***** Official 2016 NASCAR Thread *****

[Demonpenz]

I give the finish an A but the race a D- Lots of follow the leader bullshit.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I give the finish an A but the race a D- Lots of follow the leader bullshit.

Well, that's NASCAR's fault (for the last billion years!!!) at these super speedways.

[KCTitus]

Originally Posted by Demonpenz

I give the finish an A but the race a D- Lots of follow the leader bullshit.

I first want to say that the last lap was probably one of the most exciting last laps I can remember at a race since Ricky Craven v. Kurt Busch 15 years ago. I was glad to actually catch it live.

That said, there is something inherently wrong with this racing when the only real racing happens in the last 2.5 miles of a 500 mile race.

The leader has such and advantage and it's really more evident on the cookie cutters where the average lead seems to exceed 2-3 seconds.

Glad that Nascar got their media bump due to the finish...I worry about their staying power as a national sport now a days.

[Swanman]

Maybe the NASCAR experts can help me out here. Did Kenseth really need to try to block Hamlin? I couldn't tell if Hamlin had that much of a run and there wasn't much distance to the finish. I am a Kenseth fan and screamed in disgust when he wandered out there and almost put himself into the wall.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Swanman

Maybe the NASCAR experts can help me out here. Did Kenseth really need to try to block Hamlin? I couldn't tell if Hamlin had that much of a run and there wasn't much distance to the finish. I am a Kenseth fan and screamed in disgust when he wandered out there and almost put himself into the wall.

He would have blown by him had he not tried the block. Now, like the commentators said, I didn't think the outside line had a chance, but when they hooked-up, it was pretty clear that we were all wrong.

Toyota has some ponies this year, there's no doubt about that. Ford and Chevy are going to need to work through a few lunches if they want to catch them on these long tracks.