VROOMM! VROOMM! NASCAR thread.

[hook]

Racing starts Saturday night. Here's the schedule:

2015 Schedule
DATE RACE TV RESULTS/TICKETS
Sat, Feb 14
8:00 PM ET Sprint Unlimited
Daytona International Speedway FOX Tickets
Thu, Feb 19
7:00 PM ET Budweiser Duel 1
Daytona International Speedway FS1 Tickets
Thu, Feb 19
8:30 PM ET Budweiser Duel 2
Daytona International Speedway FS1 Tickets
Sun, Feb 22
1:00 PM ET Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway FOX Tickets
Sun, Mar 1
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Atlanta
Atlanta Motor Speedway FOX Tickets
Sun, Mar 8
3:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Las Vegas
Las Vegas Motor Speedway FOX Tickets
Sun, Mar 15
3:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Phoenix
Phoenix International Raceway FOX Tickets
Sun, Mar 22
3:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at California
Auto Club Speedway FOX Tickets
Sun, Mar 29
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway FOX Tickets
Sat, Apr 11
7:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas
Texas Motor Speedway FOX Tickets
Sun, Apr 19
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol
Bristol Motor Speedway FOX Tickets
Sat, Apr 25
7:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond
Richmond International Raceway FS1 Tickets
Sun, May 3
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway FOX Tickets
Sat, May 9
7:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kansas
Kansas Speedway FS1 Tickets
Fri, May 15
7:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Showdown
Charlotte Motor Speedway FS1 Tickets
Sat, May 16
7:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
Charlotte Motor Speedway FS1 Tickets
Sun, May 24
6:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Charlotte
Charlotte Motor Speedway FOX Tickets
Sun, May 31
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Dover
Dover International Speedway FS1 Tickets
Sun, Jun 7
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Pocono
Pocono Raceway FS1 Tickets
Sun, Jun 14
1:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Michigan
Michigan International Speedway FS1 Tickets
Sun, Jun 28
3:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Sonoma
Sonoma FS1 Tickets
Sun, Jul 5
7:45 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona
Daytona International Speedway NBC Tickets
Sat, Jul 11
7:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kentucky
Kentucky Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Jul 19
1:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire
New Hampshire Motor Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Jul 26
3:30 PM ET The Brickyard 400
Indianapolis Motor Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Aug 2
1:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Pocono
Pocono Raceway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Aug 9
2:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen International NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Aug 16
2:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Michigan
Michigan International Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sat, Aug 22
7:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Bristol
Bristol Motor Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Sep 6
7:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Darlington
Darlington Raceway NBC Tickets
Sat, Sep 12
7:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond
Richmond International Raceway NBCSN Tickets
SPRINT CUP CHASE FOR THE CUP
DATE RACE TV RESULTS/TICKETS
Sun, Sep 20
3:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Chicago
Chicagoland Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Sep 27
2:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at New Hampshire
New Hampshire Motor Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Oct 4
2:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Dover
Dover International Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sat, Oct 10
7:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Charlotte
Charlotte Motor Speedway NBC Tickets
Sun, Oct 18
2:15 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Kansas
Kansas Speedway NBC Tickets
Sun, Oct 25
2:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Talladega
Talladega Superspeedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Nov 1
1:15 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville
Martinsville Speedway NBCSN Tickets
Sun, Nov 8
2:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Texas
Texas Motor Speedway NBC Tickets
Sun, Nov 15
2:30 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Phoenix
Phoenix International Raceway NBC Tickets
Sun, Nov 22
3:00 PM ET NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Miami
Homestead-Miami Speedway NBC Tickets

 

[thesteelcity]

so glad NASCAR is back. Something to look forward to when the Pens are not playing.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

All-Star race tonight. 8 pm on Fox.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Thing I hate about these all-star races, heck most races, is that they can't run five laps at the end without a wreck and caution every other lap.

 

[Spike]

Way to go Matt!

Carl couldn't keep up, none of them could. What a power show at the end!

Hope the 500 car can do the same.

 

[hook]

Sounds like Bowyer and a few others don't like this new qualifying format. Can't say that I blame them, but that's the rules now. Deal with it.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Sounds like Bowyer and a few others don't like this new qualifying format. Can't say that I blame them, but that's the rules now. Deal with it.

I think it's only that way for Daytona though. Who's running this show, Goodell?

 

[Spike]

Sounds like Bowyer and a few others don't like this new qualifying format. Can't say that I blame them, but that's the rules now. Deal with it.

I have to agree, that was the goofiest looking qualifying gimmick yet

but Matt was fast so all is well! - P4

 

[Sarge]

Jeff Gordon won the pole for his last race there. If he wins the cup, I expect the conspiracy theorists to be out in force.

