watching

[fading prawn]

Red flag.

[plush flicker]

Why is it a red flag

Rain?

[marble willow]

Briscoe punted out SVG

[plush flicker]

I didn't see

Oh

[marble ingot]

rip

[fading prawn]

Briscoe lost it.

Then.

Svg got caught up.

[plush flicker]

What is the red flag for

Barrier?

[marble willow]

And beforehand, there was a huge pileup at the exit of pitlane

[chrome grove]

been watching my whole life ima always call it a nascar idc

[fading prawn]

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9I2NfoP2nV/?igsh=NHI2c3V0ZnRrcjFn

nascaronnbc

SHANE VAN GISBERGEN IS OUT!

Take a look at what happened between him and Chase Briscoe. #NASCAR

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The incident.

[marble willow]

no back to back wins for svg……

[urban sinew]

Stay far away from me

[uneven coral]

Can they fix the damage under red and get SVG back underway?

[urban sinew]

That's how NASCAR is. Nowhere is safe.

[marble willow]

I doubt they could

[urban sinew]

He stepped out of the car due to a crash, he's effectively retired.

[fading prawn]

Ehhhhh, nope.
The damage is far too expensive.

[lapis dove]

I hate the damage clock rule

[marble willow]

Man…. And SVG was doing so well before the start of stage 2

[plush flicker]

Why is Nascar using a Sauber painted white to bring SVGs car back to the pit

[lapis dove]

Hottest take I have is Blaney isnt really that special

[midnight drum]

He isnt

[urban sinew]

The only way you're allowed to continue after a crash:
• Make it back to your pit stall under your own power.
• Fix damage in under 10 minutes due to DVP (damage clock).
• Meet minimum speed after repairs to continue (107% rule).

[chrome grove]

the problem is that theres no clear cut definiton on what is a stock car

[plush flicker]

My definition is if it's not built from the original chassis then it's not a stock car

[chrome grove]

everything so diverse that u would rather just call it what category it is

[urban sinew]

No modifications. They still call them stock cars because that's what the sport was built on.

[fading prawn]

Nobody is these days.

[lapis dove]

he never really had a dominant win or any extraordinary thing in him

[plush flicker]

So essentially the only stock car is a touring car now but not like v8 supercars anymore which used to be before but aren't now

[chrome grove]

the only "stock" cars that we have right now are the street stocks youd see at a local race

[marble willow]

https://youtu.be/Oolpfpe13S0?feature=shared

[plush flicker]

Ironically GT cars are closer to stock cars than Nascar now lol

[urban sinew]

Yeap.

[plush flicker]

Even the Lemans Hypercar Aston will be more of a stock car

Than Nascar

Given it is an original road chassis technically

[lapis dove]

they always have been

[plush flicker]

Rather than scaffolding with some fibreglass

[lethal yacht]

1 hour 20 mins till they call it off

[plush flicker]

Well, not always

[lethal yacht]

but still the rain is so fucking heavy

[chrome grove]

modifieds, late models, all the different kinds of dirt types, etc. all fall under that same "stock car" umbrella

[lethal yacht]

it's pretty much unavoidable that they will move the race to monday

[plush flicker]

But for a very long time yes

[chrome grove]

cant happen this is a street race

[lapis dove]

they started not stock, then it became stock and then gen 4 era came

[plush flicker]

The early 2000s British touring car production class were basically the last true stock cars I can recall as they were barely modified

You could pretty much buy any hatchback and race in btcc

[marble willow]

Gen 4 my beloved

[lethal yacht]

isn't there an exception?

[chrome grove]

then at that point id rather just call it as the category that theyre instead of stock car

[fading prawn]

Nah.
This isn't an oval race.
They have to end the race today.

[lapis dove]

rain road course race with a Gen 4 is death

too powerful

[marble willow]

Imagine a rain road course race with them.

But the track is Sonoma

[chrome grove]

it would be funny asl when the cars slide down the hill backwards on the first turn if that were to happen

[plush flicker]

Early 2000s btcc production class was goated as well, shame the coverage always ignored it

Alfa 156s racing Peugeot 306

When else would they ever meet lol

[fading prawn]

My brain rn.

