Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s plane ran off the runaway in Tennessee. Damage looks pretty significant but he, his wife and baby are reportedly okay.

ReadingPhilly wrote:Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s plane ran off the runaway in Tennessee. Damage looks pretty significant but he, his wife and baby are reportedly okay.

who was flying it?

swishnicholson wrote:

ReadingPhilly wrote:Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s plane ran off the runaway in Tennessee. Damage looks pretty significant but he, his wife and baby are reportedly okay.

who was flying it?

The pilot.

/bucky

Pretty crazy. Lucky to be alive.

mtcal wrote:i don't care all that much but is it accurate that the nascar surge from a few years ago has kind of leveled/dropped off?

There was a surge?

Glad Junior is ok after that yikes. Earnhardts and crashes not a good thing.

There was a very distinct peak where NASCAR really went mainstream in the late '00s that has really evaporated over the last decade. This is why the stands look really empty on television, because those seats were needed in 2007, but not anymore.

Due to the individual competitor nature of NASCAR, it has had several small plane/aircraft crashes in its history. Most notably the fatal crashes of Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison a few months apart in 1993. Team sports generally use larger planes and/or charters that are safer.

truex dominates at Martinsville today in the first round of 8 race and will be in the chip.

Love when NASCAR drivers get all up in their feelings after a race. Pit road fights.

BatFlipsFTW wrote:Love when NASCAR drivers get all up in their feelings after a race. Pit road fights.

its kinda fun that its more real than other sports at that point - within 2 mins after it happening theyre interviewing the one guy and he's not pulling any punches 'he asked if i wanted to go, i said yeah, and he walked away, so...'

mtcal wrote:truex dominates at Martinsville today in the first round of 8 race and will be in the chip.

Hadn't been following in a few months, so here's the playoff standings:

1 #19 Truex Jr. (clinched spot in championship)
2 #11 Hamlin
3 #18 Kyle Busch
4 #22 Logano
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5 #4 Harvick
6 #12 Blaney
7 #42 Larson
8 #9 Elliott
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Eliminated in Round of 12: Keselowski, Byron, Bowyer, Bowman
Eliminated in Round of 16: Kurt Busch, Almirola, Newman, E.Jones

Breathers love em sum local guyz! Go Truex!

Roger Penske has bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series this morning.

Squire wrote:Roger Penske has bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series this morning.

Another one for the file.

Standings heading into Phoenix, the last race before the Miami championship:

1 #19 Truex Jr. (clinched spot in championship)
2 #4 Harvick (clinched spot in championship)
3 #18 Kyle Busch
4 #22 Logano
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5 #11 Hamlin
6 #12 Blaney
7 #42 Larson
8 #9 Elliott
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Eliminated in Round of 12: Keselowski, Byron, Bowyer, Bowman
Eliminated in Round of 16: Kurt Busch, Almirola, Newman, E.Jones

stevelxa476 wrote:

Squire wrote:Roger Penske has bought the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the IndyCar Series this morning.

Another one for the file.

lol

Hamlin won today's Phoenix race, with Kyle Busch getting the final spot in next week's championship

#4 Harvick (won championship in 2014)
#11 Hamlin
#18 Kyle Busch (won championship in 2015)
#19 Truex Jr. (won championship in 2017)
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Eliminated in Round of 8: Logano, Blaney, Larson, Elliott
Eliminated in Round of 12: Keselowski, Byron, Bowyer, Bowman
Eliminated in Round of 16: Kurt Busch, Almirola, Newman, E.Jones

truex with a rocket ship today and his team puts the tires on the wrong side of the car and probably costs him a championship.

Truex got his lap back with a caution when John Hunter Nemechek had issues and made it back to fourth before the end of stage 2. Can still win this (and have the Eagles win the Super Bowl 2.5 months later, again!).

Polar Bear Phan wrote:Truex got his lap back with a caution when John Hunter Nemechek had issues and made it back to fourth before the end of stage 2. Can still win this (and have the Eagles win the Super Bowl 2.5 months later, again!).

thankfully a gift caution from nascar to make it interesting.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

Polar Bear Phan wrote:Truex got his lap back with a caution when John Hunter Nemechek had issues and made it back to fourth before the end of stage 2. Can still win this (and have the Eagles win the Super Bowl 2.5 months later, again!).

thankfully a gift caution from nascar to make it interesting.

Might need another one, although he is faster than Kyle right now.