2012 NASCAR thread

kaiowas said:
Contact is fine. Deliberately wiping out other cars in a fit of red mist has no place in motorsport.
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Well if you're referring to Jeff Gordon on Clint Bowyer, then that wasn't expected, he's usually not in the business of wrecking people (unlike say Carl Edwards).
 
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kaiowas said:
Contact is fine. Deliberately wiping out other cars in a fit of red mist has no place in motorsport.
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Its called "have at it boys"

Gordon was an asshat though, the original incident was as much his fault as anyone elses.
Makes me laugh when it turns to fisticuffs though, I keep expecting Oprah to appear and get the crowd going :D

NASCAR trailer is going to be busy tonight sorting that little lot out.

should have been a caution for PSP's spin at the end, was pretty dangerous to have her car still on track, she got a good whack, rear of the car was off the floor and she was obviously winded by it as you could see she was breathing hard from the in car, some time afterwards.

On to Homestead then, go Brad!
 
kaiowas said:
Contact is fine. Deliberately wiping out other cars in a fit of red mist has no place in motorsport.
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TPTB said 'have at it' so they have at it. If Clint's going to cut tyres down on folks, then he should expect some payback. And I can't think of a better place for payback than in the middle of Turns 3-4 at Phoenix. Flat banking, pretty low speed in the grand scheme of things, SAFER barrier outside and inside.

Now, someone like Carl 'Braindead Moron™' Edwards would have saved that one up for Daytona or Talladega next season, and caused an accident that could have hurt spectators. But that's okay, because his 'code' dictates that he should do that....

Looking good for Keselowski now, with a 20 point lead going into the final round. Should he win the title without getting the pole at Homestead, he'll be the first driver to take the Cup without a pole position all year since the Chase was introduced. It's only happened seven times in the history of the top tier in NASCAR - Bill Rexford in 1950 (had to look that one up!), Benny Parsons in '73, Earnhardt in '80, Bobby Allison in '83, Earnhardt again in '91, Dale Jarrett in '99 and then of course Matt Kenseth, whose title year in '03 (winning the second race and then grinding out results) caused the panic that brought in the Chase in the first place!
 
Crafty said:
should have been a caution for PSP's spin at the end, was pretty dangerous to have her car still on track, she got a good whack, rear of the car was off the floor and she was obviously winded by it as you could see she was breathing hard from the in car, some time afterwards.
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Despite getting taken out by Burton she was still classified 17th (was 13th before the incident). Marked improvement from her first few starts in Cup earlier this year. I'll be interested to see how Danica does at the road courses next year, based on the Road America\Montreal performance in Nationwide.
 
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Here's how the three championships look going into the final weekend at Homestead.

Cup

Brad Keselowski leads Jimmie Johnson by 20 points at present. If Brad finishes 15th or higher, finishes 16th and leads at least one lap, or finishes 17th and leads the most laps of anyone on the day then he becomes champion no matter where JJ finishes or how many laps he leads. No-one else can win the title now, it's only between those two.

Nationwide

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. leads Elliott Sadler by 20 points. If he finishes 16th or better, 17th and leads a lap, or 18th and leads the most laps then he's champion. Austin Dillon can still win it as well, he's a further five points back.

Trucks

James Buescher leads Tim Peters by 11 points. To make sure of the title, Buescher needs to finish 7th, 8th with a lap led, 9th with leading the most laps. Ty Dillon and Joey Coulter are still in it as well, 12 points and 29 points behind Buescher respectively.
 
Nationwide is apparently replacing Montreal with Mid-Ohio next year. I expect some brake failure and even more crashing than the GWC periods we had this year :p
 
His truck just took a big ol' bobble up the track on his qually run. 4th quickest ATM.

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Parker Kligerman on the pole, Kyle Larson second on exactly the same time (Parker gets the pole for running more races this year).
 
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The trucks are heading to a road course in Canada next year, so looks like another sure win for NP (I guess Kyle Busch and some of the ringers might offer competition).
 
Congrats to James Buescher, 2012 Camping World Truck Series champion! He ran a smart race. Congrats also to Cale Gale, for winning the race (his first win) and beating Kyle Busch at his own game by running him into the fence to do it. Kyle wasn't too impressed....meh. That last lap is the 5th lap Cale Gale has led in his career - best to lead the important lap!

NPJr finished 4th (equalling his result from last year's race) and ended up 7th in the standings. Looking at some of the names below him (Johnny Sauter, Todd Bodine....Ron Hornaday for God's sake) I'd say that was impressive.
 
JRS said:
Congrats to James Buescher, 2012 Camping World Truck Series champion! He ran a smart race.
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Now nobody can whine that winning races is poorly rewarded in the series :p a shame Dillon had a poor race but I'm sure he'll be back next year and better with his experience.

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Congrats also to Cale Gale, for winning the race (his first win) and beating Kyle Busch at his own game by running him into the fence to do it. Kyle wasn't too impressed....meh. That last lap is the 5th lap Cale Gale has led in his career - best to lead the important lap!
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Good for him, but it has to be said that KB has suffered his share of bad luck in the other two series this year :p

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NPJr finished 4th (equalling his result from last year's race) and ended up 7th in the standings. Looking at some of the names below him (Johnny Sauter, Todd Bodine....Ron Hornaday for God's sake) I'd say that was impressive.
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Those wrecks/DNFs were very costly, without that Piquet would almost certainly be in the top 5, possibly even a championship contender. As far as I know he doesn't have a contract for next year either.

Moving on to Nationwide, it's interesting how much Danica Patrick has improved with her new crew chief. Austin Dillon and Mike Bliss looked quick in both practice sessions as well.
 
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Congrats to Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 2012 Nationwide Series champion. It was always going to take something off the wall happening, given Elliott Sadler's Phoenix result (which put him 20 points back) and Ricky's record at Homestead (which is more than good). RSJr is now the sixth driver to win consecutive titles in what is now the Nationwide series (Sam Ard, Randy LaJoie, Martin Truex Jr, Larry Pearson and Dale Earnhardt Jr being the others).

Regan Smith made his first Nationwide start in five years, and duly won. He's running the full season for JR Motorsports next year.
 
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