2016 Big Blue NASCAR Racin'

[ngauger]

Amazing... No one changed position again this week. I felt for sure since the field was flopped points-wise, that a few would have changed position...

See you next week!!!!

[Tyson Rayles]

I was channel surfing when I came across the race. Back in the day Bristol was always sold out, usually months in advance but it looked like it was 75% empty? How hard of times has NASCAR fallen on?

[ngauger]

It's a combination of:

The price of plane tickets - for those that used to go to 3 or more races a season
The cost of hotel stays
The economy in general
The charges for parking the RV's at certain tracks
The increasing price of fuel for those RV's
The cost of race tickets and/or weekend packages
The big stars retiring... Stewart, Gordon, Wallace, the Waltrip boys, etc.
The (way too many) rule changes

[teejay]

I used to go but haven't been in 15 years ....tickets were very hard to get back then and for me it was a 12 hour drive down there and good luck trying to find a motel ....stayed in Virginia one time , 40 miles from the track . Things have changed for Nascar over the last several years .

[Tyson Rayles]

Waltrip and Wallace retired many years ago and Mikey Waltrip never was a star and nobody liked Stewart so I wouldn't think they are a factor. Fuel prices are the cheapest they have been in 8 years so that shouldn't be a factor either. I think while some of the other things mentioned are a contributing factor the biggest reason may be is they have strayed too far from their roots. Too many big budget multi car teams that have forced the little (and sometimes more colorful people) out of the sport. Also too many cookie cutter mile and a half and two mile tracks where they just go round and round. They need to go back to the half mile bull rings where they got out there and beat the fenders off each other's cars for 500 laps.

[teejay]

Yeah , it's pretty boring now ......identical cars , same power , drivers who can only speak " Nascar - speak " ....want to thank my sponsors , the fans , the crew , blah , blah .....almost like they have cue cards . I do like the local dirt track here in my area , a fun night with amateurs who battle for a few hundred bucks .

T

[dwight77]

Have you also noticed that since Daytona where they had a full field of 43 cars, I think every race since then has had only 39 cars. They must be keeping the little guys out for sure.
dwight77

[dwight77]

Take that back.....the last three races have had 40 cars......still not a normal full field of 43.
dwight77

[ngauger]

That's one of the new rules.... Designed to get rid of the Start & Park cars

[ngauger]

Race #9
Toyota Owners 500

Results of drivers picked and their points:
1. Carl Edwards 45
2. Kyle Busch 40
3. Jimmie Johnson 39
5. Kevin Harvick 37
6. Denny Hamlin 36
7. Matt Kenseth 35
8. Joey Logano 33
9. Martin Truex Jr. 32
11. Brad Kesolowski 31
12. Chase Elliot 28
13. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 28

This weeks standings:
UP
Down
Remained the same

Dwight77 933
Mike Kieran 901
NGauger 851
W8JY 802
teejay 674

Next race:
Geico 500 - Sunday May 1st at 1:00 - Fox TV - Talladega Superspeedway

[ngauger]

Race #10
Geico 500

Results of drivers picked and their points:
1. Brad Kesolowski 45
2. Kyle Busch 40
5. Chase Elliot 37
13. Martin Truex Jr. 28
15. Kevin Harvick 27
22. Jimmie Johnson 19
23. Matt Kenseth 19
25. Joey Logano 17
31. Denny Hamlin 11
35. Carl Edwards 6
40. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1

This weeks standings:
UP
Down
Remained the same

Dwight77 996
Mike Kieran 979
NGauger 930
W8JY 880
teejay 710

Next race:
Go Bowling 400 - Saturday Night May 7th at 7:30 - Fox TV - Kansas Speedway

[ngauger]

Race #11
Go Bowling 400

Results of drivers picked and their points:
1. Kyle Busch 44
2. Kevin Harvick 39
4. Matt Kenseth 38
9. Chase Elliot 32
10. Brad Kesolowski 32
11. Carl Edwards 30
14. Martin Truex Jr. 29
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 26
17. Jimmie Johnson 24
37. Denny Hamlin 4
38. Joey Logano 4


This weeks standings:
UP
Down
Remained the same

Dwight77 1063
Mike Kieran 1042
NGauger 1021
W8JY 982
teejay 756

Next race:
Drive for Autism 400 - Sunday May 15th at 1:00 - Fox TV - Dover Speedway

[Mike Kieran]

I'm hooking myself up to a defriblator.

[teejay]

Youz guyz should be thanking me for being , uh , " supportive "

[dwight77]

HI....is the current list of teams still correct on page 1?
Just curious.
dwight77