2017 Motorsports Predictions

Alta wrote:
Verizon IndyCar Series:

First-time winners: Mikhail Aleshin, JR Hildebrand, Conor Daly (Wrong. Aleshin got kicked out near the end of the year, Hildebrand had one good run all year, and Daly the same)
Most wins in a season: Josef Newgarden (Correct. 4 wins for Josef.)
Upset of the year: Coyne wins the Indy 500. (Wrong. They had the speed to do so all month though whether it be the 18 car or Jones but just came up short)
Disappointments: Marco Andretti (Wrong. I felt like Kannan was the worst driver this year and he was driving for an even better team)
Best race of 2017: Road America (Wrong. Indy 500 is almost like the safe best so i didn't see why i didn't go with that)
Worst race of 2017: Long Beach (Wrong.. Same as best race but substitute Mid-Ohio in)
Retirees at season end: Kannan, Castroneves (Correct and Wrong. Castroneves appears to be done but Kanann is staying around)
Driver of the year: Josef Newgarden (Correct. Newgarden had huge expectations and succeeded in flying colors
Reject of the year: Marco Andretti (Wrong. Again i feel Kannan just imploded 1998 style this year)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Luis Dorrbecker if that test turns into a deal (If not, then Chilton) Wrong. Dorrbecker is a name i'll forgot in 6 months and Chilton despite teasing it saved his exit for the end of the year )
Champion: Josef Newgarden (Correct. YES FOR ONCE MY HEART PICK WAS THE RIGHT ONE!
Runner-up: Scott Dixon (Wrong. One off but i feel like Dixie left a lot of points on the table this year.

Verizon IndyCar Series


First-time winners: Conor Daly (1), Mikhail Aleshin (1)
There were no first-time winners, surprisingly, despite Hildebrand, Jones, Chilton, Alonso, and even Vautier having had good chances.

Most wins in a season: Josef Newgarden (3) (a bit bold perhaps, considering that his competition includes Dixon, Pagenaud, Power, etc.)
I underestimated Newgarden here; he managed to win four races!

Upset of the year: Takuma Sato wins the pole for the 101st Indianapolis 500
Not as much of an upset as a surprise, but Fernando Alonso and McLaren appearing at Inianapolis was just about that last thing that anyone who follows the world of motorsport could have possibly predicted.

Disappointments: Hildebrand doesn't achieve his first win despite performing very well throughout the season
Overall, it didn't turn out to be a very good season for JR, unfortunately. Although he performed spectacularly on the short ovals. In addition, I would consider Mikhail Aleshin's release from SPH to be a major disappointment, as well.

Best race of 2017: Indianapolis 500 (winner: Charlie Kimball)
Worst race of 2017: GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma (winner: Scott Dixon)
The 500 continues to outdo itself every year, it seems! Although it was Takuma Sato who earned a rightful victory. Pocono Raceway also produced a fantastic race. I think that the worst event of the year was the Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway (despite the intense racing, a ridiculous frequency of crashes plus blistering tires and an impenetrable Team Penske wall at the front turned the race into a complete debacle).

Retirees at season end: (none)
At this point, it's still not known as to whether anyone will officially retire (even Hélio, as he will at least be racing at Indianapolis next year).

Driver of the year: Hélio Castroneves, ending the winless streak with two victories and his elusive first championship; Honorable Mention goes to Ryan Hunter-Reay (who wins twice and finishes runner-up at Indianapolis)
After winning four races (two of which by making super-bold passes on his teammates) and the championship in his first year driving for Team Penske, I think that Josef Newgarden definitely deserves this award; he's taken to the team like a duck to water. I'd give honorable mentions to Dixon and Jones, as well. Castroneves indeed ended his 53-race winless streak with a victory at Iowa Speedway, but he wasn't quite able to win the title (Hunter-Reay also failed to find victory lane again after experiencing another Murphy's Law season).

Reject of the year: (I'm not really sure)
Personally, I would say Jay Howard for his poor driving in the 500 and his foolish comments about Hunter-Reay. I'm not ready to give the "award" to Kanaan; in spite of the fact that the second half of his season was largely embarrassing, he still managed to finish tenth in the standings.

Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Jones is most likely, but I'm going to predict that nobody will
Unfortunately, Mikhail Aleshin was released by SPH after Toronto. Jones has proved himself to be an excellent driver choice by Dale Coyne.

Champion: Hélio Castroneves
Runner-up: Josef Newgarden
Newgarden becomes a first-time champion, and Simon Pagenaud is runner-up. Castroneves ranks fourth behind Scott Dixon.

Ben Atkins wrote:
Verizon IndyCar Series:

First-time winners: Conor Daly Wrong.
Most wins in a season: Josef Newgarden Correct!
Upset of the year: me after sage karam crashes out of the 500 He didn't crash out but I wouldn't be sad about it now
Disappointments: townsend bell finishes the indy 500 Didn't even get a ride lmao
Best race of 2017: Indy 500 Yes
Worst race of 2017: Mid-Ohio eh idk
Retirees at season end: No-one A few people went to IMSA but no retirees
Driver of the year: Josef Newgarden Yes
Reject of the year: Takuma Sato Whoops
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: No-one Not sure
Champion: Josef Newgarden Yes
Runner-up: Will Power Not quite

Other (BTCC):

First-time winners: Daniel Lloyd, Aiden Moffat No, and yes.
Most wins in a season: Gordon Shedden Nope, Sutton
Upset of the year: Moffat starts the season off with a win He won in the second round so I suppose so
Disappointments: Ashley Sutton proves he's not a top tier driver by driving like Warren Scott in the Subaru We don't talk about this.
Best race of 2017: Oulton Park (not biased ahahahahahahahahahaha) Oulton put on the best show it had since 2013 tbh
Worst race of 2017: none of them Silverstone. Officiating was a joke.
Retirees at season end: Matt Neal Nope
Driver of the year: Gordon Shedden Nope
Reject of the year: Ashley Sutton WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS. Sutton made me a fan this year. He was absolutely sensational.
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Chris Smiley A couple of drivers did due to injuries after the Croft crash, but Dan Lloyd lost his MG ride to go race elsewhere.
Champion: Gordon Shedden for the 1290831029th time in a row Nope. Ashley Sutton excelled this year and took his first title.
Runner-up: Jason Plato Sadly car issues hampered Plato all year and he wasn't a factor at all.

kensethfan wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez Ryan Blaney and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., but technically Chase Elliott won his Duel race. Suarez goes winless though.
Most wins in a season: Kyle Busch Martin Truex, Jr., far and away.
Upset of the year: After having not won a race in three years, RCR finally pulls a win out of their ass Yup. Holy shit this was a shot in the dark. At first I wrote Roush here, but I thought "nah, that's too ambitious". :V
Disappointments: Stewart-Haas' performance suffers as a result of switching to Ford engines; Dale Earnhardt, Jr. concusses again No and no. Harvick made the final 4 and Junior ran the full season.
Best race of 2017: Southern 500 I might have to say Daytona II gets this title.
Worst race of 2017: Texas Don't know. It was probably one of the races I didn't watch though.
Retirees at season end: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Sadly, yeah. Also Kenseth and Danica.
Driver of the year: Kyle Busch Again, Martin Truex, Jr. made everyone look like idiots.
Reject of the year: Gray Gaulding Either him or Corey LaJoie.
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Some backmarker probably I think just Gray Gaulding.
Champion: NO Wrong. Truex.
Runner-up: I REFUSE Wrong again. Kyle Busch.

Verizon IndyCar Series:

First-time winners: Conor Daly, Mikhail Aleshin No first-time winners this year.
Most wins in a season: Will Power Josef Newgarden.
Upset of the year: Dale Coyne wins another pit strategy race with Sebastian Bourdais Yep, got this one out of the way right away at Long Beach.
Disappointments: Andretti Autosport. The whole team. Nope. The correct answer was A.J. Foyt Enterprises.
Best race of 2017: Indianapolis 500 Correct.  
Worst race of 2017: Gonna go with the consensus of Mid-Ohio Phoenix probably, but Texas was also pretty farcical.
Retirees at season end: Nobody who's full-time Castroneves it looks like.
Driver of the year: Simon Pagenaud Probably Newgarden.
Reject of the year: Max Chilton, but I won't discount Ed Carpenter doing something stupid either Esteban Gutierrez.
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: N/A Technically Mikhail Aleshin and Sebastien Bourdais.
Champion: Simon Pagenaud See below.
Runner-up: Josef Newgarden See above.

