******Official 2011 NASCAR thread******

[Old Dog]

Will list favorite drivers in this post as they are submitted. If you have one, let me know and I will include it.


Favorite Drivers
Buck - #48
Bugeater - #14
CaliforniaChiefs #48 #99
Demonpenz - #88
Dannybcaitlyn - #17
factortobe - #88
Gracie Dean - #24, #33
Hydrae - #47
jenksme - #88
kcxiv - #47 #14
kstater - #88
KurtCobain - #4
kyle delexus - #18
R8ers - #18 #11
RedNeckRaider - #29
RubberSponge - #5
Sfeihc - #17 & #2
Sofa King - #88
smittysbar - #99
TrebMaxx - #99 #88
truebigdog - #33
UCFGoldenKnight - #5


CP Fantasy leagues
Yahoo
http://racing.fantasysports.yahoo.com/auto
Group ID#: 8763
Password: chiefs

ESPN
http://games.espn.go.com/stock-car-c...e/en/frontpage
Public group named "KC Chiefs fans"

[RNR]

Originally Posted by Dylan

RedNeckRaider -- I get the feeling this is a Nationwide race at Daytona. Check out the car in front of Harvick -- Funny. Drama galore -- Sponsorship from Miccosukee Indian Gaming was terminated in all three of NASCAR's series in Feb 2010. The Indian tribe had been sponsoring Kyle Busch's truck & Cup driver Almirola. Miccosukee also had a contract to sponsor a driver in Nationwide full-time. It was crazy -- Teams were left without a sponsor for Daytona and beyond.

I'm mostly sure owner Jim Finch and Phoenix Racing took the "tribe" to court for breach of contract.

Hopefully, it didn't wind up in tribal court.

Harvick is in his Sprint cup car~

[Old Dog]

The #09 Miccosukee was driven by Mike Wallace in the '07 Daytona 500.

[Chief Chief]

vroom vroom

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

Harvick is in his Sprint cup car~

how obvious!

[kstater]

Hell's frozen over. Fuel injectors in 2012

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by truebigdog

Speed is airing a reflection on the 10th anniversary of the death of Dale Earnhardt in a one-hour special titled The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Feb. 11 at 6:30.

Thought some #3 fans might be interested

It will run right before the Bud Shootout selection show

I watched that special and it was really good.

[Dylan]

Thanks, truebigdog

Unfortunately I missed it!!!!



NASCRAP Shootout Practice at Daytona 9pm ET

Logano - Best speed so far 203.087 mph


http://www.nascar.com/races/leaderboard/cup/practice/

[Dylan]

Daytona International Speedway
Budweiser Shootout
February 12, 2011
Sat 8 p.m. FOX

Sprint Cup Series at Daytona - Practice #2

Pos Car Driver Laps Best Speed Last Speed Avg. Speed Best Time Last Time Avg. Time
1 Joey Logano 23 203.087 197.559 194.759 44.32 45.56 46.21
2 Kyle Busch 32 203.082 181.170 194.039 44.32 49.68 46.38
3 Michael Waltrip 9 202.152 192.633 192.164 44.52 46.72 46.84
4 Bobby Labonte 19 201.839 192.711 193.522 44.59 46.70 46.51
5 Greg Biffle 12 200.951 197.824 195.174 44.79 45.50 46.11
6 Denny Hamlin 30 200.947 179.186 193.977 44.79 50.23 46.40
7 Kevin Harvick 10 200.835 195.682 195.514 44.81 45.99 46.03
8 Jeff Gordon 34 200.835 196.524 194.829 44.81 45.80 46.19
9 Carl Edwards 38 200.209 196.412 195.653 44.95 45.82 46.00
10 Matt Kenseth 34 200.000 196.416 195.746 45.00 45.82 45.98
11 Mark Martin 15 199.641 189.729 193.282 45.08 47.44 46.56
12 Kasey Kahne 24 199.641 191.168 193.889 45.08 47.08 46.42
13 Regan Smith 40 199.159 195.878 193.372 45.19 45.95 46.54
14 Kurt Busch 29 199.155 192.485 193.070 45.19 46.76 46.62
15 Jimmie Johnson 18 195.712 190.408 193.906 45.99 47.27 46.41
16 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 18 195.707 190.074 193.879 45.99 47.35 46.42
17 Kevin Conway 5 193.220 189.565 189.310 46.58 47.48 47.54
18 Derrike Cope 3 180.719 180.187 179.477 49.80 49.95 50.15

[Demonpenz]

you could see Mark Martin second in that video.

[chefsos]

I'm liking 203+.

