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Yeah that would be pretty cool, although I doubt it happening. He was way overdue a win! Deserved the win! Well it is possible.
But I doubt it.
I would like to see Jeff Burton win won. That's a good question. Kyle did win at this track earlier this season and he's going to be a litttle restless after his mishap at New Hampshire last Sunday. There is a lot of hungry drivers so there is no telling what will happen. No doubt. It is not like Greg Biffle to carry momentum like that to pick up two in a row. But if he does win this next race it will make him a key factor in this chase. What he said in an interview still sticks with me. If you pick up a top 5 in every race in the chase, you will without a doubt win the cup. I hope he wins but do i think he will, probably not. But He has 10 bonus points from the last dover race on his side. Greg is good there but Concrete Carl, his teammate, is the guy to watch this weekend. Look for the 99 to come out of the gate strong and put the heat on the 48 team this week.
3 STR8 N 08!!! i don't think he can win two in a row. But it would be crazy wild if he did! As you said he has good history here.If my fav Jimmy can't win, then Biff would be great. Of course. I believe Dover is one of Biffle's best tracks on the circuit and might be one of his favorites. Last year in this race he finished 2nd to his teammate Edwards. This year in the spring he sat on the pole and led a bunch of laps and finished 3rd. I look for him to be equally as strong this week as he was in NHMS and Dover earlier this year. He should easily be a top five car barring he can stay out of trouble With this silly season anything is possible, Da Bif normally runs well, here, but I say his team mate Concrete Carl, will be doing the back flip on Sunday after he wins. Bif will probably be in the top 5. Yes if he wins 2 in a row and Rowdy has another bad weekend, now that would be real wild..
Go Dale Jr & Hms i'm sure biffle would be tickled pink if he were to win two in a row. could it happen, yes. will it happen, i don't think so. carl and kyle have the best finishing averages at that track, and both have won there within the past year. then again, tony stewart could make the mistake of driving within half a lap of sadler again and cause another big one, taking many chasers out in the process - you just never know...
;-) No. But Roush Racing can. NOPE he was lucky to win one...i dont see it happenin again I would be nice if he could. He has won at dover before so he could do it again. Winning at NH gave him and his team confidence for the chase. Kenseth looks like he doesn't have a chance so I will pull for Biffle or Edwards to win the championship, unless Matt pulls a miracle off in the next month. As long as a chevy or toyota doesn't win, I will be happy. not at dover That would be awesome; it was great seeing him win (I was there) but no, I think it will be Carl at Dover. He can, but I doubt he will. This week I'm afraid it will be his teammates turn - Carl Edwards. Can you say 4 top 3 finishes in his last 5 starts? Yup, I've already got my fantasy picks for the weekend. He has a good history at this track..........Wouldn't that be wild if he won again?? I wonder if John Roberts is gonna stick with the Biff still now that he has won or if he is finally gonna pick a new driver.....LOL.....I dont think he will win again this weekend.
GO HARVICK & RCR!!!!!
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If it does happen, it could very well be the death of Dodge. GEM was the one to bring Dodge back into the sport back in 2001 when Ray created Evernham Motorsports. If GEM switches to Toyota, that leaves Penske as the only strong Dodge team out there until Dodge pulls out completely. It will also send both Petty and RGM scrambling for new engine partners and such since they both receive technical and engine support from GEM unless they were to follow GEM to Toyota.
I would hope that Ray gets a say in the deal since he founded what is now GEM even though he no longer hold majority control.
However, I really hope that this doesn't happen. I think it will, GEM does most of the R&D for Dodge. Dodge's days are over in NASCAR. I don't see them lasting for more then a year. dodge would be hanging on by their fingernails. who would that leave in dodge's? petty enterprises and ganassi? GEM is the only dodge team currently capable of winning races. if they were to switch to toyota, with or without bill davis racing, it would be a serious blow to daimler-chrystler
EDIT: oh yeah, thanks jozi. i forgot about penske I certainly think so... expect Petty and Penske to move to Ford if that happens. If that happens you might as well stick a fork in Dodge because they are done. Richard Petty in a Toyota would make me sad. Richard Petty is retired.
