NASCAR 2012 Thread

[rap129]

How do people not like Keselowski? He seems to be like a legit nice guy, and far more mature than anyone named Busch.

Completely confused whenever I see someone bashing him.

I dont know, just something about him. I guess that he runs his mouth to much, not saying Harvick doesn't like the time he was talking bad about Hendrick cars with Khane sitting beside him. Then at Atlanta, after the Nationwide race he said he did not throw a water bottle out of his window at all during the course of the race. But in the media center he said he did it and drivers do it all the time... And i know, Harvick has run his mouth to much at times too. That paragraph probably didn't make much sense but you get what I mean.

 

[Ganon83]

Could anybody imagine the tinfoil hat people online if Brad had ran into that Gordon-Bowyer mess like Logano?

 

[The Bman]

Could anybody imagine the tinfoil hat people online if Brad had ran into that Gordon-Bowyer mess like Logano?

All you would hear is more bickering about how NASCAR wants Jimmie Johnson to win the championship again.

 

[MustangRyan]

So yeah, he's due for a bad finish sometime soon

No more so than on any other day up to this point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler's_fallacy

 

[GTPorsche]

How do people not like Keselowski? He seems to be like a legit nice guy, and far more mature than anyone named Busch.

Completely confused whenever I see someone bashing him.

I'd like him more if he learned to shut up every so often.

 

[Mac K]

He isn't afraid to speak his mind, sort of like Tony Stewart, which I like.

 

[lintels123]

Jimmie does have one advantage, however - luck.

In my eyes, this year Brad has had a rediculous amount of luck when it comes to not getting involved in wrecks. He has narrowly escaped wrecks that would have destroyed his chase hopes a long time ago. Yeah some of it is him being on his toes but others are just wrong place, right time. It kind of gets on my nerves how lucky he has been. Was hoping for Kenseth to win the championship but Johnson @ pocono and all of his mechanical failures was just too much.

 

[ICEYOU]

24 Forever

Brad's Tag line for this weekend

 

[Tornado]

Montreal shot themselves in the foot by demanding either a Cup race, a 9am Sunday Nationwide race, or no race.

You don't like Road America?

Also, its practically the promoter's fault for making unreasonable demands.

I'm not saying NASCAR is to blame. I understand that the promoter was being kind of dumb to pull this at the last minute.
I'm not even saying I don't like Road America or Mid-Ohio. But the Montreal Busch race was one of my favorite races of the year, period. It's a beautiful track, it's a major international track, and it was really enjoyable for me to see those cars pound around the same circuit that F1 cars and CART cars and Rolex cars all did.

 

[Ganon83]

20 years ago today.......

#Underbird

 

[ICEYOU]

#Underbird

And Wonder24boy!

 

[Northstar]

More on Harvick to SHR.

Budweiser and Jimmy Johns to follow Harvick to SHR: When #29-Kevin Harvick leaves Richard Childress Racing at the end of the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, he will take major sponsors Budweiser and Jimmy Johns along with him. Reports surfaced last week that Harvick will bolt RCR at the conclusion of his current contract to race full-time for Stewart Haas Racing in 2014. Multiple sources speaking on the condition of anonymity say that when the move comes, it will also include the sponsors that backed the #29 team in a combined 26 races this season; 20 for Budweiser and six for Jimmy John's.(Godfather Motorsports)(11-16-2012)

Obviously no word on the number yet, but my guess is either 4 or 72.

 

[JohnBM01]

(cue dramatic classical/operatic music)

ONE LAST CHANCE! Championships will be decided this weekend. Tonight is the first of the season-ending races. Your Top 5 in Trucks as of this post:

1.) James Buescher (750 pts.)
2.) Ty Dillon (735 pts.)
3.) Timothy Peters (725 pts.)
4.) Parker Kligerman (723 pts.)
5.) Joey Couter (707 pts.)

It's this simple: make that one last push to win the title this season... or better luck next season. Good luck to all drivers and teams in tonight's season finale for Trucks. Also, my best wishes go out to the drivers in Nationwide and Cup in their respective 2012 season finales.

 

[KBRacing2488]

NASCAR Camping World Truck series to run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Next year.

http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Camping-World-Trucks/News/Articles/2012/11/Canada-to-Host-Truck-Race-in-2013.aspx

 

[Ganon83]

Actually, those standings are outdated
The real Truck standings:
1. James Buescher 777
2. Timothy Peters 766
3. Ty Dillon 765
4. Joey Coulter 748
5. Parker Kligerman 740
Personally I think Peters will win it. Everybody is saying either Buescher or Ty, nobody is saying Peters.

 

[RACECAR]

NASCAR Camping World Truck series to run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Next year.

http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Camping-World-Trucks/News/Articles/2012/11/Canada-to-Host-Truck-Race-in-2013.aspx

Hells to the yes

 

[KBRacing2488]

NASCAR Camping World Truck series to run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Next year.

Here comes boris said and the rest of the road course ringers.

 

[RACECAR]

Here comes boris said and the rest of the road course ringers.

And thats a problem because...?

 

[KBRacing2488]

And thats a problem because...?

domination.

I think they should add circuit of the Americas to NASCAR.

 

[Furinkazen]

Didn't know Boris ran anymore... and especially trucks...

 

[JohnBM01]

To be honest, as much as I think Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve is a great track, I always thought there was no problem with Mosport. I think Mosport is a bit more appropriate for stock cars and stock trucks than (and I mean no disrespect) a world-class international racing circuit. Mosport is more a better fit for stock cars than Montreal. The NASCAR Canadian Tire Series races Mosport (or do they still, Canadian NASCAR fans?). 2013 should be quite interesting for Trucks in terms of schedule- Eldora, and now- Mosport.

As for the standings I pulled up, I tried to quickly pull up some standings while I was toying around with my Android-powered portable media player. Those were the standings I came up with since I couldn't pull up proper standings from NASCAR's mobile page or whatever. The Trucks title is still James Buescher's to lose unless Ty Dillon or Timothy Peters or anybody else have anything to say about it tonight.

 

[KBRacing2488]

Didn't know Boris ran anymore... and especially trucks...

He quit running cup races because the regulars were getting just as good, if not better, than the "ringers"

 

[MustangManiac]

BK 3rd and JJ 15th and back in the garage 👍

 

[RACECAR]

domination.

Dominating a race hasn't always necessarily meant winning the race (Remember Ambrose at Montreal in 2009?)

 

[Northstar]

NASCAR Camping World Truck series to run at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Next year.

http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Camping-World-Trucks/News/Articles/2012/11/Canada-to-Host-Truck-Race-in-2013.aspx

Now only if they would throw a couple more road courses on the Cup schedule.

 

[RACECAR]

I kinda get the feeling the people who use to make the cup series schedule exciting are the ones making the Nationwide series and Truck series schedules exciting, that or they are much younger

 

[Mac K]

Nice shoes Mr.Piquet..

 

[The Bman]

Johnson 16th, Keselowski 21st in practice (I think, that's what I saw. It's probably different.).

 

[ICEYOU]

Gordon's car looks sick.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Ambrose just missed pole.

Johnson is 10th, Keselowski 3rd. 👍

On another note, Smith 3rd fastest in NW practice. 👍