NASCAR Nationwide Series NAPA Auto Parts 200 Live Thread

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The road starts here, well yeah I do mean the road course for the drivers, but I'm also talking about right here on the Q for all you NASCAR fans. It's your NASCAR Nation VP again with the open race thread for this week's Nationwide Series race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

This week you'll see all different kinds of drivers, from Truck Series drivers like Ron Hornaday to the good ol' Buschwhackers to the road course ringers. Someone will get to hold the trophy high, but who? Last year Kevin Harvick won while Robby Gordon made some victory doughnuts of his own behind Happy. This year Harvick won't be there, but Mr. Restart, Ron Hornaday Jr., will be driving his #33 KHI Chevy.

This is your official weekly thread to discuss the happenings before, during, and after the race is over.

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8/2/08

6	yeah, NOW YOU GUYS SHOW UP!!!!!

8/2/08

Anthonyg7575

1	Bit early for this, isn't it...lol

8/2/08

3	K Man...when they start speaking French I may need a translator

8/2/08

1	Uh, you can start with that there prayer by the Monsignor...

8/2/08

Deadpool

1	I'm kind of hoping to see them run on rain tires, that might be fun to watch...

8/2/08

accv1967

2	well i see mexico race is gone , how long will it be before nascar pulls the plug on canada. i hope it rains also, wonder if the eagle rain tire is better then the indy slick tire

8/2/08

1	This should be interesting. Hopefully its not a mess like the Brickyard.

8/2/08

Scott

5	Ok Kramer....you got road course ringers, bushwackers, nationwide regulars and truck series drivers.....where is the breakdown on the soaking wet and rainy course drivers

8/2/08

3	Caught this on the bottomline... Goodyear and NASCAR are going to test at Indy in the fall and next spring. Good move.

8/2/08

2	This is sloooooooow.

8/2/08

3	New Thought of The Day...Most of these guys are NOT prepared for this rain...

8/2/08

2	www.faniq.com/article/NASCAR-is-making-history-in-Montreal-689241 DebiLane posted an article with a news link...

8/2/08

3	Some guys seem to have an advantage having run in the wet before in other series!

8/2/08

5	(Edited by Raven73) jhawker1957 wrote: Some guys seem to have an advantage having run in the wet before in other series! Good observation! I am loving that the fans there embrace the Canandian drivers. Did you hear that applause the got? Makes my heart sing when I see that kind of adoration for a NASCAR driver. Wonder if Kyle Busch would ever understand what adoration would be like?

8/2/08

Raven73 wrote:

Good observation! I am loving that the fans there embrace the Canandian drivers. Did you hear that applause the got? Makes my heart sing when I see that kind of adoration for a NASCAR driver. Wonder if Kyle Busch would ever understand what adoration would be like?

ROFLMAO!!!!! Oh Rheda!! AS if that would ever happen!!! Kyle Busch doesn't care what people think - except when they take a camera off him to put one on Jr....

8/2/08

3	Raven73 wrote: Good observation! I am loving that the fans there embrace the Canandian drivers. Did you hear that applause the got? Makes my heart sing when I see that kind of adoration for a NASCAR driver. Wonder if Kyle Busch would ever understand what adoration would be like? Kyle Busch + UNDERSTANDING + Adoration = NEVER

8/2/08

4	JrCanuckFan wrote: ROFLMAO!!!!! Oh Rheda!! AS if that would ever happen!!! Kyle Busch doesn't care what people think - except when they take a camera off him to put one on Jr.... Debi, once again, great minds think alike

8/2/08

4	Ahhhh...nothing like a bit o' sarcasm to raise the temperature in the room

8/2/08

3	JrCanuckFan wrote: ROFLMAO!!!!! Oh Rheda!! AS if that would ever happen!!! Kyle Busch doesn't care what people think - except when they take a camera off him to put one on Jr.... I think he does care and that little charade he puts on is a emotional coping mechanism. Have we officially HIJACKED this thread yet?

8/2/08

4	Raven73 wrote: I think he does care and that little charade he puts on is a emotional coping mechanism. Have we officially HIJACKED this thread yet? So, what 'cha saying there Rheda is that Kyle acts like a 3 year old?!!!!

