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  1.   JFM01 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 1:31 pm
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We had 36 cars at the Atlanta race.
Now we are going to have a full field for the fourth time in a row...


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.04.2018 - 2:07 pm
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The iconic Brickyard 400 moves from its previous early August/late July
date into September for the first time as the Indianapolis classic
becomes the last race of the regular season before the chase. The way
the schedule works out this allows the Cup series the rare chance to run
two of its "Crown Jewel" events back-to-back as this race follows up on
the Southern 500 a week earlier at Darlington.

The inaugural USAC Midget Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by NOS Energy
Drink race is scheduled to be held on the undercard for this one; racing
Wednesday and Thursday on its new The Dirt Track at IMS infield oval.
The race, held in memory of the late Bryan Clauson, picked up 118
entries in its first year.


  3.   Tide1732 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 2:10 pm
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Reed Sorenson can get a WD again.


  4.   Spen posted:
  09.04.2018 - 2:20 pm
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Yay! With David Starr in the field, drivers born in the '60's will no
longer suffer the ignominy of not having any starts this year, while
drivers born in the preceding decade have had several.


  5.   JeffBurton99 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 2:49 pm
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Martin Truex has already signed on to drive the 19 car next year at JGR.
Which means Saurez is going to the 95 id imagine.


  6.   NASCARFan78 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 2:52 pm
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I think since Jim France joined, now we got full fields for 4 races in a
row now.


  7.   Register posted:
  09.04.2018 - 3:28 pm
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Furniture Row Racing has announced it will shut down at the end of the
season. The team that won the Championship last year, one of the "Big
3," won't be back next year because of sponsorship. This gives you
everything you would ever need to know about the state of the sport
today. NASCAR has declining attendance, declining ratings, and now
declining championship teams. If everything stays the same, I wouldn't
be surprised if NASCAR doesn't exist 10 years from now.

As for Truex, I think his best option for next year would be the Gibbs
19. The Stewart Haas 41 might be a good option as well, but I have a
feeling Ford will struggle with the Mustang next year just like how
Chevrolet has struggled with the Camaro this year.


  8.   Anthony posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:01 pm
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Heck Jimmie Johnson's team hasn't even announced a sponsor for next year
yet


  9.   Spen posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:17 pm
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Register: I think that's a bit melodramatic. We might get reduced to
'70's level, with few truly competitive teams, races with 20-spmething
cars, and possibly some non-televised events. But ARCA survived for a
very long time in worse shape than that. If it ever gets to where ISC
can no longer afford to keep Daytona open, then I'd consider it a
death-nell. But I personally suspect that sometime this century the US
will swing in a greener direction, leading to an overall ban on auto
racing. That will be when NASCAR ends.


  10.   Posing Crawdad posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:18 pm
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Truex probably in the 19 Suarez probably in the 95 Busch probably in the
1 and Custer probably to the 41


  11.   Posing Crawdad posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:18 pm
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Well, Frr shut down and the charter will probably go to Obaika in 2019


  12.   Tarheel posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:21 pm
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5, is that confirmed? I believe it's one of the most likely scenarios,
but I haven't read anything solid yet. As per this race, Nascar couldn't
have picked a more boring race to finish the regular season with, IMO. I
can only hope the leaders take each other out and open the door for
someone else again.


  13.   Unser1 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:29 pm
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"But I personally suspect that sometime this century the US will swing
in a greener direction, leading to an overall ban on auto racing. That
will be when NASCAR ends."

The hell it will, we'll race electric cars if that happens and press on
regardless. Ban guns and everyone will get a knife.


  14.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:41 pm
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Kasey Kahne comes into this race as the defending champion, the last
time he will hold that role. Kahne had already announced his retirement
from full-time NASCAR competition earlier in the season.


  15.   Posing Crawdad posted:
  09.04.2018 - 4:49 pm
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#13 and #9 that will also be the end of Arca, Indycar, and Imsa


  16.   6183238952182128353645514393132225521528 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 5:59 pm
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@11

I think they will give it to them or to RWR (51 or 52)


  17.   Timothy Eklund (16 fan) posted:
  09.04.2018 - 7:10 pm
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I wonder if gms will buy frrs stuff.


  18.   Sandy posted:
  09.04.2018 - 8:00 pm
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I bet reed Sorensen withdraws like he did at darlington and sonoma


  19.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.04.2018 - 8:16 pm
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This will be the silver anniversary 25th running of the Brickyard 400.
Great ideas have a tendency to stick around...


  20.   Yeet #PrayForWickens posted:
  09.04.2018 - 8:16 pm
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@1 ikr, I am veyr pleased with the improvement of the car fields, and we
might see a couple more if Obaika makes it to the track.

@18 I honestly think that Premium Motorsports and Sorenson could make
the show in the #7, as he's ran roughly top 35 in that car, but it would
probably be a pain in the butt fielding two cars at Indy, esepecially if
they won't have sponsors like their most recent races.


  21.   George posted:
  09.04.2018 - 8:19 pm
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@17:

I doubt that GMS as an organization is ready to leap to Cup level and
contend right away, but Maury Gallagher is probably looking real hard at
all that Toyota money, assuming it's been offered.

He'd still have to pony up quite a bit of dough himself (just ask Barney
Visser) but the temptation to be a big-time Cup owner with top equipment
and a solid driver might be hard to resist.


  22.   Sandy posted:
  09.04.2018 - 8:21 pm
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If the 7 doesn't withdraw I bet the 52 or the 66 won't make the race


  23.   Tide1732 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 9:06 pm
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@22 or Jimmie Johnson
Old, and in a bad ride.


  24.   Drakion posted:
  09.04.2018 - 9:22 pm
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@23 I know most of your posts dont make sense
already but......
..what?

Jimmie not making the race because old and bad ride......that has to be
in the top three strangest things you have ever replied here.....I
really want to know what it is like in your weird little world you live
in....


  25.   Posing Crawdad posted:
  09.04.2018 - 10:19 pm
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#23 Johnson is locked in. The team has 250 wins. Johnson has a charter
so he will make it in


  26.   Scott25 posted:
  09.04.2018 - 11:39 pm
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This race will be even more of a wreckfest than last year. It'll be
Daytona July Pt.2, so anyone could win.


  27.   Timothy Eklund (16 fan) posted:
  09.05.2018 - 8:46 am
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Iam I hypocrite on ride buyers because If I had the same amount of money
I would be doing it as well?


  28.   NewJack posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:07 am
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@11

With the charter system, the owners have to approve any new owner. After
his xfinity experience, I doubt they would approve Obaika.

I can see NASCAR trending back towards being a regional sport again,
instead of the national sport it currently is. Might even be better for
it in the long run, as due to the high costs, ride buyers are currently
more coveted than talented drivers. This also implies that the race
winnings are lower, since there is not as much to be made by good
performance. The only way talented unknown drivers get on teams these
days is if there's a ride buyer already on the team.


  29.   Yeet #PrayForWickens posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:15 am
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I hope the charter goes to the #96, as they're showing that the want to
run week in and week out, and right now I bet it's costing them a
fortune to field a non-chartered single-car team for 14 weeks straight.


  30.   Timothy Eklund (16 fan) posted:
  09.05.2018 - 10:03 am
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Sorry for my grammar I just woke up and I wasn't paying attention.


  31.   Tarheel posted:
  09.05.2018 - 10:22 am
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28, I wish it would become a regional sport again. Nascar tried to
conquer the whole country, spread their forces too thin, and suffered a
degree of collapse. I believe a lot of the popularity it enjoyed from
about 2000 until a few years ago was basically bandwagon jumping,
meantime it lost its lustre in it's traditional market. I live in NC,
until 1996 there were six points races a year here, now there are two.
They took away The Rock and replaced it with new tracks, whereas
Rockingham and Darlington were ingrained in tradition in the Southeast.
The racing on these two tracks was better also, I once saw Gordon and DJ
race for the lead, side by side for forty laps near the end of the race
before settling it. The same thing would happen at Darlington.
Rockingham was just purchased by some new owners, and while I'd be
shocked to ever see another cup race held there, I'd rather see Nascar
get back to being wildly popular in the Southeast than mediocre nationwide.


