Yeah T I did well with 4 of them but Smoke killed my chances of a good finish.

My team was doing great, until the last few laps. Then Montoya runs out of fuel

I've only taken Danica in plate races but I really thought she might show some expertise on a road course .....maybe the heavier car and the beatin' and bangin' isn't her style . She was pretty bad ......good thing I resisted .

T

The first road course with the new Gen 6 cars.. Who would have thought all this mayhem would have happened???? The Toyota's were not under stress from high speed and most of them ran well...

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Another pair of night races coming up. This week; the Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Kentucky Speedway Saturday Night at 7:30.

Next week: Saturday Night at Daytona....

Remember - if you want to see your overall positions, you have to go look at the ESPN league page - these are only the positions for this week.

W8JY had ALL of his drivers finish in the top TWELVE!!!


I had Danica and Truex... Truex finished first, Danica went backwards to finish 29th

My congrats to W8JY whoever he or she is.

Lineup for Saturday night

1 Dale Earnhardt Jr 88 Chevrolet National Guard Youth Foundation
2 Carl Edwards 99 Ford UPS
3 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet Lowe's Dover White
4 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Doublemint
5 Marcos Ambrose 9 Ford Mac Tools
6 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota FedEx Office
7 Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet Quicken Loans
8 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Miller Lite
9 Brian Vickers 55 Toyota Aaron's / University of Louisville National Championship
10 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Chevrolet Target
11 Joey Logano 22 Ford Shell-Pennzoil
12 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet Drive To End Hunger
13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 17 Ford Fifth Third Bank
14 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet Utility Trailers
15 Clint Bowyer 15 Toyota 30th Camry Anniversary
16 Matt Kenseth 20 Toyota Dollar General
17 AJ Allmendinger 47 Toyota Scott Products
18 Aric Almirola 43 Ford Eckrich
19 Martin Truex Jr 56 Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
20 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 3M National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
21 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet Quaker State
22 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet Budweiser
23 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet Hellmann's
24 Paul Menard 27 Chevrolet Menards / Sylvania
25 Tony Stewart 14 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops
26 Austin Dillon 51 Chevrolet Alsco
27 Kurt Busch 78 Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing-Sealy
28 David Stremme 30 Toyota Lean 1
29 Danica Patrick 10 Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
30 Landon Cassill 33 Chevrolet Little Joe's Autos
31 Casey Mears 13 Ford Valvoline NextGen
32 Dave Blaney 7 Chevrolet Sany
33 Michael McDowell 98 Ford Phil Parsons Racing
34 David Gilliland 38 Ford Long John Silver's
35 J.J. Yeley 36 Chevrolet United Mining Equipment
36 David Reutimann 83 Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper
37 Josh Wise 35 Ford MDS Transport
38 David Ragan 34 Ford Taco Bell
39 Mike Bliss 19 Toyota Plinker Tactical
40 Travis Kvapil 93 Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper
41 Joe Nemechek 87 Toyota
42 Ken Schrader 32 Ford Federated Auto Parts
43 Scott Riggs 44 Ford No Label

I noticed that Kyle Petty has recently commented that Danica is NOT a real racer ......as in, qualifies pretty good but can't back it up in the race . Fortunately , Kyle admitted that he himself was just a "journeyman driver " . He got that right .

I didn't expect Danica to do very well in Winston ...er , Sprint Cup . But she has been more competitive than what I thought she would be . Danica is very diminutive to begin with , and wrestling around a comparatively heavy race car takes a lot of strength I would think . Most of the other guys are pretty athletic looking , so I think the sport requires a lot of strength and stamina that Danica just can't match . I do respect her obvious talent ...just think she is over her head .......and laughing all the way to the bank with her popularity .

T

teejay Wrote:I noticed that Kyle Petty has recently commented that Danica is NOT a real racer ......as in, qualifies pretty good but can't back it up in the race . Fortunately , Kyle admitted that he himself was just a "journeyman driver " . He got that right .

I didn't expect Danica to do very well in Winston ...er , Sprint Cup . But she has been more competitive than what I thought she would be . Danica is very diminutive to begin with , and wrestling around a comparatively heavy race car takes a lot of strength I would think . Most of the other guys are pretty athletic looking , so I think the sport requires a lot of strength and stamina that Danica just can't match . I do respect her obvious talent ...just think she is over her head .......and laughing all the way to the bank with her popularity .

T

Strictly speaking, Kyle had no real right to say that in the first place, for the reasons you mentioned above It was just plain crass on his part....

With that in mind, Yes, I agree with:
She has been more competitive than what I thought she would be. ---- Yes, I'm pleasantly surprised too

Danica is very diminutive to begin with , and wrestling around a comparatively heavy race car takes a lot of strength I would think. ---- It does! Kenny Wallace and DW were saying that exact thing when Danica first moved to NASCAR. The cars are heavier and harder to steer even harder than Nationwide, let alone Indy.

Most of the other guys are pretty athletic looking , so I think the sport requires a lot of strength and stamina that Danica just can't match . I do respect her obvious talent ...just think she is over her head. -- In complete agreement - she should have spent a few more years in Nationwide, and I was actually hoping she would try the trucks.. She may have even won there... the trucks are an entirely diferent animal

Well , 2 guys good , 3 guys junk ....pretty much the story of my Nascar pool so far ......about to give up on Hamlin , don't know if his problem is physical or between the ears .

T

My guys sucked this week as well.

2 good and 3 bad for me too wow!!!

Looks like It's that W8JY Guy again All 5 of his drivers finished 13 or better!! I'm going to have to borrow his dart board!

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Time for Daytona again!! Saturday Night Racing for the Coke Zero 400 at 7:30
Everyone have a safe and happy Independence Day!!!!

Ah , good old Daytona coming up next . ESPN should have a 1000 point bonus if you guess what lap the " Big One " occurs . ( notice I didn't say IF )

T

Yeah - I thought of that too --- maybe it'll happen at the BACK of the pack?? maybe??? you think?!?!?!?!