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(The Drive)   It's the 7th & final race in the NASCAR Pro Invitational Series on iRacing and they're throwin' it back to North Wilkesboro. Jeff Gordon is bringing the Rainbow Warrior and the kids get no practice before the flag. 3 PM ET on Fox, FS1, & iRacing   (thedrive.com) divider line
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bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 4:28:17 PM  
3 votes:
OK, this was fun!  See y'all next weekend for actual racing that won't be nearly as fun as this has been.
 
UNC_Samurai [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 4:03:44 PM  
3 votes:

hotrod2001: bluorangefyre: Of course they have to warn us not to go to the track.  But yes, pave it somebody!  Reinforce the flagstand!

Don't laugh, the groundskeeper there will come after you with a shotgun.   Nice guy though.


The best part about driving by that track for years after it closed, was still seeing the Winston Cup sign out on 421.
 
hotrod2001
2020-05-09 3:59:42 PM  
3 votes:

bluorangefyre: Of course they have to warn us not to go to the track.  But yes, pave it somebody!  Reinforce the flagstand!


Don't laugh, the groundskeeper there will come after you with a shotgun.   Nice guy though.
 
Dumb-Ass-Monkey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:53:59 PM  
3 votes:
Clint and Jeff have been so much fun together since Jeff got behind the iWheel
 
Mztlplx [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:40:56 PM  
3 votes:

FiendishFellow05: I gotta say, this is a really cool race. As someone who started really watching NASCAR around ~2001, after the track was off the schedule, it's fun to see a real - if virtual - race at North Wilkesboro.

Also, thank you to the kind person who gifted me TotalFark - I'll try to make good use of it.

And Custer puts his custard through a spin cycle. Whoops!


Welcome to NASFARK. Here's your complimentary #48 voodoo doll.

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/one of the last ones I'll ever give
 
hotrod2001
2020-05-09 3:12:38 PM  
3 votes:

bluorangefyre: kdawg7736: I still hate Jeff Gordon.

He and Bobby Labonte are my picks, since they've actually raced there in Cup competition.  Junior is a close third, since he ran late models there.


For what it's worth, John Hunter Nemecheck and Chase Elliott have both raced at North Wilkesboro for real.  Nemechek raced in the Allison Legacy Series and Elliott in PASS back in 2010.  Not sure if that translates over to virtual racing, but they've actually had on-track experience in it. (Elliott even won the PASS race before getting DQ'd for post-race inspection)
 
poconojoe [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 4:06:46 PM  
2 votes:
it's too bad nobody has been able to make it work financially to bring North Wilkesboro back as a racing facility.  it's a neat little track, and nice to see what a modern Cup race would look like there virtually.

pretty neat what they had to do to prepare the track to have it scanned and put into the game

Dirty Mo Media Original: Bringing Back Wilkesboro
Youtube UNAyO19oIz0
 
technomuse [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:55:11 PM  
2 votes:

Warmachine999: bluorangefyre: Warmachine999: The 18 is too damn high.  Firing up the wave motion engine and targeting.

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You're taking out Labonte?

Whoops.  Old targeting data.  Saw the number 18 and thought it was Schrub.  My bad.


Psst...theyre both 18. Target the candy
 
Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:54:49 PM  
2 votes:

Mztlplx: bluorangefyre: Of course they have to warn us not to go to the track.  But yes, pave it somebody!  Reinforce the flagstand!

Oh no. I've seen pictures of the current state of this track. It's no longer salvagable, you'd have to bulldoze it all and start over.


Eh, it's a track. You may have to replace the grandstands and the press boxes, but the track itself would need repaving at most.
 
Dumb-Ass-Monkey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:22:24 PM  
2 votes:

bluorangefyre: Evernham had notes?


Remember when he was a respected, popular owner, but then started f*cking Erin Crocker, and that was the end of everything for him?
 
Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:21:00 PM  
2 votes:
Oh snap, love Joonyer's tribute paint scheme tribute to his grandfather!
 
hotrod2001
2020-05-09 3:18:09 PM  
2 votes:
That's not what the track looks like now...there's a grandstand that goes all around turn 1 through turn 3.  But nice 80's era rendering.

/Worked on bringing the track back a few years ago...
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 11:09:38 AM  
2 votes:

kdawg7736: I still hate Jeff Gordon.


He and Bobby Labonte are my picks, since they've actually raced there in Cup competition.  Junior is a close third, since he ran late models there.
 
SeikaArashi
2020-05-09 4:36:33 PM  
1 vote:

Fireproof: Oh yeah, which Nasfarkers without TF would like one of my Farks to Give?


I'll take if no one wants it :) though I've been catching allergies like crazy (was half told to call out today since I'm having head and throat pains and small coughs...)
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 4:26:31 PM  
1 vote:
Ugh

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Dumb-Ass-Monkey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 4:25:14 PM  
1 vote:
I'm constantly amazed at how exciting these video game races are.
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 4:06:42 PM  
1 vote:
Damn, Bobby Allison got old.  I didn't think that was possible since he's looked old since 1988.
 
Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:53:12 PM  
1 vote:
Gordon laughs about his skill at missing wrecks, but that's something he was always good at.
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:51:27 PM  
1 vote:
Of course they have to warn us not to go to the track.  But yes, pave it somebody!  Reinforce the flagstand!
 
Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:48:40 PM  
1 vote:
Other funny thing about the ads at the track: When the track closed, Lowe's was just a regional chain based right there in Wilkesboro.
 
technomuse [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:47:18 PM  
1 vote:
My eldest already has June 2 on their phone calendar for this update in iRacing. They really did it well.
 
Jensaarai
2020-05-09 3:46:35 PM  
1 vote:
I want to see someone shoot the gap in the wall on the inside and go do donuts in the infield.
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:45:05 PM  
1 vote:

Mztlplx: 22, 18, 11, somebody else...who should be the new voodoo doll next year?


If Horsie goes to the 48, we won't need to change a thing other than dropping the 2.

DW!!!!!
 
Dumb-Ass-Monkey [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:44:31 PM  
1 vote:

RankStranger: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: bluorangefyre: Evernham had notes?

Remember when he was a respected, popular owner, but then started f*cking Erin Crocker, and that was the end of everything for him?

Really don't think it was the end of everything for him remotely. It did her racing career no favors.


The whole Erin Crocker thing led to Evernham Racing being bought out, and then merged into Richard Petty Motorsports. And that was it for him in any capacity in racing other than as an analyst on and off for a few years.
 
Mztlplx [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:43:43 PM  
1 vote:
22, 18, 11, somebody else...who should be the new voodoo doll next year?
 
ski9600 [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:40:25 PM  
1 vote:
#42 Larson, I break with the, I break with thee, I BREAK WITH THEEE

/lol
//I'll advise y'all when I pick a new driver
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:37:24 PM  
1 vote:

RankStranger: Dumb-Ass-Monkey: bluorangefyre: Evernham had notes?

Remember when he was a respected, popular owner, but then started f*cking Erin Crocker, and that was the end of everything for him?

Really don't think it was the end of everything for him remotely. It did her racing career no favors.


And also nearly ended Jeremy Mayfield's career.  THEN he took care of that himself.
 
FiendishFellow05 [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:37:01 PM  
1 vote:
I gotta say, this is a really cool race. As someone who started really watching NASCAR around ~2001, after the track was off the schedule, it's fun to see a real - if virtual - race at North Wilkesboro.

Also, thank you to the kind person who gifted me TotalFark - I'll try to make good use of it.

And Custer puts his custard through a spin cycle. Whoops!
 
RankStranger
2020-05-09 3:32:35 PM  
1 vote:

Dumb-Ass-Monkey: bluorangefyre: Evernham had notes?

Remember when he was a respected, popular owner, but then started f*cking Erin Crocker, and that was the end of everything for him?


Really don't think it was the end of everything for him remotely. It did her racing career no favors.
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:24:13 PM  
1 vote:
You think they should've closed the gate on the backstretch?
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:22:57 PM  
1 vote:
Guys, this is bringing back a lot of memories.  Brett Bodine's win was the first race I really paid any attention to.  And they nailed the look of the track, right down to the camera angles!
 
Snaps [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:19:23 PM  
1 vote:
ICrash 1
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:17:48 PM  
1 vote:
BOOGITY3
 
Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:14:15 PM  
1 vote:
Well done once you actually got around to it, JJ!
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:14:12 PM  
1 vote:
Welcome to simulated North Wilkesboro!

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Pacedog's keepin' 'em honest for now.  Next time, it's as real as it gets.  NOW LET'S GET IT ON!!!

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Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:09:49 PM  
1 vote:
I've been to Wilkes County, and believe me when I say it needs it!
 
Fireproof [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:09:21 PM  
1 vote:
Loving the accidental-throwback ads to things like Pontiac and First Union!
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:03:50 PM  
1 vote:
Mikey can still fit in his Country Time helmet.  Now THAT'S old school!
 
technomuse [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:02:44 PM  
1 vote:

FiendishFellow05: technomuse: Go eGuido!

This is gonna be fun to watch if the kids do go in blind

No eGuido today - Jon Wood is wheeling the virtual Wood Brothers entry.


I'm OK with that. Still cheering on the 21
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 3:01:56 PM  
1 vote:
Watching Junior's Twitch stream, and DAMN they did it!  It looks like it did when I first got into racing!
 
FiendishFellow05 [TotalFark]
2020-05-09 3:01:07 PM  
1 vote:

technomuse: Go eGuido!

This is gonna be fun to watch if the kids do go in blind


No eGuido today - Jon Wood is wheeling the virtual Wood Brothers entry.
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 2:48:43 PM  
1 vote:
Honestly I'm shocked they couldn't coax Mark Martin into racing today.  Or either Petty, more than likely Kyle, though we'd have wanted Richard.  Actually, King Richard and He Who Shall Not Be Named facing off would've been the first time two seven-time Cup champs raced each other in a NASCAR sanctioned event; Dale Sr. was only at five when Petty retired.  The difference, of course, being that Petty earned his seven.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2020-05-09 10:25:34 AM  
1 vote:
I still hate Jeff Gordon.
 
Chevello
2020-05-09 2:11:14 AM  
1 vote:
I wish they'd bring back some of the old rules like racing to the yellow since it's not physically dangerous any more.
 
Mztlplx [TotalFark]
2020-05-08 11:12:36 PM  
1 vote:
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