  32.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.05.2018 - 10:25 am
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Even when it was "regional" NASCAR had fans spread out. There's plenty
of race fans in the North East who love stock car racing and the Midwest
was strong hotbed too. Weren't there jokes about the only time you'd
find someone who liked NASCAR and hockey was in Michigan?


  33.   David posted:
  09.05.2018 - 10:29 am
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#31: If NASCAR continues to ignore reality, then some new series should
seize the opportunity. It's been briefly discussed somewhere on this
site in the past: a new series, racing *stock* cars, on short tracks,
mainly in the southeast at least at first, a series containing as many
*recognizable* drivers as possible (which lets out simply converting the
CARS or PASS series as they stand) because that's the one key to
probable success, with comparatively low budgets/winnings which might
actually attract disgruntled former top-level sponsors....

Sure it's a pipe dream, but the way NASCAR is heading why couldn't
someone come along and take some fans away by creating a new series with
racing the way true fans would like it to be (i.e. NOT substantially
controlled by the media and other corporate bean counters)?


  34.   Ferret posted:
  09.05.2018 - 11:15 am
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FWIW NASCAR tried to get a foothold in Europe too in the 90s by being
shown on Eurosport up until 2000, since they used teh US feeds with
Eurosport's logos plastered on the screen. If I'm remembering it right
didn't they send announcers or am I thinking of CART coverage? Pretty
sure it was CART but I tought for some reason they sent their announcers
over to cover NASCAR.

Either way it was usually on at an insanely late hour as part of a
Wednesday or Sunday night special with CART in an American Thunder
segment along with, amazingly, swamp buggy racing at one point and hydro
racing. In the 90s I'm pretty sure Eurosport just grabbed whatever
looked the coolest. Pretty sure they had NHRA at one point for a brief
while. They even covered and still do on occasion, cover Aussie and NZ
dirt track racing and drag racing, which is always fun to tune into, and
covered the super trucks for a while too, and F1....nowadays they barely
cover any auto racing.

Still, not sure how many tuned in to NASCAR on Eurosport but one of the
vids of Rusty's flip at 'Dega in 93 is from a Eurosport capture with the
ESPN crew doing the commentary, so that's proof Eurosport covered NASCAR
for at least that race. THat being said, Eurosport was big into the big
series at the time, they had CART, IRL, swamp buggies, tractor pulling
(which is worth a watch if you are ever curious), boat races and
everything else they could get their hands on. Often with Martin Haven
or Tony Delahunty on the call. Considering the latter also covered
winter sports it was an odd choice to say the least.

Still, NASCAR tried. They tried, They even got EA and Papayrus to
publish the NASCAR videogames over in Europe, even if the European
markets slammed them for not being too technically comptent and having
bugs. Which to be fair, they did.

I'd argue at one point, CART/IRL/NASCAR was as big as NASCAR was for the
Euro market in the 90s. Nowadays NASCAR barely gets two seconds of news
coverage on Eurosport. Indycar barely gets any either though


  35.   Ferret posted:
  09.05.2018 - 11:23 am
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@33: You on about TRAC?

I'm not sure if it was me or somebody else in the Dover discussions who
were talking about what a new series would entail but the issue would be
tracks, since NASCAR has a lock on a ton of tracks with a no compete clause.

If I were launching a new series, I'd go to Pocono, bring back the old
short modified track and make it safer, and the big oval, Dover, I'd go
to COTA, I'd go run dirt races as well as pavement races as well, a mix
of dirt/paved ovals, a few big name tracks thrown in, and make it
really, really simple to get started, keep the costs down. Effectively
it'd be a glorified late model series I feel with not much room for
teams to go nuts spending their way to victory, but...let's say it was
run right, I feel it'd tap into a market that's gotten disgrunteld with
NASCAR recently.

I mean, for example let's say noise wasn't an issue, and you could
persuade the FAA to let you do this, why not build a short oval out of
barriers and such, on around an airport and charge cheap ticket prices,
put in a support rac cast of young talent that puts on good racing,
hell, bring the F2000 guys in, let them loose on a short oval built on a
runway, let them duke it out wheel to wheel.

You couldn't realistically go to any ISC or SMI controlled tracks so
you'd have to think outside the box for tracks, hence my idea of dirt
tracks as well,or for a wilder idea, take your local drag strip, take
out a few of the timing blocks, and make a short oval out of that and
turn the late models loose. Now I don't know if that'd work in actuality
but it's an example of how simple you could make the tracks. You don't
need to build massive all seater tracks. You just need to adapt existing
venues. I mean, throw in a race at Lucas Oil Raceway, there you go. Oval
is being worked on in the coming years, boom. Instant oval ready to go.
Pocono, Dover, dirt tracks, few road courses, few tracks, hell let them
run the Moody Mile during Dirt Week, that'd be a good starting point for
a schedule IMHO.


  36.   JeffBurton99 posted:
  09.05.2018 - 2:18 pm
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This is probably why Nascar bought ARCA


  37.   Greg1&9Fan posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:12 pm
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Still can't believe Indy replaced Richmond as the cut off race. Lame.


  38.   Sandy posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:17 pm
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Watch and look at Empty The Stands are come race time


  39.   David posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:26 pm
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@37 Not a fan of stock car racing at the Brickyard (the novelty has long
since worn off and the racing simply isn't good) but the September
Richmond race was nearly always mundane in the "Chase" era, the
occasional itchy-arm incidents aside.

That's not necessarily the track's fault. Whatever race is the final of
the "regular season" lends itself to a few guys trying desperately to
win, then realizing after about 1/5 of the race that they have no
realistic shot, and everyone else aside from the I-must-win-this-race
guys driving like pu$$ies because God forbid any action takes place
which might deprive someone of a shot at the playoffs, so everyone's
ultra-careful and you can almost hear the crowd snoring.

I see no harm in trying a different venue, but you combine the usual
Indy stock car snoozer with the "everyone be super duper careful out
there" mentality and this so-called crown jewel is very likely to be one
of the most boring races of the season.


  40.   TeamDCRfan posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:26 pm
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37.
It's really the only way to try and make Indy interesting again.


  41.   A.J. posted:
  09.05.2018 - 9:37 pm
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Richmond, Indy, whatever, you know that when NASCAR created the chase in
2004 they figured that not only would the 10 race playoffs be exciting
just like in those stick-n-ball sports they desperately need to mimic
for some reason, but they also figured that the last few races
(certainly the LAST race) before the playoffs would be enhanced as
bubble teams frantically jockey to make the playoffs and it would be
ever so riveting, also just like those other sports.

Well NASCAR has conclusively proven that it's not "other sports" and too
bad it's never worked out the way they planned except for Michael
Waltrip Racing's shenanigans at Richmond that one time, and there's
never been any great leap in fan interest. In fact 2004 was the top of
the ski jump ramp which attendance and ratings have been sliding down on
ever since.


  42.   Unser1 posted:
  09.06.2018 - 10:03 am
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@41
The early years of the Chase actually were pretty exciting and the
cutoff race at Richmond was a big deal. The first year in 2004 saw
Jeremy Mayfield win the race to sneak in going from 14th to 10th in
points, Mark Martin launch a late charge and overcome a spin in the last
race to make the cut, and Jamie McMurray's great season end in
heartbreak since he was 15 points short. It was in later years that
things started getting a bad rap, the 1-2 punch of the ultra-popular
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Jeff Gordon missing the second Chase in 2005
(and Kurt Busch's infamous DUI after he did) plus reigning champion Tony
Stewart missing out in 2006 didn't help. The unpopularity of the CoT and
Jimmie Johnson's dominance (complete with the #48 team going in R&D mode
in the races leading up to the Chase once they clinched their spot) in
the following years cemented its reputation before MWR's shenanigans
turned briefly turned it into a farce.


