NASCAR Off Season

Charger is ugly!!!! :|

how cool does gordons car look like that!!

"Here's one we prepared earlier"

Kurt Busch was on track last night

1. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, 48.531 seconds, 185.448 mph
2. Randy LaJoie, No. 98 Chevrolet, 48.588, 185.231
3. Boris Said, No. 36 Chevrolet, 48.743, 184.642
4. Elliott Sadler, No. 38 Ford, 48.753, 184.604
5. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, 48.792, 184.456
6. Michael Waltrip, No. 15 Chevrolet, 48.868, 184.170
7. Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge, 48.884, 184.109
8. Kurt Busch, No. 97 Ford, 48.902, 184.042
9. Dale Jarrett, No. 88 Ford, 48.913, 184.000
10. Mike Bliss, No. 0 Chevrolet, 48.947, 183.872
11. Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Dodge, 49.039, 183.527
12. Ricky Rudd, No. 21 Ford, 49.042, 183.516
13. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Chevrolet, 49.113, 183.251
14. Travis Kvapil, No. 77 Dodge, 49.117, 183.236
15. Carl Edwards, No. 99 Ford, 49.119, 183.228
16. Mike McLaughlin, No. 20 Chevrolet, 49.123, 183.214
17. Kenny Wallace, No. 00 Chevrolet, 49.137, 183.161
18. Kyle Busch, No. 5 Chevrolet, 49.182, 182.994
19. Ryan Newman, No. 12 Dodge, 49.218, 182.860
20. Jason Leffler, No. 11 Chevrolet, 49.224, 182.838
21. Kyle Petty, No. 45 Dodge, 49.249, 182.745
22. Kerry Earnhardt, No. 33 Chevrolet, 49.281, 182.626
23. Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Dodge, 49.332, 182.437
24. Mike Skinner, No. 23 Dodge, 49.460, 181.965
25. Casey Mears, No. 41 Dodge, 49.463, 181.954
26. Jeff Fuller, No. 92 Chevrolet, 50.361, 178.710

Intertesting to see the DEI cars down in 6th and 13th at a plate track


Fresh engine for #41


Jrs first laps of 2005



Roush announce a new sponsor for the #99 Carl Edwards machine

Just 31 days till the Budwiser Shootout!

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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2005 02:12PM by DaveEllis.

That charger looks mean, still ugly tho.


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i like it - a lot! :D


Jenson drives it like he owns it; Lewis drives it like he stole it

I like the Charger. The headlights look really mean, and although the grill it a bit wonky, it looks aggressive.

At least it doesn't look cross eyes like the Ford :s

EDIT: after seeing the hires pic, it does look a bit odd. Still better than the Ford though

As a matter of interest, are the insides of the cars pretty much standard, or do the different cars offer advantages/disadvantages other than aerodynamics.





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They all have different engines, suspension etc. Suspension and saftey devices are normally supplied by the makers of the cars (chevy, dodge etc). Engines are another matter. All cars are supplied with the basic engine afaik, but some teams do extensive work on them. Hendrick Motorsports (#5 Kyle Busch, #24 Jeff Gordon, #48 Jimmy Johnson, #25 Brian Vickers, #44 Terry Labonte) build there own engines (im assuming from the stock Chevy base, but i duno). A few other cars on the grid use Hendrick engines too (#01 car runs a Hendrick engine for example).

Roush do engine work on there Fords, altho not all of there cars get the same spec engines. One of Roushs old cars (an ex #16, Greg Biffle car) was bought and run by a private entry.

DEI do alot of engine and aero work.

Evernham Motorsports do engine work (having Ddoge as the primary sponsor means they get first choice on new engines too i think).

Really they are all very different, but produce the same results. Even different teams with the same chassis have very different cars. DEI Chevy shape is different to the shape of Hendrick Motorsports chevys. The engines are totally different too. If you watch regularly you beging to see patterns in who goes well where. DEI are always strong on Restrictor Plate races, Hendrick seem to have the 1.5M ovals mastered.

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Gordon in the same chassis, but with different light covers?

