Circuit of the Americas race thread...

[crashthe24]

FRIDAY, MARCH 25​

	3 p.m. ET	Practice
	3:30 p.m. ET	Qualifying
	5 p.m. ET	Practice
	5:30 p.m. ET	Qualifying

 

[crashthe24]

SATURDAY, MARCH 26​

	10 a.m. ET	Practice
	11 a.m. ET	Qualifying
	1 p.m. ET	XPEL 225
	4:30 p.m. ET	Pit Boss 250

 

[crashthe24]

SUNDAY, MARCH 27​

3:30 p.m. ET

Echopark Automotive Grand Prix

 

[crashthe24]

Radioactive Circuit of the Americas.
2021 rain soaked winner was Chase Elliot.

 

[beervo2]

Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass

COTA (ET)
Fri-FS1 3:00-Truck P & Q
5:00-NXS P & Q

Sat-FS1 10am-Cup P & Q
1:00-Truck race 12-14-16
4:30-NXS 14-16-16

Sun-FOX 3:30-Cup 15-15-38

Practice 20 minutes; Cup split two groups (20min each) for TV.
Qual all series: 2 groups, 15 min each, top-5 in each to 10 min final round.

 

[Juneau4]

What's going to create problems this week? I'm thinking there will be a problem with broken rims and damage to the undercarriage due to the turtles (Rumble Strips).

 

[crashthe24]

was there any tests done with the new car at a roadie?

 

[Juneau4]

was there any tests done with the new car at a roadie?

Not that I'm aware of. I doubt if they even do a tire test on a road course.

 

[beervo2]

Bob Pockrass

@bobpockrass

Tony Stewart is the guest analyst in the FOX booth for COTA. TBA for the remaining Cup races on FOX/FS1.

 

[beervo2]

was there any tests done with the new car at a roadie?

They did a 2 day test last fall at the Roval but I'm sure the car has seen changes since than.....

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nascar-auto-racing/article254953682.html

 

[beervo2]

Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass

Big penalty: Brad Keselowski docked 100 points and 10 playoff points and crew chief Matt McCall suspended for four races for modifying a part from a vendor. Also 100 owner points.

https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/nascar-severe-penalties-keselowski-rfk-racing/9281527/

 

[beervo2]

Bob Pockrass
@bobpockrass

Keselowski, Bilicki, Grala, Said, Lally cars failed tech 2x — will lose crew member. Keselowski & Bilicki good on third time so get to qualify & keep starting spot but Lally failed 3x so won’t qualify and pass-through after first lap. Grala, Said still need to pass on third time.
https://twitter.com/bobpockrass/status/1507512007762882566/photo/1

 

[crashthe24]

guess who's driving the pace car sunday...

 

[beervo2]

Practice...

 

[beervo2]

 

[beervo2]

Qualifying...

 

[crashthe24]

shout out to our buddy juneau4 who is now in 2nd place overall in the DGG truck league.

 

[Juneau4]

Now if a little of the luck from the truck league would just rub off onto the Cup cars.

 

[Juneau4]

Photo of 1918 Sheepshead Bay Motordrome Boardtrack Speedway Racing has evolved since then.

 

[Sleestak]

An observation from the truck and Xfinity race ... I saw drivers cross all four tires under the rumble strips a number of times and no one got penalized. Maybe I don't have a full understanding of the definition of the rule.

Anybody else see it this way?