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  1.   Bronco posted:
  03.22.2009 - 7:45 pm
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HAHAHA! That was AJ laughing at Scott Slow who is now officially out of
the top 35. TRB must be so proud. I say congrats AJ for not only
finishing on the lead lap but also getting yourself in the top 35.

I was sad to hear that this is probably Travis Kvapil's last ride in the
28 car. He did such a solid job last year and now they just give him the
boot, just like that. I hope someone steps up and sponsors him in time
for Martinsville, or that he finds a competitve Truck ride and continues
to kick butt.

A great run for Marcos Ambrose, his first oval top ten. Probably would
have been a top 5 but he dropped a cylinder. The Reut also finished well.


  2.   New14&88Fan posted:
  03.22.2009 - 7:48 pm
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Kyle Busch pretty much put a spanking on the field today,intrestingly
this is the first time he's won at any track more than once.

Mark Martin and Ryan Newman finally get good runs and thus manage to
stay out of the "danger zone"

Atta boy to the amazing Aussie!!!Top 10 with a dropped cylinder.If
Ambrose were running for ROTY he'd be ahead of Moldy Bread(who blew
up)and Scott Slow(who finshed last car on the lead lap).

Unless they get a sponser for Martinsville,this could be the last race
for the #28 of Yates Racing.A real shame considering what Travis Kvapil
did last year to keep that team in the top35 only to have his points
given to Paul Menard.


  3.   Bronco posted:
  03.22.2009 - 8:21 pm
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New14&88Fan, the race was actually 503 laps due to a GWC, so Scott Slow
wasn't even the last car on the lead lap. Instead it was the Dinger who
brought it home last car on the lead lap, beating two of his teammates.

I too agree that Ambrose would have run away with ROTY if he didn't run
so many races last year. This would have been the third race of the year
where he was the best rookie, other two being Daytona and California. I
hope we see a lot more out of him throughout the season.

Also congrats to Newman and Martin for finally having a solid top 10 race.


  4.   Willy on Wheels posted:
  03.22.2009 - 8:23 pm
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FINALLY!!!!! Mark and Ryan break their bad luck and get top tens


  5.   Eric posted:
  03.22.2009 - 9:03 pm
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The Busch Brothers made history today. The Busch Brothers now won 3
straight races. That means they are 2nd in winning races in a row.

Kyle is now 1 race away from tying Jeff Gordon's record of wins before
turning 25 years old.

Marcos Ambrose was better than his 10 place finish today if it wasn't
for him being down a cylinder. It is shame Marcos can't be a rookie this
year. He would've run away with rookie of the year award easily.

Good run for A.J Allmendinger. It is a shame that Penske didn't replace
Sam Hornish Jr. with A.J Allmendinger. Red Bull has to be regretting
having Scott Speed replacing Allmendinger now.

This is the last race for Travis Kvapil for Yates racing since the 28
team will not be racing till a sponsor is found.


  6.   18fan posted:
  03.22.2009 - 9:29 pm
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Kyle's time winning at a track twice. Good run for Newman, and Jimmie
Johnson's best race at Bristol.
Apparent start-and-parks
#09-Sterling Marlin: 91 laps; steering
#87-Joe Nemechek: 82 laps; rear end
#66-Dave Blaney: 33 laps; steering
Also, Mayfield and Riggs missed their third race in a row.
Paul Menard is outside the top 35, as are Scott Slow and Aric Almirola.
Menard is a bad driver who only got the #28 car's points because his
billionaire daddy sponsors him. Good job by David Gilliland getting that
car in the top 35 for now. AJ Allmendinger is doing a great job in a car
that he ran well in the last five races last year.


  7.   BON GORDON posted:
  03.22.2009 - 9:32 pm
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Happy to see Jeff Gordon's car was better at the end. Had around an
eighth place car. Good to see Mark Martin have a great Top 10 finish.
How about Marcos Ambrose with a Top 10 finish too! He had a Top 5 car
though. Kyle Busch is going to do a lot of what he did last year....WIN.
Such a great car for him today.


