2015 NASCAR Thread - And then there was 1

[RACECAR]

How about not try to open a 4th lane?

He wasn't opening a forth lane. He was stuck there, nothing else he could do. If he got off the throttle, he would've caused a crash.

 

[Blitz24]

You're just saying that cause you don't like the guy...I can't blame you for that.

One big reason is because I know someone on another site who is an arrogant punk and is a huge Logano fan. This fan has no qualms wishing that other drivers crash and cheers when they do. Hence I have felt a good reason to never root for Logano.

 

[nascarfan1400]

He wasn't opening a forth lane. He was stuck there, nothing else he could do. If he got off the throttle, he would've caused a crash.

Ill look at it again with the one angle it showed, but im not too sure it was out of his control

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This is exactly what happened.

LMS, sorry but you don't pay any attention.

Um he was on the left rear of Stewart coming out of four, an area you shouldn't be as has been the case for years and obvious this year too. I pay attention just fine, don't come to some conclusion based on an earlier disagreement between you and I.

 

[MustangRyan]

Car owners are WAY too eager to bring kids up these days. If they can't win a championship, or multiple championships in a lower series, they need to stay there until they can. Until then they have no business making the step up.

This can't be a comment about Austin Dillon.
2010 Truck Series rookie of the year
2011 Truck Series champion
2012 Nationwide rookie of the year
2013 Nationwide Series champion
What else would you do with him?

 

[Fuzzy]

Penske were due to win a big race in NASCAR.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

This can't be a comment about Austin Dillon.
2010 Truck Series rookie of the year
2011 Truck Series champion
2012 Nationwide rookie of the year
2013 Nationwide Series champion
What else would you do with him?

He confused this with F1 and the 17 year old drivers

 

[G.T.Ace]

He wasn't opening a forth lane. He was stuck there, nothing else he could do. If he got off the throttle, he would've caused a crash.

He tried to push through without any place to go. I don't think he wanted to wreck Gordon, but that was entirely avoidable.

EDIT: Skip to 2:40.

 

[nascarfan1400]

He wasn't opening a forth lane. He was stuck there, nothing else he could do. If he got off the throttle, he would've caused a crash.

Ive rechecked it and its iffy. Dillon definently had room to let off the gas, but at the same time I don't think he was paying attention to Gordon coming back down.

Um he was on the left rear of Stewart coming out of four, an area you shouldn't be as has been the case for years and obvious this year too. I pay attention just fine, don't come to some conclusion based on an earlier disagreement between you and I.

Classy. Tony is my favorite, Hamlin did nothing wrong. Tony's car pushed, tony got into someone, Tony went out. Hamlin never even got into a bad position...

 

[nascarfan1400]

22nd airborne - Sorensen (Rear tires ran up Gordons car)
23rd airborne? - Larson (Crash course to the inside wall, likely hit it and got the rear wheels off the ground)

 

[MustangCobra95]

My thoughts on the race:

1) The 3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3 part was the best part of the race.
2) Horseface dropping out was great for me.
3) 🤬 PENSKE STILL WON THE 🤬 RACE?! 👎
4) No Talent Dillon showcasing his inner Danica by wrecking Gordon...

 

[nascarfan1400]

Id like to see what happened to the rest of the cars to throw the yellow... They had all scrubbed off the track or spun to the nside from what they showed. Absolutely no reason for a caution

 

[cnd01]

This can't be a comment about Austin Dillon.
2010 Truck Series rookie of the year
2011 Truck Series champion
2012 Nationwide rookie of the year
2013 Nationwide Series champion
What else would you do with him?

Put him on the spotters stand because he does not have the ability to race in a pack. All he does is wreck people. When he was truck rookie of the year, he caused the big one at Daytona. Last season, he crashed half the field in the 500. When he was filling in for Tony Stewart, he wrecked himself and others at Talladega. The guy has a track record of causing big wrecks with not much experience.

 

[RACECAR]

Ill look at it again with the one angle it showed, but im not too sure it was out of his control

I Honestly can't see what else he could've done here. He's got Stenhouse tucked on his right side, Larson to his left and Amirola coming up on him (and even has the 38 on his left rear Quarter panel. Again, all the "NO TALENT DILLON!!" comments are completely overreactive given how he was basically stuck there going into 1&2. If anything, it looked like Menard was the one who tried to make a 4th lane.

