2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Round 24: IRWIN Tools "Night Race"; Bristol Motor Speedway

[fieldodreams79]

This is being refereed to as "night race" so I am assuming that it is a 500 lap event, as standard at the Cereal Bowl. Tis one of my favorite races all year.

Jayski Race Page

50% chance of rain tomorrow.

48 cars are entered:
The #4 Morgan McClure Motorsports is entered with Keven Lepage.
Robby Gordon is listed T&S in the #07

Q-ing this evening at 520pm est
Green flag around 743pm est Saturday Night

Should be a good'n!

John Paul, Newman, Jeff Burton, Gilliand and Bowyer at the top of the charts in practice 1.

[fieldodreams79]

Courtesy of Jayski:

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Michigan, race 23 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [3 wins], 3400
2) #24-Jeff Gordon, 3107, -293
3) #11-Denny Hamlin [5 wins], 3047, -353
4) #14-Tony Stewart, 3020, -380
5) #48-Jimmie Johnson [5 wins], 3014, -386
6) #99-Carl Edwards, 2986, -414
7) #31-Jeff Burton, 2986, -414
8) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 2975, -425
9) #17-Matt Kenseth, 2961, -439
10) #2-Kurt Busch [2 wins], 2935, -465, +215
11) #16-Greg Biffle [1 win], 2913, -487, +193
12) #33-Clint Bowyer, 2755, -645, 35 ahead of 13th
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #5-Mark Martin, 2720, -680, 35 points out of the chase
14) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 2652, -748, -103
15) #1-McMurray [2 wins], 2650, -750, -105
16) #9-Kasey Kahne, 2629, -774, -126
17) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2626, -774, -129
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 17
19) #42-Juan Pablo Montoya [1 win], 2582, -818, -173

[FIRE]

Bristol

[R59]

God I love that place!

I wanna race there.

Maybe next year, maybe the year after....

[gomick]

I just wanna go there 1 year...

[fieldodreams79]

JJ on the pole with Carl outside front row...

LINEUP

Blaney, Lepage, Nemechek, Yeley, Brian Kesolowski, and Bliss DNQ

[Steevp]

Is the build up always like the pre-amble to a fight! Kurt Busch & Brad Keslowski threatening each other over the PA then AJ Almandinger hoping he's out of the way "when it goes down" .. this ain't F1!

[PabloTeK]

We need Don King for this race

Why did NASCAR throw that caution, I mean really?

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by Steevp

Is the build up always like the pre-amble to a fight! Kurt Busch & Brad Keslowski threatening each other over the PA then AJ Almandinger hoping he's out of the way "when it goes down" .. this ain't F1!

It's all pretty pathetic, IMO.

And yet, there is an actual race to run. First restart after caution #1 for David Gilliand getting into the wall.

[PabloTeK]

WTF happened?!

[fieldodreams79]

ABC is doing their damnedest to show as little of this race as possible....

[PabloTeK]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

ABC is doing their damnedest to show as little of this race as possible....

I'm sort of glad to be getting the Open Access broadcast here in the UK, most of the time it just defaults to various cameras with a very low audio level, picked up a few incidents that happened on break before now...

[fieldodreams79]

I can at least flip over to the radio and MRN/PRN during the commercials. I prefer their commentating anyways...

[fieldodreams79]

Well...John Paul just flat out wrecked JJ.

Now, go get the 18, JPM.

[PabloTeK]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Well...John Paul just flat out wrecked JJ.

Now, go get the 18, JPM.

If the 18 wins it'll be mildly depressing, though I think most of the grid wants him in the wall!

[fieldodreams79]

Looks to me like Jamie Mac is the only one that has anything for the 18.

EDIT: Kahne is the quickest on the track and coming forward.

[PabloTeK]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Looks to me like Jamie Mac is the only one that has anything for the 18.

EDIT: Kahne is the quickest on the track and coming forward.

I'm wondering, can that right front stand much more? Kyle's used it as a contact plate twice so far...

[fieldodreams79]

Can't tell. ABC is on commercial break again.

[fieldodreams79]

18 finishes the 3-sweep of the weekend...

[MJ_N_09]

I know I will catch a lot of flack for this, but I am getting a kick out of all the complaining from the fans because Kyle won.

It's not the end of the world, people. Move on.

[fieldodreams79]

MJ, you closet case 18 fan. Go ahead and come out, already

[MJ_N_09]

You kidding me? I hate seeing the guy cry about nothing, but I think he is catching too much flack for his on track attitude.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

You kidding me? I hate seeing the guy cry about nothing, but I think he is catching too much flack for his on track attitude.

He wouldn't get so much flack for is on-track attitude if his off track demeanor was half way pleasant. But it's not, and no matter how good the guy is behind the wheel, if he is a jerk, he deserves every bit of criticism given to him.

[gomick]

As always, entertaining stuff at Bristol - congrats to Kyle on the 3-sweep , he sure can drive. Now that he has achieved this hopefully he wont race trucks/nationwide again

With 80 laps to go Ambrose was in P8, then caution/pitstop & he loses a lap & finishes 20th - what happened? Are his crew **** or was it just badluck...

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by gomick

As always, entertaining stuff at Bristol - congrats to Kyle on the 3-sweep , he sure can drive. Now that he has achieved this hopefully he wont race trucks/nationwide again

With 80 laps to go Ambrose was in P8, then caution/pitstop & he loses a lap & finishes 20th - what happened? Are his crew **** or was it just badluck...

He had some good finishes prior to last night's race at Bristol, and was running well for most of the night. The car looked to be not as strong as the most of the top 20, but his good run there had to end soon. That is one tough place, making the 18's deal that much more impressive.

Yes, I admit it, and also admit the guy is an a-hole.