Official Nascar Thread (Daytona 500)

[Diesel]

Anyone watching the race?

Any NASCAR fans on this site?

[bandit29]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Anyone watching the race?

Any NASCAR fans on this site?

Ya I'll be watching. The Bud Shootout the last Saturday was good. Glad that Harvick won. The Duels this Thursday should be good.

The Daytona 500? It will probably be a snoozfest as usual. Good the first 50 laps are so..horribly boring in the middle and awesome the last 10-15 laps lol

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by bandit29

Ya I'll be watching. The Bud Shootout the last Saturday was good. Glad that Harvick won. The Duels this Thursday should be good.

The Daytona 500? It will probably be a snoozfest as usual. Good the first 50 laps are so..horribly boring in the middle and awesome the last 10-15 laps lol

They didn't play the shootout here because of a Saints special for the Superbowl

The Qualifying races are easily the best ones of the week the last couple years.

You're probably right on with the prediction for the 500

[Duffy12]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Anyone watching the race?

Any NASCAR fans on this site?

I used to be a HUGE Nascar fan during the 90's, but when the new young guns started showing up after Earnhardt's tragic passing I began to lose almost all interest in it. And also Washington DC finally has a major league baseball team to occupy my attention now.

However I will always try to catch the Daytona, Talladega, Bristol and the two road courses when I can as I can't stand quite a few of the newer cookie cutter tracks that they have now.

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Anyone watching the race?

Any NASCAR fans on this site?

I'll be watching it Diesel Big fan of restrictor plate racing .The last 3 or 4 years they had taken the fun out of it by controlling it to much . But this year they chilled out on it & put it back into the drivers hands with A bigger plate & no rules on Bump-drafting ! The shoot out turned out real good , So I'd say the 500 will be A great race

Nothing like watching Bumper-cars at 200 MPH

[Diesel]

I didn't know they used a bigger plate this year

Maybe we'll have a good race after all.

I love restrictor plate racing (been to Talladega twice) when they aren't babied...

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I didn't know they used a bigger plate this year

Maybe we'll have a good race after all.

I love restrictor plate racing (been to Talladega twice) when they aren't babied...

Talladega is my Favorite track Diesel has bee for many many years . This is from last year .

[Diesel]

I was supposed to go to that race but decided to take a year off. Probably going to the fall race this year.

One day I want to go to Bristol

[crazyBLUE]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I was supposed to go to that race but decided to take a year off. Probably going to the fall race this year.

One day I want to go to Bristol

Now that would be A blast . 160,000 people - Grand stand seating - 1/2 mile track ~ That would be A Big party

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Anyone watching the race?

Any NASCAR fans on this site?

Yeah i'm watching...I'm a Junior fan, hopefully this year goes better for him than last year did. I hear him and Mark Martin have been sharing ideas on setups and we all know how well Mark did last year.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Yeah i'm watching...I'm a Junior fan, hopefully this year goes better for him than last year did. I hear him and Mark Martin have been sharing ideas on setups and we all know how well Mark did last year.

Same here, Jr. fan.

Yea last year was terrible...

3 wins and a top 8 points finish this year and I'll be satisfied

[Dexter Morgan]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Same here, Jr. fan.

Yea last year was terrible...

3 wins and a top 8 points finish this year and I'll be satisfied

Another Jr. fan here.

I think it's now or never this year, guys. Not sure what more they can do to put him in a good position.

On a side note - did you guys hear that they tweaked the Green-White-Checker rule? Wanting to not end races under caution, they're now allowing three chances at the G-W-C instead of one. I think a lot of crew chiefs will be at the end of fuel mileage races.

[Diesel]

Its definitely now or never time for him to ever win a championship. If he doesn't get one in the next two years I seriously doubt he'll ever get one. I just want him to get ONE at least, more would have been nice, but it is unlikely unless he makes an insane upswing in performance.


He already let 2004 slip away with two 33rds at the very end of the season, had that not happened he would have gotten the Cup


Really? I'm glad, one try only is stupid, I hate ending on a caution, it sucks. But yea you are right, the fuel mileage gambles will be even more now.



The Duels are today btw.

[GORT]

I will also be watching the race. I have been a NASCAR fan for a long time and I can't wait for the season to start.

[Dexter Morgan]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Its definitely now or never time for him to ever win a championship. If he doesn't get one in the next two years I seriously doubt he'll ever get one. I just want him to get ONE at least, more would have been nice, but it is unlikely unless he makes an insane upswing in performance.


He already let 2004 slip away with two 33rds at the very end of the season, had that not happened he would have gotten the Cup


Really? I'm glad, one try only is stupid, I hate ending on a caution, it sucks. But yea you are right, the fuel mileage gambles will be even more now.



The Duels are today btw.

I distinctly remember that. I was all excited because it was two tracks that he could own at, Martinsville and Atlanta. I believe either brakes or transmission failed at M'ville, and I remember in Atlanta he was in like 4th, going for 3rd, passing Edwards and not quite clearing him before trying to fall back in line, and totally wrecked on the inside wall.

I was SO f'ing mad between those two races!

[bandit29]

Originally Posted by Blu Atlas

On a side note - did you guys hear that they tweaked the Green-White-Checker rule? Wanting to not end races under caution, they're now allowing three chances at the G-W-C instead of one. I think a lot of crew chiefs will be at the end of fuel mileage races.

Once again NASCAR rule books are written on a chalkboard..

I liked the sudden death GWC rule. 3 chances is ridiculous. I remember watching a truck race a few years ago before they changed it to only one GWC. They had 6 GWC restarts. A truck ended up on it's side lol

[Diesel]

They'll probably tweak it mid-season to 2 tries instead of 3.

[Dexter Morgan]

Originally Posted by Diesel

A GOOD bit you mean!





Funny (true) story...

I changed the channel to the race sometime after Jr. had been leading for a while (I didn't watch the whole thing, not a fan of Martinsville that much and I felt like watching Iron Man 2 today), and the ticker at the top was on like 5th place when I put it on, it cycled all the way through the lead lap cars, and I was like, "great, he's not even on the freaking lead lap!!! "

Then when it came back around and showed him in first ""


....it's sad that its come to that

Haha... you and me both. I actually watched more of this race than the previous Chase races combined.

I'm a huge short track fan, and I really hope they don't take a M'ville race away in favor of another cookie-cutter.

[Mobe1969]

Well, its the gamble that is Talladega this weekend...

I hope Harvick does well. The chase at the moment, I'm torn - Johnson is a nice guy, but I'm sick of him winning. But Hamlin gets on my nerve, a bit too whiny and a bit challenged...

[Dexter Morgan]

What a kick in the balls to the 48 pit crew, although it might have been the right move to bench them.