Official 2011 Nascar thread

• GoChiefs

  

  And of course, after finishing 1-2 at Daytona 500 when Sr. died, they revisited Daytona in July for the Pepis 400. Dale Jr. and Waltrip would again finish 1-2 as Jr. takes the win at his first time back at Daytona since the track took his father's life.
  
  [video=youtube;OmphcMC-f7I][/video]
  
  Jr. and Waltrip embracing on top of the car after the race is one of my favorite moments in NASCAR. (No homo) Mikey finally getting to celebrate his 500 win.
  
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• GoChiefs

  

  Dale coming down pit road and cleaning his own windshield when Richard Childress was worried about track position.
  
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• GoChiefs

  

  Always cracked me up when he'd mess around with the pace car.
  
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• GoChiefs

  

  After the deaths of Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki, the championship came down to a battle between Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace at the final race of the season at Atlanta. Wallace won the race, but it wasn't enough, Earnhardt took the 1993 title championship. Both drivers took a "Polish victory lap", which was made famous by Kulwicki, around Atlanta Motor Speedway after the race, Earnhardt with a Kulwicki flag and Wallace with an Allison flag.
  
  [video=youtube;9cBz39oAkCQ][/video]
• GoChiefs

  

  I remember Sr. always teasing Gordon for being 'the kid' when he was up and coming, Gordon won the first race at the Brickyard in '94. Sr. won the 2nd race at the Brickyard in '95. After the race Sr. took a little jab at Gordon by claiming he was "the first man to ever win the Brickyard." LOL
  
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• Speedofsand

  

  The link has all of Dale's stories. The first youtube is a recording that Godwin Kelly kept private until this year. Scroll down and the pictures of Mike and Schrader in Victory Lane and of Dale Jr. leaving the hospital are worth much more than 1000 words.
  http://www.news-journalonline.com/racing/earnhardt/
  They don't call DIS Dale-tona for nothin'
  
  I used to be one of those fans yelling 'Anybody but Earnhardt' and it worked a couple of times, like when Derrick Cope won. I didn't yell it in '98 because he deserved a 500 win by then. Sterling Marlin had a pit road reception line first when he won it in '94. A couple of my good friends knew Dale pretty well. We all knew they cheated, but Bill Jr. let them. I was never a Dale Sr. fan because I liked Alan and Davey and other drivers at the same time. But I was a Dale Jr. fan early on, from his start in the Busch series. I know the story of Sr. not helping Dale and Kelly's mom when he should have, and shipping the kids off to boot camp school because Teresa didn't want them around, so that was a big reason I didn't respect him as a man, only as a talented but dirty driver. Possibly the best display of his talent came just 2 days before he died. I was in the stands watching the IROC race, and going into turn 1 he got punted into the grass, I think it was Eddie Cheever who did it. Dale never lost it, looked like he never lifted his foot. He just drove through it and back up on the apron and banking as if it was a shortcut. Every fan around smiled and cheered that save. I was in the (brand new)Earnhardt Tower in the front row on Black Sunday, and I saw he was blocking and knew Mike and Jr. were going to stay in front, so I took off after the white flag to beat the crowd out and beat 4 hours of sitting in traffic, never saw the fatal wreck. I'm glad for that. My girlfriend at the time was a huge Dale Sr. fan, so I had to go back to the track that night or the next night so she could leave a candle. It was a big round black candle with 3 wicks. That July race 5 months later was pure magic. I was with my dad in the Weatherly tower. Dale Jr. handled himself so well during that whole time since Black Sunday, something I admired and learned from. He came down a week early with his close friends. He handled the media crush and won the race, man what a celebration. That July night was my best Nascar moment ever, replacing my first 500 in '79.
• j_crazy

  

  GoChiefs;665357 wrote:After the deaths of Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki, the championship came down to a battle between Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace at the final race of the season at Atlanta. Wallace won the race, but it wasn't enough, Earnhardt took the 1993 title championship. Both drivers took a "Polish victory lap", which was made famous by Kulwicki, around Atlanta Motor Speedway after the race, Earnhardt with a Kulwicki flag and Wallace with an Allison flag.

  
  
  makes this so much more special:
  
  [video=youtube;oViHY0ylaWs][/video]
• Speedofsand

  

  http://modfury.com/2011/02/06/kenny-wallace-celebrates-his-first-open-wheel-modified-win-at-east-bay-raceway-park-friday-night/
  Kenny Wallace was best of 58 modifieds at East Bay on Friday nite. He is sponsored by UNOH - Univ. of Northwestern Ohio.
• GoChiefs

  

  Speedofsand;666797 wrote:UNOH - Univ. of Northwestern Ohio.

