California Race Thread

[Jonesi]

California Entry List - 51 cars entered Top 35:
12 RYAN NEWMAN
20 TONY STEWART
18 KYLE BUSCH
41 REED SORENSON
9 KASEY KAHNE
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
7 ROBBY GORDON
16 GREG BIFFLE
43 BOBBY LABONTE
31 JEFF BURTON
29 KEVIN HARVICK
77 SAM HORNISH JR
11 DENNY HAMLIN
99 CARL EDWARDS
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
66 SCOTT RIGGS
15 PAUL MENARD
07 CLINT BOWYER
70 JEREMY MAYFIELD
96 J.J. YELEY
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
38 DAVID GILLILAND
28 TRAVIS KVAPIL
8 MARK MARTIN
42 JUAN MONTOYA
40 DARIO FRANCHITTI
17 MATT KENSETH
45 KYLE PETTY
01 REGAN SMITH
22 DAVE BLANEY
5 CASEY MEARS
24 JEFF GORDON
6 DAVID RAGAN

GOGH cars that would make field if qualifing was rained out:
2 KURT BUSCH
44 DALE JARRETT
21 BILL ELLIOTT
83 BRIAN VICKERS
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
78 JOE NEMECHEK
34 JOHN ANDRETTI

GOGH cars that would miss field if qualifing was rained out:
87 KENNY WALLACE
10 PATRICK CARPENTIER
84 AJ ALLMENDINGER
27 MIKE SKINNER (in for JV)
49 KEN SCHRADER
60 BORIS SAID
08 BURNEY LAMAR
37 KEVIN LEPAGE (replaces McClure)

[JovialJooles]

No Villeneuve then... Well at least that will be one less crash :dozey:

[Jonesi]

Entry list down to 50, #60 Boris Said has withdrawn.

[RaikkonenRules]

Are Furniture Row and Front Row both running two full time cars? They both have two cars entered here again.

[Jonesi]

Are Furniture Row and Front Row both running two full time cars? They both have two cars entered here again.

Don't think so, and #87 Kenny Wallace's entry has been withdrawn.

[Jonesi]

About 12 hours to qualifing, rain 40% AM, 10% PM. Sunday race 60% rain. Sat & Mon are 10%.

[harvick#1]

http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/California_Speedway_renamed.html

the Auto Club Speedway :laugh:

just destroy this track already, what a joke

[tstran17_88]

http://www.scenedaily.com/news/articles/sprintcupseries/California_Speedway_renamed.html

the Auto Club Speedway :laugh:

just destroy this track already, what a joke
Well...they need the $$$ since nobody actually attends the races out there.

[RaceFanStan]

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(2007 Owner's Points Standings are used for the 1st 5 Races of 2008)


01. Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevrolet
02. Jeff Gordon #24 Chevrolet
03. Clint Bowyer #07 Chevrolet
04. Matt Kenseth #17 Ford
05. Casey Mears #5 Chevrolet
06. Tony Stewart #20 Toyota
07. Sam Hornish Jr #77 Dodge
08. Jeff Burton #31 Chevrolet
09. Carl Edwards #99 Ford
10. Kevin Harvick #29 Chevrolet
11. Martin Truex Jr #1 Chevrolet
12. Denny Hamlin #11 Toyota
13. Ryan Newman #12 Dodge
14. Greg Biffle #16 Ford
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr #88 Chevrolet
16. Mark Martin #8 Chevrolet
17. Regan Smith #01 Chevrolet
18. Jamie McMurray #26 Ford
19. Bobby Labonte #43 Dodge
20. Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge
21. Juan Montoya #42 Dodge
22. Kyle Busch #18 Toyota
23. Reed Sorenson #41 Dodge
24. David Ragan #6 Ford
25. J.J. Yeley #96 Toyota
26. Dario Franchitti #40 Dodge
27. Elliott Sadler #19 Dodge
28. Robby Gordon #7 Dodge
29. Paul Menard #15 Chevrolet
30. Travis Kvapil #28 Ford
31. Scott Riggs #66 Chevrolet
32. David Gilliland #38 Ford
33. Jeremy Mayfield #70 Chevrolet
34. Dave Blaney #22 Toyota
35. Kyle Petty #45 Dodge
36. Kurt Busch #2 Dodge
37. Dale Jarrett #44 Toyota
38. Bill Elliott #21 Ford
39. Brian Vickers #83 Toyota
40. David Reutimann #00 Toyota
41. Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
42. John Andretti #34 Chevrolet
43. Joe Nemechek #78 Chevrolet



