NASCAR 2012 season

[salsadancer7]

You drive a car at 200 mph with others less than 6" away and tell me that it doesn't take great skill.

Do you have the stamina to do that in 120* + temps for 4 hours a day each weekend ?

Skills yes, sport no. Neither is bowling, billiards, poker or shooting of any kind.

But I will stop there...this discussion is for another.

 

[SandraC]

In all seriousness, this debate is very subjective and simply based on a person's own perspective of what they constitute as being a sport.

Totally agree. These are just opinions. What you may not consider a sport, another person does. Neither person is wrong.


Sandra

 

[AntAltMike]

People whose opinions are that chess and poker are sports are wrong.

 

[riffjim4069]

Nothing against NASCAR, but auto racing season is from Memorial Day through Labor Day and perhaps a week or two in November during the Tareyton Cup (or whatever its called these days). Being that its winter I would much rather see a sport like NCAA Hockey stickied.

Do we really need this thread stickied 11-months out of the year? I say "no" in my humble opinion. Just my two cents...

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[Mr Tony]

Do we really need this thread stickied 11-months out of the year? I say "no" in my humble opinion. Just my two cents...

9 months

Do we need a NFL thread stickied all year? And why does the NFL off season get stickied yet the MLB one doesnt?

 

[Rey]

9 months

Do we need a NFL thread stickied all year? And why does the NFL off season get stickied yet the MLB one doesnt?

The MLB off season thread was stickied until today. Ramy thought it was time to sticky the MLB season thread and unsticky the offseason thread. Isn't the season about a month away?

 

[Rey]

Nothing against NASCAR, but auto racing season is from Memorial Day through Labor Day and perhaps a week or two in November during the Tareyton Cup (or whatever its called these days). Being that its winter I would much rather see a sport like NCAA Hockey stickied.

Do we really need this thread stickied 11-months out of the year? I say "no" in my humble opinion. Just my two cents...

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Thanks for your input but each of the major sports will have a thread stickied whether it's during the season or offseason.

 

[Jimbo]

Nothing against NASCAR, but auto racing season is from Memorial Day through Labor Day and perhaps a week or two in November during the Tareyton Cup (or whatever its called these days). Being that its winter I would much rather see a sport like NCAA Hockey stickied.

Do we really need this thread stickied 11-months out of the year? I say "no" in my humble opinion. Just my two cents...

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NASCAR season is from Feb to Nov.

 

[Mr Tony]

Lineup for the 500

• 1 99 Carl Edwards
  2 16 Greg Biffle Ford
  3 14 Tony Stewart
  4 17 Matt Kenseth
  5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  6 78 Regan Smith
  7 9 Marcos Ambrose
  8 48 Jimmie Johnson
  9 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet
  10 33 Elliott Sadler
  11 98 Michael McDowell
  12 20 Joey Logano
  13 29 Kevin Harvick
  14 18 Kyle Busch
  15 22 A.J. Allmendinger
  16 24 Jeff Gordon
  17 7 Robby Gordon
  18 39 Ryan Newman
  19 1 Jamie McMurray
  20 5 Kasey Kahne
  21 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  22 55 Mark Martin
  23 2 Brad Keselowski
  24 36 Dave Blaney
  25 34 David Ragan
  26 56 Martin Truex Jr.
  27 43 Aric Almirola
  28 51 Kurt Busch
  29 10 Danica Patrick
  30 15 Clint Bowyer
  31 11 Denny Hamlin
  32 47 Bobby Labonte
  33 38 David Gilliland
  34 87 Joe Nemechek
  35 42 Juan Montoya
  36 13 Casey Mears
  37 27 Paul Menard
  38 93 David Reutimann
  39 83 Landon Cassill
  40 21 Trevor Bayne
  41 26 Tony Raines
  42 30 David Stremme
  43 32 Terry Labonte

 

[Jimbo]

Quite a hit Danika took today.
Thankfully, they have the Safer Barrier walls where she hit.

 

[Mr Tony]

yeah that was a pretty bad hit against that wall

 

[Jimbo]

yeah that was a pretty bad hit against that wall

Did you see the slo mo from the back side, the car and the walls collapsed, it was amazing to see the car ball up that much.

 

[Ramy]

Lineup for the 500

• 1 99 Carl Edwards
  2 16 Greg Biffle Ford
  3 14 Tony Stewart
  4 17 Matt Kenseth
  5 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
  6 78 Regan Smith
  7 9 Marcos Ambrose
  8 48 Jimmie Johnson
  9 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet
  10 33 Elliott Sadler
  11 98 Michael McDowell
  12 20 Joey Logano
  13 29 Kevin Harvick
  14 18 Kyle Busch
  15 22 A.J. Allmendinger
  16 24 Jeff Gordon
  17 7 Robby Gordon
  18 39 Ryan Newman
  19 1 Jamie McMurray
  20 5 Kasey Kahne
  21 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  22 55 Mark Martin
  23 2 Brad Keselowski
  24 36 Dave Blaney
  25 34 David Ragan
  26 56 Martin Truex Jr.
  27 43 Aric Almirola
  28 51 Kurt Busch
  29 10 Danica Patrick
  30 15 Clint Bowyer
  31 11 Denny Hamlin
  32 47 Bobby Labonte
  33 38 David Gilliland
  34 87 Joe Nemechek
  35 42 Juan Montoya
  36 13 Casey Mears
  37 27 Paul Menard
  38 93 David Reutimann
  39 83 Landon Cassill
  40 21 Trevor Bayne
  41 26 Tony Raines
  42 30 David Stremme
  43 32 Terry Labonte

Nice to see Terry racing. Wish he could finally win one.

 

[Ramy]

Did you see the slo mo from the back side, the car and the walls collapsed, it was amazing to see the car ball up that much.

I saw that and the in-car camera where she knew enough to take her hands off the wheel before hitting the wall.

 

[Jimbo]

I saw that and the in-car camera where she knew enough to take her hands off the wheel before hitting the wall.

I gotta give her a lot of credit, most of the NASCAR guys don't do that, I bet they may start though.

 

[Jimbo]

Nice to see Terry racing. Wish he could finally win one.

He gets the Championship provisional, I really don't expect much from him in the race.
I'd rather have seen him make it in by racing in the Twin 125's or on his time. (I know they're not called the Twins anymore, but they will always be that to me, not sure why they changed it, probably to make more money from sponsers)

Unfortunately Bill Elliot didn't make it.

 

[Ramy]

He gets the Championship provisional, I really don't expect much from him in the race.
I'd rather have seen him make it in by racing in the Twin 125's or on his time. (I know they're not called the Twins anymore, but they will always be that to me, not sure why they changed it, probably to make more money from sponsers)

Unfortunately Bill Elliot didn't make it.

If he isn't going to be competitive I just wish he would stop trying myself.

 

[Jimbo]

If he isn't going to be competitive I just wish he would stop trying myself.

I agree, but thats all part of how NASCAR works, offering the Championship Provisional.
Now, I have No idea how the Provisional works as in who gets it each year, there have been more than just Terry that won a Championship and retired, how do they determine who gets it.

Do they call each one and ask if they want to race ?

 

[stimpson]

Now, I have No idea how the Provisional works as in who gets it each year, there have been more than just Terry that won a Championship and retired, how do they determine who gets it. Do they call each one and ask if they want to race ?

If there is more than one prior champion, the provisional goes to driver with the oldest championship year. Labonte 1984 and 1996 respectivley. Elliot 1998.

 

[Jimbo]

If there is more than one prior champion, the provisional goes to driver with the oldest championship year. Labonte 1984 and 1996 respectivley. Elliot 1998.

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