Fuel prices

[armylifer]

My brother races modifieds or bombers on a dirt track and has just recently added a second car. These aren't the stripped down throw a roll cage in.. he's got a lot of money in them! This is going to put the hurts on him for sure, probably won't be able to race for points this year.. just the fun of it.. which is all fun anyways!

Wonder how much this will affect NASCAR if any.. I know their rich but prices could really go North!

Fuel prices are the least of their concern. When you are talking about cars that range north of $300,000 and multi-million dollar personnel budgets per team, gas prices mean almost nothing.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

All the talk about pumping oil and its impact on fuel prices - how much else is impacted?

Sadly just about everything is linked directly or indirectly to oil prices!

 

[Deleted member 47704]

Fuel prices are the least of their concern. When you are talking about cars that range north of $300,000 and multi-million dollar personnel budgets per team, gas prices mean almost nothing.

NASCAR has to worry about themselves before gasoline. They derailed on marketing by marketing to a demographic that doesn't care about motor racing. NASCAR has more in common with the WWE than racing.

 

[armylifer]

NASCAR has to worry about themselves before gasoline. They derailed on marketing by marketing to a demographic that doesn't care about motor racing. NASCAR has more in common with the WWE than racing.

Agreed! I stopped watching the cup races because the new generation cup car may as well be a formula racer. That and the pandering to the woke crowd was just too much for me. I quit watching and going to a sport that I have been following for 60 years.

 

[NCL4701]

Some gas thieves are lazy idiots, no doubt. Some are sophisticated enough to pull up to a pump at a station that’s unmanned overnight, use a remote control to put the pump into a bypass service mode, and pump all the gas they want without being charged. A lot better than a drill or ice pick. In the case in the news article the thief played Robin Hood and let others fill up, too.

Suspect accused of stealing 400 gallons of fuel from High Point gas station identified

The owner of Bizzy Bee grocery says the gas stolen from his pumps after hours was worth $1600.

www.wxii12.com

 

[lynnmor]

I lost a lot of interest in NASCAR when they catered to the ethanol scam and started using that product. The cars now are so regulated that NASCAR might as well build them and ask what color they like.

I was at an RV show last week and the attendance was way down, maybe that market is collapsing.

 

[B737]

I can pretty much bet you that boat sales will go down drastically. I cannot imagine (and don't want to) filling my now-sold Cape Horn 27 with 175 gallons, averaging about 2.3 mpg. When going to our out fishing spots we were burning about 25 gph, or $150 per hour at a very conservative $6 a gallon on the water.

Just another sector of the economy to be hit--boats, on water places for boats and those that service them.

I feel for the current owners of my 44' DeFever.
900 gallon capacity - marine diesel.
$5,400 for a fill from empty tanks?
BIG Ouch !!!

Trust me, someone who owns a real boat, and is accustomed to filling a 900-1000 gallon tank regularly, burning 60-90 gph, paying a full time mate or captain, a few extra bucks to fill the tank will not even be a blip on the radar. These types of people are on a whole 'nother level.

an hourly worker, monitoring "how much gas this thing uses", entirely different scenario. When the economy tanks, there are still plenty of Hatteras's being sold...

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I only watch CrashCAR for the last 40-50 laps. The stop and go 'stages' is stupid, should run from green to checker.

 

[fried1765]

Trust me, someone who owns a real boat, and is accustomed to filling a 900-1000 gallon tank regularly, burning 60-90 gph, paying a full time mate or captain, a few extra bucks to fill the tank will not even be a blip on the radar. These types of people are on a whole 'nother level.

an hourly worker, monitoring "how much gas this thing uses", entirely different scenario. When the economy tanks, there are still plenty of Hatteras's being sold...

In my case, the hourly burn was only a total of 10 gph, on two very economical 135 HP diesels.
$6 per gal. would be way to costly for me, if I still owned the boat.
I can remember complaining about $1 per gallon.

 

[Lonesouth]

I just paid north of $5.25/gallon for propane in Florida.

 

[aaluck]

rust me, someone who owns a real boat, and is accustomed to filling a 900-1000 gallon tank regularly, burning 60-90 gph, paying a full time mate or captain, a few extra bucks to fill the tank will not even be a blip on the radar. These types of people are on a whole 'nother level.

No question about that. I've sat at the on-water gas station and been shocked to see how much those cost to fill--even at prices 6-7 years ago.

 

[TheOldHokie]

I just paid north of $5.25/gallon for propane in Florida.

$2.99 here. Up from $2.29 at the beginning of the season. Somebody is price gouging.

Dan

 

[skeets]

4.59 for regular, and 5.29 for diesel here,, they say the price is coming down, but it sure aint around here

 

[Deleted member 47704]

Agreed! I stopped watching the cup races because the new generation cup car may as well be a formula racer. That and the pandering to the woke crowd was just too much for me. I quit watching and going to a sport that I have been following for 60 years.

Pandering to the woke crowd is going to finish them off.We saw the golden age of motor racing come and go.

 

[Freeheeler]

Regarding NASCAR ... they always turn left, what did you expect ??

 

[armylifer]

Regarding NASCAR ... they always turn left, what did you expect ??

Not quite true. They have road courses too. Also, some of the drivers have been known to turn right when they perceive that some other driver has done them wrong.

 

[top gnome]

The World Is Facing A Critical Diesel Shortage | OilPrice.com

Supply tightness is quickly spreading to oil products, and especially diesel fuel inventories are dangerously low

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I think I am going to start turning off the tractor when I am going to be off of it for more than a few minutes. I have been starting it and letting run pretty much until I back it into the garage again.

 

[Fordtech86]

 

[michigander]

I'm thinking will be parking the Gas Cub Cadet more this summer and use the B2601 more.
Double the work done 1/2 the fuel.

 

[nbking]

Regular gas was $5.46, Diesel was $6.09, and that's at the no name station. Chevron was $5.98 and $6.47, California