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LAWeaver last won the day on December 6 2014

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    The lurker formerly known as Mr.nascar13
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  1. While Kaulig would've also been my expectation, the team just announced Daniel "The Nutcracker" Dye will be driving their #10 "Pay Driver" "ALL STAR" car in the season-opener at Daytona, so Kaulig is out of the question. Besides, it doesn't really matter if the team they choose to partner with is competitive. If a Cup team has the funding to bring a driver in for a race or two, they'll buy a seat from the mid-pack and backmarkers to attempt the race. The most common example the last few years has been Stewart-Haas buying seats from BJ McLeod and SS Greenlight for Kevin Harvick, Chase Briscoe, and Cole Custer. In fact, that's how SS Greenlight "won" the race at Auto Club in 2022 with Custer behind the wheel. Cole dominated that race in an SHR-prepped car, but because it was racing under the SS Greenlight banner, they got credit for the win. We're also seeing that on a full-season scale with Trackhouse basically buying a seat from Kaulig to run SVG in Xfinity this year. The car is clearly branded like the Trackhouse cars, but it'll run under the Kaulig banner. And knowing Kaulig's performance last year and expectations this year, I'd assume that 97 is being prepped by Trackhouse.
  2. After yesterday's performance against the Windy City YMCA I'm not so sure Detroit has the "inside track" to the #1 seed. Sure the schedule looks easy, but Detroit is maybe three plays away from being 5-5 on the year rather than 8-2.
  3. I've been a sideline reporter once or twice (okay, it was when I was in college radio covering a D3 program...) but honestly, I totally get where they're coming from, minus the bit about coaches smelling their perfume. From my perspective, a sideline reporter's main value is 1) providing injury updates, and 2) initial postgame reaction on the field or on the sideline. So these types of "coach, what do you need to do better in the next quarter/half)" type of interviews don't truly add anything to the broadcast or the viewers' experience of watching the game. Props to them for being able to come up with SOMETHING on the spot because I know I would've rambled in those situations.
  4. I don't know a thing about rugby but I know good design when I see it. Loving this series, top notch work as always.
  5. I immediately thought the same thing when I saw that logo. Not sure who created it though. There's definitely some similarities such as the shading around the eye, having five "feathers" on each wing, and maybe the highlight on the neck to an extent. It might be different enough to get away though.
  6. The Pro Volleyball Federation, a new womens volleyball league starting in January 2024, has unveiled logos for five of their seven inaugural teams. Atlanta Vibe: Columbus Fury: Grand Rapids Rise: Omaha Supernovas: Orlando Valkyries: League Branding: Additional teams will be placed in San Diego (brand unveiling Nov. 9) and Las Vegas (unveiling date TBA), with additional franchises/markets being added in 2025, including Dallas.
  7. My first thought after seeing the new logo and the various effects/applications was that they all look gross.
  8. This isn't bad! I just don't think the name fits in a historical sense. But then again... "tHeRe'S nO lAkEs iN lOs AnGeLeS" either.
  9. Lifelong Ohioan - we've got a few casinos scattered across the state, mostly in the metro areas, but nothing that stands-out. Online sports gambling was just approved back in January, and you couldn't go five seconds without hearing an ad from DraftKings, MGM, FanDuel, etc. (I know they're bad nationwide, but they were promoting this back in November too hyping-up the ability to bet on... Browns games... *shudders*) We're just #BuiltDifferent
  10. Here's a look at where the chartered cars currently stand for 2024: 1 - Chastain 2 - Cindric 3 - A. Dillon 4 - Berry (Replacing Harvick) 5 - Larson 6 - Keselowski 7 - LaJoie (Re-signed with Spire on a multi-year deal) 8 - Busch 9 -Elliott 10 - ??? (Rumor: All signs are pointing to Almirola returning to the 10 in 2024) 11 - Hamlin 12 - Blaney 14 - Briscoe 15- Haley* (Haley confirmed to Rick Ware Racing but exact # still TBD) 16 - ??? (Allmendinger has not been confirmed to return to Cup in 2024; Gragson, Ty Dillon, Chandler Smith, and DiBenedetto all had been rumored for the 31) 17 - Buescher 19 - Truex Jr. 20 - Bell 21 - Burton (Recent comments by Burton and the team indicate that no changes will be made to the 21) 22 - Logano 23 - Wallace 24 - Byron 31 - Hemric (confirmed a couple weeks ago to replace Haley) 34 - McDowell 38 - Gilliland 41 - Preece (Preece announced on SiriusXM this week that he will return to the 41 car in 2024) 42 - Nemechek (officially replaces Gragson as Legacy moves to Toyota for 2024) 43 - Jones 45 - Reddick 47 - Stenhouse Jr. 48 - Bowman 51 - ??? (Typically a revolving door of drivers like Yeley, Newman, Custer, Poole, Smithley, and others; I would expect more of the same for 2024) 54 - Gibbs 77 - ??? (Rumor: Carson Hocevar replaces Ty Dillon) 78 - Zane Smith* (Smith signed a deal to race for Trackhouse and will basically be on-loan to Spire in 2024 after they acquired Live Fast's charter for next year). 99 - Suarez
  11. johns28@rocketmail.com

     

    I need to be pointed in a direction to the ESPN site.

  12. Nebraska/Wisconsin and Indiana/Rutgers:
  13. um ACKShually... (not saying it isn't true, but Bob's one of the more reliable reporters in the garage area. If he doesn't know, very few do). My guess is that this is a gateway for Haley to eventually land at RFK, either as Brad's replacement when he eventually retires, or in a third chartered car. For now, he'll be Kaulig's #1 guy and will only have to worry about working with the blue ovals, rather than take Kaulig's team orders (see the Xfinity Atlanta race from a couple weeks ago on how that panned out). Speaking of Kaulig, Bob believes Austin Hill, one of the favorites for this year's Xfinity title, is the favorite to land the 31 car.
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