Mexico City-Weekend Thread

[fieldodreams79]

http://www.nascar.com/races/bg/2008/...ntry_list.html
so....
sorry, i know it's a bit early, but this is one of my favorite races of the year:
some "ringers", BORIS , Simo etc...
Mexican Road Course "Aces"
JPM got his first NASCAR win last year
GA drivers are entered, Mad Max and Scott P.
Morgan Shepherd is still pluggin' away!

47 cars entered...several are going home unhappy....
hope Marcus A. can get his first Sportsman (NW) series victory this weekend (where's the Ausi flag on the Smiles List?!).

i love this race!

[Axeman444]

i just realised this will be Monday morning our time, not Sunday morning, and i was looking forward to a morning of Nationwide and an afternoon of Aussie V8's...

bugger

[fieldodreams79]

that's too bad Axeman...i've got a Christening, for my new Goddaughter to go to at noon, and i have no tivo. i was looking forward to flipping between the end of the NW race and the ALMS LB race...glad i have two VCRs. it'll be a late Sunday night.

how do you like your fellow countrymen's chances??

[FIRE]

Mexico

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Morgan Shepherd is still pluggin' away!

I have always liked Moragn, and I am glad that he still is racing.

[Knowlesy]

I'll put my 'Said-Haid' on for this one I think.

[Axeman444]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

how do you like your fellow countrymen's chances??

road course... should be top 5, maybe top 3, if not i will be severly dissapointed as there are no excuses for him on a road course (apart from maybe R. Gordon)

[Knowlesy]

It's not that there are no excuses for him on a road course (there are plenty of very good road racers in NASCAR) it's that there is no excuse for a poor show in this particular event. It's not a massively strong entry list purely because a lot of Cup drivers skip it and Nationwide doesn't quite have the depth.

Ambrose should run up front mainly and if he keeps his head he should get a decent result.

[J-C]

I hope Marcos gets the result denied him at Montreal last year. Without the top road course Cup drivers like JPM and Harvick in the field he has a real shot at it. Boris and Pruett perhaps are his main rivals.

[fieldodreams79]

yeah, robby ain't entered so there's a good chance for Marcus.

and ya'll are right, they're isn't a stroing showing from Cup drivers but there are some good road racers in NASCAR NW series along with good teams. there also very good road racers entered, but they also seem to come up a bit short unless they have a full time NASCAR team behind them. not sure who has that in MC but i always for guys like Boris, Adrian, Simo and the road racers, even tho i knew what Daytona was before Le Mans.

[gomick]

1st Practise...

1. 20 Kyle Busch Toyota 1:29.661
2. 40 Scott Pruett Dodge 1:29.800
3. 16 Colin Braun Ford 1:29.868
4. 59 Marcos Ambrose Ford 1:29.922
5. 5 Adrian Fernandez Chevrolet 1:30.056
6. 25 Boris Said Ford 1:30.215
7. 2 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 1:30.328
8. 64 Max Papis Chevrolet 1:30.460
9. 17 Erik Darnell Ford 1:30.546
10. 27 Brad Coleman Ford 1:30.552

[FIRE]