 

[nascarfan1400]

I Honestly can't see what else he could've done here. He's got Stenhouse tucked on his right side, Larson to his left and Amirola coming up on him (and even has the 38 on his left rear Quarter panel. Again, all the "NO TALENT DILLON!!" comments are completely overreactive given how he was basically stuck there going into 1&2. If anything, it looked like Menard was the one who tried to make a 4th lane.

Stenhouse Moved Paul I believe, and Dillon had room to feather the throttle to let Gordon slide in, I think. Regardless that's the 4th Big One in 2 500's he's caused

 

[cnd01]

Back that up and watch Dillon drive into the corner. He had plenty of time to not crash half the field

 

[iRevelationz]

Um he was on the left rear of Stewart coming out of four, an area you shouldn't be as has been the case for years and obvious this year too.

As were other drivers to others' left rear all day long, yet Stewart was the only one with an issue.

Maybe he needs a mile of room like Danica, yeah?

 

[AnthonyD1993]

"We're gonna shovel some snow together!"- Joey Logano on having to go to ESPN as a result of winning the Daytona 500.

 

[G.T.Ace]

I Honestly can't see what else he could've done here. He's got Stenhouse tucked on his right side, Larson to his left and Amirola coming up on him (and even has the 38 on his left rear Quarter panel. Again, all the "NO TALENT DILLON!!" comments are completely overreactive given how he was basically stuck there going into 1&2. If anything, it looked like Menard was the one who tried to make a 4th lane.

A slight lift would have been enough, the 43 is far enough behind for that.

 

[GTPorsche]

Or a slight tap of the brakes...

 

[cnd01]

It wasn't a simultaneous situation. Dillon was not in line with Gordon. He saw that. Either he misjudged it or just flat out didn't care that he was going to wreck the field. Same situation with him spinning Larson and Newman last season

 

[RACECAR]

It wasn't a simultaneous situation. Dillon was not in line with Gordon. He saw that. Either he misjudged it or just flat out didn't care that he was going to wreck the field. Same situation with him spinning Larson and Newman last season

That looked like Gordon Moved up and then down. Austin never moved, Gordon seemed to twitch just enough and he touched Dillon. Of course, Dillon probably did misjudge it because he was not counting on Gordon coming back down like that (Especailly with all the Room on the outside Gordon had)

A slight lift would have been enough, the 43 is far enough behind for that.

Aric was closing up faster then that though. If he would've done that (and on the last lap), I'm certain that would've been another wreck.

 

[cnd01]

That looked like Gordon Moved up and then down. Austin never moved, Gordon seemed to twitch just enough and he touched Dillon. Of course, Dillon probably did misjudge it because he was not counting on Gordon coming back down like that (Especailly with all the Room on the outside Gordon had)

So you're saying that Dillon was expecting Jeff to jump to the outside(where no one was moving) and let him go by. I don't think so. I think Jeff was going to stay behind his teammate, Kasey Kahne. There was never a hole there whether Jeff twitched or not

 

[mustafur]

Restrictor plate races are hardly a sign of talent, all these arm chair commentators here make me lol.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

Eh, I won't give Dillon too much grief about the wreck. There were plenty of almost-crashes that happened within the last 20 laps. When it's the last lap of the Daytona 500, I don't expect anyone to lift.

 

[ukfan758]

Restrictor plate races are hardly a sign of talent, all these arm chair commentators here make me lol.

I guess you have participated in a restrictor plate race? It must have been very easy for you By the way, what is considered "talent" to you? You're obviously the expert here.

 

[iRevelationz]

Restrictor plate races are hardly a sign of talent, all these arm chair commentators here make me lol.

Woah, I wasn't aware we had NASCAR driver here. Please, share with us your divine insight.

 

[mustafur]

I guess you have participated in a restrictor plate race?

Well in sims yes(Iracing), but the point im talking about is i wouldn't write off his entire talent off a restrictor plate race which has far less skill involved then a short track or cookie cutter.

Restrictor plate racing is purely based on managing where you are in the pack because it's flat out the entire race.

 

[cnd01]

Eh, I won't give Dillon too much grief about the wreck. There were plenty of almost-crashes that happened within the last 20 laps. When it's the last lap of the Daytona 500, I don't expect anyone to lift.

I wouldn't be if he didn't cause all the wrecks in last season's Daytona 500

 

[Furinkazen]

Oh grief. Pack it in the lot of ya. When you can all go out there, and be inch perfect at 200mph racing for the biggest prize in your sport so perfectly without a single tiny error or lapse in concentration like a robot, then talk about it.