Auto Club 500 Thread

[slorydn1]

52 to go...could be a fuel milegae race

[slorydn1]

48 will have the lead after they cycle through

[Osella]

Keep an eye on the 15, the other DEI engines let go shortly after pit stops...

[Jonesi]

I know they can just barely get 100 miles on a tank at these fast smooth tracks, but will anyone risk it on the first race with the new fuel?

[Jonesi]

Who was the smoking yellow car that was leaving the pits as #18 was coming in?

[slorydn1]

17 cars on the lead lap

[harvick#1]

I'm glad RCR and Harvick and the 29 finally got a good setup for this track :)

but burton and bowyer have also been great

[slorydn1]

well the 29 straddled the set up...
now he's too loose

[slorydn1]

I'm glad RCR and Harvick and the 29 finally got a good setup for this track :)

but burton and bowyer have also been great

10-4

[f1rocks]

Montoya just now pitted. Can he go all the way. Or does he need to pit again ? What do you guys think...

[harvick#1]

what a run for the Red bull guys.

seems Vickers is much better off than being in the 25 :D

[slorydn1]

Montoya just now pitted. Can he go all the way. Or does he need to pit again ? What do you guys think...

with the new smaller fuel cells its gonna be close........

[harvick#1]

Burton passing Gordon for 3rd :D

[f1rocks]

with the new smaller fuel cells its gonna be close........

Looks like he just became 2 laps down. I dont know what the hell is goin on. He was in 17th position in lead lap before pitting. How could he be 2 laps down ??

Is that again a pit stop problem...

[harvick#1]

Burton s fastest in the top 5 and Harvick is 2nd fastest :D

go RCR

[slorydn1]

i cant believe we've been green for 87 laps......

[Osella]

what a run for the Red bull guys.

seems Vickers is much better off than being in the 25 :D

I have a lot of respect for Vickers, deciding he'd be better being an inexperienced team leader at a new team, than being the 3rd Hendrick car. How many other drivers would walk away from Hendrick for some thing totally unknown at that stage in their career?

[harvick#1]

Has Stan fallen asleep, wheres are flag guy :D

[Hoss Ghoul]

I think Montoya can make it on fuel.

He went another lap down because he pitted so late, and thus lost alot of time to cars on newer tires.

However, he is currently right behind the #48 Jimmie Johnson, the leader, and is maintaining his interval.

Montoya's lap times have improved to 41.30's and the like.

[slorydn1]

Berrier reports that the 29 will be 9 laps short on fuel if it stays green...

[Jonesi]

Still looking for a crossed flag icon. ;-)

[harvick#1]

Harvick to 4th, passed Gordon

[Hoss Ghoul]

JPM's team is going to go the rest of the way without stopping(assuming no caution). They expect the other teams to begin pitting again in about 10 laps, and they hope to inherit a top 10 or so position. Per team radio.

[Osella]

What do we reckon, Splash n Dash stops with 10 to go? Could help out the 07 and 20, they've been fast in the stops all day.

[slorydn1]

29 reports way too loose....

[Osella]

Last stops starting now, 25 on pit road, don't think the 42 will make it without stopping personally..

[slorydn1]

nascars talking about debris

[harvick#1]

Caution :mad:

[RaceFanStan]

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[slorydn1]

yellow, yellow, yellow

[Osella]

Yellow for debris! Watch the 25...

[harvick#1]

come on Harvick, have a great pitstop

[harvick#1]

Yellow for debris! Watch the 25...

25 is three laps down :p :

[slorydn1]

29 will take 4 tires, air pressure and wedge adjustment

[slorydn1]

half down on track bar

[Osella]

Yeah, but he took on 4 tyres and he reckon's something's broken on the rear of his car...

[harvick#1]

Johnson slow stop :D

[slorydn1]

in 4th out 3rd

[harvick#1]

17,31,29,24,48 out of pit

[race aficionado]

this is like a frign' lottery!

[harvick#1]

did you win :p :

[slorydn1]

top 10

17
31
29
24
48
07
01
20
18

and apparently its raining by the mountain thats close to the track, but nothing at the track

[race aficionado]

did you win :p :

No! :mad: :D

dang!

:s mokin:

[Osella]

:laugh: Mears came in because the team didn't tell him whether they thought he should or not, so he came down pit road anyway! They are really screwed on setup with that car... Now 4 laps down.

[harvick#1]

watch out for Tony, he had the fastest car in the race. he should get up to atleast 4th

[slorydn1]

one to go at the line, there will be 20 laps to go on the restart....

