Nascar Nextel Cup Allstate 400 Race at the Brick / Indianapolis on NBC Sunday 8/7 , 2pm ET - 11am PT

Nascar.com ^ | 8/3/05

[NormsRevenge]

Join us this weekend for some racing on hallowed ground.

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[WestCoastGal]

Oh no, they're showing the Bud car, changing springs :(

Car is very tight.

Tony needs to rotate through the center of the corner. Still working on the car to get it right.

Sadler may be using -1 degree on the camber per McReynolds.

[WestCoastGal]

So much for one of my "C" picks. Make that both of them Shrub is in 4th.

[steveegg]

Field-filler watch after 15 drivers on the track -

Nobody locked in or out yet besides Terry Labonte via at least the champs' provisional. So far, it's...

Bobby Hamilton Jr - 180.886 (6th)
Bill Elliot - 180.101 (9th; 2nd in line for the champ's provisional)
Bobby Hamilton Sr - 179.795 (10th)
Terry Labonte - 179.222 (11th; 1st in line for the champ's provisional)
Mike Garvey - 178.024 (12th)
Morgan Shepherd - 175.747 (14th)

Left to go out (scheduled spot) -
Mike Wallace (22nd)
Jimmy Spencer (25th)
Martin Truex Jr (26th)
Kenny Wallace (29th)
Kevin Lepage (30th)
Robby Gordon (37th)
Boris Said (38th)
Stuart Kirby (39th)
PJ Jones (44th)
Tony Raines (50th)
Mike Skinner (52nd)

[WestCoastGal]

Todd Berrier happy with the car. They will just make their qualifying run when they qualify.

Car is good in race trim.

Rocket, "track is inconsistent, car is loose one lap, tight the next. Winning at Indy or "anything" right now would be cool" he says.

KK running a white car this week.

[steveegg]

At least they're changing them on Saturday instead of Sunday :-)

We're back green in qualifying; Sterling Marlin continues the old man brigade with a 182.467 (2nd of 16). Tell me again why he won't be the Gray Bug-Eyed Bullet next year.

[steveegg]

Whatever Candyman's running, it's working - 184.117 just takes the pole away from McVickers.

[WestCoastGal]

Ray Evernham says impound really limits them as to what they can do to set up the cars. They would have liked to scuff tires but can't. There have been a few problems already with tires.

[steveegg]

Puddle of Goo - Smoke, Flash, Biffe, Happy, Backflipper, Big Brown Truck, Front Row Joe, Million-Dollar Bill.

McMary with a 181.262 (8th of 18). Biffle un-skips himself, leaving Backflpper as the only skipped driver so far.

[WestCoastGal]

Rocket, the engineer checking out all his tars very carefully!!

Sterling should drive the FedEx car.

[steveegg]

They better be planning on throwing a coopetition yeller early.

Biffle way loose; 180.249 puts him 12th of 19 on the speed charts.

[steveegg]

They'd definitely improve with him; they could even change the paint scheme slightly to match his hair :-)

Northurn Burton puts down a 180.697, good for 12th of 20. So far, I haven't noticed anybody improving on a second lap.

[fideist]

Oh no, they're showing the Bud car, changing springs :(

Where you watching?

Who is younger than Junior? He is thirty. It has to be someone in their twenties?

[WestCoastGal]

I had to think about what a puddle of goo was for a minute. lol

JuniorsHoping&WishingForTheChaseTeam

Smoke - Flash
Rusty - DJ -Happy - MM
SlowCasey - Shrub

Dinner will consist of Mango marinated grilled chicken with sundried tomato chutney, new potatoes, and fresh green beans.

[steveegg]

Not qualifying; with it being delayed, TNT decided to tape-delay their qualifying coverage. We've got the times live though (we decided not to wait for TNT for their coverage after the first time they did it).

The Big Brown Truck 9th of 21 with a 181.032 as they skip Mike Wallace.

[steveegg]

That's what's left of the Wheels of Cheddar.

Speaking of cheddar, a 181.419 lap puts the Robot 7th of 22.

[fideist]

Yeah, I just signed up for the trial run of TP, so am watching PitCommand and listening to the radio broadcast.

[steveegg]

Don't have Mr. Excitement cook it; he did a series of spins down both the frontstretch and pit road after losing the right-rear tire. Looks like he'll be headed home.

[WestCoastGal]

That's pretty good for Matt,

JJ and Knaus have something up their sleeve to get a good run here this year. Car is looking good.

[steveegg]

I tried PitCommand when they had it free, but decided that the normal TrackPass worked just fine (since I have RoadRunner, I get that part free :-)

[steveegg]

Forgot to mention that somehow Jimmy Spencer didn't hit anything. NASCAR now put him on the 5-minute clock and won't give him a new set of tires.