8/2/08

4	ntimid8 wrote: Debi, once again, great minds think alike Stace, somehow I think there's a lor of us "great minds" out there..... Rheda, shhhhhhhhh no hijacking!! Back to Green!! Ambrose continues to lead, and Fellows is moving to the front... (BTW Thundering and lightning around ME, so I keep disappearing)

8/2/08

4	ntimid8 wrote: So, what 'cha saying there Rheda is that Kyle acts like a 3 year old?!!!! I do often wonder what he uses for a pacifier Uh, never mind!

8/2/08

2	JrCanuckFan wrote: Stace, somehow I think there's a lor of us "great minds" out there..... Rheda, shhhhhhhhh no hijacking!! Back to Green!! Ambrose continues to lead, and Fellows is moving to the front... (BTW Thundering and lightning around ME, so I keep disappearing) oh Debi I am not so sure about that, some folks just like to pretend Stay safe in that storm

8/2/08

5	JrCanuckFan wrote: Stace, somehow I think there's a lor of us "great minds" out there..... Rheda, shhhhhhhhh no hijacking!! Back to Green!! Ambrose continues to lead, and Fellows is moving to the front... (BTW Thundering and lightning around ME, so I keep disappearing) OMG! You told me to shhhhhh??? You know what that does to a chatty person? I'm crushed!

8/2/08

2	Raven73 wrote: I do often wonder what he uses for a pacifier Uh, never mind! ROTFLMAO!!!! I do wonder??!!!!!!

8/2/08

3	Uh, we chased the guys off...mission accomplished!

8/2/08

5	Kudos to the nascar guys in the top 10, keeping up with some of the road course speicalists! :) Carl, Joey, Bif, & including Clint who has never seen this track before today and I'm sure has not raced in the rain much if ever! LOL!

8/2/08

2	Raven73 wrote: Uh, we chased the guys off...mission accomplished! Uh; not quite Rheda, sorry! Leave if you want me too!

8/2/08

2	Nah Alan, we luv ya,....

8/2/08

4	jhawker1957 wrote: Uh; not quite Rheda, sorry! Leave if you want me too! I knew you were still lurking buddy! No, stay just a little bit longer...please, please stay! Say that you will, saaaay you will!?

8/2/08

1	ntimid8 wrote: Nah Alan, we luv ya,.... Thanks hun! Love chattin with you too!

8/2/08

4	Raven73 wrote: I knew you were still lurking buddy! No, stay just a little bit longer...please, please stay! Say that you will, saaaay you will!? That's me LOL lurking! & Listening!

8/2/08

2	Watching some NASCAR history too!

8/2/08

2	Ruh-ro, speeding penalties on pit lane here are gonna be killer!

8/2/08

6	Okay, somethin I am having trouble figuring out.....If the teams in the Nationwide Series can figure out a way to race in the rain, why can't they do it in Cup? I mean there is so much more money in the big boy series to invest......

8/2/08

3	Damn Marcos, grrrrrrrrrrrrrr that 'roo foot of his pushed the petal to hard, speeding

8/2/08

4	Raven73 wrote: OMG! You told me to shhhhhh??? You know what that does to a chatty person? I'm crushed! Now you know I didn't mean SSSSSHHHH in general, only SSSSSHHHHH about the hijacking!!! I'm just as chatty as you, that would CRUSH me too!!! ((((BIG HUGS)))))

8/2/08

4	ntimid8 wrote: Okay, somethin I am having trouble figuring out.....If the teams in the Nationwide Series can figure out a way to race in the rain, why can't they do it in Cup? I mean there is so much more money in the big boy series to invest...... This could be the pre-cursor to that! But wonder how well it would work on some oval tracks?

8/2/08

4	ntimid8 wrote: Okay, somethin I am having trouble figuring out.....If the teams in the Nationwide Series can figure out a way to race in the rain, why can't they do it in Cup? I mean there is so much more money in the big boy series to invest...... We have a WINNER!!! Scott, move over! The cool woman has spoken!

8/2/08

ntimid8 wrote:

Okay, somethin I am having trouble figuring out.....If the teams in the Nationwide Series can figure out a way to race in the rain, why can't they do it in Cup? I mean there is so much more money in the big boy series to invest......

*whispering* the big boys teams whine a little more about change??????
BTW, d'ya think Dale Sr is making it rain so hard??? Now that Fellows is in the lead, that is?

