yeah, busch by 7 seconds, with 23 to go. need a miracle caution.

Busch won the title

Sucks for Truex. How do you make that error pit crew?

Even though they are just the pit crew guys, they are under enormous pressure and are prone to mental mistakes like any other athletes.

heyeaglefn wrote:Even though they are just the pit crew guys, they are under enormous pressure and are prone to mental mistakes like any other athletes.

For sure. Not an easy job by far.

Missed this one a few weeks ago, but Monster Energy is out as the main sponsor of the top league, and starting next season, it'll be the "NASCAR Cup Series" with four "premier partners": Busch, Coke, GEICO and Xfinity

Junior Johnson passed away, 88 yrs old

Daytona 500 this upcoming weekend already!

Updates for the 2020 season (besides the series sponsor thing a few posts up):

Last Year of "Gen-6" Car
-- This is the final season with the "Gen-6" car that's been used since 2013. Next year will be the "Next Gen" (formerly "Gen-7") car, which has the same carbon chassis for all teams, allows all V6 manufacturers to participate, changes the tires from 15" to 18", and changes the transmission from 4 gears to 6

Schedule
-- The championship race moves to Phoenix, with Homestand-Miami getting a March race instead
-- Round of 8 will be Kansas/Texas/Martinsville (2019: Martinsville/Texas/Phoenix)
-- Round of 12 will be Vegas/Talladega/Charlotte (2019: Dover/Talladega/Kansas)
-- Round of 16 will be Darlington/Richmond/Bristol (2019: Vegas/Richmond/Charlotte)
-- Weekend of July 5 will be Indianapolis instead of the second Daytona race, which moves to the end of August and will be the last race of the regular season
-- Pocono's two races are being combined into one weekend, with shorter races on both Saturday and Sunday as the second half of doubleheaders (Trucks on Saturday, Xfinity on Sunday)
-- No races the weekend of July 26 or August 2 due to the Olympics

Driver Retirements/Cutbacks
-- This is Jimmie Johnson's last year as a full-time driver
-- Brendan Gaughan will retire after the season
-- David Ragan, Paul Menard and Matt Tifft will only race part-time this year

Driver Moves
-- Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. moves from the #17 Ford to the #47 Chevy, replacing Ryan Preece
-- Chris Buescher moves from the #37 Chevy to the #17 Ford, replacing Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
-- Daniel Suarez moves from the #41 Ford to the #96 Toyota, replacing Parker Kligerman
-- Ryan Preece moves from the #47 Chevy to the #37 Chevy, replacing Chris Buescher
-- Joey Gase moves from the #53 Chevy to the #51 Chevy
-- Matt DiBenedetto moves from the #95 Toyota to the #21 Ford, replacing Paul Menard

Rookie of the Year Candidates
-- Tyler Reddick, #8 Chevy (won the Xfinity Series championship (and ROY) in 2018 and repeated in 2019)
-- Cole Custer, #41 Ford (finished 2nd in Xfinity standings in 2019; won a Trucks race at the age of 16 in 2014)
-- Christopher Bell, #95 Toyota (finished 3rd in Xfinity standings in 2019 and 4th in Xfinity standings in 2018; won the Trucks championship in 2017)
-- John Hunter Nemechek, #38 Ford (finished 7th in Xfinity standings and 2nd in Xfinity ROY in 2019; son of Joe Nemechek)
-- Quin Houff, #00 Chevy
-- Brennan Poole, #15 Chevy

Trump and Melania showed up to Daytona 500 and led the pace lap, which is now delayed by rain

ridiculous to start it at 3:30.

Postponed until tomorrow.

Racing resumes tomorrow at 4 on Fox.

Man....I'm not sure Ryan Newman is ok. That was an awful crash followed by a flip and then took a car hit to the drivers side while he was upside down.

ryan newman took a horrifying hit. i fear the worst, but hope for the best.

ReadingPhilly wrote:ryan newman took a horrifying hit. i fear the worst, but hope for the best.

Me too. That looked awful. Apparently they used screens to block the crowd from seeing when they got him out of the car.

Unconfirmed reports he's awake, but nothing definite yet

Meanwhile, FOX caught a cue card with Hamlin's sponsors. The drivers have shouted out their sponsors for years but I don't remember seeing a cue card like this

Per NASCAR, Newman is in serious condition and his injuries do not appear to be life threatening.

Amazing he survived that. So glad to hear

Roush Racing just released a statement that he is in serious condition with non life threatening injuries. Amazing.

those cars must be ridiculously safe. that looked like an unsurvivable hit. great news.

Apparently he is awake and speaking with his family and doctors.