2017 NASCAR Thread

[BDKJMU]

Almirola fractured a vertebrae. That really sucks. Understandable with the force of the impact.

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Huge ups and downs for Almirola in the course of 8 days. Wins the Talladega Xfinty race. Comes in 4th at the Dega Cup race. Fails post laser inspection and his 4th place finish is encumbered. Drew Blickensderfer was suspended for three races & fined $65k. Almirola was docked 35 driver points and the team 35 owner points. Almirola dropped from 17th to 21st in the standings.
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/a ... rts-051017

Now the wreck & injury this week..ESPN saying injury not as serious as Hamlins which caused him to miss 4 weeks, but sounds like RPM gonna be cautious and hold out Almirola out 6 weeks.
https://mobile.twitter.com/bobpockrass/ ... 4308927488

Between the penalty and injury his only chance at a chase spot is now a win after he gets back in the car I assume late June/early July.

[93henfan]

Almirola fractured a vertebrae. That really sucks. Understandable with the force of the impact.

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Huge ups and downs for Almirola in the course of 8 days. Wins the Talladega Xfinty race. Comes in 4th at the Dega Cup race. Fails post laser inspection and his 4th place finish is encumbered. Drew Blickensderfer was suspended for three races & fined $65k. Almirola was docked 35 driver points and the team 35 owner points. Almirola dropped from 17th to 21st in the standings.
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/a ... rts-051017

Now the wreck & injury this week..ESPN saying injury not as serious as Hamlins which caused him to miss 4 weeks, but sounds like RPM gonna be cautious and hold out Almirola out 6 weeks.
https://mobile.twitter.com/bobpockrass/ ... 4308927488

Between the penalty and injury his only chance at a chase spot is now a win after he gets back in the car I assume late June/early July.

Looking back at the video, I find it amazing that Aric had the wherewithal to drop the window net with a broken back.

[TheDancinMonarch]

Just woke up from my boredom induced coma. No wonder all those seats were empty at Charlotte for the "All-Star" race.

[93henfan]

Just woke up from my boredom induced coma. No wonder all those seats were empty at Charlotte for the "All-Star" race.

I didn't even watch it. I have hated the All-Star races since the mid-90s, just like the All Star event in pretty much every sport.

The first four or five Winstons were good and then meh.

[CAA Flagship]

Just woke up from my boredom induced coma. No wonder all those seats were empty at Charlotte for the "All-Star" race.

I didn't even watch it. I have hated the All-Star races since the mid-90s, just like the All Star event in pretty much every sport.

The first four or five Winstons were good and then meh.

I skipped it as well. Instead I went to the Cardinals-Giants game. 0 runs scored for the first 12 innings.

[Ibanez]

Apparently the Coca Cola 600 is a big deal here. The main road through Charlotte is blocked with Vendors for 4 days of events, music, races, etc... It's really brought the all the homeless people out of the woodwork.

[89Hen]

Apparently the Coca Cola 600 is a big deal here. The main road through Charlotte is blocked with Vendors for 4 days of events, music, races, etc... It's really brought the all the homeless people out of the woodwork.

If one of them asks you for $1, don't choke them.

[Ibanez]

Apparently the Coca Cola 600 is a big deal here. The main road through Charlotte is blocked with Vendors for 4 days of events, music, races, etc... It's really brought the all the homeless people out of the woodwork.

If one of them asks you for $1, don't choke them.

There's one that tells everyone "Jesus loves you." Most people are kind to him. I suspect Alpha would kick him in the nuts and yell, "'Merica!!"


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[BDKJMU]

Major changes to 2018 schedule announced a few days ago.
-Daytona 500 qualifying and the exhibition, The Clash, will both be held on Feb. 11. The season-opening Daytona 500 moves back to its traditional President’s Day slot (Feb. 18).
Dovers spring race moves from the end of May/be
-Richmond's April Spring race moves back to Sat night.
-Dover's late May/early June race moves back to early May.
-The Brickyard 400 moves from July to the last race before the playoffs in early Sept, replacing 2nd Richmond race. 2nd Richmond race now becomes the 2nd race in the 1st Round of the Chase, and the 2nd short track Chase race.
-Loudon loses their 2nd race, which was the 2nd race in the 1st Round of the playoffs, to Las Vegas. Second Las Vegas race starts the playoffs instead of Chicagoland. Chicagoland moves from mid Sept to July.
-Charlotte playoff race swaps places with Dover's Round 1 elimination Chase race. Charlotte switches to the "Roval" (part oval, part road course. Dover's 2nd race date Round 1 elimination race moves to the 1st race in the 2nd Round of the Chase.


