JJ WINS!!!
Posted on 05/25/2005 5:04:26 PM PDT by glock rocks
Dang!
JJ pulls off a 3-fer.. Wow,, passed Bobby on the outside
JJ WINS!!!
GREAT FINISH!!!!!!!!!
I am sure the home track helped the home corporation with that win...
It sure was..
I hope Bobby didn't hurt his foot as he kicked his car after he got out.. So Close!
The Margin of Victory...after 400 laps, it's half a car length... Bobby gets out of his car and is just so furious and dejected at the same time...throws his footies into the car, adjusts his hat and walks off...
Great finish!!
Gotta sign off as a great big thunderstorm is moving in!!
Take care all y'all!!
now THAT was a race!
Last 5 laps made it worth it even though my preferred driver didn't win.
G'night Tom, keep me posted on Cob!
| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Sponsor | Pts/Bonus | Laps | Status |
| 1 | 5 | #48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | Lowe's | 185/5 | 400 | Running |
| 2 | 34 | #18 | Bobby Labonte | Chevrolet | Interstate Batteries/Madagascar | 175/5 | 400 | Running |
| 3 | 12 | #99 | Carl Edwards | Ford | Roundup Extended Control | 170/5 | 400 | Running |
| 4 | 36 | #19 | Jeremy Mayfield | Dodge | Dodge Dealers/UAW | 160/0 | 400 | Running |
| 5 | 1 | #12 | Ryan Newman | Dodge | ALLTEL | 160/5 | 400 | Running |
| 6 | 29 | #16 | Greg Biffle | Ford | National Guard/Charter Communications | 155/5 | 400 | Running |
| 7 | 30 | #1 | Martin Truex Jr. | Chevrolet | Bass Pro Shops/Tracker | 151/5 | 400 | Running |
| 8 | 7 | #88 | Dale Jarrett | Ford | UPS | 142/0 | 400 | Running |
| 9 | 21 | #49 | Ken Schrader | Dodge | Schwan's Home Service | 143/5 | 400 | Running |
| 10 | 20 | #2 | Rusty Wallace | Dodge | Miller Lite | 139/5 | 400 | Running |
| 11 | 39 | #43 | Jeff Green | Dodge | Cheerios/Bugles | 130/0 | 400 | Running |
| 12 | 43 | #37 | Kevin Lepage | Dodge | Underdog | 127/0 | 400 | Running |
| 13 | 10 | #38 | Elliott Sadler | Ford | Pedigree | 129/5 | 400 | Running |
| 14 | 33 | #29 | Kevin Harvick | Chevrolet | GM Goodwrench | 121/0 | 400 | Running |
| 15 | 8 | #0 | Mike Bliss | Chevrolet | NetZero Best Buy | 118/0 | 400 | Running |
| 16 | 42 | #4 | Mike Wallace | Chevrolet | Lucas/Wide Open Energy Drink | 115/0 | 400 | Running |
| 17 | 37 | #45 | Kyle Petty | Dodge | Georgia-Pacific/Brawny | 117/5 | 400 | Running |
| 18 | 38 | #01 | Joe Nemechek | Chevrolet | U.S. Army | 114/5 | 400 | Running |
| 19 | 28 | #10 | Scott Riggs | Chevrolet | Valvoline | 106/0 | 400 | Running |
| 20 | 27 | #91 | Bill Elliott | Dodge | Stanley Tools | 108/5 | 400 | Running |
| 21 | 11 | #42 | Jamie McMurray | Dodge | Texaco/Havoline | 100/0 | 399 | Running |
| 22 | 40 | #31 | Jeff Burton | Chevrolet | Cingular Wireless GoPhone | 97/0 | 399 | Running |
| 23 | 32 | #22 | Scott Wimmer | Dodge | Caterpillar | 94/0 | 399 | Running |
| 24 | 9 | #20 | Tony Stewart | Chevrolet | The Home Depot | 91/0 | 398 | Running |
| 25 | 6 | #5 | Kyle Busch * | Chevrolet | CARQUEST | 93/5 | 398 | Running |
| 26 | 4 | #9 | Kasey Kahne | Dodge | Dodge Dealers/UAW | 90/5 | 396 | Running |
| 27 | 25 | #7 | Robby Gordon | Chevrolet | Fruit of the Loom | 82/0 | 393 | Running |
| 28 | 13 | #6 | Mark Martin | Ford | Viagra | 79/0 | 390 | Out of Race |
| 29 | 31 | #07 | Dave Blaney | Chevrolet | Jack Daniel's Country Cocktail | 76/0 | 385 | Running |
| 30 | 2 | #24 | Jeff Gordon | Chevrolet | DuPont | 78/5 | 382 | Out of Race |
| 31 | 14 | #25 | Brian Vickers | Chevrolet | GMAC/ditech.com | 80/10 | 379 | Out of Race |
| 32 | 18 | #77 | Travis Kvapil * | Dodge | Kodak/Jasper Engines | 72/5 | 376 | Running |
| 33 | 15 | #8 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Chevrolet | Budweiser | 64/0 | 373 | Running |
| 34 | 24 | #41 | Casey Mears | Dodge | Target | 66/5 | 338 | Running |
| 35 | 16 | #21 | Ricky Rudd | Ford | U.S. Air Force/Motorcraft | 63/5 | 305 | Out of Race |
| 36 | 23 | #15 | Michael Waltrip | Chevrolet | NAPA Auto Parts | 60/5 | 245 | Out of Race |
| 37 | 3 | #17 | Matt Kenseth | Ford | DeWalt Power Tools | 52/0 | 245 | Out of Race |
| 38 | 26 | #44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | Kellogg's | 54/5 | 245 | Out of Race |
| 39 | 41 | #40 | Sterling Marlin | Dodge | Coors Light | 46/0 | 215 | Out of Race |
| 40 | 19 | #09 | Johnny Sauter | Dodge | Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts | 43/0 | 137 | Out of Race |
| 41 | 22 | #23 | Mike Skinner | Dodge | AutoManiac | 40/0 | 99 | Out of Race |
| 42 | 17 | #50 | Jimmy Spencer | Dodge | Arnold Development Companies | 37/0 | 98 | Out of Race |
| 43 | 35 | #97 | Kurt Busch | Ford | Smirnoff Ice/IRWIN | 34/0 | 26 | Out of Race |
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| * Denotes Rookie |
That was hard. I'm a Gordon/Hendrick fan, so I pull for JJ second, but Bobby is a homeboy. Sure would have been happy with an 18 win.