GOOOOO KEVIN

[harvick#1]

how about the top line from daytona who made the move running 1-2-3 :D

[Osella]

one to go at the line, there will be 20 laps to go on the restart....

GOOOOO KEVIN

Errrm, you made a typo, it's spelt T.O.N.Y, not K.E.V.I.N :p

[RaceFanStan]

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[Osella]

:up:

[harvick#1]

harvick for 2nd

[harvick#1]

and to 2nd and running down Kenseth

[slorydn1]

Sick Em Kevin, Go Get Em

[Osella]

Stewart's got a good run off the green again, go Tony!!

[harvick#1]

come on Harv hes gaining 1 tenth a lap

[Osella]

He's gonna be right there in 2laps!

[race aficionado]

come on Harv hes gaining 1 tenth a lap

You must be feeling pretty darn good!

[slorydn1]

Damn caution!!!!!!

[Osella]

Caution!

[slorydn1]

I smell a red flag coming on......

[race aficionado]

woops!!!! :eek:

[harvick#1]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

but Harvick has a good car on a short stint.

but after what Kenseth did last week for Harvick, I wouldn't have any problem with him winning :beer:

[Osella]

That was a pretty hard hit! :eek:

[slorydn1]

red flag

[harvick#1]

David was actually knocked out there for a seconds :(

[RaceFanStan]

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[harvick#1]

single-file restart, this is gonna get wild again

[Osella]

Shame for Toyota, Reutimann was having a solid run too. Did he lose the rear or did he get a tap?

[race aficionado]

single-file restart, this is gonna get wild again
chance for a mayor pile up again after restart, huh?

:s mokin:

[Osella]

Watching it on replay again, sounded like the spotter was too late with the call that there was someone inside, he was already heading for the wall at that point!

[harvick#1]

Biffle was close to him, don't know if he hit him, or if aero loose happened

[slorydn1]

top 10 at the red flag

17
29
31
24
48
5
20
07
01
18

[Osella]

Biffle tapped him and got him loose, then finished off the job and put him in the wall! But the spotter gave a late call too, not that it would have made any difference..

[slorydn1]

they asked kevin if he wants to talk to the booth...
he said negative.....

[Osella]

Hmmm...single-file restart and Stewart in 7th...gonna be interesting to see how quick the 20 goes off the green, he's been one of the strongest all day off the restarts, could be on for a top 3 hopefully :bounce:

[Jonesi]

I'm not sure I trust that Fox3D (GPS?) to be that accurate, until I see some video to back it up.

[harvick#1]

win or lose, I'm happy that RCR and the #29 in particular finally is doing good at Cali. hopefully its a sign of things to come for the cookie cutter tracks, as hes suffered badly the last couple season

[slorydn1]

man, this is a long red flag

[Osella]

I'm not sure I trust that Fox3D (GPS?) to be that accurate, until I see some video to back it up.

Well, the video showed him loose, then get a punt from the back. Question is why he got loose in the first place..but it did look like Biffle was culpable.

[harvick#1]

I don't mind if Kenseth wins, beause I picked him to win this weekend I believe

[slorydn1]

im gonna be sick if they dont get back green soon.....

[muggle not]

Harvick will take kenseth. Another exciting finish.

[Erki]

Didn't Reutimann's spotter say something like "big crash, big crash" after he had crashed?...Maybe I misheard..it's 2:28AM here..

[harvick#1]

put on dirty jobs, thats what I'm watching

[Osella]

Didn't Reutimann's spotter say something like "big crash, big crash" after he had crashed?...Maybe I misheard..it's 2:28AM here..

Yeah, that's what I heard too.

[harvick#1]

I think Kenseth will win. I would like to see Harv win again, but Kenseth pushed Harvick to the win, then got taken out by Busch

[slorydn1]

they just gave the order to refire the engines

[Osella]

Engines being re-fired!

[slorydn1]

theyre rolling, quicky yellow

[RaceFanStan]

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[slorydn1]

7 to go now...will probably go green with 5 to go

[Osella]

Looks like we have action on pitroad!

[slorydn1]

new top 10

17
29
31
24
48
07
01
18
2
83

[Osella]

:laugh: Gordon thinks Harvick and Kenseth are gonna crash!

[harvick#1]

won't happen, but RCR 2-3-6 :D

[slorydn1]

one to go at the line...will restart with 4 to go

[harvick#1]

Harvick has a flat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slorydn1]

left front flat.....damn

[RaceFanStan]

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[slorydn1]

thetre is debris in 2 that nascar missed....harvick ran it over

[Osella]

Looks like Hamlin lost a bunch of places on pitroad..

