NASCAR - Subway 500 at Martinsville - Sun 10/22 at 12:30 pm EDT on NBC

NASCAR.com/Jayski.com

[steveegg]

We're halfway through the Chase, and coming into the sole short track of the Chase season, here's how the standings look:

1. Jeff Burton - 5763 points
2. Matt Kenseth - 5718 (-45)
3. Kevin Harvick - 5674 (-89)
4. Mark Martin - 5661 (-102)
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - 5657 (-106)
6. Denny Hamlin - 5626 (-137)
7. Jimmie Johnson - 5617 (-146)
8. Kasey Kahne - 5603 (-160)
9. Kyle Busch - 5568 (-195)
10. Jeff Gordon - 5547 (-216)

[steveegg]

Qual recap through 20 drivers -

Flash - 97.377 mph
Rocket - 97.163
Smoke - 97.038
Little Kenny - 96.440
Who will stop the Raines - 96.386
Sore-and-son - 96.127
SlowCasey - 95.995
Labonte - 95.550
Snarlin' Marlin - 95.878
New Candyman - 95.583
Labonte - 95.550
Kvawful - 95.420 (must qualify on time)
FastKasey - 95.395
Mikey - 95.319 (must qualify on time)
Ex-Candyman - 95.314
Bow-Wow - 95.194
Bifflage - 95.137
Big Brown Truck - 95.118
The Funny Wallace - 95.065 (must qualify on time)
No Bliss - 94.713 (must qualify on time)
The Other Sadler - 93.994 (must qualify on time)

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Blame-me 4th of 21 - 96.825
The Other Jr 8th of 22 - 96.005
MM skipped so McVickers could turn a 95.927 (10th of 23)
I Can't Cope on the 5-minute clock while Ragan puts down a 94.970 ("good" for 22nd of 24 and 4th of 6 field-fillers)

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Northurn Burton 12th of 25 (95.651)
I Can't Cope did cope with the inspection, is in line. Still no sign of Martin.
Strumme 7th of 26 (96.239)
Stuntman 27th of 27 and last of 7 field-fillers with a 92.142

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I Can't Cope puts Stuntman on the bubble with a 93.387 (27th of 28, 7th of 8 field-fillers). That puts Kvawful in the show.
Flipper 13th of 29 with a 95.680
Grampa Shepherd knocks out Stuntman, puts Cope on the bubble and Mikey in with a 93.664 (28th of 30, 7th of 9 field-fillers)
Suthurn Burton knocks out Cope, puts Shepherd on the buble and himself into the show with a 95.304 (21st of 31, 3rd of 10 field-fillers)

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What's a "buble"?

Crash 13th of 32 - 95.733
Rubberhead knocks Flash off the pole - 97.568
Hurricane Hambone assaults the field, front row barely survives as 97.187 is good for 3rd of 34
Robot 13th of 35 with a 95.942. Let's hope he brought some good brakes this weekend.

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Found out from Jayski why MM hasn't qualified yet; he wrecked in practice and went to a backup.

Yellers 26th of 36 - 95.290
Nesquik not so quick - 96.078 puts him 11th of 37
Lepage knocks out Shepherd, puts The Other Sadler on the bubble and puts Herm in the show with a 94.851 (33rd of 38, 6th of 11 field-fillers)
Shrub 10th of 39 - 96.171
MM, qualifying for pit and lane selection only, qualifies 18th of 40 - 95.752 (will be headed to the back after going to a backup car)

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Jeff Green steps it up - 96.627 puts him 7th of 41
Happy threw away lap 1, gathers it up for 10th of 42 (96.317) on lap 2
The Other Kyle puts himself into the show, knocks out The Other Sadler and puts No Bliss on the bubble with a 96.205 (12th of 43, 1st among the 12 field-fillers)
Christopher needn't have brought Captain Kirk's machine out; 92.801 (42nd of 44, 11th of 13 field-fillers) puts himself out of the show and Ragan in. Bliss remains on the bubble, and Lepage also remains nervous as Skinner and Chaffin remain to go among the field-fillers.

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The ex-97 troubles continue - McMary puts the 26 21st of 46.
Skinner barely skins Bliss from the show with a 94.846 (40th of 46, 8th of 14 field-fillers). It's down to Skinner and Chaffin.
Speaking of Chaffin, he misses the show with a 93.682 (43rd of 47, 11th of 15 field-fillers). That concludes the field-filler portion of qualifying with The Other Kyle, Kvawful, Mikey, Suthurn Burton, The Funny Wallace, Ragan, Lepage and Skinner making it, and Bliss, The Other Sadler, Chaffin, Grampa Shepherd, Christopher, I Can't Cope and Stuntman loading up and leaving today.

