Grand Prix Rejects

Proof that NASCAR rejects are incredibly awesome even when they're not making Deletraz look fast.

Cynon wrote:Proof that NASCAR rejects are incredibly awesome even when they're not making Deletraz look fast.

A sad story for the family involved, but nice to see justice come as a result of NASCAR's involvement.

Penske confirms switch to Ford next year. So as of right now, No Dodges in 2013......

nome66 wrote:here's what happened.
he went to the pits because he was feeling a vibration every time he changed gears. they checked and found nothing wrong. during the caution period, he was driving at full chat around the track to catch up to the field and not lose another lap. while entering turn 3, his car shuttered and his rear differential failed catastrophically, causing him to spin to the right and into the Jet Dryer truck. the truck exploded, and JPM went tumbling back down the banking on fire.
the Jet Dryer was leaking Kerosene and something sparked and it burst into flames. took about 10 minutes to put it out.

Autosport are reporting that Montoya's crash was due to one of the trailing arms on his rear suspension collapsed - incidentally, Jamie McMurray's handling problems are now being pinned on a punctured rear tyre, so the problems are not, as Jamie first thought, related. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97760

Cynon wrote:It also took two hours for the race to restart... in the meantime, Brad Keselowski was having fun on Twitter.

Fun that the organisers are encouraging - they have not only said that they will not take any action against Keselowski for what could be considered to be dangerous driving, they have said that they encourage their drivers to use social media tools provided that they still drive safely.

"NASCAR will not penalise Brad Keselowski for his use of Twitter during last night's Daytona 500," NASCAR said in a statement. "Nothing we've seen from Brad that violates any current rules pertaining to the use of social media during races. As such, he won't be penalised.
"We encourage our drivers to use social media to express themselves as long as they do so without risking their safety or that of others."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97747

Wallio wrote:Penske confirms switch to Ford next year. So as of right now, No Dodges in 2013......

Robby Gordon. But to be honest with you, I'll be amazed if his team is still around at the end of the year.

Cynon wrote:

Wallio wrote:Penske confirms switch to Ford next year. So as of right now, No Dodges in 2013......

Robby Gordon. But to be honest with you, I'll be amazed if his team is still around at the end of the year.

Dodge have basically been dying for years now haven't they?

You guys got me believing for a second there that he tweeted while driving the race. Now that would be insane ... and awesome, to a point.

Klon wrote:You guys got me believing for a second there that he tweeted while driving the race. Now that would be insane ... and awesome, to a point.

This

Klon wrote:You guys got me believing for a second there that he tweeted while driving the race. Now that would be insane ... and awesome, to a point.

If someone just reads mario's post, you get the feeling that probably while he was drafting behind someone and three wide, he was also tweeting and interacting with fans. Keyboard and wireless connection in the steering wheel, now!

Wizzie wrote:

Cynon wrote:

Wallio wrote:Penske confirms switch to Ford next year. So as of right now, No Dodges in 2013......

Robby Gordon. But to be honest with you, I'll be amazed if his team is still around at the end of the year.

Dodge have basically been dying for years now haven't they?

A slow and painful death. The Dodges in the Cup series only look fast because they've had some of the best drivers (Keselowski, Kurt Busch). I wonder if RPM will try to get out of Roush Fenway B-Team status and become the lead Dodge team... the King does love his Chrysler products...

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-p ... t-in-2013/

In this article RPM confirms Dodge has approached them, as well as a manufacturer not currently in NASCAR! Who could that be? Kia?

Wallio wrote:http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-penske-racing-plans-manufacturer-shift-in-2013/

In this article RPM confirms Dodge has approached them, as well as a manufacturer not currently in NASCAR! Who could that be? Kia?

Back when Toyota moved up to the Cup (2007?) there were rumours that Honda would follow suit, around that time they launched a new pickup that would have been perfect for the Truck series (Toyota spent a couple of years in Trucks before they moved to the cup). Nothing ever came of it, but with fuel injection NASCAR is now looking a bit more road relevent, so you never know.

The only other "manufacturer" I can think of is Lotus, since they seem to be entering literally everything else these days.

Lotus in NASCAR, I'd love that, and your right, its about their only missing piece....