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A.J. Allmendinger #84 Toyota
Ken Schrader #49 Dodge
Patrick Carpentier #10 Dodge
Mike Skinner #27 Toyota
Burney Lamar #08 Dodge



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Boris Said

Eric McClure

Kenny Wallace

[RaikkonenRules]

Any more rain outs and those 5 teams that didn't make it are going to have a long season.

Nice to see Furniture Row and Front Row in again though.

[Jonesi]

Doesn't look like they will get the race in tonight. It's pouring there now on "10%" chance of rain. Goes to 80% after midnight, doesn't drop to 20% until 6pm tomorrow. Looks like NW & Cup will race on Monday.

[RaikkonenRules]

This is getting frustrating. Are we ever going to see some action this weekend? :mad:

[themo]

Is it raining now or will the race go ahead ?

[table]

Its not raining right now, they are jet drying the track. However, there are still clouds in the area so you can't guarantee no more rain. They hope is that they will be on the track in an hour or two. After all, Jeffy has to finish in time to make it to one of the Oscar after parties.

[RaikkonenRules]

How long till the start? I've been watching nearly an hour now. :(

[Pedalpusher]

I think I'm going to be a bit bleary eyed at work tomorrow if this race goes ahead tonight :D

[table]

I'm guessing they will start racing within the next 30 minutes, unless a sudden rain shower comes through.

[Jonesi]

Racing about to start.

There's another large cloud system to the NW it's over Pasadena now. When it gets to Fontana they will lose the track for the rest of the day.

[harvick#1]

Jooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooyyneeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr

:laugh: gettin 2 birds with 1 stone.

hope Mears is ok though

[dont_be_jack]

Helluva crash. Good thing everyone is ok.

[dont_be_jack]

So they had to take the time to saw open a seam into the concrete to let water out? Sounds like this race is just a bust...

Then again, it is California.

[Jonesi]

So they had to take the time to saw open a seam into the concrete to let water out? Sounds like this race is just a bust...

Then again, it is California.

Wouldn't be a problem if they didn't schedule the race in our rainy season.

[dont_be_jack]

Wouldn't be a problem if they didn't schedule the race in our rainy season.

Or just gave you one race a year.

[dont_be_jack]

This is just stupid. Call it, try tomorrow.

[BobbyC]

No more rain on the horizon. Nationwide race is tomorrow.

Rain is not on the map now, and they will try around 9 PM PT to restart the race. It could be a run to curfew (10 or 11 at most areas) since only 37 laps are necessary to make it official.

[harvick#1]

Or just gave you one race a year.

I think its better to have none :)

[Smilieangel489]

Well now we're waiting til 2 am est now. Geesh!

[call_me_andrew]

A lot of people get all excited how they can keep trying to race all night with a lighting system. If the race gets started up again at 2 Eastern, I don't think the race will end until 5AM.

[BenRoethig]

If this thing starts back up is it going to be on fox or speed?

[Smilieangel489]

I think it's supposed to be on fox.

[call_me_andrew]

And now it's off until tomorrow.

[Smilieangel489]

Lovely. Time to go to bed!

[dont_be_jack]

Well, good call on NASCAR...

They should have never tried to run the race. Instead, we got through a crummy 90 laps and screwed 5 people because of wrecks that should have never happened because the race should have been called.

Start from zero, let them use back-ups without penalty.

[colinspooky]

anyone have a time for the restart? Trying to avoid looking in obvious places to avoid any result that may or may not be around.

