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Post by **Londoner** » 15 Oct 2014, 21:37

Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium. :lol:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 15 Oct 2014, 22:57

East Londoner wrote:Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium.

If that happens, I hope he doesn't even score another top-5... he's only had 2 all season!

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 16 Oct 2014, 09:18

Salamander wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium.

If that happens, I hope he doesn't even score another top-5... he's only had 2 all season!

Eh what? Seriously? There's a championship contender who has only had 2 top-5s all season? :shock:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 16 Oct 2014, 09:28

dr-baker wrote:
Salamander wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium.

If that happens, I hope he doesn't even score another top-5... he's only had 2 all season!

Eh what? Seriously? There's a championship contender who has only had 2 top-5s all season?

Yep. That's what the new Chase format allows.

Speaking of the Chase, am I the only one who is anticipating all the inevitably awful Chase puns that happen as soon as Chase Elliott moves up to the Cup series?

Faustus · Post by **Faustus** » 17 Oct 2014, 14:37

East Londoner wrote:Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium.

Brian France will have a shitfit and be embarassed as bathplug if this happens.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 20 Oct 2014, 05:08

i met a Roush/Yates Nationwide Series mechanic at my job yesterday. i mean, no season talk, no driver gossip, just you know.... i met a Roush/yates mechanic. haven't been following the chase, since it's sort of odd and meaningless this year.

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 23 Oct 2014, 20:59

Faustus wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium.

Brian France will have a shitfit and be embarassed as bathplug if this happens.

If NASCAR really wants to make winning mean everything why not just bring in Bernie's Medals System?

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 25 Oct 2014, 01:20

Salamander wrote:
dr-baker wrote:Drivers are racing under the influence of drugs? I hope to God that nobody else is doing the same in motor sport.

Obviously you've never heard of Shane Hmiel.

Or Kevin Grubb and Aaron Fike. Fike was on heroin and painkillers in many races.

Post by **Londoner** » 26 Oct 2014, 21:53

Dale Earnhardt Jr may have just cost Jeff Gordon a place in the Chase final. What an absolute asshat.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 26 Oct 2014, 22:46

Faustus wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Brad Keselowski goes full retard

The fact that Russler, Jr, and Kes could all be eliminated from the Chase this weekend is hilarious. I've decided I want Ryan Newman to win the Cup this year...without winning a race or even getting a podium.

Brian France will have a shitfit and be embarassed as bathplug if this happens.

Looks like he now has a podium? Barely a tenth ahead of 5th?

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 03 Nov 2014, 12:43

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/jeff-gordon-goes-after-brad-keselowski-following-on-track-contact-at-texas-011719368.html

An even bigger fight involving Keselowski.

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 03 Nov 2014, 13:31

golic_2004 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/jeff-gordon-goes-after-brad-keselowski-following-on-track-contact-at-texas-011719368.html

An even bigger fight involving Keselowski.

Very silly. But not as silly as Harvicks cowardly shove on Keselowski from behind. What a loser.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 03 Nov 2014, 14:41

CoopsII wrote:
golic_2004 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/jeff-gordon-goes-after-brad-keselowski-following-on-track-contact-at-texas-011719368.html

An even bigger fight involving Keselowski.

Very silly. But not as silly as Harvicks cowardly shove on Keselowski from behind. What a loser.

Classic Harvick. He hasn't grown up one bit since he joined the sport. He should be parked for Phoenix at least, but of course NASCAR wouldn't dare do that...

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 03 Nov 2014, 16:23

Salamander wrote:
CoopsII wrote:
golic_2004 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/jeff-gordon-goes-after-brad-keselowski-following-on-track-contact-at-texas-011719368.html

An even bigger fight involving Keselowski.

Very silly. But not as silly as Harvicks cowardly shove on Keselowski from behind. What a loser.

Classic Harvick. He hasn't grown up one bit since he joined the sport. He should be parked for Phoenix at least, but of course NASCAR wouldn't dare do that...

