NASCAR at Michigan & Mid-Ohio

by bigdc48 Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:28 pm

Sprint Cup and Trucks are in the Irish Hills of Michigan at the fast Michigan Int'l Speedway. Nationwide, however, will be at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for the 2nd time ever.

The Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series were at Watkins Glen, which was overshadowed by the tragic events in Upstate New York that involved Tony Stewart hitting Kevin Ward Jr., with his injuries being fatal. Both races turned out to be awesome with Marcos Ambrose winning the NNS race and AJ Allmendinger breaking through to his first Cup win.

Trucks were last seen in Pocono where Austin Dillon gave Chevrolet their 1st win of 2014 in Trucks competition.

Entry Lists

Cup Entry: http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2014/story/_/page/23-Michigan-2014-Entry-List

Nationwide Entry: http://www.jayski.com/news/nationwide/2014/story/_/page/NNS-2014-22-Mid-Ohio-Entry-List

Truck Entry: http://www.jayski.com/news/campingworld/2014/story/_/page/2014cts12michigan-entry

by **Syzygy** Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:57 pm

I will be at Mid-Ohio Friday and Saturday! NASCAR at Michigan & Mid-Ohio 215644238

by Alta Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:30 pm

28 on the truck list, we're reaching ARCA levels now.

Hyped for Mid-Ohio though.

by pennst24 Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:14 pm

NASCAR will be testing two different potential 2015 rules packages at MIS this week. The first will involve a larger spoiler and reduced horsepower, while the other will involve 30% less downforce than current cars and softer compound tires. Could be huge for the direction of the sport.

by Vincent Giacalone Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:38 pm

pennst24 wrote:NASCAR will be testing two different potential 2015 rules packages at MIS this week. The first will involve a larger spoiler and reduced horsepower, while the other will involve 30% less downforce than current cars and softer compound tires. Could be huge for the direction of the sport.

Wait, LARGER spoilers? As if they hadn't already hit the spoiler event horizon with this year's cars.

Excited for everything else, though.

by PackerMan71 Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:25 pm

BurningThunder wrote:I will be at Mid-Ohio Friday and Saturday!

Lucky bastard. Razz

by RealRacer4 Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:47 pm

It would seem to make more sense if they just take away downforce and make the tires softer. Granted, there have been more tires grenading than in the last couple of races, but I think it could make the racing better going that route, IMO.

by RACECAR Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:08 am

Two pieces of interesting news:

-3M is Leaving Greg Biffle and will be on Jeff Gordon's car for 11 races in 2015
-Nationwide is leaving Ricky Stenhouse Jr and will be Dale Jr's Primary sponsor for a majority of the season

So not only does it look like Roush is losing Edwards, but he's losing more sponsors as well. I'm beginning to think its gonna be abit hard for them to field three cars. Advocare is the only one that hasn't left and as far as I can tell, thats the only secure primery sponsor for one of their cars in 2015.

by Backmarker Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:16 am

Fastenal is staying with the team to sponsor Stenhouse.

by PYLrulz Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:17 am

pennst24 wrote:NASCAR will be testing two different potential 2015 rules packages at MIS this week. The first will involve a larger spoiler and reduced horsepower, while the other will involve 30% less downforce than current cars and softer compound tires. Could be huge for the direction of the sport.

I'm down for less downforce. Could mean actual racing, rather than get behind a car, and not be able to pass anyone at all because the car needs downforce, and isn't getting it

by Lucstar88 Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:23 pm

RTA just got bigger
BK Racing
Circle Sport
Front Row
Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
Germain Racing
Go Green / FAS Lane
Hendrick Motorsports
HScott Motorsports
Joe Gibbs Racing
JTG Racing
Michael Waltrip Racing
Phil Parsons Racing
Richard Childress Racing
Richard Petty Motorsports
Roush Fenway Racing
Stewart-Haas Racing
Team Penske
Tommy Baldwin Racing

by Backmarker Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:26 pm

That's every full-time team except for Hillman (unless they're considered part of Circle Sport), Identity Ventures, and Furniture Row.

by bsoyuz Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:26 pm

NeverNeutral wrote:except for Hillman (unless they're considered part of Circle Sport), Identity Ventures, and Furniture Row.

