GTP NASCAR SPRINT CUP S3 Champs: RFLX_Niop, Joe Gibbs Racing, Toyota

[Knelly]

I wasn't using you as a scapegoat, or anyone else. I fight my own arguments and stand by my own beliefs and views.

I was attempting to bring a little humour back and apologise if that was taken out of context mate.

 

[cgr-10]

I'm now picturing him riding off into the sunset on the back of a goat.

 

[MustangRyan]

Seriously, no laughs for "an escape goat?" The mental image that gave me is hilarious.

Here's an escape goat, saddled up and waiting to help make the getaway.

I imagine the police in hot pursuit on the back of ostriches.

 

[kenkwilinski]

I was only messing with you. I originally typed a message where I sounded angry but was hinting I was joking.

But on a serious note, I don't want to be remembered as "that guy". Yes I have moaned, complained and everything else but I think I have calmed down 200% and would like some respect back on track. I feel like no one has respect for me on track. Maybe not in this particular series (but this general group of guys). Take Thunder Series for example. I got wrecked every race pretty much intentionally I felt (still finished 4th in Independents despite that). I would regroup from a spin out, push hard with another unlucky driver and find the lead again only for it to happen again and again, every race.

Makes me feel like the younger guys that read your "digs" at me, take it in the wrong direction. If you were me in that Thunder series, you would have quite. I even seen Niop suffer the same and he pulled over. So, I take a lot from you guys (select few) and would like to see it diminish. But that'll be hard racing in NW where I will be with a lot of new drivers who will be impatient and probably continue my unlucky cycle. Note my avatar, I have the Grinch purely as a joke for you guys since I know that's how you all view me.

And Pics of Escape Goats are funny as H3LL!

 

[cgr-10]

I'm resisting the urge to post that photo of a seal bombing a photo full of penguins because I think it may result in the thread getting locked for OT discussion

 

[DrifterJoe]

Best I could find

 

[Knelly]

Brilliant pics all round

 

[MustangRyan]

Attached is the updated career average finish spreadsheet for all categories, complete through the end of Season 3.

The three tiers of drivers are broken down as follows:

The top tier on most sheets is for drivers that have started at least 1/3 of all races in the category. (For tracks that still have a very small number of starts (SSRX/HSR/SuzE/Monza), the percentages used to separate tiers might be a little different.)

The bottom tier is for drivers with only a single start in the category.

The middle tier is for drivers that fall in the middle of the two categories.

 

[MustangRyan]

Season 4 Team Preview

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Driver: Furinkazen, Team Owner for Stewart-Ganassi Racing
Car: 2011 #14 Office Depot/Mobil1 Chevrolet Impala
Sprint Cup Starts: 22
Wins: 0
Podiums: 3
Top-5s: 6
Top 10s: 15
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 51
Chase Appearances: 1 (Season 2)
Championships: 2 (S3 Team - JGR, S3 Manufacturer - Toyota)
Notable Achievements: Founded TOCA, NASCAR Trucks, IROC series
NASCAR Thunder Series runner-up, Independent Class
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:

Driver: GTP_Akmuq
Car: 2011 #42 Target Chevrolet Impala
Sprint Cup Starts: 7
Wins: 0
Podiums: 2
Top-5s: 4
Top 10s: 6
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 17
Chase Appearances: 1 (Season 1)
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: TOCA Legends Champion, WSM Champion, 50 online wins
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:

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[kenkwilinski]

Wow, I average 6th place in just about every category. In 10/12 categories I place in top tier. And out of those ten, nine are averaged at 6th place and one at 4th place. That's pretty consistent I'd say...

EDIT - crap Droptop, I didn't mean to post if you were up to something here.

 

[MustangRyan]

Wow, I average 6th place in just about every category. In 10/12 categories I place in top tier. And out of those ten, nine are averaged at 6th place and one at 4th place. That's pretty consistent I'd say...

Yeah, you also ran full-time during the hardest season ever, with RFLX/ACDC/Joe/Homeslice/MStall/Knelly all running nearly every race. Finishing top 5 in that crowd was hard work.

EDIT - crap Droptop, I didn't mean to post if you were up to something here.

No, keep posting. These team previews are going to come out little-by-little as I finish them. Feel free to discuss them as they are posted! 👍

 

[kenkwilinski]

I like the Team Previews 👍

You doing this for NW too?

 

[Mudd]

'pull a CrazyBassist'

~still laughing...finding it hard to breath~

 

[MustangRyan]

I like the Team Previews 👍

You doing this for NW too?

