****Official 2012 NASCAR thread****

[Bugeater]

August 19 Michigan 12 p.m.
August 25 Bristol 7 p.m.
September 2 Atlanta 6:30 p.m.
September 8 Richmond 7 p.m.
September 16 Chicago 1 p.m.
September 23 Loudon 1 p.m.
September 30 Dover 1 p.m.
October 7 Talladega 1 p.m.
October 13 Charlotte 7 p.m.
October 21 Kansas 1 p.m.
October 28 Martinsville 1 p.m.
November 4 Texas 2 p.m.
November 11 Phoenix 2 p.m.
November 18 Homestead 2 p.m.

[Al Bundy]

Just heard an interview with Pemberton, he seems to believe that the nascar official tripped or inadvertantly fell backwards onto the hood of the car. It sure looked to me like that guy from the Newman team shoved him.

[chefsos]

Several of Ryan Newman's crewmen confronted Kurt Busch on Saturday night at Darlington Raceway following an ill-advised decision by Busch to do a burnout through Newman's pit box.

After Busch had a flat tire and crashed with six laps remaining – an incident which also collected Newman – the Phoenix Racing driver lost his cool and began yelling on the team radio.

When Busch completed his pit stop to fix damage shortly after the wreck, he slammed his foot down on the throttle and did a loud, angry burnout while leaving his pit box. The burnout startled fans in the stands and put up a huge plume of smoke, an expression of Busch's frustration at a promising night gone bad.

But while doing the burnout, Busch drove through Newman's pit box as well – and several Newman crew members were still over the wall after recently completing service on the No. 39 car.

The crewmen were infuriated by Busch coming so close to them with his burnout, and several began yelling at Busch's crew to convey their outrage.

"When you come ripping through somebody's pit box like that, he could have took out five or six guys plus the officials pretty easy," Newman's crew chief Tony Gibson said. "I don't know how somebody didn't get run over, to be honest with you. It was a miracle nobody got hit."

Newman told SI.com's Dustin Long he suspected Busch's actions were due to a "chemical imbalance."

"It's easy to see and it's easy to say that Kurt blew a fuse again," Newman said. "I'm not sure why he did it and tried to run over our guys and NASCAR officials. And nobody is."

Among the angry crewmen was Newman's gas man, Andy Rueger, who went to the No. 51 hauler to await Busch's arrival. Rueger planned to confront Busch immediately after the race.

But Busch's team knew Newman's crew was upset, and so crew chief Nick Harrison instructed Busch to stop at the entrance of pit road and leave the car there instead. The driver was livid on the radio and had been screaming obscenities during the final few laps, and the team felt it would be a good idea for him just to get off the track.

Somehow, though, Busch then made contact with Newman's car on pit road. Busch contended he accidentally ran into Newman while taking off his helmet, but Newman told SI.com he thought Busch did it intentionally.

http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2012/...an-newman-2012

[Dylan]

Kurt Busch had absolutely nothing to do with the wreck - Aric Almirola - driving the No. 43 red car got in the back of Newman's rear bumper that spun him into the wall.



I'm waiting for the press release on the Southern 500 Post-Race Q&A with the drivers. It will be interesting to hear follow-up questions on comments leading up to the fight on pit lane.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Bugeater

Gentlemen...START YOUR ENGINES!!!


These guys fought after the Darlington race.



And some ass-pirate won the race. All star challenge next week, I'll be in KC and will most likely miss it.

FOX Network had to hurry up and pull away for local news! Leaving us to wonder WTF happened. Unbelievable.

Thanks!

[Bugeater]

Just keeping y'all updated.

[Dylan]

Here it is: Everyone has an opinion and different story.

[Demonpenz]

Kurt Busch was being an idiot just wall riding for 4 turns. Keep it against the wall to bring out the yellow or bring it to the pits.

[Dylan]

Bug,

Just a couple of questions. I guess, first on our NASCAR members. Can you tell me if we have any Jimmie Johnson engaged users in this thread? And if so, is it likely that we could sneak in the No. 48 below NASCAR Americans are not known to be classy photography story on top of the page?

Thanks in advance and God Bless!

D.

[Dylan]

[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Bug,

Just a couple of questions. I guess, first on our NASCAR members. Can you tell me if we have any Jimmie Johnson engaged users in this thread? And if so, is it likely that we could sneak in the No. 48 below NASCAR Americans are not known to be classy photography story on top of the page?

Thanks in advance and God Bless!

D.

Are you asking me to put a picture of Jimmie in the OP?

[Dylan]

Bug,

Jimmie Johnson's win on Saturday night at Darlington.



I guess, can you tell me if it would be ok to have two photos on display at the top of the page to ensure nobody feels slighted?

TIA & GB

D.

[Bugeater]

Oh crap, forgot about the picture of Jimmie. Gimme a couple minutes.

[Bugeater]

Updated.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by UCF Knight

Just heard an interview with Pemberton, he seems to believe that the nascar official tripped or inadvertantly fell backwards onto the hood of the car. It sure looked to me like that guy from the Newman team shoved him.

Pemberton is a liar. There is a double standard for NASCAR's chosen ones.

Last week in Talladega, Danica pulled a hissy fit when she decided to slam Sam Hornish into the wall on the checkered flag. In the post-race interview, Hornish said that he slid up the track in front of Danica's car because he had a tire going down.

“At the end of the day, we were trying to get a good finish and I got hit in the rear and got into the 87 (Joe Nemechek). It cut the right front tire; it didn’t cut it down, but it started going flat. Coming off four, the tire went flat."

The controversy started because many expected Danica to be black flagged and called to the red trailer and punished for her actions. No penalties were handed down, many voiced their outrage that there seems to be a double standard regarding Danica and NASCAR's chosen ones.

Interesting!
USA TODAY: Danica Patrick shifts into damage-control mode after wreck
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor...-Jr/54816266/1

[GoHuge]

Originally Posted by UCF Knight

Probably so, however Kahne won't be in the chase.

Well get all the stupid out of your system now because come Chase time you're gonna have to .