Only 43 days until the 500! I really like the look of the new bodies for this year. WTF were they thinking in 2007 with that monstrosity they used to race

2007 COT:



2013:

1/12/2013 9:09:28 AM

I still like the nationwide series bodies better, but the Gen 6 cars are muuuuuuch better than their previous "COT" counterparts.

1/12/2013 9:16:35 AM

we got a real battle for rookie of the year in 2013.



Vs.



In the blue corner, 2011 and 2012 NW series champion.

In the red corner, some chick that takes purdy pictures. To her credit, she has been known to finish on the lead lap if she can catch a lucky dog or wave around.

Cant wait to see how this plays out.

1/19/2013 10:17:24 AM

Congrats Denny Hamlin...baby: per Denny Hamlin's twitter: "Introducing Taylor James Hamlin! Born Jan 20 at 20:20! Weighting 6lb 5oz and 20 inches in length. Mother is Jordan Fish.

1/21/2013 11:26:37 AM

Someone tell me about the new sprint unlimited rules again.

1/21/2013 11:01:12 PM

Rookie of the Year has become meaningless, it's meant very little in recent Cup history as NASCAR has become early '90s CART and they can't find sponsors for drivers that aren't gimmicks (Danica), veterans with already established names, or ridebuyers. Stenhouse for all intents and purposes should've been in Cup last year but Roush couldn't find any money for him, and he's only there because Kenseth moved somewhere else.

2012: Stephen Leicht
2011: Andy Lally
2010: Kevin Conway

Quote :

"To her credit, she has been known to finish on the lead lap if she can catch a lucky dog or wave around."

So does Junior. When she was in Indycar, I would love riling up Junior fans that she was just the Indycar version of Junior: Top 10, never wins, yet is Most Popular Driver for something that has nothing to deal with driving talent. (All that said, it's not bad for a series to have those people to sell tickets and get eyeballs watching on TV.)

[Edited on January 21, 2013 at 11:54 PM. Reason : /]

1/21/2013 11:46:30 PM

current full-time driver list on Jayski:

Chevy

Hendrick: Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Stewart Haas: Danica Patrick, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman
Childress: Paul Menard, Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton
Earnhardt Ganassi: Jamie McMurray, Juan Pablo Montoya
Furniture Row: Kurt Busch
Phoenix: Regan Smith/A.J. Allmendinger/Austin Dillon
Tommy Baldwin: Dave Blaney
Joe Falk: Austin Dillon/Stephen Leicht/Cole Whitt
Max Q: J.J. Yeley

Ford

Roush: Greg Biffle, Ricky Stenhouse, Carl Edwards
Penske: Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano
Richard Petty: Marcos Ambrose, Aric Almirola
Front Row: Josh Wise, David Ragan, David Gilliland
FAS Lane: Ken Schrader/Terry Labonte
Germain: Casey Mears
Phil Parsons: Michael McDowell

Toyota:

Joe Gibbs: Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth
Michael Waltrip: Clint Bowyer, Mark Martin/Michael Waltrip/Brian Vickers, Martin Truex
JTG Daugherty: Bobby Labonte
BK: Travis Kvapil, David Reutimann
Swan: David Stremme/Michael Waltrip
Nemco: Joe Nemechek

thoughts:

-Dodge wins the Cup Championship with Keselowski and is now no longer in the sport
-Roger Penske thinks a lot more of Joey Logano than I do
-lame duck year will not lead to much in the way of results for Kevin Harvick at Childress I'd bet, he's going to Stewart Haas in 2014 and will bring Budweiser with him
-is Kurt Busch going to Furniture Row from Phoenix really all that much of a promotion?
-guys I think 2013 will be their last year as full-timers: Bobby Labonte, Jeff Burton
-people will crap on Danica but she'll lead to more tickets being sold and higher ratings for races, is that fair or right? no, but since when did those things matter?
-no full-time ride for Allmendinger
-Stenhouse is a legitimate up-and-comer and I think will be the first new driver into the sport that will create excitement with fans in 4 years, it's been very stagnant the past few years as far as new names as I show in my previous post on Rookies of the Year

[Edited on January 22, 2013 at 12:18 AM. Reason : /]

1/22/2013 12:15:10 AM

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8873043/dale-earnhardt-jr-no-88-unsponsored-13-races

1/23/2013 11:50:10 PM

Quote :

"Mother is Jordan Fish."

