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

Indy500 · 6 Mar 2013 at 11:02

JRS said:
Best thing NASCAR did with the Cup calendar in recent times was removing the second Fontana date

Yeah, it was pretty boring last time, and it gives Indycar room to re-establish itself there. Win-win for me

JRS · 6 Mar 2013 at 11:34

Indy500 · 8 Mar 2013 at 15:05

So 'Dinger confirms he'll be running Indycar races, including the 500, for Penske.

http://penskeracing.com/news/index.cfm?series=n&cid=51528

Interesting times, perhaps the ICS can poach back some of the drivers that switched to Nascar

Edit: Edwards looking fast in both Cup practice sessions, nearly 189.5mph in practice 2.

Mad_Jay · 9 Mar 2013 at 22:22

Watching the Nationwide on Motors TV, man that Vegas track is bumpy.

Already caused one crash for Joe Nemechek.

Indy500 · 9 Mar 2013 at 22:25

Mad_Jay said:
Watching the Nationwide on Motors TV, man that Vegas track is bumpy.

Already caused one crash for Joe Nemechek.

Same with Texas...and people said high banked 1.5 milers are easy

Ceryndrion · 10 Mar 2013 at 01:31

Teeheehee Buschfail again.. okay so second isn't bad, but his home track, you know that bites..

Good job by Bayne to pull it back to fourth, that fenderbender could have been a lot worse..

Indy500 · 10 Mar 2013 at 14:21

Hornish got mocked a lot for failing in Cup, but he's been having a resurgence lately. Picked up another win, comfortable lead in the NNS standings after 3 races, no finishes outside the top 10 yet...

JRS · 10 Mar 2013 at 23:51

Well, there's worse ways of celebrating your birthday than winning a Cup race! Happy Birthday Matt Kenseth

JRS · 12 Mar 2013 at 10:22

Cup entry list for Bristol. Still only 44 cars. Guess the need to tool up for the new car added to the economic situation being what it is will continue to keep the entries down to this level for a while. Here's the Nationwide entry list as well. Bets on how long Kyle Larson lasts before being involved in a wreck?

Skeeter · 12 Mar 2013 at 10:27

NNS isn't live on MotorsTV as it clashes with the Sebring 12 hours. I will watch the highlights later in the week.

Indy500 · 12 Mar 2013 at 13:53

JRS said:
Bets on how long Kyle Larson lasts before being involved in a wreck?

Funny, he was supposed to be next big thing coming up from the USAC ladder. You forgot about Jon Wrecks Townley too

JRS · 12 Mar 2013 at 17:36

He can drive. But he does seem to put his car in harm's way an awful lot.

My thoughts on JWT remain un-postable on a family forum.

JRS · 17 Mar 2013 at 12:04

Missed the Nationwide race, but it sounds like it was a good 'un. Congrats to Kyle and Kyle for providing the fans with some entertainment!

About five hours to go until the Cup race, and it's still looking a bit wet in Bristol, TN according to the weather reports I've seen. Hope it dries up and they can get going with no/minimal delays.

Ceryndrion · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:25

It wasn't a bad race, and really was a good close finish where either of them could have taken the win, as kyle busch said afterwards "how did we win that?". However, I spent much of the race doing other things, and didn't really pay attention to it, tracks like bristol just are too short in my opinion.

Indy500 · 17 Mar 2013 at 15:46

Amazingly, Townley didn't crash

Poor race for Piquet, he drops further back in the standings.

Sam Hornish notched up a 4th place finish, so he's extended his championship lead to 22 points.

JRS · 17 Mar 2013 at 16:53

Ceryndrion said:
tracks like bristol just are too short in my opinion.

See, I love the short tracks. Martinsville is probably my favourite of them, though I loved the old Portland bullring (the Trucks used to be great fun when they went there).

Much better than any 1.5mile cookie cutter....

NightSt@lk3r · 17 Mar 2013 at 17:09

JRS said:
See, I love the short tracks. Martinsville is probably my favourite of them, though I loved the old Portland bullring (the Trucks used to be great fun when they went there).

Much better than any 1.5mile cookie cutter....

Agreed, short tracks really sort the men from the boys.

Skeeter · 17 Mar 2013 at 19:14

Motors TV didn't have live coverage of the NNS due to Sebring, so I've set the highlights to record tomorrow.

Mad_Jay · 17 Mar 2013 at 20:20

Enjoyed that

Gotta love Bristol.

Skeeter · 19 Mar 2013 at 22:05

Just started watching the NNS, the sheer spectacle of Bristol never fails to amaze me. The stadium is just immense. Has anyone here been?