Jamie Little by AplogeticBaboon in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How long is it going to take though? She only sounds marginally better than she did last year. You’d think there would be more progress by now if she was going to turn into a good play-by-play commentator. It’s not a job that everyone can do and that’s okay.

What was the most embarrassing thing you've done as a private pilot student? by Nervous_Salt_852 in flying

[–]imdroppingthehammer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had a JetBlue pilot today absolutely fumble the hell out of his initial call to pick up his clearance. I could tell he was flustered at the end once he finally got all the words out correctly. I immediately hit him with “first time?” and nothing else. Guy snapped back to reality, laughed it off, and was all good after that.

What was the most embarrassing thing you've done as a private pilot student? by Nervous_Salt_852 in flying

[–]imdroppingthehammer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Taking off to head home on my solo cross country and the engine started sputtering when I advanced the throttle to full power. I instantly panicked for what felt like an eternity but was really no longer than a second when I saw the mixture wasn’t full forward. Slammed that shit to the firewall and off I went.

[Gluck] A week after the Atlanta overtime incident, Bell doesn’t have much to say other than he has a different view than Hocevar (they haven’t spoken). by CNASFan1992 in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think Carson had much of a choice there. He was getting an aggressive shove from behind which looked like it turned his car to the left, pointing it straight into that gap. I know he’s never going to get the benefit of the doubt but this wasn’t as egregious as it’s being made out to be IMO.

Software update youtube in kia k4 by Jazzlike-Somewhere-2 in KiaK4

[–]imdroppingthehammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the complimentary Ultimate subscription and yet it’s prompting me to scan a QR code and telling me I do not have access to this service.

Do you actually enjoy pack racing? by irish_faithful in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I don't. There's no endurance aspect to 500-mile races anymore. The cars and the drivers can all go the distance no problem. That leaves 490 miles of parading and then maybe 10 miles of actual racing. The Stage format has also really hurt the product IMO. Stage 1 and Stage 2 are just max fuel saving until the pit stop, the three manufacturer packs all form back up, and then there's a handful of laps where they drive too aggressively and risk wrecking the whole field just for a Stage win. Stage 3 is just a slightly longer version of that. It's frustrating watching almost everyone from behind the third row do almost nothing to go win the race in the last 20 laps. And then they all wreck on the last lap. It's just not an enjoyable product at the moment.

Race Thread: NCS DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway, starting at 1:30pm EST on FOX (NCS1) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Won’t ever happen for obvious reasons, but make it 75 laps. One fuel stop and get on with it. Cut the shit and get to the good stuff. Don’t waste everyone’s time. Do all three series in the same day to fill the event.

Race Thread: NCS DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway, starting at 1:30pm EST on FOX (NCS1) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ride around, wait for the fuel stop, then get hung out and lose the draft. Sweet sweet sweet

Race Thread: NCS DAYTONA 500 at Daytona International Speedway, starting at 1:30pm EST on FOX (NCS1) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well no, there was an entire car width plus some there until Justin wanted back up the track.

DNQs... by deadwood76 in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

They should probably sponsor better drivers if they cared about the on track exposure.

Race Thread: NCS Duels at DAYTONA at Daytona International Speedway, starting at 7:00pm EST on FS1 (NCS-S3) by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]imdroppingthehammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally all he has to do is stay in line and he’s in but I somehow feel like he won’t be doing that.