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[Tekniqs]

Seemless shift gearboxes have zero effect on increasing engine reliability. Yamahas in particular has given it little acceleration benefit compared to Hondas, pretty much the only benefit the gearbox will have is the ability to have zero balance effect while shifting in corners.

Honda are simply better at making extremely powerful engines that are also reliable.

I heard from multiple sources (including Dave Emmett's motomatters site) that three of the four Yamahas (Cal, JL and Rossi) were already using their 5th out of 6th engines by Catalunya - 6 races into an 18 race season. This has meant there have been times where they have had to tune down the engines. In comparison, both Pedrosa and Stoner finished last year without even touching two of their engine allocation.

The biggest thing that could hinder Marquez winning the Championship is a big, big crash. His greatest strength right now is that he's riding without fear. That may change if we see him flung into orbit in an upcoming round.

it's actually probably gonna be a detriment to Yam's engines longevity. I was more talking about over a race distance as it will help preserve the tires which Rossi alluded to. He said over one lap it's not gonna make too much of a difference but over race distance, it will show.

edit: i base this on the last test they had with the seamless gearbox where Rossi was downshifting into a corner and the gearbox got stuck or something.

 

[Dave Long]

Heading to Baltimore for the GP this weekend. Three IndyCar races in one year is a record for me. Hopefully it won't be a parade. Nothing can top Indy this season, but Pocono was great to return to and the Baltimore race has been pretty decent the last two years. Just hope it isn't too hot and humid.

I'll post pics if I get any good ones.

 

[Watevaman]

Heading to Baltimore for the GP this weekend. Three IndyCar races in one year is a record for me. Hopefully it won't be a parade. Nothing can top Indy this season, but Pocono was great to return to and the Baltimore race has been pretty decent the last two years. Just hope it isn't too hot and humid.

I'll post pics if I get any good ones.

Oh man, I forgot about the Baltimore GP. I could probably go, but it's a 5 hour trip from my current location. I went back in 2011 and it was awesome.

 

[Big Takeover]

Kurt Busch has contractual allowances with Stewart Haas to run the Indy 500 with Andretti. Very cool. That would be six entries for Indy from Michael if they keep Hinch, and get Montoya. That's a lot of cars!

I think the Busch hire is a great one by Stewart Haas, btw. The guy's a sociopath, but talent-wise, he's as good as anybody out there. If they can get him some good crew talent, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if he puts both Tony and Harvick in the shade next year.

 

[DrM]

Marquez dislocated his shoulder in morning warm up

 

[caramac]

Marquez dislocated his shoulder in morning warm up

Cal Crutchlow and the track marshalls were lucky not to be involved in that one.

Spoiler

Fantastic win for Scott Redding in Moto2. Added bonus that his nearest rival in the championship could only finish eighth.

 

[DrM]

Which fall was that for Cal? 4th this weekend?

 

[caramac]

Not sure tbh, definitely his third, or like you say, maybe his fourth.

 

[bobnowhere]

Marquez dislocated his shoulder in morning warm up

If he wins tonight, he is the freak of all freaks!

 

[Addnan]

Wow, Marquez is not human.

 

[Cuddler]

What a fantastic race!

 

[Addnan]

WEC 6 hours at Sao Paulo starting. http://live.fiawec.com/

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Oh shit, Toyota has crashed out after colliding with a Lotus.

 

[Addnan]

Goddam, he is tearing of the broken bits from the car himself and driving back to the pits. Crazy.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Too bad, it looks like Toyota is done.

I was hoping he could pull a Dumas from Le Mans 2012 and get back to the pits.

 

[Branson]

Truck race at Canada today. Anyone else watching?

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

James May lapped the TT course on a Meccano bike for his new series of Toy Stories

Meccano > *

 

[Chris R]

Truck race at Canada today. Anyone else watching?

I am! Awesome little track, always glad to see more road racing in NASCAR.

 

[RayStorm]

Quite the clown show right now in Baltimore.

 

[TylerD]

Clint was running great until his engine went kaboom.

 

[Chris R]

Hotlanta making them blow up left and right!

Awesome finish in the truck race earlier today as well. Still need to go back and watch the Indy race though.

edit: And Max Papis was slapped... someone find the gif!

 

[rangersfan414]

Rowdy does the best burnouts!

 

[Dead Man]

James May lapped the TT course on a Meccano bike for his new series of Toy Stories

Meccano > *

Never has a man been more ridiculous or more awesome.

 

[rangersfan414]

I might be a little LTTP on this but apparently Max Papis was slapped by another driver's wife at Montreal yesterday and it supposedly dislocated his jaw and his ear is still ringing.

 

[Dave_6]

I might be a little LTTP on this but apparently Max Papis was slapped by another driver's wife at Montreal yesterday and it supposedly dislocated his jaw and his ear is still ringing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EL5iauGD6O8

 

[Dilly]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EL5iauGD6O8

Uhm, what's happening at 0.28?

 

[Chris R]

Gordon isn't making the chase with a race like this...

edit: And now Kurt is crying up a storm, poor baby.

 

[B.K.]

The last few weeks have been karma for all the championships Jimmie and Chad have stolen.

 

[Chris R]

Gordon/Newman out, Logano/Truex in.

And Cousin Carl stole that finish, NASCAR bending those rules.

 

[rangersfan414]

Gordon/Newman out, Logano/Truex in.

And Cousin Carl stole that finish, NASCAR bending those rules.

What happened?