8/2/08

5	jhawker1957 wrote: This could be the pre-cursor to that! But wonder how well it would work on some oval tracks? Oval smoval! So they wouldn't be able to drive 190 mph? Go figure! I think they'd all cry like babies if they had to do that. Just my opinion...as humble as it may be.

8/2/08

4	I'm gonna get you one of those hats too Actually you are cool enough to not need one

8/2/08

4	Oh goody...Scott is off creating MLB trivia questions. Uh yeah, couldn't hang with the big dawgs eh Scott?

8/2/08

Raven73 wrote:

Oval smoval! So they wouldn't be able to drive 190 mph? Go figure! I think they'd all cry like babies if they had to do that. Just my opinion...as humble as it may be.

It would be an equal playing field for all drivers for sure and still called racing no matter how fast they are going!!

But how do you think it would work on high banked course? I'm all for it as Monday races are tough on the fans!

But if it would be a wreck fest on the high banks then it could be a problem!

8/2/08

2	ntimid8 wrote: I'm gonna get you one of those hats too Actually you are cool enough to not need one Might mess up the "do" ~ Nah! I actually have a few cause I live in Podunk Cowboy Nation. I'll get the daughter girl to take a pic of me with it on. Watch for that pic...

8/2/08

5	Yeah, I'm not so sure how things would go at Dega in the rain!!! Talk about butt cheeks squeezed together so tight a dime wouldn't fit!!!

8/2/08

4	jhawker1957 wrote: It would be an equal playing field for all drivers for sure and still called racing no matter how fast they are going!! But how do you think it would work on high banked course? I'm all for it as Monday races are tough on the fans! But if it would be a wreck fest on the high banks then it could be a problem!

8/2/08

4	Raven73 wrote: Might mess up the "do" ~ Nah! I actually have a few cause I live in Podunk Cowboy Nation. I'll get the daughter girl to take a pic of me with it on. Watch for that pic... Podunk Cowboy Nation LMAO!!! I'm watchin \|:\| <----------- the "nascar ninja"

8/2/08

3	ntimid8 wrote: Yeah, I'm not so sure how things would go at Dega in the rain!!! Talk about butt cheeks squeezed together so tight a dime wouldn't fit!!! ROFLMAO! love the way you put that!

8/2/08

2	Lagano oh, no!

8/2/08

3	hey how do you add those animated dothingys?? OHHHH NOOOO JOEEYYYYY in the wall

8/2/08

3	And now the race has become a joke. Tough times for NASCAR.

8/2/08

2	Could be calling this race!

8/2/08

3	kantwistaye wrote: And now the race has become a joke. Tough times for NASCAR. Gazing into the crystal ball...................I predict tomorrow wont be much more exciting either....Maybe Michigan but definatly Bristol here in a few weeks

8/2/08

3	Congrats Debi !!!!! TOP COMMENT!!!!

8/2/08

2	ntimid8 wrote: hey how do you add those animated dothingys?? OHHHH NOOOO JOEEYYYYY in the wall I use photobucket and search for images (ie: emoticons). Then I copy the direct link code. Click on the little thingy up there ^ to insert an image. Paste the code there and resize if needed.

8/2/08

1	ntimid8 wrote: Podunk Cowboy Nation LMAO!!! I'm watchin \|:\| <----------- the "nascar ninja" :X

8/2/08

3	Villeneuve out! But still a CANADIAN in the lead (under Red Flag of course)

8/2/08

1	Raven73 wrote: I use photobucket and search for images (ie: emoticons). Then I copy the direct link code. Click on the little thingy up there ^ to insert an image. Paste the code there and resize if needed. I'll halfta give it a try sometime.....thanks

8/2/08

4	The fans are leaving? I woulda swore I was watching a MLB game!

8/2/08

5	KOOL

8/2/08

1	ntimid8 wrote: I'll halfta give it a try sometime.....thanks Any time!

8/2/08

5	Clint 9th under red, not bad for my boy!

8/2/08

6	Ron Fellows WINS!!!!

8/2/08

4	Congrats Ron Fellows!!!!!

8/2/08

5	Congrats to Ron Fellows!!!!!!

8/2/08

5	Raven73 wrote: Congrats Ron Fellows!!!!! Now your just showin off

8/2/08

4	I sent out chat Party invitations...won't they be disappointed they missed this?

8/2/08

4	ntimid8 wrote: Now your just showin off yup!

