NASCAR trivia

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He let Matt Kenseth get to him! Last season, Kenseth spun Gordon out in the final lap to get the checkered flag. When Kenseth tried to apologise to Gordon, he shoved Kenseth and the NASCAR folks stepped-in. Gordon can dish it out but, he can't take it

Whoops, i forgot about that one! O.K. he let it happen once. Matty had no business going to Gordon's pit after that. But, i did notice Gordon had his helmut on when he pushed him. All BS aside, he generally keeps his wits about him.

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Matt, should've let the little feller cool-down first, before trying to apologise. Gordon knew, as long as he had his helmet on, Kenseth wouldn't take a poke at him. Didn't want that cute little face of his messed-up. Granted, Gordon has had quite a career and is a pretty good driver. I do believe, there are better drivers than him. Tony, for instance. Gordon is such a whiner, though. HEY! It's NASCAR!


Chuck

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Kaset kahne was my tandem passenger a few years back at Napoleon Skydiving center in Michigan . Its about 6.5 miles north of MIS. or MIchigan International Speedway. I can get a date if needed as everyone is recorded.

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Kaset kahne was my tandem passenger a few years back at Napoleon Skydiving center in Michigan . Its about 6.5 miles north of MIS. or MIchigan International Speedway. I can get a date if needed as everyone is recorded.

Wow. That is definitely the winner for Kasey Kahne trivia!

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So you ever gonna tell us why you want to know all this?

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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So you ever gonna tell us why you want to know all this?

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Maybe, he's got the 'Racin' bug!


Chuck

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Jeff Gordon is married to his 2nd wife now and will be a daddy this June.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Jeff Gordon is married to his 2nd wife now and will be a daddy this June.

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I heard! Anyone know, who the father is?

Boogity, boogity, boogity... let's go racin', boys!


Chuck

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He let Matt Kenseth get to him! Last season, Kenseth spun Gordon out in the final lap to get the checkered flag. When Kenseth tried to apologise to Gordon, he shoved Kenseth and the NASCAR folks stepped-in. Gordon can dish it out but, he can't take it

Whoops, i forgot about that one! O.K. he let it happen once. Matty had no business going to Gordon's pit after that. But, i did notice Gordon had his helmut on when he pushed him. All BS aside, he generally keeps his wits about him.

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Matt, should've let the little feller cool-down first, before trying to apologise. Gordon knew, as long as he had his helmet on, Kenseth wouldn't take a poke at him. Didn't want that cute little face of his messed-up. Granted, Gordon has had quite a career and is a pretty good driver. I do believe, there are better drivers than him. Tony, for instance. Gordon is such a whiner, though. HEY! It's NASCAR!


Chuck

There was the race at Watkins Glen when Gordon was running out of gas on the final lap and he was slowing down significantly upon making the final turn to the finish and he was 7th at the time. And out of nowhere comes Kevin Harvick who promptly pounds him out of the way, wrecking Gordon into the outside fence.

Harvick is the biggest prick in NASCAR today. He has done it to several drivers at various stages of races. Gordon was a class act when Harvick made his very first start following Dale Sr's death, at Atlanta when Harvick beat Gordon by an inch at the finish. Gordon said he could have bumped him out of the way but didn't want to.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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He let Matt Kenseth get to him! Last season, Kenseth spun Gordon out in the final lap to get the checkered flag. When Kenseth tried to apologise to Gordon, he shoved Kenseth and the NASCAR folks stepped-in. Gordon can dish it out but, he can't take it

Whoops, i forgot about that one! O.K. he let it happen once. Matty had no business going to Gordon's pit after that. But, i did notice Gordon had his helmut on when he pushed him. All BS aside, he generally keeps his wits about him.

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Matt, should've let the little feller cool-down first, before trying to apologise. Gordon knew, as long as he had his helmet on, Kenseth wouldn't take a poke at him. Didn't want that cute little face of his messed-up. Granted, Gordon has had quite a career and is a pretty good driver. I do believe, there are better drivers than him. Tony, for instance. Gordon is such a whiner, though. HEY! It's NASCAR!


Chuck

There was the race at Watkins Glen when Gordon was running out of gas on the final lap and he was slowing down significantly upon making the final turn to the finish and he was 7th at the time. And out of nowhere comes Kevin Harvick who promptly pounds him out of the way, wrecking Gordon into the outside fence.

Harvick is the biggest prick in NASCAR today. He has done it to several drivers at various stages of races. Gordon was a class act when Harvick made his very first start following Dale Sr's death, at Atlanta when Harvick beat Gordon by an inch at the finish. Gordon said he could have bumped him out of the way but didn't want to.

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I don't care for Harvick either. I've seen Gordon be a real gentleman and a real jerk on the track at various times. That's just racin'. I've even seen Carl Edwards, spin Tony out at the entrance to pit road! I had a hard time believing that of 'cousin Carl'! I guess, those guys have their 'days', just like anyone else.


Chuck

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NASCAR is second to NHRA. Anyone can drive circles at 200mph. It takes a real driver to slam down the QM at more than 300mph. Top Fuel fucking rocks! That said, I seldom miss a NASCAR race. Just ain't the same since my old partying buddy Rusty retired (he use to hang out at the old gas station in St. Louis every now and then way back in the mid 70's).

