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I understand NASCAR started live driving on the track today at Darlington (Original Post) turbinetree May 2020 OP
,who knows Srkdqltr May 2020 #1
I just think of the irony of the situation, they storm everything else, turbinetree May 2020 #2
There is NO ONE in the stands, crews only in infield. Nt Mopar151 May 2020 #11
The important question is leftieNanner May 2020 #3
K&R +1 turbinetree May 2020 #4
Actually, they are. I'm not sure about the pit crews, though. madinmaryland May 2020 #5
We don't want Lightning McQueen to get sick! leftieNanner May 2020 #6
They do have helmets on that cover their entire head, so I guess they may be ok. madinmaryland May 2020 #7
Pit crews are helmeted now. Mopar151 May 2020 #10
If you ain't rubbing' you ain't racin' GulfCoast66 May 2020 #12
I was being totally facetious here! leftieNanner May 2020 #13
Oh, I got you meaning. Was sending you the same! GulfCoast66 May 2020 #14
I almost bought a Scirocco! leftieNanner May 2020 #15
1982 Scirocco weighed around 2100 lbs MichMan May 2020 #16
LOL! I knew the minute I posted this almost 40 year old memory I was gonna get fact checked! GulfCoast66 May 2020 #17
Hey...my great grandmother was from there LeftInTX May 2020 #8
Nobody at the front gate. Mopar151 May 2020 #9

turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
2. I just think of the irony of the situation, they storm everything else,
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:25 PM
May 2020

ranting about opening everything up, I look at it as a double standard, and yes most of the teams are run by republicans..............

leftieNanner

(14,997 posts)
6. We don't want Lightning McQueen to get sick!
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

But you're right about the pit crews. They work hard in close quarters.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
12. If you ain't rubbing' you ain't racin'
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:23 PM
May 2020

I used to be a moderate fan of NASCAR. 25-30 years ago. Still like auto racing. But don’t have the time. Life gets full.

leftieNanner

(14,997 posts)
13. I was being totally facetious here!
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:43 PM
May 2020

But I've always been a car buff. Even owned a 356 bathtub Porsche in my youth. Fun car.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
14. Oh, I got you meaning. Was sending you the same!
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:55 PM
May 2020

Most fun car I ever owned was an 82 VW Scirocco. Had the same engine as Some of the shitty Porsche 914s. Weighed like 1600 lbs and had rack and pinion steering. Turned on a dime and caught rubber even going into second gear.

One of my frat brothers who drove a late 70s firebird borrowed it to make a beer run. Came back and said he has never driven a car like that! Even my roommate who had the coolest car of the era, a Datsun Z280 said my car was more fun to drive.

Funny story. Like all VWs of that era it had a shitty electrical system. When a poor new employee dating my current wife 33 years ago I would stay at her condo and overnight the battery would die. I was poor! So I just parked on a very slight incline. Every morning at 4:30 going to work I would turn on the keys, put it in N, and push that SOB from the drivers door. Jump in a pop the clutch and off I went! Looking back it seems crazy. But hell, I was 22.

If I had a dollar for every time I regretted selling it I could retire!

Have a nice evening

leftieNanner

(14,997 posts)
15. I almost bought a Scirocco!
Sun May 17, 2020, 07:58 PM
May 2020

I liked the green color. The checkerboard upholstery not so much. Ended up with an Audi Fox.

Have a nice evening too!

MichMan

(11,781 posts)
16. 1982 Scirocco weighed around 2100 lbs
Sun May 17, 2020, 08:53 PM
May 2020

Also the Porsche 914 had the flat 4 cylinder air cooled engine used in the old VW Bus. The Scirocco had the 1.8 liter water cooled inline 4 same as the VW Rabbit.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
17. LOL! I knew the minute I posted this almost 40 year old memory I was gonna get fact checked!
Mon May 18, 2020, 01:49 AM
May 2020

I hope, and assume you knew this and did not look it up. I thought about asking Mr. Google before posting, but really did not care. And it does nothing to my narrative. Which all 38 year old stories are at the end of the day.

That burnt orange Scirocco was the most fun vehicle I have ever driven in my life. And I have driven some way more expensive and powerful vehicles since then. At my age not sure I want a vehicle without power steering. But it was great then.

You have a nice evening and good week.

PS. Are you still into cars? Assuming the wife and I get off furlough and are earning money I’m thinking about a Kia Stinger. Was all in on getting an Audi. But the maintenance cost is nuts. And the whole status thing bothers me. And I’ve always gone against the grain. They seem like real sleeper cars.

Mopar151

(9,965 posts)
9. Nobody at the front gate.
Sun May 17, 2020, 06:54 PM
May 2020

Most race day fans are there for the party, and it takes an army of cops, traffic control, parking, concessions,security,sanitation, and cleaners to keep the herd moving, without stampedes.

Any "protesters" would have to get past the cops at the main road, and walk a mile or 3 across empty lots, to no audience.

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