Posted on 04/10/2012 4:49:47 PM PDT by NYTexan
Do a DNA on the hat and fine him.
BTW, this is actually great racing. They seem to be able to race on any line IF they have a good car.
Sigh...kinda miss Crash Gorden :(
Lap 117 — The top five are currently Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle, Matt Kenseth, Martin Truex Jr. and Marcos Ambrose.
Lap 115 — If Greg Biffle said, “Good night,” after the restart, what’s Jimmie Johnson thinking now? See ya later?
Lap 113 — Jimmie Johnson is there. He gets a run on Greg Biffle off Turn 4 to go to the top of the leaderboard.
Lap 111 — Jimmie Johnson is just a few car lengths behind Greg Biffle in their battle for the lead.
Lap 109 — Penske Racing teammates Brad Keselowski and A.J. Allmendinger are in sixth and seventh, respectively.
Lap 107 — The wind is now said to be gusting up to 40 mph.
Lap 105 — Greg Biffle leads Jimmie Johnson by nearly 6/10ths of a second. When he took the lead on the restart, he radioed his crew, “Good-night!”
Lap 103 — Jimmie Johnson is now running in second place.
Lap 101 — GREEN FLAG: Martin Truex Jr., Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Marcos Ambrose are the top five on the restart. Biffle wins the scramble into Turn 1.
Lap 100 — Carl Edwards comes back onto pit road.
Lap 97 — The leaders roll onto pit lane for another round of stops under caution.
Lap 93 — YELLOW FLAG NO. 2: Trevor Bayne has slapped the wall.
Lap 91 — After a poor pit stop, the grille on Kevin Harvick’s car is now partially covered with paper. His water temperature is now more than 260 degrees.
Lap 85 — Mark Martin grabs third place from Jimmie Johnson.
Lap 83 — Third-place Jimmie Johnson is about 1.7 behind second-place Greg Biffle.
Lap 82 — Matt Kenseth roars past Greg Biffle for lead between Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 80 — Jimmie Johnson goes past Martin Truex Jr. for third place.
Lap 78 — Matt Kenseth puts his Ford into second place, past Martin Truex Jr.
Lap 76 — Martin Truex Jr. trails leader Greg Biffle by about 6/10ths of a second.
Lap 148 — Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson and Trevor Bayne drop onto pit road to get their cars serviced.
Lap 147 — Marcos Ambrose and Matt Kenseth pit. Ambrose’s car has to be pushed out of its stall.
Lap 146 — Kyle Busch’s crew goes to work, and it’s a slow stop. Jeff Gordon is also pitting.
Lap 144 — Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick and Denny Hamlin pit.
Lap 143 — Martin Truex Jr., Mark Martin, A.J. Allmendinger and others are on pit road.
Lap 142 — Jamie McMurray, Clint Bowyer and Paul Menard are making their stops.
Lap 141 — Juan Montoya is pitting.
Lap 139 — Expect green-flag pit stops in the next few laps. Jimmie Johnson leads Greg Biffle by about 2.2 seconds.
Lap 136 — A NASCAR official reports that Trevor Bayne’s car appears to be leaking oil.
Lap 133 — Marcos Ambrose is having one of the his better runs tonight. He’s been consistently amongst the top five tonight, and is now in fifth place.
Lap 127 — Jimmie Johnson’s cushion has grown to about a second over Greg Biffle.
Lap 123 — Jimmie Johnson has one previous Sprint Cup victory at Texas — in November 2007.
Lap 121 — Greg Biffle is trailing race leader Jimmie Johnson by about 6/10ths of a second.
Lap 118 — Don’t forget. Jimmie Johnson is shooting to give team owner Rick Hendrick his 200th victory in Cup competition.
Thanks! a rough day for a couple guys.. and half a race to go..
The Keseler retars the Blue Goose to the garage as it was below safe speed.. his engyne had been in declining health
I had a gut feeeling about that one when I was making picks.. whew.
Lap 163 — No more Marcos Ambrose updates ... they must be a jinx. Right after the last one, he dropped out of the top 10. He’s worked his back back up to 11th place.
Lap 160 — Brad Keselowski heads to the garage.
Lap 158 — Not so fast there, Matt Kenseth. Martin Truex Jr. is now about 1.1 seconds ahead of second place.
Lap 152 — Matt Kenseth is eating into Martin Truex Jr.’s lead. It’s now down to about 7/10ths of a second.
Lap 151 — Move Dale Earnhardt Jr. to fifth place.
Lap 149 — After the stops, Martin Truex Jr., Matt Kenseth, Mark Martin, Jimmie Johnson and Mark Martin are the top five. Brad Keselowski is sixth and former leader Greg Biffle is seventh.
fuel pickup issue for the 2 car?
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Lap 167 — Crossed flags — the race has reached the halfway point. Brad Keselowski is about to come back out of the garage.
He’s back....in 36th LOL
ouch.
and JJ flies by TRueX for the lead..
So far so good for Hendricks. Keep ‘em running, guys!
I’m gonna be driving around that tack in August doing the Dale Jarrett driving experience. Looking forward to it!
Green Flag pit-stops...
Let me know when yer gonna be by and I’ll take you to the Stockyards.
Smoke is 23rd and now one lap down.. ouch.. and he’s peddling as fast as he can.
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