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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc4TnopiuzQ Welcome to the NASCAR season SAS thread. Some of you I know, some of you I'm meeting for the first time. If you like racecars that go around in circles and turn left, this is the thread for you. If you don't, The main focus of this thread is the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The best of the best in stockcar racing, the season spans 36 races; 26 regular-season races and the 10-race Chase Playoff Elimination Buzzword Extravaganza. 16 drivers go in, 1 comes out as champion. E: Here's a nice preview for the season, and basically NASCAR Cup 101 for any first-timers. 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule: quote:Sat, Feb 14 8:00 PM ET Sprint Unlimited Daytona International Speedway FOX Last year's Chase field:  Top, L-R: Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, Ryan Newman, Joey Logano, Kurt 'The Outlaw' Busch, Matt Kenseth, Aric Almirola Bottom, L-R: Brad Keselowski, Greg Biffle, AJ Allmendinger, Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick Not Pictured: Jimmie Johnson So what happened this off-season? Not much, really, except for: - Jeff Gordon announcing his retirement after the end of this season, and Chase Elliott being anointed The Chosen One at Hendrick Motorsports - Kurt Busch going to court in some crazy stuff - hell, just Google it. It's hard to explain. - Speaking of crazy stuff, Brian Vickers had his bi-annual near-death experience. He'll be ready to race in a few weeks, though, so don't worry. - Joey Logano got married. If you've seen 'Rush', you know what'll happen next. - Schedule changes! A few tweaks here and there, plus Darlington going back to Labor Day weekend, as God and Harold Brasington intended it. - NBC reclaiming NASCAR tv rights for the second half of the season, and ESPN leaving to talk about A-Rod, Lebron, Johnny Football or some poo poo like that. - Rules changes! Some aero changes, and tapered spacers for the Cup series, apparently because the success of the Nationwide Series  was something to copy. - Driver/Team changes aplenty: Carl Edwards to a 4th Joe Gibbs Racing car, numbered 19 Trevor Bayne takes over Edwards' ride at Roush-Fenway, renumbered to 6 Ryan Blaney to the Wood Brothers 21, taking over for Bayne Marcos Ambrose hosed off to Australia, replaced by The Great Buckeye Hope that is Sam Hornish Michael Annett to HScott Racing, to be a teammate to Justin Allgaier Alex Bowman to Tommy Baldwin Racing to drive the 7 Brendan Gaughan driving for some scrub-rear end team John Edward Burton Burton moving to BK Racing, along with Matt Dibenedetto and JJ Yeley Ron Hornaday driving for Curtis Key Cole Whitt to Front Row Racing Like I said, a quiet off-season. ---------------------------------------------------------  THE IRC CHAT IS HERE. CLICK HERE FOR IRC. I KNOW NOBODY IS GOING TO READ THE OP AND CLICK THIS BUT IT IS ALWAYS HERE. SASCAR Synchtube thread. Official NASCAR Site Jayski.com, rumors & news site. LASTCAR's LASTCAR Blog Our Podcast, Rolling Start (archvies) This is not the Indycar thread, this is not the F1 thread. There are threads for these. There is also a Misc. Auto Racing thread. Take discussions to the appropriate place, thanks. One last thing - GO TO YOUR LOCAL SHORT TRACK Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Feb 22, 2015 |
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Filler post for Xfinity/Trucks/ARCA/other cool stuff. FIRST BIT OF COOL poo poo Q: True or False: Speedweeks is just at Daytona International Speedway. A: False! New Smyrna Speedway has their own version of Speedweeks as well. 3 different types of latemodel, Modifieds, Trucks and the K&N series on a 1/2 mile paved oval, with cars from all over the country (and  ) competing every night.Q: True or False: New Smyrna Speedweeks can only be experienced in person. A: False! Starting this year, Fanschoice.tv will have live coverage from NSS Speedweeks of practice and feature events, streaming most nights - for free! Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Feb 12, 2015 |
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Feb 12, 2015 21:59
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I will make cool images soon.
