**** OFFICIAL 2015 NASCAR THREAD **** (And Jeff Gordon's Last Full Season)

[GloryDayz]

Here's to Jeff's last chance season...

No.	Race Title	Track	Date	TV
	Sprint Unlimited	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	February 14	Fox
	Budweiser Duels		February 19	FS1
1	Daytona 500		February 22	Fox
2	Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton	March 1	Fox
3	Kobalt Tools 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Las Vegas	March 8	Fox
4	CampingWorld.com 500	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	March 15	Fox
5	Auto Club 400	Auto Club Speedway, Fontana	March 22	Fox
6	STP 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway	March 29	Fox
7	Duck Commander 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	April 11	Fox
8	Food City 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	April 19	Fox
9	Toyota Owners 400	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	April 25	FS1
10	Talladega 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	May 3	Fox
11	Kansas 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	May 9	FS1
	NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	May 16	FS1
12	Coca-Cola 600		May 24	Fox
13	Dover 400	Dover International Speedway, Dover	May 31	FS1
14	Pocono 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	June 7	FS1
15	Quicken Loans 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	June 14	FS1
16	Toyota/Save Mart 350	Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma	June 28	FS1
17	Coke Zero 400	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach	July 5	NBC
18	Quaker State 400	Kentucky Speedway, Sparta	July 11	NBCSN
19	New Hampshire 301	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	July 19	NBCSN
20	Crown Royal 400 at the Brickyard	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	July 26	NBCSN
21	Pennsylvania 400	Pocono Raceway, Long Pond	August 2	NBCSN
22	Cheez-It 355 at The Glen	Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen	August 9	NBCSN
23	Pure Michigan 400	Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn	August 16	NBCSN
24	Irwin Tools Night Race	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 22	NBCSN
25	Bojangles' Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington	September 6	NBC
26	Federated Auto Parts 400	Richmond International Raceway, Richmond	September 12	NBCSN
Chase for the Sprint Cup
Challenger Round
27	MyAFibStory.com 400	Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet	September 20	NBCSN
28	Sylvania 300	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	September 27	NBCSN
29	AAA 400	Dover International Speedway, Dover	October 4	NBCSN
Contender Round
30	Bank of America 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord	October 10	NBC
31	Hollywood Casino 400	Kansas Speedway, Kansas City	October 18	NBC
32	GEICO 500	Talladega Superspeedway, Lincoln	October 25	NBCSN
Eliminator Round
33	Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway	November 1	NBCSN
34	AAA Texas 500	Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth	November 8	NBC
35	Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500	Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale	November 15	NBC
Championship
36	Ford EcoBoost 400	Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead	November 22	NBC

[Dylan]

42 to go - Some good racing going on

2 tires vs. 4 tires strategy

and just like that Joe Gibbs Racing cars in top 5

[Dylan]

Yes!

My boy wins at NHMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 Wins for Kyle Busch in the last 4 races

[Al Bundy]

I bet ole Hendrick is a little irritated he let Busch walk and has had Mark Martin and Kasey ****ing Kahne to replace him.

[Dylan]

Kyle Busch holds off Keselowski to win at Loudon, 3rd win in last four races

Kyle dominated the race all day!

[chefsos]

No one, and I mean no one, can doubt Kyle's ability behind the wheel. Where was that car in the 11 races he missed? Nowhere, as I recall.

Grudging respect.

[Al Bundy]

Todays win was a lot of luck for Kyle.

[GloryDayz]

I'm getting a bad feeling that Jeff won't make the post season!

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Al Bundy

Todays win was a lot of luck for Kyle.

Luck? To make a falsifiable statement like that, you had to be watching the baseball game.

With 50 to go, Kyle was 1 lap down after making an unscheduled pit stop - However, the moves he had to make to get back on the lead lap was impressive.

With 20 to go, Kyle makes the move of the race when he goes to the bottom on a daring three-wide move and passes #19 and #88 to take the lead.

Loudon is one of the toughest tracks on NASCAR's circuit with minimal opportunities to make passes.

