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(Some high, wide, and handsome guy) Scary Talladega: "You can take away the grease on the bumpers, and that's not going to stop you from tandem drafting," said Keselowski. "It's going to make the likelihood of wrecking go up." 2PM EDT ESPN   (gastongazette.com) divider line 497
More: Scary, Brad Keselowski, Talladega, Darrell Waltrip, David Reutimann, Bobby Labonte, tandem  
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MeinRS6 [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 08:38:08 AM
You can draft without touching, dude. People do it all the time.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 10:43:03 AM
Woooooooooooooooooooo

GO 31!

Please?
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 10:56:34 AM
This is going to be interesting with the bigger restrictor plates to make em go faster and new radiator popoff valves to make them overheat faster.

I have no predictions about whether it will be better or morse but it will be interesting.
 
Foaming [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 12:24:08 PM
I caught a bit of practice a couple days ago, and it looks like they replaced the grease with slippery plastic film on the bumper. It didn't seem to have inhibited the bug sex drafting at all.
 
vegaswench [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 12:55:23 PM
Foaming: bug sex drafting

I admit we need a catchier phrase than "partnering" for this new style of racing, but I don't know if this will catch on.
 
DanZero
2011-10-23 01:06:09 PM
AWRIGHT thread's early -- except that PIT-ARI is on at 4 -- so I'll try not to cross the football with the race thread again

E$PN!

/first liter too
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:06:35 PM
vegaswench: Foaming: bug sex drafting

I admit we need a catchier phrase than "partnering" for this new style of racing, but I don't know if this will catch on.

Centipede drafting?
 
WhoIsWillo [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:08:05 PM
Drafting partners for today:

Fords will draft only with Fords.
Kurt Busch will draft with anyone he can push.
Kevin Conway will draft with the wall.
 
downstairs [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:08:18 PM
Foaming: I caught a bit of practice a couple days ago, and it looks like they replaced the grease with slippery plastic film on the bumper. It didn't seem to have inhibited the bug sex drafting at all.

Exactly. Just like Chad Knaus said last night, teams are going to find a loophole similar to the grease. The original memo that went out explicitly said "no grease on the back bumper". So teams just put it on the front bumper. A day later a new memo came out and said "no grease on either bumper". I'm sure teams will find something other than "grease" that acts like grease.
 
vegaswench [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:09:52 PM
downstairs: Foaming: I caught a bit of practice a couple days ago, and it looks like they replaced the grease with slippery plastic film on the bumper. It didn't seem to have inhibited the bug sex drafting at all.

Exactly. Just like Chad Knaus said last night, teams are going to find a loophole similar to the grease. The original memo that went out explicitly said "no grease on the back bumper". So teams just put it on the front bumper. A day later a new memo came out and said "no grease on either bumper". I'm sure teams will find something other than "grease" that acts like grease.

Might as well call it the Crisco Race.
 
downstairs [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:09:59 PM
mikaloyd: This is going to be interesting with the bigger restrictor plates to make em go faster and new radiator popoff valves to make them overheat faster.

I have no predictions about whether it will be better or morse but it will be interesting.

Not sure if these rules applied to last afternoon's truck race... but that was rather interesting. Tandem racing *and* big-pack racing. Some of the truck racers just couldn't figure out how to tandem race without problems.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:11:19 PM
vegaswench: downstairs: Foaming: I caught a bit of practice a couple days ago, and it looks like they replaced the grease with slippery plastic film on the bumper. It didn't seem to have inhibited the bug sex drafting at all.

Exactly. Just like Chad Knaus said last night, teams are going to find a loophole similar to the grease. The original memo that went out explicitly said "no grease on the back bumper". So teams just put it on the front bumper. A day later a new memo came out and said "no grease on either bumper". I'm sure teams will find something other than "grease" that acts like grease.

Might as well call it the Crisco Race.

Criscodega like a fried potata
 
Bonkthat_Again [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:11:32 PM
They used Teflon tape. We'll see how it holds up
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:13:41 PM
There were some attempts at a tandem pacedog with very painful results

littlebearsworld.typepad.com
 
vegaswench [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:17:09 PM
mikaloyd: Criscodega like a fried potata

snert

mikaloyd: There were some attempts at a tandem pacedog with very painful results

[littlebearsworld.typepad.com image 500x375]

haha!
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:17:25 PM
OH I dont like her crying like that. It makes it dusty.
 
Kurohone
2011-10-23 01:18:53 PM
Christ that was a powerful statement about the loved ones not being able to put it aside.

That wasn't exactly 'NASCAR', but she needs to be commended for letting her honesty show.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:21:20 PM
Pull that iceholes head around further next time.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:21:58 PM
mikaloyd: Pull that iceholes head around further next time.

Wrong thread
 
summersa74
2011-10-23 01:22:16 PM
Kurohone: Christ that was a powerful statement about the loved ones not being able to put it aside.

That wasn't exactly 'NASCAR', but she needs to be commended for letting her honesty show.

