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68GTFastback
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 26
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2022 12:04 pm Post subject: North Wilkesboro Speedway |
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Exciting news from Mark Smith regarding NWS. Let's hope that these improvements can be made timely and races and other activities can be held there for tradition sake and community value. |
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Wakefan77
Joined: 22 Apr 2020 Posts: 145 Location: North Carolina
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DaveVan
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 1584
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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NWB was a favorite of mine when I held a NASCAR license. Not only was racing good....but the laid back attitude made talking to folks I worked with easier. Nice to see they are doing something....hope it leads to CUP |
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TN Vols fan
Joined: 18 Jan 2022 Posts: 292 Location: Crossett, AR
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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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I can't wait until a wrong is righted and North Wilkesboro returns to the NASCAR schedule. Really excited that the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway may be renovated and return too! _________________ "Many men fish all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" quote from The Compleat Angler, lzzak Walton 1654 |
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George Andrews
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 460
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Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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While I really liked what I saw of Elkhart Lake on TV, I think running a street race in CHICAGO will prove to be a BIG mistake. NASCAR should return to North Wilkesboro instead. |
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bangor boy
Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 451
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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Rockingham was long my favorite track. One mile around, dog leg front straight, 24-degree banking in the turns to keep speeds decently high. And abrasive asphalt making tire management, suspension set up and racing line choice critical.
Just the right size for great racing yet keeping the 'stadium effect'.
So good to 'come home to' after having the wallet hoovered out and the patience tested amidst the hordes and the hype of Daytona. To walk past the campgrounds lining Hwy 1 near the main stands, the morning smell of bacon and coffee mixing with the sounds of revving racing engines and laughter, oh man. What a way to start a race day.
I know I'm not the only one who misses it. |
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jaws1972
Joined: 25 Feb 2022 Posts: 54
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Cup, Xfinity, and Truck race there, please; bring back our racing roots! We need to ditch those road courses. |
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TN Vols fan
Joined: 18 Jan 2022 Posts: 292 Location: Crossett, AR
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Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Amen, it was two for years. That's plenty.
jaws1972 wrote: | Cup, Xfinity, and Truck race there, please; bring back our racing roots! We need to ditch those road courses. |
_________________ "Many men fish all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" quote from The Compleat Angler, lzzak Walton 1654 |
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Tom M. Board Moderator
Joined: 01 Feb 2018 Posts: 606
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Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:11 am Post subject: |
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A friend of mine who recently retired from a multi-car NASCAR team told me a while back before it became current news that a major reason NASCAR is frantically dumping superspeedways for short tracks and road courses is because of the poor crash test results with the new cars. They want to get them onto tracks where high-speed wall contact is less likely.
Of course, the highest speed and most dangerous tracks will be the last to go since NASCAR has a vested interest in Daytona and Talladega. |
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George Andrews
Joined: 30 Jan 2018 Posts: 460
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Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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So will a driver have to be seriously injured ( or worse ) before NASCAR admits the current car is unsafe ??? |
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TN Vols fan
Joined: 18 Jan 2022 Posts: 292 Location: Crossett, AR
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Tom M. wrote: | A friend of mine who recently retired from a multi-car NASCAR team told me a while back before it became current news that a major reason NASCAR is frantically dumping superspeedways for short tracks and road courses is because of the poor crash test results with the new cars. They want to get them onto tracks where high-speed wall contact is less likely.
Of course, the highest speed and most dangerous tracks will be the last to go since NASCAR has a vested interest in Daytona and Talladega. |
I'm all in favor of bringing back the short tracks. We've got more road course's now than needed. Two, maybe three is plenty. _________________ "Many men fish all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" quote from The Compleat Angler, lzzak Walton 1654 |
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TN Vols fan
Joined: 18 Jan 2022 Posts: 292 Location: Crossett, AR
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Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2022 9:43 am Post subject: |
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George Andrews wrote: | So will a driver have to be seriously injured ( or worse ) before NASCAR admits the current car is unsafe ??? |
In a word, yes. _________________ "Many men fish all their lives without knowing it is not the fish they are after." Henry David Thoreau
"I am, Sir, a brother of the angle" quote from The Compleat Angler, lzzak Walton 1654 |
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AndyS
Joined: 30 Jan 2019 Posts: 61
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Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2022 1:34 am Post subject: |
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Tom M. wrote: | A friend of mine who recently retired from a multi-car NASCAR team told me a while back before it became current news that a major reason NASCAR is frantically dumping superspeedways for short tracks and road courses is because of the poor crash test results with the new cars. They want to get them onto tracks where high-speed wall contact is less likely.
Of course, the highest speed and most dangerous tracks will be the last to go since NASCAR has a vested interest in Daytona and Talladega. |
It appears some action is being taken:
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a41597525/nascar-next-gen-safety-changes-leak/ |
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