***** Official 2017 NASCAR and F1 Racing Thread *****
 

Since my boy Jimmie Johnson has begun putting rings on his other hand, And Dylan's now retired guy Nico won it all on the F1 stage, let's get the 2017 racing season started with a tribute to their awesomeness...

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2017 NASCAR CUP SERIES SCHEDULE

18-Feb <---> Daytona International Speedway (Unlimited)
19-Feb <---> Daytona International Speedway (Daytona 500 Qualifying)
23-Feb <---> Daytona International Speedway (Duel)
26-Feb <---> Daytona 500
5-Mar <---> Atlanta Motor Speedway
12-Mar <---> Las Vegas Motor Speedway
19-Mar <---> Phoenix International Raceway
26-Mar <---> Auto Club Speedway
2-Apr <---> Martinsville Speedway
9-Apr <---> Texas Motor Speedway
23-Apr <---> Bristol Motor Speedway
30-Apr <---> Richmond International Raceway
7-May <---> Talladega Superspeedway
13-May <---> Kansas Speedway
20-May <---> Charlotte Motor Speedway (NASCAR All-Star Race)
28-May <---> Charlotte Motor Speedway
4-Jun <---> Dover International Speedway
11-Jun <---> Pocono Raceway
18-Jun <---> Michigan International Speedway
25-Jun <---> Sonoma Raceway
1-Jul <---> Daytona International Speedway
8-Jul <---> Kentucky Speedway
16-Jul <---> New Hampshire Motor Speedway
23-Jul <---> Indianapolis Motor Speedway
30-Jul <---> Pocono Raceway
6-Aug <---> Watkins Glen International
13-Aug <---> Michigan International Speedway
19-Aug <---> Bristol Motor Speedway
3-Sep <---> Darlington Raceway
9-Sep <---> Richmond International Raceway
17-Sep <---> Chicagoland Speedway
24-Sep <---> New Hampshire Motor Speedway
1-Oct <---> Dover International Speedway
7-Oct <---> Charlotte Motor Speedway
15-Oct <---> Talladega Superspeedway
22-Oct <---> Kansas Speedway
29-Oct <---> Martinsville Speedway
5-Nov <---> Texas Motor Speedway
12-Nov <---> Phoenix International Raceway
19-Nov <---> Homestead-Miami Speedway


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2017 F1 SERIES SCHEDULE

26-Mar <---> Melbourne, Australia
9-Apr <---> Shanghai, China
16-Apr <---> Bahrain, Bahrain
30-Apr <---> Sochi, Russia
14-May <---> Barcelona, Spain
28-May <---> Monte Carlo, Monaco
11-Jun <---> Montreal, Canada
25-Jun <---> Baku, Azerbaijan
9-Jul <---> Spielberg, Austria
16-Jul <---> Silverstone, United Kingdom
30-Jul <---> Budapest, Hungary
27-Aug <---> Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
3-Sep <---> Monza, Italy
17-Sep <---> Singapore, Singapore
1-Oct <---> Sepang, Malaysia
8-Oct <---> Suzuka, Japan
22-Oct <---> Austin, USA
29-Oct <---> Mexico City, Mexico
12-Nov <---> Sao Paolo, Brazil
26-Nov <---> Abu Dhabi, UAE

I wish Stewart-Haas hadn't switched to Ford. BTW I am calling my shot early, Chase Elliott will win the championship this year

Emotional/loyalty pick, or do you have some inside scoop?

Damn. That NASCAR offseason doesn't last very long.

I'm not sure there really is for the teams. Like other sports, these folks may take a vacation during the off-season, but it's not any longer than a couple of weeks, then it's back to work.

No inside scoop, I just think he has the best equipment and I think he is a very good driver, he has the temperament to win as well.

Well good luck to him then... Lord knows HMS has great equipment, so he should never be left wanting for ponies or a decent race-day setup.

Hamilton will regain the title after having it stolen from him last year.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. retires after this year to focus on business.

Yeah!!!! New thread...

Thanks, GloryDayz...