Why would he have to say who the mother is?

1/24/2013 9:40:46 AM

^maybe cause he aint married???

lol at BK

Quote :

" The 28-year-old single driver explained Wednesday night what he had hoped would come with winning his first Cup title: “When I first moved to North Carolina, I moved to Dale (Earnhardt) Jr.’s plantation, farm, whatever you want to call it. The biggest disappointment — there were some great things — but I just really expected that I would be just pulling in the gate and there would be like women in the fountains and things like that. Just awesomeness like the Playboy mansion and that didn't happen and I was like, ‘Aww...’ “So maybe in my mind, I have this little fountain at my house. Maybe in mind, I was hoping for that. It didn’t happen.” After winning the title at Homestead-Miami Speedway in November, Keselowski made no secret of his desire to date a celebrity. “I’ve always wanted to date a celebrity,” he said. “I’m just throwing that out there. I think that would be cool. … Not a Kardashian, though.” Keselowski admits that he has a crush on actress Jennifer Love Hewitt but has yet to hear from her. “Apparently she’s busy,” he said. Keselowski didn’t expect beautiful women to just show up after he became the champion, "but I was hoping!” he said. "

1/24/2013 11:23:15 AM

Quote :

"we got a real battle for rookie of the year in 2013: Danica Patrick vs. Ricky Stenhouse Jr."

Yeah, so much so that Danica says they're dating.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/omg-nascar-danica-patrick-confirms-she-dating-ricky-130010531--nascar.html

Quote :

"This appears to be the first time two competitors are romantically linked, a writer says."

Not quite, although I don't blame the writer for not knowing it, Elton Sawyer and Patty Moise were married and raced against one another in Busch.

1/25/2013 11:27:07 AM

LOL at BK and his comments above. Dude just earned some points in my book.

1/25/2013 2:15:09 PM

ROTY? more like nookie of the year. amirite

1/25/2013 3:38:37 PM

Rubbin is racing

1/25/2013 3:46:46 PM

Any of you NGRs want to do fantasy nascar

1/25/2013 8:40:21 PM

^ i do the yahoo. you have a group?

1/25/2013 10:43:02 PM

My friends aren't true fans. More first and last 10 fans. I'll start a yahoo group if I have at least 5

1/25/2013 11:20:48 PM

i think it would be the tits if they showed a G-force graph like the one in this video during nascar telecasts

http://youtu.be/dgJsZyDQS6c

1/27/2013 10:23:29 AM

Quote :

"Tyler Walker, a former Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series driver suspended for violating NASCAR’s drug policy in 2007, was arrested after a high-speed vehicle chase that started in Nevada, went through Arizona and ended in Utah. He was charged with three felonies — evading by vehicle, possession of amphetamine and possession of marijuana — and misdemeanors including possession of drug paraphernalia and being under the influence of marijuana and driving under the influence. According to jail records, he was released on bond of $18,020. "

drugs are bad mmmkay

1/31/2013 9:25:26 PM

Quote :

