Re: Aarons 312 @ Talladega

by AntmanB Sat May 04, 2013 2:19 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:Is it still raining at Talladega right now? Because if it is, they might have to postpone the Nationwide Race until probably tomorrow morning.

Nascar already said it would be run after the cup race. remember 2010?

by AntmanB Sat May 04, 2013 2:20 pm

NeverNeutral wrote:Townley and his Zaxby's sponsorship have moved over to the #10 car, so for once that car won't be finishing last...

and after being sore after his arca werck , he will not be racing today.

Laughing

by BBoy Sat May 04, 2013 2:25 pm

AntmanB wrote:
NeverNeutral wrote:Townley and his Zaxby's sponsorship have moved over to the #10 car, so for once that car won't be finishing last...

and after being sore after his arca werck , he will not be racing today.

I'm not exactly sure what's so funny about that. Um...

by Alta Sat May 04, 2013 2:46 pm

AntmanB wrote:
NeverNeutral wrote:Townley and his Zaxby's sponsorship have moved over to the #10 car, so for once that car won't be finishing last...

and after being sore after his arca werck , he will not be racing today.

WATCHING ANOTHER DRIVER GETTING HURT IS SO FUNNY!!!11

Rolling Eyes

by AntmanB Sat May 04, 2013 3:41 pm

He bought his way into the field, only not to race. That's not funny ?

by Alpineopossum Sat May 04, 2013 3:50 pm

Is Green in the car?

by f1fan12 Sat May 04, 2013 3:50 pm

AntmanB wrote:He bought his way into the field, only not to race. That's not funny ?

It normally would be. But with the circumstances that he got hurt, no!

by Alta Sat May 04, 2013 3:54 pm

AntmanB wrote:He bought his way into the field, only not to race. That's not funny ?

Not when the guy gets injured the day before.

Common Sense....

by conrail1990 Sat May 04, 2013 4:17 pm

Holy crap I saw dry racetrack Aarons 312 @ Talladega - Page 2 3696926579

by Alta Sat May 04, 2013 4:19 pm

I'd say anything beyond 5:30 and we're gonna have a problem.

by Alpineopossum Sat May 04, 2013 4:41 pm

Intersting thing about the development driver craze is how it was viewed at the time.

Sporting News had in its 2005 NASCAR Preview a Busch Series article called "In Search for the next big thing".
The Busch Series drivers detailed were as follows
- Clint Bowyer (#2 AcDelco Chevrolet - Richard Childress Racing)
- Shane Hmeil (#32 TrimSpa Dodge - Braun Racing [Now Turner])
- Martin Truex (#8 Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet - Chance 2 Motorsports)
- Denny Hamlin (#20 Rockwell Chevrolet - Joe Gibbs Racing)
- Reed Sorenson (#41 Discount Tire Dodge - Chip Ganassi Racing)
- Jon Wood (#47 Clorox Ford - ST Motorsports)
- J.J. Yeley (#18 Vigoro Chevrolet - Joe Gibbs Racing)
"Others to Watch" we're
- Justin Labonte (#44 Coast Guard Chevrolet - Haas CNC Racing)
- Johnny Sauter (#1 Yellow Chevrolet - Phoenix Racing)
- David Stremme (#14 US Navy Chevrolet - Fitz Bradshaw Racing)

Intersting to consider where they are now.

Then there are the team that are still around.
- Atkins / Braun Racing is still around in the form of Turner Motorsports. In 2005 their drivers were Kasey Kahne, Brent Sherman, and Shane Hmeil.
- Jay Robinson Racing is still racing via the Nemechek connection. Derrike Cope and Steve Grissom were their drivers.
- Joe Gibbs Racing is obviously still in the series. As mentioned above they had Hamlin and Yeley as drivers.
- NEMCO was racing then as a two car team with Nemechek and Jeff Fuller.
- Phoenix is still around
- RCR had Bowyer and Harvick in 2006 and still operate a NNS team.
- Roush had only the #60 as a full time car, then driven by Carl Edwards.
- Rusty Wallace Racing is (barely) still in existance. Then, Jamie McMurry was the driver.

by conrail1990 Sat May 04, 2013 5:09 pm

Alta wrote:I'd say anything beyond 5:30 and we're gonna have a problem.