Qualifying
Pos Driver Car Speed Time
1. Colin Braun Ford 102.756 1:28.217
2. Scott Pruett Dodge 102.651 1:28.307 + 0.090
3. Carl Edwards Ford 102.506 1:28.432 + 0.215
4. Marcos Ambrose Ford 102.312 1:28.600 + 0.383
5. Boris Said Ford 102.075 1:28.805 + 0.588
6. Kyle Busch Toyota 101.922 1:28.939 + 0.722
7. Patrick Carpentier Dodge 101.775 1:29.067 + 0.850
8. Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 101.749 1:29.090 + 0.873
9. Jason Keller Chevrolet 101.716 1:29.119 + 0.902
10. Antonio Perez Dodge 101.669 1:29.160 + 0.943
11. Sam Hornish Jr Dodge 101.560 1:29.256 + 1.039
12. Steve Wallace Chevrolet 101.520 1:29.291 + 1.074
13. Brad Coleman Ford 101.470 1:29.335 + 1.118
14. Erik Darnell Ford 101.395 1:29.401 + 1.184
15. Ron Hornaday Chevrolet 101.374 1:29.419 + 1.202
16. Ruben Pardo Dodge 101.297 1:29.487 + 1.270
17. Max Papis Chevrolet 101.272 1:29.509 + 1.292
18. Kelly Bires Ford 101.271 1:29.510 + 1.293
19. Mike Wallace Toyota 101.214 1:29.561 + 1.344
20. Michel Jourdain Jr Toyota 101.093 1:29.668 + 1.451
21. Scott Wimmer Chevrolet 100.962 1:29.784 + 1.567
22. Rafael Martinez Ford 100.820 1:29.911 + 1.694
23. David Ragan Ford 100.820 1:29.911 + 1.694
24. Mike Bliss Chevrolet 100.765 1:29.960 + 1.743
25. Kyle Krisiloff Dodge 100.717 1:30.003 + 1.786
26. Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 100.353 1:30.329 + 2.112
27. Brian Simo Chevrolet 100.285 1:30.390 + 2.173
28. Brad Keselowski Chevrolet 100.214 1:30.454 + 2.237
29. Jose Luis Ramirez Dodge 100.183 1:30.482 + 2.265
30. DJ Kennington Dodge 100.171 1:30.493 + 2.276
31. Chris Cook Chevrolet 100.106 1:30.552 + 2.335
32. David Green Chevrolet 100.015 1:30.634 + 2.417
33. David Reutimann Toyota 99.953 1:30.691 + 2.474
34. Kevin O'Connell Chevrolet 99.795 1:30.834 + 2.617
35. Stanton Barrett Chevrolet 99.79 1:30.839 + 2.622
36. Jason Leffler Toyota 99.758 1:30.868 + 2.651
37. Alex Garcia Chevrolet 99.367 1:31.225 + 3.008
38. Kenny Hendrick Chevrolet 98.866 1:31.688 + 3.471
39. Kertus Davis Chevrolet 98.050 1:32.451 + 4.234
40. Scott Gaylord Ford 97.855 1:32.635 + 4.418
41. Landon Cassill Chevrolet 97.770 1:32.716 + 4.499
42. Kevin Lepage Ford 97.621 1:32.857 + 4.640
43. Larry Gunselman Chevrolet 97.555 1:32.920 + 4.703

Did not qualify:

Brett Rowe Chevrolet
Morgan Shepherd Dodge
Derrike Cope Chevrolet

Source: autosport.com

[Knowlesy]

Young Braun, what about it!

[gomick]

bit of a gun that Colin Braun - podium time for Marcos Ambrose...

[J-C]

As expected Pruett, Ambrose and Boris up there...Braun the big surprise although he was on pole in the GrandAm race there last year I believe; great effort nevertheless.

[fieldodreams79]

this lineup is going to make for a very interesting race, as expected

[FIRE]

Race start in 120 minutes?

[Matt]

Haha, I love watching stockcars on road courses, they're so out of place.

[fish88]

Stockcar races on road courses are awesome. But this race was a bit too much, 2 red flags and way too much cautions. Last half was oke but the beginning wa pretty anoying.

[Axeman444]

anyone got results, NASCAR website doesn't have them yet...

:EDIT: disregard, found them buried.

here they are (unofficial anyway) http://www.nascar.com/races/bg/2008/...nofficial.html


well done Ambrose and Pruett, and the Busch steamroller keeps rolling...

[Matt]

Busch 1st, Ambrose 2nd, Edwards 3rd.

[broadrun96]

Gotta agree that it made for a poor disjointed show. End was decent but you could see the tire degradation coming before the last 10-12 laps or so. At least Pruett didn't whine about being hit this year, and amazed it didn't come off on the front stretch. Was hoping it was Marcos or Adrian's day but maybe at Montreal.

[fieldodreams79]

yeah, the stockcar races on road courses can get a bit ugly, but Boris tried to lively things up after the incident with Marcus.

couldn't really see what happened that well cause of the camera angles. i love Boris but not sure if he has much of an arguement. maybe Marcus could've lifted, but i don't think that is his style. just one of dem racin deals.

allz i knowz is Boris said a naughty word on live TV (that wasn't ) and has vowed to pay Marcus back. interesting to see if anything has changed with the passing of some time.

[Knowlesy]

Well, seems I missed all the action!

Before my internet connection lost the plot, I managed to see Boris Said have a bizarre incident under braking for turn one and take to the grass and the odd nice overtaking move.

I'll have to check out a replay of it later.

[fieldodreams79]

i'm not sure if Boris had some issues with the car or not. seemed to be quick but all over the place, kinda like Boris. and i am not sure how he didn't wreck it on that particular incident into T1.

funny, during the broadcast, they stated that Patrick C, who had a good race going and was driving the car Boris drove last year, said that the setup Boris gave the team was a little too aggressive for him. really?? Boris aggressive??

i thought the race was good, but i did not like the size of the crowd. it's getting smaller and smaller every year. i don't see it lasting much longer. for shame.