Why worry about him being in a Toyota. Dodge has already announced they will not be involved with the Truck Series next year. Most insiders think the Nationwide and Sprint are next. I think GEM is just getting a jump on the inevitable. Petty Enterprises will probably go back to GM. lord. i hope that doesnt happen. The only way that Dodge would "fade away" from NASCAR is if Dodge wants to. There will always be some team they could pick up. Dodge has a history of building some powerhouse engines. The capability is there... they just need to get on the ball. I think that most of the problem is not with Dodge but they just need to pick up a team like Toyota picked up when they got Gibbs. Gibbs already had the chassis and setups with Tony Stewarts success. That's the same thing Dodge needs. Is this one of those conspiracy questions. Half the Chrysler corporation made auto racing what it is today. Can I just "no"?
Wouldn't that make Petty a monopoly. I'll just say "no"
you know i hate the situation but come to think of it i really dont pull for nobody in a dodge but sadler
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There are 9 races left. The chase just started with the race at Loudon yesterday. Good luck on your pool, you got lucky to get the back to back champ as your driver!
3 STR8 N 08!!! 9 more races left in the chase Nine races are left in this season 9 more to go How many races are left? I have Jimmy Johnson in a pool and see he is tied for first.. is there only one week left? 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase for the Championship
Race 1 - Sylvania 300 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Greg Biffle
14 Sep
Race 2 - Camping World RV 400 - Dover International Speedway
TBD
21 Sep
Race 3 - Camping World RV 400 presented by Coleman - Kansas Speedway
TBD
28 Sep
Race 4 - AMP Energy 500 - Talladega Superspeedway
TBD
5 Oct
Race 5 - Bank of America 500 - Lowe's Motor Speedway
TBD
12 Oct
Race 6 - TUMS QuikPak 500 - Martinsville Speedway
TBD
19 Oct
Race 7 - Pep Boys Auto 500 - Atlanta Motor Speedway
TBD
26 Oct
Race 8 - Dickies 500 - Texas Motor Speedway
TBD
2 Nov
Race 9 - Checker Auto Parts 500 - Phoenix International Raceway
TBD
9 Nov
Race 10 - Ford 400 - Homestead-Miami Speedway
TBD
16 Nov 9 more races left. 9 races left. This was the first week of the chase. The race was won by Greg Biffle. Johnson is tied with Edwards for in the points.
There are 9 more races left in the Chase. The next race is at Dover Wow, if I was in a pool and didn't know anything about NASCAR it would be great to have the #48................I never get that lucky! 9 races to go and anything is possible.....
good luck! there are nine races left. i can't wait for the Martinsville race. i love that track. ummm, the chase is 10 races, yesterday was the first race....guess that leaves 9 more to go seriously? Ok nine...Dover, Kansas, Talledega, Charlotte, Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead...
GO CARL!! There are nine(9) races left in the chase to the championship. There are 9 races left in the chase......
GO HARVICK & RCR!!!!! 9 more races to go.
But your chances are good for Jimmie Johnson
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Not unless he can hook up with a premier team. Realize that Hendrick has 3 cars in the Chase, Roush has 3 cars, Gibbs has 3 and Childress has 3. If he can hook up with one of those 4 teams, yes. If not, no. If it wasn't for how "iffy" Dodge is in the Cup arena, I'd stay with GEM. They have money now and are improving. However, I look for Dodge to completely abandon team support in the next year or two. That being said, I'd look for another non-Dodge team. Same for Sadler.
Kasey should also take those three "soccer moms" up their offer... hey they aren't bad looking and could teach him a thing or two...... He better if he wants to contend for a championship. Just my opinion, NO Dodge team is going to close the deal.
