Sprint Cup Race Thread - Bristol

[DanicaFan]

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Race #24 of 36

Irwin Tools Night Race

Location - Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee

Course Type - .533 Mile Oval

Race Distance - 500 Laps / 266.5 Miles

Date & TV Schedule - Saturday, August 25th - Pre-Race - 7:00 PM Eastern / Green Flag-Approx. 7:43 PM Eastern - ABC / Sirius Radio -channel 90 & PRN

Practice Sessions -
Friday, August 24th - 12:20 PM -2:00 PM Eastern & 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern

Qualifications - Friday, August 24th -5:10 PM Eastern


2011 Irwin Tools Night Race Information

2011 Pole Sitter - #39 Ryan Newman -122.811 mph
2011 Winner - #2 Brad Keselowski
Number of Cautions - 6 for 42 laps
Lead Changes - 22
Length of Race - 2 Hours, 45 Minutes, 16 Seconds
Average Speed - 96.753 mph
Margin Of Victory - .951 seconds


Bristol Motor Speedway Track Information

Length - .533 Miles
Banking -
Turns - 26-30 degrees
Straights - 6 -10 degrees

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[DanicaFan]

Entry List..

1. #1 Jamie McMurray
2. #2 Brad Keselowski
3. #5 Kasey Kahne
4. #9 Marcos Ambrose
5. #10 Danica Patrick
6. #11 Denny Hamlin
7. #13 Casey Mears
8. #14 Tony Stewart
9. #15 Clint Bowyer
10. #16 Greg Biffle
11. #17 Matt Kenseth
12. #18 Kyle Busch
13. #19 Mike Bliss
14. #20 Joey Logano
15. #22 Sam Hornish Jr.
16. #23 Scott Riggs
17. #24 Jeff Gordon
18. #26 Josh Wise
19. #27 Paul Menard
20. #29 Kevin Harvick
21. #30 David Stremme
22. #31 Jeff Burton
23. #32 Ken Schrader
24. #33 Stephen Leicht
25. #34 David Ragan
26. #36 Dave Blaney
27. #37 JJ Yeley
28. #38 David Gilliland
29. #39 Ryan Newman
30. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya
31. #43 Aric Almirola
32. #47 Bobby Labonte
33. #48 Jimmie Johnson
34. #49 Jason Leffler
35. #51 Kurt Busch
36. #55 Brian Vickers
37. #56 Martin Truex Jr.
38. #78 Regan Smith
39. #79 Kelly Bires
40. #83 Landon Cassill
41. #87 Joe Nemechek
42. #88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
43. #91 Reed Sorenson
44. #93 Travis Kvapil
45. #95 Scott Speed
46. #98 Michael McDowell
47. #99 Carl Edwards

[MD24]

Thanks DF for taking the time to do this

[DanicaFan]

Thanks DF for taking the time to do this

You are welcome. I truly enjoy it.

[MAX_THRUST]

How many laps till Danica gets lapped?

C'mon race start dam it, its gone midnight here.

[MD24]

Nice throw Tony

[DanicaFan]

First off, congrats to Denny Hamlin for the win.

Danica ran a great race! I thought I liked Regan Smith but not so sure now. He crashed her out of the race.

I also did enjoy Stewart throwing his helmet at Kenseth's car...lol

[djarumdudley]

That was a great race. it had elements of both the old & newer Bristol with the top groove being the one, fast groove instead of the bottom. Hamlin probably had the best car and deserved the win, though I was pulling for Vickers to come through. Nice helmet shot by Stewart, and great facial expression from Ken Schrader to Leffler. Could've done without Danica's reaction. Yes she got wrecked, but she's still a rookie. She doesn't have enough Cup credibility to have that sort of reaction, imo.

[Jag_Warrior]

That was a good one. Most races at Bristol usually are pretty good. I'm still undecided on the changes to the track. But the race was good, even if the bottom groove never developed. As for Danica, it looked to me like she cut across the front of the car on the inside and basically wrecked herself. But I don't know. Also interesting how Cousin Carl faded SO quickly once his tires gave up. And it was really nice to see Vickers get back to the front after what he's been through.

It's much easier to get tickets now, so maybe I'll go next year.

[MAX_THRUST]

Felt for Danica she did good. Loved the arce, got to bed at 0415. Tired today, roll on indy car.

[call_me_andrew]

The first 300 laps were good. The last 200, not so much.

[wedge]

Really enjoyed it.

Great to have the old Bristol back even with a do-able upper groove.