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(Derrike Cope may not actually be in the new year.) Hello again, everyone. It’s 2013, and the NASCAR season is about to start anew. Last year we had an absolute garbage season punctuated with a few sweet spots, namely the Jet Dryer Massacre at the Daytona 500, Ambrose/Keselowski at the Glen II, and the continued reign of Not Jimmie Johnson as champion of the Sprint Cup Series. Instead, we have this man. Things are looking bright for the future, however. With 2013 comes the Gen-6 Car, which many are hoping will bring an improvement to the racing quality, which was at a definite low in 2012. The cars are also sexy as hell, and bring back different makes actually having aesthetic differences! This will probably not affect the market as much as it did in the past, but it’s a nice touch. I’m hoping we’ll attract some new fans of the sport this year, so I’ll try to be as informative as I can in this OP. If you are new to NASCAR, or auto racing as a whole, feel free to ask any questions you may have in the thread, we love new faces  . Here’s the basic rundown:NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Schedule) NASCAR’s premiere series is the Sprint Cup. This is the big leagues. Sprint Cup is host to 36 races and the biggest events on the schedule, such as the Daytona 500. Sprint Cup is also the land of the Chase for the Cup, a total crap idea of a championship system that doesn’t have any place in auto racing ever god drat it NASCAR. The Top 10 drivers in points after 26 races earn a Chase spot, and the drivers with the most wins outside the top 10 (but within the top 20) will get the last 2 berths. The points are then reset by most wins, and the top 12 have at it until the season ends. NASCAR Nationwide Series (Schedule) The Nationwide Series (formerly the Busch Series) is NASCAR’s secondary series, where most Cup drivers pass through before they make full-time rounds in the big show. Nationwide is home to upcoming rookies, washed-up old-timers, and Cup drivers with nothing better to do on Saturday (who will invariably win most of the races). Fortunately, this year is looking to be different, with a talented crop of young drivers running the series full-time in search of a championsh- what? Kyle Busch is running most of the races? Never mind, then. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (Schedule) The Truck Series is essentially a step down from Nationwide. They race trucks! It’s pretty swell. The racing also tends to be better than the Cup races on any given week (link Gale/Busch). Much like Nationwide, there will be plenty of Cup drivers bullying their way in to pick up wins, but less so here, but there will also be plenty of young drivers here too looking for a championship to kickstart their career. ARCA Racing Series (Schedule) ARCA is not a NASCAR series, but many drivers will pass through on their path of progression. However, given ARCA’s minor-minor-minor league status, the drivers tend to be... not as talented. This is especially evident at big tracks like Daytona (link wrecks). We’ll tune in here every now and then. Driver Listings: I farmed out these bios to the thread posters because I wasn't writing all that poo poo!                 New Thread Policies (IMPORTANT)This past offseason thread was pretty bad, guys. Dumb poo poo like jokes about shipping drivers (and the awful, awful fanfics that aren’t even ironic anymore) is really not what this thread is for. This is a discussion thread. Let’s keep all off-topic stuff to either the relevant threads, or, if you must talk about fanfics or Ricky porking Danica, take it to the IRC room (more info below). It’s always there and open for use, no need to restrict it to raceday chat! I would suggest hanging out in IRC more often to chat with your fellow SASCAR goons so this thread doesn’t get cluttered up with poo poo. Use some common sense. Don’t make me ask the mods to clean the thread up if it gets that bad again, I really don’t want to. Links and Resources NASCAR 2011 (Spring) NASCAR 2011: Summer NASCAR 2011: The Chase NASCAR 2012: Spring NASCAR 2012: Summer NASCAR 2012: The Chase NASCAR 12/13 Offseason (bad thread do not read) Fantasy Info: Yahoo Fantasy Sports Group ID# 1560 Password danica NASCAR Bingo (Coming Soon) NASCAR.com Jayski SAS Wiki IRC Channel We have an IRC channel on synirc (#nascar) that you can access most easily by clicking this link here. Usually we’ll just shoot the poo poo on raceday, though I encourage you all to make use of the room during the week as well, to reduce low-content posting in the main thread! That's all I got right now. Let's try to enjoy this season. kidcoelacanth fucked around with this message at May 8, 2013 around 18:13 |
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ROLLING START: SASCAR's second go at a podcast. We review the NASCAR and Indycar races from each weekend, as well as general news and notes. Hosted by kidcoelacanth, Cannot Find Server, Peanut President, and maxallen.   Week 4: Bristol Week 5: Fontana & St. Petersberg Week 6: Martinsville & Barber Week 7: Texas Week 8: Kansas & Long Beach Week 9: Richmond Week 10: Talladega & Sao Paulo Week 11: Darlington kidcoelacanth fucked around with this message at May 12, 2013 around 06:08 |
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 Smoke gon win dis.