"SPEED presents 11 consecutive days of programming for the first time ever, the network has it covered with nearly 100 hours of programming from the legendary track beginning Feb. 14 at 6 pm/et with a special two-hour edition of NASCAR Race Hub from Media Day. The fan-voted-upon format for The Sprint Unlimited at Daytona (formerly the Budweiser Shootout) will be revealed Feb. 14 on Hub. A total of 25 SPEED on-air personalities present two weeks of on-track action to viewers beginning when Cup Series cars fire up Feb. 15 for the first The Sprint Unlimited practice session, carried live on SPEED at 5:00 pm/et NASCAR Race Hub returns to deliver all the days' happenings Feb. 18-20 at 6:00 pm/et, with Danielle Trotta hosting from the SPEED Studios and Byrnes and Ray Dunlap on-site at Daytona. SPEED is live from the Budweiser Duel at Daytona on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 2:00 pm/et as drivers battle for the final spots on the Daytona 500 starting grid. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opens its season under the lights Feb. 22 at 7:00pm/et with NCWTS Setup with Krista Voda setting the stage for the green flag at 7:30 pm/et. Rick Allen hosts with Michael Waltrip and Phil Parsons providing analysis and Dunlap, Hermie Sadler and Bob Dillner reporting from the pits. New to the SPEED docket from Daytona this year is live race coverage of three NASCAR Home Tracks races -- NASCAR Whelen All-American Series (Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm/et), the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (Feb. 19 at 7:00 pm/et) and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series (Feb. 19 at 8:30 pm/et). NASCAR RaceDay Fueled by Sunoco returns for three pre-race editions from Daytona with John Roberts hosting, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace, Larry McReynolds and Matt Clark providing analysis, complemented by Wendy Venturini and Rutledge Wood reporting from the garage. NASCAR RaceDay offers pre-race coverage of the Sprint Unlimited, Budweiser Duel at Daytona and an expanded three-hour show Feb. 24 (9:00 am -12:00pm/et) leading into FOX Sports and FOX Deportes' live coverage of the 55th running of the Daytona 500. Trackside, the network's longest-running NASCAR program, returns Feb. 22 at 5:30 pp/et for a live, 30-minute edition hosted by Voda, Petty, Wood and Kaitlyn Vincie. The gang hangs around the next day for another one-hour edition at 4:30 pm/et. Live coverage of Cup and Truck Series practice and qualifying sessions, as well as up-to-the-minute updates from NASCAR Live! and SPEED Center, hosted by Adam Alexander, round out the schedule, with Wind Tunnel and Dave Despain hopping back in his chair for an 11th season Feb. 24 at 8:00 pm/et live. NASCAR Victory Lane, SPEED's Cup Series post-race show, rolls into the famed Victory Lane at Daytona Feb. 21 and Feb. 24 at 5:30 pm/et live with hosts Roberts, Petty and Wallace and reporting by Dillner"

only 1 week away until TV coverage starts

i hope they do the free wind tunnel podcast again this year. i like to listen to that at work

[Edited on February 7, 2013 at 5:06 PM. Reason : w]

2/7/2013 5:02:53 PM

2/7/2013 11:30:17 PM

just insert standard trolling lines from me about turning left. see yall next year

2/7/2013 11:32:46 PM

Well I see the dinger will be rolling with you lame pussies next year aarroonn

2/7/2013 11:42:37 PM

Quote :

"Any past champion who ran at least one race the previous season starts the year with one provisional starting spot. Once a driver uses it, they must make six attempts to qualify before getting another past champion’s provisional — the driver would get use of the provisional at that sixth race. Instead of the top 35 teams being locked into a race, only seven drivers will enter a race with a guaranteed a spot. The first 36 spots will be based on qualifying speed, then six spots go to non-qualifiers based on owner points. The final spot goes to a past champion. If there’s no past champion, the final spot goes to the next driver based on owner points. "

2/8/2013 5:46:15 PM

^ They're reverting back to the old provisional rule before the top 35 crap.

2/8/2013 6:29:09 PM

19 drivers are entered in the 2013 Sprint Unlimited:
1) #5-Kasey Kahne. Farmers Insurance Chevy
2) #9-Marcos Ambrose, Ford Stanley Ford
3) #11-Denny Hamlin, FedEx Express Toyota
4) #14-Tony Stewart, Mobil 1-Bass Pro Shops Chevy
5) #16-Greg Biffle, 3M Ford
6) #18-Kyle Busch, M&M's Toyota
7) #20-Matt Kenseth, Dollar General Toyota
8) #22-Joey Logano, Shell Pennzoil Ford
9) #24-Jeff Gordon, Drive to End Hunger Chevy
10) #29-Kevin Harvick, Budweiser Chevy
11) #32-Ken Schrader, TBA Ford
12) #42-Juan Pablo, Target Chevy
13) #43-Aric Almirola, Smithfield Ford
14) #48-Jimmie Johnson, Lowe's Yellow Chevy
15) #55-Mark Martin, Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota
16) #56-Martin Truex Jr, NAPA Toyota
17) #78-Kurt Busch, Furniture Row Racing Chevy
18) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr, National Guard Chevy
19) #99-Carl Edwards, Fastenal Ford
eligible but not entered:
A.J. Allmendinger
Bill Elliott
Terry Labonte

