Tiger2003
Posts: 15,421
Jan 30, 2011 7:09pm
Damn Speed your killing me. I can't wait to start packing for Daytona...
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 7:26pm
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 7:38pm
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 7:41pm
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 7:46pm
MSR finished 4th, 7th, and 10th.
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 7:49pm
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 7:50pm
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 30, 2011 8:01pm
Patrick Dempsey practiced Friday then flew to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival because of a film he produced or something. He flew back and was signing autographs along with about 180 other drivers at noon Sat. His team finished 3rd in class today. Great job.
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jan 30, 2011 8:04pm
GoChiefs, will this work?
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Jan 30, 2011 8:10pm
That's a thing of beauty! Just ordered 2 new #22 hats today!
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jan 30, 2011 8:18pm
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jan 30, 2011 8:19pm
I guess I shoulda centered the car a little more, but would you want one?
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jan 30, 2011 8:23pm
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Jan 30, 2011 8:57pm
Well, if you could get the car actually centered...hell yeah. 
GoJPM!
Posts: 799
Jan 31, 2011 12:19pm
I've seen a lot of drivers, Braun included. Not saying he is chopped liver but he hasn't won anything in the big leagues yet. Grand Am is minor league, lots of so-called gentleman/pro-am drivers. JPM has already won at the highest level....F1, CART/Indy, and NASCAR. I think, in all honesty, that Braun should be targeting Indy Car because that's where his talents are truely at and belong. I hope he does and has gotten this NASCAR experiment with Roush out of his system. Lots of good Americans in Indy Car like Rahal, Hunter-Reay, JR Hildebrand, Charlie Kimble, etc. Don't get me started on Danica and Marco Andretti......lolSpeedofsand;658303 wrote:This is not remarkable ?
Colin won his Rolex 24 class when he was 16 years old. He was on the podium at the 24 Hours of LeMans in a Ferrari F430. He is the youngest winner ever of a major auto race in North America, when he won the July Grand Am Brumos Porsche 250 at Daytona. Put him in the best car on the best team with tons of money and he could win anything.
GoJPM!
Posts: 799
Jan 31, 2011 12:25pm
I reckon I will be getting back with you sometime this season. First two seasons in Dodge junk. Last season was misleading. A lot of mechanical issues and crashes (some of his own doing, some not). Believe he was in the top six or eight in laps led last season so he had the pace. Was on average, the fifth or sixth best qualifier too. He's definitely no slouch on ovals, especially the plate tracks. He's close and I'm sure he will get there.GoChiefs;658326 wrote:To that, I say, when JPM wins on anything but a road course in NASCAR, get back with me.
I mean, he's had finishes of 17th, 8th, 25th, and 20th in the Chases. 145 races, 2 wins (on road courses), 5 poles, 18 top 5's, 41 top 10's, 22 DNF's, avg. finish of 22.6. Those aren't exactly stellar stats.
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Jan 31, 2011 3:21pm
Dodge junk? Kurt seems to do alright in that 'junk'.GoJPM!;659036 wrote:First two seasons in Dodge junk.
Misleading? Come on now. Mechanical issues can all fall back on how the driver is driving the car. You don't know how to drive it, shits gonna break. Good drivers find the ways to overcome all that.GoJPM!;659036 wrote:Last season was misleading. A lot of mechanical issues and crashes (some of his own doing, some not).
He was 9th with 411 laps led, I'll give you that. BUT, I wonder how many of those were on non ovals? I bet ya without the road course races and Pocono, that number is cut in half.GoJPM!;659036 wrote:Believe he was in the top six or eight in laps led last season so he had the pace.
Avg. starting position was 11.6, but not sure where starting a race ever mattered? A lot of great drivers just can't qualify, for example, Jimmie Johnson.GoJPM!;659036 wrote:Was on average, the fifth or sixth best qualifier too.
GoJPM!;659036 wrote:He's definitely no slouch on ovals, especially the plate tracks. He's close and I'm sure he will get there.
Eh, restrictor plates aren't a matter of skill as much as they are a matter of luck in my opinion. But I'm not saying he's a 'slouch' on the ovals. He's mediocre, nothing great, but not as bad as the Robby Gordons.