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since it got lost in the old thread closing: Planning on going to Watkins Glen this year, anyone have any experience on the best stands/areas to watch the race from?
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also: Kevin Harvick doesn't drive a Toyota
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Nice OP, love the driver pictures and blurbs. I think Clint Bowyer will win the title this year.
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I'll fix the OP errors later.
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In on the ground floor of another terrible NASCAR season!
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Placeholder for full rosters from the old thread with ARCA and K&N to be included as well! Sprint Cup: Fulltime: 1 - Jamie McMurray 2 - Brad Keselowski - defending champ 5 - Kasey Kahne 7 - Dave Blaney - Tommy Baldwin CC, new sponsors 9 - Marcos Ambrose 10 - Danica Patrick - ROTY Candidate 11 - Denny Hamlin 13 - Casey Mears 14 - Tony Stewart 15 - Clint Bowyer 16 - Greg Biffle 17 - Ricky Stenhouse Jr. - ROTY Candidate 18 - Kyle Busch 20 - Matt Kenseth 22 - Joey Logano 23 - Travis Kvapil - # change for BK Racing 24 - Jeff Gordon 27 - Paul Menard 29 - Kevin Harvick 30 - David Stremme - new team owner 31 - Jeff Burton 32 - Ken Schrader/Timmy Hill - KS 10 races, TH 20 races for ROTY attempt 34 - David Ragan 35 - Josh Wise - number change 36 - JJ Yeley - some new sponsors, will try full schedule 38 - David Gilliland 39 - Ryan Newman 42 - Juan Pablo Montoya 43 - Aric Almirola 47 - Bobby Labonte 48 - Jimmie Johnson 55 - Mark Martin/Michael Waltrip/Brian Vickers 56 - Martin Truex Jr. 78 - Kurt Busch 83 - David Reutimann - BK Racing 88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. 98 - Michael McDowell - less S+P efforts 99 - Carl Edwards Part-Time 12 - Sam Hornish Jr. 21 - Trevor Bayne 33 - Austin Dillon - Daytona 500 for RCR - #3 for more races? 32 - Ken Schrader - 10 races, other drivers to fill schedule? 51 - Regan Smith - Finch car, min 18 races 52 - Brian Keselowski - D500 92 - Brian Keselowski - Toyota for D500 95 - Scott Speed - 20+ races TBD - David Reutimann? - 2nd JTG car TBD - Ty Dillon - some Cup races before 2014 NNS ROTY Nationwide 2013: Fulltime 2 - Brian Scott - per Sirius 3 - Austin Dillon 4 - Danny Efland 5 - Kasey Kahne/Brad Sweet/Dale Jr. - team fulltime, various drivers 6 - Trevor Bayne 7 - Regan Smith - JRM 8 - Scott Lagasse Jr./ Corey LaJoie 11 - Elliott Sadler 12 - Sam Hornish Jr. 14 - Eric McClure 20 - Brian Vickers 24 - Blake Koch - 30 - Nelson Piquet - Turner-Scott ROTY 31 - Justin Allgaier 32 - Kyle Larson - EGR for Turner-Scott 40 - Reed Sorenson - TRG 43 - Michael Annett 60 - Travis Pastrana 77 - Parker Kligermann - per Sirius 92 - Dexter Stacey - ROTY for own team 99 - Alex Bowman - ROTY for RAB Racing 00 - TBD - SR2 Racing, various renters 01 - Mike Wallace TBD - TBD - SR2 Racing ex MacDonald 81 Part-time: 1 - Kurt Busch - 3 plate races 16 - Ryan Reed - RFR for a few races 29 - Kenny Wallace - 8-9 races for RAB 53 - Andrew Ranger - RDS Racing, road courses 54 - Kyle Busch - splitting races with 3rd JGR car 66 - Steven Wallace - 8-10 races 70 - Johanna Long - 21 races min. 89 - Morgan Shepherd - Daytona in a Dodge, more races if $ found 98 - Kevin Swindell - 15 races TBD - Danica Patrick - Turner-Scott Racing TBD - John Wes Townley - Venturini Racing TBD - Chad Hackenbracht - mind 5 races Tristar Trucks 2013: Fulltime: 3 - Ty Dillon 4 - Jeb Burton - Turner Racing 7 - John Wes Townley - move to Red Horse 8 - Max Gresham 9 - Ron Hornaday 10 - Jennifer Jo Cobb - some parttime NNS 14 - Brendan Newberry - fulltime 17 - Timothy Peters 18 - Joey Coulter 19 - Ross Chastain (15), Keselowski, Logano, Dave Blaney - fulltime team, various drivers 29 - Ryan Blaney - move to Ford 31 - James Buescher 32 - Miguel Paludo 54 - Darrell Wallace Jr. - KBM 57 - Norm Benning - locked in first 3 races, needs sponsorship 60 - Dakota Armstrong - racing for Stacey Compton? 