The 2012 NASCAR Thread

[AsburySkinsFan]

Dang it!!! Someone wrecked Smoke!!!!

Is there anything Smoke can't do?! How in the world he saves that car...mad skillz.

[RichmondRedskin88]

I wonder if Jr will finally get his win. I got a weird feeling he might steal this one.

[AsburySkinsFan]

How many retries is this gonna take?

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 12:52 AM ----------

I wonder if Jr will finally get his win. I got a weird feeling he might steal this one.

Ohhh I hope not!

[Rdskns2000]

Obama should put a stop to this now. How dare they allow car racing; bad for the environment. Ban all forms of auto racing now.

[AsburySkinsFan]

Rats I don't see Smoke in the pack.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 12:55 AM ----------

Whew Smoke rolls in on the last turn.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 12:57 AM ----------

Good race Matt. Next year Smoke.

[RichmondRedskin88]

I understand being a teammate but I'm not sure I understand just sitting back and letting the other guy take the race. Biffle basically gave up 2nd also.

[Boss_Hogg]

I retract my post about the Roush cars.

Damn, Kenseth is the most boringest driver in NASCAR history.

Boooo

[SC_RedskinsFan]

I understand being a teammate but I'm not sure I understand just sitting back and letting the other guy take the race. Biffle basically gave up 2nd also.

After listening to Biff's interview I think he needs a little more drafting training!

Hail of a race though

[Bubble Screen]

Only guaranteed a spot for 1st 5 races. After that, you have to be in top 35 in owners points for a locked in spot. If not, you qualify at end of session with fellow go or go home-ers.

That's true. But he'll still likely start the majority of the races for that team. He's a pretty good qualifier. I see him starting the most races out of the rotation of drivers they have this year.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 03:27 AM ----------

Labonte, no way get rid of him if you can. Edwards came in 2nd in the chase last year to Smoke, so he and Kyle will net you plenty of points, McMurray and Ragan will finish on the bubble around 12th place either barely making or missing the chase. But, Labonte, nah, he's driving for the sponsors now no way he competes.

*edit...I forgot that Ragan was on a new team...scratch what I said about him, he'll struggle to do much this year.

*edit x2
As for betting on Daytona...good luck, both Daytona races and both of Talladega races are TOTAL crap shoots, anyone can win and anyone can be wrecked, there is no method to restrictor plate races because you're talking a 200mph moving parking lot where the lead changes every couple of laps and the leader can be running in 14th by the next lap. Basically Daytona is all about surviving until lap 199 and hoping you're near the front to make a move that's it.

He said he plays in a salary cap league. In other words, you can't pick all the better drivers (it works this way in a lot of fantasy leagues). Labonte finished in the top 5 there last year. So if the OP had him for just this race, then he came out pretty well (Labonte finished 14th). I have no way of telling how good or bad his (the other poster's fantasy team) team is, though, because I don't have the driver values in front of me.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 03:32 AM ----------

There was nothing she could do there... Its hard not to wreck when somebody hits ya

Yeah, she had a rough week. None of the 3 wrecks she was in were of her on making. However, she's gonna have an AWFUL year. I don't know what Smoke was thinking, giving her that schedule she'll have. She's gonna be running on most of the harder tracks (like Darlington) over her 10-race season. There will be very few races out of that 10 that she will even finish on the lead lap. He didn't do her ANY favors. Should have given her tracks she felt more comfortable on to begin her Cup career. That way she could have built her confidence up for the harder tracks like Darlington, Dover, Bristol, etc. BIG miskake. By the end of the 10 races she runs this year she's gonna be doubting if she can ever make it in Cup. They should have just let her run the full Nationwide schedule this year, and given her 10 Cup races on tracks she's ran before.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 03:34 AM ----------

WTH!

In all my years of watching NASCAR, Ive never seen anything like that.

No one has. That was surreal. Just glad no one was injured. That could have had a MUCH worse ending.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 03:36 AM ----------

I cannot believe that, I've never seen anything like that.......

I bet ya there will be a new rule about speeds under caution soon

Maybe. But I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't do anything. It was just a freak accident. Like they were saying, everyone did exactly what they were supposed to do. There was nothing Montoya could do. Those guys can't go slow when they're coming out of the pits onto the track. More times than not they're trying to catch up to the back of the field before a green flag drops. Nothing you can do when something on your car breaks something in rear like that, where you can't steer it.

