|| *Comments on the 2009 Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500:* View the most recent comment <#55> | Post a comment <#post> 1. CarlEdwards99 posted: 08.03.2009 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) NACAR has now taken it to a all new low phony debris cautions during pit sequences? have we really reached that point? by the way, got a question for everybody: is there a history between Vince Welsh and JPM or is JPM just that much of a A hole? 2. CarlEdwards99 posted: 08.03.2009 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) by the way, what exactly did Jimmie Johnson do to deserve to get 3 laps back on the field? and I'm not a Johnson hater, I'm just wondering if we are going to have a lucky dog (which we shouldn't), should be no lucky dog for 2 or more laps down at all times 3. nascarman posted: 08.03.2009 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great run for Hornish. Best ever for him. 4. hyperacti posted: 08.03.2009 - 6:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I thought it was a great race. There shouldn't be any complaining, unless you're an MWR fan lol. 5. Smokefan05 posted: 08.03.2009 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Sam Hornish HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!! 4th. Good Job. :) Congrats to Denny too, he wantied it badly and he had the car to beat. Fastest car won this race. what's his face in the #12 needs to go. He is WORSE than Steve Wallace. (if that is even possible) 6. Dodge posted: 08.03.2009 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) I am glad Stremme did what he did. Robby is not a good driver. Robby is not dedicated to NASCAR like most of the other drivers. If there is a Dakar Rally or Baja, he skips practice to run that series. My opinion for the Cup series is that if you DON'T practice your car but somebody else does, then the person that practices get to race instead. 7. New14&88 Fan posted: 08.03.2009 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Not much to say on this one, except great runs for Montoya Bowyer and Hornish. Looks like Sam's really got the hang of the COT which is more than can be said for his teammate in the No.12.... ...and speaking of which,Robby Gordon should be tested for bipolar disorder, yes Stremme dumping him(twice!!!) was wrong but he than threw away the whole race by losing his cool and acting like an over-emotional idiot like he always does. 8. CarlEdwards99 posted: 08.03.2009 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I thought it was a great race. There shouldn't be any complaining" there was no action the first 170 laps. And when things did get good it was only after NASCAR contrived things by throwing a phony debris caution after a few cars just pitted and some more cars just got 4 tires a few laps ago on the last caution, putting the best cars back in the middle of the pack with 30 to go. this race was like a football game that was a blowout the first 58 minutes and the NFL stepping in with 2 minutes to go and put the team that was winning 45-0 down 3 points to make the game exciting 9. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.03.2009 - 7:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Denny just totally runs over Reutimann and it collects Ambrose, then Hamlin wins anyway. I was actually rooting for Montoya to pass him at the end, and I can't stand Montoya. What a recovery by the #48 team. I'm not a fan, bit I'm in awe of what they can do. That is why they win all the championships. It was Robby Gordon vs David Stremme in the Battle of the Losers. Pretty stupid by Robby to say what he said OVER THE RADIO. He is so stupid. If he had half a brain he could be a NASCAR champion. I agree Dodge, he needs to have his focus on Cup if he is to ever accomplish anything and get his team respectable. He is extremely talented but a total waste. And it was pretty stupid to bump Stremme so many times then pass him. He is a complete dope. Another Top 5 for Kasey Kahne. That team has to give him a better restart package. It has cost him better chances to win at Chicago and this race. Slowly but surely Sideways Sam is starting to get it. 10. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.03.2009 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "is there a history between Vince Welsh and JPM or is JPM just that much of a A hole?" Both. JPM is definitely a jerk, but ESPN always tries to blow everything out of proportion. They try to create a feud at every turn. Kasey apologized to JPM, and Vince tried to make a fued out of that. Memo to ESPN and FOX: This is RACING, not a reality show. "phony debris cautions during pit sequences? have we really reached that point?" We have, and that is a damn shame. "I thought it was a great race." I think Pocono gets a bad rap. Yeah it can get strung out on long green runs, but the same is true for every track 1.5 miles or longer (except the plate tracks). It is so bumpy that it creates many grooves and makes for interesting restarts. "what's his face in the #12 needs to go. He is WORSE than Steve Wallace. (if that is even possible)" That isn't possible. But Stremme does need to be replaced. I agree the #12 isn't a premier ride, but it shouldn't be doing that bad. They should just paint wall scrape marks on the right side before each race and get it out of the way. I think Allgaier will take over next year, he's looking pretty good (although he did make some bonehead mistakes at Iowa). "acting like an over-emotional idiot like he always does." Amen. It's hard to believe he is almost 40. He has to run his own team because nobody else would hire him despite his enormous talent. There is a reason he has a revolving door of employees and sponsorship issues. 11. John posted: 08.03.2009 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) what exactly did Jimmie Johnson do to deserve to get 3 laps back on the field? and I'm not a Johnson hater, I'm just wondering Welcome to Nascar throwing phony debris cautions to give Jimmie the lucky dog each and everytime. God nascar is really sinking fast and I've followed it from the high times but now the low times. 12. Team Gordon posted: 08.03.2009 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "is there a history between Vince Welsh and JPM or is JPM just that much of a A hole?" Montoya was just angry because instead of asking what happened he just assumed that it was JPMs' fault that the two got together and couldn't be kahnes fault. 13. Eric posted: 08.03.2009 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny finally wins a race. Hamlin had very strong cars at times during the time between wins. The problem in the last 2 or 3 years with him is the pit crew makes mistakes when they have a great car or the team had problems keeping up with the track besides regressing in maturity after his rookie year. The #11 team is not a championship type team. I agree that the #12 car needs no driver. I don't know why UPS puts up with David Ragan. He showed today why people wonder why Roush kept him. He caused a 6 car accident including Bobby Labonte and Joey Logano. Today showed why Kyle Busch doesn't have much of a chance making it into the chase. He had a solid run, but his car got into the wall. The fact is without newer tires, he wouldn't have finished 16th. He had a top 10 car before going into the wall. Kyle's "win or wreck" driving style is the problem beside he thinks he had a shitty race if he doesn't win. Gibbs needs to straighten Kyle out. Gibbs has excellent equipment, but his 3 teams don't always takes advantage of it. See his following drivers - Joey Logano - He has gotten better since the start of season. He can finish cars in the top 20 or the top 15 now, but isn't good enough to get a top 10 finish yet. He is to "green to be in cup. He should better next year. He could be a top 15 in points type driver. Hamlin- takes care of his car better than Kyle and isn't as immature Kyle Busch. Kyle Busch - great talent, but makes Hamlin mature despite Hamlin being an immature driver. He also doesn't take car of his equipment. He rather wreck a car if his car is not capable of winning. 14. Anonymous posted: 08.03.2009 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) John, There wasn't a debris caution for last lap Johnson got back and 2 of the 3 laps Johnson back weren't caused by debris. The 2 laps he got back were caused by drivers wrecking like the 12 car wrecking the 7 car. 15. Anonymous posted: 08.03.2009 - 8:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only 1 of the three cautions that gave Jimmie the lucky dog was the debris caution. The rest were all due to severe wrecks (Ambrose/Reutimann 1st and the big one w/ Bobby Labonte). Why would NASCAR throw out a caution just for Jimmie? 1. he is pretty much well into the chase 2. the debris caution only got him down to one lap down 3. Jimmie didnt have a chance in hell to win the race even if all the cautions were 3 consecutive 3 debris cautions. So why would NASCAR do it? Any reason? My one problem with NASCAR conspiracy is the fact that there is one fatal flaw. Why wouldn't they help Dale Jr. or JPM (to promote minorities?) wouldn't that generate more money and business for NASCAR? 16. Brian posted: 08.03.2009 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Left at 5 am, got home at 10 pm. Sat through downpours of rain. Just so there could be no race. I had to work today, and of course you can't get your money back. It rained all day! It dried up, the sun was coming out then they moved it? F**king bullshit 17. Anonymous posted: 08.03.2009 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian, It takes Pocono a long time to dry besides waving reports of weepers needed to be fix. It was raining when they called the race and it was around 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. That means it would the take an a hour or 2 to dry and the track doesn't have lights. 