2/13/2013 2:18:37 PM

speaking of Allmendinger, he's testing a Penske Indycar

2/13/2013 5:52:33 PM

Quote :

" Part of the format for Saturday's Sprint Unlimited race has been decided, with fans voting for a three-segment race that includes 30 laps, 25 laps and a final 20-lap shootout. Fans also are being asked to vote on whether there will be a pit stop during the race, whether drivers will be eliminated after the second segment, and how many, and how the starting lineup will determined. The starting lineup for the 19-driver race will be announced before the race, while the pit stop and eliminations will be announced during the race. The race is set for 8 p.m. ET Saturday "

[Edited on February 14, 2013 at 5:09 PM. Reason : s]

2/14/2013 5:08:17 PM

Quote :

"for the Daytona 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway is over. After 120 minutes of single car runs, the fastest was the $low Daddy car at 196.219mph followed by #14-Stewart, #18-Busch, #88-Earnhardt Jr., #1-McMurray, #21-Bayne, #27-Menard, #39-Newman, #22-Logano and #31-Burton. All 42 of the 45 cars made runs. #19-Bliss was the slowest at 188.072mph. Three drivers didn't practice: #33-Dillon, #78-Busch and #52-Brian Keselowski. The only incident was #42-Montona losing an engine."

2/16/2013 5:11:49 PM

Nice job sprint. That shit was boring

2/17/2013 2:32:55 PM

^was boring at the end because they waited until after the white to try to pass. they wont make that mistake in the 500

#10-Patrick (8th out) 196.434mph - pole winner
#24-Gordon (30th out) 196.292 - outside pole winner
#21-Bayne (39th out) 195.976 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by speed
#39-Newman (14th out) 195.946 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by speed
#14-Stewart (1st) 195.925 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by speed
#5-Kahne (37th out) 195.852 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by speed
#11-Hamlin (24th out) 195.771 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by owners points/provisional
#18-Busch (3rd), 195.767
#22-Logano (35th out) 195.767
#20-Kenseth (29th out) 195.725
#88-Earnhardt Jr. (26th out) 195.584
#17-Stenhouse Jr (19th out) 195.537 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by owners points/provisional
#42-Montoya (45th out) 195.508
#27-Menard (16th out) 195.503
#13-Mears (6th) 195.495
#33-Dillon (23rd out) 195.385
#99-Edwards (44th out) 195.240
#15-Bowyer (22nd out) 195.228 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by owners points/provisional
#56-Truex Jr., (4th) 195.207
#31-Burton (36th out) 195.156
#48-Johnson (33rd out) 195.084 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by owners points/provisional
#1-McMurray (18th out) 195.042
#2-Keselowski (31st out) 194.951 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by owners points/provisional
#9-Ambrose (15th out) 194.793
#29-Harvick (40th out) 194.742
#43-Almirola (9th) 194.742
#16-Biffle (21st out) 194.729 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by owners points/provisional
#55-Martin (11th out) 194.683
#38-Gilliland (32nd out) 194.654
#34-Ragan (39th out) 194.616mph
#26-Waltrip (25th out) 194.313
#35-Wise (43rd out) 194.254
#78-Busch (42nd out) 193.657 - locked in Daytona 500 at least by past champions provisional
#98-McDowell (7th) 193.544
#95-Speed (34th out) 193.540
#32-Labonte (5th) 193.515
#51-Smith (27th out) 193.096
#7-Blaney (13th out) 192.996
#47-Labonte (17th out) 192.563
#36-Yeley (12th out) 192.094
#83-Reutimann (20th out) 190.339
#93-Kvapil (10th) 190.142
#87-Nemechek (28th out) 190.046
#19-Bliss (2nd), 189.438
#52-Keselowski (41st out) 184.253

2/17/2013 5:12:43 PM

^ low car count this year

it's nice Danica got pole, but me being old enough to be cynical and old enough to know the sport and how it works, Daytona is one of the two tracks that require the least amount of driver talent as it's heavily dependant on the car and engine, and Chevy decided to give her team the best engine for a free week's worth of publicity as the media get to follow her around even more; makes NASCAR happy, they'll sell more tickets and get the race even more in the national spotlight

will she win? Daytona's one big crapshoot that is 70% luck, 20% car and engine, 10% driver (Dale Jr. has 9 of his 19 career wins on tracks like that ), she has as good a chance as Trevor Bayne in 2011, but the win did nothing for his career because once you put him on other tracks, he wasn't that good a driver at that point in time, which is one of the problems with Daytona and how it's just one big cluster

