motorsports

[tight quiver]

Like he just got on the power and it went ya know

[foggy fulcrum]

The one where he absolutely yeeted Truex?

[tight quiver]

idk

i was making fun of him for spinning at every indycar road course this year

he has spun at atleast

12/13

or how many roadcorses we had

[foggy fulcrum]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFqLUBx1Hec

[tight quiver]

absolute murder

[foggy fulcrum]

You know how when NASCAR crash tested the new car, they did it remotely?

Do you think the program they run on the car to make it crash is called Rickware?

[tight quiver]

pain

[foggy fulcrum]

Lmao

[tight quiver]

didnt the rickware bois crash into eachother in one of the daytona races

[tight quiver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrnL2LnJJnY

fuck me the rallycar can launch

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Ricciardo didn't expect Piastri to dominate F2 like he did

https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/ricciardo-didnt-expect-piastri-to-dominate-f2-like-he-did/6977755/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[foggy fulcrum]

Happens every race

Hard to keep track

[tight quiver]

:(

[tight quiver]

amazing

he has beenw ith them

great collection

[stuck jolt]

https://soundcloud.com/juku2000/nascar

[brittle hedge]

That’s sick

[somber saddle]

F1 vs FE vs WRC…in the wet! Who’s gonna win!?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yrnL2LnJJnY&feature=share

[visual vine]

Does anyone have clear photos from Le Mans this year for wallpapers

[dry atlas]

ez pass

[digital heron]

[uneven coral]

Rovanpera winning Rally Estonia

[icy pecan]

RACING EVENTS THIS WEEK
.
MAJOR EVENTS
nothing....
.
.

OTHER EVENTS

• also. nothing.. we wait in darkness in our houses to wait until motorsport returns...

[thorny stirrup]

[foggy fulcrum]

I found out why the ARCA website links directly to racing-reference for its results pages

racing-reference.info… is owned by nascar

This internet 1.0 af website, is an official NASCAR product

[tight quiver]

Is there actually no racing this weekend

[foggy fulcrum]

I pinned it because it was funny ngl

[hard tree]

After a loose wheel hit Lowndes' windscreen

[open raptor]

“Life’s Good”
Well it don’t look like it the way that car looks

[foggy fulcrum]

Still a racing driver

[dry atlas]

yes they bought it in 2017 and are killing it slowly

[marble willow]

Piss off, DTM. No one likes you anymore.

[stone sorrel]

ye....

I've started watching the replays of past races on YT. It's fun, but knowing how it all ended is sad

[buoyant shale]

It's a shame how 1 race has thrown a already struggling series (which, thanks to people like Lawson and Albon has gotten attention again) down the gutter.

[foggy fulcrum]

Yup

[tacit garden]

I mean, as much as the last race sucked, I don't think the series itself is to blame really

[stone sorrel]

true

but man it's such a heartbreak

[tacit garden]

yeah

I do hope they introduce some rules against "manufacturer orders" between different teams though

it already sucked but at least was somewhat "fair" when there were just 3 brands with an equal number of cars

but now with e.g. a ton of Mercedes but just 2 Ferraris, it's not really fair anymore

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/jrmotorsports/status/1475490966433849347?s=21

JR Motorsports (@JRMotorsports)

Thanks to all of our partners for supporting us this year! Which scheme was your favorite?

Likes

264

Twitter · Dec 27, 2021, 3:37 PM

(Four images)

[plush quarry]

Lotta schemes for 1 car tho

What I like about murican motorsport

[tight quiver]

HELLMNANS

iracing

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/nascar/status/1475526904551821316?s=21

NASCAR (@NASCAR)

.@MartinTruex_Jr ... just keeps getting better and better.

Likes

338

Twitter · Dec 27, 2021, 6:00 PM

NASCAR remembered him!

[sacred geyser]

he's on a decline a bit insn't he

he peaked his title year and like the year afterwards but then he started to be less efficent

[foggy fulcrum]

Uh no

Not even close lmao

Five time championship four driver, nearly won the title this year if a caution hadn’t come out

One of only three drivers to ever make the championship four five times, the others, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick

Won three of the last five races at both Martinsville and Richmond

Won four races this year, second most of anyone

Larson with 10, Bowman also got four

[sacred geyser]

I mean maybe but isn't it also like he has way more competition per say than like when he won with Furnitire

[foggy fulcrum]

Won the Southern 500 last year, won the Coke 600 in 2019, his second win in both

[sacred geyser]

JGR is still there obviously but the Larson/Hendrick combination might be too good

[foggy fulcrum]

JGR trashed Hendrick

Like, all year

It was just the 5

And Truex was easily the best JGR driver

[sacred geyser]

i mean jgr has the drivers

[foggy fulcrum]

And like that’s one year

[sacred geyser]

it's just uhhhhh larson in a hendrick is a bit of a handful to bat

[foggy fulcrum]

He was also incredibly strong in 2019 and 2020

Truex was pretty much the second best driver in the series in 2021

The only year he’s been higher was 2017

When he dominated and won the championship

[sacred geyser]

no way anyone could have beaten him in 17'

[foggy fulcrum]

Same thing was true with Larson this year

No reason to think that’s now forever

[sacred geyser]

No one coulda beaten harvick last year...but uhhhhhh yeah

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[past yarrow]

How the hell did Porsche manage to squeeze 710 bhp out of a v4 in the 919 Evo?

[brittle sentinel]

oh goddamn you were faster, shit. Anyway you're right

[sacred geyser]

well

you might not be exactly right because rally dakar is starting this week!

[brittle sentinel]

no it starts in 14th of January

[sacred geyser]

it ends on 14th?

can't be right surely. Usually it starts at least first 3 days

in januarly unless i missed something

[brittle sentinel]

oh yeah on saturday, now I see

sorry

RACING EVENTS THIS WEEK
.
MAJOR EVENTS
Rally Dakar 🇸🇦 - Stage1A - 1B
.
.
OTHER EVENTS
nothing

[brittle sentinel]

motorsport.com be like: it starts on 14th of January

[sacred geyser]

yea motorsport network is

sketchy

don't exactly recommend them trusting them 100%

[brittle sentinel]

yeah thanks, I will learn from this

[sage scarab]

It’s a hybrid, some of that came from the electric motor/KERS system or whatever it had

[past yarrow]

Ah ok

[past yarrow]

Why you gotta hurt me like that

[hard tree]

Mark Skaife doing a Jenson Button, before Jenson actually did it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcDrtdJDiI8

[fluid cobalt]

It turbo idk

I mean BMW can get a 1,400 1.5 i4

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Long-time TOM'S engineer Tojo moves to Rookie Racing

https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/toms-tsutomu-tojo-rookie-racing/7012885/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[onyx sluice]

honestly i dont get why LMP2s have to be slowed down

just let them race with hyperchars smh

[foggy fulcrum]

Because LMDh will exist

[onyx sluice]

yeah but its dumb to nerf the LMP2s in 2022 when LMDh is from 2023 onwards

[tight quiver]

they dont want an LMP2 overrall win unless shit hits the fan and hypercars retire

[opal ember]

Does NASCAR has single nut wheels now?

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Prema signs dual F4 champion Bearman for FIA F3

https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f3/news/prema-signs-dual-f4-champion-bearman-for-fia-f3/7015015/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[low gate]

damn straight to f3

[buoyant shale]

Si

[tight quiver]

only cup

xfinity and trucks have 5 i think

[pliant girder]

oh he did a seb?

[vivid stream]

Raid bikes are so cool.

[brittle sentinel]

Rally Dakar is a very big event tho

[past yarrow]

Yes

But its the only big event tho

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/dougturnbull/status/1475954158100529157?s=21

🔥Fireball Turnbull 🚁 (@DougTurnbull)

Testing next Thurs, Jan. 6th, at @amsupdates for the Next Gen car and on this brand new surface. Narrower groove in turns, different transition at end of straights, and, most notably, added banking in turns.

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134

Twitter · Dec 28, 2021, 10:17 PM

[elfin void]

how many pit crew injuries are we wagering for this track

[tight quiver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fUyjpoymEM throwback

[foggy fulcrum]

So Team Hezeberg are meant to be running the road courses next year in the Cup series

but they also said they wanna run ovals, but their driver has no oval experience

so idk if they're gonna need to make him go and do ARCA or something first?