Harvick with a flat!...there goes the double

[harvick#1]

Kenseth has it locked up

[RaceFanStan]

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[RaceFanStan]

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[Osella]

Gordon's gonna give this to Kenseth..

[harvick#1]

congrats Kenseth :D

boy, WTF :mad:

[slorydn1]

17th......damn...

Still, harvick is happy.....he's picking his team up on the radio

[Osella]

Vickers got 10th position, not bad for Red Bull and Toyota after Daytona :up:

[Osella]

And Kenseth just broke his transmission ;) :laugh:

[harvick#1]

did they know he had a flat before they got back under yellow

[harvick#1]

Jeff Burton is the points leader :)

[muggle not]

I will have to pick Harvick more often :)

[slorydn1]

did they know he had a flat before they got back under yellow

he didn't mention it.....

[race aficionado]

Harvick has a flat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


sorry for that one man. :mad:

bad brake is an understatement but the good thing is that he is consistently good so far.

Next weekend won't come to soon.

:s mokin:

[harvick#1]

they happen, can't believe Nascar red flags the event and they don't even get all the debris.

I also saw Burton hit something under green. but that looked like a piece of rubber

[Abo]

<cries> :(

[slorydn1]

they happen, can't believe Nascar red flags the event and they don't even get all the debris.

I also saw Burton hit something under green. but that looked like a piece of rubber

man...he came up on the radio and said Damn, I just ran over something, then 5 seconds later he said he had a flat....i'm gonna puke....

But at least he's showing strength on an intermediate track...this bodes well for the season...

[Jonesi]

Jeff Burton is the points leader :)
2nd, Mark Martin is points leader.

[muggle not]

Will Mark give the ride up or will he run the whole season.

[slorydn1]

Will Mark give the ride up or will he run the whole season.


thats a really good question right now....

[Jonesi]

Will Mark give the ride up or will he run the whole season.

The answer to that will probably be determined after he has a long talk with Arlene. ;-)

[harvick#1]

Nascar noticed a Sunoco respresentive from the stands threw a piece of metal from the stands to have Harvick hit it.

Sunoco said they would be up and arms if Harvick won another race. :p :

[Alexamateo]

Nascar noticed a Sunoco respresentive from the stands threw a piece of metal from the stands to have Harvick hit it.

Sunoco said they would be up and arms if Harvick won another race. :p :

I think it was a second shooter from the grassy knoll ;)

[BobbyC]

Could have run over the debris after the 00/88 incident.

[muggle not]

Unofficial points standings after Fontana:

1 +1 Mark Martin 335 Leader
2 +1 Jeff Burton 330
3 +5 Jeff Gordon 309
4 -3 Kevin Harvick 307
5 -- David Ragan* 270
6 +11 Clint Bowyer 264
7 -- Joe Nemechek 259
8 +2 J.J. Yeley 251
9 +14 Kyle Busch 239
10 -1 David Stremme 2360
11 -5 David Gilliland 235
12 +28 Matt Kenseth 232
13 +2 Johnny Sauter 224
14 -- Robby Gordon 218 0
15 +22 Jimmie Johnson 216
16 -5 Elliott Sadler 216
17 +8 Greg Biffle 211
18 +10 Denny Hamlin 209
19 +17 Kurt Busch 196
20 -2 Juan Montoya* 191
21 +18 Tony Stewart 186
22 +13 Ryan Newman 181
23 -3 Bobby Labonte 179
24 -5 Casey Mears 173
25 -9 Sterling Marlin 170
26 -2 Carl Edwards 170
27 -1 Ricky Rudd 167
28 -7 Dale Jarrett 164
29 -25 Mike Wallace 160
30 -18 Reed Sorenson 158
31 -- Tony Raines 158
32 -10 Kasey Kahne 150
33 +8 Kyle Petty 139
34 -- Brian Vickers 134
35 -1 Jeff Green 128
36 -7 Jamie McMurray 122
37 -24 Boris Said 121
38 -11 Martin Truex Jr. 118
39 -6 Ken Schrader 113
40 -8 Dave Blaney 112
41 -11 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 110
42 -4 David Reutimann* 107
43 -- Paul Menard* 103
44 -2 Scott Riggs 67
45 -- John Andretti 61
46 -3 Michael Waltrip -27

[dont_be_jack]

Nascar noticed a Sunoco respresentive from the stands threw a piece of metal from the stands to have Harvick hit it.

