Official 2018 NASCAR Thread

[JEBar]

I like this promotion .... info from Jayski

In another once-in-a-lifetime moment fans will not want to miss, Darlington Raceway and Chevrolet are partnering to have all six generations of the manufacturers legendary Camaro pace the field prior to the green flag for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bojangles' Southern 500 race on Sunday, Sept. 2.

Seven different Camaros will take to the high banks of the track Too Tough To Tame driven by the following NASCAR Hall of Famers and legends of the sport

1969 Camaro (First Gen) - driven by owner Rick Hendrick
1969 Camaro (First Gen) - driven by owner Richard Childress
1981 Camaro (Second Gen) - driven by Jeff Burton and owned by Mark Jones of Wallace, NC
1986 Camaro (Third Gen) - driven by Ray Evernham and owned by Tyler Grube of Darlington, SC
1993 Camaro (Fourth Gen) - driven by Ricky Craven and owned by Jim Ramsey of Darlington, SC
2011 Camaro (Fifth Gen) - driven by Ron Hornaday Jr. and owned by Josh Schmidt of Charlotte, NC
2017 Camaro (Sixth Gen) - driven by Ward Burton and owned by Paul Weatherford of Florence, SC

[The Wiz]

Impressive lineup.

[JEBar]

after a delay for lightening in the area ...GREEN FLAG at Darlington

[JEBar]

congrats to the Deuce .... a Penske win at Darlington has been a long time in coming .... the 42 faded at the end (again)

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

Ryan Newman didn't seem too happy with Clint Bowyer late in the race.

[JEBar]

apparently, Clint's spotter didn't realize Newman was slowing to enter pit road .... Clint sure wasn't happy in his post race interview

https://www.nascar.com/video/franchise/ ... ired-crap/

[Vaquero]

Good day for Penske with a 1, 2 finish.

RP

[JEBar]

Defending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. will race elsewhere in 2019.

Truex, a four-time winner this year, is in his fifth season with Furniture Row Racing. The Denver, Colorado-based team announced Tuesday that it will cease operations at the end of the 2018 NASCAR season.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/ ... 18-season/

[JEBar]

Indianapolis Motor Speedway .... Sunday, September 9, 2018 2:00 PM ET | NBCSN

[Cowboy Gun Fan]

Defending Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. will race elsewhere in 2019.

Truex, a four-time winner this year, is in his fifth season with Furniture Row Racing. The Denver, Colorado-based team announced Tuesday that it will cease operations at the end of the 2018 NASCAR season.

https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2018/ ... 18-season/

Strange for a team as successful as Furniture Row has to close. Believe they are having sponsorship trouble and I also heard that the alliance with Gibb's is or got too costly. We are also wondering how Toyota is handling this. There is just too much that is not known. It would be even stranger if he won the Championship again this year.