NASCAR Cup & Trucks at Talladega

Kyle Busch just got wrecked. Oh wow...

Kyle is done like dinner.

Kyle's hopes died...

it will take a lot to unseat Austin Dillon from ROTR

Kyle back out, I think if he finishes he will pass three cars. He should be safe IF the #48, #2 or #88 don't win.

Who DIDN'T see that caution coming with everyone coming into pit road at once?

This will be bad... on this restart.

That yellow was not necessary, IMO. :/

This is when it gets fun.

Dream is over

Why did I have him advancing out of the round of 16 again?

gj spedbiffle

this couldn't have happened to a more less deserving person.

THIS FINISH!!!!!!!!!

Brad showing how he's a title contender not like Hamlin/Kenseth!

Mixed feels, Keselowski wins, but Jimmie is Eliminated.

Welp, Jrrr is out, but so is Jimmie, so that balances it out.

I had chills during those last few laps, and at the finish, drivers were going five wide at the line. How they didn't wreck after the checkered is beyond me, but great job by everyone. And good win by Kez, putting himself back into championship contention.

The Geico 500 at Talladega gets a solid 7.5/10.

Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Jr. all fail to advance. Course Keselowski moves on thanks to this system but oh well.

Memoriesallbutdone wrote:Kyle Busch, Kasey Kahne, Jimmie Johnson, and Dale Jr. all fail to advance. Course Keselowski moves on thanks to this system but oh well.

The format sucks major ass. I've been against it since day one.

Fans can't do jack because Brian France is a power hungry B******. Never will listen to the fans. Sad for the sport.

*BILL FRANCE JR* MUST BE ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE

YFW you realize Brad probably won because of that BS debris call. That allowed him to hook up with Joey and pretty much put him outfront.

People being upset over Junior not making it is understandable. But I just find it kind of funny how people are upset over Brad K. winning.

I really want Matt Kenseth or Ryan Newman to win the title without having won a race just as a massive "SCREW YOU" to this asinine Chase format. And as it stands, they've made it through two rounds of the Chase. Though Jeff Gordon winning his fifth title would be nice, too.

But most importantly: FREE BLOOMIN' ONIONS TOMORROW WOOOOOOOOOO!

Cassill finishes 4th, his first top five and first top ten in 147 career starts, while Kvapil finishes 6th, his first top ten in two years.

flyingturns89 wrote:Cassill finishes 4th, his first top five and first top ten in 117 career starts, while Kvapil finishes 6th, his first top ten in two years.

HELL YEAH CIRCLE SPORT

Casey Lester wrote:

flyingturns89 wrote:Cassill finishes 4th, his first top five and first top ten in 117 career starts, while Kvapil finishes 6th, his first top ten in two years.

HELL YEAH CIRCLE SPORT

Great for Landon. Too bad people keep giving the wife beater rides.

Was rooting for Gallagher in the Truck Series race, I believe that he was in 10th or 11th, if I recall correctly, in turn 4 on the final lap.

Watching him charge around all but two of the trucks that were in front of him (and coming inches from passing another, as well) to finish in 3rd was great!

Ryan Newman was caught with his rear end to low apparently.

NeverNeutral wrote:

Casey Lester wrote:

flyingturns89 wrote:Cassill finishes 4th, his first top five and first top ten in 117 career starts, while Kvapil finishes 6th, his first top ten in two years.

HELL YEAH CIRCLE SPORT

Great for Landon. Too bad people keep giving the wife beater rides.

Could be worse, they originally were gonna put David Stremme in the car D:

I have a feeling I'm going to piss off the Junior fans on here, but here we go.

This Tweet from Craven is fucking laughable:

https://twitter.com/RickyCravenESPN/status/523979147044204544

This response after Dave Moody quoted Craven's original Tweet is even dumber:

https://twitter.com/NITROMAN_88/status/523980441586778113

Mark Martin is a far superior driver to Junior. He finished second in points five times; Junior's never finished second in points. It's a bad comparison.

Also, Junior admitted to Marty Smith in a pre-race interview that he got lazy and rested on his last name for a while (although, those could be excuses). Being lazy is not the mark of greatness in any form of life. In fact, it's the opposite.

I've been thinking about something the last few days: if Junior ends up in the NASCAR HOF someday, then Davey Allison belongs there, too. Allison won one race every year from '87 to '93, and fumbled away what should've been his Winston Cup in '92 (though, that was thanks to Ernie Irvan). Junior's never had the Cup in his hands in the final race of the season.

Compared to Ricky Craven, Junior is great. Compared to everyone else? Hell, no. To paraphrase someone I follow on Twitter, Ricky Craven be on that bullshit.

Rant over.

Junior is a good driver.. Not great. He does have 2 nationwide titles. I hope he does win a title but this may of been his best chance. Mark is better, but dale was just more liked. Dale likely will go in the HoF, due to his name/likability. Junior won't get in first try. It will take him some years. Same for Allison.

Mother of Invention wrote:Ryan Newman was caught with his rear end to low apparently.

This is apparently a "P3" penalty, which means a loss of 15 points, but since he's safely ahead of Khane by 27 he's not goin anywhere.

I'm just wondering how they made it to the finish without wrecking.

While I'm a fan of Kes, I'm kind of meh about his win, though I won't deny that he's one of the men to beat in terms of the championship.

Tony Stewart wrecked in the tri-oval coming to white.

Bah, I was hoping Newman was going to hang on for that one. Oh well.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time in Jimmie's career's that he won't finish in the top 8 in the standings. If so, that's quite a run.

Watched on a 12 hour delay. Alright race.

Kez saving his title hopes in the last. Pretty cool.

I seriously thought this race would be a wreckfest due to being the elimination one, but it was one of the nicest races that in Talladega in some time, at least for me.

I feel really bad for Jr., Annett and Menard when they were caught by that wreck.

JMac525 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time in Jimmie's career's that he won't finish in the top 8 in the standings. If so, that's quite a run.

Once eliminated, the Chase drivers revert to 2000 points plus however many they've earned, no matter what round they are eliminated in. Johnson and the other eliminated Chasers can finish as high as fifth, and as low as 16th. Right now he is 11th, behind only Kyle Busch and AJ Allmendinger, as well as the eight drivers still in the Chase.

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:Tony Stewart wrecked in the tri-oval coming to white.

Blew a tyre at the start of the tri-oval and front end got destroyed from the grass, his car ended up next to the pit wall

flyingturns89 wrote:

JMac525 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time in Jimmie's career's that he won't finish in the top 8 in the standings. If so, that's quite a run.

Once eliminated, the Chase drivers revert to 2000 points plus however many they've earned, no matter what round they are eliminated in. Johnson and the other eliminated Chasers can finish as high as fifth, and as low as 16th. Right now he is 11th, behind only Kyle Busch and AJ Allmendinger, as well as the eight drivers still in the Chase.

But to answer JMac's question, his worst finish in points I believe is 5th (2002, 2005). Might have to check that because I can't recall where he finished in 2011.

As much as I thought that was a pretty tense race to watch, it still has my disappointing points to it. My favourite driver's Alex Bowman and Dale Jr getting taken out in wreck that really weren't their faults.I'm honestly not 100% happy that Keselowski won as well, I know that he has the most wins this season in Cup than anyone else and that's a pretty good achievement for him, but I still don't like him after what happened the previous week at Charlotte.

day500champ1 wrote:

flyingturns89 wrote:

JMac525 wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is the first time in Jimmie's career's that he won't finish in the top 8 in the standings. If so, that's quite a run.

Once eliminated, the Chase drivers revert to 2000 points plus however many they've earned, no matter what round they are eliminated in. Johnson and the other eliminated Chasers can finish as high as fifth, and as low as 16th. Right now he is 11th, behind only Kyle Busch and AJ Allmendinger, as well as the eight drivers still in the Chase.

But to answer JMac's question, his worst finish in points I believe is 5th (2002, 2005). Might have to check that because I can't recall where he finished in 2011.

Jimmie's worst points finish was 6th in 2011.

Stupid points system aside (seriously, two of the best teams all year are completely wiped from contention because of how they did in two or three races?), this was actually a really, really good race!

Jimmie Johnson is the new Duke of Bracket Busters.

Ryan Newman is the new Butler of Bracket Busters.

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:Tony Stewart wrecked in the tri-oval coming to white.

Blew a tyre at the start of the tri-oval and front end got destroyed from the grass, his car ended up next to the pit wall

Geez, I thought ESPN forgot about Kenseth at risk of falling out of the Chase. Here's something else they missed.

By the way, since Greg Biffle single-handedly pissed off Junior Nation yesterday, here's a thought: How hasn't he obtained a universal reputation as a wrecker yet? Seriously, he was doing shit like that twelve years ago. Ask Kevin Harvick.

Biffle's usually too anonymous to have a reputation for anything.

NeverNeutral wrote:Biffle's usually too anonymous to have a reputation for anything.

Biffle's... Biffle.

He's just.... Biffle.

Liam O'Brian wrote:

NeverNeutral wrote:Biffle's usually too anonymous to have a reputation for anything.

Biffle's... Biffle.

He's just.... Biffle.

This is the most accurate thing i've ever seen.

Liam O'Brian wrote:

NeverNeutral wrote:Biffle's usually too anonymous to have a reputation for anything.

Biffle's... Biffle.

He's just.... Biffle.

Me and pennst24 are the only two people I can think of on the top of my head that really dislike Biffle. I agree with kensethfan on this one. All he's really ever done is wreck people.

Ben Atkins wrote:

Liam O'Brian wrote:

NeverNeutral wrote:Biffle's usually too anonymous to have a reputation for anything.

Biffle's... Biffle.

He's just.... Biffle.

Me and pennst24 are the only two people I can think of on the top of my head that really dislike Biffle. I agree with kensethfan on this one. All he's really ever done is wreck people.

And be a little scaredy cat.