I wasn't planning on it, but I can send you all the car and team images, if you want to do it. 👍

 

[MustangRyan]

Season 4 Team Preview

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Driver: RedPartyHat, Team Owner for Red Bull Racing
Car: 2010 #83 Red Bull Toyota Camry
Sprint Cup Starts: 12
Wins: 0
Podiums: 1
Top-5s: 4
Top-10s: 9
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 13
Chase Appearances: 0
Championships: 1 (S3 Manufacturer - Toyota)
Notable Achievements: Finished season 3 with 7 consecutive top 10 finishes after earning only 2 Top-10s in his first 5 starts.
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:

Driver: MattyMc1996
Car: 2011 #83 Red Bull Toyota Camry
Sprint Cup Starts: 11
Wins: 0
Podiums: 0
Top-5s: 2
Top-10s: 7
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 5
Chase Appearances: 0
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: Won round 3 (Motegi) at Vintage NASCAR, Season 2
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:

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[MustangRyan]

Season 4 Team Preview

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Driver: Carbonox, Team Owner for Joe Gibbs Racing
Car: 2011 #20 Home Depot Toyota Camry
Sprint Cup Starts: 7
Wins: 0
Podiums: 0
Top-5s: 1
Top-10s: 7
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 9
Chase Appearances: 0
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: Finished 2nd overall in Nationwide Series season 1 points standings.
Finished 2nd in four NW races, and won the preseason NW Daytona exhibition race.
Finished 2nd overall in NASCAR Trucks S2 and IROC S2.
Finished 3rd overall in NASCAR Trucks S3.
SPRINTS Awards Won:
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Driver: Mudd
Car: 2011 #18 M&Ms Toyota Camry
Sprint Cup Starts: 18
Wins: 0
Podiums: 0
Top-5s: 3
Top-10s: 16
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 9
Chase Appearances: 1 (Season 2)
Championships: 1 (S2 Manufacturer - Chevy)
Notable Achievements: Was once sponsored by "the plague."
Won exhibition race at SS Route X in Season 2 of Sprint Cup series.
SPRINTS Awards Won:

Trophy Case:

Driver: GTP_Litchi
Car: 2011 #11 FedEx Toyota Camry
Sprint Cup Starts: 5
Wins: 0
Podiums: 1
Top-5s: 3
Top-10s: 5
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 5
Chase Appearances: 0
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: Finished 5th overall in Nationwide Series season 1 points standings, with 1 NW race win, despite joining after 5 of 12 races had been completed.
Finished 3rd in 1st career Sprint Cup start, at HSR.
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:


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[Mudd]

...nice...

 

[Knelly]

Wow, Mudd, I thought you had way more starts than that!

 

[Carbonox]

I should probably mention that I just remembered my runner-up spots in NASCAR Trucks S2 and IROC S2, and the 3rd place in the 3rd Truck season, but I suppose everyone (particularly Furi) knows that.

 

[MustangRyan]

Season 4 Team Preview

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Driver: MULE_9242, Team Owner for Ford Racing
Car: 2011 #99 AFLAC Ford Fusion
Sprint Cup Starts: 17
Wins: 1
Podiums: 3
Top-5s: 4
Top-10s: 14
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 63
Chase Appearances: 1 (Season 3)
Championships: 1 (S3 Manufacturer's - Toyota)
Notable Achievements: S1 NW Daytona DRIVE4COPD 300 winner
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:

Driver: JoeOfTheFire
Car: 2010 #43 Insignia HDTV Ford Fusion
Sprint Cup Starts: 30
Wins: 6
Podiums: 20
Top-5s: 25
Top-10s: 27
Poles: 10
Laps Led: 271
Chase Appearances: 3 (Season 1, 2, 3)
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: S3 Brickyard 400 winner
Series Championships: NASCAR Thunder S1, NASCAR Trucks S3, IROC II, IndyCar Driver (S1), Indy Car Owner (S1, S2), RM Endurance series
Sprint Cup Record 7 consecutive races with a podium finish
2nd most career Sprint Cup road course wins - 4
2 career NW race wins (S1 - Monza, Darlington)
SPRINTS Awards Won:

Trophy Case:

Driver: Droptop2001gt
Car: 2011 #43 Best Buy Ford Fusion
Sprint Cup Starts: 40
Wins: 8
Podiums: 18
Top-5s: 27
Top-10s: 37
Poles: 4
Laps Led: 565
Chase Appearances: 3 (Season 1, 2, 3)
Championships: 4 (S2 Team - HMS, S2 Manufacturer - Chevy, S3 Team - JGR, S3 Manufacturer - Toyota)
Notable Achievements: S2 Daytona 500 winner, S3 Coca Cola 600 winner
Most career Sprint Cup oval wins - 8
2-time NASCAR Truck series champion (S1, S2)
1 career NW race win (S1 - Indy)
1 career Sprint Cup exhibition win (S2 - Daytona Christmas 250)
SPRINTS Awards Won:

Trophy Case:




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[Knelly]

Was about to say awesome stats Joe, and they are. But Drop just completely outshone for Ford there. Some serious numbers dude 👍

EDIT : Drop, as for the 1 Item prize may I please have a bunch of Chromes including Silver in there. Not sure how many I am eligible to get.

