Official 2011 Nascar thread

• GoChiefs

  

  Jr. just went a lap down...slipped to 10th in points as of right now.
• j_crazy

  

  Lol get ready for Jimmie vs Kurt ad nauseum
• Tiger2003

  

  Fucking Johnson. I hope Busch kicks his fucking ass.
• GoChiefs

  

  Eh..just a racing deal.
• Tiger2003

  

  GoChiefs;890890 wrote:Eh..just a racing deal.

  
  I got your number.
• j_crazy

  

  Idk. Johnson's purpose was to wreck Kurt. Kb was accidental.
• Tiger2003

  

  j_crazy;890912 wrote:Idk. Johnson's purpose was to wreck Kurt. Kb was accidental.

  
  Yep. But that is racing but I still want Busch to kick his ass.
• WebFire

  Well, they are to the Chase now. And Jr. still sucks.
• coyotes22

  

  WebFire;891265 wrote:Well, they are to the Chase now. And Jr. still sucks.

  this. :rolleyes:
• ts1227

  

  Tiger2003;890927 wrote:Yep. But that is racing but I still want Busch to kick his ass.

  Since Jimmie wrecked himself like a dumbass when he tried to "retaliate" for Busch's accident, hopefully it just dies off.
• Classyposter58

  

  WebFire;891265 wrote:Well, they are to the Chase now. And Jr. still sucks.

  Ehh he didn't do too bad actually considering he was driving around with a beat up car and the Top 10 is still quite an accomplishment but I think it's gonna come down to BK or Shrub for the title...god BK hasn't been stoppable though
• Tiger2003

  

  Classyposter58;892805 wrote:Ehh he didn't do too bad actually considering he was driving around with a beat up car and the Top 10

  He didn't finish in the Top 10. He finished 16th.
• Tiger2003

  

  Chase Standings
  
  1. Kyle Busch 2012 points
  1. Kevin Harvick 2012 points
  3. Jeff Gordon 2009 points
  4. Matt Kenseth 2006 points
  5. Jimmie Johnson 2003 points
  5. Carl Edwards 2003 points
  5. Kurt Busch 2003 points
  5. Ryan Newman 2003 points
  9. Tony Stewart 2000 points
  9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2000 points
  9. Brad Keselowski 2000 points
  9. Denny Hamlin 2000 points
• Speedofsand

  

  Austin Dillon was 2nd in his heat and 9th in the World 100 at Eldora. Jimmy Owens won.
  
  [video=youtube;S-025i0YvMo][/video]
• GoChiefs

  

  Tiger2003;892923 wrote:He didn't finish in the Top 10. He finished 16th.

  I think he means finishing in the Top 10 in the Chase.
• Classyposter58

  

  GoChiefs;893100 wrote:I think he means finishing in the Top 10 in the Chase.

  ^^This. 3 Top 5's and 9 Top 10's isn't all that bad, with that being said it's by far the worst among all chase drivers
• Tiger2003

  

  Classyposter58;893428 wrote:^^This. 3 Top 5's and 9 Top 10's isn't all that bad, with that being said it's by far the worst among all chase drivers

  Nah Smoke is right there with Jr. Smoke only has 2 more Top 10's and Jr has a Pole in which he didn't get to use.
• GoChiefs

  

  This has been Smoke's worst year in NASCAR.
• BGFalcons82

  

  GoChiefs;893994 wrote:This has been Smoke's worst year in NASCAR.

  I think it's far more difficult to be a car owner and a driver at the same time. I don't like Robby Gordon very much, but I respect the time and effort he puts in trying to be a 1-man gang.
• GoChiefs

  

  BGFalcons82;895868 wrote:I think it's far more difficult to be a car owner and a driver at the same time. I don't like Robby Gordon very much, but I respect the time and effort he puts in trying to be a 1-man gang.

  Without a doubt it's far more difficult. Because at the end of the day, you know if you fuck that car up, it's coming out of YOUR pocket to fix it. I think that's in a lot of owner/drivers mind when they are on the racetrack and causes them to perhaps be a little more conservative than they normally would be. IMO, that's where they have been very few people successful at owning and driving. Alan Kulwicki and Ricky Rudd have probably been the best ones off the top of my head, besides Smoke of course.
  
  Edit: Found a list of owner/drivers that have won races:
  
  Lake Speed - 1 win
  Alan Kulwicki - 5 wins
  Ricky Rudd - 6 wins
  Darrell Waltrip - 5 wins
  Geoff Bodine - 4 wins
  Tony Stewart - 5 wins
• GoChiefs

  

  Wow..in a surprising move..RPM has withdrawn their offer to Clint Bowyer and are no longer interested in him. Sticking with Allmendinger over Bowyer? Not so sure about that one. Looks like MWR is now the front runners in the Bowyer sweepstakes.
• GoChiefs

  

  Diggin' the special paint scheme for Harvick's car at Chicagoland this weekend.
  
  
• GoChiefs

  

  Kurt lost his cool again...ol' JJ really gets to him.
  
  "It started with a simple question to Kurt Busch from Joe Menzer following two on-camera interviews by ESPN and MRN on pit road at Richmond International Raceway. "Kurt, can either you or Jimmie win the Chase&" Menzer began to ask. Before Menzer could finish his thought, Busch cut him off. "How did I see you were going to come with that? We're good." Busch said. In an attempt to end the interview, Busch turned away and started walking down pit road. Menzer called after him and said the question was legitimate following the multiple incidents with Jimmie Johnson during Saturday night's race. At that moment, Busch turned around yelling expletives at Menzer, coming at him as if he wanted to fight. As he called Menzer names and continued to try to get at him, team members from Busch's Penske Racing team had to physically restrain Busch.
  
  It was the 2004 champion, though, who seemed to be feeling the pressure afterward. He castigated a reporter during a pit-road interview and renewed a heated discussion with him before a news conference 30 minutes later in the media center. He then challenged another reporter who asked Johnson to respond to Busch's contention that he was in the five-time champion's head. "I didn't say that tonight," retorted Busch, who later tore up a transcript of the interview (which was broadcast on national TV) handed to him by the reporter. "Did not."
  
  NASCAR said Monday it does not plan to take disciplinary measures after driver Kurt Busch's unsavory interactions with two media members following Saturday night's Sprint Cup race at Richmond International Raceway. And, in an apparent effort to clear the air, the Penske Racing driver contacted the reporters individually Monday; both reporters confirmed that Busch had apologized. Busch shouted expletives at one reporter on pit road who tried to ask about his ongoing rivalry with Jimmie Johnson (the drivers had two on-track scrapes Saturday) and had to be physically restrained by Penske Racing teammates. NASCAR, which promotes a "boys, have at it" approach to on-track discipline, indicated it wasn't going to entirely sweep Busch's actions under the rug. "No disciplinary action is planned," NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp said. "But we will be following up and discussing with Kurt this week."
• BGFalcons82

  

  GoChiefs;895951 wrote:Diggin' the special paint scheme for Harvick's car at Chicagoland this weekend.
  
  

  That is an awesome paint job. The only thing missin is a #8 instead of a #29...but I digress.
• WebFire

  BGFalcons82;896001 wrote:That is an awesome paint job. The only thing missin is a #8 instead of a #29...but I digress.

  Notice how the car improved when they put the 29 on instead of 8? But I digress.