The Official Race Thread

[Little Whiskey]

Okay, football season hasn't started, the draft is over, lets talk Nascar!!

Sunday's race has been rained out, so they are racing right now. Wisconsin's own Matt Kenseth, is now leading. Sounds like an early wreak has taken out some good cars. Newman, Martin, Kahne.

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[Little Whiskey]

jr and stewart just involved in a spin. doesn't sound like it is too serious, for stewart. damn.....

[Little Whiskey]

kenseth finishes 6th, while Jimmie Johnson wins Talledaga. Jr. blows up with less than 50 laps to go. Kenseth will lose the points lead to Johnson.


thanks for talking nascar with me, Whiskey!!




no problem, maybe we can do it again next week, LW




sure thing, Whiskey

[HarveyWallbangers]

Kenseth took 6th, huh? That's a solid showing for him at Talledega. I smell a championship.

[Little Whiskey]

welcome to the party Harv, a little late though.

I agree he is doing very well. very similar to his championship season.


good news, gordon finishes 15!!!

[Joemailman]

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought Mobb had joined us.

[Charles Woodson]

Nascar makes my head and tummy hurt. I mean how can u watch a car go for 50 mill. laps. anyways its 24 time

[GBRulz]

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought Mobb had joined us.

LOL, either that or all the marches going on today about that immigrant law

[MJZiggy]

I thought there was supposed to be a boycott today, but they sure weren't boycotting where I was shopping.

[Little Whiskey]

ladies, this is a thread devoted to Nascar, not race baiting!!

nick, you ask the question, " how can youhow can u watch a car go for 50 mill laps?" well i ask you, how can you watch 22 guys playing keep away for 3 hrs?" same thing, once you understand the sport you will start to appreciate it.

ask a question i will try to explain.

[Little Whiskey]

this past weekend the cup cars traveled to Richmond to race under the lights. After having a car that looked like it could compete for the win, Kenseth rear rotor fell off and after he ran it over, it punched a hole in the oil pan. Needless to say he didn't finish very well. The 38th place finish dropped him a spot in the overall standings to third. Dale Jr. battled rookie Denny Hamlin for the win. I cannot say much more about the race, since after Kenseth's early exit i decided to watch something else. (actually the wife had been nagging me to watch a movie with her.

Next week the make a stop at the track too tough to tame. Darlington. This track is egg shapped and is as hard on the tires as it is on the drivers. by the conclusion of the race most cars will be wearing the famous "darlington stripe" since the tight racing causes many-a-driver to drift up and scrape the outside retaining wall. Should be a great race, be sure to tune in.

[Little Whiskey]

LW, when are you going to post your race update?



Sorry, whiskey i've been shirking my responsiblitly to all the race fans here at pack rats. so here is the short and sweet of sat. darlington race.

Greg biffle won the dodge charger 500 after leading the most laps. The final lap could have been more interesting if the lapped car of Ken Schrader hadn't have gotten in Jeff Gordon's way in the last turn. Wisconsin's own (and personal favorite) matt kenseth finished third. Kenseth had a good car most of the night and his quick pitstops kept him up front most of the night. He now trails tony stewart by 1 point in the overall point standings.

Next week is the All Star event a Lowes motor speedway. It is a race for a million bucks. The only place that counts is first, bring back the checkers or the wrecker!! Should be a great race.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Little Whiskey,

I have a question for you. Why doesn't Nascar rotate the 10 Cup races at the end of the year? It seems like if those 10 favor a race team, they will always favor a race team. I'd like to see them mix it up each year and throw some new races in there.

[Little Whiskey]

I guess i don't have to quote you harv, since you are the only other poster to EVER post on my race thread.

I think the reason nascar doesn't rotate the final ten is two fold. first they have a pretty good mix of tracks in the last ten races. shorttracks, superspeedway, and the 1.5 milers. so it already lends itself to the driver who is best at a variety of tracks. (the only type track excluded is the road course. however they only race at two of those per year. more of a novelty). the second reason is scheduling. every year the dates are pretty much the same. they run the same schedule. it causes alot of uproar when they decide to change a date. fans don't like it. Alot of scheduling has to do with climate. They don't race indoors, and remember they start the season in feb. can you imagine racing MI or ILL in Feb, or March??

[FavreChild]

LW, you'd be very proud of ol' FC. I spent the day yesterday at the Milwaukee Mile for Marlboro's Racing School.

After signing about a bazillion waivers, we got to ride shotgun with the drivers on three different tracks:

1) Took a couple of laps in the IROC around the oval
2) Rode the Panoz GTS around the road course
3) Went DRIFTING with the Mustangs

It was pretty freakin' awesome! And hot as hell in those racing suits. Now that I have a much better appreciating for racing, perhaps I will post here in the race thread again sometime...