Texas Cup Race

[Jonesi]

51 cars entered, same 49 as last race, but with John Andretti in 37, Scott Wimmer in 33 added, and Mark Martin back in 01. Looks like rain tomorrow, if so cars in race are top 35 plus:
10 SCOTT RIGGS
44 DALE JARRETT
22 DAVE BLANEY
21 KEN SCHRADER
83 BRIAN VICKERS
49 MIKE BLISS
15 PAUL MENARD
78 KENNY WALLACE

missing out are:
00 DAVID REUTIMANN
4 WARD BURTON
36 JEREMY MAYFIELD
84 AJ ALLMENDINGER
37 JOHN ANDRETTI
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP
34 KEVIN LEPAGE
33 SCOTT WIMMER

[RaikkonenRules]

David Ragan is on pole for the Busch race.

[RaceFanStan]

1/2 hour into 1st Practice, some surprises at the top :
01 David Stremme
02 David Reutimann
03 Paul Menard
04 Martin Truex Jr
05 Greg Biffle .....

[RaceFanStan]

The “make it on speed or go home gang” practice standings :
It should be noted that rain ended practice early.
02 David Reutimann
03 Paul Menard
09 Ken Schrader
10 Scott Wimmer
11 Jeremy Mayfield
12 Ward Burton
13 Kenny Wallace
19 Mike Bliss
22 John Andretti
23 Dale Jarrett
26 Dave Blaney
31 Brian Vickers
37 Michael Waltrip
38 AJ Allmendinger
42 Scott Riggs
Kevin Lepage – NO PRACTICE TIME

[Jonesi]

Jayski showing qualifing delayed until 7:30 (EDT?)

[Jonesi]

NascarNow just reported qualifing canceled, grid to be set by points.

[RaceFanStan]

from nascar.com :
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/qro.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/dnq.jpg
Kenny Wallace #78 Chevrolet
David Reutimann #00 Toyota
Jeremy Mayfield #36 Toyota
John Andretti #37 Dodge
A.J. Allmendinger #84 Toyota
Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
Kevin Lepage #34 Dodge
Scott Wimmer #33 Chevrolet

[Jonesi]

It took Nascar.com 45 minutes to post the starting lineup. It's different from the one at Jayski (I suspect the Jayski one is more accurate ;-) 36-43 is rearranged with the only in or out differance N.com has Ward Burton in, J.com Kenny Wallace in.

[RaceFanStan]

The list @ nascar.com is strictly by owner's points.
Jayski is looking at his interputation of the rules but NASCAR sets the rules. :laugh:

[RaceFanStan]

from nascar.com :
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/qro.jpg
http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g202/gr8link/dnq.jpg
David Reutimann #00 Toyota
Jeremy Mayfield #36 Toyota
John Andretti #37 Dodge
A J Allmendinger #84 Toyota
Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
Ward Burton #4 Chevrolet
Scott Wimmer #33 Chevrolet
Kevin Lepage #34 Dodge

[Cindy_AL]

I bet Reutimann is PO'd. :eek:

[RaceFanStan]

I expect that David Reutimann, Scott Wimmer, Jeremy Mayfield, Ward Burton & Kenny Wallace are all very disappointed.

[Jonesi]

The list @ nascar.com is strictly by owner's points.
Jayski is looking at his interputation of the rules but NASCAR sets the rules. :laugh:

It took an hour but they finally corrected to what Jayski had. ;-)
Got to remember that even though Nascar.com is Nascar's official voice on the internet, it's no longer owned by Nascar and the people putting up content there, may not be high enough on the food chain to have a current Nascar rule book.

[Sparky1329]

Wow. Reutimann had a pretty fast car. :eek:

[dont_be_jack]

Wow. Reutimann had a pretty fast car. :eek:

Yea, he did, I think he might've been 8th on the speed charts. That sucks that he won't be in the race. He ran quite well in the Busch race today and he would've actually given Toyota a decent finish for once!

[RaceFanStan]

A few years ago there was 2 rounds to qualifying.
On Friday was 1st round of qualifying & the fastest 25 cars were locked-in
(once locked-in, those 25 drivers could NOT be bumped)
2nd round qualifying was ran on Saturday & it gave the drivers a choice,
drivers that were 26th on back could either stand on their Friday time ...
or try to improve their time on Saturday ...
if a driver took any qualifying laps on Saturday, his Friday time was erased ...
if a driver's time/speed was low, he risked being bumped by a faster car. :eek:

(If Friday qualifying was rained-out, Saturday's qualifying set the entire field)

But that was before the 1 round of qualifying & 1 engine rule ...
then came the top 35 lock-in & it is anyone's guess what is next.

