NASCAR running thread

Thanks, murph. Evil didn't even say "from AP" so there was no credit to those doing the work.

 

It was from Fox news, hardly a bastion of NASCAR Reporting.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/08/07/source-says-dodge-to-ditch-nascar/?intcmp=features

 

AJ claims he was out late, tired and a friend of a friend offered him a pill and said it would give him energy. Uhhhhh OK. Even if that is 100 percent true, if you take a pill that someone offers you while out clubbing or whatever ... well, you deserve whatever you get dummy.

 

...and with that, all credibility he had went flying out the window. Also, link?

 

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/8243320/aj-allmendinger-tested-positive-prescription-adderall

 

Pretty exciting finish today. Great to see Ambrose pick up the win.


WTF was up with Kirt Manwaring as the starter? There was no other more obscure former MLB player available?

 

Honestly, the most fun final lap I've seen in my eight years of watching NASCAR.

 

Agreed. Remembered the name, catcher and Giants but wondered how many years had passed since I'd given him a fleeting thought.

 

Michigan is to Jimmie Johnson what Daytona was to Dale Sr.

Key-rist that dude is snakebit @ Michigan.

 

So who gets the final Chase spot? I think Jeff Gordon wins at Atlanta.

 

I don't know... His luck has been sooooooooooooo bad this season. He was running pretty well at The Glen 'til the last turn.

The Carl may hang on. I think he runs pretty welll at Atlanta as well.

 

Carl Edwards still needs a win. Ryan Newman has the berth right now.