The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing thread

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 18 Feb 2013, 00:50

Wallio wrote:
SeedStriker wrote:
Wallio wrote:Well thats mostly because NOONE likes Dario. NOONE. Jimmie Johnson today said of Daytona qualifying "A monkey can do this". Looks like he was right......
I blame Jeff Gordon. He didn't poop today. 4/10ths of a second is just a poop. Why you no poop Gordon?

Well, after Jimmie's qualy, maybe a monkey would've been faster than him...
I can imagine Knaus in the radio saying "Jimmie, the monkey was faster than you."

Yea Chad would say that lol. The Monkey in a 7th Henrick car.

Fixed.

Media is having a field day over here too. I hope Danica wins the race because half of the idiots that make up the NASCAR Internet fanbase will rage quit.

Hound55 · Post by **Hound55** » 18 Feb 2013, 01:51

SimtekFan32 wrote:Actually, while we're on the subject of ARCA, John Less Talented managed to find some. I know, I'm about as shocked as everyone is. Him and Milk and Donuts were on the front row for this race too.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ ... t-daytona/

That was a fairly boring race, really. The beginning was marred by some amateurish driving (Juicy Jousse, I'm looking at you, refusing to pit and blowing up your engine, then subsequently throwing a fit over it) and an accident that took out Wallace Jr, who was the driver I was rooting for. The rest was single file monotony.

Cynon wrote:Media is having a field day over here too. I hope Danica wins the race because half of the idiots that make up the NASCAR Internet fanbase will rage quit.

The media would have had a field day regardless. After all, this is the Danica... err, Daytona 500.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 18 Feb 2013, 04:49

Oh god, all of NASCAR fans will either be fapping over this or absolutely raging like idiots. Not looking forward to the irritating BS that I will have to read through

DOSBoot · Post by **DOSBoot** » 18 Feb 2013, 05:03

One thing's for sure. The commentators will be saying "Danica" a lot tomorrow. :evil:

I hope she DNFs so I don't have to hear the media circus as much.

Yannick · Post by **Yannick** » 18 Feb 2013, 13:11

After Mrs Patrick's pole position at the Daytona 500 makes it look like IndyCar drivers can succeed in NASCAR after all, at least as far as oval specialists are concerned. She certainly has learnt from the mistakes of those transition drivers who went there before her, and that includes her boss Tony Stewart and Dario Franchitti. Good luck for the race.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 18 Feb 2013, 13:17

Yannick wrote:After Mrs Patrick's pole position at the Daytona 500 makes it look like IndyCar drivers can succeed in NASCAR after all, at least as far as oval specialists are concerned. She certainly has learnt from the mistakes of those transition drivers who went there before her, and that includes her boss Tony Stewart and Dario Franchitti. Good luck for the race.

I thought Tony Stewart already proved that? Or does he not really count, since he only competed in IndyCar when it was racing like twice a year?

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 18 Feb 2013, 13:20

Yannick wrote:After Mrs Patrick's pole position at the Daytona 500 makes it look like IndyCar drivers can succeed in NASCAR after all, at least as far as oval specialists are concerned. She certainly has learnt from the mistakes of those transition drivers who went there before her, and that includes her boss Tony Stewart and Dario Franchitti. Good luck for the race.

I think we all know that NASCAR just didn't tighten the screws for the restrictor plate as much as they did for the others, just to make global headlines.

Post by **Londoner** » 18 Feb 2013, 14:15

I can't wait for the DANICAWINSLOL shitstorm to begin. :lol:

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 18 Feb 2013, 17:05

i only use the "-WINSLOL" thing for dominating performances throughout a single season. such as 2010 "VETTELWINSLOL"

pi314159 · Post by **pi314159** » 18 Feb 2013, 17:09

nome66 wrote:i only use the "-WINSLOL" thing for dominating performances throughout a single season. such as 2010 "VETTELWINSLOL"

You mean 2011 VETTELWINSLOL.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 18 Feb 2013, 17:14

yea that one whatever

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 18 Feb 2013, 20:14

Hound55 wrote:
SimtekFan32 wrote:Actually, while we're on the subject of ARCA, John Less Talented managed to find some. I know, I'm about as shocked as everyone is. Him and Milk and Donuts were on the front row for this race too.

http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ ... t-daytona/

That was a fairly boring race, really. The beginning was marred by some amateurish driving (Juicy Jousse, I'm looking at you, refusing to pit and blowing up your engine, then subsequently throwing a fit over it) and an accident that took out Wallace Jr, who was the driver I was rooting for. The rest was single file monotony.