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Feb 12, 2015 22:31
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Carl Edwards could potentially miss the Daytona 500. Let's start praying to the gods that it happens 
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Feb 12, 2015 22:38
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I hope he does and he gets fired.
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Feb 12, 2015 22:38
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I'm going to watch all of those races and complain about 75%~ of them.
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Feb 12, 2015 22:42
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I'm going to watch none of the races and complain about 100% of them.
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Feb 12, 2015 22:48
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CactusWeasle posted:I'm going to watch all of those races and complain about 75%~ of them.
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NASCAR ON TV In case you missed it, this is the first year of NASCAR's new TV deal for the Sprint Cup and Xfinity aka NXS aka INXS Series. TNT and ESPN are gone and we go back to the future, reverting to something reminiscent of 2001-2006. FOX and FOX Sports 1 (FS1) cover the first halves of the season for both series, as well as the entire Camping World Truck Series schedule. Starting with the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, NBC and NBCSN take you to the finish. NBCSN will have the majority of the races for the K&N East and West Series, as well as Whelen Modifieds, on tape delay. FOX and FS1 continue to carry the entire CWTS schedule, but with an overhauled on-air team. Bob Dillner and Ray Dunlap are gone, replaced by Vince Welch, Kaitlyn Vincie, and Matt Yocum on a rotating basis.  -Sprint Cup: Booth- Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds, Darrell Waltrip Pits- Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Matt Yocum, Vince Welch (select races) Hollywood Hotel- Chris Myers, Michael Waltrip (except the Daytona 500) Rules Expert- Andy Petree In-Race Reporter- Jeff Gordon (select events in 2015, apparently starting with the Coke 600). The Cup team remains largely the same. Little comes over from ESPN, presumably to replace Krista Voda. More on her later. Chris Neville of FOX's sports car coverage comes to NASCAR pit road from TNT. Andy Petree is a late addition, being the NASCAR equivalent of Mike Pereira. I wish him luck finding a copy of the NASCAR Rulebook, because  .I haven't seen what's up with Jeff Hammond. Rumor was he was out. Xfinity Series: Booth- Adam Alexander, Michael Waltrip, Clint Bowyer/Jeff Gordon/Kevin Harvick/Brad Keselowski/Danica Patrick (rotating, most events) Pits- Vince Welch, Jamie Little, Chris Neville, Matt Yocum Hollywood Hotel- Danielle Trotta, Larry McReynolds This was kept secret until a couple weeks ago. TNT and FOX vet Adam Alexander gets the call along with Michael Waltrip for all Xfinity races. The big surprise comes in the form of the third man in the booth, revealed to be a rotating cast of Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, and Bad Brad hisself. (Also Clint and Danica.) It was announced during Speedweeks that Danica Patrick will be in the booth for select races, inevitably shoulder-touching Adam Alexander to the point he files a restraining order. Vince Welch from ESPN joins the regular pit reporters for Xfinity and Truck races and is technically the "lead pit reporter". Trucks (Steve Byrnes Appreciation Station): Booth- Mike Joy/Adam Alexander/Brian Till/Ralph Sheheen, Phil Parsons, Michael Waltrip/Todd Bodine Pits- Hermie Sadler, Kaitlyn Vincie/Vince Welch/Matt Yocum (rotating) Steve Byrnes was to be the lead announcer on the CWTS broadcasts had he been able to return, but we lost him in April. Joy, Alexander (who replaced Rick Allen last year), and sportscar pit reporter/PBP guy/former IndyCar driver Brian Till will take turns at the mic. Ralph Sheheen called the race at Dover. Todd Bodine does Color for some tripleheader weekends in place of Waltrip. Hermie Sadler will be the only permanent pit reporter. Bob Dillner and Ray Dunlap are gone. Welch, Yocum, and NASCAR RaceHub cutie (and according to Boomer, knowledgeable host) Kaitlyn Vincie will tap in. ARCA: Booth- Adam Alexander/Ray Dunlap, Phil Parsons, Justin Allgaier Pits- Ray Dunlap/Matt Yocum, Jim Tretow Here's where Ray Dunlap ended up. Tretow used to do driver intros at Daytona.  -Sprint Cup: Booth- Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte Pits- Dave Burns, Mike Massaro, Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast Hosts- Krista Voda, Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett (selected races) Allen Bestwick said on the Awful Announcing podcast that he was offered the gig and declined because ESPN offered him a more diverse package of sports to work, including golf, tennis, basketball, football, and the Indy 500. So they picked up former CWTS PBP voice Rick Allen. Taking a new direction with color analysts, Jeff Burton and former Jeff Gordon/Dale Jr crew chief Steve Letarte will get the call. I heard these guys call the Toyota Gridiron Challenge which was a thing on TV last week and, to borrow a phrase from Benny Parsons on NBC..."not too good"... Dave Burns and Mike Massaro come over from ESPN. Burns was on NBC the first time around, as was Marty Snider. Kelli Stavast used to do sports cars on SPEED & is an IndyCar pit reporter. NBC's pre- and post-race hosts will be Krista Voda (ex-FOX), Kyle Petty, and the recently-added Dale Jarrett, who will work select races. Xfinity B-team (non-companion events): Booth- Leigh Diffey, ? Pits- ? NBCSN will need a B-team for a handful of non-companion Xfinity races in their half of the season (Iowa, Mid-Ohio, Road America, Kentucky). Where they go with this, nobody's said. I asked NBC's IndyCar/F1 voice Leigh Diffey on Twitter last fall if he'd be involved and he said it was possible, depending on schedule. (update- Diffey's in.) K&N East/West: Booth- Rick Allen/Dave Burns, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte OR Ralph Sheheen, Frank Stoddard, Parker Kligerman Whelen Modifieds: Booth- Ralph Sheheen, Ray Evernham Pits- Derek Pernesiglio Sheheen and Evernham were hired to cover Modified races for NBCSN in April.  CBS has live racing again! ARCA: Booth- Ray Dunlap/Rick Benjamin, Jim Tretow, Spencer Gallagher (Winchester) Pits- Kristin Beat Everybody's favorite stock car series, LOL ARCA, will air three times on CBS Sports Network in addition to a smattering of races on FS1/2. Toledo was the first (and I totally forgot when I made this post). Winchester (June 28th) and Springfield (August 23rd, on DIRT ) are the others.__ Wally Dallenbach does pre/post-race studio shows on FS1. Rusty Wallace is working select races for MRN. Allen Bestwick, Ricky Craven, Dr. Jerry Punch, Shannon Spake, Brad Daugherty, and Nicole Briscoe all remain with ESPN in various capacities. e- I guess Jeff Gordon is technically a part of FOX effective today as an in-race reporter. CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 19:19 on Jun 28, 2015 |
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Cubey posted:Carl Edwards could potentially miss the Daytona 500. Let's start praying to the gods that it happens Wait how? Not enough sponsorship or wha?
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keevo posted:Wait how? Not enough sponsorship or wha? Owner's points, or lack thereof.
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Just want to say I loving love the thread title. Now if only I was excited about this season, like at all. I think I'm going to pull for Larson this year.Cubey posted:Carl Edwards could potentially miss the Daytona 500. Let's start praying to the gods that it happens Oh my God, please I hope this happens. Elitist Bitch fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Feb 12, 2015 |
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Feb 12, 2015 23:06
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 What's old is new again. (pity it won't qualify)
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I realized JGR's Cars are now 18,19,20..................And 11 This really bothers me and I don't even like them.
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Peanut President posted:
What kinda self respecting moonshine car touting "American Born" would be a loving Toyota. This also bothers me.
