2014 NASCAR Thread

[Jahgee]

GORDON'S ON THE LEAD LAP BITCHES! 4TH WIN GUARANTEED!

 

[MustangRyan]

Three Stewart-Haas cars have been in the wall today. The 10 car isn't one of them.

 

[The Bman]

If ESPN would stop 🤬 to Kasey Kahne like they've been doing all day that would be nice.

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

This went from the worst night race of the year to the weirdest. Good Job NASCAR. And Kyle Busch, and Paul Menard

 

[Doodle]

GORDON'S ON THE LEAD LAP BITCHES! 4TH WIN GUARANTEED!

Just gotta pass 8 cars per lap!

 

[GTPorsche]

Danica still gets career best finish.

 

[Müle]

It's cool seeing the car that got screwed over still win.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

She almost got that top 5 too.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

It's Kasey Kahne, ladies and gentlemen. Like he would actually be allowed to win.

Silly me. The racing gods just wanted to jerk Kahne around a little.

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

Good Job Kasey, but I'd still give Chase Elliot your ride in a heartbeat if I was Rick Hendrick

Also, that was a weird finish/race. A decent sequel to the Canadian truck race

ps Truex vs Busch is on!!

 

[Müle]

Get the popcorn ready for the sideshow.

 

[JMoney]

That was the craziest ending to the most boring race.

 

[Gerarghini]

Getting ready for the fights

 

[AnthonyD1993]

So now we have two spots left in to decide at Richmond. Who would have thought that points would still mater this much going into the final race?

 

[The Bman]

And I get to see it all unfold in person next Saturday.

 

[GTPorsche]

Danica's finish is best ever for a female racer in NASCAR.

So there's that. She looked very apprehensive on that last restart though, which is better that looking Menardive.

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

GORDON'S ON THE LEAD LAP BITCHES! 4TH WIN GUARANTEED!

Holy dog crap this post was almost as funny as the actual finish bravo

So now we have two spots left in to decide at Richmond. Who would have thought that points would still mater this much going into the final race?

All aboard the Larson hype train

 

[The Bman]

Danica's finish is best ever for a female racer in NASCAR.

Sara Christian finished 5th in a race back in 1949. And speaking on a broader scale of NASCAR, Danica finished 4th in the Nationwide series at Vegas in 2011.

 

[Cale]

This worked out great. Harvick didn't win, and I get out of work in 5 minutes.

 

[GTPorsche]

Sara Christian finished 5th in a race back in 1949. And speaking on a broader scale of NASCAR, Danica finished 4th in the Nationwide series at Vegas in 2011.

Modern era, and Nationwide isn't Cup.

 

[AnthonyD1993]

It looks like 5 drivers will compete for two spots in the Chase.

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

And I get to see it all unfold in person next Saturday.

I love watching this stuff in my (now freezing) bedroom but Dang It!! I need to go to Dover soon!

 

[The Bman]

Modern era, and Nationwide isn't Cup.

But you didn't mention Modern Era or Nationwide specifically.

 

[JMoney]

Harvick called out his pit crew.

 

[The Bman]

I love watching this stuff in my (now freezing) bedroom but Dang It!! I need to go to Dover soon!

I actually went to the Dover race in the Spring of last year. Great place and couldn't recommend it more.

 

[meek]

Great finish!

Chase for last 2 spots, barring a new winner:

15. Newman 747pts
16. Biffle 728
17. Bowyer 705
18. Larson 704

Any other driver between 19-31 position is now mathematically out and needs to win Richmond to get in the Chase.

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LOL @Harvick "the nature of the bitch" (it may have been "beach" but that's not funny lol)

 

[AMPMROCKETFANN]

Great finish!

Looks like the last Chase spot will be between Bowyer -705pts- and Larson -704- unless we see a new winner. For reference, Bowyer finished last in the first Richmond race with car troubles, Larson was 16th.

Newman's basically in (unless we see a new winner, Bowyer is second with the most laps led, and Newman finishes last next week).
Still mathematically in but will need a lot of luck (or a W):
Menard 675
A.Dillon 674
McMurray 666

LOL @Harvick "the nature of the bitch"

Hold up. technically there are two spots left. Although you are right, realistically, there is one. Realistically, McMurray is out of it barring an act of God. The rest of them could be close but Dillon and Menard would be huge long shots. But my money is still on Larson. Great driver, and knows how to exploit a strong car

 

[meek]

Forgot Biffle, edited my post.

Danica's finish is best ever for a female racer in NASCAR.

So there's that. She looked very apprehensive on that last restart though, which is better that looking Menardive.

I gotta admit, for one second there, I thought she could win. Seemed pretty satisfied judging by her post race words about her Gordonesque restart, yet she might have missed her only chance.

A cat just ran across in front of Harvick...

Please tell me it wasn't black.

it was a squirrel.

Yeah and Danica qualified in the top 12 this season and finished well outside of it...what's the point. Qualifying doesn't tell me anything other than the conditions and the car with the driver were good enough for a single lap. If I followed that I shouldn't expect Junior or JJ or Matt to be fighting in the top 5 or 10 every weekend.

Danica didn't (accidentally) kill someone 3 weeks before, I was replying to the post -not yours- saying Stewart didn't have his mind at racing. I didn't watch the start of the race, but I think he was doing OK before his tire problems, and 12th in Qual kinda proves my point.

I napped through the first half of the race. Is this shaping up to be a bad night for Goodyear?

didn't your read the memo? Goodyear is tired to get blamed when teams don't follow recommended tire pressure (or camber, or caster, etc). Case in point: Johnson was running lower than the recommended 12 psi on left side tires when he blew the LF and LR in the span of a few laps at Loudon this year.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Danica didn't (accidentally) kill someone 3 weeks before, I was replying to the post -not yours- saying Stewart didn't have his mind at racing. I didn't watch the start of the race, but I think he was doing OK before his tire problems, and 12th in Qual kinda proves my point.

Once again quali doesn't prove anything other than what I said. This has been true for all forms of racing, what would have proved your point is if he didn't pick up where he left off, after his hiatus. Which is bad luck, optimistic looking runs and fans or hopefuls having nothing to show for standing in his corner race weekend. I've always been a fan of Stewart the racer (not the man per say) but nothing coming into this weekend indicated to me that he was going to do anything special.

The point of my other post was he still seemed shaken up and not fully prepared and along with is prior runs before the the incident playing into it. If qualifying is all it takes for you to believe that something good is going to happen, then those in the top 4-5 in points right now at various times this year shouldn't have been on your radar for not even qualifying in the top 15 but finishing better than the top 15.

Also it doesn't matter what happened, the pointed shifted to this idea that qualifying is something meaningful anywhere outside of F1. You made it seem that his quali effort was enough of an indicator and you were wrong this time, try again at Richmond.

 

[MustangRyan]

didn't your read the memo? Goodyear is tired to get blamed when teams don't follow recommended tire pressure (or camber, or caster, etc). Case in point: Johnson was running lower than the recommended 12 psi on left side tires when he blew the LF and LR in the span of a few laps at Loudon this year.

That's all well and good in the first five laps of a run, but when an entire race is run without green flag pit stops because the tires won't last a full pit cycle, there is a tire problem that isn't caused by initial inflation pressures.