IdeFan wrote:

Wallio wrote:http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-penske-racing-plans-manufacturer-shift-in-2013/

In this article RPM confirms Dodge has approached them, as well as a manufacturer not currently in NASCAR! Who could that be? Kia?

Back when Toyota moved up to the Cup (2007?) there were rumours that Honda would follow suit, around that time they launched a new pickup that would have been perfect for the Truck series (Toyota spent a couple of years in Trucks before they moved to the cup). Nothing ever came of it, but with fuel injection NASCAR is now looking a bit more road relevent, so you never know.

The only other "manufacturer" I can think of is Lotus, since they seem to be entering literally everything else these days.

VW or Honda is my guess.

Not sure if this can be posted or not, but here's a retro NASCAR Nationwide Series race: 1986 at Bristol. I post this for only one reason; those engines sound awesome.

Just been reading a week-old Autosport, and in the Daytona Nationwide results, I noticed a driver called Timmy Hill in a Ford Mustang (he came 7th). Is he any relation to Phil Hill by any chance? (This is much more likely in my opinion than being related to the British Hills of Graham, Damon, Josh, et al.)

dr-baker wrote:Just been reading a week-old Autosport, and in the Daytona Nationwide results, I noticed a driver called Timmy Hill in a Ford Mustang (he came 7th). Is he any relation to Phil Hill by any chance? (This is much more likely in my opinion than being related to the British Hills of Graham, Damon, Josh, et al.)

No, Phil Hill would be embarassed to be associated with the Giovanni Lavaggi of NASCAR.

eurobrun wrote:

dr-baker wrote:Just been reading a week-old Autosport, and in the Daytona Nationwide results, I noticed a driver called Timmy Hill in a Ford Mustang (he came 7th). Is he any relation to Phil Hill by any chance? (This is much more likely in my opinion than being related to the British Hills of Graham, Damon, Josh, et al.)

No, Phil Hill would be embarassed to be associated with the Giovanni Lavaggi of NASCAR.

Timmy Hill doesn't look that spectactular, but I wouldn't go that far; it's not like he's the next John Wes Townley or anything.

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

eurobrun wrote:

dr-baker wrote:Just been reading a week-old Autosport, and in the Daytona Nationwide results, I noticed a driver called Timmy Hill in a Ford Mustang (he came 7th). Is he any relation to Phil Hill by any chance? (This is much more likely in my opinion than being related to the British Hills of Graham, Damon, Josh, et al.)

No, Phil Hill would be embarassed to be associated with the Giovanni Lavaggi of NASCAR.

Timmy Hill doesn't look that spectactular, but I wouldn't go that far; it's not like he's the next John Wes Townley or anything.

Timmy Hill is a joke. A funny one at that... he went from legends cars to the Nationwide Series in 1 year, and somehow has a fanbase!

Brian Vickers is back for Bristol in Michael Waltrip's #55 car. He'll run both Bristol, Martinsville, and New Hampshire events, meaning he'll race on the perfect tracks for revenge crashes. Frankly, NASCAR needs Vickers because he is clearly willing to cause chaos if someone races him too hard... he's actually not a terrible driver, but the concept of anger management is foreign to him sometimes (unlike a certain pair of brothers...).

Vickers and Waltrip are a marriage made in heaven, the only difference is that Vickers crashes into people on purpose and Waltrip just wrecks because he's a talentless hack that had a 25 year long career because his brother was one of the top 15 NASCAR drivers of all time...

Cynon wrote:Brian Vickers is back for Bristol in Michael Waltrip's #55 car. He'll run both Bristol, Martinsville, and New Hampshire events, meaning he'll race on the perfect tracks for revenge crashes. Frankly, NASCAR needs Vickers because he is clearly willing to cause chaos if someone races him too hard... he's actually not a terrible driver, but the concept of anger management is foreign to him sometimes (unlike a certain pair of brothers...).

Vickers and Waltrip are a marriage made in heaven, the only difference is that Vickers crashes into people on purpose and Waltrip just wrecks because he's a talentless hack that had a 25 year long career because his brother was one of the top 15 NASCAR drivers of all time...

