2014 Indianapolis - Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding 400 - Pre Race Thread

Last week was my last off week for a while and the Cup guys were off too. Now, i'm leaving Tue and i will be on the road and won't get to watch anymore races until the second week of Sept. Plus, i'm going to miss the Eldora race two years in a row.:(
 
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Nitro Dude said:
Last week was my last off week for a while and the Cup guys were off too. Now, i'm leaving Tue and i will be on the road and won't get to watch anymore races until the second week of Sept. Plus, i'm going to miss the Eldora race two years in a row.:(
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decent internet connection? if so you could probably catch a stream.
 
KevinWI said:
Yeah, but the sales numbers have been awful (only something like 1000 sold YTD last I checked) and I'm afraid ole Chevrolet won't be importing them much longer so I may want to gobble one up sooner rather than later. It is a premium car, nice interior, dash, paddle shifters, etc. What I like the most is it comes with basically the same engine as the Corvette, but it looks like a discreet passenger car. People think I'm nuts when I say this, but I think cops look twice at "fast looking" cars like Camaros, Corvettes, Mustangs, etc. The SS is undercover, easy to mistake for a Malibu or Impala. :cool:
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They only planned on selling 1-2k the first model year, so I wouldn't worry about sales numbers. It's a limited production vehicle by design. The 2015 will be available with a stick shift (finally) and optional Magride suspension (YES!). Several more paint options to choose from as well. No word on how many they will produce, but when you look at other sedans in it's class, it's still a great buy at $45-50k. You're getting a lot of car for the money.
 
TooSweet said:
They only planned on selling 1-2k the first model year, so I wouldn't worry about sales numbers. It's a limited production vehicle by design. The 2015 will be available with a stick shift (finally) and optional Magride suspension (YES!). Several more paint options to choose from as well. No word on how many they will produce, but when you look at other sedans in it's class, it's still a great buy at $45-50k. You're getting a lot of car for the money.
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That's also boss 302 price range, but the tickets would make it more expensive to drive. :laugh:
 
Unless you have to have a Chevy, an SRT8 Charger ain't a bad way to go either. They're about the same price as an SS, but they have 55 more horsies.
 
StandOnIt said:
That's also boss 302 price range, but the tickets would make it more expensive to drive. :laugh:
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I think the Boss 302 has been discontinued with the move to the new Mustang for 2015? I do love Boss Mustangs. 302 or 429. New or old. They are neat cars. At the big air show in Oshkosh, WI, they had a real 1969 Boss 429 on display one year at the Ford display. Not many of those around. Big $$$$$. Bring your wallet.

FLRacingFan said:
Something I've waited a long time for...Matt Crafton will attempt to make his Cup Series debut at Indy this weekend, in the #29 RAB Racing Toyota.

http://www.jayski.com/stats/2014/pdfs/20indy2014entry.pdf
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Kind of curious why he has never tried it before.
 
KevinWI said:
I think the Boss 302 has been discontinued with the move to the new Mustang for 2015? I do love Boss Mustangs. 302 or 429. New or old. They are neat cars. At the big air show in Oshkosh, WI, they had a real 1969 Boss 429 on display one year at the Ford display. Not many of those around. Big $$$$$. Bring your wallet.



Yeah they quit the boss and now it is called the GT, still a 5 liter 302, starts at around 32 thou.
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My excitement meter for this race is about a 2 out of 10. Maybe they should just throw them in some of the IndyCars in the museum and let them race those.
 
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crazy that kid will be racing there on saturday:eek: time flies Bill's Brickyard win was 12 years ago. Also makes me feel old...which isn't good being only 23
 
Jeff Gordon enjoys reminiscing, especially about the inaugural Brickyard 400 victory in 1994 that catapulted his NASCAR career. But there were memorable days prior to that, including one for which he wasn’t even present.

The date was May 1, 1989, at Louisville Motor Speedway. At the U.S. Auto Club’s midget race, a crash occurred after the cars crossed the finish line. Rollie Helmling, a Vincennes grocer who owned the car that finished 15th, ran to the fence to see the commotion. To his dismay, his car was wadded up in Turn 1. The driver was soon out of a ride. Helmling had three weeks to regroup for the prestigious “Night Before the 500” midget race at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He needed a new car and a different driver, and he stumbled onto both through an up-and-coming chassis builder who had just moved to the area. Bob East was starting to work with a California family that had relocated to Pittsboro three summers earlier so the son, Gordon, could race before he was 18. The family’s company built parts for East, who actually had raced against Gordon, then 14 or 15, in a dirt sprint car race in Knoxville, Iowa.

“I could see how talented he was even then,” East said.

Gordon preferred the rough-and-tumble dirt sprint cars, but he wanted to try a midget on pavement. The IRP race, which would be televised by a still-young ESPN, seemed like a good platform. Helmling met the Tri-West High School student at East’s rented shop behind a hardware store in Brownsburg. Gordon was the size of a lug nut, with a mustache-in-progress complementing a mullet. Likely wearing a polo shirt and a khaki slacks — that had been his “professional” look dating back to his karting days — the youngster extended his right hand.

