The Motorsport Thread 2014

I preferred Logano, too.  He gets a lot of undeserving hate from people (must look too young or like a kid or something) and he's proven this year that he's among the best in the sport today. 

And according to Jayski.com, here would be the champions under the old systems:

Classic - Jeff Gordon (ugh, would've been his 7th title, too)
2013 Chase Rules - Joey Logano


Edited by MillsLayne - November 18 2014 at 04:29

Man With Hat wrote: Eh.   But then again, I'm not a fan of this format so it's hard for me to be objective.

I don't care for it much, either, but at least he's been a factor all year long.  I can really only put three other drivers in that category: Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Jeff Gordon.  Those four drivers were consistently strong everywhere.  It didn't matter what race it was, they were always factors.

It would've been a travesty (albeit hilarious at the same time), had Ryan Newman been crowned champion yesterday.  He seemed strong in only two races this year; Talladega and Homestead (both in the Chase).  Otherwise, he was just a top 15 or top 20 car all year without much in the way of DNFs or other issues.  Consistent, but not championship-worthy, and much different from Matt Kenseth's 2003 season where he only had one win, but a ton of top 5s and 10s. 


Edited by MillsLayne - November 17 2014 at 17:30

I didn't really want him to win it, but he was the most deserving of the four drivers.

A great last weekend overall for NASCAR in Homestead.  All three races were close, entertaining, and we have a new Sprint Cup champion with Kevin Harvick edging Ryan Newman for the title.

Amazingly Caterham will be back on the grid in Abu Dhabi next week. No indication of who will be driving, Ericsson has said he's severed all ties to the team and Kobayashi, whilst still under contract, has said he'll keep an eye on developments and make a decision from there.

^Small wonder. I never cared for Piquet and his grade school mentality when he was racing.

Who knows. These are athletes in one of the most directly individual sports there are... they all are hot heads and egomaniacs. I'd not be surprised if he was pissed Massa stole the show. 

What was he upset about?

That would be NASCAR ever since the Chase was introduced. I'll never understand why they didn't just change the points system 10 years ago to favour winners instead of consistency rather than bringing in the chase, it's only ever looked like a poor gimmick.

It seems Alonso's switch to McLaren is done, they're going to sort out his team mate in the next couple of weeks and hopefully make the announcement at Abu Dhabi.