ckf Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 4 minutes ago, Doug said: Hard to read. Really a private guy but very good with the media and fans. He seems to be having fun again. I'm sure running up front and winning races helps with that. It would be kinda cool if he won the championship and retired on top. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 18, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 18, 2023 RC says I’ll see your Van Gisbergen and raise you a Kostecki. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: RC says I’ll see your Van Gisbergen and raise you a Kostecki. Cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: RC says I’ll see your Van Gisbergen and raise you a Kostecki. Seeing rumdling of that also. The Chicago street course was really in Van Gisbergen’s wheel house so I'd hate to see him come here and have struggles on the ovals. Indy may be a little different for Kostecki Edited July 18, 2023 by Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 8 minutes ago, Doug said: Seeing rumdling of that also. The Chicago street course was really in Van Gisbergen’s wheel house so I'd hate to see him come here and have struggles on the ovals. Indy may be a little different for Kostecki Agreed on Chicago being different. I saw an interview where SVG said that he was making time because he was used to street courses and was willing to use more of the track and get closer to the walls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Sounds like Truex wouldn't mind going out on top UPDATE: Following his win Monday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Martin Truex, Jr. was again asked about his future: Q. Joe was just in here, Joe Gibbs, and he says you’re having fun, you’re having a great year, you’re winning races. Why wouldn’t you come back next year? MARTIN TRUEX JR: Of course he says that. Q. That is the question; why wouldn’t you come back? MARTIN TRUEX JR: I don’t know. I’m not sure. You know, I was talking out there to Claire, and I was like, this sport isn’t exactly what it appears to be sometimes. It takes a big commitment. My team is amazing. They deserve the very best driver, the guy that wants it more than anyone else, and I’ve been that guy. I want to make sure that if I come back, I’m willing to do that. It takes a lot. It’s not just show up at the track, drive the car, go home. It takes a lot. It takes a lot of commitment. It’s a lot of travel. A lot of time missing things with family and friends and all those things that I’ve done for 25 years. Do I want to keep doing it and am I willing to sacrifice all those things again for my team? So that’s just what I’m thinking about. I don’t know that running good and winning makes a difference. It would be pretty awesome to win the championship and walk off into the sunset. I just don’t really know. I don’t really know. I’m bad at making big decisions. I told somebody out there, I was like, I’ve been looking at salt water boats for five, six years. Love to fish, spend a lot of time on the water, and I haven’t pulled the trigger on a boat because I just can’t make up my mind on what I want. I’m just bad at big decisions. I finally am about to buy one maybe this week. I wish I had more time to figure out what I want to do next year, but I don’t, so I’ll know soon and you’ll know soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Ricky Rudd and his 1994 Busch Clash crash. If you watch the video close you can see his head and arm outside the car as it flips. To race the Daytona they actually taped his eyes open to run the race. No concussion protocol back then. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Shane van Gisbergen to make NASCAR return at Indy July 19, 2023 at 6:07 PM Concord, North Carolina – He’s coming back. Shane van Gisbergen, the three-time Supercar champion and winner of the July 2 inaugural Chicago Street Race in his lone NASCAR Cup Series start, will return to the Cup Series Aug. 13 on the road course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.The 34-year-old Auckland, New Zealand native will again race the No. 91 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for the Trackhouse Racing team’s PROJECT91 program. “I never dreamed this could have all rolled out this way,” said van Gisbergen who returned to Supercar competition in Australia days after leading nine laps and winning by 1.259 seconds in overtime at Chicago. “Just getting to race in NASCAR is an opportunity I never thought I would get, but then to win and get another chance this year is beyond anything I imagined. I can’t thank (Trackhouse founder and owner) Justin Marks, everyone at Trackhouse Racing and NASCAR for this opportunity. Everyone in NASCAR welcomed me to Chicago and it’s been awesome to see how big the reception from that race has been around the world. I am honored to be part of it.” Van Gisbergen became one of six foreign born drivers to win a Cup Series race and the first driver since Johnny Rutherford in 1963 to win his first Cup Series start. It was just the latest entry in a resume that includes Supercars Championships for Triple Eight Race Engineering in 2016, 2021 and 2022 plus 78 wins and 47 pole positions