NASCAR FANS - Pick Your Top 5 for Richmond

[Jet88]

LOL, thanks Tori, I'm glad it won't cause any confusion. I doubt if "Gette88" is doing very good in the points anyway.

 

[Big Dude]

NO NO NO>>>> This JET88 is an imposter!!! If she finishes ahead of me I will protest to the SUPREME court!!!!

Just kidding!!!! I hope she wins this week as long as Junior wins the race!!!

On a sad note, a 10 year old lost his life on Monday to Leukemia (PS I hate Cancer with a passion). He lived across the street from me. I coached him in tee-ball. Cancer SUCKS!!!! Please keep his family in your thoughts or prayers!!!!

Adam aka Big Dude

 

[Jet88]

Oh Adam, I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor. His family will be in my prayers.

On a lighter note atleast everyone knows how to pronounce Jet. Gette is pronounced the same but most people thought it was Getty.

 

[gdulaney]

Adam,
I'm sorry to hear about your neighbor. My prayers are with you and his family.

Ginny

 

[Brer_Papa]

Sorry to hear about your neighbor Big Dude.....his family is in my prayers....

 

[Lanshark]

Big Dude, thoughts and prayers are with the family


1. Jeff Gordon
2. Stewart
3. Rusty
4. Johnson
5. Busch

 

[ToriLammy]

NASCAR is holding a press conference this morning (sometime between 8:30 and 9:30AM Eastern) to announce next year's schedule. Gone is Rockingham, added Texas and Phoenix.

http://www.nascar.com/2004/news/headlines/cup/05/13/bc.car..nascar.schedule.ap/index.html

Jayski has a mock 2005 schedule on his website. It's kind of interesting and will be fun to see how close he is to getting it right.

Don't forget qualifying today at 3:10PM ET so get your picks in.

Big Dude - Prayers for you and your friends' family.

 

[Muushka]

I hate that Rockingham is gone from the schedule. Oye!

Here are our picks:
1. #8
2. #12
3. #9
4. #48
5. #24

Spare #15

 

[xABearx]

Well the conference has just ended on XM, here's the schedule for next year from Jayski's site:


Official 2005 Nextel Cup schedule

ThatsRacin.com Report


February
13 - Bud Shootout
20 - Daytona
27 - California

March
6 - Open
13 - Las Vegas
20 - Atlanta
27 - Open date (Easter).

April
3 - Bristol
10 - Martinsville
17 - Texas
23 - Phoenix

May
1 - Talladega
7 - Darlington (night)
14 - Richmond (night)
21 - All-Star Challenge at Charlotte (night)
29 - Charlotte (night)

June
5 - Dover
12 - Pocono
19 - Michigan
26 - Sonoma

July
2 - Daytona (night)
10 - Chicagoland
17 - New Hampshire
24 - Pocono
31 - Open

August
7 - Indianapolis
14 - Watkins Glen
21 - Michigan
27 - Bristol (night)

September
4 - California (night)
10 - Richmond (night)

Chase for The Championship events

September
18 - Loudon
25 - Dover

October
2 - Talladega
9 - Kansas
15 - Charlotte (night)
23 - Martinsville
30 - Atlanta

November
6 - Texas
13 - Phoenix
20 - Homestead-Miami

 

[ToriLammy]

Qualifying order:

1 #12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL
2 #30 Johnny Sauter* Chevrolet America Online
3 #4 Jimmy Spencer Chevrolet Morgan-McClure
4 #32 Ricky Craven Chevrolet Tide
5 #88 Dale Jarrett Ford UPS
6 #21 Ricky Rudd Ford Motorcraft/U.S. Air Force
7 #49 Ken Schrader Dodge Schwan's Home Service
8 #17 Matt Kenseth Ford DeWalt Power Tools
9 #6 Mark Martin Ford Viagra
10 #38 Elliott Sadler Ford M&M's
11 #09 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Dodge Miccosukee Gaming & Resorts
12 #89 Morgan Shepherd Dodge Voyles/Carter's Royal Dispos-all
13 #50 Derrike Cope Dodge Arnold Development Companies
14 #43 Jeff Green Dodge Cheerios/Betty Crocker
15 #25 Brian Vickers* Chevrolet GMAC Financial Services
16 #9 Kasey Kahne* Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW
17 #77 Brendan Gaughan* Dodge Kodak/Jasper Engines
18 #29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet GM Goodwrench
19 #20 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Home Depot
20 #01 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet U.S. Army
21 #18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
22 #7 Dave Blaney Dodge Ultra Motorsports
23 #40 Sterling Marlin Dodge Coors Light
24 #2 Rusty Wallace Dodge Miller Lite
25 #22 Scott Wimmer* Dodge Caterpillar
26 #0 Ward Burton Chevrolet NetZero HiSpeed
27 #48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's
28 #10 Scott Riggs* Chevrolet Valvoline
29 #5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Kellogg's
30 #97 Kurt Busch Ford IRWIN Industrial Tools/Sharpie
31 #172 Kirk Shelmerdine Ford 2nd Chance Race Parts
32 #31 Robby Gordon Chevrolet Cingular Wireless
33 #198 Todd Bodine Ford Lucas Oil Products
34 #194 Stanton Barrett Chevrolet W.W. Motorsports
35 #280 Randy LaJoie Ford Hover Motorsports
36 #24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont
37 #02 Hermie Sadler Chevrolet Jenkins & Jenkins/Cellular One
38 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Budweiser
39 #19 Jeremy Mayfield Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW
40 #99 Jeff Burton Ford Roundup FastAct
41 #45 Kyle Petty Dodge Georgia Pacific/Brawny
42 #16 Greg Biffle Ford National Guard
43 #42 Jamie McMurray Dodge Texaco/Havoline
44 #41 Casey Mears Dodge Target
45 #15 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet NAPA Auto Par

 

[2bemarried]

yikes....just making it in again this week.

1. Jr
2. Gordon
3. Newman
4. Harvick
5. Kahne

Spare: Jarrett

Now who's wants to bet that b/c I put Kahn in 5th he'll actually win this one?

 

[xABearx]

Here's the line up for tomorrow nights race:

1 #25 Brian Vickers
2 #12 Ryan Newman
3 #43 Jeff Green
4 #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
5 #48 Jimmie Johnson
6 #31 Robby Gordon
7 #2 Rusty Wallace
8 #01 Joe Nemechek
9 #41 Casey Mears
10 #16 Greg Biffle
11 #19 Jeremy Mayfield
12 #6 Mark Martin
13 #24 Jeff Gordon
14 #38 Elliott Sadler
15 #0 Ward Burton
16 #10 Scott Riggs
17 #99 Jeff Burton
18 #15 Michael Waltrip
19 #5 Terry Labonte
20 #29 Kevin Harvick
21 #32 Ricky Craven
22 #45 Kyle Petty
23 #97 Kurt Busch
24 #7 Dave Blaney
25 #22 Scott Wimmer
26 #09 Bobby Hamilton Jr.
27 #18 Bobby Labonte
28 #20 Tony Stewart
29 #17 Matt Kenseth
30 #21 Ricky Rudd
31 #88 Dale Jarrett
32 #40 Sterling Marlin
33 #02 Hermie Sadler
34 #49 Ken Schrader
35 #30 Johnny Sauter
36 #198 Todd Bodine
37 #42 Jamie McMurray
38 #4 Jimmy Spencer
39 #9 Kasey Kahne
40 #77 Brendan Gaughan
41 #50 Derrike Cope
42 #89 Morgan Shepherd
43 #280 Randy LaJoie

Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoy the race ..... Andy

 

[ToriLammy]

Originally posted by 2bemarried
Now who's wants to bet that b/c I put Kahn in 5th he'll actually win this one?

Hard to say, Kasey doesn't like short tracks and after qualifying yesterday and hitting the wall, Kasey may hate short tracks even more than he did before Then again, a lot of drivers come back from that kind of problem and do win the race. I'm still holding out for Gordon to get his 3rd in a row though

How about Kyle and his first Busch win last night? He lead 236 laps of 250 - wow. Biffle said during his interview (he came in 2nd) that he could have put a bumper to him but didn't want to win that way. Said Harvick told him that he's getting soft in his old age. Too funny.

And speaking of Harvick - how many of you watched NASCAR Drivers 360 last night? It was actually better than I thought it was going to be. The Kenny Wallace parts were great, funny, sweet and even sad but it really showed how much racing means to Kenny. Sometimes because he is such a clown you don't get that impression. I loved the scenes with his daughter, especially when she was being lectured about driving to the Rock - don't stop -pee in cup....are some parents really that paranoid? And I'll bet Kevin is really happy with the 2005 schedule - no more Rockingham. He really gave the impression last night that he hates that track. The Rusty parts were pretty cool too, I didn't know he flew his own plane. I hope the series follows him through his win, it would be nice to see that.

