i pick

ky.busch

kensith

johnson

 

I just hope someone can do well reading my rundown... I don't write it for my health

But you and a couple other guys were riding that Kevin Harvick - Dale Earnhardt Jr. bandwagon at the beginning of the season when both were in the top 5 in points. As they fell, and I warned you that they had both lost their momentum, you guys kept on sticking it out and rode it to nearly a 100 point deficit to the overall points lead. Now you're sticking it out it seems. We'll see how ti works out for you

 

Its better to have your bad luck before the Chase begins. This is the story every year for Pyle Buschit who always goes cold about now...

 

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I don't write it for my health

..He does it 4 the love of Racing : )

 

Well if this link holds true, Clint Bowyers career is over as far as I Ca ntell..


Sirius-Speedway.com: Bowyer Will Drive For Michael Waltrip In 2012

Summary: Clint Bowyer has allegedly sigend a multi-year deal with Michael Waltrip racing and will be sponsored by 5 hour energy.

 

His was career was over at RCR as well. For reasons unbeknownst to me, he was always played out as the lowest on the totem pole on that team. RCR is screwed anyways and everything we said about Menard panned out. True, Menard won one - that was quite the miracle. But he is now 23rd in the points and only one RCR car made the Chase. Last year all the RCR cars made the Chase. Bowyer is worth 12 Menard's. Before Menard came along, Bowyer won a few races last year. I don't think Bowyer ever did or ever would get a fair shake at RCR.
That being said, yeah, hes going from the frying pan into the fire. MWR is hardly a team that should be looking at expanding. But Bowyer will be the best guy they got.

 

For whatever it is worth, David Reutimann, a MWR driver, was fastest in 1st practice.

Speeds in first practice, providing they mean anything to anybody, are here...

1 00 David Reutimann Toyota Tums 183.138 29.486 Leader
2 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 182.964 29.514 -0.028
3 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 182.883 29.527 -0.041
4 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley's Doublemint 182.846 29.533 -0.047
5 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 182.723 29.553 -0.067
6 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army Medicine 182.710 29.555 -0.069
7 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 182.692 29.558 -0.072
8 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 182.506 29.588 -0.102
9 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 182.131 29.649 -0.163
10 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 181.861 29.693 -0.207
11 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 181.726 29.715 -0.229
12 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox 181.433 29.763 -0.277
13 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 181.354 29.776 -0.290
14 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 180.796 29.868 -0.382
15 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 180.789 29.869 -0.383
16 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 180.542 29.910 -0.424
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 180.475 29.921 -0.435
18 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Long John Silver's 180.433 29.928 -0.442
19 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac "Now Hiring" 180.427 29.929 -0.443
20 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 180.301 29.950 -0.464
21 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 180.102 29.983 -0.497
22 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Zecol / Menards 179.934 30.011 -0.525
23 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 179.922 30.013 -0.527
24 135 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Luke & Associates 179.796 30.034 -0.548
25 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 179.557 30.074 -0.588
26 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 179.539 30.077 -0.591
27 66 Michael McDowell Toyota James Fund 179.497 30.084 -0.598
28 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 179.402 30.100 -0.614
29 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 179.176 30.138 -0.652
30 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Filtrete 179.164 30.140 -0.654
31 71 Andy Lally* Ford Interstate Moving Services 179.158 30.141 -0.655
32 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 179.110 30.149 -0.663
33 34 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 179.075 30.155 -0.669
34 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 179.045 30.160 -0.674
35 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 178.909 30.183 -0.697
36 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 178.737 30.212 -0.726
37 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 178.690 30.220 -0.734
38 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 178.642 30.228 -0.742
39 46 Scott Speed Ford Red Line Oil 178.524 30.248 -0.762
40 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 178.512 30.250 -0.764
41 60 Mike Skinner Chevrolet Big Red 178.335 30.280 -0.794
42 195 David Starr Ford AdvoCare 178.182 30.306 -0.820
43 55 Travis Kvapil Ford Front Row Motorsports 177.725 30.384 -0.898
44 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 177.334 30.451 -0.965
45 37 Josh Wise Ford Bradley University 176.904 30.525 -1.039
46 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 176.010 30.680 -1.194
47 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei 175.633 30.746 -1.260



