rvrdgsfn Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 So Ford just showed off their Mid Cycle Refresh for their Fusion which would also include their Sprint CupCompared to Last YearsIn all honesty, I love the changes that have happened to 2016 Fusion. I'm impressed. Now we'll see what happens after 2017 when the SS is done.Richard Petty swaps the 9 for the 44 as Brian Scott's new ride is unveiled:http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup/News/Articles/2016/01/Brian-Scott-to-Pilot-44-for-RPM-in-2016.aspxHmmm, let the wild rumors of Chase Elliott getting the 9 show up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 So Ford just showed off their Mid Cycle Refresh for their Fusion which would also include their Sprint CupNo news to add. I just wanted to say a few things.First, I've loved that 21 car paint scheme since back when David Pearson was behind the wheel. Second, I'm really looking forward to the 2016 NASCAR season because...I just moved to Ormond Beach, FL. I live about 20 minutes from Daytona and I'll be attending my first 500 this year. Let's go racin', boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 http://www.mrn.com/Race-Series/NASCAR-Camping-World-Trucks/News/Articles/2016/01/Abreu-to-Thorsport-in-2016.aspxRico Abreu will run in the truck series full-time in 2016 with ThorSport Racing, joining Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter. I love watching Rico. He ran pretty well in Phoenix and homestead. I hope he does well. @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 According to Brian France, a form of the chase will be implemented for both the Trucks and XFINITY series for the upcoming 2016 season.BTW, I'm seeing some sort of heat race thing being added to the two series as well. Anyone know anything more about this? @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 3 hours ago, mr.nascar13 said: According to Brian France, a form of the chase will be implemented for both the Trucks and XFINITY series for the upcoming 2016 season.BTW, I'm seeing some sort of heat race thing being added to the two series as well. Anyone know anything more about this? Is this what you're talking about? http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/19/dash-4-cash-changes-announced-for-2016-xfinity-series-season.html Quote The Dash 4 Cash, which includes cash prizes for winning drivers and one lucky fan, will take place at Bristol Motor Speedway (April 16), Richmond International Raceway (April 23), Dover International Speedway (May 14) and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (July 23). At each of these events there will be two heat races and the winners will compete for the Dash 4 Cash prize in the feature race. Odd-numbered qualifiers will be pitted against each other in one heat race, and even-numbered qualifiers will compete in the other heat race. The top two finishers in each heat race would be the Dash 4 Cash eligible drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcowboyfan92 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Just now, See Red said: Is this what you're talking about? http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/19/dash-4-cash-changes-announced-for-2016-xfinity-series-season.html No, this is what he's talking about. http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/19/xfinity-camping-world-truck-series-chase-elimination-format-for-championship.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 http://www.foxsports.com/nascar/story/brian-france-chase-charlotte-sprint-cup-7-major-changes-announced-nascar-media-tour-opens-011916 Some other things that were mentioned include the caution clock for Camping World Here's how that's going to work,” said NASCAR’s O’Donnell. “Green flag comes out, starts the race. If after 20 minutes a caution has not come out, we'll display a competition caution, we'll run through the caution laps, we'll go back to green, caution clock will reset. We'll do that throughout the race until the end when we get within a window obviously where there's less than 20 minutes, we'll turn the clock off.” It also talked about how Phoenix & Richmond are getting upgrades (although if you consider removing seats an upgrade at RIR then that can be misleading). Low Downforce & the digital dashes, a charter system for the owners & as for a new sponsor for the soon to be no longer Sprint Cup? Sprint’s sponsorship of NASCAR’s premier series ends this year. France said he is confident that a replacement for 2017 and beyond will be introduced. “We're in a good spot,” he said. “We have a lot of interest. We've got our TV deal set for the next decade or so, and I suspect, my sense is that we'll get something done here. We'll see, but it's good. We're in a good place.