Nascar - Nextel Cup Race Fontana, California Sunday 9-4-05 7pm ET

Nascar/Jayski/BGN/Califronia Speedway ^ | 8-31-05 | me

[SouthTexas]

MM set the bar pretty high, especially being 2nd out!

[AGreatPer]

I think Martin is retiring entirely too early. But then Rusty Wallace told us here earlier in the year that Mark might run more races next yesr.
Rusty told us he will denifinately will not race next year.

[glock rocks]

I get the notion that Mark's retirement had more to do with Jack than Mark.

Boy howdy, Fast Kasey pulled out a 3rd.

[SouthTexas]

Backflipper to the front!

[Pete-R-Bilt]

pucker moment for Schrader!

[AGreatPer]

Don't know how much of this race I will see tonight since my alma mater, Pitt, will be playing Notre Dame.

How about Oklahoma being upset. Wowers.

Saw Kurt Busch drinking a Coke with his Smirnoff jacket on. Hmmm, that sounds good.

[SouthTexas]

Hope you enjoy the game. I gave up on football several years ago and only partake watching grandson play munchkin-ball.

Wonder if the bonus would outweigh the fine if he took a swig off the bottle?

[steveegg]

Sorry I missed qualifying. Was busy fixing my sister's computer (several viruses, assorted spyware, a year's worth of updates undone, and a hard drive exceptionally fragmented).

The Tasty Wheels of Cheddar got 16 points of qualifying (I had Robot instead of Rubberhead for my "A" Team of Roush, and Kenseth will do his usual back-to-front from the 23rd spot). I also got JJ (5th), McVickers (9th), the Gray Bug-eyed Bullet (12th) and Mid-Pack Joe (22nd).

Lineups shortly.

[steveegg]

Sony HD 500 lineup -

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Office Depot	185.061	38.906	Leader
2	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	184.833	38.954	-0.048
3	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Smirnoff Ice	184.403	39.045	-0.139
4	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	National Guard/Charter Communications	184.370	39.052	-0.146
5	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	184.049	39.120	-0.214
6	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	183.833	39.166	-0.260
7	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	183.805	39.172	-0.266
8	11	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	FedEx Freight	183.758	39.182	-0.276
9	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC/ditech.com	183.702	39.194	-0.288
10	10	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	Valvoline	183.482	39.241	-0.335
11	32	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Chevrolet	Tide	183.435	39.251	-0.345
12	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	183.318	39.276	-0.370
13	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	183.309	39.278	-0.372
14	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	182.987	39.347	-0.441
15	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	182.941	39.357	-0.451
16	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	182.913	39.363	-0.457
17	43	Jeff Green	Dodge	Wheaties	182.741	39.400	-0.494
18	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench	182.727	39.403	-0.497
19	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	182.560	39.439	-0.533
20	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Brawny/Georgia-Pacific	182.542	39.443	-0.537
21	07	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Happy Birthday Jack	182.519	39.448	-0.542
22	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	182.486	39.455	-0.549
23	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	182.380	39.478	-0.572
24	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Fruit of the Loom	182.283	39.499	-0.593
25	5	Kyle Busch*	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	182.195	39.518	-0.612
26	136	Boris Said	Chevrolet	CENTRIX Financial	182.043	39.551	-0.645
27	22	Scott Wimmer	Dodge	CAT Dealers	181.749	39.615	-0.709
28	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL/Sony HDTV	181.726	39.620	-0.714
29	77	Travis Kvapil*	Dodge	Kodak/Jasper Engines	181.351	39.702	-0.796
30	91	Bill Elliott	Dodge	McDonald's	181.228	39.729	-0.823
31	49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	Red Baron Frozen Pizza	181.141	39.748	-0.842
32	37	Tony Raines	Dodge	Patron Tequila	180.991	39.781	-0.875
33	41	Casey Mears	Dodge	Target	180.873	39.807	-0.901
34	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	180.537	39.881	-0.975
35	151	Stuart Kirby	Chevrolet	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	180.523	39.884	-0.978
36	66	Mike Garvey*	Ford	Jani-King	180.415	39.908	-1.002
37	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	180.252	39.944	-1.038
38	0	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	NetZero Best Buy	180.108	39.976	-1.070
39	21	Jon Wood	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	179.816	40.041	-1.135
40	42	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Home123 Corp.	179.744	40.057	-1.151
41	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	179.681	40.071	-1.165
42	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	AsthmaControl.com	176.631	40.763	-1.857
43	192	Hermie Sadler	Dodge	Oak Glove Co.	176.479	40.798	-1.892
Did not Qualify
44	34	P.J. Jones	Chevrolet	PEOPros.com	176.039	40.900	-1.994
45	4	John Andretti	Chevrolet	Lucas/Wide Open Energy Drink	-	-	-

* Denotes Rookie

Notes -

• Jon Wood qualified the #21 for the absent Ricky Rudd. Rudd is expected back for the race tomorrow. That is the only known "to-the-back" news.
• John Andretti missed the 5-minute clock and wasn't allowed to qualify.

