Nationwide -Darlington Racethread

[slorydn1]

Last years race:

2009 Diamond Hill Plywood 200

NASCAR Nationwide Series race number 10 of 35
May 8, 2009 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
147 laps* on a 1.366 mile paved track (200.8 miles)
* Race extended to 153 laps due to green/white/checker.

Time of race: 1:47:33
Average Speed: 116.596 mph
Pole Speed: no time trials
Cautions: 10 for 32 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 25,000

Top 10:

01 Matt Kenseth
02 Jason Leffler
03 Carl Edwards
04 Erik Darnell
05 Justin Allgaier
06 Ryan Newman
07 Mike Bliss
08 Jeff Burton
09 Scott Wimmer
10 Brad Keselowski

Failed to qualify: Dennis Setzer (#96), Paul Menard (#98), Derrike Cope (#73), Justin Hobgood (#41) (Qually was rained out)

To the back: Jason Keller (#27) backup car, Michael Annett (#15) backup car, Brendan Gaughan (#62) backup car, Jeff Fuller (#23) missed drivers meeting

Cautions: Laps: 2-3 (#38,88 accident turn 1), 7-8 (#1,10,47 accident turn 2), 43-47 (#42 accident turn 4), 51-53 (#1,09 accident frontstretch), 93-96 (#52 accident turn 2), 99-101 (#88 spun turn 2), 108-111 (#15,88 accident turn 2), 118-120 (#09 accident turn 3), 147-151 (#11,87 accident backstretch), 153-153 (#89 accident frontstretch)

Lap leaders: K. Busch 1-39, C. Edwards 40-44, T. Raines 45, K. Busch 46-149, M. Kenseth 150-153

http://racing-reference.info/race/2009-10/B

[slorydn1]

race is starting, all Gibbs front row.....

[slorydn1]

lap 2...car 62....turn 2 caution is OUT

[slorydn1]

shrub already whining about the start/re-start rules....looks like he just didn't go

[slorydn1]

restart lap 11....hamlin in the lead

[slorydn1]

new leader.....the 12 ....lap 14

[slorydn1]

lap 22....hamlin retakes the lead

[tstran17_88]

shrub already whining about the start/re-start rules....looks like he just didn't go
No kidding...he should be smart enough to realize they have dip ****s that have never waved a flag starting the race!

[slorydn1]

lap 27 and Boyaaaaaaaayyyyyy tries to knock the wall down...caution number 2

Somewhere John Wes Townley is snickering

[Alexamateo]

Yeah, John Wes wouldn't have waited near that long! :p

[slorydn1]

restart lap 32 and it is a zoo!!!!

[slorydn1]

lap 34 multi car crash in 4......looks arpin and beuscher got the worst of it....caution 3

[slorydn1]

shrub still whining.......restart lap 40

[tstran17_88]

lap 27 and Boyaaaaaaaayyyyyy tries to knock the wall down...caution number 2

Somewhere John Wes Townley is snickeringTires go down. JWT would have killed the car & they'd be rolling it back to the hauler....most likely why Roush let him go.

[slorydn1]

12 flat tire......stays green

[slorydn1]

Tires go down. JWT would have killed the car & they'd be rolling it back to the hauler....most likely why Roush let him go.

I agree....still...hasnt Bowyer wrecked in every race he's been in since he replaced Townley?

[slorydn1]

Lap 58...Stenhouse in the fence....Caution 4

[tstran17_88]

I agree....still...hasnt Bowyer wrecked in every race he's been in since he replaced Townley?
You may be right...I don't recall.

[slorydn1]

Stenhouse is going to be Stenhomeless if he keeps this up

[tstran17_88]

23rd at Richmond, 2 laps down
6th at Dega...lead lap
35th at Texas...crash

2 out of the last 3 for Bowyer haven't been good.

[slorydn1]

restart lap 63...and DSPN is out to lunch

[slorydn1]

23rd at Richmond, 2 laps down
6th at Dega...lead lap
35th at Texas...crash

2 out of the last 3 for Bowyer haven't been good.


nope....got torn up at phoenix too (restartgate) not his fault, but still its gotta seem like karma or something

[tstran17_88]

I only checked the last three...but including tonight...that's 4 out of 5.

He did finish 11th on the lead lap at PIR though.

[slorydn1]

I only checked the last three...but including tonight...that's 4 out of 5.

yep...maybe RC might wanna shove Burton in there or something

[slorydn1]

ohh lap 80 and Biffle has eaten the wall....yellow is out

[tstran17_88]

Slo...you have to Slo down and let me edit my posts! :laugh:

[slorydn1]

its officially a wreck fest

[slorydn1]

Slo...you have to Slo down and let me edit my posts! :laugh:

its ok.....i saw what u did and fixed mine :D

[Alexamateo]

its officially a wreck fest

Tomorrow night's race is gonna take 4 1/2 hours!

