The Motorsport Thread 2015

JJLehto wrote: sh*t! I thought the 24 was in Feb...I always miss this race now  Congrats to the winners! Quite an interesting lineup: tony kanaan! Jamie McMurray and Scott Dixon? I'm not even sure who Kyle Larson is, but yeah congrats guys!

Along with Chase Elliott (Bill Elliott's son and Jeff Gordon's future replacement), the future of NASCAR.

A rough way to end his full time career.  The guy is still a legend, though.

Daniel Ricciardo, who shocked us all with his owning of Vettel forcing him to run from the team...just set the fastest, and amazingly fast, time on the Top Gear track besting Lewis.

I only hope RBR can take the fight to Merc, last year was perhaps the most exciting I've seen in the decade+ I've been watching F1.... would be epic to have another team mixed in there for the title fight! 

Edited by JJLehto - February 11 2015 at 13:32

The Sprint Unlimited last night wasn't too bad, and it seemed like passing wasn't completely impossible if the drivers really wanted to make some moves.  Let's just hope Greg Biffle isn't in 2nd place coming to white flag for the 500, or else the finish is screwed.

And in an odd day of new-format qualifying to determine the front row for the 500, along with the starting lineups for the Duels on Thursday, Jeff Gordon grabbed P1 with teammate Jimmie Johnson on the outside in P2.  Clint Bowyer and some others trashed the decision to use the new format for the Daytona 500, seeing as how it's the one race all year that's set differently with the Duels in place. 

Bad day to be a Busch.  Kurt's appeal on his indefinite suspension stemming from an incident last fall with ex-girlfriend was denied, so his career is looking like it's pretty much done at this point.  And I don't condone violence and especially not domestic violence, but he seems to be getting screwed pretty bad on this deal.  The judge did rule in favor of his ex for a restraining order a few weeks ago, but he's not been charged with anything and it doesn't sound like he will, yet his career is over.  I'm sure the hell the NFL went through last year didn't help matters, but still, it doesn't seem right.

And then Kyle Busch probably broke his leg in a violent impact with about 10 to go in the Xfinity (formerly Nationwide, formerly the Busch Grand National ) race at Daytona today when he found another wall on the inside of the track with no safer barrier and hit it head on.  He got out of the car, but then went straight to the ground where he was taken away on a stretcher and take to a local hospital.  So, more than likely, he won't be in the Daytona 500 tomorrow. 

Yep, he's likely out for months with a compound fracture.  Oi, and I thought this would be a very good year for him.

A feel good win for sure in my mind.  Great racing there at the end as well.

Heafty crash in testing for Alonso today, lost the car on the exit of Barcelona's fast turn 3 and hit the inside wall. He's got concussion and will stay in hospital overnight though it's not thought to be serious.

Pretty much sums up a frustrating week for McLaren.

sleeper wrote: Heafty crash in testing for Alonso today, lost the car on the exit of Barcelona's fast turn 3 and hit the inside wall. He's got concussion and will stay in hospital overnight though it's not thought to be serious. Pretty much sums up a frustrating week for McLaren.