Racing Discussion Thread

Those look nice!

http://autos.yahoo.com/news/how-woman-survived-brutal-formula-one-crash.html
That MRI of her skull...wow

That's insane.....

Looking like SHR will have Harvick in 2014 as a 4 car team or in the current #39 ride if Newman does something else. I wonder if Budweiser will follow?

Seabass is back at Dragon for 2013

IndyCar.com wrote:

Sebastien Bourdais will return to Dragon Racing in 2013 after the team announced it has renewed the contract of the four-time Champ Car World Series champion on Nov. 9.

The Frenchman will return to the team owned by Jay Penske after showing the pairing showed potential for success after the team changed to Chevrolet engines days before the Indianapolis 500.

“It’s a privilege to have Seb once again piloting the Number 7 Dragon Racing entry,” Penske said. “2012 was a challenge for us on so many levels, but despite that, towards the end of last season we demonstrated that with the right equipment and strategy, Dragon Racing is a force to be reckoned with. I am truly excited about what can be achieved this coming season and with Seb at the wheel – the best is yet to come."

Bourdais, who scored the only top-10 finish for a Lotus-powered car in 2012, qualifed in the top-10 five times in six road races following Indianapolis. He scored a season-best finish of fourth at Mid-Ohio.

“It is with great pleasure and excitement that I will return for a second season at the wheel of the Dragon Racing/McAfee/Chevy entry,” he said. “To kick things off that early is a great boost for 2013 after all the obstacles we had to go through in 2012. With the stability of the staff, the sponsors and the experience we amassed this year, I am very confident we can achieve great results next season.”

Dragon Racing expects to make several personnel and sponsorship announcements in the next few months as it prepares for the first race of the 2013 season.

NCWTS Schedule to be released Wednesday!

@truckpits | Ray Dunlap wrote:

In 2002 NASCAR set a min age for driving in the ncwts at 18. That will soon change. Watch for details next week.

@truckpits| Ray Dunlap wrote:

RT @TysonLaut49 @truckpits should we expect to see the minimum driving age to lower? - YES. -1.1 mile tracks and smaller only. (I like it)

BRB

Probably minimum age will be set to 16. Might be a way to get Chase Elliott in the trucks now that Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson are both there lol

Jeff Gordon was found to be in violation of Sections 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing) -- altercation with another competitor on the race track during the race -- and has been fined $100,000, docked 25 championship driver points and put on probation until Dec. 31. Rick Hendrick, owner of the No. 24 car, also has also been penalized with the loss of 25 championship owner points. Alan Gustafson, crew chief of the No. 24 car, was found to be in violation of Section 9-4A (at all events, crew chief assumes responsibility of his driver, car owner and team members) and has been placed on probation until Dec. 31.

Brian Pattie, crew chief of the No. 15 car, violated Sections 12-1 and 9-4A and has been fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31.

Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 car, has been fined $25,000 and placed on probation until Dec. 31 for violating Sections 12-1 and 20-6.7A (cars and drivers will not be permitted to carry onboard computers, automated electronic recording devices, electronically actuated devices, power distribution modules, power conditioners, micro-processors, recording devices, electronic digital memory chips, traction control devices, digital readout gauges and the like, even if inoperable or incomplete). Keselowski had a cell phone in his race car.

Okay then NASCAR. Ok at Daytona? LOLNOPE. Just freaking stupid! One thing NASCAR needs to do. Post the full rulebook(and UP TO DATE!) on their website for all series!

Edit #1: Just forgot many current traction control devices are operated by bluetooth/cellular phone anymore..... I understand NASCAR's decision from that point. I don't think Keselowski is doing that at all though!

Edit #2:

ESPN/Steve O'Donnell of NASCAR on 10/29/2012 wrote:

How important was Brad Keselowski’s tweeting during the crash delay of the Daytona 500 in formulating NASCAR’s overall social media strategy and why didn’t NASCAR punish him for it?

Edit #3: NASCAR made rule 20-6.7A after Richmond that smartphones would be not allowed after that it could be used to control the ECU as well as be a device to activate a traction control device as said in Edit #1 if the phone is bluetooth type phone.

"I think a lot of it was seeing the reaction from race fans. He’s a champion of social media and one of the guys the fans have come to like and we like what he’s doing in that space. Our ultimate goal is to bring people into the drivers’ seat during the event as possible -- show them what’s going on and give them access. There are always challenges that may creep in as to what does or does not create a competitive advantage for one team. We don’t want to upset that balance, but the more information we can bring to the race fans that we can, we will. We’ve got to do it in a smart way."