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jan 31, 2011 4:21pm
GoJPM!;659036 wrote:I reckon I will be getting back with you sometime this season. First two seasons in Dodge junk. Last season was misleading. A lot of mechanical issues and crashes (some of his own doing, some not). Believe he was in the top six or eight in laps led last season so he had the pace. Was on average, the fifth or sixth best qualifier too. He's definitely no slouch on ovals, especially the plate tracks. He's close and I'm sure he will get there.
Hey, GC, he is starting to sound like a Jr fan, eh? LMAO!!!
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 31, 2011 6:31pm
so JPM's avg start is 11th and avg finish is 22nd ? Damn, he is awesome.
Josten's souvenir asphalt did steady business this weekend, but the biggest seller was probably the 'Honk if You've Been Punted by Montoya' bumper stickers. - Ken Willis
Josten's souvenir asphalt did steady business this weekend, but the biggest seller was probably the 'Honk if You've Been Punted by Montoya' bumper stickers. - Ken Willis
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 31, 2011 6:52pm
http://www.news-journalonline.com/racing/rolex-24/2011/01/31/idle-chatter-with-patrick-dempsey.html
Idle chatter with Patrick Dempsey
You actually have people telling you not to do this?
"Yeah, they don't want you racing. But to be here and have our first podium. And this track ... it's remarkable. You know, we had some close calls the last couple of years but never made it. For us, it was always, 'Gosh, when are we gonna break through?' I'm overwhelmed emotionally, because everything we've been working toward is to get here."
Ever felt better?
"No. Not since my kids were born."
Idle chatter with Patrick Dempsey
You actually have people telling you not to do this?
"Yeah, they don't want you racing. But to be here and have our first podium. And this track ... it's remarkable. You know, we had some close calls the last couple of years but never made it. For us, it was always, 'Gosh, when are we gonna break through?' I'm overwhelmed emotionally, because everything we've been working toward is to get here."
Ever felt better?
"No. Not since my kids were born."
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Jan 31, 2011 6:58pm
Good write up on the GT winner,Pole was DQ'd, no clutch for 17 hours...
http://www.news-journalonline.com/racing/rolex-24/2011/01/31/no-pole-clutch-but-win-in-gt-class.html
Instead of starting up front for the 49th running of the twice-around-the-clock event, Andy Lally, Steven Bertheau, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler and Spencer Pumpelly started at the back of the 48-car field.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/racing/rolex-24/2011/01/31/no-pole-clutch-but-win-in-gt-class.html
Instead of starting up front for the 49th running of the twice-around-the-clock event, Andy Lally, Steven Bertheau, Brendan Gaughan, Wolf Henzler and Spencer Pumpelly started at the back of the 48-car field.
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Gardens35
Posts: 4,929
Jan 31, 2011 7:13pm
Hey Coyotes, How 'bout one of the #47 Clorox/Kleenex/Cottonelle Toyota Camry? Best wheel man out there. Thanks!
GoJPM!
Posts: 799
Jan 31, 2011 8:44pm
LOL, I'm a fan, not a hater.
BTW, the Ganassi Dodges in '07 and '08 were junk. Come on, let's not confuse them with the Penske Dodges.
And I think 75 or so of his total laps led, for the season, were at The Glen. He led at Daytona, Fontana, Talledega, Indy, Martinsville, to name a few.
BTW, the Ganassi Dodges in '07 and '08 were junk. Come on, let's not confuse them with the Penske Dodges.
And I think 75 or so of his total laps led, for the season, were at The Glen. He led at Daytona, Fontana, Talledega, Indy, Martinsville, to name a few.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
Jan 31, 2011 8:54pm
GoJPM!;659765 wrote:LOL, I'm a fan, not a hater.
BTW, the Ganassi Dodges in '07 and '08 were junk. Come on, let's not confuse them with the Penske Dodges.
And I think 75 or so of his total laps led, for the season, were at The Glen. He led at Daytona, Fontana, Talledega, Indy, Martinsville, to name a few.
to be honest, no dodge has ever been as good as the penske dodges.
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Jan 31, 2011 9:26pm
GoJPM!;659765 wrote:BTW, the Ganassi Dodges in '07 and '08 were junk. Come on, let's not confuse them with the Penske Dodges.
Ever cross your mind that the drivers might have had something to do with that?
