2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Round 25: Emory Healthcare 500; Atlanta Motor Speedway

[fieldodreams79]

After a week off, the Cup series heads South to the Atlanta Motor Speedway for the Emory Healthcare 500, Sunday night. They are trying to make this a "new" Labor Day weekend tradition and seemed to have positive responses from the race last year among attendance. If this is going to be the only ATL race in the next years, then it will surely becoming bigger and bigger as the years go on.

Jayski Race Page

Practice #1, Saturday, 11-1 EST
Happy Hour, Saturday, 145-230 EST
Q-ing Saturday at 440 EST

Race, Sunday, 730ish EST

It is going to be a clear and relatively cool weekend in Georgia after a long, hot summer.

Just as a warning; Foreigner will be giving a pre-race concert.

[JHamilton]

Foreigner?!? Yes!

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

Foreigner?!? Yes!

I know. I may head up there just for that.

[fieldodreams79]

Points with 2 races left til the chase:

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Bristol, race 24 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 3521 [clinched spot in the Chase]
2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 3242, -279 [clinched]
3) #18-Kyle Busch [3 wins], 3170, -351 [needs to start next 2 races to clinch]
4) #99-Carl Edwards, 3113, -408
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [5 wins], 3108, -413
6) #14-Tony Stewart, 3107, -414
7) #31-Jeff Burton, 3101, -420
8) #17-Matt Kenseth, 3095, -426
9) #48-Jimmie Johnson [5 wins], 3077, -444, +257
10) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 3073, -448, +253
11) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 3055, -466, +235
12) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2920, -601, 100 pts ahead of 13th
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #1-McMurray [2 wins], 2820, -701, 100 points out of the chase
14) #5-Mark Martin, 2819, -702, -101
15) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 2802, -719, -118
16) #9-Kasey Kahne, 2784, -737, -136
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 16
19) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya [1 win], 2728, -793, -192

[fieldodreams79]

Hamlin on the pole, Newman outside then Kyle, Carl and Smoke, the top 5.

LINEUP

[tux]

Someone at Open Access needs to pay the bill! Currently blank screen with key logo again.

[Steevp]

Justin says the National Anthem is being played.. I too am staring at the key getting anxious.

[PabloTeK]

In the US of A for this one, needs more DW this.

[tux]

Open Access started at 1:20am only an hour and 20 minutes past the advertised time Still picture quality is the best ive seen it since they started showing races so not all bad.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by PabloTeK

... needs more DW this.

Excuse me?

[tux]

50 odd laps to go and looks like Open Access has ran out of satellite time or something, just get a message saying globecast london.

[fieldodreams79]

I hope our friends across the pond got the feed back. I too lost cable/feed for about 25-30 minutes; the internet is through the cable but at least I had PRN to fall back on.

Good race, Smoke gets his first of 2010. Congrats to him.

Good door to door action, three wide racing and lots of cars with the rear end hung out all night long; thanks for not coming back twice next year nascar.



Kahne and Newman discussing the lovely weather after the race....

[gomick]

Good drive Marcos, top 10 finish

[JHamilton]

Pretty good race! The crowd, wow, no wonder we're losing a date. Is it possible PLM outdraws the Nascar race?

[adrenalinmatt1]

Ambrose did a great job today started from 32nd managed to finish inside the top 10 and got as high as 8th place on the track after being dumped down by Kurt Bush and Montoya.

But yeah great racing but today's race felt like the Coke 600 race not Atlanta lol

But yeah what a save by Kasey Kahne not to course a huge wreck... As it looked like Ambrose was going to be caught up in that one and I though he would be for a second lucky he ran into Kurt Bush lol

[FIRE]

Stewart