Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Race Thread

[tstran17_88]

QUALIFYING ORDER
Corona Mexico 200 presented by Banamex | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
April 20, 2008| Race 9 of 35


ORDER CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR
1 0 Joe Fox Chevrolet Lori Morgan
2 4 Landon Cassill* Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming
3 05 Brett Rowe Chevrolet 31-W Insulation / CertainTeed
4 89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus
5 198 Alex Garcia Chevrolet Dixien / OmniSource Corp.
6 99 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
7 109 Kevin O'Connell Chevrolet Gen'l Environmental Mgmt / Taleo Grill
8 52 Scott Gaylord Ford Means Racing
9 01 Kertus Davis Chevrolet RaceGirl
10 149 Robert Richardson, II Chevrolet Jay Robinson Inc.
11 331 Stan Barrett Chevrolet INTERUSH / GrandStay.net
12 91 Larry Gunselman Chevrolet MSRP Motorsports
13 38 Jason Leffler Toyota Great Clips
14 30 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet NOS Energy Drink / 4caring.org
15 28 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Reel Deal "Card Games" on Phantom EFX
16 90 Chris Cook Chevrolet Drifting Mexico
17 161 Kevin Lepage Ford Specialty Racing
18 81 D.J. Kennington Dodge MC2 Energy Drink / NPPL
19 1 Mike Bliss Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming
20 47 Kelly Bires Ford Clorox
21 184 Jose Luis Ramirez Dodge The Perfect Game / Rayere
22 7 Mike Wallace Toyota GEICO
23 24 Brian Simo Chevrolet Hefty
24 41 Kyle Krisiloff Dodge Polaroid
25 60 Carl Edwards Ford Scotts Water Smart
26 29 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express
27 22 Ruben Pardo Dodge Bombardier Learjet / Telcel
28 37 Rafael Martinez Ford Scotiabank Inverlat / Canel's
29 32 Michel Jourdain Jr. Toyota Visit Durango / Visit Mexico
30 88 Brad Keselowski Chevrolet U.S. Navy
31 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet BB&T
32 5 Adrian Fernandez Chevrolet Lowe's
33 6 David Ragan Ford Discount Tire
34 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet RoadLoans.com
35 12 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Penske Truck Rental
36 66 Steve Wallace Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities
37 27 Brad Coleman Ford Carino's Italian Grill
38 9 Patrick Carpentier* Dodge Auto Value
39 64 Max Papis Chevrolet Atreus Homes & Communities
40 186 Antonio Perez Dodge Telmex / Chivas Racing
41 17 Erik Darnell Ford CitiFinancial
42 111 Jason Keller Chevrolet America's Incredible Pizza Company
43 40 Scott Pruett Dodge Fastenal
44 16 Colin Braun Ford 3M
45 25 Boris Said Ford No Fear / Team Smithfield / Advance Auto Parts
46 20 Kyle Busch Toyota Doosan Infracore
47 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford Kingsford Hickory Charcoal

[tstran17_88]

How ironic that the Border Patrol isn't on Herman's car this week.

[nigelred5]

HMMMMM, wonder why???

[tstran17_88]

Hey! 19 year old Colin Braun on the pole. Scott Pruett outside pole.

[harvick#1]

not surprised at all, he is a road course racer that most of you haven't heard of yet

[tassiedevilAB]

congrats to Braun that is a good one for him, but he has had a pole & 2 2nd places at this circuit, jack will be rapped for him , but do you think Carl the snarl will?

what do you think Pruett will do to him on the first corner, will he dump the kid or bide his time.

