Chase for NASCAR Sprint Cup S2 Champs: RFLX_Niop, Hendrick, Chevy
- Thread starter MustangRyan
- 3,095 comments
- 119,258 views
- Status
- 224
- Daytona
- homeslice47
Hey furi take good care of that 43 care. I am sending you the same one that has 11 straight top fives. Be careful of it tho, as it is christine's sister.
- 2,931
- England
- JoeOfTheFire
He's too young to understand that. 
- 5,629
- North Carolina
- Droptop2001gt
Everyone has something that they don't think should count, hence the reason they all count. 
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
Here's some more Career Stats for you guys. This shows Totals for Pole, Led Most and Laps Led. That column (left side of the graph) is sorted by Laps Led. The column to the right shows familiar totals from this prior statistical post https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?p=6782872#post6782872
but these numbers are digested by Winning Percentage, Top 3 Percentage, Top 5 Percentage and Top 10 percentage. This side of the graph is sorted by Winning Percentage. Enjoy!
but these numbers are digested by Winning Percentage, Top 3 Percentage, Top 5 Percentage and Top 10 percentage. This side of the graph is sorted by Winning Percentage. Enjoy!
- 224
- Daytona
- homeslice47
Ok sprint votes
I copied this from page 146 in the thread, looks good to me.
Niop's drive at Monza, following an early incident and finding himself in last place, working through the field to then become a contender for the race win. An absolutely insane achievement, to go from last to leading in under 25 laps on a road course, and only lose the race because of a last turn tangle.
Race Battle of the Season
Joe v Home Chase 5 Indy, battling the last stint fighting for second place in the Championship, with all at stake. Plus, the winning pass came about 20 feet from the start/finish line. A great battle to end the season, under the most pressure possible, winner-takes-all.
Most Improved Driver of the Season
RFLX_Niop - for dominating qualifying sessions this season, winning the most races, winning 3 of 5 Chase races, and winning the championship. A more dominant performance than last season, with harder competition than before.
Rookie of the Season
MStall - He won two races this season, one on a road course, and one on an oval. His poor luck during the Chase should not outweigh how strong he was during the regular season.
Unluckiest Driver of the Season
Mudd - Got caught up in at least 5 incidents throughout the season that were not of his doing, resulting in lower results than expected. (Isn't that explanation sufficient enough?)
Driver Rivalry of the Season
Crazy / Hendrick (It was a one-sided rivalry from my point of view, but it seemed like the talk of the garage area after every single race.)
I copied this from page 146 in the thread, looks good to me.
Niop's drive at Monza, following an early incident and finding himself in last place, working through the field to then become a contender for the race win. An absolutely insane achievement, to go from last to leading in under 25 laps on a road course, and only lose the race because of a last turn tangle.
Race Battle of the Season
Joe v Home Chase 5 Indy, battling the last stint fighting for second place in the Championship, with all at stake. Plus, the winning pass came about 20 feet from the start/finish line. A great battle to end the season, under the most pressure possible, winner-takes-all.
Most Improved Driver of the Season
RFLX_Niop - for dominating qualifying sessions this season, winning the most races, winning 3 of 5 Chase races, and winning the championship. A more dominant performance than last season, with harder competition than before.
Rookie of the Season
MStall - He won two races this season, one on a road course, and one on an oval. His poor luck during the Chase should not outweigh how strong he was during the regular season.
Unluckiest Driver of the Season
Mudd - Got caught up in at least 5 incidents throughout the season that were not of his doing, resulting in lower results than expected. (Isn't that explanation sufficient enough?)
Driver Rivalry of the Season
Crazy / Hendrick (It was a one-sided rivalry from my point of view, but it seemed like the talk of the garage area after every single race.)
- 224
- Daytona
- homeslice47
Same for my disconnects there.
EDIT: Can you send me your Daytona setup Homeslice? I didn't have time to test it before and then I deleted the PM when I was clearing some stuff out.
I wish you could keep more than 50 pms. I will send it to you. I sent furi a car but i am not sure what setups were on it or if they were any good.
- 2,931
- England
- JoeOfTheFire
Daytona has always been my worst track for setups. My road course setups aren't really that good (if you've seen them you'll know what I mean). My Indy setup was my best setup, but the addition of the dirty air got rid of any advantage I had with it.
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
Everybodies got to deal with dirty air, its the people who make setups that handle good in dirty are the ones that dominate like me and rflx.
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
Well considering you are mainly pushing him 75% of the time, your setup handles the best in dirty air. Can't say RFLX since he is out front in clean air 75% of the time. So in other words, IT'S YOU THAT HAS THE TUNE!!!
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
we both have the same setup. If a setup runs good in dirty air it will be loose and fast in clean air which any good driver can handle
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
I suspected that but eitherway he does best when you are pushing him.
- 5,629
- North Carolina
- Droptop2001gt
Actually, if you watch the Brickyard 500 replay, you'll see that they switched off leading and pushing almost exactly 50% of the laps, ACDC to start a stint, RFLX to end a stint. RFLX just led six more laps because some of ACDC's laps as the lead car came when Mustardaddict and I stretched out tire runs to grab some laps led early in their stints out of the pits.
