Goody's Fast Relief 500 Racethread

[slorydn1]

Same deal as what I said in the truck racethread. Just starting this thread hoping the info about the race, quals , etc stays here so I don't accidentally see it before I'm ready... :D :p :

[Jonesi]

Race postponed until tomorrow 12 EDT.

[Mark in Oshawa]

No worry about blowing the story wide open...it got all wet...

[slorydn1]

YEP,I am now caught up, and i didn't miss much. Worked out for me pretty good actually, since I am off from work today :up:

[slorydn1]

Martinsville
Lat: 36.63 Lon: -80.02 Elev: 942
Last Update on Mar 29, 11:00 am EDT

Overcast

57 °F
(14 °C)
Humidity: 82 %
Wind Speed: Calm
Barometer: 29.76"
Dewpoint: 52 °F (11 °C)
Visibility: 10.00 m

[slorydn1]

20 minutes until the race starts. Quick check of the radar shows no rain within 50 miles of the track, right now...I have my fingers crossed that we will get all 500 laps in today

[slorydn1]

Well it looks bright and sunny on tv :up: 3 minutes to engine start

[slorydn1]

there will be a competition yellow lap 50

[slorydn1]

the caution on lap41 for nemechecks wreck was deemed to be the cmpetition yellow....

[slorydn1]

nascar warned the 2 for jumping the restart.....i didn't see anything wrong,but ok

[slorydn1]

new leader.....24 (lap 59)

[slorydn1]

lap 63 yellow wreck 26,36 turn 2

[slorydn1]

restart lap 70 24 leads

[slorydn1]

lap 75 reutimann spins turn 2...caution is out 24 still leads

[slorydn1]

restart lap 81...24 leads em to the green flag....sounds like alot of the top cars are complianing of being tight

[slorydn1]

24 warned about his typical 'herky-jerky" restart

[Shifter]

These cars are just about officially too ugly looking for me to take seriously anymore. Holy cow that spoiler looks terrible.

[slorydn1]

harvick to garage with brake failure lap 105...........then the car caught fire on the right rear wheel in garage after TV went to commercial

[slorydn1]

lap 129 yellow 7 blown tire in turn 2...42 pounded wall 3 laps before

[slorydn1]

These cars are just about officially too ugly looking for me to take seriously anymore. Holy cow that spoiler looks terrible.

Ahh, I dunno....I think it looks better than it did with that wing on there....

Kinda reminds me of the early 90's Pontiac Grand Prix

[slorydn1]

lap 138...harvick returns to the race 33 laps down, was a bad right rear caliper

[slorydn1]

lap 163 16 spin turn 4 cautin is out and there is rain within 50 miles of the track

[slorydn1]

2 stayed out.....he assumes the lead on the lap 169 restart

[slorydn1]

19 spin turn 4 caution back out lap 171.......mark martin is the leader

[slorydn1]

restart lap 180, mark martin in the lead

[slorydn1]

kurt busch takes the lead on lap 181

[slorydn1]

harvick still sounds pretty upbeat on the radio....using this as a test session for the race during the chase....never heard of a brake caliper going bad so early in a race...lap 189 martin retakes the lead

[slorydn1]

lap 198....new leader.....the 31

[slorydn1]

there is some rain abut 15 miles sw of the track, looks like it will miss it

[slorydn1]

lap 223 harvick's brakes just went bad again, back to the garage

[slorydn1]

lap 229 the 11 takes the lead

[slorydn1]

7 and 78 blew tires...caution is out lap 234

[slorydn1]

line of showers building nw of the track, up near Roanoake, VA....
just past halfway now, I think they can get the race in before it gets there

[slorydn1]

lap 277 and the 11 takes the lead

[slorydn1]

42 in the wall again....harvick is back on track 99 laps down, and they completely replaced the right rear brake the second time, and they are baffled as to why its happening

[slorydn1]

5 sends the 19 off 2 caution is out lap 304

[slorydn1]

restart lap 311 and the 31 is in the lead

[slorydn1]

47 spin turn turn 3 caution back out again lap 314...and there is rain in the vicinity

[slorydn1]

radar just updated....looks like thats going to miss to restart on lap 320

[slorydn1]

and the 11 takes the lead again on lap 360

[slorydn1]

lap 365 26 blew up frontstretch.....caution is out

[slorydn1]

5 car just got penalized for leaving pit road with a wrench....and fox is still in commercial

[slorydn1]

restart lap 372 11 leads

[slorydn1]

wow problems on the 2 car..... and where is the 48?

[slorydn1]

and the 31 took the lead with 109 laps to go

[slorydn1]

11 retakes the lead with 96 to go, and 2 more laps and harvick will pick up 3 more points (p35)

[slorydn1]

lap 416 and Harvick think he's fixin to lose another right rear caliper!!!! un freakin believeable

[slorydn1]

caution out lap 421 spin in 4 (don't know who, tv in commercial as usual)

[slorydn1]

at least now we know why....47 sent the 36 for some reason...