18. Buck posted: 08.03.2009 - 9:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I thought Hamlin could have backed off and passed both Reutimann and Ambrose the next lap instead of wrecking them. To be honest I think Hamlin wrecked Reutimann just to try and help Kyle Busch get back closer to the Chase and get ahead of Reutimann. "I don't know why UPS puts up with David Ragan. He showed today why people wonder why Roush kept him." I agree with that, Roush should get rid of Ragan (along with McMurray) and focus on making his three Chase teams better instead of wasting people and money on Ragan. UPS could move to the #17 and split the sponsorship with Crown Royal. Then maybe in another year or two restart the fourth team with one of his young drivers like Erik Darnell, who seems to have more talent than Ragan. 19. NazRacePhan posted: 08.03.2009 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Was there today, didn't think it was THAT bad of a race.... Wow... Mike Wallace parked??? Why you may ask, just reading on NASCAR.com "Lap 12 -- Mike Wallace is being black-flagged to the garage because they do not have a pit crew." Why would they even let him START the race if he doesn't have a pit crew???? GEEZ 20. Alex M posted: 08.03.2009 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gunselman parked on Lap 13 for no pit crew ... looks like he pulled a Finch! 21. Eric posted: 08.03.2009 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buck, There is some good news with David Ragan. His contract is supposedly up after next year according to http://jayski.com/pages/2010teams.htm . 22. 18fan posted: 08.04.2009 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) By the way, Scott Speed put Kyle in the wall. David Ragan is an idiot. This is like the third race that David Gilliland has messed up the leaders. I know he did it at New Hampshire. He stays out and is the leader when they make the lane choice. Then, when the field comes off turn 4(or 3) he pits and parks his car. 7 start and parks, might be the most of the year. Did anybody see Michael Waltrip plow into the big one like nobody was on the track. Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards are hurting their Cup efforts by racing for the Nationwide championship. Carl has at least been consistent. Denny Hamlin becomes only the second driver to win more than one race in a Toyota. Wins in Toyotas: Kyle Busch: 11 Denny Hamlin: 2 Tony Stewart, David Reutimann, Joey Logano: 1 23. Rusty posted: 08.04.2009 - 12:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR and their phantom debris caution strikes again. Kurt was in the lead and running away from the field a little bit, but then comes the almighty debris caution shuffling him into traffic. 24. Zed 3_88fan4eva posted: 08.04.2009 - 12:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This wasnt that bad of a Pocono race. Compared to some other snoozers this was an interesting race. And it was cool to see Denny Hamlin win an emotional race for him after his grandma's death, kinda in a way reminds me of Martin's win @ Bristol in 98. Hornish contiues to improve and I belive can maybe notch a win later this year or next year....possibly next weekend or at California Am I the only one that likes Montoya????? 25. Baker posted: 08.04.2009 - 1:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin just passes Tim Richmond on my personal greatest Pocono drivers of all time list. 3 wins in only 8 starts and great runs in all 8 of those races. If it weren't for rain and mechanical issues he'd have more wins and 8 Top 5s. 26. Neal posted: 08.04.2009 - 1:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Do you honestly blame any of the start-and-park guys? There were only 43 entrants...meaning everyone gets cash just for showing up. 27. Bronco posted: 08.04.2009 - 3:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very nice to see Hamlin win, after his personal loss and the races that his team has lost for him. If he had better luck, this would have been his 8th career win, with spring Bristol 08 and spring Richmond in 08 and 09 being the others. Dale Jr was running 10th with 10 to go, then Newman nearly spun him out, and somehow he dropped like a rock to 28th at the end. Another terrible finish for his team. Sideways Sam is proving that he may have a future in stock cars after all, although I can't ever see him getting a win unless its under fluke circumstances. Who would have believed that he would ever have more top 10s than Harvick, Earnhardt Jr, Truex, and McMurray among others. I laughed my butt off with what Robby Gordon said over his radio. It's a good thing he didn't have a sponsor during this race. 28. gordi101 posted: 08.04.2009 - 4:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good for Hamlin to still race and win. He deserved it after all that he has been through. 