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[tifosi]

After watching the Atlanta race on Sunday, I decided there were phrases that just get to the point of irking me with their constant use. Thought it would be interesting to see what cliches bb members were hearing over and over. Two of my (least) favorites:

"he'll be going to the end of the longest line" I think I heard this one about 5 times in a span of 30 seconds.

"HE'S GOT THAT CAR TOTALLY SIDEWAYS!!!!!!" This is usually mentioned when the car is about 7mm off center.



Anyway, this is meant to be a FUN thread, don't take it as bashing, I got nothing against NASCAR at all.

[Ross Stonefeld]

I think my least favourite thing is the play-by-play calls of the pitstops. 43 cars pitting probably 10 times a race, how many times do I really need to hear a live commentary on changing four tires and refueling?

[SchumiBoy]

Digger

[Chubby_Deuce]

"Racing"

[ensign14]

Boogity boogity boogity. I think my IQ drops 10 points with each boogity.

[D82]

Not sure if it's NASCAR but,

"Turnumberooneee"

[Ross Stonefeld]

Except that's what the turn is called.

[Madras]

Originally posted by ensign14
Boogity boogity boogity. I think my IQ drops 10 points with each boogity.

Boogity?

[wewantourdarbyback]

Originally posted by Madras


Boogity?

DW at the start of a race on Fox




As for Digger

[B Squared]

All of the above, plus "he's gonna have to be up on the wheel".

Brian

[whitewaterMkII]

"that car is killed"
Never even knew it was alive...

How come digger never gets killed,dammit?
He gets run over about fifty times a race.

[SchumiBoy]

Originally posted by whitewaterMkII
How come digger never gets killed,dammit?
He gets run over about fifty times a race.

And they laugh like idiots everytime it happens

[johnap]

Originally posted by D82
Not sure if it's NASCAR but,

"Turnumberooneee"

Thats IRL ;)

[pingu666]

IRL indy500 radio coverage i think they had a guy for each corner

id go with "give and take"

[JacnGille]

"Package". Everything is a package; the shock package, the aero package, the engine package, the ...

[Jambo]

Digger needs to come to a nasty end!

The boogity thing gets me also, I think I speak for many when I ask....why?

[Madras]

What is the Digger thing?

[Jambo]

A cartoon mole or some other small digging mammal.

[Madras]

Originally posted by Jambo
A cartoon mole or some other small digging mammal.

Does it run onto the track to make the race look more interesting?

[Jambo]

It actually digs up and onto the track, then nearly gets hit by cars and then gets scared and hides.

Its hilarious...really...it is....

[Greem]

Originally posted by tifosi
Thought it would be interesting to see what cliches bb members were hearing over and over.

Make up your own end-of-race driver interview from this handy crib sheet:

Y'know, the [insert primary sponsor] [insert secondary sponsor] [insert engine manufacturer] [insert chassis manufacturer] [insert team owners names] team ran a great race today. The car was [quick, fast, lightning] but was a little bit [tight, loose] on the [new, old] tyres and ran like a [dream, pig] towards each stop. On the [first, second, third... ninetieth] caution our [crew chief, spotter] made a [great, brilliant, bad] call but the [team, car] managed to pull us back toward the front of the line. When the [white, checker, green & white checker] came out we were in a [brilliant, bad] position so being able to grab the [win, second, 23rd] from the [2, 7, 9, 27, 43, 86, 976] car was just great.

Bloody sponsor-driven TV. I hate it. Even ITV were never that bad.

[Jambo]

Haha that is true, can i just point out I that despite my words i do like Nascar, but now the "Lucky dog" is sponsored, its getting silly.

[Alfisti]

Yeah i was going to mention the sponsor thing, it's remarkable and in a way sort of brilliant. Annoying but brilliant.

They literally sponsor EVERYTHING, i mean EVERYTHING.

[Ross Stonefeld]

And at the expense of the teams.

[BMW_F1]

"he just got down the apron"....

"driver x run him down the apron.."

"driver x penalized for driving on the apron.."

"driver x forced off the track onto the apron. .."

"he tried to get off the apron.."

WTF is the APRON.. ???

Apron- No this has nothing to do with cooking. The apron in racing terms is the paved part of the race track that separates the actually racing track from the infield which is not paved. You will hear several times during a race that a race car is on the apron.

