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[Dilla]

I was informed that somehow, I was chosen to create this week's thread. What the Hell is going on here? I don't remember agreeing to this.



Whatevs, I have nothing better to do anyway.


Weekend Schedule:
Thursday, March 14
7:30 pm NSCS Haulers Enter

Friday, March 15
6:30 am NSCS Garage Opens
10:30 - 11:50 am Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 Practice (SPEED)
12:00 - 1:30 pm Food City 500 Practice (SPEED)
2:00 - 3:30 pm Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 Final Practice (SPEED)
3:40 pm Food City 500 Pole Qualifying (SPEED)
6:00 pm NSCS Garage Closes

Saturday, March 16
7:00 am NSCS Garage Opens
9:00 - 10:00 am Food City 500 Practice (SPEED)
10:35 pm Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 Qualifying (SPEED)
12: 00 - 1:00 pm Food City 500 Final Practice (SPEED)
1:30 pm Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 Driver Introductions
2:00 pm 2013 Jeff Foxworthy's Grit Chips 300 (ESPN2)
2:00 pm NSCS Garage Closes

Sunday, March 17
7:00 am NSCS Garage Opens
11:00 am Food City 500 Driver & Crew Chief Meeting
11:00 am The Charlie Daniels Band Pre-Race Concert
12:30 pm Food City 500 Driver Introductions
1:00 pm 2013 Food City 500 (FOX)

Sprint Cup Entry List
Nationwide Entry List (Buschwhackers: Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch)

Paint scheme of the week, once again, goes to. . . Xxxtreme Motorsport (God, first step to becoming competitive, change that lame-ass name.)




Do they spent their entire budget on wrap?

Forecast scattered showers throughout the weekend, but I think we'll be alright. Brad Keselowski has been the guy to beat the last couple of races here, but Hamlin won the last one. Expect the Deuce to get his first win of the season here. At for Nationwide, it's tough because the Sprint Cup guys know how to make a stinker of NW races, but hopefully one of the regulars can show them up, like forum-favorite Sam Hornish did last week.

Let's have a great weekend!

Edited by Dilla, 15 March 2013 - 05:40.

[whitewaterMkII]

yee hah!
Who cares about the wrap, it's the sheet metal bill that will kill ya on the shortys.

[Deluxx]

Good job Dilla with the honors...

Should be a good race, looking forward to it. Not sure what to expect with the new groove that was supposed to slow the drivers down that actually made them faster, haha.

[LuckyStrike1]

So who will Bristolfight who after this race?

[Ross Stonefeld]

Bowyer/15 is running in NAPA colors this weekend. I don't think they're changing Truex/56 so it should be fun trying to tell them apart...

Under/Over on commentator screw-ups vis a vis Team NAPA?

Kahne is in the Great Clips Nationwide paintjob, but in Cup. I think it's my favourite livery of the year, including the ones that haven't been raced yet.

[gm914]

I just read the Nationwide Entry List and noticed:

John Wes Townley. At Bristol.

[Andrew Hope]

Oh God Bristol I can't ****ing wait.

[Atreiu]

Not a fan of Bristol.

[V3TT3L]

Test Session now...now...now [Lincoln mode]

http://www.nascar.co...d-practice.html

VIPs
Jeremy 'dirty mouth' Clements
Robert Richardson, Bobby Ricky

Edited by V3TT3L, 15 March 2013 - 15:13.

[gm914]

Morgan Shepherd ---- Chevy

Boo. We never got to see the Challenger again.

[GustavoB]

hey the #30 is in 6th position right now. Hope for a better weekend for him.
A top 10 would be very welcomed.

http://instagram.com/p/W4li8Kk8t-/

Edited by GustavoB, 15 March 2013 - 16:14.

[gm914]

Kyle Busch spins getting into David Gilliland in practice.

Here is a picture of Kyle Busch in case you forgot who we are talking about:

[LuckyStrike1]

Who / what is that thing in yellow ?

[X61]

Matt Kenseth having another great weekend thus far for JGR. I'm glad to see him doing well and getting on with the team so quickly.

[gm914]

hey the #30 is in 6th position right now. Hope for a better weekend for him.
A top 10 would be very welcomed.

http://instagram.com/p/W4li8Kk8t-/

Nationwide final practice on now. Piquet held the fastest consecutive 10-lap average in Prac 1.
He also won here in K&N E remember. Go Piquet!

[jonpollak]

Who / what is that thing in yellow ?

It's the plastic surgery cash point machine.
Jp

[gm914]

It's the plastic surgery cash point machine.
Jp

Only when you push his buttons it dispenses ****.

Hey Jp. Traveling Stateside this weekend?

[LuckyStrike1]

It's the plastic surgery cash point machine.
Jp

And it's portable too. So practical.

[jonpollak]

Hey Jp. Traveling Stateside this weekend?

Yep.. Sunday, right after the OZ GP
LHR to SFO..11 hrs of hell

Lucky Me
Jp

[gm914]

Yep.. Sunday, right after the OZ GP
LHR to SFO..11 hrs of hell

Lucky Me
Jp

Meh. Try Sydney -> LA -> Miami -> Bahamas in one hit. 27 hours. Then straight to work for 12 hours once you land.

[jonpollak]

Meh. Try Sydney -> LA -> Miami -> Bahamas in one hit. 27 hours. Then straight to work for 12 hours once you land.

Don't you 'meh' me.
Late in 2011 I did the following...
Napier-Aukland-Sydney-LA-London-Milan
53.5 hrs.

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 15 March 2013 - 18:37.