  8.   Eric posted:
  03.22.2009 - 9:49 pm
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I forgot to mention that Clint Bowyer still proves how bad Casey Mears
is with his old team.

I am not Kyle Busch, but I brought the stats of wins by a certain age
because Jayski has been keeping track of that stat. The Media has been
mentioning the record of a brothers winning Nascar races in a race and
they brought up the Busch brothers today after the race.


  9.   Bronco posted:
  03.22.2009 - 10:31 pm
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Eric if you remember last summer the Busch boys won 4 straight races
from Sonoma to Chicago, so they didn't make history today.

Joe Nemechek's fourth straight race that he qualified for, and he's had
four different reasons for his DNFs, lol. At least these field fillers
aren't parking their cars after two laps, but it sucks that guys like
Mayfield and Riggs who are committed to running the entire race couldnt
make the show.


  10.   Rusty posted:
  03.22.2009 - 10:34 pm
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Juan Pablo Montoya ruined what could've been a top 10 run by Jamie
McMurray by spinning him out just because Jamie Mac bumped him. Then
NASCAR only warns him, if that contact wasn't intentional then I don't
know what is. Montoya shouldn't have gotten that 9th place finish he
should be 5 laps down for driving like a moron.

Too bad for Kvapil, he got a top 20 today. Something his no-talent
teammate hasn't been able to manage in a full funded car thanks to daddy.


  11.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  03.22.2009 - 10:46 pm
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Outstanding job by Ambrose. He ran in the Top 5 all day until he lost a
cylinder, and still finished in the Top 10 anyways.

Congrats to the Dinger for qualifying for all of the first 5 races with
a new team and solidly getting his car in the Top 35. He and his team
have done one hell of a job. And yeah, it is pretty funny that Scott
Speed is out of the Top 35. He should probably spend less time shopping
for clothes and more time learning about NASCAR and stock cars.

Casey Mears continues to prove his doubters right. What do the crew
members on the #07 team have to be thinking now? They have got to be
furious to get such a downgrade in talent.

And I agree with you guys, a huge shame about Travis Kvapil and the #28
team. He deserves a ride much more than Rich Boy who took his points
cause his Daddy paid $15 million for them. By the way, his 2009 20th or
Worse count now stands at 5.


  12.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  03.22.2009 - 10:49 pm
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-"I'm thinking of somebody."
-"Did he run at least 20 spots behind his teammates all day at Bristol
despite having 23 years more experience than either of them?"
-"Yes."
-"Is it Michael Waltrip?"
-"Yes."


  13.   racepool posted:
  03.22.2009 - 11:03 pm
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Good comeback by Kurt Busch to finish 11th after damage early on. He is
now 2nd in points. And, it's his turn to win next week. :)

Jr. finishes a mediocre 14th and is happy with it. I don't get it.

Good job by the Dinger so far this season. I'd like to see him win.


  14.   New14&88 Fan posted:
  03.22.2009 - 11:18 pm
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Can't beleive I forgot about the GWC,still TRB must be kicking
themselves for firing Allmendinger and putting in Scott Slow.


  15.   Neal posted:
  03.22.2009 - 11:32 pm
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They announced the race as a sellout but was I the only one who saw
plenty of empty seats? Granted there weren't as many as Fontana, but
there was a noticeable amount of them.


  16.   Kit posted:
  03.23.2009 - 12:26 am
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"Apparent start-and-parks"

Start and parks don't run nearly 100 laps.

Dale Jr. put his foot in his mouth. He spent last week defending his
crew chief, and today he finished outside of the top 10, with three of
his fellow Hendrick drivers ahead of him.


