The Official NASCAR Talk Thread

[gordonr24]

That was a good piece of driving by Chase Elliott.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Good start to the season from bubba. He needs a few wins this year.

 

[Regulator]

Greg Biffle's firesuit looks ridiculous.

 

[gordonr24]

Poor Chase.

 

[gofordrew]

Tough for Chase but he has a bright bright future. He'll be alright.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Dammit!

 

[doozer]

Jeff Gordon is so good at TV that DWs new job should be to shut the hell up.

 

[Crew]

entertaining last lap for an otherwise boring race.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

So close for truex.

 

[kiddiedoc]

What a finish!

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

entertaining last lap for an otherwise boring race.

Yes, and that describes most restrictor plate races. The racing was exciting a few years ago when they had the two car tandems, but they broke it up and went back to the pack racing.

 

[Crew]

Yes, and that describes most restrictor plate races. The racing was exciting a few years ago when they had the two car tandems, but they broke it up and went back to the pack racing.

Yeah...

during the winter, I'm all "I can't wait for Daytona".

and once it's here ....:dry:

 

[Nerd-Vol]

I enjoyed it. Wished Hendrick had a better day.

 

[Orangesmokey]

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This is an interesting move for SHR

 

[Crew]

...gonna get a little harder for me to hate Kevin Harvick.

 

[Orangesmokey]

...gonna get a little harder for me to hate Kevin Harvick.

Guy I work with is a huge Harvick fan and Chevy fan. He is considering a new driver for 2017. :lol:

 

[Nerd-Vol]

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This is an interesting move for SHR

I wonder if this will be a net positive or negative for Hendrick Motor Sports.

 

[gordonr24]

Going from Hendrick to Roush-Yates engines is a downgrade.

 

[Crew]

Going from Hendrick to Roush-Yates engines is a downgrade.

Based on what?

Sure Harvick won the championship 2 years ago, and Team Hendrick is strong but those engines alone aren't doing anything for RCR or CGR.


Roush's team is a mess, but the engines are fine.

 

[steve328]

I wonder if this will be a net positive or negative for Hendrick Motor Sports.

They'll still be strong but it will hurt the business side of things. Wonder who Chevy will pull into the fold before next year to replace SHR?

 

[gordonr24]

Based on what?

Sure Harvick won the championship 2 years ago, and Team Hendrick is strong but those engines alone aren't doing anything for RCR or CGR.


Roush's team is a mess, but the engines are fine.

RCR builds its own engines.

But I can also say that Roush engines don't have the same horsepower that it once did. You can tell on tracks like Michigan and California, where horsepower is key.

 

[Orangesmokey]

Chevy lost FR to Toyota this year and are going to lose SHR to Ford next year. I wonder what's going on.

 

[knoxville's finest]

Is there anybody in a nascar fantasy league? For those that follow, how much does the new aero package affect Atlanta? According to past stats, this track favors harvick and Johnson (group A drivers) and Newman and Kahne as the group B drivers. My gut tells me that the new aero package will change these stats. I'm leaning towards Logano(A)Edwards (B) and Larson (B). Any thoughts?

 

[Crew]

RCR builds its own engines.

you are correct ...don't know how I made that mistake.


If the horsepower difference is indeed that tangible I can only assume that Ford is investing heavily in to SHR's research and design efforts.

Is there anybody in a nascar fantasy league? For those that follow, how much does the new aero package affect Atlanta? According to past stats, this track favors harvick and Johnson (group A drivers) and Newman and Kahne as the group B drivers. My gut tells me that the new aero package will change these stats. I'm leaning towards Logano(A)Edwards (B) and Larson (B). Any thoughts?

I'd look at the results from the kentucky and richmond races from last year. Those were the races where they tested the packages for this year.

 

[gordonr24]

SHR always was supplied Hendrick engines. I doubt they have much, if any, engine research except what they had from Hendrick.

Roush engines used to be top of the line, but Hendrick and Gibbs engines have the most horsepower and it shows on the 2 mile tracks.