NASCAR 2013 Discussion

[93henfan]

So, qualifying results are in at Phoenix, the first track of the season where driving skill matters.

Our good friend Danica Patrick is starting 40th.

[Rob Iola]

So, qualifying results are in at Phoenix, the first track of the season where driving skill matters.

Our good friend Danica Patrick is starting 40th.

That's pretty good for a girl driver, isn't it?

[93henfan]

Danica blew a black...

...Goodyear tire, then spun around and rammed her rear end...

...into the wall. Race over.

[SDHornet]

Danica blew a black...

...Goodyear tire, then spun around and rammed her rear end...

...into the wall. Race over.

It was a fluke.

[Grizalltheway]

Another female athlete "competing" with the big boys:

Lauren Silberman's NFL tryout lasted all of two kicks, neither of which traveled 20 yards.

Silberman became the first woman to compete at an NFL regional scouting combine on Sunday, but left the New York Jets' practice field after re-injuring her quadriceps. She tried two kickoffs, the first going 19 yards and the second about 13 yards, and then asked to see a trainer.

As more than two dozen media, including E! Entertainment network, watched her every move, the 28-year-old Silberman was examined off to the side of the practice field. About 30 minutes later, while 36 other kickers continued their workouts, she called the scene ''surreal'' and thanked the NFL for ''this tremendous opportunity.''

A former club soccer player at Wisconsin, Silberman took no warmup kicks until she attempted her first kickoff and even appeared to have some trouble keeping the football on the kicking tee.

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/fema ... cks-030313" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BDKJMU]

Damn, it it wasn't for Casey Mears cutting Jr off on pit lane on that last pit stop Jr might have held on to the lead and won. Wouldn't have spun his tires if he had gotten to restart on the inside. All that loose s**t was on the outside...

[BDKJMU]

"This is more like what the Generation 5 was at the beginning. The teams hadn't figured out how to get the aero balance right. Right now, you just run single-file and you cannot get around the guy in front of you. You would have placed me in 20th place with 30 (laps) to go, I would have stayed there — I wouldn't have moved up. It's just one of those things where track position is everything."

And NASCAR fined him 25k for saying that. Asinine. Hope he wins his appeal.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/na ... r/1972421/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Its not like he did what Kyle Busch did in 07' with the COT debut:
"...NASCAR officials still shudder about losing the PR battle on its Gen 5 model — it happened in the first race, when Kyle Busch won at Bristol Motor Speedway and promptly declared the car "sucked."...."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/na ... 6/1972401/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[grizzaholic]

You just cannot make this shit up.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-fr ... ascar.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Danica Patrick got hit in the head by a rock

When you see the headline "Danica Patrick got hit in the head with a rock," your first thought is, "Who threw it?" (Our money would be on one of the Busch brothers. Maybe Tony Stewart.)

But no, turns out Patrick was clonked purely by accident at a Vegas dirt-track race. She's fine, thanks for asking: “I feel like I have a concussion from [Thursday] night," she said. "I got hit by a rock at the dirt track and I took it to the ground. I feel like this is really sore. It hit me straight in the head. Good thing I had a hat on or I’m feeling like there would have been blood."

[BDKJMU]

Qualifying rained out, Keselowski will start on the pole since he's the defensing Sprint Cup champ.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing ... eled-rain/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BDKJMU]

Updated standings after Kobalt Tools 400 in Las Vegas, March 10:

POS +/- DRIVER PTS BEHIND STARTS POLES WINS TOP 5 TOP 10
1 0 Jimmie Johnson 129 Leader 3 0 1 2 3
2 1 Brad Keselowski 124 -5 3 0 0 3 3
3 -1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 119 -10 3 0 0 2 3
4 0 Denny Hamlin 102 -27 3 0 0 1 1
5 6 Carl Edwards 98 -31 3 0 1 2 2
6 1 Mark Martin 95 -34 3 1 0 1 1
7 11 Matt Kenseth 93 -36 3 0 1 1 2
8 -2 Greg Biffle 93 -36 3 0 0 0 1
9 -4 Clint Bowyer 89 -40 3 0 0 0 1
10 0 Aric Almirola 88 -41 3 0 0 0 0
11 -2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 87 -42 3 0 0 0 0
12 5 Paul Menard 82 -47 3 0 0 0 1
13 -5 Jeff Gordon 79 -50 3 0 0 0 1
14 17 Kasey Kahne 77 -52 3 0 0 1 1
15 6 Joey Logano 76 -53 3 0 0 0 0
16 -4 Marcos Ambrose 74 -55 3 0 0 0 0
17 16 Kyle Busch 72 -57 3 0 0 1 1
18 5 Tony Stewart 72 -57 3 0 0 0 1
19 11 Kevin Harvick 68 -61 3 0 0 0 1
20 -5 Jeff Burton 66 -63 3 0 0 0 1
21 7 Jamie McMurray 66 -63 3 0 0 0 0
22 12 Martin Truex Jr. 64 -65 3 0 0 0 1
23 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 63 -66 3 0 0 0 0
24 -10 Bobby Labonte 63 -66 3 0 0 0 0
25 -6 Casey Mears 60 -69 3 0 0 0 0
26 -13 J.J. Yeley 58 -71 3 0 0 0 1
27 -11 David Reutimann 58 -71 3 0 0 0 0
28 -3 Dave Blaney 58 -71 3 0 0 0 0
29 3 Kurt Busch 57 -72 3 0 0 0 0
30 -8 Danica Patrick 53 -76 3 1 0 0 1
31 -11 Ryan Newman 50 -79 3 0 0 1 1
32 -5 Travis Kvapil 40 -89 3 0 0 0 0
33 -7 Michael McDowell 36 -93 2 0 0 0 1
34 -5 A.J. Allmendinger 33 -96 1 0 0 0 0
35 5 David Gilliland 29 -100 3 0 0 0 0
36 2 David Ragan 29 -100 3 0 0 0 0
37 -2 Scott Speed 28 -101 3 0 0 0 0
38 1 David Stremme 26 -103 2 0 0 0 0
39 -3 Michael Waltrip 23 -106 1 0 0 0 0
40 -3 Terry Labonte 18 -111 1 0 0 0 0
41 1 Ken Schrader 17 -112 2 0 0 0 0
42 -1 Landon Cassill 14 -115 2 0 0 0 0
43 0 Regan Smith 0 -129 1 0 0 0 1
44 2 Austin Dillon 0 -129 2 0 0 0 0
45 -1 Trevor Bayne 0 -129 2 0 0 0 0
46 -1 Joe Nemechek 0 -129 3 0 0 0 0
47 0 Josh Wise 0 -129 3 0 0 0 0
48 0 Mike Bliss 0 -129 1 0 0 0 0
49 0 Scott Riggs 0 -129 1 0 0 0 0
http://nascar.speedtv.com/sprint-cup/standings/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[BDKJMU]

Results from Kobalt Tools 400 as Las Vegas. And look who finished in 33rd, 6 laps down. She can't blame a blown tire on this one.

POS ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS LAPS STATUS
1 18 20 Matt Kenseth Toyota Dollar General 47 267 Running
2 4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 44 267 Running
3 1 2 Brad Keselowski Ford Miller Lite 42 267 Running
4 13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 41 267 Running
5 16 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 39 267 Running
6 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 39 267 Running
7 12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy Orange 37 267 Running
8 11 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 36 267 Running
9 8 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem 35 267 Running
10 17 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Schrock 34 267 Running
11 9 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet MOBIL 1 Racing / Bass Pro Shops 33 267 Running
12 21 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil 32 267 Running
13 23 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 32 267 Running
14 15 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 30 267 Running
15 6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 30 267 Running
16 22 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland 28 267 Running
17 5 16 Greg Biffle Ford American Red Cross / 3M 27 267 Running
18 7 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Ford Zest 27 267 Running
19 25 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet AXE Apollo 25 267 Running
20 24 78 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing / Serta 24 266 Running
21 27 51 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Tag Heuer 0 266 Running
22 19 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 22 266 Running
23 36 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 0 266 Running
24 33 7 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SANY 20 266 Running
25 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 19 266 Running
26 20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 18 266 Running
27 2 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 17 265 Running
28 31 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's 16 265 Running
29 30 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 15 265 Running
30 26 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 14 263 Running
31 29 34 David Ragan Ford Ford 13 263 Running
32 38 30 David Stremme Toyota MGM Grand, Las Vegas / Lean1 12 261 Running
33 37 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy Racing 11 261 Running
34 32 83 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 10 261 Running
35 43 35 Josh Wise Ford MDS Transport / Riviera Hotel & Casino 0 260 Running
36 35 36 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet Accell Construction 8 259 Running
37 34 32 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts 7 258 Running
38 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 6 234 Engine
39 28 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper 5 217 Engine
40 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Maddie'sPlaceRocks.com 0 216 Running
41 40 95 Scott Speed Ford Surrender the Sponsor 3 143 Transmission
42 41 33 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Little Joe's Autos 2 66 Vibration
43 39 98 Michael McDowell Ford Ambient Edge HVAC 1 21 Vibration
http://nascar.speedtv.com/sprint-cup/re ... sc_id=5365" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SuperHornet]

