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Post by Spin on Jan 25, 2022 7:46:07 GMT -8
Revitalization plan revealed for North Wilkesboro SpeedwayWith $18 million ready to be spent on infrastructure improvements, Marcus Smith has begun laying out plans to revitalize North Wilkesboro Speedway. Smith, Speedway Motorsports president and CEO, spoke before a group of 250 people gathered Thursday night for the Wilkes County Chamber of Commerce 75th Membership Celebration. In sharing hopes for the speedway to see a motorsports return while bringing other entertainment options to the area, Smith also shared conceptual renderings for the property. “The future of North Wilkesboro Speedway is bright,” said Smith. “There is a great opportunity to revive this fantastic venue to be, not just a racetrack, but a place that can host a lot of events, a place that people will come to from far away and enjoy the community, enjoy the region and enjoy special events. The money comes from the North Carolina State budget. In November, Governor Roy Cooper approved $40 million be divided among North Wilkesboro, Rockingham Speedway, and Charlotte Motor Speedway for improvements. racer.com/2022/01/21/revitalization-plan-revealed-for-north-wilkesboro-speedway/?utm_source=RACER+%2F%2F+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b212694315-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_01_21_08_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_76623d07b6-b212694315-274287873 IMO...a waste of tax payer dollars. North Wilkes doesn’t have the infrastructure to hold NASCAR races in todays age. It’s too big for late models and Modifieds, the teams will cry it takes “too much motor” and aerodynamics come into play. Rockingham is worse.
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Post by Zytes on Jan 25, 2022 8:41:56 GMT -8
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Post by JimmyJ4UK on Jan 25, 2022 8:43:54 GMT -8
A revitalized North Wilkesboro would be perfect for Xfinity & Trucks...hopefully Rockingham makes a comeback on the same level at some point. If Nashville Fairgrounds can host a NASCAR event, so can the two in NC.
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Post by Zytes on Jan 25, 2022 8:44:36 GMT -8
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Post by r60man on Jan 26, 2022 7:02:07 GMT -8
A revitalized North Wilkesboro would be perfect for Xfinity & Trucks...hopefully Rockingham makes a comeback on the same level at some point. If Nashville Fairgrounds can host a NASCAR event, so can the two in NC. Look at the grandstands at most of the big tracks. Many have removed large sections. Many have all sorts of empty seats. Would a sold out North Wilkesboro be so bad? Come on, they can do it.
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Post by JimmyJ4UK on Jan 27, 2022 7:41:16 GMT -8
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Post by Zytes on Feb 7, 2022 10:38:17 GMT -8
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Post by Zytes on Feb 10, 2022 13:36:17 GMT -8
And for those of y'all twitter free...
"Kyle Busch Motorsports will a field a full-time ARCA Menards Series team in 2022 with Sammy Smith as the driver."
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2022 14:18:30 GMT -8
And for those of y'all twitter free... "Kyle Busch Motorsports will a field a full-time ARCA Menards Series team in 2022 with Sammy Smith as the driver." Thank you for helping out us luddites.
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Post by JimmyJ4UK on Feb 11, 2022 10:19:18 GMT -8
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Post by noonesfan18 on Feb 11, 2022 17:59:56 GMT -8
Yet another voice to bitch at the top of their lungs about not getting what they want.NASCAR already has enough sound in their ears as is. Let us see, we have Teams, TV networks, sponsors, the fandum, tracks, local governments, and whoever else has a megaphone. And now we throw in another party with their self-interests in mind? All this about "working together" is bullshit. Every single party in NASCAR (NASCAR included) has their own self-interests in mind. How long did the last 'council' last? Well all of about 3 years and because a certain prat (The first name starts with a K and the last name starts with an H) thought it wasn't working and left. So we are going for round 2? I remember a time when there was a fan vs. drivers thing about the high drag, low hp package. Fans like it (for a time) and drivers hated it. The fandum and drivers were at war for a bit. "Us vs them." Watch the fandum turn on the drivers once they get a piece of what they want and fandum doesn't.
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Post by mmi16 on Feb 12, 2022 5:40:35 GMT -8
Yet another voice to bitch at the top of their lungs about not getting what they want.NASCAR already has enough sound in their ears as is. Let us see, we have Teams, TV networks, sponsors, the fandum, tracks, local governments, and whoever else has a megaphone. And now we throw in another party with their self-interests in mind? All this about "working together" is bullshit. Every single party in NASCAR (NASCAR included) has their own self-interests in mind. How long did the last 'council' last? Well all of about 3 years and because a certain prat (The first name starts with a K and the last name starts with an H) thought it wasn't working and left. So we are going for round 2? I remember a time when there was a fan vs. drivers thing about the high drag, low hp package. Fans like it (for a time) and drivers hated it. The fandum and drivers were at war for a bit. "Us vs them." Watch the fandum turn on the drivers once they get a piece of what they want and fandum doesn't. Motorsports - the essence is the vehicle is faster than the track - the best driver can get more fast to the track than the other drivers. Making cars slower than the track is BS. Any track that can be negotiated with the throttle flat on the floor is no longer a race track - it is a engineering experiment.