[marble willow]

Exactly

[lapis dove]

I just wanna dream WEC with no BOP and regulations

[marble willow]

no bop?

[lapis dove]

No bop no regulations just all out

[bitter tapir]

he's hungwy :((

4/10 kids in america do not eat enough for lunch at school...

Kyle Larson is one of them

[marble willow]

What if all the current teams in the WEC used Group C cars

Proton, JOTA, and Penske all use Porsche 962’s

AF Corse uses Lancia LC2’s

Toyota uses the Dome 85C

Cadillac uses a March 85G

BMW uses a March 86G

And Isotta Fraschini + Lamborghini uses Spice SE86C’s

Eh, but then again

[plush flicker]

The ironic thing for me is production cars produced a BOP effect automatically

The cars end up converging in performance due to strength and weakness

In a way you don't get from purpose built cars

It's a lot of the reason why touring car racing ever took off

In the UK the first example of this was the giant jaguar v8 racing minis and cortinas

Jim Clark won the British touring car championship while he was driving in F1 in fact

Imagine that today

[lapis dove]

with minimal regulation at some point the cars would equal out

until the next innovation

[plush flicker]

And he was driving a ford cortina

[urban sinew]

This is 20:20 local time for NASCAR, basically sunset. They have 2 hours left to complete 50 laps.

[marble willow]

💀

[plush flicker]

Look at that lol

3.8 jag vs mini and cortina

[marble willow]

What a letdown

[plush flicker]

And a ford anglia

[urban sinew]

It's an "if" at the moment

[plush flicker]

And then the ford galaxie which is a giant American import I assume

[lapis dove]

I fucking knew they wouldn't make it, idk why they don't run it tbh, they have 40 cars out there it will spread the waters

[marble willow]

This ain’t looking good for the race

[plush flicker]

Why don't they just get some street lighting around the track set up so the cars can race regardless

Didn't this happen last year too

[lapis dove]

they ended early last year aswell

[plush flicker]

Seems pretty obvious for sending 43 nascar around a street circuit

Guaranteed accidents

[lapis dove]

its guaranteed accidents every time anyways

[plush flicker]

It's worse on street circuits though

Blocks the track and does this

[lapis dove]

NASCAR has been scared of road course rain after 2021 COTA I think but I have seen it, they let them race in pouring rain accident happened but they were fine 90% of the time

[plush flicker]

Didn't it rain at Chicago last year

[lapis dove]

visibility is a good reason too

but if these drivers are able to drive the gen 6 in a literal storm I think they can do this one

[plush flicker]

All racing is getting pretty pussified about rain it's a bit weird

Lemans did too

[marble willow]

https://youtu.be/vPnxculgaTs?feature=shared

[plush flicker]

Did you see de vries driving completely blind at lemans for a lap

Dude couldn't see fucking anything out of the car becuase of all the oil and shit on his window

[marble willow]

Yup

[plush flicker]

Somehow only was 10-15 seconds off the pace literally blind

Certainly "legally blind"

Pretty metal

[lethal yacht]

Well guys...will we get a restart or will we reconvene tomorrow? 😔

[plush flicker]

I'm surprised nobody has uploaded a video of that wtf

It was insane

[marble willow]

Now that you mention it, yeah

You could barely see anything from the onboard

[plush flicker]

Legit

I doubt it was any better in person too

Because when the tear off was removed in the pits it actually cut to the onboard camera

[lapis dove]

I cant see the ferrari door moment too

[plush flicker]

And suddenly you could see everything.

[lethal yacht]

Commentators are really running out of things to talk about haha
"How would you describe the conditions besides the rain is wet" 😂

[plush flicker]

So I legit think it was exactly the same as what he saw minus some resolution

[bitter tapir]

why is this funny to me

[fading prawn]

I bet we won't get back to racing.

