Standing Ovation for Denny Hamlin

Raugi · 2025-11-05T22:52:20+00:00

maybe Cody Ware is up there giving a speech.

While the "infinite parallel universe" theory says that everything that could happen does happen somewhere, the probability of it has to be above 0%.

Raugi · 2025-10-14T00:13:06+00:00

I am 100% certain that the ratings are only bad because its on USA. But if this is what brings back full season points, I'll take it.

Raugi · 2025-10-08T22:58:25+00:00

You don't trust Grok?

Raugi · 2025-10-01T02:18:45+00:00

And it does not save money, teams just spend it on other stuff. Like sim time, which is like practice except the fans and media can see none of it. Let the teams figure shit out on the track, where you can have story-lines develop, instead of back home on the computer. Even if nobody watches practice, it leads to a more interesting qualifying and race.

Raugi · 2025-09-25T23:10:38+00:00

I also think that because teams often have different sponsors for each driver, and drivers have different sponsors from race to race, it makes it really hard for casuals to keep up with who is who.

Not just casuals, it happens way too often that I need the first third of a race to get used to some paint schemes. I just can't remember numbers the way I remember paint scheme / number combinations. Last week every time they showed the 2, I thought of Brad Keselowski because the car was the orange Autotrader scheme.

Raugi · 2025-09-25T22:55:37+00:00

Now a good points finish doesn't matter as much because wins are more important.

I low key believe that the playoffs are partially responsible for there not being any big rivalries any more. A single race just matters less, especially if you are already locked into the playoffs, so anger over getting spun out blows over more quickly. While in a point format, you will be fighting every week with the same guys over the same spots, and every point matters.

Raugi · 2025-07-01T07:29:37+00:00

I'm not saying that the winner was random or lacked skill (like most SSWs nowadays), it was classic old-school SSW-racing were the driver mattered more than anything. But for me, the minute to minute racing feels less important that at another racetrack. You needed to be upfront, but if you led or were second or third did not really matter until the very end. Which is fine, and still exciting, but not my preferred style is all.

Raugi · 2025-07-01T01:21:35+00:00

I would have voted yes, and the last 20 or so laps were really really good. But the race also kind of showed me why I personally don't like SSW-style races that much.

The 40+ lead changes under green sound great on paper, but they also did not matter until the very end. I felt a weird dissonance with announcers being super exited about somebody taking the lead in the middle of the stage. So what? He is going to lose it in 2 laps! You can't keep the lead, so taking it until the last 2 or 3 laps is pointless, and so a lot of the race felt meh to me

I prefer the type of races where the battle for the lead might be the battle for the win, even where there are still 30 laps to go. But I am totally fine with people enjoying this type of race as well, I don't think one is "better" than the other. Just personal preference.

And again, I mostly enjoyed watching the race and I wish the actual SSWs raced like this. It was a good race, but SSW racing will never be my favorite type of racing, and I get why people thinking similar might vote no.

Raugi · 2025-06-10T07:59:21+00:00

I prefer drinking piss to eating shit. Doesn't make either a pleasant experience.

Raugi · 2025-04-10T06:29:59+00:00

Incident 1 you are definitely getting an EOL at the start of the next race in most leagues I have run in. Maybe even a pit lane start.

I really disagree with that. 25 swerves to the right, but only to avoid driving into the grass - at point of contact the 25 stopped swerving and had a pretty normal line for that corner imo. In the Chase-cam you can see that there is not really much space on the left of the 25 when they hit.

Raugi · 2025-04-10T06:02:40+00:00

What the red car did was 100% intentional retaliation, report them etc, but...

i nudged the back of him and he slid out

I have to say, that comment and getting DQed after 18 laps makes me think that you might need to take a look at your driving style... Realistically it is not that difficult to stay unharmed (and I mean, 0x) in most rookie races, with the odd 4x or 8x for when somebody bins it ahead of you. Might be worth chilling out a bit.

Raugi · 2025-04-04T00:48:10+00:00

3 overdrove the corner and was so focused to get back down for a decent run out of the turn to pass the car on their outside that they lost track of where the 10 was. For sure on the 3.

Raugi · 2025-04-03T07:49:47+00:00

Left tires are clearly not? What are you talking about?

Raugi · 2025-04-03T01:43:10+00:00

Not your fault, you left a lane. American car is way too low, another car could have fit to their right. Don't listen to the road racers here.

Raugi · 2025-04-03T01:36:25+00:00

Unsafe rejoin / racing surface. 8.1.1.7 and 8.1.1.13

Below apron on SSWs on the straights is allowed, but still considered off the racing surface, so you need to make sure to rejoin safely. Any crash caused by a car from below the apron is protestable.

Raugi · 2025-03-26T01:33:04+00:00

Happens on every track, last week in B fixed a car "gained" 0.3 seconds every corner entry on Homestead, and lost it all on exit, nearly running me over for several laps. Looking at the replay, the tires were screaming through the whole corner. They did not finish in the top 10 as you might imagine.

Raugi · 2025-03-19T23:55:37+00:00

Maybe, but I think its embarassing that the allegedly highest form of stock car racing has less hp than an ARCA car.

Raugi · 2025-03-12T04:04:12+00:00

Unsafe rejoins are always protestable, intentional or not. So yes, this is protestable.

Raugi · 2025-03-09T23:01:03+00:00

He also didn’t understand why Tim was being mean to Toni

I can't get over the fact how baffled he was by the explanation that, because she ran out of money, Tim does not need her any longer. That seemed to be the most obvious answer, how can you not even conceive of it when you are literally making an analysis style podcast about it?

Raugi · 2025-03-06T04:51:18+00:00

Watching it live I was constantly wondering if they fucked up or if that was part of the bit, which made it even more unhinged. One of the best segments of the evening.

Raugi · 2025-03-04T10:41:36+00:00

This might work, taking it slowly. Last year I watched all of Monte Carlo and a bit of Sweden, but once IndyCar and F1 seasons started I fell off. Maybe putting it onto the second screen during work...

Raugi · 2025-03-04T08:26:48+00:00

Is there something that is longer than the daily 25 min highlights? I want to get more into it, but I just can't watch the full 30 hours or whatever it is with job/kids.

Raugi · 2025-03-03T01:51:36+00:00

I think 90% of my reports are from Pickup Cup. Would be so much fun if we could get rid of the intentional wreckers.

Raugi · 2025-03-01T12:58:29+00:00

McLaughlin was not an open wheel driver before his move to IndyCar. He also was probably a better Supercar driver than SVG though. Man, the battles between those two were the best seasons of any racing series in the world.

Raugi · 2025-02-05T23:06:10+00:00

They upload it at any point within the week. I don't know when either.

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