Grand Prix Rejects

nome66 wrote:

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:

Wallio wrote:I dunno, I always did wonder how Penske kept those Dodges so damn competitive with no support at all.......

No, it's just ridiculous. If that was the case, how the hell did they keep it under wraps through all last year and then suddenly start blowing it now?

because they're using roush motors in them.

nome66 wrote:ah i did not know about the being too low part. gotta stop doing this to meself

pasta_maldonado wrote:RIP Jason. Although these two deaths may seem 'minor' to some, they're deaths all the same, and shouldn't happen

Just goes to show how unsafe dirt racing is.

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

pasta_maldonado wrote:RIP Jason. Although these two deaths may seem 'minor' to some, they're deaths all the same, and shouldn't happen

Just goes to show how unsafe dirt racing is.

Those cars weigh as much as the F1 cars with engines bigger than a NASCAR engine. It's safe to say dirt car/sprint car racing the most dangerous form of motor racing is today.

go_Rubens wrote:Biffle won the race. Johnson got black-flagged for another jumped restart. Two times in three weeks! Then he hit the wall with 3 to go. ROTR for him.

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Biffle won the race. Johnson got black-flagged for another jumped restart. Two times in three weeks! Then he hit the wall with 3 to go. ROTR for him.

He dodged the black flag, but lost 10 positions to avoid it.

Hound55 wrote:

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Biffle won the race. Johnson got black-flagged for another jumped restart. Two times in three weeks! Then he hit the wall with 3 to go. ROTR for him.

He dodged the black flag, but lost 10 positions to avoid it.

I hope NASCAR's administration decide to loosen up on their rule about beating the other driver to the line. In that situation it was very clear that Johnson bottled up the entire field by slowing down to let Earnhardt Jr. lead to line, nearly causing a very big accident. I feel like if there was a point to be made about that rule, it was made by Johnson then and there.

It's also unfair to award Johnson ROTR when his accident was caused by a tire failure. Left front went down, I think. Sucks for him, really. He had that race stolen from him left and right.

go_Rubens wrote:Maybe Hendrick Motorsports in general should get the award?

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Maybe Hendrick Motorsports in general should get the award?

Dale Jr. for spinning the tires, costing Jimmie Johnson about ten spots, then blowing an engine.

go_Rubens wrote:

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Maybe Hendrick Motorsports in general should get the award?

Dale Jr. for spinning the tires, costing Jimmie Johnson about ten spots, then blowing an engine.

Yeah, I can agree with this, but Hendrick had a really crap day considering that three of their cars led the race at some point and all three were nowhere near the race win at the end. Or was it all four?

Jocke1 wrote:Sears Point qualifying for the Cup race:

Ambrose 2nd
Montoya 13th
Johnson 19th
Labonte 20th
Villeneuve 22nd
Said 24th (he doesn't give up, does he?)
Jr. 26th
Danica 31st

and Tomy Drissi is back!



I also love the title of this weekends Nationwide race:
Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America.

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

Jocke1 wrote:Sears Point qualifying for the Cup race:

Ambrose 2nd
Montoya 13th
Johnson 19th
Labonte 20th
Villeneuve 22nd
Said 24th (he doesn't give up, does he?)
Jr. 26th
Danica 31st

and Tomy Drissi is back!



I also love the title of this weekends Nationwide race:
Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America.

Jamie McMurray wins the pole? I didn't expect that he'd out qualify Juan Pablo Montoya here.

roblomas52 wrote:

Onxy Wrecked wrote:Jamie McMurray wins the pole? I didn't expect that he'd out qualify Juan Pablo Montoya here.

Especially since Montoya is the road course specialist

golic_2004 wrote:MAX SLAPPIS

what last name rhymes with slappis

JeremyMcClean wrote:

golic_2004 wrote:MAX SLAPPIS

what last name rhymes with slappis

Papis?

go_Rubens wrote:Martin Truex Jr. wins Sonoma! Congrats!

I haven't seen the whole race yet, but someone spoiled the winner for me! So ROTR nominations I'll wait on.

Jocke1 wrote:
I also love the title of this weekends Nationwide race:
Johnsonville Sausage 200 at Road America.

go_Rubens wrote:ROTR for Kyle Busch for the NCWTS race. Once passed by Dillon, he was depressing.

go_Rubens wrote:Onxy, are you and I the only ones who even pay attention to NASCAR for half the dang season?

Well, I tried to tune in to the race, but TNT is showing a TV show, not NASCAR. Is the race over?

go_Rubens wrote:Onxy, are you and I the only ones who even pay attention to NASCAR for half the dang season?

Onxy Wrecked wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Onxy, are you and I the only ones who even pay attention to NASCAR for half the dang season?

Well, I tried to tune in to the race, but TNT is showing a TV show, not NASCAR. Is the race over?

