2022 NASCAR THREAD

I’ve seriously never met anyone who does so I’m kind of relieved and disappointed at the same time.

 

He sells the most merchandise, I believe, and is probably the driver which has the most merchandise on fans in the stands, aside from maybe Elliott. Busch and Elliott were the only two drivers with their own merchandise haulers when I went to the race at MIS this year. He was the only one with his own last year.

 

Lol, you think KB sells more merch than Chase? You are on crack! I bet Dale Jr retired sells more merch than KB.

 

I think what @RedWings44 was saying is the KB always has a merchandise hauler at every event. Typically you'll only see him and Chase with their own haulers. With that, both haulers are typically extremely crowded with fans. The rest of the haulers are typically just team haulers and bring in a few stragglers.

I haven't bought KB merchandise at all this year knowing, regardless of where he's going, he won't have Mars Inc behind him anymore. That is pretty much all they sell in the hauler too.

 

What @tclavell said above.

The last statistics announced about it were from 2016 (at least that I can find in a quick Google search). At that time Kyle Busch was only behind Dale Jr and Jimmie Johnson, who are no longer active drivers, and Chase was behind Busch. Both Chase and Busch have their own haulers for merchandise while everyone else shares team haulers. Last season, Elliott was part of the HMS hauler.

 

A lot of the merch at the hauler (not just KB) is "too loud" for me. Not enough simple options. Everything looks like a graphic T-shirt you'd find at Walmart and something I would have worn in high school. So I find myself gravitating toward hats and diecasts now, especially 1:64 diecasts. Shockingly they didn't have any M&Ms ones at the hauler at MIS this year. They had Interstate Batteries (I think), Ethel M, and DeWalt in 1/64. They had the Xfinity M&Ms ice cream and maybe another scheme as well in 1:24 scale, but no regular scheme.

 

Exactly why I haven’t bought much in the past few years as well. I’m with you, my KB collection most recently is 1:64 diecast and a few hats.

 

I was so surprised this year that they did not release a hat for the throwback schemes.

 

Man, Larson can’t do that to a dude trying to get his first win and into the playoffs. Congrats to the 9 but feel bad for the 2.

Larson has a problem realizing his position as a cup champion and what he represents.

 

thats a touchy subject for me. I dont know.. I dont even like the cup care guys going down to xfinity

 

I don’t mind them being there but you have to respect the guys driving that series for a living. As a cup champion you cannot drive under a guy and use him up like that.

 

I think the end of this race was a good reason why. sucks it was KL but he just wanted to win like the rest of them

 

The issue I am seeing out of Larson is he seems to lack the class to realize his station. I get he is going for the win and it’s fun to see as a fan but these guys have careers on the line and you have to respect the struggle those guys have also.

Everything is not a dirt track where that shit is acceptable. If Kyle Busch did that everyone would lose their shit!

 

It's almost like Larson is wanting the bad boy reputation.

 

I think it’s more that he is believing all the media BS saying he is the best driver on the planet and thinks he deserves the right to drive through anyone. His head is a little big.

 

Did he just run out of talent or was there something that led up to that? I missed the race but just saw the last lap highlight.

 

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22-11-1

 

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damn #5