2009 NASCAR running thread

Double J · Apr 26, 2009

Holy shit is right!!

What was this, his fifth career start in Cup?

Hammer Pants · Apr 26, 2009

Edwards channeling Ricky Bobby at the end by running to the finish line (after that ugly wreck, no less) was awesome.

Double J · Apr 26, 2009

And the first Cup win for owner James Finch, who's only been kicking around for about 20 years. What a story.

It's not the Daytona 500, but this is sort of like Derrike Cope in 1990.

taller hack · Apr 26, 2009

Wow. The innovations they've made so that he could walk away from that are unreal. I honestly thought that he was going over the fence, which is the worst nightmare of everyone.

budcrew08 · Apr 26, 2009

2muchcoffeeman said:

Worst wreck I've seen since Bobby Allison at that track.

I saw a finger extended in the Earnhardt-Keselowski meetup on the cooldown lap. Might have been the index finger ... he doesn't look entirely displeased in the interview.

Nothing wrong with Keselowski's move at the end though.

Brad Keselowski ... hole-lee shit.
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Didn't Bobby Allison get into the fence at Pocono? Not talladega.

JBHawkEye · Apr 26, 2009

It was Talladega. That was the crash that prompted the restrictor plates, if I remember correctly.

Batman · Apr 26, 2009

Seven fans hurt by the debris from Edwards' wreck. Fortunately, none of them were hurt seriously:

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Seven fans sustained minor injuries after being struck by flying debris when Carl Edwards' car went airborne into the safety fence on the final lap of the Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday.
Track medical director Bobby Lewis said none of the injuries was life-threatening but two women were airlifted to Birmingham hospitals. Lewis said one, who was taken to UAB Hospital, likely had a broken jaw and also had a cut on her mouth. The other was transported to Brookwood Hospital because of an unspecified medical condition but was not hurt.
Lewis said they were airlifted because of traffic, not the severity of the injuries.
Edwards was trying to block a move from race winner Brad Keselowski, and contact sent his spinning car over Ryan Newman's hood and into the fence on the frontstretch.
The fence held and Edwards' car landed back on the track, but it still caused quite a scare.
The other injured fans were treated and released, with two choosing to seek treatment locally from their own doctors, track spokeswoman Kristi King said. It wasn't clear if the fans were hit by debris from the car or the fence.
"The fence was damaged and pieces of that were flying," Lewis said.
NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter, sitting near a pile of twisted metal that came off Edwards' car, said his first thought when he saw it headed toward the fence was, "I hope nobody's hurt."
"No. 1, Carl. No. 2, the spectators. It was a sigh of relief when the car came back on the (track)," Hunter said. "I think that's the first time that fence has been hit."
Keselowski emphasized he was thankful that no one was seriously injured, but said there is some entertainment value to crashes.
"I don't want to wreck anyone, but to say a no-contact sport is fun, I don't buy that," he said. "These guys want to see contact just as much as I want to give it and take it."
Jack Roush, the owner of Edwards' No. 99 Ford, said it brought home the responsibility for keeping everyone involved safe.
"I am worried about hurting somebody on my team, about hurting somebody — and I'm talking about pit road and our crew men and mechanics," Roush said. "I carry a great burden, a great responsibility to keep my people safe and, in a broader sense, I feel a responsibility to do no harm to the spectator public. But this is a high-risk environment here."
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Bubbler · Apr 26, 2009

No. 1 Carl? No. 2 the spectators? Just me, but I'd have those switched around if I were Jim Hunter.

Trouser_Buddah · Apr 26, 2009

Bubbler said:

No. 1 Carl? No. 2 the spectators? Just me, but I'd have those switched around if I were Jim Hunter.
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Or perhaps ditched prioritizing it in the first place.

westcoastvol · Apr 26, 2009

Gosh, I thought the Car of Tomorrow was supposed to keep cars from flying off the racetrack.

2muchcoffeeman · Apr 26, 2009

JBHawkEye said:

It was Talladega. That was the crash that prompted the restrictor plates, if I remember correctly.
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Yes it was.

budcrew08 · Apr 26, 2009

2muchcoffeeman said:

JBHawkEye said:

It was Talladega. That was the crash that prompted the restrictor plates, if I remember correctly.
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Yes it was.

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I stand corrected. Excellent work.

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