Ben Atkins wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney (No, No, No, Yes)
Most wins in a season: Joey Logano (whoops)
Upset of the year: Daniel Suarez makes the final four (whoops)
Disappointments: Clint Bowyer (i mean kinda)
Best race of 2017: Segment 2 of the Daytona 500 (oh fuck i forgot i did this)
Worst race of 2017: Segment 1 of the Texas Spring Race (whoops)
Retirees at season end: Dale Earnhardt Jr, Matt Kenseth, hopefully Denny Hamlin (cocaine is a hell of a drug) (Yes, Yes, and no unfortunately)
Driver of the year: Brad Keselowski (made final four but no)
Reject of the year: Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne (no and no)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Gray Gaulding (yes lol)
Champion: Martin Truex Jr. (Yes!)
Runner-up: Jamie McMurray (please if theres a god) (God is dead)

NASCAR Xfinity Series:

First-time winners: William Byron, Brennan Poole (even tho he won at Talladega), Michael Annett, Matt Tifft (Yes, No, No, No)
Most wins in a season: Kyle Busch (yup)
Upset of the year: The fans after Kyle Busch wins 10/10 races (only 5/10 fuck)
Disappointments: The series as a whole (yup)
Best race of 2017: Segment 3 of Road America (actually yes???)
Worst race of 2017: Segment 2 of Road America (idfk)
Retirees at season end: Morgan Shepherd (maybe is he even still alive)
Driver of the year: Kyle Busch (eh, byron was better)
Reject of the year: Everyone else (sure)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Obaika (lol)
Champion: Justin Allgaier (nope)
Runner-up: Matt Tifft (lol no)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

First-time winners: Kaz Grala, Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson, Myatt Snider, Todd Gilliland, Regan Smith, Ben Rhodes (Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, No, No, No, Yes)
Most wins in a season: no one everyone will get one win each just you watch (WHAT DO YOU MEAN CHRISTOPHER BELL GOT 5 WINS?!?)
Upset of the year: The fans after Kyle Busch wins 5/5 of his starts (only 3/5 wtf)
Disappointments: some random kid replaces rico abreu as the shortest driver on the grid (im going to say this is a solid guess)
Best race of 2017: Segment 1 of Gateway (what)
Worst race of 2017: Segment 2 of Homestead (why did i do this)
Retirees at season end: norm (lol)
Driver of the year: Austin Cindric (dick of the year tbh)
Reject of the year: SRG (srg are always rejects)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Stewart Friesen (actually no he tore shit up at eldora and got backing from another big team good on him)
Champion: Matt Crafton (no)
Runner-up: Grant Enfinger (is grant enfinger even still alive)

Alta wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones (Wrong both. Sounds like the both had an up and down year)
Most wins in a season: Martin Truex Jr (Correct. Truex rekt shit this year)
Upset of the year: Daniel Suarez wins the title. ( Damn this was wishful thinking)
Disappointments: Clint Bowyer (Kinda but he improved a little bit)
Best race of 2017: Watkins Glen (I don't remember tbh)
Worst race of 2017: Texas (Prolly)
Retirees at season end: Dale Earnhardt Jr, Matt Kenseth (Correct. Kenseth was a wild predict if i remember correcT)
Driver of the year: Martin Truex Jr (Yup. Killed it)
Reject of the year: Clint Bowyer (Wrong. I'd have give this to Junior even though it was a retirement year)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Gray Gaulding (Technically correct but he came back near the end of the season)
Champion: Brad Keselowski (Wrong. Final 4 but didn't win it)
Runner-up: Denny Hamlin (Wrong. Top 8 but didn't make it to Homestead)

NASCAR Xfinity Series:

First-time winners: Matt Tifft, Ben Kennedy, William Byron, Daniel Hemric, Blake Koch (Wrong. Wrong. Correct. Wrong. Wrong. Btw i didn't see Jeremy Clements coming at all)
Most wins in a season: Matt Tifft (Wrong. Tifft's run was pretty weak)
Upset of the year: Koch wins a random stand-alone race (Wrong. Koch sounded like he didn't do much this)
Disappointments: Michael Annett (Sadler was too predictable for me) (Half-and-Half. While Annett sucked i feel Brandon Jones was a lot worse)
Best race of 2017: Road America (Correct. A Jeremy Clements win, that's sounds like a good one)
Worst race of 2017: Texas (prolly)
Retirees at season end: Michael Annett
Driver of the year: Matt Tifft (Wrong. No where close)
Reject of the year: Michael Annett (Wrong. See above)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Michael Annett (Wrong. Annett made it to the end of the year)
Champion: Justin Allgaier (Wrong. Final 4 but didn't win it)
Runner-up: Daniel Hemric (Wrong. Final 4 but broke down at Homestead)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

First-time winners: Austin Cindric, Grant Enfinger, Myatt Snider, Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland (Correct. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong
Most wins in a season: Matt Crafton (Wrong. Chris Bell was pretty quick this year)
Upset of the year: Goofy winner on a superspeedway (Kinda? Grala and Kliggerman were both surprises despite showing compentcy)
Disappointments: Noah Gragson (Kinda. But he wasn't the worst KBM driver)
Best race of 2017: CTMP (Incorrect? I think i remember enjoying Eldora more)
Worst race of 2017: Texas (Sure)
Retirees at season end: Johnny Sauter (Incorrect. Sauter had a bit of resurgence that will probably guarantee him a couple more year)
Driver of the year: Christopher Bell (Correct. Finally came out to kill this year)
Reject of the year: Cody Coughlin (Correct. Cody probably shat it up this year)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Noah Gragson (Nope. Made it to the end of the year and got a win)
Champion: Christopher Bell (Correct. Had a pretty dominate year as well
Runner-up: Austin Cindric (Wrong. Close but was one spot off)

navycook75 wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Chase, Erik Jones, Suarez (big nope, nope, and nope)
Most wins in a season: Logano (CUCUMBERED)
Upset of the year: Superspeedway shenanigans (lol nope)
Disappointments: Micheal Waltrip wins Daytona 500 and decides to extend his career by another 10 years (nope)
Best race of 2017: Watkins Glen or Auto Club (I remember the races being rather good the past few years) (Glen sucked and I don't remember Auto Club)
Worst race of 2017: Indianapolis (hey I'm finally right for once lmao)
Retirees at season end: Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, Dale Jr (nope, already retired, and yep)
Driver of the year: Truex (S T A G E W I N N E R)
Reject of the year: Timmy Hill, Gray Gaulding (lol of course)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Gray Gaulding (I think he did lol)
Champion: Keselowski (nope)
Runner-up: Kyle Busch (nope)

NASCAR Xfinity Series:

First-time winners: Brennan Poole* Darrell Wallace, Jr (please) (nope, and nope ;( )
Most wins in a season: not sure
Upset of the year: not sure
Disappointments: Ryan Reed (aside from Daytona, yeah)
Best race of 2017: a road course probably (Hi Road America, how you doin?)
Worst race of 2017: one with the most cup drivers (probably, I dunno)
Retirees at season end: Elliot Sadler (god I wish)
Driver of the year: not sure
Reject of the year: not sure
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: not sure
Champion: William Byron (WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER)
Runner-up: Elliot Sadler (hey I'm right on this too)

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

First-time winners: Todd Gilliland, Ryan Truex, Bobby Pierce (nope, nope, nope)
Most wins in a season: Christopher Bell (I think so)
Upset of the year: Eldora (nope)
Disappointments: Cody Coughlin (I can't remember)
Best race of 2017: Eldora, Mosport, Bristol (I think Eldora was good, not sure about the other two)
Worst race of 2017: Dover (I dunno)
Retirees at season end: not sure
Driver of the year: Christopher Bell (yep)
Reject of the year: not sure
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: not sure
Champion: Christopher Bell (yep)
Runner-up: John Hunter Nemecheck (nope)

