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Post by 85t5mcss on Sept 11, 2011 14:07:59 GMT -5
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Post by twomanymontes on Sept 13, 2011 22:15:23 GMT -5
LOL! Harvick won. Was a really good race at the end. Now the Chase 2011starts. Harvick and Busch tied for 1st. Just glad to see Tony Stewart made it in with out a win.
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Post by twomanymontes on Sept 24, 2011 21:34:55 GMT -5
Tony Stewart finally made it to Victory lane this year!!! And made a huge jump in the points standings from 9th to 2nd!
Rank Driver Points
1 KEVIN HARVICK 2054
2 TONY STEWART 2047
3 CARL EDWARDS 2044
4 KURT BUSCH 2043
5 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 2041
6 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2040
7 RYAN NEWMAN 2040
8 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2038
9 KYLE BUSCH 2035
10 MATT KENSETH 2030
11 JEFF GORDON 2029
12 DENNY HAMLIN 2013
13 CLINT BOWYER 756
14 A J ALLMENDINGER 748
15 GREG BIFFLE 731
16 MARK MARTIN 729
17 MARTIN TRUEX JR. 717
18 DAVID RAGAN 710
19 JUAN PABLO MONTOYA 709
20 KASEY KAHNE 705
21 JOEY LOGANO 699
22 MARCOS AMBROSE 698
23 PAUL MENARD 691
24 JEFF BURTON 647
25 REGAN SMITH 616
26 JAMIE MCMURRAY 616
27 BRIAN VICKERS 602
28 DAVID REUTIMANN 568
29 BOBBY LABONTE 546
30 DAVID GILLILAND 454
31 CASEY MEARS 402
32 DAVE BLANEY 360
33 ANDY LALLY 349
34 ROBBY GORDON 241
35 TONY RAINES 129
36 J J YELEY 114
37 BILL ELLIOTT 100
38 TERRY LABONTE 92
39 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 92
40 KEN SCHRADER 87
41 DAVID STREMME 56
42 BORIS SAID 38
43 STEPHEN LEICHT 20
44 MICHAEL WALTRIP 20
45 ANDY PILGRIM 18
46 CHRIS COOK 17
47 T J BELL 14
48 BRIAN SIMO 11
49 GEOFFREY BODINE 6
50 BRIAN KESELOWSKI 3
51 ERIK DARNELL 2
52 STEVE PARK 2
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Post by 85t5mcss on Sept 25, 2011 17:29:10 GMT -5
Big point spread between 12th and 13th!
Newman, Keselowski?, Stewart or Harvick are my pics. Or who I want to win.
Keselowski has done well, but don't think he can put these races together especially with Edwards still gunning for him.
I'm gonna say Harvick or Johnson will take it this year.
BTW-Purple is Sarcasm.
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Post by twomanymontes on Oct 1, 2011 21:56:35 GMT -5
Tony Stewart with 2 in a row!!! Tomorrows race in Dover should be exciting. Always a spoiler for Chase drivers.
Here is the update on the points, I decided to just list the Chase Drivers.
Rank Driver Points
1 TONY STEWART 2094
2 KEVIN HARVICK 2087
3 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2083
4 CARL EDWARDS 2080
5 JEFF GORDON 2071
6 KYLE BUSCH 2068
7 MATT KENSETH 2068
8 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 2068
9 KURT BUSCH 2066
10 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2065
11 RYAN NEWMAN 2060
12 DENNY HAMLIN 2028
And it's good to see Truex on the pole!
Truex Jr. wins Dover pole: #56-Martin Truex Jr. won the Coors Light pole for the AAA 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway with a speed of 159.004mph. It is his 1st pole of the season and the 6th of his career, Truex Jr. has never won from the pole. Truex Jr. is the 17th driver to win a pole in 2011.
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Post by 85t5mcss on Oct 2, 2011 16:20:07 GMT -5
Just got home and its still on. Score!
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Post by twomanymontes on Oct 2, 2011 21:30:55 GMT -5
Kurt Busch took the win, so glad he pass JJ in the last 20 laps or so. Tony Stewart really fell behind. I have no idea what happened to him. Edwards really had the car to beat, came back from a drive thru penalty to finish 3rd, that was impressive.
