blksn8k2 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Kurt Busch won the pole and seven of the top ten qualifying positions went to Fords. Blaney won stage 1. Harvick won stage 2. SHR drivers Bowyer, Harvick and Kurt Busch finished 1-2-3 in the rain shortened race. Seven of the top ten finishers were Fords. Menard finished 5th for the Wood Brothers and Team Penske finished 6-7-8. Fords led all but 12 laps. Toyotas didn't lead a single lap. This kind of domination is totally unacceptable. Anybody care to guess how long before NASCAR mandates a GM spec engine? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Rosadini Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Nothing like a good showing at Michigan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe3w Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Kurt Busch won the pole and seven of the top ten qualifying positions went to Fords. Blaney won stage 1. Harvick won stage 2. SHR drivers Bowyer, Harvick and Kurt Busch finished 1-2-3 in the rain shortened race. Seven of the top ten finishers were Fords. Menard finished 5th for the Wood Brothers and Team Penske finished 6-7-8. Fords led all but 12 laps. Toyotas didn't lead a single lap. This kind of domination is totally unacceptable. Anybody care to guess how long before NASCAR mandates a GM spec engine? GM spec engines are being considered like in NHRA P/S or Camaro body's only. Edited June 11, 2018 by coupe3w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdegrand Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) Kevin Harvick was extremely nice to allow Clint the lead. Great to see Kurt pass his evil brother for third place. (Brad and Joey are playing catchup in every race....Penske is not dominant like in the past seasons) Edited June 11, 2018 by bdegrand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Kevin Harvick was extremely nice to allow Clint the lead. Great to see Kurt pass his evil brother for third place. (Brad and Joey are playing catchup in every race....Penske is not dominant like in the past seasons) Blaney has been pretty good until the bad luck bug hits. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLPRacing Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 GM spec engines are being considered like in NHRA P/S or Camaro body's only. They already have spec GM LS based engines in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series built by Ilmor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheels23 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 bringing in SHR to the blue oval was the step Ford needed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupe3w Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) They already have spec GM LS based engines in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series built by Ilmor. Yes and in ARCA also. The least the Ford teams could do is paint them Ford Corporate Blue LOL. Can't believe Ford is alright with this. So sad! Henry must be turning over in his grave. Edited June 11, 2018 by coupe3w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Yes and in ARCA also. The least the Ford teams could do is paint them Ford Corporate Blue LOL. Can't believe Ford is alright with this. So sad! Henry must be turning over in his grave. FWIW Toyota is too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 If that photo is of an actual NASCAR truck series spec engine it appears as though it uses a crank trigger ignition with individual coils meaning no distributor. That in itself would seem to give it a reliability and maintenance advantage over an OEM engine and one more reason along with performance advantages to run it. The rules are definitely in it's favor. To the Busch Baby's credit he did try to fight running the GM based engines in his Yota trucks but eventually caved and asked to be let out of his TRD engine contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 If that photo is of an actual NASCAR truck series spec engine it appears as though it uses a crank trigger ignition with individual coils meaning no distributor. That in itself would seem to give it a reliability and maintenance advantage over an OEM engine and one more reason along with performance advantages to run it. The rules are definitely in it's favor. To the Busch Baby's credit he did try to fight running the GM based engines in his Yota trucks but eventually caved and asked to be let out of his TRD engine contract. NASCAR has been using EFI in Cup and Xfinity since 2011. Trucks only made the switch this year with the spec engine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 Sounds like the latest rumor is for all tracks other than short tracks (Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond...) to run restrictor plates and whatever else was in the "rule package" for the last All Star race. IMO that just means speedway racing will all be nothing but crash fests with the cars running in huge packs waiting for somebody to screw up and cause "the big one", just like Daytona and Talladega. That's just wreckin', not racin'. Perfect fix to get all the idiots who want to see more carnage to buy tickets and watch that crap on TV. Sounds like 1988 when NASCAR decided it was time to rein in the Elliots in the name of "safety". Only difference is now it's SHR. Funny how more wrecks equals "safer" and "better competition". Also interesting how big changes in NASCAR usually happen only when Fords start stinking up the show and/or GM can't compete. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksn8k2 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 NASCAR has been using EFI in Cup and Xfinity since 2011. Trucks only made the switch this year with the spec engine. Uh pretty sure the Xfinity series still uses a 390 cfm carburetor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Uh pretty sure the Xfinity series still uses a 390 cfm carburetor. You might be right, I heard one of the commentators on TV say that and as Fox has proved recently they can definitely get stuff wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterX Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 We need more bull run style racing, with no restrictor plates, or any of that shit. Take all the safety precautions, but let them have a real race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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