NASCAR Discussion Thread

[oochymp 2,393]

Daytona's coming up and Jeff Gordon got the pole to kick off his victory lap season

Edited February 19, 2016 by oochymp

[Milla4Prez63 678]

The Gatorade Duels were last night, so the field for this 2015 Daytona 500 is set.

1.#24 Jeff Gordon
2.#48 Jimmie Johnson
3.#88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
4.#18 Kyle Busch
5.#22 Joey Logano
6.#19 Carl Edwards
7.#14 Tony Stewart
8.#16 Greg Biffle
9.#15 Clint Bowyer
10.#78 Martin Truex, Jr.
11.#4 Kevin Harvick
12.#44 Reed Sorenson
13.#5 Kasey Kahne
14.#21 Ryan Blaney
15.#1 Jamie McMurray
16.#51 Justin Allgaier
17.#40 Landon Cassill
18.#66 Mike Wallace
19.#35 Cole Whitt
20.#10 Danica Patrick
21.#27 Paul Menard
22.#31 Ryan Newman
23.#95 Michael McDowell
24.#41 Kurt Busch
25.#23 J.J. Yeley
26.#38 David Gilliland
27.#46 Michael Annett
28.#34 David Ragan
29.#42 Kyle Larson
30.#3 Austin Dillon
31.#33 Ty Dillon
32.#17 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
33.#43 Aric Almirola
34.#55 Michael Waltrip
35.#20 Matt Kenseth
36.#83 Johnny Sauter
37.#6 Trevor Bayne
38.#9 Sam Hornish, Jr.
39.#2 Brad Keselowski
40.#47 A.J. Allmendinger
41.#13 Casey Mears
42.#11 Denny Hamlin
43.#32 Bobby Labonte

Did Not Qualify:
#7 Alex Bowman
#26 Jeb Burton
#29 Justin Marks
#30 Ron Hornaday, Jr.
#62 Brian Scott
#98 Josh Wise

[oochymp 2,393]

and we get a Busch-less Daytona 500, woohoo

 

in all seriousness tho, I hate that Kyle does so many lower series races, something like this was bound to happen to him at some point

[Favre4Ever+ 4,476]

All the crazies are slowly being escorted off the track for one reason or another. Natural selection or some such thing. Now if only Ray Lewis would lose his ride.

[FartWaffles 1,857]

I hate to be that guy, but what is so great about cars making fast left turns for hours to keep y'all entertained? I completely understand the thrill from the driver's perspective, but just cannot comprehend the perspective for their spectators.

[theMileHighGuy 656]

I hate to be that guy, but what is so great about cars making fast left turns for hours to keep y'all entertained? I completely understand the thrill from the driver's perspective, but just cannot comprehend the perspective for their spectators.

 

I say a similar thing about baseball all the time

 

I honestly don't get Nascar, but my dad loves it and I usually watch the bigger races with him. I absolutely love most other forms of racing, and have done a bit of MX and some 4 cyl class dirt track driving.

 

Nice race for Lagono. Little bummed out for Dale Jr, he was killin it for a while.

[oochymp 2,393]

I hate to be that guy, but what is so great about cars making fast left turns for hours to keep y'all entertained? I completely understand the thrill from the driver's perspective, but just cannot comprehend the perspective for their spectators.

first of all, I'm pretty sure you could ask that about any sport, as for NASCAR, I can only speak for me personally, but I really enjoy watching the craziness of putting 43 cars on the same track going 200 miles per hour, the craziness is great entertainment, and there are some great personalities in the NASCAR circuit, which just adds to the entertainment

[FartWaffles 1,857]

and there are some great personalities in the NASCAR circuit, which just adds to the entertainment

Can you give examples? Pretty much every interview I've ever seen from a NASCAR driver can be summed up by Talladega Nights, except the movie is actually funny.

