EFR Weekly awards (Austrailian GP/Bristol Voting)

For each week, we will vote on a driver of the week and a reject of the week for each series that runs. Who ever gets the most votes, gets your point in the Season standings for driver of the week, or reject of the week. For example, this past week saw Cup, Nationwide, and Trucks run. So for each series, vote on who impressed you the most, or dissapointed you the most.

Cup

DOTW: Micheal McDowell (Top 10 in the 98 trash mobile)
ROTW: Carl Edwards (Wrecked 5 cars)

NWIDE

DOTW: Alex Bowman (For Getting his name on the map by being really competitive)
ROTW: Travis Pastrana (For nearly wrecking the field, half a dozen times by throwing that eyesore of a car all over the track)

TRUCK

DOTW: Johnny Sauter (For proving he had the best car, in the latter stages of the race)
ROTW: Brendan Gaughan (For trying a crazy move, too early. Causing the big one)


DOTY Standings:

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Sprint Cup

DOTW: Kevin Harvick (Winning the Shootout and Duel)
ROTW: Joey Logano (lrn2holdaline)

Nationwide
DOWT: Travis Pastrana (for being able to handle situations no Daytona rookie should be put through)
ROTW: Everybody in the main pack coming to chequered flag (for being complete asshats)

Trucks

DOTW: Johnny Sauter (Didn't see the race, just going to give it to the winner)
ROTW: Brendan Gaughen (Let's go 3-wide for no reason)

Sprint Cup

DOTW: Michael McDowell (Because Top-10)
ROTW: Greg Biffle (How does battle for win???)

Nationwide

DOTW: Eric McClure (Easily the best run of his career by far)
ROTW: The entire 34 team (For a series of inexcusable failures in brain function)

Trucks:

DOTW: Johnny Sauter (For obvious reasons)
ROTW: Brendan Gaughan (How do I make new lane?)

Cup:
DOTW: JJ Yeley (really could be Yeley, McDowell, and Danica)
ROTW: Kyle Busch (even though he owned up to it and I really don't want to give it to him, he still triggered the Big One)

Nationwide:
DOTW: Sam Hornish Jr.
ROTW: Regan Smith (I don't blame him for making the move or causing the last lap crash, but it fits the reject definition.)

Trucks:
DOTW: Johnny Sauter
ROTW: Brendan Gaughan (goes without saying)

Sprint Cup:
DOTW: 98 Michael McDowell (he really gave it all)
ROTW: 16 Greg Biffle (didn't even think about passing Jimmie)

Nationwide:
DOTW: 7 Regan Smith (great race contender, last lap crash killed his race)
ROTW: 43 Michael Annett (If he causes the wreck, he gets the worst of it)

Trucks:
DOTW: 98 Johnny Sauter (obvious reasons)
ROTW: 62 Brendan Gaughan (trying to find a line for 3-wide was never gonna happen)

DOTW: #29 Kevin Harvick (Bad fast all throught speed weeks)
ROTW: #16 Greg Biffle (Blew away all the races in speed weeks)

DOTW: #14 Eric McClure (Mr. Injury Prone was up front for most of the race)
ROTW: #43 Michael Anett (Feel like that was an avoidable crash on his part)

DOTW: #98 Johnny Sauter (Well he won)
ROTW: #62 Brendan Gaughan (Make 3 wide when they aren't looking...blame Newberry)

Cup
Dotw Danica
Rotw Kyle Busch

Nationwide
Dotw Eric McClure
Rotw Keselowski

Trucks
Dotw Johnny Sauter
Rotw Brendan Gaughan

Cup
DotW : JJ Yeley, McDowell & Regan Smith
RotW : JGR's Engineers (yep...)

NNS
DotW : Pastrada & Bowman
RotW : Annett

Trucks
DotW : Dakota Armstrong (Almost won)
RotW : 62 Truck

Cup

DOTW: Kevin Harvick (wins two out of three speedweeks races could have had a good shot at the Daytona 500 as well)
ROTW: Greg Biffle (Win? What do you mean win?)

NNS

DOTW: Alex Bowman/Parker Kligerman (these two worked so well all day long. For two rookies to race with each other and contend for the win is pretty good)
ROTW: Michael Annett (must I explain?)

Truck

DOTW: Ty Dillon (the guy led over half the race!)
ROTW: Brendan Gaughan (anyone else bored? Maybe I'll just wreck half the field...)

Cup

DOTW: Danica Patrick(Admit it, she did really well)
ROTW: Kyle Busch(Wrecked a lot of cars in the wreck)

NWIDE

DOTW: Alex Bowman(Finshed 3rd, ran ell all day, this kid is going places)
ROTW: Jeff Green(The ONLY S&P int the Entire field)

TRUCK

DOTW: Johnny Sauter(Good drive from him)
ROTW: Brendan Gaughan(3 wide doesn't work like that)

DOTW
Cup #36 JJ Yeley
Nationwide #74 Mike Harmon
Trucks #39 Ryan Sieg

ROTW
Cup TRD Engines
Nationwide #24 Blake Koch
Trucks #14 Brennan Newberry

Cup

DOTW: Danica Patrick (As much as I hate to say it, she did well.)
ROTW: Greg Biffle (How do I win?)

NWIDE

DOTW: Alex Bowman (I think this guy has some potential.)
ROTW: Michael Annett (Started the big one.)

TRUCK

DOTW: Ty Dillon (Lead over half the race.)
ROTW: Brendan Gaughan (Stahp wrecking the mexican, dammit.)

Results from week one of EFR weekly awards is up.

So far, it is a tight battle for everything. Except both DOTY and ROTY in Trucks.

Also, when F1 and Indycar start their seasons they will participating as well.

Alright guys

Sprint Cup:

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Sprint Cup

DOTW: Carl Edwards (After the worst Speedweeks imaginable, he needed the win very badly.)

ROTW: Goodyear tires (Victims: Schrader, Danica, Newman (x2), Gilliland, Riggs)

NWide

DOTW: Sam Hornish Jr. (Finishing 6th after smashing in your front end on lap 3, impressive.)

ROTW: Nelson Piquet Jr. (That was foolish.)

Cup:
DOTW: The Pit Crews (Race was decided in the pits)
ROTW: Aero Package (Shouldn't have trouble catching up to someone at Phoenix.

NWide:

DOTW: Sam Hornish (Got a good finish after absolutely destroying the car early in the race)
ROTW: Juan Carlos Blum (Always spinning into the wreck when he's nowhere near them in the first place)

Cup DOTW Edwards
ROTW Goodyear

Nationwide
DOTW Kyle Larson
ROTW Mike Harmon

Cup
DotW : Carl Edwards
RotW : Goodyear Tires...
NNS
DotW : Kyle Busch
RotW : I don't know...

Cup:
DOTW: Carl Edwards
ROTW: Goodyear

NNS:
DOTW: Sam Hornish/Kyle Larson
ROTW: ????

NNS:
DOTW: Sam Hornish Jr. (after what he went through he gets this one.
ROTW: Aric Almirola

Cup:
DOTW: Carl Edwards
ROTW: Ryan Newman's crew (what did they do to make the car handle to the point of blowing more than one tire?)

Sprint Cup:

DOTY: Carl Edwards

ROTY: Didn't see all the race but from what I've heard, Goodyear

NWide:

DOTY: Kyle Busch (First to last to mid pack to first and leading over 3/4er's of the race, and made TeamSpeak qq like 12 year olds)

ROTY: Nelson Piquet Jr./Johanna Long (What they did was very similar)

Cup

DOTW: Carl Edwards would like to thank Subway for this award. Honorable mention to Joe Nemechek.
ROTW: Goodyear. Riggs apparently had an XXTREME tire failure, Danica, Schrader, Gilliland, and Newman twice were all victims of their incompetence,

NNS
DOTW: Kyle Busch . As much as I dislike him, he did a good job dominating and putting all the sane NASCAR fans to sleep.
ROTW: Piquet Jr. For blatant stupidity and Nemechek is made a victim because of it.

Cup

DOTW: Definitely Carl Edwards
ROTW: Goodyear by a long shot

Nationwide

DOTW: Sam Hornish Jr.
ROTW: IDK

For those who are blaming Goodyear, here's some food for thought. The tire beads melt from excessive brake heat. This is caused by using a lot of brake, which at Phoenix means you have a bad handling race car.

So unless you guys figured out a way to make a tire bead that doesn't melt from +1,100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. I'm not putting this on Goodyear.

day500champ1 wrote:For those who are blaming Goodyear, here's some food for thought. The tire beads melt from excessive brake heat. This is caused by using a lot of brake, which at Phoenix means you have a bad handling race car.

So unless you guys figured out a way to make a tire bead that doesn't melt from +1,100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. I'm not putting this on Goodyear.

It's because they brought a new tire to help with that.... Problem not solved

Lucstar88 wrote:

day500champ1 wrote:For those who are blaming Goodyear, here's some food for thought. The tire beads melt from excessive brake heat. This is caused by using a lot of brake, which at Phoenix means you have a bad handling race car.

So unless you guys figured out a way to make a tire bead that doesn't melt from +1,100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. I'm not putting this on Goodyear.

It's because they brought a new tire to help with that.... Problem not solved

Ok, I didn't know that one. But, there were what 5 cars that had tire issues, and they all were not running that well. If it was a Goodyear issue, what didn't someone like Edwards, or Hamlin, or Brad, or any other of the front running have issues?

They didn't because they weren't having to use the brakes as much. The heat is reduce and the tire is fine.

day500champ1 wrote:

Lucstar88 wrote:

day500champ1 wrote:For those who are blaming Goodyear, here's some food for thought. The tire beads melt from excessive brake heat. This is caused by using a lot of brake, which at Phoenix means you have a bad handling race car.

So unless you guys figured out a way to make a tire bead that doesn't melt from +1,100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. I'm not putting this on Goodyear.

It's because they brought a new tire to help with that.... Problem not solved

Ok, I didn't know that one. But, there were what 5 cars that had tire issues, and they all were not running that well. If it was a Goodyear issue, what didn't someone like Edwards, or Hamlin, or Brad, or any other of the front running have issues?

They didn't because they weren't having to use the brakes as much. The heat is reduce and the tire is fine.

You're kinda right since it DID cost Jimmie a shot at the title last year...

Lucstar88 wrote:

day500champ1 wrote:

Lucstar88 wrote:

day500champ1 wrote:For those who are blaming Goodyear, here's some food for thought. The tire beads melt from excessive brake heat. This is caused by using a lot of brake, which at Phoenix means you have a bad handling race car.

So unless you guys figured out a way to make a tire bead that doesn't melt from +1,100 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. I'm not putting this on Goodyear.

It's because they brought a new tire to help with that.... Problem not solved

Ok, I didn't know that one. But, there were what 5 cars that had tire issues, and they all were not running that well. If it was a Goodyear issue, what didn't someone like Edwards, or Hamlin, or Brad, or any other of the front running have issues?

They didn't because they weren't having to use the brakes as much. The heat is reduce and the tire is fine.

You're kinda right since it DID cost Jimmie a shot at the title last year...

Yeah, when Brad was running after Kyle for the lead, Chad obviously was letting Jimmie know that. So, Jimmie more than likely started to run his car a little hard thus using more brakes. They heated up and the heat melted the bead.

This still a thing?

Alta wrote:This still a thing?

Yeah, I just forgot about it.