2015 Atlanta - QuikTrip Folds of Honor 500 - Pre Race Thread

God its good to be home and not working. Just taking a load off. Ahh
 
Why is Hornaday still trying this cup thing?
 
Is the weather temp a lot diff today than yesterday? some drivers that were good yesterday dropped today. Wrong way on adjustments. :(
 
DanicaFreak said:
Is the weather temp a lot diff today than yesterday? some drivers that were good yesterday dropped today. Wrong way on adjustments. :(
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Yep, weather change today and no banks of engineers with computers plugged into the cars gathering all of the data like they did yesterday. They can only do that during test days.
 
Oh, so drivers can't block other drivers on pit road, makes sense (it's one of those things that is common sense tbh).
 
Pat said:
Oh Good Lord!

Jeff Gluck‏@jeff_gluck 8m8 minutes ago
UPDATE: NASCAR has clarified new rule it announced yesterday re: quals. Drivers CAN stop on pit road, but they cannot IMPEDE someone.
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Can I impede someone if I'm moving on pit road?

Again, a whole lot of jiggering just to fit two tracks.
 
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@jeff_gluck

Atlanta Motor Speedway gave Jeff Gordon a Bandolero car for Leo and/or Ella to drive. "Leo is going to want to sleep in this thing" -- JG

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you guys seen this?
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/blogs/inside-groove/nascarcasm-cold-nascar-weather.html

Brad Keselowski takes hours to build an ornate snowman. Matt Kenseth runs in out of nowhere and spears it.

• Tire changers often have difficulty locating nuts. The ones on the wheels, also.

• Jack Roush and crew invites team to gather and warm up around the burn barrel filled to the brim with unsold No. 99 Carl Edwards pajama pants and kerosene.

• Snow forecasts mimic the Chase -- "We're gonna get 10 … no 12 … wait … 16."

• Driver after driver angrily approaches Denny Hamlin complaining loudly about how cold it is. He awkwardly attempts to put his arm around each one and warm them up with body heat.

• Everyone wakes up to find their driveway and sidewalks already cleared, courtesy of Clint Bowyer drive-by flamethrowings.

• Kevin Harvick instructs dog to go outside and lift leg on the Joey Snowgano he just built.

• Colorado-based Furniture Row Racing chuckles at how everyone in North Carolina is on such high alert from the cold, as where they're from it's normal for everyone to be cold -- and high.

• Boris Said cavorts through the snow, often stopping to lie on the ground and create a snow angel. Later on, passers-by wonder why head of snow angel is larger than the snow angel's torso.

• Jeff Gordon looks out the window at the new-fallen snow, contemplates his life a year from now, sighs with despair, Googles "HOW TO PRIME SNOWBLOWER."

• Heat goes out in Jimmie Johnson's house. He stays warm by burning anything he has a surplus of. Has difficulty getting a Dover race trophy to catch flame, not so much the wooden Martinsville grandfather clock.

• Crew chiefs openly decry lack of accuracy from meteorologists in snow forecasts. Months later they look in shock as said meteorologists are on pit box watching them calculate fuel mileage and screaming "NOT THAT FUN, IS IT, HEADSET BOY."

• Race winner drives car to Victory Lane. Stands on car. Raises arms in triumph. Showers team with Thermos of tomato soup.
 
DanicaFreak said:
you are a numbers guy thats all
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True .. I've always had a knack for math and finding patterns out of nothing lol it just kind of comes to me.. like Joey winning on 2/22 in his 220th start having driven the 22 and 20.. and then when I tried to find which channel Letterman was on... channel 222!! Blew my mind! Lol

this also just occurred to me.. its his 7th Daytona 500 and in the year (20)15.... 7+15? :p
 
dpkimmel2001 said:
@jeff_gluck

Atlanta Motor Speedway gave Jeff Gordon a Bandolero car for Leo and/or Ella to drive. "Leo is going to want to sleep in this thing" -- JG

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Damn. That's a fine looking car.
 
