執行緒： 2012 NASCAR 季節有驚喜，當然，和更多未來 2013 年

當然是 2012 年最令人驚訝的事態發展之一是布拉德 Keselowski （右） 第一次職業生涯 Sprint 杯冠軍。標題也是他的團隊擁有者，羅傑 · 潘是第一次。

2012 NASCAR 衝刺世界盃賽季，像所有其他人，這，之前就有了它共用的興奮和沮喪、 成功和失敗和良好令人驚訝的事態發展的措施。
另外，2012年有一件事或我們兩個都沒見過，和不太可能再次見到。胡安 · 巴勃羅蒙托亞火熱邂逅射流乾燥機在代托納比會想到這裡。
它主要是在競爭我們也看到了意外的不尋常，成功和失敗 — —，或許不是整個失敗但肯定沒有不辜負期望的表演。
並且我們也看到了過去的我們的期望的飆升的表演。
有至少兩個例子的這和我的意見是最著名的是由邁克爾 · Waltrip 賽車的整體，突圍性能。
水利部從未考慮 (我相信團隊成員會不同意） 的冠軍口徑團隊。所以它在追逐中放置兩個驅動程式，並有一個享受"複出"季節在最後一點的身分完成第二是很多意料之外的東西。
克林特 · 鮑耶水利部從來到理查 · 切爾裡德斯賽車，移動因缺乏贊助和結束七年的關係。
鮑耶將是第一個告訴你他真不知道他在暗示自己到什麼。
他知道幾乎沒有人在水利部和哪個方向，團隊會去沒有意義。
鮑耶與 RCR 任職期間贏得五場比賽，把它做成 10 頂部中點中的三個五個季節。
因此，它是很自然他想知道，是否他可以接近這種表演，因為在水利部新好男人。
嗯，他是這樣 — — 和一些吧。
鮑耶贏得三項賽事，很容易使追逐，在宅基，最後活動的季節，他向傑夫 · 戈登屈居第二。
這允許他以紓緩過去的吉米 ・ 詹森採取點積分榜第二位。那是不只他職業生涯最好的完成，這是最高曾經達到由水利部驅動程式。
來讚美鮑耶的成就，水利部隊友 Truex 小馬丁也作追逐。



蒙金野狐 2012 nianzuilingrenshiwangdebiaoyanzhiyidetuoni ·si圖ertegeiliao。2011 chongcishijie盃guan軍從來meiyouzhengbianshuobiao題weizaiguoqudejijie。

