View Poll Results: Whose winless streak will end first?
Greg Biffle
3
20.00%
Carl Edwards
2
13.33%
Dale Earnhardt, Jr
7
46.67%
Duane Black (Cowboy6622)
3
20.00%
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Picks/California/Sun. Afternoon
#1
03-18-2012, 04:21 PM
Picks/California/Sun. Afternoon
Points, Intro, and Congratulatory Remarks
Congrats to 03JGMonte, Mike, for gaining what under the new rules package is a max points day by going all in for Brad Keselowski!!!
Congratulatoins as well to JuniorCar, who has held the points lead for the first 4 races of the year, and we are almost halfway through Segment 1!!!!!
Defending Winner: lougreen03
1) JuniorCar 126 429 Leader
2) Cowboy6622 403 -26
3) butch049 402 -27
4) 03JGMonte 400 -29
5) zJerry 387 -42
6) montecarlo3831 380 -49
7) carlm54stl 377 -52
8) 77GP 376 -53
9) RocknSS04 369 -60
10) bblackstone 366 -63
11) lougreen03 362 -67
12) 02 Earnhardt 343 -86
13) Leprechaun93 341 -88
14) SupplySgt 334 -95
15) 01 Monte SS 315 -114
16) Teacher 306 -123
17) silverfish 272 -157
18) 06 Mistre SS 251 -178
19) SuperSportSteve 205 -224
20) adgm2005 150 -279
21) STUMPMI 100 -329
For a full statistical break down, see the stats thread!! https://montecarloforum.com/forum/na...tistics-33871/
This Week
Two miles of flat, long sweeping corners with straightaways that require a lot of horsepower to power down.
This is a track with a history of being boring. It had one race in about May for a long time, and then when it received the Labor Day date from Darlington, it just proved it could put on a boring race twice a year. Now it is back to once a year and quite frankly, once a year is plenty!!!
It's all about engines here at California as far as I am concerned. Last year, Toyota was strong, but Denny Hamlin blew up around the mid point and Kyle Busch got weak at teh end, and those Chevrolets just rose to the front.
This year, Toyota has been strong on the 1.5's and so have the Fords... but those Fords and Toyotas seem to have issues staying strong until the end of a race. It seems like Ford and Toyotoa dominate practice, dominate until about 1/2-3/4ths of a race, adn the nat the end you have a set of Chevrolets going for the win.
This year though, the Ford's seem to be around more at the end. The 'Yotas haven't ahd the luck. And on larger tracks, Dodges have been weak at the end so far.
I'd keep this in mind, especially if you go all in....
Hendrick Motorsports
Strong team that seems to have their 1.5 mile program together, and a strong 1.5 program generally indicates a strong 2.0 mile program as well. I'd keep a close eye on all 4 Hendrick cars this week. Except Jr, who will probably be strong and have his day ruined by Steve Retarte on the last pit stop, and Kasey Kahne, who seems to have a lot of bad luck.
Richard Childress
Jeff Burton seems to be prying that bad luck monkey off his shoulder. Kevin Harvick is strong but the luck isn't with him this year like it was last year yet. It could come to him... this is where ti came to him last year. Plus, Cali is his home track. This track also requires saving a little engine for the end, and Harvick can do that!!!
Menard... I don't know... we're not quite at the point of the season wehre he starts to fade.... and he hasn't been that bad this year really...
Stewart-Haas
I may very well have run 1-2-3 here last year had Stewart not faded at the end on that last restart. He's good here with that Hendrick equipmetn. Newman just runs like crap everywhere and has those 2-3 good runs a year... hard to say where they will come.
Joe Gibbs Racing
This is Toyota's home. TRD is out of Cali, and I' mexpecting Hamster and Busch to bring their A-game to California. However, both had bad luck at Bristol and will have to bounce back.
Michael Waltrip Racing
For once, these guys are appearing as contenders. Will Mark Martin be back ni the 55 this week? I don't know yet... entry list isn't up. But Martin Truex is showing some signs of contending now that Clint Bowyer, who knows the RCR structure, is over there. For once ,this team seems to be turning into contenders....