[marble willow]

Why does that remind me of NR2003 for some reason

[fading prawn]

The mustache, the clark kent-ish hair, the open overall looking like he's trying to seduce you...
There's a lot to find funny about it.

[bitter tapir]

He was just staring, the whole interview... menacingly

[fading prawn]

Bet he knows were you live.

[bitter tapir]

probably the quality

I play gta online on pc so everyone knows my IP address by now

[plush flicker]

American Vettel

It's like American stig

[bitter tapir]

me rn

[marble willow]

Hehe. 1M

[bitter tapir]

racing against some 2000s sports cars lmao

[tawny elbow]

Congrats @bitter tapir, you're now on lap 40

[marble willow]

Wait, is this GRID or NFS Shift

[bitter tapir]

forza

[marble willow]

or FM

[marble willow]

oh

Why did I think it was NFS Shift

[bitter tapir]

they legit all in 2000s sports cars

[bitter tapir]

yeah, shows how much the graphics are meh

omfg i got spun by a vette

and got a 2s penalty

Forza is so dumb man, they didnt even bother to program the AI to start with the right amount of fuel

5 lap race, and we got Corvettes running full tanks

[marble willow]

😐

Seriously?

[bitter tapir]

yeah

[marble willow]

ffs

Forza, man…..

I still don’t know nor understand how Turn 10 could screw this up so badly

[bitter tapir]

the absolute state of simcade racing nowadays

im on highest difficulty, and after lap one i came from 24th to 5th

on Laguna Seca short layout

[marble willow]

Might as well play grid legends at this point

[bitter tapir]

damn its on sale

ahhh hell nah an EA game?

miss me with that Electronic Arts login garbage

[marble willow]

Well shit

I’m out of ideas

[uneven coral]

https://x.com/jeff_gluck/status/1810096866144522698

Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) on X

Too late. Rain is here already. Engines shut off. F************************

Twitter · Jul 7, 2024, 11:41 PM

Good night fellas, don’t be surprised if any of you still find this channel in Live session tomorrow morning.

[bitter tapir]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/735358090236395540/959114510604582942/782965959874707486.gif

guess imma stream forza in vc idk

[marble willow]

https://tenor.com/view/john-wick-gif-15249778

[lethal yacht]

Soooo what's happening?

[ashen cedar]

Fire ing then up

[floral urchin]

📰 | IndyCar president Frye praises “good first weekend” for hybrid

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indycar-president-frye-praises-hybrid/10632919/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[manic palm]

@lethal yacht I have done my math wrong cause I thought Chicago was EST

[old osprey]

dixon would say otherwise

[manic palm]

🟩

[bitter tapir]

ayo indycar one?

[manic palm]

NASCAR

Indycar was hours ago

NASCAR should have ended already but rain delays

[fading prawn]

Larson out.

Missed his breaking point.

[vale gull]

Oh shit

[midnight drum]

larson

[manic palm]

That’s not going to work

[midnight drum]

NO

[fading prawn]

He is stuck under the tyre wall.

[ashen cedar]

Larson Dang it

[fading prawn]

That's a DNF.

And fully self inflicted.

[gleaming yoke]

Bye Larson

[eternal ravine]

Yikes Larson

[manic palm]

I mean he either sends 2 people including himself into the tire barrier or himself

So it’s not great either way

[urban sinew]

That's the hardest I've seen anyone go straight on at turn 6

[gleaming yoke]

He’s cooked

[urban sinew]

Larson became a heat seeking missile

[vale gull]

my fantasy is cooked

[manic palm]

I removed Hamilton from my F1 fantasy this week

[urban sinew]

He's completely done.

[manic palm]

And then Silverstone happened

[urban sinew]

Water pressure is on average 50 PSI... Larson's down to 6 PSI.

[lethal yacht]

Wow...how many laps under caution now yall?

[manic palm]

This race will probably end under caution

[lethal yacht]

What was Larson doing?

No visibility?

[manic palm]

Punting the 58

[lethal yacht]

Saw a penny on the barrier?

[manic palm]

(I truly have no idea)

[manic palm]

He was turning right to not hit the 58

[fading prawn]

Nah, just forgot to brake.

