Sunday, September 14, 2008

Sylvania 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire

Qualifying having been rained out, today's rain has subsided for now, and the field has been set by driver points.

Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards leads the field to the green flag start of the Sylvania 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire and by lap 5, Ewards takes the lead from Busch and pulls away.

Lap 10: 99, 07, 20, 18, 88, 24, 48, 31, 16 & 11

Lap 20: There's thought that Kyle Busch's car has issues... possible sway bar broken as the car rolls pretty badly. The LF is lifting way up in the corners compared to the other cars... dropping back spots every lap. While we're looking at this, the No. 20 Toyota moves into 2nd. The 18 team is waiting for the competition yellow at lap 35.

HOF racing car No. 96 with Joey Lagano was almost put a lap down just before the lap 35 competition yellow. Kyle Busch is 26th. The No. 18 car came into the pits while closed. They need the time to work on it. They change tires and he's away to do a circuit before getting more work done.

Lap 41 restart: 99, 20, 48 11 2

Kyle Busch will be down 2 laps due to a 1 lap penalty for running a lap and passing cars.. I think they said. The sway bar bolt was broken but he is still having problems.

Lap 55: 99, 48, 20, 2 & 11.

Lap 75: 48, 20, 2, 99, 88, 11, 07, 16, 31 & 9 lead the pack. The 18 car is 43rd, 2 laps down.

Lap 82: The 26, 6 and 18 cars have been in a wreck.

The 18 car spins coming out of turn 2, then the 6 and 26 got together and the 26 slid into the back of the 18 car.

Lap 89 restart: 48, 88, 99, 16 & 2 lead the field

Lap 110: 88, 48, 2, 16 & 11 lead the pack.

Lap 155: 88, 48, 16, 11, 2, 31, 99, 24, 07, 29 lead the pack as green flag pits start.

Lap 160: Tony Stewart speeding on pit road, drive through penalty.

Robby Gordon keeps pitting at an odd angle that blocks Jeff Gordon's exit from his pit that is right behind him.

Lap 214 Debris caution.

Lap 220 (80 to go) restart: 48, 11, 16, 99, 31, 88, 29 & 2 cars lead them to the green.

Is this the last pit stop for the day or setting us up for a gas mileage race?

The 78 car gets tapped by Regan Smith and wrecks on the front stretch. This puts Tony Stewart back on the lead lap in 21st place after his pit road speeding penalty!

Denny Hamlin is the ONLY one to pit. Tony Stewart pits for gas as he gets his lap back.

Restart with 73 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 88.

Big wreck before the lap complets. Many cars collected.

The No. 77 goes below the limit line and makes it 5 wide... he slides up into the No. 45 car which then gets turned loose, hits 17 and they collect the 96, 38, 83 and 5 cars. The track is red flagged to get clean up done.

Observation: Joey Logano is 39th, 3 laps down. This answers the question if HOF has good equipment or not.

Restart with 66 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88.

The 88 is racing the 31 hard... down inside of the 31... they be rubbin' a bit but for the moment, the 31 car pulls away from him.

Kyle Busch is 36th now!

52 to go: Johnson held off Biffle and pulled away. 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88.
Stewart is up to 12th.

Caution with 35 to go: A.J. Allmendinger smacks the outside wall in the front stretch after coming up on the No. 00 car.

Restart with 30 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88 lead the pack.

At that last pit stop, a few folk pitted, including Tony Stewart.

Caution with 20 to go: No 6 car spins, launched by the No. 55 car. The racing was getting pretty intense throughout the field.

The 07 pits, he was having issues so nothing lost here.

Restart - 18 to go: 48, 16, 99 and big crash in turn 2 as the 7 and the 10 get together.

Restart - 13 to go: 48, 16, 99, 31 & 88. Should I go out on a limb and guess who's going to win this one?

Biffle gets under Johnson and takes the lead with 11 to go.

It looks like Biffle was saving something!

5 to go: 16, 48 & 99

3 to go: 16 & 48. Biffle cannot make a mistake. Johnson is a few car lengths back, but he ins't going anywhere.

Today, there was no bad luck for Greg Biffle as he wins the Sylvania 300.
He was followed across the line by
Jimmie Johnson(48), Carl Edwards(99), Jeff Burton(31), Dale Earnhardt Jr.(88),
Kurt Busch(2), Martin Truex Jr.(1), Tony Stewart(20), Denny Hamlin(11) and
Kevin Harvick(29) rounded out the top 10 finishers.

Congratulations to Greg Biffle, who held back, saving gas until those last 10 laps!

2 comments:

  1. Biffle is as fun to watch as Kyle sometimes. They seem to have a similar driving style, and it's especially noticeable in the turns.

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  2. that's a great observation... Biffle is just 'tude free which makes it something more to appreciate!

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