Cancelled until noon tomorrow due to rain.

Hound55 wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Onxy, are you and I the only ones who even pay attention to NASCAR for half the dang season?

*cough cough* I watch nearly every race of the season *cough*

roblomas52 wrote:

Hound55 wrote:

go_Rubens wrote:Onxy, are you and I the only ones who even pay attention to NASCAR for half the dang season?

*cough cough* I watch nearly every race of the season *cough*

I try to using no Sky tv coverage and a quick read of autosport every saturday

dr-baker wrote:OK, so I have a really significant question, that I hope somebody can answer (and which I hope that I will be able to debate). Today, I saw my first ever live oval race trackside! Pick-up trucks at Rockingham Motor Speedway! (The rest of this post will make it clear which of the two Rockingham Speedway ovals I am referring to!) OK, so there was no Nelson Piquet Jnr., there were only 16 trucks, averaging 150 mph or so, around the 1.5 mile, 4-turn oval, and each of the two races each last 35 laps (approx 25-30 mins), with Vauxhall-branded trucks winning. So, it's England (of course it is, considering I am half-way through an 8-week placement in north London...). So yesterday, they go out on a damp, but drying track, and they are able to go and practice and qualify without incident for 30 minutes (the only incident of any note was one truck getting sideways on cold tyres as he was leaving the pits at the very start of the session. No yellows, nothing hit, and the truck goes on to compete in the session as if nothing had happened). Their first race is in the dry and the race is great, with the two leading trucks finishing the race 0.05 seconds apart, while lapping a gaggle of four other trucks (none of whom had yet been shown the 'last-lap' flag yet, so both flags were being waved concurrently as two of the four were deemed to have been lapped while two had not as all 6 crossed the line within a second of each other. Wished I had a photo of that...). But the second race was really rather wet. And guess what? THEY RACED AT 150 mph OR SO CONTINUOUSLY FOR 35 LAPS! One truck at one point got sideways while alongside another, but escaped hitting anything and continued on his way without a safety car. Another did spin, and glanced the pit wall, but no major damage or debris, and he too got going, but only after all the other trucks had passed (waiting sensibly for a safe moment - only problem is that the safety car had already been deployed in the meantime. Que sera sera).

So my question is: since I have now watched American-style pickup trucks racing on a 1.5 mile American-style oval without major incident, why on earth don't Americans race on ovals in the rain? (At least, the junior series? I might allow a bit of slack for those series attaining 200+ mph round these tracks...).

dr-baker wrote:

dr-baker wrote:OK, so I have a really significant question, that I hope somebody can answer (and which I hope that I will be able to debate). Today, I saw my first ever live oval race trackside! Pick-up trucks at Rockingham Motor Speedway! (The rest of this post will make it clear which of the two Rockingham Speedway ovals I am referring to!) OK, so there was no Nelson Piquet Jnr., there were only 16 trucks, averaging 150 mph or so, around the 1.5 mile, 4-turn oval, and each of the two races each last 35 laps (approx 25-30 mins), with Vauxhall-branded trucks winning. So, it's England (of course it is, considering I am half-way through an 8-week placement in north London...). So yesterday, they go out on a damp, but drying track, and they are able to go and practice and qualify without incident for 30 minutes (the only incident of any note was one truck getting sideways on cold tyres as he was leaving the pits at the very start of the session. No yellows, nothing hit, and the truck goes on to compete in the session as if nothing had happened). Their first race is in the dry and the race is great, with the two leading trucks finishing the race 0.05 seconds apart, while lapping a gaggle of four other trucks (none of whom had yet been shown the 'last-lap' flag yet, so both flags were being waved concurrently as two of the four were deemed to have been lapped while two had not as all 6 crossed the line within a second of each other. Wished I had a photo of that...). But the second race was really rather wet. And guess what? THEY RACED AT 150 mph OR SO CONTINUOUSLY FOR 35 LAPS! One truck at one point got sideways while alongside another, but escaped hitting anything and continued on his way without a safety car. Another did spin, and glanced the pit wall, but no major damage or debris, and he too got going, but only after all the other trucks had passed (waiting sensibly for a safe moment - only problem is that the safety car had already been deployed in the meantime. Que sera sera).

So my question is: since I have now watched American-style pickup trucks racing on a 1.5 mile American-style oval without major incident, why on earth don't Americans race on ovals in the rain? (At least, the junior series? I might allow a bit of slack for those series attaining 200+ mph round these tracks...).

OK, so I had an answer to my question at the time, but I have found footage of the final few laps of that race. And seeing the number 22 (which you're riding onboard with) and number 74 racing to the line, seperated by a small gap, whilst lapping across the line, was epic. Must have been confusing for those who were being lapped to know if they were still racing for another lap or not... And I thought at the time the race was all over at 1:10 in the video, but as you see, there was still a minute+ left of racing...