2020 Racing News and Rules for Nascar...

[crazed 9.6]

I saw you guys posted this news at damn near same time.
I moved 4me's post here with your's dara

And thnx guys ... I was really really down in the dumps about all this since reported yesterday.
It feels so good to know it was a simple misunderstanding and not a deliberate action against Bubba

Them FBI guys are on the ball

Now what the heck is happening at the Sonoma Race Track ??!!

 

[4me2c]

"An apparent noose was discovered by an employee at Sonoma Raceway in California on Saturday, prompting an investigation, as racing deals with the aftermath of another noose being found in Black driver Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Supersweedway on Sunday.

Sonoma Raceway general manager Steve Page said in a statement that an employee found a piece of twine fashioned in the shape of a noose on a tree on the track's property Saturday morning.

“On Saturday, a Sonoma Raceway staff member discovered a piece of twine tied in what appeared to be a noose hanging from a tree on raceway property," the statement read. "Our staff, on-site business tenants and local law enforcement have been contacted and asked to share any information they may have. The incident is under investigation by the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department. Sonoma Raceway takes this incident very seriously and is dedicated to operating a facility that is welcoming to everyone.”

"You can reasonably interpret (it) to be a noose," Page told NBC Bay Area.

"(The employee) was understandably very upset about it.

"To have something like that show up on our property is disgusting."

The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office told NBC Bay Area that the perpetrator, if arrested, could be charged with a hate crime."...

No Picture so Maybee just a Copy-Cat at work...!

 

[crazed 9.6]

Thnx 4me

After what happen at Teladega, that situation at Sonoma sounds like something some dumbass no brained idiot would do to scare up some chit and then sit in his little basement bedroom somewhere and watching for the results on his TV

On the other note about Teladega... that noose which had been (according to investigation)put there last year, could have been something used as a tool, in a way.
I say this because in my truck I have this thing that is on a recoil string and on one end it holds a bic lighter. The other end is a clip to hook on your belt loop or some place.
What I do thou is take some string and make a loop at one end and then tie off the other end somewhere on my dashboard or rear-view mirror in my truck... then I clip that recoil device on to the loop I made with string. The loop I made was a 'noose' and with 13 knots too. I did the 13 knots to go with what the Hangman would use as a legal noose to hang criminals in the outlaw cowboy days and nothing to do with the memory of the plight of the enslaved people.
Main reason I used a noose type loop in first place was that it looked better hanging there instead of just a clumsy looking loop knot hanging there on my dashboard.

I picked up a hitch hiker about a year ago thou and he was offended by that noose, not so much that he wanted to kill me, but enough to let me know about it. I explained to him it was a hangman's noose and was fitting to be a cigarette lighter hanger as them cigs will kill yea... and not a vigilante or KKK type noose, but I removed that noose anyway and never made another one since.
Oh, and I have also quit smoking since then too

Just saying all this because now that we know the 'noose' was not directed at whats going on these days, but in fact may have been totaling innocent when it was originally made.

 

[4me2c]

"Noose" turned out to be a garage door pull rope that had been here for months, per FBI investigation. Just a really bad misunderstanding.

In neither instance at the Race Tracks are there pictures of the So-called Noose's... W/O Pics it is Hard to Determine just what was seen and what reaction there should bee...

On a Side-Note, Glad You Stopped Smoking Now quit Spinning those Tires, Rubber cost $'s...!!!

 

[crazed 9.6]

In neither instance at the Race Tracks are there pictures of the So-called Noose's... W/O Pics it is Hard to Determine just what was seen and what reaction there should bee...

On a Side-Note, Glad You Stopped Smoking Now quit Spinning those Tires, Rubber cost $'s...!!!

I did stop spinning them truck tires too... since I bought a little sporty car .. GrandPrix GTP Supercharged, I don't drive the truck much anymore

 

[Gabacho]

This site is turning into a NASCAR site instead of an IPTV site!!!

 

[crazed 9.6]

This site is turning into a NASCAR site instead of an IPTV site!!!

There is a reason for that, or an excuse for that , maybe is more so correct ...

There been some big money and big time invested into our nascar pools and pool members, since going on many years now. It goes back a few years here and with another few years at a previous website. Just setting up every race thread and tallying posting results is amazing to see each and every race.
Every year there is a Diecast thread showing the diecast winners from random races during the season and for the podium winners at season's end.
This year's thread is not been created yet due to 'world events', but dara is our soul winner so far this year.
Check the Sticky threads for the 2018 and 2019 threads.

Here is an example of diecast that can be available to choose from...
http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?38327-2018-Diecast-car-list

So you see we do have quite alot invested in our pools.
Anyone can join our pools anytime, although starting at the season beginning would greatly help your chances, but we do hold random diecast races too, but not so much this year thou with the way things are out there in that scary world of ours.


You are lucky its an exciting sport, I tried doing a some-what similar thing with Golf, but there was only two of us in that pool... me and myself.. I did win lots

 

[4me2c]

Only 2 in Golf...?!? All the Ones 4me has tried had at least 3 Entrants in them ie : Me, Meself and I...!

 

[4me2c]

[B]https://racingnews.co/2020/06/23/fbi-concludes-investigation-of-noose-at-nascar-race-in-talladega-its-been-there-since-october-2019/[/B]

Picture :

[B]https://twitter.com/Mike79824465/status/1275387692570869761/photo/1[/B]

Open that ^^^ at Your Own Risk or just c/p the Top Link to the story and scroll down to the Pictures...!!!

 

[4me2c]

Read This, Then Read It Again :

"Wood Brothers Racing

The Wood Brothers Racing team used the same No. 4 garage stall back in Fall 2019. Pictures surfaced from 2019 of the Wood Brothers #21 in the garage. The door pull rope was tied like a noose, even back in 2019 and before the Wood Brothers occupied the stall.

This type of knot is commonly seen on garage door pull ropes. It just makes it easier to pull closed, they can be found on many garages that don’t feature garage door openers.

The NASCAR team released the following statement on Tuesday:

“We are thankful that there was no one involved in perpetrating hate during this weekend’s race,” a statement from Wood Brothers Racing said.

“Just like the rest of the NASCAR garage, we were shocked and appalled to learn of the existence pf the rope fashioned like a noose. One of our employees alerted us yesterday morning that, without knowing the details of the incident, he recalled seeing a tied handle in the garage pull-down rope from last fall.”

“We immediately alerted NASCAR and have assisted the investigation in every way possible. What transpired over the past day plus is a unity that has only served to strengthen the bonds between each and every crew member, fan and non-fan alike.”

“The Wood Brothers organization is proud to stand with Bubba Wallace and the entire industry as we work to make every race fan a part of our NASCAR family.”

Related: A noose was also hung at Sonoma Raceway
Commentary

There were some mistakes made here, no question.

But, absent from any comments above is the fact that a noose was in fact hung from a tree at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday. It was tied out of rope and hung from a tree on the property. (Not Twine...!!!)

Without knowing for certain, you can assume the team members in Talladega were alerted to the incident at the NASCAR track in California.

Until that point, they weren’t looking for a noose. Before that, the loop on the garage door is just a knot.

When the noose was discovered at Sonoma, the team returned to the garage at Talladega Superspeedway with that on their minds on Sunday. Assumptions were made, but it was also out of safety and caution.

That’s the only explanation for what’s gone horrible wrong here. At the same point, it is a relief to know a monster isn’t walking amoung the garage area."

 

[4me2c]

At Sonoma :

[B]https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/12/56/65/19590489/3/920x920.jpg[/B]

Open @ Own Risk...!!!

 

[Orziz]

I can see how this could be misconstrued.
I’m really hoping things are going to be better soon.
Bubba went on CNN and well, that wasn’t his best interview- it appears his PR team may have put him on a better path through Twitter today.

 

[4me2c]

Pocono In the Pits :

[B]https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/06/24/pocono-1-nascar-cup-series-pit-stall-assignments/[/B]

 

[12icer]

This is not about a noose. Hell I had one hanging from my rear view for years. Had quite a few black Americans in the car, never heard a word about it. It is all about moving the wall they stand you against, and slapping you harder till you get enough. The longer you take it the stronger they become and the weaker you get. Two weeks ago was two weeks too long. As for NASCAR, no flag, southern Heritage shunning, means the same as taking a knee on a football field to me. They aren’t worth the beans that could be growing on the land their tracks take up. Most of my ancestors came through Ellis island or walked the trail of tears so I have only about 1 in 16 that was involved with the Civil war here. I do know the real history of our world, and the real history of this country and the idiots out in the streets protesting and warring don’t have a clue about either. BTW I mostly learned both from non USA sources that were very thorough and used eyewitness accounts and written correspondence of involved personnel.

 

[4me2c]

RULES PACKAGE

The 2020 NASCAR rules package for intermediate-sized tracks will be in effect with a tapered spacer used to set a target of 550 horsepower. The cars will use aero ducts in addition to other aerodynamic devices to increase downforce.

GOODYEAR TIRES

Because Pocono Raceway is a flat track, teams will use various tuning tools to maximize grip and performance, with one of those being adjusting left-side air pressures. Goodyear has integrated multiple construction updates over the past several seasons, allowing teams to be at the bottom end of left-side air pressure recommendations without harming the structural integrity of the tire. Observing those minimums are an important part of maximizing durability.

“Pocono has a unique track layout and always presents a challenge,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing. “Being 2.5 miles in length, fuel windows are relatively ‘short’ in terms of the number of laps. … Depending on how the cautions fall, we may see some varying pit strategies that could jumble the field. Also this weekend, with back-to-back races in the Cup Series, it will be interesting to see how teams use the information from Saturday’s race to make adjustments and improvements for Sunday. Since we have restarted the season, teams have had no practice, so Sunday will really be more like a ‘normal’ race where teams have had a chance to adjust on their cars from day to day.”

Teams in all three NASCAR series will run the same tire setup. It’ll feature the same right-side tire code ran at this track last season, but the left-side tire is a new code with a construction update.

The NASCAR Cup Series will have six sets of tires for each race. The NASCAR Xfinity Series will have five sets (Sunday, 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1). The NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series will have four sets (Saturday, 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1).

STATS TO KNOW

— Toyota drivers have won the last five races at Pocono Raceway. Kyle Busch has won three (July 2017, July 2018 and June 2019) of those five in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Martin Truex Jr. took the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota to Victory Lane in June 2018. Denny Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota took the July 2019 checkered flag. All those drivers happen to race for Joe Gibbs Racing now, too.

— Chevrolet, meanwhile, is winless in the last seven Pocono Raceway events. Kurt Busch was the last Chevrolet driver to win at the Pennsylvania track with his former No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing entry in June 2016.

— Hendrick Motorsports has the most starts (245), wins (17), poles (13), top fives (70), top 10s (126) and laps led (3,270) at Pocono Raceway.

— Four drivers have scored their first career win at Pocono Raceway: Jeremy Mayfield (June 1998), Denny Hamlin (June 2006), Chris Buescher (August 2016) and Ryan Blaney (June 2017).

— In the last six Pocono Raceway events, only two drivers have led the most laps. Kyle Busch has four times: 100 in June 2017, 74 in July 2017 (won), 52 in July 2018 (won) and 79 in June 2019 (won). Kevin Harvick handled the other two races: 89 in June 2018 and 62 laps in July 2019.

— Only two of the 12 stage winners at Pocono Raceway went on to win the race. Kyle Busch (August 2017) and Martin Truex Jr. (June 2018) both won Stage 1 en route to their overall victories.

Source: NASCAR statistics, Racing Insights

 

[4me2c]

Jimmie Johnson stays hopeful amid ‘wide range of emotions’ after positive COVID-19 test
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By
Zack Albert NASCAR.com July 4, 2020 at 12:15 PM

Jimmie Johnson said with some measure of understatement Saturday morning that “2020’s been interesting.” Indeed, the seven-time champion entered his final full-time season with designs on an eighth, capping a triumphant final ride in the No. 48 Chevrolet, before the coronavirus outbreak made the campaign a disjointed one for the entire NASCAR industry.

Now those objectives come with a large amount of perspective. Johnson revealed a positive test for COVID-19 on Friday, a diagnosis that will keep him under isolation and away from the track for the near future. But the primary concerns for the rest of the year are now much deeper than competition-related goals: Parenting two virus-free daughters, ages 9 and 6, as he and his wife, Chandra, isolate from them with positive tests; maintaining personal health safeguards to contain the spread; and speaking out with a message of staying safe to help others.

“I can be down and out on my situation, but if I turn on the news and see how this virus has impacted so many others, I quickly feel thankful that I’m asymptomatic and I don’t have any major issues,” Johnson said Saturday morning from his Colorado home. “It’d be very easy right now to get bummed out and look at this the wrong way, but I’m healthy, my wife is healthy, my kids are. My prayers are that it stays that way. We’re hopeful that through our situation that maybe some others can learn from this as well.

“I mean, if it wasn’t for Chani’s diligence on trying to do the right thing at all times, we would be going on with life as normal, and who knows who we could have come in contact with and the repercussions that could have had. I know our country and the world right now is over quarantine and over these technicalities that we need to deal with, but as a family that’s been very safe and very cautious to end up testing positive just shows how diligent you truly need to be through all this.”