Charlotte's 'Roval:


10 race Chase playoff will go from:
-1 short track
-Five 1.5 mile races
-Three 1.0 mile races.
-1 super speedway
To:
-2 short tracks.
-Four 1.5 mile races
-Two 1.0 mile races.
-1 super speedway
-1 road course
-1 Super speedway

[93henfan]

Nice. Dover's fall race is an even higher stakes playoff race now.

Both Dover races are now in cooler weather.

I like.

Also an acknowledgement by NASCAR that double dogleg 1.5 mile tracks suck.

[BDKJMU]

2018 HOF class announced a couple days ago:
Robert Yates
One of NASCAR’s legendary engine builders and team owners, Yates got started sweeping the floors at the powerhouse Holman-Moody team. He won 77 races as an engine builder for Junior Johnson and DiGard Racing with Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison. He was the championship engine builder in 1983.

As the owner of Robert Yates Racing, Yates won 57 races, 48 poles and the 1999 championship with fellow NASCAR Hall of Fame member Dale Jarrett. Roush Yates Engines, now run by Robert’s son, Doug, builds all the engines for Ford Motor Co. Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series teams.

Red Byron
A true pioneer of the sport, Byron won the 1948 NASCAR Modified Series championship and the first NASCAR Strictly Stock Series championship a year later. A decorated war hero who raced with a special brace because of an injured left leg, Byron was named one of NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers.

When he died in 1960 at the age of 45, Byron had branched out, striving to make more history, by developing an American car capable of winning the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car event.

Ray Evernham
Without question, Evernham helped revolutionize the role of the modern crew chief, helping lead Jeff Gordon to three of his four NASCAR Premier Series championships. As a crew chief, Evernham won 47 races, most of any crew chief in the 1990s.

But that was just the first stage of Evernham’s career. In 2001, he brought Dodge back into the sport after a lengthy absence, building a race-winning outfit from the ground up. After selling majority ownership of the team in 2007, Evernham had a successful career as an analyst.

Ken Squier
Every NASCAR broadcaster — and by extension, every NASCAR fan — owes a debt of gratitude to Squier, who was one of the main reasons stock-car racing grew from a Southern anomaly to a national powerhouse. Squier’s liquid-smooth voice and ability to weave a storyline captivated fans from coast to coast.

Squier called the 1979 Daytona 500, the first live flag-to-flag coverage of what he dubbed "The Great American Race." In 2012, NASCAR announced the creation of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence, which would be housed in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Squier and MRN’s Barney Hall were inaugural winners of the award.

Ron Hornaday Jr.
Hornaday, a second-generation racer from Palmdale, California boasts a record four Truck Series championships and 51 wins competing on the rough-and-tumble circuit. Hornaday also holds the Truck Series all-time marks for top fives (158) and top 10s (234).

In 2009, Hornaday won five straight Truck Series races, a feat matched only three other times in NASCAR national series history. Given his first opportunity in the Truck Series by Dale Earnhardt after “The Intimidator” discovered him during a NASCAR Winter Heat Series event, Hornaday gave back to the sport by allowing young West Coast upstarts to stay at his home while pursuing their stock car racing dreams, including future premier series champions Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick.
http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/gallery ... ced-052417

[CAA Flagship]

I'm still waiting for the driver of this car to be inducted:

[93henfan]

I'm still waiting for the driver of this car to be inducted:

If they had an honorary slot for most second place finishes, he'd have been an inaugural member.

Also, Ron Hornaday, Jr? Does Cooperstown let in the best players in AAA ball?

[CAA Flagship]

I'm still waiting for the driver of this car to be inducted:

If they had an honorary slot for most second place finishes, he'd have been an inaugural member.

Also, Ron Hornaday, Jr? Does Cooperstown let in the best players in AAA ball?

He did win 4 races in a row with the same car,,,,,,and the same engine.

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[BDKJMU]

Wasn't able to watch the race until yesterday. Austin Dillon wins the Coke 600. Fisrt time the #3 car has been to victory lane since 2000 when Earnhardt Sr was the driver.

Kyle Busch was 2nd, Truex 3rd. Truex leads the most laps in the 600 for the 3rd year in a row. Last 2 has flat out dominated. But only 1 win, last year when he led 392 of 400. Sun night led 233, but just like in 2015, when he led 131, he basically loses on fuel mileage. Was the most dominant car for most of the race. With about a lap & a half to go did get passed by Kyle Busch. Truex was a little loose on that last run and had used his tires up trying to reel in Johnson (before he ran out of gas with less than 2 to go) and Dillon.

[BDKJMU]

NASCAR coming to German TV. 8 races to be broadcast live on Sunday evenings: Pocono 1, both Loudon, The Glen, Michigan 2, Chicagoland, Dover 2, Texas 2. Homestead won't be.

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NASCAR 2017 LIVE on TV: SPORT1 shows Cup Series on free TV

Even more PS-Power in the "Home of Motorsport" from SPORT1: As part of a newly closed cooperation between Sport1 GmbH and MOTORVISION.TV, selected races of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup will be held in 2017 and 2018 In free TV on SPORT1. This year, eight races of the leading US motor sport series will be broadcast on Sunday evening.

The first live broadcast will take place on Sunday, 11 June, live from 9 pm with the Pocono 400 on the program. In addition, highlight videos will also be offered on the SPORT1 platforms. Another part of the partnership is the one-hour automagazine "MOTORVISION.TV - Spotted", which SPORT1 will usually have on the program on Wednesday evening.

Olaf Schröder, Member of the Board of Management of Constantin Medien AG and Chairman of the Board of Management of Sport1 GmbH: "With this extensive cooperation, we are bringing the brand 'MOTORVISION' back into free TV and now offer even more highlights in 'Home' Of motorsports - with high-gloss magazine formats and well-known racing series, especially the transmission of selected NASCAR events live on free TV, gives America's Motorsport King's Class a big television presence in Germany - a good news for all PS enthusiastic viewers. "

Raimund Köhler, CEO of MOTORVISION.TV, said: "We are very excited about the return to free TV and the presentation of NASCAR as a king class of US motorsports to an even wider audience. Our MOTORVISION.TV Car Spotters will be in the future for SPORT1 Be on the go, always looking for the most extraordinary vehicles, the latest trends and the hottest events for all who share our passion for cars. "

Packing US motor racing in the oval
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series is the royal class of the three national leagues of NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, founded in 1949). This year, a total of 36 championship races will be held from February to November on 23 routes, mainly on US oceans, but also on the streetcourses of Watkins Glen and Sonoma.

The new NASCAR season 2017 brings some changes that make the series even more attractive and exciting: In addition to a division into a regular season and subsequent playoffs, a new racing format was introduced, according to the championship points already for the winners of the first two race sections Before the actual finish. The season is on the 26th of February, traditionally launched with the legendary "Daytona 500" on the Daytona International Speedway and ends on November 19 with the "Ford EcoBoost 400" on the Homestead Miami Speedway.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series will be launching 40 750 bhp strong units from the three manufacturers Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota. The NASCAR racing cars race along the walls at a distance of 300km / h. In doing so, the pilots get gripping windshield duels, bumper on bumper. As title defending champion Jimmie Johnson of the team Hendrick Motorsports rises to the Chevrolet cockpit with the starting number 48.

Free TV comeback for "MOTORVISION" from July
In addition to the live transmissions of the NASCAR races on Sunday evening, the one-hour automagazine "MOTORVISION.TV - Spotted" will be shown on SPORT1 on free-TV on Wednesday evening. After the broadcast of the company Motorvision.TV already in over 40 countries, the cooperation with SPORT1 for the brand "MOTORVISION" means the return to the program portfolio of the station. Until 2007, a car magazine produced by "MOTORVISION" was already broadcast in the then DSF for nearly ten years.

The team at MOTORVISION.TV-Car Spotters is the most exciting locations, metropolises, events, automotive trade fairs and racing circuits in the world. They are always looking for fast, beautiful and PS-strong cars, cool locations, crazy tuning tags, hot bikes and iconic car nerds and their stories.

So, MOTORVISION.TV with "Porsche-Punk" Magnus Walker on a splash tour through Los Angeles, philosophizes with Horacio Pagani about the development of his Hypercars, discovered in the new Porsche GTS South Africa, accompanies the world's largest Ford Mustang meeting on the Las Vegas Speedway , Shows the Lycan Hypersport, Vin Diesel's film car from Fast & Furios 7, and is on the road with the Dubai Police in her super sports car. This and much more will show the MOTORVISION.TV-Car Spotters on SPORT1.

Well-known series and events in the "Home of Motorsport" 2017 by SPORT1
With "MOTORVISION" and the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, SPORT1 is further expanding its high-caliber range in the "Home of Motorsport": The FIA ​​World Endurance Championship (WEC), the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship (WEC), will also be part of this attractive motor sport offer on the SPORT1 platforms FIA World Rally Championship (WRC), the DTM, the ADAC GT Masters, the ADAC Formula 4, the ADAC TCR Germany, the Porsche Carrera Cup, the Audi Sport TT Cup, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship and the IndyCar Series In addition to NASCAR's leading US motor sport series.
http://www.motorvision.tv/de/tv-news/mo ... ei-sport1/#

[BDKJMU]

Kyle Busch post race interview. What a jackass.

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[89Hen]

Also an acknowledgement by NASCAR that double dogleg 1.5 mile tracks suck.

The only thing that sucks worse is NASCAR road courses.

[93henfan]

Also an acknowledgement by NASCAR that double dogleg 1.5 mile tracks suck.

The only thing that sucks worse is NASCAR road courses.

We'll disagree on that. I like road courses more than the SMI cookie cutters. Plus, Watkins Glen is a great destination and a beautiful track location. Sonoma is meh, unless you are gay or have a wife who likes wine.

[BDKJMU]

Yeah, from what I've seen Watkins Glen is one of the few places that will still come close to selling out. Never been. On the bucket list. Not making it this year, maybe next year.

Not making Dover this weekend (likely going to Oct race), but will be going for the 1st time to Michigan in 2 weeks..

[93henfan]

Yeah, from what I've seen Watkins Glen is one of the few places that will still come close to selling out. Never been. On the bucket list. Not making it this year, maybe next year.

Not making Dover this weekend (likely going to Oct race), but will be going for the 1st time to Michigan in 2 weeks..

Bring Jr some good luck at Michigan. He snapped out of a funk there a few years back. He needs to do it again. Hate seeing him go out with a whimper so far this year.

I'll be at the Monster as usual on Sunday, top row start/finish. I guess I shouldn't say "as usual" since I skipped last fall so my youngest son could go. We rearranged tickets so all of us could go this year. I think my druggie cousin is in rehab again, which freed up a seat.

[93henfan]

Trumpster flying over Dover. I guess this was on his way to DAFB for the return of the SEAL from Yemen a few months back.

[93henfan]

Just watching Dover qualifying.

Regardless of what any of us think about NASCAR tracks, the drivers (at least the good ones) unequivocally love Dover. I just heard Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch, and Jimmie Johnson in the post-qualifying interviews all say how much they love Dover. Joey Logano said the same thing on NASCAR Race Hub earlier in the week.

When we attended a charity event in New Hampshire last year with the Logano family, my son asked Joey what his favorite track was, and Joey said "Dover" without knowing where we were from.

[Ivytalk]

Just watching Dover qualifying.

Regardless of what any of us think about NASCAR tracks, the drivers (at least the good ones) unequivocally love Dover. I just heard Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch, and Jimmie Johnson in the post-qualifying interviews all say how much they love Dover. Joey Logano said the same thing on NASCAR Race Hub earlier in the week.

When we attended a charity event in New Hampshire last year with the Logano family, my son asked Joey what his favorite track was, and Joey said "Dover" without knowing where we were from.

Hey 93, PM me your cell number and I'll call you when I get there tomorrow. I have to be on duty around 10.

[93henfan]

Just watching Dover qualifying.

Regardless of what any of us think about NASCAR tracks, the drivers (at least the good ones) unequivocally love Dover. I just heard Martin Truex Jr, Kyle Busch, and Jimmie Johnson in the post-qualifying interviews all say how much they love Dover. Joey Logano said the same thing on NASCAR Race Hub earlier in the week.

When we attended a charity event in New Hampshire last year with the Logano family, my son asked Joey what his favorite track was, and Joey said "Dover" without knowing where we were from.

Hey 93, PM me your cell number and I'll call you when I get there tomorrow. I have to be on duty around 10.

Wow, didn't realize the green flag drops at 1:15 tomorrow. I had become accustomed to the 2:45 starts (which are ridiculous for Dover, one of the longest races of the year even with the 100 laps lopped off several years ago). We will probably leave Milford around 10, catch the bus from the Blue Hen Corporate Center (the old Blue Hen Mall from 1970s fame), and be at the track around 11:30.