Thanks

 

[MustangRyan]

Season 4 Team Preview

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Driver: RFLX_Niop, Team Owner for Hendrick Motorsports
Car: 2011 #88 Amp Energy/National Guard Chevy Impala
Sprint Cup Starts: 31
Wins: 10
Podiums: 20
Top-5s: 25
Top-10s: 31
Poles: 18
Laps Led: 443
Chase Appearances: 3 (Season 1, 2, 3)
Championships: 5 (S1 Driver, S2 Driver, S2 Owner's - HMS, S2 Manufacturer's - Chevy, S3 Driver)
Notable Achievements: S3 Sprint Cup All-Star Race winner
Most career Sprint Cup road course wins - 5
2nd most career Sprint Cup oval wins - 5
Most career race wins in Chase - 5
Most career wins by a team owner - 11
Highest career average finish of all Sprint Cup drivers - 3.03
1 career NW race win
S1 Bud Shootout winner
SPRINTS Awards Won:

Trophy Case:

Driver: ACDCROCKS123
Car: 2011 #48 Lowe's Chevrolet Impala
Sprint Cup Starts: 13
Wins: 3
Podiums: 9
Top-5s: 10
Top-10s: 13
Poles: 1
Laps Led: 219
Chase Appearances: 2 (Season 2, 3)
Championships: 2 (S2 Owner's - HMS, S2 Manufacturer's - Chevy)
Notable Achievements: S3 Daytona 500 winner
NAGT5 Season 4 champion
Sprint Cup record 9 consecutive starts with a podium finish
2nd highest Career average finish - 3.23
Highest career average finish in regular season (2.75) and on ovals (3.23)
2-time Bud Shootout winner (S2, S3)
SPRINTS Awards Won:

Trophy Case:

Driver: Knelly
Car: 2011 #24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet Impala
Sprint Cup Starts: 34
Wins: 4
Podiums: 9
Top-5s: 18
Top-10s: 32
Poles: 3
Laps Led: 397
Chase Appearances: 3 (Season 1, 2, 3)
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: 2nd overall in Sprint Cup points (S1)
Winner - Daytona 500 exhibition, hosted by jkt008
2-time IndyCar Constructor's champion (S1, S2)
One of only 2 drivers (with RFLX_Niop) to win a Sprint Cup race in the Chase in all 3 seasons
2 career IROC race wins
1 career IndyCar race win
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:

Driver: Tom_97_COD
Car: 2010 #24 DuPont Chevrolet Impala
Sprint Cup Starts: 10
Wins: 0
Podiums: 1
Top-5s: 2
Top-10s: 10
Poles: 0
Laps Led: 52
Chase Appearances: 1 (Season 3)
Championships: 0
Notable Achievements: IndyCar driver's champion (S2)
2nd place in S3 Brickyard 400
1 career NW race win
SPRINTS Awards Won:
Trophy Case:



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[cgr-10]

Nice work Drop 👍

Have to admit, my new paint scheme is growing on me a little bit.

 

[Mudd]

It should be added that my SSX win was the GTP Sprint Cups inaugural race there. If nothing else, it just sounds cooler and that's all I've got to brag about...so far

 

[Knelly]

Your Sprint Cup race win in regular season / chase is just around the corner dude, I can feel it.

I said the same for Mule early is S3 and I think it was the very next week he won at Monza.

 

[Knelly]

Sorry for the double post but just wanted to say that we're ready for sign-ups 👍

GTP NASCAR Euro Racecar Series 1

 

[Furinkazen]

Great stuff drop, tired out at moment, other trucks tables to come tomorrow 👍

 

[cgr-10]

What's with the 'placeholders' in the S4 thread guys?

 

[Furinkazen]

What's with the 'placeholders' in the S4 thread guys?

Just a little something

 

[MustangRyan]

The owners are going to keep team information (like what's in the previews) in those posts. As the season goes on, your owner will update your stats, and maybe add a few other things as well. 👍

EDIT - speaking of which... I need to get back to work on the other thing I've been meaning to add... Stay tuned!