Auto Club 500 Thread

[RaikkonenRules]

The Auto Club 500 is this weekend as Kevin Harvick will be hoping to repeat his Daytona win. However this race is typically won by Roush Racing drivers. Can Mark Martin get his revenge on Sunday.

What do you think?

[Jonesi]

I doubt Mark Martin feels the need for revenge. He's a racer who wants to win all the races he's entered in.
The history of wins at this race is: 6 Ford (4 Roush) 4 Chevy (all Hendrick). Mark's in a Hendrick supported car and should run well. The track is wide & smooth so passing isn't a problem. With few cautions to group things up, usually a car or two hits the right setup and drives away from everyone.

[dont_be_jack]

The driver to watch is Kasey Kahne. He won this race in the fall and he'll be strong again this year at these tracks.

[DEI8151]

Gordon looks strong after the first practice, i look for him to be someone to beat on sunday.

[Jonesi]

Gordon looks strong after the first practice, i look for him to be someone to beat on sunday.

All the Hendrick cars were fast including the supported Ginn ones with Joe N fastest.

[Jonesi]

J Gordon's fastest so far with 12 cars qualified. He bettered his 3rd fastest practice time by 1 mph. Most cars are improving about 1/2 mph so the track is getting faster.

[Jonesi]

Joe Nemechek ran 2 1/2 mph off his practice speed, 7th of 17.
For the guys that need to qualify to get in, 182 should do it, 180 or less probably won't.

[RaceFanStan]

40 of the 51 cars have taken times, Jeff Gordon still the fastest & Kenny Wallace the slowest.
Looks like Kenny Wallace will be going home AGAIN.

[Jonesi]

Gordon Pole!
DNQs: 55, 4, 36, 84, 72, 49, 78 & 34.

[RaceFanStan]

01. Jeff Gordon #24 Chevrolet
02. Kasey Kahne #9 Dodge
03. Mark Martin #01 Chevrolet
04. Kevin Harvick #29 Chevrolet
05. Dale Earnhardt Jr #8 Chevrolet
06. Clint Bowyer #07 Chevrolet
07. Martin Truex Jr #1 Chevrolet
08. Jeff Burton #31 Chevrolet
09. Juan Pablo Montoya #42 Dodge
10. Casey Mears #25 Chevrolet
11. Tony Stewart #20 Chevrolet
12. Kyle Busch #5 Chevrolet
13. Greg Biffle #16 Ford
14. Dave Blaney #22 Toyota
15. Brian Vickers #83 Toyota
16. Jeff Green #66 Chevrolet
17. Denny Hamlin #11 Chevrolet
18. Kurt Busch #2 Dodge
19. Ryan Newman #12 Dodge
20. Reed Sorenson #41 Dodge
21. Carl Edwards #99 Ford
22. Paul Menard #15 Chevrolet
23. Jimmie Johnson #48 Chevrolet
24. David Stremme #40 Dodge
25. Matt Kenseth #17 Ford
26. Joe Nemechek #13 Chevrolet
27. Sterling Marlin #14 Chevrolet
28. Bobby Labonte #43 Dodge
29. J.J. Yeley #18 Chevrolet
30. Scott Riggs #10 Dodge
31. Johnny Sauter #70 Chevrolet
32. John Andretti #37 Dodge
33. David Reutimann #00 Toyota
34. Ricky Rudd #88 Ford
35. Jamie McMurray #26 Ford
36. Ken Schrader #21 Ford
37. Kyle Petty #45 Dodge
38. Elliott Sadler #19 Dodge
39. David Ragan #6 Ford
40. David Gilliland #38 Ford
41. Tony Raines #96 Chevrolet
42. Robby Gordon #7 Ford
43. Dale Jarrett #44 Toyota (Previous Champion Provisional)


Michael Waltrip #55 Toyota
Ward Burton #4 Chevrolet
Jeremy Mayfield #36 Toyota
A.J. Allmendinger #84 Toyota
Brandon Whitt #72 Chevrolet
Mike Bliss #49 Dodge
Kenny Wallace #78 Chevrolet
Kevin Lepage #34 Dodge