2012 NASCAR thread
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He had a monstrous vibration in all 4 gears apparently, so it seems likely that something in the rear broke.
Got to agree with you. And at the end of the day, it was a pretty freakish accident - 99 times out of 100 he'd have missed the dryer truck and ploughed into the outside retaining wall.
That'll teach you!
Essential truths of modern NASCAR 'fandom':
1) Danica sucks, even if she gets taken out by someone else it's her fault
2) Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus are dirty cheats who only won so many championships because they cheat and the Chase and they cheat waaah waaah waaah
3) Montoya sucks
4) Local short track racing, despite being the main feeder for getting drivers into NASCAR sanctioned series, sucks
Essential truths of modern NASCAR 'fandom':
1) Danica sucks, even if she gets taken out by someone else it's her fault
2) Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus are dirty cheats who only won so many championships because they cheat and the Chase and they cheat waaah waaah waaah
3) Montoya sucks
4) Local short track racing, despite being the main feeder for getting drivers into NASCAR sanctioned series, sucks
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Jimmie Johnson docked 25 points, Chad Knaus (crew chief) and Ron Malec (car chief) suspended for six races, Knaus fined $100k by NASCAR for the illegal car body pieces that tech inspection uncovered.
Story on NASCAR.com
Now, I'm a big fan of JJ so what I say here will not be all that surprising - I think that penalty is way, way too harsh. I figured on Knaus getting a fine, and maybe a suspension. But docking Jimmie 25 points? He now goes to Phoenix with -23 points, 70 behind Matt Kenseth at the top.
Docking the team 25 owners points would have been fairer, and still sent the required 'Don't **** with us' message that NASCAR wants to get across.
Story on NASCAR.com
Now, I'm a big fan of JJ so what I say here will not be all that surprising - I think that penalty is way, way too harsh. I figured on Knaus getting a fine, and maybe a suspension. But docking Jimmie 25 points? He now goes to Phoenix with -23 points, 70 behind Matt Kenseth at the top.
Docking the team 25 owners points would have been fairer, and still sent the required 'Don't **** with us' message that NASCAR wants to get across.
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Money. There's a lot less of it in the Truck series. The drivers can usually find a Late Model race or something other elsewhere when on an off-weekend.
Nationwide green flag drops at 21:45 or thereabouts our time AFAIK. Giving the invocation now.
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No idea who this girl is singing the anthem, but she's crap.
He got pulled around by the aerodynamic effect of Trevor Bayne going around the outside. Tried to correct, the tyres got some bite, and bam! Right into the wall. Just an unlucky deal. It was good to see him get out of it okay.
Besweeet's streaming channel is currently here, by the way. Just in case some of you don't read his tweets. He should be showing the Cup race there later.
Besweeet's streaming channel is currently here, by the way. Just in case some of you don't read his tweets. He should be showing the Cup race there later.