The *Official* NASCAR Thread

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 3:38 pm

Jesus Christ Dale. Again?

brickman · Postby **brickman** » October 25th, 2015, 4:56 pm

JR Nation combined our voodoo to blow out that engine to give him the caution to keep from getting lapped lol.

brickman · Postby **brickman** » October 25th, 2015, 5:33 pm

Ugh the torture....

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:35 pm

I think NASCAR made the right call. A human can only react so fast to swap flags. Still the human factor involved.

More intense than they planned even if with the one G/W/C attempt

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:39 pm

Man now what do they do?

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:41 pm

Well that's a first. Sweep an entire round.

Man if Kenseth wasn't pissed off before he is probably the maddest he has ever been now.

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:44 pm

Top 5 (maybe?)

22
88
2
24
27

brickman · Postby **brickman** » October 25th, 2015, 5:45 pm

Soooo close,still good run by jr.Wanted to see a lil dust up with joey & matt but theres always next week.Kenseth must be bitter as fork right now seeing him win.

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:47 pm

Eliminated from Chase (maybe?)

31
11
88
20

brickman · Postby **brickman** » October 25th, 2015, 5:49 pm

Hearing a good bit of booing in that crowd lol.

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:50 pm

I wanted anyone else but Logano. Nothing against him, but he didn't gain anything but bragging rights.

NASCAR Nation gonna pissed despite Dale Jr saying he supports their decisions before and during the race.

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:54 pm

Some people questioning Harvick's alleged/supposed right turn into the 6 as he was being passed.

brickman · Postby **brickman** » October 25th, 2015, 5:58 pm

Interesting theory from some drivers of harvick intentionally causing the wreck with his slower car.
I guess he was still up above the minimum speed nascar allows for slower/damaged cars.still think he shouldve dived out of the line like he did in the caution before.

Postby **SRASC** » October 25th, 2015, 5:59 pm

I don't know though. It looks pretty suspect at this point from the outside cameras. From the inside, not so much.
Much like SpinGate...

& then there's the fact that all 4 Stewart-Haas Racing cars maybe penalized for some radiator issue this weekend.

Shout out to Greg Biffle for that Hail Mary though.

All that & Hell in a Cell later to follow up this Hell on a Track today.

Postby **SRASC** » October 26th, 2015, 3:30 pm

2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Schedule

FOX/FS1
Feb. 13 Sprint Unlimited
Feb. 18 Can-Am Duel at Daytona
Feb. 21 Daytona
Feb. 28 Atlanta
March 6 Las Vegas
March 13 Phoenix
March 20 Auto Club
April 3 Martinsville
April 9 Texas
April 17 Bristol
April 24 Richmond
May 1 Talladega
May 7 Kansas
May 15 Dover
May 21 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race
May 29 Charlotte
June 5 Pocono
June 12 Michigan
June 26 Sonoma

NBC/NBCSN
July 2 Daytona
July 9 Kentucky
July 17 New Hampshire
July 24 Indianapolis
July 31 Pocono
Aug. 7 Watkins Glen
Aug. 20 Bristol
Aug. 28 Michigan
Sept. 4 Darlington
Sept. 10 Richmond

Chase for the Sprint Cup - Challenger 16
Sept. 18 Chicagoland
Sept. 25 New Hampshire
Oct. 2 Dover

Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contender 12
Oct. 8 Charlotte
Oct. 16 Kansas
Oct. 23 Talladega

Chase for the Sprint Cup - Eliminator 8
Oct. 30 Martinsville
Nov. 6 Texas
Nov. 13 Phoenix

Chase for the Sprint Cup - Championship 4
Nov. 20 Homestead-Miami

Among the notable changes for 2016:

• Keeping the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend, which is as late as it can be this year, moves Dover up in the 2016 schedule, to May 15, the Sunday before the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race in Charlotte.

• Bristol Motor Speedway is adding a college football border war to its schedule this year, featuring Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee on Sept. 10. To accommodate the .533-mile oval's transformation from race track to football venue, the annual Bristol night race is on Saturday, Aug. 20. That shifts Michigan back a week to Sunday, Aug. 28.

• Daytona's annual event in early July returns to a Saturday night event after a rain-plagued edition on a Sunday night this season.

• Richmond's first doubleheader weekend of the season in April will now be spread over a Saturday-Sunday schedule instead of Friday-Saturday.

The 2016 schedule features two off weeks in addition to the Easter holiday, so Sprint Cup racing will go quiet March 27, June 19 and Aug. 14 next year.

Postby **SRASC** » October 29th, 2015, 1:49 pm

Tony Stewart & Tony Gibson's Halloween costumes. You have been warned.

Postby **SRASC** » November 1st, 2015, 5:47 pm

Uh oh. Here's trouble.

brickman · Postby **brickman** » November 1st, 2015, 5:50 pm

Look ting!!Wanted to see ah lil punch up though....

Postby **SRASC** » November 1st, 2015, 5:52 pm

I didn't want Logano to win, again nothing against him, but that wasn't called for

Postby **SRASC** » November 1st, 2015, 6:03 pm

Honestly even if Jeff wins I would have an asterisk to it. I'd rather him pass Logano and win than him being taken out, but it is what it is.

