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Posted on 08/16/2011 4:11:53 PM PDT by glock rocks
damn... took 13 seconds. I need a new dialup connection’’’
Morning, off to the Fallen Officers ride.
Have a great race...
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I am going to Church this morning to atone for my wayward ways on the FReeper League. I know I will come back with a new outlook on the rest of you...
And we will all be grateful...
Could you move my name up on the ping list, so I’m ahead of tubebender?
I think ou will be unforgiven!
Thanks!
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Lap-by-Lap: Michigan
By NASCAR.COM
August 21, 2011
http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/110821/lblmichigan2/index.html
1:01 p.m ET — Members of the U.S. Army Band from Livonia, Mich., and Columbus, Ohio perform the national anthem.
1:00 p.m. ET — Father Geoff Rose from Lumen Christi High School in Jackson, Mich., delivers the Invocation.
Noon ET — NASCAR Countdown is under way on ESPN.
9:16 a.m. ET — It’s a beautiful morning in the Irish Hills of Michigan as the Cup Series prepares for 400 miles at the 2-mile Michigan International Speedway. Temperatures should remain in the 70s all afternoon. Greg Biffle will start from the pole. Green set for 1:16 p.m. ET.
LIVE LEADERBOARD : Pure Michigan 400
http://www.nascar.com/races/leaderboard/cup/race/
Fly-Over - 2 F16 Falcons from the 120th Fighter Squadron
and
1:08 p.m. ET — Former Michigan football star, Heisman Trophy winner and recent College Football Hall of Fame inductee Desmond Howard gives the command: “Gentlemen, start your engines!”
STR is running:
Shrub
Newman
Jr
Ragan
AMEN!!
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Today WE B runnin’
Matt
Bruiser Keselowski
RocketMan
The Ragan of Daytona (I hope)
I’ll be yard workin’ today, good luck to everybody.
Smoke
Dinger
Martin
Smith
Sarrying the secret slug juice sprayers today are:
Hamlin
Vickers
Earnhart Jr
Mears
Watch closely, there is a trout in one of the slug juice tanks.
bless your back and practice eye safety. :-)
should be a good race. another fuel mileage affair,, we’ll see.
lots of different picks today.. can Junior pop the bubble? Is smoke combustible?
Green Flag!!
I had Ragan and Menard.. fingers crossed for top 10 for both. :-)
Lap 3 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. is up two spots to sixth; Kasey Kahne joins the top 10, up four spots.
Lap 2 — Matt Kenseth slides in front of Denny Hamlin to claim second.
Lap 1 — Greg Biffle jumps out front as the field falls in line. The No. 16 leads the first lap.
1:16 p.m. ET — GREEN FLAG: Greg Biffle brings the field to the green for 200 laps at Michigan.
I am running low on picks for many drivers. Running in conservation mode.
Lap 16 — Ryan Newman drops to ninth as Jeff Gordon passes for eighth.
Lap 15 — Dale Earnhardt Jr. moves up to fifth after starting eighth.
Lap 14 — Joey Logano — in 20th — reaches a top speed of 213.49 mph, the fastest of the race so far.
Lap 13 — Denny Hamlin drops to sixth after starting fourth. Greg Biffle’s best lap time: 38.386 seconds.
Lap 12 — Mark Martin is moving in the wrong direction, losing five spots and running in 10th; Kasey Kahne is up to seventh, just behind Dale Jr.
Lap 11 — Greg Biffle is super fast and well ahead of Matt Kenseth in second.
Lap 10 — Tony Stewart started 18th and gains two spots.
Lap 9 — Kurt Busch passes Ryan Newman for fifth. The No. 22 is turning fast lap times early.
Lap 8 — Kurt Busch passes Dale Jr. for sixth; Kyle Busch is up to 11th.
Lap 7 — Kurt Busch is in seventh, up six spots.
Lap 6 — Jamie McMurray drops out of the top 10 and into 11th; Greg Biffle’s lead grows to 1.234 seconds.
Lap 5 — Ryan Newman rounds out the top five as Greg Biffle puts some space between the No. 16 and Matt Kenseth in second.
Lap 4 — Greg Biffles remains out front; David Ragan drops back five spots to 12th.
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