NEXTEL Cup: Ford 400 - Homestead-Miami Speedway [spoilers]

[FIRE]

Practice 1
Rank Car Driver Make Sponsor Speed Time Behind
1 #2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 177.831 30.366 Leader
2 #19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 177.591 30.407 -0.041
3 #40 David Stremme* Dodge Coors Light 177.020 30.505 -0.139
4 #31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Cingular Wireless 176.887 30.528 -0.162
5 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard 176.707 30.559 -0.193
6 #9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW/Chrysler Financial 176.684 30.563 -0.197
7 #25 Brian Vickers Chevrolet GMAC 176.528 30.590 -0.224
8 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 176.453 30.603 -0.237
9 #6 Mark Martin Ford AAA 176.332 30.624 -0.258
10 #10 Scott Riggs Dodge Valvoline/Stanley Tools 176.263 30.636 -0.270
11 #18 J.J. Yeley* Chevrolet Interstate Batteries 176.165 30.653 -0.287
12 #1 Martin Truex Jr.* Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker 176.108 30.663 -0.297
13 #38 David Gilliland Ford M&M's 176.068 30.670 -0.304
14 #11 Denny Hamlin* Chevrolet FedEx Express 175.959 30.689 -0.323
15 #22 Dave Blaney Dodge Caterpillar 175.907 30.698 -0.332
16 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench 175.827 30.712 -0.346
17 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army 175.827 30.712 -0.346
18 #42 Casey Mears Dodge Texaco/Havoline 175.701 30.734 -0.368
19 #07 Clint Bowyer* Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 175.690 30.736 -0.370
20 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 175.673 30.739 -0.373
21 #33 Scott Wimmer Chevrolet Holiday Inn 175.661 30.741 -0.375
22 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Marathon/Wells Fargo/Tire Kingdom/Schwan's 175.593 30.753 -0.387
23 #49 Mike Bliss Dodge WhatsOnline.com 175.570 30.757 -0.391
24 #5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet Kellogg's 175.501 30.769 -0.403
25 #41 Reed Sorenson* Dodge Target 175.342 30.797 -0.431
26 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet The Home Depot 175.319 30.801 -0.435
27 #100 Bill Elliott Chevrolet Burger King 175.296 30.805 -0.439
28 #7 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Menards/Energizer 175.217 30.819 -0.453
29 #06 Todd Kluever Ford 3M Vikuiti/ Sharp AQUOS 175.199 30.822 -0.456
30 #66 Jeff Green Chevrolet Best Buy 175.171 30.827 -0.461
31 #30 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco/Havoline 175.148 30.831 -0.465
32 #32 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet Tide-Downy 175.103 30.839 -0.473
33 #43 Bobby Labonte Dodge ChexMostPopularDriver.com 174.899 30.875 -0.509
34 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DEWALT 174.650 30.919 -0.553
35 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 174.639 30.921 -0.555
36 #21 Ken Schrader Ford Motorcraft Genuine Parts 174.610 30.926 -0.560
37 #4 Ward Burton Chevrolet Lucas Oil Products 174.475 30.950 -0.584
38 #14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Ginn Clubs & Resorts 174.390 30.965 -0.599
39 #99 Carl Edwards Ford Office Depot 174.334 30.975 -0.609
40 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser 174.210 30.997 -0.631
41 #15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards/Johns Manville 174.154 31.007 -0.641
42 #160 David Ragan Ford No Fear Racing 174.115 31.014 -0.648
43 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS 174.048 31.026 -0.660
44 #55 Michael Waltrip Dodge NAPA Auto Parts 173.975 31.039 -0.673
45 #109 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts 173.924 31.048 -0.682
46 #95 Casey Atwood Ford Scott Shop Towels/Sam's Club 172.877 31.236 -0.870
47 #96 Tony Raines Chevrolet DLP HDTV 172.684 31.271 -0.905
48 #72 Brandon Whitt Chevrolet Dutch Quality Stone 172.216 31.356 -0.990
49 #61 Kevin Lepage Dodge Front Row Motorsports 172.073 31.382 -1.016
50 #178 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 171.838 31.425 -1.059
51 #27 Mike Skinner Chevrolet Lilly Trucking of Virginia 171.548 31.478 -1.112
52 #34 Chad Chaffin Dodge Front Row Motorsports 171.363 31.512 -1.146
53 #26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 171.342 31.516 -1.150
54 #74 Derrike Cope Dodge Sundance Vacations/Royal Admin. Svcs 170.924 31.593 -1.227
55 #146 Carl Long Dodge MILLSTAR Tools 164.961 32.735 -2.369
56 #89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Victory In Jesus/Eco First 163.964 32.934 -2.568
* Denotes Rookie

[Knowlesy]

Qualifying has been run. Results:

Pos Driver Make Speed
1. Kasey Kahne Dodge 178.259
2. Scott Riggs Dodge 178.218
3. Kyle Busch Chevrolet 178.118
4. Elliott Sadler Dodge 178.059
5. Jeff Burton Chevrolet 177.983
6. Brian Vickers Chevrolet 177.288
7. Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 177.270
8. J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 177.084
9. David Gilliland Ford 177.009
10. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 176.945
11. Reed Sorenson Dodge 176.881
12. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 176.840
13. Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 176.719
14. Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 176.621
15. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 176.569
16. Ryan Newman Dodge 176.505
17. Mike Bliss Dodge 176.396
18. Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 176.384
19. Matt Kenseth Ford 176.344
20. Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet 176.292
21. Tony Stewart Chevrolet 176.108
22. Greg Biffle Ford 176.016
23. David Stremme Dodge 176.016
24. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 175.999
25. Dave Blaney Dodge 175.959
26. Mark Martin Ford 175.879
27. Jeff Green Chevrolet 175.810
28. Paul Menard Chevrolet 175.667
29. Juan Montoya Dodge 175.581
30. Bobby Labonte Dodge 175.553
31. Carl Edwards Ford 175.507
32. Jeremy Mayfield Dodge 175.473
33. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 175.359
34. Travis Kvapil Chevrolet 175.319
35. Robby Gordon Chevrolet 175.256
36. Kurt Busch Dodge 175.228
37. Ken Schrader Ford 175.222
38. Kyle Petty Dodge 174.961
39. Casey Mears Dodge 174.447
40. Tony Raines Chevrolet 174.227
41. Dale Jarrett Ford 173.723
42. Jamie McMurray Ford 173.706
43. Bill Elliott Chevrolet n/a

Non-qualifiers:

Ward Burton Chevrolet 174.927
Brandon Whitt Chevrolet 174.514
Casey Atwood Ford 174.295
Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 174.182
Todd Kluever Ford 174.126
David Ragan Ford 173.734
Michael Waltrip Dodge 173.033
Mike Skinner Chevrolet 172.507
Derrike Cope Dodge 170.352
Kevin Lepage Dodge 170.277
Carl Long Dodge 169.396
Chad Chaffin Dodge 167.801

[StuiE]

Ineresting stuff, 55 cars entered, Scott Wimmer in RCR's #33 car got in, Mayfield in the #09 got in and of course Juan Montoya did fairly well.

the new Roush boys failing again, Ragan and Kluever, Ward and Mikey also the 'big names' to miss out.

Should be a good race

also Ambrose finished 27th in the truck race, ended up 3rd in ROTY standings and 21st overall.

[FIRE]

At which time (GMT or CET) starts the Nextel race?

Originally Posted by StuiE

also Ambrose finished 27th in the truck race, ended up 3rd in ROTY standings and 21st overall.

IMO Ambrose did a good job this season. Trucks or Busch next season?

[kingfloopy]

Looks like only two Toyota out of six teams will be in at Daytona by owners points and past champions provisionals. That should make qualifying interesting in February.

J.D.

[matt_015]

Originally Posted by FIRE

At which time (GMT or CET) starts the Nextel race?




IMO Ambrose did a good job this season. Trucks or Busch next season?

Ambrose is going to Busch next season.

Does any one no where the drivers in the top 5 have to finish to win the cup?.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by matt_015

Does any one no where the drivers in the top 5 have to finish to win the cup?.

Jimmie Johnson wins if any of the following occur:
# Finish of 12th or better and leading no laps
# Finish of 13th or better and leading at least one lap
# Finish of 15th or better and leading the most laps

Matt Kenseth wins if all of the following occur:
# He wins the race and leads the most laps.
# Jimmie Johnson finishes 13th or worse without leading a lap.

