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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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CactusWeasle posted:I'm going to watch all of those races and complain about 75%~ of them.
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Feb 12, 2015 22:54
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Muddy Burphy posted:I was listening to Shawn Michaels on Chris Jericho's podcast and they talked about his son's racing career (I believe he had been racing legends cars), and he mentioned that they pulled him out of that because as he was getting more successful they were finding that the situations often involved bad behavior or unsportsmanlike tactics paying off. I found that interesting since it's so prevalent in K&N with the 15-16 year olds that come up.
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Feb 13, 2015 23:03
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Jamie Little: The Millennial Jeannie Zelasko
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Feb 13, 2015 23:05
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tater_salad posted:If it doesnt run like crap maybe ill mirror it to my tv.. is it racing or practice?
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Feb 14, 2015 00:40
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elmono311 posted:Thanks, Edwards, for not doing anything to help push Truex because Kenses is your teammate. rear end.
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Feb 15, 2015 04:33
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Feb 15, 2015 19:40
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Clint's right, but take some responsibility for oh, I don't know, actually turning the 44 when you still had room going into the corner 
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Feb 15, 2015 19:55
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VikingSkull posted:Also who suggested this thread title because it makes me laugh every time I read it. I wonder how many people get it.
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Feb 16, 2015 20:58
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IceAgeComing posted:I know about the duels but the last few spots are set by time and provisionals, right? Unless I've been confused watching these things for the last few years CBJSprague24 posted:Smoke has finally figured out the joys of Twitter. In response to whatever happy crap Kenny Wallace said about group qualifying: Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Feb 16, 2015 |
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Feb 16, 2015 21:02
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Thursday night.
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Feb 17, 2015 02:17
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BMB5150 posted:A quarter to third of the race is lost to commercials.
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Feb 17, 2015 16:29
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They also started streaming some of the races live later in the season, although I don't know if that was more of an ESPN thing or not. Regardless, it's worth your while to join us in IRC during the race. In other news, MRN is supposed to have a mobile app released on Friday.
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Feb 17, 2015 17:23
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Nobody likes an rear end-kisser, and NASCAR has TONS of them associated with the sport. In other news: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/glob...rticle23023894/
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Feb 17, 2015 18:18
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Even when they come to the realization that the emperor has no clothes, there's a dissonance between what they defended and what they're throwing under the bus. It's like their thought process is "Everything I saw and wrote about before was correct and I have absolutely zero regrets, BUT NOW NASCAR CHANGED ONE LITTLE THING AND ITS ALL hosed UP, WHY DIDNT YOU FANS TELL ME SOONER?"
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Feb 17, 2015 18:31
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AirborneSpore posted:Only in Nascar. Can I get one of those to clear my road and driveway here in New Hampshire? 
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Feb 17, 2015 21:45
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Yes, but what about Kirk Shelmerdine?
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Feb 18, 2015 01:55
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Larry Mac's book on how to be a CC is an interesting read, too.
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Feb 18, 2015 02:11
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Peanut President posted:"i think we should kill the jews and also I like ranch dressing" I don't think Earnhardt had many more seasons past 2001 left in him at that point, at least on a full-time basis. The late 90s weren't kind to him physically, the heir apparent was waiting in the wings at RCR and DEI was starting to really get going.
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Feb 18, 2015 16:14
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Canadian Tire is confirmed to be leaving the NASCAR Canada series at the end of 2015, eliminating their sponsorship of Scott Steckley but keeping sponsorship of Mosport. Let the games begin. E: Dale Earnhardt fans are coming out of the woodwork on Facebook/Twitter today like baby boomers who said they went to the original Woodstock. Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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Feb 18, 2015 17:05
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I won't disagree with that, as that articulates a lot of my thoughts on him as well. With that being said, I'm not rushing to canonize the man and declare him everything that NASCAR after he died, and I'm getting that vibe from a lot of people. The same people who cheered him on in 1998 were probably the same people pissed off with him at Bristol in 1999, and that's ok.
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Feb 18, 2015 18:06
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Sterling Marlin?
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Feb 18, 2015 20:54
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So Kyle Busch is running 26 Xfinity races this year....
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Feb 18, 2015 22:32
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VikingSkull posted:things heard on fanschoice
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Feb 19, 2015 03:17
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I love how NASCAR is surprised that nobody is practicing 7 hours before the Duels start.
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Feb 19, 2015 18:03
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The qualifying races for the 500 are this evening, the race itself is on Sunday. Most races are Sunday, except when they're not.
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Feb 19, 2015 18:42
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Meanwhile, back at the http://www.si.com/racing/2015/02/18...icetype=default 
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Feb 19, 2015 21:09
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10 DNQs and Kurt gets suspended indefinitely tomorrow, letting Danica drive the 41. You heard it here first.
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Feb 20, 2015 00:19
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quote:Kelly Crandall @KellyCrandall 18m18 minutes ago
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Feb 20, 2015 05:09
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When the top-15/16 drive in from each race, how hard is that to understand? That's 100% in your hands. As a sidenote, I wonder if Jeb Burton replaces Johnny Sauter for the 500.
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Feb 20, 2015 05:13
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Maybe she was bitching about that, I took it more towards the qualifying format for the 500. E: http://nascartalk.nbcsports.com/201...ualifying-race/ Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 05:22 on Feb 20, 2015 |
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Feb 20, 2015 05:18
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tater_salad posted:I wouldn't mind the format of qualify and duel.. but... E: This documentary on the '79 Daytona 500 is a thing, alright, with an interesting interpretation of the 1960s and 70s. Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 16:07 on Feb 20, 2015 |
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Feb 20, 2015 16:04
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"Who wants to race for the Pablo Picasso Vagina Cup?"
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Feb 20, 2015 16:13
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50 Shades of  Allergies
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Feb 20, 2015 18:50
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seventimessix posted:So with Kurt out indefinitely there's almost no chance the 41 team runs past Daytona, right? It'll run. E: To make it more clear, it'll run because: 1 - The associate/secondary primary sponsors have paid to run; 2 - The car will make the first 5 races of the year based on owner points; and 3 - With on-track testing banned this season, the data from practice/race sessions is too valuable to lose by axing the car. They might get a pay driver for it; I personally want the #41 Zaxby's Chevrolet of John Wes Townley. They can test a replacement for Kurt or Danica (or even Tony) for the future as well, like Regan Smith. Boomer The Cannon fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Feb 21, 2015 |
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Feb 21, 2015 00:31
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Mason Mingus DNQ'd? 
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Feb 21, 2015 00:54
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Cubey posted:WHY WAS THERE NO YELLOW WHAT THE gently caress NASCAR
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Feb 21, 2015 02:51
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Unless he slammed on the brakes the second the tire went flat, there was plenty of time.
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CBJSprague24 posted:That was before the name of the game for NASCAR was one upping America's largest sport in
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