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

Here’s the YouTube link with all the races

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPwMAI3YcOQ&feature=plcp first race

The remainder is on the F1Arab channel. Start from the bottom; the titles pop up when you hover over the thumbnails. It goes from bottom to top. He did IndyCar first, then Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Thruxton starts tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/user/F1ARAB/videos?query=btcc

Just caught those NASCAR qualifying sessions—pretty intense. Ekström grabbed pole for Chevrolet, Grin took second for Mercedes-Benz, and Verner rounded out the top three for BMW, among others.

Full results are right here http://www.dtm.com/en/Races/20120429...ualifying.html

Man, I’m torn... not sure if I should tune into MotoGP or stick with NASCAR tomorrow?

The racing at IndyCar is absolutely mental 🙏

Michael Lee4 said:The racing at IndyCar is absolutely mental 🙏

Don't even try to back down or play weak 🙄

Go ahead and elaborate on what actually went down ☕

Tomorrow we've got the IndyCar @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Here’s the layout for the track:



Track: 2.6-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit
Laps: 75 laps/195 miles
The green flag should drop around 5:00 PM, I believe.

neonfox65, I think this one is right up your alley:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuNIo...layer_embedded

Here’s exactly why I love NASCAR http://www.nascar.com/video/post-rac...nal/index.html

Does anyone know which other series this is from? 🙂

Drew Bennett68 said:Tomorrow we've got the IndyCar @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Here’s the layout for the track:



Track: 2.6-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit
Laps: 75 laps/195 miles
The green flag should drop around 5:00 PM, I believe.

The surface is broken up by chicane sections, those 90-degree turns... it really reminds me of Miami Beach. 🙏

It’s such a shame they don't run IndyCar there anymore.

Drew Bennett68 said:It’s such a shame they don't run IndyCar there anymore.

NASCAR, not IndyCar. 🙏

darkmarlin16 said:Don't even try to back down or play weak 🙄

Go ahead and elaborate on what actually went down ☕

No time, the first race is starting... it's raining 🍿 anything could happen 😁

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

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)

It’s going to be a total blowout...

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?

How on earth are we calling this a 4-turn track when it’s clearly just 3? 😕

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.

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

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...

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.