Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 @ Mexico City Busch Series Event Thread *SPOILERS*

rustyfan · 1 Mar 2007, 15:56 (Ref:1854687)

43 cars are on the entry list for the Telcel-Motorola Mexico 200 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico City. Nine full time NEXTEL Cup drivers - Carl Edwards, Dave Blaney, J.J. Yeley, David Gilliland, Greg Biffle, David Ragan, Juan Pablo Montoya and David Reutimann and and 2006 race winner Denny Hamlin - will make the trek to Mexico.

Qualifying is set for Saturday at 11:30am ET. The race gets underway at 2pm on Sunday.

Boris Said is my pick for the win.

**FIRE** · 1 Mar 2007, 17:18 (Ref:1854727)

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A victory for Said would be great.

jimmer · 1 Mar 2007, 17:42 (Ref:1854752)

It will be good to see how Montoya goes on the road course.

Has he raced there before back in his champ car days ?????????
I dont think so !!

**gomick** · 2 Mar 2007, 00:51 (Ref:1855070)

nah, not in his champcar days - maybe years ago when he raced in junior formulae...

looking forward to seeing ambrose on the road course too

StuiE · 2 Mar 2007, 09:34 (Ref:1855401)

Just read in an article by Rusty Wallace that the Front straight will be just that, totally straight, without the chicane in it this year, so that will be cool, apparantly the changes came because 1. they were still going flat through the chicane anyway and 2. drivers were crashing there.

Should be a good race

chemhead1 · 2 Mar 2007, 15:33 (Ref:1855631)

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuiE

Just read in an article by Rusty Wallace that the Front straight will be just that, totally straight, without the chicane in it this year, so that will be cool, apparantly the changes came because 1. they were still going flat through the chicane anyway and 2. drivers were crashing there.

Should be a good race

Well, as much I loved seeing the cars hop over the curbs (especially the full grid), it'll be nicer to see a huge massive pack of cars all together by Turn 1!

Boxy · 2 Mar 2007, 22:59 (Ref:1855898)

Monty 3rd fastest after 1st practice, not bad at all.
Was expecting to see Ambrose higher up, but still a long way to go for the weekend I guess.
Has Fernandez done many Busch races? Bit surprised to see him there (I know it's Mexico and all, but still thought it quite odd).
Also of note, its very strange to see the drivers in order of lap speed, not lap times!!
Should be an entertaining race...

Hazza · 3 Mar 2007, 00:49 (Ref:1855966)

Ambrose was 6th in Happy hour, after only 8 laps.

"Burger Boy" or "Mr Lucky" was 1st.

monaroCountry · 3 Mar 2007, 01:18 (Ref:1855985)

Its not unusual for ambrose to drive slowly in practice. Some guys tend to drive as fast as they possibly can and get a feel for the track. Other guys like ambrose like to setup their car during pracs and learn the track. If you look at Ambroses typical practice -> qualifying times you would notice that his jump from close to the back end of the field to the front end. Montoyas prac to qualifying isn't as spectacular.

Knowlesy · 3 Mar 2007, 02:20 (Ref:1856013)

Well if you are top of (or near the top of) the timesheets it will always look less spectacular.

Steve Carter · 3 Mar 2007, 03:30 (Ref:1856030)

I know its the Clipsal thread but as the main event doesnt start till 3pm thought everyone might like to know where Marcos Ambrose will start the Busch race tomorrow in Mexico - final qualifying just in:

Final Practice Results:
1. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:27.011
2. #20 Denny Hamlin 1:27.775
3. #22 Carlos Contreras 1:27.840
4. #18 Brad Coleman 1:28.464
5. #4 Regan Smith 1:28.538
6. #59 Marcos Ambrose 1:28.630
7. #9 Boris Said 1:28.728
8. #33 Ron Fellows 1:28.733
9. #38 Jason Leffler 1:28.739
10. #66 Steve Wallace 1:28.810

Not bad for our boy...................

Pirtek_Falcon-1 · 3 Mar 2007, 03:36 (Ref:1856033)

Thats final practice, qualifying is still yet to be run.

TSR · 3 Mar 2007, 03:43 (Ref:1856035)

Thanks for the update Steve, looking forward to watch it on Fox tomorrow.

marcus · 3 Mar 2007, 04:14 (Ref:1856048)

I wish you guys would stop posting this stuff in the Aussie forum.

Ambrose is a FULL time Nascar driver so ths belongs in that forum

monaroCountry · 3 Mar 2007, 04:16 (Ref:1856049)

Thats the thing with Montoya he tends to fade back as the faster drivers set fast times, marcus keeps up if not improves his times

marcus · 3 Mar 2007, 06:45 (Ref:1856095)

Mods I have moved and merged a thread from the V8 forum into here

nickyf1 · 3 Mar 2007, 08:28 (Ref:1856146)

what time will it start at for us uk peeps?

Should be a great race, i remember Ambrose saying that a Stock Car is similar in weight and other things to a V8 supercar, so hopefuly this is true and hell have a great race!

Montoya's running well too.

Hazza · 3 Mar 2007, 08:29 (Ref:1856147)

*sigh*

Aussies

Hazza · 3 Mar 2007, 08:30 (Ref:1856148)

Uhh, it's probably about 6am for us australians, so about 8pm for you?

nickyf1 · 3 Mar 2007, 08:42 (Ref:1856159)

ah thanks!

**gomick** · 3 Mar 2007, 11:54 (Ref:1857131)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Carter

I know its the Clipsal thread but as the main event doesnt start till 3pm thought everyone might like to know where Marcos Ambrose will start the Busch race tomorrow in Mexico - final qualifying just in:

Final Practice Results:
1. #42 Juan Pablo Montoya 1:27.011
2. #20 Denny Hamlin 1:27.775
3. #22 Carlos Contreras 1:27.840
4. #18 Brad Coleman 1:28.464
5. #4 Regan Smith 1:28.538
6. #59 Marcos Ambrose 1:28.630
7. #9 Boris Said 1:28.728
8. #33 Ron Fellows 1:28.733
9. #38 Jason Leffler 1:28.739
10. #66 Steve Wallace 1:28.810

Not bad for our boy...................

these where final practice times i think - qualifying to follow

nickyf1 · 3 Mar 2007, 16:27 (Ref:1857229)

1 hour and a half till race start!!! ive never whatched a nascar road race!

nickyf1 · 3 Mar 2007, 16:39 (Ref:1857235)

oh and on nascar.com, do you have to log in?

**FIRE** · 3 Mar 2007, 17:06 (Ref:1857249)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nickyf1

1 hour and a half till race start!!! ive never whatched a nascar road race!

Race is on Sunday.
On Sunday there's a free live video stream on nascar.com.

At the moment there's qualifying.
Live timing: http://racecast.nascar.com

monaroCountry · 3 Mar 2007, 17:45 (Ref:1857259)

Quote:

Should be a great race, i remember Ambrose saying that a Stock Car is similar in weight and other things to a V8 supercar, so hopefuly this is true and hell have a great race!

Stock car is quite a bit heavier and around <100hp more power. Weight shouldnt matter as much though since there isn't as many directional changes.

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