Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 9, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 9, 2018 Trucks racing at Texas right now....the stands are empty...SMH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 The truck series needs to get back to the way small paved tracks that they started out at, the stands were overflowing. Did you catch how bad major league baseball attendance is so far this year ? Golf is another that has bigger issues with eyeballs and attendance than francecar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 9, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 9, 2018 18 minutes ago, hwytohell said: The truck series needs to get back to the way small paved tracks that they started out at, the stands were overflowing. Did you catch how bad major league baseball attendance is so far this year ? Golf is another that has bigger issues with eyeballs and attendance than francecar. The Indycars are racing tomorrow night at Texas....guessing their attendance won't be a whole lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said: The Indycars are racing tomorrow night at Texas....guessing their attendance won't be a whole lot better. They punted smoking in the stands at some of the local dirt tracks here and attendance has gone up this year, but still way down from what it use to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 9, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 9, 2018 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I wonder if they'd draw more fans to the stands by making Friday and practice day for all series, Saturday is Trucks and Busch series qualifying and racing, and Sunday is Cup qualifying and racing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Just a guess , but with francecar purchase of ACRA you just might see the truck series go away. Very hard to find a deep pocketed title sponsor for the truck series today.................... or cup. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 7 minutes ago, hwytohell said: Just a guess , but with francecar purchase of ACRA you just might see the truck series go away. Very hard to find a deep pocketed title sponsor for the truck series today.................... or cup. I can't imagine ARCA will draw any more cars or fans then the Trucks, but maybe Kyle Busch can drop down and kick their ass for a season or two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) If anyone can spare some time , this is a very nice track with fair to good car counts . I still can't race there because of my personal on track asshole actions , but I now can set foot on the track property for 2018 . http://www.northernmichiganspeedway.com/schedule A side note , I wish the track owners would get their head out of yesterday and allow foreign cars plus the small all wheel drive vehicles , I think they are missing out on a very good youth market. imo Edited June 9, 2018 by hwytohell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Letting the foreign brands run in the 4 banger classes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwytohell Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Yes . imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 9, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, hwytohell said: If anyone can spare some time , this is a very nice track with fair to good car counts . I still can't race there because of my personal on track asshole actions , but I now can set foot on the track property for 2018 . http://www.northernmichiganspeedway.com/schedule A side note , I wish the track owners would get their head out of yesterday and allow foreign cars plus the small all wheel drive vehicles , I think they are missing out on a very good youth market. imo I've been there once and it's been a few years....do the Sevenskis still own it? What did you do to get yourself booted? Edited June 9, 2018 by Jimmy Snacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 9, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 9, 2018 (edited) Watching a replay of qualifying....215-216-217 going into the corners...damn. Fords fast again. Edited June 9, 2018 by Jimmy Snacks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 I need to go look at the picks I made for this weekends ra e earlier in the week. I'm sure I need to make a few adjustments. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted June 10, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 10, 2018 field fillers weekend almirola blaney menard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 44 minutes ago, steve from amherst said: field fillers weekend almirola blaney menard I think those are good picks, especially since they are all Fords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 10, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, ckf said: I think those are good picks, especially since they are all Fords That's what I'm thinking as well....now here are some winning picks...... Dickhead Dillon Chris Beuscher Bubba Wallace 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said: That's what I'm thinking as well....now here are some winning picks...... Dickhead Dillon Chris Beuscher Bubba Wallace Can we just call him DD from now on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 10, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 10, 2018 Just now, ckf said: Can we just call him DD from now on Yeah that will work. He won a rain shortened race yesterday so who knows....I like Beuscher and Bubba and I need to save some picks for later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Yeah that will work. He won a rain shortened race yesterday so who knows....I like Beuscher and Bubba and I need to save some picks for later. They moved the race to FS2 yesterday, so I couldn't watch it because Xfinity doesn't offer FS2 in this area. I'm a fan of Bubba too. I think the Chevy teams are getting closer with the new Camaro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 10, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 10, 2018 1 minute ago, ckf said: They moved the race to FS2 yesterday, so I couldn't watch it because Xfinity doesn't offer FS2 in this area. I'm a fan of Bubba too. I think the Chevy teams are getting closer with the new Camaro I didn't see any of it as I got busy doing some other stuff...need to do some things this morning so I don't feel guilty watching Cup and F1 this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I think I'll go with Kurt Busch, Almirola and Suarez . I swapped out Kurt for Larson from my original picks that I made last week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Quote There will be a competition caution on lap 25 of today's race. Like yesterday, rain could be an issue at the track. NASCAR will need to complete stage two (lap 120 of 200) for the race to be official. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Was doing some thinking in the garage this morning. NASCAR needs to look at moving to a V8 Supercar and/or Trans Am style car, or hell, just copy one or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted June 10, 2018 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted June 10, 2018 Great feature about Aric Almirola going back to Cuba to see family that he has never met...nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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