NASCAR - UAW-GM 500 - from Lowes - on NBC, Saturday 10/15 at 7:00pm ET

NASCAR/Jayski ^

[SouthTexas]

Backflipper to 8th!

[WestCoastGal]

Did you see Sadler's hands shaking? That's a little more oomph.

[SouthTexas]

Candyman, Rocket, JJ, Smoke, and Bobby Labonte are the top five.

[WestCoastGal]

Off to watch CSI.....

See ya tomorrow night for the Busch race.

[SouthTexas]

I'd imagine all their hands were shaking after those runs!

Over amped on adrenaline.

[SouthTexas]

Already have it on, it's a bit weird.

[glock rocks]

Lineup for the UAW-GM 500...

Pos.	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Speed	Time	Behind
1	38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	193.216	27.948	Leader
2	12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	193.126	27.961	-0.013
3	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	192.850	28.001	-0.053
4	20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	The Home Depot	192.706	28.022	-0.074
5	18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	192.671	28.027	-0.079
6	6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	192.014	28.123	-0.175
7	97	Kurt Busch	Ford	IRWIN Vise-Grip GrooveLocks	191.959	28.131	-0.183
8	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Scotts	191.864	28.145	-0.197
9	41	Casey Mears	Dodge	Target/Breast Cancer Rsrch Fndation	191.823	28.151	-0.203
10	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	191.714	28.167	-0.219
11	0	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	NetZero Best Buy	191.544	28.192	-0.244
12	01	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	191.394	28.214	-0.266
13	5	Kyle Busch*	Chevrolet	Kellogg's	191.381	28.216	-0.268
14	22	Scott Wimmer	Dodge	Caterpillar	191.008	28.271	-0.323
15	10	Scott Riggs	Chevrolet	Valvoline	190.948	28.280	-0.332
16	45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia-Pacific/Brawny	190.779	28.305	-0.357
17	66	Kevin Lepage	Ford	Peak Fitness	190.772	28.306	-0.358
18	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Carhartt	190.712	28.315	-0.367
19	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	190.678	28.320	-0.372
20	88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	190.597	28.332	-0.384
21	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	National Guard	190.490	28.348	-0.400
22	07	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Jack Daniel's	190.409	28.360	-0.412
23	7	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Jim Beam	190.335	28.371	-0.423
24	32	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Chevrolet	Tide	190.074	28.410	-0.462
25	25	Brian Vickers	Chevrolet	GMAC/ditech.com	189.934	28.431	-0.483
26	100	David Reutimann	Chevrolet	State Fair Corn Dogs	189.873	28.440	-0.492
27	2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	189.827	28.447	-0.499
28	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	189.720	28.463	-0.515
29	42	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Texaco/Havoline	189.633	28.476	-0.528
30	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	189.567	28.486	-0.538
31	21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Genuine Parts	189.547	28.489	-0.541
32	15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	189.527	28.492	-0.544
33	9	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	189.387	28.513	-0.565
34	39	David Stremme	Dodge	Commit Nicotene Lozenges	189.374	28.515	-0.567
35	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Snap-On Tools	189.308	28.525	-0.577
36	4	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	Lucas Oil Products	189.003	28.571	-0.623
37	19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers/UAW	188.923	28.583	-0.635
38	151	Stuart Kirby	Chevrolet	Marathon American Spirit Motor Oil	188.469	28.652	-0.704
39	11	Denny Hamlin	Chevrolet	FedEx Express	188.003	28.723	-0.775
40	49	Ken Schrader+	Dodge	Schwan's Home Service	187.448	28.808	-0.860
41	43	Jeff Green+	Dodge	Petty Fan Fest	187.084	28.864	-0.916
42	77	Travis Kvapil+*	Dodge	Kodak/Jasper Engines	186.168	29.006	-1.058
43	09	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts	188.212	28.691	-0.743
Did not Qualify
44	136	Boris Said	Chevrolet	CENTRIX Financial	188.147	28.701	-0.753
45	200	Carl Long	Dodge	Royal Administration	187.617	28.782	-0.834
46	50	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Allied Steel Structures	187.013	28.875	-0.927
47	37	Mike Garvey*	Dodge	BoSPOKER.net	186.348	28.978	-1.030
48	192	P.J. Jones	Chevrolet	Front Row Motorsports	-	-	-
49	195	Stanton Barrett*	Chevrolet	Stanton Barrett Racing	-	-	-

+ Set by Owner Points

* Denotes Rookie

[AGreatPer]

Best quote of the day:

"I'm glad we're peaking at the right time of year"......today from Mark Martin.

[glock rocks]

Martin is a good man. He's been so close to the title on occasions.

[WestCoastGal]

Roush vows fight on cap on cars


by Greg Engle
Cup Scene Daily,October 14

Roush vows fight on cap on cars
NASCAR wants a team limit to encourage new owners; he calls it unfair, contradictory

By Brant James
St. Pete Times,October 14

Jack Roush's career as a race car owner started with an engineering degree and a lot of ambition. He knows it would be difficult for the same type of person to make it as far as he has starting a Nextel Cup team today.

