/turnleft/ - 2017 Auto Club 400 Pre-race/Race Thread

Race Coverage: 3:00 p.m. on FOX
Start Command: 3:37 p.m.
Green Flag: 3:47 p.m.

Format: 200-lap/400-mile, three-segment race. Competition cautions on laps 60 and 120 will separate the segments.

Forecast: 62°, 65% humidity, 8% chance of rain

Lineup:
Row 1: #42 Kyle Larson - #11 Denny Hamlin
Row 2: #2 Brad Keslowski - #78 Martin Truex Jr.
Row 3: #31 Ryan Newman - #20 Matt Kenseth
Row 4: #4 Kevin Harvick - #1 Jamie McMurray
Row 5: #18 Kyle Busch - #19 Daniel Suarez
Row 6: #3 Austin Dillon - #5 Kasey Kahne
Row 7: #24 Chase Elliott - #77 Erik Jones
Row 8: #41 Kurt Busch - #17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Row 9: #14 Clint Bowyer - #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Row 10: #21 Ryan Blaney - #37 Chris Buescher
Row 11: #13 Ty Dillon - #10 Danica Patrick
Row 12: #27 Paul Menard - #47 AJ Allmendinger
Row 13: #95 Michael McDowell - #34 Landon Cassill
Row 14: #38 David Ragan - #72 Cole Whitt
Row 15: #15 Reed Sorenson - #83 Corey LaJoie
Row 16: #43 Aric Almirola - #33 Jeffrey Earnhardt
Row 17: #55 Derrike Cope - #51 Timmy Hill
Row 18: #22 Joey Logano - #6 Trevor Bayne
Row 19: #48 Jimmie Johnson - #32 Matt DiBenedetto
Row 20: #23 Gray Gaulding

To the back: #38 David Ragan (backup car), #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (cut tire)

Things to know:
>Logano, Bayne, DiBenedetto and Gaulding missed qualifying due to failed inspections
>Johnson missed qualifying after wrecking his primary car
>Dale Jr.'s 600th race

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Hey babe

stream where?

Kyle Bush will win today.

I wonder what they were talking about

Stream where?

WHO /BASED FUCKING NEWMAN/ HERE?

I wanted him to win the championship without scoring a race victory in 2014 so fucking bad just to watch the Internet implode... but my dad always liked him.

Hell, I remember when he was nicknamed "The Rushville Rocket".

Stream:

youtube.com/channel/UC9h8L-3NxzgEFrSSHvs9J4g/live

Newman a bitch

J-jr. Isn't going to win another race is he?

Mick is a fag.

He'll win Dega

Fuck you

I'm thinking of getting my 6-year old cousin a NASCAR T-shirt since she's getting to be around the age that I got into racing.

Which driver should I get her? I've been thinking Ryan Blaney since you can't really go wrong with the Wood Brothers.

Why do /we/ like Newman so much?

/we/ don't.

he's a whiner and he races like an asshole. but he's chubby so the neckbeards that post here can relate to him.

also, muh purdoo bollermakers

not an 18 year old brat or a carbabby

he is a 40 year old brat

He's right newman is a bitch.

>cheatelowski

Memes

get her a Harry Gant shirt

>nascar pretending kids give a shit about nascar

terrible meme

>little girl likes math
right

can't go wrong with based blaney.

>Elliot and Blaney double teaming the loli

young larry mac

Are there any nude pics of Danica Patrick? Asking for a friend.

AYYYO HOL UP WE WUZ NASCAR N SHEEIITT

>Terry Crews BTFOing Michael.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Michael fucking cucked

Someone hide Ryan Newman so he doesn't have to talk to Mikey

Yes

In defense of stage racing, you all fail to understand is that stage racing is the true style of racing they used to do in F1, Le Mans, and even NASCAR used to do until NASCAR got sponsored by Winston and started racing the entire race with no stopping (except for pits, cautions etc).

I hope all other pro racing series return to their roots and start stage racing again because it really is more exciting than the "new" style originally introduced by NASCAR and Winston back in the day.

(you)

>You now remember Terry Crews' NFL career

how many times are you going to post this?

>muh god

I support this

Here!
Felt good to see him win one, hope he can repeat it or win the Chase.
For a while he was getting fucked over by unavoidable wrecks.

Is Dillon dating a tranny? Who was that?

I'm here almost every single race and I've never seen it.

Go back to reeddit fqggot

Did she repeat that last line?

I'm not a real moose...

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>land of the brave
>home of the brave
Nascar Goes West has Kaepernick-style political messages.

What color bra and panties is Danica wearing for today's race?

why do they put so many old time drivers in there?

who the fuck cares. make one with modern era drivers

Yes. Don't tell me it's just me and a Leaf who noticed that chick fucked up the lyrics.

You forgot andretti in the ringer tier

youngins like you belong on reddit

Darrell Waltrip goes in GOAT tier though.

Quick question for all you NASCAR aficionados:

Why do tires wear more going around the lower part of the track as opposed to going around the upper part of the track?

In theory you should wear your tires more over time by going around the high side of the track since it is the longest way around the track and you're actually traveling a further distance during the race.

Petty is a shitter compared to Dale

He only won like one or two races though, right?

SHAKE N BAKE BABY

When you're using the inside line, you're turning the steering wheel more in order to hold that line. Naturally, since the tires are turning more, they're going to wear more.

>land of the brave
>home of the brave

I couldn't stand listening to her voice so I just muted it famalam

>That McLaren logo on start up of every NASCAR

Yeah, but like foyt, ambrose and fellows he was specialist in other categories

the lower line is a tighter radius turn, requiring more steering input and more work from the tires to hold the tighter line

>petty in god tier
Yeah no ...most of his 200 wins were on podunk tracks against local competition (back then nascar had lots of tracks you get points at)

he's a GOAT for his swag alone

>mclaren logo not smoking
>mclaren logo not bellowing in pain with a misfire
>mclaren logo not retiring after lap 10

they couldve made it realistic thb

That's Honda's problem. McLaren are retards to choose their engines.

>Pearson not in GOAT tier

Petty would only have like 2 titles if Pearson actually ran a full season

So why don't they make curved rims or something to compensate for always turning left?

why is gimmie shit now

someone post the webm, you know which one

he isnt

Anyone got any advice for where to stay in Bristol? I may or may not be going in a few weeks.

Team Krut, reporting.

The 48 always do that, they are shit the first 26 races, then they win everything in the last 10

Outside of Knoxville. Then just drive to the track.

mike joy sounds different

Bread is kill

Rip bread lmao

Green

Kekselowski

Damn near wrecked the field within 10 seconds. This is going to be good.

HYPE

>cucklin

Hamlin forgot to acelerate at the start

>Bread is already dead

kek

Also this thread is now /ragsinabox/

Meme race.

>BREAD
KEK

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>bread is kill

no

BRED

>oh shit forgot nascar
>click stream
>BOOGITYBOOGITY
p e r f e c t

PUT. IT. OUT.

Gimme kills bread

TYBR

Si

Bread kill count: 2

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>gimmie
>bread