Steveweiser
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Post by Steveweiser on Sept 2, 2012 15:22:38 GMT -5
The crash in question. Sorry about the foreign commentary, but this was the best clip I could find on short notice. Grosjean has been suspended for a race due to the wreck. Yeah, I posted that a few posts above. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 16:08:00 GMT -5
Hunter-Reay wins in Baltimore to cut Power's points lead to 17 heading into the final race of the season. Castroneves, Dixon, and Pagenaud were all eliminated from championship contention, so the battle will just be between Power and Hunter-Reay.
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Sept 2, 2012 18:29:49 GMT -5
Hotlanta under the lights boys! As Billy Joel would say, it's like RUNNING ON ICE! LET'S GO RACING BOYS!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 19:01:34 GMT -5
Kyle Busch and Gordon 1-2 so far. Both need a win if they want a better chance to get that 2nd wild card spot.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 21:33:41 GMT -5
Man, Edwards has had no luck this year.
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Post by Richard on Sept 2, 2012 21:33:58 GMT -5
Well damn. From 1/2 of one of the greatest Championship battles to a non factor. I cannot help but feel bad for Carl now.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 22:17:54 GMT -5
McMurray shreds up and we're going to Green-White-Checkers.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves BBL Bayley on Sept 2, 2012 22:22:24 GMT -5
Business is about to pick up!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2012 22:25:12 GMT -5
Hamlin wins in Hotlanta!
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Post by Richard on Sept 2, 2012 22:26:52 GMT -5
Can they bulldoze this pit now?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2012 0:39:09 GMT -5
From SBNation: With just one race remaining until NASCAR's Chase field is set, nine spots of the 12 playoff spots are already clinched heading into the final regular-season race at Richmond.
But after Sunday night's Atlanta race, there's still much to be decided about which drivers will compete for the championship.
Here's a look at the Chase picture after the Atlanta results:
Top nine are all good
The following drivers clinched spots in the Chase top 10 after Atlanta: Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Denny Hamlin, Clint Bowyer and Kevin Harvick.
Greg Biffle, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jimmie Johnson already clinched top-10 positions last week.
Final spot in the top 10 still available
Tony Stewart is just 18 points ahead of Kasey Kahne for the final spot in the top 10, and even Kyle Busch could still take a top-10 position if Stewart has trouble. Busch is 23 points behind Stewart, so if the defending champ is involved in some kind of early wreck, that top-10 spot could be up for grabs.
Stewart would still make the Chase as a wild card if he fell out, but his three victories wouldn't count toward the playoffs. Plus, it could have an impact on the wild card picture for other drivers (see below).
Wild Card No. 1
Kasey Kahne has not clinched a wild card spot yet. Why? Because if Stewart falls out of the top 10 and Jeff Gordon wins at Richmond, Gordon could theoretically move ahead of Kahne in the wild card standings. Meanwhile, Stewart's wild card would come with three wins, so he'd have the No. 1 spot and Kahne would be gone.
But that's fairly unlikely, and Kahne is the heavy favorite to get one of the wild cards heading into Richmond.
Wild Card No. 2
Here's where it gets really tricky, so let's break it down by driver:
• Kyle Busch is in the best position because he's 12 points ahead of Gordon for the final wild card spot and already has a win. So he'd make the Chase if he just finishes in the top 10 while none of the other one-win drivers go to Victory Lane, or he could be in if he just won himself. And he's really good at Richmond.
• Jeff Gordon needs to either finish 13 points ahead of Busch (who has the tiebreaker) and hope none of the other one-win guys go to Victory Lane. Or he could just win the race and get in that way.
• Ryan Newman, Marcos Ambrose and Joey Logano all need to win the race. Win, and they're likely in. No need to worry about points, really.
• Carl Edwards is fairly screwed despite being 14th in the standings. He needs to not only win at Richmond, but he also needs to make up 26 points on Busch and 14 points on Gordon. It's a very tall order.
