The first CART race there in '01 was fantastic, with Gil's last lap pass to win. I don't think I saw the second race.
NASCAR 2013 Sprint Cup season (other series discussion welcome!)
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The unified Indycar series might go there in the future, but that would require a sanction fee that covers the increased costs of an event across the Atlantic.
Nothing confirmed by series management yet. Check the Indycar thread for updates
Anyway, Nascar at Phoenix...if last November's events were any indication, it should be very entertaining (then again, short tracks are usually awesome by definition).
If either IndyCar or an NASCAR series went to Rockingham I would go.
No time to watch any racing this weekend, but if the NNS sounds good I will try and catch the highlights show on MotorsTV during the week.
Also noticed that the Bristol round slots nicely into my epic Sebring/Formula 1 motorsports weekend
. Have they made changes to the banking since the dull as dishwater race at the start of last year?
No time to watch any racing this weekend, but if the NNS sounds good I will try and catch the highlights show on MotorsTV during the week.
Also noticed that the Bristol round slots nicely into my epic Sebring/Formula 1 motorsports weekend
. Have they made changes to the banking since the dull as dishwater race at the start of last year?
Also noticed that the Bristol round slots nicely into my epic Sebring/Formula 1 motorsports weekend
Yeah, they took two degrees out of the upper part of the progressive banking. Combined with the track rubbering in, that made for a better spectacle. Still needs more work, and Bruton Smith is still weighing up exactly what to do.
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Dominant win for Kyle Busch in the Nationwide Series race, hope he can pull off the sweep tomorrow.
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What a dull race that was.. *yawn*
Didn't see it yet as I've only just got in. Seen the result though. Deeply unhappy.
If it really was as dull as ditch-water I won't bother grabbing it from RFM - no need to put myself through the trauma of watching the Braindead Moron™ winning a race if I don't have to....
If it really was as dull as ditch-water I won't bother grabbing it from RFM - no need to put myself through the trauma of watching the Braindead Moron™ winning a race if I don't have to....
Mr. Five-time still has the points lead though.
The response from the Nascar fanbase when Danica had the tyre blowout was utterly predictable (I guess they forgot the same thing happened to her teammate Ryan Newman).Edit: would be worth watching just to see how AJA and Montoya battled with the leaders (they ended up 11th and 12th).
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Mr. Five-time still has the points lead though.
Figures. Looking at the video replays on NASCAR.com, I'd love to know what the armchair experts would have had Newman and Patrick do differently to save those cars. In Danica's case, it was almost literally just a second between the tyre popping and the car contacting the outside wall. Unlucky for David Ragan.
Guess the Stewart-Haas team needs to look at the baseline setup of their cars. Newman had lost another right-front tyre before losing the one that sent him into the fence for good. You don't melt the beads off three right-front tyres in a single afternoon without there being some kind of miscalculation - maybe the tyre blowers weren't mounted right, or there was too much camber, but something was off.
Toyota Racing Development is doing some serious homework to get to the bottom of the engine issues we've seen. Hope they take their time
Stewart had no problems himself, qualified well and finished 8th IIRC. Though to be fair Patrick had a poor qualifying (40th) and never really got a good setup together with the #10 team before the race. Newman qualified in the top 10 but went backwards during the race (Patrick gained about 20 positions in the first 100 laps). Still, the cries of "get back to the kitchen\CWTS\Indycar" tend to pollute any sort of reasonable discussion.
Toyota Racing Development is doing some serious homework to get to the bottom of the engine issues we've seen. Hope they take their time
Truex had an engine issue last year and then another problem in this race, both times while in the top 10, disappointing for him.
Entry list for Vegas. Michael McDowell's back after having last week off because the team didn't have a car ready for him.
In Nationwide, Richard Petty Motorsports has got Reed Sorenson sitting in for Michael Annett while he heals up from the crash at Daytona (fractured and dislocated sternum....ouchies). Normal recovery time from the surgery that he's had to plate and pin his chest back into shape is two months, but everyone's optimistic that he'll be back in the car sooner than that.
Not like the good ol' days, huh?
In Nationwide, Richard Petty Motorsports has got Reed Sorenson sitting in for Michael Annett while he heals up from the crash at Daytona (fractured and dislocated sternum....ouchies). Normal recovery time from the surgery that he's had to plate and pin his chest back into shape is two months, but everyone's optimistic that he'll be back in the car sooner than that.
Not like the good ol' days, huh?
Some venues get undeserved second races (cookie cutters come to mind), but regardless of that, it does make for a tough season especially given the length of Sprint Cup events.
Best thing NASCAR did with the Cup calendar in recent times was removing the second Fontana date