2014 NASCAR Thread

[nascarfan1400]

Good thing about the Dillon pole is that the media will hopefully ignore Princess Sparkle Pony for a while.

Princess Sparkle wha-??

 

[RACECAR]

The amount of horsepower in RCRs cars seem ridiculous...

So because of how well all the RCR cars qualified, they have too much horsepower? I can't help but feel like you are reading way too much into this (well and the Fox made melodrama surrounding the 3 doesn't help).

Good thing about the Dillon pole is that the media will hopefully ignore Princess Sparkle Pony for a while.

They kinda already have. The only reason she was even mentioned this weekend is because of the blown engine otherwise, that 3 car has had the most attention even before the pole (remember the big deal they made just in testing when the car was fastest?)

 

[nascarfan1400]

@RACECAR Not necessarily, I'm just saying it was Dillion's car more than it was Dillon out there today.

 

[GTPorsche]

Dillon taking the pole wouldn't be a story if he was in a car with a different number.

The media and everyone else needs to jump off the 3's metaphoric genitalia already.

 

[Northstar]

@RACECAR Not necessarily, I'm just saying it was Dillion's car more than it was Dillon out there today.

It's always that way at Daytona and Talladega.

 

[RACECAR]

Dillon taking the pole wouldn't be a story if he was in a car with a different number.

The media and everyone else needs to jump off the 3's metaphoric genitalia already.

This has been a story four years in the making. It started in Trucks (ironically, a week after Dale Jr won in the 3 car at Daytona) and it has not stopped ever since.

 

[GTPorsche]

This has been a story four years in the making. It started in Trucks (ironically, a week after Dale Jr won in the 3 car at Daytona) and it has not stopped ever since.

True. That and the ones that say Austin Dillon doesn't have the talent...

 

[-Fred-]

I think the kid's the real deal though, potentally a Cup champion in the coming years.

 

[GOTMAXPOWER]

I miss Montoya's magic

 

[GTPorsche]

Of the young talents, Austin does have the best potential for a championship.

I miss Montoya's magic

Will have to watch Indycar for that. He hasn't been that far off pace in testing so far.

 

[Jubby]

I miss Montoya's magic

The driver of the jet drier isn't. They're feeling safe.

 

[RACECAR]

I see some jokes are still getting older then me.

 

[Jubby]

Aged, yes. Like a fine wine... you bet.

 

[RACECAR]

I just found this:

Perfect timing

 

[Ganon83]

I think 93, 26, 77, 83, 23, and 87 ( ) are going to be going home on Thursday.

 

[CodeRedR51]

@RACECAR Not necessarily, I'm just saying it was Dillion's car more than it was Dillon out there today.

Pole positions mean nothing to me at tracks like Daytona. Anyone can put their foot the the floor and turn a few degrees. It's all horsepower and aero.

 

[nascarfan1400]

I think 93, 26, 77, 83, 23, and 87 ( ) are going to be going home on Thursday.

Any of those Morgan Shepherd?

 

[Ganon83]

Any of those Morgan Shepherd?

93. The 93, 83, 23, and 87 are all running on Joey Arrington engine power, it's pathetic how far off the pace they were today.

 

[Wilbur]

93. The 93, 83, 23, and 87 are all running on Joey Arrington engine power, it's pathetic how far off the pace they were today.

I wonder why they did that? Joe always seemed to be ok with what he used to have and with this deal with MWR seems kind of odd.

Anyways, I am going to comment on Dillon winning the pole. I am not trying to take it anything away from anyone regardless as they are doing something most of us can only dream of getting a chance to no matter who funds the dream. The thing I think of why people are upset over it is the fact that things look fishy as hell around a few drivers or events in the last few or so years.

Dale Jr's nationwide Daytona win in the 3, His Daytona win after Sr's win, Danica winning the pole, JJ getting so many "breaks" and being upfront so much, and then this doesn't help the matter at all. I do fully understand their concerns but I don't let it affect me at all; there are other series and other things to pay attention to. Dillon has to actually race to win, no one will hand it to him regardless of how much money could switch hands.

 

[Ganon83]

I wonder why they did that? Joe always seemed to be ok with what he used to have and with this deal with MWR seems kind of odd.

Last year when he merged with Robinson he broke off with Triad Engines (AKA Bill Davis Racing) and went with Arrington and his crap engines.
The term for the MWR deal is called "Baldwining", where a small team effectively runs a car in place of a bigger team when the bigger one isn't running. It helps the bigger team because it helps with owner points without spending the money to run every race, and it helps the smaller team because they are being paid good money for them and may get some help equipment and data wise (Supposedly the 66 will always have a TRD engine in it, which is good news for Joe).
If NEMCO is like Baldwin, this also opens the door possibly towards a full time second team, which has only helped TBR.

 

[MustangRyan]

Danica won the pole last year at Daytona, on a day when Hendrick Engines put up the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, and 13th fastest times. Stewart-Hass cars were 1st, 4th, 5th. That's just an example of one team showing up more prepared than the rest.

The same thing happened this year, just with ECR engines. ECR-powered cars put up the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th, 12th, and 18th fastest times.

This isn't a conspiracy, unless you really think that NASCAR let an entire engine shop cheat on multiple engines, in order to cover up their desire to have Danica and the #3 car on the pole in back-to-back seasons.

 

[MustangRyan]

For those interested in Fantasy NASCAR this season, here is the link:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/2014-fantasy-nascar-round-1-daytona-500.303292/

 

[Dotini]

Danica won the pole last year at Daytona, on a day when Hendrick Engines put up the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 11th, and 13th fastest times. Stewart-Hass cars were 1st, 4th, 5th. That's just an example of one team showing up more prepared than the rest.

The same thing happened this year, just with ECR engines. ECR-powered cars put up the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th, 12th, and 18th fastest times.

This isn't a conspiracy, unless you really think that NASCAR let an entire engine shop cheat on multiple engines, in order to cover up their desire to have Danica and the #3 car on the pole in back-to-back seasons.

I agree this didn't happen by design. But if it had been, it would have been a stroke of commercial genius. Way to go, NASCAR! As it is, it's just truly great luck. If it happens again next year, it will be more obvious.

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three time it's a conspiracy"

 

[Ganon83]

David Gilliland is a former Daytona 500 polesitter. If it were fixed he wouldn't of come close.

 

[Carbonox]

Princess Sparkle wha-??

It's just a term I like to use from time to time... describes her better than any other nickname

 

[GTPorsche]

Blake Koch will be in the #35 for Front Row Motorsports at Vegas and Phoenix.

https://twitter.com/FrontRowNASCAR/status/435445313164177408

 

[nascarfan1400]

It's just a term I like to use from time to time... describes her better than any other nickname

What about Danicrash?

 

[The Bman]

Blake Koch will be in the #35 for Front Row Motorsports at Vegas and Phoenix.

https://twitter.com/FrontRowNASCAR/status/435445313164177408

I have to be the only one who read Blake Koch as Ken Block when I first saw this.

 

[Blitz24]

There's a picture Danica uploaded recently to TMZ/SI (AUP possibly violation) of an "inappropriate selfie". And she says she wants to be judged by her body of work....

 

[nascarfan1400]

There's a picture Danica uploaded recently to TMZ/SI (AUP possibly violation) of an "inappropriate selfie". And she says she wants to be judged by her body of work....

PM me? Lol