NASCAR Thread.

[Ian Poole]

I got start finish line tickets

Oh man, you shouldn't have said that (cocks gun)

 

[Northstar]

I got start finish line tickets. Will post pictures after the race.

Why did you get tickets to the most meaningless race on the schedule?


Have fun.

 

[Ian Poole]

Why did you get tickets to the most meaningless race on the schedule?


Have fun.

It's not meaningless is Mr. Johnson finishes less than 25th and Mark Martin Wins

 

[Northstar]

It's not meaningless is Mr. Johnson finishes less than 25th and Mark Martin Wins

Which is highly unlikely, unless his team has some major issues they will at least have a top-10 finish.

 

[Ian Poole]

Which is highly unlikely, unless his team has some major issues they will at least have a top-10 finish.

Do we need to remind you of what happened in Texas?


And where did he finish? 38th!

 

[Ian Poole]

If you want Mark Martin to win the championship, you might wanna look away now

nascar.com
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 173.919 31.049 Leader
2 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 172.695 31.269 -0.220
3 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie Cupcakes / Kingsford / Clorox 172.678 31.272 -0.223
4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Kellogg's / Carquest 172.353 31.331 -0.282
5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 172.243 31.351 -0.302
6 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 172.145 31.369 -0.320
7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army / All-American Bowl 172.035 31.389 -0.340
8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 172.024 31.391 -0.342
9 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft 171.860 31.421 -0.372
10 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 171.838 31.425 -0.376
11 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 171.838 31.425 -0.376
12 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 171.794 31.433 -0.384
13 44 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Ford. Drive one. 171.750 31.441 -0.392
14 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 171.646 31.460 -0.411
15 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 171.630 31.463 -0.414
16 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 171.576 31.473 -0.424
17 202 David Gilliland Toyota Farm Bureau Insurance 171.461 31.494 -0.445
18 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 171.434 31.499 -0.450
19 171 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 171.396 31.506 -0.457
20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 171.336 31.517 -0.468
21 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 171.331 31.518 -0.469
22 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 171.276 31.528 -0.479
23 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 171.162 31.549 -0.500
24 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 170.994 31.580 -0.531
25 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 170.967 31.585 -0.536
26 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 170.967 31.585 -0.536
27 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 170.816 31.613 -0.564
28 37 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet Long John Silver's 170.805 31.615 -0.566
29 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 170.794 31.617 -0.568
30 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 170.648 31.644 -0.595
31 96 Erik Darnell Ford Hall of Fame Racing 170.530 31.666 -0.617
32 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 170.454 31.680 -0.631
33 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 170.411 31.688 -0.639
34 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 170.379 31.694 -0.645
35 20 Joey Logano* Toyota Home Depot 170.272 31.714 -0.665
36 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville / Menards 170.266 31.715 -0.666
37 7 Matt Crafton Toyota Mapei / Menards 169.881 31.787 -0.738
38 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 169.715 31.818 -0.769
39 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 169.353 31.886 -0.837
40 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 169.274 31.901 -0.852
41 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 169.072 31.939 -0.890
42 43 Reed Sorenson+ Dodge Siemens 169.003 31.952 -0.903
43 08 Terry Labonte Toyota FanCar Champion's Provisional

Did Not Qualify
44 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 170.708 31.633 -0.584
45 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 168.940 31.964 -0.915
46 170 Mike Skinner Chevrolet Adobe Road Winery 168.660 32.017 -0.968
47 113 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 168.529 32.042 -0.993
48 09 David Stremme Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming - - -

Now I don't care how much ribbing I am gonna get for this but awesome effort from Scott Speed, Marcos Ambrose and Awesome Bill Elliott

 

[TS]

Why did you get tickets to the most meaningless race on the schedule?


Have fun.

The races at Homestead have been good since they put in the progressive banking, nobody talks about it though because everybody talks about the championships and stuff that weekend.

 

[Pescara for GT5]

Let Johnson not be able to race tomorrow, or have an engine failure on the first lap, something, please.

 

[LSX]

The races at Homestead have been good since they put in the progressive banking, nobody talks about it though because everybody talks about the championships and stuff that weekend.

I agree, the race is not pointless at all. Maybe speaking about the points, but otherwise, I don't see how it's pointless. Actually I'd love to see the start of the season here in Daytona, then see them off again for the season finale down south in Homstead. I always thought it was cool the season starts and ends in Florida.

Can't wait to see the pictures BlackBird!

The last season of IROC was not purely oval racing, that ran the cars on the Infield course at Daytona, headlights and brake lights, at night, looked really cool, not to mention the cars sound great rowing up and down through the gears. There were plenty of non Nascar driver in the series, though they did need more variety, at least the infield race at DIS was a step in the right direction.


I hope it comes back, but it will never be the same for me without the Firebirds.

 

[SR-71_Blackbird]

Why did you get tickets to the most meaningless race on the schedule?


Have fun.

Because it's the only race a tad over an hour drive from my house. Daytona is about 4 hours and I went there too on 2007. And we bought tickets back in may.