“Mr. Helmling,” Jeff Gordon began, “I just want you to know how much I appreciate getting this opportunity.”

Helmling still laughs about it.

“Here’s this little guy, very nice, very polite and very much trying to look older than he was,” he said. “I was skeptical and we weren’t going to get any testing, but I thought, ‘Well, OK, let’s give it a try.’ ”

More at:
http://www.jconline.com/story/sports/motor/2014/07/24/gordon-excelled-indy-years/13123339/
 
*WEAVER* said:
My excitement meter for this race is about a 2 out of 10. Maybe they should just throw them in some of the IndyCars in the museum and let them race those.
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The best racing at IMS this weekend will be the IMSA races on Friday.
 
FRIDAY, JULY 25:

ON TRACK
--8:30-10 a.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
--10:30-11:25 a.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series final practice, FOX Sports 1
 (Follow live)
--11:35 a.m.-1 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
GARAGECAM (Watch live)
-- 10 a.m.: Nationwide Series
-- 11 a.m.: Sprint Cup Series
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- 9 a.m.: Richard Childress, Tom Buis, CEO at Growth Energy, and Ken Parrent, Director of Biofuels at Indiana Corn Marketing Council
-- 9:30 a.m.: Jeff Gordon
-- 10 a.m.: Aric Almirola
-- 10:15 a.m.: Kurt Busch
-- 10:30 a.m.: Ryan Newman
-- 10:45 a.m.: Jimmie Johnson
-- 1 p.m.: Chase Elliott and Bill Elliott
-- 1:15 p.m.: Matt Kenseth
-- 1:30 p.m.: Juan Pablo Montoya
SATURDAY, JULY 26:

ON TRACK
--9-10:50 a.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, ESPN2 (Follow live)
--12:10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, FOX Sports 1 (Follow live)
--2:10 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coors Light Pole Qualifying, ESPN (Follow live)
--4:30 p.m. ET: NASCAR Nationwide Series Lilly Diabetes 250 (100 laps, 250 miles), ESPN (Follow live)
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- 11 a.m.: John Wayne Walding of the Crown Royal Presents the John Wayne Walding 400 at the Brickyard
-- 11:30 a.m.: Danica Patrick
-- 11:45 a.m.: Dale Earnhardt Jr.
-- 3 p.m., approximately: Post Sprint Cup Series Qualifying
-- 6:30 p.m., approximately: Post Nationwide Series race
SUNDAY, JULY 27:

ON TRACK
--1 p.m. ET: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Crown Royal Presents, The John Wayne Walding 400 At The Brickyard (160 laps, 400 miles), ESPN (Follow live)
PRESS CONFERENCES (Watch live)
-- 10 a.m.: Chris Pratt, actor & pace car driver
-- 4 p.m., approximately: Post Sprint Cup Series race
 
ODDS TO WIN 2014 JOHN WAYNE WALDING 400 (7/27/14)
Jimmie Johnson5/1
Brad Keselowski5/1
Kevin Harvick8/1
Jeff Gordon8/1
Matt Kenseth10/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr.10/1
Joey Logano10/1
Kyle Busch10/1
Denny Hamlin15/1
Tony Stewart15/1
Kasey Kahne15/1
Juan Montoya20/1
Kyle Larson25/1
Clint Bowyer25/1
Ryan Newman30/1
Kurt Busch30/1
Paul Menard40/1
Jamie McMurray40/1
Brian Vickers40/1
Carl Edwards50/1
Greg Biffle60/1
Austin Dillon100/1
Field (Any Other Driver)100/1
Martin Truex Jr.100/1
Trevor Bayne300/1
Ricky Stenhouse300/1
Aric Almirola300/1
Danica Patrick300/1
AJ Allmendinger300/1
Marcos Ambrose300/1
 
Johali said:
ODDS TO WIN 2014 JOHN WAYNE WALDING 400 (7/27/14)
Jimmie Johnson5/1
Brad Keselowski5/1
Kevin Harvick8/1
Jeff Gordon8/1
Matt Kenseth10/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr.10/1
Joey Logano10/1
Kyle Busch10/1
Denny Hamlin15/1
Tony Stewart15/1
Kasey Kahne15/1
Juan Montoya20/1
Kyle Larson25/1
Clint Bowyer25/1
Ryan Newman30/1
Kurt Busch30/1
Paul Menard40/1
Jamie McMurray40/1
Brian Vickers40/1
Carl Edwards50/1
Greg Biffle60/1
Austin Dillon100/1
Field (Any Other Driver)100/1
Martin Truex Jr.100/1
Trevor Bayne300/1
Ricky Stenhouse300/1
Aric Almirola300/1
Danica Patrick300/1
AJ Allmendinger300/1
Marcos Ambrose300/1
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$5 on Montoya
 
@MartySmithESPN

Jeff Gordon: Every time we come to Indianapolis we have a shot at winning. And this weekend, no doubt, is best chance we’ve had in long time.
 
Trend to be broken this weekend?

@jeff_gluck

Team Chevy has absolutely dominated the Brickyard. How dominant? Try 11 straight wins here.
 
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