I mean, NASCAR denied Jennifer Jo Cobb from starting at Talladega, despite her having nearly 20 Truck series starts at Daytona and Talladega, it'd be pretty whack for them to turn around and give this guy the go ahead

[buoyant shale]

Only one month till:
https://youtu.be/4RBjH6lQT4w

*the 24h

[open raptor]

DAYTONAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[eternal ravine]

and I am not going 🙃

[ancient wadi]

https://twitter.com/denkmit/status/1476241739958693893?t=mSW2UDGx-9vuFDu_NSfFAg&s=19

Simon Patterson (@denkmit)

Hayden family patriarch Earl has lost his fight with cancer today. Deepest condolences to the whole extended Hayden family 😞

Likes

278

Twitter · Dec 29, 2021, 5:20 PM

RIP Earl

[exotic wing]

https://twitter.com/FSancho92_motor/status/1476235562050797577?s=20

Sancho_Motor (@FSancho92_motor)

Dejando a un lado a los participantes que no podrán disputar el #Dakar2022 por COVID, ya tenemos la primera baja del #Dakar. El Rebellion de Alexandre Pesci ha sido pasto de las llamas en los test en Jeddah. No podrá tomar la salida.

Twitter · Dec 29, 2021, 4:55 PM

well

no one got hurt at least

[open raptor]

I can’t understand what they’re saying but it looks pretty nasty

[icy pecan]

I think you will like this @buoyant shale

[buoyant shale]

what the actual f

[autumn briar]

[buoyant shale]

Nah fuck that, go chad Team de Rooy

[icy pecan]

petronas ewww

aramco superior

[buoyant shale]

Both commit human right crimes, they aren't that different

[icy pecan]

does petronas really commit human right crimes??

[buoyant shale]

"In June 2010, the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan (ECOS)[31] published the report "Unpaid Debt",[32] that called upon the governments of Sweden, Austria, and Malaysia to look into allegations that Petronas, Lundin Petroleum, and OMV may have been complicit in the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity whilst operating in Block 5A, South Sudan (then Sudan), during the period 1997–2003. The reported crimes include indiscriminate attacks and intentional targeting of civilians, burning of shelters, pillage, destruction of objects necessary for survival, unlawful killing of civilians, rape of women, abduction of children, torture, and forced displacement. When the consortium that Petronas took part in operated in Block 5A, approximately 12,000 people died, and 160,000 were violently displaced from their land and homes, many forever. Satellite pictures taken between 1994 and 2003 show that the activities of Petronas in Sudan coincided with a spectacular drop in agricultural land use in its concession area."

It's a oil company

What do you expect

They do some fucking terrible stuff in third world countries to maximize profits

[icy pecan]

Hey sheeple

look

i found another saudi approved car

[drowsy lagoon]

whos gonna sponsor Kyle Busch now

now that m&m has abaandoned him

[elfin void]

Interstate batteries

Most likely

[brittle hedge]

So...

1–15 January: Dakar Rally (WRRC)
20–23 January: Monte Carlo Rally (WRC)
28–29 January: Diriyah ePrix (FE)
29–30 January: 24h of Daytona (IMSA)

Missed anything?

[elfin void]

The whole month of January being boring if you watch F1 or NASCAR

[brittle hedge]

If you only watch F1 or NASCAR

I've never caught Dakar on TV, so excited for that. Enjoy WRC as well. Excited for a 24 hour endurance race again, finally.

Formula E... we'll see

[elfin void]

Hopefully doesn't go like last year

[buoyant shale]

Therefore watch FE and IMSAAAAAAA

https://twitter.com/F1ToRuleThemAll/status/1476228626932768769?t=JB-pc-xbu9aJIKZXgMO0iA&s=19

Naca⁵ (@F1ToRuleThemAll)

Kevin Magnussen was offered a seat in IndyCar for the 2021 season with Chip Ganassi Racing, but he would have had to finance his seat. Kevin was not interested in that, he wanted a “clean deal”, a team that said “you want to race for us? this is the salary.”

Likes

191

Twitter · Dec 29, 2021, 4:28 PM

Idk if it's really a good sauce but

[short nexus]

Nice cars

[brittle sentinel]

Legendary Czech Dakar driver Karel Loprais has passed away aged 72

he has won Dakar 6 times

[onyx sluice]

why the fuck do oil companies have to sponsor everything

and its sad that they have the big money

so organizers and teams are forced to take the money if they want to have a long run team/event

[brittle sentinel]

ehm, what's wrong about that, it's basically here for decades

same thing would go for cigarette companies if they weren't banned

[onyx sluice]

yeah I guess so, tho it makes motorsport disconnected from the outside world where climate protection is becoming more and more important

[brittle sentinel]

sadly yes, and I'm quite getting tired about that

especially how much EU force european car manufacters to be electric, just why

[onyx sluice]

I mean electric motorsports are becoming more and more revelant with stuff like formula e and the upcoming electric GT championship

tho it misses that noise and charm that normal motorsports has

[brittle sentinel]

the electric cars are expensive as hell, have low battery life, which is even worse by few years, charging the battery is long, and has more chance to catch fire the normal cars

[onyx sluice]

I mean efforts are done with improving the charge time and yeah, fire protection for batteries is not as developed as it is for fuel tanks

[sacred geyser]

famous oil company total energies sponsoring motorsport for the last 60 years

[onyx sluice]

or shell sponsoring every team on the goddamn face of the planet

[sacred geyser]

yeah no

they sponsored Ferrari for most out of anyone

[onyx sluice]

there's no motorsport where you can't find the shell logo on a car

[sacred geyser]

but is it a problem for an oil company that helps teams in peformance and get exposure for it

or other series where certain oil/fuel companies are title sponsors

[onyx sluice]

i haven't seen oil companies being title sponsores of the series in general, just of races in a series

[sacred geyser]

there are a few examples or cases, such as when Ford in WRC were sponsored by Castrol/BP from 2003-201something

[onyx sluice]

castrol is one of the more innocent ones cause they mainly make lubricants

I am talking about the big ones like Petronas, Shell, BP etc.

[sacred geyser]

Well unfortunately at lesat for what I can see is that as long as the companies do bring great financial backing i highly doubt teams will question why they are doing things behind the scenes

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | What made Alex Palou’s IndyCar championship so special

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/what-made-alex-palous-indycar-championship-so-special/7034204/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[smoky creek]

https://twitter.com/indycar/status/1476649830080565248?s=21

NTT INDYCAR SERIES (@IndyCar)

You decide.

What was the craziest #INDYCAR on-track save in 2021?

Videos are below.

Twitter · Dec 30, 2021, 8:22 PM

[buoyant shale]

McLaughlin imo

[tight quiver]

herta or mclaughlin

[eternal sluice]

McLaughlin

[exotic meadow]

Bottas joining nascar be like

[marble willow]

Val Terry Botsford

[low gate]

grosjeans career

[dry atlas]

no one going into the river in nashville

[fluid kettle]

https://youtu.be/QYIZwLFbJ1I

[floral urchin]

Alpine resigned to another "compromise" season in WEC

Alpine resigned to another "compromise" season in WEC

Alpine moved up to the Le Mans Hypercar class this year with its LMP2 partner Signatech, running the Oreca-designed A480 that previously raced in the WEC as the Rebellion R-13.
However, it was forced to play second fiddle to its only full-season rival Toyota, primarily due to a smaller fuel tank, with the Japanese manufacturer securing a clean sweep of victories with its pair of GR010 Hybrids ...Keep reading

motorsport.com · Dec 30, 2021, 10:06 AM

[tight quiver]

i love the heart of racing #23

beauty

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1476931179735490566?t=iawjFkyEsmxtgz6JvseiIg&s=19

DAKAR RALLY (@dakar)

➡️ Several car and truck teams will be fielding electric vehicles in the #Dakar2022, starting with the three @audisport fresh out of the garage, whose performance, including their reliability, will be put under the microscope 👀🔬 #DakarFuture

Likes

221

Twitter · Dec 31, 2021, 3:00 PM

[exotic wing]

RIP to nbcsn 😔

[open raptor]

Only a few hours left

[stone sorrel]

Martini for your NY table

[buoyant shale]

Very blessed, thanks

[tight quiver]

Wait which is the #65

[tight quiver]

Hap birthday tk

[vivid stream]

That's the Beta Montecarlo.

That's what I thought your Heel Treads were.

• In another livery, of course.

[tight quiver]

Ah I see

[brittle hedge]

Would you look at that https://dirtfish.com/off-road/dakar/mikkelsen-gets-last-minute-dakar-rally-call-up/

[tight quiver]

Oooo

[tight quiver]

wait whens dakar stuff

are they live now?

[stone sorrel]

Seems like so.

