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  1.   Canadianfan posted:
  04.19.2010 - 4:40 pm
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Can Jeff Gordon catch a break that is 4 wins taken from him this year
but he will will eventually this year. Oh well on to Dega.


  2.   Lugnut18 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 4:43 pm
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Menard has another strong run (ran Top 10-15 most of race), only to end
in the big wreck at the end of the race. :(


  3.   Mike posted:
  04.19.2010 - 4:45 pm
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Yet another race Jeff Gordon should have won. Oh and um yeah, so much
for the 'he doesn't have the fire to win anymore' claims.

Great run for Jr. Had a top 5 car for the majority of the day but was
too loose at the end and wound up 8th. A big step in the right direction
but there's still a lot of work to do.

Once again Mark Martin runs around 20th for most of the day and makes a
late race charge to finish 6th.


  4.   potatosalad48 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 4:50 pm
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Car 48 comes back from a flat tire to finish 2nd. That's how you win
championships.


  5.   Smoke fan posted:
  04.19.2010 - 4:58 pm
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Great run for Denny Hamlin. Feel bad for Smoke and 48 got darn Lucky again.


  6.   Smokefan05 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 4:59 pm
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Jeff gets screwed over big time, as do alot of other good cars. Glad too
Jeff not taking any of JJs crap.

Happy for Denny............because JJ didn't win. btw did Jimmie screw
up in this race?

Dale Jr. ran up front most of the day but off-cycle hurt him in the long
run. If he stayied on cycle with the others he'd be up there. 2 tires
hurt him also.

Paul Menard had a top 15 car before the texas version of the big one
toke him out.

The first "real" test of the rear spoiler gets a passing grade from me.
The race wasn't boring it had good racing all day. On too Talladega!!!!!!!

(just for kicks, i'll make some popcorn. Just in case :P)


  7.   Talon64 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:10 pm
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Denny Hamlin was in the top five for much of the race and the two tire
call late in the race helped him get the win. He only has two top tens
this year but they're both wins and now he's into the top 12 in the
standings. I'm really impressed.

8 drivers led at least 10 laps during the race, and Jeff Gordon led the
most laps but the frantic racing between Stewart, Gordon, Edwards and
Johnson ended up causing that big wreck. A lot of good cars got taken
out which really helped out a lot of guys in the top ten. Kasey Kahne
was nowhere for most of the race but managed 5th!

The horrible luck for JPM continues, his 4th finish of 34th or worse is
just killing him in the standings when he should be at least fighting
for a Chase spot if not be in it right now. The wreck also knocked Tony
Stewart, Clint Bowyer and Carl Edwards out of the top 12 but it's still
really close and only 8 races into the season.

Dale Jr. had his best run in a long time but two tires cost him some
spots late in the race. Jeff Burton fell back to 12th.

I only watched the 2nd half of the race which was that long green flag
run so I'm not sure how much of a difference the spoiler made over the
wing.


  8.   Cfob posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:12 pm
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Junior was surprisingly impressive.

Tough break for Jeff Gordon.

Martin Truex Jr. gets another top 10, happy to see that.

Brad Keselowski gets another solid top 15 finish.

I was actually pulling for Jimmie Johnson to win there at the end.
Would've been better than Denny.

And on a side note, DW kept mentioning how Denny staying in the car last
week was supposed to show his crew he believes in them and stuff like
that... But how exactly does it make up for all of the times Denny threw
them under the bus in the last few years?


  9.   Anonymous posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:14 pm
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I missed the race and I hear this about Gordon! He's Done!


  10.   Eric posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:16 pm
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Hamlin was luck that the race didn't have 1 more lap. Jimmie was coming
in a hurry.

88 car being loose didn't play much of a reason why he finish 8th. Dale
was a setting duck with 2 tires on and being off cycle hurt his finish.
2 tires didn't work most of the race for the other teams that tried it
including Tony Stewart.

I think the old Jeff Gordon is starting to come back. What I saw between
him and Johnson on the track was the Jeff Gordon I saw back in the mid
to late 1990's.

Tony Stewart caused the big wreck today with his car being loose with
his team taking 2 ties.


  11.   dUDE gUY posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:17 pm
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Denny Hamlin's second win of the year. Also his second top five, and top
ten of the year. He's having a feast-or-famine start to 2010, as he
hasn't finished better than 17th this year, aside from his wins of course.