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Martin Truex Jr has a new sponsor. It looks great! https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/689623425543999488?s=09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 As bad as the initial announcements sound, I definitely want to see how these race test go. I was texing my friend about it, and he mentioned that the Lucky Dog won't be had on these 20 minute cautions, which was one of the first fears I had. Typically they change rules mid year, so expect a big one after the first rule caution at Daytona, and for this to be for smaller tracks. @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcowboyfan92 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 1 hour ago, DNAsports said: Martin Truex Jr has a new sponsor. It looks great! https://twitter.com/NASCAR/status/689623425543999488?s=09 I saw that; Truex's car looks pretty sharp like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcowboyfan92 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/21/tommy-baldwin-racing-parts-ways-with-alex-bowman.html http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/21/regan-smith-tommy-baldwin-racing-2016.html Alex Bowman out, Regan Smith in. Regan Smith will be the driver of the #7 car for Tommy Baldwin in 2016. Bowman said he found out of his release from TBR via Twitter; http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/1/22/alex-bowman-learned-of-tommy-baldwin-racing-news-on-twitter-sprint-cup-series.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted January 25, 2016 Author Share Posted January 25, 2016 David Ragan to the 23, Matt DiBene....whatever, remains in the 83 for BK Racing; 26 team no longer on operation, JJ Yeley and Jeb Burton: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=313d6118-e4c6-4fe6-9b5b-e52489f308c7&c=&ch= @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Tony Stewart suffers back injury in non-racing accident on ATV His farewell season isn't off to a great start with less than two weeks until Speedweeks. He was airlifted to a hospital and was "alert and able to move his extremities." No updates beyond that, I don't believe. He's sure had an eventful few years away from the track, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 So with Tony Stewart having to miss the start if the season, who is subbing for him? Personally, I'd love to see Jeff Gordon hop in the 14 for one last race, but it could likely be a number of other candidates. Possibly Elliott Sadler now that he's with JR Motorsports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 On 2/4/2016 at 6:01 PM, DNAsports said: Personally, I'd love to see Jeff Gordon hop in the 14 for one last race, but it could likely be a number of other candidates. Possibly Elliott Sadler now that he's with JR Motorsports? I guarantee that Gordon will not sub for Stewart. Regan Smith is now with Tommy Baldwin, so I don't see him taking the wheel either. I feel like the two most likely candidates are Justin Allgaier and Elliott Sadler, both from the JR Motorsports stable. However, I have seen John Hunter Nemechek's name kicked around by several people. I don't see it happening though as he hasn't even ran an XFINITY race yet. @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 48 minutes ago, mr.nascar13 said: I guarantee that Gordon will not sub for Stewart. He has confirmed this. He did say, though, if not for his commentating obligations he would consider since he feels bad because he invited Stewart on the trip on which he got hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 NASCAR announces a charter system that will allow 36 teams a guaranteed spot in each race for the Sprint Cup series. There will also be 4 spots up for grabs TBD via normal qualifying standards. This means there will only be 40 positions in every race. Charters were given based on each teams performance from 2013-15. Charter teams are as followed: http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2016/2/9/nascar-36-charter-teams-list.html One thing you'll noticed is the 19 of Carl Edwards and 41 of Kurt Busch are missing. Joe Gibbs Racing and Stewart-Haas Racing will most likely purchase Michael Waltrip Racing's charters to guarantee the 19 and 41 spots. The Woods Brothers 21 is also missing. They will likely have to be one of the 4 teams fighting for a spot each week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I love this. I feel like it'll make the sport much better in the long run. Shame the 21 couldn't get a spot over, like, the 95 @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 The reason the 95 of Circle Sport got a charter over the 21 of the Wood Brothers is because the 95 has competed full-time since 2013. Wood Brothers has been part-time since roughly 2007. Seems wrong, I know, but you've gotta draw the line somewhere. @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysox Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Ah okay I didn't know that, I figured it was just buy ins and not grandfathered. @MichaelDanger19 | Dribbble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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