[tight quiver]

i hate how wrc does their rankings of series

like WRC1, WRC2, WRC3

WRC1 i get because its the top class

but 2 and 3 is literally the same but 3 is private and 2 is factory teams

[exotic meadow]

now its called WRC+ tho

[icy pecan]

https://www.motorsport.com/dakar/news/petrucci-cleared-to-race-in-dakar-after-false-covid-positive/7039229/?fbclid=IwAR2yOlOHZazY7uHPyjkELKn6xIJ6v85KuXaYhHEhRwH4nudybBukh3JNs6Q

[brittle hedge]

Andreas Mikkelsen's name and flag on the 304 😅

[tight quiver]

[buoyant shale]

Pog Dakar

[woven fulcrum]

WOO

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/justin_wilson/status/1477172693971709957?s=21

Justin Wilson (@justin_wilson)

Happy New Year

Retweets

254

Likes

3244

Twitter · Jan 1, 2022, 6:59 AM

Late but

[vernal cargo]

Looking suspiciously at GTE Pro and GTE AM

[exotic wing]

why you gotta make me cry mannnnn

[fiery girder]

Who manages the account?

[sacred geyser]

he put a script that every year posts happy new year

[fiery girder]

Ah

[sullen spear]

what's round number 6 of wrc?

[vivid stream]

@sacred stream, this one's for you.

[sacred stream]

idk

[eternal ravine]

https://twitter.com/nascarcasm/status/1477145059527114754

nascarcasm (@nascarcasm)

Can't believe Kyle Larson is winless this year. #NASCAR

Retweets

185

Likes

4123

Twitter · Jan 1, 2022, 5:10 AM

[brittle hedge]

What do you mean?

[sullen spear]

round 5 of world rally championship

[buoyant shale]

https://www.fia.com/news/fia-statement-dakar-rally

https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1477575448741785600?t=dG_Ox4QNkvfUvdjNmnCOQA&s=19

DAKAR RALLY (@dakar)

🚗 Winner of the #Dakar2021, @s_peterhansel is stopped!
He and his co-driver are not injured but are waiting for assistance as the car is damaged.
They were in 2nd position at the time of the accident.

#Dakar2022

Twitter · Jan 2, 2022, 9:40 AM

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1477587206525104131?t=IjLyIa4fxMqa5dwPe8dDqA&s=19

DAKAR RALLY (@dakar)

Wait for it... 😅

#Dakar2022 #Fail https://t.co/8aTGwfI1QJ

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251

▶ Play video

Twitter · Jan 2, 2022, 10:26 AM

Big brain

[tight quiver]

dakar rally

but in

saudi

https://twitter.com/Frozenspeed/status/1477333687045738497

Jochen - Frozenspeed (@Frozenspeed)

Interesting view from top of Raidillon today.
Happy to see they landfilled extra run off space at the top.
This will prevent cars from bouncing back onto the track and hopefully means the fast character of Raidillon can be preserved!
Photo courtesy of AE Aventures Spa B&B

Likes

211

Twitter · Jan 1, 2022, 5:39 PM

there we go

[open raptor]

[lethal yacht]

Does anyone know when the rally is happening this month

[tight quiver]

dakar rally is every day until the 14th

rally monte carlo is

20th

[tight quiver]

yoooooooo

rally monza in da summer?

rally sweden

rally estonia and finland 2 weeks apart

epic stuff

[lethal yacht]

How to be a staff?

[icy pecan]

Be active, don't be an annoying donkey and help others with questions and you'll maybe get promoted to become a Helper

[lethal yacht]

Ok.

[tacit garden]

No Germany 😭

[exotic meadow]

it's not rally monza, it's Sardinia

[tight quiver]

o i see

[exotic meadow]

They gonna run monza in case something gets canceled

[tight quiver]

ye

[exotic wing]

Anyone suggesting that a two car team share one pit box can just head right off back to Europe or Australia where garbage like that is considered acceptable. This is AMERICA. One man, one vote. One car, one pit stall, just like the founding fathers wrote into the Constitution of these United States and the IMSA rulebook. If YOU want to see a perverted "two car stack" in your racing, then you can just kiss my patriotic American butt with your commie pit sharing bullcrap.

[exotic wing]

commie

[woeful inlet]

lmaowat

[marble willow]

Double stack

[vivid stream]

I need this sticker.

[exotic wing]

get. out.

[marble willow]

Vive le Canada

[exotic wing]

never watch imsa again commie

[marble willow]

Joke’s on you! I don’t watch IMSA!

[exotic wing]

wec watcher

ew

[marble willow]

I don’t watch WEC either

[exotic wing]

oh damn

but double stacks are the most commie thing

sharing your pit box smh

merica is the land of freedom

freedom for your own pitbox

[marble willow]

pitboxes are one thing. What about the freedom to do what every driver/rider should do in motorsports, which is to race?

[exotic wing]

the founding fathers wrote the imsa rule book

[marble willow]

If you look at what the EPA is doing to modified cars set up for racing, as well as the RPM act, then our freedom to race in America will slowly be reduced to none!

[exotic wing]

racing is such a small amount of people i doubt that they will do much about it unless there is a fuel shortage like the 70s

its a very niche viewer sport and there is much less people who actually do it

[marble willow]

Well, if you think about the end result if the EPA succeeds in banning all modified production cars, then rallying, GT3/GT4 racing, amateur racing, track days, time attack racing, etc. would all be done for.

[exotic wing]

as long as high end motorsport exists then low end will

[marble willow]

It is an industry that should continue to exist

[paper brook]

No

[dry atlas]

pov: you consider jim france as the founding father of america

[stone sorrel]

https://spykercars.com/news/spyker-enters-into-a-major-collaboration-agreement-140

What do y'all think of Russian Spykers?

[exotic meadow]

bruh petrucci already out of dakar

https://twitter.com/RallyRaidNews/status/1477895871077523466

Rally Raid News (@RallyRaidNews)

Danilo Petrucci's #Dakar2022 has ended in stage 2. His mechanical problems cannot be fixed. https://t.co/QYUH39AiVQ

Twitter · Jan 3, 2022, 6:53 AM

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1477988541351215106?s=21

Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass)

TENTATIVE Daytona Feb 15-20 (ET):

Tue-Cup prac 5:05

Wed-Cup qual 8:05

Thu-Truck prac 4:35, ARCA prac 5:30, Cup duels 7

Fri-ARCA qual 1:30, Truck qual 3, Xfin prac 4:35, Cup prac 6, Truck race 7:30

Sat-Cup prac 10:30, Xfin qual 11:35, ARCA race 1:30, Xfin race 5

Sun-500 2:30

Twitter · Jan 3, 2022, 1:01 PM

[open raptor]

Good grief 2:30 start agian

It’s almost like they don’t care about the fact Florida weather at that time of day is most likely to rain

[buoyant shale]

RACING EVENTS THIS WEEK - same as last week
.
MAJOR EVENTS
Rally Dakar 🇸🇦
.
.
OTHER EVENTS
nothing

next week, its Chili Bowl week tho so

[brittle sentinel]

RACING EVENTS THIS WEEK
.
MAJOR EVENTS
Rally Dakar 🇸🇦 - Stage 2-7
.
.
OTHER EVENTS

Gulf 12 Hours - Yas Marina Circuit
Ferrari Challenge Asia Pacific - Yas Marina Circuit

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/sportscar365/status/1478034363765993473?t=XCBFrt-_QHG1Rzu6q3Prig&s=19

Sportscar365 (@sportscar365)

📰 NEWS: @SimonPagenaud has been confirmed as the fourth and final driver in @MeyerShankRac’s lineup for the @Rolex24Hours.

➡️ https://t.co/sSpppiJfYF #IMSA

Twitter · Jan 3, 2022, 4:03 PM

[eternal ravine]

Mans couldn't resist. He just misses the Acura 😌

[dry atlas]

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1478044254236811271

Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass)

Jacques Villeneuve, who tested a Cup car at Charlotte road course for Team Hezeberg (No. 27 Ford fielded with Reaume Brothers Racing), is scheduled to test for the team next week at Daytona. The team's Daytona 500 plans/2022 schedule (Loris Hezemans to do road courses) still TBA.

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Twitter · Jan 3, 2022, 4:43 PM

[eternal ravine]

"Jacques Villeneuve takes the checkered flag at Daytona!"

[solar sparrow]

unironically would be great

[exotic meadow]

https://fxtwitter.com/revistaboxes/status/1478039265279942660?t=H3rm7uEai2PCwp-5X0wbMw&s=19

ok this needs a dsq or smth

[tight quiver]

what the fuck

biker good?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/424587790471266305/927641843372539924/iJG8jXE5Oltun4l1.mp4

[autumn briar]

Jeesus

He doesnt even stop and look if the biker's okay

[tight quiver]

got 5 min penalty i think

[smoky creek]

Bruh

Should’ve been disqualified

[autumn briar]

Yeah

[exotic meadow]

yea he is

but it was disrespectful af

[smoky creek]

That’s good

[tight quiver]

thats good then

[stone sorrel]

Last year in Dakar, nature got in the way too

[open raptor]

Camel race

[exotic wing]

biker waved him to go

[autumn briar]

So?

