Official NASCAR Series News Thread

[pk500]

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So what's the opinion on the Earnhardt/Labonte incident to end the Bristol night race in 1999? I wouldn't classify Earnhardt as having a 'lack of talent'.

A crap move by Earnhardt. He didn't have the speed to pass Labonte that night, so he moved him out of the way. Even the greats sometimes resort to bush-league tactics.

And what makes using the side of your car for a non-clean pass not BS? There's unavoidable contact and then there is avoidable contact. Larson could have given room there. Sure, it might have cost him the win, but isn't needing to use your car to get another driver into the wall enough to keep him behind you just as unjustified?

I'm not saying any of these cases are right or wrong. It sounds like we try to make black-and-white out of something that is, and always will be, mostly gray. The truck incident with Nemechek? Sure, wrong all around. But I wouldn't call Larson's move clean by any stretch. So what makes a good racing move, well, good?

There's just as much risk for the originator of side-to-side contact as there is the receiver. Tell me how many times you've seen the trailing car in a deliberate chrome horn bump-and-run spin along with the leading car that was hit in the rear. Almost never?

Nose-to-tail contact is far more crippling for the lead car than side-to-side contact. Plus there's a lot of aero push and shenanigans when cars run that close side to side, especially in a tri-oval section of a track.

Proper racing shouldn't feature bush-league contact. But then again, NASCAR isn't governed by the same code of ethics and conduct as nearly every other form of circuit racing on Earth other than perhaps short-track, closed-fendered racing.

You don't see BS, intentional contact like that in an open-wheel sprint car race because the outcome could be serious injury or death for the driver. There's more skill and respect in short-track sprint car and midget racing than in nearly every Cup race.

[BurghFan]

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Las Vegas adding second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in 2018

Officials from Las Vegas Motor Speedway and representatives from the city itself announced Wednesday that the Nevada-based track would host two Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races annually beginning in 2018.

The news comes two days before on-track activity for this weekend's Boyd Gaming 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series and Kobalt Tools 400 Monster Energy Series events.

The race addition has been met with positive feedback throughout the industry and is a move NASCAR supports, according to league officials.

Speedway president Chris Powell said during Wednesday's announcement that the two questions he is most often asked are about job opportunities at the 1.5-mile venue and when the track would obtain a second major race date.

“And it turns out in March of 2017 … we can make this special announcement," he said.

The city of Las Vegas, he said, "becomes the only city in the history of NASCAR to have two tripleheader weekends."

Specific dates have not been made final.

Currently, Las Vegas hosts the Monster Energy Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series in March, and a stand-alone event for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in the fall.

Doesn't explicitly say who's going to lose a date.

[bravesfan1984]

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Las Vegas adding second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in 2018



Doesn't explicitly say who's going to lose a date.

New Hampshire loses their second date

[pk500]

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Las Vegas adding second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in 2018



Doesn't explicitly say who's going to lose a date.

New Hampshire.

Terrible trade. New Hampshire is a shorter track with a unique, paperclip shape, almost like Martinsville on steroids. It's a driver's track in which you need to use the brakes hard into the corner.

Vegas is just another 1.5-mile cookie cutter.

ZZZZZZ.

[franko3219]

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New Hampshire.

Terrible trade. New Hampshire is a shorter track with a unique, paperclip shape, almost like Martinsville on steroids. It's a driver's track in which you need to use the brakes hard into the corner.

Vegas is just another 1.5-mile cookie cutter.

ZZZZZZ.

Attendance talks, as does sponsorship/advertisements. Unfortunately from what I've heard, New Hampshire didn't have strong attendance for either race. Now maybe the same thing happens at Vegas, we'll see.

I for one hope that they eventually bring back Phoenix's night race. PIR will be going through a renovation, which will be ready by the fall 18 race. They will be removing the grandstands from the front stretch and adding seating to wrap around towards the dogleg. I am assuming that seating capacity will be cut slightly, which is kind of odd because any race that I've went to, has been well attended. The good part from what I've read is that all seats will be shaded. They will also be moving the start/finish line towards coming out of turn 2. Additional comforts will be added as well, such as wifi, and other fan friendly additions. I've always enjoyed PIR, so I'll be looking forward to seeing how/if my experience differs after the change.

[BlueAngels98]

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Do NASCAR games have multiplayer season modes?

[franko3219]

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Do NASCAR games have multiplayer season modes?

