Indy 250 - Nationwide Series

It's time for the inaugural race at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Nationwide Series! Since the Nationwide Series came to life in 1982, the series ran at the nearby Lucas Oil Raceway Park. However, now has come the time to change. Could there be a surprise or two in store like there were in the inaugural Sprint Cup race here in 1994? We'll have to find out this Saturday!

Regardless of whether of not the racing is good, the Nationwide cars should not have come to Indy.

Regardless of THAT, however, I may still watch the race out of sheer curiosity.

If anybody starts and parks they will have committed a cardinal sin in motor racing.

Alpineopossum wrote:If anybody starts and parks they will have committed a cardinal sin in motor racing.

Like the people who start & park during the Brickyard 400 and Daytona 500 every year? You need to realize it's a part of racing now.

No one ever parks in the Daytona 500.

I went through some of the old Daytona records on Racing-Reference, and the only thing even looked like a S&P car was JJ Yeley blowing up in the #46 last year after 10 laps. That was a real engine failure though. At Indy, S&P's will happen. at last year's Brickyard 400, we had seven S&P cars, and in the Nationwide Series this year we've had at some races as many as 15 cars S&P in one race I think.

Actually, now that I think about it, 14 F1 drivers start and parked at Indy once...

I don't like the idea of Nationwides at Indy. A more positive result is that a whole bunch of nationwide drivers will now tell their grand kids that they raced at Indy. Having a family member who can say that [my dad ran there for the One Lap of America in the early 1990s], there's something special about that.

Alpineopossum wrote:Actually, now that I think about it, 14 F1 drivers start and parked at Indy once...

That wasn't a start and park situation, that was a protest. Michelin tires had problems during the entire weekend, and because the Pirelli tires did not have these problems, all the Michelin teams pulled into the paddock on the pace lap. Only six cars started the race. Schumacher won, with Barrichello as the only other car on the lead lap. Among the other drivers that ran was Narain Karthikeyan, who finished fourth, one lap down.

flyingturns89 wrote:

Alpineopossum wrote:Actually, now that I think about it, 14 F1 drivers start and parked at Indy once...

That wasn't a start and park situation, that was a protest. Michelin tires had problems during the entire weekend, and because the Pirelli tires did not have these problems, all the Michelin teams pulled into the paddock on the pace lap. Only six cars started the race. Schumacher won, with Barrichello as the only other car on the lead lap. Among the other drivers that ran was Narain Karthikeyan, who finished fourth, one lap down.

I think we know what the situation was at the 2005 US GP, you don't have to give us a history lesson.

AntmanB wrote:No one ever parks in the Daytona 500.

Didn't NEMCO park in the duels once.

the duels and the 500 are 2(or 3 if you wanna go that far) different races alta.

AntmanB wrote:the duels and the 500 are 2(or 3 if you wanna go that far) different races alta.

But they're the qualifying races for the 500.

still consider them seperate.

