Martinsville Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

48 cars on entry list, 5 will DNQ
Top 35 (now using '09 Owners Points)
24 JEFF GORDON
2 KURT BUSCH
33 CLINT BOWYER
18 KYLE BUSCH
99 CARL EDWARDS
9 KASEY KAHNE
14 TONY STEWART
11 DENNY HAMLIN
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
17 MATT KENSETH
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00 DAVID REUTIMANN
29 KEVIN HARVICK
31 JEFF BURTON
83 BRIAN VICKERS
42 JUAN P MONTOYA
44 AJ ALLMENDINGER
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
16 GREG BIFFLE
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
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55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
12 DAVID STREMME
47 MARCOS AMBROSE
96 BOBBY LABONTE
07 CASEY MEARS
6 DAVID RAGAN
39 RYAN NEWMAN
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
43 REED SORENSON
7 ROBBY GORDON
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5 MARK MARTIN
77 SAM HORNISH JR
34 JOHN ANDRETTI
20 JOEY L0GANO
71 DAVID GILLILAND

GOGH
82 SCOTT SPEED* (* just dropped out of Top 35)
8 ARIC ALMIROLA*
98 PAUL MENARD*
87 JOE NEMECHEK
36 SCOTT RIGGS
66 DAVE BLANEY
41 JEREMY MAYFIELD
64 TODD BODINE
09 STERLING MARLIN
37 TONY RAINES
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73 MIKE GARVEY
75 DERRIKE COPE
46 DENNIS SETZER

[colinspooky]

Now this is a boring track...... Just my opinion.











Oh boy, talk about being a devil's advocate .. ;)

[Mark in Oshawa]

Colin...it is short track racing. Beat and bang, push and shove, the roots of NASCAR. Racing in stock cars takes place on more half miles than any other type of track anywhere. Martinsville is to NASCAR that Fenway Park is to baseball or the old Wembley Stadium would be to the Premier League. IT is the roots.....and a throwback to an other era.....

NASCAR without Martinsville would be boring.

How dare you call it boring when Fontana is on the schedule? good god man......

[RaceFanStan]

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01 Jeff Gordon #24 Chevrolet
02 Kurt Busch #2 Dodge
03 Clint Bowyer #33 Chevrolet
04 Kyle Busch #18 Toyota
05 Carl Edwards #99 Ford
06 Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge
07 Tony Stewart #14 Chevrolet
08 Denny Hamlin #11 Toyota
09 Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevrolet
10 Matt Kenseth #17 Ford
11 David Reutimann #00 Toyota
12 Kevin Harvick #29 Chevrolet
13 Jeff Burton #31 Chevrolet
14 Brian Vickers #83 Toyota
15 Juan Montoya #42 Chevrolet
16 A.J. Allmendinger #44 Dodge
17 Elliott Sadler #19 Dodge
18 Greg Biffle #16 Ford
19 Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 Chevrolet
20 Martin Truex Jr. #1 Chevrolet
21 Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
22 David Stremme #12 Dodge
23 Bobby Labonte #96 Ford
24 Marcos Ambrose #47 Toyota
25 Casey Mears #07 Chevrolet
26 David Ragan #6 Ford
27 Ryan Newman #39 Chevrolet
28 Jamie McMurray #26 Ford
29 Reed Sorenson #43 Dodge
30 Robby Gordon #7 Toyota
31 Mark Martin #5 Chevrolet
32 Sam Hornish Jr. #77 Dodge
33 John Andretti #34 Chevrolet
34 Joey Logano* #20 Toyota
35 David Gilliland #71 Chevrolet
36 Scott Speed* #82 Toyota
37 Aric Almirola #8 Chevrolet
38 Paul Menard #98 Ford
39 Dave Blaney #66 Toyota
40 Scott Riggs #36 Toyota
41 Joe Nemechek #87 Toyota
42 Jeremy Mayfield #41 Toyota
43 Todd Bodine #64 Toyota

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Sterling Marlin #09 Dodge
Tony Raines #37 Chevrolet
Dennis Setzer #46 Dodge
Derrike Cope #75 Dodge

[harvick#1]

I say make a motion to Nascar to change the short tracks to last 50 laps for single-file restarts, its kinda annoying to see the teams get screwed over because guys 2-3 laps down have to be jackasses

[muggle not]

I rate the race about a 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10. Best race of the season so far.

Jr is now within 44 points of displacing Kenseth in the top 12. Burton will soon displace Reutimann.

Mikey is an embarassment....and I agrre with harv on the restarts.

[Oli_M]

Pretty good race I thought.

Nice close racing up front, and huge kudos to Hamlin for what he said after the race. He could quite easily have bitched about the pass but acknowledged the good, exciting racing. Impressive domination by Chevy, will they be able to continue it next week??!

[Fred Basset]

I rate the race about a 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10. Best race of the season so far.

Jr is now within 44 points of displacing Kenseth in the top 12. Burton will soon displace Reutimann.

Mikey is an embarassment....and I agrre with harv on the restarts.


:laugh: :laugh:

[willracefan]

maybe nascar should issue the rule for lap cars like today in the truck race, they couldnt race the leaders.

[colinspooky]

Hmm - ok then. Massive portion of humble pie was served up to me after this race. What fun. That was really entertaining, and I take back the boring tag I gave the track.
Wonder if this is a one-off, or whether this new(ish) car, this track, these conditions all conspired to make it good.
One of those things we will never know for sure. But it sure was good.

Anyone think Jimmie was too heavy handed? Or did Denny just squeeze too much after going in a little too wide for Jimmie's fast approach on his rear?

I am inclined to go with a 50-50 perfectly fair passing attempt which was defended hard, but just a fraction too late. :cool:

Wonder how this pair will face up to each other the next time they are in a similar position.

[Fred Basset]

Now this is a boring track...... Just my opinion.





Just proves what you don't know....

[colinspooky]

Just proves what you don't know....

Just proves you don't read threads :rolleyes:

[Fred Basset]

actually i did see your response after the race, it was the original post from you i was refering to :rolleyes: :laugh:

[jeffmr2]

I guess i should come clean and admit to enjoying the race as well. I've always slagged off Martinsville as being an awfull track with dull boring races but sunday proved me wrong.
However I still much prefer Bristol and Fontana and dont think it deserves 2 races either.Oh dear im sounding all anti-Martinsville again already,thats not my intention lol!

[colinspooky]

Blimey - more free speech.

:p

[wedge]

However I still much prefer Bristol and Fontana and dont think it deserves 2 races either.Oh dear im sounding all anti-Martinsville again already,thats not my intention lol!

I love good ol' short track racing but there's not many 'old school' short tracks that are just over 1/2 mile. Plus Martinsville is the oldest track on the schedule.