Posts by neonfox65

Zak Veal is heading back for two road course races in the Nationwide series with Penske

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99669

Qualifying starts at 2:00 PM—can BMW pull off another pole position? That's really the big question now... 🙂

Tomorrow's the big DTM race over at Brands Hecu

I'm thinking about air...

Drew Bennett68 said:Hey neonfox65, how on earth are you planning to survive through May 27th, Monaco, Indy, and then heading into Charlotte? You really have to pace yourself, man—you can't just go all out at once!🙂

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I am seriously looking forward to the Indy 500—anyone got a feeling on who’s taking the win this year? I'm personally pulling for the captain...

The next one up in the NASCAR season is the All-Star race over at Charlotte. Just a heads up—this one doesn't actually count toward the points...



Capacity 140,000
Opened 1960
Surface Asphalt
Length 1.5 mi (1.5 miles)
Turns 4
Banking Turns: 24°
Straights: 5°

Darlington race results. JJ snagged a 200-lap win for Hendrick... pretty impressive.

Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet 3h25m45.000s
2. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota + 0.781s
3. Tony Stewart Stewart Haas Chevrolet + 1.164s
4. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 1.389s
5. 5. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 2.037s
6. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 2.442s
7. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 2.701s
8. Kasey Kahn Hendrick Chevrolet + 2.872s
9. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 3.213s
10. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 3.303s
11. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 3.479s
12. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 3.947s
13. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 4.016s
14. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 4.068s
15. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 4.086s
16. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 4.163s
17. Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 4.265s
18. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 4.480s
19. Almirola Petty Ford + 5.035s
20. Mark Martin Waltrip Toyota + 6.085s
21. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 7.748s
22. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 1 lap
23. Ryan Newman Stewart Haas Chevrolet + 1 lap
24. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 2 laps
25. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 2 laps
26. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 2 laps
27. Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet + 3 laps
28. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 4 laps
29. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 4 laps
30. Reed Sorenson FAS lan Ford + 5 laps
31. Danica Patrick Stewart Haas Chevrolet + 6 laps
32. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 6 laps
33. AJ Allmendinger Penske Dodge + 11 laps
34. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 23 laps
35. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 29 laps
36. David Reutimann BK Toyota + 54 laps

Heading to Darlington Raceway, "The Lady in Black," this Saturday night...



Capacity 75,000
Opened Labor Day 1950
Surface Asphalt
Length 1.366 mi (1.4 miles)
Turns 4 Banking Turns
Turns 1 & 2: 25°
Turns 3 & 4: 23°
Front straight: 3°
Back straight: 2°

Woohoo! My favorite, Bad Brad, took the win! 🙂

NASCAR isn't boring 🙂

Anyway, BMW took the win in DTM.

I was watching the NASCAR Nationwide race earlier—man, what a wreck right at the end http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv5YYOekRoQ
Joey Logano ended up taking the win though.

Just caught the qualifiers—BMW locked up the front row, with Spengler taking first and Farfus right behind him in second. Paffet is leading the championship, with Rockefeller in that Audi right on his heels... looks like we're in for one hell of a race.

DTM is hitting the track at Daytona International Speedway this weekend



Leading the pack overall right now is Gerhard Paffet (Mercedes-Benz)

The Talladega jinx

The high number of crashes over the years, along with other factors, have led to rumors of Talladega Superspeedway being cursed. Stories of the origin of the curse vary. Some folks claim a local Native American tribe used to hold horse races in the very valley where the track sits now—and apparently, a chief was killed after being thrown from his horse. Others say that the site of the superspeedway was once an Indian burial ground. Then there’s still another version... that after the local tribe was driven out by the Creek nation for their collaborating with the forces of Andrew Jackson, a shaman placed a curse on the whole valley.

Ever since the track was built, all those weird occurrences and tragic deaths have just kept the curse rumors alive. Take 1973—Bobby Isaac actually abandoned his car on lap 90 because he claimed he heard voices telling him to just pull over and get out. And earlier that same race, back on lap 14, young driver Larry Smith died in a seemingly minor wreck. Then in 1974, right before the Winston 500, drivers and crews alike found multiple cars sabotaged by cut brake lines and sand in the gas tank.