If anyone's gonna be parked, it will be Keselowski, just because he's unpopular at present. They'd never dare to park Gordon. :roll:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 03 Nov 2014, 16:33

Frogfoot9013 wrote:If anyone's gonna be parked, it will be Keselowski, just because he's unpopular at present. They'd never dare to park Gordon.

Wha!? I said they should park Harvick!

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 03 Nov 2014, 16:37

Salamander wrote:
Frogfoot9013 wrote:If anyone's gonna be parked, it will be Keselowski, just because he's unpopular at present. They'd never dare to park Gordon.

Wha!? I said they should park Harvick!

I know they won't park Harvick, I was just saying that if anyone will get parked, it'll be Kes, because nobody likes him at present. And Gordon's record of consecutive starts means they'll never think of parking him. :roll:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 03 Nov 2014, 16:54

Frogfoot9013 wrote:
Salamander wrote:
Frogfoot9013 wrote:If anyone's gonna be parked, it will be Keselowski, just because he's unpopular at present. They'd never dare to park Gordon.

Wha!? I said they should park Harvick!

I know they won't park Harvick, I was just saying that if anyone will get parked, it'll be Kes, because nobody likes him at present. And Gordon's record of consecutive starts means they'll never think of parking him.

I don't think you quite understand where I'm coming from with this. I said NASCAR wouldn't dare park Harvick because he's a title contender. Kes should've been parked after doing a burnout in the garage area and crashing into cars on pit lane after the race had finished at Charlotte. But he wasn't because he's in the Chase.

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 03 Nov 2014, 16:56

Salamander wrote:I don't think you quite understand where I'm coming from with this. I said NASCAR wouldn't dare park Harvick because he's a title contender. Kes should've been parked after doing a burnout in the garage area and crashing into cars on pit lane after the race had finished at Charlotte. But he wasn't because he's in the Chase.

I see what you mean now. Sorry about that misunderstanding.

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 04 Nov 2014, 16:48

golic_2004 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/jeff-gordon-goes-after-brad-keselowski-following-on-track-contact-at-texas-011719368.html

An even bigger fight involving Keselowski.

And this is why he's called Bad Brad!

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 04 Nov 2014, 16:54

Onxy Wrecked wrote:
golic_2004 wrote:http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/jeff-gordon-goes-after-brad-keselowski-following-on-track-contact-at-texas-011719368.html

An even bigger fight involving Keselowski.

And this is why he's called Bad Brad!

Why the hell did Harvick get involved? IIRC he wasn't involved in the on-track contretemps that caused Gordon to go over to Kes after the race and Harvick should've minded his own business, at the most maybe say something in an interview about the accident, but he shouldn't have got involved in their argument. ROTR to Kevin Harvick from me.

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 04 Nov 2014, 22:47

Sorry for the double-post, but NASCAR have issued penalties regarding the pit-lane brawl at Texas.
Make what you want of it.
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/11/4/nascar-official-release-penalties-post-texas-fight-keselowski-gordon-harvick.html

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 05 Nov 2014, 10:12

Frogfoot9013 wrote:Sorry for the double-post, but NASCAR have issued penalties regarding the pit-lane brawl at Texas.
Make what you want of it.
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/11/4/nascar-official-release-penalties-post-texas-fight-keselowski-gordon-harvick.html

From what I heard, that was not all. Because of that incident, NASCAR further penalized two blokes who were calmly drinking outside the circuit and a woman who was crossing the street in the state of Maine at that time.

Post by **Londoner** » 09 Nov 2014, 23:35

East Londoner wrote:Dale Earnhardt Jr may have just cost Jeff Gordon a place in the Chase final. What an absolute asshat.

Bathplugging called it. Gordon misses out on the Chase final. :roll:

Oh well, Newman for the title at Homestead.

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 09 Nov 2014, 23:42

East Londoner wrote:Oh well, Newman for the title at Homestead.

Seconded. As long as he doesn't win Homestead either, and if that happens I'd love to see the look on Brian France's face. :lol:

Post by **Miguel98** » 10 Nov 2014, 17:39

Newman must win, for the greater good. We change rules to benefit the ones who win the most?

WINS DRIVER WITH NO WINS.