He just almost completely drove over him. I think thats only the best thing to do, to check if he's okay.

[drifting sentinel]

BUSCHHHHH

[onyx sluice]

IIIT'S DAYTONA MONTH

[unreal hare]

When's the actual calendar coming out

[tacit garden]

what's that about?

[tight quiver]

i am not sure

but some closecall i think

[exotic meadow]

https://t.co/Oa9uYWkkGM

[open raptor]

Good

[tacit garden]

possibly running over two bikes in one week? jesus

also how does dakar work, is there one set route, do they have some waypoints and can choose the route between them?

[vivid stream]

Waypoints, I believe.

[exotic meadow]

https://t.co/phyi4cJyWd

[stone sorrel]

Fuck this Dakar rally is cursed

[eternal ravine]

https://twitter.com/paulmilleracing/status/1478395598881624075

Paul Miller Racing (@paulmilleracing)

New year, new car!

Excited to get behind the wheel of the all-new @BMWMotorsport M4 GT3 and get back to @IMSA racing with our dynamic duo of Madison Snow and @BryanSellers.

See you at the track!
➡️ https://t.co/GsCuPrqxmE

Likes

262

Twitter · Jan 4, 2022, 3:59 PM

The #1 Lambo is no more.

Im calling it now, Paul Miller winning Daytona

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/JRMotorsports/status/1478402995381587973?s=20

JR Motorsports (@JRMotorsports)

Locked in on 2022.

Likes

751

Twitter · Jan 4, 2022, 4:28 PM

[tight quiver]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[foggy fulcrum]

btw rip rumours of JRM being a five car team

[exotic meadow]

https://t.co/kQxa0rxZqO

Holy fuck

[foggy fulcrum]

The guy who is crew chiefing the #10 car in the Cup series next year has won two Cup races ever

The 2012 Daytona 500, and the 2021 Daytona 500

[tight quiver]

#97 WeatherTech racing is gonna be a merc

And not a porsche

Driven by these people

[drowsy lagoon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGP0exABf4o

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Penske, Miles, Vasser, Power, Brown pay tribute to Kalkhoven

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/penske-miles-vasser-power-brown-pay-tribute-to-kalkhoven/7080545/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[vivid stream]

I guess we were wrong about the Porsche, @rich walrus.

[rich walrus]

i thought Mr. Miller said that they were switching to a Porsche

huh

[rich walrus]

id like to see that in the army livery they did on their lambo

that lambo looked meannn in person

even meaner than in photos

[tired plaza]

no big deal. it was just a little boink

lol jk I think he's under investigation. He did this same thing again btw

in the same race

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Super Formula scraps dropped scores for 2022 season

https://www.motorsport.com/super-formula/news/dropped-scores-scrapped-2022-rules/7084476/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[buoyant shale]

good

very good

[plush quarry]

Let's gooooo engel daytona win 🤞

[exotic wing]

I cant wait for jacques villeneuve to get the win at daytona😩😩😩

”And Jacques Villeneuve wins at daytona”

[icy pecan]

https://www.autosport.com/gt/news/ex-motogp-star-rossi-out-of-gulf-12-hours-due-covid-19-contact/7087325/

[buoyant shale]

@tight quiver husker https://twitter.com/sportscar365/status/1478744981263237124?t=iQxIP6iaT4mpVRE0vC-E4w&s=19

Sportscar365 (@sportscar365)

🚗 ROLEX LINEUP: @MercedesAMG factory driver @Max_Goetz and @L_Lundqvist76 will join Alegra Motorsports’ lineup for the @Rolex24Hours in GTD.

➡️ https://t.co/vwXQIT2nUV #IMSA

Twitter · Jan 5, 2022, 3:07 PM

choccy

[tight quiver]

WAIT

LINUS

LINUS MOTHER FUCKING LUNDQVIST GONNA BE IN THE HUSKI

[marble willow]

Oh come on!

[tight quiver]

uh sheeple

confused the nordics?

orrrrr

[buoyant shale]

husker choc

[exotic meadow]

https://t.co/09wf1WCKwt

[exotic meadow]

incident related

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/matthumphreycar/status/1478727987910647818?t=eKbr55pdK_X_LTx08ObBRw&s=19

Matt Humphrey (@matthumphreycar)

Hey @JohnHaverlin, consider it confirmed. Paving is underway at the @lacoliseum. Behold the indisputable visual evidence #NASCAR #BuschLightClash https://t.co/uFvEG4thU7

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321

Twitter · Jan 5, 2022, 2:00 PM

[marble willow]

Drive thru penalty

[stone sorrel]

adding some success ballast or whatever that shit's called

[sullen spear]

kenya ligma balls...

[woeful inlet]

is this dakar

or just some funy advertisement

wait no that isnt an xe car nvm

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Grand Prix of Long Beach approved through 2028

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/grand-prix-of-long-beach-approved-through-2028/7088811/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

:newspaper: | Ward’s AMSP move one of several key IndyCar engineer changes

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/wards-amsp-move-one-of-several-key-indycar-engineer-changes/7089990/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[drifting sentinel]

this has to be the best forward-style number placement use so far for 2022

filled the empty space perfectly

[hollow shoal]

i swear greg biffle looks like steve carrell, if steve carrell had a haircut

[modern spade]

https://twitter.com/dakar/status/1479092228941402113?t=vBAilkTE5RPOKFDADwKjqg&s=19

DAKAR RALLY (@dakar)

🏁 Stage 5 🏍

@Petrux9 wins the stage! He becomes the first former @MotoGP rider to seal a win on the Dakar!

#Dakar2022

Twitter · Jan 6, 2022, 2:07 PM

[tight quiver]

yeeee

[exotic meadow]

LESSGOOOOOO

[fallow burrow]

honestly the forward numbers have really grown on me

i’m starting to get used to it

[drifting sentinel]

same

[stone sorrel]

nice

[lament wigeon]

https://twitter.com/ExtremeELive/status/1479031268885114880?s=20

Extreme E (@ExtremeELive)

🔁 @Christine_GZ will make a team switch and join @Veloce_Racing for 2022!

#ExtremeE

Likes

413

Twitter · Jan 6, 2022, 10:05 AM

Which sport is this?

[tight quiver]

extreme e

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1479159452246888450?t=BbDlBlT1YLdkfl4K5AOHxA&s=19

NASCAR (@NASCAR)

😯

#NextGen x New @amsupdates 👀 🔊 https://t.co/ZavIzQuh3D

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230

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Twitter · Jan 6, 2022, 6:34 PM

[drifting sentinel]

what an odd tri-oval

cars look amazing though as usual

[tight quiver]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZrhAQoC7X/?utm_medium=copy_link

officialwrc

⚠️ An important message for fans ahead of theera. If you do not see a green light 🟢 do not approach the car! If you see a red light🔴 or can not see a light, stay away from the car

Likes

8161

Instagram

This is gonna hurt someone I think

[drifting sentinel]

yeah considering fans are fans and not briefed marshals

[tight quiver]

One too many beers

Car rolls

Run

[open raptor]

Yeah hopefully this doesn’t end in a very bad scene

[tight quiver]

Lmao the comments act like f1 hasn't had this for 7 years

[drifting sentinel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEXF6U_GtB4

i love vids like this, just simple flyby's and sounds

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Kurt Busch predicts Johnson will shine on ovals in IndyCar

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/kurt-busch-predicts-johnson-will-shine-on-ovals-in-indycar/7102518/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[drifting sentinel]

nice

they had quite the tension

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Power optimistic for 2022/’23 after last year’s struggles

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/power-optimistic-for-2022-23-after-last-years-struggles/7106045/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[tacit garden]

technically fans already aren't supposed to run on and across the track when someone crashes

but given how rallye fans tend to ignore any safety precautions I'm afraid you're right

[buoyant shale]

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/xbpcYQWrdjIMlYim6EGPkQw3jEVGIuXcA3BIj5vWqZg/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/FIdNYnDX0AUpuU8.jpg

[exotic meadow]

driver in a coma

[stone sorrel]

pizza time

[tight quiver]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jncu__yOeg

[exotic meadow]

https://t.co/QvTcJVAvaR

[tacit garden]

Can france even just cancel it?

if I understand the article correctly, the minister suggested that to the organisers, obviously they could do it

[exotic meadow]

I mean, it was a terrorist attack

and a driver is in a coma

tension is quite high

[tacit garden]

to my knowledge that has not been confirmed yet, has it

[exotic meadow]

not yet, but very likely

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Ten things to look forward to in Japanese racing in 2022

https://www.motorsport.com/supergt/news/japanese-racing-2022-changes-preview/7109369/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[crude cape]

https://mobile.twitter.com/gulf12hours/status/1479144228521402369?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

Gulf 12 Hours (@gulf12hours)

⚠️ EVENT SCHEDULE

Make a note of the times below to make sure you don’t miss any of the action this weekend!