• Paul Menard can only get in if he wins and the track opens up and swallows the No. 18 and No. 24 cars. But it's still mathematically possible, unless I calculated wrong.
• Everyone else is eliminated, including top-20 drivers like Jamie McMurray and Jeff Burton.
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Post by BearDogg-X on Sept 4, 2012 23:32:42 GMT -5
From ESPN.com
Matt Kenseth will join Joe Gibbs Racing next season to drive the #20 Toyota.
Joey Logano will join Team Penske next season to drive the #22 Ford.
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Post by Richard on Sept 4, 2012 23:39:10 GMT -5
From ESPN.com Matt Kenseth will join Joe Gibbs Racing next season to drive the #20 Toyota. Joey Logano will join Team Penske next season to drive the #22 Ford. Yeah, Kenseth was announced today and will take over the 20 team as is (same sponsors, crew and crew chief). Gibbs wanted Logano to run full time in NNS and part time in Cup while getting his groove back (Gibbs's words) but with the 22 open they let him go. Should be noted though, there has been nothing from Penske confirming Logano's move...yet. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2012 23:43:56 GMT -5
From ESPN.com Matt Kenseth will join Joe Gibbs Racing next season to drive the #20 Toyota. Joey Logano will join Team Penske next season to drive the #22 Ford. Yeah, Kenseth was announced today and will take over the 20 team as is (same sponsors, crew and crew chief). Gibbs wanted Logano to run full time in NNS and part time in Cup while getting his groove back (Gibbs's words) but with the 22 open they let him go. Should be noted though, there has been nothing from Penske confirming Logano's move...yet. |
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Post by Richard on Sept 4, 2012 23:49:33 GMT -5
Yeah, Kenseth was announced today and will take over the 20 team as is (same sponsors, crew and crew chief). Gibbs wanted Logano to run full time in NNS and part time in Cup while getting his groove back (Gibbs's words) but with the 22 open they let him go. Should be noted though, there has been nothing from Penske confirming Logano's move...yet. Damn, everyone on Twitter was ignoring that and I even googled it to make sure it hadn't been announced and that wasn't on top. |
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Post by Burst on Sept 5, 2012 4:33:34 GMT -5
Going back to F1 for a moment, the kerfluffle regarding the Spa opening crash is part of the reason why I could never get into F1... They said this is what, the first time someone has been banned from a race in 18 or so years, for a rookie mistake? A rookie mistake that happened to take out the championship contenders and the expensive teams. As a commentator put it, the penalty would never have happened if it had involved other backmarker teams, and apparently the official decree of the penalty read an awful like "How DARE you crash out the likes of Ferrari and other teams that could buy you out several times over".
There's just a stank of elitism and team favoritism in F1 that I can't get past. Even Hendrick and Roush never gets favored as much as Ferrari and McLaren do.
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Post by G✇JI☈A on Sept 5, 2012 4:37:48 GMT -5
Going back to F1 for a moment, the kerfluffle regarding the Spa opening crash is part of the reason why I could never get into F1... They said this is what, the first time someone has been banned from a race in 18 or so years, for a rookie mistake? A rookie mistake that happened to take out the championship contenders and the expensive teams. As a commentator put it, the penalty would never have happened if it had involved other backmarker teams, and apparently the official decree of the penalty read an awful like "How DARE you crash out the likes of Ferrari and other teams that could buy you out several times over". There's just a stank of elitism and team favoritism in F1 that I can't get past. Even Hendrick and Roush never gets favored as much as Ferrari and McLaren do. I don't believe it was elitism and team favoritism that lead to the ban. I think he was banned because he could of killed someone. |
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Post by Richard on Sept 5, 2012 11:01:20 GMT -5
Alex Zanardi won ParaOlympic gold today in hand biking I believe. Absolutely amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2012 14:19:37 GMT -5
Apparently he still wants to run the Indianapolis 500 at some point too. Incredibly inspiring.
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Post by BR329 on Sept 5, 2012 17:38:11 GMT -5
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