The concept of common sense is foreign to Vickers, proof being his GQ interview when he bragged about partying like a rock star, banging tons of women, and ignoring doctors orders (this after he had very severe blood clots), and it was no small wonder teams stayed away after RBR folded. It will be entertaining to see him get slightly tapped, then wreck a dozen cars to get to the offender, only to wreck himself when he gets there. And then say post race "We had a great day today".

Like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRBw2kFt42Y when no less than eight drivers call him out.....

Cynon wrote:

IdeFan wrote:

Wallio wrote:http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-penske-racing-plans-manufacturer-shift-in-2013/

In this article RPM confirms Dodge has approached them, as well as a manufacturer not currently in NASCAR! Who could that be? Kia?

Back when Toyota moved up to the Cup (2007?) there were rumours that Honda would follow suit, around that time they launched a new pickup that would have been perfect for the Truck series (Toyota spent a couple of years in Trucks before they moved to the cup). Nothing ever came of it, but with fuel injection NASCAR is now looking a bit more road relevent, so you never know.

The only other "manufacturer" I can think of is Lotus, since they seem to be entering literally everything else these days.

VW or Honda is my guess.

Not sure if this can be posted or not, but here's a retro NASCAR Nationwide Series race: 1986 at Bristol. I post this for only one reason; those engines sound awesome.

For weeks now I've been thinking about Hyundai entering NASCAR. I might make this happen in my fantasy racing universe, so it would be a funny coincidence if it happened in real life. The only problem is, they don't seem to build pickup trucks that I know of...

They had a prototype (take a RAM 1500, shrink it to Dakota size, cross out the RAM logo and draw an "H" in crayon) but it was never built.

any pictures of it? sounds intriguing

http://www.automotorblog.com/wp-content ... -Truck.jpg

Makes it look bigger, but you get the idea.

RealRacingRoots wrote:Nelson Piquet Jr claims maiden NASCAR win in the K&N East Series

And so it begins.........

RealRacingRoots wrote:Nelson Piquet Jr claims maiden NASCAR win in the K&N East Series

In a car sponsored by Kony 2012 no less.

Also, Brian Vickers is leading. Legitimately.

Cynon wrote:In a car sponsored by Kony 2012 no less.

Also, Brian Vickers is leading. Legitimately.

Oh Kony 2012, how you will be going down the drain after what your founder did.

And I'm ok with that.

Top drive by Brian Vickers. That probably saved his career.

Fantastic race at Bristol though.

Reject of that Race would go to his former Red Bull teammate...at least Kasey Kahne's spotter, who is also his cousin, for saying he was clear of Regan Smith but wasn't.

Wait, what team is Vickers driving for??

Waris wrote:Wait, what team is Vickers driving for??

I believe it's Michael Waltrip Motorsport. I may be wrong though.

tommykl wrote:

Waris wrote:Wait, what team is Vickers driving for??

I believe it's Michael Waltrip Motorsport. I may be wrong though.

Michael Waltrip Racing, to be more precise. In the part-time #55 car shared with Mark Martin.

kostas22 wrote:

tommykl wrote:

Waris wrote:Wait, what team is Vickers driving for??

I believe it's Michael Waltrip Motorsport. I may be wrong though.

Michael Waltrip Racing, to be more precise. In the part-time #55 car shared with Mark Martin.

The 55 car is full-time. Martin runs most of the races, but Vickers takes the short ovals and Waltrip the super speedways.

Update add Vickers to the road courses, despite my hopes for Monteiro to do at least Infineon for when the WTCC races there later in the year.

Cynon wrote:The 55 car is full-time. Martin runs most of the races, but Vickers takes the short ovals and Waltrip the super speedways.

That's what I meant...the #55 car runs part-time drivers...I didn't realise Waltrip was doing all of the Superspeedways though, I figured he was only doing Daytona.

Google Announces Google Racing

B-Spec Racing in Real Life!! I like this April Fool's joke.

ROFL Clint Bowyer's face!!! in america it is still April 1st so i have yet to take this seriously

nome66 wrote:ROFL Clint Bowyer's face!!! in america it is still April 1st so i have yet to take this seriously

Also, Dale Jr and Biffle are in the top two despite never having won a bloody race.

the truck series is "returning" to Rockingham in two weeks. but not where the NASCAR fans in britain(try saying that with a staight face) want them to go. and by that i mean where i want them to go. away from america.