2015 NASCAR Thread - And then there was 1

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It's hard for me to grasp that Johnson and Jr are on the 40s, Edwards is 36, Harvick is on the verge of 40 as well... Grew up "racing" against some of them on EA NASCAR games, and soon they'll be gone...

Damn, time flies.
 
"Crap, Jenson didn't retire and we've got nothing to lead with ... quick, who else might be on the verge of retirement? Tony Stewart? Okay, great!"

I feel there is far more stock in that then Jenson really. Yeah Jenson seems likely but I'd say Stewart leaving is 5x as much, and just being a team owner in NASCAR day to day. Stewart has had a bad season this season and we all know what happened last year, it just seems he really doesn't want or have much to give out there. And we know it's not the cars.
 
Anyway, there is a press conference with Tony Stewart and Gene Haas on Wednesday. Most likely in regards to Tony Stewart retiring after next season.

Good update, and when there is something like that announced in the NASCAR world after a rumor preceded it, that usually means it will come to be reality. NASCAR isn't so tight lipped or evasive in the back ground workings as F1 tends to be.
 
And the story came from the NASCAR garage itself so it's not too difficult to believe it's happening.

Gene Haas has quite the busy week himself though. F1 driver announcement on Tuesday and Tony Stewart press conference on Wednesday.
 
Bummer, I figured Tony would keep racing at least until he got a Daytona 500 win.

Guess I have just over a year to pick a new favorite driver.
 
Bummer, I figured Tony would keep racing at least until he got a Daytona 500 win.
He could do like Michael Waltrip and just keep running one extra car at that race each year.
 
He could do like Michael Waltrip and just keep running one extra car at that race each year.

That would be nice to see, but SHR already has 4 cars. A team can run a 5th for up to 7 (I believe it is 7) races, but I believe that is only for rookies.
 
This correct? It is the official Nascar facebook page I'm led to believe,
 

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Can they still pass off Danica as a rookie?

Can they just kick Danica off the team?

Seriously, I think the team pays more to fix her cars than she makes with her winnings every weekend.

I almost think she would do better in the Xfinity series. She'd at least be somewhat competitive there.
 
Kicking her off the team would likely mean showing Kurt the door at the same time.

Kurt can perform. Danica, don't get me wrong, she's shown improvment, but she still isn't running very consistently. She's still having decent runs every now and then, but cars are still being torn up, and she's running with underfunded teams when she herself is in some of the best equipment in the buisness.

Kurt and Kevin have both shown they can win. Stewart is in a huge dryspell, so in a nutshell, Danica should be doing better. It's been shown that openwheel drivers have had a history of underperforming in the Cup series.

I honestly think with here ability now, she'd be a better fit in the truck series or Xfinity.
 
Yes, Kurt's history, the truths and non-truths included, have hurt his chances of gathering sponsors, which is why Gene Haas personally sponsored him. If it wasn't for Danica bringing in so much money through sponsors, Haas wouldn't be able to do that.
 
Her, John Wreck Townley, and the Roush drivers on the track at the same time? :scared: There can be only one conclusion:

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The Roush drivers on Xfinity can perform way better than the Cup guys (Bubba Wallace, Ryan Reed, Chris Buescher and Elliott Sadler > Biffle, Stenhouse Jr, and Trevor Bayne).
 
Here's how I would rate the Roush drivers.

Biffle >>>> Wallace > Sadler >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bayne >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>etc etc etc












>>>>>>the rest.
 
I didn't know Jimmie Johnson was in his 40s to be honest. Heck, I still imagine Jeff Gordon is still 29 sometimes! I actually didn't know Chase Elliott (who will replace Jeff Gordon) is 19 currently.

I sometimes call New Hampshire Motor Speedway as the "Boring Mile." Seems like lots of folks didn't like the latest race at Loudon. So maybe these races will fare much better?


(! = Chase for the Cup races)

--- October 2015: Trucks ---
Oct. 3: Las Vegas
Oct. 24: Talladega
Oct. 31: Martinsville

--- October 2015: XFINITY ---
Oct. 3: Dover
Oct. 9: Charlotte
Oct. 17: Kansas

--- October 2015: Cup ---
Oct. 4: Dover!
Oct. 10: Charlotte!
Oct. 18: Kansas!
Oct. 25: Talladega!


Got to love racing on Halloween. There is your October 2015 schedule with NASCAR this month. There's a little of everything oval-wise. So if you're planning on buying tickets to go to the races or looking forward to any such races, there's your schedule. Enjoy the penultimate month of NASCAR racing in 2015. And of course, good luck to all drivers and teams this upcoming month.
 
I guess having cars wreck in both races, even when JWT isn't driving both of them, is a bad idea and they've finally realized it.

 
The Roush drivers on Xfinity can perform way better than the Cup guys (Bubba Wallace, Ryan Reed, Chris Buescher and Elliott Sadler > Biffle, Stenhouse Jr, and Trevor Bayne).

Apart from surviving the annual Daytona demo derby and getting a lucky win, Ryan Reed hasn't done anything of note this year. Chris Buescher seems like Ricky Stenhouse 2.0 (decent Busch series driver, will be a wreck magnet in Cup). And Bubba Wallace and Elliott Sadler are just average at best. Sadly, you are right in saying that is a better driver lineup than the Cup side. I think Biffle, the only Roush driver with any real talent, is considering either moving on or retiring unless consistently better equipment is provided. We all know what a catastrophic failure Wrecky Spinhouse Jr. is. Finally, Trevor Bayne simply drives too slow to wreck *but still manages on occasion:dunce:* or run competitive every week.
 
I sometimes call New Hampshire Motor Speedway as the "Boring Mile." Seems like lots of folks didn't like the latest race at Loudon. So maybe these races will fare much better?
I usually go with Lousy, New Hampshire.

I guess having cars wreck in both races, even when JWT isn't driving both of them, is a bad idea and they've finally realized it.

...and the Xfinity field is safer for the rest of the year!

If I go to the truck race this Saturday, I'll be sure to follow the chicken truck.
 
I've said this before and I'll say it again, but I honestly think Bayne's Roush's worst driver right now. Not to say Stenhouse isn't an equally bad dose of awful, but at least he has two Nationwide titles and a couple of wins there compared to Bayne's 2. Don't get why Advocare decided to leave Dillion in 2011(?) for a significantly worse driver (Bayne's 29th in points and Dillon is 21st).

Outside of Biffle being horribly OP in NASCAR Manager, Biffle just needs some solid equipment and not the trash Roush has been giving him. Reed hasn't done anything else particularly impressive outside of that Daytona win, Buesher, while he has determination, gives no 🤬 running over his own teammate to get to it. Sadler is on his way out I believe, so Wallace seems like a good enough choice to move up to cup if his sponsorship situation wasn't trash.
 

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