  17.   18fan posted:
  03.23.2009 - 1:29 am
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I meant to say that it was Kyle's first time winning at a track twice.
That means he ends up tied with Lee Petty for the most wins at different
tracks to start a career with 13. Kyle is also one win away from tying
Jeff Gordon's record for most wins before the age of 25; Jeff-15,
Kyle-14 Kyle has until May 2, 2010 to break the record. Blaney spun out
and then they reported he went to the garage to "repair the damage". He
barely got tapped, didn't hit the wall or anybody, and parked because of
"steering". The only race Prism Motorsports will finish this season is
the Daytona 500 because Terry Labonte doesn't park. Phoenix Motorsports
might finish races with Brad Keselowski, but not with Mike Bliss or
Sterling Marlin. Joe Nemechek won't finish any races. It's hard to tell
about the 64 team, but I think they are trying to run full races because
they blew an engine at Las Vegas after 212 laps(more than
start-and-parkers normally run and engine is not a typical
start-and-park reason)and got wrecked early in this race. I am
interested in start-and-parks and if NASCAR will take a closer look to
make these teams try to finish more races


  18.   PennzoilChevy posted:
  03.23.2009 - 11:17 am
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Dissapointment of the day. Dave Blaney starts 8th, is running in 2nd and
ends up getting turned around and has to take the car to the garage for
"steering" problems.


  19.   RR posted:
  03.23.2009 - 12:22 pm
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I'm so happy for Ambrose. It was awesome see him run with the Gibbs and
Hendrick cars for the entire race (well except when he lost 2
cylinders). It will be nice seeing him coming back to these tracks a
second time. Nice run for the 00 and the 42 as well.


  20.   Neal posted:
  03.23.2009 - 1:55 pm
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8 of the 13 lead changes happened during caution flag pit stops,
bringing the green flag total to a VERY pedestrian 5.

Ready to declare the new Bristol surface a flop yet Bruton?


  21.   CarlEdwards99 posted:
  03.23.2009 - 4:11 pm
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Reutimann another solid run with a 12th. The guy deserves a chance in a
better ride.


  22.   Kit posted:
  03.24.2009 - 1:57 am
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Bristol has now become the 1/2 mile version of Fontana. What's with this
F1 follow the leader shit? Short tracks are supposed to have fender
rubbing.


  23.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  03.24.2009 - 2:22 pm
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Thank God we still have Martinsville where they still bang fenders
regularly. And Thank God it is just an hour North of where I live. And
Thank God their ticket prices aren't outrageous like at the big city tracks.

R.I.P. Bristol Madness
1961-2007


  24.   Kit posted:
  03.25.2009 - 2:17 am
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Sterling Marlin beat Rusty Wallace for the win... wait, wrong race. But
that race was a lot more fun to watch than this one.

"Phoenix Motorsports might finish races with Brad Keselowski, but not
with Mike Bliss or Sterling Marlin."

If your inquiry is serious, Keselowski isn't going to get much better
equipment that Marlin and Bliss in the #09. The #09 team had to CHANGE a
shock on pit road during one race. Their pit crew is part-time help.


  25.   Jrister24 posted:
  03.25.2009 - 8:09 am
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09 car has a very loose alliance with Hendrick. I'm sure when Brad's in
the car, Hendrick will at least provide some support. If Brad starts and
parks in that car, it'll lower his "sponsor selling value" Hendrick
would be better off giving that team some money and support than letting
Brad start and park


  26.   Anonymous posted:
  03.25.2009 - 1:59 pm
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TRB might be kicking themselves, but the one who really looks like an
idiot is Hendrick for pushing Kyle Busch out the door to make room for
the almighty Earnhardt. That's turned out to be a big mistake. So much
for all the Hendrick dream team talk in the offseason.


  27.   Bronco posted:
  03.25.2009 - 5:19 pm
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"TRB might be kicking themselves, but the one who really looks like an
idiot is Hendrick for pushing Kyle Busch out the door to make room for
the almighty Earnhardt."

Not really. The way I see it Kyle was never getting the same quality of
equipment as the 24 and 48 teams. So if he was still driving the 5 car
now, I doubt he would have racked up as many wins as he has while
driving the 18.

Honestly Kyle should be eternally grateful to Dale Jr for taking his
spot. With his new team Kyle is having way more success than he would
have had if he stayed in the 5 car. This is all speculation, of course.

And the bottom line is Dale Jr is a money machine. And as we all know,
sadly that's what race teams are ultimately about.


  28.   Kit posted:
  03.25.2009 - 7:32 pm
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I agree with Bronco. Busch is a better fit at Gibbs than at Hendrick.
Dale Jr. is like the Dallas Cowboys after the 44-6 collapse.


