:doh!:

:doh!:

Indycar went to double file restarts this year.


And, well, let's just say they're having issues with it.

"Boogity, Boogity, Boogity! Let's Go Racin' Boys!"

I wish he'd quit that nonsense.

Cali Starting Grid
POS DRIVER MANUFACTURER CAR SPEED
1 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 42 184.653 mph
2 Denny Hamlin Toyota 11 184.270 mph
3 Joey Logano Toyota 20 184.134 mph
4 Regan Smith Chevrolet 78 184.030 mph
5 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 14 183.988 mph
6 David Ragan Ford 6 183.692 mph
7 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 31 183.622 mph
8 Kyle Busch Toyota 18 183.482 mph
9 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 39 183.463 mph
10 Mark Martin Chevrolet 5 183.449 mph
11 Matt Kenseth Ford 17 183.407 mph
12 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 1 183.243 mph
13 Marcos Ambrose Ford 9 183.127 mph
14 David Reutimann Toyota 00 183.113 mph
15 Paul Menard Chevrolet 27 182.950 mph
16 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 48 182.931 mph
17 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 33 182.899 mph
18 Carl Edwards Ford 99 182.797 mph
19 Brian Vickers Toyota 83 182.658 mph
20 AJ Allmendinger Ford 43 182.519 mph
21 Brad Keselowski Dodge 2 182.510 mph
22 Kasey Kahne Toyota 4 182.366 mph
23 Kurt Busch Dodge 22 182.039 mph
24 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29 181.910 mph
25 Casey Mears Toyota 13 181.855 mph
26 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 56 181.809 mph
27 Trevor Bayne Ford 21 181.804 mph
28 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 09 181.694 mph
29 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 24 181.671 mph
30 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 88 181.534 mph
31 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 36 180.936 mph
32 Greg Biffle Ford 16 180.786 mph
33 Michael McDowell Toyota 66 180.605 mph
34 Bobby Labonte Toyota 47 180.338 mph
35 Robby Gordon Dodge 7 180.279 mph
36 Travis Kvapil Ford 38 180.014 mph
37 David Gilliland Ford 34 179.699 mph
38 Andy Lally Chevrolet 71 178.958 mph
39 Ken Schrader Ford 32 177.940 mph
40 Joe Nemechek Toyota 87 177.659 mph
41 Todd Bodine Toyota 60 176.557 mph
42 Tony Raines Ford 37 175.653 mph
43 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 46 N/A

PING!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... Kyle and Hamlin almost trade paint on the 1st lap for 3rd pl

yikes - 4 wide!!! This is suppose to be a new track

Oh Lord, Bayne kisses the wall!!!

Hamilin for the lead... got it!!

Montoya on his bumper!!

I'm already bored.

pumpkin, can you please vote for the Giants?

TIA & GB :thumb:



http://planetsmilies.net/not-tagged-smiley-14836.gif

It will be a shame to see how Kyle and Denny out race these drivers today. http://planetsmilies.net/not-tagged-smiley-14836.gif

Unless Jeff's clone wins...


Woooo... Kyle takes the lead!

I love Bud's new commercial

:ZZZ:

turn the radio on to KFAB & listen for a PING!

I'd rather watch left turns.

LiveStream - I hope Nascar steps in soon to fix this. In the meantime can you please go and vote for the Giants (+2). TIA

It's pretty bad when the most exciting part of a race is when Kyle Busch unsticks a hot dog wrapper from his grill.

CAUTION FOR DEBRIS!

Which means we'll have 2.3 seconds of side by side racing on the restart to look forward to.

Even NASCRAP knows the track sucks!

Thanks to Brian France the drunk and failure!

http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showp...&postcount=347 http://planetsmilies.net/not-tagged-smiley-14836.gif


where's my nascar buddies? help!!

http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1..._14_bigger.jpg Twitter: Ryan & Krissie Newman's baby

Hard to tell from that photo. but does the baby have a neck?

