NASCAR Cup Round 12: Coca Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway

fieldodreams79 · 25 May 2011, 20:50 (Ref:2885877)

Not to be confused with Lowe's MS and the WORLD 600, of course.

Memorial Day weekend has brought us that open wheel race from the mid west and the longest stockcar race of the year on the same day. An endurance event for any race fan and sometimes, add the Monaco GP to get the greatest single day in motor racing, IMHO.

Jayski

Track opens for the Cup teams tomorrow with practice and q'ing set for that afternoon and evening, respectively. Not sure why, but on Friday, there is no track activity whatsoever.

Storms are possible before the weekend but Sunday is looking sunny and warm.

Green Flag set for approximately Sunday at 615EST.

Always a great event...let's hope for a little better show at Charlotte than during the AllStar bore.

fieldodreams79 · 25 May 2011, 20:51 (Ref:2885879)

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2011 Sprint Cup Driver Championship Points Standings:
[after Dover, race 11 of 36]:
rank, car#, driver, points, behind
1) #99-Carl Edwards [1 win], 416
2) #48-Jimmie Johnson [1 win], 392, -24
3) #18-Kyle Busch [2 wins], 379, -37
4) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 364, -52
5) #29-Kevin Harvick [2 wins], 362, -54
6) #17-Matt Kenseth [2 wins], 342, -74
7) #39-Ryan Newman, 340, -76
8) #33-Clint Bowyer, 336, -80
9) #22-Kurt Busch, 336, -80
10) #14-Tony Stewart, 328, -88
wild cards
11) #5-Mark Martin, 324, -92 [11th in points]
12) #24-Jeff Gordon [1 win], 299, -117 [14th in points]

from Jayski

fieldodreams79 · 27 May 2011, 00:51 (Ref:2886490)

Between Kimi and Kyle, I think we forgot a race is going to be run....

FULL LINEUP

Brad K is on the pole with AJ Allmendinger outside. Great start for the dinger and the 43 team!

Also great quali for Ricky Stenhouse Jr in the Wood Brothers 21; starting in the 9th position. They had some good practice speeds too.

Andy Lally, TJ Bell, Scott Wimmer, Tony Raines and Scott Riggs DNQ.

fieldodreams79 · 28 May 2011, 12:26 (Ref:2887076)

I hope this race, and the others on Sunday, are epic.

I am going off grid for the weekend, so enjoy the races.

DavyC412 · 30 May 2011, 02:59 (Ref:2887912)

wow its been a day of last lap finishes.

though it felt like NASCAR tried to engineer a win for jr. there by not throwing a caution after the restart.

St00ge · 30 May 2011, 03:12 (Ref:2887916)

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Originally Posted by DavyC412

wow its been a day of last lap finishes.

though it felt like NASCAR tried to engineer a win for jr. there by not throwing a caution after the restart.

Agree on the Jnr call, they were quick draw all night on the yellows yet Dale out the front they let it go....

Now don't get me wrong I rather they let them go more often but they need to be consistent....

Good run by Ambrose up the front most of the night, shame he got off sync with 60 laps to go and had to pit early..

Axeman444 · 30 May 2011, 03:27 (Ref:2887920)

fixed a tyre vibration though, could have been worse if he didn't pit. But imagine if he didn't have to, where would he have been at the end? Prob the same type of fuel mileage as Kenseth though...

MJ_N_09 · 30 May 2011, 05:35 (Ref:2887940)

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Originally Posted by DavyC412

wow its been a day of last lap finishes.

though it felt like NASCAR tried to engineer a win for jr. there by not throwing a caution after the restart.

That was karma with the Jr thing IMO

Nascar was unable to get it to happen.

**gomick** · 30 May 2011, 07:59 (Ref:2887985)

No sympathy for Jnr, he sais himself they would have stolen it plus he wasnt the only one to run out of fuel...
Another good drive by Mr Ambrose - think he has the hang of this NASCAR now

bluesport · 31 May 2011, 01:36 (Ref:2888480)

What was Ambrose final position, was it 6th?

Axeman444 · 31 May 2011, 01:39 (Ref:2888481)

yep

**gomick** · 31 May 2011, 06:54 (Ref:2888503)

1st time in his NASCAR career that Ambrose has 2 top 6 (top 10) finishes in a row!!!

Outside chance for the chase - no reason he cant win both road course races this year. RPM are doing well after there off-season drama's...

JHamilton · 31 May 2011, 21:44 (Ref:2889055)

I made it through the race until the last 30 minutes and passed out dammit. That was a long day... I don't think I missed too much though.

Paradise City · 31 May 2011, 22:58 (Ref:2889090)

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Originally Posted by DavyC412

though it felt like NASCAR tried to engineer a win for jr. there by not throwing a caution after the restart.

That's exactly what they attempted.

It's a shame because he's not a bad lad that deserves not a win but a fair result with his upswing in form but all they do is make a complete ass of him when they tried that.

Good to see the Petty cars in the hunt.

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