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[Chris R]

Marcos Ambrose is going back to Australia next year.

Ah man another one of my favorites gone.

Hope the truck race later tonight doesn't suck!

 

[Big Takeover]

Marcos Ambrose is going back to Australia next year.

That's too bad. Really good guy, Ambrose. It sounds like a fantastic opportunity to run Penske cars in Aussie V8 however. Roger to the rescue yet again.

Danica currently withstanding, I think the discipline crossover phase is officially over. Finito. I've learned that an outsider can semi-regularly be competitive and have the occasional excellent finish, but their well is never going to be as deep as guys that have come up the traditional way. You need to grow up on ovals. It's as simple as that.

That's not terribly surprising, really. You're never going to beat the best of the best at their discipline just by being good, or really good. You've got to be great, and you can't be great when you pick it at 30 or even 20 for that matter.

 

[Chris R]

Chase about to start. Great anthem to lead it off, even if I hate the Blackhawks

 

[TylerD]

Chase about to start. Great anthem to lead it off, even if I hate the Blackhawks

+1 on the anthem.

Let's get this chase started. Whose hopes might be crushed by equipment failure or dumb luck?

 

[Bandit1]

Green flag!

 

[TylerD]

9.0 on Kurt's form trying to enter pit road. 0.5 on function.

 

[TylerD]

Shame about the 43 blowing up.

Larson in the lead with 37 to go and a really good car. This could be the first win.

Edit: this is good stuff. And Wrecky and Danica love tap.

 

[Bandit1]

You picked it Tyler, but I'm right behind you

 

[TylerD]

You picked it Tyler, but I'm right behind you

Brad is bad.

That was one hell of a 1.5 miler race.

 

[B.K.]

Keselowski moves on to round two of the Chase.

 

[Branson]

That was a hell of a first Chase race. I like it!

 

[Chris R]

That was a great first race, and much better than the races yesterday.

 

[Shaneus]

That's a shame about Ambrose... at least he gave it a decent shake. Did he ever win a race?

 

[B.K.]

That's a shame about Ambrose... at least he gave it a decent shake. Did he ever win a race?

He won Watkins Glen in 2011 and 2012.

 

[Jezbollah]

Penske is merging with Dick Johnson Racing in Aussie V8s to run Marcos Ambrose in their #17 Ford Falcon for 2015.

 

[Shaneus]

Penske is merging with Dick Johnson Racing in Aussie V8s to run Marcos Ambrose in their #17 Ford Falcon for 2015.

Is that fact now or still rumoured? Any idea what cars they'll run?

 

[Jezbollah]

Is that fact now or still rumoured? Any idea what cars they'll run?

There are press releases around.

http://v8supercars.cmail2.com/t/i-l-etjhhy-niuirlyk-i/

http://v8supercars.cmail2.com/t/i-l-etjhhy-niuirlyk-k/

Ford Falcon FG-X

 

[Shaneus]

There are press releases around.

http://v8supercars.cmail2.com/t/i-l-etjhhy-niuirlyk-i/

http://v8supercars.cmail2.com/t/i-l-etjhhy-niuirlyk-k/

Ford Falcon FG-X

Fucking awesome. This will get me back watching V8s on a consistent basis again. Not been much exciting going on as a Ford fan, but some US backing of one of my favourite teams/drivers should!

 

[Big Takeover]

Someone is making a documentary about Gonzalo Rodríguez entitled "Gonchi" . Here's the trailer. It looks really well done. I know that he was very well liked, so it's cool that 15 years later they've gone and made a movie about him.

 

[B.K.]

The Tony Stewart case is going to a grand jury.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/...e-headed-to-grand-jury?iadid=NASCARFront_DL_1

 

[Shaneus]

Stumbled across this, reckon it'll be of interest once it's available for all to see (in English):
ADRENALIN - THE BMW TOURING CAR STORY

 

[moojito]

Exciting last 25 laps here in the truck race!

 

[Chris R]

Exciting last 25 laps here in the truck race!

Yup, and a shitload of racing at Austin being saved on my DVR for later tonight/this week.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

WEC at COTA is red-flagged.

Just complete and utter mayhem in the rain.

 

[Chris R]

Baby Wheldon already in a go cart! Though I bet his momma doesn't want him racing past age 5.

 

[TylerD]

Things are heating up in Loudon. Chase drivers taking damage left and right.

 

[TylerD]

Logano takes the win. Both Penske cars advance. They are super strong.

 

[Master Yoshi]

Kyle Larson. That is all.

 

[Elfforkusu]

WEC at COTA is red-flagged.

Just complete and utter mayhem in the rain.

