Official NASCAR thread...(spoilers)
 

Starting this thread so there is a consistent place for NASCAR discussions kind of like the F1 thread only without all the attitude. :)

JPM is coming... I was really impressed with his performance at Indy this weekend. Qualified and ran very well. I don't think he is going to make the chase this year, but it would be so cool if he did.

If his team can keep giving him the cars, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets his first oval win this year. You could tell he really wanted it yesterday.

Damn Smoke just had too good of a car. Though "Here Kitty, Kitty" was some funny $41+! And taking both hands off the wheel to get a drink... Now that is relaxed and a car you can trust...

I think you're deluded if you expect a motorsports discussion thread on this board devoid of snarkiness. :D

I was never a JPM fan when he was in F1 but I find myself cheering for him on the ovals.

I'm adding to the discussion :p

http://www.theonion.com/content/vide...eveals_winning

*runs*

"turnin' left... goin' straight... turnin' left... then goin' straight again"

Oh shit that's hilarious!!! :lol:

Go straighter...

Wouldn't work for this week's Busch race.
http://msn.foxsports.com/fe/img/NASC...ams/169/46.gif

Or next week's Watkins Glen.

Wow, the list of Road Race talent is huge this weekend, Max papis, Andy Lally, Patrick Carpentier, damn.

Is that Cup or Busch?

I know. I can't decide what to DVR. That race, or X-Games. I may have to fire up one of them there VCR thingamajigers.

Nick, It's Busch Series... Also, looks like Ambrose is 3rd on the Speed chart after final practice. Hell yeah.

Busch.

Time to upgrade the DVR to dual tuners it sounds like.

What kinda DVR can't record two things at once? Are you living in Feb of 2007 or what!? Get with the times man... it's August! :P

For all you NASCAR guys,

Greg Biffle is running a Wii stickered Fusion at Dover in September. Nintendo is giving away two tickets to the race, plus a chance to play Wii Sports agains Biffle.

http://www.nintendo.com/sweepstakes?...JomjZPs8P8Wo0F

Leave it to Robby Gordon to embarrass himself and ruin the race for everyone. Marcos should have passed him clean though, he would have gotten him..I was pulling for Marcos, I thought he had it, but it just turned into a dirty crashfest at the end. Well, should be an interesting race next weekend when they go to Watkins glen.

Man, all I saw was the end of the Arca Pocono race... which was actually really sweet. Leader ran out of fuel coming off 3 on the last lap, just yards from the finish. Pretty amazing.

Wow... I really like Robby until now. I bet he gets slapped hard by NASCAR. I'm amazed there is no in-car that shows his magic pass complete with fender crumpling of Marcos.

Attention one and all, Kyle Bush is going to be Tony Stewart's new team mate!...:D

What's he going to do to Tony Stewart's teammate?

Edit:oops:

yeah, Hopefully Gibbs will give that POS JJ Yeley the boot. JJ needs to go back to sprint cars.

In a strange twist if events, Robby Gordon's Nextel Cup team will be fielding a secong car in the Cup race at the Glen this coming weekend, the driver named...Marcos Ambrose. I peace offering according to Robby. Now that's some cool shit. The #77 Ford will be entered and driven by Marcos. Of course, he is not guaranteed a spot in the race, so he has to get in on time. Shouldn't be a big issue given the pace he's shown in road races thus far. I can tell Robby and Marcos have a mutual respect, they are both fierce competitors. Anone who's seen V8supercar racing in recent years knows what a competitor Marcos can be.

Gordon owns his team right? So that means he's not simply under orders from the management to not act like a douche, and is makign this happen on his own? Why can't he think like that behind the wheel? :lol:

I think being an owner/driver is part of the reason he acts teh way he does. No serious business owner would want him as a driver. I am amazed he can get sponsors with the crap he pulled last weekend in Canada.

I still haven't watched Pocono yet.

You're not missing much in the Pocono Race. Pretty boring actually. Little passing, no strategy, run away winner.

I don't know, changing a shock mid race and coming back through the field to finish in second yet still falling out of the top 12 in points is pretty interesting. :D

The glen should be fun today, though I don't like that qualifying was rained out.

But Boris gets to race in Bill Elliot's car. Bill is a class act to give up his seat for the team. Take that F1.... SNAP!

NASCAR needs to fix qualifying though. They could have fit it in, or at least run the 36-40+ cars in points. this top 35 stuff is BS. Make it top 12 and everybody else has to run for it and be flexible as to when it is and even make it an impound race if needed.

