NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? we're racin tonight!

The General · 05-09-08, 01:38 PM

I thought Nationwide was runnning but not CUP. A nice surprise for Sat night.

LIVE LEADERBOARD : Dodge Challenger 500

Darlington

Time Elapsed: 00:00:00

Leader: Casey Mears

Fastest Time: 27.676

Fastest Speed: 177.685

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Speed	Last Speed	Avg. Speed	Best Time	Last Time	Avg. Time

1	Casey Mears	25	177.685	177.685	172.305	27.676	27.68	28.540
2	Martin Truex Jr.	31	176.759	174.284	172.423	27.821	28.22	28.521
3	Robby Gordon	12	176.746	164.711	169.561	27.823	29.86	29.002
4	Jeff Gordon	25	175.817	174.532	170.720	27.970	28.18	28.805
5	Jimmie Johnson	18	175.509	171.920	172.484	28.019	28.60	28.510
6	David Gilliland	27	175.178	175.178	170.826	28.072	28.07	28.787
7	Denny Hamlin	22	174.804	174.284	167.840	28.132	28.22	29.299
8	Bobby Labonte	40	174.655	169.461	171.501	28.156	29.02	28.674
9	Elliott Sadler	47	174.463	167.882	171.047	28.187	29.29	28.750
10	Ryan Newman	56	174.352	166.557	170.501	28.205	29.52	28.842
11	Kurt Busch	47	174.315	172.088	171.751	28.211	28.58	28.632
12	Tony Stewart	49	174.296	169.953	170.831	28.214	28.94	28.786
13	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	29	174.284	173.246	172.505	28.216	28.38	28.507
14	Brian Vickers	40	174.284	170.507	170.155	28.216	28.84	28.901
15	Joe Nemechek	16	174.229	174.229	170.093	28.225	28.22	28.911
16	Kevin Harvick	33	174.222	171.938	170.633	28.226	28.60	28.820
17	Johnny Sauter	26	174.185	170.454	169.542	28.232	28.85	29.005
18	Travis Kvapil	26	174.154	173.834	172.059	28.237	28.29	28.581
19	David Reutimann	24	174.117	164.921	168.740	28.243	29.82	29.143
20	Sterling Marlin	17	174.031	174.031	170.215	28.257	28.26	28.891
21	Kyle Busch	23	174.031	171.980	171.885	28.257	28.59	28.610
22	Paul Menard	40	173.963	173.963	170.070	28.268	28.27	28.915
23	Kasey Kahne	62	173.908	173.908	169.957	28.277	28.28	28.934
24	Carl Edwards	47	173.804	169.713	170.664	28.294	28.98	28.815
25	A.J. Allmendinger	30	173.742	169.713	171.009	28.304	28.98	28.756
26	Greg Biffle	42	173.712	172.070	171.949	28.309	28.58	28.599
27	Dave Blaney	28	173.669	171.542	125.666	28.316	28.67	39.132
28	Michael McDowell	32	173.564	170.478	171.146	28.333	28.85	28.733
29	Juan Pablo Montoya	38	173.350	164.369	167.585	28.368	29.92	29.344
30	Jeff Burton	50	172.747	171.273	169.884	28.467	28.71	28.947
31	Jamie McMurray	38	172.644	169.520	169.136	28.484	29.01	29.075
32	Reed Sorenson	42	172.493	168.833	167.350	28.509	29.13	29.385
33	David Ragan	18	172.481	164.738	169.348	28.511	29.85	29.038
34	Michael Waltrip	26	172.408	169.257	170.498	28.523	29.05	28.843
35	Mark Martin	53	172.396	170.065	169.858	28.525	28.92	28.951
36	Jeff Green	23	172.396	168.227	169.274	28.525	29.23	29.051
37	Clint Bowyer	26	172.348	161.032	169.244	28.533	30.54	29.056
38	Kyle Petty	31	172.052	169.356	150.881	28.582	29.04	32.593
39	Sam Hornish Jr.	3	171.950	171.950	171.494	28.599	28.60	28.675
40	Regan Smith	27	171.938	170.750	166.400	28.601	28.80	29.553
41	Scott Riggs	48	171.824	165.749	168.626	28.620	29.67	29.163
42	Matt Kenseth	48	171.812	151.455	168.934	28.622	32.47	29.110
43	Patrick Carpentier	56	171.339	170.230	169.179	28.701	28.89	29.068
44	J.J. Yeley	44	170.946	168.723	167.874	28.767	29.15	29.293
45	Bill Elliott	47	170.614	163.451	166.451	28.823	30.09	29.544

