Coke 600 Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

46 cars on Entry list, so 3 will DNQ
Top 35:
24 JEFF GORDON
14 TONY STEWART
2 KURT BUSCH
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
11 DENNY HAMLIN
31 JEFF BURTON
18 KYLE BUSCH
39 RYAN NEWMAN
16 GREG BIFFLE
17 MATT KENSETH
--
5 MARK MARTIN
99 CARL EDWARDS
33 CLINT BOWYER
42 JUAN P MONTOYA
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
9 KASEY KAHNE
83 BRIAN VICKERS
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
47 MARCOS AMBROSE
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29 KEVIN HARVICK
07 CASEY MEARS
43 REED SORENSON
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
44 AJ ALLMENDINGER
12 DAVID STREMME
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
96 BOBBY LABONTE
20 JOEY L0GANO
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77 SAM HORNISH JR
6 DAVID RAGAN
98 PAUL MENARD
7 ROBBY GORDON
34 TONY RAINES (in for John Andretti who qualified for Indy)

GOGH
21 BILL ELLIOTT (has Champ Prov)
82 SCOTT SPEED
71 DAVID GILLILAND
87 JOE NEMECHEK
36 SCOTT RIGGS
66 DAVE BLANEY
41 J.J. YELEY
13 MAX PAPIS
64 TODD BODINE
09 MIKE BLISS
06 DAVID STARR

[RaceFanStan]

I think we are in for a great race, especially the last 30 to 50 laps. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/thum/2ua.gif
(happily the weather looks like it will be co-operating.) :D

Good Luck to John Andretti in the Indianapolis 500. http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/thum/2ua.gif
(the weather looks like it will be co-operating here also.) :D

[RaceFanStan]

Coca-Cola 600 Starting Line-up
01. Ryan Newman #39 Chevrolet
02. Kyle Busch #18 Toyota
03. Jeff Gordon #24 Chevrolet
04. Mark Martin #5 Chevrolet
05. Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevrolet
06. Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge
07. Mike Bliss #09 Dodge (fastest of the go or go home drivers) :eek:
08. Brian Vickers #83 Toyota
09. Juan Montoya #42 Chevrolet
10. Bill Elliott #21 Ford (had previous Champion's provisional but didn't need it.) :D
11. Joe Nemechek #87 Toyota
12. Martin Truex Jr. #1 Chevrolet
13. Denny Hamlin #11 Toyota
14. Joey Logano #20 Toyota
15. Elliott Sadler #19 Dodge
16. Greg Biffle #16 Ford
17. Kurt Busch #2 Dodge
18. Scott Speed #82 Toyota
19. Carl Edwards #99 Ford
20. Bobby Labonte #96 Ford
21. David Reutimann #00 Toyota
22. Kevin Harvick #29 Chevrolet
23. Marcos Ambrose #47 Toyota
24. Clint Bowyer #33 Chevrolet
25. Dave Blaney #66 Toyota
26. Sam Hornish Jr. #77 Dodge
27. Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 Chevrolet
28. Tony Stewart #14 Chevrolet
29. David Gilliland #71 Chevrolet
30. Matt Kenseth #17 Ford
31. Paul Menard #98 Ford
32. Max Papis #13 Toyota
33. Jamie McMurray #26 Ford
34. David Ragan #6 Ford
35. David Stremme #12 Dodge
36. Casey Mears #07 Chevrolet
37. Robby Gordon #7 Toyota
38. A.J. Allmendinger #44 Dodge
39. Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
40. Jeff Burton #31 Chevrolet
41. Tony Raines #34 Chevrolet
42. Reed Sorenson #43 Dodge
43. Scott Riggs #36 Toyota (got the last spot of the go or go home drivers) :eek:

DID NOT QUALIFY
J.J. Yeley #41 Toyota
Mike Garvey #73 Dodge
Todd Bodine #64 Toyota
David Starr #06 Dodge

Looks like Yeley can't make a slow dog go any faster than Jeremy ...

[willracefan]

i wonder how harvick will do?

