Soldato
Watching this. Managed to find a stream
NASCAR - Chase For The Cup 2011
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A website which has a name starting in 'J' and ending in 'ustin.tv' has a few, mate.
Soldato
Watched spooks for an hour and will just catch the end of this, nice 
Properly fraught end, that!
Another win for Smoke then. Gotta feel for Bowyer, running out of fuel so close to home. But when you're not in the Chase, you can take risks like that. Puts Tony Stewart 8 points in the lead heading to Dover and the Monster Mile. I'll post up the standings once the result is official.
Another win for Smoke then. Gotta feel for Bowyer, running out of fuel so close to home. But when you're not in the Chase, you can take risks like that. Puts Tony Stewart 8 points in the lead heading to Dover and the Monster Mile. I'll post up the standings once the result is official.
Chase positions post-Loudon:
Amazing change of fortunes for Smoke. No wins going into the Chase, now two on the bounce.
Amazing change of fortunes for Smoke. No wins going into the Chase, now two on the bounce.
Finally watched this last night, quite happy to see Stewart win two in a row, looking the JJ is making it hard for himself as well, be interesting to see if he can claw it back and get the 6th or whether it's finally over (and all the Americans can stop the moaning, or maybe that's wishful thinking 
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The line-up for Dover today.
Jeff Gordon used to have this place sewn up, but his last top-10 finish here was back in '09. Starting 34th is not ideal. He needs a strong run today, but he also needs some other Chasers to drop the ball to bring him back into full contention.
Jeff Gordon used to have this place sewn up, but his last top-10 finish here was back in '09. Starting 34th is not ideal. He needs a strong run today, but he also needs some other Chasers to drop the ball to bring him back into full contention.
Caporegime
you're not much of a fan of Carl Edwards then ? lol.
No, I tend not to be a fan of drivers who wreck people for no good reason and risk the lives of drivers and spectators doing it 
Not sure if it's a record at this place, but first caution on Lap 5. We're off and away again now.
Not sure if it's a record at this place, but first caution on Lap 5. We're off and away again now.
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I suppose I should point out that the race in Kansas is underway. Streams from the usual place. Lap-by-lap here. Live points. Race standings.
Soldato
Damn forgot 
Funny how so many people were writing off JJ's chances of a sixth title on the bounce....as I type this, he's leading the race and leading the points standings. That team knows how to run the Chase.
Soldato
Can you explain to me what they mean when certain drivers love certain tracks. And how can one track be better for certain teams than others. I mean isnt an oval just an oval 
Caporegime
Can you explain to me what they mean when certain drivers love certain tracks. And how can one track be better for certain teams than others. I mean isnt an oval just an oval
as far as i understand it:
Each track isn't exactly the same shape. They have broadly the same profile, but the actual angle of the bank and the angle of the corner varies from track to track. The width of the circuit varies a certain amount as well. With some corners being tighter than others.
Granted it isn't indycar, but there are small variations.
Yeah, I can kinda understand thinking it as his start to the chase wasn't exactly impressive, but the guy is too good, especially at the chase format, he didn't quite manage to lead the standings at the end though, but not far off
I'd quite like a sixth for him, just cause it really would wind up a whole load of rednecks
My knowledge of the tracks comes from iRacing, so whilst not 100% perfect they're laser scanned and pretty damn good, and it's far far more than just 'small variations', the tracks are very different generally,
Of the first 4 tracks possible you could possibly say Kansas and Chicago are only small differences, but Loudon and Dover are both very different, going forward we've got Talladega (flat out draft packs/pairs), Martinsville (tiny little short track), Texas which is another 'cookie-cutter', Pheonix (tri-oval, ish, unique and awesome) and Homestead which again is a bit different.
I mean isnt an oval just an oval
That's the sort of thinking that gets drivers who have done most of their racing in Europe into serious trouble the first time they get onto an oval
Different racing surfaces, different banking, different corner radii, different track lengths, different pit entry points....there's a lot that can change from track to track. Yes, a lot of the 1.5 mile speedways (the 'cookie-cutter' tracks) are similar to each other. But there are some real oddballs as well.
Roll on Charlotte. This Chase is coming together nicely!