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[RaikkonenRules]

Grid for today's race

1 41 David Stremme
2 59 Marcus Ambrose
3 22 Mike Bliss
4 37 Johnny Sauter
5 99 David Reutimann
6 6 David Ragan
7 90 Stephen Leight
8 60 Carl Edwards
9 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
10 16 Todd Kluever
11 38 Jason Leffler
12 88 Shane Huffman
13 12 Sam Hornish Jr.
14 29 Scott Wimmer
15 10 Dave Blaney
16 4 Regan Smith
17 27 Jason Keller
18 20 Aric Almirola
19 21 Timothy Peters
20 9 Boris Said
21 44 Ruben Pardo
22 66 Steve Wallace
23 25 Richard Johns
24 47 Jon Wood
25 7 Mike Wallace
26 77 Kertus Davis
27 23 Brad Keselowski
28 42 Kevin Hamlin
29 33 Cale Gale
30 14 Kyle Krisilof
31 56 Danny O'Quinn
32 1 JJ Yeley
33 18 Brad Coleman
34 36 Brent Sherman
35 34 Jay Sauter
36 70 Justin Diericks
37 73 Brett Rowe
38 01 Morgan Shephard
39 0 Eric McClure
40 28 Robert Richardson
41 52 Brad Teague
42 76 Jerick Johnson
43 48 Mike Harmon

Krisilof will start at back with backup car after crash in qualifying.

[Erki]

Ambrose on outside pole. Awesome. :s mokin:

[harvick#1]

damn I'm getting tired of Rusty in the booth. we have to hear about Steve Wallace every 5 minutes

[Erki]

I don't get the broadcast, can anyone regularly post updates here? And how's Marcos going?

[tstran17_88]

damn I'm getting tired of Rusty in the booth. we have to hear about Steve Wallace every 5 minutes
His boy punts some one...and it's one of those racing deals. Andy Petree did a good job of covering for the monkey so that Rusty didn't have to cover for him. :laugh:

[tstran17_88]

I don't get the broadcast, can anyone regularly post updates here? And how's Marcos going?
He went backwards fast...not sure were he finished. Race just got over.

[tstran17_88]

Cousin Carl won btw.

[tstran17_88]

Ambrose finished 17th.

[Robert Ryan]

Ambrose likes concrete ovals, but have to start wondering about his team..why he had little race speed. It seems Jon Wood and himself are finishing very close together in the few races they have raced in BGN this year.

[monaroCountry]

what happened to Montoya?

[harvick#1]

he didn't race

[tstran17_88]

what happened to Montoya?Got a little sunburn by his pool in Miami I would imagine. :D

[RaikkonenRules]

Kevin Hamlin ran the #42 this race and finished 19th, 2 laps down.

[RaikkonenRules]

Series Standings using Moto GP System

1 Carl Edwards 115
2 Kevin Harvick 72
3 Kyle Busch 68
4 Jeff Burton 59
5 Matt Kenseth 56
6 Dave Blaney 45
7 Denny Hamlin 39
8 Jaun Pablo Montoya 35
9 Tony Stewart 35
10 Clint Bowyer 34
11 Casey Mears 31
12 David Reutimann 29
13 Greg Biffle 26
14 David Stremme 25
15 Jason Leffler 23
16 Scott Wimmer 19
17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 19
18 Regan Smith 18
19 Shane Huffman 17
20 Boris Said 16
21 Marcus Ambrose 14
22 Todd Kluever 14
23 Kurt Busch 13
24 Ryan Newman 13
25 Jon Wood 12
26 Mike Bliss 12
27 Mark Martin 11
28 Scott Pruett 11
29 Martin Truex Jr. 10
30 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 9
31 Robby Gordon 9
32 Kasey Kahne 9
33 Jorge Goeters 9
34 Stephen Leight 8
35 Adrian Fernandez 7
36 David Ragan 5
37 Mike Wallace 3
38 Jamie McMurray 3
39 Joe Nemechek 3
40 Steve Wallace 2
41 Ward Burton 1
42 Sam Hornish Jr. 1
43 Brent Sherman 1
44 Jay Sauter 1
45 Brad Coleman 1

[dont_be_jack]

what happened to Montoya?

No sense in racing on a racetrack that's not run by the Nextel Cup.

[djarumdudley]

nothing against Carl Edwards, but terribly crappy that he won. i really thought a Busch regular would pull this one out or at least some one unheralded like David Stremme. hopefully a regular can pull one off during the Nashville-Kentucky-Milwaukee stretch in June.

[RaikkonenRules]

Grr stupid Buschwackers. :mad: I wanted Leffler to win.

[The Phantom]

what happened to Montoya?


No sense in racing on a racetrack that's not run by the Nextel Cup.

I suppose Montoya doesn't need the money, but here's a good example of the difference between Marcus Ambrose and JPM - Ambrose left a lucrative drive in Australia (pretty much the best team in the V8 Supercar circus) to race NASCAR because he reckons racing 16 times a year isn't enough - he wants to race EVERY WEEKEND : )

Pity he was not able to back up his qualifying performance, but its a long year, he'll be back in the top ten soon.

[IndianChiefJoy]

I don't know/care about Marcos Ambrose, but Montoya have been racing since early January, before the Rolex 24 at Daytona that he won. The week after he started the speed week in Daytona, and didn't have a weekend off just to relax. With Rolex 24, Bush and Cup, Montoya have been racing every weekend for three months in a row, so, I guess he deserves a break.