[RaceFanStan]

Sunday, May 24th
Coca-Cola 600 @ Charlotte RAIN-Delayed until Monday
:D
Monday, May 25th
12:00 PM ~ FOX ~ Sprint Cup Series Race 12 of 36 @ Charlotte
Coca-Cola 600 ~ 400 laps / 600 miles ~ LIVE

[Lee Roy]

Move the 600 back to Sunday Afternoon!!!!!!!!

[Jonesi]

i wonder how harvick will do?

First one to hit the wall before the rain delay happened.

[RaceFanStan]

Move the 600 back to Sunday Afternoon!!!!!!!!
NO !!!!!! http://www.motorsportforums.com/forums/images/icons/tongue-anim.gif

[GARYGAZZA]

i wonder how harvick will do?
I think Jr needs to hit the wall to sort out the handling or to put him out of his misery!!It is clear he or Eury Jr cant sort it.

[Lee Roy]

This race should have been run and completed yesterday afternoon.

[djparky]

yawn..........

this race can be a bit of a drag to watch on TV but it's now 5 hours...and still there are another 180 odd laps to go- the folk at the track have evidently decided they've got better places to be as well!!

[71minus2]

yep its a yawnfest..........such an anticlimax to the season longest race.

[e2mtt]

rain shortened, David Reutimann gets his first win at 227 laps. pretty cool for David & Mikey.

Ryan Newman 2nd, Stewart Haas still coming strong.

Robby Gordon gets 3rd :-D

Harvick & Junior finished 42nd & 38th respectivly. Ouch.

[harvick#1]

Ryan Newman 2nd, Stewart Haas still coming strong.


for once in for all, Stewart owns the name, Hendrick gives him everything. Hass just never had the drivers before to be good.

I was not one surprised to see them up front every week.

Stewart never started a race team, he bought one, his team doesn't build the chassis, engines, bodies, suspension, anything. his ownership is in the name. Its just like how Jeff Gordon is the owner of the 48, but his name is not plastered on the team. but I forgot DW has the IQ of a groundhog and jabbers on how good Stewart-Hass is, but in reality its just Hendrick Motorsports 5th and 6th teams.

on a side note, well done to Joey, I told you all just to give him some time and he'll be a force to be reckon with soon

[Mark in Oshawa]

for once in for all, Stewart owns the name, Hendrick gives him everything. Hass just never had the drivers before to be good.

I was not one surprised to see them up front every week.

Stewart never started a race team, he bought one, his team doesn't build the chassis, engines, bodies, suspension, anything. his ownership is in the name. Its just like how Jeff Gordon is the owner of the 48, but his name is not plastered on the team. but I forgot DW has the IQ of a groundhog and jabbers on how good Stewart-Hass is, but in reality its just Hendrick Motorsports 5th and 6th teams.

on a side note, well done to Joey, I told you all just to give him some time and he'll be a force to be reckon with soon

So the parts and pieces of the team just needed a driver? Hardly.

Without Tony, they don't get Darien Grubb. The Hendrick parts and engines were there last year and yet no one with Haas knew how to get the cars under Riggs and Mayfield to keep them in the top 35. The drivers are a huge upgrade, but again, it wasn't simple.

Tony hired all the crew chiefs, all the new engineers and vetted the direction of where they wanted to go. The setups they run are their own, not taken directly out of the Hendrick shop. Remember, this is no different than Hall of Fame running out of Gibb's operation a few years back and they sucked wind.

There is more to it, but again, you are under the misguided judgement that Tony just walks in once a week and everything clicks. Tony has pretty much turned himself inside out getting this team to this level. This IS different than Jeff Gordon owning half of the 48 and Jeff would tell you that himself.

That's ok tho, I know you wont give Tony credit for it, but you wouldn't have the guts to say all of that to his face either.

Congrats to Reutimann, a really good guy, the franchise wins one...and congrats to Ryan Newman, the rocketman is going to breakthrough this year in his STEWART-HAAS Chevy, not his Rick Hendrick Chevy....

[harvick#1]

A race team should have to build atleast their own cars, (just like F1) but I can forgive engine buying.

and If I did see Stewart, I'd ask him when he would start building is his own chassis' and cars? once he starts doing that, I'll give him props for his co-ownership. DW and others think that he started the team from scratch, but in all reality, he didn't he hired some engineers and CC (some from Hendrick) and they got instant success because the cars were already proven to be solid.