Just a guy who loved exploring Oregon with the missus and Short Track iRacer that used to race at Saugus and Ventura. Any opinions are my own.
Veneta, Oregon USA
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Mike Johannes retweeted
Considering 2027 would be the 25th Anniversary of paying the same million dollars to win, do we even need an All-Star race anymore?
Just leave Wilkesboro and Dover as points races and move on. Piece of cake.
Which tracks are likely moving into the Chase next year and which are moving out? Where will the All-Star Race go? What about San Diego and Chicago? And what is Rockingham's future?
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Mike Johannes retweeted
Every single accomplishment Chase Elliott has ever had in Nascar has an asterisk next to them.
From his covid championship to his fake most popular driver awards.
But this rigged win at Martinsville will stand out above everything else.
#NASCAR
Mike Johannes retweeted
Sucks to see so many cars taken out because of poor anger management, again. 🤦🏻♂️ #nascar
Mike Johannes retweeted
Ryan Blaney calls out Nascar rigging the race for Chase Elliott ⬇️
Crew Chief “I ain’t seen nothing but apparently a brake rotor on pit road”
Blaney “They threw a caution for a brake rotor on pit road!?”
Crew chief “Yeeeep”
Blaney “That’s hilarious.”
#NASCAR
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Ryan Blaney never mentions phase Elliott, nor NASCAR rigging the race, nor calls out any entity for manipulation of sport. The audio in the original post confirms as much. x.com/whatsunderstee…
Mike Johannes retweeted
The five Cup Series races with the lowest viewership in 2025. None of them were road courses:
New Hampshire 1,290,000
Richmond 1,390,000
Kansas (Fall) 1,490,000
Gateway 1,525,000
Bristol (Fall) 1,536,000
COTA had the third largest viewership at 4,132,000 in 2025.
Mike Johannes retweeted
Ride onboard with Connor Zilisch as he drives all the way from 33rd to 14th, under green, after getting spun out on the final restart with 17 laps to go.
Some are saying I didn't speed this video up and Connor was actually driving that fast.
Mike Johannes retweeted
Back then the championship was merely a framework to link together the story of each race. Nowadays that framework is treated as the only story, so the races become forgettable.
Was watching the 2003 Southern 500 and this was the points standing with 11 races remaining. A 389 point lead for Kenseth. Essentially the championship was already wrapped up with so many races remai... (via u/MrSimsational) reddit.com/comments/1n5yylx #NASCAR
Mike Johannes retweeted
It doesn’t bother me when yellows don’t get thrown for me or I get penalties that are questionable
IT MAKES ME MAD AS HELL when it’s not the same for others, which has been the case too many times over the last few years.
@NASCAR NEVER throws a yellow for @keselowski. Same thing a few years ago when he was leading the Bristol night race. Out in the lead, blown right front and not a peep.
Mike Johannes retweeted
I’ve had an idea to make F1 racing more consistently exciting. Don’t use tracks where overtaking is difficult.
Mike Johannes retweeted
"I'm sorry, I said the Xfinity Series was a dumpster fire, it's not. A dumpster fire is contained. And that series is not right now." - Mike Joy on the FS1 broadcast on last night's finish.
"[Sammy Smith] should have been launched at least to last position" Clint Bowyer adds.
Mike Johannes retweeted
Clown show. Lol. Like the joker, and good clown show is ALWAYS entertaining, but call it racing? I'd call it "dumping a guy because you can't beat him". Afterwards he says "everybody does it". Didn't your mamma teach you right from wrong Sammy? My mom said "if everybody was going to jump off a bridge would you do that too"? Sadly I think some of these young drivers just needed a woodshed growing up, and they may see life differently. 🤷🏻♂️ What do i know. Lol – at Oregon, USA
Mike Johannes retweeted
Rewatching the @NASCAR_Xfinity ending is atrocious. It is NOT ok to lead the race and just get dumped on the last lap without penalty. Imagine if the same rules were applied to IMSA (which nascar owns). You lead the whole Rolex 24 and get pushed out the last lap? And it’s ok? No.
Mike Johannes retweeted
i love nascar but i just can’t jive with the “modern era.” call me a boomer, everything just feels fake and forced.
playoffs, stages, “close” racing, questionable cautions & penalties (which aren’t new but def a weekly occurrence now)
it just turns me away. i miss what it was.
Mike Johannes retweeted
Great! So the next logical step is to get rid of playoffs, overtime, and stages (quarters)! After all, we wouldn’t want to be like the NBA…right? RIGHT?!!!
.@NASCAR's outside counsel: "I don’t think Mr. Polk really understands the sport. ... His view is it should be much more like the NBA ... He’s done a lot of things that might work in the NBA or might be OK in the NBA but just are not appropriate in NASCAR."apnews.com/article/nascar-la…
Mike Johannes retweeted
It’s insane how NASCAR can see this on the race track but can’t see a whole car in the tires…
Maybe, I’m making a bigger deal than I should about the end of the Xfinity race, but mannn…
Mike Johannes retweeted
News conference concerning the antitrust lawsuit is happening now.
Attorney Jeffrey Kessler (who has litigated these types of cases in virtually ever major sport): "There has never been a case I have found that is as egregiously anti-competitive as this one. We have a sport where one family has used its power to create an absolute monopoly for the benefit of that family, as opposed to being for the benefit of the teams, the drivers, the sponsors, the broadcasters, the fans."