I think that you are looking for the Nascar Heat Thread, this is more for news pertaining to the actual Nascar Series. I cannot answer your question specifically to the current game; however, I would imagine that there is a way to invite friends only in to a race and then manually keep track of points at the very least. That's how the group that I was in, did it back when EA had the title.

[Yrogergj24]

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Monster's doing good for the sport with this attitude

[franko3219]

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Monster's doing good for the sport with this attitude

Agreed. Hopefully NASCAR can separate themselves from some of this PC BS that they've been caving to since moving away from the Winston Cup. Just tired of NASCAR seemingly caving to the opinions of people don't even attend races. It doesn't mean that there can't be safety and a draw for a new fan base, but I just feel that NASCAR had gone too far in the other direction over the last 10 plus years.

[UFCMPunk]

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Las Vegas adding second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup race in 2018



Doesn't explicitly say who's going to lose a date.

Wonder if this means Homestead no longer is the Season Finale starting in 2018. I'm not a fan of this as I'm still waiting for them to add Iowa Speedway to the schedule and much prefer that instead of Vegas. As long as the second race date is a night race, then I'm ok with it. NASCAR needs more night races in the fall to get out of the NFL's way on Sundays.

[Redacted01]

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Surprised there hasn't been a post on Junior's announced retirement. I bought Homestead tickets earlier today. Was already planning it, but hard to pass up now when my friend back home is a Junior fan. Not surprising given the concussions and fitting to go along with Gordon and Stewart the last 2 years, but still a unexpected.

[franko3219]

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I figured that it was coming sooner rather than later, I just thought he would go another year or two to try and get a championship. He said during his time that he was out that he still wanted to race for at least a few years if I remember correctly. I wonder if there were issues with his contract talks? Either way, this sucks. I'm happy for him and his career, just need some of these young guys to develop more of a personality.

[BurghFan]

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Yeah, rather shocking. He's been my favorite driver since his pre-rookie season in '99.

[Yrogergj24]

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2018 Schedule Changes
•Daytona 500 date — back on President’s Day weekend, Feb. 18
•Richmond International Raceway short track will host one of the playoff races in the opening round of the postseason, and its spring date — April 21 — returns to a Saturday night feature.
•The traditional regular-season finale will now shift from the Richmond short track to the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sept. 9.
•Chicagoland Speedway now is the site of NBC Sports’ season debut on July 1 — just prior to the traditional Daytona International Speedway Coke Zero 400 stop a week later
•Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s brand new “second date” of the season will officially kick off NASCAR’s playoffs on Sept. 16.
•Also significant: Charlotte Motor Speedway’s playoff race will now be run on the venue’s road course instead of its 1.5-mile oval.
•That adds not only a road course to the postseason, but one that serves as the elimination event in the opening round on Sept. 30.
• Daytona Speedweeks has both Daytona 500 pole qualifying and the Clash at Daytona preseason race held on the same day (Sunday, Feb. 11).
•With the schedule changes, the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series opening three-race playoff round is Las Vegas-Richmond-Charlotte. The next round starts at Dover, then heads to Talladega and concludes in Kansas. The Round of 8 again is Martinsville-Texas-Phoenix, with the championship finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 18.
•The NASCAR XFINITY Series also will conclude at the Miami 1.5-miler after opening playoff rounds in Richmond, Charlotte and Dover. Subsequent races at Kansas, Texas and Phoenix will set up the South Florida finale.
•The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will settle its title with a playoff opener on the Canadian Tire Motorsports Park road course, followed by races at Las Vegas and Talladega to set the Round of 8. Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix will decide the championship four vying for the big trophy at Homestead-Miami.
•The Truck Series also joins the NASCAR Goes West initiative, heading to Las Vegas Motor Speedway (March 2) for a tripleheader weekend.

Charlotte Roval Map

[BurghFan]

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•Also significant: Charlotte Motor Speedway’s playoff race will now be run on the venue’s road course instead of its 1.5-mile oval.

Charlotte Roval Map

Wow!! Didn't see that coming. The Chase definitely needed a road course, but I thought maybe they'd shift Watkins Glen back a month (or perhaps one of the Pocono dates since that track has road course character at least) rather than use an infield road course at an existing Chase track. I didn't even know Charlotte had an infield road course. It will make it doubly interesting though as no one will have ever run on in a race before, though I would assume NASCAR will allow cars to test on it at some point prior to the race.