[manic palm]

But I’m not really sure why he didn’t brake instead

[fading prawn]

58?
Don't you mean the 54.

[manic palm]

Oop, yeah

[lethal yacht]

Oh good heavens

This timed race countdown timer giving me oceangate vibes 💀

[fading prawn]

Suzuka 2022 flashbacks.

[manic palm]

If NASCAR shortens a race they should get rid of stages once it’s shortened

Jeff Burton??

[lethal yacht]

Another one

[eternal ravine]

Until what lap are they going to?

[lethal yacht]

Depends

[manic palm]

Until 8:20 local time, 9:20 EST, once leader crosses after then next lap is white flag

[lethal yacht]

When the timer hits 0 the next lap will be the white flag I do believe

[eternal ravine]

Theres no timer on my broadcast

[manic palm]

It pops up from time to time

[manic palm]

^^but this is the exact time

[lethal yacht]

How do they determine a winner with sectors?

[manic palm]

Stages?

[lethal yacht]

Oh my bad yeah

Stages

[manic palm]

It’s just whoever is first at the end of the stage

[lethal yacht]

Does each stage have a checkered flag?

[manic palm]

No

It goes yellow at the end of a stage, that’s why they’re called stage cautions a lot

[lethal yacht]

This race is completely foreign to me

so sorry about thagt

[manic palm]

From what I know a lot of NASCAR fans absolutely hate stage cautions

[manic palm]

It was like that to me near the start of the season

[lethal yacht]

Is it forced pitting too?

Like you should definitely pit then?

Not used to open/closed pits

[manic palm]

But instead of stage cautions NASCAR just used to throw “phantom cautions” where they would just caution for things that didn’t exist which they do less now

[manic palm]

It’s better to pit then because it’s pit under caution which is always better then green flag pit

[lethal yacht]

Ahhh gotcha

[manic palm]

Same as under a safety car in F1

[fading prawn]

We got pit action.

[manic palm]

(I think, I do not follow NASCAR that well)

[urban sinew]

Todd Gilliland deserves a better ride. He's taken that 38 to new heights.

SEVERAL CARS GOING TO SLICKS

[lethal yacht]

Damn this race making me want the saucy nuggs...

💀

[fading prawn]

Gragson is the best of the Haas cars atm.
It's not saying much but....

Leaders pitting.

[manic palm]

I always think NASCAR pits are slow and then I remember you can’t have 15 people in the pits or however many F1 has

[urban sinew]

Don' check Wendy's twitter. You'll want them more.

[fading prawn]

Dillon in the wall.

He got away with it.

[manic palm]

I think they could have waited 2-3 laps for stage end

[fading prawn]

Truex 10th!

[manic palm]

And it probably would have been smarter

[fading prawn]

Strategy call.

Berry spun.

And Bell is having a torrid time.

[manic palm]

Who the fuck is Joey Hand

[eternal ravine]

Hes a Sportscar Veteran

[fading prawn]

I have no idea.

[eternal ravine]

Ford Factory Driver

[fading prawn]

Truex 5th!

[lethal yacht]

Damn they are SLIDIN

[fading prawn]

Bowman is onto Hand.

But...

[manic palm]

His best finish is 20th at Sonoma

[fading prawn]

Hand kept a tight grip in the lead.

[lethal yacht]

Absolute MAYHEM

[urban sinew]

JOEY HAND DOMINANCE COULD BORE FANS

[eternal ravine]

Hand is so back

[urban sinew]

WTF IS A MILE? 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[eternal ravine]

I missed when he was with RWR

[urban sinew]

That 15 was like if Senna in a Minardi

[plush flicker]

https://www.reddit.com/r/motogp/comments/1dxm5q9/jorge_martins_reaction_upon_returning_to_the/

Anyone seen this

Bro nearly knocked over the entire garage wall

[manic palm]

What if Joey Hand is the new SVG

[urban sinew]

JOSH BILICKI IN 12TH WHERE ARE MY HATERS NOW

[eternal ravine]

Who is Hand driving for?

