Nascar Nextel Cup Race - Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen On NBC - Sun. August 14, 1 p.m.

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[WestCoastGal]

WELCOME EVERYONE

This week we are going to Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York. Please join us for a full weekend of racing.

Watkins Glen International continues a road-racing tradition that dates back to 1948 -- when sports cars competed on the streets of the village at the southern tip of scenic Lake Seneca. The circuit, which at one time hosted the F1 United States Grand Prix, has grown to become one of the most respected facilities in the northeast.

Track Facts Banking/Turns: -- Distance: 2.45 miles Shape: Road course

Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen
NBC HDTV Sun. 1 p.m.
Toyota Tundra 200 - Truck Race
SPEED Sat. 5 p.m.
Zippo 200 - Busch Race
NBC Sat. 2 p.m.
Sirius Satellite Radio at the Glen Bud Pole Qualifying SPEED Sat. 11:10 a.m.
All Times are ET

This is an impound race, all practice is on Friday, qualifying on Saturday (unless they change their mind) FRFL picks must be made by Saturday morning 2am pacific time. I will update the practice times as we get closer to Friday as well as adding the qualifying lineup etc.

[steveegg]

And it's Grissom taking his usual Champ's Provisional with a 114.327.

As Todd Behling says just before the Figure-8s take the track at Slinger, "Clear the track; you know what time it is!" It's time for Smoke.

[WestCoastGal]

Smoke!!! New track record.

[glock rocks]

Woooo!!! GO SMOKE!

[steveegg]

The pole has been Smoked to the tune of 121.069 mph.

Zippo 200 lineup shortly.

[WestCoastGal]

Smoke is on a roll....

Poor FastKasey looked so dejected.

[WestCoastGal]

Boris is up......

[WestCoastGal]

Boris 73.302

Hard to beat, except Smoke who is on fire!!

[steveegg]

Unofficial Zippo 200 lineup -

#33 - Tony Stewart - 121.069 mph (new track record)
#6 - Kasey Kahne - 120.713
#55 - Robby Gordon - 120.683 (the points go to the #283)
#39 - Ryan Newman - 120.648
#8 - Martin Truex - 120.070
#11 - Paul Menard - 120.023
#5 - Brian Vickers - 119.940
#60 - Carl Edwards - 119.814
#09 - Boris Said - 119.642
#87 - Joe Nemechek - 119.404
#25 - Ashton Lewis - 119.334
#66 - Greg Biffle - 119.072
#4 - Scott Pruett - 119.014
#20 - Denny Hamlin - 118.964
#90 - Dale Jarrett - 118.906
#38 - Tyler Walker - 118.817
#7 - Chris Cook - 118.777
#32 - Jorge Goeters - 118.739
#83 - Wally Dallenbach - 118.713
#40 - Carlos Contreras - 118.491
#21 - Jeff Burton - 118.377
#12 - Paul Wolfe - 118.292
#99 - Michael Waltrip - 118.281
#10 - Brent Sherman - 118.212
#58 - Regan Smith - 118.105
#41 - Reed Sorenson - 118.001
#1 - Johnny Sauter - 117.836
#77 - Travis Kvapil - 117.818
#64 - Jamie McMurray - 117.798
#44 - Justin Labonte - 117.384
#59 - Stacy Compton - 117.654
#22 - Kenny Wallace - 117.326
#50 - Matthew Kobyluck - 117.161
#43 - Ron Fellows - 116.965
#35 - Jason Keller - 116.536 (by owners' points)
#47 - Jon Wood - 116.225 (by owners' points)
#27 - David Green - 116.186 (by owners' points)
#34 - Randy LaJoie - 115.985 (by owners' points)
#18 - JJ Yeley - 115.706 (by owners' points)
#14 - David Stremme - 115.490 (by owners' points)
#2 - Clint Bowyer - 12.963 (by owners' points)
#36 - Stanton Barrett - no time (by owners' points)
#49 - Steve Grissom - 114.327 (past champ's provisional)

Missing the race -
#66 - Stan Silva Jr - 116.576
#97 - Todd Souza - 115.877
#23 - Mark Green - 115.303
#72 - Paul Bonacorsi - 114.624
#08 - Elliot Sadler - 114.305
#52 - Scott Turner - 113.667
#0 - Joe Fox - 11.851
#63 - Jeff Spraker - 109.813
#73 - Kerry Earnhardt - 108.027
#26 - Kim Crosby - 87.749

[WestCoastGal]

The little Shrub is up.

He's a darn good driver for a rookie here.

He's way up in the green........Yikes

72.521 WOW

[steveegg]

Shrub to the pole - 121.620.

Said's Cup time was slower than the top 4 Busch times just set, and the record's 124.580 set by Flash in 2003.

[steveegg]

Fellows splits the difference between Shrub and Barinov witha 120.832.

[steveegg]

There went my road-course-ringer qualifying strategery; Texas Terry 2nd of 4 with a 121.292.

[WestCoastGal]

Man, Speed commercialed out the former champion Terry Labonte.

[steveegg]

At least Speed's covering qualifying live. They have to get the commercials in somehow.

MRN missed Rusty's 120.142 run doing a heap of interviews (5th of 5).

[steveegg]

Schrader 6th of 6 with a 118.874. Pruett up next, then we start getting lock-ins as Anthaony Lazzaro heads out.

[WestCoastGal]

Target on the #39 car, Pruett on track.

[steveegg]

Pruett 3rd of 7, 1st of 3 field-fillers, witha 121.254.

Fellows happy with the car even though he got loose in the esses.

[steveegg]

Anthony Lazzaro locks Pruett into the show with a 115.807 lap (8th of 8, 4th of 4 field-fillers).

[WestCoastGal]

Terry says he was too cautious afraid he was gonna mess up.

Office Depot/Flipper on track.

Saved an almost spin on the inner loop. Too free, he says.

[steveegg]

Robot not happy with his car (which he brought from Sonoma). "Slim to none" are his chances for the pole, and he doesn't think it will race real well.

Backflipper 6th of 9 with a 120.237.