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

• j_crazy

  

  GoChiefs;381002 wrote:Kurt someone manages a 6th place finish after being back in the 30's all day long. Yeah! Moved up another spot to 5th in the points!

  QFT. How did that happen?
• GoChiefs

  

  Kurt continues his hot streak! He qualified first for the Michigan race Sunday.
  
  Race Lineup:
  1 2 Kurt Busch
  2 1 Jamie McMurray
  3 48 Jimmie Johnson
  4 9 Kasey Kahne
  5 31 Jeff Burton
  6 24 Jeff Gordon
  7 11 Denny Hamlin
  8 39 Ryan Newman
  9 00 David Reutimann
  10 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
  11 19 Elliott Sadler
  12 20 Joey Logano
  13 56 Martin Truex Jr.
  14 6 David Ragan
  15 18 Kyle Busch
  16 16 Greg Biffle
  17 14 Tony Stewart
  18 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
  19 99 Carl Edwards
  20 7 Robby Gordon
  21 5 Mark Martin
  22 98 Paul Menard
  23 78 Regan Smith
  24 47 Marcos Ambrose
  25 33 Clint Bowyer
  26 43 A J Allmendinger
  27 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  28 21 Bill Elliott
  29 82 Scott Speed
  30 71 Bobby Labonte
  31 29 Kevin Harvick
  32 83 Casey Mears
  33 12 Brad Keselowski
  34 38 Travis Kvapil
  35 09 Landon Cassill
  36 37 David Gilliland
  37 87 Joe Nemechek
  38 13 Max Papis
  39 17 Matt Kenseth
  40 46 J J Yeley
  41 64 Todd Bodine
  42-OP 34 Kevin Conway #
  43 26 David Stremme
• GoChiefs

  

  Looks like Ford might be going to the Mustang in 2011:
  
  "NASCAR is expected to change the shape of the front bumper on all Sprint Cup cars for the 2011 season to help improve brand identity for its auto manufacturers. For Ford, that could eventually lead to a change in what nameplate it puts on its car, with a possible move from the Fusion currently being used to the Mustang. But first, Ford officials want to see how the changes affect the front of the Cup car. NASCAR Vice President Robin Pemberton said Friday the sanctioning body is close to approving the final specifications for the new front bumper. The change will be in the bottom half of the bumper, which currently has a rectangular indentation where the bottom half does not stick out as far as the top half. The new front bumper will be more curved, and the change would eliminate the need for the front splitter braces because much of that area of empty space will now be part of the new curved lower half. "We're working on it we're close on that," Pemberton said. "It's just time for a style change. We've been working on it for about a year now. We're working on [the brand identity] with the manufacturers." Some of what is being changed to the Cup car is being used on the new Nationwide car, which is going to be run for four races in 2010 and then full-time in 2011. Ford and Dodge are introducing muscle-car nameplates (Mustang and Challenger) in conjunction with the new Nationwide car. Toyota and Chevrolet are keeping the Camry and Impala nameplates. Ford Racing's North America Motorsports Director Jamie Allison said Thursday that if everything goes well in implementing the Mustang into the Nationwide Series, as well as the changes to the front bumper of the Cup car, he would consider changing the Ford nameplate for Cup to Mustang. "We want to see more brand identity in the cars," Allison said Thursday during an event at the Henry Ford Museum near Detroit. "We've been asking NASCAR because we've liked what transpired in the Nationwide." The manufacturers seem ready for the change and have run testing with the cars in simulation and wind tunnels."
• GoChiefs

  

  Kahne's ride for 2011 looks like it's going to turn out to be in the 09 car owned by James Finch. The team already gets it's engines and chassis from Hendricks Motorsports.
  
  "Hendrick Motorsports and James Finch are working on a partnership to put Kasey Kahne in the #09 Chevy for 2011. Multiple sources indicate the deal could be completed within the next few weeks. Hendrick will not be allowed to own the car under NASCAR's four-team rule, leaving Finch in the position of ownership, although engines and chassis would continue to come from Hendrick. Once completed, the partnership solves the HMS dilemma of where to put Kahne next season. Signed to take over the #5 Chevy in 2012, Kahne leaves RPM at the end of the year but Hendrick already has four signed drivers -- Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson -- under contract for 2011. Stewart-Haas Racing was the first option for Kahne, but sources claim sponsorship and financial constraints for that team have made such a move impossible. Instead, the partnership with Phoenix Racing is a compromise solution. Under a one-year deal, Kahne will be installed with a single-car team that gives him the opportunity to continue running full-time. Here's the kicker: once Kahne moves to HMS, sources claim the man he's replacing, Mark Martin, may be interested in purchasing the Phoenix team for 2012 as he scales back his driving career. Spokesmen on both sides have denied a deal is in the works. According to Hendrick spokesman Jesse Essex, "Our position with regard to 2011 has not changed. We continue to be open to various options, and nothing has been determined at this time." The 51-year-old Martin also remains uncommitted to his future beyond 2011."
• GoChiefs

  

  Big fine for the #38 team after the Pocono race as well. They had illegal bleeder valves on the car.
  
  "NASCAR has issued penalties, suspensions and fines to the #38 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, as a result of rules infractions committed during last Sunday's event at Pocono Raceway. The team was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing); 12-4-J (any determination by NASCAR officials that the race equipment used in the event does not conform to NASCAR rules); and 20-10.7J (unapproved modification to valve stem hardware) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book. As a result, crew chief Steve Lane has been fined $100,000, suspended for the next 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup events, suspended from NASCAR until Sept. 15 and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Car chief Richard Bourgeois and tire specialist Michael Harrold have also been suspended from the next 12 NASCAR Sprint Cup events, suspended from NASCAR until Sept. 15 and placed on probation until Dec. 31. Driver Travis Kvapil and owner Doug Yates have been penalized with the loss of 150 driver and 150 owner points, respectively."
• Speedofsand

  

  Yeah it would be silly to have Mustang in Nationwide but not Cup. I posted the 16 Mustang a few pages back, the same 16 that has a new crew after Roush found out about the strip club fight.
  
