2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Round 13: Coca Cola 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway

[fieldodreams79]

Memorial Day weekend (in the States), the start of summer and the 600 (and some other race in the mid west).

JAYSKI Race Page

Q'ing underway right now. Thursday q'ing fouled up my Fantasy teams. o well.

Currently showing a chance of rain on Sunday, but it is a slight one.

[fieldodreams79]

Courtesy of JAYSKI:

2010 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Dover, race 12 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #29-Kevin Harvick [1 win], 1768
2) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 1699, -69
3) #17-Matt Kenseth, 1642, -126
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson [3 wins], 1637, -131
5) #11-Denny Hamlin [3 wins], 1618, -150
6) #24-Jeff Gordon, 1605, -163
7) #16-Greg Biffle, 1581, -187
8) #31-Jeff Burton, 1569, -199
9) #2-Kurt Busch [1 win], 1531, -237
10) #99-Carl Edwards, 1487, -281
11) #5-Mark Martin, 1475, -293
12) #56-Martin Truex Jr., 1434, -334
Chase for the Sprint Cup - Contenders:
13) #39-Ryan Newman [1 win], 1404, 30 points out of the chase
14) #14-Tony Stewart, 1397, -37
15) #33-Clint Bowyer, 1392, -42
16) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 1391, -43
2009 Chase Drivers not in top 16
19) #42-Juan Montoya, 1322, -1124
21) #9-Kasey Kahne, 1237, -197
27) #83-Brian Vickers, 1158, -276 [out with illness]

[fieldodreams79]

LINEUP

Newman won the pole and Kurt Busch on the outside front row
Rest of the top 5 is Truex, Kahne and Jimmie J.

Sorrenson, Papis, Bliss and Stremme DNQ.

Kyle still upset with Denny about the AllStar Race incident.

"His perception was, it's the All-Star Race, it's every man for himself, and I wasn't under that impression going into the race. That's why I was surprised at the fact of what happened," Busch said. "... If the roles were reversed, I don't believe I would have done the same thing. That's just me.

Can't imagine how'd he feel if Denny was really at fault.

JGR teammates start 7, 8 & 9, with the #11 and #18 starting nose to tail.

[MJ_N_09]

Personally, they're both a-holes. Hamlin wrecks drivers while little Busch cries like Princess Danica when things don't go her way.

We can only hope that both their egos ruin JGR.

[fieldodreams79]

unlike last year, it looks as though the race will go all 600 miles with no chance of rain, according to one forecast. However, the Turkish GP was foretasted to be "dry".....

[Axelfoley]

Ready to go green!

[fieldodreams79]

listening to MRN pre race and then tuning in to FOX's three amigos gives a stark comparison in motorsport journalism. 15 laps into a 400 lap race and they are already repeating pointless, obvious aspects of track, the race and drivers; i am sick of them. looks like i will be spending most of this race outside, enjoying a cool evening and a cold beverage, listening to MRN instead actually viewing the race because the three jackasses that call themselves broadcasters are too busy cracking stupid jokes and babbling insistently just to hear themselves talk in their headphones.

Blaney and Front Row Joe, started and parked....

Kurt Busch lapping cars already....

[gomick]

#42 into the wall & now the garage - did he lose it or was a tyre down?

[fieldodreams79]

caution #1; JPM spins off of turn 2.

EDIT: MRN guys think he had a tire down or going down but nothing confirmed, gomick.

[gomick]

Darrel Waltrip thought driver error - didnt hear an interview?

Ambrose in P26, c'mon Marcos, get up there!

Forget that

[fieldodreams79]

wellllll.....
the 10-tenths favs, JPM and Taz bring out the first two cautions. looks as if it will be a long or short night for fans of the #42 and #47, however you look at it.

[fieldodreams79]

please FOX, explain to me ten more times what happens to the track when the sun goes down. o right, it gets cooler; good to know.
Jeff Hammond and Chris Myers; informative as always....

after two good races today, we've got the Busch sisters leading with JJ closing in shall we roll the credits??

[fieldodreams79]

after spinning for the second time, Jimmie J crashes on the back stretch and takes the hard left to the garage.

[gomick]

Jamie Mac hits the lead - great day for Ganassi thus far... Ambrose back on the lead lap

[fieldodreams79]

must you keep jinxing your boy, gomick!

Taz lost it coming off 2...shame. ends his climb back to the top 20.

[fieldodreams79]

shucks!

i was hoping to see CGR take Daytona, Indy and the 600 in the same year. that would have been cool, but the #2 gets out of pit lane first to give Kurt B the win.

jeff burton in kyle's face after the race. takes a whole lot to get jeff mad....

or it takes kyle busch.

[gomick]

I did jinx ambrose twice today - 30th in points now, that is just terrible!

[Knowlesy]

Monty is having a shocking 2010!

[fieldodreams79]

Kyle and Jeff Burton

i swear, kyle gives "cruisin' for a bruisin'" a whole new meaning.
who's it gonna be next week, Kyle?

as jeff stated, it really wasn't that bad of an incident, but i wouldn't put up with Capt Snot Head either...

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Monty is having a shocking 2010!

[MJ_N_09]

I would say that Fieldy is being WAY too hard on the younger Busch....

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by MJ_N_09

I would say that Fieldy is being WAY too hard on the younger Busch....

i would be banned if i let the 10-tenths crowd know what i really think of the guy.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

i would be banned if i let the 10-tenths crowd know what i really think of the guy.

Same here, haha.