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JJ 8th of 48 with a 96.460
Jr 7th of 49 (96.775)
GI Joe ends qualifying as 12th-Row Joe with a 95.869 (23rd of 50)

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Subway 500 lineup -

#2 - Kurt Busch - 97.568 mph
#24 - Jeff Gordon - 97.377
#11 - Denny Hamlin - 97.187
#12 - Ryan Newman - 97.163
#20 - Tony Stewart - 97.038
#22 - Dave Blaney - 96.825
#8 - Dale Earnhardt Jr - 96.775
#66 - Jeff Green - 96.627
#48 - Jimmie Johnson - 96.460
#21 - Ken Schrader - 96.440
#96 - Tony Raines - 96.386
#29 - Kevin Harvick - 96.317
#40 - David Stremme - 96.239
#45 - Kyle Petty - 96.205
#5 - Kyle Busch - 96.171
#41 - Reed Sorenson - 96.127
#10 - Scott Riggs - 96.078
#1 - Martin Truex Jr - 96.005
#42 - Casey Mears - 95.995
#17 - Matt Kenseth - 95.942
#25 - Brian Vickers - 95.927
#14 - Sterling Marlin - 95.787
#01 - Joe Nemechek - 95.869
#26 - Jamie McMurray - 95.854
#6 - Mark Martin - 95.752 (headed to the back; crashed in practice and went to a backup car)
#7 - Robby Gordon - 95.773
#99 - Carl Edwards - 95.680
#31 - Jeff Burton - 95.651
#38 - David Gilliland - 95.583
#43 - Bobby Labonte - 95.558
#32 - Travis Kvapil - 95.420
#9 - Kasey Kahne - 95.395
#55 - Michael Waltrip - 95.319
#19 - Elliott Sadler - 95.314
#4 - Ward Burton - 95.304
#18 - JJ Yeley - 95.290
#07 - Clint Bowyer - 95.184
#16 - Greg Biffle - 95.137
#88 - Dale Jarrett - 95.118
#78 - Kenny Wallace - 95.065
#06 - David Ragan - 94.970
#34 - Kevin Lepage - 94.851
#72 - Mike Skinner - 94.846

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Missing the race -
#49 - Mike Bliss - 94.713
#00 - Hermie Sadler - 93.994
#61 - Chad Chaffin - 93.682
#89 - Morgan Shepherd
#27 - Ted Christopher - 93.599
#74 - Derrike Cope - 93.387
#30 - Stanton Barrett - 92.142

[WestCoastGal]

Hey Steve, just got home in time to see Jr's interview and the last three qualifiers.

Thanks for the play by play. I see Suthurn Burton made it! WooHoo

[Pete-R-Bilt]

Ward Makes the race!!

WOO HOO!!!

[WestCoastGal]

Isn't that great news!!

I agree on loving to see him in the 88 car next year....Yates couldn't do any better than that.

[LasVegasMac]

DJ's new # and paint scheme for 2007

[WestCoastGal]

Wow that almost looks like my Jr. gif of the 8 with those orange flames. Looking mighty fine!!

BTW everyone.....Wahd will be on Trackside Live tonight and Elliott Sadler will probably translate. LOL

[WestCoastGal]

Considering the history behind Jr and Flipper, this pic is funny. Happened after Jr spun during practice in turn 2.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

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[WestCoastGal]

That was fun although what I changed put Jr in 10th. Noooooooo I will have to try again.

This time I gave 200 point for a win, added 5 points for a pole......and gave the 10 Chasers 50, 40, 30, 25 on down to 8 points...for the best finishes. This is how they came out.

Position Car # Driver Points Behind Wins Behind 11th
1 9 Kasey Kahne 5174 - 6
2 29 Kevin Harvick 5154 -20 4
3 17 Matt Kenseth 5149 -25 4
4 31 Jeff Burton 5146 -28 1
5 48 Jimmie Johnson 5127 -47 4
6 20 Tony Stewart 5125 -49 3
7 5 Kyle Busch 5116 -58 1
8 24 Jeff Gordon 5111 -63 2
9 11 Denny Hamlin* 5103 -71 2
10 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr 5100 -74 1
11 6 Mark Martin 3977 -1197 0
12 99 Carl Edwards 3735 -1439 0 -242
13 16 Greg Biffle 3579 -1595 1 -398
14 2 Kurt Busch 3414 -1760 1 -563
15 25 Brian Vickers 3391 -1783 1 -586

[steveegg]

I think I figured out how HenCAR will jigger the points for next year:

- Give 200 points for a win
- Give 100 points for a pole
- Chasers get 1-10 points in the Chase (200/170/165/160/155/150/146/142/138/134)

That would put FastKasey in the lead, bury Robot in 5th, and put Smoke in at the cost of Mark Martin.

Of course, that would only be implented if Robot or MM were to win the Cup.

[steveegg]

Personally, I like the "classic" points (the ones last used in 2003; 175 for the win, 5 for the pole, NO <expletive deleted> Chase) -

Place Car# Driver           Points Behind Wins
1      17  Matt Kenseth      4433 (leader) 4
2      48  Jimmie Johnson    4285  -148    4
3      29  Kevin Harvick     4100  -333    4
4      31  Jeff Burton       4090  -343    1
5       6  Mark Martin       3977  -456    0
6       8  Dale Earnhardt Jr 3965  -468    1
7       5  Kyle Busch        3957  -476    1
8      11  Denny Hamlin*     3949  -484    2
9      20  Tony Stewart      3938  -495    3
10      9  Kasey Kahne       3912  -521    6
11     24  Jeff Gordon       3853  -580    2
12     99  Carl Edwards      3735  -698    0
13     16  Greg Biffle       3554  -879    1
14      2  Kurt Busch        3389  -1044   1
15     42  Casey Mears       3387  -1046   0

Of course, HenCAR probably would go for my modified Chase points (which would have never given Kenseth the points lead).