NASCAR Nextel Cup: Sylvania 300 at NHIS, Sunday Sept. 16, 2007 ~ 2 p.m. ABC

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[NYTexan]

FREE REPUBLIC NASCAR THREAD

The Chase for the NEXTEL CUP
begins with the Sylvania 300

Welcome all to the Nextel Cup race at
New Hampshire International Speedway.

(Click on the Pics, Graphics, & Links for related news & info.)

The field for the Chase is set. Here are the top 12 drivers, # wins, reset points:

1) Jimmie Johnson, 6, 5,060
2) Jeff Gordon, 4, 5,040
3) Tony Stewart, 3, 5,030

4) Carl Edwards, 2, 5,020
5) Kurt Busch, 2, 5,020
6) Denny Hamlin, 1, 5,010

7) Martin Truex Jr., 1, 5,010
8) Matt Kenseth, 1, 5,010
9) Kyle Busch, 1, 5,010

10) Jeff Burton, 1, 5,010
11) Kevin Harvick, 1, 5,010
12) Clint Bowyer, 0, 5,000

Handicapping the Chase

Schedule for the NASCAR Sylvania 300 at NHIS

Qualifying: Friday 9/14 3:00 pm Nextel Cup Qualifying ~ ESPN2
Race: Sunday 9/16 2:00 pm Nextel Cup Race ~ ABC

Speed's NASCAR Raceday Pre-Race Show: 12:00 pm/et
(Caution Pool opens then!)

NASCAR Countdown pre-race show ~ 1:00 pm ABC

Jayski.com TV listings

Track Details with Current & Historical Track info from NASCAR.com
and from That's Racin'

NASCAR News, Info and Stats from JAYSKI'S silly season site

[NYTexan]

Deadline to select or edit your drivers is Sep 14, 5:00am EDT

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[NYTexan]

A must see

Jayski.com 9/11 tribute page

[NYTexan]

New Hamsphire Entry List

[CheyennePress]

New Hampshire has always been my favorite track. I love the setting, the track surrounded by the mountains. Sure, Bristol and Richmond are fun to watch. But New Hampshire is just ideally scenic.

[glock rocks]

Granite State Updating Doppler

[WestCoastGal]

Very nice open for the thread and the Chase guys.
*****************************
Towers of Life

They stood hushed and glimmering in the night,
Giants able to frame the moon,
Slumbering magnificently in their might.

Day breaks and the sun gently warms their skin,
Veins begin to pulse with life,
The sprit of a thousand of kin.

Evil tears towards them through the brilliant morning sky,
Propelled by the blackest of hate,
Guided by a lie.

Barely risen they stand with no defense,
Innocent and distracted they are not prepared,
The pain about to be inflicted intense.

Like a bolt of lighting that shatters the morn,
Evil crashes once then twice into their sides,
Their bodies are scorched and torn.

Horribly crippled they continue to stand,
Holding onto life until the last,
Orders are given, they take the command.

The battle is brief, the giants begin to yield,
Life drains from every artery,
Their fate is sealed.

Collapsing to zero,
First to one knee then to the next,
From their dust will emerge so many a hero.

The question is asked,
How can such evil exist.

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Prayers for those who died on 9-11 in the WTC towers

In the Pentagon

on United Airlines flight 175 [south tower]

American Airlines flight 11 [north tower]

American Airlines flight 77 [Pentagon]

United Airlines flight 93 which crashed in Shanksville Pa. as the passengers fought the bastards to the end.

[SouthTexas]

Thank you (for the 24). :)

[LasVegasMac]

Thanks for the ping, NYT. GREAT looking thread!

[umgud]

THX for da ping

[commish]

So, is there going to be a “DEI/Dale engine failure lap” pool this week, to go along with the “Montoya Caution Lap”
pool?

[tubebender]

VERY NICE LEAD IN. I’m looking forward to this one. Which ones will dnf this weekend?

Continuing Prayers for our servicemen and gals wherever they are and Prayers for our America on this historic day...

[NormsRevenge]

We still have a JPM Rubby Gordon moment or two left.. engines, I don’t know about a pool,, it’s been a rough one this year..

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for the thread and link to 9/11 tribute.

Prayers for continued healing for all those left behind that fateful day.

[WestCoastGal]

He’s out of the chase so the engines should be fine from here on /sarc

Talladega testing continues - with tweaks
SCENEDAILY - 1:28PM ET TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 - BY KENNY BRUCE - ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR

TALLADEGA, Ala. - Tuesday’s early-morning speeds were much slower as NASCAR’s Nextel Cup Series teams hit the track with a slightly different package for the second day of testing of the car of tomorrow at Talladega Superspeedway.

Changes included the use of a smaller restrictor plate - 31/32nds of an inch instead of the 1-inch plate used on Monday - and a reduction in the height of the wicker on top of the rear wing - from 1 1/4 inches to 1 inch.

We can make the cars go 190 on average with no plates, but once the cars are running together, they’d be way over 200 mph,” said Penske Racing driver Ryan Newman. “There’s a happy medium NASCAR is looking for, and I’m fully aware of that.”

http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2007/09/10/scene_daily23.html

[af_vet_rr]

So, is there going to be a “DEI/Dale engine failure lap” pool this week,

This whole thing isn't even funny anymore - I heard some idiot on one of the sports channels saying that Junior pushed his engines too hard, and I'm thinking "if he was lapping the entire field, sure he might be pushing the engines too hard, but he was just trying to finish in the top 10, how is that pushing your engines too hard".

I don't think it was a conspiracy, because with Junior out of the Chase, that means Truex has to go it alone, something that will be difficult. While they've written off Junior, Truex is going to be the franchise player next year.

I think it's incompetence somewhere. If Junior is truly getting the same engines that Menard and Truex are, then something is up. Somebody, somewhere does not know what they are doing.

Like I said elsewhere, Junior is too nice of a guy at times - his dad would have been showing some people the door if he had 6 blown engines through 2/3 of the season.

[af_vet_rr]

I don't read David Poole all that often, but he had a good column posted on TR today, Toyota and Gibbs operation have the same goal: winning races and I like the fact that he is speaking the truth:

Make no mistake, however, this was the true beginning of the manufacturer’s foray into NASCAR’s top series. Toyota participated in Nextel Cup in 2007. In 2008, it starts competing.

There’s no kind way to say this, but if the teams using Toyotas this year were building Fords, Chevrolets or Dodges, they’d struggle, too. Michael Waltrip Racing and Team Red Bull started from scratch, and Bill Davis Racing had been wandering in a NASCAR purgatory until it actually got to start racing Camrys in 2007.

I like Michael Waltrip and his bunch, but they have got some serious management problems, and I think the stress has affected him on the track (and off).

Toyota hit the jackpot with JGR, and JGR got what it wanted - to be the top team for a manufacturer, something it couldn't get at GM or Ford.

[NYTexan]

Thanks for the nice comments about the thread.

[NYTexan]

I figured ya might like it :)

Will the Chase rob Jeff Gordon of another title?

[SouthTexas]

Odds are!~

Don't have time to read the article at the moment.:)

[WestCoastGal]

Infield Parking has a free Chase Fantasy Game

http://www.infieldparking.com/

With the 2007 season winding down, we thought we’d have a little fun with the chase. This game is easy to play, and it’s free! Grand prize winner will receive 4 All-Access Pit Passes and Tickets for 4 to the race of their choice in 2008.

Top 10 runners up will receive a prize pack from Harley Davidson & Infield Parking.

BTW What race would everyone choose to go to if they won?

I’m thinking Daytona.