2012 NASCAR thread

Baz said:
Talladega this weekend, anywhere showing this online, justin.tv's feed has gone :(
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Brian's stream may be up at race time.

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Neil777 said:
What a surprise, another race on Motors where my sky box stops recording before the end :-(
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Guess the red flag knocked your box's timing out.

Eric McClure is being kept in hospital at least overnight. Thankfully the SAFER barrier was there on the inside wall, 'cause he went into it hard.

Vid link.
 
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Neil777 said:
Yeah, I thought the idea of setting it to auto compensation was that it would deal with this kind of thing though.
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It'll only compensate (beyond the usual five minutes or so at the start and end) if the broadcaster in question updates the TV guide on the fly to reflect the change in programme time. I suspect that Motors TV haven't quite gotten the hang of that yet....
 
Wow, massive crash. Any more details on what happened, as he seemed to make no attempt to slow down. It even looked like he accelerated towards the wall.
 
JRS said:
It'll only compensate (beyond the usual five minutes or so at the start and end) if the broadcaster in question updates the TV guide on the fly to reflect the change in programme time. I suspect that Motors TV haven't quite gotten the hang of that yet....
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Well I outsmarted it this week by recording the following show and the one after that just in case.
 
So, three of the four manufacturers have shown us what their 2013 Cup cars are going to look like (Chevrolet have said that they'll show their car off "much, much later this year" though a disguised car has turned some laps in testing).

Toyota Camry

Dodge Charger

Ford Fusion

Chevy SS Prototype

The Fusion has also been shown in clay model mock-up form with Wood Brothers #21 paint:





I really hope Dodge manage to get some teams to go with them, that car looks great. Actually, they all do (even the Toyota!).
 
It's the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte this weekend, and JRS hasn't posted yet? :confused:

Richard Petty Motorsports have locked out the front row, Almirola on pole with Ambrose second. Jimmie Johnson is third. Some established names are starting in the midfield, should be an interesting race.
 
sr4470 said:
It's the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte this weekend, and JRS hasn't posted yet? :confused:
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I'm afraid that my patience with the Motorsport forum on here is at an all-time low thanks to the F1 race weekend threads and the associated muppetry, hence me dialling back with posting on here (the news about Dany Bahahahahahar aside, couldn't resist that story ;)).

But yeah, the Coca-Cola 600. Longest race of the year. Hopefully the engine builders have got their **** together!
 
JRS said:
I'm afraid that my patience with the Motorsport forum on here is at an all-time low thanks to the F1 race weekend threads and the associated muppetry, hence me dialling back with posting on here (the news about Dany Bahahahahahar aside, couldn't resist that story ;)).
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It's been pretty civil in this thread so far though. Well, off to watch the Indy 500 again :p
 
For those of us interested a little in the history of the sport - that was the fastest Coca-Cola 600 ever at 3:51:14, an average speed of 155.687mph.
 
Kasey Kahne won the race, but Greg Biffle is leading the championship after finishing 4th. Been a while since he was near the front, pretty much sunk into obscurity after his Truck\Busch series wins about a decade ago.
 
Anyone watch the Cup race at Michigan?

Four years, and two days. That would be the length of time since Junebug won previously (also at Michigan). He ran an outstanding race. Now to see if he can take that and make a run for the Cup out of it!
 
JRS said:
Anyone watch the Cup race at Michigan?

Four years, and two days. That would be the length of time since Junebug won previously (also at Michigan). He ran an outstanding race. Now to see if he can take that and make a run for the Cup out of it!
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Nope, but Jr sure looks consistent so far. Strong finishing average, even better than his 2003 season (back when I was interested enough in Nascar to pick up the Papyrus simulation).
 
Watching NASCARs on a road course just feels a bit odd.

One for JRS maybe: what is the 'fin' that runs down the left side of the rear window for? I assumed it was aerodynamic, but its still there for road courses too, and only on one side, which doesn't make sense as they turn both ways?

And Lol Villeneuve, cheeky git.
 
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And everyone thought Piquet Jr would never get a race seat again after crashgate and he wins at Road America :p.

Interesting to see how well Danica was doing before Villeneuve got up to his old tricks.
 
El_Watcher said:
And everyone thought Piquet Jr would never get a race seat again after crashgate and he wins at Road America :p.
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He's a Trucks competitor so he can't earn points in Nationwide, just like Logano and the other Cup guys who entered the race.

El_Watcher said:
Interesting to see how well Danica was doing before Villeneuve got up to his old tricks.
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Yeah, the critics will never be silenced :p as for JV, he's part-time and he keeps doing this kind of **** (like punting Marcos Ambrose last year at Montreal, though Marcos recovered to win as it was mid-way through the race).

None of the usual road-course specialists won the Cup race at Sonoma either, Clint Bowyer took the flag. Ambrose was a non-factor in 8th and Montoya only managed 34th.
 
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