I'll tell the Tivo to watch it. Always entertaining watching the road courses especially since they like to pass in corners by use of the PIT maneuver.
I'll tell the Tivo to watch it. Always entertaining watching the road courses especially since they like to pass in corners by use of the PIT maneuver.
yeah, i'll DVR it and watch it after the kids are asleep.
Yep, beer and sammich.
It's better in person.
I think NASCAR should run the boot. Should be fun.
Its one of the 3 NASCAR races I watch each year.
In reply to aeronca65t:
I always enjoy your videos.
What is this, baseball? Why aren't they racing in the rain?
Yeah T.J., I'm trying to watch it. Nascar did the experiment with rain tires and wipers a couple of years ago. Why they don't always plan for rain @ road courses I don't know. Hopefully they'll get it started today.
They run the Nationwide cars in the rain. I guess NASCAR doesn't mind small teams destroying a car, but god forbid a Cup race be run in the rain.
NASCAR had plans to run the cup cars in the rain at the road courses for several years. I know they ran a practice in the rain at the Glen one year, but the race was dry. My understanding is that the reason they abandoned running the cup cars in the wet is that the special tires Goodyear made got so old that they just decided to toss them.
I can only assume that the reason Goodyear didn't build a new batch of tires was cost, considering most of the originals were never used.
Who is the title sponsor of "the Cup" series? Sprint, Nextel, Winston? Why does Nationwide get their money's worth from their sponsorship dollars (the series they sponsor is known as Nationwide), but whomever is the current Cup sponsor has to pay more (I assume) and that series is normally just refered to as the Cup.....what cup?
EDIT: I looked it up, know I know it is indeed the Sprint Cup. Sprint is one of two companies I will never do business with ever again. (Nothing to do with NASCAR, everything to do with piss poor customer service and having a bunch of idiots working for them.)
Will wrote: NASCAR had plans to run the cup cars in the rain at the road courses for several years. I know they ran a practice in the rain at the Glen one year, but the race was dry. My understanding is that the reason they abandoned running the cup cars in the wet is that the special tires Goodyear made got so old that they just decided to toss them. I can only assume that the reason Goodyear didn't build a new batch of tires was cost, considering most of the originals were never used.
There were 800 rain tires at the Glen for the NNS race this weekend.
In reply to turbojunker:
NNS and NSCS don't always use the same tires for some reason. I'm not trying to say that makes any sense, but I definitely remember hearing about the Cup car rain tires getting old, and that being the reason for no more potential Cup in the rain.
And now they will run Monday morning at 10 am.
Anybody watch the Indy carnage at NHIS ?
I missed all the racing this weekend. My cable is out for the 3rd time in 9 months for the same problem. (We are now going on 7 weeks without service in that 9 month period... berkeley comcast!)
NNS races don't draw enough people to justify a rain date. They want to get it over with so it doesn't interfere with the big show. The cup race on the other hand people will stay for and other people will come out and replace some of the people who left. The only thing more fun then camping in that infield three days is four days. That makes them another days money on food, beer and such sales.
Will wrote: In reply to turbojunker: NNS and NSCS don't always use the same tires for some reason. I'm not trying to say that makes any sense, but I definitely remember hearing about the Cup car rain tires getting old, and that being the reason for no more potential Cup in the rain.
the Cup and Nationwide cars are built on pretty much the same chassis now- in fact, Goodyear brought the same tires for both series this weekend, and they had a whole trailer of rain tires there.. but for whatever reason, NASCAR doesn't want their premiere race series to run in the rain.. the "official" reason is that they don't want to have the rain throw a "wild card" into the "race to the chase".
i say that if they want to claim to be the "Best Drivers in the WORLD", then they gotta deal with weather once in a while.
Boris Said what?
“He’s the most unprofessional little scaredy cat I’ve ever seen in my life,” Said fumed. “He wouldn’t even fight me like a man after. So, if someone texts me his address, I’ll go see him Wednesday at his house and show him what he really needs. He needs a whipping, and I’m going to give it to him. He was flipping me off, giving me the finger. Totally unprofessional, two laps down -- I mean he is a chump.
“I went over there to go talk to him. He wouldn’t even let me get out of the car. He comes over and throws a few little baby punches, and then when I get out, he runs away and hides behind some big guys. But he won’t hide from me long. I’ll find him. I won’t settle it out on the track. It’s not right to wreck cars, but he’ll show up at a race with a black eye one of these days. I’ll see him somewhere.”
Good race, Ambrose was strong.
about whom is he speaking ? I was at work and couldn't watch the race (VCR broken ... )
In reply to wbjones:
Greg Biffle.
Every time I try to watch a road race... 
stupid work.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6864040
"WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. -- NASCAR officials will review an incident in which Greg Biffle took a swing at Boris Said in the garage following Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International.
According to witnesses, Biffle approached Said's car after a wild green-white-checkered finish in which Said got into the back of David Ragan, Biffle's Roush Fenway Racing teammate.
The bump sparked a violent crash that destroyed the cars of Ragan and David Reutimann, whose Toyota went upside down and into a retaining wall shortly before another crash initiated by Tony Stewart brought out a caution flag and secured Marcos Ambrose's first Sprint Cup win.
After the race, Biffle took at least one swing at Said through the window of Said's Phoenix Racing Chevrolet. Once Said unstrapped himself and climbed out of the car he went after Biffle, who by then was protected by his crew.
"He is the most unprofessional little scaredy cat I've ever seen in my life,'' said an angry Said. "He wouldn't even fight me like a man after. So if someone texts me his address, I'll go see him Wednesday at his house and show him what he really needs."
"He needs a whooping and I'm going to give it to him. He was flipping me off, giving me the finger. Totally unprofessional. Two laps down. I mean, he is a chump," Said added.
Said, a road course specialist who finished 22nd, admitted it was his contact that initiated the crash that collected Ragan and Reutimann, who were released from the infield care center without major injuries.
But Said was more upset with Biffle, who finished 31st after running out of gas early, than about the accident.
"He comes over and throws a few little baby punches and then when I get out he runs away and hides behind some big guys,'' Said said. "But he won't hide from me long. I'll find him. I won't settle it out on the track. It's not right to wreck cars, but, he'll show up at a race with a black eye one of these days. I'll see him somewhere."
Biffle was not available for comment.
Both drivers left the track before NASCAR officials had a chance to talk to them.
"We are evaluating the situation,'' NASCAR spokesperson Kristi King said.
Any potential penalties likely would be announced on Tuesday or Wednesday.
David Newton covers NASCAR for ESPN.com. He can be reached at dnewtonespn@aol.com."
SPEED aired Bif's rebuttal and it was weak to say the least.
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