Breakout week for Montoya?

[Erki]

Is Ron Fellows also there?

[harvick#1]

yeah, in KHI's 33

[RaikkonenRules]

He's running every Busch race (which I find to be assinine).

Kevin Hamlin is running the Stand Alone events that clash with Cup races.

[harvick#1]

Montoya was 3rd fastest in opening practice, so it seems he can put down a fast lap and found his way around the track

[Erki]

P1 times: http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...S=NASCAR-BUSCH

Only 34 cars.

[djarumdudley]

wow, what happend to all the Mexican drivers from the previous two years.

[tassiedevilAB]

Montoya has just taken over top spot in the times!

Telcel-Motorola 200 Final Practice Speeds

Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
NASCAR Busch Series Posted Friday, March 2, 2007



Pos. No. Driver Make Time Speed Lap # # Laps -Fastest -Next
1 *42 Juan Pablo Montoya # 87.011 104.180 8 8 ---.--- ---.---
2 41 Scott Pruett 87.547 103.542 1 1 -0.536 -0.536
3 20 Denny Hamlin 87.755 103.297 15 16 -0.744 -0.208
4 22 Carlos Contreras 87.840 103.197 5 8 -0.829 -0.085
5 27 Jorge Goeters 88.033 102.970 11 11 -1.022 -0.193
6 18 Brad Coleman # 88.464 102.469 5 11 -1.453 -0.431
7 *4 Regan Smith 88.538 102.383 1 6 -1.527 -0.074
8 59 Marcos Ambrose # 88.630 102.277 8 10 -1.619 -0.092
9 9 Boris Said 88.728 102.164 10 15 -1.717 -0.098
10 33 Ron Fellows 88.733 102.158 10 16 -1.722 -0.005
11 38 Jason Leffler 88.739 102.151 13 14 -1.728 -0.006
12 66 Steve Wallace 88.810 102.070 8 14 -1.799 -0.071
13 5 Adrian Fernandez 88.821 102.057 1 20 -1.810 -0.011
14 21 P.J. Jones 88.822 102.056 14 17 -1.811 -0.001
15 25 David Gilliland 89.015 101.835 15 16 -2.004 -0.193
16 *1 J.J. Yeley 89.127 101.707 6 12 -2.116 -0.112
17 88 Shane Huffman 89.176 101.651 16 16 -2.165 -0.049
18 90 Stephen Leicht 89.236 101.582 2 25 -2.225 -0.060
19 60 Carl Edwards 89.284 101.528 3 12 -2.273 -0.048
20 37 Greg Biffle 89.339 101.465 1 3 -2.328 -0.055
21 35 Bobby Hamilton Jr. 89.554 101.222 4 6 -2.543 -0.215
22 *17 Michel Jourdain 89.640 101.124 6 7 -2.629 -0.086
23 7 Mike Wallace 89.866 100.870 10 10 -2.855 -0.226
24 29 Scott Wimmer 89.946 100.780 8 10 -2.935 -0.080
25 47 Jon Wood 89.991 100.730 14 19 -2.980 -0.045
26 *13 Todd Souza 90.025 100.692 7 7 -3.014 -0.034
27 36 Brent Sherman 90.169 100.531 9 10 -3.158 -0.144
28 *67 Rogelio Lopez 90.289 100.398 8 9 -3.278 -0.120
29 14 Kyle Krisiloff # 90.301 100.384 14 17 -3.290 -0.012
30 28 German Quiroga Jr. 90.351 100.329 1 5 -3.340 -0.050
31 *98 Alex Garcia # 90.604 100.049 19 22 -3.593 -0.253
32 6 David Ragan # 90.697 99.946 2 3 -3.686 -0.093
33 16 Todd Kleuver 90.805 99.827 7 10 -3.794 -0.108
34 99 David Reutimann 90.893 99.731 5 11 -3.882 -0.088
35 *46 John Young 91.009 99.603 11 11 -3.998 -0.116
36 *30 Stanton Barrett 91.133 99.468 11 11 -4.122 -0.124
37 0 J.R. Fitzpatrick Jr. 91.139 99.461 7 7 -4.128 -0.006
38 77 Kertus Davis 92.168 98.351 5 8 -5.157 -1.029
39 *34 Brian Simo 92.243 98.271 9 11 -5.232 -0.075
40 *23 Brad Keselowski # 92.272 98.240 4 9 -5.261 -0.029
# Denotes Rookie
* Required to qualify on time

[RaceFanStan]

wow, what happend to all the Mexican drivers from the previous two years.

Is 8 of 42 not enough ?
Driver - Car - Hometown
Adrian Fernandez #5 Chevrolet - Mexico City, Mexico
Michel Jourdain Jr #17 Ford - Mexico City, Mexico
Carlos Contreras #22 Dodge - Mexico City, Mexico
Jorge Goeters #27 Ford - San Luis Potosi, Mexico
German Quiroga Jr #28 Chevrolet - Mexico City, Mexico
Ruben Pardo #44 Dodge - Mexico City, Mexico
Rogelio Lopez #67 Dodge - W. Caliente, Mexico
Antonio Perez #68 Dodge - Zapopan, Mexico

[Hoss Ghoul]

ESPN reported there were 9 mexican drivers running this weekend. I haven't bothered to look at the time sheets, so I'll take the 8 as true.

What is it with Mexican race fans that they need Mexicans in the race to be interested? Its the case with Champ Car/CART, and now NASCAR? Grand Am has some too, although I'm not sure they make it a point to have them as the other two do. Americans and Canadians root hard for their national drivers as well, but Formula 1 has done well(attendance wise) without a field of home-breed drivers, and you can bet the Busch race in Montreal will(since it is already about sold out) without PT, JV, etc....?

JPM paced practice by a wide margin BTW, Pruett second, Hamlin 3rd. Should be a good race, glad they put the track back to the F1 layout.

[Robert Ryan]

What is it with Mexican race fans that they need Mexicans in the race to be interested

No matter what he country you must have local input to make the series interesting to a local audience.