 

[Favre4Ever+ 4,476]

Man, what a rough start for Jeff. His car just seems to find its way into other cars or into a wall somehow. Not only that but it is happening late in races.. Real unfortunate. Yet again Kahne and Edwards are towards the front most of the today and then finish close to the middle. Tsk tsk.

[oochymp 2,393]

NASCAR reinstates Kurt Busch; Chase requirement waived

NASCAR really should just get rid of the "compete in every race" requirement of Chase qualification if they're going to waive it every single time a driver misses races

[Milla4Prez63 678]

Kurt wins at Richmond, so even with the suspension he is probably going to make the Chase.

[oochymp 2,393]

yeah, I hate that Kurt is even eligible, really my only complaint about NASCAR is that it feels like they make up the Championship rules as they go along, because they kinda do

 

apparently Kyle Busch is going to try to come back in July and NASCAR is waiving all of the requirements except for winning (which includes a points threshold and the attempt to qualify in every race requirement)

 

Edited April 27, 2015 by oochymp

[Milla4Prez63 678]

Kurt never should've been suspended to begin with, the Kyle thing is BS though if true.

[Milla4Prez63 678]

That was the most pathetic Talladega race I can remember. Seeing these losers run around single file for the last 20 laps afraid to pull out and make a move was a joke.

[oochymp 2,393]

That was the most pathetic Talladega race I can remember. Seeing these losers run around single file for the last 20 laps afraid to pull out and make a move was a joke.

put nobody was able to make a second line work late, they did try, I thoroughly enjoyed watching Jimmie fend drivers off on the last couple laps to give Dale the win

[Milla4Prez63 678]

Tony Stewart was the only one who tried and he couldn't get more than one or two drivers to pull out with him. Everyone played scared at the end and waited too long, that isn't what Talladega is about.

[Milla4Prez63 678]

Kyle Busch is returning this weekend for the All Star race.

[oochymp 2,393]

I have not been paying a whole lot of attention this season (the new Chase format makes the regular season pretty useless) but damn, Kyle Busch is burning it up, three wins in the last four weeks and he's almost in the top 30 despite missing the first 11 races

[Milla4Prez63 678]

NASCAR should without a doubt just abolish the run all the races rule for Chase eligibility since they won't enforce it.

[Sarge+ 3,436]

People give Goodell and the NFL a lot of shit, and a lot of it is deserved... but NESKAR is just completely inconsistent with pretty much... everything, and they seem to make things up as they go.

[oochymp 2,393]

three more races until the Chase, and Kyle Busch is in the top 30 despite having run only 12 races (to 23 so far this season) proving just how meaningless that requirement is

[oochymp 2,393]

I usually go to the Richmond races, but this weekend I had family visiting that had no interest in going to the race and there were thunderstorms predicted (I've been to a race there that got pushed way back, ended up there until 3 AM, not fun) so I watched it from home, I was rather irritated that I didn't get to witness Matt Kenseth's domination in person when I was so close

 

but anyway, the Chase is about to start which means races actually matter

[seanbrock 1,684]

This thread should be in the sideline

[Milla4Prez63 678]

Here is how the Chase is set up for this weekend.

1.Jimmie Johnson
2.Kyle Busch -0
3.Matt Kenseth - 0
4.Joey Logano -3
5.Kevin Harvick -6
6.Dale Earnhardt, Jr. -6
7.Kurt Busch -6
8.Carl Edwards -6
9.Brad Keselowski -9
10.Martin Truex, Jr. -9
11.Denny Hamlin -9
12.Jamie McMurray -12
13.Jeff Gordon -12
14.Ryan Newman -12
15.Paul Menard -12
16.Clint Bowyer -12

[oochymp 2,393]

Anyone have any interest in this? The Chase Grid™ Battle

 

I know we've got a few other NASCAR fans here and some others that might be willing to jump into a bracket, if enough other people are interested (and I'm going to arbitrarily say that 'enough' is three more) then I'll create a group