:thumb:

STARTING LINEUP FOR THE DAYTONA 500

1. Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports
2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hendrick Motorsports
3. Jamie McMurray Chip Ganassi Racing
4. Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing
5. Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing
6. Clint Bowyer Stewart-Haas Racing
7. Brad Keselowski Team Penske
8. Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing
9. Matt Kenseth Joe Gibbs Racing
10. Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing
11. Trevor Bayne Roush Fenway Racing
12. Danica Patrick Stewart-Haas Racing
13. Aric Almirola Richard Petty Motorsports
14. Ryan Newman Richard Childress Racing
15. Joey Logano Team Penske
16. Kyle Larson Chip Ganassi Racing
17. Cole Whitt TriStar Motorsports
18. Ty Dillon Germain Racing
19. Daniel Suarez Joe Gibbs Racing
20. David Ragan Front Row Motorsports
21. Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing
22. Michael McDowell Leavine Family Racing
23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing
24. Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports
25. Matt DiBenedetto Go Fas Racing
26. Kasey Kahne Hendrick Motorsports
27. Landon Cassill Front Row Motorsports
28. DJ Kennington* Gaunt Brothers Racing
29. Joey Gase BK Racing
30. Michael Waltrip Premium Motorsports
31. Corey LaJoie* BK Racing
32. Jeffrey Earnhardt Circle Sport - The Motorsports Group
33. Paul Menard Richard Childress Racing
34. Erik Jones Furniture Row Racing
35. Martin Truex Jr. Furniture Row Racing
36. Ryan Blaney Wood Brothers Racing
37. Chris Buescher JTG Daugherty Racing
38. AJ Allmendinger JTG Daugherty Racing
39. Brendan Gaughan* Beard Motorsports
40. Elliott Sadler* Tommy Baldwin Racing

Field position from 17-40 is downright scary.

FYP

Today could be fun. Hockey and racing, WOOT!!!

I'm bummed about Edwards, not going to be the same. This year I'm rooting for Logano & Hamlin (family bets we make all season based on two driver) and Erik Jones.

What's up with the cheesy music during driver introductions? hahaha

I am done. The latest rules change did me in. You guys enjoy it though.

What are the new rules?

I have to catch up...

Hamlin is a big favorite of mine

Erik Jones is interesting - He won the NASCAR Truck Series last season - mostly sure.

****ing tire = I think - Did someone hit 18 from behind????????????????????? Not sure

MFer! WTF happened

Edit: "Right rear went down"

Son of a bitch

Talentless Hack

oh hush, you

When did your guy ever win a NASCAR championship?

Never :D

case closed

Home from Hockey, and caught up on the DVR.

I LOVE the new format. It's really nice to see a race like this one where more than the last 10 laps matter.

I've ALWAYS thought every lap should matter, and the only way to do that is to award some sort of points per lap lead. You simply have to give the drivers incentive to not only with the race, but to win every lap, and this is a step in that direction.

If it ends up where I'd like it the race winner would get 500 points, and each lap would result in what amounts to a fraction that, when added up, would total 450 points. Then, the person with leads the most laps gets 50 bonus points.

So 1,000 points are awarded each race, with the theoretical maximum a driver could earn being all 1,000 points. But realistically nobody would ever get 100% of the points. But every lap would matter, and racers have a good reason to race for the lead every lap.

I'm stunned he didn't suggest he might try running on Hoosier tires next year. Just to piss-off NASCAR and Goodyear. But he sure did take a swing at them.

I'm sure Goodyear will suggest he run a different setup (maybe a little less camber!) so he's like the other drivers and not chewing through tires like Fat Bastard through doughnuts...

You're right though. It's not a Goodyear problem, it's a set up problem. Teams (rightfully) push the limits to get the most out of the car, but you can't pass that buck on to the tire maker and bitch about them, he should be bitching at the too aggressive set up and not crying about the tires.

Agreed...Thanks for explaining the new rules.

American tires are behind the (motor racing) times compared to F1...

Jr has bad luck in the 500....

With regards to the clock on repairs, I like the idea. I think they should tweak it to 5 minutes each time down pit road with a 10 or 15 minute max for the race. 5 minutes for the race is too short IMO.

According to DW, Elliott Sadler dominated the entire race on Saturday when someone wrecked him at the very end.

However, under the new format, Sadler was able to walk away with some points instead of no points.

Just to show you how behind the curve Goodyear tires have been in NASCAR - Why not use tire warmer blankets that is wrapped around racing tires before they are fitted to the car so that they will start closer to their optimum operating temperature as per Pirelli tires uses in Formula 1?

It does not take a rocket scientist to do that...

You race on Sunday to sell on Monday

Uh oh...What happened? I got up for a minute

Who is left?

All the top cars out of the race? ...

Guess they can join #18 & #88 by sitting on the couch watching the end of the race from their motor home...

LMAO Daytona chews up cars and spits them out like no other track except 'Dega.

Edit: Jamie or #37 takes out 16 cars...Think #37 might have gotten in the back of the #6 who in turn got in the back of the #48

I think Jimmie will be professional, but he got turned by contact as far as I could tell.