I will say I did like the 2 rounds of qualifying but with NASCAR, it is what it is ...
you either accept what they set as the rule(s) or else. :s

[Jonesi]

That didn't last long. At the end of lap 1 Yeley & Ragan got together Rudd got caught up in it too.

[e2mtt]

Looks like Jimmie Johnson will probably win again.

Maybe Jr. will pull it off???

[dont_be_jack]

Same ol' race at Texas...wide and boring. Nothing too entertaining here.

[Alexamateo]

So I guess Kyle Busch doesn't slow up for spinning cars :dozey:

[e2mtt]

Looks like Smoke's tire smoke is messin' everybody else up.

[jeffmr2]

Typical idiotic driving by Steward

[dont_be_jack]

Typical idiotic driving by Steward

No, he came up on the 2 quite fast and the 2 sucked all the air off the 20 and caused him to go loose.

[jeffmr2]

Nah he had time to back off the throttle same as he could have given montoya room,its yet another case of the red mist appearing again with him.

[GARYGAZZA]

Jnr driving number 5?Strange

[earnhardt8]

Nah he had time to back off the throttle same as he could have given montoya room,its yet another case of the red mist appearing again with him.

Never mind Montoya , I cant wait to tell my better half his beloved Junior was in a Hendricks cars!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JovialJooles]

Typical idiotic driving by Steward

Glad to see someone else with the same opinion... :)

[jeffmr2]

Glad to see someone else with the same opinion... :)

lol thought i'd get slated for criticising Steward,glad to seei'mnoyt alone

[jeffmr2]

Never mind Montoya , I cant wait to tell my better half his beloved Junior was in a Hendricks cars!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasnt that just the funniest thing in ages.maybe its jr trying to worm his way into the 25 car next year lol

[eastlmark]

Who is this Steward guy anyway?

[harvick#1]

man was this race a snooze before Kenseth and Burton made things exciting.

[Jonesi]

Who is this Steward guy anyway?

Kid who gives remodeling advise at some hardware store ;-)

[jeffmr2]

Who is this Steward guy anyway?

Well my theory is there are two drivers who share the drive in the number 20 car.One named Tony Stewart who is a great race talented driver and a really funny laid back bloke then on some days this other guy turns up Tony Steward who is a crazy out of control idiot of a driver.It was him who drove today.
Or is it i cant spell lol!!

[dont_be_jack]

Who is this Steward guy anyway?
Good Question.


man was this race a snooze before Kenseth and Burton made things exciting.
That it was. Tony did give us something to watch with the spins but it was awful.

[harvick#1]

it was Texas-sized Boredom :p :

[BobbyC]

Four different teams have won the past four races at TMS:

Stolen Race 2005 (killed the Grand Slam): Roush
Spring 2006: Evernham
Stolen Race 2006: Gibbs
Spring 2007: Childress

[Alexamateo]

It's an old cliché, that you only have to lead the last lap, well that's exactly what Burton did today. He only led one lap!

[blakebeatty]

that was one of the best finishes i have ever seen: Jr. in a Hendrick car. And the Burton/Kenseth finish was pretty "edge of your seat" too

[e2mtt]

I bet Jr. would like to drive a Hendricks car all set up right sometime, just to compare. Did he earn a few extra points there, or did he just do it for the love of racing? Pretty cool really.

As far as Stewart goes, I am a big fan, but he is an idiot somedays. Especially when he starts talking. His speeches about "guys who race too hard or too early or fans booing or don't get out of his way like he likes" are just garbage. Shut up and drive Tony. Dale Sr. the spokesman you AREN'T.

Montoya is good. Bad good. He is a fantastic driver. Not only will he be up front a lot, but I think he has the Dale Sr. touch, where if you want to play hard with him, you better be ready end up in the wall with him motoring on.

[DonnieDarco]

I gather Stewart is one to carry a grudge? Even if its his fault? :D JPM finished 8th anyway, and had a pretty decent race from what I can gather :D

[RaceFanStan]

I bet Jr. would like to drive a Hendricks car all set up right sometime, just to compare. Did he earn a few extra points there, or did he just do it for the love of racing? Pretty cool really......
Dale Jr's points didn't change but his drive in the #5 moved it up one position.
However the extra points went to Kyle Busch.
I'm sure Dale Jr was helping out a fellow Chevrolet team (& maybe checking out the Hendrick horesepower). ;)

[R. Mears]

From what I've read here I'd say some of us carry a grude too.
Just like the monday morning QB, except were the monday morning professional NASCAR racing judge. LOL