NASCAR 2013 Sprint Cup season (other series discussion welcome!)

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Some fans seem to disagree vehemently, especially on the Carl Long case. There's been rumbling about favouritism towards Hendrick Motorsports for some time now - make of that what you will. Speaking of Hendrick, 5-time now leads the points after Kenseth's penalties.
 
The BS about NASCAR favouring the Hendrick camp and Hendrick cheating goes back so long now I don't suppose the people wittering about it even know why they do.

Kenseth and his crew chief have reacted to the penalty. No surprises with their opinions - no intent to cheat, penalties too harsh, etc. I do hope Joe Gibbs plans to send a rocket up TRD's backside if the appeal fails, since this mess is all on them.
 
Anyone watch the Nationwide race? Thought it was good, even though it was dominated by Cup drivers again.

Also, I thought we were trying to get away from teams 'starting and parking'? Jeff Green turned just 4 laps before a 'vibration' put him behind the wall for the rest of the race, JJ Yeley managed 7 laps before 'electrical issues' put him out. Time for NASCAR to take another look at that - it's one thing doing that when the number of cars qualifying is the number of spaces in the race, but I'd hate for a team to have to pack up and go home, only to watch the car that beat them into the race stop a few laps in and simply collect the starting and prize money for a 40th place finish.
 
Apparently "PK" was unhappy with Brian Scott. Johanna Long gets her best finish of the season (15th).

Regan Smith's just one point behind Hornish in the standings now (259 to 258).

Kenseth on pole for the Sprint Cup race, be interesting to see if he can make it two in a row.
 
Going back to the Nationwide race, it still seems as though there are only ~25 legitimate entries and the rest of the field is just there to make laps and\or fill out the car count. In light of that, Piquet's performance has been disappointing - a best finish of 11th, and 14th in points.
 
Nice win there for Harvick, totally blew the field away in the green white checker.. and of course, a few little 'bumps' between certain drivers after the fact.. always to be expected. Not the most exciting of races, but, good enough.
 
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Nice win there for Harvick, totally blew the field away in the green white checker.. and of course, a few little 'bumps' between certain drivers after the fact.. always to be expected. Not the most exciting of races, but, good enough.
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JPM gets 4th, starting on the outside left him at a disadvantage. Still the best result he's had in a while.
 
Lot of bent up racecars in that Nationwide race. Talladega strikes again.

Travis Pastrana is blaming himself for his race ending crash - not sure what he could have done differently myself. He says he should have been riding further back in the pack, but he could have been wrecked just as easily (probably more so) back there as up front.
 
The comments about the #7 winning were amusing. Kahne had that tied up without the late yellow, the idea of gifting a win to Regan Smith because of a decision from 2008 is laughable.

Besides, it's a plate race that saw half the front runners wrecked. :rolleyes:
 
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David Ragan makes a last lap move to win the Aaron's 499 at Talladega, his teammate David Gilliland takes second.
 
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Both Penske and JGR had their penalties reduced on appeal, though Penske had to go through to the 'last chance saloon' for theirs.

JGR decision.

Penske decision.

Darlington this weekend, the track they call Too Tough To Tame. Probably my favourite of all the tracks on the NASCAR tour :) Nationwide tonight, Cup on Saturday.

Also the site of one of my favourite ever races, the 2003 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400. Just for the final laps:

 
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