2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Round 4: Kobalt Tools 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway

[rustyfan]

Junior salvaged a 15th place finish, I have a feeling he's pretty happy with that considering what he had to go through.

[DanicaFan]

What a wild finish. I was so hoping Juan Montoya would of won though.

Im glad Brad K is alright but what comes around goes around. He got his payback from flipping Carl last year at Talladega.

[FBJim]

Anyone who thinks Brad Keselowski "had it coming" or "deserved payback" should never watch another motor race again.

I hate intentional contact, but at least have the decency to do it at Bristol, instead of doing it on the fastest part of the fastest track in NASCAR, and acting shocked that something bad happened.

Carl should get every penalty possible thrown at him.

[gomick]

Paul Menard is in the top 10 in points

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by FBJim

Anyone who thinks Brad Keselowski "had it coming" or "deserved payback" should never watch another motor race again.

I hate intentional contact, but at least have the decency to do it at Bristol, instead of doing it on the fastest part of the fastest track in NASCAR, and acting shocked that something bad happened.

Carl should get every penalty possible thrown at him.

welcome FBJim!

had the wreck not happened, John Paul Montana would have gotten past Busch as well....bad stuff all round.

[race aficionado]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

welcome FBJim!

had the wreck not happened, John Paul Montana would have gotten past Busch as well....bad stuff all round.

That would have been an epic ending and probably the witnessing of Juan's first Oval Nascar win.

To quote Juan: "that's racin'"

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by race aficionado

That would have been an epic ending and probably the witnessing of Juan's first Oval Nascar win.

To quote Juan: "that's racin'"

Argh! It was frustrating. Still, he got a good haul of points.

[Adam43]

We had a couple of threads discussing the same thing. The Edwards crash posts have been moved to the established thread alrady there: http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121330

[MJ_N_09]

Hmmmm.....was it the racing, or the sudden storyline?

Atlanta TV ratings higher then 2009: NASCAR ON FOX's coverage of the Sprint Cup race on from ATLANTA earned a 4.8/11 in the metered markets, up +2% over last year's 4.7/11 and good enough to rank as the weekend's highest-rated sports event. Yesterday's increase is particularly meaningful because the Atlanta race was FOX's first points race of the season that did not face the Olympics - the three races that did face the Olympics were down -14% in the metered markets. Yesterday's +2% increase under a "normal" competitive environment provides the best gauge yet of where NASCAR truly stands compared to last year. Through four races NASCAR On FOX is now down -10% compared to last year in the metered markets (5.3 vs. 5.9). The news was particularly good yesterday in the core Southeastern markets. Ratings were up +32% in Charlotte (11.5/24 vs. 8.7/17), +26% in Greensboro (12.7/26 vs. 10.1/20), and +25% in Atlanta (8.9/18 vs. 7.1/17). The major southeastern markets are always important to NASCAR, but especially so this year as those markets should be among the first to recognize any improvement in the racing brought about by this year's rule changes. For year-to-year comparison chart and more, see my 2010 TV Ratings page.(3-8-2010)