NASCAR Cup The 2012 Chase Thread - Page 2

mrfizz · 18 Sep 2012, 17:02 (Ref:3137921)

Damn highlights again. Jeff Gordon was doing okay, they go for a break and when they come back the names scroll across the screen and he's listed as 35th or something ridiculous. I later find out the gas pedal stuck and he hit the wall. How are you meant to follow a sport when they give you crud like this?

Theres me ranting again!!

BTW after Chicago i can see Brad K winning it and Dodge regretting pulling out. Would it be the first championship winning manufacturer not to be in the field the following year?

Clive Brown · 18 Sep 2012, 18:56 (Ref:3138010)

I can't believe that the bowtie brigade would be prepared to let Dodge win.... watch for a Chevy not in the Chase and maybe from a second- or third-rank Chevy team wrecking Keslowski any time soon!

Axeman444 · 18 Sep 2012, 22:55 (Ref:3138151)

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Originally Posted by mrfizz

BTW after Chicago i can see Brad K winning it and Dodge regretting pulling out. Would it be the first championship winning manufacturer not to be in the field the following year?

still won't be as good as BrawnGP

fieldodreams79 · 22 Sep 2012, 15:57 (Ref:3139988)

The Magic Mile

http://www.jayski.com/news/races/201...SCAR-Race-Info

Matt · 22 Sep 2012, 17:27 (Ref:3140010)

as usual the modified tour puts on the best race of the weekend

fieldodreams79 · 22 Sep 2012, 18:21 (Ref:3140024)

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Originally Posted by Matt

as usual the modified tour puts on the best race of the weekend

Yup, they always do!

JHamilton · 22 Sep 2012, 23:24 (Ref:3140086)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

The Magic Mile

http://www.jayski.com/news/races/201...SCAR-Race-Info

Is it? Boy they put all the good ones into the chase...

**joeb** · 25 Sep 2012, 17:44 (Ref:3141557)

Just came across this article from the NASCAR news wire, suggesting it is time for drivers in the chase to consider playing rough with JJ. They say take the gloves off, roughhouse, and even suggest wrecking him!! Here are a few quotes of interest:

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it's time to put a stop to the sort of genteel racing we've seen in the first two Chase events.

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Specifically, if the other 11 hope to beat Johnson, they must put him off his game. No incident has ever gotten under the five-time champion's skin as much the one on lap 3 of the 2009 Chase race at Texas, when Sam Hornish Jr. wrecked Johnson and cut his points lead in half.

Doesn't sound good to me... Can't NASCAR just accept Johnson is good?

JHamilton · 28 Sep 2012, 02:31 (Ref:3142809)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Doesn't sound good to me... Can't NASCAR just accept Johnson is good?

No! JJ sucks! JUNIOR!

fieldodreams79 · 29 Sep 2012, 00:41 (Ref:3143486)

Where they at this weekend?

**gomick** · 1 Oct 2012, 22:46 (Ref:3144882)

I have lost interest with the chase for some reason - reckon the season was going along just nicely before the chase started. We had constant lead changes in the points standings right thru the top 10... Feels flat!

Saying that, Keselowski is going great. Hamlin & the #2 are DoubleJ's only threat it would appear...

fieldodreams79 · 2 Oct 2012, 00:31 (Ref:3144935)

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Originally Posted by gomick

I have lost interest with the chase for some reason - reckon the season was going along just nicely before the chase started. We had constant lead changes in the points standings right thru the top 10... Feels flat!

You ain't the only one, mate. The first three tracks this year consistently put on some absolutely mediocre racing. The idea of the Chase, imho, was an attempt to compete against the NFL and to keep people interested in the last handful of races. I have always faded at the end of the season Chase or not, even though last year's finale was some of the best racing entertainment I have ever seen. Come to think of it, I have probably checked out on the Chases until the finale, if its close. Also, kinda depends on how the Falcons are doing.

**joeb** · 2 Oct 2012, 02:32 (Ref:3144973)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

The idea of the Chase, imho, was an attempt to compete against the NFL and to keep people interested in the last handful of races......... Also, kinda depends on how the Falcons are doing.

It is not just your opinion, NASCAR made the phase for that exact reason.

Between the Falcons and Dawgs you don't have much time for racing this fall! eventually one of those teams will lose and you can watch racing again!