Except for the abnormalities with Bobby Gerhardt's car at the end allowing the likes of John Less Talented to win. As in Gerhardt having car with superior fuel mileage run out of gas.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 18 Feb 2013, 20:15

East Londoner wrote:I can't wait for the DANICAWINSLOL shitstorm to begin.

I bet that Brian Keselowski makes the field and wins in that car that was 13 miles per hour slower than Danica's. Now that would be comedy.

Note: This ended up being impossible, but a man can dream right.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 19 Feb 2013, 15:54

I was one of Danica's biggest haters, but if she wins, I'll eat crow as she'll finally have a legit win (I'm sorry but winning against less than 20 cars at the Twin Ring when 2 people in front of you run out of gas isn't legit, it just isn't) but I still won't like her. The AP ran a story today with the headline "Danica: Now I can Be Myself" What does that even mean? Were you fake before? Why does one pole change that? Please Danica just keep your head down and let you driving do the talking. For what its worth, ESPN ran a poll asking where she would finish. 59% said 20th or below, while only 7% thought's she'd win. Regardless though, Tony Stewart is the MAN right now. 3 cars in the top 5 all with realistic shots at winning, and the biggest media frenzy since Senior died. Way to go Smoke!

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 19 Feb 2013, 21:02

dear lord i hope this danica-mania stops soon. ESPN Sportcenter showed her face every five minutes between a 20 minute cycle of College Basketball.

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 20 Feb 2013, 15:26

nome66 wrote:dear lord i hope this danica-mania stops soon. ESPN Sportcenter showed her face every five minutes between a 20 minute cycle of College Basketball.

There are worse faces to see than Danica Patrick's.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 20 Feb 2013, 15:56

Faustus wrote:
nome66 wrote:dear lord i hope this danica-mania stops soon. ESPN Sportcenter showed her face every five minutes between a 20 minute cycle of College Basketball.

There are worse faces to see than Danica Patrick's.

There are more talented faces than Danica Patrick's, too. The thing that really bugs me is that she's not actually that good. She's not Milka Duno, by a long shot, but really she's an average driver who is made out to be one of the Franchittis, Powers, Kesolowskis, and Johnsons of the American racing scene because she's a woman.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 22 Feb 2013, 17:36

Kyle Busch and Mr. Delana Harvick take the 2 duels setting the field. Gotta feel bad for Mark Marti and Carl Edwards, both have torn up 4 cars each. If practice and testing are anything to go by, I'm putting the over under of Finishers at 20. Any takers?

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 22 Feb 2013, 22:59

pasta_maldonado wrote:
Faustus wrote:
nome66 wrote:dear lord i hope this danica-mania stops soon. ESPN Sportcenter showed her face every five minutes between a 20 minute cycle of College Basketball.

There are worse faces to see than Danica Patrick's.

There are more talented faces than Danica Patrick's, too. The thing that really bugs me is that she's not actually that good. She's not Milka Duno, by a long shot, but really she's an average driver who is made out to be one of the Franchittis, Powers, Kesolowskis, and Johnsons of the American racing scene because she's a woman.

No, not because she's a woman, but because she is a glamor girl.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 23 Feb 2013, 04:40

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
Yannick wrote:After Mrs Patrick's pole position at the Daytona 500 makes it look like IndyCar drivers can succeed in NASCAR after all, at least as far as oval specialists are concerned. She certainly has learnt from the mistakes of those transition drivers who went there before her, and that includes her boss Tony Stewart and Dario Franchitti. Good luck for the race.

I thought Tony Stewart already proved that? Or does he not really count, since he only competed in IndyCar when it was racing like twice a year?

Tony Stewart did it when it was all ovals all the time as did Casey Mears to significantly less success and fanfare in both series.

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 23 Feb 2013, 19:17

And Danica is outta the Nationwide race with some engine issues it looks like. I'm okay with this.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 23 Feb 2013, 21:33

BAD Wreck on the last lap. An engine and a tire amongst other things flew into the stands. Several fans hurt.......

All rumor at this point but Jayski is reporting several strechers in the stands and the sound of sirens. First 20 rows of seats got nailed.....

