2014 Food City 500 - Sprint Cup Series

by BWard Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:36 am

The 4th Race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Season heads to the Bristol Motor Speedway a.k.a Thunder Valley, for the running of the Food City 500.

Entry List in spoiler, taken from Jayski:

Spoiler:

by Mother of Invention Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:02 am

BWardboy88 wrote:26 34 David Ragan Ford Dockside Logistics Bob Jenkins 31 3
27 35 David Reutimann Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze 46 3
29 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's Brad Jenkins 32 3

they should enter a fourth car for David Stremmme Razz

by Alta Thu Mar 13, 2014 2:28 pm

26 34 David Ragan Ford Dockside Logistics Bob Jenkins 31 3

FASTEST IN PRACTICE!

by SpeedDemon37 Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:19 pm

Alta wrote:
26 34 David Ragan Ford Dockside Logistics Bob Jenkins 31 3

FASTEST IN PRACTICE!

I actually remembered that Ragan was unusually fast in practice at Bristol last fall, but only now did I learn that he was the fastest in practice!

Maybe Front Row can get another top 10 this weekend. Ragan did finish 12th in that race, granted there were some large crashes near the end.

by Alta Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:11 am

SpeedDemon37 wrote:
Alta wrote:
26 34 David Ragan Ford Dockside Logistics Bob Jenkins 31 3

FASTEST IN PRACTICE!
I actually remembered that Ragan was unusually fast in practice at Bristol last fall, but only now did I learn that he was the fastest in practice!

Maybe Front Row can get another top 10 this weekend. Ragan did finish 12th in that race, granted there were some large crashes near the end.

It's also sort of an inside joke as well. Razz

by **Syzygy** Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:54 am

Xxxtreme Motorsports decided they were too xxxtreme for Bristol, so they withdrew. This exchange also occurred over Twitter:

Andrew Marsh ‏@marshandrew16 19h
@Xxxtremeracing why are you guys not running Bristol now,was it sponsors or getting ready for Auto Club or what?

Xxxtreme Motorsport ‏@Xxxtremeracing 12h
@marshandrew16 Some Change with Crew Members and preparing cars a little different.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:56 am

This may end being a Monday race from the sounds of things. Which means I may not be able to hear anything about this race until Thursday Sad

by PYLrulz Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:27 pm

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:This may end being a Monday race from the sounds of things. Which means I may not be able to hear anything about this race until Thursday

Look at the bright side, at least it isn't like 1993, when snow postponed the Atlanta race

by RealRacer4 Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:46 pm

BurningThunder wrote:Xxxtreme Motorsports decided they were too xxxtreme for Bristol, so they withdrew. This exchange also occurred over Twitter:

Andrew Marsh ‏@marshandrew16 19h
@Xxxtremeracing why are you guys not running Bristol now,was it sponsors or getting ready for Auto Club or what?

Xxxtreme Motorsport ‏@Xxxtremeracing 12h
@marshandrew16 Some Change with Crew Members and preparing cars a little different.

Something tells me there was a big issue that came up when they were going through tech inspection.

by Backmarker Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:25 pm

Suddenly, batteries and toilet paper on the track...

by BWard Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:31 pm

...and Kligerman's bad luck continues.

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:05 pm

More rain. I think this is appropriate:

by **Cynon** Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:25 pm

Timmy Hill is the Dennis Vitolo of NASCAR. I could have done a better job at avoiding that.

Also, Cole Whitt just wrecked himself. In no way is that Danica's fault, even though blaming Danica is the popular thing to do.

by Lucstar88 Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:26 pm

Timmy Hill, you noob...

by RetrogradeRenegade Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:27 pm

Hill piled in there 50 miles an hour faster than Kenseth.... what the hell was he thinking!?!?!?

by **Cynon** Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:30 pm

RetrogradeRenegade wrote:Hill piled in there 50 miles an hour faster than Kenseth.... what the hell was he thinking!?!?!?

He wasn't thinking.

by Backmarker Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:31 pm

That was amazing.

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:33 pm

Timmy Hill, you no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit.

EDIT: Kenseth has gone from 30th to 24th since the restart. This better mean he's still got something.

by RealRacer4 Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:36 pm

kensethfan wrote:Timmy Hill, you no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit.

Ooooooookkkkaaaaaaayyyyy tttthhheeeennnn.....

Anyway, anyone knows of a good live stream to use since FOX doesn't want to show the race? I got a live stream from FOX Sports 1 but it's laggy.

by Backmarker Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:37 pm

On an unrelated note, why does the FOX team keep calling the second-tier series the "Nationwide In-surance race"?

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:40 pm

RealRacer4 wrote:
kensethfan wrote:Timmy Hill, you no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit.