Roush-Fenway Racing
Carl Edwards is just having bad luck. He ran like crap at Vegas and got a good finish. He had bad luck at Bristol. Everytime that 99 switches sponsors, it gets a monkey on it sback and just stops winning. Plus, he could have that "superbowl losers slump" going on again. When a guy comes that close to a title and loses, it seems to screw them up. It screwed up Hamster, Gordon, Edwards, and a lot of people the next season.... I'm worried about my 99 this year.
Kenseth is strong though.... Edwards screwed him at Vegas, but he was strong at Phoenix and really strong in Daytona. Bristol he was just outrun. California is a good Kenseth track though.
Biffle is strong this season... Bristol was really his first sign of weakness, and Bristol and short tracks just aren't Ford tracks if we are to be honest with ourselves.
Petty Motorsports
Almirola is doing better than I expected in his return to the cup with the King's 43. Ambrose is good this year as well. Petty and the Fords focus on 1.5 and 2 mile tracks. So they may sneak in with a good run.
Penske Racing
Short tracks have always been good for Dodge and Penske. I think the Dodge's will run good until about halfway through the season as they are really just sitting as lame ducks right now. Allmendinger is having the most awful of luck this year, but Keselowski is picking where he left off in 2011!!!
My Picks
I'm tired of losing races. I have points raced too long. With my loss at Bristol, I have been 36 points paying races without a win. My last win at all was the All-Star opener last May. I have been 2nd 11 times in this same time period. I'm tired of being Mr. Consistency, I WANT TO WIN, DAMNIT!!!
I started this season with 4 goals. 1) Win a race in Speedweeks. 2) Win a points paying race before Bristol. 3) Win a Segment. 4) Win a Championship
Right now I'm 2nd in points. And I really want to win a race..... really really do.
1) Matt Kenseth
2) Matt Kenseth
3) Denny Hamlin
Congrats to 03JGMonte, Mike, for gaining what under the new rules package is a max points day by going all in for Brad Keselowski!!!
Congratulatoins as well to JuniorCar, who has held the points lead for the first 4 races of the year, and we are almost halfway through Segment 1!!!!!
Defending Winner: lougreen03
1) JuniorCar 126 429 Leader
2) Cowboy6622 403 -26
3) butch049 402 -27
4) 03JGMonte 400 -29
5) zJerry 387 -42
6) montecarlo3831 380 -49
7) carlm54stl 377 -52
8) 77GP 376 -53
9) RocknSS04 369 -60
10) bblackstone 366 -63
11) lougreen03 362 -67
12) 02 Earnhardt 343 -86
13) Leprechaun93 341 -88
14) SupplySgt 334 -95
15) 01 Monte SS 315 -114
16) Teacher 306 -123
17) silverfish 272 -157
18) 06 Mistre SS 251 -178
19) SuperSportSteve 205 -224
20) adgm2005 150 -279
21) STUMPMI 100 -329
For a full statistical break down, see the stats thread!! https://montecarloforum.com/forum/na...tistics-33871/
This Week
Two miles of flat, long sweeping corners with straightaways that require a lot of horsepower to power down.
This is a track with a history of being boring. It had one race in about May for a long time, and then when it received the Labor Day date from Darlington, it just proved it could put on a boring race twice a year. Now it is back to once a year and quite frankly, once a year is plenty!!!
It's all about engines here at California as far as I am concerned. Last year, Toyota was strong, but Denny Hamlin blew up around the mid point and Kyle Busch got weak at teh end, and those Chevrolets just rose to the front.
This year, Toyota has been strong on the 1.5's and so have the Fords... but those Fords and Toyotas seem to have issues staying strong until the end of a race. It seems like Ford and Toyotoa dominate practice, dominate until about 1/2-3/4ths of a race, adn the nat the end you have a set of Chevrolets going for the win.
This year though, the Ford's seem to be around more at the end. The 'Yotas haven't ahd the luck. And on larger tracks, Dodges have been weak at the end so far.
I'd keep this in mind, especially if you go all in....
Hendrick Motorsports
Strong team that seems to have their 1.5 mile program together, and a strong 1.5 program generally indicates a strong 2.0 mile program as well. I'd keep a close eye on all 4 Hendrick cars this week. Except Jr, who will probably be strong and have his day ruined by Steve Retarte on the last pit stop, and Kasey Kahne, who seems to have a lot of bad luck.
