NASCAR 2012 Thread

[Müle]

Good job, Kurt

 

[GTPorsche]

That sucks for Ryan.

 

[ICEYOU]

This is going to be a great ending!

 

[photonrider]

Much rubbing now.

 

[OutlawQuadrnt]

I'm guessing Kyle will dive below both Jimmie and Stewart into T1.

 

[photonrider]

Kenseth stalks. If the leaders get antsy . . .

 

[marcus_war]

I predict a bad mess out of 2.

 

[RACECAR]

Oh boy. I might just 🤬 on my heart with this restart.

Edit: and finally, ICEYOU can shush up because win 200 for HMS is here.

 

[photonrider]

JJ is getting away! White flag!

 

[Patrick]

Win 200!!!

 

[marcus_war]

Yeaaah!!!

 

[photonrider]

Congrats Jimmie . . . broke that spell.

Whoa - the way he's throwing that car around now - it's 'Happy Jimmie' now!

 

[GTPorsche]

Oh boy. I might just 🤬 on my heart with this restart.

Edit: and finally, ICEYOU can shush up because win 200 for HMS is here.

I highly doubt it's going to stop him....

 

[Spacegoat]

Congrats to HMS on finally getting 200 wins.

 

[rap129]

Congrats Hendrick, even tho Richard Petty won 200 races in the 43.........

 

[GTPorsche]

Congrats Hendrick, even tho Richard Petty won 200 races in the 43.........

I don't think all his wins came in the 43.

Edit: 192 wins for Richard Petty in the 43. His other 8 came from #41 and #42. #11 has the most wins with 199.

 

[RACECAR]

I highly doubt it's going to stop him....

Yeah, but at least win 200 will be one less annoying point of conversation.

 

[GTPorsche]

Yeah, but at least win 200 will be one less annoying point of conversation.

True, now it's back to the constant "_ Time this" and _Time that".

Also the rotation of car number icons.

 

[ICEYOU]

Even know I believe Jeff Gordon deserved to get that 200th win for Hendrick. I'm happy for Jimmie Johnson and whole #48 team. Jeff needs seriously need to step up his game if he wants that fifth championship. PERIOD.

 

[Earth]

Danica needs 2 or 3 full Nationwide seasons before she moves to Cup. I'm not exactly sure what her plan is, but if shes planning on moving to Cup full time next year it will be a huge mistake

 

[GTPorsche]

Even know I believe Jeff Gordon deserved to get that 200th win for Hendrick. I'm happy for Jimmie Johnson and whole #48 team. Jeff needs seriously need to step up his game if he wants that fifth championship. PERIOD.

Because the bad luck is his fault.....

 

[ICEYOU]

Because the bad luck is his fault.....

I'm sorry, but right now I'm pretty ticked my Driver.

 

[chances14]

Even know I believe Jeff Gordon deserved to get that 200th win for Hendrick. I'm happy for Jimmie Johnson and whole #48 team. Jeff needs seriously need to step up his game if he wants that fifth championship. PERIOD.

he doesn't need to step his game up. he just needs the bad luck to go away. had another top 10 car gone to waste due to cut tires

 

[Austin343]

uh...

was that really needed? How often do you post here compared to them?

Sorry, I must have been in a bad mood when I posted that. I shouldn't have been so sour about it. But I still think posts complaining about how badly people's fantasy picks are doing should be posted in that thread and not here, because they aren't really on topic in this thread.

I'm glad that Jimmie finally got Hendrick's 200th. At least we won't have to read the weekly stories about it anymore! A couple other finishes I found notable: Ambrose managed a top-ten, which I thought was pretty impressive; Logano finally had a decent run, but it took a day when both other Gibbs cars finished in the top 5 for him to finish 10th; and I was shocked to see Keselowski finish on the lead lap after being three laps down at one point.

I also agree with Earth that this race suggests that Danica needs more Nationwide experience. She was pretty much the slowest non-start-and-park car tonight, although it is true that she got a fairly decent finish yesterday in the Nationwide race.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Congrats Hendrick, even tho Richard Petty won 200 races in the 43.........

Team Wins =/= Driver Wins

Danica needs 2 or 3 full Nationwide seasons before she moves to Cup. I'm not exactly sure what her plan is, but if shes planning on moving to Cup full time next year it will be a huge mistake

If I was in charge of NASCAR, drivers would be required to have wins and/or championship(s) in Nationwide before they are eligible to compete in the Cup series. Dabbling in other series to get "experience" so you can just dive right into the Cup series is STUPID.

 

[ICEYOU]

Team Wins =/= Driver Wins
.

But doesn't petty enterprises have 200 wins?

 

[MustangRyan]

But doesn't petty enterprises have 200 wins?

Assuming Lee Petty also drove for Petty Enterprises, they should have more total wins as a team.



EDIT - "Hendrick is the second team to reach 200 wins in Cup but is still far behind Petty Enterprises' 268."

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...scar-jimmie-johnson-closes-deal-rick-hendrick

 

[GTPorsche]

Starting with the races at Charlotte coming up, the side skirts will be 1 inch further off the ground in an effort to reduce downforce and raise the speeds at which cars will lift-off when spun around.

Also mandatory will be the shark fin on all tracks 2 miles or longer which coincides with the above.

I guess NASCAR wants to do this now so they can further understand how it will work on the new cars next year.

 

[ICEYOU]

That big guy on Newman's team is D***head for trying to fight Busch.

 

[Earth]

Starting with the races at Charlotte coming up, the side skirts will be 1 inch further off the ground in an effort to reduce downforce and raise the speeds at which cars will lift-off when spun around.

Also mandatory will be the shark fin on all tracks 2 miles or longer which coincides with the above.

I guess NASCAR wants to do this now so they can further understand how it will work on the new cars next year.

Outside of safety, the COT has been a failure in many ways

The drivers never liked to race them, the racing has been poor at best, and the COT bodies all look the same.

Next years cars will hopefully improve all of that

That big guy on Newman's team is D***head for trying to fight Busch.

If someone blew through my office burning rubber I'd be upset too