[BenRoethig]

1:00 p.m. EST
6:00 P.M. GMT

[RaceFanStan]

the race started 3 hours late because of heavy overnight and Sunday morning showers ...
and even then was delayed when Michael Waltrip's car began spewing oil during the parade lap ...
Denny Hamlin slid up the track in Turn 3 and slammed the outside wall on Lap 15, heavily damaging his car ...
on Lap 21, Casey Mears lost control coming out of Turn 2, spun back in front of traffic ...
was clipped by Dale Earnhardt Jr and then lifted & turned upside down by Sam Hornish Jr's car ...
Reed Sorenson was also collected & suffered damage in the incident ...

RAIN pelted the track after 87 laps causing the final red flag delaying the Sprint Cup race restart ...
they were unable to dry the track enough to continue the Sprint Cup race early MONDAY morning ...
so @ 2:00 am ET !!! http://www.motorsportforum.com/forums/images/icons/eek.gif (Monday morning) the officials were conceded the race restart had to be delayed ...

the Auto Club 500 (Sprint Cup Series Race 02) will resume Monday @ 1:00 pm ET on FOX ...

Jimmie Johnson currently leads, followed by Travis Kvapil, Kyle Busch, Greg Biffle & Kasey Kahne ...
Jeff Gordon, currently 6th, dominated much of the early going, led 5 times for 57 laps ...
41 of the 43 starters are still running, including Sorenson, Earnhardt & Hamlin, all several laps down ...

... the Nationwide Series Stater Bros 300 postponed from Saturday night is to follow ...

[colinspooky]

I gave up and went to bed about 2.30am UK time when the rain stopped play.

California you say? :D

[BenRoethig]

I know its against the rules, but NASCAR should have stopped the race at the Mears crash, started with a clean slate today, and allowed those who crashed because of track conditions to restart the race in a backup car, going to the tail end of course.

[RaikkonenRules]

Thank God it got delayed. Worked out perfectly for me. Now I can see the race at a convinient time

[Vez]

After the '2 day' race which was California Carl Edwards wins, the only two cars not to finish were Casey Mears and Sam Hornish after the crash from yesterday, and did not start the 'second part' of the race today.

Results
FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 9 99 Carl Edwards Ford Dish Network 190/5 249 Running
2 1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 180/10 249 Running
3 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont Cromax Pro 170/5 249 Running
4 22 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 165/5 249 Running
5 4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Carhartt 160/5 249 Running
6 11 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 150/0 249 Running
7 6 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 146/0 249 Running
8 10 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 147/5 249 Running
9 20 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 143/5 249 Running
10 13 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Samsung HDTV / ALLTEL 139/5 249 Running
11 39 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 130/0 249 Running
12 8 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 132/5 249 Running
13 36 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 124/0 249 Running
14 24 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance So. Cal. 121/0 249 Running
15 14 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 123/5 249 Running
16 16 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet Principal Financial Group / Mark Martin's 700th start 115/0 249 Running
17 32 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditReport.com 112/0 249 Running
18 28 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 114/5 249 Running
19 3 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet DIRECTV 106/0 249 Running
20 21 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Wrigley's Juicy Fruit 103/0 249 Running
21 31 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet Haas Automation 100/0 249 Running
22 18 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 102/5 249 Running
23 40 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 94/0 248 Running
24 27 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge U2 3D / Best Buy 91/0 248 Running
25 19 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Hamburger Helper "My Hometown Helper" 88/0 248 Running
26 38 21 Bill Elliott Ford Little Debbie 85/0 248 Running
27 29 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards 82/0 247 Running
28 41 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 79/0 247 Running
29 25 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 76/0 247 Running
30 34 22 Dave Blaney Toyota CAT Paving Products 73/0 247 Running
31 17 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet Coors Light 70/0 247 Running
32 26 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge Target 72/5 247 Running
33 37 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 69/5 246 Running
34 43 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row / DenverMattress.com 61/0 245 Running
35 42 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Front Row Motorsports 63/5 244 Running
36 30 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Yates Racing 55/0 241 Running
37 23 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Energizer e2 Lithium 52/0 239 Running
38 35 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 49/0 235 Running
39 33 70 Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet Haas Automation 46/0 230 Running
40 15 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet AMP Energy / National Guard 43/0 202 Running
41 12 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 40/0 192 Running
42 5 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 37/0 20 Out of Race
43 7 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 34/0 20 Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie

Congrats on a strong result for Vickers and a solid finish for Dragon.

