Posted on 03/22/2012 1:29:19 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
This week, it's Springtime racing in Southern California and the Auto Club 400 and the Nationwide Royal Purple 300.
Grab a drink and a towel and let's hang with the movie stars and lay around by the pool.
Prayers for all our active duty and reserve troops, retirees and their families and this nation in these turbulent times.
Lap 6 — Ryan Newman moves to the inside of Greg Biffle in a bid for third place.
Lap 5 — Kyle Busch has a lead of about a second over Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Denny Hamlin.
Lap 4 — Denny Hamlin goes back under Greg Biffle to take second place in Turn 2.
Lap 3 — His gutsy move the last lap has allowed Greg Biffle to move into second place.
Lap 2 — Greg Biffle tries to split the top two cars in Turn 2, but backs out as Kyle Busch takes over the lead.
Lap 1 — GREEN FLAG: The race gets going at 3:12 p.m. ET. Here we go!
Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin remain side by side for the entire lap.
3:10 p.m. ET — Weather appears to be on its way. Now is the time for Darrell Waltrip’s vortex theory to kick in!
and to commersh..
Lap 18 — The top five are currently Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Greg Biffle, Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman.
Lap 15 — Nothing’s coming is right, at least for the time being. Denny Hamlin now faces a deficit of more than two seconds to Kyle Busch.
Lap 13 — Kyle Busch’s spotter is giving him the differences between his and Denny Hamlin’s lap times. Last time by, he said, “Nothing’s coming.”
Lap 11 — Hold that thought. Kyle Busch has now extended his lead over Denny Hamlin by a couple of tenths.
Lap 9 — Denny Hamlin is cutting into Kyle Busch’s advantage out front. It’s now down to 6/10ths of a second.
Lap 7 — Fox mentioned an interesting stat just before the green flag. In 22 previous races here, the leader of Lap 1 has never went on to win.
hopefully this stuff sideswipes the track area a bit.. we'll see
pitstops in progress — lap 35
Lap 34 — Several cars — including Kasey Kahne, Regan Smith and others — are on pit road.
Lap 31 — Tony Stewart is closing on Kyle Busch.
Lap 30 — Like Kyle Busch, Tony Stewart also has a single Sprint Cup victory here. Stewart’s came in October 2010.
Lap 28 — Tony Stewart dives under Denny Hamlin for second place between Turns 3 and 4.
Lap 27 — Denny Hamlin once again appears to be closing ground on Kyle Busch. The gap between them is now down to about 1.2 seconds.
Lap 26 — NASCAR is giving crews an extra person to go over the wall to clean the windshield.
Lap 42 — Getting into the turns here, the leaders are traveling well in excess of 200 mph.
Lap 39 — On the track, Kyle Busch’s lead equates to about a quarter of a straightaway.
Lap 38 — After the cycle of stops, the top five are Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle and Kevin Harvick. The margin between first and second went from about half a second before the stops to 3.3 seconds afterward.
Lap 37 — David Ragan, who stayed out to lead a lap, rolls down pit road.
Lap 36 — Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and others are making their stops.
It’s now a race between the rain and the half-way point of 100 laps...
They need 100 laps to have an excuse to quit.
Lets do the math...
At 200 mph and 5o miles to half-way point...should be 15 minutes to make it.
Great comment from Martin, “They only place I can’t race on this track is the top or the bottom”. LOL.
BradSki busted for speeding...
Hey guys, I’ve been out restoring my 1992 Accord. This race is normally very boring but the rain makes it a bit dicier.
I hope everyone is having a good day. My picks this week....
Hamlin
Newman
Boyer
Reutimann
May be the highlight of the race.
Boring.
I think FOX took your cue. Congrats!
C'mon Jr.!
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