  43.   George posted:
  09.06.2018 - 10:34 am
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Drivers like Jamie McMurray, Ryan Newman, Kasey Kahne and Paul Menard
have recorded wins here before and are going to need to do so again on
Sunday in order make the 2018 playoffs.

I wouldn't put too much money on a fairy tale outcome like that however;
it's been 2 entire races since one of the "Boring Three" drivers have
won a Cup race, and 3 in a row would be totally unprecedented in this
season. Hell, even TWO in a row hadn't happened prior to Bristol/Darlington.

The chances of winning should be set at something like:

One of the Boring Three: 85% chance of winning @ Indy
Rest of Field: 15% chance

6 to 1 longshots do sometimes come in, but the Menards, Kahnes,
Stenhouses, etc. have their work really cut out for them. Even more so
when you consider that if any longshot is going to use this race as a
springboard to the playoffs, it's damn near certain that driver will be
the one with #19 on his car and 4 teammates out there to do whatever it
takes to help him.


  44.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.06.2018 - 11:23 am
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Gaulding has withdrawn.

All 40 cars will make the race.


  45.   Tyler posted:
  09.06.2018 - 11:39 am
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Weird to see the 99 withdraw. Now down to 40 cars.


  46.   Pucci Man posted:
  09.06.2018 - 12:05 pm
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The 99 withdrew because it's suppose to rain all weekend and didn't
think they'll make it in on speed.


  47.   Canadianfan posted:
  09.06.2018 - 4:07 pm
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@42

Add to that it was the result of Jeff and Tony missing the Chase in 2005
and 2006 respectively that led NASCAR to expand the Chase from 10 to 12
for 2007. Plus in 2010 Jamie won the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400, and was
inches from winning the Spring Talladega race. He missed the Chase which
led NASCAR to go to the Top 10 in points and 2 wildcards of the top
winners for 2011.


  48.   Wil posted:
  09.06.2018 - 4:45 pm
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Anyone know whether Rick Allen will be back in the booth? It seems like
NBC is (rightly) phasing him out Trevor Bayne/Roush style. Actually
that's a good comp- Rick Allen is the Trevor Bayne of broadcasting.


  49.   joey2448 posted:
  09.06.2018 - 7:10 pm
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Kasey Kahne will not drive in this weekend's Brickyard 400 due to
lingering effects from extreme heat exhaustion from last Sunday's
Southern 500 at Darlington. Regan Smith will substitute for Kahne in the
#95 Leavine Family Racing Chevy.


  50.   34McDowellFan #PrayForWickens posted:
  09.06.2018 - 7:26 pm
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#95 is Regan Smith

Sucks for Kahne, he got what will likely be his final win here last
year. And there's a good chance this could be his final Brickyard 400


  51.   Jimmie4life posted:
  09.06.2018 - 7:34 pm
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I checked the weather, and it looks not good. 80% chance of rain on
Sunday, so... don't expect to get the race in.


  52.   Register posted:
  09.06.2018 - 7:35 pm
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This will be the first Cup race that Kasey Kahne has not competed in
since Homestead in 2003.


  53.   Anonymous posted:
  09.06.2018 - 8:41 pm
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The first stop on Kasey's F*ck this sh*t I'm out tour.


  54.   Scott25 posted:
  09.07.2018 - 7:34 am
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@48 that's an insult to Trevor Bayne


  55.   GoPM21 posted:
  09.07.2018 - 7:50 am
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I'm still gobsmacked that NASCAR thought this was an appropriate race to
compete with NFL kickoff.


  56.   JSPorts posted:
  09.07.2018 - 8:16 am
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I don't think it will do much competing at all, it will likely get
crushed in the ratings department. But they probably already knew that.


  57.   Anthony posted:
  09.07.2018 - 8:26 am
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@52 and that's interesting because it was that same weekend he won the
Xfinity race from Homestead, which catapulted him to a full-time cup
ride for 2004, replacing Bill Elliott. Very unfortunate his own iron man
streak stops at 529 consecutive starts.


  58.   Tarheel posted:
  09.07.2018 - 10:13 am
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It was mentioned during last weekends broadcast that Denny Hamlin said
he'd passed out in the shower twice after the Southern 500, and now
Kahne isn't racing this weekend because he's still whipped from last
week? This reinforces my belief that half the drivers today wouldn't
even make it to the halfway point in a Southern 500 run in plus ninety
degree afternoon heat. They'd be pulling Rusty, Mark, Bill and the like
out of retirement to finish the job for them.


  59.   STP43 posted:
  09.07.2018 - 11:13 am
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I'd like to note to the people saying NASCAR is dying because FRR is
shutting down: They are not shutting down because of no sponsorship.
Barney ran that team out of pocket from 2005-'15. They could run,
unsponsored, 18th-23rd out of his pocket next year if he so desired.
Probably better.

Barney took his toys and left because Joe Gibbs Racing got pissed off
that they lost the championship to a customer, so they heavily raised
the cost of the technical partnership with Barney -- effectively pricing
him out of the deal. Barney couldn't get a sponsor to cover the cost, in
some part due to the fact that they'd need a per-race fee that would be
exorbitant compared to what other teams are getting.

That's all because of JGR wanting to poach FRR's talent, price the team
out of the game and, in the process, leave a bunch of hard-working
people out of a job.


  60.   Not Sure posted:
  09.07.2018 - 11:21 am
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@43 - Suarez won the pole and finished second at Pocono in July. If
you're good there you're probably going to be good at Indy.


  61.   1995 Subaru WRX STi posted:
  09.07.2018 - 1:44 pm
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The more one thinks about it the more Post #59 comes across as being
more logical. Pretty sure Toyota doesn't give a damn who they win
championships with but i'm pretty sure Joe Gibbs does.


  62.   Tarheel posted:
  09.07.2018 - 4:36 pm
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59, 61, remember what Johnson said about Hendricks arrangement with SHR
when Harvick was outrunning them. "Hendrick puts all the time and effort
into building the engines and chassis, all SHR has to do is tweak and
fine tune them and that gives them an advantage. I wonder if Hendrick
had hinted at ending his deal with SHR before SHR announced it's switch
to Ford anyway.


  63.   Sector posted:
  09.07.2018 - 6:30 pm
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I doubt Hendrick would have ended the deal, he treats everyone as family
and I'm pretty sure he wouldn't ditch Tony Stewart like that.


  64.   Sector posted:
  09.07.2018 - 6:36 pm
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Damn, I was starting to like seeing Truex in the #78. He's starting to
make that number quite popular. I hope wherever he goes (say Joe Gibbs),
they change the #19 to #78 or something.


  65.   RyanRacing posted:
  09.07.2018 - 8:55 pm
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@59 I think you're right.

Think about it. Furniture Row only had 2 wins before making the alliance
with Joe Gibbs Racing. Now, they have 18, meaning they won 16 races (and
counting) with Toyota, including a champion. But since Joe Gibbs didn't
have Kyle Busch win, he upped the price and became too much for Barney,
even without 5HE.

The first year Martin was in the #78 car, he was atrocious. In 2015, he
got the stallion in shining armor known as crew chief Cole Pearn. But
Before even THAT, FRR wasn't high speed.

The only reason that they had success in 2013 was due to small sponsors
on the #78 (Beautyrest) and let's not forget that BEAUTIFUL Wonder Bread
car at Talladega.

Other than that, looking at stats from guys like Jerry Robertson, Kenny
Wallace, Joe Nemechek and Regan Smith, there were not many good results
just from Barney's pocket change sponsoring the 78.

The only thing I can infer is that if Leavine Family Racing confirms (or
has confirmed) the switch to Toyota and the alliance and win the
championship, expect them to close if the major sponsor goes and all
they have left to run decent is TWD. Or, they could stay open and be
like Roush, almost always irrelevant (plate tracks)

Either way, don't trust Joe Gibbs or end up like Furniture Row.


  66.   John Lee Pettimore III posted:
  09.07.2018 - 9:17 pm
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Weather looks like carp for the weekend at Indy.


