Yeah, it's gotta be some sort of mental problem for somebody to have the gall to disagree about this...Originally Posted by Brickman
Yeah, it's gotta be some sort of mental problem for somebody to have the gall to disagree about this...
Cancer sucks.
Well, burnouts and all, licking the bricks, throwing Gatoraide on people...it's not disrespectful or hateful or mentally ill or anything. It's just stupid.
"Is that my *** that I smell burning?" ... Helmet Stogie from "Death spasms of the Mabuchi"
I suspect those who are unhappy weren't very happy the stockers were in town even before the burnout.
This just served to give them a little focus.
Yes, when they did the repave jobs in 1977, 1995, and 2004, track crews saw-cut out the yard of bricks and removed them. The existing opnes typically get scored and shredded from the milling and paving machines. They replaced them with bricks that were unearthed from a different part of the track (namely, from where the tunnel...built in 1973...between turns 1 and 2 was dug out). They cleanly place the "recycled" bricks at the start/finish line.
Over the years, individual bricks have cracked and otherwise been disheveled from time to time, and have been replaced singly on an as-needed basis...again, from the stockpile of bricks that were unearthed years ago.
Anybody know if there's anything under the bricks besides dirt? I wondered if there was wood down there to keep the bricks uniform when they were first laid.
Or is it just the world's biggest set of pavers? (btw, if you've never watched an expert paver crew, it's pretty impressive!)
Lick the bricks.
What will be the next stupid victory "celebration" embarrassment? When will the drivers start doing the Kenny Powers victory salute?
Maybe those people were unhappy because they saw this kind of thing coming, and they would have been right.
I always assumed they laid the bricks right over the orgiinal tar/gravel surface
Im sure it wasnt laser smooth by 1912
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[QUOTE=Doc Austin;3115452]Psychic NASCAR haters...
cool!
It is nice to see some people FINALLY show some concern for the environment tho
No. Just realists, as evidenced by the reality.
Aloha,,,
Use to be a big pile of them in back of the old maintenance barn,,,
Went there once with Vic Yeardi, to get a bunch from Young Tony,,,
Vic then took them back to Boston in his motor-home...
If the bricks on the start finish line are some of the original "Bricks",,,
then they are like the "Sand" at Normandy...
Jimmy doing the NASCAR,,, "Shake & Bake",,, so be it,,, but not on the
Bricks,,, "Bad Boy",,,
Big
Yes,,, Yes,,, Tony,,,
Your Grandfather was a friend of Roger Penske,,,
Your Grandfather did business with Roger Penske,,, but
Your Grandfather never trusted Roger Penske,,,
So that time I puked on the wall of the Speedway VFW wasn't disrespectful? I just had a crummy breakfast instead? Whew...I thought I had dishonored the Normandy landings.
professional assessor of sanity
Indy is nothing like Normandy any comparison between the two is stupid. Johnson just did what NASCAR drivers do It's not like he pooped on the bricks although the meltdown after it would be epic.
Nolan Ryan was once bitten by a coyote
"You Just Don't Know What Indy Means",,,
Al Unser, Jr.,,, May 24, 1992.
But You Are Correct,,,,
Different Spot,,, Different Reason,,, Different Times,,,
Should Not Be Compared,,,,,
But Still,,, Hallowed Ground,,, For Some of Us,,,
This Has Made The Speedway Natives,,, Down Right Crazy,,,
Big
Dodn't Zoomie lick an airplane?
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How to we a copy of the "Class get some" poster to Mr. Johnson?
That was my mom.
Take it easy, Scooter.
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Was thinking this evening that if you just gotta do a burn out, after all of these years, and all of those tires, and all of those engines, and all of that smoke, you would think that someone would have come up with an idea for a cool burn out. I mean, how difficult is it to stand on the brake with one foot, mash the accelerator down with the other foot, and burn up a set of tires. Any high school jack a$$ can pretty much master it the very first time.
This time of this year, maybe laying down the Olympic rings would have been kinda nice to see when the smoke cleared.
Last edited by doitagain; 08-01-2012 at 09:01 PM.
The strongest smell after that would be a lawsuit.
I keep waiting for somebody's burnout to leave some kind of signature skid mark or somethng. Always disappointed! Just a bunch of squiggles!
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Its even easier in a race car with brake bias adjusters
Last edited by doitagain; 08-01-2012 at 09:01 PM.
Oh, that's right... it was in my fantasy that you were ... never mind...
...and at least it was a Hellcat.
Mom's got standards, dontcha know.
Unlike Jeemy Johnson...
We had dog named Scooter once, but I don't remember why we named him that.
LMAO!
Sadly there are people making minumum wage "expressing" the sacs makin' old Fido itch.
If there is a worse job on the planet, I'd like to hear about it.
Burnouts seem no less disrespectful than climbing the fence.
Or for that matter bringing EJ Viso or Sebastian Saavedra to drive at Indy.
Zanardi was the guy that got burnouts really going in the USA, right?
Doughnuts. They take more skill
And look a ton better.Doughnuts. They take more skill
Even donuts are stupid, but at least when Zanardi did them they were HIS. He was never some wannabe copying someone else.
I always thought Earl Campbell had it right. Just hand the ball to the referee.
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