Don't forget race starts tonight at 7:30PM Eastern and it's on FX this week. If you don't get FX join me in the NASCAR chat room where we'll keep you updated on how the race is going.

 

[Muushka]

What the heck is up with Tony Stewart?? Did everyone hear his pre-race interview and what he said about Darrel Waltrip?? I could not believe my ears. So disrespectful. I am not a fan of Jaws, but that was just not right.

Looks like Tony is going back down that road again.....

 

[Lanshark]

Congrats to Jr!

Stewart was pretty obnoxious on both the pre race and post race interviews. No offense to any Stewart fans. Normally I like him but not tonight

 

[palmtreegirl]

Originally posted by Muushka
What the heck is up with Tony Stewart?? Did everyone hear his pre-race interview and what he said about Darrel Waltrip?? I could not believe my ears. So disrespectful. I am not a fan of Jaws, but that was just not right.

Looks like Tony is going back down that road again.....

I think he's a total moron who needs to learn to shut his mouth and I don't even like Darryl Waltrip either!

My 7 year old use to love Tony Stewart, for the past 3 years but he lost her this season. She actually turned to me and said why is Tony Stewart being so rude? Nice way to be behave Tony when even a 7 year old questions your manners.

 

[ToriLammy]

Congrats to our newbie - Cinderellafifi - nice job! Her first time picking and she had 5 drivers in the top 6.

Congrats to Jr and his fans!

Not sure what Stewart was thinking - his comments both before and after the race were kind of embarassing.

Here's how the rest of us did.

1. Cinderellafifi >>>>>>>> 3.2
2. Big Dude >>>>>>>>>> 4
3. gette88/jet88 >>>>>>>6.4
4. Vald1977 >>>>>>>>>> 8.6
5. XABearX >>>>>>>>>> 8.8
6. Princessariel >>>>>>>>9
7. Muuska >>>>>>>>>> 9.2
8. gdulaney >>>>>>>>>> 9.4
tie Penskesth1 >>>>>>>>9.4
9. WendyZ >>>>>>>>>> 9.8
10. Brer Papa >>>>>>>>>>10
11. NC Belle >>>>>>>>>> 10.2
tie Shoes99 >>>>>>>>>> 10.2
12. Momof2OH >>>>>>>>> 10.4
13. Lanshark >>>>>>>>>> 11.8
14. Fire 14 >>>>>>>>>>> 12
15. 2beMarried >>>>>>>>13.8
tie WDWLvr >>>>>>>>>> 13.8
16. ToriLammy >>>>>>>>>14.4 (Remind me that I said I'd never pick Nemecheck again....I'm a jinx to that man and his car. Terry too. Kick me the next time I do it.)

 

[WDWLVR]

Congrats to Jr. and to Cinderellafifi.

Tony needs an attitude adjustment big time!

 

[princessariel]

CONGRATULATIONS CINDERELLAFIFI!!! And WELCOME!

We didn't watch the race.... forgot!!!

 

[gdulaney]

Congrats Cinderellafifi!!!

I didn't see Tony's post-race interview, but I did see the pre-race one and please don't flame me...but am I the only one thinks that if I were Tony and folks continued to use their position on TV to single me out and talk about how I was doing my job...well, I think I might like to get a swipe or two back. Professional? Hmm, well, probably not. But most of lose our temper (even at work) and say something we regret....it's just our snipes aren't usually captured on TV. I am a DW fan, but seeing him continue to pick on Tony (with Mike Joy and Larry Mac adding fuel to the fire) for the last month does get old. It was kinda nice to see DW speechless for once. Maybe he realized that enough is enough. It seemed like his half-hearted attempt to retort ("I'll just be like Tony and say you guys are picking on me") didn't have the same bite as some of the earlier stuff. Folks just need to remember that Dale, the Alabama Gang, and plenty of other great racers used to "race rough". That said, I'm probably gonna be dodging the flying veggies and fruit. Tons of love for DW, Tony, Rusty, etc.... hope next week is bit more calm.

Ginny