NASCAR - Week 2 - Fontana, CA

JRS · 21 Feb 2009 at 09:18

Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA

Completed : 1997
Distance : 2 miles
Shape : D-shaped oval
Banking : 14° turns, 11° frontstretch, 3° backstretch
Frontstretch : 3,100 feet
Backstretch : 2,500 feet
Seating : 92,000

Not my favourite track, as some of you already know. And I'm not alone - as I recall, the last two years have seen KnightStalker fall asleep during the race.....I think I once referred to it as the Hungaroring of NASCAR competition.

The Camping World Trucks (I keep wanting to say Craftsman Trucks!) will be racing at 3pm ET today. Nationwide Series is on at 7pm ET, and then the Cup race is tomorrow at 5pm ET. Eastern Time is 5 hours behind us. I'm sure you don't need me to do the sums for you

As ever, stream info can be found here later in the day. The Cup race will be on Sky tomorrow I believe, and I'm not sure if NASCAR.com are doing what they did last year and streaming the Nationwide race themselves.

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2009 at 09:32

Yup i did indeed fall asleep watching the races at this track, its just soo dull lol, but as ever ill give it another shot, maybe this time ill make it all the way through.

Capt Doufos · 21 Feb 2009 at 13:38

I went to see the Camping World/Nextera 250 or whatever the hell they want to call it now, last weekend at Daytona as it happened to be on whilst we were in florida.

Was impressive to see in the flesh. They are so close it is unreal.

Also had a rather large crash just beyond where we were sitting. I can't imagine how scary it is as a driver to be doing 160-180mph into a wall of smoke where you can't see what is littering the track.

I don't think it is somthing I would goto time and time again but it was a very enjoyable experience.

Mad_Jay · 21 Feb 2009 at 20:02

The truck race is about to start.

Currently singing the national anthem.

JRS · 21 Feb 2009 at 22:02

Kyle Busch made it all look a bit too easy didn't he?

I'll never say the kid hasn't got talent. But he's just such an arrogant, self-impressed objectionable little ****....Unfortunately, I keep having to go back to the talent that he shows time and time again no matter how unlikeable the stupid sod is.

I really wish I could truly hate him just as much as I wish I could truly like Lewis Hamilton. Sadly, both of them make it very difficult for me.

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2009 at 22:11

meh missed the moving bricks, not that they interest me, was there any action?

Mad_Jay · 21 Feb 2009 at 22:25

I got bored half way through and switched off the stream.

Nascar Happy Hour is live on this stream atm:

http://www.justin.tv/badbeat4

Good quality too.

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2009 at 22:51

kinda a small window though, and fullscreen goes crappy, i need to find one in a seperate resizable window, but there doesnt seem to be on this year, i remember using VLC last year

Mad_Jay · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:03

Yeh most streams seem to be ustream/justintv nowadays. :\

The best streams where the sopcast ones which opened in VLC.

The above stream died, I'm watching this for now. http://www.justin.tv/nascarpovver

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:07

yea and that stream is crap compared to the previous one, British broadcasters need to start getting this on UK channels, they would be surprised at how many watchers they would get

Mad_Jay · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:21

Its a shame that most UK tv watchers just see it as fat farmers turning left.

And turn over to dancing come strictly on ice factor.

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:23

hehe soo true, anyways ive found that if you click popout you get a seperate window that i can resize to get a good medium of size and qaulity.

Mad_Jay · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:27

Thanks didn't notice that, can put it on my second monitor now full screen.

LoL at that interview with Joe Nemechek.

KnightStalker · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:37

quick question, hows the stream for you, mines jumpy and stuttery

Mad_Jay · 21 Feb 2009 at 23:44

My stream is running fine, it doesn't look as good stretched onto a HD TV but it works fine here.

10mb VM.

KnightStalker · 22 Feb 2009 at 01:03

Boogity Boogity Boogity Lets Go Racing Boys - Nationwide Race underway.

Overlag · 22 Feb 2009 at 01:15

last race i saw here was when greg moore died. which is like 10 years ago now isnt it?

I sure do miss Cart, always preferd open wheels but like the odd bit of nascar

Dave77 · 22 Feb 2009 at 04:02

I enjoy watching Nascar, I really hate when I hear people simplifying it to racing with only right turns, their is so much more to it. I enjoy watching it on Sky but the coverage could be a lot better.

JRS · 22 Feb 2009 at 10:46

Line-up for the Cup race - link - has one rather major alteration. Brian Vickers is having to go to the rear of the field for an engine change after winning the pole. He'll retain first choice of pit stall though.

Inside line all moves up a spot, so Jamie McMurray effectively has pole and will lead the field to the green flag. I like Jamie, just a pity he drives for Roush

KnightStalker · 22 Feb 2009 at 11:02

You know what JRS, i fell asleep again watching the nationwides

that track really does send me to sleep for some reason, maybe the cups will be better hehe

edit, got to lap 111ish and fell asleep.