| RANK | +/- | DRIVER | POINTS | BEHIND |
| 1 | -- | Kyle Busch | 2213 | Leader |
| 2 | -- | Jeff Burton | 2181 | -32 |
| 3 | -- | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 2129 | -84 |
| 4 | -- | Carl Edwards | 2007 | -206 |
| 5 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 1959 | -254 |
| 6 | -1 | Denny Hamlin | 1926 | -287 |
| 7 | 2 | Kasey Kahne | 1889 | -324 |
| 8 | -1 | Greg Biffle | 1884 | -329 |
| 9 | -1 | Jeff Gordon | 1876 | -337 |
| 10 | -- | Kevin Harvick | 1817 | -396 |
| 11 | 1 | Tony Stewart | 1774 | -439 |
| 12 | -1 | Clint Bowyer | 1764 | -449 |
| CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP - CURRENT CONTENDERS | ||||
| 13 | -- | David Ragan | 1754 | 10 |
| 14 | 1 | Matt Kenseth | 1750 | 14 |
Showing posts with label nascar nextel cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nascar nextel cup. Show all posts
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Driver Standings Headed Into the Toyota/Save Mart 350
After Michigan, there weren't any real big changes though Ryan Newman has dropped off the Top 12 radar, but the spots just outside the Top 12 sure do look promising if anything were to happen to anyone outside of 10th because Ragan and Kenseth lurk within 15 points of 12th.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
NASCAR Champions Week in New York
In case you don't know the low down on the week of activity, there's a comprehensive collection of links and info over on NASCAR.com
On Nov 28, The Top 10 drivers of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series complete a Victory Lap around midtown Manhattan.
All week, more than a dozen authentic NASCAR stock cars scattered at signature locations throughout Manhattan. Street teams hand out official NASCAR partner giveaways all day long at each location.
High energy, two-day indoor event featuring driver and crew appearances, radio station remotes, event emcee, NASCAR trivia and prize giveaways and much more at the Aflac FanFest. (Que the DUCK!!) This event is free and open to the public at the Hard Rock Café Times Square, in the LIVE venue room.Hard Rock Café43rd and BroadwayTimes Square.
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series™ Awards Ceremony, live on ESPN Classic at 9pm ET on November 30th.
For all the details, pics, and other goodies check out NASCAR.com
On Nov 28, The Top 10 drivers of the 2007 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series complete a Victory Lap around midtown Manhattan.
All week, more than a dozen authentic NASCAR stock cars scattered at signature locations throughout Manhattan. Street teams hand out official NASCAR partner giveaways all day long at each location.
High energy, two-day indoor event featuring driver and crew appearances, radio station remotes, event emcee, NASCAR trivia and prize giveaways and much more at the Aflac FanFest. (Que the DUCK!!) This event is free and open to the public at the Hard Rock Café Times Square, in the LIVE venue room.Hard Rock Café43rd and BroadwayTimes Square.
NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series™ Awards Ceremony, live on ESPN Classic at 9pm ET on November 30th.
For all the details, pics, and other goodies check out NASCAR.com
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
NASCAR Point Standings
As they stand, after Talladega, the Chase for the Cup looks like this with 6 races to go:
The complete standings can be found at nascar.com
UAW-Ford 500 Notes and Recap
by Bruce SimmonsIf you only count the last 50 laps or so, that was an exciting race.. and more to the point, it was a fun finish to watch the UAW-Ford 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
But the first 168 laps was anything but super with the new aero package in the form of the COT and everyone having to deal with NASCAR's new restriction on anyone bump drafting, the race was a nothing but a high speed train of cars through most of the event.
With that being said, we were still treated to a few engine failures, wall scrapings and the wreck that ABC called the "Big One", which it only involved a few cars, but ABC did it's best to drum it up for the audience.
The bigger wreck of the day occured on lap 145 for the 6th yellow as Bobby Labonte's car just lost it, and that event collected Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, Jamie McMurray, David Reutimann Paul Menard, Dave Blaney, Brian Vickers, David Ragan and Robby Gordon.
Michael Waltrip showed he still had his restrictor plate skills, but his day was cut a bit short when he had a flat tire around lap 176, which ended up also involving Elliott Sadler, Greg Biffle and Tony Raines.
This was the last yellow that led to the 20 lap dash to the checkers.
We watched Ryan Newman and Kurt Busch working together, but then the garage as a whole seemed to show who they'd rather do with as Jimmie Johnson pulled down on the inside and everyone followed suit, leaving the Penske cars to fend for themselves.
The battle was between Jimmie Johnson, Tony Stewart, Jeff Gordon, Dave Blaney, Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch and Juan Montoya but on the last lap, as Stewart went to the outside to pass Johnson, Jeff Gordon leapt from behind Johnson to tag along with Stewart, but when Stewart chose to block another line of cars, Jeff Gordon ducked down inside and took the lead in the backstretch on the last lap to win the race. This victory netted Jeff Gordon his 12th career plate win.