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^^^Also notice the "DONT TREAD ON ME" on the rear quarter. As much as I hope it's a Zeb Colter reference I imagine it's 100% serious  poo poo on a yot.Possibly Chicken posted:I realized JGR's Cars are now 18,19,20..................And 11 Kinda like how RCR was 3 30 31?
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Noting that, in relation to us Brits, the Irish sports channel Premier Sports has finally renewed their rights for the next three years of Cup. They finally go HD in the summer, apparently.
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Peanut President posted:Kinda like how RCR was 3 30 31? Or how Stewart-Haas is 4,14,41 and 10.
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Possibly Chicken posted:What kinda self respecting moonshine car touting "American Born" would be a loving Toyota. This also bothers me. will you please stop treading on them ??
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Possibly Chicken posted:Or how Stewart-Haas is 4,14,41 and 10. Or how DEI cars were always +7 because 7 championships? (1/8/15) ed: or how none of the BK Racing cars have Burger King on them anymore? also more terrible paint schemes: 
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Brb killing myself by chewing 1 plus 14 pieces of energy gum at once.
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Bad Paintjobs Part Final: Truck series.jpg
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That's one of the top teams too. The truck series is dying.
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bitcoin is the new trafficking
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Peanut President posted:also more terrible paint schemes: i thought that was a big flexing bicep at first. would have been cooler
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Peanut President posted:Or how DEI cars were always +7 because 7 championships? (1/8/15) If you're not 100% sure what the terrible part of this paint scheme is it is actually just the name of the driver.
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Can anyone share the bingo card tool with me.. I want to make bingo for my daytona party.
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Possibly Chicken posted:Or how Stewart-Haas is 4,14,41 and 10. Hendrick was 5, 25, 35 at one point.
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Possibly Chicken posted:Or how Stewart-Haas is 4,14,41 and 10.
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Jeff Gordon says he's considering running at least the Brickyard 400 into the future, but this will be his last Daytona 500. Betcha he adds Kentucky if he doesn't win there this year. He's going to run like 10 races next year, isn't he?
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Peanut President posted:^^^Also notice the "DONT TREAD ON ME" on the rear quarter. As much as I hope it's a Zeb Colter reference I imagine it's 100% serious You should see their 1.5-mile Xfinity car (the yellow one):  Peanut President posted:also more terrible paint schemes: Weird scheme, but awesome to see Mike Wallace get another plate track ride. Sure, it's not a very good one, but the guy scored a pair of top-tens in the 500 driving for James Finch in the pre-Keselowski years.
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Peanut President posted:
I had some home made moonshine for the first time on new years. It was very good. Is the ready made stuff any good?
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FuzzySkinner posted:I had some home made moonshine for the first time on new years. It was very good. Moonshine ain't moonshine if it wasn't made in the woods.
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I hear "Brack Maggard" and the first thing which always comes to mind is: Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah BUDDY.
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Possibly Chicken posted:Moonshine ain't moonshine if it wasn't made in the woods. 100%. The Junior Johnson stuff seems to be pretty trendy at house parties right now though, and I support that cause Junior Johnson.
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Possibly Chicken posted:Moonshine ain't moonshine if it wasn't made in the woods. Yeah the stuff I had was pretty legit, mason jar and all. Cygni posted:100%. Yeah I would think if there's stuff with his name attached to it? I'll trust it. Jr. seems to drink it, and who am I to question that guy.
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CBJSprague24 posted:I hear "Brack Maggard" and the first thing which always comes to mind is: according to one episode of space ghost: coast to coast Brak is a 3-time nascar champion
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Quantrill posted:according to one episode of space ghost: coast to coast Brak is a 3-time nascar champion "i'm drivin' down highway 40 in my big ol' nascar truuuuck. . ."
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Cygni posted:100%. Junior Johnson's frozen biscuits are pretty dang tasty for being frozen. Combine it with the moonshine and you got yourself a party. Pretty much every liquor store around me has it, might have to pick some up for my birthday
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I was just out today to get bourbon for Saturday, should've picked some of this up.
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