Martin Truex takes advantage of attrition and a lot of good cars
wrecking to get his third top ten of the year. In 8 races he already has
half the top tens and has matched the top fives he got all of last year.


Where the heck did Mark Martin come from? Wasn't he a lap down at some
point in the race? In any case it's a good finish for the 5 team.


Junior ran a great race. Led more than a few laps, and was in the top
five for the majority. That program seems to have pointed themselves in
the right direction so far this year.


Lastly, great runs for several good cars are ruined in a massive melee
with 17 to go. Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Jamie McMurray Carl Edwards,
Juan Montoya, Clint Bowyer and even Paul Menard had a great run ruined.
What a shame. Oh well, that's racing. On to Talladega!


  12.   Mike posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:18 pm
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"88 car being loose didn't play much of a reason why he finish 8th."

As soon as he took the checkered flag he said he was about to knock the
wall down it was so loose. The 2 tire call probably contributed to that
though.


  13.   18fan posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:20 pm
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Kyle ran 10-15 most of the day and finished third with help of two tires
and the big wreck.


  14.   Eric posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:24 pm
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Jeff isn't done. Jeff showed fire in his belly today by how aggressive
he was racing Jimmie Johnson. Jeff gave Johnson a tire problem after the
two cars touched. What happened to him today was bad luck.

What happened was Jeff had the best car, but teams ahead of him took 2
tires in a pit stop under caution. Stewart took 2 tires and went
backwards and got loose and get Jeff and bunch other drivers including
Carl Edwards. Jeff had nowhere to go.


  15.   jp posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:26 pm
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Sam hornish should have won


  16.   Bronco posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:26 pm
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Call him Diva or whatever other dumb nicknames you want, but don't ever
question Denny's committment to his team, and his competitive fire. 2
wins in 3 races with an injured knee, and no relief driver so far. His
season is shaping up to be the one of the strangest in recent memory
however - no top ten starts, no finishes inside the top 15 other than
the two wins.

This was probably Dale Jr's best race with Lance from start to finish.
7th in points, 15 points out of fifth is pretty solid. This was the
first time him and Jamie Mac led laps since Daytona.

The NAPA car has more top tens in eight races than it did in a single
season from 2007-2009.

Career best finish at an unrestricted oval for Max Papis, best finish so
far for Kevin Conway, both largely due to the wreck.

Stewart's first pole in over 4 years ends up in a huge wreck near the end.


  17.   Anonymous posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:27 pm
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I felt bad for David Reutimann, he ran in the top 10 most of the day
only to have another blown engine. Arguably his two best runs have ended
in blown engines, Reutimann was closing in on the leader at Bristol only
to lose the motor about 100 laps into that race.


  18.   Anonymous posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:29 pm
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Las Vegas
Martinsville
Phoenix
Texas
....Forever the worst races ever in my 8 year history of watching NASCAR
and that's why Texas is Jeff's least favorite, he never gets a break.
Talladega is doubtful because he had bad luck since his last win in
2007. I wish it was the old chase system when wins don't count anything.
If he won those, he would be in 2nd in points or maybe leading. I have
no respect with Tony. Again, I need to see the tape.


  19.   Anonymous posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:29 pm
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@Bronco To make things even stranger for Denny, both of his wins have
come on a Monday.


  20.   Eric posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:35 pm
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What race JP was watching?

The 77 car was out of control for a good part of the race including the
start of it. He didn't have a top 15 car even. Sam Hornish Jr was having
a typical race out of him. His car was sideways and I think he don't
have great car control as a stock car driver.


  21.   Talon64 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 5:48 pm
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Denny Hamlin's 10th career win is his 6th win in the last 24 races. He
only had 4 in his first 135 races so only Jimmie Johnson has been
running better of late. I think Denny's starting to grow up and it's
showing in the results.

Jimmie Johnson gets his 28th career 2nd place finish and 78th top 2
finish in 299 career starts (26.1%, meaning he finished in the top 2 in
one out of every 4 races. That's insane!)

Kyle Busch got his first top five of the year in 3rd.

Kurt Busch collected his 10th top ten in 15 Texas starts, only his 3rd
top five but 2nd straight after winning last year's fall race.

Kasey Kahne's 80th career top ten is his first in 8 races at Texas.

Mark Martin's 4th top ten of the year makes it the first time that Rick
Hendrick has ever had all 4 of his cars in the top 10 in the standings:
Johnson 1st, Gordon 5th, Dale Jr. 7th and Martin 10th.

