NASCAR Fans - Pick Your Top 5 for the BRICKYARD! (RESULTS page 4)

[ToriLammy]

It's Tuesday and it's that time of the week again to pull out the crystal ball and pick your top 5 and a spare for Indy.

Picks must be posted prior to the start of qualifying on Saturday at 11AM ET (it will air live on TNT). Saturday, oh yeah that's right they've done that before at Indy - just can't remember the reason

Bill Elliott will be driving the #91 Evernham car and attempting to qualify for the race. Rascal Flatts will be performing the Anthem for Sunday's race.

My picks:

1. #2 - Rusty Wallace (does well here, 2nd like almost every race, ready for a win)
2. #24 - Jeff Gordon (my experiment really seems to be paying off)
3. #48 - Jimmie Johnson (hard not to include him 15 top 10s and of those 14 of them are top 5s)
4. #18 - Bobby Labonte (deserves better finish after Pocono)
5. #29 - Kevin Harvick (won here last year)

Spare - #8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

By the way did you guys see this on Jayski about Johnson being fined by NASCAR....Helton said not to move the bottles - Johnson didn't. NASCAR is wrong IMO but then they've been wrong a lot lately.

'Bottle Gate' continues: NASCAR is expected to levy a fine as early as Tuesday, upwards of $15,000 to Nextel Cup driver Jimmie Johnson for placing a sign atop his #48 Lowe's Chevrolet and obscuring the view of a sponsor's product during Sunday's Victory Lane ceremonies at Pocono Raceway, ThatsRacin.com has learned. Following his win in Sunday's Pennsylvania 500 in Long Pond, Pa., Johnson exited his car and placed a Lowe's sign - Lowe's is the primary sponsor of Johnson's team - atop his car and in front of a large blue Powerade bottle. Powerade is an official sponsor of NASCAR. During the course of Victory Lane ceremonies, the Lowe's sign actually fell off the car, but was inexplicably picked up and replaced in its original position obscuring the Powerade bottle by NASCAR official Dave Finley, witnesses said. Hendrick Motorsports officials were notified Monday of a likely fine, sources said. Officials with Hendrick and NASCAR were unavailable for comment late Monday.
Two weeks ago during a pre-race drivers meeting at New Hampshire, NASCAR president Mike Helton had told drivers "do not take it upon yourselves to remove products" placed on cars as they come in for victory celebrations. Johnson did not remove or move the Powerade bottle Sunday, witnesses said. Many of the recent issues have mostly been with a the large, blue Powerade bottle placed atop winning cars that some drivers have pushed or even knocked off their cars. The drivers who do so have affiliations with Gatorade or with Pepsi, which owns Gatorade. Powerade is a Coca-Cola product. "You can maneuver away from it or work around it," Helton said at New Hampshire. "If that doesn't begin happening again, we will be forced to deal with it."
The fine for Johnson, the series points leader, would be the first for such issues this season. Johnson was asked about the Victory Lane incident Sunday night during his post-race winner's interview. Asked if he was told to touch or not touch any bottles in Victory Lane, Johnson replied, "No, I wasn't. I was a little more aware of camera angles to try to honor my sponsors and take care of them. I even took the liberty of putting a sign up in front of brand 'X'. It's weird that the driver - in Victory Lane - has to worry about defending and honoring your sponsor because of relationships that exist outside of your control. I hope we get this rectified and when you pull into Gatorade Victory Lane you're drinking Gatorade and that's all there is to it."(ThatsRacin.com)(8-3-2004)

 

[xABearx]

Brickyard picks for this week:

1) #20 - Stewart
2) #29 - Harvick
3) #24 - Gordon
4) #17 - Kenseth
5) #18 - Labonte

Spare #48 - Johnson


Have a great week and good luck !! Andy

 

[Galahad]

Don't really follow NASCAR so I know I'm intruding.....but I really hope John Andretti gets a ride for the Brickyard. Seems like a real class act and has done much recently for causes here in Indy.

 

[thelittlemermaid]

This is my first time picking so I am going to take a shot...

1) #20 - Stewart
2) #12 - Newman
3) #2- Wallace
4) #17 - Kenseth
5) #29- Harvick

Spare #8 Earnhardt Jr. Would really like to see Jr win it, but those burns have to be hurting him no matter what he says. I have had a second degree burn and it took a long time to heal and hurt the whole time no matter what I did.

Still remember watching the very first Brickyard back in 1994. I was watching it instead of getting ready for my wedding. LOL!!!
OOOPPPSSS!!!!

 

[xABearx]

Here's the latest on the JJ incident this past weekend.....


NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver Jimmie Johnson was fined $10,000 for a post-race incident that occurred Sunday in Victory Lane at Pocono Raceway, NASCAR officials announced today.

Johnson was fined for not following the directive of a NASCAR official as well as actions detrimental to stock car racing. He was in violation of Sections 12-2 and 12-4-A, respectively, of the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Rule Book.

