Racing Discussion Thread

Reed would be even closer to the lead had Allgaier not wrecked him at Chicago, lol.
Pretty fucking dumb move. I suppose they'll move Carmichael up to Nationwide because he has sponsorship.

Talladega is offering $100K to whoever leads the race in most lead changes IF the race gets 100 lead changes or more. Might make for an interesting race.

I don't like it when there are so many lead changes you know, if my favorite, if my favorite he's Casey Mears, if he was leading, if he were in that lead like he done was at the Coke 600 and that one time in Watkins Bend, and of course when he won all four of them Indy 500s with Roger Chesney, if that was Mearsy up there, I'd not want to know the suspends that there could be a big ol' pass on him cuz I just want him to stay up there and win well, he didn't win at Watkins Bend, he led, then Brennan Gong led, then I think Robby Gorton or Tony Steward won, somethin real funny like that, in their, orange, cars. So I hope they don't get 100 lead changes unless the 100th is Casey Mears passin "Pistol Pete" Mike "The Gun Broker" Skinner's locked-and-loaded Big Red Toyota and Townsend Alexander Graham "T.J." Bell in his Lean Green Smokin Machine Green Smoke Chevrolet. Mike's gonna broker the guns and Bobby Stavolabonte's big ol' BL Marketing gonna broker the sponsors to us fellas. LET'S GO RAZZZZIN BOYS.

lol

Looks like Jamie Whincup (the JJ48 of V8 Supercars) is thinking about moving over to NASCAR at the end of the season, if he does it right and can do well on ovals, we'll have some trouble lmao.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/motor-sport/v8-supercars-star-jamie-whincup-reveals-nascar-dream-on-eve-of-bathurst-1000/story-e6frepn6-1226162046871

NASCARGearHead wrote:

Looks like Jamie Whincup (the JJ48 of V8 Supercars) is thinking about moving over to NASCAR at the end of the season, if he does it right and can do well on ovals, we'll have some trouble lmao.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/motor-sport/v8-supercars-star-jamie-whincup-reveals-nascar-dream-on-eve-of-bathurst-1000/story-e6frepn6-1226162046871

If he makes that switch, he has the talent to make it here. On his best days, very few, in any sport, can be as dominant as Whincup. I will definitely keep an eye on this decision.

Btw, trucks may be going back to road course racing next year!!!
http://www.motorracingnetwork.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2011/10/Kansas-Rear-View-Mirror.aspx

Looks liek Reed Sorenson will be in the #82 for the rest of the year. No sponsor listed this week, though.

A few bits of racing news:

-Dan Wheldon will be replacing Danica at Andretti Autosport.


-Mike Shank Racing will be joining Indycar next year using the Lotus engine.



-Superleague Formula has cancelled the Asian Rounds for this season. The season is now complete after 1 round. Your 2011 champion is Team Australia with John Martin driving.

-Toyota will be entering Le Mans next season with an LMP1.

I also heard HVM Racing and Simona are using Lotus engines next year.

Good move on Andretti picking up Dan Wheldon, at least the ride goes to a driver who deserves one!

I am thinking the Lotus/Judd engine is gonna be used mainly by newer and smaller teams, so it might be a cheaper engine.

Sinica Motorsports has hired Grant Enfinger to drive their car for 10-15 races. They will get a batch of cars for RCR and will be announcing a 2nd driver to run their car the rest of the season. Only hint is that its a driver that has not raced in awhile. Likely Bill Elliott or Sterling Marlin.

Okay... sure... Hire an ARCA driver AND someone who hasn't driven a car in a while... smart call...

I like Grant Enfinger, but I really don't think that's the best move right now. This will be like Dexter Bean, he jumped to Cup from ARCA and now look at where he is. No where to be found.

Enfinger is much higher up in the totem pole than Dexter Bean ever was, but it still doesn't change the fact that he's going from ARCA to Cup.

racemaxx31 wrote:

Enfinger is much higher up in the totem pole than Dexter Bean ever was, but it still doesn't change the fact that he's going from ARCA to Cup.

Yeah I know, but Dexter was just an example of why that shouldn't be done lol

Boy, Grant Emblinger, he's, wow, does he look suave in that formal wear.

lol he said suave

Toyota will be running a LMP1 Hybrid in the 24 hours of lemans and other world endurance races for 2012.

Also Steve Addington is rumored to not return to the 22 in cup for next season.

Pending they all qualify, all 4 RWR cars will run the full race at Homestead. (Chapman, Carter, and Long.)

Major sponsorship deal coming for that race?

No, just gonna let the go for one race.

TIMMY WILL HAVE THE FR9 FOR TEXAS <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

racemaxx31 wrote:

TIMMY WILL HAVE THE FR9 FOR TEXAS <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

YES! ABOUT DAMN TIME!

Any chance Andy Ponstein coulr run/park anything for Ware and let Carl conecntrate on the whole "competition director" thing?

No idea. Pretty sure him running Michigan was because they needed someone and he was local.