 

[Chris R]

Carl beat the leader to the line by a full car length on the final restart with 3 to go.

 

[Vyse24]

Controversy right now is that people are claiming Clint Bowyer spun on purpose to help teammate Truex Jr. make the chase.

In-car camera when it happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brrgyDs3CfE

 

[Chris R]

Controversy right now is that people are claiming Clint Bowyer spun on purpose to help teammate Truex Jr. make the chase.

In-car camera when it happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brrgyDs3CfE

Yup, I've lost all respect I had for him after that move.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Just as much NASCAR's fault for throwing such a quick caution, tbh.

I mean, sure, team orders suck, but if he'd had to plow it into the fence he wouldn't have done it.

 

[B.K.]

In-car camera when it happened: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brrgyDs3CfE

It's convenient that the camera cut out just as he was starting to spin. There was something there that NASCAR doesn't want us to see!

 

[Vyse24]

NASCAR is investigating the Bowyer spin.
http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/nascar-investigating-clint-bowyer-spin-at-richmond-090813

I wonder what the penalties will be if they find MWR guilty?

 

[B.K.]

I wonder what the penalties will be if they find MWR guilty?

Points and money.

 

[rangersfan414]

Points and money.

Worse.

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...ar-replaces-martin-truex-jr-chase-ryan-newman

 

[Dead Man]

Just as much NASCAR's fault for throwing such a quick caution, tbh.

I mean, sure, team orders suck, but if he'd had to plow it into the fence he wouldn't have done it.

Yeah, I can certainly see a case to review caution procedures.

 

[Chris R]

Bowyer gets off with a slap on the wrist, Truex gets screwed. Oh NASCAR, this wasn't that hard...

 

[B.K.]

That was a lot worse than I was expecting. I feel bad for Truex and his crew though. I didn't see where his team did anything wrong. Bowyer is the one who should have been kicked out of the Chase.

 

[TylerD]

That was shitty Clint. Real shitty.

 

[Dead Man]

That was a lot worse than I was expecting. I feel bad for Truex and his crew though. I didn't see where his team did anything wrong. Bowyer is the one who should have been kicked out of the Chase.

They are all the same team though, right? If you don't punish the person who benefited by team collusion you send a message that it's okay to do as long as you have a low points scoring driver do the deed.

Or have I misunderstood it, Nascar is not my primary motorsport.

 

[Jezbollah]

Forbes Top 10 paid persons in Motorsports

1. Fernando Alonso F1 $30million ($28m salary/$2m endorsements).
2. Lewis Hamilton F1 $27.5million ($26m salary/$1.5m endorsements).
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. NASCAR $26million ($13m salary/$13m endorsements).
4. Jimmie Johnson NASCAR $24million ($17.3m salary/$6.7m endorsements).
5. Valentino Rossi MotoGP $22million ($12m salary/$10m endorsements).
6. Tony Stewart NASCAR $18.5million ($12.5m salary/$6m endorsements).
7. Jeff Gordon NASCAR $18.2million ($12.7m salary/$5.5m endorsements).
8. Sebastian Vettel F1 $18million ($17m salary/$1m endorsements).
9. Danica Patrick NASCAR $15million ($6m salary/$9m endorsements).
10. Jenson Button F1 $14million ($14m salary/$0m endorsements).

 

[seattle6418]

They lashed out penalties and Gordon is still out?

I can´t believe Helton is this stupid. You either take Boywer out or make a 13th spot for Jeff.

This is madness.

 

[Vyse24]

And now NASCAR is investigating Joey Logano and David Gilliland:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...eff-gordon-chase-richmond-conspiracy/2801119/

Man, it's things like this that make want to see the chase abolished.

 

[rangersfan414]

And now NASCAR is investigating Joey Logano and David Gilliland:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...eff-gordon-chase-richmond-conspiracy/2801119/

Man, it's things like this that make want to see the chase abolished.

This really is getting out of hand now. Part of the reason this happens at Richmond really often is because it's usually only a battle for the final 2 spots or so in the chase and everybody else has nothing to race for so they give no fucks and spin out on purpose or park on pit road etc..

 

[seattle6418]

And now NASCAR is investigating Joey Logano and David Gilliland:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...eff-gordon-chase-richmond-conspiracy/2801119/

Man, it's things like this that make want to see the chase abolished.

It´s a joke if Gordon is not in it by sunday´s race.

How stupid can these guys be to fix races up over the radio?

Also, what´s sad is that ESPN wouldn´t do shit if they were broadcasting Nascar next year. Since they are out, they sure tried to do some "investigative journalism" on this one.

 

[NihonTiger90]

It´s a joke if Gordon is not in it by sunday´s race.

How stupid can these guys be to fix races up over the radio?

Also, what´s sad is that ESPN wouldn´t do shit if they were broadcasting Nascar next year. Since they are out, they sure tried to do some "investigative journalism" on this one.

This is the sad side effect of the Chase; Richmond means everything and you gotta make the Chase by any means necessary.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

It´s a joke if Gordon is not in it by sunday´s race.

How stupid can these guys be to fix races up over the radio?

Also, what´s sad is that ESPN wouldn´t do shit if they were broadcasting Nascar next year. Since they are out, they sure tried to do some "investigative journalism" on this one.

Same shit happened last year with Menard spinning to benefit Harvick. Was that also Richmond? I can't remember. At any rate, Jimmy Spencer presented a convincing case on RaceHub, but the RCR guys were at least smart enough to switch to a different radio channel before divulging anything super incriminating.