11 tagandaohenshiwangtameiyou贏de競賽huowanchenggaoyu^th zaideshenfen、 dantazuoliaoxiandingwei 10-中租鑄模"taotai賽"diyicizi 2007 nianyi來，shouciyushuilibu。
2012 nianshuilibudebiao現qingchudibiaomingzheshiyige團duizaishangsheng。gengzhongyaodeshi，takefuliaohenduodaduoshuguanchajiabiaoshijinjinian來de較qiandeyijian。
2013： nian該xiaozuderenwuhen簡dan shoujizheyishitou，並shiyongta來chuangjianyigegenghaodejijie。
wodehuduorenjian議該團dui擁youzheluo傑 ·Keselowski de驅動chengshibuhuizai 2012 niandeguan軍競zhengzhe panhebulade。
畢jing，suoyoutadenuliyunaxie開cheheweitagongzuoderen，儘guanta從來meiyoushengchengyigebiao題。
和 Keselowski? tashizaizhiyoutadisancizhengjide 衝刺 (sprint) beizi競zheng，suoyouyupan。
duoyiciyehu剛caiwomenyingkandaotadedao來。wodeyisishi，Keselowski de憑據zuoweita聯mengyupanyi來穩bugaishan驅動chengshiliao。
zai Keselowski 2011 贏deliaosan項賽shihelei積 14 10 頂 wanyaodaodiwuweizaizui後yidiandeshenfenliliangtadefangshi。
tadesuozuosuoweizai 2012 nianhen簡dan: tahaoliao。ta贏liaowuciyu wancheng躋shenqian 23 10 明。tabuzhong斷dian領導renzhijian，mifengzaizhaijiguan軍。
雖ranhenshaoyourenxiangguotahuifasheng，pan贏detadediyige，chengweiliaozhiyoudisange驅動chengshi Keselowski beibiao題he 衝刺 (sprint) zaitadisangewanzheng賽jizhong贏deguan軍。daiercheshouhaihe傑fu ·gedengshiqitaren。
儘guanpanfute離開liaodaoqi，meiyourenhuizai 2013 nianhulue Keselowski。yinweitashimeige團duizaijijiangdao來dejijieruguopan賽chekeyihenkuai適yingxindefute，na裡shimeiyouliyou認wei Keselowski bunengshitazaiyixingzhongde兩ge。
sihuhenqiguai，dananqibiao準，hengdeli賽che運動youliaoyigegenghaodejijie，碩。
bie誤huiwo。zhongyaodeshitadewancheng。tabasuoyousigejiqi團duizaizhuizhuzhong，youyimingsi機，wu類xingguan軍zhansen，wanchengdiergedifanghesuoyousige驅動chengshi贏deliaozhongzudedandian。
danyu財fuzaizhe裡hena裡dexiaoxiaode觸動，taben來keyigenghaodiweihengdeli。
當 Kasey Kahne，預jipengbofazhan。ta贏guo兩changbi賽，dannashibi預qizuishao。raner，tawanchengliao職業xingaodisicizaidian。
Kahne zaiyiqibagutidediergebanzhuanqu兩gedatong萬yongziyuanzhiyi。10-11 daodisicizai taran後zhenzuoqi來從di zhongzutaotai賽。
yunaqiangliedewancheng，kenengde競zhengzhexiage賽ji Kahne。
dansuoyoudehengdeli驅動chengshi — — — — huojihurenhe驅動chengshi，zheyi問題 — — — — daiercheshouhai 小 liaozuifuxi劇xingde 2012nian賽ji。
tabudebuzaijielungandaojusang。yiduide腦zhen盪kaobianzhantawei兩gezhongzu，xiaochurenhebiao題xiwang。raner，cheshouhai 小 banianliaotazaihengdelihetazuihaodezuijiajijie。
qianzhuizhu cheshouhai 小，輕鬆dizaiwaidibu僅shiyanzhongdeguan軍競zhengzhe。
tazaisinianzhongdiyici贏deliaohezhongdeqiansanmingdianjijiedabufen並領導paimingzai 8 yuede兩gexingqi。
國jia"chu級"cheng認 2012 niancheshouhai 小 sihui復ran，並haowuyi問tagenghaodeshiqing，niandexiwang 2013 企商線上。tanlvdishuo，wobuhuigandao驚訝，ruguonadaota。
qitadeshiqing，企商線上 niankenengyinfawomendemeimaoliaokaer 2012 ·愛dehuazihetuoni ·si圖erte，2011nianguan軍fali — — — — tongguotamendebiao準 — — — — 性別。zhiwangtamenzuowei兩gejiahuozai 2013 nian尋qiujiu贖。
yizhiyi來，NASCAR qiumizhengruzongshikewangjiandaoshimekenengyan變zaijijiangdao來dejijie。
youhenduogongnengbiaoshang： ruhejiang團duihe納sika，適yingxin，mouxie驅動chengshi? 2013nianmoxingma xiang喬yi 集團 he馬te keyi適yingyuxin團duima，shangyoulingyigebaofahu競zhengzhema 至 Kenseth 的？ jiangwomenyixielaozhanshidefanhuidao獲獎debiaodanma 嗎？
haiyougengduo，dangran，gengduo。
zaijieshu時，預qiheqiwangshishi NASCAR youqu — — — — chun淨he簡dande兩jianshi。
jiugereneryan，gan謝nimensuoyourenduonian來canguanguo賽chebachu。dan願niyishouli並tongzhi。
zai 2013 niandiyicihui復xindeneirong。zhidaona時，zhu聖誕kuaiyue，xinniankuaiyue ！

Certainly one of the most surprising developments of 2012 was Brad Keselowski’s (right) first career Sprint Cup championship. The title was also the first for his team owner, Roger Penske.