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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NASCAR is second to NHRA. Anyone can drive circles at 200mph

You really think that? What's the fastest you've ever had any car going on street pavement? Highway pavement? Believe me when i tell you a car's behaviour is radically different at a 25° bank turning to the left at 175 mph, then back into the throttle to 200 mph+ only to do it again in less than an 1/8 of a mile.

I've got a new C-6 Corvette with an LS-2 350 CID W/ 400 HP (1/2 that of a Nextel Cup Car) @ 485 Ft/Lbs of torque at the rear wheels. I've had the car at exactly 199.00 MPH at Texas Motor Speedway, and on the highway where i live, at certain days, and certain times. I've had cross winds hit me going that fast, believe me, you've never sh*t your pants until a car like this gets "Loose" and pushes you through the corner at those speeds unexpectedly. Not just everybody can do it.

NasCar has become a very complex, technical sport. The driver has to anaylize his car's behaviour and relay that information to his crew chief so he knows which adjustments to make. There are a select few driver's who can tell the crew chief what changes he wants. But they're retiring by the boatloads. Anymore the qualifications for a crew chief is he's got to have a mechanical engineering degree. In Ryan Newman's case, he's the one with the engineering degree, and Matt Boreland is just "Old School" Newman tells him which adjustments to make and Matt does it. Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and Dale Jr. ar the only exceptions i know of right now. Lat week, Dale Jr. pitted, the front tire carrier reached over just before Junebug gassed it to exit the pits, we have Track pass on our DTV and Junebug screamed "Who in the Fu*k told you to tear that tape off?" Tony Eury Jr. said "I don't know June" Dale Jr. fired back and said "Nobody takes anything off of this car unless i tell them too. You got that MF'r?" June is a handfull, imigine how the Old man was.

NasCar, 2nd to NHRA, maybe 20 years ago, not any more. You don't see top fuel driver's making the transition, in fact, none of them. All they want is a 7 second ride, they don't want a 4 hour to 6 hour marathon, believe me.

Now, to put this into perspective, ANYBODY can drive a straight line at speeds of 300+ MPH, now take a left or right turn at that speed and hang on....if you can.

High Tech RedKneck, or dumbasses, you be the judge. better yet, go to one of the racing schools at any NasCar sponsored event, and then drive a 800 HP Nextel Cup Car around Talledega Alabama Speedway, get back to me. After you pull 5-6 G's for 400 laps on a "D" shaped track with high banks on it, we'll talk to ya.

Chow!

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

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Couldn't have said it any better! You rock dude!

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

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Sheeeeeeeeeeesh, i was only fucking joking dude. I seldom miss a NASCAR race.
Fasted on street I've gone? Not sure. I've buried the needle more than once in my 80 El Camino SS (the 71 Duster I raced as a teen at Gateway would hit 130 in the quarter and on the highway had no problem touching the needle at the 150 mark on the speedo). Getting ready to put another engine in her. The last engine was a 350 taken 30 over for a 355 with a 294 grind for .519/.523 lift, forged crank, 5.7 rods, speed pro competition pistons topped with 76cc/2.02/1.60 iron heads, Holley Dominator single plenum hi-rise with a Demon 750 double pumper matted to a TCI Streetfighter 350 turbo with a Super streetfighter 3800 stall converter pushing the ponys back to a 10 bolt chevy rearend with a 4.10 posi. Spark is provided with a MSD 6AL. She pulled the wheels with no problem if you wanted her to and she hooked up like a dream coming off the line. It dynoed at just over 500hp with a shade under 500 lb-ft. Can't recall what rpms these came in at and no longer have the test sheet. The cam did prove to be to much for the rocker studs on the heads as I cheaped out and didn't install screw ins. I was saving for aluminum heads. Popped up a stud and as the rocker came down it came down on the umbrella instead of the stem and allowed the keepers to fly off of the valve. The piston sucked the valve into the cylinder and thoroughly ventilated the engine. I had no problem smoking a vette with this engine. Wide open on a NASCAR track, I'm positve that it would had easily hit 200mph. Hell, I've gotten a ticket on my last Harley doing 142mph in a quarter mile race. Shit, my Norton stroker will hit 150 wiith throttle left to twist. In the next year or to I hope to have my Promod 57 chevy at the strip and doing 200mph passes.
I have no doubt that it is difficult to run for 3-4 hours at varying speeds and not just anybody can do it. I say the same about Top Fuel. Very few drivers make the grade to run an 8000hp dragster or funnycar in a straightline. Hell, top fuel can accelerate to over 100mph in just a fraction above half a second (.84 seconds) and they pull 4.75g's coming off of the line (more than what the rocket that carries the space shuttle pulls on launch). 6g's during deceleration. Tony Shumacher holds the record for T/F for speed (336.15) and ET (4.428). Pedregon holds it in F/C for ET (4.659) and Beckman for speed (333.66) Not just anybody can drive a top fueler. It is far more than just a drive in a straight line. Top fuel IS the most powerful motorsport in the world.

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You don't see top fuel driver's making the transition, in fact, none of them. All they want is a 7 second ride, they don't want a 4 hour to 6 hour marathon, believe me.

Why the hell would anyone want to go from driving a land rocket that is doing quartermile passes at under 5 seconds in NHRA to NASCAR?
I admit that I much more prefer dragracing over NASCAR but that might only be due to my dad raced a dragster and a superstock when he wasn't overseas in nam during the 60's and early 70's. The attachment is our rail at the old Fresno Dragstrip. One of the kids in the pic is me.
Chow on that. T/F FUCKING ROCKS

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young