Okay, these are the guys that won't be banned. Razz

But seriously, I think that is going to take some time to this association to do something.

by RACECAR Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:51 pm

Some more news (one of which is unfortunate):

- Martin Truex Jr will miss practice and qualifying on Friday to be with his girlfriend who was just diagnosed with cancer.

- Still no timetable for Stewart's decision on whether or not he will race this weekend.

- Wood Brothers are going to be announcing their 2015 plans tomorrow.

- The #4 team was fined $25K for the weight that was left in the car at the beginning of the race on Sunday. #98 team was warned about improperly adding/removing fuel from the car in the garage area (they were doing it inside the garage structure when it's suppose to be done outside of it).

by Mother of Invention Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:30 am

I thought the #21 teams plans were finalized already?

by Backmarker Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:13 am

Mother of Invention wrote:I thought the #21 teams plans were finalized already?

Not sure, Penske denied the Blaney rumor.

by RACECAR Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:54 pm

Wood Brothers enters technical alliance with Penske Racing

http://woodbrothersracing.com/?p=5147

by bigdc48 Thu Aug 14, 2014 5:57 pm

It's official. Stewart out. Jeff Burton in the #14 at Michigan.

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/14/tony-stewart-will-not-race-at-michigan-jeff-burton.html

by bsoyuz Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:24 pm

bigdc48 wrote:It's official. Stewart out. Jeff Burton in the #14 at Michigan.

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/14/tony-stewart-will-not-race-at-michigan-jeff-burton.html

Oh, I wanted Labonte, still, Burton is a good choice to the #14, since he'll probably not wreck early in the race

by BWard Thu Aug 14, 2014 7:28 pm

bigdc48 wrote:It's official. Stewart out. Jeff Burton in the #14 at Michigan.

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/14/tony-stewart-will-not-race-at-michigan-jeff-burton.html

Ah, nice to see Burton back behind the wheel again. As for Stewart, I honestly don't think he'll be back Racing anytime soon regarding the situation he's in right now.

by bigdc48 Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:16 am

NASCAR makes a significant change. IMO, it's safety first, but what about driver confrontation?

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/15/robin-pemberton-nascar-incident-rule-change.html

by **Cynon** Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:15 pm

bigdc48 wrote:NASCAR makes a significant change. IMO, it's safety first, but what about driver confrontation?

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/15/robin-pemberton-nascar-incident-rule-change.html

TL;DR

Thou shalt not wipeth thy own anus without track worker permission.

Dumb rule, people in NASCAR know better anyways.

by Alta Fri Aug 15, 2014 12:22 pm

bigdc48 wrote:NASCAR makes a significant change. IMO, it's safety first, but what about driver confrontation?

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/15/robin-pemberton-nascar-incident-rule-change.html

Honestly will lead to more of those in the pit type shouting matches/brawls in the post race.

I personally don't see the rule being too big of a deal and i think people won't really notice it after a while, only thing it takes away is the helmet throwing/25K fine challenge.

by PackerMan71 Fri Aug 15, 2014 2:24 pm

bigdc48 wrote:NASCAR makes a significant change. IMO, it's safety first, but what about driver confrontation?

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2014/8/15/robin-pemberton-nascar-incident-rule-change.html

Can't say I'm surprised this happened.

by **Ben Atkins** Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:02 pm

You might recognise someone in a certain Todd Bodine tweet...

https://twitter.com/Team_Onion/status/500367511448453120

by Sparkz47 Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:05 pm

Cynon wrote:TL;DR

Thou shalt not wipeth thy own anus without track worker permission.

Dumb rule, people in NASCAR know better anyways.

THANK YOU

They're big boys, they don't have to be herded around like preschoolers. This past incident is the only time I've ever heard of anything bad coming out of a driver being on the race track, even when confrontation is involved.

by PackerMan71 Fri Aug 15, 2014 4:40 pm

Sparkz47 wrote:
Cynon wrote:TL;DR

Thou shalt not wipeth thy own anus without track worker permission.

Dumb rule, people in NASCAR know better anyways.

THANK YOU

They're big boys, they don't have to be herded around like preschoolers. This past incident is the only time I've ever heard of anything bad coming out of a driver being on the race track, even when confrontation is involved.