#Gulf12Hours

Twitter · Jan 6, 2022, 5:33 PM

Tomorrow

[buoyant shale]

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2022/01/07/toyota-to-reveal-gr-gt3-concept-at-tokyo-salon.html

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/azeriafx/status/1479453248721403908?s=20

George Azeria (@azeriafx)

I love Cody Ware but this’ll never not be funny https://t.co/uOMs4HVgg0

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Twitter · Jan 7, 2022, 2:01 PM

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/CGRTeams/status/1479452871263465472?t=1XYiF5CFZL2AuKkEKARipg&s=19

Chip Ganassi Racing (@CGRTeams)

🚨 Driver Announcement 🚨

We're please to announce an all-star lineup of full-time drivers for the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar DPi Championship, and our Rolex 24 lineup! 🏎️ 🏁

@Cadillac // @CadillacVPerfo1 // @IMSA

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Likes

537

Twitter · Jan 7, 2022, 2:00 PM

@tight quiver MARCUS

WITH KMAG

[tight quiver]

yeeees

[buoyant shale]

AND ALEX LYNN

[tight quiver]

the #01 is literally just indycar

and zande

[buoyant shale]

Bourdais is also now IMSA

No more IndyCar

[tight quiver]

former

isnt he half

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Ganassi’s IndyCar aces join Cadillac line-up for Rolex 24

https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/ganassis-indycar-aces-join-cadillac-line-up-for-rolex-24/7113825/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[opal ember]

https://twitter.com/autosport/status/1479465029888008193?t=L3Usqq6S5TnvoZhbatDhgA&s=19

Autosport (@autosport)

#WRC LMP2 runner-up @gelaelized will switch from Jota to the title-winning @followWRT squad for the 2022 season, with the team filing two entries for this year.

Full story ⬇️

https://t.co/pFKfKzt3PZ

Twitter · Jan 7, 2022, 2:48 PM

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/Fhabsburg62/status/1479487189260161025?t=Dnim5dW9g3IIvdrIggAeSw&s=19

Ferdinand Habsburg (@Fhabsburg62)

Shake ‘n Bake, baby! We’re coming to America!🇺🇸

Pumped to announce that I’ll be racing in the Daytona 24H with Tower Motorsports alongside @RuiAndrade99, @LouisDeletraz and John Farano. Let’s go! 🔥

#daytona #24hdaytona #talladeganights

Twitter · Jan 7, 2022, 4:16 PM

[tight quiver]

what is delatraz doing

[plush quarry]

I think he's now just doing enduro

[eternal sable]

Habsburg…

Oh wow hes Heir Apparent to the headship of the house of Habsburg-Lorraine

[fiery girder]

Yeah he's from those Hapsburgs

[marble willow]

Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, unsern kaiser, unsern land….

[eternal sable]

Yeah, i kinda guessed

[dry atlas]

austria-hungary has reached american soil

[buoyant shale]

https://tenor.com/view/ricky-bobby-best-show-off-excellence-will-ferrell-gif-10445709

[tight quiver]

"Well Dick"

heh

[buoyant shale]

Dick.

[tight quiver]

I piss excellence

[autumn briar]

[lament wigeon]

Where can I watch Formula E once the season starts?

[autumn briar]

Better to ask that in #os｜ev-motorsports next time but that depends on where you live.
Some can watch it one YouTube and some can't. For those who can't will it be broadcasted on a local broadcaster. Here's a list that can give you an idea cause the official FE site doesn't work for me atm it looks like.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_E_broadcasters

[lament wigeon]

Oh sorry

I didn’t know what EV stood for so I went for the safe option

But thanks!

[autumn briar]

Np

[brittle coyote]

This Dutch WDC champ will head on the LM Virtual

He's at the Team Redline's roster

[elfin void]

Drugovich, Rosenqvist and Verstappen

A good duo

[exotic wing]

last year they had like 3 server crashes lmao

[lone zodiac]

noooooooo :(

no more based kfc team

[low gate]

lets gooooo kmag with ericsson

and some alex lynn guy, bet hes a failed rbr junior

and earl bamber

not important

[sturdy vortex]

whats with so many manufacturers joining LMDH

is it profitable for them as a brand and a good testing ground for their road car tech or something

[elfin void]

LMDH fast->Join LMDH->Get road car known as being quick

It's pretty much advertising

[crude cape]

https://youtu.be/Acd6_mCJuD0

[hard tree]

Those quick responding marshalls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJCzkrWps00

[stone sorrel]

In the Virtual Le Mans, is Smolyar teaming up with Grosjean?

[obsidian fulcrum]

how do I see how many points did michael fassbender score in le mans

[drifting sentinel]

wikipedia

[sacred geyser]

Fassbender did not score any points in the 24h of LM

The series he was racing was the European Le Mans Series

Which does not host the 24 hour race. WEC does

if you want to watch the races go on ELMS YouTube channel. They have pretty good reviews highlight packages of races

Some familiar faces you’ll see and some pretty good up and coming drivers in sportscars

[foggy fulcrum]

NASCAR fact of the day:

Stewart Friesen has as many NASCAR wins on dirt as Martin Truex Jr

[lethal yacht]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/french-dakar-rally-driver-out-of-coma-as-team-says-bomb-caused-blast

This is ridiculous

[woeful inlet]

idk why dakar is somehow still around

[foggy fulcrum]

People will do it anyway, so you’re much better off sanctioning it

[lethal yacht]

Mfs be like “NASCAR IS A SERIOUS MOTORSPORT”
Also NASCAR: https://beyondtheflag.com/2021/12/31/nascar-opened-door-lets-go-brandon-controversy/

[foggy fulcrum]

I'm fairly sure no one that watches NASCAR says NASCAR is a serious motorsport entirely unironically

[lethal yacht]

You can’t make this shit up

Dude, the crowd must’ve predicted his win

[foggy fulcrum]

what

[lethal yacht]

They were saying let’s go brandon 20 minutes or so before he won

[foggy fulcrum]

no

[lethal yacht]

[foggy fulcrum]

they never once shouted "let's go brandon"

[lethal yacht]

That’s the joke

They didn’t

[foggy fulcrum]

only thing here that's a joke is lgbcoin.io

[lethal yacht]

It was something else

[foggy fulcrum]

yeah it was "fuck joe biden"

[lethal yacht]

I know

[foggy fulcrum]

like, yeah i know rule 5 is a thing, but since the fact it's political is the entire story, and it's about motorsports, it's kinda relevant

[sacred geyser]

Isn’t freisen a pretty good dirt racer generally

I remembered he was doing testing at surft with Cup cars for a team

I think

Dirt not surft

[foggy fulcrum]

yeah

whereas Truex has basically zero dirt experience

[sacred geyser]

Mostly I think certain people think driving in circles is incredibly easy and it does not take much need to be one

Not many but there’s a good minority thinking with that mindset

Not ideal

[foggy fulcrum]

yeah i mean NASCAR fans though

most NASCAR fans either think NASCAR's just like, this fun, not that serious entertainment product

or they think that it's awful and not like it was and shit because it doesn't take itself seriously

[sacred geyser]

It’s split in that category yeah I’d agree

[solar sparrow]

i mean the sanctioning body hasn't helped with the changes to the championship that favour entertainment

[buoyant shale]

What fucking monstrosity of a motorsport(?) did I just find
It's tiny boats with V8 engines running through a maze of not very wide channels
With a rally style co-driver which gives HAND DIRECTIONS
https://youtu.be/buaBCmWj_KM

6G laterals in turns

1600hp

like what the fuck

Australia your drunk

[dry atlas]

your have entered the realm of boat racin

[brittle hedge]

Lmao that's fucking awesome

[brittle hedge]

"If NASCAR cancels this sponsorship, it’s because they are choosing to see politics where they don’t exist."

Yeah, "Fuck Joe Biden" is totally non-political, amirite?

[marble willow]

And I thought F1 was heavily political back in the day

[dry atlas]

wheres no 1 chavez supporter maldonado when u need him lol

[exotic wing]

if there can be a trump 2020 scheme as there was i dont see the problem

[marble willow]

I could see some guy saying, “If Santino Ferrucci couldn’t get a MAGA livery for his car in F2, then we sure as hell can try to do the same for NASCAR!”