  67.   Unknown posted:
  09.07.2018 - 9:22 pm
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Timmy Hill is in this week's field. Hope he gets better results this
week. Finished 14th last year. Anything can happen!


  68.   Tide1732 posted:
  09.07.2018 - 10:11 pm
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I'm pick a comeback win here: Ryan Blaney.


  69.   Tin Foil posted:
  09.07.2018 - 11:12 pm
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Here's a bold prediction that won't happen.

Jimmie Johnson has a really bad day. Bowman passes him in points.
Newman, Suarez, or Mcmurray win and knock Johnson out.


  70.   Sandy posted:
  09.07.2018 - 11:45 pm
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@67 Timmy hill avoided getting involved in any incidents late In the
race which is how he got to 14th


  71.   That's Racin' posted:
  09.07.2018 - 11:45 pm
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@55 - Doesn't surprise me that NASCAR would do something stupid like
scheduling the most boring race of the year on the NFL's opening weekend
when the Colts are playing at home starting an hour before the race.

On the bright side, it's pretty hard to have worse attendance than last
year's woeful estimate of 35,000.


  72.   jensenators posted:
  09.07.2018 - 11:46 pm
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@69, Based on past performance you could add Menard as a past winner,
and long shots to Buescher (1 top top in 2 starts), DiBenedetto (1 top
10 in 3 starts), and Allmendinger (2 top 10 in 9 starts). As we saw last
year with Kahne, a driver well down in points can win. And with Johnson
only 19 points up, it's not that inconceivable for Bowman to make it up,
it's only 6 positions better each stage and finish.


  73.   Greg1&9Fan posted:
  09.08.2018 - 1:21 am
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39. Make it Talladega. That is what I would do. Or even a road course
where someone will try some weird strategy to win. Indy is boring and
with the conditions you described, I don't see how it will be any
better. Maybe some team trying some strategy, but with "stages" a lot of
strategies go out the window anyway.


  74.   Greg1&9Fan posted:
  09.08.2018 - 1:23 am
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@42. It was fine when it was top 10, but now you add all winners and top
16. From there the excitement of the last race has dwindled. Not many
guys outside the top 16 have the equipment to win or make a move anyway.


  75.   Corey posted:
  09.08.2018 - 8:36 am
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@71 In NASCAR's defense, their schedule did come out before the NFL's,
although they should have known the possibility of a Colts home opener.


  76.   JSPorts posted:
  09.08.2018 - 9:30 am
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Yes, they should've been aware. But NASCAR goes head-to-head in multiple
NFL markets during the playoffs, so adding one more isn't going to hurt
them all that much, I don't think. Indianapolis, Charlotte, Kansas,
Texas, Phoenix & Homestead are always possibilities to clash with football.


  77.   Corey posted:
  09.08.2018 - 9:52 am
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The two locations are only 7 1/2 miles apart. I can only imagine what
the logistics of a city trying to host two events like this on the same
day are going to be. Guaranteed its all hands on deck for the police force.


  78.   Jimmie4life posted:
  09.08.2018 - 10:15 am
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I looked at the radar, and all of Ohio is getting rain! Ohio is engulfed
in rain!


  79.   02Justin10 posted:
  09.08.2018 - 11:08 am
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All Saturday activity cancelled. (Including Concerts)

Xfinity race set for Monday at 10am.


  80.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.08.2018 - 11:31 am
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They had to start it after midnight but they got the Driven 2 Save Lives
BC39 in Thursday. Brady Bacon of Oklahoma won the race, the first
USAC-sanctioned dirt race ever at IMS, while Chad Boat was second and
polesitter Kevin Thomas, Jr. took third after leading most of the race.
Tyler Courtney and Christopher Bell completed the top-5. Among entered
Cup racers Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was 11th and won a qualifying race but
dirt ace J.J. Yeley didn't make the feature.


  81.   JSPorts posted:
  09.08.2018 - 12:05 pm
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Where did they run the race? I didn't know IMS had a dirt track.


  82.   Luke posted:
  09.08.2018 - 12:25 pm
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Actually (however NASCAR says the contrary), Rick Ware Racing No. 51 is
Chevy as we can see here:
https://twitter.com/RickWareRacing/status/1038449407497265152 and No. 52
is a Ford as we can see here:
https://twitter.com/RickWareRacing/status/1038436637229895680


  83.   That's Racin' posted:
  09.08.2018 - 12:57 pm
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@77 - There will likely be between 1.5 and 2 times more people at the
Colts game than at IMS. Just sayin'.


  84.   Seibaru posted:
  09.08.2018 - 1:27 pm
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@81 It was held on a dirt track built inside the speedway. The dirt
track itself is brand new, and was only recently finished.


  85.   joey2448 posted:
  09.08.2018 - 4:03 pm
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@71 Who cares? Race fans will go to the race and football fans to the game.

Sunday's Brickyard 400 start time has been moved up one hour to 1 p.m.
ET, still on NBCSN.


  86.   Tide1732 posted:
  09.08.2018 - 5:42 pm
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My money on Rowdy


  87.   Wowzers posted:
  09.08.2018 - 5:42 pm
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Gauldings team shouldn't have withdrew the 52 would have went home


  88.   Sector posted:
  09.08.2018 - 6:05 pm
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I find it pretty funny when everyone is whining about the scheduled
events being on the same weekend as other sports. That is nothing to
whine about. Pretty sure those who enjoy both, would record racing and
watch it later or pick up highlights/check results afterward to get
their fix.

Not to mention, just enjoy whatever it is you do and stop caring about
what other people do with their lives. If you're going to be worried
about what others do on a given weekend (alas watching NFL instead of
NASCAR), then you're just wasting your life away. Just enjoy yourself,
do/watch what you want and stop whining.


  89.   Tarheel posted:
  09.08.2018 - 7:29 pm
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They have an opportunity to make Indy exciting. Race in the rain.


  90.   JSPorts posted:
  09.08.2018 - 8:40 pm
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I think it will be more exciting than usual anyway because it's the
final race before the playoffs and they have had no track time this
weekend.


  91.   Sandy posted:
  09.08.2018 - 9:19 pm
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@87 Just Like Reed Sorenson Should have not withdrawn at darlington the
96 would've went home because the 96 crashed in qualifying not posting a
time


  92.   Corey posted:
  09.09.2018 - 12:33 am
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Apparently the last time the Cup series ran race without an prior on
track activity was in 2003. I don't know which race. I do know that the
November 2001 race at Loudon was run without practice or qualifying.
They basically showed up, ran the race and went home.


  93.   Altracing posted:
  09.09.2018 - 9:10 am
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This is my personal opinion, but I feel like they should have a morning
practice or something before the race so the teams and drivers can get
used to their cars. Maybe that's a bad idea but it's just my opinion.


  94.   Ryan posted:
  09.09.2018 - 9:28 am
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I think it will be interesting to see how they do without any practice.
It's possible that you could have a new winner this year or even someone
that has never won before compete for the win.


  95.   David posted:
  09.09.2018 - 9:50 am
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As opposed to the skies opening up and terminating an otherwise dry race
today, it's more likely that conditions will be dismal and misty &
gradually deteriorate throughout the afternoon.

So rather than an *obvious* premature end to the race, it may well be a
matter of NASCAR's discretion as to when to call it off. That sure has
the potential to open a can of worms:

Take a look at who is leading (especially if it's a winless driver),
take a look at points-as-they-run down at the 15th-16th bubble, then
decide (or not) that conditions have suddenly become too unsafe to race
and there's no hope of getting the race restarted.

Kind of like Pocono in August of 2016. BTW, NASCAR made the correct
decision that day. But will they do so again?


  96.   Anonymous posted:
  09.09.2018 - 12:19 pm
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Brad Keselowski reminds me so much of Rusty Wallace.


  97.   Jimmie4life posted:
  09.09.2018 - 1:10 pm
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I saw Ronald McDonald, holding an umbrella in the background of Kurt
Busch's interview.