Ooooooookkkkaaaaaaayyyyy tttthhheeeennnn.....

Anyway, anyone knows of a good live stream to use since FOX doesn't want to show the race? I got a live stream from FOX Sports 1 but it's laggy.

Hey, I might emphasize my own username in this context. Though I admit that move was a lot like something I would have done online in NR2003.

It still sucks that we've been screwed over by a backmarker. Stick to start-and-parking and iRacing, Timmy.

by conrail1990 Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:50 pm

Its so weird seeing the stands for a Cup race at Bristol be those similar to a lower tier series.

by PYLrulz Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:57 pm

Saw the Timmy Hill crash on YouTube...

Timmy...

2014 Food City 500 - Sprint Cup Series You_re10

by Mother of Invention Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:32 pm

Backmarker on Backmarker violence!

by Mother of Invention Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:46 pm

the Busch brothers day just went down south fast!

by Lucstar88 Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:08 pm

OMFG, Hard Hit..... Harvick...

by Memoriesallbutdone Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:13 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen, this one is for Harvick

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:19 pm

There goes my free Bloomin' Onion. Crying or Very sad

Also, if Aric Almirola can win this race from where he's at right now, bricks will be shat.

by **crl** Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:25 pm

"Nobody knows what the yellow's for."

Oh, NASCAR...

by PYLrulz Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:28 pm

Ok, my girlfriend is flipping between shows, and one of which is the NASCAR race...

They are going to do a Green-White-Checker it appears, and it started raining?!?

Mother Nature must be a Carl Edwards fan

by **crl** Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:28 pm

Why couldn't it have been Almirola? Sad

by RealRacer4 Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:29 pm

Well this has been a bizarre day...

by Lucstar88 Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:31 pm

Apparently, the heavy rain may have caused a malfunctions with the lights. But that finish though...

Mother Nature hates NASCAR....

by Mother of Invention Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:31 pm

well that was....uh....interesting!

by conrail1990 Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:33 pm

Great race with a bunch of lul moments and a wierd finish.

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:33 pm

The caution was either for the caution light malfunction or the rain, but it wouldn't have mattered because it started pouring soon after. I don't know what to think of that, mostly because I was listening to the radio broadcast and they weren't saying it started raining until just about a minute after the caution came out...

On that note, one of the commentators said that the conspiracy theorists are gonna have a field day. I couldn't have said it better.

Also, first four races with four different winners? I like that. Now if we can just get a first time winner into victory lane.

Or Kenseth, because that works too... [/fanboy]

by PYLrulz Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:40 pm

kensethfan wrote:The caution was either for the caution light malfunction or the rain, but it wouldn't have mattered because it started pouring soon after. I don't know what to think of that, mostly because I was listening to the radio broadcast and they weren't saying it started raining until just about a minute after the caution came out...

On that note, one of the commentators said that the conspiracy theorists are gonna have a field day. I couldn't have said it better.

Also, first four races with four different winners? I like that. Now if we can just get a first time winner into victory lane.

Or Kenseth, because that works too... [/fanboy]

Yep... This week, Carl Edwards is the beneficiary of NASCAR... after Dale Jr. was the beneficiary of NASCAR... after Jimmie Johnson has been the beneficiary of NASCAR... after...

by BBoy Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:40 pm

This race goes into the "indescribable" files.

by Alta Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:42 pm

Pretty fun race. Best race of the Nascar season, Whether it be fun with laps cars actual racing or hilarious moments.

Bizarre end to that one with the caution lights malfunctioning.

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:49 pm

PYLrulz wrote:
kensethfan wrote:The caution was either for the caution light malfunction or the rain, but it wouldn't have mattered because it started pouring soon after. I don't know what to think of that, mostly because I was listening to the radio broadcast and they weren't saying it started raining until just about a minute after the caution came out...

On that note, one of the commentators said that the conspiracy theorists are gonna have a field day. I couldn't have said it better.

Also, first four races with four different winners? I like that. Now if we can just get a first time winner into victory lane.

Or Kenseth, because that works too... [/fanboy]

Yep... This week, Carl Edwards is the beneficiary of NASCAR... after Dale Jr. was the beneficiary of NASCAR... after Jimmie Johnson has been the beneficiary of NASCAR... after...

NASCAR never said anything over the radio about the caution coming out when the caution lights went on, though, so I'm inclined to believe that was the actual problem. And from as far as I can tell, rain was out of the question at that point. If it weren't for the caution lights, I think they could've made it the last 30 seconds.