Kevin Harvick already has 5 top tens this year after just 8 races. Last
year it took him 26 races.

Dale Jr.'s 3rd top ten of the year is his first in 7 races at Texas. At
this point last year he was 19th in the standings.

Martin Truex Jr. gets his 5th top ten in 10 Texas starts, the most he
has at any one track.

Greg Biffle's fourth 10th place finish of the year gives him the lead in
top tens this year with 7.

Ryan Newman had his 6th straight finish of 18th or better.

Brad Keselowski's 4th straight top 20 finish bests Stremme's longest
streak in 2009 driving the #12 Penske car.

David Ragan gets his best finish of the season in 15th. Meanwhile his
teammates have combined for 17 top tens in 24 starts.

Marcos Ambrose finishes in the top 20 for the 5th time in 6 races.

Elliott Sadler finishes in the top 20 for just the 3rd time this season.

Sam Hornish Jr. ties a career high with his 3rd straight top 20 finish.

Max Papis gets his best career non-plate oval finish in 22nd.

Travis Kvapil's 24th place finish with a lap led is enough to pass 26th
place Robby Gordon for 35th in the owners standings; the #34 is now just
one point ahead of the #7.

Kevin Conway gets just his 2nd top 30 finish in 7 races. He was the only
rookie in the race.

Jeff Gordon leads the most laps in a race for the 2nd time this season
and is now up to 2nd in laps led on the year.

Brian Vickers suffers his 2nd straight finish in the 30's; 37th at
Phoenix and now 38th at Texas.

Braun Racing qualified for just their 3rd Cup race (made 2 starts with
Shane Hmiel in 2005) with Reed Sorenson but finished 39th due to
electrical problems. Don't know if it was a S&P or not.


  22.   Anonymous posted:
  04.19.2010 - 6:04 pm
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Monday isn't Gordon's luck at all... Talladega '06, Martinsville and
Texas '10, the last great Monday was Atlanta '03.


  23.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.19.2010 - 7:03 pm
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Braun Racing's retirement was legitimate, they were clearly shown
pushing the car behind the wall on the FOX broadcast.


  24.   RLewis9 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 7:12 pm
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I don't feel bad for Jeff Gordon....the guy caught all the breaks early
in his career like Jimmie does now, I don't feel bad that it's caught up
to him.


  25.   GregBiffle16 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 7:32 pm
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The crash was Edwards fault. He got into Tony, who then got loose into
Gordon.


  26.   Schwab posted:
  04.19.2010 - 7:46 pm
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Tony Stewart's 400th Sprint Cup start & first pole since Martinsville in
October 2005.


  27.   Talon64 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 8:05 pm
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Kyle Busch won the Texas 800 after winning the Nationwide race and
finishing 3rd in the Cup race. Best finish in both races of guys doing
double duty today.


  28.   JLM posted:
  04.19.2010 - 8:33 pm
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Jeff Gordon "Is 4-time Upset?" frustration has long set in.


  29.   potatosalad48 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 8:38 pm
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Jimmie Johnson led his 10,000th career lap in this race.


  30.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  04.19.2010 - 8:58 pm
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No need for the popcorn this week, I missed it taking clinicals at the
hospital. I just saw a few highlights. The big wreck looked to me to be
"one of them racin' deals". It's his first non self inflicted defeat
with a great car this year.

A rare loss of composure by JJ. But, as usual, it doesn't matter. If the
race were 2 laps longer he would have won. 8 races in and he already has
a 300+ point lead on 13th place. That means yet another summer of
testing and perfecting by the #48 team, and another Grade A ass-kicking
in the cha$e.


  31.   Cfob posted:
  04.19.2010 - 9:00 pm
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"Call him Diva or whatever other dumb nicknames you want..."

Hahah! Coming from the King of dumb nicknames, this is HILARIOUS.


  32.   Schwab posted:
  04.19.2010 - 9:01 pm
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@potatosalad48 What's interesting about Johnson's 10,000th career lap
led is that he has led about 20% of the 50,631 laps that a Hendrick car
has led since joining the Cup series in 1984. Jeff Gordon has led 21,189
of those 50,631 laps.


  33.   Baker posted:
  04.19.2010 - 9:25 pm
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Jimmie Johnson is an ahole. Dude gets raced hard by a top teir driver
and his own teammate, so the punk takes a cheap shot on him. Garbage.
Jimmie Johnson has won 4 championships because he's a bully an no one
else has the balls to race him hard. Its about time someone did and I
hope Gordon puts this punk in the fence next week and I hope Jimmie
Johnson lives, but doesn't walk out of the car.

I've never been a Gordon fan, but for once in his career it was the
other guy who was out of line today. Hard racing my butt Jimmie you sad
that garbage at Martinsville too, but if you were on the other end you'd
be crying like a little pansie


  34.   potatosalad48 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 9:59 pm
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@ Schwab Just adding to the legend that is Hendrick Motorsports


  35.   Silence Dogood posted:
  04.19.2010 - 11:00 pm
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Have to agree 100 percent with Baker on this one.

Johnson has the audacity to complain about rough driving from
Gordon...if that's what he considers rough racing, I demand him to hand
back each and everyone of his four championships. With the 48 car
trimmed and primed every weekend as the super hotrod on the track,
Johnson literally has no competition, ultimately prompting such an
arrogant response and his tendencies to whine whenever he "god forbids"
is passed by another car on the track.

In my personal opinion, Johnson is not even in the top 10 in pure driver
skill and ability out on the track. Kudos to Jeff for finally realizing,
or rather letting out his thoughts, on how Johnson is seemingly handed
everything on a silver platter and how under the faux facade that
Johnson puts on for the media, is a mediocre driver with little respect
for the sport of racing.

I'm pretty darn sure Jeff is kicking himself for ever introducing
Johnson to Hendrick....I sure as hell know I would.


  36.   Smokefan05 posted:
  04.19.2010 - 11:18 pm
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Posts #33, #35 i agree. I honestly think that Jeff is sick and tired of
seeing the 48 win. Jeff broughtin Jimmie too get him more Cups but that
never happened. The only person standing in Jeffs way for #5 is Jimmie.
Now i'd like too see Jimmie in the wall more often but not hurt (like
Baker wants). I'm glad Jeff said what he said because it is what
everyone else in the garage area thinks but most don't like too say it.
Back in 2005 when he was a 15th place car it wore on him alot and now
that he got denied a 5th Cup title in 2007 by said 48 driver. Jeff is
going too have too keep up that attitude in order too get Cup #5. Jeff
shouldn't expect the 48 too fall off during this, he'll have too make it
happen himself. Jeff will have too take matters into his own hands. (not
that this will happen but go back too the Jeff Gordon of the 90's and
not take any prisoners on the race track.)


  37.   martin-n-rusty posted:
  04.20.2010 - 12:00 am
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For those saying a race that Jeff Gordon should of won... if should of's
and would of's meant anything, Jeff Gordon would be running away with
this thing.

Sucks for Gordon, but hey, luck sometimes can string well for one,
sometimes, luck does not. For Gordon, it has not. Who knows, maybe later
this season, luck can turn for Gordon, and he could end up finding
himself in the very same situations Jeff Gordon, Ryan Newman, and Denny
Hamlin have ended up finding themselves in.


  38.   martin-n-rusty posted:
  04.20.2010 - 12:01 am
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oop, that last line there, should of been Jimmie Johnson, not Jeff
Gordon -_-


  39.   18fan posted:
  04.20.2010 - 12:09 am
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DSFF, it was 100% luck that Jimmie was in position to win at the end. If
Reutimann didn't blow up, he would've needed another pit stop and
would've finished about 20th or saved fuel and finished in the back half
of the top 10. Luck put him in position for a great finish once again.
He has the best luck in the sport hands down.


  40.   Bob posted:
  04.20.2010 - 1:50 am
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Decent race. Great job by Hamlin. But the race didnt really get good
until about 30 to go. First off Reutimanns engine grenades into a fire
ball. That sets up a restart and eventually coming down the straightaway
Edwards gets into Stewart who gets into Gordon who sets off a mess...
Then on the restart Kyle Busch, Jr., Hamlin are all battling for the
lead. Hamlin takes it and then from out of nowhere Jimmie Johnson starts
passing people like theyre standing still. But he didnt have enough time
to catch Hamlin, sore knee and all.


  41.   Jimmy posted:
  04.20.2010 - 2:10 am
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Guys, seriously? Jimmie Johnson is one of the cleanest drivers in the
field. And people aren't exactly rolling over for him, he's just THAT
much faster than everybody else on those days that he dominates.

