re: 2022 NASCAR Season Thread - 2022-23 Offseason

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What exactly did JGR do? I have not looked it up and you guys can explain it in terms I can somewhat understand. I am not a car guy, I just like watching the races.

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They used some strips of "helicopter tape" in some strategic places under the wrap around some openings to smooth some spots out to increase their aero. More or less my understanding is they used the tape to round off some of the rougher spots in regards to aero. Seeing how the JGR and 23XI teams have been running over the past several weeks after being virtually non-existent for large parts of the year I'm going to guess this has been done several times. I would also bet it's better than 50/50 that CB did the same thing last weekend.

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Yeah, that's a bit dramatic. Some points would be fine. It's NASCAR, there's always been cheating. It's just what it is.

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The only way I could see a team being disqualified for the playoffs is if they repeat the violation or did something that severely violated the rule book on purpose. Even then, I don’t know if NASCAR would go that far. I could see something like the team getting deducted majority of their points and starting with the minimal amount.

Weekend schedule with Indy cars at same track. Assume times are Eastern

IMS:Cup/NXS/IndyCar
IRP:Trucks/ARCA

Fri
9:30-Indy prac
10:35-Truck prac
12:30-ARCA prac
1-Indy qual
2:15-ARCA q
3:05-USA-Xfin p&q
4:30-FS1-Truck qual
6-FS1-ARCA (200)
9-FS1-Truck 60-60-80

Sat
9:35-USA-Cup p&q
12:30-NBC-Indy (85)
3:30-NBC-Xfin 20-20-22

Sun
2:30-NBC-Cup 15-20-47

This is from a poster on another board, a dedicated racing board. My response to him was “mic drop.” I would think he wouldn’t mind me sharing his take.

“When it's a spec part, and you're only allowed to wrap it with a certain thickness of wrap, and only one layer, not two, as has been caught before, it's black and white. Taking the win and 2nd place away is a disservice to the fans, for sure, but they made it clear early in the year with RFK to not mess with the body panels. These teams were so accustomed to "bending the rules" (cheating their asses off) for so many years that now they have to be beaten into submission. This is the sandbox they have chosen to play in, but the big cats from the Daytona offices have come to drop some tootsie rolls in the sand.”

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Honestly, I just thought they were getting hot over the last few races.

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This bolsters my position.....

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The only way I could see a team being disqualified for the playoffs is if they repeat the violation or did something that severely violated the rule book on purpose. Even then, I don’t know if NASCAR would go that far. I could see something like the team getting deducted majority of their points and starting with the minimal amount.

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That and the crew chief sitting at home for a month.

Team Hezeberg (27 car) is bringing a second car this weekend for former F1 driver Danil Kvyat. Will be interesting to see how he performs.

Wow, SRX beat both F1 and Indy #1

Adam Stern@A_S12

Motorsports viewership last weekend:

1) NASCAR at Pocono (@USA_Network): 1.56 rating, 2.590 million viewers

2) SRX at Sharon (@CBS): 0.65, 1.064 million

3) F1 at France (@ESPN): 0.58, 1.058 million

4) @IndyCarAtIowa No. 1 (@NBC): 0.61, 941,000

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Time for a snoozefest.

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You know they moved to the road course and it's been a pretty competitive race. Like last year when Briscoe and Hamlin were going at it and Dinger got the win?!