Jeff Jones · 05-09-08, 02:05 PM

Isn't Darlington the NASCAR track about the size of a suburban cul-de-sac?

The General · 05-09-08, 02:09 PM

Very traditional, but so was NC Speedway which Andy Hillenburg bought and had an ARCA race last week with 2 more big events scheduled. The brass are liking the 1.5 ovals best. Yawn.

Nascar_Bobby · 05-09-08, 02:43 PM

It does seem stange they are racing on Mother's day weekend. I thought they did not race on Mother's day weekend. That tells you how much I know.

The General · 05-09-08, 02:51 PM

I think this is a new change from years past.

The General · 05-09-08, 04:10 PM

Pos	Driver	Laps	Best Speed	Last Speed	Avg. Speed	Best Time	Last Time	Avg. Time
1	Denny Hamlin	6	179.651	174.631	24.860	27.37	28.16	197.81
2	Kyle Busch	9	179.174	172.420	176.922	27.45	28.52	27.80
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	2	179.141	179.141	20.366	27.45	27.45	241.46
4	Kasey Kahne	8	178.731	176.296	177.343	27.51	27.89	27.73
5		4	178.510	178.510	172.986	27.55	27.55	28.43
6	Ryan Newman	11	178.258	178.258	177.052	27.59	27.59	27.78
7		9	178.096	173.528	175.086	27.61	28.34	28.09
8	Casey Mears	10	178.071	157.545	173.410	27.62	31.21	28.36
9		10	178.038	173.033	176.276	27.62	28.42	27.90
10	Kurt Busch	14	177.935	177.064	175.964	27.64	27.77	27.95
11		7	177.800	175.522	176.117	27.66	28.02	27.92
12	Sterling Marlin	3	177.601	177.601	176.323	27.69	27.69	27.89
13	Travis Kvapil	3	177.524	175.097	176.708	27.70	28.08	27.83
14	Tony Stewart	8	177.486	172.004	175.808	27.71	28.59	27.97
15		4	177.275	175.742	176.761	27.74	27.98	27.82
16	Bobby Labonte	9	177.064	171.154	174.620	27.77	28.73	28.16
17		6	176.968	176.037	176.281	27.79	27.94	27.90
18	David Reutimann	5	176.949	176.050	176.026	27.79	27.93	27.94
19	Regan Smith	11	176.784	174.068	100.184	27.82	28.25	49.09
20	Dave Blaney	2	176.701	176.701	3.513	27.83	27.83	1399.97
21	Jimmie Johnson	17	176.651	169.889	111.630	27.84	28.95	44.05
22	Kevin Harvick	17	176.277	176.144	173.015	27.90	27.92	28.42
23	Joe Nemechek	6	176.239	176.239	174.313	27.90	27.90	28.21
24		12	175.792	171.698	46.901	27.97	28.64	104.85
25		12	175.447	170.643	173.453	28.03	28.82	28.35
26	Kyle Petty	15	175.359	166.225	166.251	28.04	29.58	29.58
27		6	175.322	174.923	174.176	28.05	28.11	28.23
28	Robby Gordon	15	175.247	175.004	171.771	28.06	28.10	28.63
29	Patrick Carpentier	10	175.053	174.954	171.873	28.09	28.11	28.61
30		7	174.705	126.550	164.488	28.15	38.86	29.90
31	Greg Biffle	22	174.562	163.359	171.864	28.17	30.10	28.61
32		25	174.513	173.448	170.549	28.18	28.35	28.83
33		9	174.439	173.155	172.816	28.19	28.40	28.46
34		2	174.402	174.402	174.402	28.20	28.20	28.20
35	Michael McDowell	19	174.142	155.188	167.884	28.24	31.69	29.29
36	Carl Edwards	6	173.970	173.970	171.926	28.27	28.27	28.60
37		22	173.834	171.106	171.622	28.29	28.74	28.65
38	Bill Elliott	11	173.810	169.807	172.841	28.29	28.96	28.45
39	Jeff Green	13	173.522	173.210	89.732	28.34	28.39	54.80
40		18	173.027	173.027	169.072	28.42	28.42	29.09
41	Brian Vickers	9	173.003	172.857	172.032	28.42	28.45	28.58
42		21	172.984	172.578	171.609	28.43	28.50	28.66
43		12	172.125	171.130	170.753	28.57	28.74	28.80
44	Johnny Sauter	14	171.065	168.359	169.800	28.75	29.21	28.96

