Who among us does not like Nascar?

I like the road races too. Shakes things up a bit, plus you get to root for guys like Robby Gordon and Scott Pruett who don't have a chance in hell at places like Talladega.

R. Gordon seems to be moving up in oval races a bit, but I don't think I will be rooting for him.

road courses have all those nice curves too.

Robbie Gordon is a TREAT LOL

lawrence, that 60s Can-Am footage is cool.

Can-Am looks like what would happen if agnes b. and Jean-Luc Godard got together and designed a road course series.

hey I could go to Richmond. how exciting. a night race would involve less SPF, but would it be the same?

the perfect gift for any home

i have determined the above to be a stupid question. maybe i will go to both. i will have to weigh vacation ideas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phkygdmPB9I

it would have been hard for the concert this year to top last year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHlvrW77uk8

speed commentator comes up with "juridicical" (i think the soft c would be more appropriate than an s) in re the matter of r. gordon.

i hope no one's too soggy and/or chilly out there

Martinsville isn't as easy as I thought, so Richmond it is.

scary

Junior: the track ain't ready today, we rushed into this, it was a bad move

maybe they could let Gordon run 200 laps by himself

he needs all those other cars out there to help keep the track dry

Surprise! It's Cousin Douche.

We play a little game for the drivers and crew chiefs called "Douche or Hipster?"

Elliott Sadler: hipster.
Carl Edwards: douche.

n.b., "Douche" does not connote a negative judgment. It's just a descriptor at the opposite end of the spectrum as the "Hipster". (e.g., douches "try.")

Burnout/drift heaven.

Carl seems pretty above it all - not trying - when no one's in his way; like he does all the extra stuff because it goes with the territory of a) racing and b) branding/bizzing, tho maybe they're backwards. I shouldn't have second-guessed myself in putting him above Kyle tho; I like the kid's style a lot more. Also should have stuck with instinct and left McMurray on the bubble. I like him better hatless and he takes Reed's and Reutimann's places.

http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/sports/2008/01/14/Nascar-and-Race/?TID=advert/drudge/Nascar

Cousin Carl tries so hard, especially in commercials.

Vegas was good racing. The new tire control rule sent Carl Edwards to the back of the field. He is an amazing closer.

It was a shame the way Gordon wrecked Matt Kenseth at the end.

Why does Truex's crew insist on these 2-tire stops? That never, ever works out.

tight-smilin' mariano edwards

seemed like Gordon got a little over-excited after Jr's tires spun. 2 dnf's in 3 is not good. maybe he's gotten a little less cool because he thinks this season is his last chance at his 5th. quite a(n unSAFE) hit he took.

it was cute how Tony and Krzysztof Kieslowski did ballet spins together in the insurance company race, tho not as cute as if it were dale

Yes it's exciting. Last year Dale Jr. was your DNF leader.

Jimmie Johnson and Gordon have had appalling cars so far. Seriously, the tires on Jeff Gordon's Nicorette Chevrolet 24 were "smoking" all race long. Cough cough sputter sputter hack hack.

Gordon's still a cool customer. He'll race at least until he catches Richard Petty.

Valuable new addition to Jayski

Which isn't to say that I'll be flaming out in 24 gear; that's too much commitment too.

Subtle, gabb. Subtle.

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Gl4xoSMithKl1ne 2mg (yellow Commit) shoudl sponsor the pit road commitment cone.

Friends of mine found some infield passes, borrowed an RV from a friend at a dealership, drove down from Portland and spent a long weekend in Vegas. Bastards.

Subtle, gabb. Subtle.

believe it or not, it's not uncommon for me not to realize, at least before the fact, how many allusions I'm making. I also don't regard chartreuse as one of the miracles of science.

Fermentation goes back to the Old Testament. Plenty of miracles there.

http://www.chartreuse.fr/phpwebgallery/galleries/fotos_produits/Chartreuse_Verte.jpg

I've started watching NASCAR because I can't fathom an entire seven months without football. Tonight I even bought a NASCAR magazine. I guess this is how people 'get into' sports in general, huh?