But it's pretty hard to judge one lap practice speeds at a plate track, what with the draft and all. That said, if you look down that list a little, you'll find Kenseth with the highest average speed. I think that indicates some strength.

[Dylan]

Michael Waltrip's last race behind the wheel will be in the Bud Shootout and the Daytona 500, the 10th anniversary of his first win there and the death of Dale Earnhardt.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by chefsos

I'm liking 203+.

But it's pretty hard to judge one lap practice speeds at a plate track, what with the draft and all. That said, if you look down that list a little, you'll find Kenseth with the highest average speed. I think that indicates some strength.

New Paved Track: Bud Shootout promises to deliver

By almost all accounts, this will be one wild show. It's the first time the Sprint Cup drivers will compete on the silky smooth new pavement at Daytona International Speedway under actual race conditions.

Will new mean better? Well, that depends on what you consider better. If it's unpredictable, chaotic and dangerous, then yes, it's better.

"The Shootout is going to be crazy," Jeff Burton said. "It's going to be nuts. It's going to be wide-open every lap, every time."

Tony Stewart on the new surface at Daytona: "You literally could hold a full cup of coffee with the lid off and not spill a drop riding around."

"The track is so smooth and has so much grip that there's no telling what people will try," Carl Edwards said. "I'm not going to say you'll have more wrecks, but the possibility to have more is out there."

Daytona is narrower than Talladega with tighter turns, which means the cars need to handle well to race up front. But handling becomes less of an issue with the smoother surface, enabling the drivers to flat-foot it all the way around the 2.5-mile tri-oval.

"We're not sliding around here now," Kurt Busch said. "It's very controllable. It's very similar to Talladega when that track had its repave. But Daytona is only three lanes of traffic, where Talladega is six lanes of traffic."

The problem is that more grip means drivers will take more chances and try to make Daytona four lanes or five lanes wide at times.

And the smoother surface will lead to tighter packs without much separation, an inherently dangerous situation when cars are inches apart at 200 mph.

"My opinion is it will probably increase the chances of wrecking," said Jamie McMurray, the 2010 Daytona 500 winner. "When you run really close together, it increases that possibility.

"What fans don't see in the plate races is that we [almost] wreck about every lap. Something happens every lap that makes you flinch. It makes you think 'I need to take a breath.'"

Tony Stewart thinks drivers will have fewer of those breathtaking moments because the cars are easier to drive on the new pavement.

"The transitions off of Turns 2 and 4 are a little more abrupt than what we have at Talladega," Stewart said. "But as far as the ride, you literally could hold a full cup of coffee with the lid off and not spill a drop riding around."

Only 24 cars in the race won't show all the things fans will see with 43 cars on the track next weekend in the Daytona 500. But drivers will take more chances and experiment in the Shootout to find out what works and what doesn't on the new pavement.

With a purse of more than $1 million on the line, including more than $200,000 for the winner, it's go time without the normal points consequences that can come from risky moves.

A smoother surface should bring the field together, meaning anyone can win.

"This asphalt is the great equalizer," Kurt Busch said. "That's going to make for a wild start to things."

No one knows for sure what will happen Saturday night. That alone makes it worth watching.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar...e=RPMHeadlines

I hope they work things out without killing each other.

[chefsos]

Coming to a Cup race near you in 2013? Maybe...



Ford asks NASCAR to approve Mustang for 2013

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1DiJJ7wU6http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...ml?eref=sircrc

[Dylan]

"The push remains, though, for manufacturers to have a race car with a strong resemblance to vehicles sold to consumers. Allison said the response was overwhelming last season when the Mustang ran in four second-tier Nationwide Series events as a precursor to its full-time use in that series this year."

"It certainly exceeded all expectations," Allison said. "We knew Mustang's affinity from fans, but we did not anticipate the fans who don't follow NASCAR getting so excited. There is a whole cottage industry of Mustang enthusiasts, a group that typically does not follow NASCAR. But when the car was introduced in NASCAR, it started garnering attention.



chefsos, the Mustang looks good!

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by Dylan

"The push remains, though, for manufacturers to have a race car with a strong resemblance to vehicles sold to consumers. Allison said the response was overwhelming last season when the Mustang ran in four second-tier Nationwide Series events as a precursor to its full-time use in that series this year."

"It certainly exceeded all expectations," Allison said. "We knew Mustang's affinity from fans, but we did not anticipate the fans who don't follow NASCAR getting so excited. There is a whole cottage industry of Mustang enthusiasts, a group that typically does not follow NASCAR. But when the car was introduced in NASCAR, it started garnering attention.



chefsos, the Mustang looks good!

I think that would be frickin' awesome.