Random NASCAR Stuff to talk about.....

dpkimmel2001 said:
Eldora Truck and camping tickets arrived today.
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JUST GOT MINE DP YEEEEHAWWWW
Hope the lot 1 windshield passes arent the super sticky type.
 
#16 features Sustainable Fire Suppression Fluid at PIR: Greg Biffle will be racing with the environmentally sustainable, 3M Novec 1230 Fire Protection Fluid as a new standard in the #16 3M Ford Fusion. Novec 1230 fluid balances performance requirements with favorable environmental and safety properties, giving Biffle added reassurance and peace of mind. On March 3 at the Phoenix raceway, the car will showcase the Novec brand name on the hood. Additionally, the #16 3M Ford Fusion will feature a system using Novec 1230 fluid throughout the entire 2013 racing season. Biffle's car had previously been upgraded with Novec 1230 fluid through Roush Fenway Racing, who jumped on board early in 2012 to help protect Biffle, as well as the environment. The #16 3M Ford Fusion is the first racecar that incorporates a sustainable fire suppression fluid. Metalcraft, Inc., an international leader in fire suppression, equipped the ****pit of the #16 3M Ford Fusion with its Fire-Trak branded fire suppression system using Novec 1230 fluid. The Fire-Trak system and 3M's Novec 1230 fluid received NASCAR approval in 2012. Other notable applications of 3M Novec 1230 fluid include use in helping to protect high-value assets such as data centers, aviation equipment, marine vessels, museum artifacts, library documents, and financial, health care, power generation and oil/gas petrochemical facilities, as well as computers and other critical devices where water cannot be used. Additionally, Novec 1230 fluid has found its way into the archives at the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library at the Alamo.(Roush Fenway Racing)(2-28-2013)
 
From NASCAR.com

CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars competing on the series’ intermediate tracks this season will be doing so without the familiar roof camera, beginning with Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
According to series director John Darby, the removal of the camera (for approximately two-thirds of this year’s points races) is just one of several moves made during the offseason as officials worked through changes on the new Generation-6 car. Of primary concern was how to lessen the impact of turbulent air that previously hampered side-by-side competition at the series’ intermediate tracks.
What officials found was that changes made underneath the car “seem to stay more consistent, whether you are out front by yourself or seventh in a pack of cars,” Darby said.
“Those are the kind of enhancements that we were looking for. Typically a spoiler would … give you more (downforce). The problem with the spoiler is the guy out front gets more value from that than the guy that’s seventh trying to come through traffic.”
Likewise, he said, roof cameras can provide as much as 80-90 pounds of downforce on a car, but are much more beneficial to the race leader.
“The old way of thinking was, if that’s the case then … make sure everybody has got one on the car so everybody’s the same,” Darby said. “But in reality the downforce is toward the 80-90 pound range for the leader that’s out front by himself. But going back to (the car) in seventh place, you’re not getting (any benefit) off it because the air is too turbulent.
“It’s not just about having them all the same, it’s removing stuff like that that gives the leader even more benefit than he used to have.”
Roof cameras will continue to be used at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway, the road courses at Sonoma Raceway and Watkins Glen International, as well as the series’ smaller venues.
“We want the air messed up (at Daytona and Talladega),” Darby said. “The short tracks are slow and small enough that it doesn’t affect it as greatly.”
Television partners FOX, TNT and ESPN will continue to have cameras in various locations inside the cars. Among the new pieces for FOX, which opened the season with coverage of The Sprint Unlimited and Daytona 500, was the Gyro Cam, a center-mounted camera that rotates to remain level with the horizon as a car speeds through the turns.
According to Rich Feinberg, vice president of motorsports production for ESPN, the same company provides the in-car camera systems for ESPN, FOX and TNT.
“And we are in the process now of developing new options to replace (the roof camera),” Feinberg said. “Perhaps behind the rear-view mirror, various places inside the car.
“We try to be at the forefront of creating new elements. So we’ll get to see what happens over the next few weeks; we’ve begun the conversations about alternate locations inside the car because that seems to be the area in which we can have the most significant conversation with the teams and with NASCAR.”
Hendrick Motorsports crew chief Chad Knaus, fresh off a victory with driver Jimmie Johnson in the Daytona 500, said the removal of the roof camera isn’t that much of a concern for teams.
“It’s minor,” he said, “and everybody has the same thing so it’s not a huge, huge deal. It’s not a big change.”
Knaus said the Hendrick organization had been aware of the change, and tested its intermediate-style cars with that in mind.
“So that’s the way all of our cars are now baselined,” he said.
 
Found this on ESPN:

Who has the best brain among NASCAR drivers? The best hands and feet? The best vision? The most heart and the best seat-of-your-pants instincts?

The Arizona Republic asked three former Cup champions -- Rusty Wallace, Dale Jarrett and Darrell Waltrip -- to rate drivers based on those attributes.

Here are the winners:

• Best hands -- Waltrip and Wallace picked Kyle Busch. Jarrett chose Tony Stewart.

• Best feet -- No agreement here. Wallace picked Clint Bowyer, Jarrett chose Denny Hamlin and Waltrip picked Marcos Ambrose based on his road-racing skills.

• Best vision -- Three picks here as well. Waltrip went with Jeff Gordon, Wallace picked Carl Edwards and Jarrett chose Stewart.

• Best brain -- Waltrip and Jarrett chose Jimmie Johnson. Wallace picked Matt Kenseth.

Johnson laughed when he heard about the best-brain selection: "Really, a brain? Like between my ears? I'm just dumb enough I'm smart, I guess."

• Best seat-of-your-pants driver -- Kyle Busch for Waltrip and Jarrett. Wallace picked Stewart.

• Most heart -- Jarrett and Wallace picked Mark Martin. Waltrip chose Stewart.

And the winner is? A tie between Kyle Busch and Stewart, with four votes each.

-- Terry Blount
 
BobbyFord said:
From NASCAR.com

CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars competing on the series’ intermediate tracks this season will be doing so without the familiar roof camera, beginning with Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.
According to series director John Darby, the removal of the camera (for approximately two-thirds of this year’s points races) is just one of several moves made during the offseason as officials worked through changes on the new Generation-6 car. Of primary concern was how to lessen the impact of turbulent air that previously hampered side-by-side competition at the series’ intermediate tracks.
What officials found was that changes made underneath the car “seem to stay more consistent, whether you are out front by yourself or seventh in a pack of cars,” Darby said.
“Those are the kind of enhancements that we were looking for. Typically a spoiler would … give you more (downforce). The problem with the spoiler is the guy out front gets more value from that than the guy that’s seventh trying to come through traffic.”
Likewise, he said, roof cameras can provide as much as 80-90 pounds of downforce on a car, but are much more beneficial to the race leader.
“The old way of thinking was, if that’s the case then … make sure everybody has got one on the car so everybody’s the same,” Darby said. “But in reality the downforce is toward the 80-90 pound range for the leader that’s out front by himself. But going back to (the car) in seventh place, you’re not getting (any benefit) off it because the air is too turbulent.
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Wow , 80-90 pounds . Who would have thought it would be that much? Incredible.
 
I get the feeling Indycar doesn't think much of NASCAR racing.

BCG said IndyCar was "the best pure racing motorsports league in the U.S. ... but the series suffers from lack of awareness."

Focus groups suggested that marketing strategies should be geared to "positioning IndyCar as having the most skilled, daredevil drivers and not theatrical off-track personalities."

They indicated they valued fast cars over science and engineering; winning over points challenges; suspense through lead changes over entertainment through crashes; and the diversity of track types rather than ovals.

"Focus on excitement of real racing; daredevil drivers defined by winning, racing at thrilling speeds," the report said, as a way to distinguish IndyCar from NASCAR's "amusing entertainment: off-track drama and partying."


Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/racing/news/20130302/consulting-group-family-told-to-keep-indycar-ims/#ixzz2MONypE4Y
 
Can anyone tell me when Indy car went from 'no other cars in sight' to 'suspense thru lead changes' ? I remember when I watched a race a few years back , there was little ,if any, side by side racing. Did they do something to promote parity?
 
ted@economy said:
Can anyone tell me when Indy car went from 'no other cars in sight' to 'suspense thru lead changes' ? I remember when I watched a race a few years back , there was little ,if any, side by side racing. Did they do something to promote parity?
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Nope. Just more nonsesnse for the spritzers on here to get their drawers in a wad about.
 
ted@economy said:
Can anyone tell me when Indy car went from 'no other cars in sight' to 'suspense thru lead changes' ? I remember when I watched a race a few years back , there was little ,if any, side by side racing. Did they do something to promote parity?
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Their new car really does make for great racing, but it's still about as boring as this years Daytona 500. What I found most interesting is their harsh description of nascar and the drivers, but I have to agree nascar heavily promotes wrecks at RP tracks.
 
FenderBumper said:
Their new car really does make for great racing, but it's still about as boring as this years Daytona 500. What I found most interesting is their harsh description of nascar and the drivers, but I have to agree nascar heavily promotes wrecks at RP tracks.
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The networks heavily promote wrecks at all tracks. ;)
 
FenderBumper said:
I get the feeling Indycar doesn't think much of NASCAR racing.
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Keep in mind these quotes are from a consulting group producing a marketing strategy; they aren't from anyone in Indycar itself.
ted@economy said:
Can anyone tell me when Indy car went from 'no other cars in sight' to 'suspense thru lead changes' ? I remember when I watched a race a few years back , there was little ,if any, side by side racing. Did they do something to promote parity?
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I found several of their races last year to be entertaining. Let's face it, NASCAR has a couple or three clunkers every year too.
dpkimmel2001 said:
The networks heavily promote wrecks at all tracks. ;)
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They promote wrecks across all series, too. Heck, the tracks promote them in their advertisements. I wish more sports 'highlights' would show fewer wrecks and more side-by-side (-by-side) racing and passing and crossovers.
racer8 said:
He just needs to get laid.
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Don't we all?
 
Stewart Fan said:
My biggest issue with Andy is he's always the expert on everything. From how UPS should deliver a package to running the free world. lol
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Judging from the pictures I've seen of Andy he looks like he's about 22-23 years old. He's also one of those people that spouts off without taking the time to think things through. Add that to the fact that he's generally an angry person and you end up with what we see in his posts on this board. Hopefully he develops a healthy inner-monologue which will provide him with much needed insight.
 
Matthew2470 said:
Judging from the pictures I've seen of Andy he looks like he's about 22-23 years old. He's also one of those people that spouts off without taking the time to think things through. Add that to the fact that he's generally an angry person and you end up with what we see in his posts on this board. Hopefully he develops a healthy inner-monologue which will provide him with much needed insight.
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:rolleyes:

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Matt Kenseth and Trevor Bayne teamed up to wreck the golf car carrying Mrs. Busch as they thought that Vickers was the diver...you know, while we're talking through our FATTYBEGONE :D

The last part of this (which I refuse to believe) is that they're blaming Jack Roush because he was their spotter.
 
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