What else do you expect? It's another knee jerk reaction from NASCAR.

by **Cynon** Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:24 pm

Ben Atkins wrote:You might recognise someone in a certain Todd Bodine tweet...

https://twitter.com/Team_Onion/status/500367511448453120

I'll let him recount his experiences here later, but I'm very jealous now. Very Happy

by BWard Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:40 pm

So, it seems that we have had the Lap record for NASCAR at Michigan broken 3 times in the 3 Qualifying Sessions today.

by PackerMan71 Fri Aug 15, 2014 5:58 pm

Cynon wrote:
Ben Atkins wrote:You might recognise someone in a certain Todd Bodine tweet...

https://twitter.com/Team_Onion/status/500367511448453120

I'll let him recount his experiences here later, but I'm very jealous now.

Would that be a full of shit statement? Razz

by Backmarker Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:14 pm

PackerMan71 wrote:
Cynon wrote:
Ben Atkins wrote:You might recognise someone in a certain Todd Bodine tweet...

https://twitter.com/Team_Onion/status/500367511448453120

I'll let him recount his experiences here later, but I'm very jealous now.

Would that be a full of shit statement?

If anyone's jealous, it's probably Alta. Razz

by gone-sovereign Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:36 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:So, it seems that we have had the Lap record for NASCAR at Michigan broken 3 times in the 3 Qualifying Sessions today.

Where's Mike Joy when you need him to shout, "NEW! TRACK! RECORD!" Razz

by Alta Fri Aug 15, 2014 9:18 pm

NeverNeutral wrote:
PackerMan71 wrote:
Cynon wrote:
Ben Atkins wrote:You might recognise someone in a certain Todd Bodine tweet...

https://twitter.com/Team_Onion/status/500367511448453120

I'll let him recount his experiences here later, but I'm very jealous now.

Would that be a full of shit statement?
If anyone's jealous, it's probably Alta.

I hate Bodine though.

Cool for Mike tho.

by Backmarker Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:45 am

Spoiler:

by Memoriesallbutdone Sat Aug 16, 2014 11:55 am

NeverNeutral wrote:
Spoiler:

Wow....

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:57 pm

Damnit, poor Kvapil.

by RACECAR Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:17 pm

Straight from the Truck race:

Johnny Sauter will sub for Ryan Truex in Tomorrow's race at Michigan.

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:27 pm

Ryan Truex suffered a big crash in Turn 2 during Saturday morning Practice for tomorrow's Cup Race and has been suffering from shoulder pain and a headache, therefore will sit out the Race.

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:06 pm

Good win Johnny Sauter.

by bigdc48 Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:09 pm

Congrats Sauter. BTW, this was the fastest race in NCWTS history.

Ready for Mid-Ohio up next.

by Lucstar88 Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:25 pm

my MRN died and i missed the last 20ish laps
GW Sauter, also blew that engine while celebrating lol

by RACECAR Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:08 pm

Apparently, BK Racing were originally going to have Johnny Sauter (or Matt Crafton) in the seat of the 83, but neither fit the seat so its been announced that JJ Yeley will instead sub for Ryan Truex.

Also, Green flag for the Nationwide Race at Mid-Ohio.

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:04 pm

It must be me, or I see rain on the way to Mid-Ohio.

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 4:17 pm

Well that just happened.

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:16 pm

Poor Jeff Green, had such a great run until then.

by oxymoron Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:36 pm

Come on Chris!

by BWard Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:46 pm

HELL YEAH CHRIS BUESCHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by bigdc48 Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:47 pm

Hell Yeah Chris Buescher!!!

by gone-sovereign Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:54 pm

That was an interesting race. Chris Buescher and his team were teasing everyone by making it seem like they weren't going to make it on fuel right at the end there. Good win Buescher. Smile

by Alta Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:55 pm

Chris Buescher with the win at Mid-Ohio. Kind of surprised...Didn't have him pegged for a win just yet but had been making a turn on the kid. Awesome job by Buescher.

Brian Scott's win has to come soon, the dude has been really fast and just has trouble closing the thing out, sucks that Tag decided to divebomb him Logano-style there.

Smith actually gets ahead of Elliott for once in on-track pace. He needs more of those runs to keep the title hunt alive.

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