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Post by SodaGuy on Mar 5, 2012 23:55:22 GMT -5
2012 Season Schedule:
Feb. 26 – Daytona 500 (Winner: Regan Smith)
March 4 – Phoenix (Winner: Jimmie Johnson)
March 11 – Las Vegas
March 18 – Bristol
March 25 – Fontana
April 1 – Martinsville
April 14 – Texas
April 22 – Kansas
April 28 – Richmond
May 6 – Talladega
May 12 – Darlington
May 19 – Charlotte All-Star Race
May 27 – Charlotte Coke 600
June 3 – Dover
June 10 – Pocono
June 17 – Michigan
June 24 – Sonoma
June 30 – Kentucky
July 7 – Daytona
July 15 – New Hampshire
July 29 – Indianapolis
Aug. 5 – Pocono
Aug. 12 – Watkins Glen
Aug. 19 – Michigan
Aug. 25 – Bristol
Sept. 2 – Atlanta
Sept. 8 – Richmond
Sept. 16 – Chicago
Sept. 23 – New Hampshire
Sept. 30 – Dover
Oct. 7 – Talladega
Oct. 13 – Charlotte
Oct. 21 – Kansas
Oct. 28 – Martinsville
Nov. 4 – Texas
Nov. 11 – Phoenix
Nov. 18 – Homestead |
2012 Points Standing:
Points Position: ?
Behind Leader: ? Points
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2012 Statics:
Pole Positions: 1
Top 5: 1
Top 10: 1
Top 20: 1
Wins: 0
DNFs: 1
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Post by SodaGuy on Mar 5, 2012 23:56:30 GMT -5
Stewart-Haas Sign New Full-Time Driver For 2012 Season  While Stewart-Haas racing announced Danica Patrick would be joining them in 2012 with 10 races before the season was over, the organzation announced just weeks before the green flag will fly at the Daytona 500 that they will be adding a fourth car for the 2012 season. Stewart announced that Matthew Anderson would pilot the fourth Stewart-Haas racing car, Anderson has driven multiple races for Stewart on the dirt circuit. "I have been someone for the past few years really hard on guys who skip Nationwide or Trucks, but I feel that he has gained more knowledge and expereince on the dirt tracks of America than anyone running Nationwide or Trucks for four seasons in a row." Anderson may seem like a "rich kid" who bought himself a ride, but that isn't the case according to Stewart. "Over the past few years, I have had plenty of people who have approached me about being a type of mentor but that wasn't something I was interested in. He (Matthew) came to be one weekend about six years ago and we talked about racing, never once did he ask for help.. but something clicked and I started letting him drive my dirt car across the country and he was racking up wins within the first six months, so I brought him on full-time. He wasn't some guy that just raced and went home, he was at the shop working until four in the morning on the car.. that's why I have stuck with him." Stewart stated that the idea at the end of last season was for Anderson to pilot the #10 car for all the races Danica Patrick wasn't in, but when he sent out "feelers" for sponsorship.. it snowballed into a full-time ride. "I have never seen companies want to be apart of a team like I did when we started making calls for the 30 or so races that we needed. By the end of that first week or two of calls.. we had enough sponsorship for the entire season.. so we put everything together. Everyone at Stewart-Haas was blown away by the response and that is why it was an easy choice to make when going three full-time cars, with Danica part-time." Anderson commented that he was looking forward to the chance with Stewart-Haas racing. "Tony [Stewart] and everyone at Stewart-Haas Racing are taking a major gamble on me, which is very humbling. I am excited to get to Daytona and start the season, hopefully running for the win at the end." They announed that KFC, Oreo/Ritz, Oakley, and TapOut would be his top four sponsors with the rest being "one off" sponsorships for the season. "I am excited and grateful about all the sponsors that came on board with this deal. While other - top drivers - are searching for sponsorship, I am able to obtain some great sponsors. It's mainly due to the organzation (Stewart Haas Racing) over me, but it is still great to see". (FoxSports.net) |
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Post by SodaGuy on Mar 6, 2012 0:00:47 GMT -5
Anderson's Debut Goes Up In Smoke  While Matthew Anderson's (#46) NASCAR debut started off strong, sitting as the pole sitter for the Daytona 500 - which made him the youngest pole sitter for the 500 since Jeff Gordon (#24) in 1996 - the SpeedWeeks wouldn't end well for him. Anderson would lead the first twenty laps of the Daytona 500, surviving a caution at Lap 11 which saw Jimmie Johnson (#48) spin by himself into the infield grass. The entire field would comes into the pits besides Anderson who stayed out to keep track position, but he quickly doubted the call by his crew chief, Greg Zipadelli as he was stuck in the lead on 11 lap old tires. The restart occurred and Anderson quickly dropped to 13th due to everyone behind him being on the fresher tires. Anderson would struggle, but finally got back to the lead only for multiple cars to get together causing our second caution on Lap 23. Anderson would surrender his lead and restart 40th on Lap 27th. Anderson would have a rough ride on the restart lap as contact with Michael Christopher (#33) turned pushed him in the left rear, sending him sideways but Anderson avoided the cars around him and kept going. Two laps later, Robby Gordon (#7) cut a right front tire and went for a ride into the outside wall bringing out a caution. Anderson would pit to fix damage done by Christopher, but wasn't happy with Christopher's actions. Following his pit-stop, Anderson would restart behind the #33 and on a caution lap, pulled up besides Christopher and door slammed him. Once the green flag flew for the start, it was smooth sailing for everyone as everyone calmed down to make sure they were there at the end. Josh Wise (#37) would attempt to make a green flag pit stop, but was carrying too much speed and had to abort coming down pit road, turning into Anderson sending him through the