The shitstorm that would come from this would be too big. And fun to watch.

nome66 · Post by **nome66** » 10 Nov 2014, 18:28

need rules like the 2009 f1 season. most wins wins!

Onxy Wrecked · Post by **Onxy Wrecked** » 11 Nov 2014, 02:21

Miguel98 wrote:Newman must win, for the greater good. We change rules to benefit the ones who win the most?

WINS DRIVER WITH NO WINS.

The shitstorm that would come from this would be too big. And fun to watch.

Indeed, it would be like the end of the chase as Newman would have not been worthy for more than 8th in points.

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 12 Nov 2014, 12:21

Imagine the title will be decided on a 4-wide finish even closer from the one we know as 2013 Firestone Freedom 100....

golic_2004 · Post by **golic_2004** » 12 Nov 2014, 13:03

AxelP800 wrote:Imagine the title will be decided on a 4-wide finish even closer from the one we know as 2013 Firestone Freedom 100....

Or the 2011 Aaron's 499

:shock:

"By a hair"

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 12 Nov 2014, 16:18

AxelP800 wrote:Imagine the title will be decided on a 4-wide finish even closer from the one we know as 2013 Firestone Freedom 100....

Please.

The title clearly must be decided by a FIVE-WIDE BEATIN' AN' BANGIN' PHOTO FINISH WITH UUUUUUUUURNHART WINNIN'! Clearly. Clearly.

Post by **tommykl** » 12 Nov 2014, 16:46

Salamander wrote:
AxelP800 wrote:Imagine the title will be decided on a 4-wide finish even closer from the one we know as 2013 Firestone Freedom 100....

Please.

The title clearly must be decided by a FIVE-WIDE BEATIN' AN' BANGIN' PHOTO FINISH WITH UUUUUUUUURNHART WINNIN'! Clearly. Clearly.

The best scenario? What Salamander said, and with Newman second. So UUUUUUUUUUUUURNHARDT wins, and Newman gets the title without winning a single race

Post by **Frogfoot9013** » 12 Nov 2014, 16:50

I think it'd be funnier if he finished sixth to take the title, so the champion would be a driver with only four top-5s all season. :lol:

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 12 Nov 2014, 23:21

Frogfoot9013 wrote:I think it'd be funnier if he finished sixth to take the title, so the champion would be a driver with only four top-5s all season.

Even better if Hamlin, Logano, and Harvick finished in 41st to 43rd, Newman only need 40th to become champion

Post by **Londoner** » 16 Nov 2014, 23:46

The Closer finally lives up to his name. Kevin Harvick wins the 2014 Sprint Cup.

Newman was so so close to doing it.

Post by **Miguel98** » 17 Nov 2014, 13:15

1 Point. One single point.

LolLola · Post by **LolLola** » 17 Nov 2014, 14:14

Miguel98 wrote:1 Point. One single point.

Nope, it's actually 6 points between 1st and 2nd, so if you mean by 1 position or 1 second, you re good

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 17 Nov 2014, 17:28

Bit of a silly way to find a champion. Out of interest who would have become champion if the old system was in place?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 17 Nov 2014, 17:35

andrew wrote:Bit of a silly way to find a champion. Out of interest who would have become champion if the old system was in place?

I dunno, but without the Chase, Gordon would've won his 7th title by a clean 30-or-so points from Logano.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 17 Nov 2014, 17:58

Salamander wrote:
andrew wrote:Bit of a silly way to find a champion. Out of interest who would have become champion if the old system was in place?

I dunno, but without the Chase, Gordon would've won his 7th title by a clean 30-or-so points from Logano.

I think Autosport said that under the old Chase, Joey Logano would have been champ.

Post by **Miguel98** » 17 Nov 2014, 18:05

dr-baker wrote:
Salamander wrote:
andrew wrote:Bit of a silly way to find a champion. Out of interest who would have become champion if the old system was in place?

I dunno, but without the Chase, Gordon would've won his 7th title by a clean 30-or-so points from Logano.

I think Autosport said that under the old Chase, Joey Logano would have been champ.

I think what Sally meant was that if the Chase didn't exist at all, Gordon would have won the title with ease.