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 5, 2011 21:24:27 GMT -5
There is a God!!!
I was watching the NASCAR Truck race last night, and on lap 15, Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday had a little scuffle as they past a lap truck. Well, they kind of bumped and both tagged the wall, Then kyle Busch decided to loose his mind and take Hornaday out and wrecked both trucks while on the track during a caution!
Well, NASCAR decided this was uncalled for and decided to park Busch for the remainder of the weekend!!! And are still deliberating about parking him for the rest of the season!!! Here is the last Update I could find:
NASCAR to meet with Kyle Busch Saturday morning: UPDATES - Busch parked: Tempers flared early in Friday night's truck race at Texas Motor Speedway. As they ran three-wide early in Friday's race, Ron Hornaday moved up the track, causing Kyle Busch, running on the outside, to hit the wall. Hornaday also hit it. As they slowly went around the track, Busch ran up on the rear of Hornaday and caused Hornaday to smack the wall head-on in what was hard contact. Hornaday was uninjured. NASCAR called Busch to the hauler to meet with officials after the race. NASCAR met with Kyle Busch for less than five minutes on Friday night after the race. They will meet with Busch before Saturday morning's Cup practice (which is at 8:45am/et) to discuss the incident. Hornaday went to the NASCAR hauler (he wasn't called there by officials) after Kyle left and said: "If NASCAR doesn't (park Busch), I'm hanging around, and I'm going to buy Tommy Baldwin's ride and that guy will never finish another race. That's a promise. He's got to be parked. They did it to Harvick at Martinsville.'' Hornaday was reminded that the Harvick parking was in 2002, which Hornday said: "So, let's have at it? So I can go over and beat his ass and let's have at it? He lives too close to me. We'll see what NASCAR does. If they don't handle it right, I'll be over at his house Monday morning.''(Virginian-Pilot)(11-5-2011)
UPDATE: NASCAR announced Saturday morning that they have parked Kyle Busch for the remainder of the Texas race weekend. He will not be allowed to participate in the Nationwide or Cup races. He will be replaced in the Cup race by Michael McDowell and by Denny Hamlin in the Nationwide race. Further penalties against Busch could be announced early in the week.(11-5-2011)
UPDATE 2: Joe Gibbs didn't argue with the severity of the penalty. "I always trust NASCAR," Gibbs said. "I think they do a great job. They manage the series. It's grown because of them and the way they handle it. I have great faith in the decisions they make. We've been a part of this for a long time, and we love it. We love being a part of it, and we love this sport. This was a tough one for us, but as I mentioned, sometimes in life you go through tough things. You don't like it, but we're certainly going to try and work our way through this one and do the right thing and try and handle it the right way." Gibbs now must deal with the fallout from the incident, and that means talks with Cup sponsor Mars and Nationwide sponsor Z-Line Designs, as well as other JGR partners. "I met with Kyle in his motor home this morning," Gibbs said. "It's one of those personal conversations you have when a real tough situation like this comes up. I think, for all of our other partners involved with this-and there's a number of them-we haven't even had a chance to get with everybody yet. So we're still trying to go through that as best we can. We'll be here the whole weekend trying to meet with everybody, trying to work our way through this and trying to handle it the right way."(Sporting News)(11-5-2011)
AND: Ultimately, Busch may face sanctions more severe than those levied by NASCAR. Addressing the media this morning in Texas, team owner Joe Gibbs accepted blame for his driver's actions, saying, "It definitely rests with me. When you own something& you're responsible. I take full responsibility for it." Gibbs hinted that conversations have taken place with team sponsors about how to proceed, and sources in the NASCAR garage say serious consideration is being given to parking Busch for the remainder of the 2011 Sprint Cup and Nationwide campaign.(Sirius Speedway)(11-5-2011)
Statement from Toyota: "Toyota understands it is NASCAR's responsibility to enforce their rules for the well-being of the sport. We recognize this is a difficult situation for both Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch with respect to the incident that occurred at Texas Motor Speedway during Friday (Nov. 4) night's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. However, we are confident in the leadership of Joe and J.D. Gibbs, and are certain the team will handle this difficult situation in an appropriate manner. Toyota remains 100 percent committed to its support of Joe Gibbs Racing and its drivers."(Toyota)(11-5-2011)
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 5, 2011 21:27:30 GMT -5
Michael Waltrip Racing is changing up for next year!!
