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Nascar
Oct 16, 2013 18:20:17 GMT -5
Post by TGSBrotherDeath on Oct 16, 2013 18:20:17 GMT -5
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Nascar
Nov 22, 2013 6:05:15 GMT -5
Post by TGS Indy on Nov 22, 2013 6:05:15 GMT -5
Kurt Busch shifts to No. 41; paint scheme revealed Kurt Busch will have a new car number to go with his new team in 2014. Busch will campaign the No. 41 Haas CNC Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series next season, starting in February at Daytona International Speedway. He'll make the transition after a little more than a year driving the No. 78 Chevy for Furniture Row Racing, helping the Colorado-based team to its most successful season with a 10th-place finish in Sprint Cup points. Busch has driven (in order) Nos. 97, 2, 22, 51 and 78 in NASCAR's top series. Next season, the 2004 Sprint Cup champion will don a number that transposes the digits of team owner Tony Stewart's flagship No. 14, the longtime number of his childhood hero, A.J. Foyt. In an interesting twist, Busch will sport the same car number of long-ago rival Jimmy Spencer, who dramatically sparred with Busch at Bristol and Indianapolis in his days driving the No. 41 for Chip Ganassi. Monday at the NASCAR Nationwide Series and Camping World Truck Series banquet in Miami Beach, Ty Dillon -- moving up to the Nationwide tour next season -- said he would favor using the No. 41 should he progress to NASCAR's premier series. His grandfather, longtime team owner and former driver Richard Childress used No. 41 during his early days competing in a NASCAR Modified at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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Nascar
Jan 30, 2014 18:24:10 GMT -5
Post by TGS Indy on Jan 30, 2014 18:24:10 GMT -5
NASCAR announces sweeping changes to Chase, including winner-take-all final race.
NASCAR is guaranteeing that the Sprint Cup Series season championship will come down to the final race of the year.
The sanctioning body announced Thursday that the final race of the season at Homestead-Miami Speedway will be winner-take-all. The top four drivers in the points standings heading into the season finale will be eligible for the title and the highest-finishing driver will win the championship.
The Chase playoff format will still consist of the final 10 races of the 36-race season. However, the Chase field will be expanded from 12 to 16 drivers in 2014. With the expansion of the Chase field, NASCAR will eliminate drivers every three races. After the first three races, the Chase will be whittled down to 12 drivers, eliminating the four lowest-scoring drivers. After the next three, the Chase will be down to eight drivers, and after the ninth race of the Chase, four drivers will be left. Those are the four drivers eligible to win the championship.
It's important to note that throughout the 10 years of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, the championship has never been decided before the final race of the season. Now, any advantage a driver has built up throughout the first nine races is gone.
A driver will automatically advance to the next elimination stage if he or she wins a race in that three-race span. For example, if Jimmie Johnson wins the first race of the Chase at Chicago, but finishes last at the next two races and is 15th in the standings, he'll automatically advance to the next round of three races.
The 16-driver field will also be determined differently. Any driver with a win in the first 26 races of the season will likely qualify for the Chase. If more than 16 drivers win a race (which is very unlikely), the highest 16 drivers in the points standings will be in the Chase. If less than 16 drivers win a race, the highest-ranking drivers without wins will fill out the 16-driver field.
And on and on the rules go.
If 16 or more drivers win a race and the points leader after the first 26 races is winless, the points leader will make the Chase. Because of the changes to the criteria to make the Chase, NASCAR has touted a renewed emphasis on winning for its competitors. However, if the new system was in place in 2013, a winless Dale Earnhardt Jr. could have won the championship.
The drivers in the Chase will have their points reset to 2,000 at the beginning of the Chase. In 2013, the Chase contained 12 drivers; the top 10 in the NASCAR points standings and the two drivers outside of the top 10 with the most wins.
The Chase for the Sprint Cup was established in 2004 and originally included 10 drivers. The move to 12 was made in 2007. In 2013, a 13th driver, Jeff Gordon, was added to the Chase after allegations of race manipulation by Michael Waltrip Racing. Because of the manipulation, all three of MWR's cars were penalized and Gordon was added to the Chase field.
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Nascar
Feb 21, 2014 5:56:49 GMT -5
Post by TGS Indy on Feb 21, 2014 5:56:49 GMT -5
NASCAR disqualifies Kevin Harvick’s runner-up finish in Duel 150
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Kevin Harvick went from extremely elated to depressingly dejected in less than 30 minutes.
After finishing a close second to Matt Kenseth in Thursday night’s first of two Budweiser Twin Duel 150s, Harvick’s result was tossed out by NASCAR officials.
Harvick’s No. 4 Stewart Haas Racing Chevrolet was found to have to “exceeded the maximum split on the track bar,” according to NASCAR spokesman Kerry Tharp.
As a result, Harvick’s qualifying time and his runner-up finish in the first Duel has been disqualified, a big blow to the 2007 Daytona 500 winner.
“Well, that’s no good,” Harvick deadpanned to FOX Sports’ TV coverage when told on air of the news.
Harvick will now have to wait until after the end of the second Duel 150 to see if either the speed (194.422 mph) or time (46.291) he had in Sunday’s pole qualifying (23rd overall) determine where he starts, or whether he’ll need to rely on owner points garnered from the No. 39 in 2013 to start Sunday’s Great American Race.
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Post by Daytight on Mar 5, 2014 20:33:58 GMT -5
How about that Kevin Harvick!!!
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Mar 9, 2014 10:29:29 GMT -5
Post by TGS Indy on Mar 9, 2014 10:29:29 GMT -5
NNS: Elliott’s car found too low, shock taken from Keselowski’s car Chris Estrada Mar 8, 2014, 9:09 PM EDT
Post-race inspection for today’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway saw Chase Elliott‘s car found to be too low and NASCAR taking the right rear shock from the car of race winner Brad Keselowski.
NASCAR has said that both issues would be handled early next week. It should be noted that Keselowski’s shock was not necessarily ruled as illegal.
Bob Pockrass of the Sporting News has combed through the Nationwide Series rule book to find what Elliott’s infraction could wind up costing him and JRM Motorsports:
Bob Pockrass @bobpockrass - According to NNS rulebook, failure to meet clearance is P2 penalty: 10 pts and/or $5,000-$12,500 fine and/or suspension and/or probation
8:55 PM - 8 Mar 2014
Elliott finished fifth today for his inaugural Top-5 finish in NNS competition.
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