62 - Brendan Gaughan - RCR 88 - Matt Crafton 92 - Scott Riggs - first 5 confirmed, fulltime IF money found 98 - Johnny Sauter - number change because of Curb sponsorship 99 - Brian Silas - family team fulltime 07 - Various - Greenlight Racing 08 - Various - Greenlight Racing Parttime: 35 - Devin Jones - ROTY f/t in 2014 51 - Kyle Busch 63 - Scott Stentzel - MB Racing min 3 races 82 - Sean Corr - 10 races plus parttime ARCA 94 - Chase Elliott - 7 races 96 - Todd Peck - min 5 races TBD - Justin Lofton - min. 10 races, f/t Stadium Trucks ARCA: Fulltime: 22 - Various drivers - Cunningham Motorsports 23 - Spencer Gallagher 32 - Mason Mingus - Win-Tron 35 - Milka Duno - Venturrini Motorsports77 - Tom Hessert - Cunningham Dodges TBD - Justin Boston - Venturrini Parttime: 5 - Bobby Gerhart - TV races 30 - Terry Jones 34 - Darrell Basham - short-tracks only, renting points elsewhere 52 - Chad Boat - 3 races for KSR, fulltime if funding 54 - Matt Kurzejewski - speedways 94 - Chase Elliott 99 - Mason Mitchell - 10-12 races 08 - Clay Campbell - yes, that Clay Campbell 09 - Charles Evans Jr - 10 races K&N Pro Series (East/West combined) Fulltime: 6W - Derek Thorn 9W - Dylan Lupton - ROTY candidate 16W - Sergio Pena - BMR NAPA car 20E - Gray Gaulding - 14 loving years old, Krispy-Kreme sponsorship 21W - Michael Self - Golden Gate Racing 24W - Cameron Hayley - move to Gene Price Racing 26W - Greg Pursley - 2nd West 2012 47E - Cale Conley - family team from JTG-Daughtery in 2012 89E - Matt Tifft - ROTY, Ohio LM driver for Win-Tron 96E - Ben Kennedy 97E - Jesse Little - Coulter Motorsports team TBD - Kenzie Rushton - Turner-Scott East series TBD - Dylan Kwasniewski - Turner-Scott East, 2012 West Champ TBD - Austin Dyne - Turner-Scott East series, 2012 West ROTY TBD - Ryan Gifford - Rev Racing East series - D4D TBD - Bryan Ortiz - Rev Racing East series - D4D TBD - Dallas Montes - West ROTY, teammate to 9/14 Trucks TBD - Scott Heckert - East ROTY, SLM driver Parttime: 8E - John Hunter Nemecheck 18E - Sam Hunt - funding for 10, needs cash to do other 53E - Andrew Ranger - various road races 62W - Joshua Schoonover - rich dude with cash, Ron Esau overseeing team TBD - Zac Hausler - 6 races for Brad Keselowski TBD - Brandon Jones - 7 East races for Turner-Scott  NASCAR Canadian Tire Series Fulltime: 5 - Noel Dowler 17 - DJ Kennington 22 - Scott Steckley 60 - Ron Beauchamp Jr. 84 - JR Fitzpatrick 02 - Kerry Micks/Mark Dilley Parttime: 23 - Jeff Lapcevich 27 - Andrew Ranger 66 - Robin Buck 98 - Larry Jackson TBD - Jesse Lazare - supposed next Villeneuve, road races for Kerry Micks Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at Feb 10, 2013 around 16:07 |
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The gently caress kidc? I wrote bios for biffle and junior and you didn't use either one!
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We doing bingo for the shootout? I want in.
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FuzzySkinner posted:We doing bingo for the shootout? We have never done bingo for the shootout and this will continue to be the case.
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A new thread and February on the calander, we're so close!
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Peanut President posted:One of them cup drivers doesn't have a make. I'm not gonna say which one so you have to look for it. It's all downhill when Prez starts a thread  The thing with Harvick and Burton having messed up makes and Ragan's being missing has to do with Blaney changing numbers and my having to move everyone else to accomodate it. I missed selecting the mak logos when moving poo poo around. Also if you wrote a thing up and I didn't use it it's probably because it was not very informative, or I just didn't think it worked. S o r r y.
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gently caress this football bullshit. I hope the Niners get stomped so I don't have to listen to every bandwagon NorCal Niners fans spout bullshit for the next 3 months. I'm watching the Shootout instead. http://youtu.be/Gk8NcgV4GNc
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kidcoelacanth posted:It's all downhill when Prez starts a thread YOU TALK A BIG GAME KID CO-LAY-CAN-TH-UH, BUT CAN YOU DELIVER IN THE RING THIS MONDAY NIGHT? OR ARE YOU SCARED OF ME AND MY GRADE A BEEF *flexes arms*
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*power bombs u through the reply button*
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My secret weakness, when I was discussing that in the locker room and that cameraman was there I didn't think they'd broadcast it!!! Ugggh....leica in 2006 posted:No. But if she does anyway, she better start a few seasons in Busch or Trucks first. If she goes straight to Cup, she will fail miserably. It would also help if she could win some races in the loving series she's already in. 
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Exi7wound posted:gently caress this football bullshit. I hope the Niners get stomped so I don't have to listen to every bandwagon NorCal Niners fans spout bullshit for the next 3 months. Eh reverse I'm still angry about the Denver and Ravens game with the stupid refs. I'm watching 97 Speedweeks and then go to 99 til I get tired and watch the 2000 season. I'm even watching practice. SASCARfans.txt
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Just a reminder that Donnie Allison is a goofy looking motherfucker.
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That is a spectacular OP and this is a beautiful first page. It would be a shame if someone were to ruin it with... say... Oh yeah. Welcome to this man's inaugural season in Cup. Let the exodus of southern fans begin anew.
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Here's to Swan Racing to be the NASCAR version of Andrea Moda.
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Breaking away from reading Kidc's excellent (seriously, dude, these own) driver profiles to post on how awful Danica's GoDaddy Super Bowl ad is. I'm not saying this just to hate on Danica here...that was a horrific commercial.
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CBJSprague24 posted:Breaking away from reading Kidc's excellent (seriously, dude, these own) You wrote most of them, man.
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Yeah, but the graphics are awesome.kidcoelacanth posted:(post reserved just in case) I didn't realize Nelson Piquet and Miguel Paludo were such violent guys. Might have to pull for them some more.
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Awesome OP. Almost makes me feel bad for my inevitable thread making GBS threads. 
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Power's out at the Super Bowl. Rumor is JPM was driving to the game and crashed into a downtown power substation. 
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lastcar spelled tutelage wrong in Danica's profile. He's practically official Nascar media, what kind of mickey mouse operation are we running here?
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The little "Ford" ovals are terrible. They should just be the script.
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PEANUT PRESIDENT WANTS TO COME INTO MY THREAD AND TELL ME HOW TO DO GRAPHIC DESIGN? WE SETTLE THIS ON THIS BIG STAGE, BROTHER. *looks at summer thread sign* (yeah probably)
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You forgot Mike Bliss.
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Nobody puts Mike Bliss in a corner!
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mearn posted:You forgot Mike Bliss. Everyone does 
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kidcoelacanth posted:PEANUT PRESIDENT WANTS TO COME INTO MY THREAD AND TELL ME HOW TO DO GRAPHIC DESIGN? WE SETTLE THIS ON THIS BIG STAGE, BROTHER. *looks at summer thread sign* YOU THINK YOU CAN TALK TO ME ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN? I'VE BEEN DOIN THIS poo poo SINCE I WAS A KID DOING GRAPHIC DESIGN IN MY BACKYARD! I WAS BORN TO DO THIS, NERD.
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Turner Motorsports is now Turner-Scott Motorsports if we're picking nits. also, obligatory gently caress Danica
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Seeing as I have been told by my boss that I am not going to be working a Saturday night or Sunday at all this year, I think I'm going to follow Cup full time for the first time in 20 years  Only race I'll miss is the March race at Fontana as I will be at a nerdcon in Boston. EDIT: And I'll have to dual screen Pocono and the Canadian GP in June Kilonum fucked around with this message at Feb 4, 2013 around 17:50 |
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Kilonum posted:Seeing as I have been told by my boss that I am not going to be working a Saturday night or Sunday at all this year, I think I'm going to follow Cup full time for the first time in 20 years Count missing the Fontana race as a blessing. Pocono can be iffy on whether or not there's rain in the area.
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There's always rain in the area 
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I'm at a Penske test reminding myself that testing is boring
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