Racing Thread

Lap 149 - Tony leading.....loving the Race Buddy view

 

Yeah, I finally found it

now the race is in rain delay with 17 laps to go,,,,it's over

Tony's gonna end up 13th, all cuz of some tires

YEP,

 

Lame rain......darn those Busch brothers!

 

First thumbnail: Loudon Results
Second thumbnail: Current Sprint Cup Points Standings
Reason for posting:

Retaliation: Expected :-D

 

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No, no, musksnipe, it's OK, it just proves that today, the only way to stop TONY, was to stop the race :-D

Now, I mentioned at the beginning of this thread that MOTO GP was my favorite, well, thanks to the wonders of the web, I can enjoy it, won't bother with all the details, just a clip,,,

This is the "redbull rookie series", all riders are on identical rides, 250 cc's, and all are kids, you'll see at the end on the podium, they are 13-15 yrs old, watch,,,full screen for the best view

http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2008/Red+Bull+MotoGP+Rookies+Cup+Assen

 

Sunday, July 6th, FOX Network, 10 am PST/ 1pm EST Formula 1,

 

@ dnnyo right on top of it huh?

I'll leave the F1 news to Halo but, the nascar news is mine

This weekend is the "Coke Zero 400" at DAYTONA, oh, yeah!

here's some of the news of the week,

It's not looking good for Truex and DEI, his cup car was impounded for repeatedly failing pre race tech inspections, NASCAR is shipping the car off for further inspections to determine penalties, but with him in 14th in the points and in a back up car, the penalties, if stiff enough, could put him out of contention for the chase
Here's the details http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/hea....fails.practice.inspection.daytona/index.html

Bad news for Franchitti a lack of sponsership means Ganassi is dropping the 40 car, effective immediatly, story here, http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/07/01/dfranchitti.cganassi.two.teams/index.html

and finally, so much for my predictions, (at least for now), it seems the new driver next season, of the #5 Hendricks car will be, none other than, drumroll please,,,,,,,Mark Martin.
So much for MY dreamteam :cry Story here, http://www.nascar.com/2008/news/headlines/cup/07/01/mmartin.hendrick/index.html

INDY CARS The Indy cars are at Watkins Glen, July 6th, 3:30 pm EST on ABC

 

Mark Martin signs two year deal with Hendricks!!!! :hyper
All I can say is COOL

Sorry about your bad luck, Smoke.

 

@ Halo we don't get anything, till starting time, so as long as it's not race results, yer OK :-D

@ muski when I saw the fluff piece on FOX about Mark retiring, they showed him watching the race from home for the first time, I knew by looking at him, he wasn't going to stay retired

I say more power to him, he's still a force to be reckoned with, he'll be a good asset to the Hendricks team


CORR Racing anyone that's into off road racing, like the baja trucks, NBC will be showing a taped race on Sunday the 6th at 12pm PST, here's a clip, so you can see what it's about
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjzfg-ieDlM

I still cannot thank MA enough for the youtube add-on it makes this thread SUH-weet

 

He is actually racing a full 36 races, might have a good chance at the Championship.

 

I have a very general question about F1.

Here in Aussie the FTA channels seem to give F1 racing not much more than a cursory mention during news hour, of course they always mention Mark Webber, he is Aussie and playing with the big fellars at the pinnacle of his sports category. He always seems to do well in qualifying but then stuff happens. Is he luckless or hapless?

What say you readers? (Yep stole if from scorcer, Corr Racing :eek) - paramonks

 

That was one hell of a race at Daytona and one heck of a ending.

 

Yeah, Carl Edwards wins, Tony stewart ends up 22nd after swtching out with JJ Yeley due to illness

@ paramanks, Halo can answer that for you, here in the US we don't get any news on F1, we finally get some races at the end of the season because FOX hands over Nascar to ABC and TNT, so FOX picks up F1 to finish the season

 

All season, races have been ending like this because there are too many reckless drivers trying to force their way to the front and the win, without regard for who they are wrecking and with a complete lack of skill.
Racing is not bashing a driver out of the way so you can win. It is out-driving the other driver.
/end rant

But it was an exciting and interesting race.