Unlike the rest of the race, this was fun to watch. Martin Truex Jr. and Dale Earnhardt Jr. both suffered blown engines, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. even said it was a boring race to be in during his post race interview, but NASCAR had to do what it needed to, to make sure this first COT restrictor plate event came off without a hitch. Hopefully, they let the excitment back in at the next event.
The top 10 finishers for the day were:
1. Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
2. Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
3. Dave Blaney Toyota
4. Denny Hamlin Chevrolet
5. Ryan Newman Dodge
6. Casey Mears Chevrolet
7. Kurt Busch Dodge
8. Tony Stewart Chevrolet
9. Tony Raines Chevrolet
10. Reed Sorenson Dodge
See the unofficial results at nascar.com
Monday, October 1, 2007
Life Lock 400 - Cautions and Rain
If the rain didn't get the drivers, the cautions did and what could be a NASCAR fans dream or nightmare, the Kansas Speedway, Life Lock 400 race, from the start of the pre-show at 10 am pacific time, took over 7 hours to complete.
For me, this worked out great. I found myself moving this weekend, so between TV's on at both places, VCR's going in case I missed anything, and Sirius Satellite Radio for the transit time between new and old places, the race kept me mentally occupied during the otherwise painful move. I'm betting if I wasn't moving, or busy in some way, this would have been too long of a day for me.
Otherwise, the race found the entire front row moved to the back of the pack for car changes (Johnson crashed in practice) and qualifying penalties (Newman's car found too low after his qualifying run).
We got in a little over a dozen laps before the Red Flag for rain came out, but the race got underway again within 90 minutes of that.
After a few wrecks, another rain delay, in which Tony Stewart was in the lead for, lasted a few hours, but they got the race back underway and we saw even more wrecks in the closing laps, which did take Tony Stewart out of contention via a small fender rub that took out his LF tire, and in the ensuing issue, collected Kurt Busch.
The day took out the majority of the Chase Contenders.
For me, this worked out great. I found myself moving this weekend, so between TV's on at both places, VCR's going in case I missed anything, and Sirius Satellite Radio for the transit time between new and old places, the race kept me mentally occupied during the otherwise painful move. I'm betting if I wasn't moving, or busy in some way, this would have been too long of a day for me.
Otherwise, the race found the entire front row moved to the back of the pack for car changes (Johnson crashed in practice) and qualifying penalties (Newman's car found too low after his qualifying run).
We got in a little over a dozen laps before the Red Flag for rain came out, but the race got underway again within 90 minutes of that.
After a few wrecks, another rain delay, in which Tony Stewart was in the lead for, lasted a few hours, but they got the race back underway and we saw even more wrecks in the closing laps, which did take Tony Stewart out of contention via a small fender rub that took out his LF tire, and in the ensuing issue, collected Kurt Busch.
The day took out the majority of the Chase Contenders.
Greg Biffle, under much scrutiny and question, was named the winner as the race finished under the yellow flag under the enveloping cover of darkness.
The first 10 finishers of the Life Lock 400 were:
Greg Biffle,
Clint Bowyer,
Jimmie Johnson,
Casey Mears,
Jeff Gordon,
Kevin Harvick,
Reed Sorenson,
Elliott Sadler,
Kasey Kahne &
Dale Earnhardt Jr..
Biffle's win came into question because it seemed he could not maintain the pace speed in the last few hundred yards, as required by NASCAR under Yellow flag rules, yet NASCAR quickly addressed the issue by stating the field was "locked" when the the yellow flag flew.
(Ya gotta wonder if Robby Gordon is confused by this, or as Jimmie Johnson was quick to point out the maintaining pace under Yellow rule in his post race interview.)
There's a more detailed race recap at FoxSports, and the unofficial results are at NASCAR.com
The first 10 finishers of the Life Lock 400 were:
Greg Biffle,
Clint Bowyer,
Jimmie Johnson,
Casey Mears,
Jeff Gordon,
Kevin Harvick,
Reed Sorenson,
Elliott Sadler,
Kasey Kahne &
Dale Earnhardt Jr..
Biffle's win came into question because it seemed he could not maintain the pace speed in the last few hundred yards, as required by NASCAR under Yellow flag rules, yet NASCAR quickly addressed the issue by stating the field was "locked" when the the yellow flag flew.
(Ya gotta wonder if Robby Gordon is confused by this, or as Jimmie Johnson was quick to point out the maintaining pace under Yellow rule in his post race interview.)
There's a more detailed race recap at FoxSports, and the unofficial results are at NASCAR.com
Friday, September 28, 2007
NASCAR Ratings - Sept 22-23
Last week, the Busch Series ranked 6th behind a couple of college football games, and the Cup series on Sunday the 23rd, took it to 5th behind a few football games!
See the details at tvweek.com
See the details at tvweek.com
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