Verizon IndyCar Series:

First-time winners: Conor Daly (nope)
Most wins in a season: Josef Newgarden (yep)
Upset of the year: Rain win on a street course (nope)
Disappointments: JR Hildebrand, Charlie Kimball (I dunno)
Best race of 2017: Indianapolis (TAKU)
Worst race of 2017: Phoenix (yeah I think so)
Retirees at season end: not sure
Driver of the year: Josef Newgarden (probably)
Reject of the year: Charlie Kimball (probably)
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: not sure
Champion: Josef Newgarden (MY BOY DID IT)
Runner-up: Scott Dixon (nope)

Formula One:

First-time winners: Bottas (yep)
Most wins in a season: Hamilton (*sigh* yep)
Upset of the year: not sure
Disappointments: not sure
Best race of 2017: a race where Mercedes doesn't win (about like half of them lol)
Worst race of 2017: Baku (lol nope)
Retirees at season end: Massa probably this time for real (yep)
Driver of the year: Pascal Wehrlein (not really)
Reject of the year: not sure
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: not sure
Champion: Hamilton (*sigh* yep)
Runner-up: Bottas (probably not?)

bsoyuz wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney, Daniel Suarez, Chase Elliott - FUCKING END ME ALREADY
Most wins in a season: Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth
Upset of the year: NASCAR fans don't complain for the first time ever - HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Disappointments: Stewart-Haas and Ford - I was right, they were mediocre
Best race of 2017: Bristol and Martinsville
Worst race of 2017: Pocono and Michigan
Retirees at season end: Ryan Newman - NYET
Driver of the year: don't care
Reject of the year: Krispy Kreme boy Gray Gaulding - Don't even remember him running, I did barely watch the season too
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: everyone at BK Racing, whoever is in the TriStar/Rick Ware/Premium cars
Champion: Martin Truex Jr. or Matt Kenseth
Runner-up: I HAVE NO IDEA

NASCAR Xfinity Series:

First-time winners: William Byron - My boy did it
Most wins in a season: don't know
Upset of the year: Elliott Sadler isn't universally hated for once - had to be Homestead
Disappointments: don't care
Best race of 2017: Talladega - didn't watch
Worst race of 2017: Michigan - didn't watch
Retirees at season end: Elliott Sadler - nope
Driver of the year: don't care
Reject of the year: don't care
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: anyone in those small-ass teams - don't know, don't care
Champion: Elliott Sadler or Justin Allgaier - o fuck
Runner-up: don't know

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

First-time winners: I don't even know who doesn't have wins in the series
Most wins in a season: Matt Crafton
Upset of the year: don't know
Disappointments: don't know
Best race of 2017: Daytona - don't remember shit
Worst race of 2017: Pocono - didn't watch
Retirees at season end: Norm Benning - nope
Driver of the year: don't know
Reject of the year: don't know
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: some in the little teams - didn't watch
Champion: Matt Crafton or Johnny Sauter - Bell won
Runner-up: don't know

Verizon IndyCar Series:

First-time winners: TAKUUUUUUUUUUUU - motherfucker won over Castroneves
Most wins in a season: Will Power
Upset of the year: someone like Max Chilton wins the 500 - can we count Takuma?
Disappointments: no race in Brazil where I can pelt Jack Hawksworth with trash, Hawksworth apparently also got wind up on this because he left Indycar
Best race of 2017: Iowa - Castroneves won, therefore great
Worst race of 2017: Phoenix
Retirees at season end: Tony Kanaan or Helio Castro-Neves - god fucking dammit he went to IMSA
Driver of the year: don't know
Reject of the year: Ed Jones
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Ed Jones - nope
Champion: Will Power or Helio Castroneves - nope
Runner-up: don't know

Formula One:

First-time winners: Valteri Bottas - oh yeah daddy Bottas
Most wins in a season: not Mercedes
Upset of the year: Force India, Williams or Toro Rosso steals a win
Disappointments: you know Lance Stroll won't do shit, you FUCKING KNOW IT. - He got like a third place, aaaaaaaaaaaand?
Best race of 2017: whenever it rains enough for us to get Spa 2002 - well done Baku
Worst race of 2017: Interlagos or Monaco - I told you, Interlagos races are shitty
Retirees at season end: Felipe Massa
Driver of the year: Max Verstappen or Sebastien Vettel
Reject of the year: Lance Stroll, Jolyon Palmer - Sadlyon Palmer
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: whoever's money runs out first, and the way things are going everybody has enough money this year
Champion: Sebastian Vettel - hahahaha me expecting Ferrari wouldn't both themselves, hahahahahahahaha
Runner-up:don't know, maybe Ricciardo


Other: Stock Car Brazil

First-time winners: there isn't any non first timers that I can think of
Most wins in a season: Allam Khodair or Felipe Fraga - Fraga has 4 wins but Daniel Serra also has 4 wins, and there's one race left
Upset of the year: the Argentina race isn't a fucking disaster for once
Disappointments: the Argentina race turns out to be a fucking disaster again
Best race of 2017: Velo Cittá, Goiânia or Ribeirão Preto - it was lit, although I'd argue Velopark was better
Worst race of 2017: Interlagos or Curitiba
Retirees at season end: Cacá Bueno or Rubens Barrichello - neither lol
Driver of the year: Felipe Fraga - nope
Reject of the year: Ana Beatriz (she was great in Indy Lights, stuck with a poor car in Indycar, terrible in Stock) - 29th in Standings with one race to go
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season:
Champion: Thiago Camilo, Allam Khodair, Rubens Barrichello or Felipe Fraga - Camilo still has a shot, so not everything is lost
Runner-up:

Lucstar88 wrote:Cup:
First-time winners: Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Austin Dillon I got Dillon, shocked Chase and Jones didn't win, Blaney and Stenhouse were surprises.
Most wins in a season: Kyle Busch One spot off
Upset of the year: Some backmarker wins a plate race Not a backmarker, but Stenhouse won 2!
Disappointments: SHR's for the first couple of months with Ford, but they'll rebound, for all year that goes to Roush SHR lacked until the second half but roush was OK
Best race of 2017: Watkins Glen Don't feel like it was.
Worst race of 2017: Texas The new repave had some interesting moments
Retirees at season end: Dale Junior, Matt Kenseth, Mikey (confirmed) 3/3
Driver of the year: Brad Keselowski Nope
Reject of the year: Gray Gaulding I guess?
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Gray Gaulding He did
Champion: Dale Junior (Goes out on a high note and then retires, like Rosberg) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Runner-up: Martin Truex Jr. I was one spot off. How?

Xfinity:
First-time winners: Tyler Reddick, Michael Annett, William Byron, Daniel Hemric, Brandon Jones, Bubba (please), Matt Tifft, insert random JGR driver like Bell, Cole Custer Check, HELL NO, Check, Close, NOPE, Lost ride.., No, Bell yes and Preece counts, and heck yeah.
Most wins in a season: Kyle Busch (cup), Byron (regular) Got both right.
Upset of the year: Brandon Jones has a resurgence and wins 4 races and comes home top 4 in points. HAHAHAHAHA WHAT WAS I THINKING
Disappointments: Obaika, if they finish the season. They didn't finish the season
Best race of 2017: Road America Oh heck yeah
Worst race of 2017: Texas It was ok
Retirees at season end: Sadler, Gaughan No and Gaughan is out of the series, going to the 75 cup team
Driver of the year: Byron technically, yes, but Sadler had a better season
Reject of the year: Gallagher? Meh
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Obaika as a whole. YEP
Champion: Byron Yes!
Runner-up: Br.Jones Didn't make the playoffs lmao
*I'm really hyped for all this freaking talent in Xfinity* Sure was and still hyped.