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Results of Wednesday morning's Nextel Cup testing at Daytona International Speedway:

1. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, 48.705 seconds, 184.786 mph
2. Dale Jarrett, No. 88 Ford, 48.778, 184.509
3. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, 48.784, 184.487
4. Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge, 48.804, 184.411
5. Boris Said, No. 36 Chevrolet, 48.887, 184.098
6. Elliott Sadler, No. 38 Ford, 48.912, 184.004
7. Randy LaJoie, No. 98 Chevrolet, 48.919, 183.978
8. Kurt Busch, No. 97 Ford, 48.920, 183.974
9. Mike McLaughlin, No. 20 Chevrolet, 49.019, 183.602
10. Ryan Newman, No. 12 Dodge, 49.064, 183.434
tie Mike Bliss, No. 0 Chevrolet, 49.064, 183.434
12. Ricky Rudd, No. 21 Ford, 49.077, 183.385
13. Michael Waltrip, No. 15 Chevrolet, 49.082, 183.367
14. Travis Kvapil, No. 77 Dodge, 49.125, 183.206
15. Carl Edwards, No. 99 Ford, 49.213, 182.879
16. Kyle Busch, No. 5 Chevrolet, 49.260, 182.704
17. Kenny Wallace, No. 00 Chevrolet, 49.275, 182.648
18. Jason Leffler, No. 11 Chevrolet, 49.288, 182.600
19. Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Dodge, 49.310, 182.519
20. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Chevrolet, 49.317, 182.493
21. Kyle Petty, No. 45 Dodge, 49.349, 182.375
22. Mike Skinner, No. 23 Dodge, 49.464, 181.951
23. Casey Mears, No. 41 Dodge, 49.548, 181.642
24. Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Dodge, 49.584, 181.510
25. Kerry Earnhardt, No. 33 Chevrolet, 49.635, 181.324
26. Jeff Fuller, No. 92 Chevrolet, 50.514, 178.168

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/12/2005 09:38PM by DaveEllis.

Jr. and Waltrip have slipped futher down the time sheets, wonder if DEI have lost there advantage on the restrictor plate tracks? This is only testing though so probably not.


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mabey they have, or they just dont want to show off what they have. who knows.

the way i understand how the cars are built, is there given rules that they have to follow in construction and every team makes there own cars from scratch. in one of the broadcasts on TV the commentators mentiond that there was only 1 part on the cars that were mass produced for each car, and it was only something little, i just cant remember what it was :|. each team has heaps of cars to, they buil cars for certin tracks, short tracks speedways, superspeedways etc, and they have 2 or so to choose from for each driver for each type of track. im going on the big teams here. id say the little teams wouldnt have as many.

that there was only 1 part on the cars that were mass produced for each car, and it was only something little, i just cant remember what it was :|

Restrictor plates are supplied by NASCAR arent they?

im going on the big teams here. id say the little teams wouldnt have as many.

I remember ther ewas one driver planning to enter Bristol but wrecked his Short Track car at Rockingham (i think?) and his only other car was a SuperSpeedway car.

I wouldnt say they have heaps of cars. I think Johnson had something 3 Speedway cars to choose from? They took the Atlanta car to Homested because it was so good or something. And Jr wanted his Daytona 500 car for the other SS races but couldnt because its in the Tona museum

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Results of Wednesday afternoon's Nextel Cup testing at Daytona International Speedway:

1. Dale Jarrett, No. 88 Ford, 48.269 seconds, 186.453 mph
2. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, 48.456, 185.736
3. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, 48.624, 185.094
4. Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge, 48.656, 184.972
5. Elliott Sadler, No. 38 Ford, 48.668, 184.926
6. Mike Bliss, No. 0 Chevrolet, 48.691, 184.839
7. Randy LaJoie, No. 98 Chevrolet, 48.693, 184.831
8. Boris Said, No. 36 Chevrolet, 48.695, 184.824
9. Kurt Busch, No. 97 Ford, 48.773, 184.528
10. Mike McLaughlin, No. 20 Chevrolet, 48.787, 184.475
11. Ricky Rudd, No. 21 Ford, 48.818, 184.358
12. Michael Waltrip, No. 15 Chevrolet, 48.865, 184.181
13. Kenny Wallace, No. 00 Chevrolet, 48.890, 184.087
14. Kyle Petty, No. 45 Dodge, 48.957, 183.835
15. Jason Leffler, No. 11 Chevrolet, 48.967, 183.797
16. Ryan Newman, No. 12 Dodge, 49.008, 183.643
17. Travis Kvapil, No. 77 Dodge, 49.074, 183.397
18. Carl Edwards, No. 99 Ford, 49.087, 183.348
19. Kyle Busch, No. 5 Chevrolet, 49.100, 183.299
20. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Chevrolet, 49.125, 183.206
21. Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Dodge, 49.156, 183.091
22. Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Dodge, 49.395, 182.205
23. Casey Mears, No. 41 Dodge, 49.399, 182.190
24. Mike Skinner, No. 23 Dodge, 49.423, 182.101
25. Kerry Earnhardt, No. 33 Chevrolet, 49.694, 181.108
26. Jeff Fuller, No. 92 Chevrolet, 49.818, 180.658









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Daytona Speedweeks Schedual

Monday, Feb. 7


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and i hope its all going to be on telly :D well the NASCAR part.

in 2004 i saw the bud shootouts :P

Terry is out of the #5?

/me cries

It's blasphemy, I tell you!


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yah kyle busch is in it :| @#$%& knows why he Sux0rs

Now I know who to ram off the road in N2003

It used to be Earnhardt for punting Terry at Bristol, but we all know what happened to him...


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i always go for stewart. but now its earnhardt JR. i like drivers to have SOME brain cells.

'Dash' Series is done: the IPOWER Dash Series, the successor to NASCAR's now defunct Goody's Dash Series, has canceled its 2005 season that was to open on Sunday, Feb. 13 at Daytona. Front-row qualifying for the Feb. 20 Daytona 500 will continue as planned on Feb. 13. The Dash Series cited issues regarding sponsorship and corporate involvement as the reasons for the series being scrubbed. The series debuted at Daytona in February of 2004 with a less than auspicious beginning when a track worker was struck and killed by a race car while picking up debris under a caution period

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Results of Thursday afternoon's NASCAR Nextel Cup combined single car and drafting laps during testing at Daytona International Speedway:

1. Mike Bliss, No. 0 Chevrolet, 48.139 seconds, 186.959 mph
2. Jamie McMurray, No. 42 Dodge, 48.268, 186.459
3. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, 48.338, 186.189
4. Travis Kvapil, No. 77 Dodge, 48.340, 186.181
5. Jeremy Mayfield, No. 19 Dodge, 48.369, 186.070
6. Michael Waltrip, No. 15 Chevrolet, 48.415, 185.893
7. Mike Skinner, No. 23 Dodge, 48.444, 185.759
8. Elliott Sadler, No. 38 Ford, 48.450, 185.759
9. Kyle Busch, No. 5 Chevrolet, 48.464, 185.705
10. Carl Edwards, No. 99 Ford, 48.466, 185.697
11. Dale Jarrett, No. 88 Ford, 48.469, 185.686
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 8 Chevrolet, 48.473, 185.670
13. Ricky Rudd, No. 21 Ford, 48.476, 185.659
14. Casey Mears, No. 41 Dodge, 48.501, 185.563
15. Ryan Newman, No. 12 Dodge, 48.514, 185.513
16. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, 48.534, 185.437
17. Boris Said, No. 36 Chevrolet, 48.626, 185.086
18. Jason Leffler, No. 11 Chevrolet, 48.643, 185.021
19. Kerry Earnhardt, No. 33 Chevrolet, 48.835, 184.294
20. Kyle Petty, No. 45 Dodge, 48.852, 184.230
21. Mike McLaughlin, No. 20 Chevrolet, 48.940, 183.899
22. Kurt Busch, No. 97 Ford, 48.942, 183.891
23. Kenny Wallace, No. 00 Chevrolet, 49.068, 183.419
24. Randy LaJoie, No. 98 Chevrolet, 49.125, 183.206
25. Morgan Shepherd, No. 89 Dodge, 49.455, 181.984

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