Second Practice


1 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 184.275 29.304 Leader
2 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota Red Bull 184.087 29.334 -0.030
3 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Crown Royal 183.536 29.422 -0.118
4 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Zecol / Menards 183.374 29.448 -0.144
5 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser 183.331 29.455 -0.151
6 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 182.852 29.532 -0.228
7 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Filtrete 182.828 29.536 -0.232
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 182.809 29.539 -0.235
9 30 David Stremme Chevrolet Inception Motorsports 182.766 29.546 -0.242
10 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac "Now Hiring" 182.723 29.553 -0.249
11 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 182.235 29.632 -0.328
12 6 David Ragan Ford UPS "We Love Logistics" 181.935 29.681 -0.377
13 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 181.690 29.721 -0.417
14 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 181.653 29.727 -0.423
15 38 J.J. Yeley Ford Long John Silver's 181.616 29.733 -0.429
16 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 181.592 29.737 -0.433
17 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 181.500 29.752 -0.448
18 135 Stephen Leicht Chevrolet Luke & Associates 181.366 29.774 -0.470
19 22 Kurt Busch Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 181.087 29.820 -0.516
20 00 David Reutimann Toyota Tums 180.953 29.842 -0.538
21 66 Michael McDowell Toyota James Fund 180.856 29.858 -0.554
22 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 180.783 29.870 -0.566
23 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 180.632 29.895 -0.591
24 46 Scott Speed Ford Red Line Oil 180.518 29.914 -0.610
25 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Speed Energy / Mapei 180.415 29.931 -0.627
26 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 180.343 29.943 -0.639
27 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 180.270 29.955 -0.651
28 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 180.198 29.967 -0.663
29 34 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell 180.192 29.968 -0.664
30 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Dewalt 179.940 30.010 -0.706
31 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 179.808 30.032 -0.728
32 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 179.808 30.032 -0.728
33 51 Landon Cassill Chevrolet Thank A Teacher Today / Security Benefit 179.689 30.052 -0.748
34 55 Travis Kvapil Ford Front Row Motorsports 179.575 30.071 -0.767
35 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Best Buy 179.545 30.076 -0.772
36 195 David Starr Ford AdvoCare 179.545 30.076 -0.772
37 71 Andy Lally* Ford Interstate Moving Services 179.533 30.078 -0.774
38 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 179.473 30.088 -0.784
39 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army Medicine 179.277 30.121 -0.817
40 13 Casey Mears Toyota GEICO 179.194 30.135 -0.831
41 37 Josh Wise Ford Bradley University 179.146 30.143 -0.839
42 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 179.093 30.152 -0.848
43 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kleenex Cool Touch / Clorox 178.974 30.172 -0.868
44 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley's Doublemint 178.802 30.201 -0.897
45 60 Mike Skinner Chevrolet Big Red 178.542 30.245 -0.941
46 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Big Red 176.120 30.661 -1.357
47 32 Mike Bliss Ford Street King 176.039 30.675 -1.371

Wonder what happend to Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch in 2nd practice???

 

Lots of good drivers qualifed 20-30th place.... but I'm going with....

1) Matt Kenseth
2) Jimmie Johnson, since it is chase time (changed back after Nichols2k copied my picks)
3) Jeff Gordon!


Still a lot of you guys out tehre we need to get some picks rolling in for!

 

Well, as part of my plight to see Junior win a Championship, I intend to leave him out of my picks. Except for Talladega - I intend to pick him to win there. Anyways, I still have faith in the Hendricks freight train. And Brad K is still on a roll and dominated one of the most boring Nationwide races in history at Chicagoland today. I hate this track almost as much as Kentucky.

1. Jimmie Johnson
2. Jeff Gordon
3. Brad Keslowski

I probably should have put some Roush guys in there, but to hell with it. Chicagoland will be the worst race of the Chase (unless Jr or Martin wins).

I'd also like to voice my opinion on the current Menard-cheating-to-get-Harvick-the-win conspiracy afoot. I hope this story hasn't gone too cold by next week, cause it would be a great poll question! Read this if you don't know what I speak of. I totally beleive Menard spun intentionally to give Harvick a chance. That is the second time this year they let Menard get away with cheating to get Harvick a win (see Charlotte where he broke running order to push Harvick and Burton around under caution). I guess this is how Menard "earns" his spot on this team, but it does not make me respect him anymore. He is the big loser on the track who's there to lift Harvick onto the pedestal. But it don't seem like racing to me - just a bunch of sinister ****. This is how RCR returns to its former glory...

 

This is the same team taht used to give Neal Bonnet a car to go out and run blocker for Dale Earnhardt in the last 80s and early 90s. I may just make that the poll question, could be an interesting one.

I do remember Menardpushing Burton and Harvick at Charlotte now that you mention it... but that wasn't the last lap, and techinically wasn't cheating.

But I do agree taht anyone who says that was a coincidence just isn't paying attention. If you believe if it was coincidence, then there is a California jury seat waiting for you.