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The General · 05-09-08, 04:12 PM

WE HAVE NATIONWIDE RACING TONIGHT? 7 pm. HEK YES! YEE HAW!!

The General · 05-09-08, 05:50 PM

Quals on Speed , we're racin tonight. better than sex.

The General · 05-09-08, 06:37 PM

RACE LINEUP

Diamond Hill Plywood 200 | Darlington Raceway

May 9, 2008 | Race 12 of 35

POS	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	SPEED	TIME	BEHIND

1	60	Carl Edwards	Ford	Scotts Water Smart	176.994	27.784	Leader
2	2	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	BB&T	175.974	27.945	-0.161
3	20	Tony Stewart	Toyota	Old Spice	175.892	27.958	-0.174
4	64	David Stremme	Chevrolet	Atreus Homes & Communities	175.629	28.000	-0.216
5	32	Kyle Busch	Toyota	Beringer Vineyards	175.272	28.057	-0.273
6	29	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn Express	175.116	28.082	-0.298
7	1	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet	Miccosukee Resort & Gaming	175.016	28.098	-0.314
8	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	CitiFinancial	174.836	28.127	-0.343
9	6	David Ragan	Ford	Discount Tire	174.730	28.144	-0.360
10	47	Kelly Bires	Ford	Clorox	174.167	28.235	-0.451
11	40	Bryan Clauson*	Dodge	Fastenal	174.025	28.258	-0.474
12	12	Sam Hornish Jr.	Dodge	Penske Truck Rental	173.957	28.269	-0.485
13	88	Brad Keselowski	Chevrolet	U.S. Navy	173.908	28.277	-0.493
14	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	173.908	28.277	-0.493
15	103	Todd Bodine	Toyota	Germain Toyota	173.773	28.299	-0.515
16	9	Chase Miller*	Dodge	Motorola / Verizon	173.761	28.301	-0.517
17	33	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Camping World / RVs.com	173.675	28.315	-0.531
18	25	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Ford	Curly's	173.436	28.354	-0.570
19	38	Jason Leffler	Toyota	Great Clips	173.289	28.378	-0.594
20	59	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Kingsford Hickory Charcoal	172.772	28.463	-0.679
21	99	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron's Dream Machine	172.511	28.506	-0.722
22	27	Brad Coleman	Ford	Huggies Pull-Ups / Rite Aid	172.342	28.534	-0.750
23	30	Stanton Barrett	Chevrolet	SpeedRacerThe Movie.com	172.022	28.587	-0.803
24	7	Mike Wallace	Toyota	GEICO	171.578	28.661	-0.877
25	66	Steve Wallace	Chevrolet	Atreus Homes & Communities	171.464	28.680	-0.896
26	37	Burney Lamar	Ford	Greg Biffle Foundation	170.762	28.798	-1.014
27	28	Kenny Wallace	Chevrolet	U.S. Border Patrol	170.336	28.870	-1.086
28	89	Morgan Shepherd	Dodge	Victory In Jesus	170.130	28.905	-1.121
29	111	Jason Keller	Chevrolet	America's Incredible Pizza Company	169.906	28.943	-1.159
30	4	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	JVC	169.631	28.990	-1.206
31	91	Terry Cook	Chevrolet	MSRP Motorsports	168.163	29.243	-1.459
32	90	Johnny Chapman	Chevrolet	MSRP Motorsports	167.808	29.305	-1.521
33	81	D.J. Kennington	Dodge	MC2 Energy Drink	166.506	29.534	-1.750
34	331	Kenny Hendrick	Chevrolet	GrandStay.net	166.276	29.575	-1.791
35	246	Carl Long	Dodge	Southeastern Outdoor Products / Red Line Oil	165.654	29.686	-1.902
36	161	Kevin Lepage	Ford	Specialty Racing	165.325	29.745	-1.961
37	01	Kertus Davis	Chevrolet	RaceGirl	165.292	29.751	-1.967
38	0	Danny Efland	Chevrolet	Lori Morgan	165.270	29.755	-1.971
39	52	Brad Teague	Chevrolet	Truck Service	164.782	29.843	-2.059
40	22	Ruben Pardo	Dodge	Supercuts	164.002	29.985	-2.201
41	102	Andy Ponstein	Chevrolet	Stott Classic Racing.com	163.549	30.068	-2.284
42	24	Eric McClure+	Chevrolet	Hefty	161.317	30.484	-2.700
43	84	Mike Harmon	Chevrolet	Lowcountry Coaches / Cracker Barrel	161.413	30.466	-2.682

