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The NASCAR road race at Daytona tomorrow ought to be good! (Original Post) VarryOn Aug 2020 OP
1 driver is out due to covid SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1
Austin Dillon... VarryOn Aug 2020 #2
X-finity drivers these days, are not the grizzled vererans of old. Mopar151 Aug 2020 #3
 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
2. Austin Dillon...
Sat Aug 15, 2020, 08:18 PM
Aug 2020

He's the 2nd driver to get infected. He actually won the race about four weeks ago. New dad. Good guy.

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
3. X-finity drivers these days, are not the grizzled vererans of old.
Sun Aug 16, 2020, 08:45 PM
Aug 2020

Most are of the "hot prospect" variety, and are being groomed for "the big show". NASCAR is following a "stick and ball" plan these days, they kind of like one trick ponies.
To give you some idea, when the old "Nascar North" tour went to the Bryar road course in the 80's, the 3rd fastest (after skilled roadracer Chuck Bown, and "wide open" Randy Lajoie&quot , Dick McCabe was 3rd - his bait business made him haul dump trailers of wet fish guts from Nova Scotia to Kennebunkport, it was as if he had roadraced for years. There are similar stories about several truckers I know - Drive a non-synchro, 13 speed trans everyday, race cars are easy!

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