2019 NASCAR/INDYCAR/F1

[BDKJMU]

Out of 20 nominees the 5 inductees were announced on Wed, to be inducted Feb 1, 2019:

Jeff Gordon
-4 championships (1995, 1997, '98, 2001)
-93 wins, 3rd on all time list.
-Youngest driver in the modern era to win a premier series title as a 24-year-old in 1995.
-3 time Daytona 500 champion and won the Brickyard 400 a record five times.

Davey Allison
-Son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison
-Won 19 races, including the 1992 Daytona 500, in only 191 starts over 9 years before dieing in a helicopter accident in 1993.

Alan Kulwicki
"Wisconsin short-track racer Alan Kulwicki moved to Charlotte in 1984 with nothing but a pickup truck, a self-built race car and the hopes of competing in NASCAR's highest series. He had no sponsor and a limited budget."
-1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year with his self-owned AK Racing team.
-Won 1992 championship
-9 seasons, 217 races, 5 wins before dieing in a plane crash in 1993.

Roger Penske
As Cup owner:
-105 Cup wins
-2012 championship with driver Brad Keselowski
-Car owner for Hall Of Fame driver Rusty Wallace
-2 Daytona 500 wins with Ryan Newman in 2008 and Joey Logano in 2015.
-2013-15 three consecutive owner championship in the NASCAR Xfinity Series.
-Built the two-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California in 1996 & previously owned Michigan International Speedway.

Jack Roush
As Cup owner:
-325 win races across NASCAR's three national series.
-2 Cup championships with Matt Kenseth in 2003, Kurt Busch in 2004.
-5 Xfinity championships
-1 Truck Championship

http://www.espn.com/jayski/cup/2018/sto ... s-selected

[93henfan]

Allison and Kulwicki in with a bit of a halo-effect due to their untimely deaths. I'm not saying they're undeserving, but there are other worthy folks. The five inductees a year cap has to go. Flaggy and I discussed this earlier this week by phone.

Buddy Baker, Tim Richmond, Harry Gant, Benny Parsons, Ricky Rudd, Ernie Irvan, Neil Bonnett, Geoff Bodine, AJ Foyt, Joe Gibbs, Smoky Yunick, Kirk Shelmerdine, Chris Economaki, Eli Gold, and Barney Hall should all be in already.

[93henfan]

Crash Verstappen does it again. While leading final practice, he crashes with 8 minutes and change left. Team can't get car repaired in time for qualifying, so he goes from first to worst.

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[93henfan]

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http://crashstappen.com/

[93henfan]

Ricciardo on the pole. New track record.

1. Ricciardo (Red Bull)
2. Vettel (Ferrari)
3. Hamilton (Mercedes)
4. Raikkonen (Ferrari)
5. Bottas (Mercedes)

[BDKJMU]

Biggest racing weekend of the year. Sunday, (ECB time):
7 AM: Monaco Grand Prix
2 PM: Indianapolis 500
6 PM: Coco Cola 600, 1 of NASCAR's 4 Crown Jewel races (along with the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Southern 500).

[93henfan]

Biggest racing weekend of the year. Sunday, (ECB time):
7 AM: Monaco Grand Prix
2 PM: Indianapolis 500
6 PM: Coco Cola 600, 1 of NASCAR's 4 Crown Jewel races (along with the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Southern 500).

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... 5#p1187203

Also, your times are off a couple of hours each way on the first two races. Also also, I just realized that Monaco is on ESPN now instead of ABC.

[BDKJMU]

Biggest racing weekend of the year. Sunday, (ECB time):
7 AM: Monaco Grand Prix
2 PM: Indianapolis 500
6 PM: Coco Cola 600, 1 of NASCAR's 4 Crown Jewel races (along with the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Southern 500).

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... 5#p1187203

Also, your times are off a couple of hours each way on the first two races. Also also, I just realized that Monaco is on ESPN now instead of ABC.

Well, it might have helped if I had been looking at the right year. I searched "memorial day weekend racing" and this was the 1st link to pop up.
https://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/m ... car-052215
I didn't notice it was 2015 lol..

[93henfan]

http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/ ... 5#p1187203

Also, your times are off a couple of hours each way on the first two races. Also also, I just realized that Monaco is on ESPN now instead of ABC.

Well, it might have helped if I had been looking at the right year. I searched "memorial day weekend racing" and this was the 1st link to pop up.
https://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/m ... car-052215
I didn't notice it was 2015 lol..

You're excused. Don't let it happen again.

[CAA Flagship]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/27/nascar- ... ewers.html

Why Americans have fallen out of love with NASCAR

[AZGrizFan]

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http://crashstappen.com/

Dude looked like he came straight from his eighth grade graduation to the race.

[93henfan]

Speaking of crashes...

Just the same as she ended her very first IRL race at Homestead in 2005 and countless dozens (perhaps hundreds) of open-wheel and NASCAR races in between, Danica's last race ends with yet another crash:

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[grizzaholic]

Biggest racing weekend of the year. Sunday, (ECB time):
7 AM: Monaco Grand Prix
2 PM: Indianapolis 500
6 PM: Coco Cola 600, 1 of NASCAR's 4 Crown Jewel races (along with the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Southern 500).

I thought EC(b) time was stopped when Flaggy moved????