Qualifying is more important than 2 practices. Heck, roll it out of th truck, qualify and race... Busch does more or less.

P.S. I am getting sick of Robby Gordon. Won't admit he was an A-Hole and quoting rules from 3 years ago. Shut up and admit you were wrong.

Watkins Glen!!!!

Wow! Great race! Road courses rule!

Turn 1 = Spin and/or Win, depends on who and when???

Power sliding through the gravel on the last lap can get you a top 10, but only if you are in second when you do it!!!

Jr. loses an engine an Kurt ends up 11th. ouch.

Boris ends up 14th in Bill's car.

Harvick and Montoya duke it out.

Don't get this kind of entertainment from F1. :cool:

Harvick over-reacted as usual. Truex punted Montoya causing him to take out Harvick. Great race though. I am constantly reminded of how good J Gordon and Stewart are on RC's.

BTW, I think Boris would have run the race entirely differently if he were in it to win it. But the Woods Bros 21 car really needed a good points day to get back in to the top 35 in points, and Boris did a great job running smooth and steady.

I agree completely. He did exactly what they needed. He would lose 4 spots going into turn 1 after restarts keeping out of the fray and then take 2-5 laps to get them back. Even let Kurt or was it Robby go around rather than fighting with him.

It's pretty ridiculous. I know one of the engineers over at Michael Waltrip's operation and he said the qual rules have cost them getting into the field multiple times this year, when they would have gotten in purely on time like a normal race series. :rolleyes:

And it rained....




And then it rained some more....



Maby we'll race on Tuesday. Nascar hasn't had a delay that caused them to race on Tuesday sense the 70s. I heard the RV area turned into a Mud Slingging Festival (Woodstock Nascar Style).

7am ESPN2. I just set my dvr to record "first take" + 2hours.

They are saying they could run Wednesday if they have to, otherwise it is November!?!?

Michigan in November. Ha, maby we'll see some more snow angels from Kurt Bush.

The trucks are starting at Bristol at the top of the hour. They're hoping for two wide racing with the new surface and banking. I think some equipment is still going to get messed up.

Oh yeah, it should be pretty crazy, I think the speeds are up quite a bit too, due to increased grip all around.

damn, what the H are they doing on wed.... I bet my dvr missed it... speed replay, here we come...

Yes!... They can finally pass without using there bumpers. Hope the great race that the trucks put on doesn't show up the Nextel boys. My only opinion, K. Bush needs to behave around trucks that are racing for points and the win.

:banana: DVR caught it... Cool race. Looks Bristol will be much mroe interesting. As Daryl said, It is exactly the same only different.

If trucks can go 2 wide, I would look for the Busch or Nextel boys to try 3! Should be a good weekend of bumpin' and bangin'.

Busch Series qualifies faster then Nextel Cup again. Additionally, an ASA car kicked all there times with an almost 15 sec flat run on the new surface.

OK, Bristol has moved way up my favorite track list. 2 & 3 wide racing and green flag pit stops and battles all the way up and down the field and mostly clean racing! Long enough runs that enough people got lapped so the tiny pit lane was a mostly non-issue.

This can't be Bristol!

Great job redoing the track. I like the attention to detail as well. They dyed the lower part of the concrete black to keep the old look of the asphalt that had way less grip and the drivers hated.

Looks like Jacques Villeneuve will be racing in the Nextel Cup next year, and doing a few races this year in Craftsman Truck Series.

http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/head...ve.bdavis.cup/

More current information on Villenueuve after completing testing.

http://www.nascar.com/2007/news/head...est/index.html

This "chase" is going to be good. 12 very good teams duking it out.

Kyle with the pit strategy to finish 4th and Boyer moving up 8 spots with the dominating win.

Ye hah!

:lol:

Dale Jr. will be in the #88 Mt. Dew Amp car next season.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...RVw&refer=home

first race for jacque villeneuve in NCTS!

looks like he had fun.

JV held his own, he's definately taking this thing seriously...

Also, in Cup, what was with the Talladega wreck at Dover...Damn.

yeah that was massive

Just finished watching. That was quite a last 50 laps or so.

8 cars on the lead lap. Jeff Burton gets my vote for the MVP. Down 1 or more laps how many times and ends up 7th!!!

"Merchandise bearing the ``88'' was available on Earnhardt's Web site within an hour of the announcement."

Wow. The marketing/merchandising/hype machine that is NASCAR is unbelievable.