Nascar discussion *Contains spoilers*

:D:D:D:D:D!!!!!!!

Dont know what it means for this race, but whatever I am happy for the guy and glad to see his name where it belongs, the top!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/12/2009 11:52PM by mortal.

It means nothing, lol. It is the least meaningful pole of the year. It should be a Chevrolet on pole, and it's pot luck which one.

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Aren't most NASCAR poles meaningless, except for the 0.5 mile ovals and the road courses?

Still, pole is pole, and it's a few guaranteed points, and possibly one for leading a lap if he keeps at the head of the field.

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No? Only 2 circuits are completely flat out (due to the RP) and Talladega is one of them. So the pole is meaningless.

You guaranteed points in every NASCAR race btw.

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DaveEllis Wrote:
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> No? Only 2 circuits are completely flat out (due
> to the RP) and Talladega is one of them. So the
> pole is meaningless.
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> You guaranteed points in every NASCAR race btw.

I mean more points than what you get just for racing.

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You don't get points for pole, lol. You get points for leading laps, and if he doesn't lead lap 1 he won't get those 5 points. Not that 5 makes a difference when you get 180 for winning and 34 for last.

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DaveEllis Wrote:
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> You don't get points for pole, lol. You get points
> for leading laps, and if he doesn't lead lap 1 he
> won't get those 5 points. Not that 5 makes a
> difference when you get 180 for winning and 34 for
> last.

It's been a while since I watched NASCAR, and I was sure it was a point or 2 for pole!!!

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Meaningless or not pole posistion and Jaun Montoya are two things made for each other :D

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

ooo he's still racing there?

Woo go Montoya!

Well that was amazing finish. What an horrific accident.

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A few spectators injured. Non life-threatening thank goodness. Its never good to see a car go up into the fence like that.

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Worst is apparently a broken jaw. The fence and car did there jobs well. Impressive stuff.

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just watched the video, i noticed edwards blocked kaselowsky 2 times, is that allowed?

Second time this year NASCAR has screwed JPM, but this time it was even more a blatant fix. Pit lane speeding, whilst leading, going slower than he was before, and slower than the cars around him?

Get f**ked. I am not paying to watch races where NASCAR decides who is going to win and lose. They got the result they wanted. A close finish and Johnson taking the flag.

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hmmm, thats the result ruined before i can watch it - maybe this thread should have *spoilers* warnings

DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Second time this year NASCAR has screwed JPM, but
> this time it was even more a blatant fix. Pit lane
> speeding, whilst leading, going slower than he was
> before, and slower than the cars around him?
>
> Get f**ked. I am not paying to watch races where
> NASCAR decides who is going to win and lose. They
> got the result they wanted. A close finish and
> Johnson taking the flag.


Was going to bump this thread after the Quali but forgot. Didnt watch any of weekend but looking straight off the times he looked strong and I had hoped but thats bad news !

iam going to try look see what he has to say !

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ferrariman Wrote:
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> hmmm, thats the result ruined before i can watch
> it - maybe this thread should have *spoilers*
> warnings


Sorry about that. Unfortunately I can't edit the title, and I didn't think it was worth a new thread.

In all honesty it was one of the most boring races of any series that I've ever seen. No passing, not even any close running.

They should leave Indianapolis to the open wheelers. Run the Cup cars at IRP.

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i saw the cup cars there at Indy back in '04 when Nascar cars were awesome, unlike these COTs. Double good as my fav driver no. 24 Jeff Gordon won as well - nice bonus. We were sat in the mini straight between turns 3+4. Also saw the Busch series at IRP which was also very cool, sat on the start finish straight.

Monty for the chase!

Dont know what that means but it sounds good!

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL