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4/30/2012 7:28:42 PM

Sat in turn two for the cup race. Froze my ass off for a boring ass race. Hard to keep track of who was on the lead lap after a large number of day beers. First time at the track and did enjoy myself considering the circumstances. Would definitely go back (especially if it's free again).

4/30/2012 7:36:32 PM

^^^

5/1/2012 2:27:38 AM

http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/5/4/2998764/nascar-talladega-nights-car-ricky-bobby-kurt-busch#storyjump


pretty damn funny

cant tell if hes got a cougar on the hood or not

haha i think it does have the cougar on there

[Edited on May 4, 2012 at 2:10 PM. Reason : coug]

5/4/2012 2:09:52 PM

5/4/2012 2:17:02 PM

ahaha

5/4/2012 2:17:12 PM

Awesome

Who is going to Darlington next week?
<----- Will be there

5/4/2012 2:27:17 PM

fucking Kurt SMH

5/5/2012 1:38:06 AM

kurt's cougar car is almost as cool as kyle's puppys, kittens, and baby seals car he ran a couple years back

5/5/2012 4:29:22 AM

Been a while since I've seen a hit hard enough to put me into a funk for the whole day. Prayers for the McClure family and Eric. Thank God for safer barriers.

5/5/2012 8:30:08 PM

did they say how fast he was going when he hit the wall.

5/6/2012 1:35:07 AM

^they wont even say what his injuries are.

I hope that all the dumass fans that force nascar to change the rules at the plate tracks so they can see more wrecks are proud of themselves over this

5/6/2012 7:33:19 AM

I hate to say this but thats the only way to put fans in the seats these days. mother fuckers dont know about good racing. who the hell wants to watch the leader have 3 laps on someone. I dont know any other way to please people who want to see a demolition derby at 200mph.

in other news MWR is dumb for puttin a Kansas supporter in a Roll Tide car.

Go JR

5/6/2012 9:31:12 AM

i've heard a broken leg and wrist

5/6/2012 10:00:39 AM

my unpopular solution for the plate tracks would be to remove the plate as well as the spoiler and splitter. The driver would be forced to slow down for the turn just like any other track and speeds would not get too high. Or maybe take the plates off and just add a chicane or two.

5/6/2012 11:06:32 AM

Just took a look at the forecast for next weekend in Darlington, I may have to grab a few tickets and make the ride.

5/6/2012 12:26:42 PM

^darlington would be fun but dont believe any forecast over 3 days

5/6/2012 12:38:29 PM

True. I was more excited about the temperature forecast than the lack of rain. Sitting outside drinking all day when it's 80 >>>>>>> the same when it's 95.

5/6/2012 12:50:23 PM

Quote :

"Or maybe take the plates off and just add a chicane or two."

A chicane would be a surefire recipe for wrecks in NASCAR. They can't even handle the one at Watkins Glen without massive pileups, and they're 50mph slower than they would be on a super speedway coming up on that turn. If you cram 40-some cars coming into a chicane on a restart, bad things will happen.

5/6/2012 12:57:24 PM

^if you made it a first gear chicane there may be wrecks but at least they would be low speed and not the 190 mph straight into the wall like plate tracks now. you could also design it have room to go around it in case you need to avoid a wreck or you are going to fast to make. of course you couldnt pass in that situation.

5/6/2012 1:10:41 PM

terrible idea

i'd rather they just have a 450 hp motor for the superspeedways and take the plates off

5/6/2012 1:32:27 PM

It will rain at darlington. It always does.

5/6/2012 2:27:13 PM

Glad BK held off the faggot of nascar.

damn biffle and kennseth with fucked up cars were still strong

5/6/2012 11:23:17 PM

Another reporter pressed on, asking Stewart if he preferred the pack racing over the tandem racing.

"I think we ought to make it a Figure Eight (race)," he said. "I mean, if we could make it a Figure Eight, it would be perfect. It would absolutely be perfect here. It'd be better than what we've got."

At this point, I'll admit it: I could hardly contain myself. I was covering up my mouth giving every effort possible not to laugh in his face.

But Stewart wasn't done yet.

