Auto Racing Discussion Thread

[Monzanator 4,611]

Enough with the snow sports for now... Daytona 500 tonight

[owenp_23 564]

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the Dayton 500 even though he didnʻt grab the checkered flag. Due to NASCARʻs new 2-lap "Overtime", after the first lap is completed if there is caution, the race is stopped immediately and the car in front is the winner.

 

Ngl totally confused me watching it live.

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 2/20/2023 at 2:44 PM, owenp_23 said:

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins the Dayton 500 even though he didnʻt grab the checkered flag. Due to NASCARʻs new 2-lap "Overtime", after the first lap is completed if there is caution, the race is stopped immediately and the car in front is the winner.

 

Ngl totally confused me watching it live.

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I saw people on a Dutch forum be confused as well, just like the Dutch commentator, but I don't really get how it's so confusing

 

I mean, caution in the last lap = end of race = first car wins, it was fairly straightforward....

 

I don't like this new thing, because the caution was entirely unnecessary in the first place and so they could easily have raced until the line (and then thrown the caution of course, just to keep things safe), but as much as I disagree with the rule, I didn't find it confusing to be honest  

[owenp_23 564]

  On 2/20/2023 at 3:11 PM, heywoodu said:

I saw people on a Dutch forum be confused as well, just like the Dutch commentator, but I don't really get how it's so confusing

 

I mean, caution in the last lap = end of race = first car wins, it was fairly straightforward....

 

I don't like this new thing, because the caution was entirely unnecessary in the first place and so they could easily have raced until the line (and then thrown the caution of course, just to keep things safe), but as much as I disagree with the rule, I didn't find it confusing to be honest  

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I guess itʻs not all that confusing, but it just doesnʻt seem right.

 

Joey Logano, who took second, was interviewed after the race and said, "you donʻt prepare for there to be caution." He was still racing to the finish line and happened to be in second at the wrong time.

[Monzanator 4,611]

The NASCAR overtime rules truly suck, last night's finish was downright terrible and it figures FOX missed the leaders when the caution finally came out on the last lap. It also figures a #### like Stenhouse won the race. This time he didn't actually wreck half the field en route to victory...

[heywoodu 15,354]

  On 2/20/2023 at 3:43 PM, owenp_23 said:

I guess itʻs not all that confusing, but it just doesnʻt seem right.

 

Joey Logano, who took second, was interviewed after the race and said, "you donʻt prepare for there to be caution." He was still racing to the finish line and happened to be in second at the wrong time.

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That I absolutely agree with  

 

One would assume the drivers know though. If you know there can be a caution in the final lap, you might change from timing the move right, to making sure you're in front if at all possible. Or of course stick in second and time your move, but while taking the risk for a caution.

Edited February 20, 2023 by heywoodu

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[Monzanator 4,611]

Snow in February is nothing, even in California. It snowed once in Nazareth, PA in April

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 2/25/2023 at 7:52 PM, Monzanator said:

Snow in February is nothing, even in California. It snowed once in Nazareth, PA in April

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Snow in Fontana, or anywhere in the LA Metropolitan Area south of the San Gabriel Mountains, is pretty rare. 6.5 Celsius is the average low temperature for Fontana in February. 

[Monzanator 4,611]

IndyCar season started in St. Petersburg with a ski jumping effort from Devlin DeFrancesco. Everyone walked away.