Martin to MWR, Reutimann out. UPDATES: The puzzle pieces for the 2012 season continue to fall into place with the latest speculation putting Mark Martin in the Michael Waltrip Racing stable for a partial schedule next year. #56-Martin Truex Jr. will return to drive MWR's NAPA Toyota with newcomer Clint Bowyer coming on board in a partner Toyota entry carrying 5-Hour Energy sponsorship for the bulk of the campaign. Sponsorship for the #00 entry driven by David Reutimann will not be in place for the entire 2012 schedule opening the door for Martin to take over and compete on a partial basis. Michael Waltrip Racing has an announcement planned Friday at Texas Motor Speedway where it is expected the team's firm 2012 plans will be unveiled.(CBS Sports)(11-1-2011)
UPDATE: Mark Martin is expected to drive a part-time 2012 Sprint Cup schedule for Michael Waltrip Racing in the #00 Toyota currently driven by David Reutimann, multiple sources close to the situation confirmed Tuesday. Sources said team owner Michael Waltrip, a two-time Daytona 500 winner, likely will drive all or a portion of the four restrictor-plate races at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. MWR's lineup for 2012 will be Martin, recently signed Clint Bowyer from Richard Childress Racing, and Martin Truex Jr. Sources said an announcement could come Friday at Texas Motor Speedway, where MWR has a 10:30 a.m. local time news conference scheduled. MWR officials declined to comment. Reutimann, attending the SEMA Auto Show for Toyota, would neither confirm nor deny the information. "Talk to Michael," Reutimann told ESPN.com, referring to his owner.(ESPN)(11-1-2011)
UPDATE 2: Michael Waltrip Racing announced that driver David Reutimann will not return to the team for the 2012 season. Team officials notified Reutimann this week. "David has been a significant part of Michael Waltrip Racing since the very beginning and will forever be a part of our heritage," said Co-Owner Michael Waltrip. "We want to thank David for his contribution to our growth and success over the past five years and wish him well in the future." Reutimann will remain with the team for the final three races of the 2011 season.(MWR)(11-3-2011)
UPDATE 3: Michael Waltrip Racing announced it has hired Mark Martin to share in driving duties of the #00 Toyota and extended its 30-race sponsorship with Aaron's, Inc. through the 2013 Sprint Cup season. Martin will drive in 25 Sprint Cup events each of the next two seasons, sharing the #00 Aaron's Dream Machine with Michael Waltrip, who will drive five events with Aaron's sponsorship. Martin will join Martin Truex Jr. and recently acquired Clint Bowyer in the MWR stable next season. Martin will begin his tenure with MWR at the 2012 Daytona 500. Waltrip will run the remaining restrictor plate races plus the race in his home state of Kentucky. MWR plans to run a combination of drivers and sponsor partners to fill the remaining races when Martin and Waltrip are not behind the wheel.(MWR)(11-4-2011)
UPDATE 4: Before qualifying sixth for Sunday's AAA 500 at Texas, Reutimann told reporters "it's a bad time to be out of a job" in NASCAR. "I'm just struggling a little bit with it," said Reutimann, who had signed a multiyear extension last July after winning at Chicagoland Speedway. "You've just got to wonder if it's worth it in the long run. I don't know.' The alternative is not doing it at all and that's not a great alternative to have. I want it worse than anybody that's ever set foot in this garage and I still do. I can still win races, I can still get the job done. Let's not forget last year that we were able to win and actually had a shot at making it in the Chase. That's only been a year ago. I can still do that if I can get into the right situation. It's unfortunate that things worked out like they did."(USA Today)(11-5-2011)
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 5, 2011 21:30:28 GMT -5
The latest standings in the Chase
Rank Driver Points
1 CARL EDWARDS 2273
2 TONY STEWART 2265
3 KEVIN HARVICK 2252
4 BRAD KESELOWSKI 2246
5 MATT KENSETH 2237
6 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2230
7 KYLE BUSCH 2216
8 KURT BUSCH 2215
9 DALE EARNHARDT JR. 2200
10 JEFF GORDON 2197
11 DENNY HAMLIN 2193
12 RYAN NEWMAN 2184
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Post by 85t5mcss on Nov 6, 2011 18:28:44 GMT -5
Wow. Gotta be more to MWR than that. I speculate Reutimann wasn't getting the job done and Waltrip released him so he can find a ride where he may shine. Also bringing in Martin to help the organization. Hope they are treated fairly and wish them all the best. I would like to see Martin in a role that can bring some positive influence to a struggling team.
