Rain

big fire in the busch race:

https://youtu.be/iWhzJXlTjbo

https://youtu.be/xzQvGz6_fvA

4/25/2015 7:23:38 AM

Rain Rain Rain, so glad I sold those tickets

4/25/2015 1:10:33 PM

see there, football, that's how to properly do the national anthem

4/26/2015 1:05:52 PM

Grest race so far. Top 7 was within 1.5 seconds of each other a few minutes ago. And that was after like 40 laps of a run

4/26/2015 2:00:48 PM

hmmmm, I could have gotten up early, drove 3 hours, battled traffic, got baked in the sun and watched this in person. Or I do what I did, got up early, worked out, took a long nap, and woke up in time to see the final 75 laps.


Now I'll think long and hard about renewing my seats for the last race to make the chase.

[Edited on April 26, 2015 at 3:55 PM. Reason : ,]

4/26/2015 3:54:58 PM

thanks Reed Sorenson for screwing up group qualifying for everyone

Fox going to show single car runs on TV, la tee freakin da

5/2/2015 8:57:03 AM

Commenced nap. Alarm set for 4:45

5/2/2015 3:49:40 PM

Blown tire ends chases race. Nevermind the alarm

5/2/2015 4:06:55 PM

pretty sad the top 10 can form a single line near the wall and nobody can pass. this plate track aero package sucks

5/4/2015 7:21:26 AM

Quote :

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could be fun to lose money in new and exciting ways

5/14/2015 12:18:36 PM

no mention of kyle coming back and potentially being chase eligible after missing over 40% of the pre-chase races?

5/14/2015 12:31:18 PM

^i hope he wins a race but is 31st in points after Richmond for maximum lols

5/14/2015 1:58:16 PM

either that or 17 winners and he's the lowest in points out of those guys.


I hope Ragan makes it in over him with a win.

5/14/2015 4:00:27 PM

Quote :

"Gluck: NASCAR has embraced the elimination concept with the Chase, so why not use it in the All-Star Race? Since officials expanded the field, it would be even easier to wave goodbye to those who lag behind at the end of each segment. Let's say there are 20 drivers who start the race. At the end of each segment, cut four; that would leave a final four heading into the shootout. Four drivers on the track for 10 laps? It might look funny, but only the front two rows on a restart have a realistic shot of winning anyway. To mix things up more, make the pit stop between the fourth and fifth segments optional. That way, the leaders would want to stay out for clean air – and third and fourth place might come get fresh tires. The aero advantage would be somewhat negated. That would increase the chances of a pass for the lead, and the end of the race would only be contested by the best of the best."

dont think sponsors would like this but sounds hella fun

5/14/2015 9:30:26 PM

that sounds like a good idea. That means it'll never happen.

Who you guys got in the two showdown segments? I really think Truex will win one of them. Hes been the only guy on the entire entry list that has shown a Top 5-10 car consistently throughout the season. The other spot is a toss up. Bowyer, Larson, Biffle, Elliott...take your pick

5/15/2015 8:50:54 AM

well, the two best cars won the showdown segments. Bowyer and Biffle. Danica wins the fan vote of course, so she'll be in the all star race as well. Chase Elliott started 11th in first segment and finished 8th. Started 12th in second segment and finished 5th.

truck race ending was magnificent. Kahne beats jones by .005 seconds as they battled side by side for the final 2 laps.

5/16/2015 7:35:35 AM

^truck race usually the best race of the weekend

5/16/2015 11:01:09 AM

all-star race was bleh. No passing. Tires don't mean anything. its all about track position and clean air. I hate this style of racing. I wish Brian France would listen to the damn drivers, but he sucks ass so he won't. Harvick and Kurt Busch had the field covered yet they can't catch and pass cars in the lead that take 2 tires? Give me a break.

Also, Hamlin jumped the restart by atleast 2-3 car lengths.

5/17/2015 8:07:44 AM

^good thing the all star race wasn't 600 miles


sad that the billionaires that make the schedule are the same ones that own the tracks. Tracks over a mile long suck if you axe me

[Edited on May 17, 2015 at 11:52 AM. Reason : d]

5/17/2015 11:51:39 AM

its not the tracks, its the cars. If they'd let some air travel under these cars again and keep them from being plastered to the track like an Indy car it would bring some racing ability back to the series. As it stands, they're playing follow the leader. 110 laps last night and there was 1 pass for the lead under green flag laps.

5/17/2015 12:13:30 PM

^ they should get the down force as close to zero as possible and use tires with a lot of fall off

5/17/2015 12:34:01 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5sZahSyuR0

racing for position from 1-40. They need to get back to this.

5/17/2015 12:49:35 PM

^yep, slow the cars down 15-20mph

time for the 600!
https://youtu.be/0j6tJ6VG9AM

5/20/2015 7:43:17 PM

Talk about karma, Busch and Kes have kids within a week of each other.

5/20/2015 11:48:01 PM

The thing about the tires falling off a lot is that is a fine line, Goodyear does not want and can't afford another fiasco like the brickyard a few years ago. Softer tire with the amount of camber they put in these cars can be a bad combo. Like the idea but there will have to be some changes or rule restrictions on things the teams can do.

5/20/2015 11:51:18 PM

there's falloff and there's outright tire wear. You can design a tire to lose grip characteristics while not chewing itself to death. You can design tires with a harder rubber below the surface so the first 1/16th or whatever is nice and soft on the inside but gets harder and you'll lose grip without getting into a shredded tire like at Indy.

