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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 22:20:38 GMT -5
Jamie McMurray adds a few zeroes to his car number as he wins the All-Star Race!
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Post by bluemeii on May 18, 2014 13:56:03 GMT -5
As much as I really don't like the guy...I want to see how Ears Busch does at Indy next weekend.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 6:51:01 GMT -5
Ed Carpenter is the 11th driver to win back-to-back pole positions for the Indianapolis 500.
Starting grid:
Row 1: #20 Ed Carpenter / Ed Carpenter Racing / Chevrolet - 231.067 mph #27 James Hinchcliffe / Andretti Autosport / Honda - 230.839 mph #12 Will Power / Team Penske / Chevrolet - 230.697 mph
Row 2: #3 Helio Castroneves / Team Penske / Chevrolet - 230.649 mph #77 Simon Pagenaud / Schmidt Peterson Motorsports / Honda - 230.614 mph #25 Marco Andretti / Andretti Autosport / Honda - 230.544 mph
Row 3: #34 Carlos Muñoz / Andretti Autosport / Honda - 230.146 mph #67 Josef Newgarden / Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing / Honda - 229.893 mph #21 JR Hildebrand / Ed Carpenter Racing / Chevrolet - 228.726 mph
Row 4: #2 Juan Pablo Montoya / Team Penske / Chevrolet - 231.007 mph #9 Scott Dixon / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Chevrolet - 230.928 mph #26 Kurt Busch / Andretti Autosport / Honda - 230.782 mph
Row 5 #98 Jack Hawksworth / Bryan Herta Autosport / Honda - 230.506 mph #19 Justin Wilson / Dale Coyne Racing / Honda - 230.256 mph #7 Mikhail Aleshin / Schmidt Peterson Motorsports / Honda - 230.049 mph
Row 6 #10 Tony Kanaan / Target Chip Ganassi Racing / Chevrolet - 229.922 mph #11 Sebastien Bourdais / KV Racing Technology / Chevrolet - 229.847 mph #16 Oriol Servia / Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing / Honda - 229.752 mph
Row 7 #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay / Andretti Autosport / Honda - 229.719 mph #15 Graham Rahal / Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing / Honda - 229.628 mph #18 Carlos Huertas / Dale Coyne Racing / Honda - 229.251 mph
Row 8 #63 Pippa Mann / Dale Coyne Racing / Honda - 229.223 mph #14 Takuma Sato / A.J. Foyt Enterprises / Honda - 229.201 mph #68 Alex Tagliani / Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing / Honda - 229.148 mph
Row 9 #6 Townsend Bell / KV Racing Technology / Chevrolet - 229.009 mph #83 Charlie Kimball / Chip Ganassi Racing / Chevrolet - 228.953 mph #5 Jacques Villeneuve / Schmidt Peterson Motorsports / Honda - 228.949 mph
Row 10 #33 James Davison / KV Racing Technology / Chevrolet 228.865 mph #41 Martin Plowman / A.J. Foyt Enterprises / Honda 228.814 mph #8 Ryan Briscoe / Chip Ganassi Racing / Chevrolet - 228.713 mph
Row 11 #22 Sage Karam / Dreyer & Reinbold Racing / Chevrolet - 228.436 mph #17 Sebastian Saavedra / KV Racing Technology / Chevrolet - 228.088 mph #91 Buddy Lazier / Lazier Partners Racing / Chevrolet - 227.920 mph
Former winners in the field: 6 - Villeneuve (1994), Lazier (1996), Montoya (2000), Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009), Dixon (2008), Kanaan (2013)
Former series champions: 7 - Villeneuve (1995), Montoya (1999 - CART), Lazier (2000 - IRL), Dixon (2003 - IRL, 2008, 2013), Kanaan (2004 - IRL), Bourdais (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, Champ Car) Hunter-Reay (2012)
Rookies: 7 - Busch, Hawksworth, Aleshin, Huertas, Davison, Plowman, Karam
20 of the drivers in the race are race-winners in Indy car racing. Of the remaining 13, 7 are the rookie drivers, the other 6 are Muñoz, Newgarden, Hildebrand, Mann, Bell, and Saavedra.
In addition, there is one Formula 1 World Drivers' Champion in the field (Villeneuve - 1997) and one NASCAR Champion (Kurt Busch - 2004).
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 19, 2014 11:20:24 GMT -5
I can't wait for this Sunday. Monaco and the 500. f***ing Awesome.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2014 11:45:15 GMT -5
The Monapolis Cola 1262. Gonna be a fun Sunday.
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Post by Error on May 21, 2014 18:09:07 GMT -5
Today was election day for the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Class of 2015 is...
Bill Elliott -- In a 37-year driving career, Bill Elliott's compiled a list of accolades that put him near the top of a number of NASCAR's all-time lists. His 44 wins rank 16th all time and his 55 poles rank eighth. But, of course, his most prestigious accomplishment came in 1988 when he won the NASCAR premier series championship with six wins, 15 top fives and 22 top 10s in 29 races. All that, combined with an affable demeanor, endeared him to fans. Fans adored him -- and that adoration led to a record 16 Most Popular Driver Awards. Elliott returned that love with big stage success -- and lots of it. He won the Daytona 500 twice and the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway three times. And in 1985, he won both of those along with the Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway, earning him the "Winston Million" -- a $1 million bonus for winning those three of four marquee events.
