[SIZE=“6”]5:00 today will mark the first practice of the NEW ERA!!! Can’t wait!!!Good Luck to all, but my money’s on Kevin Harvick!!! Who’s your???:[/SIZE]:huepfen024::huepfen024::ernaehrung004:
im going harvick also.
OK, I’ll bite. Who’s your what? Daddy?
And it’s not the “first practice”, as the cars have been on the new pavement already for at least three days last month.
I really don’t get this. Why is it considered a “new era”? Help me understand this comment. They’ve been running the so-called “CoT” car now for what, almost three seasons now? That can’t be it. Junior hasn’t won a race in over two years, so that can’t be it, either. Mark Martin, the “hometown boy” (now, anyways), has never won the Daytona 500, soooo…help me out.
Is it because the track just got repaved and maybe we’ll see the entire field in the “big one” this year? And from what I understand, it’s not all of the Cup teams, it’s just the ShootOut cars on the track (I think).
…Which has gotten ridiculous in its own right. <Sigh…>
NASCAR practice, ummm
[QUOTE=Jimmy McKinley;64731]OK, I’ll bite. Who’s your what? Daddy?
And it’s not the “first practice”, as the cars have been on the new pavement already for at least three days last month.
I really don’t get this. Why is it considered a “new era”? Help me understand this comment. They’ve been running the so-called “CoT” car now for what, almost three seasons now? That can’t be it. Junior hasn’t won a race in over two years, so that can’t be it, either. Mark Martin, the “hometown boy” (now, anyways), has never won the Daytona 500, soooo…help me out.
Is it because the track just got repaved and maybe we’ll see the entire field in the “big one” this year? And from what I understand, it’s not all of the Cup teams, it’s just the ShootOut cars on the track (I think).
…Which has gotten ridiculous in its own right. <Sigh…>[/QUOTE]
David Reuitmann is my former driver, I was a crew member when we were at Lakeland, USA international Speedway then. Now he in NASCAR.
First practice, its really not a first practice,but they did ran a goodyear test drives twice, last Dec. and last month too, they know what the track is like now, and practice today weather condition is differance then the weather condition for Sat. night Shootout. Remember that, cars setting and handle differance from 5pm at 60 degree weather and sat night going down to 40s something degree, track will get cold and hard on tires,and trying get tires hot for high speed.
Official pratice.
[SIZE=“7”]First Official .:sprachlos020: And the first time the FANS can sit and watch. MAN is it cool!!!. Go #29 GO!!![/SIZE]:huepfen024::huepfen024::huepfen024:
Go Tony!!!
#14 all the way. second choice is #29 Harvick… my 2 favorites. i also want to see David Reutimann have a GREAT year! :huepfen024:
i want to see Kyle working for NASTY Septic !!! :grinser010:
J/K
carol aka oz
OK, OK…no need to “yell”…
First Official . And the first time the FANS can sit and watch. MAN is it cool!!!. Go #29 GO!!!
First official what?
And again, not the first time fans can sit and watch; they were able to “sit and watch” back at the January tire testing.
I’m still not sure why this is a “new era”.
Oh, and…yeah. Go Tony and Rooterman (Reutimann)! 
[QUOTE=Jimmy McKinley;64731]OK, I’ll bite. Who’s your what? Daddy?
And it’s not the “first practice”, as the cars have been on the new pavement already for at least three days last month.
I really don’t get this. Why is it considered a “new era”? Help me understand this comment. They’ve been running the so-called “CoT” car now for what, almost three seasons now? That can’t be it. Junior hasn’t won a race in over two years, so that can’t be it, either. Mark Martin, the “hometown boy” (now, anyways), has never won the Daytona 500, soooo…help me out.
Is it because the track just got repaved and maybe we’ll see the entire field in the “big one” this year? And from what I understand, it’s not all of the Cup teams, it’s just the ShootOut cars on the track (I think).
…Which has gotten ridiculous in its own right. <Sigh…>[/QUOTE]
There you go again Jimmy, picking apart everything anyone else says. Did he spell everything right?
Bobby, you’ll have to speak louder than that before he gets it!!! LOL
There you go again Jimmy, picking apart everything anyone else says.
What did I “pick apart”, Fish-head? Looks to me like all I was asking was, why is Bobby calling this “a new era” for NA$CRAP? That’s all. I have yet to see an answer. It’s not really a “new era”; the CoT car has been out for a few years now. Jimmie Johnson has dominated the Chase the last four years. The racing still sucks. TV ratings have been down the last couple of years. Sponsors (and therefore money to run the season) are getting harder to come by. When Jeff Gordon has to put “AARP” on his race car, you know somethin’ ain’t right. It might the “first competition” of the year (the ShootOut), but it wasn’t the “first practice” and it wasn’t the “first time fans can sit and watch”.
I still want to know why it’s a “new era”. That’s all. 
First off, turn down the god $&%@ volume, nobody cares about nascrap anymore, don’t you get it? Every time you make a post about it how many responses does it get? Stop beating a dead frickin horse dude, it’s not even funny anymore.
Well said.
Read This
This is why we don’t give a rats a$$ about nascrap anymore., I should say one of the many reasons.
My daughter recorded saturday nights mess on the dvr, I watched bits and pieces of it, what a frickin joke. I wouldn’t go over there if it was free to get in.