Night. Storms have been down here since last night.
| Rank | +/- | Driver | Points | Behind | Starts | Poles | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 |
| 1 | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 1747 | Leader | 12 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | -- | Greg Biffle | 1676 | -71 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | +1 | Elliott Sadler | 1542 | -205 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | +3 | Ryan Newman | 1530 | -217 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | -2 | Jeff Gordon | 1516 | -231 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | -- | Tony Stewart | 1488 | -259 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | +1 | Kevin Harvick | 1485 | -262 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | +5 | Carl Edwards | 1459 | -288 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | -- | Jamie McMurray | 1451 | -296 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | -5 | Kurt Busch | 1441 | -306 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | +1 | Rusty Wallace | 1429 | -318 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | -2 | Mark Martin | 1423 | -324 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | +3 | Jeremy Mayfield | 1417 | -330 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | -- | Dale Jarrett | 1406 | -341 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | -4 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 1397 | -350 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | -1 | Kasey Kahne | 1351 | -396 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
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| 17 | +1 | Jeff Burton | 1325 | -422 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | -1 | Michael Waltrip | 1295 | -452 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | +1 | Joe Nemechek | 1226 | -521 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | -1 | Sterling Marlin | 1214 | -533 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | +2 | Scott Riggs | 1180 | -567 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | -- | Kyle Busch* | 1179 | -568 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | -2 | Matt Kenseth | 1149 | -598 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | +7 | Bobby Labonte | 1143 | -604 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | -1 | Dave Blaney | 1138 | -609 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | +2 | Ken Schrader | 1123 | -624 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | -1 | Brian Vickers | 1114 | -633 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | -3 | Casey Mears | 1103 | -644 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | -- | Mike Bliss | 1098 | -649 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | -- | Kyle Petty | 1095 | -652 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | +1 | Jeff Green | 1093 | -654 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | -5 | Ricky Rudd | 1049 | -698 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | -- | Travis Kvapil* | 1004 | -743 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | +1 | Mike Wallace | 968 | -779 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | -1 | Scott Wimmer | 964 | -783 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | -- | Jason Leffler | 821 | -926 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | -- | Bobby Hamilton Jr. | 704 | -1043 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | -- | Kevin Lepage | 638 | -1109 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | -- | Robby Gordon | 529 | -1218 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | -- | Hermie Sadler | 427 | -1320 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | -- | Johnny Sauter | 416 | -1331 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | +6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 312 | -1435 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 43 | +2 | Bill Elliott | 303 | -1444 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | -- | Terry Labonte | 266 | -1481 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | -3 | John Andretti | 225 | -1522 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | -3 | Boris Said | 222 | -1525 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | -- | Jimmy Spencer | 213 | -1534 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | -2 | Stanton Barrett* | 183 | -1564 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | +2 | Mike Skinner | 150 | -1597 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | -1 | Randy LaJoie | 134 | -1613 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | -1 | Kerry Earnhardt | 112 | -1635 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 52 | -- | Mike Garvey | 108 | -1639 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 53 | -- | Kenny Wallace | 100 | -1647 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 54 | -- | Clint Bowyer | 97 | -1650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | -- | Morgan Shepherd | 85 | -1662 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | -- | Shane Hmiel | 77 | -1670 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | -- | Carl Long | 71 | -1676 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | -- | Eric McClure* | 67 | -1680 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 59 | -- | Tony Raines | 58 | -1689 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | -- | Jeff Fuller | 34 | -1713 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| * Denotes Rookie |
The Hendrick looked strong early, that's for sure.
Too bad a certain team member wasn't a bit over aggressive.. and took half his team out late.
That's racin' ;-)
wasn't = was
Thanks for all the posts and the pics. It was great!
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