Texas Cup Race Thread

[Jonesi]

48 cars entered, a CoY race.

Top 35 - Mark Martin in #01.

Need for speed - Bill Elliott in #21 (has champion provisionals left), Johhny Benson in #36, and Kevin Lepage in #34.

Part time - Burney Lamar in #08 E&M, (Sam Hornish Jr not on entry list)

[Jonesi]

Texas Cup Grid
1 MARTIN TRUEX JR (First Cup pole)
24 JEFF GORDON
42 JUAN MONTOYA (fastest Dodge)
29 KEVIN HARVICK
84 AJ ALLMENDINGER (fastest Toyota)
2 KURT BUSCH
11 DENNY HAMLIN
48 JIMMIE JOHNSON
25 CASEY MEARS
01 MARK MARTIN
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12 RYAN NEWMAN
8 DALE EARNHARDT JR
43 BOBBY LABONTE
36 MIKE SKINNER
20 TONY STEWART
15 PAUL MENARD
5 KYLE BUSCH
17 MATT KENSETH (fastest Ford :-(
19 ELLIOTT SADLER
10 SCOTT RIGGS
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99 CARL EDWARDS
83 BRIAN VICKERS
16 GREG BIFFLE
26 JAMIE McMURRAY
9 KASEY KAHNE
44 DALE JARRETT
31 JEFF BURTON
40 DAVID STREMME
07 CLINT BOWYER
21 BILL ELLIOTT
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41 REED SORENSON
22 DAVE BLANEY
6 DAVID RAGAN
38 DAVID GILLILAND
78 JOE NEMECHEK
66 JEREMY MAYFIELD
45 KYLE PETTY
18 J.J. YELEY
88 RICKY RUDD
96 TONY RAINES
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7 ROBBY GORDON
70 JOHNNY SAUTER
00 DAVID REUTIMANN

DNQ
4 WARD BURTON
49 JOHN ANDRETTI
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP (only Toyota not to qualify)
08 BURNEY LAMAR
34 KEVIN LEPAGE

[muggle not]

LMAO when Montoya knocked Harvick off the pole. :)

Are we going to see some "bumping" on lap one.

[Galveston dunes]

Lets hope its as exciting as the truck ending was last night.

[Sparky1329]

Lets hope its as exciting as the truck ending was last night.

That was crazy!

[Galveston dunes]

Well not like the trucks but pretty entertaining. imo. Sorry to see Tony drive into that other car and ruining his front down force. But the finish with Carl and Keven both coming out winners. Like the master handing the torch to the pupil.

[Galveston dunes]

Oh I forgot a side note Harvick passes Jack Ingram for BUSH wins. I think it was 32. Any one who can correct me on the names or numbers please feel free to do so.

[harvick#1]

Well not like the trucks but pretty entertaining. imo. Sorry to see Tony drive into that other car and ruining his front down force. But the finish with Carl and Keven both coming out winners. Like the master handing the torch to the pupil.

Carl should actually be happy Harv wasn't running full-time, cause Harv would have about a 200 point lead of Carl, Carl knows who the master is.

only hope the KHI suff will get better though, Harv is god in the RCR car, but seems to struggle with his own stuff, but KHI and RCR are combining forces next year which will be good

[Galveston dunes]

Carl should actually be happy Harv wasn't running full-time, cause Harv would have about a 200 point lead of Carl, Carl knows who the master is.



OK I wasn't going to say this but Harvick as well as Ingram both trail Mark Martin who has 49 career BUSH wins.

[harvick#1]

Harv also has another 15 years to get to Marks record, thats 1 win a year, that will be easily done if the KHI equipment gets better from the Help RCR is gonna give to them next year

[Galveston dunes]

In the not too far away future I see Keven and Tony expanding thier professional realatioship to that of Newman/Haas or the likes thereof. Some how I think these two could be the future of owners in the racing world;not just NASCAR but many areas of racing,& trackowner/builders.

[RaceFanStan]

6 of them start in the 1st 4 rows ... :eek:
01. 193.105 mph Martin Truex Jr
02. 192.424 mph Jeff Gordon
04. 192.239 mph Kevin Harvick
06. 192.164 mph Kurt Busch
07. 192.130 mph Denny Hamlin
08. 192.068 mph Jimmie Johnson

6 of them start back in the pack ... :eek:
15. 191.327 mph Tony Stewart
17. 191.272 mph Kyle Busch
18. 191.191 mph Matt Kenseth
21. 190.981 mph Carl Edwards
27. 190.570 mph Jeff Burton
29. 190.181 mph Clint Bowyer

of course as everyone knows ...
it isn't where you start but where you finish that counts ...
the Texas Cup race should be good today ...
let's hope it doesn't mirror the carnage in the Truck Series race. :eek: