NASCAR Thread.

[JohnBM01]

Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson on picking up pole at the Monster Mile. So we go from the Boring Mile ("Magic Mile," New Hampshire International Speedway is called, right?) to the Monster Mile. I'm sticking with my pick for Mark Martin to win the title, but have Juan Pablo Montoya as my dark horse. Always loved Montoya since first seeing him in (then) CART ten years ago.

 

[RACECAR]

I suppose the diet of M&M's and NOS energy have taken their toll on Kyle Busch

No wonder he hasn't been as fast, looks like he has been been taking advantage of those chocolate fridays

 

[CAMikaze]

So of Mark Martin and Jimmie Johnson, who do you think Cale Yarborough would like to see win the Sprint Cup this year?

 

[L_Hamilton]

Mark Martin I would think.

 

[01GTP]

I too think Mark Martin as Cale actually raced with Mark and not Jimmy.

Mark was on his way into NASCAR as Cale was leaving.

I would rather have an old rival win versus someone I have never raced.

 

[Ian Poole]

congrats Double J, Sky Sports, sort out the timing because we don't get to see it until 10pm Sunday and, even then, it's crappy highlights, geesh

 

[MatskiMonk]

Montoya seems pretty fast again... contender?

 

[RACECAR]

I definately think Montoya in the position for a win again.

 

[Ian Poole]

Montoya seems pretty fast again... contender?

I definately think Montoya in the position for a win again.

where did he qualify?

 

[RACECAR]

where did he qualify?

Qualified 2nd

 

[Ian Poole]

Qualified 2nd

Suh-weet

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

I want Monotya to win the Cup, but I also want Mark to win it. This going to be an intersting last few races.

Anybody see the pace cars for the truck race last night? They should keep those for all year.

EDIT: Wow, Joey had a wild crash. Good to see he is ok though.

 

[LancerEvo7]

Logano takes a huge tumble in turn 3, several other cars involved.
EDIT: \/ My dad counted 7 1/2 rolls.

 

[JohnBM01]

I just saw that Logano wreck. His car rolled about, what... five times? Glad the young man is alright.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Anybody see the pace cars for the truck race last night? They should keep those for all year.

I think that's just a Vegas thing. You know Vegas has to be all flashy lol. My dad was telling me that the drivers were warned in the pre-race meeting about bumping the pace car.

 

[Ian Poole]

Joey Logano.....OW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TS]

Spoiler

Jimmie Johnson was the winner at Dover

 

[Ian Poole]

congrats to double J, great result for Matt Kenseth and the Killer Bees, bring on Kansas and, possibly, Montoya's stumbling block.

Don't think that EGR are renowned for their mile and a half program, i think their best result was a third in the ATL with no other top fives but we shall see, I could get proved wrong

 

[Strittan]

NASCAR should go back to basics. This is what a Stock Car should look like! Then make the same modifications on the Mustang and Camaro. Simple as that! 👍

 

[Earth]

NASCAR should go back to basics. This is what a Stock Car should look like! Then make the same modifications on the Mustang and Camaro. Simple as that! 👍

That still won't please some haters. They want the car to have an identical engine to the street car, identical shape, identical everything but just add a roll cage or they say it can't be called a stock car

But the car does look good

 

[TS]

That still won't please some haters. They want the car to have an identical engine to the street car, identical shape, identical everything but just add a roll cage or they say it can't be called a stock car

In which case, they should be watching SCCA touring cars/BTCC

 

[Strittan]

That still won't please some haters. They want the car to have an identical engine to the street car, identical shape, identical everything but just add a roll cage or they say it can't be called a stock car

But the car does look good

Yeah, people take "stock" too litterally. 👎

Stock Cars have always been race cars, but if they made them look like in the picture I posted, it would be like back in the late 60's, early 70's, when they used almost stock appearing muscle cars.

Richard Petty's 1972 Charger

Don't get me wrong though, as I love NASCAR as it is, but the CoT car looks all the same no matter if it is a Chevy, Dodge, Ford or a Toyota. They could've at least stuck with way it was 3 years ago, before the CoT.

 

[Earth]

Yeah it seems NASCAR got fed up with the teams/manufactures claiming one body had an advantage over another they decided to just give everyone the same body

I dislike the COT, wish they would move to what the Nationwide series is using, different styles of body and no wing

 

[JohnBM01]

Even if you don't like the CoT, you must admit that it's very safe. Think of some of the hard crashes (like Joey Lagano this past weekend, Michael McDowell's wicked qualifying crash at Texas last year, and Carl Edward's vicious crash on the final lap at Talladega this year).

 

[TS]

I like the COT, but I hate how NASCAR is so uptight with the rules on the bodies and adjustments.

 

[Ian Poole]

I like the COT, but I hate how NASCAR is so uptight with the rules on the bodies and adjustments.

But the ont think u have to agree on with the CoT is that when that got brought in, it cut down so many injuries. Take the Logano crash at Dover, if we had gone back to the old car, what could have happened to Joey?

It might be a bitch to set up for most races but it is a helll of a lot safer than some of the cars in the past

On a lighter note, good look to everyone for qualy at Kansas and UK viewers, coverage starts 7pm behind the red button on Sky Sports 3

 

[JohnBM01]

Anyone want to make some picks for the race at Kansas? The Top 3 in the Chase is in the order of Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, and Juan Pablo Montoya. Will any of these three win, or will the win go to some other driver, even a non-Chase driver?

 

[Ian Poole]

Well here is the qualifying grid:


POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg's 175.758 30.724 Leader
2 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 175.279 30.808 -0.084
3 25 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 175.205 30.821 -0.097
4 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 175.199 30.822 -0.098
5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 175.040 30.850 -0.126
6 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 174.984 30.860 -0.136
7 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 174.786 30.895 -0.171
8 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 174.746 30.902 -0.178
9 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 174.712 30.908 -0.184
10 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 174.656 30.918 -0.194
11 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 174.627 30.923 -0.199
12 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 174.610 30.926 -0.202
13 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 174.577 30.932 -0.208
14 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 174.565 30.934 -0.210
15 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Valvoline 174.514 30.943 -0.219
16 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft 174.216 30.996 -0.272
17 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 174.109 31.015 -0.291
18 20 Joey Logano* Toyota The Home Depot 174.109 31.015 -0.291
19 09 Mike Bliss Dodge Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 173.857 31.060 -0.336
20 98 Paul Menard Ford Zecol / Menards 173.796 31.071 -0.347
21 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 173.768 31.076 -0.352
22 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 173.723 31.084 -0.360
23 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 173.522 31.120 -0.396
24 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 173.472 31.129 -0.405
25 6 David Ragan Ford UPS Freight 173.377 31.146 -0.422
26 171 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 173.349 31.151 -0.427
27 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie / Kingsford / Clorox 173.282 31.163 -0.439
28 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge McDonald's Monopoly 173.277 31.164 -0.440
29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 173.121 31.192 -0.468
30 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 173.099 31.196 -0.472
31 16 Greg Biffle Ford Sherwin Williams / 3M 173.060 31.203 -0.479
32 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 172.999 31.214 -0.490
33 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 172.695 31.269 -0.545
34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 172.469 31.310 -0.586
35 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 172.425 31.318 -0.594
36 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 172.150 31.368 -0.644
37 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Mapei / Menards 172.040 31.388 -0.664
38 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese's 171.931 31.408 -0.684
39 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 171.135 31.554 -0.830
40 34 John Andretti+ Chevrolet Taco Bell 170.670 31.640 -0.916
41 96 Erik Darnell+ Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 170.326 31.704 -0.980
42 19 Elliott Sadler+ Dodge Best Buy 170.181 31.731 -1.007
43 113 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 172.629 31.281 -0.557

Did Not Qualify
44 204 David Gilliland Toyota Robby Gordon Motorsports 172.392 31.324 -0.600
45 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 171.119 31.557 -0.833
46 37 Kevin Hamlin Dodge Long John Silver's 170.175 31.732 -1.008

Like the look of Junior but how about Kesolowski? That should show Penske what they are getting

 

[TS]

But the ont think u have to agree on with the CoT is that when that got brought in, it cut down so many injuries. Take the Logano crash at Dover, if we had gone back to the old car, what could have happened to Joey?

It might be a bitch to set up for most races but it is a helll of a lot safer than some of the cars in the past

The old car was plenty safe, the only real safety features NASCAR changed from that one to the COT was they moved the driver a few inches towards the center and raised the roof up a little.

If Logano had crashed in the old car or Nationwide car, he still would have been fine. It's the new aluminum/carbon fiber seats with big headrests, loads of padding and 5/6 point harnesses that do most of the work in crash, look at on board shots of the cars from about 5 years ago, the seats look worse than the ones in passenger cars.

Anyone want to make some picks for the race at Kansas? The Top 3 in the Chase is in the order of Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson, and Juan Pablo Montoya. Will any of these three win, or will the win go to some other driver, even a non-Chase driver?

I think Montoya will quit teasing everybody and finally win on an oval with Martin and Johnson in the top-5.

 

[Ian Poole]

See what ur saying but just don't see it with Martin and Johnson in form at the mo, top five for Montoya would be awesome though

On a lighter note, congrats to Joey Legend on beating the 18 car again.

Busch was supposed sponsored bu NOS, a nitrous oxide speed boost company i believe, think Busch needed some or ran out