If she doesn't, that's their baby for sure http://planetsmilies.net/not-tagged-smiley-14836.gif

Vettle won f1 yesterday.

Where did Lewis Hamilton finish?

should have watched that race instead of this snooze fest.

I don't know 2nd maybe? it was on at 2 am

Lewis Hamilton finished 2nd...

watch JimiJo win this race

Come on Kyle!! Kyle for the http://www.e-forwards.com/wp-content...-valentine.gif

EVERYBODY wake up -- throw some water on your face -- It's Showtime!!

9 to Go!!

is Kyle gonna mop the floor with everyone else on the track?

NA NA NA NA NAPA KNOW HOW NAPA KNOW HOW

Oh chit !!! wow... Its the Kyle Jimi show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harvick in the mix

OMG woooooooooooooooooooooo

Jimi is cuttin off everybody left and right

wow look at harvick

Wow.. what a finish.

OMFG HARVICK WINS IT!!!

Wow!!! Unbelievable!!

WHAT A FINISH!!!!!

Harvick just came out of nowhere and stole that race. That was FUN to watch.

WHERE'S REDNECKRAIDER! Congrats!!

Sr. Nation erupts across the nation, along with the fans in Cali - for their boy Kevin Harvick!!!


Love Harvick's burnouts!

Unbelievable how Kevin told JimiJo very nicely to get the hell out of the way, because he was coming through for the win!!!

DW had it exactly right, you can't turn the car going 205 into that corner, I am sure Jimmy's Tach was going bezerk getting pushed like that

Kevin and JimiJo had fresher tires than Kyle.

Kyle's crew chief messed up.

Kyle's Interview: "My car slowed down" -- He spoke about his tires.

This is the best race we've seen at Cali in a long time -

Great move at the end by the #29.

Congratulations, RedNeckRaider. Your boy did great!

:rockon:PBJPBJ

One of your best posts ever~

no, he's not cheating, there is a reason why this dude was in a nascar race at 16 years old. Dude can flat out drive.

OP updated with current standings
Congrats RNR

I wish Busch had never gotten out of the 5 car.

Why thank you sir! I enjoyed it quite a bit :thumb:

Horse-----cart??? :p

smittysbar, your boy is doing great - Congrats!

Excerpts: Scene Daily

Whether Edwards re-signs with Roush is not as certain, although as long as he keeps running well, the better the chances of him remaining with the team that he has spent his entire Cup career with.

Edwards has four days a week to ponder his future, while it appears that he already knows what he’ll do to Busch if and when the time comes.
Off the track, Edwards will remain calculated in his job search. He talks a good game about trying to put his decision on hold so it won’t be a distraction to him or his Roush team.

“The biggest thing I don’t want to do is mess anything up by focusing too much on that,” Edwards said. “We all work very hard to be in the exact position we are in right now, to be this fast and come to the race track and have a chance to win.

“I don’t want to mess that up by focusing on the contract right now. We are four races in right now and I don’t want to do anything to mess up this performance.”

But Edwards can’t put a decision on hold for long because it’s not just about negotiating with Roush executives. It’s also about courting a potential new sponsor. Roush officials have been trying to help Aflac sell off some of its races under the current contract, so it makes sense that if Aflac renews, it won’t be for a full season.

So no matter whether Edwards stays at Roush or goes somewhere else, he will need a new sponsor. Those talks need to start now. It would also make sense that the longer Edwards goes unsigned, the more other teams will knock on Aflac’s door to try to lure the sponsorship – and possibly Edwards – away.

As long as Edwards leads the Cup standings and wins races, he holds the cards in the negotiations. With strong performance, he has the leverage to make money demands, whether that’s in base salary or significant incentive clauses.

Edwards’ heart might be with Roush; it’s obvious he has a soft spot for team co-owner Jack Roush. But he knows he must put himself in the best position possible to win races and championships – even if that is with another team. His passion for racing and winning likely will prevail over loyalty.

That leaves possibly a fourth team at Joe Gibbs Racing as the strongest competition. Penske Racing certainly could be a player, but the more Kurt Busch struggles, the less likely it is that Edwards will go there. Moving to Penske already could be a sticky situation considering his history with nemesis Brad Keselowski. The one thing in Penske’s favor is that organization’s ability to package sponsorships with other Roger Penske businesses.

With Kasey Kahne leaving at the end of the season for Hendrick, Red Bull Racing might have the money, but won’t get more than a passing look unless Kahne or Brian Vickers suddenly start rattling off wins.

Hendrick Motorsports doesn’t appear to have an opening for 2011. Stewart-Haas Racing? That just doesn’t seem to be a good fit. Richard Childress Racing could have a spot open if Clint Bowyer surprisingly leaves, but bringing in Edwards and trying to get him to mesh with rival Kevin Harvick would be a challenge considering their history and dislike for each other.

The history between Edwards and Harvick is different than that of Edwards and Busch. Edwards and Harvick got in a scuffle in the Charlotte garage a few years ago and have expressed their disdain for each other again last year. Busch is one of the drivers who didn’t publicly denounce Edwards during his feud with Keselowski last year. While they might get into battles on the track and in the press occasionally, there appears to be a mutual respect between the two and the possibility that they could work together on the same team.

So maybe Busch should hope that Edwards is interested in JGR. If Edwards gets deep into negotiations with Gibbs, he might hesitate to retaliate for fear of angering Busch and hurting his chances to drive for JGR?

But that probably won’t be a factor. When it’s time to wreck Busch, there will be no time for second thoughts. The contract negotiations, though, will be a much more agonizing, deliberate decision for Edwards.

http://www.scenedaily.com/news/artic..._contract.html


"do you really think NASCAR would ever help a Ford? Chevy has more cheaters than any other make and those Toyota motors really suck this year. Why do you think plates came to Nascar? It wasn't safety It's because Chevy drivers were getting smoked week in and week out by Bill Elliott. /NASCRAP FAN

LMAO true!!!


JGR? Engines seem to be breaking down in all three Gibbs teams on a weekly basis. If its not fuel mileage problems its engine problems. Toyota doesn't build JGR engines -- Gibbs engines are built in-house. Given that Red Bull hasn't had engine problems, it may be a good idea to let Toyota engineers take over. Somehow, I doubt ol' Joe Gibbs would want to give up his secrets.

I think JGR cars had engine problems last year -- I could be wrong.

Martinsville: Live Final Practice

http://www.nascar.com/races/leaderboard/cup/practice/

Dodge leading the way

Top 5 so far

Dodge
Toyota
Toyota
Toyota
Chevy

Montoya is up

I'm watching the replay of today's practice, and it looks like they have some Bristol-type tire trouble again.

Dylan would cream herself if Kyle won that championship.

You changed your name...

I've waited a long time for Kyle to mature. And mature, he did... Kyle is very talented and fearless driver.

Love to see Junior hoist the trophy. He's working with Jeff Gordon's crew chief this year, and so far so good.

I would be happy if:

#88 #18 #42 #14 #2

Went all the way!

Camping World NEXT RACE: Martinsville - SPEED - Sat. 2 p.m. ET

Qualifying on Speed

http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/dam/a...omepage-t1.jpg

CA$HCAR is pimping Kyle on the front page of their Web site -- daily... Seems, Brian France the drunk, thinks that Kyle won.
I hope that loser doesn't jinx him.

bugeater, I'll hook you up to live streaming if you want to watch the Truck Series.

Nationwide is off this weekend.