The 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, like all others that have preceded it, had it share of elation and frustration, success and failure and a good measure of surprising developments.
Also, 2012 had a thing or two none of us had ever seen before, and are unlikely to see again. Juan Pablo Montoya’s fiery encounter with a jet dryer at Daytona comes to mind here.
It was mostly in competition that we saw the unexpected, the unusual, success and failure – well, perhaps not entire failure but certainly performances that did not live up to expectations.
And we also saw performances that soared past our expectations.
There are at least two examples of this and my opinion is that the most notable is the overall, breakout performance by Michael Waltrip Racing.
MWR has never been considered a championship caliber team (I’m sure team members will disagree). So for it to place two drivers in the Chase and have one enjoy a “comeback” season to finish second in the final point standings is something very much unanticipated.
Clint Bowyer came over to MWR from Richard Childress Racing, a move necessitated by a lack of sponsorship and which ended a seven-year relationship.
Bowyer will be the first to tell you that he really had no idea what he was getting himself into.
He knew hardly anyone at MWR and no sense of which direction the team would go.
Bowyer had won five races during his tenure with RCR and made it into the top 10 in points in three of five seasons.
Therefore, it was only natural that he wondered if he could approach such performances as the new man at MWR.
Well, he did – and then some.
Bowyer won three races, easily made the Chase and at Homestead, the final event of the season, he finished second to Jeff Gordon.
That allowed him to ease past Jimmie Johnson to take second place in the point standings. That was not only his career-best finish, it was the highest ever achieved by a MWR driver.
To compliment Bowyer’s achievement, MWR teammate Martin Truex Jr., also made the Chase.

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Perhaps one of the most disappointing performances of 2012 was given by Tony Stewart. The 2011 Sprint Cup champ never contended for a title in the past season.

He was disappointed that he did not win a race or finish higher than 11^th in the standings, but he did qualify for the 10-race “playoff” for the first time since 2007 and the first time with MWR.
MWR’s performance in 2012 clearly indicates it is a team on the rise. More than that, it overcame much of the rather shallow opinions most observers had expressed over recent years.
For 2013 the team’s task is simple: Gather the momentum and use it to create a better season.
I am one of many who suggested that team owner Roger Penske and driver Brad Keselowski would not be a championship contender in 2012.
After all, despite all his efforts with those who drove and worked for him, he had never claimed a title.
And Keselowski? He was in only his third full season of Sprint Cup competition, all with Penske.
As I’ve said more than once maybe we should have seen it coming. By that I mean, Keselowski’s credentials as a driver had steadily improved since his union with Penske.
In 2011 Keselowski won three races and accumulated 14 top-10 finishes to power his way into fifth place in the final point standings.
What he did in 2012 was simple: He got better. He won five times with 23 finishes among the top 10. He was constantly among the point leaders and sealed the championship in Homestead.
Although few thought it would happen, Penske won his first Sprint Cup title and Keselowski became only the third driver to win a championship in his third full season. Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon were the others.
Even though Penske has left Dodge for Ford, no one will overlook Keselowski in 2013. As it is for every team in a coming season if Penske Racing can adapt quickly to the new Ford, there’s no reason to think Keselowski can’t make it two in a row.
Seems odd to say, but by its standards, Hendrick Motorsports could have had a better season.
Don’t get me wrong. What it accomplished was significant. It put all four of its teams in the Chase, had one driver, five-type champ Johnson, finish a single point out of second place and all four drivers won races.
But with a little touch of fortune here and there, it could have been better for Hendrick.
Kasey Kahne, for example, was expected to flourish. He did win two races but that was fewer than most expected. However, he finished a career-high fourth in points.
Kahne put together a solid second half to earn one of two Chase wildcards. He then rallied from 11th to fourth in the 10-race playoff.
With that strong finish, Kahne might be a contender next season.
But of all the Hendrick drivers – or almost any driver, for that matter – Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a most dramatic 2012 season.
He had to be frustrated over the conclusion. A pair of concussions sidelined him for two races, eliminating any title hopes. However, Earnhardt Jr. had his best season at Hendrick and his best in eight years.
Prior to the Chase, Earnhardt Jr. not only easily made the field but was a serious championship contender.
He won for the first time in four years and was in the top three in points most of the season and led the standings for two weeks in August.
The “Junior Nation” recognized Earnhardt Jr.’s resurgence in 2012 and I have no doubt it hopes for better things in 2013. Frankly, I would not be surprised if it got them.
Other things that might have raised our eyebrows in 2012 were the lackluster – by their standards – performances by Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart, the 2011 champ. Count on them as two guys looking for redemption in 2013.
As it has always been, NASCAR fans are always eager to see what might evolve in a coming season.
There’s plenty on the menu: How will teams, and NASCAR, adapt to new 2013 models? Can certain drivers, like Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth, adapt with new teams? Is there yet another upstart contender out there? Will we some of the veterans return to winning form?
There’s more, of course, a lot more.
In the end, anticipation and expectation are two things that make NASCAR fun – pure and simple.
On a personal note, thanks to all of you who have visited Motorsports Unplugged over the years. Hopefully you have been entertained and informed.
New content resumes at the first of 2013. Until then, best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!