Turning Left at Talladega

[Georgia Griz]

Any guesses on the winner this weekend? I'm taking my brother to his first NASCAR event and I've assured him that Mikey will be on Victory Lane. He wouldn't buy it.

My top 5 finishers:
1. J. Gordon
2. B. Labonte
3. J. Johnson
4. K. Kahne
5. M. Waltrip

[polsongrizz]

Any guesses on the winner this weekend? I'm taking my brother to his first NASCAR event and I've assured him that Mikey will be on Victory Lane. He wouldn't buy it.

My top 5 finishers:
1. J. Gordon
2. B. Labonte
3. J. Johnson
4. K. Kahne
5. M. Waltrip
I have to say that Hendrick is looking better at the restrictor plater races but I don" think you can count dei just yet. List looks good but unfortunately I would also throw in Jr.

[mlbowl]

Well, I figure if I keep saying it, eventually it'll happen......Mark Martin in the 6 car

[polsongrizz]

Not that they matter but here are the top ten prctice speeds...


1 #10 Scott Riggs 188.719 50.742 Leader
2 #24 Jeff Gordon 188.289 50.858 -0.116
3 #38 Elliott Sadler 188.100 50.909 -0.167
4 #21 Ricky Rudd 187.897 50.964 -0.222
5 #97 Kurt Busch 187.651 51.031 -0.289
6 #136 Boris Said 187.599 51.045 -0.303
7 #77 Travis Kvapil* 187.529 51.064 -0.322
8 #48 Jimmie Johnson 187.452 51.085 -0.343
9 #01 Joe Nemechek 187.320 51.121 -0.379
10 #11 Jason Leffler

http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2005/9/data/practice1_speeds.html

[polsongrizz]

Well, I figure if I keep saying it, eventually it'll happen......Mark Martin in the 6 car
Martin has won twice.

[polsongrizz]

Gordon-3x
waltrip-1x
Jr-5x

http://www.nascar.com/kyn/nbtn/cup/data/tracks/tal_winners.html

[grizbeer]

Any guesses on the winner this weekend? I'm taking my brother to his first NASCAR event and I've assured him that Mikey will be on Victory Lane. He wouldn't buy it.

The winner will be: your brother :D seriously, Kurt Busch for 2 in a row

[saint0917]

I'm going with my man Dale Jarrett, it's time for him to get that Brown Truck in the winners circle

[LacesOut]

You're going??? Oh man, I would love to see a restrictor plate race. I only get to see the Dover, DE, race two times a year.

1) #24
2) #15
3) #8
4) #48
5) #16

[Georgia Griz]

You're going??? Oh man, I would love to see a restrictor plate race. I only get to see the Dover, DE, race two times a year.

1) #24
2) #15
3) #8
4) #48
5) #16

I think that I like your list better than mine.

[TexasTerror]

Never wrong going with Waltrip in a restrictor car race. Never wrong at all...

Jeff Gordon is using his backup restrictor car cause he won Daytona and that #1 car is at DaytonaUSA. Gordon knows how to do restrictor-car racing and should be top five without fail.

[Hansel]

I'm going with Ku Busch

and hopefully somebody takes out R. Gordon and Stewart

[polsongrizz]

I'm going with Ku Busch

and hopefully somebody takes out R. Gordon and Stewart


Rank Car Driver
1 29 Kevin Harvick
2 24 Jeff Gordon
3 38 Elliott Sadler
4 10 Scott Riggs
5 12 Ryan Newman
6 48 Jimmie Johnson
7 21 Ricky Rudd
8 07 Dave Blaney
9 77 Travis Kvapil
10 97 Kurt Busch

Starting grid is above, Jr-36th, Waltrip-38th. R. Gordon didn't make the cut. ;) ;)

[Hansel]

DOHHH... meant J. Gordon

[polsongrizz]

DOHHH... meant J. Gordon
;) Too bad, starting in the #2 spot. :rolleyes: :D

[Hansel]

Wow- that was a big wreck

[polsongrizz]

Yeah. looks like everyones hero was the cause of it. JR. :eek:

[Hansel]

not my hero- and I agree it was JR's fault, and he came out of it clean <)

[polsongrizz]

What cracks me up is how they keep saying it looks like jr bumped him into the 48. then say but it was no ones fault.HHHMMM

[Georgia Griz]

What cracks me up is how they keep saying it looks like jr bumped him into the 48. then say but it was no ones fault.HHHMMM

It was a great race (restrictor plate races always are for the fans), and my brother enjoyed it tremendously. "The Big One" happened right in front of us, and it did appear to be Earnhardt's fault. But, of course, you're not going to get 70% of the crowd to admit that. That was Jr.'s fan percentage. Talladega is definitely fan friendly for the #8 car. But, the remaining 30% are certainly Gordon fans, and they enjoyed the results! He definitely deserved the win, and his teammate Johnson deserved a better fate. But, believe it or not, the grandstands got the loudest when Waltrip took a very short-lived lead with only about 8 laps to go. I felt good about it, me being a fan of the #15 car, until I realized it was probably just the Earnhardt fans cheering for the teammate to beat Gordon. Honestly, I felt that Waltrip got out of line, and good position, to slide back and help Junior on several occasions Sunday. And what did Earnhardt do when he got the help? Used the draft from the #15 car to push his way up into the field, and then left Mikey hanging out to dry. I don't know if that is what happened, but it did appear to go down like that. I lost a lot of respect for the #8 car at Talladega this weekend.