NASCAR Thread

[roushmartin6]

RIP Jason Leffler. Crazy to think that he just start and parked the 19 a few days ago in Pocono......

[AZ Snake Fan]

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RIP Jason Leffler

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Fast Friday: Michigan 400, 2 mile oval

Practice: first 4 drivers topped 200 mph, next 8 topped 199.
Fast practice overall, 31 drivers topped over 196 mph.
Tony had to switch to a backup car after getting into the wall.
Top 10 fastest in practice this morning on a hot (108), sunny track:
Kahne, Kurt, Almirola, Harvick, Jr., Mark Martin, Truex, JJ, Carl and Austin Dillon.

Qualifying was held this afternoon after the NWS practice.
The track temp was hotter (118) than this morning’s Sprint practice.
Even so, qual times were relatively fast. 22 drivers averaged 2 miles at over 199 mph.
This could be any team’s race for a win that make the right adjustments at the right time.

Line up for the Michigan 400:

1 .Carl Edwards 202.452
2. Kurt Bush 201.879
3. Kasey Kahne 201.213
4. Paul Menard 200.803
5. Aric Almirola 200.764
6. Joey Logano 200.725
7. Austin Dillon 200.630
8. Matt Kenseth 200.568
9. Kyle Busch 200.457
10. Juan Pablo Montoya 200.445
11. Denny Hamlin 200.406
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 200.100
13. Martin Truex Jr. 200.050
14. Tony Stewart 199.789
15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 199.761
16. Brad Keselowski 199.750
17. Jimmie Johnson 199.689
18. Jeff Burton 199.656
19. Greg Biffle 199.380
20. Bobby Labonte 199.358
21. Kevin Harvick 199.231
22. Mark Martin 199.214
23. Marcos Ambrose 198.692
24. Casey Mears 198.593
25. Trevor Bayne 198.429
26. David Gilliland 198.364
27. Clint Bowyer 198.292
28. Jamie McMurray 198.080
29. Jeff Gordon 197.922
30. Michael McDowell 197.217
31. David Ragan 196.813
32. AJ Allmendinger 196.791
33. David Reutimann 196.276
34. David Stremme 196.266
35. Ryan Newman 195.737
36. Dave Blaney 195.514
37. Danica Patrick 194.900
38. Josh Wise 193.908
39. Ken Schrader 193.092
40. J.J. Yeley 192.962
41. Travis Kvapil 192.833
42. Joe Nemechek 191.990
43. Mike Bliss 187.149

Behave yourselves drivers, be safe and enjoy Michigan

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[roushmartin6]

26th, last car on lead lap. Another disappointing day for Mark Martin fans. At least Jimmie hit the wall lol

[Peanut]

Good NW race. Congrats to AJ. I like it when my open-wheelers do good.

Papis is funny.



RIP Allan Simonsen

[roushmartin6]

Glad to see Truex finally win. When Juan ran out of gas, I thought so here is how Truex will lose it this week. Have to work Saturday so I will miss the Kentucky race but I will be listening to it on the internet. Mark isn't running it so I guess it don't matter anyways. Kind of surprised he didn't add this race. I could see when Mikey wanted to run the race but why let Vickers run at a track he hasn't?

[FL BRONCO]

Glad to see Truex finally win. When Juan ran out of gas, I thought so here is how Truex will lose it this week. Have to work Saturday so I will miss the Kentucky race but I will be listening to it on the internet. Mark isn't running it so I guess it don't matter anyways. Kind of surprised he didn't add this race. I could see when Mikey wanted to run the race but why let Vickers run at a track he hasn't?

Yes I thought that too. I was just praying he made, he has had that win coming. Congrats to him, I also felt like Montoya got what he deserved.

[Southstander]

Said to see Bobby's 704 streak come to an end.

[Freyaka]

Said to see Bobby's 704 streak come to an end.

Lame...I think he's just about done anyway at this point...

[roushmartin6]

Said to see Bobby's 704 streak come to an end.

I was hoping someone would give him a ride. Only 43 cars entered, you could have easily been in with his past champion provisional. Leavine Family Racing could have entered him, or even Gibbs. If they can field a 4th car for Elliot Sadler, why not Bobby?

[Freyaka]

I was hoping someone would give him a ride. Only 43 cars entered, you could have easily been in with his past champion provisional. Leavine Family Racing could have entered him, or even Gibbs. If they can field a 4th car for Elliot Sadler, why not Bobby?

No joke right...I think they of all teams owe him for what he's done for them over the years...They wouldn't be the multi-team powerhouse they are today without his consistancy the majority of his time there (not to mention his championship)

Yes Smoke did a lot (that's another I wish would give Bobby a ride...) But he came towards the end after Bobby had already had many years of consistantly being in the top 10 in points.

This is a sad day...it'll be the first time since 1978 that there hasn't been a Labonte in the field...

[Peanut]

Bobby Labonte's start streak to end at 704: Bobby Labonte's consecutive start streak will come to an end at 704 races. Labonte is not entered in the Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway, which will bring an end to the second-longest active starts streak in NASCAR behind Jeff Gordon's 705 starts. Labonte confirmed his status on a chat with fans on the JTG Daugherty Racing website. "I will not be racing this week," he wrote. "It is disappointing the way it is happening. I have had a couple of offers this morning, but I have declined them because I don't want anybody else that has an opportunity to do what I do, what they love, to have to sit on the sideline for my sake." JTG will use A.J. Allmendinger in the #47 Toyota at Kentucky. Allmendinger drove for the team two weeks ago at Michigan, while Labonte drove the #51 Chevy for Phoenix Racing. Phoenix Racing will use Austin Dillon this weekend, which left Labonte without a seat after two consecutive rough races. Labonte has not missed a start since he began racing full-time in the Cup Series in 1993. He's won 21 races and the 2000 championship while driving for Joe Gibbs Racing. Kentucky will mark the first Cup race without a Labonte in the field since the 1978 season finale at Ontario. Older brother Terry Labonte has 884 starts. Ricky Rudd holds the NASCAR record of 788 consecutive starts.(Associated Press), see the full list of consecutive starts on my All-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Starts page.(6-26-2013)

The bolded: That is class.

[Freyaka]

The bolded: That is class.

Yea it really is....too bad some team wouldn't have created a ride for him instead of asking someone else to sit out in his place...

[Freyaka]

I'm growing rather tired of Johnson's whining about every other drivers restarts....waaaa dude....

I'll never grow tired however of him screwing himself out of a race win!!! I will give him this, that was a dang impressive save and comeback to get a top 10 position.

[roushmartin6]

I'm growing rather tired of Johnson's whining about every other drivers restarts....waaaa dude....

I'll never grow tired however of him screwing himself out of a race win!!! I will give him this, that was a dang impressive save and comeback to get a top 10 position.

Yea Jimmie should worry about his own car first

[Southstander]

My boy Jimmie win the Firecracker 400.