Entry Car# Driver Sponsor Manu Owner
1 1 Kurt Busch(i) HendrickCars.com 12 Chevy James Finch
2 01 Mike Wallace TBA 12 Chevy Johnny Davis
3 2 Elliott Sadler One Main Financial 12 Chevy Delana Harvick
4 3 Austin Dillon ADVOCARE 12 Chevy Morgan Shepherd
5 4 Jeremy Clements TBA 12 Chevy Rusty Wallace
6 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr SAM'S CLUB/CARGILL 12 Ford Jack Roush
7 7 Danica Patrick GoDaddy.com 12 Chevy Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
8 08 Kyle Fowler Randy Hill Racing 12 Ford Randy Hill
9 10 Jeff Green TBD 12 Toyota Mark Smith
10 11 Brian Scott Dollar General 12 Toyota J D Gibbs
11 12 Sam Hornish Jr Alliance Truck Parts 12 Dodge Roger Penske
12 14 Eric McClure Hefty/Reynolds Wrap Toyota Camry 12 Toyota Mark Smith
13 15 Scott Riggs(i) RWR 12 Chevy Rick Ware
14 18 Denny Hamlin(i) SportClips 12 Toyota Joe Gibbs
15 19 Tayler Malsam G-Oil / Noah's Light Foundation 12 Toyota Mark Smith
16 20 Joey Logano(i) GameStop 12 Toyota Joe Gibbs
17 22 Brad Keselowski(i) Discount Tire 12 Dodge Roger Penske
18 23 Robert Richardson Jr N TX Pipe 12 Chevy Robert Richardson Sr
19 24 Kenny Wallace Family Farmers 12 Chevy Jason Sciavicco
20 30 James Buescher(i) ABF 12 Chevy Harry Scott Jr
21 31 Justin Allgaier Brandt 12 Chevy Sandra Turner
22 33 Paul Menard(i) Menards 12 Chevy Delana Harvick
23 36 Ryan Blaney Seal Wrap 12 Chevy Beth Baldwin
24 38 Kasey Kahne(i) Great Clips 12 Chevy Steve Turner
25 39 Jeffrey Earnhardt FastWax.com/RWT 12 Ford Archie St Hilaire
26 40 Erik Darnell TBA 12 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
27 41 Timmy Hill RWR 12 Chevy Rick Ware
28 42 Josh Wise(i) TBA 12 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
29 43 Michael Annett Pilot Flying J - M&M's Snack Mix 12 Ford Sandra Turner
30 44 Mike Bliss TBA 12 Toyota Mark Smith
31 46 Chase Miller The Motorsports Group 12 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
32 47 Stephen Leicht(i) Curtis Key Plumbing 12 Chevy Curtis Key Sr
33 50 T J Bell TBA 12 Chevy Rusty Wallace
34 51 Ty Dillon(i) Clements Automotive 10 Chevy Tony Clements
35 52 Tim Schendel BBB.org / Chamber of Commerce 12 Chevy Jimmy Means
36 54 Kyle Busch(i) Monster Energy 12 Toyota Kyle Busch
37 70 Johanna Long Foretravel 12 Chevy Mary Louise Miller
38 74 Mike Harmon Koma Unwind 12 Chevy Mike Harmon
39 81 Jason Bowles American Majority 12 Toyota Gina MacDonald
40 86 Kevin Lepage TBA 12 Ford Scott Deware
41 87 Joe Nemechek AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 12 Toyota Andrea Nemechek
42 88 Cole Whitt TaxSlayer.com 12 Chevy Dale Earnhardt Jr
43 89 Morgan Shepherd TBA 12 Chevy Morgan Shepherd
44 98 Reed Sorenson Shelby Engine Co. 12 Ford Fred Biagi
45 99 Travis Pastrana Boost Mobile 12 Toyota Robby Benton

LePage and Shepard will DNQ. I hope I'm wrong with Morgan, but he seems to have difficulty qualifying for the bigger track races.

Alpineopossum wrote:LePage and Shepard will DNQ. I hope I'm wrong with Morgan, but he seems to have difficulty qualifying for the bigger track races.

Eh not when Mike Harmon is in the field.

Mother of Invention wrote:

Alpineopossum wrote:LePage and Shepard will DNQ. I hope I'm wrong with Morgan, but he seems to have difficulty qualifying for the bigger track races.

Eh not when Mike Harmon is in the field.

Aaaaahhhhh da Koma Uuunnnnnnwind carrr... I forgot about that. Mike Harmon and Kevin LaPage will DNQ.

Alpineopossum wrote:LePage and Shepard will DNQ. I hope I'm wrong with Morgan, but he seems to have difficulty qualifying for the bigger track races.

I know. Morgan hasn't qualified for a race at the Brickyard since 1998, and he's made several attempts to get in the 400 when he was still running Cup since then.

I'm sorry, but I can't watch this race. If the NNS and the NCWTS were to race in Indianapolis on a weekend, it's at IRP.

cuppie wins, lol

Even though they're completely different cars, I think both Hornish Jr. and Danica have great chances of winning, solely on the fact that it's Indy.

Go back to IRP plz so I can have a good race to go to.

I have no idea how but Kyle Busch currently is 3 MPH faster than anyone else in practice after two and a half hours.

flyingturns89 wrote:I have no idea how but Kyle Busch currently is 3 MPH faster than anyone else in practice after two and a half hours.

Because he's a cuppie against a bunch of Nationwide drivers.

The Nationwide cars are so slow that the fastest pole time from the Indy 500 that they are beating goes back to 1970 when Al Unser, Sr. won the pole at a speed of 170.221 mph.

Mike Harmon, who was slowest in both practices, is slower than 1964 pole time set by the late Jim Clark at a speed of 158.828 mph.

