NASCAR thread

[blown03Mach1]

For those that say NASCAR is not to blame, are you saying that NASCAR had zero say in the race moving from Atlanta to Knoxville?

[birdman941]

Pretty much.
If Bruton Smith "owns" the dates,
he can ask for a race at one of his tracks.

[Thunderbolt]

Originally Posted by falcongtho3

I wouldn't blame NASCAR, but whomever owns the track and sets up the traffic control is seriously underestimating their job. We've got a college stadium that handles more people than this track, and does it a dozen times a year. Maybe they should ASK!

That track seats 100,000 but it'a a 1 1/2 mile track. You've got a minimum 10,000+ more in the the infield.

[gvervoren]

Originally Posted by blown03Mach1

For those that say NASCAR is not to blame, are you saying that NASCAR had zero say in the race moving from Atlanta to Knoxville?

So lets say you went to a NFL game and missed the first quarter because of traffic. I bet you wouldn't blame the NFL for it, you would blame either the owners of the stadium or the city officials. NASCAR is not in charge of traffic control around the tracks. That's up to the track owners or the city/State that the track is located in.

[falcongtho3]

I just got an email from MIS about this past weekends fiasco. It's from the president of that speedway and addresses the shortcomings of the planning and execution of an event and how it should be done. It plainly places the blame on the track owners and so it should. NASCAR probabyl should have some oversight, and in the future may do so but what happened falls squarely on the shoulders of Kentucky Speedway.
Autoweek has an online article aobut it as well as an offering from Kentucky to appease fans...
http://www.autoweek.com/article/2011...SCAR/110719976

[falcongtho3]

Originally Posted by Thunderbolt

That track seats 100,000 but it'a a 1 1/2 mile track. You've got a minimum 10,000+ more in the the infield.

I figured the attendance numbers quoted also included the infield estimatation.

[G]

I was happy to finally see the ARMY car win. The truck race was pretty good too. It was nice to see the two guys up front drive each other hard but clean. It says a lot for Austin who is not normally high on my list.

WTH, Ricky Carmichael can't get a break.

[02mach1]

I got to KY Speedway early that day it was wow at 9am until 2am give any a hint leave early,

[falcongtho3]

Sad news for Mustang fans, the new Ford body for the Cup series will be the Fusion, and not the Mustang as was hoped. Ford announced it yesterday. Blah!

[G]

Originally Posted by falcongtho3

Sad news for Mustang fans, the new Ford body for the Cup series will be the Fusion, and not the Mustang as was hoped. Ford announced it yesterday. Blah!

Yep, the 2 door fusion.

The stock car racing business is getting to be a joke.

[falcongtho3]

Originally Posted by G

Yep, the 2 door, RWD, V-8, four speed, fusion.

The stock car racing business is getting to be a joke.

Fixed!

[MAD_MACh1]

Doesn't really matter. The only car in the Busch series that looks close is the Dodge anyway. The Mustang and Craparrow look like hell.

[falcongtho3]

I think the Mustang pulls off the lines pretty well, but the GM is an Impala and the 'Yota is still a Camry. Not sure what the other thing you're talking about is...

[falcongtho3]

Good win by Carl in the Nationwide series, but this was by far the best part of the whole event!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I-f3MK9yTw

Never been so 'moved' by the invocation...

[Big Ron]

Mrs Joe Nelms.....

[birdman941]

Lots of empty seats at Indy.
"We need more toilettas......................"

[falcongtho3]

I was just thinking this should be re-named the 'Empty Seat 400'.

[Thunderbolt]

I knew Menard was due to win. He needed a new team with better equipment, and he's shown just this year how much of a difference that makes. Now he can show people how well he can race.

[birdman941]

Menard had good equipment with RPM, just no racing luck.

[falcongtho3]

OK...tonights N'Wide series finish was one...to see to believe! Carl was second, behind Stenouse...sort...more like sideways...kinda...