Who's her husband?
 
iron de havilland
2011-10-23 01:22:32 PM
Since the mods haven't greened any submissions about this, may as well threadjack here:

upload.wikimedia.org

RIP Marco Simoncelli

Link (new window)

MotoGP seems surprisingly unpopular in the US, despite the success of Americans in MotoGP and races at Indy and Laguna Seca....
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:24:44 PM
R.I.P Marco
 
vegaswench [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:26:09 PM
iron de havilland: Since the mods haven't greened any submissions about this, may as well threadjack here:

[upload.wikimedia.org image 449x600]

RIP Marco Simoncelli

Link (new window)

MotoGP seems surprisingly unpopular in the US, despite the success of Americans in MotoGP and races at Indy and Laguna Seca....

Never heard of him, but it's sad whenever a racer dies. RIP.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:30:03 PM
Jimmy Johnson: The Montreal Canadiens of NASCAR. No matter how many times he wins it he is still unlovable.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:31:50 PM
It has to be hard on the Texas Tornado to have hit Marco even though it isnt his fault.
 
FiendishFellow05
2011-10-23 01:44:05 PM
iron de havilland: Since the mods haven't greened any submissions about this, may as well threadjack here:

[upload.wikimedia.org image 449x600]

RIP Marco Simoncelli

Link (new window)

MotoGP seems surprisingly unpopular in the US, despite the success of Americans in MotoGP and races at Indy and Laguna Seca....

Jesus, what a lousy week for motorsport. That's the third racer to die this week.

RIP Marco Simocelli. I sincerely hope today's race is uneventful.

I'll be back when the race starts.
 
kteela [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:49:54 PM
Gah, Denver, really?
 
kteela [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:51:12 PM
kteela: Gah, Denver, really?

Oops.

I meant, Go Mark! Go Idol!
 
vegaswench [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:51:30 PM
kteela: kteela: Gah, Denver, really?

Oops.

I meant, Go Mark! Go Idol!

lol
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:52:12 PM
kteela: kteela: Gah, Denver, really?

Oops.

I meant, Go Mark! Go Idol!

You caught mikaloyd syndrome. There may be no cure.
 
kteela [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 01:53:31 PM
mikaloyd: kteela: kteela: Gah, Denver, really?

Oops.

I meant, Go Mark! Go Idol!

You caught mikaloyd syndrome. There may be no cure.

Cooties!
 
DanZero
2011-10-23 01:55:37 PM
mikaloyd: kteela: kteela: Gah, Denver, really?

Oops.

I meant, Go Mark! Go Idol!

You caught mikaloyd syndrome. There may be no cure.

Already did quite a few times in previous threads
 
turbokat [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:03:29 PM
mikaloyd: Jimmy Johnson: The Montreal Canadiens of NASCAR. No matter how many times he wins it he is still unlovable.

Go easy on the Habs man........
 
swampgirl
2011-10-23 02:04:49 PM
Hey y'all - This is more than a race - this is TALLADEGA!!!

/Go Junior!
//Stay safe everybody.
 
vegaswench [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:05:08 PM
Beautiful job on the anthem.
 
turbokat [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:08:30 PM
vegaswench: Beautiful job on the anthem.

Totally. Much better than having some flavor of the week farking it up.
 
kteela [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:11:20 PM
A Jr. win would be so great.
 
FiendishFellow05
2011-10-23 02:13:46 PM
Was that John Force in that Ford ad??? He looked vaguely insane!
 
relaxitsjustme
2011-10-23 02:14:47 PM
Somewhere someone is saying "There's my boy! He's the one in the Good Sam costume!"
 
dettigersnw22
2011-10-23 02:14:47 PM
Is Joe Nemechek gonna run the full race today? If so, he's my pick to win.
 
dettigersnw22
2011-10-23 02:15:52 PM
dettigersnw22: Is Joe Nemechek gonna run the full race today? If so, he's my pick to win.

Actually, screw that. Landon Cassill for the upset!
 
Praise Cheesus
2011-10-23 02:16:09 PM
FiendishFellow05: Was that John Force in that Ford ad??? He looked vaguely insane!

Yes, that was Johnny boy and there is nothing "vague" about his insanity. He's crazy in the good way, however.
 
turbokat [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:22:14 PM
Trevor Bayne? How old is that kid anyway?
 
swampgirl
2011-10-23 02:23:24 PM
Here we go!
 
Foaming [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:23:37 PM
boogity3
 
turbokat [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:23:40 PM
Boogity, and such.......
 
swampgirl
2011-10-23 02:25:03 PM
Ugh - am in the awkward position of wanting 48 to do well today

/stupid love-bug racing
 
swampgirl
2011-10-23 02:26:22 PM
Okay - if JJ wrecks and Junior doesn't.... who would pair up with the 88 for success? Smoke? Oh please oh please oh please
 
turbokat [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:27:09 PM
As much as I like the 31 up front, I know it won't last long.
 
mikaloyd [TotalFark]
2011-10-23 02:27:50 PM
Eureka! after allowing my naggy butt computer to update I has re-arrived in this thread
 
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