Posted on 08/04/2009 7:32:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Running out of time, excuses and races to make the Chase.
Join us for a week-end of road course racing at Watkin Glen.
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This Week - Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen
![]() Click for Nascar race & news threads at FR Sprint Cup Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen - 08|09|09 - ESPN Sun. 1pm ET /~/ Qualifying - ESPN2 - 08|07|09 3pm ET Nationwide Series Zippo 200 - 08|08|09 - ESPN2 Sat. 2:30pm ET /~/ Qualifying - ESPN2 - 08|08|09 10am ET Trucks are off this week-end. Watkins Glen International Raceway Week-end Broadcast Schedule Watkins Glen web site
Law student Cameron Argetsinger dreamed of bringing European style competition to the village where he spent his summer vacations. He drew up a challenging course that encompassed asphalt, cement and dirt roads in and around the village of Watkins Glen. The dream became reality on Oct. 2, 1948. For five years, the top names in American sports car racing visited the small village and huge crowds came out to watch them race. Competition moved to a temporary course in 1953, and 2.3-mile permanent circuit was built in 1956. The following year, The Glen hosted its first professional race, a NASCAR Grand National stock car event won by Buck Baker over Fireball Roberts. The circuit itself was expanded in 1971, as the 1970s brought a wide variety of competition to The Glen, including the Can-Am, Trans-Am, Six Hours, Formula 5000 and CART IndyCar Series. Race winners included many of the top names in international motorsports, including Mark Donohue, Mario Andretti, Jody Scheckter and Bruce McLaren.
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Watkins Glen race thread is up Ping!
I hate sour cream.
| RANK | +/- | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND | STARTS | POLES | WINS | TOP 5 | TOP 10 | WINNINGS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -- | Tony Stewart | 3188 | Leader | 21 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 4,850,180 |
| 2 | -- | Jimmie Johnson | 2991 | -197 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4,472,040 |
| 3 | -- | Jeff Gordon | 2989 | -199 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 4,178,270 |
| 4 | -- | Kurt Busch | 2751 | -437 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2,928,560 |
| 5 | +1 | Denny Hamlin | 2713 | -475 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 3,001,390 |
| 6 | -1 | Carl Edwards | 2665 | -523 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3,519,110 |
| 7 | +1 | Kasey Kahne | 2642 | -546 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 3,495,070 |
| 8 | +2 | Juan Montoya | 2631 | -557 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3,137,850 |
| 9 | -2 | Ryan Newman | 2627 | -561 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3,220,820 |
| 10 | -1 | Mark Martin | 2622 | -566 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3,279,150 |
| 11 | +1 | Matt Kenseth | 2564 | -624 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4,867,830 |
| 12 | -1 | Greg Biffle | 2563 | -625 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3,024,880 |
| 13 | +1 | Kyle Busch | 2462 | -726 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3,889,330 |
| 14 | +1 | Brian Vickers | 2459 | -729 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 2,965,900 |
| 15 | +1 | Clint Bowyer | 2448 | -740 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2,870,360 |
| 16 | -3 | David Reutimann | 2442 | -746 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3,178,500 |
| 17 | -- | Jeff Burton | 2301 | -887 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3,274,770 |
| 18 | -- | Marcos Ambrose | 2241 | -947 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2,560,790 |
| 19 | -- | Joey Logano* | 2165 | -1023 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3,351,210 |
| 20 | -- | Jamie McMurray | 2163 | -1025 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,487,740 |
| 21 | -- | Casey Mears | 2086 | -1102 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2,442,160 |
| 22 | +1 | Kevin Harvick | 2066 | -1122 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3,972,880 |
| 23 | -1 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2062 | -1126 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2,601,610 |
| 24 | -- | Martin Truex Jr. | 2038 | -1150 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,894,730 |
| 25 | -- | Elliott Sadler | 2015 | -1173 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2,476,610 |
| 26 | +1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1985 | -1203 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2,605,980 |
| 27 | +2 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 1966 | -1222 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2,640,100 |
| 28 | -2 | Reed Sorenson | 1941 | -1247 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,895,940 |
| 29 | -1 | Bobby Labonte | 1928 | -1260 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2,771,110 |
