2012 Racing Season: NASCAR, Indy, F1, and more

Melissa Roberts96 said:The Super Sport... man, it’s such a shame it hasn't really caught on here in the States. I feel like I can't even find one person to geek out with about it, but hey, at least I can obsessively follow everything online while everyone else is busy losing their minds over football. Honestly, I was actually pretty shocked to see there was even a dedicated thread for this on the forum, so at least we have something to talk about, right?

Hey Melissa Roberts96, who's your driver in NASCAR? And how long have you been following the circuit?

I’ve been keeping a close eye on him lately, and honestly, after doing a deep dive into everything, I am totally hooked!
Plus, obviously, I'm pulling for Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica—because, you know, girl power and all that.

Junior’s been solid this year—sitting at third in the overall standings. And honestly, I’m a fan of Danica too... really liked hearing that she’s making the jump to NASCAR.

So, I was just reading about Ford bringing an electric pace car into the mix...

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup...e-car-richmond

It’s actually happening on April 28th at Richmond—first time ever for NASCAR...

Qualifying just wrapped up...

1 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge AAA 175.993 30.683 Leader
2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem 175.747 30.726 -0.043
3 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 175.724 30.730 -0.047
4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 175.667 30.740 -0.057
5 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 175.484 30.772 -0.089
6 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 175.444 30.779 -0.096
7 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mountain Dew / National Guard 175.313 30.802 -0.119
8 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 175.302 30.804 -0.121
9 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 175.092 30.841 -0.158
10 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge SKF 175.086 30.842 -0.159
11 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 175.063 30.846 -0.163
12 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 174.927 30.870 -0.187
13 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Haas Automation 174.887 30.877 -0.194
14 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 174.876 30.879 -0.196
15 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's "Chevrolet Mountain Green" 174.803 30.892 -0.209
16 10 David Reutimann Chevrolet Accell Construction 174.803 30.892 -0.209
17 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Novec 1230 174.706 30.909 -0.226
18 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 174.486 30.948 -0.265
19 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Zecol / Menards 174.323 30.977 -0.294
20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 174.261 30.988 -0.305
21 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 174.244 30.991 -0.308
22 38 David Gilliland Ford Front Row Motorsports 174.171 31.004 -0.321
23 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 174.143 31.009 -0.326
24 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 174.031 31.029 -0.346
25 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 174.020 31.031 -0.348
26 43 Aric Almirola Ford STP 174.003 31.034 -0.351
27 34 David Ragan Ford Barrett-Jackson 173.947 31.044 -0.361
28 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 173.863 31.059 -0.376
29 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 173.756 31.078 -0.395
30 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Reese Towpower / Highland 173.745 31.080 -0.397
31 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota JPO Absorbents 173.516 31.121 -0.438
32 83 Landon Cassill Toyota BK Strawberry Banana Smoothie / Dr Pepper 173.388 31.144 -0.461
33 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 173.383 31.145 -0.462
34 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 173.249 31.169 -0.486
35 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota BK Tropical Mango Smoothie / Dr Pepper 173.221 31.174 -0.491
36 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 173.182 31.181 -0.498
37 98 Michael McDowell Ford Curb Records 173.155 31.186 -0.503
38 26 Josh Wise* Ford Morristown Driver's Service 172.756 31.258 -0.575
39 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 172.507 31.303 -0.620
40 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 171.986 31.398 -0.715
41 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AMFMEnergy.com / Pellet & Wood Stoves 171.625 31.464 -0.781
42 32 Reed Sorenson+ Ford FAS Lane Racing 170.057 31.754 -1.071
43 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing 171.396 31.506 -0.823

AJ Allmendinger—former driver for Target—takes the pole!

When’s the race scheduled for tomorrow?? Biffle is only 17...🙂

Tomorrow at 6:30 PM. I’m calling it now—I want to see a Toyota take the win, ideally driven by Hamlin 🙂

neonfox65 said:Tomorrow at 6:30 PM. I’m calling it now—I want to see a Toyota take the win, ideally driven by Hamlin 🙂

my nigga 🙂 Hamlin...

YESSSSS! My guy Hamlin pulled it off! 🙂 🙂 🙂

So, is Danica not driving anymore?? I see Reutemann is stepping in with number 10

hamlin 🙂

Lawrence Vaughn3 said:So, is Danica not driving anymore?? I see Reutemann is stepping in with number 10

Danica’s actually pulling a full season over at Nationwide—she just picks up a few select Cup races here and there.

Race Results:

1. Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota 2h46m44.000s
2. Martin Truex Jr Waltrip Toyota + 0.700s
3. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Chevrolet + 3.324s
4. Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Ford + 8.017s
5. Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Ford + 14.317s
6. Kevin Harvick Childress Chevrolet + 14.498s
7. Dale Earnhardt Jr Hendrick Chevrolet + 18.621s
8. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Chevrolet + 21.953s
9. Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Ford + 24.049s
10. Kyle Busch Gibbs Toyota + 24.433s
11. Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge + 27.615s
12. Juan Pablo Montoya Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 28.404s
13. Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 30.714s
14. Jamie McMurray Earnhardt-Ganassi Chevrolet + 1 lap
15. Joey Logano Gibbs Toyota + 1 lap
16. Marcos Ambrose Petty Ford + 1 lap
17. Kurt Busch Phoenix Chevrolet + 1 lap
18. Paul Menard Childress Chevrolet + 1 lap
19. Sam Hornish Jr Penske Dodge + 1 lap
20. Ryan Newman Stewart-Haas Chevrolet + 2 laps
21. Jeff Gordon Hendrick Chevrolet + 3 laps
22. Jeff Burton Childress Chevrolet + 3 laps
23. Aric Almirola Petty Ford + 3 laps
24. Regan Smith Furniture Row Chevrolet + 4 laps
25. Travis Kvapil BK Toyota + 4 laps
26. Casey Mears Germain Ford + 4 laps
27. David Gilliland Front Row Ford + 4 laps
28. Reed Sorenson FAS Lane Ford + 4 laps
29. David Reutimann Baldwin Chevrolet + 5 laps
30. David Ragan Front Row Ford + 5 laps
31. JJ Yeley Robinson-Blakeney Toyota + 6 laps
32. AJ Allmendinger Penske Dodge + 10 laps

Man, Martin Truex Jr was absolutely crushing it—everyone thought he had the win in the bag... but then Hamlin just comes charging through and overtakes him right at the end🙂



Race finish
http://www.nascar.com/video/post-rac...nal/index.html

NASCAR is moving full steam ahead. We’ve got a race coming up in Richmond this weekend.





Capacity 97,912
Opened 1946
Surface Asphalt
Length 0.75 mi (1.2 km)
Banking 14° in turns
8° on frontstretch
2° on backstretch

Quick news: Travis Pastrana is making his debut at USA this Friday.

neonfox65 said:Quick news: Travis Pastrana is making his debut at USA this Friday.

He wasn't exactly tearing it up at the Race of Champions last year, was he? Perhaps this new direction might actually suit him a bit better...

Anyone else following this competition? The season kicks off this Sunday. Word is Ford joined the fray—hopefully that means things finally get interesting.

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Drivers and teams

There's a thread about this over on the Cars forum.

Any idea which networks might be broadcasting it?

Everything except IndyCar is being merged into one big thread.
And please, let's stop making separate threads for every single series. It's overkill.

I'm keeping IndyCar on its own for now since it's basically the main feeder for Formula 1 right now, but if this thread doesn't start showing some life soon, I'll be merging this one too.

Danica Patrick is finally behind the wheel of a BMW 4 Series this year, so there really won't be any more excuses for failing to pick up points, will there?🙂