Official 2010 Nascar thread: Season long discussions!!!!

• BlueDevil11

  

  GoChiefs wrote:

  BlueDevil11 wrote: 2010 Champion: Kurt Busch

  I like the way this guy thinks!

  I'm not a fan of him at all, but he seems like he is capable of winning it anytime now.
• coyotes22

  

  RTT
• pkebker

  Who makes the chase next season?
  
  Here are my picks, but not in this order...
  
  Gordon
  Stewart
  Johnson
  Martin
  Busch, Kyle
  Busch, Kurt
  Hamlin
  Harvick
  Bowyer
  Edwards
  Kenseth
  Newman
• GoChiefs

  

  BlueDevil11 wrote: I'm not a fan of him at all, but he seems like he is capable of winning it anytime now.

  I'm not too sure about this year. Will take him and his new Crew Chief some time to click I'd imagine. If they get on the same page from the get go. They could be dangerous. I'm loving the addition of Steve Addington as the Chief. He won't take Kurt's shit like the other Chiefs did. As evident with Kyle's success...he definitely knows what he's doing too.
• pkebker

  GoChiefs wrote:

  BlueDevil11 wrote: I'm not a fan of him at all, but he seems like he is capable of winning it anytime now.

  I'm not too sure about this year. Will take him and his new Crew Chief some time to click I'd imagine. If they get on the same page from the get go. They could be dangerous. I'm loving the addition of Steve Addington as the Chief. He won't take Kurt's shit like the other Chiefs did. As evident with Kyle's success...he definitely knows what he's doing too.

  Everyone at JGR has had success with Kyle, I'm not sure it was mostly Addington.
• stroups

  

  Favorite driver: Kyle Busch
  2010 Champion: Kurt Busch
  2009 Bust: Dale Jr.
• GoChiefs

  

  pkebker wrote: Everyone at JGR has had success with Kyle, I'm not sure it was mostly Addington.

  Addington was responsible for at least 2 or 3 of Kyle's wins in 2008 b/c of some of the gutsy calls he made.
• coyotes22

  

  RTT
• GoChiefs

  

  24 days 18 hours and 29 minutes to go!!
• 2quik4u

  

  and Jr still blows
• GoChiefs

  

  2quik4u wrote: and Jr still blows

  +1
• Darkon

  

  With the current economy I believe the larger established team will have a big advantage this year.
  So for the chase I pick.
  3 Hendrick teams- Gordon, Johnson, Martin
  3 Roush teams-Biffle, Edwards, Kenseth
  2 Gibbs teams- Busch, Hamlin
  2 RCR teams- Harvick, Burton, Boyer (Take your pick)
  1 Stewart Haus team- Stewart
  
  That leaves 1 spot IMO for:
  Jr
  Newman
  Kurt Busch
  Ruetimann
  Kayne
  McMurray
  Vickers
  Montoya
  1 RCR Team
  
  My 3 contenders- Stewat, Johnson, Kyle Busch(love his win or wreck style)
  My sleeper- Biffle
  My Heart- Martin
  
  I'm a Gordon fan but he lost his Kyle Busch attitude.
• GoChiefs

  

  I really don't see a whole lot of changes happening in the chase between last year and this year.
  
  My chase picks are:
  Kurt Busch
  Jimmie Johnson
  Mark Martin
  Kyle Busch
  Carl Edwards
  Tony Stewart
  Kevin Harvick
  Jeff Gordon
  Denny Hamlin
  Kasey Kahne
  Ryan Newman
  and I think the 12th spot will go to either:
  Juan Pablo Montoya (Think he's out to prove last year wasn't a fluke) or..believe it or not..Dale Earnhardt Jr (Everyone gets lucky every now and then)
• j_crazy

  

  Favorite Driver: Kurt Busch
  Hated Driver: Jimmie Johnson
  2010 Chase Champ: Newman
  2010 Bust: J. Gordon
  
  Average miles completed by Robby Gordon on race day: 325.5
• GoChiefs

  

  j_crazy wrote: Average miles completed by Robby Gordon on race day: 325.5

  So he's going to improve on last year? If this indeed happens, looks like Mikey is back to being the worst driver in NASCAR.
• pkebker

  Isn't Waltrip retiring? and having Truex drive for him.
• GoChiefs

  

  He's still running part time in 2010. Truex did indeed join his team...he will be running the #56 Napa Toyota full time.
• Darkon

  

  New Rules. What is your thoughts?
  Restricter plate change.
  The bump draft is back.(was it really gone?)
  Encouraging drivers to police themselves.
  
  Lets get the personality's back in the sport. Get away from the scripted interview and say what you feel. Hopefully this gets the old style rivalry back. Payback on the track etc.. I like it.
• pkebker

  Restrictor plate races are almost always the most exciting races of the year. Nascar needs to try to make all the races more exciting, not put lame rules in place to ruin them. I'm glad they are going back to the old way. Now if only they addressed the COT issue. Some minor tweaks can make the cars drive much better...
• 2quik4u

  

  Jeff doesn't have many years left, so he needs to win it this year
• Speedofsand

  

  prkebke, they have addressed the COT, in April at Texas the wing will be gone and rear spoilers back on. http://jayski.com/
  
  I'm ready for the Rolex 24 next week. I love those cars. http://www.grand-am.com/
  then its out to see the sprints on dirt (see my avatar)
  then the big races and maybe a couple nites at New Smyrna
  favorite driver: Mark Martin
  prediction : 2010 Daytona 500 Champ Tony Stewart
  and Tim McGraw will do a few songs before the race
• Darkon

  

  Another rule change.
  The rear wing will go back to the spoiler.
  This should give teams some more room to adjust the car.
  I personally thought the COT was a glorified IROC series.
• slide22

  No room on adjustment on the spoiler. Set at 70 degrees and no changes.
• Speedofsand

  

  Man those were the good old days when they would hammer the spoiler down until the car was fast.
  
  
• Darkon

  

  Speedofsand wrote: Man those were the good old days when they would hammer the spoiler down until the car was fast.
  
  

  Bobby! My all time favorite. I got to ride in his car when I was 8 years old at Midvale Motor Speedway. He and my grandfather were friends.