"NASCAR President Mike Helton thoroughly explained the proper protocol for victory lane ceremonies in a drivers' meeting two weeks ago at New Hampshire," NASCAR spokesperson Jim Hunter said. "We're going to address these situations in an orderly fashion, just as we always have. We expect our drivers to follow this protocol."

 

[2bemarried]

1. Harvick (he really needs a win)
2. Johnson
3. Gordon
4. Newman
5. Kahne

spare: Jr.

 

[vald1977]

Here's my picks:

1.) Dale Jr. (hope he's able to race comfortably)
2.) Michael Waltrip
3.) Kasey Kahne
4.) Jeff Gordon
5.) Ryan Newman

spare: Jimmie Johnson

 

[Big Dude]

I still remember the 1995 Brickyard 400 when a certain #3 GM Goodwrench Monte Carlo visited victory lane. As far as the Johnson deal in victory lane, I just find this all so very funny and amusing. It won't be too long before each of the drivers gets out of their cars and immediately sits on the ground for the interview if their products are not on the roof of the car. I think fines are a joke because the sponsor will probably pay for it just because the driver made the effort to promote them. Anyway, my picks for the brickyard are:

1) #6 Martin

2) #9 Khane

3) #29 Harvick

4) #15 Waltrip

5) #8 Jr.

Spare will be #91 Awesome Bill From Dawsonville

Have a great week.

Adam aka Big Dude

 

[BabyTigger99]

My turn!

Stewart
Johnson
Gordon
Kahne
Mayfield

Spare Jr


I love Jr, but had to put him as my spare this week. I would love to see him have a good week.

Good luck all!!

 

[jrydberg]

1. #20 Tony Stewart
2. #24 Jeff Gordon
3. #2 Rusty Wallace
4. #42 Jamie McMurray
5. #88 Dale Jarrett

spare - #17 Matt Kenseth

 

[gdulaney]

Here are my picks for the Brickyard:

1) #48 - Johnson (Pepsi drinker)
2) #24 - Gordon (another Pepsi drinker)
3) #20 - Stewart (Coke drinker)
4) #29 - Harvick (Coke drinker)
5) #17 - Kenseth (Smirnoff Ice drinker)

Spare #38 - Sadler (Coke drinker)

I think that the drivers should be able to pull out a six pack, pop their butt on the hood, pull back the tab (their beverage of choice) and give their interview. I mean, wouldn't this be a great interview? JR sitting on the hood of his #8 DEI Budweiser Chevy, drinking a Budweiser, eating some Kentucky Fried Chicken and/or Taco Bell tacos, while wiping his face with a NAPA shop rag?

I'm not picking on JR...he was just the first one that I could remember so many of his sponsors. Probably cause I could go for a piece of fried chicken right about now.

Ginny

 

[ToriLammy]

I think punishing the 48 team for doing what Helton told them to do is BS. He said don't knock the bottles off - work around them. Well, the Lowes Team didn't knock them off, they found a creative way to work around them.

Adam, you are probably right about the sponsors paying the fine but still, it's silly for NASCAR to make such an issue of this. It's making it look like Powerade has been complaining and NASCAR is now stepping in to protect them. They are going overboard.

 

[ToriLammy]

Originally posted by thelittlemermaid


Still remember watching the very first Brickyard back in 1994. I was watching it instead of getting ready for my wedding. LOL!!!
OOOPPPSSS!!!!

Priorities, seems like you had them right

 

[DukeStreetKing]

1 - D. Earnhardt, Jr.
2 - J. Johnson
3 - J. Gordon
4 - M. Martin (he needs to do well here)
5 - K. Harvick

Spare:

R. Wallace

 

[shoes99]

Here are my picks:

1. #20 Stewart
2. #88 Jarrett
3. #48 Johnson
4. #29 Harvick
5. #9 Kahne
Spare: #24 Gordon

 

[PenskeSth1]

Here are my picks for the Brickyard

#2- Rusty- so close to many times
#12- Ryan
#41- Casey
#24 -Gordon
#88- D.J.

My spare will be #8 Jr.

 

[xABearx]

* bumping drafting to the front for the night crowd *

 

[Brer_Papa]

Brickyard picks.... after careful consideration...

which this week...was drawing numbers out of a hat....

1. #9 Khane

2. #24 J. Gordon

3. #48 J. Johnson

4. #19 Mayfield

5. #29 Harvick

spare this week is #38 Sadler

Enjoy the race everbody....and...GOOD LUCK!

 

[Fire14]

My picks:
Johnson
B. Labonte
T Stewart
K. Kahne
Sadler

Spare: B. Elliot

 

[momof2OH]

Here's my picks:

#8 Jr
#48 Johnson
#20 Stewart
#2 Wallace
#12 Newman

Spare: #15 Waltrip

Good Luck Everyone!!