[gm914]

LOL FFS^

J.J. Yeley on the philosophy of going fast

"Well here at Bristol you want to go fast. So I'm just trying to go fast and make my car go fast and so far I'm pretty fast."

Makes sense.

[gm914]

Jeezus. Brad Sweet at top speed slams into an almost stationary Joey Gase. HARD hit.

[jonpollak]

Guess who else was involved...lol
Jp

[Red17]

Death to the Challenger replacing Impalas!

[OfficeLinebacker]

Not a fan of Bristol.

Edited by OfficeLinebacker, 15 March 2013 - 19:09.

[gm914]

http://25.media.tumb...hd2lno1_500.gif

I was going to let it go, but perfect OLB!

[X61]

[Deluxx]

if i hear beating and banging one more time...

[gm914]

Question of the Day: Does Martin Truex dye his hair?

[GustavoB]

Final practice for the #GritChips300 is in the books: @J_Allgaier p2, @KyleLarsonRacin p9, @NelsonPiquet p20

not good at all. Going backwards....p20 even with a mock qualy run

[Deluxx]

Question of the Day: Does Martin Truex dye his hair?

Nice avatar I didn't know you were a Busch fan too!!

Final practice for the #GritChips300 is in the books: @J_Allgaier p2, @KyleLarsonRacin p9, @NelsonPiquet p20

not good at all. Going backwards....p20 even with a mock qualy run

T_T

Edited by Deluxx, 15 March 2013 - 20:04.

[gm914]

Top 10 Cup qualifying:

1.#18-Kyle Busch @14.813sec (track record)
2.#5-Kahne
3.#11-Hamlin
4.#55-Vickers
5.#27-Menard
6.#1-McMurray
7.#2-Keselowski
8.#14-Stewart
9.#56-Truex, Jr
and 10. #22-Logano.

Other Notables:

11. Gordon
13. Johnson
17. Montoya
18. Harvick
21. Edwards
22. Ambrose
23. Bowyer
32. Dale Jr.
41 PSP

[Watkins74]

Cup qualifying:
Other Notables:

11. Gordon

Was that really Gordon in Qualifying or was a stunt driver involved?

[gm914]

Was that really Gordon in Qualifying or was a stunt driver involved?

Crew chief Tony Gibson has stepped forward to take the blame for Danica's poor performance today.
For those keeping score at home, this is the third time in three weekends he has felt the need to make such comments.

Today it was one of those pesky RF springs. Luckily there are more components than races.

[Myrvold]

Darnit. Viasat Motor decided not to broadcast the K&N race when Alx Danielsson didn't qualify -.-

[nosaj100]

;)

Crew chief Tony Gibson has stepped forward to take the blame for Danica's poor performance today.
For those keeping score at home, this is the third time in three weekends he has felt the need to make such comments.

Today it was one of those pesky RF springs. Luckily there are more components than races.

I like Gibson but I'd respect him more if he just said she's a rookie with a tad over a year of stock car racing experience in her life and it'll take time. Nothing wrong with stating the truth.


Could be an interesting race. They regrooved the track last year going back to the old Bristol where you couldn't pass. Well you could, but it required either a really great car or the use of the bumper (mostly this). Now we have a new car that drivers have said doesn't pass all that well. So a track that's difficult to pass + a car that's difficult to pass = lots of caution flags? We'll see

[Watkins74]

Dilla-

I laugh every time I see those two dancing girls in your OP. Well done.

[gm914]

Jamie Mac's Cessna-liveried Chevy forgot some pre-flight checks it seems.

No-one attached the hood pins in practice and lo, the hood flew up onto the windshield.
Thankfully Cessna branding was on the underside of the hood too. Didn't the same happen to Montoya when he has underside sponsorship....?

[John B]

;)

Crew chief Tony Gibson has stepped forward to take the blame for Danica's poor performance today.
For those keeping score at home, this is the third time in three weekends he has felt the need to make such comments.

Today it was one of those pesky RF springs. Luckily there are more components than races.

I wonder what the over/under for laps down will be.....

[V3TT3L]

I wonder what the over/under for laps down will be.....

[gm914]

Justin Allgaier takes the NNS pole.
Followed by:

2.A. Dillon
3.S. Hornish
4.R. Smith
5.E. Sadler
6.Brad Keselowski
7.K. Harvick
8.B. Scott
9.M. Bliss
10.T. Bayne

Other notables:
12.Larson
13.KyBu
18.Pastrama
19.Piquet

[Deluxx]

I love this paint scheme, don't know why

http://www.jayski.co...pirate-nose.jpg

Edited by Deluxx, 16 March 2013 - 16:03.

[Red17]

She better keep in mind who's driving the 78 now...

[gm914]

That gyro-cam is definitely bunk. The track is so short the operator can't even keep up

[BuckMagee]

That gyro-cam is definitely bunk. The track is so short the operator can't even keep up

I don't know why they can't get the cameras they use in motogp. At the very least, since they have the position of the car on the track via gps, can't they program the lean of the camera based on the position of the car on the track.

Edited by BuckMagee, 16 March 2013 - 17:32.

[gm914]

Tuning in. Green flag under 15 mins away. Who's here?

[Red17]

Im not! Oh wait....

[X61]

I'll put $22 on Elliott Sadler winning.

[gm914]

So much for 2:15 start. Not placing any wagers today, but hard to look past the Cup guys for the win.
Of the regulars, I expect Austin Dillon to place highest. John Wes Townley will ruin three drivers day.

Edited by gm914, 16 March 2013 - 18:16.