I forgot this was yesterday. Damn.

 

[TylerD]

Kyle Larson. That is all.

If he could have not had that awful Michigan race he would be right in this thing. Super impressive job by the 42 team in the Chase races. Certainly looks like a win is coming up.

 

[B.K.]

Logano takes the win. Both Penske cars advance. They are super strong.

Keselowski or Logano will win the championship.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Keselowski or Logano will win the championship.

I'm not saying it's gonna be Jimmie Johnson...

But actually come to think about it I am saying that.

 

[B.K.]

I'm not saying it's gonna be Jimmie Johnson...

But actually come to think about it I am saying that.

I don't think Jimmie will get number seven this year. He and Chad Kanaus haven't been good at cheating this year. The Penske cars are too good. I don't think anyone can stop them this year.

 

[TylerD]

Almost time for Cup on the Monster Mile. Who advances and who gets eliminated?

Should be fun.

 

[Chris R]

Whoever flatted Harvicks tire gets a beer from me!

 

[Bandit1]

C'mon Gordon!






Awww yiss

 

[TylerD]

Rather uneventful and clean race. Nothing too wrong with that.

Congrats to Jeff Gordon. 92 wins!

The Dinger was fighting a demon. That thing was awful.

 

[Bandit1]

Wow, so the next elimination race is Talladega...


Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

 

[Big Takeover]

Penske signs Simon Pagenaud to run IndyCar next to Will, JPM, and Helio.

http://racer.com/indycar/item/109146-indycar-penske-confirms-pagenaud-for-2015

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Hated seeing Vale lying motionless on the side of the road yesterday. Glad he's feeling better today.

 

[dubc35]

R&T speculating more on Ford's return to Le Mans. They saying possibly 2016, and possibly a new production Ford GT car announcement in Detroit in 3 months.

/rumor

http://www.roadandtrack.com/racing/...t-to-ford-le-mans-program-and-ford-gt-revival

 

[Shaneus]

R&T speculating more on Ford's return to Le Mans. They saying possibly 2016, and possibly a new production Ford GT car announcement in Detroit in 3 months.

/rumor

http://www.roadandtrack.com/racing/...t-to-ford-le-mans-program-and-ford-gt-revival

Please make it so. I'm assuming it wouldn't be LMP?

 

[dubc35]

Probably GT to battle Ferrari and Chevrolet.


Petit Le Mans streaming live on IMSA.com right now!

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Motors TV moves to free-to-air this Thursday in the UK, Freeview channel 71:

The motorsport-dedicated channel, which carries coverage of series including the World Rally Championship, World Endurance Championship, V8 Supercars, United SportsCar Championship and Formula 3 European championship, will be rolled out on Thursday to the 9.2million homes in the UK that receive TV broadcasts via standard free-to-air platforms.

For the first time ever terrestrial TV viewers can watch the widest range of live motorsport coverage in the UK, as well as world championships, international and national series, and the sort of grassroots categories that are already enjoyed by thousands of fans across the country.

I should also add that we couldn’t have picked a better weekend to expand our potential audience as we’ll be showing V8 Supercars’ showpiece event – the Bathurst 1000 – live in its entirety. I know that will go down very well indeed!

 

[Jezbollah]

Motors TV is a garbage channel. Their broadcast quality is often VHS like, and they mess up their schedules constantly. It's good that they decided to go FTA, but I think this is the last gamble before they finally fold.

 

[elfinke]

Anyone else settling in for a Sunday of v8's at Bathurst?

 

[Chris R]

Anyone else settling in for a Sunday of v8's at Bathurst?

I'm turning it on after NASCAR finishes up.

 

[Dead Man]

Anyone else settling in for a Sunday of v8's at Bathurst?

First bathurst I've not watched in in over 20 years. Their pay tv deal really fucked me off, so I'm just getting used to the upcoming complete abandonment of FTA racing. The no HD pisses me the fuck off as well.

Makes me sad, but I can't support a racing series that does that.

 

[elfinke]

First bathurst I've not watched in in over 20 years. Their pay tv deal really fucked me off, so I'm just getting used to the upcoming complete abandonment of FTA racing. The no HD pisses me the fuck off as well.

Makes me sad, but I can't support a racing series that does that.

Oof, the no-HD thing is just unbelievable. I swear I tweet about it every race/sport weekend. The sport really has made its bed and deserves to wake up with fleas from it.

 

[Chris R]

Oh man, next week is going to be so fucking good.

 

[elfinke]

Fucking Lowndes Rooney'd Winterbottom. Holy shit. Took a black flag so Whingecup could win. Unbelievable.