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Even so, Danica lost a good amount of positions on that final lap at Daytona, so it shows that she doesn't completely have what it takes to make moves on the final lap.

That would be the respect and confidence of the other drivers.
 
New car + newly repaved tracks = single file racing.. It's only 2 races in everyone needs some patience and not hit the panic button yet. Also Did anybody else notice AJ Allmendinger finished 11th? Fox totally missed it, even in the post-race run down. Not a fan of his, but gotta give him his due.
 
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So some guy named Carl Edwards wins the Cup race at Phoenix. I saw maybe... a combined 50% of that race. All congratulations to the #99. Maybe it was a bit fitting since I had a [very good] Subway sandwich back on Saturday. "Rowdy" Kyle Busch won the Nationwide race at Phoenix. This is the NASCAR thread- meaning this is for any and all different NASCAR series. So let me send a shout out to Abraham Calderon for winning the NASCAR Mexico Toyota Series race at Phoenix. Congratulations to all winners from all levels of NASCAR competition this past weekend.

Ready for Las Vegas? Because that's the next race for Nationwide and Cup. Trucks don't race again until April 6 at Martinsville. So enjoy the Nationwide and Cup series. And, uh... bring on Las Vegas!


By the way, let me share this off-topic note. When I looked up the NASCAR schedule, the purse for the 2013 Daytona 500 was a whopping $19,346,972 US Dollars! Hell of a way to get rich in just one weekend should you win the Daytona 500!
 
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Logano was ahead of Brad for most of the race as well.
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That's misleading though. Brad ran in the front, even leading, during the middle stages of the race. He and Mark Martin took four tires midway through the race, moving them way back in traffic when nearly everyone else took 2 tires. As the race went on, and more people needed one more 4-tire stop, Brad continued to move up through the field with the 2-tire stops afforded to him by his previous choice to take 4 tires earlier.

At the end of the race, once everything had evened out over the course of three pit cycles, Brad was back up front and had a car capable of winning the race. Logano pretty much ran 10th-15th all day before running out of fuel. Their driver ratings (Brad - 115.8 [3rd best] vs Joey - 72.3 [18th best]) pretty much tell the story of the day.
 
The NRA is going to sponsor the Texas race.

Jayski.com
NRA to sponsor April race at Texas: Texas Motor Speedway and the National Rifle Association have signed a one-year agreement with a renewal option for America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group to serve as the title sponsor for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on April 13, speedway president Eddie Gossage announced Monday. The annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway will be retitled the "NRA 500" and serve as the first prime-time Saturday evening race of this season. The NRA replaces Samsung Mobile, which had served as the title sponsor of this race since 2002. Gossage made the announcement and unveiled the race logo during Texas Motor Speedway's annual Media Day held in the Grand Ballroom of The Speedway Club.
"The NRA has been involved in the sport for several years and a partner of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. for many years in various aspects, and this race entitlement is just another extension of that business relationship," Gossage said. "We look forward to another successful partnership with the NRA for our April race week of activities."
The NRA has had a relationship with the NASCAR industry for more than a decade on a variety of platforms. The organization continues to be a generous supporter of SMI's Speedway Children's Charities and its fund-raising events since 2000. The NRA has contributed more than $500,000 to the Texas Chapter of SCC at Texas Motor Speedway alone.
NRA's most recent race entitlement in the sport came last season when the organization was the title sponsor for the NASCAR Nationwide Series race known as the "NRA American Warrior 300" that was held Sept. 1 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. NASCAR owner Richard Childress is a current NRA board member and team owners and drivers have donated sponsor space on their cars to support the NRA in the past.
NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre was unable to attend the event in person, but did provide a video message for the Media Day audience. "The NRA 500 is the latest announcement in the long history of a growing partnership between the NRA, Speedway Motorsports and the NASCAR community," LaPierre said. "NRA members and NASCAR fans love their country and everything that is good and right about America. We salute our flag ... volunteer in our churches and communities ... cherish our families ... and WE LOVE RACING! On April 13, we'll all come together at Texas Motor Speedway." Tickets for the NRA 500 are available by visiting www.texasmotorspeedway.com or by calling the speedway ticket office at (817) 215-8500
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Can't wait to see the firestorm this kicks up.:lol:
 
I thought I'd never see the day this would happen, Hell must've dropped below zero.
 
I guess the sport just isn't ready to give up the 'redneck' image most associate with it quite yet.
 
RACECAR
I thought I'd never see the day this would happen, Hell must've dropped below zero.
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I'm surprised they hadn't done this 10-20 years ago.

I do wonder whether this decision was thought out or otherwise made by default because they had no one else lined up. Either way, I don't expect too much backlash since NASCAR is a NRA-friendly crowd, and it's in Texas.
 
I'm not so sure the NRA is a good sponsor for a race, but it fits in with the whole Texas part of it.

Hopefully it won't fall into a political mud slinging.
 