[NormsRevenge]

WOO HOOO!! I got points (and beer) this weekend .. unlike some when I get none!Wad's u[p wid dat anyway? ;-|

[steveegg]

Ameriquest 300 lineup (race up in about an hour) -

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	2	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	ACDelco	181.333	39.706	Leader
2	6	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Country Crock Spread	181.278	39.718	-0.012
3	41	Reed Sorenson*	Dodge	America's Tire	180.927	39.795	-0.089
4	60	Carl Edwards*	Ford	Charter Communications	180.311	39.931	-0.225
5	35	Jason Keller	Ford	McDonald's Big Mac	180.225	39.950	-0.244
6	90	Elliott Sadler	Ford	CITI Financial	180.031	39.993	-0.287
7	32	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	ultimatebet.net	179.910	40.020	-0.314
8	21	Brandon Miller*	Chevrolet	Reese's	179.811	40.042	-0.336
9	8	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker	179.766	40.052	-0.346
10	20	Denny Hamlin*	Chevrolet	Rockwell Automation	179.735	40.059	-0.353
11	44	Justin Labonte	Chevrolet	U.S. Coast Guard	179.574	40.095	-0.389
12	11	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards/PEAK	179.533	40.104	-0.398
13	66	Greg Biffle	Ford	Duraflame	179.310	40.154	-0.448
14	4	Kevin Hamlin	Dodge	GEICO	179.265	40.164	-0.458
15	1	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	FleetPride/Yellow	179.122	40.196	-0.490
16	18	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Vigoro/The Home Depot	179.113	40.198	-0.492
17	27	David Green	Ford	Kleenex/Rite Aid	178.878	40.251	-0.545
18	47	Jon Wood*	Ford	Clorox/Wisk/Sparkletts/Solo	178.855	40.256	-0.550
19	33	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	Outdoor Channel	178.399	40.359	-0.653
20	87	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	Cellular One	178.350	40.370	-0.664
21	29	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Mayflower Transit	178.125	40.421	-0.715
22	14	David Stremme	Dodge	Navy "Accelerate Your Life"	178.072	40.433	-0.727
23	22	Kenny Wallace	Ford	AutoZone	178.055	40.437	-0.731
24	30	Ron Hornaday	Chevrolet	Smith & Wesson	177.940	40.463	-0.757
25	40	Stanton Barrett	Dodge	Supercuts	177.844	40.485	-0.779
26	59	Stacy Compton	Ford	Kingsford/Bush's/Hungry-Man/Welch's	177.611	40.538	-0.832
27	248	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools	177.475	40.569	-0.863
28	38	Mike Wallace	Dodge	Great Clips	177.449	40.575	-0.869
29	0	Kertus Davis*	Chevrolet	RaceGirl	177.445	40.576	-0.870
30	12	Carlos Contreras	Dodge	Supercuts	177.440	40.577	-0.871
31	10	Brent Sherman*	Ford	Consort Hair Care for Men	177.427	40.580	-0.874
32	178	Jerry Robertson	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Racing	177.288	40.612	-0.906
33	5	Adrian Fernandez	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Hitachi Power Tools	177.235	40.624	-0.918
34	64	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Miller High Life Light	177.122	40.650	-0.944
35	58	Regan Smith	Dodge	Samson Stone	177.000	40.678	-0.972
36	25	Ashton Lewis	Ford	U.S. Marines	176.735	40.739	-1.033
37	15	Michel Jourdain Jr.*	Ford	CENTRIX Financial	176.639	40.761	-1.055
38	52	Eric McClure	Ford	Oak Glove Co.	176.453	40.804	-1.098
39	183	Wally Dallenbach	Chevrolet	Mr. Clean AutoDry Carwash	176.453	40.804	-1.098
40	143	Aaron Fike	Dodge	Channellock/Curb Records	175.945	40.922	-1.216
41	34	Randy LaJoie	Chevrolet	Dollar General	175.631	40.995	-1.289
42	36	T.J. Bell+	Chevrolet	Heathcliff's Cat Litter	174.978	41.148	-1.442
43	49	Steve Grissom	Ford	Advil Liqui-Gels	Champion's Provisional
Did not Qualify
44	72	Kevin Lepage	Chevrolet	Orbitz.com	175.576	41.008	-1.302
45	28	Derrike Cope	Ford	Mighty EZY	175.148	41.108	-1.402
46	7	Jeff Fuller	Chevrolet	Skindurx	175.046	41.132	-1.426
47	99	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	Aaron's	175.021	41.138	-1.432
48	23	Mark Green	Chevrolet	BMAR	173.779	41.432	-1.726
49	26	Kim Crosby*	Chevrolet	Vassarette	171.029	42.098	-2.392

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie

[NormsRevenge]

I decided to bump draft ya 'til the cows come home.. WOOHOO!

[steveegg]

It's up to you whether you got the beer. Make sure you got enough for the whole weekend.

I'll be MIA tomorrow (100 laps around Slinger is too tempting), and will be back in a while tonight.

[steveegg]

There isn't a lot of banking this week, soanybody that gets slideways will continue slideways until they hit the soft wall.

[NormsRevenge]

Have a good time at the track!

See ya later, I may pop in and out a bit too, getting ready to start packing for a 10 dayer to Alaska.

Im hoping to catch the race next week somewhere in Skagway, probably at a brewery , we have 12 hours in port , had a blast last time.

[NormsRevenge]

There isn't a lot of banking this week, soanybody that gets slideways will continue slideways until they hit the soft wall.

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Yup, got some chilling in the fridge

Im gonna hook a bungy cord to ya so try and not spin us out. ;-)

[steveegg]

Im gonna hook a bungy cord to ya so try and not spin us out. ;-)

Shoot that line quick :-)

[steveegg]

Anybody in?

Do I need to declare a FF?

[steveegg]

Nice voice, horrid tempo on that Anthem.

[NormsRevenge]

Dang, I missed that. I was on CNN and then Fox