****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.

[Buck]

Biffle is such a pussy.

[Al Bundy]

Originally Posted by dannybcaitlyn

Get over it dude! Sore loser Earnhardt fan. IF "IFS" Were fifths we'd all be drunk. Has it been almost three like years since jr has won a race? I can understand your frustration since Jr best chance to get a win is at a super speedway.

I root for Chevy drivers and since he was really the only one with a chance to win, the 2 slower Fords needed to get out of the way.

[smittysbar]

Originally Posted by UCF Knight

I root for Chevy drivers and since he was really the only one with a chance to win, the 2 slower Fords needed to get out of the way.

Those "slow" Fords, were the fastest cars on the track most of the week, and last night.

[Old Dog]

It's funny to me that Biff pissed off so many Juuunyah fans. I still don't understand how in the hell Clint managed to run out of gas in the middle of the damn race, but the late cautions helped him get back on the lead lap and nearly into the top 10 (11th). As poor as he looked during Speedweek, that's better than I expected.

[dannybcaitlyn]

Originally Posted by UCF Knight

I root for Chevy drivers and since he was really the only one with a chance to win, the 2 slower Fords needed to get out of the way.

So slow the FORDS swept the front row of qualify also.

[Old Dog]

NASCAR suspends Jimmie Johnson crew chief Chad Knaus for six races, issues a $100K fine and penalizes Johnson's team 25 points for Daytona 500 infractions.

[Jerm]

What a couple of scumbags...always doing this shit. Knaus is such a douche.

[dannybcaitlyn]

Originally Posted by Old Dog

NASCAR suspends Jimmie Johnson crew chief Chad Knaus for six races, issues a $100K fine and penalizes Johnson's team 25 points for Daytona 500 infractions.

That's good. Even though it should be a season as much as they've been caught.

[alpha_omega]

Originally Posted by Old Dog

NASCAR suspends Jimmie Johnson crew chief Chad Knaus for six races, issues a $100K fine and penalizes Johnson's team 25 points for Daytona 500 infractions.

I thought we needed some more detail on this....

http://www.cbssports.com/nascar/stor...led-inspection

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR issued steep penalties against five-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and his team for failing the first inspection for the Daytona 500.


Crew chief Chad Knaus was fined $100,000 and suspended six races Wednesday, car chief Ron Malec also was barred for six races, and Johnson was docked 25 points, sending him into this weekend's race last in the Sprint Cup Series standings.


The penalties stem from a failed inspection Feb. 17 at Daytona International Speedway. NASCAR said the No. 48 Chevrolet had illegally modified sheet metal between the roof and the side windows, an area known as the C-posts.


Hendrick Motorsports immediately said it would appeal, and Knaus and Malec can attend races during the process.


"Our organization respects NASCAR and the way the sanctioning body governs our sport," team owner Rick Hendrick said. "In this case, though, the system broke down, and we will voice our concerns through the appeal process."



Should the penalties stand, Johnson finds himself in a huge hole at the start of the season. He was wrecked just two laps into Monday night's Daytona 500, and his 42nd-place finish put him 42nd in the standings with two points.



The penalty drops him to 43rd in the field, with minus 23 points. He's now trailing Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth by 70 points, and is 58 points outside the top 10.



It comes after Johnson's worst season in NASCAR: his streak of five consecutive championships was snapped last year, and he finished a career-worst sixth in the standings. He also won only one race.
Knaus, meanwhile, has run afoul of NASCAR before.


He's been suspended four previous times, but had a two-race ban in 2005 overturned in the appeals process. His last suspension was for six weeks in 2007 when NASCAR said he had flared out the front bumpers of Johnson's car at Sonoma.


His first suspension was in 2001, as crew chief for Stacy Compton, because NASCAR said he had unapproved shoulder harnesses in the car. Knaus teamed with Johnson at Hendrick Motorsports at the end of that season, and the two have gone on to 54 victories and five championships.


Johnson has a 55th victory, the 2006 Daytona 500, which was won while Knaus was serving a suspension. Darian Grubb filled in for that race.

[chefsos]

Difficult to laugh and post too. I'll do this:

[kstater]

Hendrick says that car passed inspection 16 times prior to that with no changes other than paint job.

[kcxiv]

He's a repeat offender. The penalty should be very harsh on this. They need to start banning the driver as well. THen they would think twice about trying to cheat.

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by kstater

Hendrick says that car passed inspection 16 times prior to that with no changes other than paint job.

Yeah...I'll take anything Rick Hendrick says with more than one grain of salt.

In the interest of fairness though, the same goes for Jack Roush.

[Dylan]

Thanks, Mr. Fax.




"NASCAR is crooked ... If you can't see that, you're blind." -AJ Foyt

[Old Dog]

Hey Dylan, I think I saw your car on the way home from work. I was sitting at a stoplight and the car in front of me had the #18, #5, #42, #88, #48, #24, #2, #22, and #17 on it*. Was that you?





*OK, I'm sure it wasn't you, but it DID make me think of you as soon as I saw it. I grabbed a pen to write them all down to make sure I got them right.