  29.   Anonymous posted:
  03.25.2009 - 10:47 pm
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I agree with Bronco.

Kyle wouldn't fit with most cup teams because of personality. He
wouldn't have been a good fit at Roush either.

Gibbs is better at handling people like Kyle. Gibbs already was prepared
for Kyle Busch since he already had to deal with Stewart and Hamlin.

Hendrick really didn't handle a driver quite like Kyle Busch before. The
problem lays in the fact Jeff Gordon was the youngest driver Rick had
before Kyle. The catch is Jeff was more mature than Kyle.

From a personality standpoint, Tim Richmond was the wildest driver he
ever had and was the biggest challenge Rick had to deal with before Kyle.

Rick compared Kyle to Tim Richmond in talent once even. That is all they
had in common.

Tim Richmond was way different than Kyle though.

Tim had a rockstar type lifestyle and was on the wild side. There even
were rumors about him taking illegal drugs even.

Dale Jr. was a better fit at Hendrick than Kyle.

Dale Jr. is well known as a party animal. Rick had no problems handling
people like Dale Jr. because he had Tim Richmond as a driver.

Rick also known Dale Jr. for several years since he knew Jr.'s Dad for a
long time.


  30.   JGR11Fan posted:
  03.26.2009 - 1:42 am
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To whoever was anonymous:

Hendrick pushed Kyle Busch to the door because of the way he acted, not
his talent. Hendrick wants performers, but he wants CLASSY performers.


  31.   Anonymous posted:
  03.26.2009 - 9:59 pm
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JGR11Fan,

I didn't type he pushed him to the because of talent.

I mentioned the term "handle" as in Handling a someone's personality.

I mentioned Hendrick never had a driver like Kyle Busch in terms of
attitude and I gave example like Jeff Gorden, Tim Richmond and Dale Jr.

I even mention Jeff Gorden was more mature than Kyle was for cried out
loud.

I mentioned Kyle Busch wouldn't be a good fit at

I don't know what you were looking at or the way I typed sounded
differently than I attended.


  32.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  03.26.2009 - 10:22 pm
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"Dale Jr. is like the Dallas Cowboys after the 44-6 collapse."

That is fitting, I can draw quite a comparison between Dale Jr and Tony
Romo. Talented but undisciplined, and at their worst when it matters the
most.


  33.   Anonymous posted:
  03.27.2009 - 4:42 am
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to the 3/29 9:59 pm est reply:

I was actually responding to a different anonymous user :). Sorry, I
didn't clarify.

to "TRB might be kicking themselves, but the one who really looks like
an idiot is Hendrick for pushing Kyle Busch out the door to make room
for the almighty Earnhardt. That's turned out to be a big mistake. So
much for all the Hendrick dream team talk in the offseason.
| 03.25.09 - 1:59 pm "

Hendrick kicked Busch to the door because he was not a classy member of
the organization. He's not kicking himself for booting Kyle out, at all.
And just FYI, Kyle wasn't kicked out of Hendrick for Jr. The decision
occurred earlier than Jr made the rounds. It wasn't public.


  34.   Spen posted:
  03.29.2009 - 12:51 am
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You know, this is why it's a good idea to have a screen name when you
post. With all the anonymouses running around, it's easy for mistakes
like that to happen.


  35.   Paul88 posted:
  03.30.2009 - 3:25 pm
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Joe Nemechek had a sponsor for this race, Huckleberry's BBQ Sauce.


  36.   Anonymous posted:
  04.14.2009 - 1:23 pm
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Funny how everyone is fine with saying Allmendinger would have been much
better than Speed with Red Bull, a team where he only had one run of
more than 2 races without a finish in the bottom 10 in two years, but
they seem so sure that Hendrick is just as well off with Earnhardt over
Busch who improved in points each year there and was fifth the year he
got the boot.


