Ohio Chatter
Ohio Chatter

Forums

All Threads Serious Business Sports Politics Archive Pick 'ems
Log In Create Account

Official 2010 Nascar thread: Season long discussions!!!!

Home ▸ Archive ▸ Pro Sports ▸ Official 2010 Nascar thread: Season long discussions!!!!
BlueDevil11's avatar

BlueDevil11

Senior Member

1,911 posts
Jan 8, 2010 10:43 PM
GoChiefs wrote:
BlueDevil11 wrote: 2010 Champion: Kurt Busch
I like the way this guy thinks!
I'm not a fan of him at all, but he seems like he is capable of winning it anytime now.
Jan 8, 2010 10:43pm
coyotes22's avatar

coyotes22

Go Tigers

11,298 posts
Jan 10, 2010 7:55 AM
RTT
Jan 10, 2010 7:55am
P

pkebker

Senior Member

760 posts
Jan 10, 2010 6:57 PM
Who makes the chase next season?

Here are my picks, but not in this order...

Gordon
Stewart
Johnson
Martin
Busch, Kyle
Busch, Kurt
Hamlin
Harvick
Bowyer
Edwards
Kenseth
Newman
Jan 10, 2010 6:57pm
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 10, 2010 7:59 PM
BlueDevil11 wrote: I'm not a fan of him at all, but he seems like he is capable of winning it anytime now.
I'm not too sure about this year. Will take him and his new Crew Chief some time to click I'd imagine. If they get on the same page from the get go. They could be dangerous. I'm loving the addition of Steve Addington as the Chief. He won't take Kurt's shit like the other Chiefs did. As evident with Kyle's success...he definitely knows what he's doing too.
Jan 10, 2010 7:59pm
P

pkebker

Senior Member

760 posts
Jan 10, 2010 10:17 PM
GoChiefs wrote:
BlueDevil11 wrote: I'm not a fan of him at all, but he seems like he is capable of winning it anytime now.
I'm not too sure about this year. Will take him and his new Crew Chief some time to click I'd imagine. If they get on the same page from the get go. They could be dangerous. I'm loving the addition of Steve Addington as the Chief. He won't take Kurt's shit like the other Chiefs did. As evident with Kyle's success...he definitely knows what he's doing too.
Everyone at JGR has had success with Kyle, I'm not sure it was mostly Addington.
Jan 10, 2010 10:17pm
stroups's avatar

stroups

Senior Member

3,223 posts
Jan 11, 2010 12:03 AM
Favorite driver: Kyle Busch
2010 Champion: Kurt Busch
2009 Bust: Dale Jr.
Jan 11, 2010 12:03am
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 11, 2010 6:05 AM
pkebker wrote: Everyone at JGR has had success with Kyle, I'm not sure it was mostly Addington.
Addington was responsible for at least 2 or 3 of Kyle's wins in 2008 b/c of some of the gutsy calls he made.
Jan 11, 2010 6:05am
coyotes22's avatar

coyotes22

Go Tigers

11,298 posts
Jan 16, 2010 9:20 PM
RTT
Jan 16, 2010 9:20pm
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 20, 2010 6:49 PM
24 days 18 hours and 29 minutes to go!!
Jan 20, 2010 6:49pm
2quik4u's avatar

2quik4u

Senior Member

4,388 posts
Jan 20, 2010 6:58 PM
and Jr still blows
Jan 20, 2010 6:58pm
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 20, 2010 7:55 PM
2quik4u wrote: and Jr still blows
+1
Jan 20, 2010 7:55pm
Darkon's avatar

Darkon

Senior Member

3,476 posts
Jan 20, 2010 8:56 PM
With the current economy I believe the larger established team will have a big advantage this year.
So for the chase I pick.
3 Hendrick teams- Gordon, Johnson, Martin
3 Roush teams-Biffle, Edwards, Kenseth
2 Gibbs teams- Busch, Hamlin
2 RCR teams- Harvick, Burton, Boyer (Take your pick)
1 Stewart Haus team- Stewart

That leaves 1 spot IMO for:
Jr
Newman
Kurt Busch
Ruetimann
Kayne
McMurray
Vickers
Montoya
1 RCR Team

My 3 contenders- Stewat, Johnson, Kyle Busch(love his win or wreck style)
My sleeper- Biffle
My Heart- Martin

I'm a Gordon fan but he lost his Kyle Busch attitude.
Jan 20, 2010 8:56pm
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 21, 2010 5:00 PM
I really don't see a whole lot of changes happening in the chase between last year and this year.