And those saying that he is arrogant for complaining about the contact
with Gordon seem to have forgotten how much Jeff himself has whined
about bump-drafting and agressive racing over the past few years. And
I'm sure you would be complaining after nearly cutting down a tire after
contact with a teammate at 190 mph, regardless of whose fault it was


  42.   Jimmy posted:
  04.20.2010 - 2:13 am
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Saying that, I agree with Smokefan05, about how Gordon is tired of
seeing Jimmie win. I hope that Jeff finally wins a race this year, and
that he has to legitimately beat Jimmie in order to do it


  43.   Unser1 posted:
  04.20.2010 - 7:42 am
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A.J. Allmendinger was collected in the big one but other than sliding
through the grass locked together with another car he really didn't hit
anything. He came back and brought the basically undamaged #43 Ford home
in the top-15.


  44.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  04.20.2010 - 1:33 pm
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The problem is that Jimmie took a page out of Tony Stewart's playbook on
how to retaliate. He only hurt himself by smashing in his own fender,
leading to a cut tire. It reminded me exactly of something Tony would
do. He needed to watch tapes of the '09 Fall NWide Phoenix race and Brad
Keselowski to see how to retaliate.

There is definitely tension between Gordon and Johnson. It's like
smokefan said in post #36. The #48 team was assembled with (what they
assumed) was a non threatening driver to help Jeff and basically be his
wingman. I think Jeff expected JJ to basically be the Ruben Barichelo to
his Schumaker (yes, I just dropped an F1 reference even though I never
watch it). But it has blown up in his face as he has been lapped by JJ
big time since 2002. Every driver is frustrated by being constantly beat
by the #48, but especially his shopmate and the guy who brought him in.


  45.   DaleJrFan18 posted:
  04.20.2010 - 1:59 pm
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@#35 you are god

"I think Jeff expected JJ to basically be the Ruben Barichelo to his
Schumaker (yes, I just dropped an F1 reference even though I never watch
it)"

I can tell by your spelling :P

Anyway, yeah everything that I want to say has been said: Jimmie lucked
into another good finish, whining about nothing, Gordon gets screwed, Jr
did great, etc...Talledega next week, woo hoo!


  46.   Anonymous posted:
  04.20.2010 - 2:16 pm
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"And those saying that he is arrogant for complaining about the contact
with Gordon seem to have forgotten how much Jeff himself has whined
about bump-drafting and agressive racing over the past few years."

No kidding. The guy quits winning and people forget he's one of the
biggest crybabies in racing.


  47.   RCRandPenskeGuy posted:
  04.20.2010 - 2:47 pm
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Kasey Kahne FINALLY gets a good finish to match how well he ran during
the race. Although he certainly didn't run in the top-five all day.

Jr actually looks like a driver from the Hendrick stable this week,
getting up front and leading 46 laps, bascially running in the top-3
before falling back to 8th (due to drivers taking two tires and making
it work). He and the #88 team still need to learn how to close the deal
when they come this close to winning.

"The #48 team was assembled with (what they assumed) was a non
threatening driver to help Jeff and basically be his wingman. I think
Jeff expected JJ to basically be the Ruben Barichelo to his Schumaker
(yes, I just dropped an F1 reference even though I never watch it). But
it has blown up in his face as he has been lapped by JJ big time since
2002. Every driver is frustrated by being constantly beat by the #48,
but especially his shopmate and the guy who brought him in."

That pretty much sums it up. After Jimmie's unspectacular Busch career,
NOBODY saw him winning 4 straight titles or even being in Gordon's
league. Everybody thought Ryan Newman would have the better career when
he and Jimmie started in 2002.


  48.   Timmy Quivy posted:
  04.20.2010 - 4:17 pm
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Post #48.

The first post that will mention the word "Aeropush", a word I don't
think I also heard on the telecast past the 20th lap.

THERE IS HOPE!!!


  49.   Talon64 posted:
  04.20.2010 - 4:25 pm
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"Kasey Kahne FINALLY gets a good finish to match how well he ran during
the race. Although he certainly didn't run in the top-five all day."

I don't think Kahne was even running in the top 15 for most of the 2nd
half of the race, and finally got up there when the wreck happened. To
quote Kasey:

"About six of them disappeared in front of me and we were left."

But after some of the luck he's had he deserved a good finish he
shouldn't have gotten. Same with Kyle Busch and Mark Martin.

Also, Jimmie was able to beat Jeff on the last pit stop which lined
Jimmie up inside of Jeff. Jeff was stuck working the high lane which got
him caught up in the wreck while Jimmie was able to avoid it altogether
on the inside.