I'm still not entirely clear on all the rules and regulations but I'm trying to learn by watching.

NASCAR Now on ESPN.

If there were ladies' college NASCAR, I'd watch.

Have you tried ESPN 8 ("The Ocho")?

NASCAR said the victory by Carl Edwards at Las Vegas this past weekend, his second Sprint Cup win in a row, was tainted and slapped Edwards and his Roush Fenway Racing team with its toughest penalty yet. Edwards was docked 100 points - knocking him out of first place - and stripped of the 10 bonus points he earned for the win.

In addition to Edwards' penalty, crew chief Bob Osborne was fined $100,000 and suspended six weeks, and Jack Roush was docked 100 owner points.

The penalties stem from post-race inspection Sunday when NASCAR discovered the cover was off the oil tank in the race-winning No. 99 Ford.

Rival competitors circulated a photo via e-mail Tuesday of Edwards doing a celebratory backflip off his car, and the cover is clearly not attached to the oil tank. It's believed that by opening up the oil tank trunk, the air is able to circulate through the car and create as much as 10 percent more downforce.

Serves him right for depriving the good fans of NASCAR of victory burnouts. If Carl Edwards just smoked his tires like a normal hipster winner, he may not have been caught.

Meanwhile, Robby Gordon won an appeal against NASCAR. (Dodge inadvertently sent him the wrong Charger nose.)

"We plan to put this issue behind us and concentrate on making the Chase in 2008," Gordon said. "Our goal is to be a model team in the future and never go through something like this again."

Maybe the extra burnout from Watkins helped with the appeal?

Kerm and brownie,

Who are your drivers?

I'm happy about the Gordon decision

I can't decide on a driver. At first it was "Front Row" Joe Nemecheck then it was Sam Hornish. Now I think it's Kyle Busch because he brings the lols.

I do like that car that has no sponsors. Can't remember the drivers name.

Kyle is the Jon Williams of NASCAR.

Cast the other drivers as ILXORS:

Kyle would never ban me tho.

Tony Stewart = Tombot?

I think I like everybody in proportion to how much I know about them and how often I hear their name, with a little bit of regional favortism thrown in. But there's no, "I can't stand that asshole, Dick Trickle!" And I'm only a mildly militant Chevy guy.

Actually that goes for NASCAR and ILX...

I fear a big one on this thread now.

Kyle is so misunderstood. I like his recklessness more than Robby's, because it seems less emo and he's in control enough to bring things back from the edge - I think people are seeing him as less preumptuous now that the extent of his skills is becoming clear. I'm glad that RG appealed and won, though. "Actions detrimental to stock car racing," lol.

I know I'm not there yet, but part of me wants to be the Robby Gordon of ILX.

haha Tony Stewart/Tombot OTM

Guess I have to be Danica Patrick(not many options)

Kerm, you can do it. Just keep your nose clean and you'll stay in the top 35.

Kyle Busch is crazy talented BTW. I have him in an office pool.

Greg Biffle as gabbneb
Richard Petty as Ned
Juan Pablo Montoya as chaki

I knew there was a reason for fear

Biffle's from a part of Washington that's politically significant, but seems totally uninteresting from a tourism perspective. Not that I've been there.

Do you have a problem with that Greg?

Danica

http://www.autoracingdaily.com/images/featured/Danica_Patrick_9966.jpg

Danica is so 'formidable'

I said, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT GREG?

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Mom!

Brownie, Kyle would spin you out at random and not even notice, because he is a RACECAR, not a truck. Whereas Tony would put up with running behind you for a while and then very deliberately wreck you.

Dale Earnhardt Sr as Laurel, obv.

Tombot has tried, in the past, to deliberately wreck me. But I avoided it. Who's good at avoiding wrecks? maybe I am him.