[urban sinew]

RFK Stage 60

[eternal ravine]

Ah

[urban sinew]

Bro is LIVID

[plush flicker]

I like how you can just see shit flying at the end

[fading prawn]

Truex 4th.

[eternal ravine]

Back to green

[fading prawn]

I might be happy after all.

[plush flicker]

Not even clear what he is destroying

Just everything behind the wall lol

[fading prawn]

Allmendinger....

In the wall.

No way.

[eternal ravine]

AJ, arent you suppose to be good at road courses 😭

[fading prawn]

13 minutes to go.

Bowman makes it stick!

Berry on the wall...

Hard.

[eternal ravine]

Istg no way Bowman gonna win

[fading prawn]

It's over...

11 minutes...

[midnight drum]

thanks berry

omfg

that was good until then

[eternal ravine]

Yikes Berry, big hit

[midnight drum]

SHR cars CANNOT drive here

[urban sinew]

2023: Gragson hits a grand slam of walls at Chicago.
2024: Berry hits a grand slam of walls at Chicago.

[fading prawn]

Truex will finish 4th...
That's... alright.

[urban sinew]

They'll probably have about 1 green flag lap left.

[lapis dove]

20 car pile up and kyle busch wins

[midnight drum]

prob gonna be like a GWC'

[eternal ravine]

Not here

[manic palm]

I'm not really sure how a 20 car pile up with Kyle Busch somehow getting past or just everyone else damaged enough to put him 1st would work at Chicago

[urban sinew]

5 MINUTES LEFT IN CHI-TOWN

[fading prawn]

Briscoe...

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH SHR TODAY.

[vale gull]

Shr is in shambles apart from gragson

[eternal ravine]

Its okay, SHR will come back stronger next year 🔥🗣️

[fading prawn]

Hand wants Bowman.

[fading prawn]

Straight to the grave.

[manic palm]

Please don't overtake Joey Hand, just let Bowman get into playoffs

I mean Joey Hand will probs get a seat if he wanted next season in trucks or xfinity like SVG did

[fading prawn]

Bro...

[eternal ravine]

NEMECHEK

[fading prawn]

Bell got fucked by Stenhouse.

[eternal ravine]

OH NOOO

DAMN IT

[vale gull]

Holy shit nemecheck

[manic palm]

Bell has 3 wins, he'll live

[fading prawn]

Fuck you Wrecky.
Fuck you.

[eternal ravine]

I want 4

[fading prawn]

TRUEX WON'T.

Hill and Hamlin got together.

But who gives a fuck.

[eternal ravine]

THREE WIDE

[fading prawn]

Bowman will win.

[sudden zenith]

whats top 3

[fading prawn]

Bowman
Hand
Keselowski

[eternal ravine]

Bowman
Hand
Reddick

[sudden zenith]

whos hand

[fading prawn]

Final lap.

[manic palm]

Some part time sports car guy

[sudden zenith]

watch bowman choke

[eternal ravine]

Joey Hand, Sports Car Veteran, Ford Factory Driver. Hes good at road courses

[sudden zenith]

ah

lets get him a win

[manic palm]

Would be funny if only part time drivers have won this race in its 2 years

[sudden zenith]

🔥🔥🔥

[fading prawn]

Truex fell to 33th....

FUCK YOU WRECKY.

[sudden zenith]

no wonder hes retiring

[manic palm]

It was Stenhouse's fault

[sudden zenith]

i would be in sensitive training whatever weekly for language if i was him

[fading prawn]

Reddick is closing...

[ashen cedar]

What the Alex first

[eternal ravine]

When was Bowman’s last win? 2022?

[fading prawn]

THIS ISN'T OVER YET.

Holy fuck.

[midnight drum]

HOLY SHIT

[eternal ravine]

COME ON REDDICK

[midnight drum]

REDDICK IS COMING

[eternal ravine]

GET EM

[midnight drum]

BOWMAN CAN CHOKE

WTF?????