| 30 | -- | David Ragan | 1896 | -1292 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,341,810 |
| 31 | -- | David Stremme | 1766 | -1422 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,766,920 |
| 32 | +1 | Paul Menard | 1723 | -1465 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,706,120 |
| 33 | -1 | Michael Waltrip | 1712 | -1476 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2,203,440 |
| 34 | -- | Robby Gordon | 1672 | -1516 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2,490,760 |
| 35 | -- | Scott Speed* | 1437 | -1751 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2,142,970 |
| 36 | -- | John Andretti | 1419 | -1769 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,931,540 |
| 37 | -- | David Gilliland | 1187 | -2001 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,656,820 |
| 38 | -- | Regan Smith | 989 | -2199 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,188,070 |
| 39 | +1 | Joe Nemechek | 798 | -2390 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,416,510 |
| 40 | -1 | Brad Keselowski | 787 | -2401 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 988,784 |
| 41 | -- | Dave Blaney | 736 | -2452 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,449,600 |
| 42 | -- | Bill Elliott | 622 | -2566 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 904,740 |
| 43 | -- | Max Papis* | 502 | -2686 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 609,800 |
| 44 | -- | Aric Almirola | 451 | -2737 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 826,313 |
| 45 | -- | Scott Riggs | 448 | -2740 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 830,523 |
| 46 | -- | Tony Raines | 389 | -2799 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 740,575 |
| 47 | -- | Travis Kvapil | 292 | -2896 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 520,708 |
| 48 | -- | Jeremy Mayfield | 288 | -2900 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 568,888 |
| 49 | +1 | Patrick Carpentier | 287 | -2901 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 384,225 |
| 50 | +1 | Sterling Marlin | 258 | -2930 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 424,420 |
| 51 | -2 | Mike Bliss | 243 | -2945 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 469,778 |
| 52 | -- | Terry Labonte | 155 | -3033 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 417,988 |
| 53 | -- | Mike Skinner | 126 | -3062 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 322,833 |
| 54 | -- | Todd Bodine | 123 | -3065 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264,354 |
| 55 | -- | Boris Said | 91 | -3097 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97,213 |
| 56 | -- | Ron Fellows | 82 | -3106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77,700 |
| 57 | -- | Dexter Bean | 55 | -3133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93,425 |
| 58 | -- | Brandon Ash | 40 | -3148 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72,225 |
| 59 | +1 | Mike Wallace | 34 | -3154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114,190 |
| 60 | -1 | P.J. Jones | 0 | -3188 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72,490 |
| 61 | -- | Derrike Cope | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48,763 |
| 62 | -- | Michael McDowell | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | -- | J.J. Yeley | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28,075 |
| 64 | -- | Mike Garvey | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48,538 |
| 65 | -- | Trevor Boys | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | -- | Eric McClure | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | -- | Tom Hubert | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | -- | Ted Christopher | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | -- | David Starr | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,275 |
| 70 | -- | Dennis Setzer | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | -- | Chris Cook | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | -- | Geoffrey Bodine | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,138 |
| 73 | -- | Carl Long | -200 | -3388 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26,463 |
| 74 | -- | Brian Simo | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | -- | Kirk Shelmerdine | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48,438 |
| 76 | -- | Kelly Bires | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21,363 |
| 77 | -- | Norm Benning | 0 | -3188 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48,413 |
Thanks Norm!
You got it!

Thansk! Here’s to good weather!
Yuk. Me too.
bumpity
I saw CanAm and TransAm there summers of ‘71 and ‘72. There has never been anything like CanAm racing since. NASCAR pales in comparison. The Glen was a magnificent place to watch CanAm.
Thanks Norm.
I’m hoping my league standings don’t take a Heluva Good Dip come Sunday.
lol
Even with onion soup mix as a dip for chips?
Or a dollop on top of guacamole with a taco or burrito?
Or with chives on a baked potato?
Or baked on top of cheesecake?
I wonder how it is with okra?
I’ll never know.
Got it bump.
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