/turnleft/ - Ford EcoBoost 400 - Pre-Race/Race Thread

Coverage starts at 1:30 PM EST with NASCAR America on NBC

Green Flag: Approximately 3:00 PM EST (per Jeff Gluck), televised on NBC

Race Length: 267 Laps / 400 Miles / 644.54 Kilometers

Homestead-Miami Speedway
Length: 1.5 Miles
Banking: 18-20 degrees (corners), 3 degrees (straights)
Seating Capacity: Plebian 46,000

Championship Four
Joey Logano
Jimmie Johnson
Carl Edwards
Kyle Busch

Starting Grid
Row 1: Kevin Harvick - Brad Keselowski
Row 2: Ryan Newman - Denny Hamlin
Row 3: Casey Elliott - Martin Truex Jr.
Row 4: Matt Kenseth - Ryan Blaney
Row 5: Kyle Busch (Cup contender) - Carl Edwards (Cup contender)
Row 6: Tony Stewart - A.J. Allmendinger
Row 7: Joey Logano (Cup contender) - Jimmie Johnson (Cup contender)
Row 8: Jamie McMurray - Kurt Busch
Row 9: Austin Dillon - Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Row 10: Alex Bowman - Trevor Bayne
Row 11: Greg Biffle - Brian Scott
Row 12: Casey Mears - Kyle Larson
Row 13: Aric Almirola - Michael McDowell
Row 14: Chris Buescher - Paul Menard
Row 15: Kasey Kahne - Danica Patrick
Row 16: Matt DiBenedetto - Landon Cassill
Row 17: Clint Bowyer - Ty Dillon
Row 18: Regan Smith - David Ragan
Row 19: Reed Sorensen - Jeffrey Earnhardt
Row 20: Dylan Lupton - Michael Annett

DNQ: Gandalf the Gray Gaulding

Lastly, lets give a big thanks to Sprint for 13 years of dedication to the sport and let us give a fond farewell to NASCAR legend Brian Scott as he gives us one last great performance!

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No Sponsor for the cup series next year

the monster rumor was just that....a rumor,

NASCAR wants 10 billion for 10 years, 1 billion a year, no company wants to put up that much, it's over-priced

they will be lucky if they get a company to sponsor it,

we may not see a sponsor next year,

France fucked up big time

also, i know it's a bad saying, but NASCAR doesn't really have an image that any company wants to associate with right now

not saying attitude, but technology, no tech company is going to sponsor the series as the cars are still using 1970's technology, i mean, fuck, they just recently went to fuel injection

what makes you think microsoft will sponsor them?

Verizon is on IndyCar because IndyCar gives them the "cutting edge technology" image that they want

You know what's interesting?
LFR acquired TBR's charter instead of a larger team like Penske/Wood Brothers or JGR/FRR.

>10 billion

Whelp, that settles it, Brian France wasn't just putting up a front, he's completely out of his mind

yeah, he thinks that NASCAR is still as popular as it was in the mid 2000's

it's not, the WNBA outranks NASCAR some weeks

it's bad, very bad, the networks are more or less taking a huge loss by airing NASCAR live

Who /ragsinabox/ for the last time this season, here?

always and forever

who /misssmoke/ here?

People were speculating Microsoft because MS were pushing further into aeronautics and engineering, including more race team sponsorships. They recently started sponsoring Manor along with Renault in F1 (Along with Grossjean as a Driversponsorship). They have already sponsored Hendrick in NASCAR and are "Official Technology Partner" as well. Every team in the Garage uses a Surface. NASCAR was apparently courting them and Samsung because they wanted to start giving the idea of NASCAR being cutting edge. Especially with a rumored 4th Manufacturer coming in for 2018 from one of the European brands (Which was probably going to be VW or Audi but Diselgate ended that).

Samsung's interest is up in flames (Like their phones) and Microsoft probably walked off when they saw what France was asking.

But as points out, France is insane. Heiniken didn't even pay that much for their big F1 deal with Bernie so what makes him think anyone will pay more than Heinkien did.

>no obscure Homestead food abominations

Normal food only, what are you fools having today?

Britbong Krutfag reporting, let's do it one more time in a bowtie lads

>tfw last race before our protagonist returns to Ford

He desperately needs to run a red and silver Rubbermaid/Sharpie car for Darlington

you are one of the cringiest, reddit mother fuckers i've ever seen

stay triggered, senpai

this isn't nascar heat evolution

Rolling for winner

rolling for champion

fuck

re-roll

18
22
19
48

one of those four, please

fuck you

roll one last time, then i'm done

I stand corrected! Combing the depths of the internet has unveiled this commemorative brown cupcake, in honor of this year's Xfinity Champion, Daniel Suarez.