RedNeckRaider - your boy is racin' today:

QUALIFYING ORDER
Kroger 250 | Martinsville Speedway
April 02, 2011| Race 4 of 25


57 Norm Benning Chevrolet Norm Benning Racing
2 10 Chase Mattioli* Ford College Complete
3 07 Caleb Roark Chevrolet Boys & Girls Club of Kingsport
4 1 Jeffrey Earnhardt* Chevrolet Fuel Doctor USA
5 66 Justin Marks Chevrolet GoPro
6 93 Shane Sieg Chevrolet S&W Services
7 22 Joey Coulter* Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing / Darrell Gwynn Foundation
8 51 Justin Johnson* Toyota Vision Airlines / Wounded Warrior Project
9 46 Craig Goess* Toyota Greenville Toyota of N.C.
10 62 Brendan Gaughan Toyota South Point Hotel & Casino
11 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet S&W Towing
12 81 David Starr Toyota Zachry
13 17 Timothy Peters Toyota Autism Speaks / AutosByNelson.com
14 5 Travis Kvapil Toyota International Trucks / Monaco RV
15 20 Johanna Long* Toyota Panhandle Grading and Paving
16 8 Nelson Piquet Jr.* Chevrolet Qualcomm / Autotrac
17 7 Miguel Paludo* Toyota Stemco / Duroline
18 23 Jason White Chevrolet GunBroker.com
19 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Germain.com
20 4 Ricky Carmichael Chevrolet Monster Energy
21 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Toyota / Fas Mart
22 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Tide / Kroger
23 13 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet SafeAuto Ins. Co. / 104 WTQR Country / Curb Records
24 88 Matt Crafton Chevrolet Tarkett / Menards
25 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Remington Arms / Tracker
26 234 Billy Keyes Chevrolet BNB Racing
27 29 Parker Kligerman* Dodge Penske Truck Rental
28 15 Dusty Davis* Toyota Vision Airlines / Emerald Coast
29 197 Matt Lofton Toyota Strutmasters.com
30 32 Brad Sweet Chevrolet Great Clips
31 92 Clay Rogers Chevrolet fleetHQ.com / BTS Tire & Wheel Distributors
32 9 Max Papis Toyota GEICO
33 60 Cole Whitt* Chevrolet Red Bull / Van-Go Rentals
34 33 Ron Hornaday Chevrolet Cooked Perfect Meatballs
35 31 James Buescher Chevrolet Wolfpack Rentals
36 77 Justin Lofton Toyota Lofton Cattle

* Denotes Rookie

Truck Series on SPEED: Live Streaming

http://www.fromsportcom.com/v-2/2/80/v-228190.html

LMAO

Todd Bodine got into the back of Kevin Harvick. Kevin lets him go by -- then pulls right in back of Todd & spins him out... LMAO

One thought after watching the race today, Martinsville is the new Bristol. Great racing -- Very exciting.


Dustin Long from the Virginian Pilot had this to say:

Is Sunday’s race set to be an awful affair because of tire issues or might it actually be one of the better races in some time because the track might narrow to one groove and that could lead to a lot of bumping and banging.

Anyway, the talk all weekend has been about tires. Before I get to what is being said, a quick explanation of what’s going on:

# Goodyear brought a new left-side tire and a new right side tire to Martinsville. The left side features a “tougher compound’’ according to Goodyear and the right side features a “softer compound for more grip.’’

# Friday, the track did not rubber up – in other words rubber was not adhering to the track. More rubber on the track equals more grip for drivers. Less rubber and guys are sliding all around. It was causing more tire wear than teams see here. As one crew chief told me, it changed who was good, noting the guys who often are good at Martinsville were loose while those that had struggled in the past were fast.

# Another issue is that the bits of tires that come off and lay on the track (marbles) are covering up the second groove after a while. That narrows the racing groove to one lane. Get those marbles on your tires and it takes a lap or so to get them off and by that time a driver has fallen back. (this is something that has happened in the past and the key is for NASCAR to send out jet dryers to blow those off the high groove during caution periods).