DanicaFreak said:
you guys seen this?
http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/blogs/inside-groove/nascarcasm-cold-nascar-weather.html

Brad Keselowski takes hours to build an ornate snowman. Matt Kenseth runs in out of nowhere and spears it.

• Tire changers often have difficulty locating nuts. The ones on the wheels, also.

• Jack Roush and crew invites team to gather and warm up around the burn barrel filled to the brim with unsold No. 99 Carl Edwards pajama pants and kerosene.

• Snow forecasts mimic the Chase -- "We're gonna get 10 … no 12 … wait … 16."

• Driver after driver angrily approaches Denny Hamlin complaining loudly about how cold it is. He awkwardly attempts to put his arm around each one and warm them up with body heat.

• Everyone wakes up to find their driveway and sidewalks already cleared, courtesy of Clint Bowyer drive-by flamethrowings.

• Kevin Harvick instructs dog to go outside and lift leg on the Joey Snowgano he just built.

• Colorado-based Furniture Row Racing chuckles at how everyone in North Carolina is on such high alert from the cold, as where they're from it's normal for everyone to be cold -- and high.

• Boris Said cavorts through the snow, often stopping to lie on the ground and create a snow angel. Later on, passers-by wonder why head of snow angel is larger than the snow angel's torso.

• Jeff Gordon looks out the window at the new-fallen snow, contemplates his life a year from now, sighs with despair, Googles "HOW TO PRIME SNOWBLOWER."

• Heat goes out in Jimmie Johnson's house. He stays warm by burning anything he has a surplus of. Has difficulty getting a Dover race trophy to catch flame, not so much the wooden Martinsville grandfather clock.

• Crew chiefs openly decry lack of accuracy from meteorologists in snow forecasts. Months later they look in shock as said meteorologists are on pit box watching them calculate fuel mileage and screaming "NOT THAT FUN, IS IT, HEADSET BOY."

• Race winner drives car to Victory Lane. Stands on car. Raises arms in triumph. Showers team with Thermos of tomato soup.
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:XXROFL:
 
SlicedBread22 said:
True .. I've always had a knack for math and finding patterns out of nothing lol it just kind of comes to me.. like Joey winning on 2/22 in his 220th start having driven the 22 and 20.. and then when I tried to find which channel Letterman was on... channel 222!! Blew my mind! Lol

this also just occurred to me.. its his 7th Daytona 500 and in the year (20)15.... 7+15? :p
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Stop it, you're no Einstein. :D
 
So much for the horsepower reduction. Speeds are up.....

NASCAR’s new aerodynamic rules package, which officially debuts this week, has already produced some unintended consequences.

Sunday’s Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway is the first this season to see the new Sprint Cup series rules intended to reduce horsepower and downforce in hopes of producing better racing.

But the speeds on the track are faster than last season.

In Thursday’s testing and Friday’s practice, several drivers posted average speeds higher than the lap that won the pole for last season’s race at Atlanta (191.278 mph, by Aric Almirola).
 
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BIG PROBLEM. Cars still in inspection: 83, 23, 14, 24, 46, 30, 15, 17, 7, 11, 22, 66, 26, 29, 41, 48, 35, 20, 40, 98, 62, 1, 42, 6, 51.

@jeff_gluck I count 25 cars which are not through inspection yet. No wonder quals were delayed, but it still won't be enough.
 
@jeff_gluck

NASCAR indicates no problems with their inspection equipment. Sounds like teams just trying things for first 1.5-mile race, perhaps?
 
@CandiceSpencer

Asked @JeffGordonWeb if he received a satisfactory explanation, he just shook his head. One-third of Cup field still trying to get thru tech
 
@nateryan

So, the cars still are going faster with lower horsepower and downforce: Over 194 mph in quals. Last year, tops in quals was 191.278
 
@bobpockrass

Hornaday got thru tech and should get laps in. He might get in race just by getting thru tech.
 
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