***** Official 2016 NASCAR Thread *****

[GloryDayz]

Daytona is right around the corner and while Jeff won't be there let's get things going...

Date	Event
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
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
Sept. 18	Chicagoland
Sept. 25	New Hampshire
Oct. 2	Dover
Oct. 8	Charlotte
Oct. 16	Kansas
Oct. 23	Talladega
Oct. 30	Martinsville
Nov. 6	Texas
Nov. 13	Phoenix
Nov. 20	Homestead-Miami

[Dylan]

Brad is blocking my boy! Damn it

[Dylan]

Caution - back end crashing all over the place

[GloryDayz]

Wow, was there an unwrecked car?

[Dylan]

I doubt it, GloryDayz

Brad wins, Kyle 2nd, Austin 3rd.

[dannybcaitlyn]

Why throw the caution there?

[GloryDayz]

T'was a nutty day..

[Dylan]

I cannot wait to watch the F1 race...Caught the end of post-race live - They said the opening lap was frantic.

In the post-race interview, Hamilton claimed Mercedes might be sabotaging his car preventing him from challenging Rosberg. Yikes

Not surprised, typical Hamilton behavior.

[Dylan]

Kenseth was waving his finger at Logano at infield care center.

Joey hit him at least four times during the race.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Dylan

I cannot wait to watch the F1 race...Caught the end of post-race live - They said the opening lap was frantic.

In the post-race interview, Hamilton claimed Mercedes might be sabotaging his car preventing him from challenging Rosberg. Yikes

Not surprised, typical Hamilton behavior.

When?

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

When?

I set the DVR to record the race. NBC Sports rebroadcast the race approximately 12-hours after the live race.

Missed last weekend's race at Kansas Speedway – However, it was nice to read that my boy came away with his third victory of the season.

F1 Spanish Grand Prix -Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona
Sunday: NBCSN 7:00 am ET, 8:00 am CT
66 laps (2.69 miles) 16 corners

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 22.000s
2. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 22.280s
3. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-Renault 1m 22.680s
4. *Max Verstappen NED Red Bull-Renault 1m 23.087s
5. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 23.113s
6. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 23.334s
7. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams-Mercedes 1m 23.522s
8. Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 23.643s
9. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes 1m 23.782s
10. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 23.981s

11. Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes 1m 24.203s
12. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Honda 1m 24.348s
13. *Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 24.445s
14. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas-Ferrari 1m 24.480s
15. Kevin Magnussen DEN Renault-Renault 1m 24.625s
16. Esteban Gutierrez MEX Haas-Ferrari 1m 24.778s

17. Jolyon Palmer GBR Renault-Renault 1m 24.903s
18. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes 1m 24.941s
19. Felipe Nasr BRA Sauber-Ferrari 1m 25.202s
20. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 1m 25.579s
21. Pascal Wehrlein GER Manor-Mercedes 1m 25.754s
22. Rio Haryanto INA Manor-Mercedes 1m 25.939s


* Red Bull demoted Daniil Kvyat, who crashed hard into Sebastian Vettel twice within two corners at the Russian Grand Prix and sending Vettel crashing into the side of his Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo’s car. One corner, you can make an argument that he was overly aggressive - But not two.
Kvyat has been involved in a collision with Vettel at the last two races. In China, he made an aggressive overtaking move that sent Vettel into his Ferrari teammate Kimi R.

Red Bull has dropped Kvyat down to RB’s junior team Toro Rosso and replaced him with Toro Rosso’s 18-year old driver Max Verstappen. Last season Verstappen became the youngest driver in the history of F1 at the age of 17.

Drama at Haas...

[Dylan]

"A Bird's Eye View Of The Circuit De Barcelona Catalunya | Formula 1 2016" on Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2af...layer_embedded


F1 Spanish GP: Haas - Esteban Gutierrez: "The ****ing great job I’m doing isn’t seen"

Esteban Gutierrez lashes out at the Haas for its failure to get on top of his technical issues, saying the ongoing problems makes him look bad.