Fred Lorenzen -- One of NASCAR's first true superstars even though he was a "part-time" driver never running more than 29 of the season's 50-plus races. Lorenzen got his start in NASCAR as a mechanic with the famed Holman-Moody team in 1960, but was elevated to lead driver by the end of the year. Lorenzen won three races in only 15 starts the following season. Lorenzen's best overall season came in 1963 as he finished with six wins, 21 top fives and 23 top 10s in 29 starts. Despite missing 26 races that season, he finished third in the standings. In 1964, he entered 16 of the scheduled 62 races but won eight, including five consecutive starts. During that stretch, Lorenzen led 1,679 of the possible 1,953 laps, one of the most dominant runs in NASCAR history. In 1965, he won two of NASCAR's major events -- the Daytona 500 and the World 600. Lorenzen retired in 1967 but made a brief comeback from 1970-72. Lorenzen was an extremely popular driver with fans, to the point that he had several nicknames -- "Golden Boy," "Fearless Freddie" and "The Elmhurst Express." In 1998, he was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers.
Wendell Scott -- The Danville, Va. native, whose career on wheels began as a taxi driver, was the first African-American to become a full-time competitor in the series. Scott served three years in the U.S. Army during World War II where he honed his mechanical skills in the motor pool. Scott started racing in 1947 and experienced immediate success behind the wheel. He won over 100 races in the next decade at local area tracks. Scott made his first start in NASCAR's premier series March 4, 1961 at Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds in Spartanburg, S.C. He made 23 starts that season, posting five top-five finishes. On Dec. 1, 1963 at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Fla., Scott became the first African-American to win a NASCAR premier series event. Scott won the 100-mile feature race after starting 15th. Over the next 13 years, Scott would make 495 starts, which ranks 32nd on the all-time list. In his distinguished career, Scott accumulated 20 top-five finishes including eight of them in the same season he won his first career race, 1964. Scott also posted 147 top-10 finishes, more than 25 percent of the races he entered.
Joe Weatherly -- Weatherly won two championships (1962-63) and 25 races in NASCAR's premier series. But that's only part of his story, which is long on versatility. A decade earlier in 1952-53, he won 101 races in the NASCAR Modified division, capturing that championship in 1953. He even tried his hand in NASCAR's short-lived Convertible Division from 1956-59 winning 12 times. Weatherly was one of the first drivers who attracted fans to NASCAR as much for his personality as his racing ability, thus his nickname the "Clown Prince of Stock Car Racing." When he won his first NASCAR premier series championship, in 1962, he drove for legendary owner Bud Moore. When he repeated as champion a year later, he drove for nine different teams. Those were the only two years Weatherly competed in the premier series full-time. Weatherly was named one of the NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
Rex White -- Consistency was the hallmark of Rex White's NASCAR career. He finished among the top five in nearly a half of his 233 races and outside the top 10 only 30 percent of the time. White was a short track specialist in an era in which those tracks dominated the schedule. Of his 28 career wins in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, only two came on tracks longer than a mile in length. White's victory total ranks 22nd among all-time premier series winners. White won six times during his 1960 championship season posting 35 top 10s in 40 starts. He finished in the top 10 six of his nine years in the series including a runner-up finish in 1961. He was the fourth driver to win a premier series championship in his own equipment. White hails from Spartanburg, S.C., once the hub of stock car racing and a community that produced NASCAR Hall of Famers David Pearson, Cale Yarborough, Cotton Owens and Bud Moore. White was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. He resides in Forest Park, Ga.
Anne Bledsoe France -- Awarded the the first Landmark Award. The wife of NASCAR founder William Henry Getty France. She was secretary and treasurer of NASCAR and matriarch of the sport.
Write ups from Fox Sports.
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Post by Lupin the Third on May 21, 2014 20:59:58 GMT -5
Congrats to Awesome Bill from Dawsonville!!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2014 20:31:07 GMT -5
Watching the 600 special on FS1 and they just had the part with Fireball Roberts and the crash that led to his death. Makes you appreciate the moves they've made today to ensure that nothing like that ever happens again.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 8:47:05 GMT -5
Trevor Bayne will be racing with Roush Fenway Racing full-time next season
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on May 25, 2014 7:15:31 GMT -5
Vettel having huge power problems early, he's not doing anything today
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Post by EoE: Well There's Your Problem on May 25, 2014 7:17:16 GMT -5
He's actually retired from the race, so his motor racing Christmas is one to forget this year.
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on May 25, 2014 8:52:55 GMT -5
Nico Rosberg wins the 2014 Monaco Grand Prix
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2014 8:56:06 GMT -5
and Marussia will score 2 points even after Bianchi receives a 5-second time penalty.
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 25, 2014 9:04:08 GMT -5
While it's kinda annoying that Mercedes won AGAIN, the lesser of two evils in Nico Rosberg won today. He did so in quite a dominating fashion today and so I give him full marks for that. I also really enjoyed Ricciardo's race.
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on May 25, 2014 10:49:55 GMT -5
Time for the 2nd leg of the 1262. Can Kurt Busch repeat what Tony Stewart did back in 2001 and complete the 1100?
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2014 11:20:35 GMT -5
j/w, am I the only one that wants Andretti to win this thing?
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Post by triplethreatmark on May 25, 2014 11:33:51 GMT -5
j/w, am I the only one that wants Andretti to win this thing? No. I'd love it if Marco won. I also wouldn't mind Helio getting his fourth or JPM winning again.
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on May 25, 2014 11:40:45 GMT -5
I want Marco to win as well, I'm just a little more interested in seeing if Busch can finish all 500 miles. Then enjoy the flight back to Charlotte for the 600.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2014 11:47:15 GMT -5
I'm going out on a limb and say that Takuma Sato wins the Indy 500 today.
But, more likely it'll be Helio.
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Post by VRM: LET'S GO BLUESHIRTS!! on May 25, 2014 11:58:24 GMT -5
Castroneves warned for blocking Marco dangerously
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