  Good to hear about Finch getting help from Hendrick. I read Walmart could be on the 24 and they are working on a deal with Nascar for exclusive marketing. Motorsports Authentics, Action, and Americrown can suck it.
  
  I thought that Front Row fine was going to be $250k ? I heard it was the biggest ever.
• 2quik4u

  

  J gordon >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
• Speedofsand

  

  http://www.mispeedway.com/
• GoChiefs

  

  Speedofsand;387299 wrote:I thought that Front Row fine was going to be $250k ? I heard it was the biggest ever.

  
  The initial report was 300 k...was supposed to surpass Carl Long's fine and suspensions. But in the end, from what I hear, NASCAR felt that having a bigger engine in your car is a bigger violation than bleeder valves. Which, IMO, is not true. The bleeder valves would give you a CLEAR advantage over everyone else, compared to what Carl Long's difference in the engine sizes would have.
• Speedofsand

  

  R.I.P. Les Richter
  
  http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richter-20100613,0,4476156,full.story
  
  Richter was one of the first players selected in the National Football League draft of 1952, only to be traded by the then-Dallas Texans, a one-season team on its way to becoming the Baltimore Colts, to the Rams for 11 players.
  
  Coach lived in Ponce Inlet during the 80's/early 90's before going back to Cal.
• Speedofsand

  

  That was a quick race. 2 in a row for Denn knee Hamlin. I got home from fishing and there was only 50 to go. He didn't wreck on his way to victory lane today, Mike Ford will be pleased.
• GoChiefs

  

  Yeah, was a very quick race. Was over about 4:00. Boring as hell too, though. Typical Michigan race. Kurt finished with a 3rd place and moved up another point in the standings! Keep on knockin' 'em down one by one!
• Speedofsand

  

  $30k up for grabs at Daytona, free BBQ for me !
  http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/Articles/2010/06/BBQ.aspx
  Race fans will be able to sample the competition area outside of the Frontstretch between the Sprint Tower and Turn 1 beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday after the first round of judging and sampling will continue until 4:30 p.m. No grandstand ticket is needed to attend the Daytona PITmasters.
  
  
  
  the Firecracker400 restrictor plates will be 3/64 bigger than Feb. , 1 & 1/32 inch, the biggest plate yet.
• Speedofsand

  

  Sonoma :
  Jeff Gordon's team noticed 'discoloration' in their fuel a short time ago. They ran to Robin Pemberton to report it. Nascar has taken it for testing along with a sample of fuel from the 88 team. Bob Dillner said it could be ethanol.
  
  Kurt Busch has a brand new chassis for the road course, tested at V.I.R. a couple weeks ago.
  
  Kasey Kahne was flying like the Dukes of Hazzard, all 4 tires in the air.
• Speedofsand

  

  http://www.infineonraceway.com/
  
  
• mths_2013

  

  This pic says it all..
  
  
• Speedofsand

  

  lol, mths2013 sees a pic of 2 hot girls then proclaims Nascar sucks. The kid is obviously going to get married in Massachusetts.
• Speedofsand

  

  Kyle Busch got caught in a chain reaction traffic wreck, trashed his front end and is behind the wall for repairs. YES !
• gerb131

  

  Jimmy with the win but my boy Super G Robby Gordon 2nd
• Jughead

  

  Ugh, that disgusts me...Jimmie sure as hell didn't deserve it, but what are you going to do. Marcos completely stopped on the track saving fuel for whatever damn reason and it was quite clear that he was going to run away with the race. I'm calling a conspiracy, guaranteed you wouldn't have seen that rule implemented if Jimmie was guilty of the same without knowing the rule.
  
  Great run for Robby Gordon.
  
  Can't say the same for Jeff Gordon. By the way, how can you spin at least 3 people and have no penalties? Was his car that much quicker that he had to run people over, or has he simply forgot how to run on a road course?
  
  Dale Jr. finishes in 11th after not hearing much from him the whole race.
  
  Kyle Busch continues his streak of incredibly good finishes or incredibly bad finishes, in this case the latter.
  
  Does anyone else think that NASCAR needs to remove the chute from their circuit? I miss the giant loop that went down into a "canyon".
  
• j_crazy

  

  What happened to Kurt busch?
• mths_2013

  

  Speedofsand;394533 wrote:

  
  Yabba!!! Yabba!!!! I'd hit that hard.
• Speedofsand

  

  I was so fired up for Marcos to win, can't believe the luck. His crew chief, Frankie Kerr was a great dirt sprint driver from Ohio. Dammit ! Bob Dillner talked with Marcos leaving, he is a class act, just heartbroken and sick. He said it wouldn't happen again in a million years.
  
  
  RIP Raymond Parks: Owner of the first stock car racing "team," he left home at 14 to become a moonshiner's apprentice. By 21 he was one of Atlanta's wealthiest, most notorious bootleggers. After a year in prison,(in Chillicothe before Junior Johnson) he began bankrolling racers and their cars.
  I just posted about him about a week ago, he just turned 96. He was one of the 35 men at the meeting that formed Nascar. He owned the car driven by the first Nascar season champion, Red Byron.
  http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-nascar-pioneer-parks-dead-at-96/
• GoChiefs

  

  Ran in the Top 10 all day long...5 laps to go..Gordon got into him and cut down his tire. Had to pit. Finished last car on the lead lap.
• j_crazy

  

  So did Gordon miss anyone on the track? Or did he hit and wreck 40 cars yesterday?