Corona Mexico 200
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez | Apr 20, 2008 01:30 PM
01. Colin Braun #16 Ford 102.756 mph
02. Scott Pruett #40 Dodge 102.651 mph
03. Carl Edwards #60 Ford 102.506 mph
04. Marcos Ambrose #59 Ford 102.312 mph
05. Boris Said #25 Ford 102.075 mph
06. Kyle Busch #20 Toyota 101.922 mph
07. Patrick Carpentier #9 Dodge 101.775 mph
08. Clint Bowyer #2 Chevrolet 101.749 mph
09. Jason Keller #11 Chevrolet 101.716 mph
10. Antonio Perez #86 Dodge 101.669 mph
11. Sam Hornish Jr #12 Dodge 101.560 mph
12. Steve Wallace #66 Chevrolet 101.520 mph
13. Brad Coleman #27 Ford 101.470 mph
14. Erik Darnell #17 Ford 101.395 mph
15. Ron Hornaday Jr #33 Chevrolet 101.374 mph
16. Ruben Pardo #22 Dodge 101.297 mph
17. Max Papis #64 Chevrolet 101.272 mph
18. Kelly Bires #47 Ford 101.271 mph
19. Mike Wallace #7 Toyota 101.214 mph
20. Michel Jourdain Jr #32 Toyota 101.093 mph
21. Scott Wimmer #29 Chevrolet 100.962 mph
22. Rafael Martinez #37 Ford 100.820 mph
23. David Ragan #6 Ford 100.820 mph
24. Mike Bliss #1 Chevrolet 100.765 mph
25. Kyle Krisiloff #41 Dodge 100.717 mph
26. Kenny Wallace #28 Chevrolet 100.353 mph
27. Brian Simo #24 Chevrolet 100.285 mph
28. Brad Keselowski #88 Chevrolet 100.214 mph
29. Jose Luis Ramirez #84 Dodge 100.183 mph
30. D.J. Kennington #81 Dodge 100.171 mph
31. Chris Cook #90 Chevrolet 100.106 mph
32. David Green #5 Chevrolet 100.015 mph
33. David Reutimann #99 Toyota 99.953 mph
34. Kevin O'Connell #09 Chevrolet 99.795 mph
35. Stanton Barrett #30 Chevrolet 99.790 mph
36. Jason Leffler #38 Toyota 99.758 mph
37. Alex Garcia #98 Chevrolet 99.367 mph
38. Kenny Hendrick #31 Chevrolet 98.866 mph
39. Kertus Davis #01 Chevrolet 98.050 mph
40. Scott Gaylord #52 Ford 97.855 mph
41. Landon Cassill #4 Chevrolet 97.770 mph
42. Kevin Lepage #61 Ford 97.621 mph
43. Larry Gunselman #91 Chevrolet 97.555 mph

Did Not Qualify
Brett Rowe #05 Chevrolet 97.514 mph
Morgan Shepherd #89 Dodge 97.322 mph
Derrike Cope #49 Chevrolet 96.447 mph
Joe Fox #0 Chevrolet N/A

that is a good top 5 right there , this race on monday oz time should be a cracker!

Ambrose & said will have a good fight & carl will wan't to get to the front as soon as he can?

[tstran17_88]

what do you think Pruett will do to him on the first corner, will he dump the kid or bide his time.

Pruett seems to be a pretty clean driver...all though the last corner of the last lap, all bets are off!

[tassiedevilAB]

Pruett seems to be a pretty clean driver...all though the last corner of the last lap, all bets are off!

chipp will not agree with you of him being a clean driver, look what happened today in the DP cars, what was pruett thinking?

[tassiedevilAB]

19/04/2008

AMBROSE QUALIFIES FOURTH FOR MEXICO CITY


Marcos Ambrose will start the Corona Mexico 200 from fourth position after qualifying well at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City today.

Ambrose has focused his attentions on having a stable car for long runs during tomorrow’s race, but still was able to achieve a top five qualifying time in the #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion.

Fourth is Ambrose’s NASCAR career best qualifying performance on a road course, eclipsing the Australian’s previous best of fifth in Montreal last season.

Ambrose is confident that he has a strong package for the race and is sighting race strategy as a crucial element to success in tomorrow’s 80-lap race around the twisty Mexico City circuit.

Ford drivers occupy four of the top five positions, with teenager Colin Braun putting his Ford Fusion on pole from Scott Pruett, followed by the Fords of Carl Edwards, Ambrose and Boris Said.

Marcos Ambrose - #59 Kingsford Hickory Ford Fusion

“We’re pretty happy,” said Ambrose.

“It’s nice to be in the top third for this race.

“We feel like we have a good car on the longer run. I was hoping for a top-five qualifying run there and I’m pretty pleased with it.

“I think we will be a lot of long runs tomorrow because the race will settle down and everyone is just trying to look out for their gear. There will be a cluster of cautions, that’s historically how this race is run.”

“It’s a nice gain for us. I feel like we’ve really improved our road course program. We were faster here with this car with a 100 less horsepower than what we had last year. We’ve made huge gains on the car and we’re really pleased with it.”

RESULTS: Qualifying
1. #16 Colin Braun 88.217
2. #40 Scott Pruett 88.307
3. #60 Carl Edwards 88.432
4. #59 Marcos Ambrose 88.600
5. #25 Boris Said 88.805
6. #20 Kyle Busch 88.939
7. #9 Patrick Carpentier 89.067
8. #2 Clint Bowyer 89.090
9. #111 Jason Keller 89.119
10. #86 Antonio Perez 89.160

that is a very good smile on ambrose face on his web site?

this top 10 will be a shoot out of who will get to the first corner?

[harvick#1]

oh geez Nascar, once again, you fail to have the track ready for race, the wall should've had tire barriers in front of the wall