[Alfisti]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
And at the expense of the teams.

As in stealing sponsors from teams?

To give people an idea, they sponsor .........

- race analysis
- pit reports
- saftey report
- the free pass to the first lapped car when yellow
- replays
- various camera angles
- startegy
- 'keys' to the race
- post race analysis
- pre-race analysis
- track description
- pole position
- equivilent of parc ferme

What have i missed?

[Ross Stonefeld]

An incredible list of "Official of NASCAR"


For instance Nextel was originally going to sponsor a third DEI car in the early part of the decade. NASCAR scooped them up and made them series sponsor, which put a lot of cash in NASCAR's pockets and furthermore prevented any rival companies from sponsoring in the series.

[B Squared]

"What have i missed?" Alfisti

The Goody's Headache of the race award, for one.

Maybe if Digger could get comically splattered every now and then, ala Wile E. Coyote or Yosemite Sam, it could then have a chance to be mildly entertaining.

"Now boys, tighten them belts down one more time"

Brian

[Alfisti]

Slightly OT but I had the fox show on last night and Greg Biffle was on, now this fellow is listenable. He really gives a solid driver perspective and doesn't go on like a tit, they could use him more often IMHO.

[Chubby_Deuce]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
An incredible list of "Official of NASCAR"


For instance Nextel was originally going to sponsor a third DEI car in the early part of the decade. NASCAR scooped them up and made them series sponsor, which put a lot of cash in NASCAR's pockets and furthermore prevented any rival companies from sponsoring in the series.

Exactly. Even if this does trickle down into more prize money it's only going to benefit the guys that are already winning a bunch of prize money.

[Greem]

I really liked Daryl Waltrip's sendup of himself as the co-commentator in Disney's "Cars". Hell, I liked all of the personal touches, even Schumi's cameo appearance at the end

"The Rusteze Medicated Bumper Ointment Team ran a great race today..." - goddamn, I gotta buy me some o'that!

[mclarensmps]

"unbelievable!"

The amount of times the commentators have said this during a single race, let alone a single season, makes me wonder if they doubt their own existence...

[Slyder]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
An incredible list of "Official of NASCAR"


For instance Nextel was originally going to sponsor a third DEI car in the early part of the decade. NASCAR scooped them up and made them series sponsor, which put a lot of cash in NASCAR's pockets and furthermore prevented any rival companies from sponsoring in the series.

That's the big fucker right there. Verizon Wireless actually sponsors David Stremme in the #12 Penske car, but since "Sprint" is sponsoring the series, Verizon got screwed, hence why the Penske logo is in the car.

Truly stupid. Bring back Winston!

[Slyder]

Originally posted by SchumiBoy


And they laugh like idiots everytime it happens

You're obviously not a Looney Tunes fan ;)

[alfista]

Originally posted by JacnGille
"Package". Everything is a package; the shock package, the aero package, the engine package, the ...

It's a good and very universal word and has much more ways to use. Think about this: After the race team officials revealed their excuse package to explain why they were off the pace once again.

[Slyder]

With Michael Waltrip, it was always "we had a Top 20 car." Robin Miller grew to be annoyed by that phrase.

[BMW_F1]

Originally posted by Alfisti
Slightly OT but I had the fox show on last night and Greg Biffle was on, now this fellow is listenable. He really gives a solid driver perspective and doesn't go on like a tit, they could use him more often IMHO.

he has a show on Mondays with Waltrip on Speed.

[Alfisti]

Originally posted by BMW_F1


he has a show on Mondays with Waltrip on Speed.

That's the show, OK Speed not Fox ... same thing really. He makes Waltrip look a bit silly, he's just very easy to listen to.

[Alfisti]

that is brilliant, just bang on the mark.

quote:
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Y'know, the [insert primary sponsor] [insert secondary sponsor] [insert engine manufacturer] [insert chassis manufacturer] [insert team owners names] team ran a great race today. The car was [quick, fast, lightning] but was a little bit [tight, loose] on the [new, old] tyres and ran like a [dream, pig] towards each stop. On the [first, second, third... ninetieth] caution our [crew chief, spotter] made a [great, brilliant, bad] call but the [team, car] managed to pull us back toward the front of the line. When the [white, checker, green & white checker] came out we were in a [brilliant, bad] position so being able to grab the [win, second, 23rd] from the [2, 7, 9, 27, 43, 86, 976] car was just great.
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[SchumiBoy]

Originally posted by Alfisti


As in stealing sponsors from teams?

