NASCAR running thread

Ironic, isn't it?

 

In the Alanis Morissette way, maybe.

 

Apparently Richard Childress has said he'd add Kurt Busch in a fourth car if they could find a sponsor. I'm guessing Kurt's "plus 1" to the annual RCR Christmas party would not be his brother.

 

When does Jeff Burton's contract run up? I would think Childress would want to get Austin Dillon into a Sprint Cup ride in the next two or three years.

 

According to story on ESPN.com, Cup lineup next year will be identical to this year with Austin full time in Nationwide and Ty full time in Trucks. The Busch comment was just a random/maybe tactical "if we find sponsorship we would" kinda thing.

 

Is there a Chase thread? If so, apologies.

I was glad to see Gordon get in, but it sucked when he hit a Joliet wall today.

 

So for Dale Jr. I guess Danica's money is thicker than blood?

 

Unfortunately, that's what all of motorsports has turned into. And until All Show, No Go Danica starts to lose her looks, nothing is going to change concerning her.

 

Big One wasn't until the end at Talladega today.

I guess Stewart was looking for a push and got more than he wanted from Waltrip.
Stewart confessed it was his fault.

Matt Kenseth gets the win.

 

They had it on at the gay men's sports bar I was in (TOTALLY different experience, BTW) and I looked up every little bit until the GWC. I was far enough away I couldn't tell what was happening aside from all hell broke loose. I didn't know it was Kenseth because the paint schemes keep changing.

 

That was a scary wreck. Once he went airborne, I think Stewart bounced off about six cars and rode down most of the final turn before he finally put four wheels back on the track. It looked like a vehicular mosh pit, with Stewart's car getting passed from one car to the next.

After the race, it was funny seeing Jimmie Johnson jumping in Junior's banged-up car and hitching a ride down pit road. Johnson had his right leg in the car, his left leg out and a few inches off the track, and was riding along at probably 50-60 mph. Oh, and Junior's car also had at least one flat tire.
I'm sure there were some folks from both teams that just loved seeing that.
Here's the last third of the race (best clip I could find with a basic YouTube search). Johnson jumps in at the 50:45 mark.

 

I don't know whose machine the camera shot was coming from, but it provided a full view of the underpinnings of Stewart's car as the chaos continued down the track.

Thought Stewart was pretty forthright in the aftermath, and appreciated the humor poking fun at his own athletic abilities.

Re Earnhardt's lift for Johnson: with that left rear going down, I thought Jimmie's groin was going to get really sore, really fast.