  50.   Smokefan05 posted:
  04.20.2010 - 5:40 pm
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"Saying that, I agree with Smokefan05, about how Gordon is tired of
seeing Jimmie win. I hope that Jeff finally wins a race this year, and
that he has to legitimately beat Jimmie in order to do it"

I'd be willing to bet that Jeff would dump Jimmie the first chance he
got. Jeff has no problem using the bumper to win, especially when it
comes too Jimmie.


  51.   18fan posted:
  04.20.2010 - 6:38 pm
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We saw Jeff try to move Jimmie at Martinsville in 2007, but he was too
inexperienced with the CoT to do it.(Since it was only the second CoT
race.)


  52.   the_man posted:
  04.20.2010 - 6:44 pm
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David Ragan on his 15th place finish: "A 15th-place finish is better
than what we�??ve been the last few races, but it�??s definitely not
what we�??re looking for.�?�


  53.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  04.20.2010 - 7:55 pm
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"I can tell by your spelling :P"

LOL. I just remember seeing highlights of the wingman pulling over with
the checkered flag in sight and letting Schumaker win and wishing there
was a bucket nearby that I could throw up in. There is a reason I don't
take anything that drivers did in F1 seriously. Hell, just listen to
JPM. Any chance he gets he'll tell people it is all politics over there,
and he is having way more fun wrestling these ill handling taxi cabs
around. And yes I know NASCAR drivers have pulled over for their
teammates and that made me sick too. Plus it was never for a win.


  54.   Anonymous posted:
  04.20.2010 - 8:32 pm
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Schumacher pulled over for Barrichello at Indy in 03 and for Irvine at
Malaysia in 99. That's just the business of F1 where what's best for the
constructor is more important than the individual driver. NASCAR has
individual teams and sponsors or it'd happen here too. I remember
Earnhardt stopping on the track to keep Skinner from being lapped at
Richmond one time.


  55.   Eric posted:
  04.20.2010 - 11:53 pm
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Shell/Pennzoil leaving Harvick for Kurt Busch after this season.

Miller Lite will be Brad Keselowski's sponsor starting next year and it
sounds like Mobil 1 will be leaving the 77 car after this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/nascar/cup/news/story?id=5120539


  56.   Shove a sock In Willy's mouth posted:
  04.21.2010 - 12:12 am
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Anyone notice that that b=no good troll Willy on Wheels has gone
missing? I wonder if people are getting tired of his crap. Anyways I
missed this race. Funny what happened between JG and JJ. Sounded pretty
good. And has anyone eevr watched Ricky Craven on NASCAR Now? The guy is
a genius!


  57.   Talon64 posted:
  04.21.2010 - 4:33 pm
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I think this just further proves the Brad/HMS conspiracy wrong.
Otherwise why would Penske put Brad in the #2 Miller Lite car of all his
rides? I'm sure the "teams" will stay the same, just different numbers
and sponsors, but the #2 ML is still Penske's most prolific ride.


  58.   Talon64 posted:
  04.21.2010 - 5:57 pm
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Carl Edwards' streak without a top five is up to 21 races, and without a
lap led is up to 11 races. He's one of 8 full time drivers not to lead a
lap:

Marcos Ambrose
Sam Hornish Jr.
David Reutimann
Regan Smith
Max Papis
Bobby Labonte
Kevin Conway


  59.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  04.21.2010 - 7:29 pm
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Kasey Kahne:

Starting position: 5

Finishing position: 5

Car # next year: 5


  60.   Talon64 posted:
  04.21.2010 - 7:50 pm
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Kyle Busch drove the #5 before, and his current car number is #18

18 + 5 = 23

oh $#!%


  61.   Kit posted:
  04.21.2010 - 9:41 pm
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What's the purpose of the number switching at Penske? Brad to the #2,
Kurt to the #22, and I'm assuming they are dropping the #12.


  62.   martin-n-rusty posted:
  04.21.2010 - 10:34 pm
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I think part of it, since Miller is going to sponsor Brad next season,
and to keep the tradition of the Miller sponsorship on the 2 car going,
are essentially switching around car numbers. I have heard though the 12
will still exist, that #77 will be gone.


  63.   Kit posted:
  04.21.2010 - 11:22 pm
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Makes sense, but why did they pick Brad over Kurt?