Top Rookie was Regan Smith in 31st.

What happened to Travis for him to get a damaged splitter, he was running real strong at the front with Jimmie for quite a while but ended up 36th 8 laps down?

[Lee Roy]

. . . . and a solid finish for Dragon.



Dragon???

[colinspooky]

fffrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. My best fire breathing impression --- :rolleyes:


http://www.imprintedpromoproducts.com/embroideryclipart/Cartoon%20Dragon.dragonf.jpg

[RaikkonenRules]

I going to guess on you meaning David Ragan :confused:

[Vez]

Dragon???

It's just my nickname for David Ragan :) , if it bugs you I'll stop calling him dragon. Though you have been the first one to notice/responded that I have been doing/done it.

colinspooky
I like the picture it's very cute :p

RaikkonenRules, yes you are right.

[call_me_andrew]

Aside from the rain this was a pretty good race. Much better than the usual California races.

And I did like the blue wall.

[blakebeatty]

Aside from the rain this was a pretty good race. Much better than the usual California races.

And I did like the blue wall.

agreed, good race. CoT definately helped here, seemed as though you could run almost anywhere.

[BobbyC]

Dragon -- I was thinking of a family of New England racers.

And something to think: Ford has won seven consecutive races after the Daytona 500. What is it about the Roush-Yates combination that seems to dominate, with six of those seven by Roush? Of course, it doesn't hurt that Roush has something Hendrick, DEI, and Childress haven't done in seven years -- win at the other D-oval, MIS.

This race needs to be called the Roush Invitational. Their cars are undefeated since this race went to February, just like their cars are undefeated at Homestead since it went to a night race.

[wedge]

agreed, good race. CoT definately helped here, seemed as though you could run almost anywhere.

I'm a fan of the COT I'm sure it made some difference to the racing but when practice and qualy is rained out then its anybody's race

[blakebeatty]

I'm a fan of the COT I'm sure it made some difference to the racing but when practice and qualy is rained out then its anybody's race

I can't wait to see what the CoT does at Atlanta, Texas, and Lowe's Motor Speedway. These are the fastest tracks in NASCAR, and each with multiple racing grooves. Should be very interesting.

Does anyone know if Goodyear is bringing a proper tire to Charlotte, or the same one made of cement that they have brought since the levigation?

[harvick#1]

Goodyear does that at just about everytrack.

they have never brought a proper tire since 1999

[Lee Roy]

It's just my nickname for David Ragan :) , if it bugs you I'll stop calling him dragon. Though you have been the first one to notice/responded that I have been doing/done it.

colinspooky
I like the picture it's very cute :p

RaikkonenRules, yes you are right.


Doesn't bug me at all. I just didn't know who you were talking about. :D

It's a clever name. :D

[tassiedevilAB]

Hey guys have you noticed lately the the photo section on the front page of this web site is laking pictures of the Nationwide race last week, it is already a new race week & there is bugger all , wtf is happening i always go to the front page to get the pics of the race, get your arse in gear motorsport news & show them, the cup ones are up & the nationwide raced after them , this is just not good enough for the fans of nationwide drivers

[RaikkonenRules]

thehotlap.com are lacking Nationwide pics too.

[tassiedevilAB]

also bugger all pics on the main Nationwide site thehotlap.co have hardly any of the racing, it is if there was a start & a finish with nothing in between, yeh i also ask them why they didn't do them , it is the site for the series so wtf are they doing for the fans , they always do race shots & crashes but there is nothing to look at of the race?

[RaikkonenRules]

Here's why. 'PhotoPhil' the person who takes the photos apparently had to leave the Fontana on Sunday and so could not take any photos of the delayed Nationwide race on Monday.

Read the 'Why no California Photos' thread on thehotlap.com's forum for detials.