"Or we could stop at halfway, take a break, then turn around and go backward," he said. "Then, with 10 to go, we could split the field and half of them could go in the regular direction and half could go backward."

http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/5/6/3003513/tony-stewart-nascar-talladega-interview-2012

5/7/2012 3:26:09 AM

Way to be a stupid bitch, danica!

5/7/2012 9:10:25 AM

^^audio http://chirb.it/3MK2II

5/7/2012 11:37:13 AM

5/7/2012 1:34:34 PM

I enjoyed that it seemed like about half the reporters knew it was sarcasm and the other half caught on only near the end.

5/7/2012 2:41:21 PM

You have this one buddy who goes to sporting events and decides it's always a GREAT idea to send you tons of updates about the cool experience you're NOT having.

Well, unfortunately for you, your friend attended Sunday's NASCAR race at Talladega and texted you the following updates from the track:

hay what's up man!! RACE DAY at Dega babyyyy. i'm still drunk from last night haha

Campground was off the CHAIN last night!!! cinco de drinko if you know what i mean!! you shoulda come with us!!

tent is soaked. Think it's raining??? or might be from the ladys droolin' all over me in the infield!! awww yeahhhhh

Actually it is raining. And man I couldn't get no ladys. I tried but damn! I don't get it, aren't I a good-lookin' dude?? don't answer that haha

saw lots o' titties on talladega blvd tho!

Mostly man titties lol damn

LMAO just saw a guy in a Kyle DOUCHE shirt fall on his ass in the rain! He deserves it for liking Kyle DOUCHE!!!

haha screw you! just cause you don't have a sense of humor doesnt mean it ain't a funny nickname bro

Thinkin today is the day for junior. Dale.Damn.JUNIOR!!!!!!! just stocked up on Diet Dew crap so i can say i bought it the day he won.

HAY save this text for later so I can say I CALLED IT when Junior wins, k?

just heard some chick say race is gonna be delayed. i said AWESOME cause that gives me time for more BEER

i wonder who invented beer?? I could kiss that guy. Like Ricky Bobby and the french dood!! hahaha

WUT???? Kurt DOUCHE is driving the car from Talladega Nights??? OMG hadnt heard that

wow for a second there I almost liked kurt busch. wtf is wrong with me haha

GREEEEEEEN FLAGGGGGGGGG!!!! you really should have come with us man. this is the best thing ever

Hay you watchin this man? mikey waltrip is winning!!! i love mikey, man. dude is HILARIOUS. his car looks like a birthday cake ahaha

do you hear the storm a comin.......??? Its JUNIOR TIME AT DEGA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUNIOR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HE IS WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gahhhhhhhhhhhh

I TOLD YOU!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, shit. he fell back to like 24th.

think i might root for the Ricky bobby car. i mean, this doesn't mean I have to like kurt douche forever right? just for today i think it's OK. right?

haha this is awesome!!!! just heard kurt busch say Shake n bake!!!!! that just happened

oh f you man, i am not a kurt busch fan now. u suck. I TOLD u just for TODAY

HAY have you seen me on TV yet? i'm wearing a green Dick Dew hat

*DIET Dew not dick. stupid autocorrect

damn WTF, no wrecks yet. this sucksss. hope there's a BIG ONE soon. as long as junior aint in it haha

aint hardly any wrecks in NASCAR lately. more like NAS-BORE, am i right?

OHHHHHHH there it is!!! I TOLD YOU it was coming!!!! big ol pileup

what r u talking about! yes I DID call it. ur a dumbass man, check ur texts!

whatever

damn the ladys look good in the stands today. can't believe ur missing this

haha brad krashalotski is winning. u watching? 30 to go!

WHAT THE HELL!!!!! Krashalotski just spun out Ricky Bobbys car!!!!! YOU SUCK KRASHALOTSKI!!!!!!

so??? i don't even know what that MEANS. you say hes "cool because he tweets pics from his car?" I'm not even ON twitter. that's for nerds like you and krashalotski

dang looks like Matt Kenseth is going to win. FIGURES. everyone knows nascar tries to help Roush get wins because he bribes 'em.