Like the old sayings go

"Everything is bigger in Texas"
"Payback's a beyotch"

Postby **SRASC** » November 1st, 2015, 6:22 pm

It's too dark to be racing!
--every Jeff Gordon fan

Postby **SRASC** » November 1st, 2015, 6:23 pm

24 to the Championship 4!!!

Postby **SRASC** » November 1st, 2015, 6:44 pm

Man, imagine if he actually pulls it off at Homestead. #ThisIsAwesome

Postby **MISHI** » November 1st, 2015, 10:30 pm

Great stuff and congrats to Jeff.

Still backing Joey for the 2015 championship...

Postby **SRASC** » November 2nd, 2015, 5:04 pm

At the very least, Kenseth must be given a penalty matching what Jeff Gordon received for intentionally crashing Clint Bowyer at Phoenix International Raceway in 2012 (a 25-point penalty, $100,000 fine).

Should that end up being the case guess you can't say it's unprecedented but they sure seem to be making a point in this case that Matt was several laps down vs Joey who was the race leader, so that may stiffen any penalties.

Postby **SRASC** » November 3rd, 2015, 7:00 pm

Breaking News

NASCAR suspends Matt Kenseth for the next 2 races, 6 month probation.
Joe Gibbs Racing/Matt Kenseth plan to appeal.
Should appeal not be overturned Erik Jones will be #20 driver.

NASCAR fines Danica Patrick $50,000, 25 points docked. On probation through the end of the year.
Stewart-Haas Racing/Danica Patrick does not plan to appeal.

NASCAR wrote:Daytona Beach, Florida (November 3, 2015) -- Matt Kenseth , the driver of the No. 20 car, has been penalized for an infraction that occurred during the Nov. 1 race at Martinsville Speedway. This is a Behavioral Penalty [Sections 12.1, 12.8]. Kenseth has been suspended from NASCAR through the completion of the next two NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship events and placed on NASCAR probation for a six-month period following issuance of the penalty notice.

"Based upon our extensive review, we have concluded that the No. 20 car driver, who is no longer in the Chase, intentionally wrecked the No. 22 car driver, a Chase-eligible competitor who was leading the race at the time,"said Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR executive vice president and chief racing development officer. "The No. 20 car was nine laps down, and eliminated the No. 22 car's opportunity to continue to compete in the race.

"Additionally, we factored aspects of safety into our decision, and also the fact that the new Chase elimination format puts a premium on each and every race. These actions have no place in NASCAR."

· Danica Patrick, the driver of the No. 10 car, has been penalized for an infraction that also took place during the Nov. 1 race at Martinsville Speedway. This is a Behavioral Penalty [Sections 12.1, 12.8]. Patrick has been fined $50,000, assessed with the loss of 25 series championship driver points and placed on NASCAR probation through Dec. 31.

Denny Hamlin wrote:Two (thumbs) down. Bad call. #freematt

Denny Hamlin wrote:Thought it was pretty clear from drivers reactions after the race that Joey broke driver code. Matt made sure it was enforced. #freematt

Denny Hamlin (Retweeted) wrote:Wreck one guy, 2 race suspension
Wreck half field and prematurely end race, get into Eliminator Round.
Makes sense.
#NASCAR
#MattKenseth

Even the Miss Coors Lights getting their 2c in

Rachel Peyton (former Miss Coors Light) wrote:SMH. No consistency. My biggest complaint about @NASCAR.

Clint Bowyer wrote:Hell @mattkenseth should've wrecked me and @MWRteam

Brian Keselowski wrote:Every race of the chase, Nascar reminds drivers not in the chase,to not mess with the championship. This tells everyone how serious they are

Bret Moffitt wrote:Is it April 1st?

Jeb Burton wrote:Wow.

Ricky Craven's reaction
https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/6 ... 5444364288

Postby **SRASC** » November 5th, 2015, 6:30 pm

Matt Kenseth loses both appeals. Will miss races at Texas & Phoenix, ends 2nd longest consecutive start streak at 571 races.

I think there may be something to this driver's code. At least drivers like Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin (most prominently), Dale Earnhardt Jr., Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton, etc have come out and basically said Joey could have helped prevent this by trying to at least talk to Matt.
But as I just heard on RaceDay, Kenny Wallace brought up a good point that its perhaps generational as to why that didn't seem to be the case here.
An example of that, even in this Chase was Jimmie Johnson & Kevin Harvick after Chicagoland. Brings to mind years ago Matt Kenseth/Jeff Gordon at Bristol & that brings to mind Jeff Gordon/Brad Keselowski at Texas last year.

Postby **SRASC** » November 8th, 2015, 2:34 pm

I sure as hell wasn't expecting the glass to shatter from Texas. Stone Cold Steve Austin doing driver introductions

brickman · Postby **brickman** » November 8th, 2015, 3:19 pm

Texas time!

Postby **SRASC** » November 8th, 2015, 3:28 pm

Matt probably liking what everyone just saw.

Now he must win at the track where his best friend from Daytona basically owns next week. Sucks to be Logano.