THREAD: Random racing stuff
10/02/1907: First organized automobile race in Vermont since 1903 fatality at St. Johnsbury. Walter Johnson of Essex Junction wins 11-lap race at #VT State Fairgrounds in White River Junction. John Manley of Brattleboro wins 22-lap race the next day.
Two different numbers for NASCAR this week.
NASCAR went back to the Nielsen Panel-only numbers this month and received a 2.6 million average.
But Prime uses the Panel + "Big Data" measurement (which NASCAR had been using) and reports 3 million -- most-watched Prime race yet.
I'm not a huge Cleetus guy, but half of the drivers in NASCAR did it this way for the first 40 years of the sport, and ARCA has literally been this business model forever
@MattBayes01@jeff_gluck That is not entry level. That might be entry level for official NASCAR, but there are many, many other tracks to get experiencing
Hey @DaleJr - saw this on Facebook. This guy might be crew, or maybe he's a Wrangler rep? Any recollection of him? I know nothing about motorcycle racing, but that shirt stands out big time. Mike Kidd is the rider. Larry Nuber doing the starting lineup.
@girlsthinkimgay@STaranto92 I would add to this, but there's an NHOF nominee with the same last name who has tracked me down twice on the phone after commenting on his son's bigoted public remarks and I don't want the heat.
Once upon a time (2021) Leonard built a 50% scale 427 replica
People said thatβs cool, but does it run?
Once upon a time (today) Leonard revved a new handmade 50% scale Boss 429 to 6000rpm without sending pushrods through the ceiling
^disassembled for a bit to tidy up
I hope nobody shows @markmartin this photo while we're talking about number placement. (Mark, I know your actual stance on this topic. I'm kidding and I love you. The RTA is dumb. Amen.)
Jamie Little trying so hard to create a packaged highlight that she completely missed a great finish. Other guys trying to give her space end up walking on her and each other. What a mess. RELAX AND CALL THE RACE! Be elegant on the cooldown lap. This is textbook @awfulannouncing.