  64.   Shove a sock In Willy's mouth posted:
  04.21.2010 - 11:42 pm
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Beats me. It would be like choosing Willy over Rad83. Really dumb
descion. Kurt is better than Brad. But then, who knows?


  65.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  04.22.2010 - 1:10 pm
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I think its because Kurt is still extremely unpopular among fans. Seeing
Kurt in that car doesn't really make people want to buy Miller Lite.
They're hoping Brad will. Especially if he keeps pissing off the drivers
that fans mostly hate.


  66.   Talon64 posted:
  04.22.2010 - 5:17 pm
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Maybe Shell really wanted Kurt in the car? It sounds like sponsors
picking and choosing their drivers, and with Miller Lite so synonymous
with the #2 they needed to do the number swap.

Kurt's a two-faced jerk anyways, Miller Lite is better off with anyone
else.


  67.   Kit posted:
  04.22.2010 - 5:31 pm
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"I think its because Kurt is still extremely unpopular among fans.
Seeing Kurt in that car doesn't really make people want to buy Miller
Lite. They're hoping Brad will. Especially if he keeps pissing off the
drivers that fans mostly hate."

This is probably the correct answer. Kurt Busch was such a immature
douche when he started out, that even though he has stayed out of
trouble the past few years and just raced, I'm sure a lot of people,
myself included, are still lukewarm about him.

I never really cared for him being in Rusty's car. Sticking Brad in
Rusty's old car is a throwback to the 80s.


  68.   Willy on Wheels posted:
  04.22.2010 - 7:37 pm
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I see that I have haters now, so I hope my input still counts. They want
to put Keselowski in the Miller car because of marketing. He is much
more marketable and exciting to watch than Kurt. Kurt is just another
run-of-the-mill driver nowadays and Brad is agressive, and one of my
personal favorites to watch.

About the haters, the only drivers I "troll" on are Jimmie Johnson,
Kurt's younger, less mature, less talented brother, Danica Patrick,
start and parkers, and rolling roadblocks/wrecking balls that don't
belong in the sport. That leaves around 38 drivers in Cup fields and 32
drivers in Nationwide series fields that I don't "troll" on.


  69.   RCRandPenskeGuy posted:
  04.23.2010 - 2:04 am
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"Kurt's a two-faced jerk anyways, Miller Lite is better off with anyone
else."

I agree.


  70.   Eric posted:
  04.23.2010 - 10:20 pm
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Willy,

You rush into judgments about a driver quickly than you should and you
are being called a troll as a result of it.

Joey Logano is proof of that. You act like Joey has little talent, but
he actually has some talent. The only reason Joey isn't in the top 12 is
the fact he was victim in 2 crashes that Joey had no where to go. Joey
was an innocent victim in the Brad/Carl Edwards crash at Atlanta. Joey
was a victim in the big one at Texas that the crash started with top car
cars.


  71.   Willy on Wheels posted:
  04.24.2010 - 5:50 am
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"Kurt's a two-faced jerk anyways, Miller Lite is better off with anyone
else."

Are you sure you aren't thinking about his less talented, less mature
brother?


  72.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  04.24.2010 - 9:09 am
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"Are you sure you aren't thinking about his less talented, less mature
brother?"

His MORE talented, less mature brother is the ultimate sponsor's
nightmare. But that doesn't mean that Kurt is exactly a sponsor's
friend. He has been putting up a good public front lately, but it is
beyond fake and his in car radio transmissions show he is as bad as
ever. Yes, from an image standpoint, Kurt compares better than Kyle, but
so does everyone else.


  73.   Madison posted:
  07.21.2010 - 1:16 am
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This was Stewart's first pole in 5 years.


  74.   Daniel posted:
  05.21.2012 - 4:16 pm
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In using fastest 43: #26 David Stremme

Out using fastest 43: #83 Brian Vickers


  75.   Sandy posted:
  07.14.2020 - 11:37 pm
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First race for the 32 since the 2006 Ford 400


  76.   Rich posted:
  12.19.2020 - 7:33 am
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Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip were the commentators.
Matt Yocum, Dr. Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Krista Voda were the pit
road reporters. Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond were in the Hollywood hotel.


  77.   Rich posted:
  12.19.2020 - 7:33 am
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Mike Joy, Larry McReynolds and Darrell Waltrip were the commentators.
Matt Yocum, Dr. Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes and Krista Voda were the pit
road reporters. Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond were in the Hollywood hotel.


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