 

[Max Power]

Jeffy has been in the thick of things of late. No far stretch to see him "win" the pole for a plate race. No, I don't see another championship for the 24, not while Gordon is at the wheel, last year was as close as he'll come. He could easily make the chase and anything can happen there, but his good season in 14 was almost too good to be.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

Jeff Gordon won the pole for his last race there. If he wins the cup, I expect the conspiracy theorists to be out in force.

Absolutely.
10 char.

 

[Sarge]

Ah, I like Jeff Gordon. Basically because he is a leftover from a bygone era of good racing. The product they put out these days pales in comparison. Youngsters crashing each other out every race and people getting mad to advance a story line. Danica Patrick doesn't even run Arca 10 years ago. Yet she has a ride to crash or crash some other driver. NASCAR is mostly a joke anymore, an automobile version of WWE. I used to watch. These days, I just look at yahoo sports to see who won. They managed to make it boring and stupid with the chase and the other nonsense.

 

[hook]

Ah, I like Jeff Gordon. Basically because he is a leftover from a bygone era of good racing. The product they put out these days pales in comparison. Youngsters crashing each other out every race and people getting mad to advance a story line. Danica Patrick doesn't even run Arca 10 years ago. Yet she has a ride to crash or crash some other driver. NASCAR is mostly a joke anymore, an automobile version of WWE. I used to watch. These days, I just look at yahoo sports to see who won. They managed to make it boring and stupid with the chase and the other nonsense.

I agree to a point. I'm just sick of all of the cookie cutter 1.5 mile tracks. I still like to watch it, but not near as intensely as I used to. At least it's something else to watch besides basketball this time of year.

 

[Sarge]

I agree to a point. I'm just sick of all of the cookie cutter 1.5 mile tracks. I still like to watch it, but not near as intensely as I used to. At least it's something else to watch besides basketball this time of year.

Yep. They ditched some unique tracks with good racing in favor of 1.5 mile tracks that have more seats. I think a change in leadership would help, maybe some fresh ideas. But as it is right now, it is a terrible product.

 

[Sarge]

Saw Danica crashed again. Blamed the other guy again. She would win a lot if everyone would just stop wrecking her. Just ask her.

 

[Spike]

******* Denny ****** her twice in less than a week, you don't bump draft in the middle of the corner - I wish she would have punched him in the nose when he started rubbing her shoulders

we need some drama

 

[thesteelcity]

Last night's wreck was on Hamlin. He was pushing her and got too aggressive with the edge of her bumper. She did save it to a point, came in 10th and earned a spot in the 500. Was quite impressive.

So who is your prediction for the 500 winner? I'm going with Joey Logano. Not a real dark horse, but not someone you automatically think to win it, either.

 

[Steelerfan]

Yep. They ditched some unique tracks with good racing in favor of 1.5 mile tracks that have more seats. I think a change in leadership would help, maybe some fresh ideas. But as it is right now, it is a terrible product.

Couldn't agree more. I started following Nascar in 1977 and lost interest in the mid-late 1990s. Now I'll only watch a race if there's nothing better on TV.

BTW, if anyone collects Nascar memorabilia, I've got a ton of stuff I'm trying to get rid of for cheap.

 

[Spike]

So who is your prediction for the 500 winner?

Matt or Danica

 

[thesteelcity]

BTW, if anyone collects Nascar memorabilia, I've got a ton of stuff I'm trying to get rid of for cheap.

I used to, but the paint schemes and teams seem to change every year and it can get pricey trying to collect. I have a lot of #20 Tony Stewart memorabilia that are in boxes.

 

[Sarge]

So who is your prediction for the 500 winner?

One of the Hendrick guys. Gordon, Johnson or Earnhardt.

 

[Ron Burgundy]

One of the Hendrick guys. Gordon, Johnson or Earnhardt.

Gordon, it's his last Daytona 500, the fix is in.
Kurt Busch suspended indefinitely for knocking around his CIA assassin trained girlfriend.
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...scar-driver-kurt-busch-suspended-indefinitely

 

[hook]

So who is your prediction for the 500 winner?

Edwards or Truex Jr.

 

[Spike]

Kurt Busch Suspended Indefinitely

NASCAR announced Friday it has suspended driver Kurt Busch—who was slated to take part in Sunday's Daytona 500—due to allegations of domestic assault

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR suspended Sprint Cup driver Kurt Busch indefinitely Friday, two days before the Daytona 500, for actions detrimental to stock car racing after a judge ruled he almost surely choked and beat a former girlfriend last fall.

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...scar-driver-kurt-busch-suspended-indefinitely

 

[bermudasteel]

Last night's wreck was on Hamlin. He was pushing her and got too aggressive with the edge of her bumper. She did save it to a point, came in 10th and earned a spot in the 500. Was quite impressive.

So who is your prediction for the 500 winner? I'm going with Joey Logano. Not a real dark horse, but not someone you automatically think to win it, either.

Harvick to repeat as Championship winner - hopefully he can win the Big Show too!!!