# After the truck race Saturday, the track was still not rubbering up as driver say.



On to what drivers are saying about this issue:

KEVIN HARVICK

(he finished 4th in the truck race)

“The tires are just such pieces of crap,’’ Harvick said after finishing fourth in the truck race. “There’s still no rubber on the race track. It’s put all the teams in a box that isn’t really necessary. I don’t know why we take good tires that we’ve raced here … and change them.’’

Asked what he would tell NASCAR, Harvick said: “You can’t tell them anything. They’re on their own agenda, it seems like.’’



KYLE BUSCH

(he finished 2nd in the truck race)

“There’s no rubber on the race track,’’ Busch said. “I don’t see it getting better (today). Anything could surprise, but I doubt it.’’



TRAVIS KVAPIL

(he finished 20th in the truck race)

“It’s going to be a problem (Sunday) for sure. It’s going to be a fight for the bottom (groove). If you do get slid up there (to high groove) you’re just going to have to hang on and hope for a hole.’’



NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES DIRECTOR JOHN DARBY

I talked with he and Robin Pemberton, vice president of competition, and both were comfortable with the tires for Sunday’s race.

Said Darby: “Is it a different tire? Yeah. Let’s race it first and see what happens.’’



DALE EARNHARDT JR.

“It is pretty disappointing. Just hopefully we can figure out what is wrong; why the tires aren’t as good as they should be and get it fixed.

“After 12 laps, everybody was kind of falling off pretty fast. There was no rubber built up and there was a lot of marbles. You couldn’t get out of the bottom groove. You had to run right next to the curb. If you got in the marbles, it would ruin you. Once you got in the marbles, you ruined that set. I mean, there is no way to get them off. We don’t go fast enough here to really grind them off. It was messy. It was just real messy all day.”



JEFF GORDON

“We had our debrief with all of our drivers and crew chiefs and engineers (Friday) and it was kind of comical leaving there,’’ Jeff Gordon said, noting the various opinions expressed.

“All the drivers are talking about, “Man, the cars are so loose, the cars are so loose; can’t get them tight enough, can’t get them tight enough.’ We’re wearing the rear tires out. So all the drivers are wanting the crew chiefs to put soft rear springs in and just do everything to maximize the grip.

“And the crew chiefs are sitting there going, “Yeah, I’ve heard this before,’ and then they drop the green flag and the track lays some rubber and then all of a sudden we’re screaming tight, and can’t get it free enough. And so, it puts them in a very tricky position.’’



DENNY HAMLIN

“We’ve had to change our setups quite a bit (because of the track not taking on rubber). We’ve always had kind of a base that we kind of play around with all of the time. One of the concerning things for us is our setup is way out of the box from that this weekend, so we’re going to see whether it’s better or worse.’’



KURT BUSCH

"It’s going to be a great show on Sunday because these tires are wearing out so fast, nobody has any idea what to expect for the race. It’s going to be a lot of slip-sliding around. There’s going to be a bunch of ping pong balls bouncing around out there.

“The track is not taking the rubber in, something different than what we’ve seen here in the past. Maybe they missed it a little on the chemical in the tires as far as laying down the rubber. What’s happening is the tires are shredding so fast, they aren’t developing heat and we’re chafing the rubber right off the tires.”



RYAN NEWMAN

“From what I was told, they made a minor tweak to the tire and came here and I guess didn’t know the answer of what it was going to do. They speculated. It could change all over again tomorrow. That is the biggest question we all have in our head. What is the track going to do when we have 43 cars out there with the exhausts being down on the race track? Is it going to lay rubber or not?

