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Benjamin Harris2 said:I mean, we should’ve just dropped a Top 20 list right out of the gate and worked backwards from there, but whatever, here we 🤷
It was a long time ago that I stopped watching NASCAR just through the lens of who’s grabbing the trophy at the end. For a while now, I’ve seen this whole thing as a world of relative ratios, something you could almost map out with math equations if you really wanted to. If you’ve got Car A with Engine B and Tires C, your spot on the grid is basically point X. Honestly, the winners don't do much for me; I'm more interested in the guys who consistently qualify, race, and finish way above their expected point X. That’s exactly why I’ve spent years thinking Lewis Hamilton was the absolute best, but last year, this one kid impressed me in a way that reminded me of how Sebastian Vettel used to drive back in his Red Bull Racing days.
That kid, unfortunately, is never going to be a champion, win a race, or even leave anything more than a tiny footnote in the history books. Only those of us who were foolish enough to waste our weekends watching NASCAR back in 2014 will truly understand the secret of Danica Patrick. Like, how that little BIA tag on the scoring ticker, crawling along the bottom of the screen, kept popping up in spots where logically it shouldn't have been. Or how his name showed up among the points scorers in Indianapolis 2013, a place where roulette can totally mess with your formulas... To be honest, in X number of years, I probably won't remember who actually won there, but his... man, screw it, I'll always remember that eighth-place finish on the track, much like the stories we tell about Timmy Sullicker and others who went down before they ever hit their stride.
Rest in peace, because that's just what you say, and there isn't a damn thing we can do to change what happened. I just ask that when the championship titles start being decided in the 2018 or 2019 seasons, you take a second. No matter who you're rooting for, let it cross your mind how those titles are being won in a field that's missing the very person who should have been right there in the thick of the fight for them.
ruggedhawk20 said:Maybe he just loves weed
neonfox65 said:That’s just not true. If he actually had the talent, he'd be in the mix. But even his own people didn't want him... let alone anyone else.
And look at where Verne is in Formula E right now. He's sitting in SEVENTH. So much for all that potential... ☕
neonfox65 said:Then why didn't he get promoted to Red Bull? Look, the Red Bull brass actually fired both drivers from Rosa and brought in two new ones—Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz—because they decided the old guys just weren't cutting it. They aren't talented enough, apparently... I mean, the higher-ups at Red Bull and Rosa clearly have a better eye for driver talent than you and I do.
And honestly, seeing who's running things in the general standings—Nelson Piquet—it's pretty obvious what kind of level we're talking about here.