3 STR8 N 08!!! Kandy should go into the runway model business. He won't. In an interview with Kasey he was saying how he loves Gillette Evernham and his whole team, and he hopes to stay there until he retires. He is doing good there, 2 wins plus the All Star win, and he was soo close to making the chase. I'd stay if I was him. I bet if Kahne doesn't do well next year and make the Chase, I wouldn't
be suprised if Evernham fires him. i thank he should leave gem because he is not doing to good with them and move on a better contract I believe his contract is up at the end of next season. I'd love to see Stewart Hass field a third car and put Kasey in it. Well, what would you do if your contract was up?
I think GEM is an up and coming force to be reckoned with.
Ray has the brain-smarts to get it done. I think he should go one more year. In his contract he should tell GEM that the year's contract is based on the company's ability to become competitive. The COT is still new and all teams haven't quiet figured it out so I think he should give it another year for Dodge to turn things around. Look at Ford last year. A lot of people thought they were washed up and they've completely turned it around this year. Stewart/Haas is going to bomb while GEM is picking up their performance, Kasey will be a threat next year.
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I think he's going to be ok..unfortunately. He has bumped and knocked around enough people that he better watch his p's and q's if it's close at the end. I didn't particularly care for the comments he made about Tony on RaceDay. IDK not a Kyle fan.. loved watching the replays of him spinning out!!! First let me congratulate Biffle! He did a very good job!
Now, to Kyle Busch. I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist. But,
to me something fishy went on with his car. I mean, he has had an excellent car all year and has won 8 races and then the first race of the
Chase, there is a major problem? It is obvious someone high up made
sure this happened.
Nascar officials don't mind the fact that Toyota won many races this
year,,,But, they don't want them to win the Championship so soon after entering the Cup Series!
YOu got a point there. Denny is only for Denny, and with Tony leaving he wont have any help there.
I do think though it might be a little to early to tell. Kyle always seems to bounce back after a bad race.
He cant afford to have another one. If he does he has no chance. It will be tough to win the chase now with no help...........Tony is leaving after this year and Denny Hamlin loves Denny Hamlin! if he's consistent with the next 9 races then he could pull though, however i hope he's not...cause i want Jimmie to win 3 in a row! lol<3
kyle is a great driver though, and i know he's going to do whatever he can to get back on top. Let's not count the chickens before they hatch. Every driver is allowed one bad race. If there is one driver that doesn't have/need that mulligan, he will most likely be the champ. Hopefully it can be Jr. All he needs to do is get the finishes like he was getting early in the season and he should be decent shape heading to Miami. He had one bad day, but I sure wouldn't bet against him being champ! He's all done. I would say it would be np with the way he's been running this season but with the way Johnson has started to come on, every little slip is going to make it extremely hard to catch back up. All it takes is 1 race like yesterday and all JJ will have to do is go out and keep tearing off finishes like he has been and it will be darn near impossible for anyone to catch up. What I'm trying to say is, I think unless Johnson and Edwards have some really unfortunate luck, he's done. Yes, but I never expected Kyle Busch to contend for a championship this year! New owner, new crew chief, and the new owner just switched manufacturers. No way! Even with the wins, the consistency just wasn't there.
Now if he can just get his mind on winning as many of these races as he can between now and the end of the season it will be a banner year for him and JGR, no matter who wins the cup! I'd much rather win 10 races this season than have that chase cup! Winning the Cup just doesn't mean that much since Nascar changed to the chase format! Ten wins will more than prove who the man was this season!!!
PEACE! Kyle is still in the hunt but those bonus points he had are now essentially gone. It's a good thing he had those bonus points because if he had won 5 races instead of 8 he would be 11th in the standings and down by 100+ points. Kyle will be okay and remember he won at Dover in the Spring so chances are he will bounce back. However, Kyle has not had good luck in the Chase in the past. So we'll see how he responds at Dover and in the upcoming races. As always, YW Lenny. Report Abuse Hmm....Jimmie finished the Loudon race last year 39th, Kyle had his "mulligan"
He'll be okay. Jimmie did it in 2006 after crashing but I think the field is too competitive this year to catch up. Kyle may have 8 wins but the top 10 looks the same very week. I make this remark assumig at least 1 or the 12 won't use their mulligan. One can only hope. But, I am not counting him out yet.