It's certainly unusual though that the caution lights would come on then and there without an explanation, though. But it's also happened before at Vegas, just much earlier in the race. I don't think there was any sort of conspiracy at play here.

by Memoriesallbutdone Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:55 pm

The only thing that is funnier then this race, is who is the top 16 in points currently.

by PackerMan71 Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:56 pm

Definitely a weird ass race, this one was. Shenanigans on pit road, rain rain rain, guys you normally don't see at the front of the field, and the caution lights coming on with two laps to go... with no explanation why. Yep, we're at Bristol. Laughing

Good win for Carl, and he needed it badly. It's been quite a while since he last won a Cup race. Good runs by Stenhouse and Almirola.

The 2014 Food City 500 @ Bristol gets a 7.0/10. The rain delay sucked, and there were some parts that were kind of meh, but overall, this was a pretty solid race. Bristol seems to be the only track to put on good shows consistently right now. That and Phoenix. And the roadies.

Next race is.... California. Oh, budday. Is this race gonna go back to the shitastic racing its known for, or will it surprise us like last year's race did?

by gone-sovereign Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:04 pm

PackerMan71 wrote:Definitely a weird ass race, this one was. Shenanigans on pit road, rain rain rain, guys you normally don't see at the front of the field, and the caution lights coming on with two laps to go... with no explanation why. Yep, we're at Bristol.

Good win for Carl, and he needed it badly. It's been quite a while since he last won a Cup race. Good runs by Stenhouse and Almirola.

The 2014 Food City 500 @ Bristol gets a 7.0/10. The rain delay sucked, and there were some parts that were kind of meh, but overall, this was a pretty solid race. Bristol seems to be the only track to put on good shows consistently right now. That and Phoenix. And the roadies.

Next race is.... California. Oh, budday. Is this race gonna go back to the shitastic racing its known for, or will it surprise us like last year's race did?

It sucks for Kenseth, Harvick, Truex, Stenhouse and Almirola, though.

Kenseth got nailed by a backmarker, got sent all the way back to 30th, worked his way back to the lead, only to hit the wall in the late stages while leading and finished 13th. For both Harvick and Truex, that's the second mechanical problem they've had all year. And had Mother Nature held out long enough to get us to a green-white-checkered, we might have seen either Stenhouse or Almirola as a first time winner.

Good win, Edwards. You were running away with it on that last run; you deserved it.

by Electric Wolf Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:45 pm

kensethfan wrote:Timmy Hill, you no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit.

I think my sides imploded when I read this... What the hell...?

Anyway, the race was good. Missed the finish, but Edwards had a great car and deserved to win it.

by flyingturns89 Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:35 pm

According to NASCAR, there is a manual override switch on the flagstand at the track that, if the flagman sees a reason to hit it, will turn some of the track caution lights on. NASCAR says that this switch was hit, and then the flagman noticed it and waved the yellow. It is unknown who actually hit the button though.

by f1fan12 Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:31 am

Casey Lester wrote:
kensethfan wrote:Timmy Hill, you no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit.

I think my sides imploded when I read this... What the hell...?

Anyway, the race was good. Missed the finish, but Edwards had a great car and deserved to win it.

Is it bad that, that reminded me of this?

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Mon Mar 17, 2014 9:14 am

After a $hit 2013, Ambrose has his first top 5 since the 2012 Bristol night race funnily enough. Bristol is the only oval where he has multiple top 5's. Could be a chance in the fall race. In the a pretty god day for RPM, Almirola gets his career best finish of 3rd.

by Pyrozooka0 Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:10 pm

Return of my awards for this race
Normal Awards:
Bad Driving Award: Timmy Hill
I Got Screwed Award: anyone who had a shot to win before the WTF finish (Kenseth worked his way back up through the field)
Special Award:
"Bristolized Thoroughly" Award: (car that suffers the most insane and severe damage): TIE: Landon Cassil breaking an axle during practice/Alex Bowman's battery falling out

by Nascar9fan Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:51 am

Cynon wrote:Also, Cole Whitt just wrecked himself. In no way is that Danica's fault, even though blaming Danica is the popular thing to do.

But hitting Bowyer in the pits was 100% her fault. Would you give out a penalty if that sought of pit lane contact happened in the Master Cup Cy? Cause I do think she at the very least needs to be fined for that stupidity

by Lucstar88 Tue Mar 18, 2014 1:32 am

Nascar9fan wrote:
Cynon wrote:Also, Cole Whitt just wrecked himself. In no way is that Danica's fault, even though blaming Danica is the popular thing to do.

But hitting Bowyer in the pits was 100% her fault. Would you give out a penalty if that sought of pit lane contact happened in the Master Cup Cy? Cause I do think she at the very least needs to be fined for that stupidity

Reports were she only had 4th gear.... So i don't totally blame Danica.

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