5/21/2015 10:50:25 AM

goin to the xfinity race on saturday in charlotte. gonna watch both sprint cup practices, qual and the race. can't wait

5/21/2015 12:30:40 PM

News of the day: gordon replacing larry mac in the fox booth for 2016. Wish he was replacing DW instead

5/21/2015 9:45:02 PM

Coke 600 became a fuel mileage race. Edwards saves enough to win. Earnhardt Jr. finishes 3rd. Chase Elliott finishes 18th...first car 1 lap down. Ran times as fast as cars in the Top 10 for most of the race.

5/25/2015 9:30:22 AM

i know fuel strategy is part of it all, but i really hate seeing the best car lose in a fuel mileage race. wish they hadn't shrunk the gas tanks. the fuel strategy thing used to come into play a lot less often.

5/25/2015 10:01:40 AM

yea. Its part of these things though. Sometimes its better to be lucky than good. All it took was for someone to mess up and bring a caution out and he prolly finishes outside the Top 10. Look at Chase Elliott in the xfinity race last weekend. He was 1/2 a lap from winning the race and a caution came out. Still ended up finishing 2nd, but it works both ways. Chase just so happened to have the fastest car that day as well, but to win races you've gotta have some luck fall your way.

5/25/2015 10:51:16 AM

^^^2007 was fuel mileage as well. Top 5 was Casey Mears, JJ Yeley, Kyle Petty, Reid Sorenson, and Brian Vickers. Easily the weirdest top 5 of any race I've been to.

5/25/2015 1:05:52 PM

It would be cool to see them allow some open wheel (F1, Indy) style fuel trim changes from the cockpit.

5/25/2015 7:28:18 PM

i think a cool track would be if you took the 3 turns of pokey nose but left out most of the straights so it would be less than a mile total [/deep thoughts]

6/7/2015 10:21:48 AM

glad to see the 78 win

6/7/2015 4:24:09 PM

^^aka, Concord Motor Speedway

6/7/2015 5:22:11 PM

I attended Michigan yesterday.

[Edited on June 15, 2015 at 12:26 PM. Reason : /]

6/15/2015 12:26:07 PM

^on the plus side you got to see little douche crash

TV ratings have been tanking again this year so the rumor is substantial down force reductions soon maybe kentucky. sound like a good idea to me

6/15/2015 3:45:36 PM

Not going to save them. It's follow the leader no matter what. For example Kyle Larson was driving away on 40+ lap tires because he had clean air.

6/15/2015 8:10:10 PM

start following grassroots racing. go to a local short track. go to a dirt race. exciting racing is out there.

6/15/2015 8:25:05 PM

Quote :

" It's follow the leader no matter what"

the idea is if you reduce down force enough then you can make a non hockey puck tire that has fall off to allow comers and goers

6/15/2015 8:42:02 PM

I don't think it's so much follow the leader inasmuch Hendrick equipment has won 10 out of 15 races.

I've been paying more attention to Indycar this year than NASCAR, but after going to Michigan I looked at the standings and I didn't realize how terrible Roush has been.

6/16/2015 6:21:11 AM

^speaking of indycar, for the their street courses they put out ramps and run off road truck races. It is freakin awesome and most often better than the indycar race itself IMO

turn you speakers up to 11, the battle for 2nd gets intense:
https://youtu.be/dYqSuGugZ2s?t=9m15s



[Edited on June 16, 2015 at 7:04 AM. Reason : d]

6/16/2015 6:45:25 AM

It's run by Robby Gordon and is pretty much a recreation of the Mickey Thompson Series from ~25 years ago that used to run in stadiums on purpose-built dirt courses similar to what Supercross does now.

Watched the Toronto street race yesterday and Toronto is normally not a good race because it's so tight it's a crashfest and cautions breed cautions. Plus they had to deal with the rain. But that was probably the best Toronto race I've ever seen with clean racing dealing with the wet, Josef Newgarden of Nashville, Tennessee won, and the commentary of Paul Tracy and Steve Matchett from F1 coverage (who a driver catching the car if it breaks loose sideways drives him close to orgasm) was excellent. Tracy was on with Townsend Bell at Texas the week before and him and Bell did such a great job explaining car setup and how it affected speed and race strategy during the race (under the guise of a bet between the two of them on which one would win out). It's something that definitely gets lost in Fox's NASCAR coverage because your side analysts like Waltrip are too busy acting a gimmick.

[Edited on June 16, 2015 at 7:36 AM. Reason : .]

6/16/2015 7:35:26 AM

BOOGITY BOOGITY BOOGITY

6/16/2015 9:33:56 AM

spoiler alert:

As expected new aero rules for kentucky with much less down force. nascar trying to say its not a test, its a race, but its only for one race

[Edited on June 16, 2015 at 7:05 PM. Reason : nascarcasm]

6/16/2015 6:43:26 PM

boring-ass kentucky needs all the help it can get

6/16/2015 7:03:04 PM

New rules package sounds stupid, I anticipate 43 cars in line sliding around, still unable to pass but going slower.

What I don't understand is why not have a test a day early and go out and run some 25-50 lap heat races and see how the package does. No one wants to pay $100+ a ticket to see a test (race).

Quote :

"start following grassroots racing. go to a local short track."

Yea never going to happen. Due to high levels of melanin I have no interest in showing up at the weekly local redneck hangout.

[Edited on June 17, 2015 at 8:51 AM. Reason : ,]

6/17/2015 8:49:33 AM

Jr finally got engaged to the woman he stole....I don't think it'll end well for him.

6/17/2015 11:24:31 PM

It'll probably distract him from not winning championships

6/17/2015 11:50:27 PM