“If it does, it is going to change a lot of things. I think it will take two different setups to be able to be successful in either of those situations. Whether it rubbers up or whether it doesn’t and it continues to eat tires up throughout a run. The way it looks on paper, there is no way we could do even close to a fuel run tomorrow. But I think the track will change, I just don’t know how much and when that will happen.

http://hamptonroads.com/blogs/dustin-long

1 1 Jamie McMurray Widia Chevy 96.509 19.621
2 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevy 96.342 19.655
3 4 Kasey Kahne Red Bull Toyota 96.293 19.665
4 20 Joey Logano The Home Depot Toyota 96.220 19.680
5 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Ground Toyota 95.995 19.726
6 43 A J Allmendinger Best Buy Ford 95.951 19.735
7 47 Bobby Labonte Lance Toyota 95.903 19.745
8 00 David Reutimann Aaron's Outdoors Toyota 95.854 19.755
9 29 Kevin Harvick Budweiser Chevy 95.825 19.761
10 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevy 95.791 19.768
11 18 Kyle Busch Pedigree Toyota 95.786 19.769
12 5 Mark Martin Quaker State / GoDaddy.com Chevy 95.714 19.784
13 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota 95.694 19.788
14 6 David Ragan UPS Ford 95.675 19.792
15 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevy 95.651 19.797
16 27 Paul Menard Nibco / Menards Chevy 95.554 19.817
17 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's Chevy 95.540 19.820
18 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 95.477 19.833
19 9 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt Ford 95.468 19.835
20 22 Kurt Busch Shell / Pennzoil Dodge 95.463 19.836
21 24 Jeff Gordon Drive to End Hunger / AARP Chevy 95.429 19.843
22 2 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Dodge 95.386 19.852
23 99 Carl Edwards Aflac Ford 95.275 19.875
24 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford 95.256 19.879
25 21 Trevor Bayne(i) Motorcraft / Quick Lane Ford 95.256 19.879
26 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. AMP Energy / National Guard Chevy 95.184 19.894
27 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevy 95.118 19.908
28 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot / Mobil 1 Chevy 95.089 19.914
29 36 Dave Blaney All Sport Body Quencher Chevy 95.079 19.916
30 13 Casey Mears GEICO Toyota 95.003 19.932
31 38 Travis Kvapil(i) Long John Silver's Ford 94.955 19.942
32 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevy 94.671 20.002
33 16 Greg Biffle 3M Ford 94.661 20.004
34 7 Robby Gordon Fast Five / SPEED Energy Dodge 94.548 20.028
35 66 Michael McDowell HP Racing LLC Toyota 94.472 20.044
36 34 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford 94.369 20.066
37 87 Joe Nemechek(i) AM FM Energy.com Toyota 94.209 20.100
38 09 Landon Cassill(i) Thank A Teacher Today Chevy 94.045 20.135
39 60 Mike Skinner(i) Big Red Toyota 93.877 20.171
40 32 Ken Schrader VAMortgageCenter.com Ford 93.613 20.228
41 37 Tony Raines Front Row Motorsports Ford 93.253 20.306
42 46 JJ Yeley Red Line Chevy 93.253 20.306
43 71 Hermie Sadler(i) Eco-Fuel Saver Chevy 91.744 20.640

MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY TRACK NEWS

March 2010 Race Winner: #11-Denny Hamlin, 73.180mph, started 19th

October 2010 Race Winner: #11-Denny Hamlin, 71.619mph, started 1st

Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon, Sept 1996, 82.223mph

Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 51 years, 8 months, 12 days, 9/22/1991

Youngest Race Winner: Richard Petty, 22 years, 9 months, 8 days, 4/10/1960

March 2010 Pole Sitter: #29-Kevin Harvick, set by points, canceled by rain, finished 35th