Starting Lineup

1 - 38 Kasey Kahne
2 - 54 Kyle Busch
3 - 51 Ty Dillon
4 - 18 Denny Hamlin
5 - 2 Elliott Sadler
6 - 20 Joey Logano
7 - 3 Austin Dillon
8 - 22 Brad Keselowski
9 - 33 Paul Menard
10 - 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
11 - 36 Ryan Blaney
12 - 44 Mike Bliss
13 - 12 Sam Hornish Jr.
14 - 31 Justin Allgaier
15 - 11 Brian Scott
16 - 4 Jeremy Clements
17 - 70 Johanna Long
18 - 1 Kurt Busch
19 - 99 Travis Pastrana
20 - 7 Danica Patrick
21 - 43 Michael Annett
22 - 19 Tayler Malsam
23 - 01 Mike Wallace
24 - 81 Jason Bowles
25 - 30 James Buescher
26 - 24 Kenny Wallace
27 - 98 Reed Sorenson
28 - 87 Joe Nemechek
29 - 08 Kyle Fowler
30 - 46 Chase Miller
31 - 42 Josh Wise
32 - 47 Stephen Leicht
33 - 40 Erik Darnell
34 - 14 Eric McClure
35 - 10 Jeff Green
36 - 86 Kevin Lepage
37 - 41 Timmy Hill
38 - 15 Scott Riggs
39 - 39 Jeffrey Earnhardt
40 - 88 Cole Whitt
41 - 52 Tim Schendel
42 - 23 Robert Richardson Jr.
43 - 50 TJ Bell

DID NOT QUALIFY

74 - Mike Harmon
89 - Morgan Shepherd

cuppie wins, lol

Dan Mackay wrote:cuppie wins, lol

I was just about to say what you JUST said.

Ty Dillon qualifying 3rd in trash equipment what is this I don't even.

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:Ty Dillon qualifying 3rd in trash equipment what is this I don't even.

It's an RCR car... Just using 51 owner points...

Anyway, I think the highlight of this race will be Marty Reid forgetting Andy Petree's name.

Typical, there's one rule for Kyle Busch and one rule for everyone else. That start was pitiful.

Cynon wrote:Typical, there's one rule for Kyle Busch and one rule for everyone else. That start was pitiful.

^This.

...And Danica bulldozes Reed...

PKligBKFan wrote:

Cynon wrote:Typical, there's one rule for Kyle Busch and one rule for everyone else. That start was pitiful.

^This.

The only thing that I think was the fact in this was more than just Kyle went by. Hamlin did and Ty nearly got by himself. My first reaction was did Kasey have a problem, didn't know he didn't.

JMac525 wrote:...And Danica bulldozes Reed...

Can't argue with that. Although had she slowed up a bit, she would have missed Reed when he came back across the track.

JMac525 wrote:...And Danica bulldozes Reed...

You need to question your racing career when you have to move REED SORENSON out of the way to pass him.

As if Danica's season wasn't bad enough... she maybe 9th in points but only one top-10 finish.

BWardboy88 wrote:As if Danica's season wasn't bad enough... she maybe 9th in points but only one top-10 finish.

Her fault.

BWardboy88 wrote:As if Danica's season wasn't bad enough... she maybe 9th in points but only one top-10 finish.

Of course it'll be bad when she does stupid s*** like that. I actually had people on my twitter timeline DEFENDING her. I have never shaken my head so much. Even Eury said "Put it on the truck. We never go back on the track after doing stupid stuff like that."

BWardboy88 wrote:As if Danica's season wasn't bad enough... she maybe 9th in points but only one top-10 finish.

9th in the Busch series these days is no mean feat when, what, 12 people ran the whole schedule? The points don't reflect how bad she is, only 1 top 10 in that equipment should be a clear indication of her talent. And she's going to cup next year.

Yay, a yellow for two cars sliding!

there are more people on EFR then are at the race.....

Also not sure who to blame for the 7 and 98 incident.

Sadler just got screwed.

That was a horrible call. Absolutely disgraceful.

Nascar with a BS call. I don't care if Brad wins, I'm not calling him the winner period.

I've always hated that restart rule. If you don't go on the restart, you should be given the lead back period.

Terrible call by NASCAR. If that was Kyle Busch, that wouldn't be a black flag...

Oh wait, it wasn't -_-

What a ridiculous call. Sadler got screwed.

On 3 kids...

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LOL!