NASCAR Cup Round 9: Matthew & Daniel Hanson (Crown Royal) 400, Richmond Int'l Raceway

[fieldodreams79]

So, 10-tenths is going to have to allow more characters in their thread title blocks or NASCAR is going to have to shorten the names of these races.

After a week off, the Cup series returns to action at one of my favorite tracks and races of the year; 400 laps/300 miles on the freshly sealed pavement at the Richmond International Raceway on Saturday night.

JAYSKI

ALL practice and the q'ing will be Friday; no track time for the Cup series on Saturday until they take the green flag at 743 EST.

The storms that wreaked havoc on much of the mid west and depth south the last two days should move through the Virginia today to make for a beautiful weekend and a great Saturday night.

[fieldodreams79]

1) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 295
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 290, -5
3) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 276, -19
4) #29-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 268, -27
5) #22-Kurt Busch, 267, -28
6) #18-Kyle Busch [1 win], 257, -38
7) #39-Ryan Newman, 253, -42
8) #17-Matt Kenseth [1 win], 252, -43
9) #42-Juan Montoya, 246, -49
10) #33-Clint Bowyer, 245, -50
11) #27-Paul Menard, 242, -53
12) #14-Tony Stewart, 240, -55

from Jayski

[FIRE]

Richmond :Cool:

[fieldodreams79]

John Paul takes the his second pole of the year. Regan Smith is outside front row.


FULL LINEUP

[MJ_N_09]

Maybe if the 78 ran and finished as well as they qualify (best starting position average this year), it would mean something.

[Matt]

JPM on pole and Pall in 10th, sweet deal.

[BOY BLUNDER]

Evening all are we in for a good race tonight?.

BB....

[MJ_N_09]

Yes, too bad it's up to you guys to post it as you see it because I am working on projects I hope you all enjoy the race.

[BOY BLUNDER]

Jeff Gordon looking strong tonight.

BB....

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by BOY BLUNDER

Jeff Gordon looking strong tonight.

BB....

The wall he hit looked stronger...




I am DONE with FOX coverage.

[MJ_N_09]

Kyle wins, but his win is overshadowed be some cameras trying to cover some incident between Newman and Montoya. Wow, he is unhappy about how the night went.

[MJ_N_09]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

The wall he hit looked stronger...




I am DONE with FOX coverage.

What'd they do now?

[fieldodreams79]

Great second half of the race; first half was a little lack luster, but it picked up after half way. Crazy passes (some too crazy) and some good short track racing. Too bad I don't really like the final results. 'cept David Regan had a great finish.

JPM's payback on Newman

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

What'd they do now?

SOP for FOX; pointless graphics blocking great views, cutting away from good battles, missing restarts, missing great action with untimely commercials (possibly unavoidable), but mainly the three stooges in the booth and "Mr Clueless" Myers in the "Hollywood Hotel"; they're trying too hard. Just cover the damn race, put a sock in Waltrip's mouth every 5 minutes or so and send Digger and the rest of the pointless graphics back where they came from. Their pit reporters (minus Christa Voda) are their best asset.

[MJ_N_09]

I'm not panicking yet, because there's no way they can be as bad as those disrespectful youknowwhats in the booth for TNT. Sad because the pit reporters are very good there.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

I'm not panicking yet, because there's no way they can be as bad as those disrespectful youknowwhats in the booth for TNT. Sad because the pit reporters are very good there.

Your right, the alternative ain't much better. They should mix up coverage of the races throughout the season instead of first half/second half. I get burned out on the same media coverage of anything quickly.

[rustyfan]

Pretty decent race, just finished watching it off the DVR (I'm getting too old to sit through 2 a.m. night races ).

Congrats to Kyle Busch and nice to see both Denny Hamlin and Kasey Kahne pick up solid top-5 finishes after the year they've had so far.

[PabloTeK]

JGR have this place sorted! Somehow I think it's going to take more than someone like Big Daddy to unseat KB & DH.

On the name thing, wait till we get to Watkins Glen:

NASCAR Cup Round 22: Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen, Watkins Glen International