NASCAR Sprint Cup round 30: Fontana/Auto Club Speedway (Chase race 4)

[gomick]

45 race wins for JJ now - he just passed Bill Elliot on the "race win" list, next up Buck Baker...

[muggle not]

Originally Posted by FPV8U

Problem is at Talladega Jimmie will have 2-3 Team mates or associated cars helping to push along.

How would it sit at Team Hendrick is the #5 pushed the #42 for the win over the #48?

I would have to assume there would be "Team Orders" as such to try and work agaisnt JPM (If he is still their main rival) and push one another to victory lane.

Im rather new to the NASCAR so correct me if im wrong?

I think you are probably wrong. I beleive that either Jeff Gordon or Mark Martin would dump Johnson fast if it gave them a chance to win, or, if it closed the point gap for them. There are no team orders that says Johnson should win. None of the drivers will want to help their competition in the Chase, regardless of who it is.

If Gordon is pushing Johnson and they are running 1 - 2, I would bet a beer that Jeff would let him hang out to dry and try to get the win himself.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by gomick

45 race wins for JJ now - he just passed Bill Elliott on the "race win" list, next up Buck Baker...

your killin' me, man! i suspect he'll pass more than just Buck, too.

not bad for an offroad racer from Cali

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by muggle not

I think you are probably wrong. I beleive that either Jeff Gordon or Mark Martin would dump Johnson fast if it gave them a chance to win, or, if it closed the point gap for them. There are no team orders that says Johnson should win. None of the drivers will want to help their competition in the Chase, regardless of who it is.

If Gordon is pushing Johnson and they are running 1 - 2, I would bet a beer that Jeff would let him hang out to dry and try to get the win himself.

most definitely...come the end of the race, ALL would dump the other.

[FPV8U]

Not exactly what i meant, i meant more as in would they encourage them not to help the #42 at all during the race to try and bury him in the pack..

Surely the three hendrick cars with all that power could near on form their own break away pack at the front.

[gomick]

And Dale Jnr could join the group & do an Elliot Sadler

[muggle not]

Originally Posted by FPV8U

Not exactly what i meant, i meant more as in would they encourage them not to help the #42 at all during the race to try and bury him in the pack..

Surely the three hendrick cars with all that power could near on form their own break away pack at the front.

I tend to think that there are "NO" team orders. The drivers will hook-up with whoever they think will do them the most good at a given moment during the race. The racing partners keep changing during a race such as Dega. Tony and Jr used to be good partners for some reason and knew how to use each other during the race.

[Clive Brown]

.... and a number of guys like drafting with JPM. The key thing in a drafting partner, apart from the obvious fact that he needs to be fast, is that he won't do anything to wreck you. Think Jimmie Johnson and Brian Vickers, then both HMS drivers, running against DEI's Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the Talladega race in the fall of 2006....

[muggle not]

The thing I like about Dega is that a driver can go from 2nd to 15th in a split second. When they get hung out to dry they drop like a lead baloon. Makes it interesting.

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by gomick

45 race wins for JJ now - he just passed Bill Elliot on the "race win" list, next up Buck Baker...

I just threw up.

...on a positive he will NEVER have Bill's lap record at dega.

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by muggle not

The thing I like about Dega is that a driver can go from 2nd to 15th in a split second. When they get hung out to dry they drop like a lead baloon. Makes it interesting.

and a lottery...but fun to watch.

[Jpmfan]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Wow, 30 races already and the 1/3 point of the Chase. Doesn't time move on...

A look back at the spring results shows a strong Chase presence even then...

Hi , you must be a big Montoya fan, I want to see pictures of all the diecast from JPM, please, how can we do that? I have some cars from him too, thanks