8/2/08

2	Raven73 wrote: I sent out chat Party invitations...won't they be disappointed they missed this? their loss Ladies and Alan, I believe I am gonna hit the pool for a few since it is no longer 110* outside.......Catch up in a lil while.......

8/2/08

2	ntimid8 wrote: their loss Ladies and Alan, I believe I am gonna hit the pool for a few since it is no longer 110* outside.......Catch up in a lil while....... See ya later!!! Wish I had a pool, it's hotter than blazes outside!!!

8/2/08

3	Ron Fellow

8/2/08

2	ntimid8 wrote: their loss Ladies and Alan, I believe I am gonna hit the pool for a few since it is no longer 110* outside.......Catch up in a lil while....... Me too Rheda, have fun Stace! A dip sounds great!

8/2/08

5	ntimid8 wrote: Congrats Debi !!!!! TOP COMMENT!!!! LOL It showed the Whispering one as top comment first and I thought "sure, go to all that trouble of whispering and it gets put out there for the 400,000 or so to see" ;)

8/2/08

TerikaHarifa

5	Man!! I feel like I missed a fun thread. Read the whole thing and you guys are too funny. Nascar fans are THE best ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do believe that's the first Nascar race I've seen run in the rain. Kinda cool. Kinda like a Slip 'n' Slide.

8/2/08

2	I didn't get to see most of it, just in and out, but I did see Logano in the wall with a lot of damage late. How did he manage to still finish 4th?

8/2/08

Scott

4	What started out as something neat to witness certainly didnt end the way Nascar probably wanted it. It's never good when guys are wrecking on the caution laps

8/2/08

Scott

2	CMB wrote: I didn't get to see most of it, just in and out, but I did see Logano in the wall with a lot of damage late. How did he manage to still finish 4th? On ESPN, they only showed the top ten after they called the race and unofficially, it was Fellows, Carpentier, Ambrose, Hornaday, Said, Edwards, Leffler, Biffle, Bowyer and Scott Wimmer

8/2/08

3	Scott wrote: On ESPN, they only showed the top ten after they called the race and unofficially, it was Fellows, Carpentier, Ambrose, Hornaday, Said, Edwards, Leffler, Biffle, Bowyer and Scott Wimmer That's a little different from NASCAR.com. I guess we'll have to wait awile to see how it really ended up

8/2/08

6	yeah, NOW YOU GUYS SHOW UP!!!!!

8/2/08

5	did ya'll catch Carl Edwards cleaning the outside of his windshield with a mop?!!! LMAO!! It had to make ESPNs highlights

8/2/08

4	ntimid8 wrote: did ya'll catch Carl Edwards cleaning the outside of his windshield with a mop?!!! LMAO!! It had to make ESPNs highlights He wasn't by chance still driving the car with one hand, reaching out with the other was he?

8/2/08

Luke4HMS

4	MAN i did Miss it didnt I? Cant wait for POCONO!

8/2/08

1	CMB wrote: He wasn't by chance still driving the car with one hand, reaching out with the other was he? Ok, I guess he was. I just saw the highlights. I didn't really think he'd be doing it while he was on the track, I thought he would probably be in the pits.

8/3/08

1	CMB wrote: Ok, I guess he was. I just saw the highlights. I didn't really think he'd be doing it while he was on the track, I thought he would probably be in the pits. Moppin while drivin. Dont try this at home boys and girls.

8/3/08

2	Anthonyg7575 wrote: Bit early for this, isn't it...lol I worked 2 jobs today, so I was gone from 6:30 this morning until 11:00 tonight. If I wouldn't have posted this thing before getting to bed Friday night, it would've never been written.

8/3/08

2	TerikaHarifa wrote: Man!! I feel like I missed a fun thread. Read the whole thing and you guys are too funny. Nascar fans are THE best ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I do believe that's the first Nascar race I've seen run in the rain. Kinda cool. Kinda like a Slip 'n' Slide. The nearer your destination, the more you're slip-slidin' away!

8/3/08

2	Scott wrote: Ok Kramer....you got road course ringers, bushwackers, nationwide regulars and truck series drivers.....where is the breakdown on the soaking wet and rainy course drivers I didn't know we'd be singing "Who'll Stop the Rain" when I wrote this late last night.

8/3/08