38 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 6 234 Engine
40 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Maddie'sPlaceRocks.com 0 216 Running

And look what "big names" finished behind her, punk....

[93henfan]

38 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 6 234 Engine
40 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Maddie'sPlaceRocks.com 0 216 Running

And look what "big names" finished behind her, punk....

If Newman had blown his engine with 6 laps to go instead of 33, he'd have finished ahead of her.

[SuperHornet]

As Snoopy once said, "I should have won that point! I should have won that game! I should have won that set! Unfortunately, tennis isn't a game of 'should've's.'"

[93henfan]

As Snoopy once said, "I should have won that point! I should have won that game! I should have won that set! Unfortunately, tennis isn't a game of 'should've's.'"

When the fuck did Snoopy talk?

[dbackjon]

As Snoopy once said, "I should have won that point! I should have won that game! I should have won that set! Unfortunately, tennis isn't a game of 'should've's.'"

When the fuck did Snoopy talk?

During "Peppermint Patty and Marcie's Lesbian Wedding" special

[93henfan]

When the fuck did Snoopy talk?

During "Peppermint Patty and Marcie's Lesbian Wedding" special

That's gay.

[BDKJMU]

38 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 6 234 Engine
40 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Maddie'sPlaceRocks.com 0 216 Running

And look what "big names" finished behind her, punk....

Don't get your panties in a wad because Patrick is being exposed as the most over hyped, over rated driver in the history of NASCAR.

[SuperHornet]

Over-rated as a rookie? How the crap does someone get THAT tag?

If anything, Gordon is over-rated. He's barely making 25th every week....

[clenz]

Over-rated as a rookie? How the crap does someone get THAT tag?

If anything, Gordon is over-rated. He's barely making 25th every week....

SHE HAS ONE FUCKING WIN...IN FUCKING JAPAN... IN ALMOST A FUCKING DECADE...YET SHE IS THE MOST COVERED DRIVER IN THE FUCKING SPORT.


HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT NOT QUALIFY AS OVER-RATED?

[93henfan]

Over-rated as a rookie? How the crap does someone get THAT tag?

If anything, Gordon is over-rated. He's barely making 25th every week....

Standings:
13. Jeff Gordon
30. Danica Patrick
http://espn.go.com/racing/standings

[ASUMountaineer]

38 14 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Quicken Loans 6 234 Engine
40 42 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Maddie'sPlaceRocks.com 0 216 Running

And look what "big names" finished behind her, punk....

You mean Ryan Newman with a blown engine? Um ok...

[ASUMountaineer]

As Snoopy once said, "I should have won that point! I should have won that game! I should have won that set! Unfortunately, tennis isn't a game of 'should've's.'"

Sounds like a good lesson for Danica.

[grizzaholic]

And look what "big names" finished behind her, punk....

You mean Ryan Newman with a blown engine? Um ok...

So it is no big deal if Ryan Newman blows his engine but if Danica does it she is somehow at fault?

[ASUMountaineer]

You mean Ryan Newman with a blown engine? Um ok...

So it is no big deal if Ryan Newman blows his engine but if Danica does it she is somehow at fault?

What? Danica didn't blow an engine?