29. Shane posted: 08.04.2009 - 5:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not complaining but a car should not be "given" 3 laps back. There is no conspiracy there but they didn't earn that either. Hamlin flat out took out Reutimann and Ambrose, that really didn't need to happen if he had the best car. Its called patience. Something he and Kyle Busch need to learn. If Kyle could calm down and salvage races he'd turn his 30th or worse category into mid to low 20's. They have the equipment and he has the talent. Good runs for Hornish, Bowyer, and Harvick (My Driver) seems to be turning his season around a little bit. He could sure use it. 30. gordi101 posted: 08.04.2009 - 9:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie was not just given the laps back he once again proved that he is just a CHAMPION!!! 31. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.04.2009 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I don't know why UPS puts up with David Ragan. He showed today why people wonder why Roush kept him" I know. I don't understand, last year he really made a lot of progress and looked very respectable, almost making the cha$e. But this year he has regressed big time. He is doing even worse than he did in his "dart without feathers" rookie season. UPS has to be embarrassed. The guy they left, David Reutimann, is running in the top 15 every week, often the top 10, while Ragan is just invisible until he wrecks. "Did anybody see Michael Waltrip plow into the big one like nobody was on the track." I did. I didn't want to say anything because I trash him a lot, but since you said it, I agree. There is a reason why he has set so many futility records in NASCAR. "Am I the only one that likes Montoya?????" Yes. "Denny Hamlin just passes Tim Richmond on my personal greatest Pocono drivers of all time list." Don't even insult the great name of Tim Richmond by comparing him to Denny "Mr Maturity" Hamlin. Tim Richmond won at Pocono in 1987 while DYING OF AIDS!! Denny isn't qualified to hold Tim's leather coat. 32. Jackie posted: 08.04.2009 - 12:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I heard them say on the broadcast that Dale Jr.s cars are too old. Whats he running, salvage yard stuff?Theyve used up about all the excuses. 33. Sean posted: 08.04.2009 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin wrecked Reutimann to help Kyle Busch get back in the chase. I'm pretty confident of that. And as a result of that, I'm not remotely happy with this outcome (well, I wouldn't be anyway since I didn't like Hamlin before this) and don't remotely see this as a comparison of Martin in '98 after his father died. And then talking about "angels guiding him to victory"? Gosh, this is what caused people to hate Jeff Gordon in the '90s (minus Gordon's far superior talent). Punt anyone anytime, then talk about support from the heavens in victory lane. Johnson gained his laps back due to getting three Lucky Dogs...not due to being a champion. Hamlin passing Tim Richmond at Pocono? Dude...that's nuts. Richmond raced when cars had to be manhandled and won in '87 while already suffering AIDS. Hamlin is driving a generic car for a well-financed team at a track that used to be interesting but is now more and more reliant on car and less and less reliant on driver, especially after drivers stopped shifting there. No comparison at all. 34. John Royal posted: 08.04.2009 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson's and his team performance was outstanding giving the circumstances, but handing three laps back was a complete fluke. I just plain hate that. Robby and Stremme giving us great entertainment, no need to bash that. 35. NazRacePhan posted: 08.04.2009 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, every year ONE Hendrick car has to be R&D.... MM's first year??? Not gonna be him... JJ... going for 4? NOPE... what about JG, going for a solid season... Not gonna be him either... Who's left.. hmm... who could it be.... JUNIOR! Last year, he did well because Mears was putting around in the 5!!!! Mystery solved! 36. CarlEdwards99 posted: 08.04.2009 - 7:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards are hurting their Cup efforts by racing for the Nationwide championship. Carl has at least been consistent." didn't hurt him (Carl) last year when he won 9 races. Carl's problem is simple, Roush is a mess this year. For the 2nd time in 3 races Roush failed to even get one of it's 5 cars in the top 10. Remember 2005, Roush had a great year, with all 5 guys making the chase. The next season, Roush got off to a slow start just after a few races and Jack overreacted and basically blew everything up (most notably crew chief swaps) that gave him the great success he had in 05 and Jack payed the price for it as a result and had a down year in 06. So lets