  
  I am an alumni.
• Speedofsand

  

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• coyotes22

  

  Did someone already post that Kenny Wallace will be the stand in guy, for Matt Kenseth, in case his wife has a baby?
• Speedofsand

  

  I hate missing good events because its at the same time as something else. AC/DC lead singer Brian Johnson is Grand Marshall this weekend at Palm Beach. http://www.hsrrace.com/ He and his wife have raced Historic Sportscars. http://www.racepbir.com/index.php A bunch of top NHRA teams just wrapped a week of testing there.
  
  Sprints start at Volusia tomorrow, 2 nights of All-Stars, 3 of WoO.
  http://www.dirtcarnationals.com/
  
  http://ascoc.allstarsprint.com/index.php
  
  http://www.woosprint.com/
  
  New Smyrna has plenty of Ohio drivers entered for The 45th World Series of Asphalt.
  http://newsmyrnaspeedway.org/newbeta/
  
  http://www.speed51.com/
  
  The ARCA race from Daytona will be live on Speed tv Sat. at 4:30. Watch for Kevin Swindell, Ty Dillon in a UNOH Chevy, Ricky Carmichael, and the regulars to be up front. My friend Mark Gibson will have Drew Charlson of New Bremen, Ohio in his car #59. The only other Ohio racer is #58 Chad Hackenbracht from New Philadelphia.
  http://arcaracing.com/
  
  Bud Shootout is Sat nite at 8pm. I wish it was during the day, it would be so much warmer and nicer.
  The eligible drivers are here Bud Shootout list
  The starting position draw party is Friday night on Speed. The race distance will continue to be 75 laps (187.5 miles), consisting of two segments – 25 and 50 laps. Both green-flag laps and yellow-flag laps will count. Between segments there will be a 10-minute pit stop allowing teams to pit and change tires, add fuel and make normal chassis adjustments.
  Brad Paisley will sing 3 songs before the 500. yeehaw
  The Lucas Oil Dirt Late Models are racing at East Bay near Tampa , also available on PPV online.
  http://www.eastbayracewaypark.com/
  
  http://modfury.com/ppv/
  
  http://www.lucasdirt.com/
  
  and look who's back behind the wheel after that scary back breaking crash last year!!! Danny Smith
  
• Speedofsand

  

  Here is a really good write up by Lee Spencer. She is one of the best. It has good stories of Dale Sr., including the one Gordon told at lunch during Jan. testing.
  http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/Dale-Earnhardt-was-force-to-face-at-Daytona-020811
  
  
  UNOH’s UMP Modified Team Includes NASCAR’s Kenny Wallace, David Reutimann & Dillon Brothers, Students From Buckeye State School
  http://karnac.com/flanews/series/sponsor-participant-university-of-northwestern-ohio-plays-big-role-in-40th-dirtcar-nationals-at-volusia-speedway-park/
• Gardens35

  coyotes22;670446 wrote:Did someone already post that Kenny Wallace will be the stand in guy, for Matt Kenseth, in case his wife has a baby?

  
  I did, about two weeks ago. Now get off Kenny's bandwagon. See post #151.
• Speedofsand

  

  Sammy Swindell won the sprints, started 9th and was 3rd by the caution on lap 3. Dale Blaney 10th.
  Clint Bowyer beat Ken Schrader in the mods. Bobby Kitchen of Grove City was on the mod pole, ended up top 10.
  
  http://www.hoseheads.com/live.html
• Speedofsand

  

  Paul McMahon 12.57 seconds, 123mph set fast time tonite.
  Sammy and Bowyer won again, again.
  
  Speed tv Remembering Dale show Friday @ 7:30. Saw a clip of it and Schrader talks about rushing to victory lane after the wreck to see Mike. That is the pic I mentioned 10 posts above. Bud Shootout practice is before, the starting position draw party is after.
• Speedofsand

  

  Jr. got the pole for the shootout, they went 200 mph in practice.
  
  It was senior citizens nite again at Volusia, Steve Kinser 1st, Sammy 2nd. Those guys drive with no fear. 1400 lb car, 800 hp, 120 mph sideways on dirt in traffic. WoO
• Tiger2003

  

  Jordan has made his way into Sprint Cup. Denny Hamlin announced Thursday his deal with Nike's Michael Jordan Brand.
  
  http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=6109593
• coyotes22

  

  Gardens35;672168 wrote:I did, about two weeks ago. Now get off Kenny's bandwagon. See post #151.

  
  Kenny will get the Cup Championship this year,,,,,,,,, Only running 10 races, too!!!
• Gardens35

  Him or #47, no doubt.
• Tiger2003

  

  Anyone else have a black screen on Fox?
• Tiger2003

  

  Well now I got a picture but no sound....
• Curly J

  

  Tiger2003;676078 wrote:Well now I got a picture but no sound....

  I don't think sound travels that far up to North Dakota.
• Gardens35

  For you guys with no sound, Myers just said "Thank You Matt, and Thank You Junior".
• Gardens35

  Matt just said "Back to you guys".