Kevin Harvick wins if all of the following occur:
Chaser starting positions
Stnd. Driver Start pos.
1. Jimmie Johnson 15th
2. Matt Kenseth 19th
3. Kevin Harvick 7th
4. Denny Hamlin 33rd
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 14th
6. Jeff Gordon 12th
7. Jeff Burton 5th
8. Mark Martin 26th
9. Kasey Kahne 1st
10. Kyle Busch 3rd
# He wins the race and leads the most laps.
# Jimmie Johnson finishes 22nd or worse and doesn't lead a lap.
# Matt Kenseth finishes 4th or worse and doesn't lead a lap.

Denny Hamlin wins if all of the following occur:
# He wins the race and leads the most laps.
# Jimmie Johnson finishes 22nd or worse and doesn't lead a lap.
# Matt Kenseth finishes 4th or worse and doesn't lead a lap.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. wins if all of the following occur:
# He wins the race and leads the most laps.
# Jimmie Johnson finishes 30th or worse and doesn't lead a lap.
# Matt Kenseth finishes 10th or worse and doesn't lead a lap.
# Both Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin both finish fourth or worse and don't lead a lap.

Source: FOX Sports

[Knowlesy]

All action thus far! Kurt Busch has had a dreadful time and had a fairly big off.

The debris from his car put a hole in Jimmie Johnsons front end, it's been taped up. Lucky there wasn't more serious damage. Anyways, he dropped to last practically but has worked his way up to 19th place more or less. Great recovery....so far!

Kenseth is running very strong, he is in position to pounce on any problems for Jimmie.

Montoya running OK, Dale Jr bent his left front fender a little and it was rubbing on the tyre, but seems OK now. Dale then rubbed into JPM's teammate Casey Mears!

[FIRE]

Busch had indeed a short race.

[Knowlesy]

Jesus christ, Dale is going.

During the American ad break, it went onboard with him and he sailed past Johnson like he had a problem. And he has proceeded to blast past four other cars in a couple of minutes. The car looks rock solid!

[jonesi]

Originally Posted by kingfloopy

Looks like only two Toyota out of six teams will be in at Daytona by owners points and past champions provisionals. That should make qualifying interesting in February.

J.D.

It's 7 Toyota teams and 8 on CoT races
83 BRIAN VICKERS MARTY GAUNT
84 AJ ALLMENDINGER MARTY GAUNT
22 DAVE BLANEY BILL DAVIS
36 JEREMY MAYFIELD BILL DAVIS
55 MICHAEL WALTRIP MICHAEL WALTRIP
00 DAVID REUTIMANN MICHAEL WALTRIP
44 DALE JARRETT MICHAEL WALTRIP
TODD BODINE GERMAIN - CoT events

[botsquad]

wow jpm walked away from a big hit.
he was having a great race. but im sure hes just glad not be hurt.

[Knowlesy]

Yeah, a shame that had to end he was on for a great finish.

The fuel cell ruptured in quite an emphatic way there. Could have been very nasty indeed. The car just went square backwards into the wall.

Apparently he was hit by someone, but the replays tell you bugger all.

[botsquad]

race stopped to clean up the track
replay showed the 12 car of ryan newman wrecking montoya.

[botsquad]

kind of figures it was someone like newman
hell keep trying until he kill someone.

[Knowlesy]

Well Montoya seemed pretty upbeat about his performance. Most positive I've seen him.

I was well impressed with him, a pretty solid debut in a difficult series.

Anyhow, looks like Jimmie has the title. But I bet he's building the nerves up during this red flag!

[botsquad]

its an awesome title to win
one of the toughest in all of sports.

[botsquad]

Originally Posted by knowlesy

Well Montoya seemed pretty upbeat about his performance. Most positive I've seen him.

I was well impressed with him, a pretty solid debut in a difficult series.

Anyhow, looks like Jimmie has the title. But I bet he's building the nerves up during this red flag!

jpm looked like somone who was very happy not to have been hurt.
he had a great race.

[Knowlesy]

Definitely.

To lose it now would be dreadful.

Mears engine blows. Ganassi's promising race is a disaster!

[botsquad]

now the 48 has to survive a restart.
just hope no one does anything stupid.

[Knowlesy]

Green white chequer by the looks of things.

This is tense!

Oh great! Yeley has stopped on track!

[Knowlesy]

Biffle wins.

Jimmie Johnson is the Nextel Cup champion 2006!

Well done that man!

[botsquad]

wow its over.
awesome win for jimmy johnson
just incredible.

[botsquad]

and of course.
chads the man.

[Gilles lives!]

6.2 mill dollars, nice little cheque presented to Jimmy J !