  98.   Z posted:
  09.09.2018 - 1:20 pm
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Prediction: Somebody Without A Win Will Take The Victory;
Aric Almirola, Or Austin Dillon Pulling Off A Charlotte Fuel Win.
Jimmie Johnson Would Also Fit, But I'll Stick With Almirola/Dillon.


  99.   Corey posted:
  09.09.2018 - 1:49 pm
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@98 Dillon won the Daytona 500 this year.


  100.   ShinyMew151 posted:
  09.09.2018 - 1:57 pm
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Austin already got a win this year 98


  101.   Tarheel posted:
  09.09.2018 - 1:58 pm
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Track condition update? Is it still raining? Surely one of you jerks are
there!


  102.   Tarheel posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:06 pm
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Austin has practically backed into wins in two other Marquee events with
a fuel run and a wreck fest, he might as well steal this one on a rain
stoppage.


  103.   oldschoolracing519 posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:13 pm
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race name should be Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard


  104.   Z posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:19 pm
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@99, @100 Yeah, Shoulda Made That A Seperate Sentence. As In, "If Not A
New Winner, Then..."
Thanks.


  105.   Wil posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:23 pm
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Anyone else get drunk and lose their phone and drivers license last
night? Apologies for being surly this weekend, it's been a rough one.
Hope they can get the race in.


  106.   David posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:31 pm
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Rain wins today, race will be 2 PM ET Monday on NBCSN.


  107.   oldschoolracing519 posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:31 pm
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race officially postponed until 2 pm Monday


  108.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:35 pm
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network predicted weather would
need to let up and get the track drying going by about 2:30 p.m. to get
the race in today. That hasn't happened and at 2:30 p.m. exactly NASCAR
has announced this one has been rained out for today. The Brickyard 400
will be run Monday at 2 p.m. after the NASCAR Xfinity Series race.


  109.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:35 pm
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Jeff Gordon won five times at Indy, Robby Gordon came up a little short
in the 500 back in 1999, and the remains of Hurricane Gordon rain out
the action today.


  110.   Corey posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:39 pm
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So Ryan Blaney, Ty Dillon, and Chase Elliott will have to make a
decision, run both races, or skip the Xfinity race. For Ross Chastain
its the other way around.


  111.   JFM01 posted:
  09.09.2018 - 2:44 pm
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They probably wouldn't mind ome track time in the Xfinity race with no
practice all Weekend.


  112.   Anthony posted:
  09.09.2018 - 4:38 pm
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Found it! According to my research, the last time both Cup/Xfinity races
were run on a Monday, was at Texas Motor Speedway in April of 2010.
April 19, 2010 to be exact.


  113.   Anthony posted:
  09.09.2018 - 4:38 pm
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When was the last time that both the Cup & Xfinity races were held on a
Monday?


  114.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 1:19 am
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I was just about to correct you about that Xfinity/Cup doubleheader
stat, because I was thinking about the spring 2010 Talladega weekend,
but the two races were held on a Sunday, since the Xfinity race was
postponed from Saturday to Sunday, April 25, after the Cup race.

I remember the 2010 Texas race being held on Monday (Jeff Gordon
dominated but got caught up in a big crash late, Hamlin won), but I
don't recall the Xfinity race being run that day as well. Huh.


  115.   66LongFan posted:
  09.10.2018 - 9:06 am
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There Will Be 2 Competition Cautions At Lap 10 And 30


  116.   Pucci Man posted:
  09.10.2018 - 1:19 pm
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NASCAR America just reported that Jamie Mac won't be back behind the 1
car next year.


  117.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:07 pm
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Green flag at Indianapolis. Finally.

Tight battle in the first couple of laps between the Penske teammates of
Keselowski and Logano. It brings Larson and Bowyer into the mix.

Logano gets loose off turn 3 and Larson has to back out of it! That was
close.


  118.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:13 pm
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Harvick pits from second place lap 11 to make his first pit stop for
strategy. Kyle Busch makes a move to pit road but can't get slowed down
in time and he has to abort!

Caution on lap 12.


  119.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:15 pm
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Harvick gets an uncontrolled tire penalty. IMO, after watching the
replay, a very ticky-tacky call.


  120.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:20 pm
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Stenhouse penalty for uncontrolled tire.

Denny Hamlin did not pit, will lead the field at the restart. Lap 15.


  121.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:26 pm
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Hamlin has pulled out a comfortable lead. Bowyer is dogging Kyle Busch
for second, that #14 looks fast.


  122.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:28 pm
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@121 do you know what 'dogging' means?


  123.   David posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:29 pm
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@122: Yes he does. Apparently you don't.


  124.   possum posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:33 pm
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@121 - and we see yet again what a pointless idea so-called "competition
cautions" are. Hamlin is easily leading without pitting. NASCAR needs to
give up on trying to control races, and just let the teams run their
race the way they want to.


  125.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:34 pm
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Bowyer finally gets by Busch for second on lap 31.

I know much of this is due to the weather postponement and all, but it
still is odd to see the Brickyard 400 being run in front of empty
grandstands. Hardly anyone is here to see the race.


  126.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:36 pm
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@123 look it up :)


  127.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:36 pm
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It has a sexual meaning if you didn't know.


  128.   racefangurl posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:36 pm
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Kind of Toyota flavored at Indy. I didn't think this place was a car track.


  129.   Maverick19 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:36 pm
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'I know much of this is due to the weather postponement and all, but it
still is odd to see the Brickyard 400 being run in front of empty
grandstands. Hardly anyone is here to see the race.'

That's kind of how it's been the last few years though...


  130.   David posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:38 pm
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I presumed the original commenter was referring to the true definition
of the word as opposed to the (ugh) "urban" definition.


  131.   Ferret posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:41 pm
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Bowyer and Busch dogging isn't really something I want to think
about....just pointing that out. A discussion on dogging...Seen it all
now on here.....

Okay something I don't get for competition cautions is this. Why does
NASCAR let people stay out, if it's a competition caution why not make
everyone pit under said caution then and make them pit under what is
essentially a safety concern?


  132.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:42 pm
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Hahaha wow I truly didn't know the term "dogging" had taken on such a
wild meaning. I was using it to describe one car trailing another very
closely, like when Bowyer was right on Busch's rear trying to get by.
That's awkward, lol.


  133.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:46 pm
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Unsurprisingly, clean air is king today. Whoever gets the lead, stays
there.


  134.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:46 pm
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Caution lap 41. Martin Truex Jr. has blown an engine!


  135.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:48 pm
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Haha I hate it when innocent words take on strange meanings too @132


  136.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:49 pm
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Rick Allen "And with that announcement with Jamie McMurray, you see Kurt
Busch leading the race, who's said that the 1 of McMurray is one of the
options...one of the...uh..."

No, Kurt Busch has never responded to the rumors, you sputtering moron.
Just go back to Trucks if you're this scared of the spotlight. There's a
reason NBC is trying all sorts of announcing strategies to phase your
incompetent ass out.


  137.   Ferret posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:49 pm
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Arg there goes one of my picks. It's okay. I still got Larson, both
Bushces and Harvick......
There goes one Gibbs engine....


  138.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:50 pm
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Good bit of front end damage on the 78. Looks like he rear ended
somebody and busted the radiator.


  139.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:52 pm
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Traditional rick Allen 'You saw it on NASCAR NonStop.......'


  140.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:54 pm
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On second thought sounds like a brake rotor came apart. Truex had
reported earlier that his brakes were sticking.


  141.   Ferret posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:55 pm
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Said it before, RIck needs to go down to trucks again where he seemed
more at home. As much as people might well disagree, I'd even say DW is
better than Rick or Jr is better.

Speaking of JR, anyone else seen the interview clips with Gaham
Benzinger on Youtube? It's really, really interesting actually, it sheds
a whole new light on JR for me.


  142.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 2:57 pm
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Last year rick Allen made so many goofs. Probably the most funny one was
at Talladega on the last lap when he said 'The tricky triangle they are
about to come through.' How can a sports announcer be this bad?


  143.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:01 pm
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Clint Bowyer wins stage one.