[exotic wing]

its happened before in nascar

there is no point to stopping it

it just shows a bad side of nascar as a governing body

[marble willow]

:ayikes:

[exotic wing]

i cant remember who but someone ran a trump 2020 livery in the cup series

not even xfinity series where shit gets wild when it comes to liveries

[marble willow]

I’d rather see liveries like that Ricky Bobby tribute livery or the “Facecar” livery.

[exotic wing]

yea but brandon doesnt even have a sponsor now which puts his career in jeopardy

[marble willow]

I never really understood the “Let’s go Brandon” thing. Was it used as some anti-biden crap or whatever?

[exotic wing]

so crowd saying fuck joe biden and a reporter asked brandon after the race what he thought they were saying because she couldnt hear and he said lets go brandon

no bad intent

[marble willow]

Oh…. wow. Now it all makes sense

[opal ember]

sounds fun

what can go wrong

and they're actually laughing when they crashed

[obsidian fulcrum]

I find it funny that proton doesn't release footage of fassbender racing

Unless they're not allowed to

[buoyant shale]

Ah yes

Graphic design is my passion

I love trying the Dakar Rally in a MotoGP bike

[obsidian fulcrum]

Surely the publicity would be positive?

[foggy fulcrum]

No

It was the post race interview, and she just said “as the crowd screams let’s go Brandon” or something along those lines

He never said it

But the reason NASCAR is specifically trying to distance themselves from THIS political thing is because it started in NASCAR

[obsidian fulcrum]

Smart

[obsidian fulcrum]

Is there a 2022 24hr LM entry list yet

I'd like to see if Steve Jobs is racing

[foggy fulcrum]

isn't he dead?

[obsidian fulcrum]

Michael Fassbender sorry bad joke

[foggy fulcrum]

oh from the god awful Danny Boyle film where he forgot he was directing a film

[obsidian fulcrum]

Didn't watch it I just know he played the role

[foggy fulcrum]

I know Aaron Sorkin writes screenplays as stageplays but everyone else realised that and didn't just fucking literally just film a three act play

The entire thing takes place in three rooms, one per act

It's awful

[obsidian fulcrum]

Anyway yeah maybe I didn't use the right search words

can't find if Fassbender is racing in ELMS or 24h LM

[foggy fulcrum]

Yeah I didn't find it either

I don't think the IRL 24h Le Mans entry list is finalised yet

[obsidian fulcrum]

Alr

Do the racing teams get to post onboard footage?

Surely it would bring a pretty significant audience to ELMS with Fassbender racing

[exotic wing]

https://twitter.com/AwfulRacing/status/1479920332081303554?s=20

Larold (@AwfulRacing)

this is the most insane thing i've ever seen https://t.co/JzskEf4Kxa

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Twitter · Jan 8, 2022, 8:57 PM

😩

[tight quiver]

he did the whole fucking field

badass

[exotic wing]

scheckter was the best at restarts

[drifting sentinel]

First look at the 9, I like it

[tight quiver]

fuck yes

[foggy fulcrum]

This and the 18 Interstate Batteries are easily the best two so far

[drifting sentinel]

I like the 14 too

or the SHR cars in general

[foggy fulcrum]

I like the 41 a lot more than the 14

I think the 14’s pretty gross

Harvick’s is nice

But

[drifting sentinel]

I think Mahindra is merely just an ugly sponsor

you're right that the 41 is better than the 14, but the 14 uses the empty space quite nice too

[solar narwhal]

ooooh I love this

[dry atlas]

i5s ok aside from ytf do you need a 2nd chevy logo

[foggy fulcrum]

The only issue I have with the 9 is the Napa logo isn’t straight

And I have NO clue why

It’d work just as well if it were but it ain’t

[dry atlas]

for you rolex fans https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/271078338238349313/929813574099009556/results.png

[open raptor]

Alright I’ll keep this up for the race

[eternal ravine]

no more Mazda taking the lead at some point then breaking down in the middle of the night

[eternal ravine]

gotta make a random generator, because this won't work.

Literally EVERYONE will have the same board and everyone will win

[tight quiver]

r/wec had one for le mon

I got like 3 bingos or something

[dry atlas]

this aint mine, its a repost

[brittle hedge]

Is there a higher res version?

[lethal yacht]

Chase Elliott my beloved

[brittle hedge]

I agree, but also, I think part of the idea is that people will see different events because people won't watch the entire thing with their full attention

[drifting sentinel]

more progress of LA

live preview of it as an advertisement during the Rams vs. 49ers football game a few minutes ago

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1480328250207477760?s=21

Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass)

Seeing this on my tv … Clash is four weeks from today: https://t.co/SPHxZ124kA

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Twitter · Jan 9, 2022, 11:58 PM

[dry atlas]

donno

[tacit garden]

that's an oval racetrack? How long/short is that?

[cursive dew]

Wonder if this is allowed at ROK cup next week lmao

It’s my bargeboard with 2 holes for more aero

[elfin void]

Think it's 1/8th of a mile

[brittle hedge]

Quarter-mile. It's not actually a race track, it's a stadium, but they're building a temporary quarter-mile oval inside of it.

[elfin void]

I was close

[brittle hedge]

It's pretty sick, literally a football stadium

And it's half the size of Bristol and Martinsville, which are already fucking tiny

[drifting sentinel]

there was literally a Kanye concert a week before construction

Coliseum is just piling in as much money as it can get from seeking tenants so that it can fund renovations for LA 2028 really

[brittle hedge]

Makes sense

[drifting sentinel]

even though it's been successfully maintained over the years, still is too dated for the next rendition of the olympics here

[brittle hedge]

Yeah it looks a bit done by now

Oh now the video worked. My god look at that, they're gonna crawl through those corners

[versed leaf]

Where’s pit road and the infield stuff going to be

[brittle hedge]

No pit road for pit stops during the race, there's a pit area outside the stadium. There's gonna be short heats and a feature race that probably doesn't require any stops.

[elfin void]

The coliseum was made for the 198(4?) summer Olympics

Then was used for various purposes afterwards

[drifting sentinel]

it was built in 1920-something

used for the 1932 Summer games

[elfin void]

oh

[drifting sentinel]

it wasn't really built for a dedicated event really, served as a city memorial to WW1 veterans

[elfin void]

oh

[drifting sentinel]

and also at the time, there was really no stadium of this kind in LA

[elfin void]

yeah, dodgers stadium wasn't to be built for a long time

not even a concept

[drifting sentinel]

Dodgers weren't even in LA in the 20s I believe

still in Brooklyn

yeah that should be right

[dry atlas]

back when new york had around 3 baseball teams

[drifting sentinel]

because Jackie didn't play till the 60s

and they were in Brooklyn then

[dry atlas]

just like how spain has infinite amount of motogp events nowadays

[drifting sentinel]

the Lakers, also didn't exist as well

LA had no sports team that time

just the collegiate sports, which then used the stadium

[brittle hedge]

Minneapolis Lakers 😍

[tight quiver]

402m

[hard tree]

Imagine if the former Benetton crew were watching this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnDX4FpDAzQ

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/corvettems/status/1480211973065355264?s=21 @eternal ravine

Corvette Motorsport (@CorvetteMs)

We kick of 2022 with the North American Track Debut for the Championship winning Callaway Z06.R GT3. The 2008 FIA GT3 Title winning chassis was successfully shakendown at the @sebringraceway. The car will run in various non competitive driving events in 2022.

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Twitter · Jan 9, 2022, 4:16 PM

[pliant girder]

https://www.essentiallysports.com/nascar-news-renee-gracie-eyes-a-return-to-racing-with-nascar-an-option-as-well/amp/
hol up

[low gate]

idgaf if thats UU because thats absolutely hilarious

[tight quiver]

she has done aussie v8

so its not toooo far fetched

[low gate]

she has done porn too

wait how do you know that

[tight quiver]

the car behind her is an aussie v8

[pliant girder]

who knows

[tight quiver]

Renee Gracie and Simona de Silvestro in one car feels like a thing that can only go downhill

[exotic meadow]

https://t.co/6DNFfOrtEm

[tight quiver]

prefer the black rims but otherwise its sweet

[low gate]

cool

[buoyant shale]

When you see how many they have now, kinda insane

[buoyant shale]

Wasnt it 4

Yankees, Mets, Giants, Dodgers

[exotic meadow]

https://twitter.com/sportscar365/status/1480480134331355136?s=20

Sportscar365 (@sportscar365)

⚠️ BATHURST DELAY: The @Bathurst12Hour is facing a likely postponement amid the surge of COVID-19 cases in Australia.

