Spike

Guess there wasn't enough changes . Now the penalty system has been rewitten. from Jayski

Yeah both from Universal. There are also a bunch of WB franchises as well in the game.

Snow

Anybody else get hooked on this game? I don't have all the extra characters but I do have the ones that open up most of the extra worlds to play. Just got the Knight Rider fun pack over the weekend though I haven't played that world level yet. How cool would it be to see a Dukes of Hazzard world level added to the game? With the stupid flag controversy I doubt it would happen but maybe if enough Duke fans join together WB might cave to the idea considering they also did A team and Knight Rider. Would be a blast to take a Lego General Lee and jump it or get chased by Rosco or Enos in Hazzard County.

The body panel thing is what kills it for the teams. Before teams could basically put a new nose on or hood, bumper etc... but with this rule they are not allowed to fix that damage now with a new body panel which basically means there chances of winning or even finishing in the top ten is a real longshot especially at tracks where they need aerodynamics to be perfect. Of course this means that drivers will be extra cautious to not damage the cars until the very last lap which will equal boring follow the leader type racing. In my opinion the garage rule really isn't necessary as the cars that go to the garage for big repairs usually don't come back on the track or if they do they are rarely a threat to other drivers or creating a "debris" caution

Picard (Just finished binge watching a season of ST:TNG)

The days of bumping bumpers and banging doors is officially over in Nascar http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nascar-mandates-that-cars-that-go-to-garage-after-crashing-cant-return-165845206.html Thank god ASN airs reruns of ARCA races and CBS & NBC affiliates air some Off Road Racing and Rallysport races otherwise I wouldn't get my racing fix this year.

Ahab

As the old saying goes Keep It Simple, Stupid This is either going to be a big win or a huge fumble that could possibly wipeout Nascar. I think ARCA, Indycar, IMSA and other forms of American motorposrts on tv will be gaining some big ratings this year.

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There goes my first choice I'd choose Cooter, the stories he could tell would probably fill a day, plus you could learn to supe up anything in the process.

It finally feels like winter here again with temps in the 20s & 30's and snow on the ground . We set a record here for one of the top 5 warmest January's and a new record for most consecutive days above freezing, 9, almost made it to 10 straight but the 10th day's low was 30. Also had one of the rainiest January's, nearly 4 inches of rain when the normal is around 1 inch of rain.

Wow I can't believe they just screwed Nascar up that bad. Races will be broken down into 3 segments with caution periods in between to give media enough time to interview segment winners. Redid the whole points system again. Top ten in points will receive points for first 2 segments and the 3rd segment will be awarded points like a regular race 40pts +5 bonus pts for the winner - 1 point for 40th place.

Tomato

We'll find out tonight if the rumors are true there's going to be a big press conference @ 6pm eastern which you can watch live here http://www.nascar.com/presspass.html.

The Eight Fifteens - A Happy Ending from the album Lost Transmission My cousin and his buddies started this band though they recently played their last gig together. You can find more of the songs from this album and other covers they did on Youtube

P51 Mustang

Well Garrett if the rumors are true Nascar fans are in for a shock this season. Apparently Brian France hasn't instituted enough gimmicks and the latest rumor is races will now be segmented. It's unknown if it will be like Allstar format with 3 different lap segments or if it will be 100laps/miles or if like in the Truck series it will be a Caution Clock sort of rule. Me personally I don't care about Nascar anymore, sure I'll watch the Daytona 500, Talladega races, Darlington Races and the Road course races but for the rest of the races I'll just catch the Monday morning short youtube video recaps. Not gonna waste anymore Sundays on this Circus.

Dune

Dollar And No never heard of Ray Kohns show until I seen your post in the Dukefest & Other Events section last year.

Just watched Carl Edwards Retirement Press Conference. It was sort of like he was still trying to talk himself into retiring. I bet Dale Earnhardt Jr's concussion last year weighed heavily on him to make this decision.

damage Lucas County Ohio here Roger small world. I'm glad the cold snap is finally over.

Flag Lake Erie? I live a bit west of Lake Erie, about 15+ minute drive west depending on traffic.

I Gotta Get Outta Here - Alice Cooper from the album Welcome 2 My Nightmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaBhV6Tw3aU

lemonade