Actually, it was 2006 when Jimmie finished poorly in a chase race. His worst finish during 2007 was 14th. He never used a single mulligan last year. He has had his mulligan, and I'm sure he will bounce right back, it was just the first race in the chase. Rowdy is not in big trouble unless this happens 2 weeks in a row. Then if I were a Rowdy fan, I'd be worried.
Go Dale Jr & Hms To tell you the truth I hate this whole chase thing anyways. I don't think Kyle is in any trouble yet but one more bad showing and I think it could turn on him. I am not a JR fan at all and I am sure this pleases all of you out there as I have been hearing about it all day at work. This chase thing is so unfair as these points would not have hurt him at all if he had the points lead going in. The chase SUCKS. Big trouble this week. Did you see the commitment cone he picked up on the front of his car on Sunday?
Remember last year Jimmie Johnson finished like 41(something like that) in the first race of the chase then came back and won the championship?
I don't think he is in big trouble really for the championship because the way he drives, he can come back. As long as his cars work and he has decent luck.
I don't know how big of trouble it will end up being but I don't know if the championship can be won this year after having such a poor finish. It's too bad, even though I'm not a fan of his, I would have liked to see how he could have done without having problems outside of his control. I think one or 2 drivers will make it through without having major problems. Last year Jeff and Jimmie basically averaged top 5 finishes for all 10 races and Clint was not far behind them.
edit: BTW, Jimmie finished 6th at Loudon in the first chase race last year. His worst finish of the 10, in 2007, was 14th.
3 STR8 N 08!!! Nope and only cause I never thought he was gonna win the championship anyways....GO JIMMIE GO!!!!!!! Hehehehe!! Denny loves Denny ain't that the truth!
I don't think Kyle is in big trouble, not yet anyway. It sure was an awful day for him though.
What I can say is....Gooooooo Junior! Ya-hooo!!
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Streets of Surfers Paradise
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I'll give it a go on the ones I think I know the answers to:
1. Juan Pablo Montoya I think.
5. Fernando Alonso, can't remember who else.
1. Which Italian GP was the shortest in terms of time? The first driver to cross the line took 1h 6m 50s.
2. Which driver won the most Italian GPs at Monza?
3. Who won the only Italian GP not held at Monza?
4. Which non-world champion started from pole on the most occasions in Italy?
5. How many of the current drivers have won the Italian GP?
6. Only two drivers have ever scored a half-point at an Italian GP. Who, when and why?
7. What was the "Ascari" Chicane called before it was renamed?
8. Who and what? http://anepicadventure.com/images/mMonza...
9. Who, what? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/c...
10. What car is this, and what was it's record in Italian GPs? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/grap...
11. What is this, and which years did it win the Italian GP? http://memoiresdestands.hautetfort.com/i...
12. What is this monstrosity turning into the Parabolica, which year is it from, and who is driving it? http://aycu09.webshots.com/image/44128/2... 1. I think I'm wrong. 1978, i got 1h7min 4 secs.
2. Schumacer 5 times
3. Nelson Piquet, held at Imola in 80.
4. Montoya, 3 times maybe
5. Barrichello, 02, 04. DC 1997. Alonso 07.
6.
7.Brucke?
8. Benz W196, Fangio
9. Gurney, Ferrari 246
10. Lotus 49, always either had pole or fastest lap in years entered?
11. Maserati 250F, 1956
12. Brabham BT33, Tim Schenken, 1971.. a beauty!
I'm giving it a go instead of being scared!
1) I tried really hard for this one and googled everything! grrr!
2 )Schumacher 5 (1996,98, 00, 03, 06)
3) Nelson Piquet Imola 1980
4) I'll go for Patrese! See 1)
5)3 Coulthard, Barrichello and Alonso
6) nope
7) nope
8) Fangio in this W196 Merc?
9) I don't know and wont pretend to!
10) Lotus, fastest ever finish???
11) I dont know but its beautiful i'll say late 50's
12) I don't know but its bloody ugly
