(just in case you missed the shedule and Victor_RO's thread)
Press Release
The Unbalanced Nascar Trolls Threaders (TUNT Inc.) is proud to announce that the sequel to the box office hit Super Racing Sunday 2014 will hit theatres next weekend. Apply titled Super Racing Weekend 2014 - The Sequel, this subpar sequel boosts an overpaid star shinning cast of drivers and cars and many many absent minded tv commentators.
Why 2 days? Well, the great minds back at the office realised that 1+1 equals 2 and since we had no more ideas we decided to double the days since 2 is bigger than 1, we did not get the enough money to pay the F1 blokes to show up, but we got replacements in the form of bikes and Protolemans.
Hostilities have already kicked off with the qualifying for the support race in France, a Toyota is on pole, but it's not Kyle Busch, why not Sato? Well, he's not there, but a Nakajima (not the Satoro one) has the fastest lap, which is basically nothing considering it's a 24 hour race.
The Main Venue
Nascar Sprint Cup will continue it's summer series in the 2 mile oval of Michigan Speedway.
Facts (only the useless ones)
- Michigan is also the name of a great lake that borders the Michigan state, oddly enough, the area is known as Great Lakes
- Detroit is probably the most iconic city in Michigan, it certainly is the biggest, oddly enough, the actual capital is Lansing, even more odd, neither city borders Lake Michigan
- Detroid is the home of the John Wes Townley based character Robocop, an odd tin man who manages to get his mudane cars filled with odd bullets in every outing (for the record, the real JWT is from Georgia)
- A Michigan delicacy is pasty,oddly enough, described as...
HOT POCKETS! (by the way, Nestle has recalled some varieties of Hot Pockets)
- Roger Penske has owned the track in the past
- Michigan Speedway is located near Brooklyn, an oddly familiar name for New Yorkers, also odd, is that neither of these Brooklyns borders Lake Michigan
- The best known city to border Lake Michigan is Chicago, rival city of Detroit, oddly enough, Chicago is in Illinois State (im saving the Take me Back to Chicago rendition for the chicagoland thread, but here's a selfie from a helpfull citizen)
- The track is noted for being the sister of California Speedway (which oddly enough, is now named after the local auto club), also oddly enough, the track had a major role in the Split by hosting the infamous US 500 (free pasty for who manages to track down the also infamous trophy)
Trackside
So, what has happened so far?
- June Bug won 2 races in the same fiscal year!
- Jimmy's son has awoken spurring the also dorment legion of naysayers
- Danica's best result so far is NOT on a plate track! A top 7!
- Nascar officials showed what was missing last year in that crazy Indycar Houston race
- Austin Dillon remains missing, last GPS signals place him somewhere near the finish line at Daytona
- Everyone still hates Kyle Busch
The Grill - Status Update
So far 10 brave drivers stepped up to collect the much coveted sardine. You can check the names at this link:
http://www.nascar.co...no-raceway.html
Main Event - The Shedule
(all times local)
Friday 13 (Let's see who's the mambo jumbo chicken and refuses to drive)
11:00 - PRACTICE
15:40 - QUALIFYING
Saturday 14
9:30 - MORE PRACTICE
12:30 - EVEN MORE PRACTICE
Sunday 15
13:00 - ZE RACE
Not enough information? Head over to Jayski's site to get the latest
http://www.jayski.co...ASCAR-Race-Info
Support Races - The Shedule
Showing that Nascar is now a true global identity, support races will be happening around the world.
The french will be hosting a 24 hour sprint to keep fans entertained bettween the Nationwide-only-on-your-side-this-year and the Sprint Cup races. Ask Victor for details.
Saturday 14 15:00 (CET) - Sunday 15 15:00 (CET)
Le Grand Prix de Endurance 2014 - Circuit La Sarthe
http://www.24h-lemans.com/live/en/
Not far, in Spain (well, it's a bit of a distance), there will be a race featuring Motogp bikes, a very odd support event because it has it's own support events as well! Even more odd, it's sponsored by a name familiar to Kyle Busch fans.
Sunday 15 11:00 (CET)
GP Monster Energy de Catalunya - Circuit de Catalunya (includes 3 classes of bikes)
http://www.motogp.co.../Catalunya/2014
Wait a minute! Isnt there a truck race?
Ah yes... well... they are hanging out at Gateway. I will leave you a link, but let us just pretend it didnt happen ok?
Saturday 14 20:00 (local)
Drivin for Linemen 200
http://www.nascar.co...inemen-200.html
And since you asked for obscure racing check also the NHRA at Bristol, if you manage to find a willing broadcaster outside the US.
You mentioned tv. What about tv?
Check your local broadcasters, if you are tired or have a stolen truck of cash to burn, wire the funds to the Nigerian Streaming Club, only actual american dollars accepted, we had a nasty problem with a little british dude trying to pay with a watch.
It's Sardine Time!
- hopefully I will manage to stay awake until the end (Le Mans side effects). Hope its a good race, I haven't managed to catch a NASCAR race for a few weeks.