➡️ https://t.co/ZRnNi8qnWu #B12Hr #IntGTC

Twitter · Jan 10, 2022, 10:02 AM

[smoky creek]

@tight quiver

[tight quiver]

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKKKKKKKKK

[icy pecan]

[eternal ravine]

...in 2022?!

Confident as Ferrari back in 2003, when they ran a previous year car for that season and still beat the competition

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Pourchaire extends ART stay in Formula 2 for 2022 season

https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/pourchaire-extends-art-stay-in-formula-2-for-2022-season/7169833/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[tight quiver]

hot

[vivid stream]

Strangely enough, I never really got around to figuring out how the hybrid systems are being used next season.

Are they using combustion and electric power separately, or all at once?

[tight quiver]

They can electrocute you

[vivid stream]

Yes, of course, but what else?

[tight quiver]

good question

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/alanisnking/status/1480548653970472961?s=20

Alanis King (@alanisnking)

We're 30 minutes from #AllAndretti on @TwitterSpaces, where we're talking to your favorite @FollowAndretti drivers from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern! I can't wait to ask @RGrosjean about cats and @ColtonHerta about Chili's.

Join (and set a reminder) here:

https://t.co/PsJiVpZYzt

Twitter · Jan 10, 2022, 2:34 PM

[vivid stream]

Hold on, Wheldon's kids are racing too?

Oh my God.

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Brabham returns to Andretti Indy Lights team for 2022

https://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/brabham-returns-to-andretti-indy-lights-team-for-2022/7172183/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[tight quiver]

awwwe one of the kids wants to be an indycar driver

[eternal sable]

Apparently they joined Andretti’s program last year, they’re both winners in karting too

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | IndyCar and Motorsport Network launch global fan survey

https://www.motorsport.com/general/news/indycar-global-fan-survey-indy/7172718/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[tight quiver]

it dont work

[tight quiver]

GROSJEAN IS HERE

[plush quarry]

The fucking scenes if they introduce stages

[solar sparrow]

i will commit unspeakable acts if they do

[smoky creek]

ye

i want to do surveu

[solar sparrow]

it's fucked

[plush quarry]

Also I hope from this they increase socials

And introduce indycar tv

[tight quiver]

f1tv but indycar pls

[smoky creek]

indycar needs to improve the social media presence

[solar sparrow]

indycar announced yesterday their tv deals for latin america and us

we generally have separate agreements because language

but anyways

[plush quarry]

Apparently it's only 1 guy running everything

[solar sparrow]

indycar will be shown on espn (all of LA) and tv cultura (são paulo state tv) here

[plush quarry]

So twitter, Instagram etc

[plush quarry]

Does the espn deal mean new comms for people in la?

[solar sparrow]

presumably

the cool thing about tv cultura is that they brought back the old 1993-2000 CART win theme

[foggy fulcrum]

IndyCar races aren’t long enough to need stages, right?

[solar sparrow]

i don't think so

[foggy fulcrum]

I mean I know that lots of people think NASCAR doesn’t but like, it really does

I wish they’d get rid of one stage in the Truck series, and be more fluid on the number of stages/laps raced in Cup and the other one, but most of the time they help the show

[solar sparrow]

"fun" fact about CART here in the late 90s

following a 1998 season which saw no brazilians win a race tv host gugu liberato (or his manager, i don't remember which) complained to SBT head honcho sílvio santos that the lack of brazilian success in CART was tanking his TV ratings somehow

since usually his show came right after the races

and thus they put the races into the late hours of the night

which is ironic

given in their last season (2000) gil de ferran won the title

and in their first 2 seasons away from CART brazilians won the title

gil de ferran again in 2001 and cristiano da matta in 02

[buoyant shale]

Love how you can say your basically the fucking pope

[solar sparrow]

papal bull #idk

no stages in indycar or else i send jesus

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | RLL reveals rookie Lundgaard’s PeopleReady Indy 500 livery

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/rll-reveals-rookie-lundgaards-peopleready-indy-500-livery/7173010/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[lethal yacht]

can someone help me pls

[lone zodiac]

[lethal yacht]

concerning karting

[lone zodiac]

go ahead, someone will eventually reply

[lethal yacht]

cause i see myself and other drivers

sometimes lean forwards on straights

but i don't know really if it brings any aerodynamic advantage ?

[tawny elbow]

Congrats @lethal yacht, you're now on lap 10

[lone zodiac]

i think so

its like when a cyclist bend over during races

[lethal yacht]

ok

thx

[lethal yacht]

i found the answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43LOgmjyxFU

thank you again anyway

[foggy fulcrum]

human DRS

Steve does it so it must be true

[lethal yacht]

true

😅

[plush zinc]

pov: motorcyclist trying karting

[drifting sentinel]

beautiful as always from Hyundai

[eternal sable]

Breaking news: 100% of the population of the Holy See indycar fans new survey finds

[tight quiver]

Weather tech is running 2 mercs and 1 porsche

[tight quiver]

https://twitter.com/RaceSonoma/status/1480645641676091394

Sonoma Raceway (@RaceSonoma)

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞!

This year's #ToyotaSaveMart350 @NASCAR weekend will feature the shorter, action-packed 1.99-mile configuration, which had been run from 1998-2018.

📰: https://t.co/houh58zQw2

Retweets

135

Likes

934

Twitter · Jan 10, 2022, 9:00 PM

[dry atlas]

yayyyyy

[open raptor]

YES

Major sized W

[eternal ravine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de0FGi4bY9I&ab_channel=JordanTaylor

Rodney Sandstorm has hopped onto the Youtube train

but why is the quality and editing of this video way less than his tik toks

[exotic wing]

indycar fan survey

[drifting sentinel]

please

so that I don't have to drive to Long Beach

instead a 5 min drive to Auto Club would be nice 😌

it's a shame though it'll never happen

Auto Club will become a new Martins-Bristol 😔

[foggy fulcrum]

https://twitter.com/joegibbsracing/status/1480677221677338636?s=21

Joe Gibbs Racing (@JoeGibbsRacing)

🚨 NEW SCHEME 🚨

Delivery alert! Watch as the 2022 @FedEx Camry comes together in preparation for tomorrow’s #NextGen test at @DAYTONA. https://t.co/aCovzLRb4T

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Twitter · Jan 10, 2022, 11:05 PM

[fluid cobalt]

But... It won't be a two miler anymore

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | IndyCar announces broadcast start times for 2022 season

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/indycar-announces-broadcast-start-times-for-2022-season/7177659/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

:newspaper: | Lundgaard relishing IndyCar despite “no idea” what can be changed

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/lundgaard-relishing-indycar-despite-no-idea-what-can-be-changed/7181333/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | 2022 New Zealand Grand Prix cancelled

https://www.motorsport.com/openwheel/news/2022-new-zealand-grand-prix-cancelled/7184004/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[low gate]

https://twitter.com/AlpineRacing/status/1480540368739479559?t=eWsF_Qz7LmIk_YKXatIJ7g&s=19

Alpine Racing (@AlpineRacing)

#LeMansVirtual driver line-up announcement 🚨

#AlpineAcademy driver @VictorMartinsFR, @sl16lehmann, #AlpineEsports driver @patriksipos_ and @OlliPahkala will share car #36. And it's none other than @AlpineF1Team driver @alo_oficial that will captain this car.

Likes

1240

Twitter · Jan 10, 2022, 2:01 PM

[smoky creek]

https://twitter.com/fiawec/status/1480833700891930625?s=21

WEC (@FIAWEC)

Psst, announcement at 10:00 AM tomorrow.

#WEC2022

Twitter · Jan 11, 2022, 9:27 AM

[opal ember]

hmmmmmmm

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Arthur Leclerc stays with Prema for FIA F3 in 2022

https://www.motorsport.com/fia-f3/news/arthur-leclerc-stays-with-prema-for-fia-f3-in-2022/7191345/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[stone sorrel]

beauty

[foggy fulcrum]

is it?

i mean, it's decent, definitely not the worst we've seen

but like, the 5 ew and i don't mind the double bowtie, but i do just wish they'd made it a single colour outline

a lot of cars this year, have just been 2021 cars but with the number moved forward

which is to be expected, but it does mean a lot of them have been pretty mid

[high garden]

2022 WRC entries

[buoyant shale]

https://twitter.com/abtmotorsport/status/1480867564976840706?t=dujcdRhwLAQWsDyYslvgPQ&s=19

ABT Motorsport (@abtmotorsport)

First pole of the year: starting into 2022 with the first liveries for the new @DTM season for @ReneRastRacing and @KelvinvdLinde. We hope you like!