Richard Childress
Jeff Burton seems to be prying that bad luck monkey off his shoulder. Kevin Harvick is strong but the luck isn't with him this year like it was last year yet. It could come to him... this is where ti came to him last year. Plus, Cali is his home track. This track also requires saving a little engine for the end, and Harvick can do that!!!
Menard... I don't know... we're not quite at the point of the season wehre he starts to fade.... and he hasn't been that bad this year really...
Stewart-Haas
I may very well have run 1-2-3 here last year had Stewart not faded at the end on that last restart. He's good here with that Hendrick equipmetn. Newman just runs like crap everywhere and has those 2-3 good runs a year... hard to say where they will come.
Joe Gibbs Racing
This is Toyota's home. TRD is out of Cali, and I' mexpecting Hamster and Busch to bring their A-game to California. However, both had bad luck at Bristol and will have to bounce back.
Michael Waltrip Racing
For once, these guys are appearing as contenders. Will Mark Martin be back ni the 55 this week? I don't know yet... entry list isn't up. But Martin Truex is showing some signs of contending now that Clint Bowyer, who knows the RCR structure, is over there. For once ,this team seems to be turning into contenders....
Roush-Fenway Racing
Carl Edwards is just having bad luck. He ran like crap at Vegas and got a good finish. He had bad luck at Bristol. Everytime that 99 switches sponsors, it gets a monkey on it sback and just stops winning. Plus, he could have that "superbowl losers slump" going on again. When a guy comes that close to a title and loses, it seems to screw them up. It screwed up Hamster, Gordon, Edwards, and a lot of people the next season.... I'm worried about my 99 this year.
Kenseth is strong though.... Edwards screwed him at Vegas, but he was strong at Phoenix and really strong in Daytona. Bristol he was just outrun. California is a good Kenseth track though.
Biffle is strong this season... Bristol was really his first sign of weakness, and Bristol and short tracks just aren't Ford tracks if we are to be honest with ourselves.
Petty Motorsports
Almirola is doing better than I expected in his return to the cup with the King's 43. Ambrose is good this year as well. Petty and the Fords focus on 1.5 and 2 mile tracks. So they may sneak in with a good run.
Penske Racing
Short tracks have always been good for Dodge and Penske. I think the Dodge's will run good until about halfway through the season as they are really just sitting as lame ducks right now. Allmendinger is having the most awful of luck this year, but Keselowski is picking where he left off in 2011!!!
My Picks
I'm tired of losing races. I have points raced too long. With my loss at Bristol, I have been 36 points paying races without a win. My last win at all was the All-Star opener last May. I have been 2nd 11 times in this same time period. I'm tired of being Mr. Consistency, I WANT TO WIN, DAMNIT!!!
I started this season with 4 goals. 1) Win a race in Speedweeks. 2) Win a points paying race before Bristol. 3) Win a Segment. 4) Win a Championship
Right now I'm 2nd in points. And I really want to win a race..... really really do.
1) Matt Kenseth
2) Matt Kenseth
3) Denny Hamlin
Last edited by Cowboy6622; 03-25-2012 at 10:45 AM.
#4
03-18-2012, 06:10 PM
1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
hopefully chad is with jimmie this week if not i might need to change it up a little bit.
2. Jimmie Johnson
3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
hopefully chad is with jimmie this week if not i might need to change it up a little bit.
Last edited by 02 Earnhardt Monte Carlo SS; 03-18-2012 at 07:22 PM.
#8
03-18-2012, 09:26 PM
Heres my picks: (subject to change due to practice and qualifying)
1) 88 Junior
2) 29 Harvick
3) 14 stewart
I thought maybe 48,
But to much drama this season!
Dispite his past history at this track!
1) 88 Junior
2) 29 Harvick
3) 14 stewart
I thought maybe 48,
But to much drama this season!
Dispite his past history at this track!
Last edited by STUMPMI; 03-24-2012 at 12:24 PM. Reason: pick changes
#10
03-19-2012, 05:36 PM
Lots of all in this week.... lots more than I anticipated.
IF it keeps going like this, I may have to put a limit 2 cap on this rule, so you have to have at least two drivers. WE'll just have to see how it works out for right now.
IF it keeps going like this, I may have to put a limit 2 cap on this rule, so you have to have at least two drivers. WE'll just have to see how it works out for right now.