NASCAR Thread

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Kyle's the first driver to do 3 races in 3 different locations. I know you all are thrilled with that.

On to Michigan!

[xX-Bronco-Xx]

Nascar ugh it's everywhere around here because Ryan Newman(?) grew up in South Bend, Indiana. I just want to go up to him and pee on his car rims.

[Peanut]

Nationwide race:

Like him or not, Kyle can drive. 43rd to 1st in 40 laps.

Joey Lagano---great driver and a nice guy. It's not all hype.

[Southstander]

Little Dale won his fist race for Hendrick, and brooke his streak

[Peanut]

Yay, for Jr. I'm not a huge Jr fan, but it was nice to see. If it had stayed green, he would have run out of fuel.

Infineon/Sears Point next week. I love road courses. I use to live 10 minutes from this track. I've been there, but not for a race. There's some drivers that are getting pretty good on the road.

[Peanut]

Have a good time, I wish the Upper ups here in Denver, would pull their head out of you know where a build a track here

ISC claims it is still interested in Denver: It's been 16 months since International Speedway Corporation announced that it was evaluating the possibility of building a national-level motrosports facility in the Denver area that would be capable of hosting a Sprint Cup race. Nothing has happened since ISC revealed its intentions and now there's a strong feeling that the company that owns 11 tracks that host Sprint Cup races is no longer actively pursuing a track in the Denver area. Wes Harris, senior director of Corporate and Investor Communications for ISC, claims that's not the case. "I wouldn't consider it dead," Harris said of the possiblity of building a Denver-area track. "We are still interested in the market." Harris admits progress has been slow because ISC is seeking to develop a public/private partership, work out a way to find a possible date on the jam-packed Sprint Cup schedule, find land to build the track and convince local authorities of the advantages of having a track. "The process itself is slow but we have not lost interest from ourselves or the people in the market," Harris said. "The key is getting something done with a public/private partnership rather than finding land. We need a public/private partnership. "The market is very important. We want to be in that market. We want to be racing there in the future but we are going to take our time."(Rocky Mountain News)(6-19-2008)

[Peanut]

Not NASCAR, but...

Prayers to the family and friends of Scott Kalitta, driver in Funny Car series in the NHRA.

RIP

Link

[Southstander]

Amen may God be with their family

[Southstander]

Kurt Bush wins a rain shortened race in NH.

[Peanut]

Montoya only gets a two lap penalty after he admits he deliberately took Busch out? He got off pretty easy.

Poor Stewart. Things are not going well for him this year.

If he goes to the #5 when his contract is over, how's that for teammates? I see a split:

Gordon/Johnson vs Earnhardt/Stewart.

[Peanut]

Randy Moss is starting a new truck team, #81 of course. That's good. We need more teams. Some weeks they can't fill the field.

Linky

[Southstander]

Montoya only gets a two lap penalty after he admits he deliberately took Busch out? He got off pretty easy.

Poor Stewart. Things are not going well for him this year.

If he goes to the #5 when his contract is over, how's that for teammates? I see a split:

Gordon/Johnson vs Earnhardt/Stewart.

Wow that would be a powerhouse.

[Peanut]

Well, Dario Franchitti is out of a ride. Sponsorship woes. He really hasn't done too well in NASCAR. The thing I remember most about him in the IRL are his two bad back-to-back crashes. Especially the second one. He literally ran up and over the car in front of him. That was slowing down... Because the race was over....He said he didn't know the race was over. Think maybe the crash the week before affected him?

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Brickyard 400. That was the worst 'racing' I have ever seen.

6 competition cautions?

What a joke.

[Southstander]

and for it to happen at the Brickyard off all races. NASCAR needs to get their buts in gear and fix the tire problem that has plagued this year. They said yesterday in the past that they would have a diffrent level of pressure in the tires at the start of the race that way as the right rear takes in more of the load durring the race it becomes more ballenced. Now they have to start of with all the tires at the same pressure, which cause an the tire so become imballenced.