Johnson will miss Sunday’s 400-mile race (4 p.m. ET, NBC) at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, ending a streak of 663 consecutive Cup Series starts. Xfinity Series veteran Justin Allgaier will drive the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 in his place, and Johnson will not return to competition until receiving two negative test results at least 24 hours apart, plus clearance by a physician.

RELATED: Johnson reports COVID-19 results | Starts streak to end

Johnson said his wife had exhibited allergy-like symptoms earlier in the week, which prompted her to visit a local hospital for testing. When those results came back positive around 9 a.m. Friday morning, Johnson said he and his children quickly followed suit for their own tests. Johnson said he and his wife tested positive; their children, negative — a divide that has made parenting an especially difficult challenge.

Johnson said the time period since receiving news of his positive test has been a whirlwind, trying to inform all those he had potentially come in contact with in the last several days. That list included Hendrick Motorsports personnel that were with him during last weekend’s events at Pocono Raceway, one of which has self-quarantined from at-track duties out of precaution.

 

[4me2c]

RULES PACKAGE for Indy :

The 2020 NASCAR rules package for intermediate-sized tracks will be in effect with a tapered spacer used to set a target of 550 horsepower. The cars will use aero ducts in addition to other aerodynamic devices to increase downforce.

GOODYEAR TIRES

The downforce package the NASCAR Cup Series will run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend is hard on tires, with high loads generated down the long straightaways. Search for grip will be important. Teams will have nine sets of tires for Sunday’s race.

Set-up will feature the same right-side tire code as last season but a new left-side code with a construction update — all the same as last weekend at Pocono Raceway.

“Indy is a very tricky place to get right for a stock car,” said Greg Stucker, Goodyear’s director of racing. “Last year’s race was run in unseasonably cool temperatures in the low 70s with overcast skies, so there was plenty of grip. This week’s forecast is for 90-degree temperatures and teams will be looking for grip on a hot, slick track and tires will be a key factor. With no practice, and the Xfinity cars running on the road course and not the oval this year, team will have to tread lightly going into this race.”

The NASCAR Xfinity Series, meanwhile, will run the same tire code on all four tire positions. It’ll be the same as the set-up ran last season at Road America and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Teams will have two sets of tires for Friday’s practices and five sets for Saturday’s race. They will also be allowed up to four sets of “wets” (two for practices, two for race) if NASCAR decides weather conditions warrant the switch.

STATS TO KNOW

— Nine drivers won the last 10 races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch (2015-16) is the only repeat winner during that timespan.

— Ford has won the last two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after failing to win in the prior 18 events. Meanwhile, Chevrolet has won 13 of the last 17 races and only one of the wins was within the past five years.

— The final lead change came with two laps to go in three of the last five races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch passed Joey Logano (finished second) for the win in 2015, Kasey Kahne passed Brad Keselowski (finished second) for the win in 2017, and Keselowski passed Denny Hamlin (finished third) for the win in 2018.

— Hendrick Motorsports has 10 wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, while the eight other organizations with wins there have 16 victories combined. HMS has never gone more than three years without winning at the Brickyard. It has been two years since its last win (Kasey Kahne, 2017).

— Jimmie Johnson’s four wins at Indianapolis Motor Speedway rank second all time to Jeff Gordon (five), but Johnson also has 11 finishes of 14th or worse there, including five of the last six races.

— Kevin Harvick, who has won three races in 2020, has the longest active top-10 streak at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with six, spanning from 2014-19. Kyle Busch has the all-time longest streak with seven, but it ended in 2016.

Source: NASCAR statistics, Racing Insights

LIVE COVERAGE

Tune in to television coverage Sunday on NBC (4 p.m. ET) or on the NBC Sports App for both events. For full radio coverage from Indianapolis Motor Speedway, listen in to IMS Radio Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on-air.

 

[4me2c]

By
Staff Report NASCAR.com July 8, 2020 at 2:58 PM

NASCAR announced the next installment of the rebuilt 2020 schedule on Wednesday, a 19-race update that begins at Michigan International Speedway on the second weekend in August and ends at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway on Aug. 30.

The final breakdown: six points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races, five NASCAR Xfinity Series races, four NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races and four ARCA Menards Series events, one of which is the East Series. The schedule features a shift in venue for the weekend of Aug. 14, seeing NASCAR take on the Daytona International Speedway road course in full force for the first time in history. It all starts with the ARCA cars running it that Friday followed by Xfinity action on Saturday and a Gander Trucks/Cup Series twin bill on Sunday at the “World Center of Racing.”...

Road America and Dover International Speedway will also host events during the homestretch in advance of the NASCAR Playoffs. The NASCAR Cup Series regular season is still scheduled to conclude with a race on the 2.5-oval layout at Daytona on Aug. 29.

