Texas race thread

[MD24]

AAA Texas 500

Sunday, November 7

Green Flag 3:19 pm/et

Qualifying: Friday 4:40 pm/et

[harvick#1]

if I didnt know any better, ESPN still believes its only a 2 man race between Johnson and Hamlin.


I hope both get Hornised in the opening laps :p :

[Alexamateo]

Sadler on pole

JJ starting 17th
Harvick 26th
Hamlin 30th

None of the main 3 contenders really lit it up in qualifying. It will be interesting to see practice rank tomorrow, particularily 10 lap averages.

[MD24]

if I didnt know any better, ESPN still believes its only a 2 man race between Johnson and Hamlin.

Espn is right

Face the fact harvick#1, it's over for "Kevie"

[MD24]

1 19 Elliott Sadler
2 16 Greg Biffle
3 99 Carl Edwards
4 42 Juan Montoya
5 6 David Ragan
6 2 Kurt Busch
7 33 Clint Bowyer
8 78 Regan Smith
9 5 Mark Martin
10 43 A.J. Allmendinger

11 14 Tony Stewart
12 98 Paul Menard
13 9 Aric Almirola
14 39 Ryan Newman
15 24 Jeff Gordon
16 31 Jeff Burton
17 48 Jimmie Johnson
18 00 David Reutimann
19 17 Matt Kenseth
20 20 Joey Logano

21 56 Martin Truex Jr.
22 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
23 82 Scott Speed
24 83 Kasey Kahne
25 1 Jamie McMurray
26 29 Kevin Harvick
27 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
28 21 Trevor Bayne
29 18 Kyle Busch
30 11 Denny Hamlin

31 110 Bobby Labonte
32 47 Marcos Ambrose
33 38 David Gilliland
34 87 Joe Nemechek
35 13 Casey Mears
36 12 Brad Keselowski
37 26 Patrick Carpentier
38 66 Mike Bliss
39 7 Robby Gordon
40 71 Andy Lally

41 34 Travis Kvapil
42 37 Dave Blaney
43 09 Landon Cassill

Did Not Qualify
44 36 J.J. Yeley
45 81 Scott Riggs
46 46 Michael McDowell
47 164 Jeff Green
48 123 Josh Wise
49 192 Brian Keselowski

[Alexamateo]

Lots of Fords at the front in qualifying.

[beachbum]

Lots of Fords at the front in qualifying.HP shows. Watching qualifying and the lap tracker, the Toyota's were losing a lot on the straightaways.

[MD24]

2 lap penalty to Kyle Busch for giving the finger to the Nascar official :D

[MD24]

Jeff Gordon shoved Jeff Burton :eek:

[Jonesi]

#24 crew to service #48 the rest of the race. That can't be good for team morale.

[TURN3]

#24 crew to service #48 the rest of the race. That can't be good for team morale.

Only watching race off and on...are you serious about this? 48 crew is normally pretty stout, seems drastic in the middle of a race.

[NickFalzone]

Only watching race off and on...are you serious about this? 48 crew is normally pretty stout, seems drastic in the middle of a race.

I agree, not the best for team morale.. though you gotta wonder why they have been so crappy on pit stops lately. Should have made the change mid-week though, not middle of the race.

[MD24]

1 Denny Hamlin
2 Matt Kenseth
3 Mark Martin
4 Joey Logano
5 Greg Biffle
6 Kevin Harvick
7 Clint Bowyer
8 David Ragan
9 Jimmie Johnson
10 Paul Menard

11 Tony Stewart
12 Marcos Ambrose
13 Kasey Kahne
14 A.J. Allmendinger
15 David Reutimann
16 Jamie McMurray
17 Trevor Bayne
18 Sam Hornish Jr.
19 Carl Edwards
20 Ryan Newman

21 Aric Almirola
22 Regan Smith
23 Elliott Sadler
24 Kurt Busch
25 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
26 Casey Mears
27 Scott Speed
28 Juan Montoya
29 David Gilliland
30 Bobby Labonte

31 Patrick Carpentier
32 Kyle Busch
33 Brad Keselowski
34 Andy Lally
35 Robby Gordon
36 Jeff Burton
37 Jeff Gordon
38 Martin Truex Jr.
39 Mike Bliss
40 Landon Cassill

41 Travis Kvapil
42 Dave Blaney
43 Joe Nemechek

[MD24]

1 +1 Denny Hamlin 6325 Leader
2 -1 Jimmie Johnson 6292 -33
3 -- Kevin Harvick 6266 -59
4 +2 Carl Edwards 6008 -317
5 +3 Matt Kenseth 6000 -325
6 -2 Jeff Gordon 5994 -331
7 -2 Kyle Busch 5986 -339
8 -1 Tony Stewart 5962 -363
9 +2 Greg Biffle 5953 -372
10 +2 Clint Bowyer 5928 -397
11 -2 Kurt Busch 5890 -435
12 -2 Jeff Burton 5852 -473

[beachgirl]

I agree, not the best for team morale.. though you gotta wonder why they have been so crappy on pit stops lately. Should have made the change mid-week though, not middle of the race.

I guess they figured desperate times/desperate measures.

[Jonesi]

I guess they figured desperate times/desperate measures.

#24 team has been the best all year, #48 only 4th best and they lost a few spots on a couple of spots today before the switch.

[Steve-o]

#24 team has been the best all year, #48 only 4th best and they lost a few spots on a couple of spots today before the switch.

Knaus is normally unflappable. It smacked of panic to me. That #48 team has been there done that...to switch when they are running at a top 10 pace...not enough to gain to warrant the risk/reward IMO. More at my article.

http://www.fanviewpoint.com/2010/11/hamlin-wins-takes-point-lead-as-nascar.html

[harvick#1]

Knaus is normally unflappable. It smacked of panic to me. That #48 team has been there done that...to switch when they are running at a top 10 pace...not enough to gain to warrant the risk/reward IMO. More at my article.


the thing is, does Knaus know they are cheating and they dont wanna win to have the car broken down at NASCAR HQ and get the fine so they will run top 5's and have the small inspection squad look over the car.

because judging on Foxtrax, they were still in a class of their own but were not really ever a challenge for the lead.

[wedge]

Woah, empty seats.

[Steve-o]

the thing is, does Knaus know they are cheating and they dont wanna win to have the car broken down at NASCAR HQ and get the fine so they will run top 5's and have the small inspection squad look over the car.

because judging on Foxtrax, they were still in a class of their own but were not really ever a challenge for the lead.

I dunno, dude. I can't see Knaus playing coy with three races to go, and now being down 33 points. They need to beat Hamlin by a decent margin in one of the next two.

[MD24]

http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news_detail.asp?id=2944

CONCORD, N.C. (Nov. 8, 2010) – The Nos. 24 and 48 Hendrick Motorsports teams will trade pit crews for the remaining two races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.

The change is limited to the seven primary over-the-wall members of the respective pit crews. Roles of additional team personnel will not be affected.

[MD24]

the thing is, does Knaus know they are cheating and they dont wanna win to have the car broken down at NASCAR HQ and get the fine so they will run top 5's and have the small inspection squad look over the car.

because judging on Foxtrax, they were still in a class of their own but were not really ever a challenge for the lead.

The stuff you come up with :\