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It was a good race until the rain started. I finally gave up about 10:30, I think, and went to bed.

That track sounds like the days of old when you could get into the pits easier than now. At the big tracks you either pay through the nose or in the case of garage passes have to know someone to get you that "hot" pass.

Carl Edwards stops to replace the shock were amazing, the crew were in perfect sync. I was wondering why he didn't get out of the car when they first stopped them for rain and get going back to Sonoma since he had a 4 hour flight ahead of him. I can only guess that maybe the relief driver had left already. He was funny explaining how during the day he and friends went to get his haircut then they decided to go swimming at a public pool. Must have been a thrill for those there that day, he even did a backflip off the diving board. Jack Rousch is probably pulling his hair out.

I'm really looking forward to your pics of the drivers. It had to be great fun to listen to Kenny holding court. His laugh is so infectious. They even did a story on him before the race regarding his laugh. Rusty hates it, and other drivers make fun of him but at the same time they all love him. Amazing how he and Rusty are so different. I didn't watch 360 so I don't know what the diaper line is, but I can imagine.

I will have to go look for the final finish report. I know Sauter was first, Truex second. The earlier penalty on Sauter was unfair since it appeared the 33 car bobbled or came down to go into the pits and Sauter hit him. How did it look from your vantage point? Although, since he was one of only two cars on the lead lap it didn't hurt him that much except put him in traffic.

Sounds like you had a fabulous time and almost had a rain free weekend!! It's so much fun getting first hand reports from the track. Thanks!

Unofficial Race Results

SBC 250 | The Milwaukee Mile

June 25, 2005 | Race 17 of 35

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Pts/Bonus	Laps	Status
1	1	#1	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	Yellow Transportation	190/10	200	Running
2	21	#8	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	170/0	200	Running
3	3	#11	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards	165/0	200	Running
4	8	#18	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Vigoro/The Home Depot	160/0	200	Running
5	14	#14	David Stremme	Dodge	Navy "Accelerate Your Life"	155/0	200	Running
6	2	#20	Denny Hamlin*	Chevrolet	Rockwell Automation	150/0	200	Running
7	12	#34	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	Dollar General	151/5	200	Running
8	7	#22	Kenny Wallace	Ford	Stacker 2	142/0	200	Running
9	16	#33	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	Outdoor Channel	138/0	200	Running
10	6	#2	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	ACDelco	134/0	200	Running
11	5	#27	David Green	Ford	Kleenex Moist Cloth/Jewel Osco	130/0	199	Running
12	23	#41	Reed Sorenson*	Dodge	Home123 Corp.	127/0	199	Running
13	11	#35	Jason Keller	Ford	McDonald's Big Mac	124/0	199	Running
14	10	#60	Carl Edwards*	Ford	Charter Communications	121/0	199	Running
15	4	#32	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	Win Fuel	123/5	199	Running
16	38	#44	Justin Labonte	Chevrolet	U.S. Coast Guard	115/0	198	Running
17	15	#64	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Miller High Life Light	112/0	198	Running
18	24	#25	Ashton Lewis	Ford	U.S. Marines	109/0	198	Running
19	9	#6	Tracy Hines	Dodge	Country Crock Spread	106/0	198	Running
20	17	#66	Aaron Fike	Ford	Scott Extra Soft	103/0	198	Running
21	13	#36	Stanton Barrett	Pontiac	TUCSON	100/0	198	Running
22	28	#40	Scott Lagasse Jr.	Dodge	Goulds Pumps	97/0	197	Running
23	19	#4	Ryan Hemphill*	Dodge	GEICO	94/0	197	Running
24	39	#21	Brandon Miller*	Chevrolet	Reese's	91/0	197	Running
25	25	#59	Stacy Compton	Ford	Kingsford/Bush's Beans	88/0	197	Running
26	29	#47	Jon Wood*	Ford	Clorox/Wisk	85/0	197	Running
27	27	#12	Tim Fedewa	Dodge	Supercuts	82/0	196	Running
28	32	#23	Mark Green	Chevrolet	Vassarette	79/0	196	Running
29	22	#58	Regan Smith	Dodge	Glynn Motorsports	76/0	196	Running
30	42	#10	Michel Jourdain Jr.*	Ford	ppc Racing	73/0	196	Running
31	34	#72	Wade Day	Chevrolet	Denver Mattress Company	70/0	196	Running
32	36	#143	A J Fike*	Dodge	Channellock Tools	67/0	195	Running
33	43	#28	Derrike Cope	Ford	Trans Global Waste Svcs	64/0	195	Running
34	40	#52	Eric McClure	Ford	Means Racing	61/0	195	Running
35	33	#167	Bryan Reffner	Dodge	Panasonic	58/0	195	Running
36	35	#16	David Ragan	Chevrolet	31-W Insulation	55/0	192	Running
37	37	#56	Tim Sauter	Chevrolet	Lester Buildings	52/0	190	Running
38	31	#49	Steve Grissom	Ford	Advil Liqui-Gels	49/0	148	Running
39	30	#0	Kertus Davis*	Chevrolet	RaceGirl	46/0	140	Out of Race
40	18	#38	Tyler Walker*	Dodge	Great Clips	43/0	81	Out of Race
41	20	#7	Jeff Fuller	Chevrolet	Big Boar Customs	40/0	73	Out of Race
42	26	#5	Kyle Krisiloff	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Briggs & Stratton	37/0	26	Out of Race
43	41	#24	Brad Teague	Chevrolet	eaglejet.com	34/0	2	Out of Race

* Denotes Rookie

Note: Truex now leads the points standings by 7 over Sorenson!!

It was definitely a steal at $55 for the 2-day 2-series weekend, and even if they had declared the pits "hot", the fence separating the paddock and the pits was close enough to catch much of the action (which made the pits themselves more than a bit cramped). In fact, a couple of the pits are on the angled entrance to pit road (Committment line? What committment line?)

Roush sure knows how to find them, especially lately. Carl was definitely interested in running those last 50, and given the weather I ran into on the way home near the airport (heavy thundershowers), that probably cost him some more time. Even if he came in at one of the smaller airports that can handle business jets, that line was long and widespread.

Like I said, watching 360 with Kenny and company was THE highlight. The laugh is what drew people in (well, Rusty had to listen to it his whole life). He's definitely an upbeat person, and is always willing to take time out for the fans (he had a Sharpie handy for autographs during that rain delay, and came out to pose for pictures with the fans during the commercials). No wonder why he got some serious cheers in driver introductions.

From what I gather (through TP video), they were very strict with the lug nuts. An official even ran in front of Johnny's car when he saw that one of the front-left lugs was loose. As for the penalty, with it happening in turn 4, I had to watch replays either on crews' TVs or one of the Jumbotrons on either end of the frontstretch (could only catch the frontstretch and turn 1 from the pits). It sure as heck was intentional though (plus it put several other cars back on the lead lap).

Pics should be up about 12:30 or so Central (not enough time between now and when I leave for church to get them done).