[Thunderbolt]

I'm marking my calendar for next May to go to the Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway next year. If they could ever get a Cup race there it would be classic. My parents live 90 miles away.

[02mach1]

best way crossing finsh line side ways lol

[blown03Mach1]

F'n Nut stain Kyle Busch got off light for his speeding. Lost his drivers license for 45 days for doind 128 in a 45 zone and fined $1,000. What would have happend to you or me if we had done that?



What a great ambassador to the sport called NASCAR.....

http://www.nascar.com/news/110823/ky...ing/index.html


From NASCAR's website

STATESVILLE, N.C. -- Kyle Busch had his driver's license suspended for 45 days and was fined $1,000 Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to speeding.

The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, who won Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Michigan, was charged May 24 for speeding and reckless driving for driving 128 mph in a 45-mph zone in a residential area in Mooresville, N.C., according to his citation.

He appeared in N.C. District Court for Iredell County on Tuesday for a hearing that lasted about 35 minutes. He pleaded guilty to driving 128 mph in a 45-mph zone and no contest to careless and reckless driving.

For the speeding guilty plea, Judge H. Thomas Church gave Busch a 30-day suspended jail sentence with a year of unsupervised probation. As long as Busch doesn't violate the law over the next year, he won't have to go to jail.

He had his license suspended for 45 days (with no limited driving privileges), was fined $1,000 and ordered to do 30 hours of community service with the B.R.A.K.E.S. teen safe-driving program. Sentencing for the reckless driving charge was continued, so there will be no penalties for the no contest plea.

Busch, 26, was driving a 2012 Lexus sports car when he was stopped during Charlotte race week. He told Sgt. Chris Stone of the Iredell County Sheriff's office "it's just a toy," according to the citation.

"Obviously I had a lack of judgment and just made a mistake," Busch said two days after being cited. "And I'm sorry for making that mistake. ... Fortunately there was no one hurt, but that doesn't make any kind of an excuse for what happened and for my lack in judgment for what I did."

Busch faced a maximum punishment of up to 60 days in jail and a suspension of a driver's license for up to 12 months for the second-class misdemeanor if he had been convicted of speeding and reckless driving, which he avoided with the no contest plea.

A conviction of reckless driving and speeding results in a license suspension of 60 days by the department of motor vehicles.

Last month, Busch announced he would be taking an active role in the B.R.A.K.E.S teen safe-driving program developed by drag racer Doug Herbert, whose 17-year-old and 12-year-old sons were killed in a January 2008 accident that resulted from speeding.

The Be Responsible And Keep Everyone Safe program teaches teenagers how to handle cars in adverse conditions as well as general safety guidelines for driving.

Busch, through his foundation, has agreed to sponsor 10 days of the safe-driving schools for 300 students, who volunteer to take the course with their parents. He also will participate in some of the sessions.

His role in the program is part of his public service required by Joe Gibbs Racing.

Any other sanctions issued by the team will remain confidential, JGR President J.D. Gibbs said Sunday.

"Doug Herbert, his sons went to my boys' school," Gibbs said. "And so it was just, for me, it just made sense because he could use the extra exposure anyway. Kyle gets that.

"We told Kyle he could pick whatever he wanted to do, he didn't have to [do Herbert's program]. I think it's going to be good for him to be a part of. The rest of the stuff, we'll probably keep some of it confidential and hopefully we can move on."


He is such an azz clown, but a good driver...

[birdman941]

Kyle Busch, flash in the bedpan.
Nothing but a turd.

[blown03Mach1]

With Danica coming to NASCAR, she said her Sprint Car number is still undecided.

I was thinking she should go with the number 69. She also should look at a Victoria Secrets sponsorship. Imagine a car that has what looks like a bra over the front of the car and a t-back running over the trunk.....

Now imagine the Victoria Secrets sales trailers at the track for all the lady's and guys and the money to be made there.... Checkered teddies, Sunoco labeled panties, bra's with strategically placed goodyear tires.....


Marketing genius I am. Lol