TOYOTA OWNERS 400- Richmond, Virginia

[bksballer89]

Gonna be an interesting start for the teams who set their car up for a night race having to race in the day.

So basically all 43 cars?

 

[Chewbaccer]

So basically all 43 cars?

Not really. There's always cars that are good in the daylight, but fade when darkness sets in. Those cars might be the ones to beat today.

 

[ckhokie]

Shit like 'Competition Caution' is why (among many things) I could never get into NASCAR. "Allowing teams to change and check tire ware" is something that is part of racing. Green Flag pit stops are part of racing. I don't understand why NASCAR tries to avoid them

 

[Retroram52]

Logano has led from the beginning followed by Busch and Harvick. Danica is getting hit a lot again in the back of the pack. First by Casey Mears and now by Bayne.

 

[Retroram52]

My boy Almirola is 21st on the re-start.

 

[Retroram52]

Pretty cool. The pace car is running on hydrogen combined with oxygen from the air to make electricity in a hydrogen fuel cell to run the differential to the wheels. Water is the by-product. Goes 300 hundred miles before a cell change I have been told.

 

[Retroram52]

Busch and Harvick battling it out.

 

[Retroram52]

Josh Wise is on Fire!!

 

[Retroram52]

Typical pounding going on at Richmond.

 

[Retroram52]

Holy Cow, McMurray drives by Kurt Busch!

 

[Retroram52]

Moffitt blows a right front and there is a caution.

 

[Retroram52]

WTH. There are what three cars on the lead lap?

 

[Chewbaccer]

One of the least entertaining Richmond races in recent memory.

 

[Retroram52]

Tony Stewart's day is apparently done.

 

[4down20]

Pretty cool. The pace car is running on hydrogen combined with oxygen from the air to make electricity in a hydrogen fuel cell to run the differential to the wheels. Water is the by-product. Goes 300 hundred miles before a cell change I have been told.

It's nothing new really. People have been making cars that "run on water" for years. Where you split the hydrogen and oxygen from the water, and then you burn the hydrogen with the oxygen which then turns it back into the water when it's burned.

Sounds great, except that splitting the water into hydrogen and oxygen isn't easy/cheap. So they do that at a plant with these hydrogen cells. Supposedly the costs to do so keeps it from being mainstream, as it's not cheaper than oil yet.

There are lots of conspiracy theories that claim it's not hard to separate the hydrogen and oxygen from the water on the fly, but corporations want to be able to monetize the energy so they buy patents and kill people. Personally I don't buy those theories, such a process would likely be common knowledge for scientists.

I have a friend who works on algae batteries or some crap with algae and energy in Alabama. That seems more promising.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea I understand the technology 4down20. I was saving everyone from the details.

 

[Retroram52]

Busch has got the lead with 13 to go but Harvick is a comin'.

 

[Retroram52]

NASCAR has to find out a way to stop the race. Busch is going to win it.

 

[Retroram52]

Good for Kurt Busch. Going to find out that bitch he hooked up with is a whacked-out gold digger.

 

[Retroram52]

Crap. My boy Almirola finished 20th.