NASCAR #4

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Op vrijdag 5 juli 2013 13:43 schreef TargaFlorio het volgende:
Heeft NASCAR dit jaar hun controles verscherpt? Tijdje geleden al met Penske.

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Op dinsdag 6 augustus 2013 15:41 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:
gebroken been voor Tony Stewart
http://www.nascar.com/en_(...)print-car-crash.html

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Op zaterdag 10 augustus 2013 19:29 schreef TargaFlorio het volgende:
Iemand 2 weken terug de Truck race op de dirt oval van Eldora gezien?
Vooraf had ik mijn bedenkingen maar het was toch wel leuk.

Vanavond Nationwide op Watkins Glen en morgen Cup op Watkins Glen.

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A.J. Allmendinger will be back full-time in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next season as driver of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing machine.

Allmendinger, who was suspended and then released from his full-time ride with Penske Racing last summer following a failed drug test, has been working hard toward a second chance.

In addition to running nine Cup races this year with James Finch’s Phoenix Racing, he returned to driving for the Penske organization – making five IZOD IndyCar Series starts (including his debut at the Indianapolis 500) and winning two NASCAR Nationwide Series races at Road America and Mid-Ohio.

Now, he’s ready to make the most of an opportunity that he thought may never arrive more than a year ago.

“It was a muddy, cloudy picture – I didn’t know what was going to happen then,” Allmendinger said today at Atlanta Motor Speedway. “This year, there’s been so many things that have happened that I would’ve never expected.”

This weekend, Allmendinger is doing the fourth race in a six-race run with JTG Daugherty, whose normal driver, Bobby Labonte, is currently recovering after breaking three ribs in a cycling accident this week.

In addition to the matter of when Labonte will be back in the No. 47, the team also has the question of which manufacturer it will choose to align with next year. Team co-owner Brad Daugherty said that JTG Daugherty will finish out 2013 with Toyota.

But no matter if he’s driving a Camry or something else, Allmendinger feels that he’s now playing with “house money” after what he’s been through.

“It’s been a long journey over the last 12 months, but in a strange way, I would never change it,” he said. “The place that I’m at now as a person – I feel so much better about it.

“I know there’s still a lot of hard work ahead of me to try and get where I want to be in this sport, and to get where we want to be as a race team in this sport. But it’s just a great feeling to be back…I didn’t feel like I would be back here.”

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NASCAR is examining the events of Saturday's Richmond Sprint Cup round amid suggestions Michael Waltrip Racing manipulated the race to hamper rivals of its Chase contender Martin Truex Jr.

Truex was among the large group of drivers on the cusp of the final Chase positions going into last weekend's race. He ultimately made the cut in the final wildcard spot by virtue of a tiebreak with Ryan Newman.

However, Newman had looked set for a victory that would have put him, not Truex, into the Chase going into the final laps, only to lose the lead when Waltrip driver Clint Bowyer spun and caused a yellow under which all the frontrunners pitted.

It then emerged that just before Bowyer's spin, his crew chief Brian Pattie had radioed him to say "the #39 [Newman] is going to win the race", to which Bowyer responded "well, that kind of sucks".

Pattie then added "is your arm starting to hurt? I bet it's hot in there. Itch it", just after which Bowyer spun.

The following Dale Earnhardt Jr immediately questioned whether the spin was deliberate.

"It's the craziest thing I ever saw," said Earnhardt.

"I don't know if they could bring up his brakes and his gas [telemetry], but he was jerking the car around and then just spun."

Bowyer insisted the spin was genuine.

"I think we had a flat tyre or something," he said.

"We were leading the race and then we went back there and they were driving away from us.

"It was getting tighter and tighter [in that corner], and then the #88 [Earnhardt] got in there and by the time I got back to the gas he'd got into me and it just snapped around."

Newman had a slow pitstop under the consequent yellow and could only get back to third place.

Truex finished seventh, but his cause was further aided by the struggling Joey Logano getting up to 22nd place - sufficient to get him into the Chase on his points position without having to resort to the wildcard spot that Truex ultimately took.

Logano benefited from Bowyer making additional pitstops following his spin and Waltrip's third driver Brian Vickers being called in to pit under green, to his apparent surprise, according to radio tranmissions. Vickers and Bowyer fell to 24th and 25th.

Amid widespread scepticism in the NASCAR paddock and among the American media, the series issued a statement saying it was carrying out a routine review of the race events.

"NASCAR is reviewing Saturday night's race at Richmond International Raceway per protocol and has no plans for further statement until that process is complete," it said.

Truex was adamant he had no knowledge of events involving his team-mates or Chase rivals and had just been focused on his own race.

"I didn't even know it happened until after the race," he said of Bowyer's controversial spin.

"Honestly I had no idea. I raced my ass off all night long, that's all I can do."

Remember when? Earnhardt's deliberate spin

Dale Earnhardt Jr was given a 25-point penalty, $10,000 fine and placed on probation for intentionally spinning to cause a caution in the 2004 Bristol race.

Earnhardt openly admitted that he had spun because he was in danger of going a lap down as his car's handling faded due to a loose wheelnut.

NASCAR president Mike Helton said at the time: "We have several rules in our rule book that have been in place for quite some time to prevent someone from altering the outcome of an event.

"This was a clear-cut case of that. Actions such as this will not be tolerated. We will always react to protect the integrity of our sport."

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Op maandag 9 september 2013 17:56 schreef sasquatsch het volgende:
Michael Waltrip Racing wordt beschuldigd van het manipuleren van de Sprint Cup race in Richmond om Truex ten koste van Newman door te laten gaan naar de Chase. Bowyer zou zijn wagen opzettelijk hebben laten spinnen om te voorkomen dat Newman de race zou winnen. Daarnaast zouden (onnodige) pitstops van Vickers en Bowyer ervoor gezorgd hebben dat Logano op basis van punten doorgaat naar de Chase en niet op basis van de wildcard die nu naar Truex gaat.

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NASCAR Penalizes MWR following Richmond, Truex out of Chase, Newman in: NASCAR has issued penalties to Michael Waltrip Racing following the sanctioning bodys review of Saturdays race at Richmond International Raceway. MWR was found to have violated Section 12-4 (Actions detrimental to stock car racing). As a result, MWRs three teams in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (#15, #55, #56) have been penalized with the loss of 50 championship driver and 50 championship owner points, respectively.

These point penalties are assessed following the seasons 26th regular season race and not after the seeding for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Therefore, the point total for the #56 car driven by Martin Truex Jr. is reduced to 691, putting him in 17th position and eliminating him from the second Wild Card berth for the Chase field. Ryan Newman, driver of the #39 car, now moves up into the Chase as the second Wild Card participant.
NASCAR has also fined the MWR organization $300,000 and indefinitely suspended Ty Norris, MWR Executive Vice President/General Manager and spotter for the #55 car, for violating Section 12-4. The three crew chiefs  Brian Pattie (#15), Scott Miller (#55) and Chad Johnston (#56)  have all been placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.

Based upon our review of Saturday nights race at Richmond, it is our determination that the MWR organization attempted to manipulate the outcome of the race, said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition. As the sports sanctioning body, it is our responsibility to ensure there is a fair and level playing field for all of our competitors and this action today reflects our commitment to that.(NASCAR)

AND Monday evening there was a NASCAR Press Conference with NASCAR President Mike Helton and NASCAR vice president of competition Robin Pemberton

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Op dinsdag 10 september 2013 09:04 schreef Hammer20 het volgende:

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Truex Jr. is zes uur geleden uit de chase genomen

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Op dinsdag 10 september 2013 09:59 schreef TagForce het volgende:

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Goed dat hier wat aan gedaan wordt.

Ze hadden alleen Bowyer ook uit de Chase moeten halen. Dan was Gordon ook in de Chase geplaatst, en had je iedereen die door deze 2 geintjes gedupeerd is toch op de juiste plek gehad en de overtreders flink gestraft. 300000 dollar is een boel geld, maar dat verdienen ze terug met de exposure tijdens de chase.

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Op dinsdag 10 september 2013 10:51 schreef TargaFlorio het volgende:

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Gelukkig doet NASCAR dit zelf nooit...

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Op dinsdag 10 september 2013 10:53 schreef Peterselieman het volgende:

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neuh, er zijn dan ook nooit gele vlaggen vanwege debris als het veld een heel eind uit elkaar ligt en er pitsstops onder groen aan dreigen te komen.

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Op dinsdag 10 september 2013 11:15 schreef Hammer20 het volgende:

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Verward je de NASCAR-cautions niet met de ESPN-cautions, waarbij we soms het stuk debris niet eens zien?