Nascar - Sprint Cup 2016

Nodferatu

I saw there was no thread and not much on here for Nascar fans, so thought i'd make this thread. Watching a live stream right now of Daytona 500

jelutong

It's on Setanta Sport 1 ch 424 and SetantaHD 428. Free View.

RobertKK

I hope a Joe Gibbs Racing driver wins, preferably Denny Hamlin.

Nodferatu

denny Hamlin is going strong this year. looking good so far, Martin Truex is my man, working his way from back of field up to 4th

Rossi IRL

Hope Ky Busch wins today and the sprint cup again. If not Busch then i'd go for Hamlin.

RobertKK

A few years ago I was chatting to Denny Hamlin's mother on twitter, Mary Lou Hamlin, she was telling me they have Irish ancestry and she gave me the surname which I can't remember but they are from Cork.

Nodferatu

waiting on logano to wreck someone..

How long's gone? Trying to decide if it's worth digging up a source.

Nodferatu

L 133/200
1. Hamlin
2. Truex Jr
3. Ky. Busch

Rossi IRL

L 163/200
Kenseth
Truex
Ky Busch

All just after pit stops

Nodferatu

and 35 to go

RobertKK

Can feel a big crash coming...

Rossi IRL

20 to go, race is getting abit dicey now.

That_Guy

I sense a big crash coming. It's getting very tight.

Rossi IRL

That_Guy wrote: »

I sense a big crash coming. It's getting very tight.

I'd say by the way the front of the 19 is flapping around, he will be involved

Rossi IRL

What a finish

That_Guy

What a finish.

That_Guy

That is so close. Great race.

RobertKK

OMG that was a great finish.

So happy for Hamlin.

Inquitus

Fair play for the guy Hamlin tangled with rescuing it there, a huge crash was in the offing.

Harika

The last 30 laps were quite boring but the last two corners great racing.

RobertKK

Winning by 1/100th of a second...

RobertKK

Kenseth did great in trying to block but avoiding a disaster for his team.

Hamlin was not going to leave without that win, I thought Truex had won. Good to see Truex Jr carrying over last year's good form.

That_Guy

Coca Cola and champagne... such an odd mix.

Nodferatu

cars are really loose on this track today

Nodferatu

Lap 100/325
1 M Kennseth
2 Ku Busch
3 J Johnson

Nodferatu

94 to go
1 Harvick
2 Truex
3 Johnson

That_Guy

Very boring spectacle in comparison to last week... Just as I type, car 31 has a blown tire with 4 laps to go.

Nodferatu

yeah was very boring, i really dont like this new overtime rule

Charlie-Bravo

Yeah the overtime rule sucks a bit as I preferred the Green-White-Checkered format. I suppose its a shorter version of the old format doing it over two laps than three. For today if the older system was in place they would have had to re-do a Green-White-Checkered.

Rossi IRL

Looks wet and windy in Vegas. Hopefully the rain stays away and the race gets the go ahead.

Rossi IRL

Race is starting now.

That_Guy

This could be a disaster of a race. That wind looks mental.

Nodferatu

Bit boring so far

That_Guy

Nodferatu wrote: »

Bit boring so far

Last week and this week have been non events. Not a great amount of drama other than Busch finding himself all the way back to the end.

Ghost Train

This sand storm looks extreme

wonder will it cause accident

That_Guy

Big pile up.

Nodferatu

Not a team penske fan but ive never wanted them to win so much as now. I hate kyle busch

Rossi IRL

Fell asleep.

Went to watch it this morning as i recorded it and yh the recording stopped 100 laps in because of the race starting late.

RobertKK

As usual hoping one of the Gibbs drivers win tonight.

Be nice to see Carl win.

That_Guy

That finish. :eek:

Charlie-Bravo

What a finish at Phoenix for Harvick!

RobertKK

Yeah that was a great finish, making a habit of 0.01 winning margins this season.
Two in four races.

That_Guy

RobertKK wrote: »

Yeah that was a great finish, making a habit of 0.01 winning margins this season.
Two in four races.

Could have easily been a huge crash in the process. He fairly shunted Harvick on the final turn in. Could have been nasty.

Nodferatu

Didn't get to see the race due to the crappy live stream connection being rubbish. seems like it was a great race!!

RobertKK

That was a big crash by Kyle Larson, tyre blew and sent him flying into the safer barrier.
Good thing car safety is good.

Cars are one thing, I'd put that down mostly to the SAFER barrier.

Unfortunately I'm now glitching like crazy. :P

Rossi IRL

That looked dirty by Kayne

Charlie-Bravo

Bit silly there by Danica Patrick.

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/3/24/sprint-cup-penalties-danica-patrick-kasey-kahne-auto-club-wreck.html

Feck all in that really. One thing if it was green but don't see the big deal in yellow running.

Charlie-Bravo

I understand emotions can get the better of people, but they brought in that rule because of a fatality last year. She's a pro and should be setting a good example to the younger drivers.