OK, he sounds pissed...

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

Not going to be many finishing this race with the 5 minute rule.

This is ridiculous. Nearly unwatchable.

Jeffrey Earnhardt? into the 6 into the 17 in front

Nascar doesn't allow the heat blankets, that's not a Goodyear thing.

And F1 has been trying to get rid of them for years, but the drivers are too big of pussies to do so.

NASCAR has some work to do... Like Jeff's saying, there's no reason for racing like this at this stage of the race. Let's wait until the last 15 laps to wreck!

Thanks Ecclestone - But F1 teams have vetoed that idea for years...

LOL, just LOL!

Oh dear, cautions breeds cautions

chaos on the track

Three wide

LMAO

This is like Martinsville, or Bristol, at 200mph..

This isn't a 350 mile race

Welp, looks like you're right... Rep!

Damn, at this point the last 2 cars standing are going to tangle up on the last lap and not be able to finish.

This is NECKcars 'showcase' race?


ROFL

Yeah... Maybe a Ricky Bobby finish where they get out of their wrecked cars and run to the finish...

LMAO

Since Jr done took his lumps, I want to see Waltrip get this thing!

Don't see it happening unless the field continues to take itself out.

Why are they running commercials, didn't they get them all in during the wrecks?

Can the kid do it?

Balls right there!

This finish should be fun

Wow...go Larson

Holy Molly - Kurt Busch came from out of nowhere

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!

Great racer!

He can wheel a car & congrats to Tony Gibson

Nice drive Kurt Busch.. Smart!

Oh,

**** FORD!!!

Why did he point to the back third of the car to his crew member there?

I would be so pissed if I ran out of gas leading at the end... would probably punch someone....

I've run out of gas a few times in my life, I only ever blamed myself, but next time it happens I might punch somebody else!

To think about Tony Stewart's love for racing Chevys and his driver wins the Daytona 500 with a switch this season to Fords.

Hey Bug, your team owner did good. :D

Formula 1: Haas launch new car for 2017 season today:


Congrats to Stewart/Haas for winning the Daytona 500.

Thank God it has Pirelli tires! :D :D

Can't wait for F1 to start up. I wish they would bring back the V12's though.

Cool.

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when I was in my teens I tried to race every week the same track as in real life. Going to try that again. Here is me finsihing last.

I raced the hell out of that game. The real fun was racing online with peeps from all over the world. My wheel broke and I didn't feel like throwing $300.00 at another. I really miss my NASCAR simulator though. I had that game running through my big screen with my wheel mounted on a table sitting right in front of the TV. Had the sound running through my surround sound too. I'd rattle the pictures on the walls. I haven't checked lately but I used to race on WWW.OpenSpeedway.com. Those guys are probably still there doing it though. How many games last for over 10 years? Jr and M. Waltrip used to run that game and some other real drivers too. Shit I may have to buck up for a new wheel now.

This was the first restrictor plate race I have watched all the way through in nearly 10 years. I stopped watching Talladega altogether, but would typically watch some Daytona...

With the stages, it made for varying strategies and it wasnt single line racing up against the wall for 198 laps and a crash at 199.

I think Nascar's onto something...at least it made this race interesting.

I like it, just don't understand why they feel the need to throw a caution after every stage. Reminds me of heat racing.

Yeah, didnt really like that...after stage 1, they did 8 caution laps...for what? 8 caution laps? at 2.5mi per lap that's 20 miles of caution. They need to fix that or if they continue down that road, not count those laps.

Agree, they need to end that aspect of it moving forward.

They they need to go to my point system and know that it's the best idea ever!

The Sauber and Haas liveries are my favorites in F1 this year.

I think we'll see a little bit of a shake up on Mercedes dominance this year but Mercedes will still win the constructor's championship by a healthy margin.

I read that the new 2017 F1 cars are going to be harder to overtake...the last thing F1 needs is less on track passing.

Bye, Bye Harvick -

Wave Bye, Bye

Hard hit into the wall in Viva Las Vegas

I think a tire went down

He's not going to score in this segment... Or win the race.. This is good news..

:D

They have new mods for it and it still plays and runs better than sht for ps4. I just raced online through sierra and grand prix legends. I got the G27 logetech with add on shifter. It is an expensive toy. If I had some more money I would get a nice thrustmaster with ability to switch wheels so aren't running wheel for F1 and you can have a f1 wheel for f1

there is a thing called iracing which is the thing to do now in sim racing.