Ridiculous…give me 50 laps on a cold dirt track any day.
i wish…
wish we could bring NASCAR racing back to the days of real STOCK CAR racing. i dont know how you guys felt about the shootout but i was bored silly. a couple of daring moves but otherwise not worth watching.
oz
To get back to Bobby’s original comment of “a new era” (but not until next year and beyond…) : We’re getting closer…LOL…:
From Jayski:
Toyota to race a Camry in 2013, but…: Toyota will race a Camry in the Sprint Cup Series in 2013, but it won’t be the same Camry you see on the track today, Toyota Racing Development president Lee White told Sporting News on Sunday at Daytona International Speedway. Expect Toyota to unveil a new-look Camry for the 2012 model year, one that will be incorporated into Cup racing for 2013, when all four manufacturers will introduce their new cars. “We’re right there, pushing ahead,” White said. “There’s potentially a new car coming, a new Camry – it’s still going to be a Camry – but at some point that look will be put into the new vehicle, and certainly for the '13 car. I think it’s a '12 model that you’ll see in the showrooms this fall, but the new car (for NASCAR) isn’t coming 'til '13, so it’s really how we deal with that – if we do it with a decal package on the current car for '12 and then the whole new car which everyone’s looking out for '13.” All four manufacturers have been working on their designs for the 2013 cars in consultation with NASCAR. As is the case with the other carmakers, White expects the 2013 Camry to display more brand identity as well as a new look. “It’s pretty sporty looking, I’ll give you that, in my opinion,” White said.
And:
Ford asks NASCAR to approve Mustang for 2013: The Ford Motor Co. has informed NASCAR it would like to race the Mustang in the elite Sprint Cup Series beginning in 2013. “We have declared our interest to NASCAR that we would like to see the Mustang in Cup,” Jamie Allison, director of Ford’s North American Motorsports program, told The Associated Press on Friday. The approval process to replace the Fusion with the iconic muscle car could take all year, and depends on the Mustang being competitively equal to the sedan models entered by rival manufacturers Dodge, General Motors and Toyota. Ford’s motive is to get a car on the track that resembles one that can be purchased off a showroom floor. “We are driving to make sure that the car we race is more consistent and more in context with the cars we sell,” Allison said. “They have to look like the cars we sell.” Ford, which is seeking its 600th win in the Cup Series in the season-opening Daytona 500, will continue to race the Fusion this season and next.
More:
Fuel Injection to NASCAR in 2012: NASCAR is expected to announce Friday that the Sprint Cup Series will shift to fuel injection in time for the 2012 season-opening Daytona 500. It is expected that Britain’s McLaren Electronic Systems will provide the controller through a partnership with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. out of Austin, Texas. Testing and development of the components will continue throughout the year.(FoxSports)(2-11-2011)
UPDATE: NASCAR announced a historic technology partnership with Freescale Semiconductor and McLaren Electronic Systems to develop and integrate fuel injection systems into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, targeted for the 2012 season. Freescale will provide the processors for McLaren’s engine control units (ECUs) that will be used to manage the fuel and ignition systems in the engines for all NASCAR Sprint Cup Series cars, replacing carburetors which have been used in the series since its inception in 1949. NASCAR and its top series teams will test the technology during the 2011 season with the anticipation of the systems being rolled out for the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. The fuel injection system will bring increased technology and efficiency to the NASCAR Sprint Cup cars while at the same time complementing the car’s high performance. This announcement marks the most significant strategic change to NASCAR’s engine platform in decades. As part of this program, Freescale is designated as the “Official Automotive Semiconductor of NASCAR” and McLaren the “Official Engine Control Unit of NASCAR.”
For decades, most of the parts and equipment on NASCAR race cars have been highly customized for racing but at the same time relevant in standard automobiles. This move to fuel injection brings back an important synergy between these two vehicle types. ECUs maximize each racing team’s ability to get the most performance and best fuel economy under all race conditions. With this announcement, plans call for every NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race team to use a control system with Freescale’s advanced 32-bit Power Architecture based engine management processors at its core, beginning in 2012. These same processors power millions of today’s most energy efficient engines.
The ECUs are tamper-proof, ensuring that only approved software may ever be run during a race weekend. Additionally, NASCAR will have special electronic tools at its disposal during every event to ensure the legality of all ECUs.(NASCAR)
AND Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition, said during the news conference that Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series will not be going to the fuel injection system in 2012 and that NASCAR is working on a new engine package for both series (Nancy/Jayski)(2-11-2011)
Freescale is designated as the “Official Automotive Semiconductor of NASCAR” and McLaren the “Official Engine Control Unit of NASCAR.”
Really…? I mean…REALLY…??? Do we REALLY need an “Official Everything/Something of NA$CAR”…??? Sheesh.
Somebody just cut my wrist now please!!!
“And it’s top series teams will be testing it in 2011”…Hendrick, Roush, Gibbs, Penski? The did say TOP teams who will have an advantage in 2012 due to testing and tuning before anyone else. Top teams? favorite maybe…J Johnson 2012??? Probably but i’ll pass other than the tracks within 100 miles of me. I can get into all of them for $25 and sit WHEREVER i want because there are plenty of empty seats.
ok so what is best? 20 groups of 2 or 2 groups of 20? Personally I think both stink, that is why i do not like Daytona or Talledega. So, what is the answer, take away the plates and let them race? Remember, the stands would have to be moved back at least 50 ft to make it fan safe or. take away most of the banking remove the plates and let them race? Obviously neither will happen so what you see is basically what you will always have. Now theyre gonna make the engines overheat if they “love bug draft”. Will that really make for better racing?? How about letting the drivers call “time out, my engines overheating”??? As long as steep banking on a 2 1/2 mile track, they will be restricted and the racing either won’t exist or be very boring at best. Why not v6 engines, how long before 200+ mph? a couple yrs? ( im talking no plates)
It’s getten closer!!!
[SIZE=“1”]Just around the corner. Let’s see if the boys back at the shop can get one over on the NASCAR Powers to be. Will they be able to get-her up past 206!!! Can’t wait to see! YEAhhhhhhhh!!! Give me a BUD for the WIN and it won’t get no better than this! Go Kevin Gooooooo!!![/SIZE]
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