Chicago Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

Entry List, 45 cars, 2 cars DNQ
Top 35:
18 KYLE BUSCH
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
31 JEFF BURTON
99 CARL EDWARDS
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
24 JEFF GORDON
11 DENNY HAMLIN
9 KASEY KAHNE
17 MATT KENSETH
07 CLINT BOWYER
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16 GREG BIFFLE
20 TONY STEWART
29 KEVIN HARVICK
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
6 DAVID RAGAN
83 BRIAN VICKERS
12 RYAN NEWMAN
2 KURT BUSCH
43 BOBBY LABONTE
28 TRAVIS KVAPIL
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42 JUAN MONTOYA
38 DAVID GILLILAND
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
5 CASEY MEARS
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
15 PAUL MENARD
44 DAVID REUTIMANN
8 MARK MARTIN
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
7 ROBBY GORDON
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22 DAVE BLANEY
41 REED SORENSON
77 SAM HORNISH JR (35th in OP)
01 REGAN SMITH
00 MICHAEL McDOWELL

GOGH:
45 TERRY LABONTE (Most recent Champ Prov)
21 BILL ELLIOTT (Champ Prov)
66 SCOTT RIGGS (36th in OP -70)
78 JOE NEMECHEK
10 PATRICK CARPENTIER
96 J.J. YELEY
84 AJ ALLMENDINGER
70 JASON LEFFLER (back in car)

Part Time entries
34 TONY RAINES
08 JOHNNY SAUTER (moves from #70)

[tstran17_88]

Qualifying is rained out!

[RaceFanStan]

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01. Kyle Busch #18 Toyota
02. Dale Earnhardt Jr #88 Chevrolet
03. Jeff Burton #31 Chevrolet
04. Carl Edwards #99 Ford
05. Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevrolet
06. Jeff Gordon #24 Chevrolet
07. Denny Hamlin #11 Toyota
08. Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge
09. Matt Kenseth #17 Ford
10. Clint Bowyer #07 Chevrolet
11. Greg Biffle #16 Ford
12. Tony Stewart #20 Toyota
13. Kevin Harvick #29 Chevrolet
14. David Ragan #6 Ford
15. Brian Vickers #83 Toyota
16. Mark Martin #8 Chevrolet
17. Ryan Newman #12 Dodge
18. Kurt Busch #2 Dodge
19. Martin Truex Jr #1 Chevrolet
20. Bobby Labonte #43 Dodge
21. Travis Kvapil #28 Ford
22. Juan Montoya #42 Dodge
23. David Gilliland #38 Ford
24. Jamie McMurray #26 Ford
25. Casey Mears #5 Chevrolet
26. Elliott Sadler #19 Dodge
27. Paul Menard #15 Chevrolet
28. Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
29. David Reutimann #44 Toyota
30. Dave Blaney #22 Toyota
31. Robby Gordon #7 Dodge
32. Reed Sorenson #41 Dodge
33. Regan Smith #01 Chevrolet
34. Michael McDowell #00 Toyota
35. Sam Hornish Jr. #77 Dodge
36. Terry Labonte #45 Dodge
37. Bill Elliott #21 Ford
38. Scott Riggs #66 Chevrolet
39. A.J. Allmendinger #84 Toyota
40. J.J. Yeley #96 Toyota
41. Joe Nemechek #78 Chevrolet
42. Patrick Carpentier #10 Dodge
43. Jason Leffler #70 Chevrolet

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Tony Raines #34 Chevrolet
Johnny Sauter #08 Dodge

[Sparky1329]

Ah phooey. I hate it when QF is rained out.

[harvick#1]

yeah it was a great thunderstorm last night at work, I could only assume Joliet got the same

[Lee Roy]

It's amazing that as bad as the Red Bull Team ran last year that Brian Vickers is now 15th in the points standings.

[champmember]

It was quite an impressive front that moved in! My group left the stands before the mad rush, but still took over an hour to get out of the lot. It was a scene right out of movie, the sky turned jet black in a matter of minutes and everybody was running in fear and panic as the front moved over the track. The other dissappointing thing that happened was that a lot of the displays were shut down early due to fear of lightening.

The part that had us a little confused was that they were still trying to dry the track and cars were still being pushed into pit lane to go back out right up to the point of the storm. We were watching the radar on a crackberry and knew it was coming. We just figured that the money spent to dry the track was made up in beer sales since it encouraged everybody to stick around instead of heading home.

I have to say, the traffic patterns to get out of the lots had to be the worst I have ever experienced. We beat the main rush but still took over an hour to get out of the smaller lot by the main gate (the one with the handicap parking) really frustrating when you only live 10 minutes away and drank all the beer during the first rain delay. Did make for some interesting moments as fights were breaking out between people in the lot trying to cut each other off to get out. I saw more than one instance where drivers (and friends) were out of their cars and in each others faces.