What do you mean "what about Richmond." u are so clueless dude, I've been following this sport my WHOLE LIFE. pretty sure i know what i'm talking about

whatever. u owe me a beer when jayski reports i'm right

WHOAAAA huge crash!!!!! DId u see that!!! Dummy Hamlin wrecked Allmenwhatshisface. haha i dunno how to spell it.

man ur really starting to PISS ME OFF. I don't CARE what you saw on the replay. UR AT HOME. I AM HERE. AT DEGA. OK??? I SAW IT. HAMLINS FAULT GAME OVER CASE CLOSED I'M RIGHT

Awwwww damn tony stewart was in it too. i like SMOKE. he puts those dumbass reporters in theyre place and always agrees with the fans. Man of the people!!!!!

green white checkered baby!!!!!! You know what THAT MEANS??? JUNIOR TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HERE WE GO

what happened to Junior???? he's not getting up there!!!! DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

UH OH. kyle DOUCHE is behind krashalotski!! he's gonna win from second on the last lap!!! oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit

noooooooooooooooo NOT KYLE

oh phew. well your boy Krashalotski won. well maybe he'll "tweet you" about it, whatever the hell that means. NERDS

Hay dumbass, call me when u get tired of TWEETING people and I'll show you how to root for a REAL driver. DEW IT 88!!!

whatever

[Edited on May 12, 2012 at 1:14 PM. Reason : jeff gluck wrote this]

5/12/2012 1:11:37 PM

fox fucked up last night by not showing the reason for the busch/newman fight. kurt did a huge burnout through the newman pit box and almost hit some crewman. you can still see the smoke in the footage they showed of newman's gas man yelling at kurt's crew chief.

5/13/2012 10:47:39 AM

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"Krashalotski"

that's pretty good, better than Wallmendinger and up there with Swervin' Irvan and Nervous Purvis

5/17/2012 1:29:10 PM

Nothing like running a primetime event on SPEED.

5/19/2012 7:57:26 PM

Heart attack *** Junior won something.

Not a fan of the fan-done intros.

5/19/2012 8:39:08 PM

I'd rather watch this than the commercial about the car part sales reality show for the 25th time.

5/19/2012 8:41:23 PM

I just remembered this as I was scrolling through my guide and saw the SPEED channel..

why isn't it on a network station?

also, it says it came on at 7... what has been happening for 2 hours? (Since 7)

5/19/2012 9:01:09 PM

Terrible pre-race coverage, this same god damn commercial for a Bronx car parts reality show currently airing, and a 40 lap race featuring the scrubs of racing.

5/19/2012 9:02:55 PM

Quote :

"and a 40 lap race featuring the scrubs of racing"

^ I take it you have no idea what the hell a semi, LCQ, or B-main is then?

Back when TNN broadcast this race, it wasn't near this tedious to get to the damn main event.

[Edited on May 19, 2012 at 9:12 PM. Reason : /]

5/19/2012 9:09:14 PM

jimmie johnson really made the last 10 laps boring.

5/20/2012 12:01:24 AM

^^ Not familiar with any of those terms, so I guess you win.

I've been to my fair share of Friday night dirt track races with 8 cars on the track, and I'd rather watch that than the start and park rides of NASCAR go 40 laps with Dale Jr, Truex, and 3 other cars that actually matter.

5/20/2012 12:34:57 AM

i was glad to see the jr win the powder puff race. i liked the new format this year, you couldnt just wait on the last segment unless you won one of the first three.

5/20/2012 3:56:54 PM

I'm hearing a lot of disgust on Twitter about the "sandbagging" that occurred segments 2-4.

Maybe next year they should line them up based on # of laps led for the final segment and get rid of Johnson, Kenseth, and Keselowski riding in the back of the field and just trying not to get lapped.

Obviously NASCAR is not scared of changing the format, but the last 10 laps were boring. Also, instead of a 20-20-20-20-10 sequence, they should do 15-15-15-15-30 or 20-20-20-20-30 and actually make it long enough to make a pass in the final segment. Or make the last segment longer than a fuel run (they're bound to be cautions) and still not count the caution laps.

5/21/2012 12:29:29 PM

used to be that it didn't take a bunch of screwing with race format to make for an exciting race

5/21/2012 2:08:44 PM

so I've be invited to the 600 over Memorial Day weekend w/ Joe Gibbs racing pit passes...First time ever having pit passes...what do I have to look forward to?

5/21/2012 3:12:40 PM

Heat exhaustion. I had pit passes last year, it was cool to walk around the pits and see stuff, but it's hotter than fuck down there.