Two significant moves set in motion Busch's drive to victory Sunday. Thinking he had a tire going down, Busch went to pit road under green for an earlier than expected pit stop on lap 244.

Despite going a lap down to the leaders, Busch used an aggressive weaving move past a lapped car, second place Keselowski and then leader Harvick to get back on the lead lap.

Busch took the lead on the restart on Lap 253 and never looked back, building a more than two-second lead at one point.

While Keselowski closed in the final laps, he didn’t have enough to catch Busch, who earned his 32nd career Sprint Cup victory.

Keselowski finished second, followed by Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano and Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Kyle's blazing charge for victory was impressive to every damn sports reporter that covered the race - but for you it was 'a lot of luck'!

[Dylan]

"Luck"

[eDave]

Originally Posted by Dylan

With 20 to go, Kyle makes the move of the race when he goes to the bottom on a daring three-wide move and passes #19 and #88 to take the lead.

I recall trying that move with NASCAR Online back in the day. Didn't work out so well, got suspended from next race, and they made me put a yellow stripe on my car for the rest of the season.

[Dylan]

NASCAR XFINITY race, Saturday: Kyle Busch wins on final lap at Indianapolis





NASCAR Sprint Cup at Indianapolis, Sunday 3:30 p.m (NBCSN)

Starting Lineup

Carl Edwards
Joey Logano
David Ragan
Tony Stewart
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick
Clint Bowyer
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Kyle Busch
Jamie McMurray
Paul Menard
Jimmie Johnson
Martin Truex Jr.
Kurt Busch
Danica Patrick
Casey Mears
Denny Hamlin
Sam Hornish
Jeff Gordon
Justin Allgaier
Aric Almirola
Matt Kenseth
Landon Cassill
Austin Dillon
AJ Allmendinger
Kasey Kahne
Chase Elliott
Ricky Stenhouse
Ryan Blaney
Brad Keselwoski
Michael McDowell
Trevor Bayne
Michael Annett
Alex Bowman
Ryan Newman
Brian Scott
David Gilliland
JJ Yeley
Brett Moffitt
Matt Dibenedetto
Cole Whitt
Timmy Hill
Failing to make the race were Josh Wise, Jeb Burton and Reed Sorenson.

[Dylan]

Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix
Sunday, 7 a.m. EST

Lewis Hamilton claims pole position ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg. Behind Rosberg, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel edged Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo for third on the grid.

Rather fitting then that the Hungarian podium finish will be Hamilton, Rosberg and Vittel. Hamilton is dominant here and favorite to win.



Sergio Perez walks away unharmed from an accident in Friday Practice 1 (23 July 2015)




Hungarian GP - A lap of the track with Sebastian Vettel (taken 23 July 2015)

[chefsos]

Originally Posted by Dylan

Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix
Sunday, 7 a.m. EST

Lewis Hamilton claims pole position ahead of teammate Nico Rosberg. Behind Rosberg, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel edged Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo for third on the grid.

Rather fitting then that the Hungarian podium finish will be Hamilton, Rosberg and Vittel. Hamilton is dominant here and favorite to win.

Heh. I watched the start and expected boring, but the Ferraris- both of them- beat the pair of Mercedes out of the first turn, and Hamilton took a ride through the pea gravel. It was pretty cool.

It's on Spanish language TV though, so other than seeing the red cars out front, I don't know what the hell is going on...


KC Native and Donger need to keep their F1 thread active! C'mon, I'm not bumping it.

[Dylan]

Did you just see Hulkenberg crash after a wing blows up? Wow

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by chefsos

Heh. I watched the start and expected boring, but the Ferraris- both of them- beat the pair of Mercedes out of the first turn, and Hamilton took a ride through the pea gravel. It was pretty cool.

It's on Spanish language TV though, so other than seeing the red cars out front, I don't know what the hell is going on...


KC Native and Donger need to keep their F1 thread active! C'mon, I'm not bumping it.

Also, Hamilton's crew messed up ... LOL