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I have a feeling the rest of his rookie year will be nothing compared to Johnson's or Stewart's rookie seasons.
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Since those were two of the most successful rookie campaigns in modern history and the most recent rookies have been anything but terrible? :rolleyes:
 
I remember a couple of years like that - had to work every weekend. I would try to avoid the TV and newspapers till Wednesday and catch the replays. If someone spoke NASCAR before I saw the race I would yell or cover my ears.
Horrible years.

About the NRA . . . maybe most people will mistake it for NHRA and all will be well.
I can't help it though - while I'm shaking my head in disbelief, I'm smiling.
 
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Since those were two of the most successful rookie campaigns in modern history and the most recent rookies have been anything but terrible? :rolleyes:
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Wasn't Hamlin and Kahne both outstanding rookie years and Denny made the chase correct?
 
Blitz24
Since those were two of the most successful rookie campaigns in modern history and the most recent rookies have been anything but terrible? :rolleyes:
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Stewart and Johnson had excellent rookie seasons, but there have been others as well. I don't know how Ricky is going to stack up, but he stepped into a good car. That, and with the fact he won the last 2 Bus, er....Nationwide championships, I wouldn't be overly surprised if he did somehow sneak into the Chase.

Best rookie campaigns since 1999:
2006 - Hamlin 3rd
1999 - Stewart 4th
2002 - Johnson 5th
2002 - Newman 6th
2001 - Harvick 9th (didn't run the 500, for obvious reasons)

2004 - Kahne 13th
2003 - McMurray 13th
2000 - Kenseth 14th
2000 - Jr. 16th
2006 - Bowyer 17th, sophomore season 3rd
2003 - Biffle 20th
2005 - Kyle Busch 20th
2001 - Kurt Busch 27th, sophomore season 3rd
And Edwards ran too many races in 2004 to be considered for RoY, but finished 3rd in his first full season

So there were some good seasons in there from 1999-2006. That's 5 guys in the top 10 their first year, and 3 more drivers that finished 3rd the next season (including Carl's first full season). Looking back, I didn't realize Hamlin finished that high. So technically, he actually had a better rookie campaign than either Stewart or Johnson.

Since then....yeah, pretty terrible. Kevin Conway (with his relentless Extenze commericals and ran only 28 races), Andy Lally (though an accomplished road course racer, ran 30 races), and Stephen Leicht (who ran a whopping 15 races) have won the last 3. Dear God. At least Montoya, Smith and Logano have won a race. Stenhouse will be a huge step up from the past 3 winners.
 
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Stewart and Johnson had excellent rookie seasons, but there have been others as well. I don't know how Ricky is going to stack up, but he stepped into a good car. That, and with the fact he won the last 2 Bus, er....Nationwide championships, I wouldn't be overly surprised if he did somehow sneak into the Chase.

Best rookie campaigns since 1999:
2006 - Hamlin 3rd
1999 - Stewart 4th
2002 - Johnson 5th
2002 - Newman 6th
2001 - Harvick 9th (didn't run the 500, for obvious reasons)

2004 - Kahne 13th
2003 - McMurray 13th
2000 - Kenseth 14th
2000 - Jr. 16th
2006 - Bowyer 17th, sophomore season 3rd
2003 - Biffle 20th
2005 - Kyle Busch 20th
2001 - Kurt Busch 27th, sophomore season 3rd
And Edwards ran too many races in 2004 to be considered for RoY, but finished 3rd in his first full season

So there were some good seasons in there from 1999-2006. That's 5 guys in the top 10 their first year, and 3 more drivers that finished 3rd the next season (including Carl's first full season). Looking back, I didn't realize Hamlin finished that high. So technically, he actually had a better rookie campaign than either Stewart or Johnson.

Since then....yeah, pretty terrible. Kevin Conway (with his relentless Extenze commericals and ran only 28 races), Andy Lally (though an accomplished road course racer, ran 30 races), and Stephen Leicht (who ran a whopping 15 races) have won the last 3. Dear God. At least Montoya, Smith and Logano have won a race. Stenhouse will be a huge step up from the past 3 winners.
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He did win them, but remember he won them because none of the Cup drivers scored any points despite winning 28 of 34 events in 2011 and 17 of 33 in 2012.
 
Blitz24
He did win them, but remember he won them because none of the Cup drivers scored any points despite winning 28 of 34 events in 2011 and 17 of 33 in 2012.
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He did hold his own, though. He had 2 wins in 2011 and 6 last year. Yes, I know the Cup drivers probably didn't race every race he won. But still, it's not too shabby.
 
Justin
The NRA is going to sponsor the Texas race.

Can't wait to see the firestorm this kicks up.:lol:
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Can't say I'm personally offended, but NRA members should be a little displeased that their annual dues or donations are being wasted on promotions that have nothing to do with armaments and their usage.

Instead they should be paying for lobbyists, their private jet time, fine meals, and other elegance to impress any power within the United States...oops, wrong forum.

Maybe they voted internally to do it, then hey, that's their choice.
 

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