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Old 26 Mar 2009, 12:36 (Ref:2425210)   #1
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NASCAR Sprint Cup round 6 - Martinsville.

One of my personal favourites this week, Martinsville.

Usual contenders here are Johnson and Gordon, Johnson in particular has dominated here in recent years as the average finishes among the active drivers shows:

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1. Jimmie Johnson (5.6)
2. Jeff Gordon (6.9)
3. Denny Hamlin (8.9)
4. Tony Stewart (12.6)

5. Juan Pablo Montoya (12.8)
6. Mark Martin (13.4)
7. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (13.6)
8. Clint Bowyer (14.0)



Let the beatin' and bangin' commence!
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Old 26 Mar 2009, 23:55 (Ref:2425669)   #2
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Jr will have a good weekend.Nascar cannot allow him to continue to fail.To much money involved
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Old 27 Mar 2009, 00:40 (Ref:2425705)   #3
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Jr will have a good weekend.Nascar cannot allow him to continue to fail.To much money involved
They [= NASCAR] have already collected some debris so if Jr needs a caution there will be one. For the future of the sport he's also allowed to have some extra rpm's.
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Old 27 Mar 2009, 17:16 (Ref:2426282)   #5
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Jr will have a good weekend.Nascar cannot allow him to continue to fail.To much money involved
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Old 27 Mar 2009, 18:35 (Ref:2426336)   #6
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I dunno. They seem to have left him to his underachieving so far. The beauty of it, from the NASCAR POV, is that it doesn't matter if Jr isn't performing. Jr Nation are going to keep doing their thing regardless. Mind you, could be said Jr has managed to fail despite already present help... It is true that Jr actually delivering could increase things to some insane level...difficult for them to caution their way to successful manipulation all the time, though. They'll likely try though... It is a tricky one for NASCAR. It is hard to get someone to become a force who isn't good enough to become a force.

It is a bit sad, though, that the rule-makers manipulate things at all ( I don't really buy the conpsiracy theories that they throw cautions for any particular driver, but I am sure they do in the name of squishing things up). Maybe they don't...maybe these seemingly mystery debris cautions really are for debris, and maybe one does need to be thrown when a person goes slightly off track but at no point spins or shows any sign of losing control (meaning the yellow is thrown after the incident is over).

Otherwise, all I can say is that it is grand we are at another short-track. If only there were more.
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Practice times: http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009...e1_speeds.html

As seems to be the norm at Martinsville lately, rain intervened and the grid is set by owner standings.
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Old 28 Mar 2009, 08:49 (Ref:2426891)   #8
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Just watched ESPN and it is raining again.

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Old 28 Mar 2009, 20:39 (Ref:2427330)   #9
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Truck race off until noon Monday.May it improve tommorow.If not think of Kyle Busch in F1 car.Thinking by great and good is now that its easier to go to open wheelers from Stocks rather than opposite direction.Sure Toyota would do better with him than either of their present F1 drivers.Just a thought to keep all entertained if it rains on Sunday.
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Grid based on championship points...
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Old 29 Mar 2009, 10:02 (Ref:2427912)   #11
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Good to see Marcos has some momentum and was 6th in practice... unfortunately back to 24th due to owner points line-up
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Old 29 Mar 2009, 13:16 (Ref:2428102)   #12
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If NASCAR adopted same code as F1 expect 20 drivers in any one race to get a 10 slot grid penalty.No wonder the Yanks are not struck on F1.

If you like racing rather than the so called superior engineering stance, it's no contest.
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Old 29 Mar 2009, 21:39 (Ref:2428430)   #13
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Race not televised in Australia for another 6 hours - unless it rains...
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Old 29 Mar 2009, 23:37 (Ref:2428508)   #14
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Good race and if they adopt F1 rules 48 would have a problem.
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Old 30 Mar 2009, 01:55 (Ref:2428602)   #15
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I think they get paid by the dent.
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Just started watching "delayed" race - what has happened to robby gordons jim beam paint job?
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Dalr jnr just passed Ambrose for p9 on lap 116 - go the #88
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Old 30 Mar 2009, 05:22 (Ref:2428671)   #18
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Pathetic Foxtel - been watching for 45 mins & they have already done 306 laps ....
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Ambrose 10th with 67 laps to go - having another great run
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Geez, that was an aggressive move by Jimmie to take the lead with 15 to go - Ambrose still 13th
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Some great drives there - the Stewart/Haas cars did well, Allmendinger in the Petty car had another great drive too (any sponsors?)....
Ambrose in 14th is fantastic - top drive by Michael Waltrip too who lost a lap early...
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Points after 6 rounds...

1. Jeff Gordon - 959
2. Clint Bowyer - 870
3. Kurt Busch - 827
4. Jimmie Johnson - 817
5. Denny Hamlin - 811
6. Kyle Busch - 800
7. Tony Stewart - 798
8. Carl Edwards - 750
9. Kasey Kahne - 745
10. Kevin Harvick - 714

14. Juan Montoya - 673
21. Marcos Ambrose - 616
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Pleased with the JPM result, after a difficult stint with a dodgy tyre and some simply dreadful pitwork.

Seems we had the usual Martinsville guys in the top 12 or so.
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Pleased with the JPM result, after a difficult stint with a dodgy tyre and some simply dreadful pitwork.

Seems we had the usual Martinsville guys in the top 12 or so.
Wasn't the crew, it was sliced bread short pitting meaning they had to push him back twice.

Always end up with short pitters in front
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Following Montoya is a bit like supporting Newcastle United.

Middle of the road performers who are under the impression they have a divine right to greatness!

Just an observation.
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