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/trending/post/_/id/10227/nascar-vp-talks-about-social-media

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So Trucks at Eldora and Nationwide at Mid-Ohio? HELL YEAH! 2 races in Ohio! I was crossing my fingers for Trucks at Toledo, but Eldora....dude! If I can go!

@truckpits wrote:

RT @spartanspitza96 @truckpits Mosport, Eldora... Any other new venues? Or at least give us hints? - short track in the carolina's !

Hmmmm..... Most likely Myrtle Beach or the others that have been rumored.

Anyone else glad to see this? LMP2 car at Daytona testing for the 2014 combined series (Notice the Continental Tire)

http://ow.ly/i/17EVU

Nationwide schedule sucks! Indianapolis and the one of the dates at Chicagoland and Kentucky can GTFO! Mid-Ohio will be interesting. Sucks that they couldn't get a deal done for the Canadian fans but most likely will have Mosport on the Truck schedule though.

NASCAR Nationwide Series | 2013 Schedule
1 - 2/23/2013 - Daytona International Speedway
2 - 3/2/2013 - Phoenix International Raceway
3 - 3/9/2013 - Las Vegas Motor Speedway
4 - 3/16/2013 - Bristol Motor Speedway
5 - 3/23/2013 - Auto Club Speedway
6 - 4/12/2013 - Texas Motor Speedway
7 - 4/26/2013 - Richmond International Raceway
8 - 5/4/2013 - Talladega Superspeedway
9 - 5/10/2013 - Darlington Raceway
10 - 5/25/2013 - Charlotte Motor Speedway
11 - 6/1/2013 - Dover International Speedway
12 - 6/8/2013 - Iowa Speedway
13 - 6/15/2013 - Michigan International Speedway
14 - 6/22/2013 - Road America
15 - 6/28/2013 - Kentucky Speedway
16 - 7/5/2013 - Daytona International Speedway
17 - 7/13/2013 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway
18 - 7/21/2013 - Chicagoland Speedway
19 - 7/27/2013 - Indianapolis Motor Speedway
20 - 8/3/2013 - Iowa Speedway
21 - 8/10/2013 - Watkins Glen International
22 - 8/17/2013 - Mid Ohio Sports Car Course
23 - 8/23/2013 - Bristol Motor Speedway
24 - 8/31/2013 - Atlanta Motor Speedway
25 - 9/6/2013 - Richmond International Raceway
26 - 9/14/2013 - Chicagoland Speedway
27 - 9/21/2013 - Kentucky Speedway
28 - 9/28/2013 - Dover International Speedway
29 - 10/5/2013 - Kansas Speedway
30 - 10/11/2013 - Charlotte Motor Speedway
31 - 11/2/2013 - Texas Motor Speedway
32 - 11/9/2013 - Phoenix International Raceway
33 - 11/16/2013 - Homestead Miami Speedway

Pretty much the same as this year.

bakes991 wrote:

Pretty much the same as this year.

Yep, hopefully they can get the dates at Chicagoland(July), Indianapolis and Kentucky(Sep.) to GTFO in 2014. Mid-Ohio should be a good one though.

The LMP2 car was only about half a second faster than the DP on the crappy Continental Tires. On its normal tires it would probably be 5-7 seconds faster.

mid ohio was the last track I wanted to see added, that track is boring as hell in Indycar and grand am, hopefully stock cars will be better...

Mosport has been officially announced for Trucks in 2013! Will be on the same weekend as the Atlanta NSCS race. http://www.canadiantiremotorsportpark.com/news/65-news/580-canadian-tire-motorsport-park-to-host-first-canadian-race-in-the-nascar-camping-world-truck-series

I think the new layout for the sprint cup cars is very ugly...Sponsor on the roof...No. I get other series do it, but this just looks like a failed attempt.

Not gonna say much about it until I actually see the schemes with the sponsor on the roof, if it's done right it'll look good. If not, I'm sure it will be tweaked.

The drivers name across the windshield is pretty sick though.

Love the names across the windshield. Speaking of which


As far as the sponsors across the roof. The way they are doing it looks like shat so far. Cool idea though, if it gets more sponsors in the sport, i am all for it! If it was me, i personally like how some of the drivers at Bowman Gray do it in the modifieds.