Gutierrez was frustrated after practice in Spain, saying Haas' reliability troubles are making him looking "very bad to the outside as a driver."

"I honestly put myself aside from this because it's not really my responsibility to fix the car," he told reporters at the Spanish track.

F1 Spanish GP: Haas - Romain Grosjean thinks 14th on the grid represents the best Haas can currently do on a normal day after his qualifying effort for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Romain Grosjean says the Haas Formula 1 team has identified its recent balance problems but is not yet able to solve them.

The Frenchman complained vehemently about his car's balance on team radio during Spanish GP practice, and went on to qualify 14th.

"It's quite clear what [balance problems] we are having. We don't know yet how to solve it," Grosjean said.

In other news - Grosjean tells Tom Clarkson of BBC "I hope to drive for Ferrari."

Okay we get it. That is about the tenth time he says he wants to drive for Ferrari.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Dover International Speedway
Sunday, May 15, at 1 p.m. ET, 2 p.m. CT
Fox Sports 1

SUNDAY'S LINEUP
Lap length: 1 mile
(Car number in parentheses; positions based on practice speeds)
1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 165.145 mph.
2. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 164.707 mph.
3. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 164.489 mph.
4. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 164.144 mph.
5. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 163.815 mph.
6. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 163.741 mph.
7. (78) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 163.681 mph.
8. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 163.666 mph.
9. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 163.607 mph.
10. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 163.451 mph.
11. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 163.406 mph.
12. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 163.021 mph.
13. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 162.925 mph.
14. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 162.881 mph.
15. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 162.462 mph.
16. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 162.316 mph.
17. (44) Brian Scott, Ford, 162.286 mph.
18. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 162.228 mph.
19. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 162.199 mph.
20. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 161.645 mph.
21. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 161.609 mph.
22. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 161.478 mph.
23. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 161.413 mph.
24. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 161.276 mph.
25. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 161.182 mph.
26. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 161.009 mph.
27. (23) David Ragan, Toyota, 160.271 mph.
28. (95) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 160.157 mph.
29. (83) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 159.794 mph.
30. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford, 159.759 mph.
31. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 159.398 mph.
32. (15) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 159.341 mph.
33. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 159.222 mph.
34. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 158.388 mph.
35. (38) Landon Cassill, Ford, 157.992 mph.
36. (98) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 154.110 mph.
37. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 153.767 mph.
38. (55) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 153.146 mph.
39. (32) Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ford, 152.879 mph.
40. (30) Josh Wise, Chevrolet, 151.471 mph.

[Dylan]

Oh. My GOD!!! History made in F1....WOW!

What a race! JUST ****ING WOW!

J.C. Boy Wonder!!!

[Dylan]

OMG! Best race ever!

There goes the wife beater, girlfriend beater, almost murderer, former F1 driver, nut-job dad, ex-manager of winning driver as of yesterday, running his ass to the back of the podium!

Both silver drivers taking themselves out on the first lap due to the Muppet's stupidity!

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Dylan

"A Bird's Eye View Of The Circuit De Barcelona Catalunya | Formula 1 2016" on Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2af...layer_embedded

My God that's cool...

[Dylan]

Hey, GloryDayz'!

Watching the NASCAR race? Your boy has 10 wins at this track...I believe he has the most wins at Dover in NASCAR history...

Check out the Merc drivers dramatic collision.

Rosberg (#6), Hamilton (#44) - Hamilton was slower off the start of the pole allowing Rosberg to get around and take the lead. Hamilton tries to get around Rosberg on the inside before the fourth corner but loses control of the car as it the grass, collecting his teammate in a wild spin that sent both cars into retirement on the first lap. Hamilton blames the crash on Rosberg - Although, Mercedes Niki Lauda (the big guy) publicly condemned Hamilton.

What happened in Dover - They're under caution?