  37.   David posted:
  08.07.2009 - 6:27 am
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Except Allmendinger handled his release with total class, Kyle on the
other hand, not so much. LOL


  38.   NASCARfan4life posted:
  08.31.2009 - 9:14 pm
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The Scotts Saturday Night special was hosted the day before this race.
It was a NASCAR "old-timers race" feturing drivers who have won at
Bristol in Cup or Busch(nationwide) series. It was hosted live on SPEED
channel with former broadcaster Ned Jarrett helping broadcast. It was a
35 lap shootout with Sterling Marlin winning the outside pole after his
celebrety driver( Andy Petree) won his celebrety heat race. Sterling
dominated leading all 35 laps and winning the inaugural Scotts Saturday
Night Special at Bristol.Harry Gant spent most of the race without his
hood because the pins fell off and they took the hood off under a
caution. Longtime Race queen Linda Vaughn presented the trophy which
looked the same as what the Food City 500 driver would win on Sunday.
The results:
1.Sterling Marlin
2.Rusty Wallace
3.L.D. Ottinger
4.Terry Labonte
5.Jimmy Spencer
6.Harry Gant
7.Phil Parsons
8.Jack Ingram
9.Cale Yarborough
10.David Green
11.Junior Johnson
12.Larry Pearson
Maybe NASCAR will do this again next year at Bristol or at a different
track like Darlington.


  39.   Daniel posted:
  05.22.2012 - 10:36 am
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In using fastest 43: #36 Scott Riggs & #41 Jeremy Mayfield

Out using fastest 43: #6 David Ragan & #98 Paul Menard


  40.   CBASS posted:
  02.02.2013 - 10:07 pm
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  41.   LASTCAR posted:
  04.23.2013 - 12:03 pm
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Dave Blaney picked up the 6th last-place finish of his career in
Sunday's Food City 500 at the Bristol Motor Speedway when his #66 Hyde
Park Storage Suites Toyota suffered a steering failure on lap 33 of the
503-lap event.

Blaney had an outstanding start to the weekend when he qualified 8th for
the Bristol event, giving his Phil Parsons-owned team its first top-10
start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. When the green flag fell on
Sunday, Blaney fought to keep up with the leaders. When John Andretti's
spin brought out the first caution on lap 27, Blaney moved up to 2nd by
staying out behind Jimmie Johnson while many others pitted. On the lap
33 restart, Blaney was keeping up with Johnson when Andretti's lapped
car broke loose in turn four, knocking him into a spin. Blaney's car did
not hit the wall, but sat in the middle of the groove as the rest of the
field managed to get by. As the yellow flag flew, Blaney's car went
straight behind the wall, having suffered a steering failure in the mishap.

The race was Blaney's first last-place finish in nearly a year, dating
back to his engine failure in last spring's Goody's Cool Orange 500 at
Martinsville. It was the first last-place finish for Prism Motorsports,
one of several startup teams founded just before the 2009 Daytona 500.
However, the race also marked the second time in just 9 races where a
#66 car finished last: Scott Riggs finished 43rd in last fall's Pep Boys
Auto 500 at Atlanta while driving for HAAS-CNC. It was also the first
time a driver finished last because of a steering failure since Ricky
Craven's #50 Midwest Transit Chevrolet finished last in the 1999 Pepsi
400 at Daytona.

2009 RANKINGS
1st) Dave Blaney, Mike Bliss, Matt Kenseth, Joey Logano, Joe Nemechek (1)

Visit http://brockbeard.blogspot.com/ for more.


  42.   Tide1732 (GO ENFINGER!!!) posted:
  03.02.2017 - 2:31 pm
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Another final cup race for #28


  43.   Anonymous posted:
  01.02.2018 - 1:41 pm
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Robbie Loomis, long time crew chief for Jeff Gordon and a few other
drivers, made his return to the crew chief position for Elliott Sadler
filling in for Kevin Buskirk who was feeling ill that weekend.


  44.   TylerTaylor posted:
  11.03.2020 - 5:41 pm
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I can't believe the #28 hasn't been used in over a decade! It was such
an iconic car in the 90s


  45.   Rich posted:
  12.14.2020 - 7:22 am
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Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip were the commentators.
Dr. Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum and Krista Voda were the pit
road reporters. Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond were in the Hollywood hotel.


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