The All-Star Race is a side attraction to the circus show to the NASCAR, but at least they got one good thing going for it. Qualifying for the All-Star Race is different than regular season races and is a little game of its own. Each driver runs three laps and has to make one pit stop. There's no speed limit on pit road so they ZOOM right on through! See the Beginner course trick from Daytona USA. Bitch please, I drive through pits to shave 1.5 seconds off my laps. Though in NASCAR, you have to stop in your pit lane, so yeah, there's that too.
Messing up your pit docks you time penalties so don't screw up. Top three qualifiers get $50K, $10K, and $5K respectively to share between themselves and their pit crews.
In previous years preceding the All-Star Race was the Pit Crew Challenge. Basically, pit crews raced against the clock to complete their respective tasks and push their car across the finish line first. It's a clever little ruse and pit lane choices for the All-Star Race are determined by the results of the Pit Crew Challenge. But they didn't hold the event in 2013 for some reason so...yeah, disappointing.
These pit crew guys are athletes too, you're a fool to think otherwise.
Anyway, speaking of pit stops...here's Indy Car again. This was at Sonoma, the 15th race of the season (out of 18). In the thick of the championship hunt, Scott Dixon (red car) and Will Power (black car) pitted late in the race. One of Power's crew members was walking with a tire and Dixon clipped him as he drove out. Fortunately he wasn't hurt but Indycar penalized Dixon a pit drive-thru.
Dixon dropped from first to 15th and Power laughed his ass of as he won the race. There was debate that the pit member deliberately stuck the tire out in order to hinder his rival. It could've been an accident because the Indycar pit lanes differ from the lines on the pavement. Regardless, hitting other pit crews is a black & white issue so there was no room for Dixon to debate. There was some controversy but regardless, Dixon won the Championship and Power came in 4th overall. Serves them right.
Back to NASCAR funny antics! Here's Max Papis and he likes slapping people. After the Nationwide race at Road America, he pays a little favor to his rival Billy Johnson, while walking away with that shit-eating grin.
And Max Slapis would later get his at a Craftsman Truck Race at Circuit Gilles Villeneue in Montreal. After getting involved in a late-race wreck, a crazy lady (girlfriend of the driver of the #6 car, Mike Skeen) bitch-slapped him in the face on camera (it's at the end of the video).
Max claimed his jaw was dislocated and his ears rung after that hit. If so, well, I smell a lawsuit! No idea what came of it...
More fighting in NASCAR?? NO WAY!! Rednecks gonna redneck. BUT FIRST...Le Mans 24 (or "Luh Mah"). Drunken louts mumble and moon the camera. THIS IS FRANCE, THE CULTURAL CENTER OF THE WORLD, WE DON'T DO SHITE LIKE THIS, RIGHT????
Back to NASCAR, basically Joey Logano is the Grim Reaper. Well, what do I mean. Joey gets in a fight with Denny Hamlin after a race at Bristol. Denny would later get injured at Fontana and sit out for six weeks.
Who's next? Tony Stewart goes redneck on Joey. Whoops, Tony gets hurt in a dirt race in Iowa.
And Ryan Newman ALMOST came to blows with Joey but held back. Good for Ryan! Cause nobody f**ks with Joey.
Ya wanna see more fighting? Let's get back to Danica Patrick. Kyle Petty, "Danica Patrick is not a racecar driver!" Instant classic, although I wouldn't say Kyle is that much better than Danica. Only eight Cup Series wins in 30 years of NASCAR. Ooooo, burned, Kyle!!! Give Danica a couple more years and a non-shitty race team and she'll whoop your old man ass. Okay, maybe not, but he makes a good point. Danica has been in more than her fair share of commercials (plus one Sega racer) and doesn't have much to back it up besides a pair of tits.
But Danica is still not immune! Here comes Jay Mohr at the NASCAR awards banquet--wait, that ass clown that read jokes off the sheet of paper at Blizzcon?? Yes indeed. Danica and her new BF Ricky Stenhouse Jr. are not amused. Seriously, can someone who is NOT an idiot criticize Danica for once?
Oh hey, one more clip. This is between truck drivers Kevin Harvick (#14) and the "spoiled rich kid" Ty Dillon (#3). Dillon clips Harvick and they both take a dive. Harvick pulls up to Dillon's pit stop and gets a sledgehammer tossed at his car. Last time I checked, getting hit by a tossed sledgehammer can be rather painful. Whose the wise-ass who threw it? It's at the end of the clip BTW.
And some more funny/cool shite:
*Brad Keselowski goes for a leisurely jog.
*Tony Stewart REDNECKS at the new cool Kyle Busch.
*Carl Edwards gets paper on his grille and gets in a fight with Greg Biffle when needing to use Greg's bumper as a toothbrush (the story sucks, I apologize).
*Brutal last-lap wreck at Talladega truck race.
*Greg Biffle's pink bumper peels off during the caution and channels his inner Mister Mayhem.
*I become a Kurt Busch fan because he drives the Wonder Bread and City Chevrolet cars in Sprint Cup and Nationwide respectively. Mad props to him. Kurt ballin on your chin.
*Donovan McNabb says NASCAR drivers are not athletes. You know what, Donny boy? You're a washed up QB like Jake Delhomme and Rex Grossman who bummed your to Superbowl losses against superior teams with superior QB's. Definition of sport: "An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Driving fast cars for 3+ hours requires a lot of stamina (and is very frustrating). Otherwise, everybody would be doing it. Besides, ESPN airs Poker and Spelling Bee championships and can those be called sports?? GET OUTTA HERE...
*Jimmie Johnson wins his sixth title. Real shocker there. Matt Kenseth almost had him but had to choke down the final stretch. The fans on social media were raged at Jimmie's win because he's a "cheater" and he doesn't deserve it. Unlike other NASCAR legends like Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty, Jimmie didn't build his own team from scratch--he basically inherited Hendrick's birthright. But regardless, kudos to him since to win that many titles when everyone hates your guts is definitely admirable.
*Also, F1. You thought Jimmie was ruining his sport. Well, how about Sebastian Vettel, German driver of the Red Bull team? He won the last 9 races of the 2013 F1 season. Yes, NINE WINS IN A ROW. He also won the last four championships in a row. Now F1 is talking of adding more double points races in order to level the playing field to give trailing drivers a chance to catch up to runaways like Sebastian. Just like NASCAR instituting the Chase in response to Jimmie's domination (read my thoughts on the Chase here). Parity, what's that? Lol...
I pick my nose after every race.
*RIP Jason Leffler. RIP Allan Simonsen. RIP Paul Walker. Fast cars are still not safe. It makes me sad but they are to be admired for being true gearheads. I already said my piece on deceased drivers after the Dan Wheldon crash. Injuries and death keep happening but some would rather risk it than live a boring safe life so kudos man...kudos... ;_;
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! :D :D :D
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