Rolling for who causes first caution

>15

okay fuck it, rounds up to 18,

Kyle Busch becomes champion


now i'm done

Fool

>48

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>JWL coming back

Ugh.

Hope Jimmie wins his 7th...

it all comes down to this. based logano do us proud

Anybody have a youtube link?

i dont want any of them to win

No. Youtube is down.

/watch?v=kLX-abPocbM

Fuck Tony Stewart, I'm glad that prick is finally retiring.

I mean, Jimmie is the lesser of the evils, but man, 7...

Nate Silver says Jimmie Johnson will win

but, we all know how accurate his predictions are

Nate "throw shit at walls and see what sticks" Silver

>Nate Silver says

>who you want to win
>who you think will win

Carl
Jimmy or Kyle

Dubs and best Busch wins again

Nobody
One of them and I'll be annoyed until this time next year

Roll for winner

Anything but 18 plz

>based Chile delivers

Gracias....

oh, i know, his predictions are bullshit

he also says the Warriors would win the world series, he was dead wrong, said clinton would win, dead wrong

his models are bogus

you're welcome amigo

Chad already trying to cheat lmao

who /hotpass/ here

>chad already trying to cheat

Jimmie Johnson going back through inspection, 20 minutes before engines fire

>48 team cheating
What's new guys?

I can't wait till the late restart when jeffrey Earnhardt stays out to take the lead

>Jeffrey Earnhardt will never do shit

let's hope he wreck jimmie on that restart

Stream please?

youtube.com/watch?v=kLX-abPocbM

Nvm, found Chili's link.

>Nate Lithium predicts 48 wins
Confirmed: Arris Toyota wins the race and the championship just like last night

That nigga thought Clinton would win the Presidency lol

kryle two in a row confirmed

Gimmie starts last

Anyone else notice the pit road official crying during "God Bless America?"

...

>Thank your for our awesome military

Dog bless

max verstappen would win this easy

>gimmie

>kinda sorta but not really want to win
22

>I guess I won't kill myself if he wins
19

>WW3 please kill us all
48 or 18

BREXTON NOOOOooo

>all this 48 shilling

>Based joey gets cuked out of his 2nd cup

Fuck you france

Oh, hi, Kevin, how's the shack comming?

>>Thank your for our awesome military

...of faggots, trannies, and bitches.

No, thanks.

Who is the biggest cuck in nascar?

>inb3 Kasey Kahne

>lelgano

Why does everything have to have a fucking themesong?

Larson

Scott Speed

I wasn't but now I have been made whole.

Biffle for staying with Roush after Edwards and Kenseth jumped ship

We have a winrar

>having some d-list network tv star give your start command

Bravo

>le se7en


doesn't even make since

Stream is kill. Is there another?

>Stream is kill again

>Daytona 500 commercials

I'm more excited for the Bathurst 12 hour race, actually...

ustream.tv/channel/nascar49c

>Since

Thanks Mario

>you now remember Ryan Newman exists

>48 to the Rear

J U S T

>11 wins in his first 2 seasons
>Like 6 since then

I like how the graphic changes when the guy stops talking unlike the fox one

I guess the best case scenario today is Edward?

at least brian scott got two wins before he retired, he would've done better as a full time truck driver who only ran plate races for cup

who will drive his car?

>race hasn't even started and already problems for the 48

am i the only one who thinks the 2018 f-150 they showed looks fucking ugly on the front end?

Lelgano

>Seating Capacity: 46,000

>Nascar thinks its a big deal that they sold out

Edwards or legano. Finishing 20th a lap down while the other 3 are in the garage

LAS VEGAS ODDS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP:

KRYLE: 1.8:1
GIMMIE: 2:1
BACKFLIP: 2.75:1
LOGONZO: 3.2:1

what are the chances that NASCAR will go back to a classic points system?

I haven't talked to a single person who likes the chase.

Always.
The rags of champions.

bstream down any susbtitutes for yuropoors?

(you)

Some Las Vegas odds on the outcome of the race:

Biffle: 100:1
Steakhouse: 150:1
Biffle: 100:1

The city of Rousch Fenway racing right there folks