2012 NASCAR thread
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I'd be here all night if I listed all of his shenanigans
True enough
There is a remarkable overlap sometimes!
AJ's 'B' test failed, so he's suspended indefinitely. Guess Sam Hornish Jr gets to drive the #22 for a while longer....
I didn't watch them, so there wasn't a great deal for me to say!
Should be watching the weekend races at Indy though.Elliot Sadler extended his championship lead by winning (though Stenhouse Jr lead the most laps). None of the other top 9 changed by much (just relative points differences). Hornish wrecked Kyle Busch two laps from the end and finished 8th in the race. Danica was in mid-pack again (14th).
I didn't watch them, so there wasn't a great deal for me to say!
Why not? You seem a lot more into Nascar than I am
Why not? You seem a lot more into Nascar than I am
Lack of usable internet connection. Tried it out pre-race, but no dice - couldn't go more than a few seconds without skipping or buffering. Since then I've lit a rocket up Openreach's backside, and got my connection back up to ~3meg and better line quality.
Oh, I figured you'd have the TV channels to watch it. BT are a terrible ISP, I only use them for phone lines (and they do that well enough, I get a healthy ~9mbit despite being in the middle of nowhere relatively speaking). That said, my own ISP has gone a little downhill relative to their early excellence since O2\Telefonica purchased them.
Nope, no TV channels. No TV! Just a Hauppauge adapter for the computer to watch Freeview, if I can even be bothered. Still haven't watched a GP live since before Bahrain (which I didn't watch on principle, the rest are just because I had something better to do), haven't even bothered with the BBC highlights for many of those races that they didn't want to meet their original contract for.
I'm with TalkTalk, which might well be terrible but at least they're cheap and terrible....unlike other ISPs, which are expensive and terrible. Unfortunately, since I live in the relative technological wilderness of Stretton, I'm limited in what I can actually get. Hell, my road hasn't even been updated with the rest of the village for FTTC yet, despite the live date for the Burton-on-Trent exchange being the end of last month....
Fair enough.
I guess so. I only pay £14 a month though (with Be) and rarely encounter any issues (just one short outage in the last 18 months).
That's what happens with private infrastructure monopolies. Slovakian telecoms providers will bundle 100Mbit connections with your phoneline (and that's been the case for years) for a pittance. The UK government is too busy subsidising the finance, drug, security and war industries to care about useful items...
Anyway, going back to NASCAR I notice that Kenseth is still holding onto the top spot despite his average race at Loudon...Junebug is getting closer in points though.
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Ah, but can they maintain their form going into the Chase? That's going to be the big question.
Jeff Gordon is pretty much certain to not qualify for the Chase now, so that's one big name out of it. Yes, there are seven races to go until the Chase (including this weekend at Indy) but his team's form is in the tank. Carl Edwards is 46 points away from 10th place, and would also (like Gordon) need to win at least twice to be in with a shout of getting a wildcard entry so he could well be out of it (not to mention having to change crew chief now since Bob Osborne is retiring on health grounds). Who else can displace someone now? Well, Ryan Newman and Joey Logano are both on a win each, so if either wins again and Kyle Busch doesn't then they could get a wildcard.
This weekend marks the first time that the Nationwide series has come to Indianapolis Motor Speedway. For 30 years or so up until last year, their event was held at a track called Lucas Oil Raceway. For a long time, this track was known as Indianpolis Raceway Park. It was called Indianapolis Raceway Park because it is in Clermont, Indiana as opposed to Indianapolis, Indiana.
Yes, quite. Never really got that one myself....
Aaaaaaanyway. The Nationwide drivers have had their first experience at running around this legendary piece of racetrack. Suffice to say, it has the potential to be a bit quick. No surprise that Kyle Busch has been the one to show the way in practice - say what you like about his lack of emotional maturity (and I frequently do), the kid can really drive. I once made a thread about the rumours of him wanting to test a Formula One car, and if he was given a drive then that would be me done with the sport. Now....I actually wouldn't mind seeing what he could do with a good F1 car.
Yes, quite. Never really got that one myself....
Aaaaaaanyway. The Nationwide drivers have had their first experience at running around this legendary piece of racetrack. Suffice to say, it has the potential to be a bit quick. No surprise that Kyle Busch has been the one to show the way in practice - say what you like about his lack of emotional maturity (and I frequently do), the kid can really drive. I once made a thread about the rumours of him wanting to test a Formula One car, and if he was given a drive then that would be me done with the sport. Now....I actually wouldn't mind seeing what he could do with a good F1 car.
Kyle's somewhat better in the maturity department than his brother and usually drives just as well
I think it comes down to Kurt's maturity regressing somewhat....
Well, on the evidence of that race they should have sent the Nationwide series to IMS long before now....
Got to feel sorry for Eliott Sadler. He didn't jump that restart, just got a good run. And he's penalised anyway. Hope he can bounce back from that.
Got to feel sorry for Eliott Sadler. He didn't jump that restart, just got a good run. And he's penalised anyway. Hope he can bounce back from that.