October 2010 Pole Sitter: #11-Denny Hamlin, 97.018mph, finished 1st

Track Qualifying Record: Tony Stewart, October 2005, 98.083mph

Oldest Pole Winner: Morgan Shepherd, 45 years, 6 months, 14 days, 4/26/1987

Youngest Pole Winner: Ricky Rudd, 24 years, 7 months, 14 days, 04/26/1981

Most Wins - Active Driver: Jeff Gordon, 7; Jimmie Johnson, 6

Most Wins - All Time: Richard Petty, 15

Most Poles - Active Driver: Jeff Gordon, 7

Most Poles - All Time: Darrell Waltrip, 8

Most Top 5s: 30 - Richard Petty; Active leader - 23 - Jeff Gordon

Most Top 10s: 37 - Richard Petty; Active leader- 29 - Jeff Gordon

Lead Lap Finishes (all time): Rusty Wallace 29 in 44 races

Lead Lap Finishes (active): Jeff Gordon 28 in 35 races

Laps Led (all time): Cale Yarborough - 3,851 laps

Laps Led (active): Jeff Gordon - 2,944 laps

Most Cautions: 19 - 10/23/2005

Fewest Cautions: 1 - 3 times, most recently 4/25/1971

Most Caution Laps: 125, 10/24/2004

Fewest Caution Laps: 3, 4/25/1971

Most Running at the Finish: 42 - 4/18/1999 and 4/1/2007

Fewest Running at the Finish: 4 - 5/6/1951

Worst Starting Spot to Win: Kurt Busch, Oct 2002, started 36th

Most Lead Changes: 25 - 9/28/1980

Fewest Lead Changes: 1 - 3 times, most recently 4/9/1961

Most Leaders: 14 - 10/15/2001

Fewest Leaders: 2 - 11 times last on 9/26/1976

Most Wins by Manufacturer: 46 - Chevy; 26 - Ford; 10 - Dodge; 5 - Toyota; 40 - Others

Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 4 - John Andretti 4/18/1999

Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 493 - Fred Lorenzen, 9/27/1964


Races won from starting pos 1: 19 [of 124] 15.323%

Races won from starting pos 2: 15

Races won from starting pos 3: 14

Races won from starting pos 4: 12

Races won from starting pos 5: 5

Races won from starting pos 6: 8

Races won from starting pos 7: 7

Races won from starting pos 8: 2

Races won from starting pos 9: 3

Races won from starting pos 10: 4

Races won from starting pos 11: 2

Races won from starting pos 12: 3

Races won from starting pos 13: 2

Races won from starting pos 14: 5

Races won from starting pos 15: 3

Races won from starting pos 16: 1

Races won from starting pos 17: 4

Races won from starting pos 18: 1

Races won from starting pos 19: 2

Races won from starting pos 20: 3

Races won from starting pos 21: 2

Races won from starting pos 23: 1

Races won from starting pos 24: 1

Races won from starting pos 36: 1

Races won from starting pos unknown: 4

Races won from the top 5: 65 of 124 - 52.419%

Races won from the top 10: 89 of 124 - 71.774%

:thumb: atta boy~

Priceless :thumb:


Ok... Race is on -- This is gonna be fun!

Ut... Kenseth penalized on the first lap going in to turn 4. Matt cut in front of his teammate.

Pass through penalty

Kyle & Vickers exchanging paint... LOL

Ut oh... Kyle, Denny & Jimi may be schooling the others today -- Denny for the lead

45 green flag laps = 4 lead changes

Wooooooooo!! Kyle all the way to the front

1st- New Leader - Kyle
2nd- JimiJo
3rd - Denny

Jeff Gordon on the move

where'd ya'll go?

wake up -- throw some water on your face --

it's MARTINSVILLE!

Boogity boogity boogity

Woo Hoo....#33 to the front. Of course he will probably blow it and finish outside of the top 10 by the end of the day.

Ol' Clint out front

I don't know, he looks to be fast

He's been pretty lucky so far. He's started in the inside row at every green flag. That's been big today.

caution

That's BS, speeding by someone

**** you Kyle!

33 and 18 gonna get interesting later in the race

Man the TV coverage this year has sucked. Just today they have missed all of the cautions, missed 2 pit stops, and missed the last restart.

Yeah!! here's my NASCAR boys!!

Hey guys!

truebigdog, your boy is doing great! http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/images/smilies/thumb.gif

OMG what a hit!!!!

Kahne ok? chit

OMG

Truex is out of his car running to see if Kahne is ok! damn

Wow!

RED Flag!