[slorydn1]

is it just me or does it seem like the caution almost always come out while tv is in commercial...restart with 75 to go

[slorydn1]

looks like it could start sprinkling any time now....60 to go

[Old Eyes]

Would be good to go the last 20 without a yellow.

[slorydn1]

10 to go next time by, and harvick says its sprinkling

[slorydn1]

31 wreck rt front gone caution out telemtery is down i think 8 laps to go

[slorydn1]

wow...harvick sounds more upset abut the 31 crashing out than he was with his own deal.....and WTF are the 11 and 18 doing?????

[slorydn1]

restart with 4 to go...24 is in the lead

[slorydn1]

18 wreck gets turned just as the 24 was coming to the line to take the white..........didnt quite make it gonna be a GWC

[slorydn1]

harvick says he's gnna lay back far enough so he can watch the big screen...at least he's able to tell jokes :up:

[slorydn1]

and the 11 wins after punting half the field.....

[Old Eyes]

Kenseth threw it away.

[slorydn1]

that was an interesting finish to a good race.
I guess the 17 and 24 won't be sending each other any Christmas cards this year!

[billiaml]

yep :|

[slorydn1]

Kenseth threw it away.

No argument here

[slorydn1]

oh well crappy day for me....but at least I got to see it live :up:

Work to do, two pick'ems to score and points to tally :beer:

[Sparky1329]

harvick says he's gnna lay back far enough so he can watch the big screen...at least he's able to tell jokes :up:

:D :up:

[jeffmr2]

I dont know if its due to the COT but these past 2 seasons ive enjoyed the martinsville races,previously thought it to be the worse racing of the season.
Although it made for an exciting finish i just dont think that caution when Burton bounced off the wall was necessary.Its my pet hate with nascar how they always look for a late caution just to get a close finish.
If i wasnt Kyle Busch fan maybe i wouldnt be so annoyed lol.

[e2mtt]

Well look who's in first place in the point standings. And has the most wins. He's like the Yankees & the Lakers & Duke all rolled into one.

[harvick#1]

Well look who's in first place in the point standings. And has the most wins. He's like the Yankees & the Lakers & Duke all rolled into one.

Johnson has nothing on Loeb, whos rolling on 5 straight right now and maybe the best driver in the world

[e2mtt]

Johnson has nothing on Loeb, whos rolling on 5 straight right now and maybe the best driver in the world

Who really has nothing on Michael Shumacher in his heydey...

Or maybe Valentino Rossi, who besides his 7 MotoGP championships also supposedly tested a Ferrari F1 car faster then Alonso.

At what point does a domination of a series get so strong that you start to wonder if everyone else in the series is just mediocre?

[harvick#1]

the thing is though, is that Johnson "lucked" into alot of wins, alot have been dominate, but others by being in the right place at the right time.

Schumi, Rossi, and Loeb, just destroyed the competition. especially Rossi last year when Lorenzo was time and time again, outsmarted and outraced by Rossi.

but I believe Vettel can be the next man to make a serious run, I dunno if RBR is gonna keep up with updating the car better than Ferrari, but put Vettel in a reliable car and its over, he should already have 2 wins like what Powers has done so far in the IRL, and that is destroy the field and make them chase you, I think Powers will get win #3 in two weeks as well, as whos gonna stop him

I'm hoping the spoiler for the CoT is gonna be a success on the bigger tracks, I actually liked Harvicks quotes he gave the media about the whole thing, and said its a totally pointless discussion as the track is not a test, they need to run the race at 1.5 mile to see how good it is

[e2mtt]

the thing is though, is that Johnson "lucked" into alot of wins, alot have been dominate, but others by being in the right place at the right time....

Ha! You might be able to win one championship by luck, but 4 championships in a row in a series as tight as Nascar, you got to be a freakin' machine. (I'll admit it - I always end up rooting for dominate winners. I used to dislike Jimmie, now I find myself cheering him.)

Your right, Vettel is fast. F1 is looking like it is going to be intense this year. Ferrari is on it, McLaren is back and FAST & has the 2 most recent world champs, Red Bull is BAD FAST but still unreliable, Mercedes is defending world champ (Brawn last year) and Ross Brawn is still leading, and the Renault manages 2nd! Good stuff.

I don't know that the spoiler is going to make racing any better... It is interesting how much better & faster they've gotten the COT in a couple of years. They are now lapping some tracks faster then the "twisted" car did. Almost nobody gets busted for "cheating" anymore, and the "haves" with big money are even more ahead of the "have-nots".

[wedge]

Holy moly!

For moment Denny committed Hari-Kari and still comes out on top with less than 10 to go!


I don't know that the spoiler is going to make racing any better... It is interesting how much better & faster they've gotten the COT in a couple of years. They are now lapping some tracks faster then the "twisted" car did. Almost nobody gets busted for "cheating" anymore, and the "haves" with big money are even more ahead of the "have-nots".

The engineering aspect bores me now except some of the know-how on getting the best out of the COT.