grass. On Lap 47, Anderson restarted in the 30th position and worked his way up the field and works his way up to the 19th spot before multiple cars got together in the back bringing out another caution. Anderson would come down to pit road, but would have to come back down due to a loose right rear tire; Anderson remarked on the radio: "We can't make these rookie mistakes! We were the first car off pit road and that just screwed us. Get it together!". The field would restart on lap 54, with Anderson running 20th. Anderson worked his way up by pushing the #14 of Tony Stewart but stated he was overheating. Anderson backed off and rode around in the 16th position until his car started smoking and then caught fire as he lost the engine, bringing out the caution on Lap 57 to end his day. Regan Smith (#78) would go on to win the Daytona 500, as Anderson would fail to finish and was shown in the 40th place. Post Race Reaction: "I didn't expect that many cautions early on and we got off sync with the rest of the field as far as pitting goes, which was going to hurt us in the end. I didn't expect to be sitting in the garage 57 laps into the Daytona 500, but what can you do? As far as what happened.. we were riding in the pack for so long that we weren't getting clean air to cool [the engine] and we started overheating, just couldn't get far enough back from anyone to stop from overheating. NASCAR made many changes to the cooling system from last year, we just didn't have enough time on the track - like other teams - to learn how it would effect us, we paid the price. The entire team worked very hard to get us ready for the 500, this isn't the result we wanted. We'll pack up and head to Phoenix, see what we can do down there." |
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Post by SodaGuy on Mar 6, 2012 0:07:11 GMT -5
Michael Christopher Comments on Incident with Anderson
"We were all racing hard [at the start] and we just made contact, and it sent him through the grass. I didn't think he'd have much damage, but I guess his splitter dug into the grass and they had to fix that. It wasn't my intention to wreck him or anyone, but it was just one of those deals. I don't appreciate him hitting me [under caution], but if that is the way he wants to handle things.. we can", Christopher stated following the race in which he finished 20th in.
NASCAR officials stated there wouldn't be a penalty for ether's actions, but will be keeping an eye on both drivers for the next few races.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2012 0:08:50 GMT -5
 TYGER KICKIN YOUR ASS! THE CAR WILL HAUNT YOUR NIGHTMARES! and lol at the bad  ing night for Anderson. Bastard deserves it. |
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Post by SodaGuy on Mar 6, 2012 23:44:49 GMT -5
Anderson Heats Up In The Desert While Matthew Anderson (#46) was coming off a very roller coaster weekend at Daytona, he didn't allow this to keep him down as he set the second fastest time during practice, second only to his Stewart-Haas Racing teammate, Tony Stewart (#14). Anderson started the race in the 11th position, but it didn't take him long to crack the top five on Lap 20. It didn't take long for the short track style of racing at PIR to take some victims, as Clint Bowyer (#15) and Denny Hamlin (#11) got together which sent Bowyer into the inside wall. The top four cars came to pit road to try and get some early strategy play, but Anderson stayed out and restarted in first. Anderson would lead the next 25 laps, until he had to pit for a fuel on lap 45. Anderson would go back out in 30th, but when more cars started making their green flag pit stops, he'd cycle back around to fifth.. running only behind the four cars who had came down pit road. Another caution flag flew to end the long green flag run on Lap 60, when Landon Cassill (#83) lost his engine. This brought everyone down pit road to try and secure that little bit extra fuel to try and bring them to the end. Anderson would restart on the outside line in 2nd, behind teammate Tony Stewart when both decided to take fuel without changing tires. The two teammates switched positions a few times, but Stewart would maintain the lead as Anderson tried to chase him down. As the laps ticked away to lap 75, Anderson was on the rear bumper of Tony Stewart and gave him a nudge, sending him up the track. Anderson leads the next five laps, until a yellow flag flies for debris on the race track on lap 80. With only 20 laps to go, many questioned if everyone could make it to the end on fuel.. but few decided to gamble. Those who did? Anderson, Stewart, Johnson (#48), and Jeff Gordon (#24). The green flag flew with 16 laps to go in the race, as all four tried to save fuel while trying to secure the lead. Anderson would fall back into third behind Stewart and Johnson, and told his crew chief that he was going to back off the throttle to save fuel.. hoping the top two would run out. The laps quickly ticked away as we got down to 5 laps to go very quickly, as Johnson and Stewart battled for the lead with intense side-by-side racing through all four turns. Anderson and Gordon battled over the third position, right down the white flag. Jimmie Johnson would take the checkered flag and win the race, followed by Tony Stewart in 2nd and Matthew Anderson in 3rd. Post Race Reaction: "This is a great day for Stewart-Haas racing, we may not have went to victory lane.. but to bring two of three cars hope inside the top five.. that's a good day. I thought at the end myself and Jeff would have a shot, as Tony and Jimmie were sideways on the final three laps.. me and Jeff just couldn't catch them. It's a great day for Rick Hendrick though. He's got a car in victory lane as an owner, and a 1-2-3 finish for Hendrick engines. We're going to go to Vegas and try to get us , it was a good comeback from Daytona though." |
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