 

I was watching the race up until the last 10 laps and then got distracted reading and posting after turning the ads off. Lots of action there, a very nice save by the guy who drove through the grass and then got the car back on the pavement going straight. Very nice piece of driving.

 

Kyle Busch won at Daytona tonight, not Carl Edwards.

 

ooops , I was so bummed about tony, I musta got it wrong

 

It's over now, I loved it, BOY, what a "crap shoot", the weather played such a role today, glad I don't have a favorite, or it might have been a tough watch What did you think Halo?


@ paramonks bummer day for Webber

Well, CORR race is next, then the Indy cars, woo hoo!, what a day for racing :cool

 

We have been talking racing but we left out one. What do y'all think of the Redbull Air race? I can't get enough of it and would love to try it one day.

http://www.redbullairrace.com/

I know there's other types of air racing like the unlimited series and such and i like them all :cool

 

@ N5638J oooo, yeah, those are good :cool

 

Hello All,

Halo :wave How is jolly old England today? Thanks for your input on Webber and the team he drives for, sounds like his situation is like most teams in any sort of motor racing, need good basics, talent to drive isn’t enough. It would be nice to see Webber and his team achieve better results, but I see he spun out again in the race on lap 38 which didn’t help his cause, yep bummer scorcer.
The FTA commercial channel here does show the races, most times though they start at ungodly hours and that doesn’t fit in well with motherly responsibilities. I like live action, so prefer not to tape and watch later as some clown will always blab about the results before hand. :-D

I went to the nascar site and watched the video feed of the end of race. Must say those guys know how to crash stylishly, not like our V8’s flying in every direction. Speaking of flying a different FTA channel showed some of that Redbullair racing just recently, it looked awesome, not sure when it will be on again, will keep my eyes peeled.

Nice thread fellas, any other favourite linkies you want to add? - paramonks (I know I'm a link junkie)

 

Ok, finally found a good video of the Red Bull Air Races
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xshjgHVb-RI&feature=related

On a seperate note, I went back and watched the F1 race again, that was one crazy race, I have to hand it to the drivers and the teams for getting out there and giving it their all. They didn't let a little thing like rain and visibility get in their way. Nascar could learn a little something there

 

Yea Nascar could learn afew things from them but yet Nascar has became more safety over everything else and also Nascar runs racing slicks and there not the same kinda tire they like to spin in the rain. if i remember right also F1 cars have somewhere around 8000lbs of downforce so if they wanted to they could race upside down on the roof of your ceiling and not fall off while Nascars don't have the same amount of downforce.

 

@ N5638J they could use a weather tire, it would be a different race, but like in F1, it would still be a race, imperfect conditions can be a great equalizer

@ Halo :-D I knew you were going to lead with the Ferarri blunder, I saw the front right tire guy look at the worn tread and slightly raise his hands like "what the ?", but they wern't the only ones who tried that, there was a pit stop later on where one team took fuel and tires, the other took fuel, and they came out as they came in, no difference, so why not take the tires. It's not like there's great slick grip under the rain tread for when it get's dry

And Massa, how frustrating was that, poor guy, you loop it, so you HAVE to catch up, which leads to more looping
Then there's Coulthard(sp?) last race on home soil right? Which leads me to a question, why are they "out" if they get trapped in the gravel?

I enjoy reading your take on it, you know your stuff when it comes to F1. I've got some catching up to do, but FOX said they are going to carry the rest of the season, so woo hoo

 

Smoke went and did it....end of a happy marriage with JGR

http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news...g=ap-nascar-stewartreleased&prov=ap&type=lgns

 

Wow, this is going to make for an interesting season next year, But, no matter where he goes, I'll be there rooting him on.

 

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