NASCAR Cup - Round 19, Chicagoland...

**gomick** · 10 Jul 2009, 12:03 (Ref:2498925)

Another pole for Brian Vickers, Red Bull 1-2, 6 Toyota's up there...

Qualifying...

1. Brian Vickers Toyota 29.322
2. Scott Speed Toyota 29.515
3. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.635
4. Denny Hamlin Toyota 29.644
5. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 29.654
6. Kyle Busch Toyota 29.691
7. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 29.727
8. Bill Elliott Ford 29.756
9. David Reutimann Toyota 29.771
10. Marcos Ambrose Toyota 29.772

MJ_N_09 · 10 Jul 2009, 15:09 (Ref:2499009)

You bet I'll be watching.

Sad...the final weekend for racebuddy.

DanicaFan · 12 Jul 2009, 03:50 (Ref:2499784)

Congrats to Mark Martin for the win. It was a wild race the last several laps.

It was bad that Joey Logano took out Sam Hornish Jr. earlier on too. I saw no need for that. Like Sam said, he didnt know why he was racing so hard.

**gomick** · 12 Jul 2009, 04:19 (Ref:2499786)

4th win of the season for Mark hey, congrats to him - havent seen the race yet, on in 2hrs time down here... Hopefully Ambrose came 2nd then

**gomick** · 12 Jul 2009, 09:20 (Ref:2499880)

Just watched the race - Martin & Johnson seemed to dominate, infact Hendricks cars/engines where very good...
Kyle Busch had a shocker & could've been out of the chase, but is still in - just...
Good drive again by Ambrose after being 2 laps down at one stage - 11th on the lead lap

Points after 19 rounds...

1 Tony Stewart - 2884
2 Jeff Gordon - 2709
3 Jimmie Johnson - 2672
4 Kurt Busch - 2526
5 Denny Hamlin - 2457
6 Carl Edwards - 2438
7 Ryan Newman - 2385
8 Kasey Kahne - 2336
9 Juan Montoya - 2321
10 Kyle Busch - 2298
11 Mark Martin - 2296
12 Matt Kenseth - 2295

13 Greg Biffle - 2285
14 David Reutimann - 2219
15 Clint Bowyer - 2169
16 Brian Vickers - 2149
17 Jeff Burton - 2113
18 Marcos Ambrose - 2078
19 Jamie McMurray - 1960
20 Joey Logano - 1956

Dutton · 12 Jul 2009, 15:43 (Ref:2500212)

I wonder if Jr will make The Chase next year? It has been a rip-roaring success with the best team in the business so far...

Jr Nation must hellavu confused. The irrefutable mega-genius of Jr as a driver coming together with a pretty good team, and yet things have been less than spectacular.

I suppose they'll just keep wanting Crew Chiefs changed, largely unwilling to accept the driver might be part of the problem.

jab · 12 Jul 2009, 21:37 (Ref:2500393)

Well, it does seem as if Hendrick struggle to keep all 4 cars at the top. It was the same for Mears last year, which helps his standing a bit

Given that Childress have struggled to keep any of their 4 cars at the top, you have to wonder whether the idea of having bigger teams has peaked and smaller teams are the way to go once again. Too much of a stretch of resources in these troubled times...

I don't think Dale Jr is a driving god like some of his fans think, but he's certainly no slouch. He deserves to be in the top 20 at least

**gomick** · 12 Jul 2009, 22:33 (Ref:2500419)

Look at that Montoya fella, be great if he made the chase...

MJ_N_09 · 13 Jul 2009, 03:56 (Ref:2500513)

He is "points racing" ,as in, playing it safe.

cbellic · 13 Jul 2009, 06:25 (Ref:2500544)

Best race at ChicagoLand in quite some time, those last 15-20 or so laps were fantastic. Some of the drivers might not be ecstatic about it, but the double file restarts sure have made wonders for the racing.

Great to see Martin notch up another win, hopefully this marks the end of his recent string of bad luck.

**gomick** · 13 Jul 2009, 09:29 (Ref:2500648)

i like the double file restart...

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