---------- Post added February-28th-2012 at 03:54 AM ----------

I understand being a teammate but I'm not sure I understand just sitting back and letting the other guy take the race. Biffle basically gave up 2nd also.

You obviously didn't hear Biffle post race interview. He more or less said Kenseth was too fast to catch. Teammates or not, though, he should have at least attempted to make a move on the outside. He and Jr could have possibly sailed by.

My point is, he didn't let him "take" the race. That's not giving Kenseth any credit.

[AsburySkinsFan]

Had a dream last night that Tony Stewart won Daytona.


That was a good dream.

[skinsmarydu]

Had a dream last night that Tony Stewart won Daytona.


That was a good dream.

I had the same dream. Just saw the highlights...Wow, never seen a fire like that!! Tony will win plenty this year, he's a great driver. And I agree, Tony didn't do Danica any favors with the schedule. Let's just pray He keeps everyone on the tracks safe and we have an exciting season for the Cup!!

[AsburySkinsFan]

I had the same dream. Just saw the highlights...Wow, never seen a fire like that!! Tony will win plenty this year, he's a great driver. And I agree, Tony didn't do Danica any favors with the schedule. Let's just pray He keeps everyone on the tracks safe and we have an exciting season for the Cup!!

I'm still not exactly sure that Danica has what it takes in NASCAR, we'll see. The other drivers made her look really bad this last week, every wreck in a race that she had was the fault of someone else. We'll see how she does, honestly I hope she does well, but her success so far in Indy has been fairly muted.

[SWFLSkins]

I'm still not exactly sure that Danica has what it takes in NASCAR, we'll see. The other drivers made her look really bad this last week, every wreck in a race that she had was the fault of someone else. We'll see how she does, honestly I hope she does well, but her success so far in Indy has been fairly muted.

Having watched Danica race in IRL and constantly lose her head in the heat of the battle I came to the realization that she is nothing more than a marketing tool. I would be completely surprised if she has more than a fleeting moment or two. I may be wrong, but I have been going to and following IRL and this all I can surmise.

[AsburySkinsFan]

Having watched Danica race in IRL and constantly lose her head in the heat of the battle I came to the realization that she is nothing more than a marketing tool. I would be completely surprised if she has more than a fleeting moment or two. I may be wrong, but I have been going to and following IRL and this all I can surmise.

I am tempted to agree, and the shouting spat she had with her spotter certainly doesn't help her reputation. And I certainly agree about the marketing, but then that's what the advertisers want, attention, and GoDaddy is not shy about being attention whores, plus their money puts a third car in Smoke's garage which had to wait until the economy heated up again. Danica just hasn't proven herself, and sure a win is a win, but racing for a win and strategic wins are viewed very differently by not just a few people.

[SWFLSkins]

I am tempted to agree, and the shouting spat she had with her spotter certainly doesn't help her reputation. And I certainly agree about the marketing, but then that's what the advertisers want, attention, and GoDaddy is not shy about being attention whores, plus their money puts a third car in Smoke's garage which had to wait until the economy heated up again. Danica just hasn't proven herself, and sure a win is a win, but racing for a win and strategic wins are viewed very differently by not just a few people.

A driver wins though, what wins does she have? She probably left IRL because there are two other women there Simona DiSilvestro which were better drivers and not just hot GoDaddy.com girls. She has blown her lid for years on IRL and walked around with a smug unapproachable look on her face while other IRL drivers more famous and successful stood in the heat talking to fans.

One win in 2008, no many laps led or top finishes. Maybe she thought Nascar was easier, doubt it.

Career Stats

YearStartsWins Top 5 Top 10 Top 15 Top 20 DNF Avg. Start Avg. Finish Laps Led Total Laps Earnings
2011 17 0 1 9 11 14 0 18.6 12.4 13 (.62%) 2093 $321,745
2010 17 0 3 8 12 16 0 16.1 11.4 1 (.04%) 2408 $307,305
2009 17 0 5 10 13 17 1 10.2 9.6 26 (.96%) 2699 $763,305
2008 17 1 3 10 13 16 2 10.1 10.6 4 (.14%) 2779 $301,915
2007 17 0 4 11 16 17 3 8.9 8.2 17 (.63%) 2709 $1,182,055
2006 14 0 2 8 12 14 2 13.1 9.9 0 (.00%) 2299 $923,005
2005 17 0 2 7 11 17 5 7.8 12.5 63 (2.21%) 2850 $1,037,655


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