#TeamABTSportsline #DTM #DTM2022 #WeLoveDTM #ranDTM

Twitter · Jan 11, 2022, 11:41 AM

[low gate]

kelvin webt with the black

a way of mourning his past takeouts

[old snow]

Pretty sure Marc’s Facebook page got hijacked

[tight quiver]

Please be Hypercar related Please be Hypercar related Please be Hypercar related Please be Hypercar related Please be Hypercar related

[exotic wing]

We can go shorttrackracin 😔

[sacred geyser]

yesn't

it's entry list day

tomorrow

[tight quiver]

https://www.motorsport.com/wrc/news/kovalainen-rally-japan-2022-plans/7169203/

[opal ember]

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/armstrong-exits-ferrari-driver-academy-ilott-on-gap-year-in-indycar/7195855/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-F1&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Armstrong exits Ferrari Driver Academy, Ilott on “gap year" in IndyCar

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/armstrong-exits-ferrari-driver-academy-ilott-on-gap-year-in-indycar/7195855/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[opal ember]

Hey I'm faster than the bot

hehe

https://tenor.com/view/speed-i-am-speed-lightning-mcqueen-cars-meme-gif-14031708

[tight quiver]

https://mobile.twitter.com/followwrt/status/1480863206180593667

WRT - W Racing Team (@followWRT)

REIGNING LMP2 CHAMPION TEAM WRT TO DOUBLE ITS PRESENCE IN THE 2022 FIA WEC
⠀
In car #31, entered by Team WRT, the first name confirmed is Sean Gelael.
⠀
In car #41, under the banner of REALTEAM by WRT, will be Rui Andrade.
⠀
Read more >> https://t.co/0HeF1YVWZU

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Twitter · Jan 11, 2022, 11:24 AM

[vivid stream]

It might be the Porsche.

They've been teasing it.

[lethal yacht]

WRT

Really

Kubica in 2021 Le Mans 😭

[uneven coral]

https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/1480926229444374534/photo/1

NASCAR (@NASCAR)

🐦's 👁 view.

@BuschBeer | @lacoliseum

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536

Twitter · Jan 11, 2022, 3:35 PM

interesting

[crude cape]

What in the world is that

[vivid stream]

The future of NASCAR.

• For better or worse.

[marble willow]

The track is a literal 0

[old snow]

How would they do such tight turns?

It looks like a football stadium

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | Montoya to return to the Indy 500 with Arrow McLaren SP

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/montoya-to-return-to-the-indy-500-with-arrow-mclaren-sp/7197190/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[brittle hedge]

My right ear is really enjoying this NASCAR testing day

[lethal yacht]

sean gelael in the other wrt car

bruh

[stone sorrel]

JPM, fuck yeah

[floral urchin]

:newspaper: | IndyCar announces 14-race Indy Lights schedule for 2022

https://www.motorsport.com/indylights/news/indycar-announces-14-race-indy-lights-schedule-for-2022/7198627/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-OPENWHEEL&utm_term=News&utm_content=www

[eternal sable]

It is one, they paved over it

[buoyant shale]

it is

[foggy fulcrum]

by turning

it's probably something the Gen 6 car couldn't've done

But the Gen 7s can

[old snow]

It looks really small

[vivid stream]

Overtaking is what the question should be.

[foggy fulcrum]

Move 'em

[wide mural]

it definitely looks

its quite shit tbh

[foggy fulcrum]

what

how do you know

[wide mural]

no clue

but I think its shit

[foggy fulcrum]

i mean, Bowman-Gray sells out every weekend for a reason

[wide mural]

compared to the nascar tracks I have seen

[foggy fulcrum]

it's not like any nascar track you've seen

it's a 1/4 mile

[wide mural]

oh okay

im new in nascar tbf

[foggy fulcrum]

The shortest tracks on the calendar before this are 1/2 mile

So twice as long

[vivid stream]

It'll sell, and it'll be fun to watch.

[wide mural]

okay

[vivid stream]

Will it produce clean racing? No, but maybe that isn't the point.

[foggy fulcrum]

Richmond is 3/4 mile

[foggy fulcrum]

It isn't, it's kinda the opposite of the point

It's short track racing

Someone's in your way?

Move them

That's how you overtake

[vivid stream]

I think 'short track' is an overstatement.

Mini-track racing begins here.

[foggy fulcrum]

Nah

it's 1/4 mile

[vivid stream]

Is it a non-championship event?

[foggy fulcrum]

yeah

[vivid stream]

Oh, thank goodness.

I was worried points were involved.

[foggy fulcrum]

It's the Clash

[vivid stream]

In that case, I like it.

[foggy fulcrum]

but like, even if they were?

Hell, Martinsville's the cutoff race for the championship 4

[wide mural]

oh so thats the clash

I was supposing that

then makes sense to be like that

[foggy fulcrum]

Yeah it's the Busch Light Clash at The Coliseum

[wide mural]

yeah

Los Angeles right?

[foggy fulcrum]

Replacing the Busch Clash at Daytona

Because no one came to that

[wide mural]

yeah

[foggy fulcrum]

but yeah in general idk why you'd be against short track racing if you like NASCAR

[wide mural]

I have started liking it relly recently

[foggy fulcrum]

short track racing's NASCAR's history and it provides reliably some of the best racing all year

[wide mural]

Im trying to understand other motor sports

[foggy fulcrum]

except Richmond

[wide mural]

like this, nascar

[foggy fulcrum]

which is god awful

and i say that as a Truex fan

[vivid stream]

I like short-track racing. I feel like the Coliseum track is going to prove that a track can be too short, though.

Maybe I'll be surprised, though, and it'll work out good.

[foggy fulcrum]

I mean, I'd rather be optimistic

Like, Dale Jr has driven the next gen at a 1/4 mile track, and he's said it would not have worked with the gen 6 cars

but it probably will with the gen 7s

[sacred geyser]

Speaking of optimism

https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/bykolles-hypercar-entry-with-vanwall-lmh-rejected/

[vivid stream]

No optimism there.

That sucks.

[wide mural]

yh

[foggy fulcrum]

It is understood that the rejection is based on the fact that the new non-hybrid prototype has not yet completed its homologation process.

I mean optimism that it'll be fine for '23

[sacred geyser]

Optimism that they missed the deadline

apperantly

• according to DSC when tomorrow entry list comes out there might be at least 3 teams rejeced

[foggy fulcrum]

https://youtu.be/mS3Qvusbj-Q?t=230

Kyle Larson, Corey LaJoie, Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliot, Brett Moffitt, Daniel Suarez, and Travis Pastrana are in this race

it's at Bowman Gray, a 1/4 mile track

[vivid stream]

I was about to ask what track that was.

I had it in my mind, but I never knew the name.

[foggy fulcrum]

Dale Jr testing in the #5 is just cursed

[sacred geyser]

not that it happened before

ish

kyle thought car was done until they repaired it, but he was nowhere to be found, so junior who already retired drove the last half of the race

[foggy fulcrum]

which is very Kyle Busch

I know guys like that, it's a mentality I try and avoid

Like, just finish the fucking race

[sacred geyser]

early kyle busch was something

[foggy fulcrum]

i mean he's still like that

look at the southern 500 this year

[tight quiver]

nascar allows that dont they?

[foggy fulcrum]

he slightly clipped the wall and was like "nah done" and drove through some people

[foggy fulcrum]

back then, yes, now, yes*

[sacred geyser]

they still do i think

[foggy fulcrum]

You can driver swap all you want, no issues there

[sacred geyser]

whoever starts the race gets the points

[foggy fulcrum]

What would've happened though

Is that car would've been done because of the DVP

[sacred geyser]

cue almiora winning a race that he didn't do 80% because hamlin's helicopter couldn't land

[foggy fulcrum]

or Tony Stewart that one year

where he made a deal with his doctors that he'd start the race but get out at the first caution

[sacred geyser]

i need to rewind which race was it that dale jr was badly hurt and truex came in

it was at NH i think

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But yeah, that car would not have gone back out

if it were today

because there's no way it was up to minimum speed with 6 minutes on pit road lmao

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sugkerpdv_s

nsfw warning at about 23-30 seconds in due to onboard of junior's accident with the corvette

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wanna know a fact i found out today

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Rip

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the director of competition at FRR when Kurt Busch left

previously worked at DEI, as Michael Waltrip's and then Dale Jr's crew chief

the driver they hired next...

Former Chance2, former DEI, former Michael Waltrip Racing driver... Martin Truex Jr

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wait hes in nascar now?

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eh

if he gets approval

which he will but let's hope not

he's raced the Xfinity series a bunch