Lowe's Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

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

GOGH:
08 TERRY LABONTE (1st Champ Prov)
21 BILL ELLIOTT (2nd Champ Prov)
82 SCOTT SPEED
02 DAVID GILLILAND
87 JOE NEMECHEK
66 DAVE BLANEY
25 BRAD KESELOWSKI
13 MAX PAPIS
37 TRAVIS KVAPIL
09 STERLING MARLIN
36 MICHAEL McDOWELL
71 MIKE BLISS
64 MIKE WALLACE

[Jonesi]

Starting Grid:
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
5 MARK MARTIN
9 KASEY KAHNE
17 MATT KENSETH
14 TONY STEWART
39 RYAN NEWMAN
71 MIKE BLISS
25 BRAD KESELOWSKI
24 JEFF GORDON
18 KYLE BUSCH
--
33 CLINT BOWYER
20 JOEY L0GANO
47 MARCOS AMBROSE
02 DAVID GILLILAND
2 KURT BUSCH
82 SCOTT SPEED
11 DENNY HAMLIN
42 JUAN P MONTOYA
7 ROBBY GORDON
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
--
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
77 SAM HORNISH JR
16 GREG BIFFLE
96 BOBBY LABONTE
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR
44 AJ ALLMENDINGER
12 DAVID STREMME
99 CARL EDWARDS
6 DAVID RAGAN
83 BRIAN VICKERS
--
98 PAUL MENARD
29 KEVIN HARVICK
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
31 JEFF BURTON
87 JOE NEMECHEK
21 BILL ELLIOTT
43 REED SORENSON
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
88 DALE EARNHARDT JR
13 MAX PAPIS
--
34 JOHN ANDRETTI
07 CASEY MEARS
08 TERRY LABONTE (Champ Prov)

DNQ:
66 DAVE BLANEY
37 TRAVIS KVAPIL
09 STERLING MARLIN
36 MICHAEL McDOWELL

[NickFalzone]

Well, there went any interest I had in this Chase.

[Jonesi]

Well, there went any interest I had in this Chase.

Well 2nd through 6th are only 105 points apart. If #48 has problems at either Martinsville or Talladega things get real exciting again.

Pts back back from leader # Driver
5923 0 0 48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
5833 90 90 5 MARK MARTIN
5788 45 135 24 JEFF GORDON
5768 20 155 14 TONY STEWART
5746 22 177 2 KURT BUSCH
5728 18 195 42 JUAN P MONTOYA
5655 73 268 16 GREG BIFFLE
5635 20 288 39 RYAN NEWMAN
5592 43 331 9 KASEY KAHNE
5582 10 341 99 CARL EDWARDS
5551 31 372 11 DENNY HAMLIN
5438 113 485 83 BRIAN VICKERS

[NickFalzone]

True, though JPM was mainly the reason I was excited about this Chase. No one from Hendrick winning interests me in the least, well maybe Martin a little. But with JJ 90 points up with 5 to go, I just can't imagine anything short of #4 happening, unless he gets caught up in someone else's wreck (which I would not want to happen).

[Sparky1329]

I'm glad I watched baseball last night.

[muggle not]

I'm glad I watched baseball last night.
LOL, I switched back and forth between the yankees and the race.

It is still a race as far as I am concerned. Gordon and Tony can still win it, more so than mark IMO. There are still 5 races to go. JPM is out, so we will lose the F1 fans. :)

[NickFalzone]

LOL, I switched back and forth between the yankees and the race.

It is still a race as far as I am concerned. Gordon and Tony can still win it, more so than mark IMO. There are still 5 races to go. JPM is out, so we will lose the F1 fans. :)

You know, when is Talledega, next week? Short of a crazy wreck happening there, I just can't see a circumstance where Tony or Jeff could win this thing. JJ and Mark are too consistent, and their equipment is too good on the remaining tracks. I'd put decent money on the current points order being the final points order.

[Jonesi]

Martinsville is next week and Talladega the week after.

[Sparky1329]

Dega and M'ville are always wild cards since crazy stuff usually happens at both races. I'm at a point where I almost don't care who wins the dang Cup. If JJ wins another one it could push me over the edge to a point where I really don't care. I'm sick to death of clone drivers driving clone cars in mind-bogglingly boring races with next to no real competition to win a manufactured "championship".

[NickFalzone]

Dega and M'ville are always wild cards since crazy stuff usually happens at both races. I'm at a point where I almost don't care who wins the dang Cup. If JJ wins another one it could push me over the edge to a point where I really don't care. I'm sick to death of clone drivers driving clone cars in mind-bogglingly boring races with next to no real competition to win a manufactured "championship".

I'm with you on the repetitive nature of NASCAR in the last 2-3 years, that being said each race has its moments so I'll watch here and there on each one. I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think most races are just too long. Charlotte could have been 50 laps shorter, easily. I watched it till the bitter end around 11pm last night. Just too late, and too dang long, endless yellows. I know Hendrick has their stuff together, and especially the 48 team, I can respect what they're accomplishing in a field with not many lightweights. But respect does not mean entertained.

[harvick#1]

February 2001 was when 75% of Nascar died.

November 2003 was when Nascar officially died when Bill France Jr. and Winston both left. after that, I don't count championships anymore.

Winning a Winston Cup was a deserving champion, winning a Nextel Cup is who can be good for 10 races on the same 10 tracks everyyear, not to mention 5 cookie cutters to kill any championship battle. let alone Brian France taking the helm and making a mockery of alot of things, killing tradition for lame-duck marketing in california.

[Sparky1329]

I'm with you on the repetitive nature of NASCAR in the last 2-3 years, that being said each race has its moments so I'll watch here and there on each one. I know I'm probably in the minority on this, but I think most races are just too long. Charlotte could have been 50 laps shorter, easily. I watched it till the bitter end around 11pm last night. Just too late, and too dang long, endless yellows. I know Hendrick has their stuff together, and especially the 48 team, I can respect what they're accomplishing in a field with not many lightweights. But respect does not mean entertained.

The "bitter end" really says a lot. I want to enjoy the races but there's nothing to enjoy. It used to be fun to watch at least three or four cars slugging it out to the checkers. There's just about none of that anymore. Half of the field was at least a lap down at the end of the race and that's not racing as far as I'm concerned.

I stuck with the baseball game until it was over at 1:17 AM because the score was tied into the 13th inning and the game could've gone either way. I'm a Yankees fan so I was thrilled that it went the way it did but I had a reason to stick with it. It's called competition and excitement.

[willracefan]

yeah i was busy watching sec football, gamecocks and crimson tide.