For some people, Bobby Allison's 1987 wreck was just more proof that the curse was real. And then in 1993, things took a heartbreaking turn when Bobby's son, Davey Allison, died in a helicopter crash in the infield of Talladega.

Was scrolling through YouTube for a bit and stumbled upon this:

top 10 Worst Non-Fatal NASCAR Crashes (1990-2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq7zf...eature=related

It’s actually wild how some of these guys walked away alive...

They actually brought in restrictor plates because of this mess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVl1NxOHE3I

Something pretty similar went down back in 2009 too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX7RA...eature=related

Jason Campbell70 said:Wait, how is the track record still from '87?

Were they running without restrictors back then?

What kind of speeds are we talking about without a restrictor versus with one?

Yeah, they were running wide open—speeds were hitting around 218 miles/h.

This Sunday, we're heading to the biggest oval out there—Talladega Superspeedway. They actually use a restrictor plate just to keep the speeds under control since these cars are insanely fast...



Capacity 175,000
Opened September 13, 1969
Surface Asphalt
Length 2.66 mi (2.7 miles)
Turns 4
Banking Turns 1&2: 33°
Turn 3: 32.4°
Turn 4: 32.5°
Tri-oval: 16.5°
Back straight: 3°
Lap record 0:44.998 (Bill Elliott, Melling Racing, 1987, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series)

The Mercedes crew really showed up and beat out Audi and BMW today... quite a performance.

In NASCAR, NASCAR Kyle took the win.

DTM Race:

Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Gary Paffett HWA Mercedes 1h04m37.615s
2. Jamie Green HWA Mercedes + 4.709s
3. Mattias Ekstrom Abt Audi + 19.434s
4. Christian Vietoris HWA Mercedes + 25.774s
5. Mike Rockenfeller Phoenix Audi + 27.834s
6. Andy Priaulx RBM BMW + 28.435s
7. Ralf Schumacher HWA Mercedes + 39.948s
8. David Coulthard Mucke Mercedes + 43.306s
9. Miguel Molina Phoenix Audi + 46.079s
10. Filipe Albuquerque Rosberg Audi + 46.614s
11. Edoardo Mortara Rosberg Audi + 47.253s
12. Susie Wolff Mucke Mercedes + 51.971s
13. Joey Hand RMG BMW + 1m08.628s
14. Robert Wickens Persson Mercedes + 1m09.027s
15. Augusto Farfus RBM BMW + 1m09.556s
16. Rahel Frey Abt Audi + 1m16.123s
17. Dirk Werner Schnitzer BMW + 1 lap

NASCAR Race:

Results - 400 laps:

Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota 2h51m06.000s
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 1.095s
3. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 2.021s
4. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota + 2.545s
5. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 2.887s
6. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 3.375s
7. Clint Bowyer Waltrip Toyota + 4.145s
8. Mark Martin Waltrip Toyota + 4.677s
9. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 4.942s
10. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 5.163s
11. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 5.606s
12. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 6.106s
13. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 7.331s
14. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 16.044s
15. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 16.062s
16. AJ Allmendinger Penske Dodge + 17.425s
17. Bobby Labonte JTG Daugherty Toyota + 17.514s
18. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 17.864s
19. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 19.219s
20. Landon Cassill BK Toyota + 1 lap
21. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 1 lap
22. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 1 lap
23. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 1 lap
24. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 1 lap
25. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 1 lap
26. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 2 laps
27. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 2 laps
28. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 3 laps
29. Dave Blaney Baldwin Chevrolet + 3 laps
30. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 3 laps
31. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 4 laps
32. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 6 laps
33. David Reutimann Baldwin Chevrolet + 6 laps
34. Reed Sorenson FAS Lane Ford + 8 laps
35. Stephen Leicht Falk Chevrolet + 9 laps
36. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 45 laps