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6 Mar 2007, 10:17 (Ref:1859664)
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UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 @ Las Vegas NEXTEL Cup Event Thread *SPOILERS*
Early bird gets the worm. The entry list is up and features 55 drivers.
Aric Almirola, Jon Wood and, of course, A.J. Allmendinger will be looking to qualify for their first Cup race. Wood will be driving the #21, and as such is guaranteed a starting spot. Ken Schrader will move to the #47 for this race and will have to qualify on speed. Almirola will be driving a Gibbs Racing Chevy and should as such have a decent shot at qualifying. This race will be the first race on the new banking, up to 20 degrees from 12 degrees in the past. The 'front straight' and back straight are now both banked 9 degrees (up from 8 degrees and 3 degrees in the past). For me personally it's the first time I'm really looking forward to seeing a race at Las Vegas. |
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6 Mar 2007, 23:46 (Ref:1860205)
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If the improvement is as good as what happened @ Miami, then i'm looking forward to it also.
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7 Mar 2007, 00:18 (Ref:1860219)
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Martin still in the #01, Regan Smith in a #39 Ginn Chevy... a sign of things to come?
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7 Mar 2007, 08:31 (Ref:1860379)
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7 Mar 2007, 15:59 (Ref:1860702)
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 As for Martin, Las Vegas and Atlanta have been on his previously announced part time schedule all along. Bristol which comes after that, however, is supposed to be his first race as a spectator. |
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7 Mar 2007, 17:30 (Ref:1860752)
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New banking ??? Brilliant, cant wait till Sunday
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9 Mar 2007, 02:43 (Ref:1861983)
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If you check the photo gallery at www.lvms.com you can see some pics of the renovations. Apparently Tony Stewart isn't too impressed with the track changes. Since I have Juan Pablo and Denny Hamlin on my nextel fantasy team, another 1-2 finish would be nice, at least then the points would count!
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/nascar/nextel/35840/ |
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9 Mar 2007, 03:57 (Ref:1862011)
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You'd think that to make sure Regan Smith could get some more cup experience that whenever he and Mark Martin are running the same race they could put Mark in the #39 seeing as he'd probably have a better chance of running a faster qualifying time, then Regan would have an automatic spot in the #01?
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9 Mar 2007, 09:54 (Ref:1862172)
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As for the track it will be interesting to see how the combination of progressive banking + narrower track surface + blistering speed plays out. |
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10 Mar 2007, 01:49 (Ref:1862776)
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A strong 4th place qualifying effort from JPM! Michael Waltrip does not qualify for the second consecutive race and AJ Allmendinger narrowly misses making his first cup race despite being the second fastest Toyota. AJ and Waltrip will be in huge holes now with regards to cracking the top 35, as AJ has not made a race and Waltrip actually has negative points due to his 100 point penalty.
Notables 1. Kahne 4. Montoya 5. J.Burton 11. Blaney (by far the best Toyota) 14. Mark Martin 20. Harvick 23. Johnson 25. Stewart 28. Junior 38. J. Gordon (speedwise) 39. Kenseth (speed) 42. Newman (speed) 47. Jarrett (speed) |
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1 Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 81 (7 wins, 10 poles) 3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Williams-Renault 42 (1 win, 1 pole) Anyone could have won in the 97' Williams...
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10 Mar 2007, 03:46 (Ref:1862798)
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Note that 6 of the top 7 cars were Dodge and 7 of the top 10.
http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.as...=BF,gameid=656 1 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge 29.212 seconds (184.856 m.p.h.) 2 40 David Stremme Dodge 29.317 3 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge 29.368 4 42 Juan Montoya Dodge 29.478 5 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 29.512 6 10 Scott Riggs Dodge 29.530 7 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge 29.537 8 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 29.585 9 13 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 29.627 10 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 29.667 11 22 Dave Blaney Toyota 29.707 12 5 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 29.709 13 99 Carl Edwards Ford 29.741 14 01 Mark Martin Chevrolet 29.753 15 78 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet 29.772 16 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 29.786 17 11 Denny Hamlin Chevrolet 29.822 18 16 Greg Biffle Ford 29.829 19 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet 29.842 20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 29.850 21 38 David Gilliland Ford 29.852 22 45 Kyle Petty Dodge 29.853 23 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 29.864 24 18 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 29.867 25 20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 29.901 26 1 Martin Truex, Jr. Chevrolet 29.910 27 96 Tony Raines Chevrolet 29.919 28 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 29.932 29 66 Jeff Green Chevrolet 29.949 30 4 Ward Burton Chevrolet 29.957 31 80 Aric Almirola Chevrolet 29.971 32 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 29.974 33 26 Jamie McMurray Ford 29.985 34 25 Casey Mears Chevrolet 29.990 35 6 David Ragan Ford 30.029 36 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 30.061 37 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 30.090 38 7 Robby Gordon Ford 30.110 39 12 Ryan Newman Dodge 30.131 40 88 Ricky Rudd Ford owner points 41 21 Jon Wood Ford owner points 42 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge owner points 43 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota champion provisional Failed To Qualify No. Driver Car 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota 37 John Andretti Dodge 00 David Reutimann Toyota 72 Brandon Whitt Chevrolet 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota 49 Mike Bliss Dodge 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 36 Jeremy Mayfield Toyota 61 Kevin Lepage Chevrolet 21 Ken Schrader |
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10 Mar 2007, 09:48 (Ref:1862882)
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Ward Burton and Kenny Wallace get into their first races this season, Almirola gets into his first race too. Should be a good race
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10 Mar 2007, 10:13 (Ref:1862889)
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Great qualifying for Montoya
Also worth noting is that Jon Wood will make his first career start as well. |
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10 Mar 2007, 10:31 (Ref:1862905)
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Ooh, that looks promising but it can all fall apart as noted at Daytona!
I can't wait for this race, it should be way better than previous Vegas meetings. |
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10 Mar 2007, 10:45 (Ref:1862922)
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My man's getting there ain't he?!
However as you say knowlesy anything can heppen in a race. Qualifying well is one thing but keeping up a consistent pace over a distance is what Juan needs most of all. Once he starts doing that, he's going to be in amongst em!! 
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10 Mar 2007, 12:01 (Ref:1862967)
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TV times UK anyone?
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10 Mar 2007, 12:18 (Ref:1862976)
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NASN (Setanta Ireland) show the race live from 20:00 I recall. So get onto TVU in time for that and you should be OK.
Channel 5 highlights after midnight Monday. |
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10 Mar 2007, 13:41 (Ref:1863036)
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10 Mar 2007, 14:22 (Ref:1863055)
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10 Mar 2007, 15:07 (Ref:1863075)
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Hehehehe.....
AJ is in a real hole now. I bet he regrets this move he has made. Well no, actually, he probably doesn't as he probably has a new mansion and yacht as a result. |
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10 Mar 2007, 21:37 (Ref:1863339)
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It isn't just Allmendinger that is in a hole. Toyota in general seems to be in a hole. Red Bull racing has one collective start, granted it resulted in a good finish. Mayfield hasn't made a race yet, Waltrip has missed two in a row, and Jarrett may use up all of his champions provisionals. All of the teams that are not in the top-35 now which is all but Jarrett's team will have a very hard time making the points back up and may end up needing to qualify on speed most of the season.
It really doesn't look good for them right now. J.D. |
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10 Mar 2007, 23:36 (Ref:1863399)
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Are the top 35 on points adjusted after every 5 races?
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10 Mar 2007, 23:36 (Ref:1863400)
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Also: Drivers are reporting that it's super grippy with low grip tyres, meaning they are sliding lots.
Produced some great racing in the Busch though... |
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