Nascar needs wrecks, its good for business. Makes good highlights.

wrecks not deaths.

Yup. Michigan has a reputation lately for being kind of boring and harmless, but that place is scary at those speeds. People have been hurt, and worse, there. With those wide turns, if you lose it you can quickly get turned around just in time to slam that wall with the drivers' side of the car.

I will say this, as nerdy as I am for good driving. Being there in person, I still wanted to see what a car looked like slamming up against a wall or another car, what it sounded like in person. I think the cars sound way different in person than on TV.

Well, they slowed 'em down, after Marcos Ambrose took the pole at 203+. Gave 'em a hard-ass left side tire and they ran "only" 195 on it in the special late Saturday practice.

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Quicken Loans 400 | Michigan International Speedway
June 17, 2012 | Race 15 of 36
TNT TV, 1:16 p.m. ET

RACE LINEUP
1 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 203.241 35.426 Leader
2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Folds of Honor 202.037 35.637 -0.211
3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Rite Aid / Nexcare 201.816 35.676 -0.250
4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 201.720 35.693 -0.267
5 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 201.472 35.737 -0.311
6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 201.461 35.739 -0.313
7 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 201.444 35.742 -0.316
8 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 201.370 35.755 -0.329
9 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 201.247 35.777 -0.351
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 201.179 35.789 -0.363
11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 200.882 35.842 -0.416
12 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 200.725 35.870 -0.444
13 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 200.686 35.877 -0.451
14 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 200.591 35.894 -0.468
15 43 Aric Almirola Ford Medallion Financial 200.390 35.930 -0.504
16 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 200.384 35.931 -0.505
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mtn. Dew / The Dark Knight Rises / National Guard 200.317 35.943 -0.517
18 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Duracell 200.133 35.976 -0.550
19 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 200.111 35.980 -0.554
20 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 199.945 36.010 -0.584
21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 199.612 36.070 -0.644
22 33 Austin Dillon Chevrolet American Ethanol 199.540 36.083 -0.657
23 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 199.474 36.095 -0.669
24 13 Casey Mears Ford Valvoline NextGen 198.555 36.262 -0.836
25 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 198.473 36.277 -0.851
26 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 198.238 36.320 -0.894
27 98 Michael McDowell Ford Presbyterian Healthcare System 198.118 36.342 -0.916
28 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 197.922 36.378 -0.952
29 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing 197.781 36.404 -0.978
30 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 197.699 36.419 -0.993
31 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Charter 197.395 36.475 -1.049
32 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 197.087 36.532 -1.106
33 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 197.055 36.538 -1.112
34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Snickers 197.028 36.543 -1.117
35 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's 196.829 36.580 -1.154
36 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap 196.818 36.582 -1.156
37 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 196.770 36.591 -1.165
38 34 David Ragan Ford Front Row Motorsports 196.673 36.609 -1.183
39 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 193.107 37.285 -1.859
40 32 Ken Schrader+ Ford Federated Auto Parts 190.638 37.768 -2.342
41 10 Tony Raines+ Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 188.216 38.254 -2.828
42 99 Carl Edwards+ Ford Fastenal - - -
43 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents 195.117 36.901 -1.475

Did Not Qualify
- 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 194.295 37.057 -1.631
- 74 Stacy Compton Chevrolet Turn One Racing 193.606 37.189 -1.763

Jimmy Johnson starting from the rear. Last minuet engine swap.

Jimmie likes it in the rear.

That's what she said

When did people start calling Chad knaus "she"?
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Ummm... rain's stopped and they're racing now.

Damn they got Junior's car fixed up on that last pit stop. He went from 26th to 11th on that run.

AND THE CROWD GOES WILD

That's the 88 in front for those not following btw

He won't be there for long lol