5/21/2012 3:51:17 PM

^^^ I heard something on the way home last night on SiriusXM NASCAR.

Their idea was to award points (race points, not championship points) for each segment.

43 for 1st
42 for 2nd
etc.

after each segment, invert the field, line them up for pit stops and then go racing (with the starting order based on how they come out of pit stops). essentially, the best average finish over the segments wins. This was the best idea I have heard to ensure racing the entire time.

5/22/2012 11:45:42 AM

Not NASCAR, but there's no Indycar thread so I'll put this here. Amped for going to it this weekend, so here's my preview for all of you.

Quote :

"Row 1: 1. Ryan Briscoe/Australia, Penske Chevrolet 2. James Hinchcliffe/Canada, Andretti Chevrolet 3. Ryan Hunter-Reay/U.S., Andretti Chevrolet Row 2: 4. Marco Andretti/U.S., Andretti Chevrolet 5. Will Power/Australia, Penske Chevrolet 6. Helio Castroneves/Brazil, Penske Chevrolet Row 3: 7. Josef Newgarden-R/U.S., Sarah Fisher Hartman Honda 8. Tony Kanaan/Brazil, KV Chevrolet 9. E.J. Viso/Venezuela, KV Chevrolet Row 4: 10. Rubens Barrichello/Brazil, KV Chevrolet 11. Alex Tagliani/Canada, Bryan Herta Honda 12. Graham Rahal/U.S., Chip Ganassi Honda Row 5: 13. Ana Beatriz/Brazil, Andretti/Conquest Chevrolet 14. Charlie Kimball/U.S., Chip Ganassi Honda 15. Scott Dixon/New Zealand, Chip Ganassi Honda Row 6: 16. Dario Franchitti/Scotland, Chip Ganassi Honda 17. James Jakes-R/England, Dale Coyne Honda 18. J.R. Hildebrand/U.S., Panther Chevrolet Row 7: 19. Takuma Sato/Japan, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda 20. Townsend Bell/U.S., Schmidt/Pelfrey Honda 21. Justin Wilson/England, Dale Coyne Honda Row 8: 22. Michel Jourdain/Mexico, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda 23. Simon Pagenaud-R/France, Schmidt Hamilton Honda 24. Sebastian Saavedra/Colombia, Andretti/AFS Chevrolet Row 9: 25. Sebastien Bourdais/France, Dragon Chevrolet 26. Wade Cunningham-R/New Zealand, A.J. Foyt Honda 27. Oriol Servia/Spain, Panther-DRR Chevrolet Row 10: 28. Ed Carpenter/U.S., Ed Carpenter Chevrolet 29. Mike Conway/England, A.J. Foyt Honda 30. Katherine Legge-R/England, Dragon Chevrolet Row 11: 31. Bryan Clauson-R/U.S., Sarah Fisher Hartman Honda 32. Simona de Silvestro/Switzerland, HVM Lotus 33. Jean Alesi-R/France, Fan Force United Lotus"

Former Winners: Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009), Franchitti (2007, 2010), Dixon (2008)
Former Series Champions: Dixon (IRL 2003, 2008), Kanaan (IRL 2004), Bourdais (ChampCar 2004-2007), Franchitti (IRL 2007, 2009-2011)
Rookies: Newgarden, Jakes, Pagenaud, Cunningham, Legge, Clauson, Alesi

Raced in F1: Barrichello, Sato, Wilson, Bourdais, Alesi
Raced in NASCAR Cup: Franchitti, Clauson (once)

Quote :

"Your best bets to win: Briscoe, Hinchcliffe, Hunter-Reay, Andretti, Power, Castroneves Not favorites, but not longshots either: Newgarden, Kanaan, Tagliani, Dixon, Franchitti, Hildebrand If all the cards fall right, we’re Arie Luyendyk in 1990: Viso, Barrichello, Rahal, Beatriz, Kimball, Sato Good drivers in not so good cars: Bell, Bourdais, Pagenaud, Servia, Carpenter They’re starting: Jakes, Wilson, Jourdain, Saavedra, Cunningham, Conway, Legge, Clauson, de Silvestro, Alesi Going off speeds and engines, it’s hard to look past Team Penske and Andretti Autosport. Power you have to say is a favorite but there’s something about him on ovals that just doesn’t seem to click in comparison to how well he does with road courses. Briscoe, eh, for a Penske driver I just don’t rate him much although granted, he took pole. I think Penske’s best chance to win is still Castroneves. The 3 Andretti drivers are all very even at least at the track. Hunter-Reay has struggled mightily at Indy in past years while Andretti does pretty well at the track (2nd, 3rd, 3rd, and 9th in 6 starts). Newgarden’s a difficult rank. His “rookieness” that makes him fast can also make him more likely to crash. There’s a lot of unknowns in this race due to this being the first oval race of the year and with these cars and engines. He’s either in group 2 or group 3 and I wouldn’t argue anyone that thinks he should be lower. Kanaan, Dixon, and Franchitti none of whom I’d bet on winning as other teams are better, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it occurred due to their experience and the fastest car doesn’t always win. Hildebrand is in the group because Panther Racing has somewhat miraculously finished 2nd the last 4 years in a row with 3 different drivers (Vitor Meira, Dan Wheldon twice, and Hildebrand). The 3rd group is a post-race “that guy won, really?” category as Luyendyk when he won in ’90 was in a midfield team and had never won a championship auto race in his career. Viso is quick but I think he’ll be a crash based on reputation. Barrichello I can’t see winning but I imagine he’ll be steady and running at the finish somewhere high. Rahal and Kimball are there for Ganassi, Beatriz is there for Andretti, and Sato has improved this year. Bell took the car he’s in this year to 4th a couple years ago. But with his poor form in qualifying, getting vertigo on Sunday when he meant to practice all day, don’t think his car is quick enough. Ditto his teammate Pagenaud. Bourdais and Servia have had too little practice time after transferring from Lotus to Chevrolet. And Carpenter is pretty quick at the speedway but like some others has not been able to figure it out this year. The 5th group is just the “filling out the grid” group. The driver it’s harshest to is probably Wilson, but in Wilson’s case he’s never really figured out Indy and this year he’s with Dale Coyne’s team."

5/22/2012 12:37:59 PM

Quote :

"after each segment, invert the field, line them up for pit stops and then go racing (with the starting order based on how they come out of pit stops). essentially, the best average finish over the segments wins. This was the best idea I have heard to ensure racing the entire time."

Sounds like something Kenseth would win.

Go back in time and tell the promoter to keep it simple stupid.

Segment 1: 35 laps, after which there's a randomized invert
Segment 2: 25 laps, then you have a caution where people can pit if they so choose
Segment 3: 10 laps

5/22/2012 12:40:37 PM

Quote :

"Sounds like something Kenseth would win. "

Being that he won the last Nextel Cup (2003) prior to the Chase by only winning 1 race all year, I'd agree.

[Edited on May 22, 2012 at 2:22 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2012 2:21:08 PM

Quote :

"Jeffrey Earnhardt to make MMA Cage Debut: On Tuesday night, NASCAR driver and grandson of Dale Earnhardt, Jeffrey Earnhardt, will trade in driving gloves for a pair of MMA fight gloves. Earnhardt makes his MMA debut during Speedweek. "I've been using MMA as my training regimen so I'm excited to show the fans that race car drivers are athletes just like in other professional sports. I've been preparing for this fight since December and think I'm ready. My next race is in a few weeks [Daytona, July 6th] so I felt comfortable that now was a good time." The fight is scheduled for Tuesday evening May 22. The Internet card starts at 8:30pm/et and can be viewed live online at http://www.jeimma.com, its $15 for the pay per view.(PR)(5-22-2012)"

[Edited on May 22, 2012 at 2:41 PM. Reason : .]

5/22/2012 2:41:31 PM

Quote :

"Their idea was to award points (race points, not championship points) for each segment. 43 for 1st 42 for 2nd etc. after each segment, invert the field, line them up for pit stops and then go racing (with the starting order based on how they come out of pit stops). essentially, the best average finish over the segments wins. This was the best idea I have heard to ensure racing the entire time."

so if you only have 4 points(worst) then you start 1st going in the last segment? i dont get it

jeff gluck made a good suggestion, line up the segment winners 4, 3, 2, 1 instead of 1, 2, 3, 4. that way if you win the first segment you may still try to improve your spot for the final segment.

5/22/2012 4:37:40 PM