[tstran17_88]

I'm looking for the perfect storm (caution)! The #16 still has one set of fresh tires! :)

[slorydn1]

Tomorrow night's race is gonna take 4 1/2 hours!

yep...thats one of the reasons why I hadda stop going to Darlington plus the high ticket prices...the rained out saturday night in 2007, the 4 hrs home and 4 hrs back on sunday....that was the last straw for me

[tstran17_88]

yep...thats one of the reasons why I hadda stop going to Darlington plus the high ticket prices...the rained out saturday night in 2007, the 4 hrs home and 4 hrs back on sunday....that was the last straw for meI'd still love to get down there but have always heard that hotels are at a premium during the race weekend.

[harvick#1]

so the "old" kyle was a whiney ***** and the "new" Kyle is a whiney *****

I didnt know the difference :p :

[tstran17_88]

That was NOT the perfect storm I was looking for!

[Alexamateo]

I've only been to Darlington once. I remember I hated re-starts because of all the sand that got thrown up those first couple of laps. After they ran a while, it was alright, but re-starts were brutal on the eyes.

[slorydn1]

I'm looking for the perfect storm (caution)! The #16 still has one set of fresh tires! :)

too bad he WAS the caution :p :

[tstran17_88]

MWR bites us again!

[slorydn1]

I'd still love to get down there but have always heard that hotels are at a premium during the race weekend.

most definitely....thats why the long drive back to new bern, sleep 3 hours and drive back, then the long drive home afterwards.....i drove more miles that weekend than Jeff Gordon who won the race

[tstran17_88]

Damn it...who dumped him this time!

[tstran17_88]

most definitely....thats why the long drive back to new bern, sleep 3 hours and drive back, then the long drive home afterwards.....i drove more miles that weekend than Jeff Gordon who won the raceThat's why I don't go to Chicagoland anymore among all the other things the track forces you to do that you don't have to do at other tracks. And we always did Chicago without getting hotels but they made it worse by making them night races. I'd have to take vacation time from work as well with the Friday night race.

With Michigan, we make it a nice long weekend by taking a half day on Friday and a full day on Monday but I've done it a ton of times with only taking vacation on Monday and a three night hotel stay.

[harvick#1]

most definitely....thats why the long drive back to new bern, sleep 3 hours and drive back, then the long drive home afterwards.....i drove more miles that weekend than Jeff Gordon who won the race


Hey I drove down from Chicago to Atlanta for the Petit Le Mans race, only to have the flooding happened the week before hand, then there was a massive storm the day of the race, sitting at the track for about 6 hours hoping they wouldve restarted but they didn't pissed me off. but it still was a badass weekend, until I had a 16 hour drive back to chicago the next day.

but I think the hotels are also a reason tickets are down, for them to jack the prices for those race weekends will drive away folks, I paid over 400 bucks for 4 days and the ticket was only 85 for all 4 days, so yeah hotels bite

[slorydn1]

Damn it...who dumped him this time!

looks like Raines

[slorydn1]

Hey I drove down from Chicago to Atlanta for the Petit Le Mans race, only to have the flooding happened the week before hand, then there was a massive storm the day of the race, sitting at the track for about 6 hours hoping they wouldve restarted but they didn't pissed me off. but it still was a badass weekend, until I had a 16 hour drive back to chicago the next day.

but I think the hotels are also a reason tickets are down, for them to jack the prices for those race weekends will drive away folks, I paid over 400 bucks for 4 days and the ticket was only 85 for all 4 days, so yeah hotels bite


amen brother....

[dunes]

Gibbs 1-2 that was pretty cool. Fight till the last lap. Really stunk about Kenseth and Biffel and that other guy I can't spell or pronounce.But i guess it is Darlington and thats what happens there.Kenseth had a bad attitude about getting back in. It sounded to me like he didn't want to try and fix it.I heard it was pretty major but to me he was too quick to pack it in.I could be wrong though. Not trashing the guy or nothing.

[beachgirl]

but I think the hotels are also a reason tickets are down, for them to jack the prices for those race weekends will drive away folks, I paid over 400 bucks for 4 days and the ticket was only 85 for all 4 days, so yeah hotels bite

This is absolutely nothing new. Hotels have done this for eons whenever there's a special event, not just racing, in their area. It's a real shame they do it, because those costs are now a major factor in race attendance in the current economy, but it's all about the economy for them too.

[harvick#1]

my aunt and uncle actually live down about an hour from Road Atlanta, we were gonna stay at their house that weekend, but they were part of the flooding and there roads were all blocked off, I didn't have a tent or anything cause I was thinking of staying at the track lol that wouldve saved 350 bucks

[Iceman778]

yes u right