To give people an idea, they sponsor .........

- race analysis
- pit reports
- saftey report
- the free pass to the first lapped car when yellow
- replays
- various camera angles
- startegy
- 'keys' to the race
- post race analysis
- pre-race analysis
- track description
- pole position
- equivilent of parc ferme

What have i missed?

Sunoco race fuel, that has to be mentioned every single time

[SchumiBoy]

Originally posted by Alfisti
that is brilliant, just bang on the mark.

quote:
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Y'know, the [insert primary sponsor] [insert secondary sponsor] [insert engine manufacturer] [insert chassis manufacturer] [insert team owners names] team ran a great race today. The car was [quick, fast, lightning] but was a little bit [tight, loose] on the [new, old] tyres and ran like a [dream, pig] towards each stop. On the [first, second, third... ninetieth] caution our [crew chief, spotter] made a [great, brilliant, bad] call but the [team, car] managed to pull us back toward the front of the line. When the [white, checker, green & white checker] came out we were in a [brilliant, bad] position so being able to grab the [win, second, 23rd] from the [2, 7, 9, 27, 43, 86, 976] car was just great.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

All said while holding, perhaps even drinking from a bottle from [primary soft drinks sponsor]

[alfista]

A little bit off-topic but when JPM was still in F1, I once counted how many times he used "you know" during the official press-conference after the race. If I record correctly it was about 36.

[Seanspeed]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
An incredible list of "Official of NASCAR"

YES!

I remember there being an official 'Yogurt' of NASCAR! I mean, WTF? :

[Ross Stonefeld]

I saw official hot dog bun once in a supermarket.


http://www.nascar.co...es/sponsorship/

[Seanspeed]

Originally posted by Ross Stonefeld
I saw official hot dog bun once in a supermarket.


http://www.nascar.co...es/sponsorship/

Combos - The Official 'Cheese-filled' food of NASCAR!

[alfista]

Originally posted by TheHumanPromise

Combos - The Official 'Cheese-filled' food of NASCAR!

Sure F1 has many unused reserves

[Alfisti]

Originally posted by SchumiBoy
Sunoco race fuel, that has to be mentioned every single time

That's the one!!!

[OfficeLinebacker]

Originally posted by tifosi
After watching the Atlanta race on Sunday, I decided there were phrases that just get to the point of irking me with their constant use. Thought it would be interesting to see what cliches bb members were hearing over and over. Two of my (least) favorites:

"he'll be going to the end of the longest line" I think I heard this one about 5 times in a span of 30 seconds.

"HE'S GOT THAT CAR TOTALLY SIDEWAYS!!!!!!" This is usually mentioned when the car is about 7mm off center.



Anyway, this is meant to be a FUN thread, don't take it as bashing, I got nothing against NASCAR at all.

tail end of the longest line is an official NASCAR phrase, you'll hear it on the radio coverage as well so it's not a cliché.

There are many that bothered me but it being a couple days ago I can't remember any.

as far the template for interviews, the engine and chassis are always the same and the team name would be mentioned later, as in "This 3M Ford Fusion was bad fast today...."

as opposed to "The Dewalt Carharrt Ford Ford Jack Rousch team was a pig today..."

Also note, yes, technically the chassis are actually made by the teams and have nothing to do with the manus but the point is the CAR is a Ford Focus or Toyota Camry or what have you, it's not like a Dallara with a Cosworth in it or something like that.

[tifosi]

Originally posted by OfficeLinebacker


Also note, yes, technically the chassis are actually made by the teams and have nothing to do with the manus but the point is the CAR is a Ford Focus or Toyota Camry or what have you, it's not like a Dallara with a Cosworth in it or something like that.

Well not really since the Ford Fusion that races in Sprint Cup looks identical to the Toyota and the Welfare Motors car, yet in non-NASCAR life these cars don't in any way shape or form resemble each other. That and the fact I'm pretty sure you could never get a V8 into any of these cars unless you removed the dash
and rear seats and moved the front seat back about 18 inches.

[tifosi]

Originally posted by OfficeLinebacker


tail end of the longest line is an official NASCAR phrase,

HaHa, so they have an Offical Phrase to go with their Official Hot Dog Bun? That's rich!