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FinnTinley -2 points ago +1 / -3

OK, my mistake. HE was posting what a shit driver Bubba is and HE was wrong, and you didn't understand why I was talking about whether he's any good as a driver.

As far as going to bat for him: I've been a NASCAR fan for years and have been aware of Bubba but not really kept up with him until he got to Cup. I haven't been a big fan but he he's always had a reputation as a straight-shooter who ignores the racial stuff.

A couple of months ago when another driver dropped a hard-r N-word on the radio, Bubba tried to stay out of it for 4 days before weighing in and when he did, he said to give the guy another chance. He didn't want him fired or to be made an example of. He's never had a reputation a race-baiter but coming in fresh I get why someone who's looking for a fight might see him as one. But with plenty of chances in the past to profit and draw attention to himself over his race, he hasn't.

As far as the noose: as a Tennessean, I can say it's naive to believe it's outside the realm of possibility that some asshole would have hung a noose in his garage the weekend after the Confederate flag ban. I'd have been mad as hell if I were him, and afterward he said he was glad it wasn't what everyone feared it was. And then he pretty much dropped it.

I doubt you've read much of this, I'd be surprised if it changed your opinion, and it doesn't really matter to me one way or another, except that I figure that since you're on here you'd rather talk about the truth rather than falling into the division and infighting that the media wants us to.

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FinnTinley -1 points ago +1 / -2

Since people are contagious for several days before showing symptoms, masks prevent microscopic droplets that carry the virus from being expelled into the air where others can breathe them in.

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FinnTinley 2 points ago +2 / -0

(as he points in the wrong direction)

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FinnTinley 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't know what other states did, but Tennessee declared that no one's grades would go down after being sent home. There were no grades on anything covered in "virtual school." Basically they thew up their hands and said "we know you won't be learning anything from here on out so good luck." It's infuriating that educators are putting their politics over the kids they claim to care so much about, while accusing parents of just wanting free daycare.

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FinnTinley 2 points ago +2 / -0

The Lincoln Project is just terrible at what they're trying to accomplish.

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FinnTinley 2 points ago +2 / -0

They were only allowed to sell up to 20% capacity and had to move it from Charlotte to Bristol at the last minute to even be able to have fans in attendance at all.

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FinnTinley -2 points ago +1 / -3

Where are you getting that information?

Wallace's best finish in a real NASCAR race is 28th

He finished 2nd in his first Daytona 500, has finished 6th and 9th at Indianapolis, has 7 top ten finishes at the Cup level and has driven better than the level of equipment he has been in.

Even at the Lower Division of NASCAR Xfinity (their minor league) he has NEVER WON a race out of 85 races. His best ever is 7th.

His best Xfinity finish ever is not 7th. While he has not won in Xfinity, he has finished 2nd (1 time), 3rd (2 times), 5th (3 times), 6th (9 times), 7th (5 times), and has 15 other top 10s for a total of 35 top 10s. He has 26 more finishes 11th - 15th, for a total of 61 top 15s in 85 Xfinity races, in 40-car fields. There are also several levels below Xfinity, which is the top "minor-league." In those, he has 6 wins in 48 starts in the Camping World Truck series, 6 K&N Pro Series wins, and he won the only Super Late Model race he started.

Most of his starts in Xfinity and Cup have been in mediocre equipment, and he has driven above expectations at each level. He's not an elite driver but he's better than average and has performed above expectations.

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FinnTinley 23 points ago +23 / -0

When you're 77 it's not "early-onset" dementia, it's just being a crazy old coot.