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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1h

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NASCAR 101: A Guide Around NASCAR Classics

NASCAR's Classics service is here. Is it worth your time?

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1h

To compare, the service first launched in week one in August of 2023 with 1,132 races, per my original column on it at the time. It's now at 1,516 races if you include the pre-1985 uploads - a reasonably good progression for a completely free thing.

F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

The first season in which every Cup race was televised in some form was the 1985 season. There have been 1,513 races since the start of that season, including points, Duels (as one total race for each pair), ASRs and Clashes.

They have uploaded 1,325, or 87.4%.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

I added the orange definition to the key on the main page to explain this.

F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

2015 is the first year that NASCAR started to do private livestreams of all Cup races and making them public later in the week. So that ASR is on there, some content manager just hasn't moved the fucking thing over to Classics yet and it drives me a bit crazy.

mapleboy (from youtube) @mplb0001.bsky.social · 2h

why's the 2015 all-star race orange?

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

If you want to watch any of the five fatality races, they are on YouTube and have been for many years. I have no stomach for them personally but there are there on the tracker because they did exist and happen.

F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

At some point this winter I will add NXS and Truck tabs as well.

I also included the 2004 Hendrick plane crash race as a "fatality" race, insomuch as I don't think NASCAR is ever going to upload it for obvious reasons and I don't want to penalize them for not doing so.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

I should probably plug the tracker too. I just updated it fully to remove some outdated garble and the whole "day of update" section, because it really doesn't matter anymore to track when they update it. It can be found here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

That number gets more impressive when you remember there are four races that they won't upload due to fatalities out of respect to the victims, and then odd races like 1997 spring Darlington which I believe isn't there because of Dale's medical incident early in the race.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

The first season in which every Cup race was televised in some form was the 1985 season. There have been 1,513 races since the start of that season, including points, Duels (as one total race for each pair), ASRs and Clashes.

They have uploaded 1,325, or 87.4%.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

Updating my NASCAR Classics tracker and the slow growth of the service continues. They quietly added the rest of the 2000 season, and not counting Vegas this past weekend, the last points race not on Classics currently is the fall Dover race in 2008. That's over 600 races there alone.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

The lesson here is, if you field a one-shot for somebody, you’re denying yourself a big-time opportunity if you don’t give them the resources they need to compete. (Talking to you, Kaulig)

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

It has produced a driver that is being hailed as the greatest road course driver in history, who has almost single handily doubled the wins of the organization AND is now one of the most popular drivers in NASCAR.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 2h

We will be talking about Project 91 for the next few decades as by far the greatest use of a part-time third/fourth car in the history of Cup.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 7h

Even if Mick were offered that ride, it would have been dumb to choose it over an IndyCar seat. This is where they are at now with that ride.

F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 7h

With Mercedes announcement confirming Antonelli and Russell next year, that leaves just that second Alpine seat left as far as silly season goes. A very desperate driver is going to end up there.

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Thomas Maher @thomasmaheronf1.bsky.social · 8h

Horner is not thought to be actively pursuing a return to a front-line position as a team principal, and no longer has any interest in sitting on the pitwall, having done so for two decades in his role at Red Bull. #F1

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 19h

Crazy thing is, my understanding is that Ibushi is from money and has no real financial responsibility to still be wrestling.

That's right, the balcony diver spent over a decade killing himself just for the fun of it. But the body can only take so much and it shows now.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 19h

Kota Ibushi, out for two years? My man, it might be time to retire.

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

cc @dreamyzackracin.bsky.social

F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

Damnit I forgot to post this on Sunday

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

I just realized Timmy and Dauzat won a total of four races in spite of leading no laps

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

I have a theory that Mosack won Like Rock, then pointed his way through the first two rounds thanks in part to the Roval

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

I think the guy who owns Viking saw this in his game and promptly fired Di to get the third place finisher.

Also if Timmy Hill was in a truck that had some oomph behind it, he’d definitely be there tbh

F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

I finished for the day after getting promoted to Trucks. Just out of curiosity I went to see if I could look at the season 1 results for Trucks and uh I have several questions

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F ~! @finleyfactor.com · 1d

I touched Dennison maybe once a few races before the finale, when he sent out like five tweets about me. Which is pretty realistic I guess

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