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
drop hit it on the head
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
Yes that is great team work! Both tunes dialed-in and both drivers dialed-in. Also maybe a little luck too 
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
yeah i was lucky, when i corrected the car after someone spun me out on the back stretch, but the only reason we didnt drop to 4th or 5th was because we got out front at the beginning and stayed out of trouble creating a 3/4 of a lap lead over third and staying on strategy, so luck played a small unnecessary role in that race.
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
...well...glad we got that settled...
LOL.......You are wondering where this is coming from? Seeing that I'm the guy who tries to take them down constantly. Well, if you can't beat them, join them. You can't be the best if you don't respect the best as I have learned from many of things. This one being dialed-in with your teammates. And I'm pretty sure during the Chase every team that was not Hendrick's tried to strategize against them two specifically.
I'm curious to see how next season works out for RFLX since ACDC isn't on his team. Will Knelly fill ACDC's shoes? Will ACDC push Droptop to victory instead? Or will ACDC rebel against JGR and push RFLX some more to more wins?
Sorry but I need to know who I got to strategize against now.
- 5,629
- North Carolina
- Droptop2001gt
Yes that is great team work! Both tunes dialed-in and both drivers dialed-in. Also maybe a little luck too
It wasn't luck, they were just the fastest cars on the track with the best setup and the best teamwork. I didn't use the same setup as them, and let me tell you, it wasn't luck. Those two were so fast that I destroyed the tires on my best tirewear setup (had gone 30 laps before in testing) in just 20 laps trying to keep up and push them. They got away from me at lap 20, as I had to start backing out on corner entry, and I never saw them again. You can say that they were lucky not to get caught up in more accidents, but that's typically the case for cars in front of everyone else. It's a lot harder to get caught up in accidents if you are in front of the accidents.
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
I would strategize against jgr and stewart gannasi because this season, mstall droptop and dexter come first. If anything were to happen during a race or im the last one standing at the end, strategize against who im pushing
- 5,629
- North Carolina
- Droptop2001gt
Sorry but I need to know who I got to strategize against now.
The team owner at the largest team is worried about what other, smaller teams are going to do? It's their job to beat you, now. Not the other way around.
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
- 224
- Daytona
- homeslice47
Pushing at indy is dumb. It shouldn't be allowed.
- 73
- Georgia
- Acdcrocks123
I agree because it isnt nascar, run comfort hards where everyone has to let out in each corner like they do in nascar!👍
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
Well I thought this was done but since he said it:
This was how I BLOCKED you, you do have two pedals and they both could have worked in your situation. I know I was an @$$hole for doing this but it wasn't 100% against rules. More of a respect thing.
This how I could have wrecked you and you wouldn't have been so lucky
I have watched replays and their lap times pushing aren't anything I haven't seen myself do with Dowhat for 25 laps. It is luck, they get lucky they are up front and don't get involved with an accident and ruin their tires and pit strategy. I'll give them that they have the fastest cars in qualifying, beat me by a few tenths.
This was how I BLOCKED you, you do have two pedals and they both could have worked in your situation. I know I was an @$$hole for doing this but it wasn't 100% against rules. More of a respect thing.
This how I could have wrecked you and you wouldn't have been so lucky
I have watched replays and their lap times pushing aren't anything I haven't seen myself do with Dowhat for 25 laps. It is luck, they get lucky they are up front and don't get involved with an accident and ruin their tires and pit strategy. I'll give them that they have the fastest cars in qualifying, beat me by a few tenths.
- 5,629
- North Carolina
- Droptop2001gt
Blocking is completely legal, but you have to be in front of the car to block them. What you did was more like this:
And seriously, at no time should anyone need or expect to need to slam on the brakes on the straightaway unless it's to avoid an accident. What you did was, in fact, 100% outside of the rules, both as they are written and as they are intended.
And seriously, at no time should anyone need or expect to need to slam on the brakes on the straightaway unless it's to avoid an accident. What you did was, in fact, 100% outside of the rules, both as they are written and as they are intended.
- 1,870
- Chicago
- CrAzY_bAsSiSt_83
Well eitherway, if this was someone else who doesn't get as voice-turous as me and had an accident with anyone else it would have been considered an accident. If it was anyone else and them (ACDC/RFLX) in the beginning of the race it would have been considered an accident too. It just happens that it was me really late in the race who had done this. And what if I had done that as a total accident? Would you have seen it that way as you have had seen it for many of incidents that have happened that hasn't included me? Sorry for all of this but rules are made to be challenged and if no one ever did we would all still think the Earth is flat too. Or in this case just believe they are the best and deserve the whole track when they drive by. Wait next time I should just pull over and let them through.
And to think this all started with my complimenting them, trying to be friendly
And to think this all started with my complimenting them, trying to be friendly
Yes that is great team work! Both tunes dialed-in and both drivers dialed-in. Also maybe a little luck too
- Status
Similar threads