[eternal ravine]

OH NO HE CLIPPED THE WALL

[sudden zenith]

did he

i told yall

[midnight drum]

OH REDDICK

CMONNNNNNN

[fading prawn]

Bowman...
Rounds the final corner....

[ashen cedar]

They both hit the wall

[fading prawn]

ALEX BOWMAN WINS!

[midnight drum]

HE BROKE THE TOE LINK

[sudden zenith]

fuck

[midnight drum]

HE WOBBLIN

[sudden zenith]

shoulda choked

[ashen cedar]

Way to go, Alex thank you for the fantasy points, brother

[eternal ravine]

Damn

Maybe he isnt washed

[fading prawn]

Truex finished 34th....
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[vale gull]

Yessir bowman

[eternal ravine]

LMAO

Bowman ass Celebration

[midnight drum]

Lewis wins, Pato wins, Not a Bowman fan but the #48 wins
I will not forget this day

[fading prawn]

Le barrier.

[gleaming yoke]

Terrible ending

[midnight drum]

wtf was that spin

[gleaming yoke]

Should’ve gone to the end

[eternal ravine]

Fr a day where everyone whos won had to wait over a year from their previous win

[lapis dove]

Bowman always gets lucky man but he is a good driver he is there everytime, I'm not a fan but I like he always does the sign of the cross every chance he has

[ashen cedar]

Little burn out

[midnight drum]

Bowman has been queitly consistent tho this season

[urban sinew]

Tried to drift it out of 2 but kicked the rear too far out

[midnight drum]

hes in the top 10 every now, rarely dnfs

but not as fast as chase & larson

[ashen cedar]

And he got me fantasy points today

[ashen cedar]

Well A for effort

[urban sinew]

Consistency brings opportunities. Bowman capitalized on it.

[midnight drum]

nice nice

[eternal ravine]

Cmon Bubba

[midnight drum]

Bubba mad

[urban sinew]

He did get turned by em

[sudden zenith]

what happened

[ashen cedar]

Bubba such a cry baby

[urban sinew]

This propaganda again?

[lapis dove]

finally a FINISHED race for Kyle Busch hope he refires the momentum, he has speed but he cant finish s

[sudden zenith]

what happened to bubba

[lethal yacht]

I would be mad too if my name was Bubba 💀

[urban sinew]

Bowman turned him early in the race

[sudden zenith]

thought it was darrell wallace jr or smth

[midnight drum]

His name is Darrell

[urban sinew]

Real name is Darrell

[lapis dove]

its a racing incident everyone was wrecking

[lethal yacht]

Ahhh

[sudden zenith]

L

[midnight drum]

his nickname is just bubba tho so everyone calls him it

just like 'Checo' for perez

[urban sinew]

Y'all only bring shit up about drivers being mad when it's a polarizing personality.

I want to hear the same shit about Hocevar wrecking Burton under caution

[midnight drum]

fuck hoecvar

[urban sinew]

Exhibit A

[midnight drum]

he also wrecks in iracing

[lethal yacht]

Amazing race yall

[lapis dove]

Idk why people got mad at Hamlin at Martinsville 2021 he got straightup wrecked by Bowman

people just have double standards

[urban sinew]

People are gonna say it was bad because it wasn't the full 75 laps around a temporary street circuit

[lethal yacht]

I do feel like we were oceangated with the countdown timer but meh...

It is what it is

[urban sinew]

Timed races are more fun tho

Unpredictability factor

[lethal yacht]

I absolutely enjoyed the timed aspect NGL

[lapis dove]

there should be no caution at stage breaks, adds more strategy and gives the real faster driver and car rewards

[sudden zenith]

bring that back

[urban sinew]

They did this last year and the racing sucked two times in a row 💀

[lapis dove]

I want the faster team and driver to WIN not get mugged by a parody

[urban sinew]

I'm talking like 2023 Japan snoozer

[lapis dove]

I know I watched the races

but it felt nice to see the deserving team to win

[sudden zenith]

bring it back to the ovals too

[urban sinew]

When it was McDowell yeah