Sunoco said they would be up and arms if Harvick won another race. :p :

That Shell logo was still being worn pretty prominently, especially when he decided to wear his cap on camera when they interviewed him. I think he was taking some subtle jabs at Sunoco for their bitching...

[dont_be_jack]

Poor Mikey, still in the negatives...

[harvick#1]

Mikey is gonna have a long season of frustration.

but RCR having all 3 cars in the top 6. clearly they are the best overall team through 2 races

[muggle not]

Mikey is gonna have a long season of frustration.

but RCR having all 3 cars in the top 6. clearly they are the best overall team through 2 races

Yes, but there are 36 races in a season. :)

[DEI8151]

:laugh: Gordon thinks Harvick and Kenseth are gonna crash!

no that was his crew chief

[DEI8151]

terribly disappointing day for DEI and frustrating. blew 3 motors this weekend menard in the busch race and earnhardt and truex today.

very concerned going into vegas

[Osella]

34 -- Brian Vickers 134

Keep an eye on that one over the next 6 races...

[harvick#1]

boy would that be something if Jr. doesn't make it to 35th in points and wrecks in qualifing in the 7th race.

there would be no bud that day

[muggle not]

Early imdications are that Hendricks and RCR are the teams to beat this year. Performance with the COT will be interesting. RCR has done lots of testing with the COT and may have an edge.

[dont_be_jack]

Early imdications are that Hendricks and RCR are the teams to beat this year. Performance with the COT will be interesting. RCR has done lots of testing with the COT and may have an edge.

I'll agree with that. And the same Roush car is still strong. But Gordon is looking good as is Johnson and all of the RCR cars are tops right now. The 29, the 31 and the 07 all look good so far. And it seems that Dodge is having some issues with the car as usual, not surprising as they've changed that nose for the third time in about 4 years...

[harvick#1]

DW was saying that RCR may have the edge with the CoT races.

but Roush struggled at Cali, except for Kenseth. Biffle and Edwards were never a factor, until Biffle wrecked David in the closing laps like a bonehead.

Penske is alot better, both Kurt and Ryan ran in the top 15 all race long.

Red Bull and Brian Vickers I think was the surprise. they got a top 10 finish in their first race in the toyota

[dont_be_jack]

Red Bull and Brian Vickers I think was the surprise. they got a top 10 finish in their first race in the toyota

Vickers is going to get that car in the top 35. He might end up being the only brand new Toyota car that is. He can drive quite well.

[harvick#1]

no, Blaney will be good, he was in the top 10 for most of the race until his engine let go.

Blaney seems to be energized from running good in the Busch series and running much better.

but right now Vickers is in the top 35 but needs to stay there after race 6

[dont_be_jack]

Blaney runs the 22, which if I remember right was in the top 35 of owner's points from last year and will probably make it in this year in three races. But he had the benefit of being guaranteed a spot for the first five races. No other Toyota team has had that advantage. They've all had to race in.

[harvick#1]

Reutimann is also having no problem getting in, whats that got to say about Mikey and Dale

[dont_be_jack]

Reutimann is also having no problem getting in, whats that got to say about Mikey and Dale

Good point. He's doing well getting into the races. Dale has been slower than molasses so far. And Mikey's been...well, Mikey.

[harvick#1]

normally I'm not to thrilled about the cookie cutter tracks, but I can't wait now until Vegas, RCR was great in testing and Vegas is now a big unkown after they may a complete make-over for the track.

hopefully Vegas will be a good race.

[muggle not]

Blaney runs the 22, which if I remember right was in the top 35 of owner's points from last year and will probably make it in this year in three races. But he had the benefit of being guaranteed a spot for the first five races. No other Toyota team has had that advantage. They've all had to race in.
Blaney is my pick to lead all the Toyota drivers this year.

[Osella]

Blaney is my pick to lead all the Toyota drivers this year.

:up: 'bout time too! He might actually get some recognition for once ;)

[DEI8151]

Reutimann is also having no problem getting in, whats that got to say about Mikey and Dale

dale looks awful right off the bat here, car looks useless

[muggle not]

Good point. He's doing well getting into the races. Dale has been slower than molasses so far. And Mikey's been...well, Mikey.
Dale has probably been spending all his time at his daughter's basketball games.....and, nothing wrong with that. Karsyn is a pretty darn good player and her High School team is undefeated with a record of 30 - 0.