My chase picks are:
Kurt Busch
Jimmie Johnson
Mark Martin
Kyle Busch
Carl Edwards
Tony Stewart
Kevin Harvick
Jeff Gordon
Denny Hamlin
Kasey Kahne
Ryan Newman
and I think the 12th spot will go to either:
Juan Pablo Montoya (Think he's out to prove last year wasn't a fluke) or..believe it or not..Dale Earnhardt Jr (Everyone gets lucky every now and then)
Jan 21, 2010 5:00pm
j_crazy's avatar

j_crazy

7 gram rocks. how i roll.

8,372 posts
Jan 21, 2010 5:21 PM
Favorite Driver: Kurt Busch
Hated Driver: Jimmie Johnson
2010 Chase Champ: Newman
2010 Bust: J. Gordon

Average miles completed by Robby Gordon on race day: 325.5
Jan 21, 2010 5:21pm
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 21, 2010 6:17 PM
j_crazy wrote: Average miles completed by Robby Gordon on race day: 325.5
So he's going to improve on last year? If this indeed happens, looks like Mikey is back to being the worst driver in NASCAR. :p
Jan 21, 2010 6:17pm
P

pkebker

Senior Member

760 posts
Jan 21, 2010 6:30 PM
Isn't Waltrip retiring? and having Truex drive for him.
Jan 21, 2010 6:30pm
GoChiefs's avatar

GoChiefs

Resident Maniac

16,754 posts
Jan 21, 2010 9:19 PM
He's still running part time in 2010. Truex did indeed join his team...he will be running the #56 Napa Toyota full time.
Jan 21, 2010 9:19pm
Darkon's avatar

Darkon

Senior Member

3,476 posts
Jan 22, 2010 6:16 PM
New Rules. What is your thoughts?
Restricter plate change.
The bump draft is back.(was it really gone?)
Encouraging drivers to police themselves.

Lets get the personality's back in the sport. Get away from the scripted interview and say what you feel. Hopefully this gets the old style rivalry back. Payback on the track etc.. I like it.
Jan 22, 2010 6:16pm
P

pkebker

Senior Member

760 posts
Jan 22, 2010 6:55 PM
Restrictor plate races are almost always the most exciting races of the year. Nascar needs to try to make all the races more exciting, not put lame rules in place to ruin them. I'm glad they are going back to the old way. Now if only they addressed the COT issue. Some minor tweaks can make the cars drive much better...
Jan 22, 2010 6:55pm
2quik4u's avatar

2quik4u

Senior Member

4,388 posts
Jan 22, 2010 7:03 PM
Jeff doesn't have many years left, so he needs to win it this year
Jan 22, 2010 7:03pm
Speedofsand's avatar

Speedofsand

Troublemaker

5,529 posts
Jan 22, 2010 7:58 PM
prkebke, they have addressed the COT, in April at Texas the wing will be gone and rear spoilers back on. http://jayski.com/

I'm ready for the Rolex 24 next week. I love those cars. http://www.grand-am.com/
then its out to see the sprints on dirt (see my avatar)
then the big races and maybe a couple nites at New Smyrna
favorite driver: Mark Martin
prediction : 2010 Daytona 500 Champ Tony Stewart
and Tim McGraw will do a few songs before the race
Jan 22, 2010 7:58pm
Darkon's avatar

Darkon

Senior Member

3,476 posts
Jan 23, 2010 1:50 AM
Another rule change.
The rear wing will go back to the spoiler.
This should give teams some more room to adjust the car.
I personally thought the COT was a glorified IROC series.
Jan 23, 2010 1:50am
S

slide22

Senior Member

330 posts
Jan 23, 2010 8:37 PM
No room on adjustment on the spoiler. Set at 70 degrees and no changes.
Jan 23, 2010 8:37pm
Speedofsand's avatar

Speedofsand

Troublemaker

5,529 posts
Jan 24, 2010 2:01 AM
Man those were the good old days when they would hammer the spoiler down until the car was fast.

Jan 24, 2010 2:01am
Darkon's avatar

Darkon

Senior Member

3,476 posts
Jan 24, 2010 2:14 AM
Speedofsand wrote: Man those were the good old days when they would hammer the spoiler down until the car was fast.

Bobby! My all time favorite. I got to ride in his car when I was 8 years old at Midvale Motor Speedway. He and my grandfather were friends.
Jan 24, 2010 2:14am