Daytona 2013

PurdueBrad · 02-24-2013, 11:30 AM

Hey all,

Never thought I would be posting a Nascar thread but my four year old is addicted. His birthday is today and we had a racing themed birthday party for him yesterday with the Nationwide race as the centerpiece. In fact, I made a Daytona track out of food for his birthday. A couple pics are attached. The blue dip is supposed to model the lake at Daytona and we eventually got the guac down to be the infield.

Anyway, here I am on a Sunday waiting to watch a Nascar race with my little guy. Go Tony Stewart!

RendeR · 02-24-2013, 12:35 PM

I'm always excited for the beginning of the season and then kinda lose interest over the summer and come back to it for the chase. I think they run too many races. Its too much of a grind.

I've been a proponent of merging nationwide and Cup for years now. Create 2 divisions that race on alternating weekends giving the teams a week off between each event they run.

Keep the points totals running with everyone included then when it comes to chase time you take the top 20 cars in points and 2 wild cards with the next most points/wins and you put them in a seperate race each weekend till the finish.

Lathum · 02-24-2013, 12:57 PM

God Damn the Budweiser Clydesdale commercial gets me.

Lathum · 02-24-2013, 01:09 PM

Big wreck takes out some big names. Montoya, Tony Stewart, HArvick, and Kahne all done

Lathum · 02-24-2013, 01:11 PM

dola- Looks like Kyle Busch caused it. Surprise, surprise

frnk55 · 02-24-2013, 03:34 PM

Yawn..

Vince, Pt. II · 02-24-2013, 03:40 PM

So I watched the last ten laps or so. More interesting than I expected, but still not interesting enough for me to watch an entire race.

Young Drachma · 02-24-2013, 03:46 PM

Yeah I watched the last 20 laps. Not so bad, but that last lap seems to come pretty fast to where you're not even sure it's happening until it's over. Not like horseracing where they let you know they're coming down the stretch.

Vince, Pt. II · 02-24-2013, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

Yeah I watched the last 20 laps. Not so bad, but that last lap seems to come pretty fast to where you're not even sure it's happening until it's over. Not like horseracing where they let you know they're coming down the stretch.

Yeah, I feel like the announcers sort of let me down there. They kept saying Biffle and Patrick might make a move...then Dale Jr. comes flying up and they sort of footnote it.

jbergey22 · 02-24-2013, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Yeah, I feel like the announcers sort of let me down there. They kept saying Biffle and Patrick might make a move...then Dale Jr. comes flying up and they sort of footnote it.

The team aspect of it kind of ruins it for me. Seems like it would be a more exciting sport if they broke up these alliances and offered more points for winning. A lot of these drivers will take the win if its there but wont give up a top 5 to risk a win.

gstelmack · 10-13-2013, 10:10 AM

We took our son and my Dad to the Dollar General 300 Nationwide race on Friday in Charlotte. Man that is FAR more impressive in person than on TV. We had a pretty good time, but since it was a night race my son poohed out just after halfway through.

PurdueBrad · 10-13-2013, 11:36 AM

That's what we keep trying to decide is when to take our son. I'm thinking this coming year (he'll be 5) would be good to try out a race.

gstelmack · 10-13-2013, 06:01 PM

My son is 8. Bring hearing protection, it's pretty loud, you won't be talking much, but just the FEEL of the noise and the cars flying by is incredible. I will say that he was very engaged right up until the leader lapped the rear car. He's very mathematical and focused on positions, and as soon as that happened he could no longer tell who was the leader and what place his favorite driver, Kyle Busch, was in. At that point he started zoning out.

CU Tiger · 10-14-2013, 11:51 AM

We used to follow NASCAR pretty close and my step parents still do.
For a young child (under say ... 8) the best first test is a Nationwide race. They are significantly shorter...and 2 hours is obtainable for many kids that age...when you start stretching the attention span to 3-4 hours man...heck Ive fallen asleep inside a race at Martinsville and Bristol before.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-17-2013, 07:02 PM

How much trouble is NASCAR in these days? It's hard for me not to wonder considering the final race of the season happened today and not only did I not realize it but not a single word about it appeared on my Facebook wall.

PurdueBrad · 11-17-2013, 08:19 PM

I was wondering the same thing. It felt as though the Chase was predetermined (not in terms of a conspiracy theory there was just very little drama or suspense). Admittedly though for me, once Tony Stewart went out a lot of my enthusiasm this season waned as well.

CU Tiger · 11-17-2013, 09:42 PM

My interest like so many I know, subconsciously in my case, evaporated on February 18, 2001.

It wasnt that any one star was bigger than the sport, it was that I was forced to move on instantly and not ready to....it took a decade to get there but...yeah.

Then again, Ive got a good friend who works in the business and he points out that fan support is almost exactly where it has been for a long time, save a 5 year bubble from 99-04...i dont have access to the stats to dispute him but sseems about right. Charlotte could draw 80j then and it was a sell out...now its 50% full

lungs · 11-17-2013, 09:51 PM

Not much of a NASCAR fan but the bar I frequent has a NASCAR crowd so I joined a few survivor pools this past season. First one I was out in the first week but I made it through the end of the season in the last pool so I'll come out ahead on the year.

I also have a Juan Pablo Montoya hat in the collection I'd wear to piss off the rednecks. "That mother fucker should be deported back to Mexico!" they always tell me.

Galaxy · 11-18-2013, 12:22 PM

NASCAR is just boring. Boring cars, boring drivers, boring points/championship system, boring tracks.

jbergey22 · 11-18-2013, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy

NASCAR is just boring. Boring cars, boring drivers, boring points/championship system, boring tracks.

My biggest issue is the team aspect and the point system which rewards drivers for not being aggressive and not trying to win.

If they made the sport more about winning races and not so much about finishing in the top 5 and top 10 it would be far more exciting.

Teammates working together and not wanting to pass/bump teammates also makes the sport pretty uninteresting to me as well.

I do like to watch the Daytona every year though. Maybe it is because it seems like everyone actually wants to win that race and are willing to take chances in order to do it.

02-24-2013, 12:35 PM	#2
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	I'm always excited for the beginning of the season and then kinda lose interest over the summer and come back to it for the chase. I think they run too many races. Its too much of a grind. I've been a proponent of merging nationwide and Cup for years now. Create 2 divisions that race on alternating weekends giving the teams a week off between each event they run. Keep the points totals running with everyone included then when it comes to chase time you take the top 20 cars in points and 2 wild cards with the next most points/wins and you put them in a seperate race each weekend till the finish. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

02-24-2013, 03:46 PM	#8
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	Yeah I watched the last 20 laps. Not so bad, but that last lap seems to come pretty fast to where you're not even sure it's happening until it's over. Not like horseracing where they let you know they're coming down the stretch. __________________ FBCB / FPB3 Mods

10-13-2013, 10:10 AM	#11
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	We took our son and my Dad to the Dollar General 300 Nationwide race on Friday in Charlotte. Man that is FAR more impressive in person than on TV. We had a pretty good time, but since it was a night race my son poohed out just after halfway through. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

10-13-2013, 06:01 PM	#13
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	My son is 8. Bring hearing protection, it's pretty loud, you won't be talking much, but just the FEEL of the noise and the cars flying by is incredible. I will say that he was very engaged right up until the leader lapped the rear car. He's very mathematical and focused on positions, and as soon as that happened he could no longer tell who was the leader and what place his favorite driver, Kyle Busch, was in. At that point he started zoning out. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

11-17-2013, 07:02 PM	#15
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	How much trouble is NASCAR in these days? It's hard for me not to wonder considering the final race of the season happened today and not only did I not realize it but not a single word about it appeared on my Facebook wall. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

02-24-2013, 12:57 PM	#3
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	God Damn the Budweiser Clydesdale commercial gets me.

02-24-2013, 01:09 PM	#4
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Big wreck takes out some big names. Montoya, Tony Stewart, HArvick, and Kahne all done

02-24-2013, 01:11 PM	#5
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	dola- Looks like Kyle Busch caused it. Surprise, surprise

02-24-2013, 03:34 PM	#6
frnk55 High School Varsity Join Date: Nov 2006	Yawn..

02-24-2013, 03:40 PM	#7
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	So I watched the last ten laps or so. More interesting than I expected, but still not interesting enough for me to watch an entire race.

10-14-2013, 11:51 AM	#14
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	We used to follow NASCAR pretty close and my step parents still do. For a young child (under say ... 8) the best first test is a Nationwide race. They are significantly shorter...and 2 hours is obtainable for many kids that age...when you start stretching the attention span to 3-4 hours man...heck Ive fallen asleep inside a race at Martinsville and Bristol before.

11-17-2013, 09:42 PM	#17
CU Tiger Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Backwoods, SC	My interest like so many I know, subconsciously in my case, evaporated on February 18, 2001. It wasnt that any one star was bigger than the sport, it was that I was forced to move on instantly and not ready to....it took a decade to get there but...yeah. Then again, Ive got a good friend who works in the business and he points out that fan support is almost exactly where it has been for a long time, save a 5 year bubble from 99-04...i dont have access to the stats to dispute him but sseems about right. Charlotte could draw 80j then and it was a sell out...now its 50% full

11-17-2013, 09:51 PM	#18
lungs Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Prairie du Sac, WI	Not much of a NASCAR fan but the bar I frequent has a NASCAR crowd so I joined a few survivor pools this past season. First one I was out in the first week but I made it through the end of the season in the last pool so I'll come out ahead on the year. I also have a Juan Pablo Montoya hat in the collection I'd wear to piss off the rednecks. "That mother fucker should be deported back to Mexico!" they always tell me.

11-18-2013, 12:22 PM	#19
Galaxy Coordinator Join Date: Apr 2005	NASCAR is just boring. Boring cars, boring drivers, boring points/championship system, boring tracks.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)