~~7:30 is the oficial Sunset, so geting th whole race is today looks very dim.~~ It helps if I check what tme zone the damn thing is in. Aarons 312 @ Talladega - Page 2 277638789

Aarons 312 @ Talladega - Page 2 277638789

by pennst24 Sat May 04, 2013 5:16 pm

I heard the official sunset is 7:59 CT, and the 2005 race finished in the darkness, so as long as there aren't huge wrecks like 2005 we should be able to get the whole thing in.

by BWard Sat May 04, 2013 5:28 pm

pennst24 wrote:I heard the official sunset is 7:59 CT, and the 2005 race finished in the darkness, so as long as there aren't huge wrecks like 2005 we should be able to get the whole thing in.

Tbh if I were a NASCAR Official, I'd advise to just run the race after the Cup race to squeeze more time in.

by conrail1990 Sat May 04, 2013 5:31 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:
pennst24 wrote:I heard the official sunset is 7:59 CT, and the 2005 race finished in the darkness, so as long as there aren't huge wrecks like 2005 we should be able to get the whole thing in.

Tbh if I were a NASCAR Official, I'd advise to just run the race after the Cup race to squeeze more time in.

They are probably anticipating a delayed start tomorrow too.

by bigdc48 Sat May 04, 2013 5:58 pm

This would be a lot better if they put up lights on the track. It's long overdue.

by bigdc48 Sat May 04, 2013 6:55 pm

Rough day for Larson.

by Backmarker Sat May 04, 2013 7:36 pm

That's probably the weirdest wreck I've seen in a while. Sorenson nearly blows over, and a hard hit for Pastrana.

by Alpineopossum Sat May 04, 2013 7:56 pm

Blake Koch... So sad.

by Alta Sat May 04, 2013 7:58 pm

Poor Koch. First big underdog to get up there all-day and Allgaier sends him in the wall.

by RetrogradeRenegade Sat May 04, 2013 8:04 pm

Does anyone have a link to a stream?

by RealRacer4 Sat May 04, 2013 8:07 pm

It looks like Johanna Long learned the hard way of what happens when you block someone that's going 5-10 mph faster than you.

by Chives2112 Sat May 04, 2013 8:08 pm

Several underfunded teams involved in that one. Ragepuke

by navycook75 Sat May 04, 2013 8:10 pm

RetrogradeRenegade wrote:Does anyone have a link to a stream?

http://www.racefansonlytv.com/

by conrail1990 Sat May 04, 2013 8:13 pm

Turn 3 hates cars today

by Alpineopossum Sat May 04, 2013 8:17 pm

Even though I'm a Johanna fan, that was mainly her (spotter's) fault.

by RetrogradeRenegade Sat May 04, 2013 8:19 pm

navycook75 wrote:
RetrogradeRenegade wrote:Does anyone have a link to a stream?
http://www.racefansonlytv.com/

Thanks

by RealRacer4 Sat May 04, 2013 8:32 pm

At least Alex Bowman crossed the finish line. Razz

Wow. I wasn't expecting Regan Smith getting the win. I normally would complain about NASCAR throwing the yellow before they get to the finish line, but since this is redemption for Regan Smith, I'm okay with this.

