Nascar just doesn't seem the same this season.

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volfan2024

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This season just seems weird to me. All the top drivers are struggling (sorta) and Edwards just keeps on winning.He's not a bad driver but there are several better.
 
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things will pick up after Talladega. after next weekend, the next off week i believe is either before or after the Brickyard.
 
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doozer said:
things will pick up after Talladega. after next weekend, the next off week i believe is either before or after the Brickyard.
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yet another reason i'm upset with NASCAR. Laugh at me if you want, but at heart I'm a momma's boy and Momma's day is supposed to be spent with momma. Not driving around in circles.
 
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that's why they made Darlington a night race.

but i'm with you. bump the schedule up a weekend and take Mother's Day weekend off.
 
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doozer said:
that's why they made Darlington a night race.

but i'm with you. bump the schedule up a weekend and take Mother's Day weekend off.
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didn't realize it was now a sat night race. Shows how little I've paid attention. At least they can make it wherever Sunday to see mom then.

Why do they get next weekend off? I don't understand getting Easter weekend off now this weekend and not another for so long? Why not stretch it out, Easter, Mother's Day, Sometime in June/July, the one final week off in Septemeber or something like that?
 
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honestly, i have no answer.

the NASCAR schedule has baffled me for years.
 
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doozer said:
honestly, i have no answer.

the NASCAR schedule has baffled me for years.
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Like Bristol in early March? Also why have so many long hauls together, i.e. Vegas, Texas, Phoenix, California. It is not like they can stay out there, they have to drive back & forth each time, plus the time spent flying the team members. I would think it would be better to spread the long hauls through out the schedule.
 
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utfantilidie said:
This season just seems weird to me. All the top drivers are struggling (sorta) and Edwards just keeps on winning.He's not a bad driver but there are several better.
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You must be a Jeff Gordon fan. This year is great for me.
We have competition and some parity.
Last season was the worst Nascar season ever for me.
 
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utfantilidie said:
This season just seems weird to me. All the top drivers are struggling (sorta) and Edwards just keeps on winning.He's not a bad driver but there are several better.
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He isn't winning because he is a so-so driver either. There are not too many with more talent IMO. He has four teamates with equal equipment (supposedly), and they're not winning yet. One of the measuring sticks of talent is how a driver fares in comparison with his own team drivers. Just as Kyle Busch is the faster of JGR cars.
 
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Edwards has won at least 4 COT races i can think of off the top of my head. he's doing something right.
 
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rbroyles said:
Like Bristol in early March? Also why have so many long hauls together, i.e. Vegas, Texas, Phoenix, California. It is not like they can stay out there, they have to drive back & forth each time, plus the time spent flying the team members. I would think it would be better to spread the long hauls through out the schedule.
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that has got to be a logistical nightmare. i couldn't even begin to describe all the issues i could think of for making that work.
 
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volfanbill said:
yet another reason i'm upset with NASCAR. Laugh at me if you want, but at heart I'm a momma's boy and Momma's day is supposed to be spent with momma. Not driving around in circles.
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Well, I am a momma and my birthday is on the 7th of May so going to Darlington is my mothers day/bday present!! LOL I spend it with my hubby and my 2 little girls and we have a great Mothers Day weekend. :)
 
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doozer said:
Edwards has won at least 4 COT races i can think of off the top of my head. he's doing something right.
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He has won 3 this year already, out of 7! At that rate he would win 15.43 races this year if he maintains the avg. How you win .43 of a race is beyond me.
 
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rbroyles said:
Like Bristol in early March? Also why have so many long hauls together, i.e. Vegas, Texas, Phoenix, California. It is not like they can stay out there, they have to drive back & forth each time, plus the time spent flying the team members. I would think it would be better to spread the long hauls through out the schedule.
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doozer said:
that has got to be a logistical nightmare. i couldn't even begin to describe all the issues i could think of for making that work.
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I'm not sure it's all that tough. At least before the COT is wasn't. They used to have different cars at all the tracks and I remember hearing Benny Parsons talk about how the hauler would be on it's way to Vegas on Sunday during the California race and what not. I'm sure the driver and crew just hop on a plane and fly into Charlotte (or wherever their homebase is) Sunday night/Monday morning and then back out wherever they need to get. Sucks for the haulers as I guess they only get to see the race the drive in the car for, but I'm sure the money balances it all out.:)
 
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most crew member fly commercial and stay in hotel rooms. only the drivers and car owners hop around in choppers and private jets.

and yeah, they run multiple haulers all around the country. they used to come through at work and i'd talk to the truck drivers and hear stories about making it work. they run pretty tight schedules. not saying they don't get a routine down and run it efficiently, but in the trucking industry trouble is always right around the corner.
 
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doozer said:
most crew member fly commercial and stay in hotel rooms. only the drivers and car owners hop around in choppers and private jets.

and yeah, they run multiple haulers all around the country. they used to come through at work and i'd talk to the truck drivers and hear stories about making it work. they run pretty tight schedules. not saying they don't get a routine down and run it efficiently, but in the trucking industry trouble is always right around the corner.
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i assumed the crew travels commercially, but it's still not hard to find a flight from anywhere to Atlanta and then onto Charlotte. It's not even that hard to get right into Charlotte. Obviously it's tight, but I was just pointing out that one trucker isn't driving around all over the place non stop.
 
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most haulers run teams that way one can sleep while the other drives. they cover A LOT of miles in a week. you're right, it would be impossible to run the schedule today with one driver team.
 
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McLovin said:
You must be a Jeff Gordon fan. This year is great for me.
We have competition and some parity.
Last season was the worst Nascar season ever for me.
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I am a Jeff Gordon fan. I agree last season wasn't very competitive. I think with all the great drivers retiring, there's some awful big shoes to fill.
 
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volfanbill said:
i assumed the crew travels commercially, but it's still not hard to find a flight from anywhere to Atlanta and then onto Charlotte. It's not even that hard to get right into Charlotte. Obviously it's tight, but I was just pointing out that one trucker isn't driving around all over the place non stop.
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well that brings up another reason to spread these races out, save the expense of having two complete setups. You not only have to have 2 trucks, but 2 completely equipped trailers with everything needed for a race weekend.
 
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rbroyles said:
well that brings up another reason to spread these races out, save the expense of having two complete setups. You not only have to have 2 trucks, but 2 completely equipped trailers with everything needed for a race weekend.
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honestly the reason I've grown tired of NASCAR is the fact that it now extends from February through November. That itself is way too long. Way too long. I'm so burnt out on caring by the time the Chase comes around, I don't really care who wins.
 
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I think the new car has made it so hard to wreck, it honestly almost made every race like a race at california.....long, dry, and boring
 
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kkep48 said:
Competition? You must be watching different races than me.
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Could be. One team one half the races last year and was
dominating every other team with the COT.
Now you have Hendrick,Gibbs,RCR,Roush,Penske,DEI all
competing more evenly.
So tell us all what you are watching and how it's less
competitive than the last couple of years without the sarcastic "nobody can have a different opinion than me"one liner this time.
 
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I'm watching races that are almost unwatchable. I've been watching one or two cars get out front, stay there and the race be for 2nd. Not that it's any different than last year where the races were just as boring, but every race seems like a Pocono race. I don't care how many teams are running evenly if it doesn't allow side-by-side racing where cars can pass in traffic.
 
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