NASCAR Cup Round 22:Cheez-It 355 At The Glen

[PabloTeK]

Welp, Smoke's broken his leg:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/shak...r-crash-080613

I'd expect it to be the Ambrose and Montoya show this weekend, although a few of the oval guys seem to like this new car on the road courses!

[gomick]

That's terrible news for Tony Stewart
Marcos Ambrose should do double duty this weekend...

[Salamus]

That is really bad luck for Stewart. He's currently 11th in points with 1 win. The man that could replace him for the last chase spot is the one and only...Ryan Newman.

[canamman]

Oh well. I thought those flips would catch up to him sooner or later.
Comes just as his team was turning around. Be interesting to see
who is gonna fill those shoes.

I guess I would call a Said or one of the road course ringers.
How about Whincup?

[fieldodreams79]

Tough break for Smoke. I guess he still can be eligible for the Chase, missing a race or 2 or having at least one win. If he can fold up enough to get his tubby ass in the seat, he'll be racing soon.

Replacement driver may be interesting this weekend. I'd put Marcos in it, but he may be "concentrating" on the Cup. Piquet is in town...

[canamman]

Oops, Boris and Ron already in rides.

My choices for the Glen #14 car are Whincup, L. Hamilton, or J. Button.

[NaBUru38]

No ALMS or Grand-Am drivers...

[Beetle]

Max Papis will be Smoke's substitute in the #14 car.

http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/201...013-Entry-List

I'll be watching this race closely. Unfortunately, I'll be recovering from the pain of dental work and may be a bit under the weather, but who cares?! It's NASCAR road course racing!! 'Tis a shame they can't run road courses more often.

Also I'll be seeing where I match up on iRacing when they do the Watkins Glen races there.

[fieldodreams79]

There is no pain in dental work; only painkillers.

I can see "Mad" Max doing well with at least a top 15 in the #14. He is in a great position for a ringer with a solid, seasoned team backing him-something that most of the ringers NEVER have. It'll be interesting to see what he can do, and quite honestly, I am very pleased that he got the ride.

Love these cars at The Glen. This is one of my favorite events of the season.

[canamman]

Originally Posted by Beetle

I'll be watching this race closely. Unfortunately, I'll be recovering from the pain of dental work and may be a bit under the weather, but who cares?!

Thats funny, me to. Crown and a filling coming up Friday. Then its off to
the GRC Saturday and in front of the tube Sun. for the Glen.

Go Max go. I heard today Max tested the #14 at Road Atlanta a few weeks ago.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by canamman

Thats funny, me to. Crown and a filling coming up Friday. Then its off to
the GRC Saturday and in front of the tube Sun. for the Glen.

Go Max go. I heard today Max tested the #14 at Road Atlanta a few weeks ago.

Crown and a filling... I'm scheduled for Friday, as well. Damn, that's weird...

[fieldodreams79]

Heavy on the meds, boys, heavy on the meds. Before you know it, it'll be next week and you'll be thinking "what procedure?"

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Kelly in lieu of the dinger on a road course? I mean, I guess that makes sense? Kelly has done well, from what I recall, in his NW starts, but I guess the dinger must be riding the snake that weekend....

Originally Posted by gomick

2 Aussies at Mid Ohio - Owen Kelly is the #54 JGR Toyota, joining Ambrose on the grid
Kelly will also race #51 Cup car at Watkins Glen

Dinger in the #47 in lieu of Bobby Labonte, so it all makes good sense now.


FULL ENTRY LIST FROM JAYSKI

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Tough break for Smoke. I guess he still can be eligible for the Chase, missing a race or 2 or having at least one win. If he can fold up enough to get his tubby ass in the seat, he'll be racing soon.

Replacement driver may be interesting this weekend. I'd put Marcos in it, but he may be "concentrating" on the Cup. Piquet is in town...

'They' say he will need an additional surgery, so I think he might be done. On the plus side, he can have all the soda-cookies he can eat.

[NaBUru38]

I'll have to update the Max Papis article on the Spanish-language Wikipedia, it's only five lines long.

[HJJ]

Zipadelli talks about Stewart: Greg Zipadelli, Competition Director, Stewart-Haas Racing discussed #14-Tony Stewart's condition with the media Wednesday morning. A few notes:
• There currently is no timeline for Stewart's recovery or return. They will know more after the second surgery is completed;
• The team will "absolutely" need a substitute driver for at least the next 2-3 races;
• They are talking to candidates to fill in, but don't have a timeline for an announcement; possibly in the next day or so;
• Zipadelli says that as many races as Tony runs the team is lucky that this is the first time they are having to deal with this issue;
• Stewart Haas will evaluate what races Stewart competes in going forward, but there will not necessarily be any changes.
• Stewart's sponsors: "They're all disappointed and we understand that."(8-7-2013)

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[Beetle]

My picks for the 10 fastest qualifiers...

1. Marcos Ambrose
2. Juan Pablo Montoya
3. AJ Allmendinger
4. Jamie McMurray
5. Carl Edwards
6. Jeff Gordon
7. Clint Bowyer
8. Kurt Busch
9. Ron Fellows
10. Owen Kelly

[gomick]

I know there wasnt much time between Stewarts crash & Watkins Glen, but i wish they had of selected another driver. Nothing againt Papis, Said etc, but you want to see someone who may actually shock us with there pace - they wont! The same with the teams that select the same "ringers" every year - those blokes might have been competitive 6 or 7 years ago, but not today. The standard of your full-time oval driver on a road course has risen.
Pity a V8 Supercar driver or DTM driver wasnt available...

[Paradise City]

Papis is strong enough for Watkins I think. Said is over the hill.

[fieldodreams79]

Truex quickest in Practice 1, and the Dinger the quickest thus far in final practice.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by gomick

I know there wasnt much time between Stewarts crash & Watkins Glen, but i wish they had of selected another driver. Nothing againt Papis, Said etc, but you want to see someone who may actually shock us with there pace - they wont! The same with the teams that select the same "ringers" every year - those blokes might have been competitive 6 or 7 years ago, but not today. The standard of your full-time oval driver on a road course has risen.
Pity a V8 Supercar driver or DTM driver wasnt available...

Said 35th, Papis not much better at 30th. Even Ron Fellows is down in 22nd.

I've been doing some serious iRacing since the NASCAR series there follows the same schedule as the real thing, and I'm happy with a 1:10.569 (I'm currently 42nd in the world). That puts me in 29th place.

Then again, the fastest iRacing time was a 1:08.244 by Brodie Kostecki. That puts poor Martin Truex Jr to shame.

[Beetle]

Qualifying is on NOW.

[fieldodreams79]

Taz grabs the pole with a new track record. Not a surprise there.

Bowyer, Truex, Dinger and Kyle B round out the top 5.

[gomick]

Owen Kelly 23rd - good effort

[tux]

These cars arent very good at going around corners are they? Crashing everywhere.