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 8, 2011 22:40:46 GMT -5
I thought Reutimann was doing fairly decent. But your right, Truex was the top guy. I really hope Martin does help ina positive way, even if it is part time for 2 years. Time will tell. And MWR must be doing well seeing as he's fielding a Rolex team next year too.
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Post by 85t5mcss on Nov 9, 2011 18:38:45 GMT -5
And MWR must be doing well seeing as he's fielding a Rolex team next year too. I heard he found a couple of Monte Carlo guys, 1 from Indy and 1 from NY, to drive the LeMans effort. I may have to watch TV this weekend. |
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 9, 2011 20:13:01 GMT -5
LOL! If he asked, I'd be there and I know you would be too!!!
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 21, 2011 21:39:52 GMT -5
I guess the new points system really works! IT was such a close battle that it actually ended in a tie with Edawards and Stewart at 2403 points each. But with 5 wins Stewart broke the tie and won the Championship!
Tony Stewart nearly wrote off his season during a summer slump, then dismissed his chances at the beginning of NASCAR's championship chase.
Stewart thrust himself early into title contention, then never let up as he drove all over the competition and chased down Carl Edwards. He seized his third championship Sunday night with a powerful and relentless drive that will go down with the greatest in NASCAR history.
He won at Homestead-Miami Speedway, holding off Edwards for a tie in the final Sprint Cup Series standings — good enough to win the title based on his five victories. All of Stewart's wins came in the Chase, and Edwards' lone victory this season was in March. It was the first tie in the points standings in NASCAR history.
How good was Stewart, who drove from the back — twice! — and passed 118 cars during the race?
''Tony drove the best race of his life,'' said A.J. Foyt, Stewart's childhood idol.
The compliment nearly brought Stewart to tears.
''Not many people can hear your lifelong hero say that. Just really, really flattering,'' said Stewart, who wasn't sure it's the best drive of his 31-year career, but knew it was pretty strong.
''I feel like I passed half the state of Florida; 118 cars is a lot of cars to pass in one race. To do it under the circumstances and pressure we had, I'm very, very proud of that. I can't even remember how many races I've won, but I would have to say under this set of circumstances I've got to believe one of the greatest races of my career.''
Stewart became the first owner/driver to win the championship since the late Alan Kulwicki in 1992, and the driver to end Jimmie Johnson's record five-year title run. His last title was in 2005, the year before Johnson's began his reign.
Stewart overcame a hole in the grill of his Chevrolet, a rain delay, used debatable fuel strategy and made aggressive passes that stunned racing veterans to win Sunday. He's been driving that way for at least a month, buoyed in part by a race-winning pass of Johnson on the outside at Martinsville that gave him his third Chase victory.
''He's been the one to go three- and-four wide when everyone else is scared and lifts,'' said crew chief Darian Grubb, who was told in the middle of the Chase he was being let go at the end of the season because the Stewart-Haas Racing team wasn't performing. His status is now uncertain.
Edwards, who started the race with a three-point lead in the standings, did everything he could from the minute he arrived in Florida. His Roush-Fenway Racing team put his Ford on the pole, he led a race-high 119 of the 267 laps and still finished a helpless second.
Edwards, who had a 4.9 average finish over the 10 Chase races, was disappointed but held his head high after the race.
Winner takes all
How did Stewart top the field?''This night is about Tony Stewart. Those guys rose to the occasion, and they beat us fair and square,'' Edwards said. ''That is all I had. We came here and sat on the pole, led the most laps and Tony still managed. That's it. That's all I got at the end. That's as hard as I can drive.
''I told my wife, 'If I can't win this thing, I'm going to be the best loser NASCAR has ever had.' So, I'm going to try really hard to keep my head up and know that we'll just go next year and we'll be just as hard to beat.''
As third-place finisher Martin Truex Jr. did his post-race news conference, Edwards sat silently off to the side, his eyes fixed on a bank of televisions showing Stewart's championship celebration.
''If I could do it all over again, there's nothing I could have done differently,'' he whispered. ''That's my maximal effort, and Tony beat us. We knew that of all the circumstances possible, this was the least probable. But I was prepared for this.''
Edwards, despite being the most consistent driver this season and points leader for 21 weeks, has been on the ropes the last month as Stewart turned up his energy, effort and trash-talking. His quick wit and sharp tongue kept the entire industry entertained as he did everything possible to get inside Edwards' head.
Maybe it was really for Stewart's benefit, a driver trying to talk himself into believing he had a shot at the title after struggling all summer long. He maybe didn't rattle Edwards, but Stewart for sure talked himself into this title.
He arrived in Miami insistent he'd race with nothing to lose and did just that from the moment the race began. He was moving through the field from his 15th starting spot when caution came out 14 laps into the race. His Stewart-Haas Racing crew discovered a hole in his grill, and the repairs dropped him to 40th in the field.
It adds up
Where are your favorite drivers in the Sprint Cup standings? Check out the points.Stewart then blew by car after car and was up to 23rd in a matter of minutes. Another caution sent him into the pits for more repairs, and he restarted in 32nd.
His yapping then resumed, as he scoffed on his radio how embarrassed Edwards and the No. 99 team would be when Stewart drove from the back of the field — twice! — to beat them.
When more rain forced NASCAR to stop the field for 75 minutes, Stewart confidently walked pit road and sent a message to Edwards.
''We are fixin' to keep delivering this whoopin'; we got more in mind for him the rest of the day,'' he said in an ESPN interview.
Edwards, meanwhile, huddled with crew chief Bob Osborne atop the pit box and declined to be interviewed. His Roush Fenway Racing team had to be nervous about engine durability — three Roush Yates engines failed over the course of the race — and Edwards eventually retreated to his motorhome to snack on popcorn and keep his focus.
When racing resumed, Stewart continued to slice through the field and used several spectacular three- and four-wide passes to close in on Edwards. Then crew chief Grubb made an unusual call to keep Stewart out on the track until he was just about out of gas. It was a risky call but worked perfectly when the rain came moments after Stewart finally stopped for gas.
It gave Stewart breathing room as he was able to save gas under yellow. He was fourth on the final restart, Edwards was sixth, and Stewart used a three-wide pass over Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski and AJ Allmendinger to reclaim the lead.
Although Edwards quickly moved into second, he couldn't catch Stewart as he sailed to his fifth Chase victory.
''They got five wins in 10 races,'' Osborne said. ''That's pretty unbelievable. But they did it, and it got them the championship.''
The championship completes a total turnaround for co-owner Gene Haas, who sold half his slumping organization to Stewart in 2008 in a hope the driver could bring a spark to a team that struggled to stay inside the top-35 in points.
''Tony Stewart's a superstar, we knew that,'' Haas said. ''You need a wheelman. You can have all the best equipment in the world, and without a wheelman, you don't have a whole lot.''
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Post by 85t5mcss on Nov 22, 2011 18:14:51 GMT -5
Didnt see any of it but heard it was a heck of a race.
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Post by twomanymontes on Nov 26, 2011 22:46:41 GMT -5
Sadly I missed it due to my grandmothers funeral. But I did catch the highlites.
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