Cynon · Post by **Cynon** » 23 Feb 2013, 21:34

That was inevitable. o_o

Hound55 · Post by **Hound55** » 23 Feb 2013, 21:50

That was the worst wreck I've seen in a while. Very scary situation.

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 23 Feb 2013, 21:50

Damn. Hope everyone is okay.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 23 Feb 2013, 23:09

Hound55 wrote:That was the worst wreck I've seen in a while. Very scary situation.

Worst wreck since Geoff Bodine in the Daytona catch fence around that spot in the trioval about 13 years ago. Just glad to see Kyle Larson jump out of that car right afterwards as I haven't seen many crashes where the car was destroyed to the firewall. I heard that there is a fan in surgery with head trauma, but I kind of knew that was possible knowing that Larson's car was destroyed to the firewall.

eichy · Post by **eichy** » 24 Feb 2013, 03:52

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdcRWs79aUo

Crazy.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 24 Feb 2013, 04:19

i have no words and thus no reason to tell you to mind the language because i and many other members on this board would say the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXqi0AyEfOA

Post by **mario** » 24 Feb 2013, 07:53

Onxy Wrecked wrote:
Hound55 wrote:That was the worst wreck I've seen in a while. Very scary situation.

Worst wreck since Geoff Bodine in the Daytona catch fence around that spot in the trioval about 13 years ago. Just glad to see Kyle Larson jump out of that car right afterwards as I haven't seen many crashes where the car was destroyed to the firewall. I heard that there is a fan in surgery with head trauma, but I kind of knew that was possible knowing that Larson's car was destroyed to the firewall.

The latest reports from Autosport make for grim reading - according to them, two fans are in a critical condition and 28 were injured altogether (of which 14 required hospital treatment). At least we can be thankful that it wasn't worse...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105690

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 24 Feb 2013, 18:11

What the hell? 50 Cent at NASCAR? :lol:

I like Fiddy, but it's a bit bizarre to see him at a NASCAR event. :mrgreen:

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 24 Feb 2013, 20:30

It makes sense. NO ONE there would know who he is lol.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:14

Dear god, Speed is leading the race with just over 20 to go. Now, is he gonna get burnt by the caution or not? My knowledge of how Oval Racing works is pretty limited at best.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:16

i don't know speed well enough to tell whether he'll crack under JPM's pressure from behind. all i want from this race is a Ford to win.
Ford are clearly the underdog here, regardless of Toyota's apparent engine issues.
Speed's in the pits as i type this, Keslowski and some other stricken Fords are near the front with Ambrose's clean RPM Ford just behind.

Post by **Londoner** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:19

Scott lackofSpeed is in the LEAD? Holy moly. :shock:

Get that Rejects profile written up ASAP Enoch!

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:29

Phantom Debris caution! Looks like Nascar wanted a good finish. Although it looks like there was a piece of debris.

Post by **Londoner** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:32

RealRacingRoots wrote:Phantom Debris caution! Looks like Nascar wanted a good finish. Although it looks like there was a piece of debris.

I guess they're trying to engineer DANICAWINSLOL to troll everyone. :lol:

Ferrarist · Post by **Ferrarist** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:40

JOHNSONWINSLOL :roll:

Seriously, this was one of these "classic" NASCAR finishes? How anticlimatic.

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:41

As 5TIME5TIME5TIME5TIME5TIME wins it. It was an allright race, haven't seen that drafting style in nascar in at least a decade. As 5Time busts up his splitter celebrating. :lol:

Hound55 · Post by **Hound55** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:48

It seems like the drivers are all too paranoid to make a move prior to the final lap. And they all know by now you can't do that and expect to win, so I don't understand why they all aren't acting earlier.

And Logano really lost there. Restarted 7th, finished 19th, all because he started on the inside. He was making moves all over the place, too, so you can't blame him for not trying.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 24 Feb 2013, 21:55

Hound55 wrote:It seems like the drivers are all too paranoid to make a move prior to the final lap. And they all know by now you can't do that and expect to win, so I don't understand why they all aren't acting earlier.

And Logano really lost there. Restarted 7th, finished 19th, all because he started on the inside. He was making moves all over the place, too, so you can't blame him for not trying.

They need a smaller spoiler as to make the cars more unstable and make them unable to even stay in a line which goes 20 cars in a line.