Trucks:
First-time winners: Justin Haley, Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland He did ok, CTMP happened, Yes, Yes, Almost
Most wins in a season: Bell Yup
Upset of the year: Enfinger wins 3+ races. Regan Smith gets a top 3 No, and nope
Disappointments: Cody Coughlin Yeah
Best race of 2017: Mosport I guess
Worst race of 2017: Can't think of one Still can't think of one
Retirees at season end: None Does BKR count?
Driver of the year: Bell Yup
Reject of the year: Austin Wayne Self Not sure.
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Tommy Joe Martins Yes.
Champion: Bell Yes
Runner-up: Crafton One spot short.

Indycar
First-time winners: None Correct
Most wins in a season: Josef Newgarden Damn, he did
Upset of the year: Hinch wins two races He got one.
Disappointments: Max Chilton no top 10's He had 6, so hell no
Best race of 2017: Indy Oh yeah.
Worst race of 2017: Mid-Ohio Maybe?
Retirees at season end: Kannan? No, he's going to Foyt.
Driver of the year: Newgarden Yes.
Reject of the year: Hildebrand Charlie Kimball was worse.
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: No one does No one did.
Champion: Newgarden Yes!
Runner-up: Dixon One spot short.

F1:
First-time winners: Bottas Yes.
Most wins in a season: Hamilton Yes.
Upset of the year: None Stroll at Baku
Disappointments: McLaren Yes.
Best race of 2017: Montreal? Not sure.
Worst race of 2017: Sochi What I heard, it wasn't the best.
Retirees at season end: None, but no one saw Rosberg coming Correct.
Driver of the year: hamilton Yes
Reject of the year: Stroll He wasn't
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: No one Kvyat did lol
Champion: Hamilton Yes.
Runner-up: Verstappen I HAD A DREAM, IT DIDN'T WORK

The_Wall_91 wrote:Formula 1

First Time Winners: Bottas I think we all saw this coming
Most Wins in a Season: Oh dear god, save me Nico Rosberg, I have got Hamilton See above
Upset of the Year: Sergio Perez wins a race, Carlos Sainz steals a podium Nope and Nope
Disappointments:...Umm....Sauber? I guess? Sauber did what they could, Honda was laughable
Best Race of 2017: Brazil Baku definitely
Worst Race of 2017: Any of Hamilton's wins No surprise
Retirees: Felipe Massa again, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen Unless Felipe is fooling us again yes, no and no
Most Likely to Lose Ride in the Season: Jolyon Palmer Yep and we can add Daniil Kvyat to that list
Driver of the Year: Sergio Perez Pfft....Carlos Sainz or Vettel here
Reject of the Year: Lance Stroll and Marcus Ericsson Stroll wasn't half bad but Marcus was terrible as always
Champion: Hamilton Sadly
Runner-up: Screw it, Verstappen Red Bull flubbed up with Max early in the season

mtrimmer365 wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Daniel Suarez, Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney Chase and Suarez not winning was a little disappointing. Stenhouse came out of nowhere though
Most wins in a season: Kevin Harvick Lol no, even if he did make the Final 4, I thought Harvick was a little underwhelming this season with only two wins
Upset of the year: Michael Waltrip trolls the racing world and wins his final race at Daytona (Not gonna happen, but it would be hilarious) He did get a top 10 there though
Disappointments: Ryan Newman Actually not really, since he figured out how to win again (even if it was strategy)
Best race of 2017: Homestead I'm sure there was better ones that I missed, but the end of Homestead was pretty intense at times
Worst race of 2017: Indianapolis I'm staying by this because of the stupidity at the end
Retirees at season end: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kenseth too
Driver of the year: Kevin Harvick Nope
Reject of the year: Gray Gaulding Anybody for BK Racing tbh
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Gray Gaulding I mean did he even have a full time ride
Champion: Kevin Harvick Close
Runner-up: Kyle Busch Hey I got this right

Verizon IndyCar Series:

First-time winners: Conor Daly, JR Hildebrand Nope
Most wins in a season: Josef Newgarden Hey thats right too
Upset of the year: A one-off driver wins the 500 Alonso could've potentially done it
Disappointments: Simon Pagenaud gets unlucky with the number 1 Not really
Best race of 2017: Indianapolis Yes
Worst race of 2017: St Petersburg Texas was a stupid race
Retirees at season end: None Yep
Driver of the year: Josef Newgarden Yep
Reject of the year: Max Chilton Not really, I'm not sure who to actually put here
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: None to be honest Aleshin did
Champion:Josef Newgarden Oh wow I actually called this
Runner-up: James Hinchcliffe Nope lol