 

[racer612008]

I am a Dale Jr./Brad K/Mark Martin/Richie Evans(Modified Driver) fan and my favorite tracks are North Wilkesboro,Bowman Gray(Mod Tour),Talladega,Charlotte and Rockingham Speedway(USA)

 

[LSX]

Welcome to Racer.

I'm a Martin fan myself! I wish Jr. could show us something, but I've kinda lost interest ever since he added an extra eight to his car, maybe someday, who knows.

 

[Viper_Maniac]

The last season of IROC was not purely oval racing, that ran the cars on the Infield course at Daytona, headlights and brake lights, at night, looked really cool, not to mention the cars sound great rowing up and down through the gears. There were plenty of non Nascar driver in the series, though they did need more variety, at least the infield race at DIS was a step in the right direction.

I hope it comes back, but it will never be the same for me without the Firebirds.

IROC is mostly oval now? I thought it use to be street tracks or something like that. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

 

[SR-71_Blackbird]

IROC is mostly oval now? I thought it use to be street tracks or something like that. Maybe I'm thinking of something else.

Iroc doesn't exists any more. It got cancelled a couple of years back.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Maybe Scott will make a rookie mistake and take out Jimmie. Not that I would want that to happen ....but then Scott would be my favorite driver.

 

[Ian Poole]

Maybe Scott will make a rookie mistake and take out Jimmie. Not that I would want that to happen ....but then Scott would be my favorite driver.

Or Marcos Ambrose right behind him

What a season he has had in his "debut" season

 

[Pescara for GT5]

Or Marcos Ambrose right behind him

What a season he has had in his "debut" season

If Ambrose doesn't win or make the chase next year, I will be surprised.

 

[Ian Poole]

If Ambrose doesn't win or make the chase next year, I will be surprised.

Absolutely, all of the MWR team have come leaps and bounds this year but Marcos Ambrose in particular, he just used to race a few road courses here and there, they gave him a full time ride and look what he's doing

 

[Pescara for GT5]

Absolutely, all of the MWR team have come leaps and bounds this year but Marcos Ambrose in particular, he just used to race a few road courses here and there, they gave him a full time ride and look what he's doing

Exactly, maybe Reutimann can make it in too, he impressed me by being in a position until the middle of the season, which he pretty much sucks at every track, but he was almost there.

 

[Ian Poole]

Exactly, maybe Reutimann can make it in too, he impressed me by being in a position until the middle of the season, which he pretty much sucks at every track, but he was almost there.

And then add that they have MTJ, it had the looks of being a great young team. Don't know if old man Waltrip is going to be racing next year though

 

[Pescara for GT5]

And then add that they have MTJ, it had the looks of being a great young team. Don't know if old man Waltrip is going to be racing next year though

I don't know about MTJ, maybe, but not sure, he hasn't impressed lately, but DEI is bad when they are unsure about a drivers future with their team, I mean Jr's last couple of races with the team ended in Engine failures, but I will hold judgement on MTJ until he starts at Daytona next season.

 

[Ian Poole]

I don't know about MTJ, maybe, but not sure, he hasn't impressed lately, but DEI is bad when they are unsure about a drivers future with their team, I mean Jr's last couple of races with the team ended in Engine failures, but I will hold judgement on MTJ until he starts at Daytona next season.

Well, one of DEI isn't

 

[Northstar]

Apparently there may be a new manufacturer in NASCAR.

Volkswagen and NASCAR?: The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR. Top NASCAR officials confirmed to The Associated Press that Hans-Joachim Stuck plans to meet with the sanctioning body. The officials requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the meeting. The topic of the meeting was unclear. Earlier this season, NASCAR chairman Brian France said the sanctioning body is open to accepting new manufacturers into the sport. The only requirement is that manufacturers must have production plants in the U.S. Volkswagen has a plant under construction in Tennessee, and the facility is scheduled to build midsize sedans in 2011.

A possible replacement if Dodge pulls out?

 

[Ian Poole]

A possible replacement if Dodge pulls out?

Hmm, that should be interesting. If they dop come, what model would they use? Phaeton?

 

[Northstar]

They won't use the Phaeton since it's not sold here. I would guess the Passat would be the best candidate since it sounds like it will be built here.

 

[Ian Poole]

They won't use the Phaeton since it's not sold here. I would guess the Passat would be the best candidate since it sounds like it will be built here.

Or the Jetta? Anyway, we shall see, next up, The Jmmie Johnson 400, I mean the Ford 400

 

[Pescara for GT5]

I can't believe what happened to Ambrose, oh, well that oughta teach him to pass Johnson.

 

[Ian Poole]

I can't believe what happened to Ambrose, oh, well that oughta teach him to pass Johnson.

And now he's crashed, such a shame

 

[Northstar]

And now he's crashed, such a shame

I'm guessing he can't wait to leave Florida.

That pitroad crash was pure stupidity.

 

[LSX]

What is the deal with all these drivers getting "revenge" this weekend? Last race fits? Just seems stupid, if they didn't have these cars, that could be so much more dangerous, not to say it is not dangerous, anything could happen, but after Hamlin yesterday spinning Keselowski, and now Montoya spinning Stewart, enough is enough. Supposed to be professionals, not little kid's at recess.