Off topic: baseball needs to drop about 40 games from their schedule and finish before football starts. NASCAR needs to drop some races and finish before the middle of September so they can keep a fan base.

fieldodreams79 · 2 Oct 2012, 03:06 (Ref:3144979)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Between the Falcons and Dawgs you don't have much time for racing this fall! eventually one of those teams will lose and you can watch racing again!;

I curse thee.

fieldodreams79 · 5 Oct 2012, 01:05 (Ref:3146421)

'dega.

**joeb** · 6 Oct 2012, 19:37 (Ref:3147185)

Dawgs v Cocks will be a better show than 'dega. Question is will we another new Chase leader after this round.

fieldodreams79 · 7 Oct 2012, 02:18 (Ref:3147335)

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Originally Posted by joeb

Dawgs v Cocks will be a better show than 'dega.

Wrong...

Rough day for the both of us.

**gomick** · 7 Oct 2012, 15:30 (Ref:3147636)

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Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

'dega.

Excitement is back for at least 1 week

Paradise City · 7 Oct 2012, 21:33 (Ref:3147856)

Kenseth survives to take a win after the mandatory 20 car 'dega big one. Stewart thrown about like a rag doll.

MJ_N_09 · 7 Oct 2012, 21:36 (Ref:3147860)

Jeff takes 2nd and Brad barely got through that. Now he (Brad) has a 14 point lead.

Purist · 7 Oct 2012, 22:14 (Ref:3147880)

If the initial reports I've read are correct, that was a 31-car pile-up, which is absurdly close to the all-time record.

I'm hoping Brad gets this title.

The Happy Track Fan · 7 Oct 2012, 22:42 (Ref:3147894)

NASCAR has 32 races as part of it's schedule and 4 demolition derbys.

Personally, I don't think demolition derbys should be part of any major racing series, let alone 4 of them.

There especially shouldn't be one in the chase.

It's not racing folks. Dega and Daytona are just a show. They are not racing.

What we saw today was not racing.

Hamlin said it best. "It's crazy riding around at the back, giving up a chance to win, just knowing that a major crash is inevitably going to happen, then you just slow down, go around it all, and get a decent finish".

Such a shame. If the cars are too fast for the track, then change the track. Use the bus stop at Daytona and put one in at Dega.

Anything is better than the farce that is plate racing.

And - judging by the piles of empty seats and tarped areas disguised as fans - apparantly there are a lot of people who agree with me.

**gomick** · 7 Oct 2012, 22:44 (Ref:3147895)

How do they work out the finishing order when that many cars are taken out? Ambrose was running 6th or 7th when the accident happens & is classified 27th, double J is classified 17th & wrecked too...

Purist · 8 Oct 2012, 01:19 (Ref:3147952)

THTF, the chicanes would make it worse. Instead of having a 31-car crash on the final lap, you'd have a 43-car crash on the first lap.

Besides, the identities of those two tracks are utterly dependent on their sheer size and banking. There would be no point to them even existing if you changed them into a "cookie-cutter" 1.5 or 2.0-miler.

Realistically, Daytona and Talladega will NEVER change.

St00ge · 8 Oct 2012, 02:35 (Ref:3147967)

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Originally Posted by The Happy Track Fan

NASCAR has 32 races as part of it's schedule and 4 demolition derbys.

Personally, I don't think demolition derbys should be part of any major racing series, let alone 4 of them.

There especially shouldn't be one in the chase.

It's not racing folks. Dega and Daytona are just a show. They are not racing.

What we saw today was not racing.

Hamlin said it best. "It's crazy riding around at the back, giving up a chance to win, just knowing that a major crash is inevitably going to happen, then you just slow down, go around it all, and get a decent finish".

Such a shame. If the cars are too fast for the track, then change the track. Use the bus stop at Daytona and put one in at Dega.

Anything is better than the farce that is plate racing.

And - judging by the piles of empty seats and tarped areas disguised as fans - apparantly there are a lot of people who agree with me.

88,000 that don't...

and WTF bus stop on a oval

View Poll Results: Who will win the Chase and the 2012 Cup Championship?
Denny Hamlin	2	10.53%
Jimmie Johnson	3	15.79%
Tony Stewart	1	5.26%
Brad Keselowski	7	36.84%
Greg Biffle	1	5.26%
Clint Bowyer	1	5.26%
Matt Kennseth	0	0%
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	2	10.53%
Kevin Harvick	0	0%
Martin Truex, Jr.	0	0%
Kasey Kahne	0	0%
Jeff Gordon	2	10.53%
Voters: 19. You may not vote on this poll

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