[CAA Flagship]

Biggest racing weekend of the year. Sunday, (ECB time):
7 AM: Monaco Grand Prix
2 PM: Indianapolis 500
6 PM: Coco Cola 600, 1 of NASCAR's 4 Crown Jewel races (along with the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, Southern 500).

I thought EC(b) time was stopped when Flaggy moved????

Yes it has. It is waiting for my return to get going again.

[BDKJMU]

Kyle Busch dominates the 600, wins all 4 stages, leading 377 of 400 laps, winning at the last track he hadn’t won a Cup points race at, becoming the 1st driver ever to win Cup points races at every Cup track. Was reminiscent of the Coke 600 2 years ago, when Truex swept every stage, leading 392 of 400 laps. Truex finished second for the 2nd (points) race in a row, close to 4 seconds behind. Hamlin was in 3rd over 13 seconds behind. Only 9 cars finished on the lead lap.

Harvick failed to qualify due to failing to pass inspection and had to start 40th. By lap 83 he was already up to 4th when he slammed the wall with a flat tire and was done for the day. Otherwise he may very well have challenged Busch. Was reminiscent of Autoclub in March when Harvick had a dominant car but wrecked early, and Truex swept every stage in winning the race.

Truex’s car by the 2nd half of the race was probably as good as Busch’s. Had a pit road a speeding penalty at the end of stage 2 that dropped him from 2nd to 17th. Next pit stop shortly after had an uncontrolled tire penalty that dropped him from 15th to 24. Worked his way back to 2nd then final stage last pit stop was 3+ seconds slower than Busch’s, dropping Truex from 2nd to 7th. Worked his way back up to finish 2nd.

Truex’s pit crew is provided by JGR. Only 2 of the same over the wall guys from last year’s championship season. His pit crew hasn’t been as good as last year, and has cost him potential wins in at least 2 races. After what happened last year I’m thinking JGR is providing Furniture Row with their 5th best pit crew...

[93henfan]

Kyle Busch dominates the 600, wins all 4 stages, leading 377 of 400 laps.

And people here bash F1 for the leader checking out.

[TheDancinMonarch]

Kyle Busch dominates the 600, wins all 4 stages, leading 377 of 400 laps.

And people here bash F1 for the leader checking out.

More competitive than when Truex led 392 in 2016.

[BDKJMU]

What kind of parents would name their kid 'Will Power'

[93henfan]

What kind of parents would name their kid 'Will Power'

Solar and White. Good people.

Their neighbors, the Fortitude's, named their son Intestinal. He was best friends with Will Power.

Some say that when they got together they could accomplish anything they put their minds to.

[SuperHornet]

The crash happened before I got back from church, so I was going nuts at seeing Danica listed in 30th place until someone showed a replay. It looked like someone hit her from behind, but the footage wasn't good enough to quite show who.

Will Power is a thief....

[BDKJMU]

The crash happened before I got back from church, so I was going nuts at seeing Danica listed in 30th place until someone showed a replay. It looked like someone hit her from behind, but the footage wasn't good enough to quite show who.

Will Power is a thief....

She wrecked all by herself. No one was even close to her when she lost control. 1:34 and 2:07 marks of video:

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Like most of here wrecks, its because she sucks..

Edit: This video is the same one that 93' posted above on Sunday..

[CID1990]

The crash happened before I got back from church, so I was going nuts at seeing Danica listed in 30th place until someone showed a replay. It looked like someone hit her from behind, but the footage wasn't good enough to quite show who.

Will Power is a thief....

She wrecked all by herself. No one was even close to her when she lost control. 1:34 and 2:07 marks of video:

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Like most of here wrecks, its because she sucks..

Her mom should just get a little helicopter


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[93henfan]

The crash happened before I got back from church, so I was going nuts at seeing Danica listed in 30th place until someone showed a replay. It looked like someone hit her from behind, but the footage wasn't good enough to quite show who.

Will Power is a thief....

Did you not even watch the video I posted? Nobody was near her. She’s just a talentless driver who made a career because she was female. That’s the worst sort of “validation” for women in sport: to be tolerated for a few years in the name of diversity.

[GannonFan]

The crash happened before I got back from church, so I was going nuts at seeing Danica listed in 30th place until someone showed a replay. It looked like someone hit her from behind, but the footage wasn't good enough to quite show who.

Will Power is a thief....

Did you not even watch the video I posted? Nobody was near her. She’s just a talentless driver who made a career because she was female. That’s the worst sort of “validation” for women in sport: to be tolerated for a few years in the name of diversity.

I didn't think the crash in Indy this year, by itself, was indicative of her being a bad driver. They had talked all race up to that point about how loose the tires were this year, especially 20-30 laps in on the tires, and another driver about 10 laps before her had the same exact crash - no one was near him, he entered the turn, and the back end of the car just got loose.

Now, with that said, one race is one race - she has a wealth of races where she had other crashes, so all taken together, yes, she was a menace out there.

[93henfan]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/27/nascar- ... ewers.html

Why Americans have fallen out of love with NASCAR

Here's a YT vid they released on the same story. Doesn't really cover any new ground over what we've discussed ad nauseam here, but pretty good work for CNBC (other than calling Vegas a "superspeedway" and saying the COT was "a lot less noisy" - lolwtf). The thumbnail of abandoned N Wilkesboro never ceases to be a painful image for a long-time fan. If the new buyers really want to come in guns a'blazin, they will put Rockingham and N Wilkesboro dates on the earliest possible schedule, cost be damned in the short-term:

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