Vegas Race Thread

[Alexamateo]

Matt kenseth won the pole. It is only the 5th pole of his career. That's quite a low # for a driver with as many career wins as he has.

In fact if you look at his wins, you find a lot of wins after starting deep in the 20's and even the 30's. If he's on the pole, Look Out!

PS, I want to go on record and say I had him as my "pickem" winner before first practice! :D

Of course in slo's Top 10 pickem, I have him 8th. Gotta hedge my bets! :p :

Oh Yeah, Ambrose is second, so kudos for the Aussie! :)

[MD24]

1 17 Matt Kenseth
2 9 Marcos Ambrose
3 99 Carl Edwards
4 16 Greg Biffle
5 18 Kyle Busch
6 20 Joey Logano
7 43 A.J. Allmendinger
8 39 Ryan Newman
9 56 Martin Truex Jr.
10 5 Mark Martin

11 1 Jamie McMurray
12 78 Regan Smith
13 24 Jeff Gordon
14 48 Jimmie Johnson
15 14 Tony Stewart
16 21 Trevor Bayne
17 11 Denny Hamlin
18 27 Paul Menard
19 83 Brian Vickers
20 2 Brad Keselowski

21 31 Jeff Burton
22 22 Kurt Busch
23 42 Juan Montoya
24 47 Bobby Labonte
25 00 David Reutimann
26 29 Kevin Harvick
27 13 Casey Mears
28 33 Clint Bowyer
29 32 Mike Skinner
30 4 Kasey Kahne

31 87 Joe Nemechek
32 46 J.J. Yeley
33 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
34 36 Dave Blaney
35 34 David Gilliland
36 60 Landon Cassill
37 09 Bill Elliott
38 7 Robby Gordon
39 38 Travis Kvapil
40 71 Andy Lally

41 37 Tony Raines
42 6 David Ragan
43 66 Michael McDowell

Did Not Qualify
44 192 Brian Keselowski

[Triple8fan]

You Beauty....Cmon Marcos Time for that Sprint Cup win....YEAHA

[Mr. Mister]

I hope Regan Smith can make up for Phoenix with a good run in Vegas. Furniture Row have really been strong this season and I absolutely love to see that. Nice bunch of people doing it the hard way. It's great to see some interesting faces making moves toward the top of the sport this year; it took a few years, but I think the big teams' advantages with the COT are getting smaller. Championships? Probably not. Wins? I think we'll see more diversity there. Top fives and top tens? Well, we're already seeing variety there. Should be a good one.

[slorydn1]

Harv startin p26, huh? Compared to the p34 he started last year, that's like being on the POLE,, LOL. Oh, he finished p2 last year by the way. In fact, since 2008, Harv has outscored everyone here points wise, just no wins for his trouble. Seriously, why do I not feel better about his chances today? He absolutely sucked in happy hour. But we'll see, he didnt exactly burn the house down in practice last year, either.

[DanicaFan]

Go Kyle Busch!!!!

[Tazio]

Bring it home in the top 10 JPM

[dunes]

I'm driving my rig through Indiana listening on xm radio and all i keep saying to myself is "Here Kitty kitty kitty" I can accually see and hear Tony counting down the lead lap drivers as he dominates today. I am a Stewart fan but i pulled for both Busch's 1 and 2 today.
1st off the pits with JP this should be good.

[Alexamateo]

Kyle Busch just blew up. Matt Kenseth had a flat and lost a lap and can't seem to get it back. This race is not unfolding like I thought it would at all.

[BrownDog]

Woo Hoo! Rock on Tony!!

[dunes]

Just what was he going to do with an impaxct wrench in the middle of a race. hang a picture on the rear window. lol. he'll get it back hes that dominate today.

[Alexamateo]

Jeff Gordon smacks the wall. Tony's kind of stalled out stuck in traffic. He needs to do something to get track position.

[dunes]

Hes baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. only 2 tiress but hes out 1st.

[Alexamateo]

Tony 2 tire stop to get back up front :D

[Alexamateo]

I'm driving my rig through Indiana listening on xm radio......

Swoop, are you texting while driving? :crazy:

[dunes]

I whould never do that.lol
accually i pulled over for a late lunch and to listen to the rest of the race. I hope the rest of the season is as good as the 1st three races.

[dunes]

everyone must pit once more. but tony's 2 tire stratagy may pay off with his 300 yard lead.

[dunes]

extreemly nice race IMO. hope theres more like this
Stewart and edwards 1st in points i think i heard

[TURN3]

Lots of right fronts this year. Goodyear not doing themselves any favors.

[race aficionado]

Good day at the office for my man Juan.

Looking good.

:s mokin:

[Tazio]

Good day at the office for my man Juan.

Looking good.

:s mokin:

Yea' Juan's sitting on 4th place after three events. In a short interview they had with him on the broadcast, when asked if he thought he could have won he said his car was not as fast as the two that finished ahead of him. He sure drove a great race though! :s mokin:

[gids73]

Great drive by Mr Ambrose too - 4th place, yay... Bristol next up, he has run well there before, hoping for a great season for the #9...

Points : http://www.australian-motorsport.com/index.php?page=nascar-cup-series

[Steve-o]

Tony Stewart got hosed. Here's a complete race recap .

http://network.yardbarker.com/nascar/article_external/carl_edwards_gambles_and_tony_stewarts_misfortune_ get_99_the_win_in_vegas/4332182

[RaceTownUSA]

Man, oh, man. I thought Tony had that one in the bag! He did take a gamble on just two tires, however. I can't help but wonder if taking four on the first stop and then two later on might have helped him. He knew he'd need another stop for fuel alone. And four on the first stop would've helped him knock away at the others in front of him.

He was quite upset after the race. It'd be nice to see him finally get a win in Vegas one of these years.

[Alexamateo]

I don't think it was the wrong decision. He came forward after the penalty, but had stalled out around 14th or so. Being in clean air out front really made all the difference.