NASCAR 2011

Who are you referring to?

 

Never mind.

The series champion will be decided by the total season points minus the 'low score drop from each segment', not the mythical 'playoffs'.

 

take you own advice? I believe we're all just fooling around here anyway. There are an awful lot of Ricky Bobby posts.

 

I am, and I do, which is why I said 'never mind'.

 

So what's the general consensus on the upcoming crapshoot we call Talladega?

A Childress car, or a Hendrick car? Or a Roush or Gibbs car? Or??

 

pick a name from a hat?

it seems to me the Hendrick cars have been doing better at 'Dega than Daytona lately.

 

Whatever it is I'm putting all my eggs in the Cheverolet basket.

 

EFI test today at 'Dega.

David Ragan interviewed, said "EFI is the wave of the future"

really? is this 1957?

LOL!

 

http://www.nascar.com/news/111020/bkeselowski-behind-wheel-dwheldon-talladega/index.html

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My sleeper pick...Geoffrey Bodine.

 

I think I agree with you.

 

And such is the crapshoot we call Talladega. And Daytona.

I think they need to get rid of restrictor plates but limit the gearing (to keep speeds down - IF that is the issue).

 

I didn't do very well either lol

 

SRB not do good, 20/25/30/32.

If I keep up this pace I'm going to slip to 3rd overall...
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For Talladega, all you can do is figure out who has a LEGITIMATE shot at the championship, and who is not in contention for it (but will push the contender to a win).

I really figured it would be a Hendrick show, or possibly a Harvick show, but few others.

Man, I really feel sorry for that Joe Nemechek guys, they NEVER seem to get that car right, seems he always drops out within 10 laps. He must go through one set of tires a month.... hey, wait a minute!

1 3 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Chevy 100 Years 47/4 188 Running
2 25 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 43/1 188 Running
3 41 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Golden Corral 42/1 188 Running
4 16 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 41/1 188 Running
5 30 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 40/1 188 Running
6 26 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 39/1 188 Running
7 12 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet El Monterey / Office Depot 39/2 188 Running
8 21 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 36/0 188 Running
9 23 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine / Darrell Waltrip NASCAR Hall of Fame 36/1 188 Running
10 37 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 34/0 188 Running
11 9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 34/1 188 Running
12 7 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Serta / Menards 32/0 188 Running
13 36 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 31/0 188 Running
14 18 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / O'Reilly Auto Parts 31/1 188 Running
15 4 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 188 Running
16 38 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Phoenix Construction / Thank A Teacher Today-Securit-
y Benefit 0 188 Running
17 41 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 27/0 188 Running
18 11 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Jeremiah Weed Southern Style 27/1 188 Running
19 19 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 26/1 188 Running
20 1 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 25/1 188 Running
21 17 38 Travis Kvapil Ford Long John Silver's 0 188 Running
22 40 34 David Gilliland Ford World Hunger
Relief / www.FromHungerToHope.com 22/0 188 Running
23 15 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Energizer 22/1 188 Running
24 35 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 20/0 188 Running
25 6 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew "Paint the 88" / National Guard 20/1 188 Running
26 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet MyLowe's 19/1 188 Running
27 5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 18/1 188 Running
28 8 6 David Ragan Ford UPS My Choice 17/1 188 Running
29 39 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 16/1 184 Running
30 22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 14/0 180 Accident
31 24 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 13/0 179 Running
32 13 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches 13/1 179 Running
33 34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Halloween 12/1 175 Running
34 32 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy 10/0 175 Running
35 21 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Scott Products 9/0 173 Accident
36 14 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 9/1 173 Accident
37 43 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei / Menards 8/1 173 Rear Gear
38 10 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 7/1 172 Running
39 33 71 Andy Lally * Ford TRG Motorsports 6/1 162 Accident
40 29 66 Michael McDowell Toyota HP Racing LLC 4/0 6 Clutch
41 27 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 0 4 Rear Gear
42 28 55 J.J. Yeley Ford Alphagraphics 2/0 3 Wheel Bearings
43 20 97 Kevin Conway Toyota Extenze 0 2 Vibration

 

LOL.

 

What is sad is he probably COULD compete (for a top-25 spot) - but a wreck or blown engine would cost him too much. Still, it's a total joke they allow him to be so blatant about it.

Joe is 64th in points - and has earned 2.6 million dollars

His other driver - Reagan Smith - is 26th in points and has made 4.1 million dollars - but has crashed a few cars.

 

I bit the big one today.

 

Anyone else think Brian Vickers should be disqualified from the remaining races this season?

 

it will be interesting to see how NASCAR handles this one, especially the contact with Kenseth.

I was 5/7/28/33 or something like that.

 

2/7/18/32.

Still have a slim lead on 2nd overall.

-SRB

 

Any thoughts on a good way to keep drivers from speeding on pit road? There are a lot of guys doing it, and a lot of it is just plain dangerous. I was riding along different driver's during pit stops in the race yesterday, they cross the timing line before their pit stall, floor it, then slam on the brakes to get into their stall. Ridiculous. Then you have the guys with their stall right at a timing line, come out flying with no regard to pit speed rules.

You can fix the second, by if there was a parallel car that was at the limit, and they passed it, obviously the faster car was speeding. To use an easy example in recent memory where it was pretty obvious to anyone on TV, would be Brad K at Bristol. If the car's beside him were going the limit, and he shot past several cars - DUH, speeding ticket in order.

Very often, going into the stall and speeding, is harder to pick up on. The only two I watched was JJ and Kyle B. - and they both did it.

Radar is as far as I know, not really accurate enough for such a situation. I'd like to see it go away, any ideas?

 

I'd like to point out that I'm still leading the chase! Happy Halloween everyone.

Whisky I realize we're not determining the outcome of this season on the chase.

 

Eliminate the speed limit.
If you cannot enforce it then it should not be in the rules.

Tell them they have to be in first gear when they enter the pits, and until they exit pit road.

 

Yeah, but like Carl Edwards: not for long!!!

Next season we will do it where each person can battle for each segment, and for the overall, but unlike this season, we will all discuss it and agree on it before the season starts.