making him the fourth most successful driver in series history. He also won the Bathurst 1000 in 2020 and 2022. Marks created PROJECT91 last year intent on expanding the organization’s global reach by fielding a Cup Series entry for renowned international racing drivers. Indianapolis will mark the fourth race for PROJECT91 after appearances by 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International in 2022 and at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas on March 26. Marks admitted thoughts of bringing van Gisbergen back to NASCAR began as soon as the checkered flag fell in Chicago. “After a performance like that it’s only natural to want to keep this going,” said Marks. “Shane showed he is a world-class talent and what he did in Chicago was truly remarkable. PROJECT91, Trackhouse Racing and the fans of NASCAR benefit by bringing him back. I don’t think I am being overly dramatic when I say the entire motorsports world will be watching the No. 91 Chevrolet at Indianapolis.” Van Gisbergen will join Trackhouse drivers Daniel Suárez and Ross Chastain at Indianapolis. Chastain won the June 25 race at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway a week before van Gisbergen’s Chicago victory. A week after Chicago, Suárez finished second at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Darian Grubb, 47, will again serve as van Gisbergen’s crew chief. His resume includes a 2011 championship with Tony Stewart and the 2006 Daytona 500 victory with Jimmie Johnson. The Chicago victory marked Grubb’s 24th victory as a crew chief. “It was a true honor to be able to work with somebody like Shane van Gisbergen who put on a performance like that in his first start,” Grubb said. “The team did an incredible job preparing the car, being ready for the moment and putting it all out there on the line and letting him put that show on. You’re never going to forget that. It’s the first event; we all wanted some souvenirs and stuff from it just to make sure we remembered it for life and tell our grand kids about it. It was really cool and I hope we can do that again in Indy.” 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crnr2Crnr Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 never posted in this thread before but does faggot ass @f7ben really like NASCAR? I wouldn't be surprised if he does... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2023 Join us in remembering the recognized "king" of Modified racing on his birthday, Class of 2012 NASCAR Hall of Famer Richie Evans. Evans captured nine NASCAR Modified titles in a 13-year span, including eight in a row from 1978-1985. Happy Birthday to this Forever Legend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2023 Truex, Hamlin, Lajoie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Truex, Hamlin, Lajoie Lajoie brushes the wall and has to pit…SMH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) Just got home…Hamlin and Truex right on….Lajoie…meh. Crowd not happy with Hamlin. Edited July 23, 2023 by Jimmy Snacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 36 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said: Just got home…Hamlin and Truex right on….Lajoie…meh. Crowd not happy with Hamlin. He crowded Larson and pushed him up into the wall to take the lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2023 24 minutes ago, ckf said: He crowded Larson and pushed him up into the wall to take the lead. I saw that on the post race and he said exactly what Larson said he would say and Kyle Petty didn’t mince his words either. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doug Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 hour ago, ckf said: He crowded Larson and pushed him up into the wall to take the lead. Did the same move on Chastain last year. Watch Denny's line in relation to the groves in the track and he pushed Larson up. Larson's interview was good. Everybody knows Denny's never wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 24, 2023 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 24, 2023 Just now, Doug said: Did the same move on Chastain last year. Watch Denny's line in relation to the groves in the track and he pushed Larson up. Larson's interview was good. Everybody knows Denny's never wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted July 24, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 24, 2023 I think Larson has a right to be pissed. Denny bumped him and pushed him off the racing groove, no doubt. That's racing for the win. Denny has made it clear the last couple years that he's not out there to make friends. And that move put Denny in victory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 6 hours ago, Blackstar said: I think Larson has a right to be pissed. Denny bumped him and pushed him off the racing groove, no doubt. That's racing for the win. Denny has made it clear the last couple years that he's not out there to make friends. And that move put Denny in victory lane. He will also the one crying the loudest when the rolls are reversed that he wasn’t raced with respect. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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