  144.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:03 pm
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Bowyer has two wins this year coming into the Indianapolis weekend, but
not an actual stage win. He puts an end to that today with a stage one
victory.


  145.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:13 pm
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Both ware cars are involved


  146.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:14 pm
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Crash turn 3! Bubba Wallace wrecks, slides down the track and gets
t-boned by the #51 of David Starr. The #52 of B.J. McLeod also involved,
he went spinning through there trying to avoid that mess.

Wallace apparently had a brake failure, just like his Pocono wreck.


  147.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:15 pm
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Just like at Pocono, Bubba Wallace has brake issues going into a turn
and loops it. He kept it out of the wall but unfortunately David Starr
in the 51 had no where to go and nailed him. Both drivers though are okay.


  148.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:16 pm
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Right as the field was getting to take the green on the last restart,
Kyle Busch clipped the grass in turn 4 while swerving to warm his tires.
I wondered if that affected his splitter since Harvick was all over him
under green. Now Kyle is saying it feels like his steering is affected.


  149.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:18 pm
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Crash in turn 3. Bubba's brakes failed, turned down through the grass
and slides up the track. Keeps it off the wall, but doesn't have brakes
to keep from sliding down the track. 52 of McLeod spins to avoid the 43,
but his first time teammate David Starr can't get it whoaed down in
time, plows into Bubba's quarter panel. Tough break for Rick Ware.


  150.   Allen posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:21 pm
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Rick Allen just called Will Power the Daytona 500 winner. Bruh.


  151.   zuel660 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:23 pm
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At some point in the future, I can actually see Indy getting dropped off
the Cup schedule. Like others have said, the novelty has long worn off,
& the empty stands there over the last few years have to be an
embarrassment to the series, as well as a big $$ loser at the gate.


  152.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:24 pm
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Bubba in his interview: "I dropped the window net before I stopped
spinning out, just to let everyone know I was fine.." Haha because he
took a long time to drop the window net after his Pocono crash.

"..then we got killed there (hit by Starr) about an hour and a half
later." Lol


  153.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:28 pm
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William Byron battling Matt Kenseth for third place, lap 67.


  154.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:28 pm
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Crash off turn 2 on the backstretch. Allmendinger and Bowman with damage.


  155.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:28 pm
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Steve Letarte and the booth bring up a great point. Since this is the
first time we've ever ran at Indy in September, the track will make the
cars react different from the usual July date. With two brake failures
in a five lap span, there certainly seems to be something.

Also, don't like in Bubba's interview, saying 'and then we got ran into
a half n' hour later.'
Yeah, that'll happen when you turn like a spastic through the grass and
then slide down the track because you don't have any brakes. I know it's
just a reaction thing, but instead of turning right and brushing ino the
wall, he turns the wheel left as far as he can, just like at Pocono. I'm
not gonna get on him for not doing that, as it's a millisecond decision.
But don't be passive aggressive towards David Starr. Don't like that.


  156.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:31 pm
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Where the heck is Kenseth finding the speed that he has?


  157.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:33 pm
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Matt Kenseth flying today.

Bubba was extremely lucky the car spun around like it did or the crash
might have looked identical to the Pocono one, yes it's a millisecond
decision to turn right and not left but he talked up how he should have
just walled it right away after Pocono and now does it again. In his
defense it does suck for him that his brakes always explode at tracks
where you enter the corners around 200.


  158.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:35 pm
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I want to see Indy try the xfinity package in cup before deciding to
remove it. If racing with that package is anything like the xfinity race
today it will be a winner in my book.


  159.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:41 pm
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Yellow lap 77 for a spin off turn 2 by J.J. Yeley.

This is caution No. 7 and we're barely halfway. The record for number of
cautions in a Cup race here is 14, set last year.


  160.   possum posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:46 pm
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@131 - the reason you don't get it is because it's a stupid idea that
NASCAR's never thought thru. The teams are smart enough to decide if
they want to stop or not, they don't need a "competition" caution.

@141 - agree with you hear, Allen is out of his league. NBC should let
Letarte handle the play-by-play - he's not bad at it (better than
Allen), and he's better at play-by=play than he is as a color man.


  161.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:52 pm
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Matt Kenseth is definitely an extremely underrate talent by many. He
just ran the third fastest lap of the race and he's driving a Roush car!


  162.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:54 pm
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Harvick leads by over 5 seconds over Bowyer, but is reporting a
vibration. Lap 89.


  163.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 3:54 pm
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The skies look pretty dark behind turns three and four.


  164.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:01 pm
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Top two pit with four laps to go before end of stage 2. Bowyer and Hamlin.

Kenseth inherits the lead!


  165.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:02 pm
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Almirola speeding penalty.


  166.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:04 pm
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Uh-oh. Looks like Kyle Busch pitted after the pits closed when the
leader took the two-to-go signal for the stage.

Matt Kenseth WINS stage two at Indy!


  167.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:04 pm
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Matt Kenseth, how 'bout that?


  168.   Spen posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:05 pm
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I would so love to see Matt finally get a Brickyard win and complete his
career.


  169.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:05 pm
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Matt Kenseth wins stage two. Great run by him today.


  170.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:06 pm
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When Matt Kenseth assumed the lead after everyone pitted, I was hoping
he decided to stay out to win Stage 2. You're only part time, you've got
nothing to lose and this could be a highlight of your season. I'm sooo
glad Matt Kenseth managed to win Stage 2 despite strategies involved! He
wasn't done, he's still got fire in him IMO.


  171.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:07 pm
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"I would so love to see Matt finally get a Brickyard win and complete
his career."

Which would also tie his mentor, Mark Martin, in wins as well. Which is
something I still wish he'd do, only one more win man.


  172.   joey2448 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:08 pm
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Everyone who hadn't pitted before the end of that stage pits. Chase
Elliott beats Kenseth off pit road by a hair.


  173.   Corey posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:09 pm
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I do believe a win by the 6 team would knock the 88 team out of the
Owners chase.


  174.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:12 pm
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The sleeping giant awakens...


  175.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:40 pm
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Anyone know why Chastain is in 14th in the 15 car with the laps winding
down, other than the fact that he's a future Cup champion hiding in
plain sight?


  176.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:43 pm
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@170 He also came on the radio and questioned why they didn't pit, so it
didn't seem like he cared about a stage win. And honestly why would he?
He's a part time driver who's not fighting for the playoffs.

A real shame that his team boned him in the pits. Kenseth was giving the
6 car a hell of a ride. Still an incredible driver.


  177.   66LongFan posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:44 pm
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Please A Caution


  178.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:48 pm
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Caution. Game changer. Denny Hamlin said earlier this week that the lack
of practice will even up the playing field for the rest of the teams,
and he's been right.


  179.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:49 pm
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Right as I was saying to myself, if there is a caution I think Kenseth
will be on the lead lap, a caution comes out.

Same thing happend with Kaz grata at Daytona, on the last lap I said
everybody wreck but Kaz and you know what happened.


  180.   Timothy Eklund posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:49 pm
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Well he was already on the lead lap but whatever


  181.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 4:50 pm
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Jamie Mac is in 4th man. Screw a top 5 who cares. Do something crazy and
go for broke. Crash on the last lap going for it who cares. Matt McCall
I know this is asking a lot but don't do something stupid.


  182.   George posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:00 pm
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After all the hope coming to that restart, unless there's another
caution this is what's known as an anti-climax.


  183.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:00 pm
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McMurray certainly helped Hamlin there. Bowyer might not have enough
laps to run the 11 down and pass him.


  184.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:03 pm
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UNBELIEVABLE HIT for Earnhardt and Cassill between turns 3 and 4. 96 car
gets rear tires WAY off the ground. Glad to see they're both alright.


  185.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:03 pm
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I hope Cassill is okay. If Nascar cared about driver safety they
wouldn't let Jeffrey Earnhardt within a mile of a race car.


  186.   66LongFan posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:03 pm
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Now Nascar Will Take Forever To Clean This Up, and We'll Have A GWC


  187.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:05 pm
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If there were ever a race to not lift, this is it for Jamie Mac. But he
lifted. Better to be a nice guy then to go for a win and save your
career I guess.