[Edited on February 17, 2013 at 7:19 PM. Reason : /]

2/17/2013 7:13:05 PM

^yep, will be interesting at phoenix in 2 weeks when she is a go or go homer in qualifying unless it rains.

i think it would hilarious if Jr. misses the first race after they did away with the top 35 rule. the duels on thursday should be good

[Edited on February 17, 2013 at 8:46 PM. Reason : jr]

2/17/2013 8:40:02 PM

If only 45 showed up to Daytona, she may not have to worry. I think the back of the field is going to decline this year anyway leading to less genuine drivers in trouble to qualify. There is going to be so much money in her car compared to Joe Nemechek for example.

[Edited on February 17, 2013 at 9:07 PM. Reason : .]

2/17/2013 9:06:21 PM

Field fillers in my bud shoot out. Bobby hang it up.

2/18/2013 12:44:35 PM

What the hell? No Danica Patrick takes the pole jokes? Seriously I am disappoint in you people...

2/18/2013 4:07:30 PM

^there was a thread in chit chat for those

this thread is for serious biddness

2/19/2013 7:32:36 AM

Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick win the Duels. Harvick looking to become the first person to win the Unlimited, Duel and 500 in the same year.

LOL at the Harvick interview. Dude is sittin outside his motor home, feet propped up, drinkin a budweiser because theres a sign on his motor home that his baby is sleeping, so he can't go in. Good stuff

2/21/2013 5:26:29 PM

I'm already in two Yahoo! groups if you want to get another one going, Ragged.

2/21/2013 6:50:48 PM

Didn't have enough interest in a real fantasy group so I just did one by myself.

2/21/2013 7:42:31 PM

the onion:

Quote :

"Danica Patrick Lauded For Breaking Down Barriers For Attractive Women DAYTONA BEACH, FL—Having secured pole position at the 55th Annual Daytona 500 this Sunday, stock car racer Danica Patrick reportedly has drawn universal praise for smashing social barriers on behalf of stunningly beautiful women everywhere. “In reaching this latest milestone, Danica has once more shown that no challenge is too great for a young, gorgeous female,” said ESPN racing columnist David Newton of the winsome, well-proportioned NASCAR driver, who in addition to her feats on the racetrack is widely regarded as one of the most alluring women in professional sports. “Demonstrating that she can both compete with and even surpass her male peers, Danica is living proof that there is no obstacle a good-looking woman cannot overcome. Her continued success sends an important message to little girls around the world that, provided they believe in themselves and are gorgeous, they can achieve their dreams.” Newton confirmed that if Patrick takes the checkered flag at Daytona, it would be the most significant symbolic victory since 2004, when Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s win at the race proved once and for all that privileged white men who come from NASCAR families can do anything"

2/22/2013 5:30:36 PM

Anybody think Danica will even lead the 1st lap?

2/23/2013 1:41:50 AM

prolly not. I fully expect her to spin the tires and pile up half the field before they even cross the line

2/23/2013 1:56:22 AM

With the big motor, she should be Top 10 at least.

2/23/2013 2:28:39 AM

The qualifying was rigged

You're a big fake wrestling fan, you should know this

She probably won't wreck until at least the 25th lap, but I'm sure Gordon will pass her and lead the 1st lap

2/23/2013 2:31:23 AM

Rigged because she has the big motor.

She'll still have the big motor for the race.

2/23/2013 2:38:23 AM

she can barely crack the top-10 in the Nationwide series, not sure why you think she's going to place top-10 in the Daytona 500

2/23/2013 3:05:37 AM

Word on twitter is that she is going to start on the outside of 1st row instead of pole position.

2/23/2013 11:41:27 AM

lol nascar

[Edited on February 23, 2013 at 3:38 PM. Reason : probably gonna fuck up the tipoff time while they cleanup debris ]

2/23/2013 3:38:20 PM

Fuck basketball. That was unreal.

2/23/2013 4:07:20 PM