Nascar 2010

[anna_66]

GO 14!
What a great ending to a great race! Tony deserved this one for sure

Wasn't too happy about Denny loosing his motor, but this win made it all better!!!

AWESOME!

[Cincy'sMom]

GO 14!
What a great ending to a great race! Tony deserved this one for sure

Wasn't too happy about Denny loosing his motor, but this win made it all better!!!

AWESOME!

What a fun race all the way through! I loved watching Tony and Denny race early (hate that Denny blew up!) and seeing Kyle and Ryan both come back to get good Top 10 finishes. Great action all the way through.

And of course, the best part....

WAY TO GO SMOKE!!!!!!

[anna_66]

Denny, Denny, Denny! Go Denny! Yep, we're happy here in this house tonight
Denny is the #1 seed, not Jimmie! Hope he can win the cup!

[anna_66]

I guess the Gibb boys did pretty good this weekend. Too bad Tony didn't fair as well.
Loving that Kyle set another record!

[aTailOf2Kitties]

HOLY CRAP! Did y'all see that? Mark Martin must be the best sandbagger out there. Had most of NASCAR Nation convinced that his beat up car would be lucky to finish at all and then sneaks all the way up to 2nd place

THANK YOU Stock Car Jesus! GIMME 5!

[cassiesmom]

Did anyone else see the chief marketing officer for NASCAR on "Undercover Boss" yesterday? I'm not a fan of car racing in general so I didn't know much about NASCAR. I learned a lot!

Like, there are races 38 weeks of the year and the drivers and teams travel from race to race. The cars have special tires that have to be measured before each race and placed in the right position on the car. I wonder why the tires have no grooves, at that speed wouldn't the car need the grooves to keep it from slipping and sliding on the track? (Maybe the forward momentum plus the weight of the car keeps it moving forward as opposed to up and down the width of the track?) And I missed how many changes of tires per car any given race requires. I wonder what NASCAR does with all those used tires? Can tires be recycled?

Everyone on the pit crew has a specific job and they actually train for and rehearse the pit stops ahead of time. The pit stops are almost choreographed like dances. Everyone knows where to go and exactly what to do. No wasted effort or movement when the driver makes the stop.

They showed him helping to paint signs at the tops of the curves and you could see how steeply the curves are banked. The signs and markings are painted by hand.

When I was in high school my parents and I went to the Indianapolis motor speedway. You can take a bus tour around the track. It makes one slow loop in which they show you everything, the service pits, the infield, the stands and the curves. It was so cool!

[Cincy'sMom]

Did anyone else see the chief marketing officer for NASCAR on "Undercover Boss" yesterday? I'm not a fan of car racing in general so I didn't know much about NASCAR. I learned a lot!

Like, there are races 38 weeks of the year and the drivers and teams travel from race to race. The cars have special tires that have to be measured before each race and placed in the right position on the car. I wonder why the tires have no grooves, at that speed wouldn't the car need the grooves to keep it from slipping and sliding on the track? (Maybe the forward momentum plus the weight of the car keeps it moving forward as opposed to up and down the width of the track?) And I missed how many changes of tires per car any given race requires. I wonder what NASCAR does with all those used tires? Can tires be recycled?

Everyone on the pit crew has a specific job and they actually train for and rehearse the pit stops ahead of time. The pit stops are almost choreographed like dances. Everyone knows where to go and exactly what to do. No wasted effort or movement when the driver makes the stop.

They showed him helping to paint signs at the tops of the curves and you could see how steeply the curves are banked. The signs and markings are painted by hand.

When I was in high school my parents and I went to the Indianapolis motor speedway. You can take a bus tour around the track. It makes one slow loop in which they show you everything, the service pits, the infield, the stands and the curves. It was so cool!

I thought it was a great episode. One of my friends is friends with Dion, the crew memeber from the 5, so it was neat to see him.

The tires actaully have more grip becuase they don't have grooves. Ideally, you want to have as much rubber on the road as possible to get maximum grip. Doesn't work for street cars becuase you have to be able to wick away rain, snow, etc.

The number of tires changes depends on the track and length of the race. The "lower" series, Truck and Nationwide, have set number of tires they can use each week (varies). Cup also has a limit, but it is so much higher it never comes into play.

I don't know what is done with the tires. All have to be returned to NASCAR/Goodyear. Some I believe are sold to racing schools and other groups. I would guess some are recycled.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Kyle throws a fit, Jeff throws a punch, and Denny throws a curve....awesome!

[RICHARD]

Well folks,

As it should be?

The whole season comes down to the last race of the year!

Rock on!