  188.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:08 pm
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Go Bowyer, Brad K and Jamie Mac!


  189.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:09 pm
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People outright pull for a caution and we get a wild wreck. Be careful
what you wish for.


  190.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:09 pm
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Erik Jones on the Cat Bird seat


  191.   Danish Pie posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:11 pm
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Brad Keselowski wins the Brickyard 400! Second Crown Jewel Event in a row.


  192.   Tide1732 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:13 pm
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Finally Roger Penske gets his first Indy cup win.


  193.   66LongFan posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:13 pm
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HELL YEAH, MY MAN BRAD KESELOWSKI WINS THE BRICKYARD 400,


  194.   TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:14 pm
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The 2 team has caught fire! Holy Cow this is incredible.

Rodger Penske finally gets a cup win at the Brickyard.


  195.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:14 pm
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Denny Hamlin and Brad Keselowski were beating and banging! Brad
Keselowski clutched the win! Back to back Southern 500 and Brickyard
400, before these two races he has never won the crown jewel races.
Despite winning Charlotte in the fall 2013 and 4th of July Daytona a few
years ago, he's half way there to winning them all (Daytona 500 &
Charlotte 600 are left)!


  196.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:14 pm
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Brad Keselowski wins his first Brickyard 400 and gives Ford its first
Cup win at Indianapolis since Dale Jarett won here all the way back in
1999. Roger Penske is such an Indianapolis legend but this is the first
time one of his cars has ever won the Brickyard 400.


  197.   Allen posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:15 pm
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After a sluggish start to 2018, Brad Keselowski has won 2 in a row and
has all the momentum heading into the playoffs!


  198.   66LongFan posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:15 pm
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Please NBC Stop With The Double Victory Interviews, It Takes All The
Prestige From Actual Victory Lane


  199.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:16 pm
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Keselowski's first Indy win comes in his ninth attempt at the Brickyard.
He was second last year but that was his only prior finish at this track
better than ninth. Although he's now led seven of his nine Indy starts.


  200.   George posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:17 pm
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Four wins in a row for the blue ovals heading into the playoffs, and
we're on an unprecedented streak of 3 races in a row not won by a member
of the "Boring 3".


  201.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:18 pm
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I know all year people have been questioning Brad Keselowski's career.
Honestly?

He gave Roger Penske his first NASCAR championship (Xfinity 2010).
He gave Roger Penske his first Cup Championship (Cup 2012).
He gave Roger Penske his first Southern 500 win in over 40 years.
He gave Roger Penske his first Brickyard 400 in this race.


  202.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:19 pm
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Add to that Brad won the inaugural Brickyard race in Xfinity as well.


  203.   Maverick19 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:22 pm
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How about dat Jones boi

In June I was questioning if he was a bust, now he has 10 top 10's in
the last 12 races.


  204.   Maverick19 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:25 pm
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Also I believe this is the first win in Cup for Discount Tire.


  205.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:28 pm
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@201 I don't think anybody with a brain would've questioned Keselowski's
career at any point this year. He's been an elite driver for a decade
and is in the middle of his prime, winning in back to back weeks should
surprise nobody. He's a Hall of Famer if he retired tomorrow, and it'll
be interesting to see how much more he can add to his already sterling
resume.


  206.   A.J. posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:29 pm
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Now that the playoff field is set, who will be the first 4 to be eliminated?

I'll go with Dillon, Bowman, Almirola and one non-obvious pick, Larson.
I'll go out on a limb and suggest that JJ will get his sh!t together for
3 races and advance, but probably no further.


  207.   Jonesfan7720 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:29 pm
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Erik definitely had a good chance at that win if brad and denny coulda
just made a little more contact. Second sucks, but he's definitely got
some great momentum heading into the playoffs!


  208.   Maverick19 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:34 pm
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Well, with the regular season points added in, both Harvick and KB will
begin tied with 50 points each.


  209.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:35 pm
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Will Power won the 2018 Indianapolis 500 for Roger Penske in IndyCar.
Brad Keselowski won the 2018 Brickyard 400 for Roger Penske in NASCAR.

Is this only the second time a team owner won at both of the races in
the same year?

I know Chip Ganassi won with Dario Franchitti at the Indy 500 and Jamie
McMurray at the Brickyard 400 back in 2010.


  210.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:36 pm
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"Well, with the regular season points added in, both Harvick and KB will
begin tied with 50 points each."

With only 60 points maxed per race, they definitely have a freebie of a
bad race each round for sure. They both make it to round 3, easily.


  211.   Sector posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:38 pm
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Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin definitely had the best cars all race.
They both tied leading the most laps at 37. Definitely wasn't a boring
race for sure.


  212.   Dave posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:59 pm
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One of the greatest moments in NASCAR history as Brad Keselowski does a
burnout on the bricks to stick it to IndyCar fans after David Land went
on Twitter and complained about burnouts on the bricks.


  213.   Corey posted:
  09.10.2018 - 5:59 pm
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@209 yes, due to no other Brickyard 400 winning team having an Indycar
team.


  214.   Raheem posted:
  09.10.2018 - 6:06 pm
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Brad gets the biggest crown jewel of them all! Love it!


  215.   Ralph posted:
  09.10.2018 - 6:07 pm
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In the first race after Barney Visser announced that he had refused to
pay increased fees to JGR/Toyota for 2019 and is closing down the team
after 2018, Martin Truex Jr. finishes in 40th place with a mechanical
issue.


  216.   Maverick19 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 6:30 pm
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Third race since the new millennium to have a tie for most laps led.

The 2010 Spring Phoenix race and 2017 Southern 500 are the others.


  217.   JSPorts posted:
  09.10.2018 - 6:53 pm
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I know they don't award points for most laps led anymore, but that was
always odd back in the day to see 10 bonus points awarded to 2 different
drivers (that's how they did it.)


  218.   Tide1732 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 8:07 pm
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Penske Triple Crown at Indianapolis
Will Power wins the Indianapolis Infield and Indianapolis 500
And Brad Keselowski wins the Brickyard 400!


  219.   Anonymous posted:
  09.10.2018 - 8:07 pm
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First win for Ford at Indy since 1999


  220.   George posted:
  09.10.2018 - 8:14 pm
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Diva Denny is whining that he was "roughed up" by the 2 during the final
laps and therefore was unfairly deprived of the win he was entitled to
today.

Somewhere Chase Elliott is smiling....


  221.   Wil posted:
  09.10.2018 - 8:28 pm
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Denny is a diva, but don't blame him on the post race interview.
"Roughed up" was probably too strong but he didn't sound like he was
blaming Brad, just used it as an expression. And he was right to be
upset about the late caution-- he lost the Brickyard 400 solely because
Jeff Earnhardt has the last name Earnhardt so he gets to cause crashes
and dictate races, even though he has the same amount of talent as you
or I.


  222.   Ultimate Warrior #18 posted:
  09.10.2018 - 9:16 pm
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@221 Dude he got loose and over corrected your making it seem like he
ran Cassill into the wall.


  223.   Greg1&9Fan posted:
  09.10.2018 - 9:38 pm
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Regardless of the last few laps, it was a boring boring race. Typical.


  224.   Nucl3ar Wa4le posted:
  09.11.2018 - 11:51 am
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  225.   ThatGuy posted:
  09.11.2018 - 12:54 pm
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@205 I wasn't questioning his career this season, but it's certainly
been one of if not his worst since 2010. If the caution came out AFTER
he made his final pit stop yesterday, he doesn't get to 3rd by the time
the last caution comes out. Darlington was a similar deal, cautions set
him up (as well as his pit crew) just in time for the end of the race.
The timing of the cautions the last 2 races is the reason why he won
both. I'm not saying he's had a bad year, but I don't recall him having
the car to beat in any race this season


  226.   Sector posted:
  09.11.2018 - 1:20 pm
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"Regardless of the last few laps, it was a boring boring race. Typical."

Sign that if Chase Elliott or Jamie McMurray weren't at the front, then
it's boring. Not every race will be exciting. You should already know
this instead of making a pointless comment. This was better than the
other Indianapolis races in the past decade.


  227.   Wil posted:
  09.11.2018 - 1:45 pm
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@225 Even before these 2 wins 2018 for Brad blew 2013 out of the water.
Also, his "struggles" are more a statement on the Big 3's domination
this year than anything else. Brad's been in that next tier, with a 2nd
at Atlanta, 4th in the Coke 600, 3rd at Kentucky and 2nd at Michigan-
all tracks that require speed. We're just so used to excellence from
Brad that it seemed like he was having a horrible year, and he was even
saying that. That's when you know a driver's elite.


  228.   Minnowfur posted:
  09.11.2018 - 6:48 pm
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What happened to the 17 car?


  229.   rm posted:
  09.11.2018 - 7:40 pm
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He had something break, can't remember what. Thought I remember hearing
something to do with a valve.


  230.   Mike posted:
  09.11.2018 - 8:03 pm
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Stenhouse's engine was letting go so they parked it.


  231.   AndersonWhitt posted:
  09.11.2018 - 8:08 pm
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@220:

'Diva Denny is whining that he was "roughed up" by the 2 during the
final laps and therefore was unfairly deprived of the win he was
entitled to today.

Somewhere Chase Elliott is smiling....'

Like Wil said, I think Denny was blaming the wreck for his finish, but I
agree that he should make a sincere public apology to Chase (assuming he
didn't already) before he accuses Brad of roughing HIM up.


  232.   AndersonWhitt posted:
  09.11.2018 - 8:10 pm
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@221:

'Denny is a diva, but don't blame him on the post race interview.
"Roughed up" was probably too strong but he didn't sound like he was
blaming Brad, just used it as an expression. And he was right to be
upset about the late caution-- he lost the Brickyard 400 solely because
Jeff Earnhardt has the last name Earnhardt so he gets to cause crashes
and dictate races, even though he has the same amount of talent as you
or I.'

To be fair, we haven't seen how long Jeffrey Earnhardt will keep getting
rides (although he was previously announced to drive the rest of the
season in the 96).

This seems to be the kind of wreck that could put someone in danger of
losing future rides if there wasn't a good reason why it happened.

(Of course, Jeffrey may keep getting rides just because he's the only
Earnhardt still racing.)


  233.   AndersonWhitt posted:
  09.11.2018 - 8:20 pm
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Is there any information on what caused Jeffrey to collide with Landon
Cassill? I watched the video, and it looks like something on the car
broke, unless it was just a driving mistake.


  234.   Wil posted:
  09.11.2018 - 8:34 pm
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"Of course, Jeffrey may keep getting rides just because he's the only
Earnhardt still racing." That's the only reason. In 145 Nascar starts he
has 1 top 10, on a plate track in 2011. There's no evidence that he's
won a race in his life, on any level. I'm not convinced he could be
competitive in a Venturini car in ARCA.

@233 Dale Jr was watching it as it happened and said Jeffrey just got
loose. On the replay you can see a slight bobble and then he went
straight up the track. He just lost it underneath.


  235.   JSPorts posted:
  09.11.2018 - 8:50 pm
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You really don't think he could be competitive in a Venturini car? He's
clearly not cut out for Cup, but he could definitely score top-5s in
ARCA in good equipment. He did as much in the K&N Series, which is
generally at least as competitive (if not more so) than ARCA.


  236.   Wil posted:
  09.11.2018 - 9:33 pm
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@235 If given 5 races in ARCA with Venturini he could maybe pull off a
top 5 or two. Look again at his K&N stats- he sucked, leading a whopping
0 laps in 2 basically full seasons with DEI. His results were stunningly
poor for a Cup affiliated team in that series.


  237.   AndersonWhitt posted:
  09.12.2018 - 1:17 am
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In ARCA, Jeffrey was quite a bit worse than his two teammates in 2008
(Trevor Bayne and Jesus Hernandez; Jeffrey was 11th in points at the
time of his last race, while Bayne and Hernandez were both 2nd-4th in
points for the second half of the season).

Jeffrey's 2007 performance was also slightly worse than their 2008
performance (although he was still 5th in points).

I'm not sure how good DEI's K&N team was compared to others (they only
had two wins, one with Bayne and one with then-part-time Cup driver
Almirola, both in 2008), but they seemed pretty good, since they had top
5's in points in both of their seasons.

Jeffrey definitely seems to be one of the less-talented drivers out
there. (Also see his performance with JD Motorsports.)


  238.   Wil posted:
  09.12.2018 - 1:41 am
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@238 Knowing Dale Jr and seeing how family oriented his mind is, it's
striking that he's only given Jeffrey one ride in a JRM Xfinity car. In
that race, Jeffrey finished 17th at Richmond purely by being slower than
the cars ahead of him (he started 22nd). It's possible Dale just knows
how poor Jeffrey is of a driver. It was frightening to see Cassill hit
the wall head on while being squeezed into it by another car at the same
time; at the same time, Jeff Earnhardt's lack of skill caused a late
race caution that dictated the outcome in both. The Cup series is
supposed to be a series that includes the best drivers in the world, and
one driver is both single handedly changing the outcomes while putting
other drivers in jeopardy with his lack of ability.


  239.   Sebbie posted:
  09.12.2018 - 6:31 pm
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Hi. WRC fan here. The comments by IndyCar fans like David Land about
burnouts on bricks are silly. No one pulled their hairs out when Jimmie
Johnson burned it down in 2008, but now it's too controversial? This
race exposed David and IndyCar fans like him as overly-sensitive twats
who are glass cannons when it comes to their childish 'war' against
NASCAR, but it doesn't surprise me seeing as how David probably thinks
they're just a bunch of dumb rednecks who only go left and crash a lot.
Never mind Carl Edwards once defeated Michael Schumacher at an ROC
event. He MUST mature for him to be considered a part of the racing
community.


  240.   JSPorts posted:
  09.12.2018 - 6:50 pm
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I don't get why people are upset about it. They're part of the race
track, and drivers normally do burnouts at the start/finish line. I had
never even heard of this issue until recently. It's not like the drivers
are going out of their way to disrespect anyone, but the bricks are just
there.


  241.   Greg1&9Fan posted:
  09.13.2018 - 6:46 am
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226. How is calling it a boring race pointless? And don't be a jerk and
say if the 1 and 9 were at the front I wouldn't be saying that, I have
said it on many occasions when one or the other was at the front.

Indianapolis is boring. Period. No other way around it. And the last 2
laps of 160 or whatever doesn't change that fact.


  242.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.13.2018 - 10:28 am
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Roger Penske finally wins the Brickyard 400 but he wasn't at the track
to enjoy it. The Captain was in New York City the day this race was run
for a BMW event at John F. Kennedy International Airport and found out
about this victory when the team sent him a text message afterward. It's
the first time one of Penske's cars has won at Indianapolis that he
wasn't present to enjoy the spoils of victory.

This was victory #499 for Penske Racing across all series.


  243.   Wil posted:
  09.13.2018 - 10:47 am
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Missing your first Brickyard 400 win...for a BMW event at JFK? He wasn't
watching the race at all? Must have been some event.


  244.   Greg1&9Fan posted:
  09.13.2018 - 11:41 am
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Roger is just like Chip in a lot of ways. Prefer open wheel racing but
the money is in NASCAR.


  245.   racefangurl posted:
  09.13.2018 - 4:31 pm
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Jeffrey Earnhardt < Trevor Bayne.


  246.   Rich posted:
  12.13.2020 - 9:53 pm
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Rick Allen, Steve Letarte, Mike Bagley, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jeff
Burton were the commentators. Marty Snider, Dave Burns, Kelli Stavast
and Parker Kligerman were the pit road reporters.


  247.   Rich posted:
  12.30.2020 - 7:47 am
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The pre and post race show was Krista Voda along with Dale Jarrett and
Kyle Petty.


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