Who? Mark Martin is in the top 35...no worries. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by harvick#1
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Who? Mark Martin is in the top 35...no worries. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by harvick#1
Hmm, interesting. Can someone that knows the NASCAR rules maybe a little better than me explain why the 7 got the lucky dog? As far as I remember, when the car in the lucky dog position brings out the yellow, there is no lucky dog (i.e. the 99 and the 66 in this case both ahead of the 7).
That was a very entertaining finish. Congratulations to Mark Martin on the win, Sorry for Brad K's bad luck, and Congrats on Danica's 4th!
Awesome race by Danica! The girl is awesome!
Here are the results..
1. #32 Mark Martin
2. #31 Justin Allgaier
3. #22 Brad Keselowski
4. #7 Danica Patrick
5. #16 Trevor Bayne
6. #60 Carl Edwards
7. #20 Denny Hamlin
8. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9. #38 Jason Leffler
10. #09 Kenny Wallace
11. #30 Reed Sorenson
12. #2 Elliott Sadler
13. #62 Michael Annett
14. #11 Brian Scott
15. #88 Aric Almirola
16. #66 Steve Wallace
17. #19 Mike Bliss
18. #89 Morgan Shepherd
19. #99 Ryan Truex
20. #14 Eric McClure
21. #01 Mike Wallace
22. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
23. #97 Joe Nemechek
24. #15 Timmy Hill
25. #28 Derrike Cope
26. #81 Donnie Neuenberger
27. #51 Jeremy Clements
28. #33 Kevin Harvick
29. #70 Shelby Howard
30. #18 Kyle Busch
31. #79 Jennifer Jo Cobb
32. #41 Carl Long
33. #40 Scott Wimmer
34. #27 JJ Yeley
35. #25 Kelly Bires
36. #55 Brett Rowe
37. #24 Kevin Lepage
38. #39 Josh Wise
39. #52 Daryl Harr
40. #03 Charles Lewandoski
41. #68 Tim Andrews
42. #44 Jeff Green
43. #87 Kevin Conway
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Originally Posted by DanicaFan
Yep...awesome at being slow and saving gas...has been the trademark of her entire career.
She did make a couple of quality passes today, I will give her that much. Still, she was slow enuff to go 2 laps down, took the wave around once and got the lucky dog, then put putted around waiting for the good cars to either wreck, cut tires, or run out of gas.....
Of course DSPN will spend all week brainwashing us and next weekend we'll be thinking she won....
Well said slory. Running 31.8's at the end like she said, would've put her yet another lap down had they gone about another 15. While I will congratulate her for the finish, I'm also inteligent enough to realize that all that happened is that a turd was successfully polished in a small spot. But, getting a 4th does 2 things. First, it makes her relevant today. Second, it also means there are no more excuses. If she has truly supposedly arrived like one poster would have us believe, we can no longer make the excuse of her experience any longer.
ANNNND! I'm still looking for an explanation of how she got that lucky dog?
I didnt see any issue that would have kept her from getting it as it wasnt her that wrecked to bring it out, unless I missed something(?) and the other lap she got back was because of the waive around, so I'm not quite sure what the issue is there.Quote:
Originally Posted by TURN3
Steven Wallace did her a big favor when he took out Ryan Truex. They were ahead of her (all a lap down), but she passed them as they were wrecking. So the only question is where is the scoring line and exactly when did the yellow come out. I think it was legit, but it also did set up the mileage race at the end as she pitted then and had enough fuel to go the distance. Most others didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by slorydn1
Everything went right for her today when a lot of others were taken out by mistakes.
Congratulations Danicafan. :up:
I don't mean to be Debbie Downer, but there are a lot of growing pains with the new car this year. I'm sure by 2012 the series will be looking better, but right now, the competition level's just not there, and the championship standings are a really sad state on the total lack of depth among Nationwide-only guys. It's certainly an issue, I think, that guys like Labonte, Kenseth, Gordon, Reutimann, Martin, Stewart, Biffle, Elliott, etc. are all going to retire around the same time (well, some of those guys may never retire, like Stewart, or just retire ten times, like Martin) and there's no one in the Nationwide Series to replace them! Weird.
Congratulations to Mark Martin on the win. At least it got dramatic at the finish (much like Phoenix, actually).