Formula One:

First-time winners: Valterri Bottas, Sergio Perez Damn I wish Perez would win
Most wins in a season: Lewis Hamilton Who the hell else
Upset of the year: Perez wins a race Unfortunately no
Disappointments: Toro Rosso McLaren and its not even a competition
Best race of 2017: Interlagos Didn't get to see this so I'm not sure
Worst race of 2017: Azerbaijan Actually it might've been the best
Retirees at season end: Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa Massa yes, I don't think Kimi is done yet
Driver of the year: Valterri Bottas I mean you could make a case for him, but Hamilton was the best
Reject of the year: Jolyon Palmer Yes
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Jolyon Palmer Him and Kvyat did
Champion: Lewis Hamilton Frick
Runner-up: Valterri Bottas Close but nope

Indy Lights:

First-time winners: Nico Jamin, Colton Herta, Matheus Leist, probably more once more drivers are announced Yes to all of those
Most wins in a season: Santiago Urrutia No actually
Upset of the year: None Lmao who even cares
Disappointments: Juan Piedrahita I mean yeah he has been a disappointment he just has that $
Best race of 2017: Indianapolis Don't know
Worst race of 2017: Don't Know Same
Retirees at season end: None Its the Indy Lights nobody retires lmao
Driver of the year: Santiago Urrutia No
Reject of the year: Kyle Kaiser HAHAHA HE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Kyle Kaiser Holy shit I'm stupid
Champion: Santiago Urrutia No but close
Runner-up: Nico Jamin He could've been better

Rovenami wrote:Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series:

First-time winners: Chase Elliott, Erik Jones, Daniel Suarez, Ricky Stenhouse Jr, (Bristol) Does the Duels count for Elliot, close at Bristol, nope, yes at both Daytona and Talladega
Most wins in a season: Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch (4 each) Truex earned more
Upset of the year: Gray Gaulding getting decent results with TMG He did have 1 top 10 at Dega with BK
Disappointments: Buescher doing nothing with JTG Daugherty Had some top 10 results so not really
Best race of 2017: Watkins Glen idk about this one
Worst race of 2017: Texas 1 see above
Retirees at season end: idk Dale Jr, Kenseth and Danica
Driver of the year: Erik Jones
Reject of the year: BK Racing
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: idk
Champion: Keselowski
Runner-up: Harvick

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series:

First-time winners: Cindric, Gragson and Greenfield (Daytona or Talladega) Yes, Yes and no
Most wins in a season: Matt Crafton (at least 3) Bell had this one
Upset of the year: Clay Greenfield winning at Daytona and/or Talladega NOPE.AVI
Disappointments: Stewart Freisen struggling Up until toward the playoffs
Best race of 2017: Eldora/Mosport Eldora all the way
Worst race of 2017: Chicagoland Ehhh...
Retirees at season end: idk still don't know
Driver of the year: Matt Crafton Bell
Reject of the year: Cody Coughlin There was Phoenix but that's about it
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: Cody Coughlin Actually no
Champion: Crafton Final 4
Runner-up: Briscoe Nope


Formula One:

First-time winners: Bottas, maybe Grosjean Yes and no
Most wins in a season: Daniel Ricciardo There was Baku
Upset of the year: Hass F1 winning a race Midfield team is midfield
Disappointments: Ehhh....idk Ferrari going in a slump They did towards the second half
Best race of 2017: Brazil Baku
Worst race of 2017: China I'd say Russia was worse
Retirees at season end: Massa Yes
Driver of the year: Daniel Ricciardo I'd say Hamilton
Reject of the year: Jolyon Palmer (idk) He did next to nothing with mid field equipment
Most likely to lose ride in the middle of the season: PalmerWho didn't see THAT coming?
Champion: Ricciardo or Verstappen Hamilton
Runner-up: Verstappen or Ricciardo Vettel