Did Not Qualify
44	05	Brett Rowe	Chevrolet	31-W Insulation / CertainTeed	108.117	45.484	-17.700
45	18	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	Farm Bureau Insurance	-	-	-

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Jeff Jones · 05-09-08, 06:50 PM

Diamond Hill Plywood 200...?

I couldn't even have made that up.

diggin'4gold · 05-09-08, 07:06 PM

I just got top row seats for Tampon 300 next week.....

I had to pull some strings, but it was worth it.

The General · 05-09-08, 07:09 PM

I'm getting the headset out we're close

Black Bart · 05-09-08, 07:11 PM

They gave Darlington this date (Mother's Day Eve?) when they took the traditional Labor Day weekend away from that track and g

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Jeff Jones EOG Gadfly/Curmudgeon Join Date: Aug 27, 2007 Location: The South Strip Posts: 3,594	Re: NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? Isn't Darlington the NASCAR track about the size of a suburban cul-de-sac?

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The General Another Day, Another Dollar Join Date: Jul 19, 2005 Location: A real precarious world..... Posts: 53,110	Re: NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? Very traditional, but so was NC Speedway which Andy Hillenburg bought and had an ARCA race last week with 2 more big events scheduled. The brass are liking the 1.5 ovals best. Yawn.

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Nascar_Bobby EOG Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 15, 2007 Posts: 231	Re: NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? It does seem stange they are racing on Mother's day weekend. I thought they did not race on Mother's day weekend. That tells you how much I know.

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The General Another Day, Another Dollar Join Date: Jul 19, 2005 Location: A real precarious world..... Posts: 53,110	Re: NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? I think this is a new change from years past.

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The General Another Day, Another Dollar Join Date: Jul 19, 2005 Location: A real precarious world..... Posts: 53,110	Re: NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? we're racin tonight! I'm getting the headset out we're close

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Black Bart EOG Senior Member Join Date: Aug 21, 2005 Posts: 359	Re: NASCAR PRACTICE. I thought they were off on Mothers Day WEEKEND? we're racin tonight! They gave Darlington this date (Mother's Day Eve?) when they took the traditional Labor Day weekend away from that track and g