I'll admit it though, that was one hell of a pass he made for the lead.

by navycook75 Sat May 04, 2013 8:38 pm

Regan Smith! He finally got the Talladega win he deserved for 4 years.

by RetrogradeRenegade Sat May 04, 2013 8:43 pm

Dat move by Regan Smith. That was just amazing. He deserved to win just from that move alone.

by BBoy Sat May 04, 2013 8:43 pm

I can understand the decision to throw the caution there. Regan Smith deserved it.

by RyanB06 Sat May 04, 2013 8:44 pm

Smith deserved to win after that sick cross-over move he pulled in the tri-oval. Easy early contender for Pass of the Year.

by Lucstar88 Sat May 04, 2013 8:48 pm

My Reaction : HOLY S*** WHAT A FINISH

by AntmanB Sat May 04, 2013 8:50 pm

I can't WAIT for Daytona in July.

by Alta Sat May 04, 2013 9:02 pm

Awesome Finish. Great race. Bit tame in middle but that's to be expected.

REGAN SMITH with a sick move to steal the win. DAT PASS....AMAZING. Hornish vs Smith for sure and i'm completely pumped for it.

Understood why Nascar threw the yellow before the line despite it causing confusion, Car were jetting from bottom to top with the potential of a t-bone since some people were going balls deep through the wreck...Also Cassill MURDERED that wall and with all the front end incidents that have lead to injuries this season i can understand the fear of wanting to make sure he's okay.

Tally weekend not disappointing at all so far. Very Happy

by Electric Wolf Sat May 04, 2013 9:03 pm

Breathtaking finish. What a move by Smith to make it 3-wide for the win.

by Alpineopossum Sat May 04, 2013 9:04 pm

Brilliant move by Regan Smith. He really deserves the win.

by bigdc48 Sat May 04, 2013 9:16 pm

2013 Pass of the Year. A Sportscenter Top 10 play for sure. Congrats Regan. Fantastic finish.

by Mother of Invention Sat May 04, 2013 9:24 pm

Anyone see a light amount of irony in a NASCAR judgement call giving Regan Smith the win.

by PYLrulz Sat May 04, 2013 10:38 pm

Dat Finish!!!

I thought the Daytona 500 2007 finish was something from a video game, that was nothing compared to that finish

by SpeedDemon37 Sat May 04, 2013 11:04 pm

I don't want to say that the finish was "ruined", but it's just a shame that the 3-wide-within-about-a-foot-of-each-other finish won't count. I wouldn't have minded Kahne winning. Either way, the race to the finish was awesomeness! Regan easily made the most amazing pass so far this year! Credit to Kurt Busch too for not going an inch lower than he did and wrecking himself and Smith.

by gone-sovereign Sun May 05, 2013 12:28 am

I don't even know how Regan Smith made that move work, it blew my mind! I think NASCAR's decision to give the win to Smith based on the caution was just. Good win Smith!

inb4 someone calls BS and massive argument erupts

by PYLrulz Sun May 05, 2013 2:45 am

Some of the wrecks this weekend so far seems like one hard hit on the wall followed by an even harder one.

by BWard Sun May 05, 2013 3:36 am

Chives2112 wrote:Several underfunded teams involved in that one.

You know, thats something that kinda concerns me. With underfunded teams wrecking out about 3 times, they tend to lose money if I believe they have to pay for the damage to the car. Like ML Motorsports which is the team Johanna Long drives for, they got quite a lot of damage in that crash which could result in more money lost, cos' they had already wrecked out of Daytona and Phoenix this year.

by AntmanB Sun May 05, 2013 5:14 am

http://brockbeard.blogspot.com/2013/05/opinion-broadcasters-utterly.html

by **crl** Sun May 05, 2013 5:31 am

AntmanB wrote:http://brockbeard.blogspot.com/2013/05/opinion-broadcasters-utterly.html

Brock nailed it.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Sun May 05, 2013 9:14 am

Ever since Petty put a car in Nationwide he's had 4 DNF's out of 5 Superspeedway races. That car just has bad luck, and Brian Scott wonders why he gets kicked in the dick. Good call on NASCAR to take 10 laps away rather than just ending the race because it's past halfway. I wonder if NASCAR threw the caution thinking Joey was in front lol.

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