fast foward to the end of last season. Things are looking great for Roush. Carl won 9 races, Biffle had a strong chase, Jamie Mac finished the season strong and even David Ragan almost made the chase. I'm guessing Roush wanted to make sure he wasn't going to make the same mistake he did 3 years earlier and start tweaking with what gave him success. As a result, Roush stood still in the offseason and we you stand still, your going to get passed 37. Willy on Wheels posted: 08.04.2009 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Robby and David were doing what real racers did all the time before Brian Fran$e took over. NA$CAR penalized them and made it look bad. 38. good old boy posted: 08.04.2009 - 8:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) amazing that some continue to bash montoya for his post race interview...vince welsh stated something that was not true, and juan called him on it. juan was actually pleasant before that, as for hamlin wrecking reutimann.....that was ridiculous. i was there, he hit him once, twice, and finally turned him sideways on the straightaway!!! FIVE lap penalties for backmarkers spinning each other out and NO penalty when hamlin practically ruins reutimann's chase hopes???? as for johnson, this track and a road course are the only tracks he would have gotten 3 laps back. when kyle was driving the 5 car a few years back, he made up 4 or 5 laps at watkins glen and finished in the top 10. 39. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.04.2009 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And as a result of that, I'm not remotely happy with this outcome (well, I wouldn't be anyway since I didn't like Hamlin before this) and don't remotely see this as a comparison of Martin in '98 after his father died." I agree totally Sean. I have really disliked Denny since he let his ego take over. And yes, there are a ton of differences between this and when Mark's deal in 1998. First of all Mark is actually a likeable person. "And then talking about "angels guiding him to victory"? Gosh, this is what caused people to hate Jeff Gordon in the '90s (minus Gordon's far superior talent). Punt anyone anytime, then talk about support from the heavens in victory lane." That is a great comparison. I remember that well. All his success was due to a higher power, and not Hendrick's rampant cheating that continues to this day. Jeez, Denny had the fastest car, and for once didn't shit the bed. Amazing. 40. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.04.2009 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And one other thing about Gordon. At the end of the race he pinched Ryan Newman into Dale Jr which caused Dale to fall way back. I'm surprised none of Jr's apologists have brought this up as it affected his finish. 41. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.04.2009 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Well, every year ONE Hendrick car has to be R&D.... MM's first year??? Not gonna be him... JJ... going for 4? NOPE... what about JG, going for a solid season... Not gonna be him either... Who's left.. hmm... who could it be.... JUNIOR!" You're kidding right? If Hendrick were going to use an cars as R&D, he would use the SHR cars. Dale Jr is in a car that actually says "Hendrick" on it, not like SHR which are Rick's illegitimate children. "I heard them say on the broadcast that Dale Jr.s cars are too old. Whats he running, salvage yard stuff?Theyve used up about all the excuses." Ain't that the truth!!! He already has blamed the people on his radio for talking and messing up him hitting his marks. Besides, old Hendrick cars are still probably better than anything else out there. 42. Smokefan05 posted: 08.04.2009 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Robby and David were doing what real racers did all the time before Brian Fran$e took over. NA$CAR penalized them and made it look bad." Willy on Wheels | 08.04.09 - 7:21 pm Agree with that. And it was entertaining also. 43. Kit posted: 08.05.2009 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Robby and David were doing what real racers did all the time before Brian Fran$e took over. NA$CAR penalized them and made it look bad." Bullshit. This is a race, not destruction derby. Real racers do not need to take each other out. If NASCAR did nothing, and these guys seriously injured one another or someone else on the track, there would be a media circus. 44. dUDE gUY posted: 08.05.2009 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anybody else notice the pattern of lap leaders who finished in the top 13? Everyone who finished in an odd number lead at least a lap, while all the drivers who finished in an even number didn't lead a single lap. Weird huh? 45. Talon64 posted: 08.06.2009 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian Vickers has been great lately, his 6th is his 4th straight top ten which is a career high. If he could get past the Glen without losing any ground he probably stands the best chance of getting into the Chase out of everyone outside it right now. 46. David posted: 08.07.2009 - 6:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin better than Tim Richmond??? You're joking, right?!?!? If Tim raced against Denny in a dead-heat race in equal equipment today, he'd leave Denny choking in his dust! 47. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.07.2009 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) You are absolutely right David. Tim Richmond won in 15th place cars. Denny routinely finishes 15th in cars capable of winning. 48. dUDE gUY posted: 08.08.2009 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Denny routinely finishes 15th in cars capable of winning. DaleSrFanForever | 08.07.09 - 11:10 am " Yeah, he has done that a lot. I think he loses focus if he's in a position to win, and you just can't do that when you've got hungry drivers behind you waiting for you to slip. Denny slipped once this weekend, but luckily for him it didn't cost him the race. That's great and all, but it cost David Reutimann and Marcos Ambrose their races. And they both had good runs going as well. And he ruined them. I know that Hamlin didn't MEAN to spin David and Marcos out, but he still spun David and Marcos out! And now Denny is surprised that David is angry. Honestly, I'm not surprised that Denny Hamlin is surprised that David Reutimann is angry that Denny spun him out. I can't believe how clueless Denny is sometimes. 49. DaleSrFanForever posted: 08.08.2009 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I can't believe how clueless Denny is sometimes." I know and I don't get it. He comes from a blue collar middle class background. He had to fight and claw his way up the ranks as a no name. But as soon as he got to Cup and started winning a few races, his ego just exploded. It is pretty disgusting. 50. Cam posted: 10.03.2009 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) BAN START AND PARKS DO SOMETHING RIGHT NASCAR 51. CBASS posted: 02.04.2013 - 7:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #42 Target/ Polaroid #77 Olympic Transitions/ PPG #47 iRacing.com #33 The Hartford Auto Insurance #96 Dell Projector/ DLP HDTV #87 magdonmusic.com #64 Gunselman Motorsports http://archives.ciastockphoto.com/cgi/images.php?group=w0924 52. LASTCAR posted: 04.24.2013 - 12:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Wallace picked up the 8th last-place finish of his career in Monday's Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500 at the Pocono Raceway when his #64 Air Combat USA / Fred's Hometown Discount Stores Toyota was parked after completing 13 of the race's 200 laps. The second of the Wallace brothers, Mike had failed to make five NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2009. The first came when Wallace narrowly missed making the Daytona 500 while driving Kevin Buckler's #71. Wallace was replaced by David Gilliland the following week. Wallace did not make another Sprint Cup attempt until Todd Bodine left Larry Gunselman's #64 team coming into June's Autism Speaks 400 at Dover. At that point, Bodine and the Gunselman team had qualified for only three races in 2009, the most recent being the Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville, where Bodine finished last. Bodine's departure forced Gunselman to withdraw from Dover while Mike Wallace was brought on to drive in the following week's Pocono 500 at Pocono. Unfortunately, mother nature was not on Wallace's side. Qualifying was rained-out not only at Pocono, but the team's next two attempts at Loudon and Daytona, and Wallace failed to qualify for all three as a result. In between these three races came Michigan and Sonoma, and though qualifying was not rained out, the Gunselman team did not enter either event. Wallace and Gunselman's absence continued when they were the fastest car not to make the race at Chicago, and the team withdrew again at Indianapolis. When Wallace and Gunselman returned to Pocono for the Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania 500, qualifying was rained-out once again, but this time only 43 cars were on the entry list. Wallace and Gunselman were on the list and they secured the 42nd starting spot. After skipping two races, failing to qualify five times, and withdrawing seven more times in the fourteen races since Martinsville, the Gunselman team was set to make its fourth Sprint Cup start of 2009. Early in Monday's race, it appeared Tony Raines would secure his third last-place finish of 2009 when he went behind the wall on lap 13. That same lap, Wallace was forced behind the wall because Gunselman's team did not have a pit crew. Raines returned to the track 21 laps down and, after completing four more laps, dropped Wallace to 43rd. 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