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Post by Spin on Feb 14, 2022 17:34:03 GMT -8
Yet another voice to bitch at the top of their lungs about not getting what they want.NASCAR already has enough sound in their ears as is. Let us see, we have Teams, TV networks, sponsors, the fandum, tracks, local governments, and whoever else has a megaphone. And now we throw in another party with their self-interests in mind? All this about "working together" is bullshit. Every single party in NASCAR (NASCAR included) has their own self-interests in mind. How long did the last 'council' last? Well all of about 3 years and because a certain prat (The first name starts with a K and the last name starts with an H) thought it wasn't working and left. So we are going for round 2? I remember a time when there was a fan vs. drivers thing about the high drag, low hp package. Fans like it (for a time) and drivers hated it. The fandum and drivers were at war for a bit. "Us vs them." Watch the fandum turn on the drivers once they get a piece of what they want and fandum doesn't. Motorsports - the essence is the vehicle is faster than the track - the best driver can get more fast to the track than the other drivers. Making cars slower than the track is BS. Any track that can be negotiated with the throttle flat on the floor is no longer a race track - it is a engineering experiment. Keeping cars out of the crowd, and keeping drivers safe is what controls the speeds at the "restrictor plate" tracks. NASCAR isn't going to flatten Daytona and Dega, so they slow the cars down.
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Post by mmi16 on Feb 14, 2022 20:29:03 GMT -8
Motorsports - the essence is the vehicle is faster than the track - the best driver can get more fast to the track than the other drivers. Making cars slower than the track is BS. Any track that can be negotiated with the throttle flat on the floor is no longer a race track - it is a engineering experiment. Keeping cars out of the crowd, and keeping drivers safe is what controls the speeds at the "restrictor plate" tracks. NASCAR isn't going to flatten Daytona and Dega, so they slow the cars down. It's not racing. It is dynamometer/aerodynamic testing. With the lack of spare cars - I wonder how much 'action' will come out of the week with drivers knowing if they wreck it they are likely out.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2022 7:23:54 GMT -8
mmi makes a valid point.
If nothing is going to be done to Daytona and Talledega, then how about removing the spoilers from the cars? Force the drivers to lift or hit the wall. Also, reduce the HP even more so they can't get back up to an unsafe speed when they are on the frontstretch.
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Post by mmi16 on Feb 15, 2022 11:02:11 GMT -8
mmi makes a valid point. If nothing is going to be done to Daytona and Talledega, then how about removing the spoilers from the cars? Force the drivers to lift or hit the wall. Also, reduce the HP even more so they can't get back up to an unsafe speed when they are on the frontstretch. A driver will ALWAYS want all the horsepower and downforce coupled with minimal drag that he can get to go along with the biggest, stickiest tires - the driver wants to be full throttle EVERYWHERE. Having said the above - that is not racing. Big power, small tires, minimal downforce coupled with minimal drag - makes the driver the element that extracts the minimum lap times from the package. NASCAR wants a car that virtually ANY driver can be able to keep in the draft and in the pack - which is BS to the max. Race cars should not be easy to drive fast - they should be damn difficult to be able to extract their norms and even harder to extract their maximum potential.
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Post by noonesfan18 on Feb 15, 2022 17:09:13 GMT -8
A driver will ALWAYS want all the horsepower and downforce coupled with minimal drag that he can get to go along with the biggest, stickiest tires - the driver wants to be full throttle EVERYWHERE. Which is the original point of my OP. Drivers want to be "part of the conversation." When they have their own f***ing agenda. Race cars should not be easy to drive fast - they should be damn difficult to be able to extract their norms and even harder to extract their maximum potential. So it is either "showing who the best of the best is." Or "Entertainment at all costs." Well, we all know what the fandum wants.
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Post by mmi16 on Feb 15, 2022 17:38:04 GMT -8
A driver will ALWAYS want all the horsepower and downforce coupled with minimal drag that he can get to go along with the biggest, stickiest tires - the driver wants to be full throttle EVERYWHERE. Which is the original point of my OP. Drivers want to be "part of the conversation." When they have their own f***ing agenda. Race cars should not be easy to drive fast - they should be damn difficult to be able to extract their norms and even harder to extract their maximum potential. So it is either "showing who the best of the best is." Or "Entertainment at all costs." Well, we all know what the fandum wants. Fandom doesn't want to back a turd - there are many more turds than there are stars.
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Post by r60man on Feb 16, 2022 4:45:07 GMT -8
NASCAR changing rules before qualifying today. Seems yesterday's practice at Daytona saw a bunch of cars "Crab-walking", NASCAR didn't like it. "On Tuesday, Daytona International Speedway hosted two rounds of practice. In both rounds, we saw cars with their rearends significantly skewed to the right, as they were rolling straight. This marks the first superspeedway event with the NASCAR Next Gen car. The new car is a spec chassis, identical from team to team. It’s new setups, across the board." Full article: Here
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Post by noonesfan18 on Feb 18, 2022 9:42:16 GMT -8
Hamlin is a piece of work, we all know this. But is he wrong? Is he?
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