More details on NASCAR national series dates, including the playoffs, will be announced at a later date.

Additionally, NASCAR’s modified event procedures and protocols have been finalized in accordance with public health officials, medical experts and local, state and federal officials. NASCAR will determine if fans are allowed entrance to NASCAR Cup Series races on a market-by-market basis, in accordance with local and state guidelines. ...

Date Track Series Distance Network Start Time (ET)
Fri., Aug. 7 Michigan Gander 200 mi FS1 6 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 8 Road America Xfinity 182 mi NBCSN Noon
Sat., Aug. 8 Michigan Cup 312 mi NBCSN 4 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 9 Michigan ARCA 200 mi MAVTV 1 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 9 Michigan Cup 312 mi NBCSN 4:30 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 14 Daytona (road) ARCA TBD MAVTV 5 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 15 Daytona (road) Xfinity 182 mi NBCSN 3 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 16 Daytona (road) Gander 153 mi FS1 Noon
Sun., Aug. 16 Daytona (road) Cup 231 mi NBC 3 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 21 Dover ARCA East 125 mi TrackPass 2 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 21 Dover Gander 200 mi FS1 5 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 22 Dover Xfinity 200 mi NBCSN 12:30 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 22 Dover Cup 311 mi NBCSN 4 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 23 Dover Xfinity 200 mi NBCSN 1 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 23 Dover Cup 311 mi NBCSN 4 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 28 Daytona Xfinity 250 mi NBCSN 7:30 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 29 WWT Raceway ARCA 150 mi MAVTV 6 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 29 Daytona Cup 400 mi NBC 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 30 WWT Raceway Gander 200 mi FS1 Noon

Other notes:
— Both Dover and Michigan will host Cup Series doubleheader weekends, with the “Monster Mile” playing host to five national series races in three days from Aug. 21-23.

— The historic races on Daytona’s road course will replace NASCAR’s annual visit to Watkins Glen International, as New York state health and safety regulations cannot allow for the previously scheduled NASCAR weekend to happen there at this time.

— World Wide Technology Raceway, which was originally slated to host the first race of the Gander Trucks playoffs, will now become race No. 14 of the regular season.

 

[4me2c]

On a Brighter Note :

By
Staff Report NASCAR.com July 8, 2020 at 8:35 AM

NASCAR officials on Wednesday cleared Jimmie Johnson to return to competition this weekend at Kentucky Speedway.

The seven-time Cup Series champion self-reported a positive COVID-19 test last Friday, forcing him out of the circuit’s most recent race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He is set to return to the driver’s seat of the Hendrick Motorsports No. 48 Chevrolet in Sunday’s Quaker State 400 (2:30 p.m. ET, FS1, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) in the Bluegrass State.

“My family is so grateful for the incredible love and support we’ve received over the last several days,” Johnson said in a team release. “I especially want to thank Justin Allgaier for stepping in for me at Indy and being a true pro. I’m excited about getting back to business with my team this weekend.”

RELATED: Every Jimmie Johnson victory

Johnson, 44, met the criteria established by NASCAR officials since the sport returned to action in May after the coronavirus outbreak. The requirements include two negative COVID-19 tests at least 24 hours apart, an absence of symptoms, and medical clearance from a physician.

According to Hendrick Motorsports, Johnson tested negative twice this week – on Monday and Tuesday – and was cleared by his physician Tuesday evening in accordance with NASCAR guidelines. The driver never experienced symptoms.

Following Johnson’s diagnosis, four Hendrick Motorsports crew members were tested for COVID-19 with all four receiving negative results, according to a team release. The No. 48 team will have its regular personnel roster for Sunday’s event at Kentucky

Johnson became the first NASCAR driver to reveal a positive coronavirus test. A member of Hendrick Motorsports’ road crew who had been in closer contact with Johnson was also self-quarantined after Johnson’s positive test.

Allgaier, an Xfinity Series regular for JR Motorsports, finished 37th Sunday at Indianapolis in an interim role in the No. 48 Chevy. His fill-in role ended after just 17 laps after he was snared by a multi-car tangle on pit road during the first round of stops.

The driver change ended Johnson’s streak of consecutive Cup Series starts at 663, a span that stretched back to his rookie season in 2002.

 

[dara]

Summarizing the cup schedule changes to the end of the season..

2 more Sat/Sun weekend double headers at Michigan, and Dover
Daytona Roval will replace Watkins Glen.

This also stuffs 7 Cup races in August over 5 weekends.