It took Roush 18 years to build his team from outsider to five-car monolith and two-time series champion. And even as NASCAR president Mike Helton reiterated CEO Brian France's proposed intention to break down the kind of monster team he has built, Roush vowed to fight.

Though Helton would not confirm it, the generally accepted cap on cars in the future would be three, meaning Roush and Hendrick Motorsports would be the only teams affected. Roush said he plans to convene with Hendrick, then his lawyers, if necessary to confront what he sees as an affront to the independent contractor system from which he and NASCAR have long benefited.

More>>>>

http://www.cupscene.com/index.html#b

[steveegg]

This definitely ain't Bill France's NASCAR, that's for sure.

[steveegg]

(A computer beat me at chess once. It lost at close range handguns.)

It didn't have JohnRob's 20,000-volt Zot Machine 9000 :-)

[WestCoastGal]

I wonder if the fans could vote off Brain, just like on Survivor?

[steveegg]

I wonder if the fans could vote off Brain, just like on Survivor?

If I won the lottery Saturday, I could make a down payment on that.

Plates? What plates? Cookie-cutter cars? Get some imagination, Detroit and teams. Cookie-cutter tracks? Bah humbug.

[steveegg]

Speaking of the ownership limits, my local fishwrap racing reporter, Dave Kallman (who does come recommended by Jayski), rips the Brain plan to limit owners to 3 teams, pointing out that Brain controls half the racetracks, among other things.

[WestCoastGal]

Good article, I hadn't really thought about this part......

Jack Roush and Rick Hendrick have secured sponsorship and spent millions to build, house and prepare their fleets and to groom drivers for the future. Suddenly their buildings are to be left half-empty, their young drivers cut loose?
And how is the ownership rule to be enforced?

[WestCoastGal]

Busch qualifying up next......

Order	Car	Driver	Make	Sponsor
1	4	Kevin Hamlin	Dodge	GEICO
2	19	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Texas Instruments DLP HDTV
3	5	Adrian Fernandez	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Hitachi Power Tools
4	14	David Stremme	Dodge	Navy "Accelerate Your Life"
5	59	Stacy Compton	Ford	Kingsford/Bush's Beans
6	139	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL
7	1	Johnny Sauter	Dodge	Yellow Transportation
8	32	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet	KB Home
9	0	Kertus Davis*	Chevrolet	RaceGirl
10	7	Jeff Fuller	Chevrolet	Big Boar Customs
11	81	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Menards
12	167	Johnny Benson	Dodge	Panasonic
13	27	David Green	Ford	Kleenex
14	60	Carl Edwards*	Ford	Charter Communications
15	33	Tony Raines	Chevrolet	Outdoor Channel
16	38	Kasey Kahne	Dodge	Great Clips
17	8	Martin Truex Jr.	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker
18	40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Family Dollar
19	66	Greg Biffle	Ford	Duraflame
20	15	Michel Jourdain Jr.*	Ford	CENTRIX Financial
21	64	Jamie McMurray	Dodge	Top-Flite Golf
22	26	Kim Crosby*	Chevrolet	Vassarette
23	10	Brent Sherman*	Ford	Serta "Counting Sheep for the Cure"
24	35	Jason Keller	Ford	McDonald's
25	90	Elliott Sadler	Ford	CITI Financial
26	23	Mark Green	Chevrolet	BMAR
27	99	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	Aaron's
28	55	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Robby Gordon Motorsports
29	11	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Menards/Quaker State
30	44	Justin Labonte	Chevrolet	U.S. Coast Guard
31	36	T.J. Bell	Chevrolet	TUCSON
32	21	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Reese's
33	9	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Pennzoil Platinum
34	6	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Country Crock Spread
35	20	Denny Hamlin*	Chevrolet	Rockwell Automation
36	22	Kenny Wallace	Ford	AutoZone
37	49	Steve Grissom	Ford	Advil Liqui-Gels
38	72	Kevin Lepage	Chevrolet	Vector Security
39	18	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Vigoro/The Home Depot
40	143	Aaron Fike	Ford	Channellock Code Blue
41	34	Todd Bodine	Chevrolet	Dollar General
42	79	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper
43	12	Steadman Marlin	Dodge	Hot Tamales
44	41	Reed Sorenson*	Dodge	Discount Tire
45	25	Ashton Lewis	Ford	U.S. Marines
46	58	Regan Smith	Dodge	Samson Stone
47	248	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Kobalt Tools
48	2	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	ACDelco
49	157	Kyle Busch	Chevrolet	Lowe's/Spectrum Spectracide
50	47	Jon Wood*	Ford	Clorox/Wisk

* Denotes Rookie

[WestCoastGal]

Tony & Zippy work together on the Busch series #19 for the first time. Wondering who the owner of this car is?

Not that I have esp or anything, but the 5 car wrecks. I was gonna say before qualifying which lap would he wreck on.

[WestCoastGal]

The only thing Jr likes about the 81 car is the color. :(

[WestCoastGal]

29.13 for the Rocket