Finger Lakes 355

by Mother of Invention Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:21 pm

Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Felix Sabates
2 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite Roger Penske
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick
4 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty
5 10 J.J. Yeley Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin
6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight J D Gibbs
7 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain
8 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Office Depot / Mobile 1 Margaret Haas
9 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5 Hour Energy Rob Kauffman
10 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Jack Roush
11 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost John Henry
12 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&Ms Joe Gibbs
13 19 Mike Bliss (i) Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing Randy Humphrey
14 20 Joey Logano Toyota Home Depot Joe Gibbs
15 22 Sam Hornish, Jr. (i) Dodge Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
16 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy Drive to End Hunger Rick Hendrick
17 26 Josh Wise # Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze
18 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards / Rheem Richard Childress
19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Richard Childress
20 30 Patrick Long Toyota TBD Kevin Buckler
21 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
22 32 Boris Said Ford HendrickCars.com Jack Roush
23 33 Stephen Leicht # Chevy LittleJoesAutos.com Richard Childress
24 34 David Ragan Ford Scorpion Truck Bed Liners Bob Jenkins
25 36 Dave Blaney Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Allen Heinke
26 38 David Gilliland Ford Mod Space Bob Jenkins
27 39 Ryan Newman Chevy US Army Tony Stewart
28 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
29 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty
30 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Miller Welders / Freightliner Tad Geschickter
31 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Cortez Silver Jeff Gordon
32 49 Jason Leffler (i) Toyota American Israel Racing Jay Robinson
33 51 Kurt Busch Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch
34 55 Brian Vickers Toyota MyClassic Garage Bill Jenkins
35 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
36 78 Regan Smith Chevy Furniture Row - Farm American Barney Vissar
37 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
38 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota Genny Light Andrea Nemechek
39 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy National Guard / Dt. Mt. Dew Rick Hendrick
40 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr Pepper Thomas Ueberall
41 95 Scott Speed Ford TBD Bob Leavine
42 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb
43 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush

No one goes home!

by BWard Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:31 pm

Race names like this in NASCAR are just completely pointless, nuff said.

by Sparkz47 Mon Aug 06, 2012 5:43 pm

I vote we have a "Name of the Year" award at the end of the season, where we choose the most insane race name from every series.

And hot damn, do we have some good ones.

Finger Lakes 355
The All-American Race Weekend presented by Global Barter Corporation
Crown Royal "You Hero's Name Here" 400
Good Sam Roadside Assistance Carolina 200 presented by Cheerwine

by conrail1990 Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:01 pm

Sparkz47 wrote:I vote we have a "Name of the Year" award at the end of the season, where we choose the most insane race name from every series.

And hot damn, do we have some good ones.

Finger Lakes 355
The All-American Race Weekend presented by Global Barter Corporation
Crown Royal "You Hero's Name Here" 400
Good Sam Roadside Assistance Carolina 200 presented by Cheerwine

Crappy race names = Crappy races.

Theres whats wrong with this season! Finger Lakes 355 215644238

by Cardinals5 Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:16 pm

conrail1990 wrote:
Sparkz47 wrote:I vote we have a "Name of the Year" award at the end of the season, where we choose the most insane race name from every series.

And hot damn, do we have some good ones.

Finger Lakes 355
The All-American Race Weekend presented by Global Barter Corporation
Crown Royal "You Hero's Name Here" 400
Good Sam Roadside Assistance Carolina 200 presented by Cheerwine
Crappy race names = Crappy races.

Theres whats wrong with this season!

by Alpineopossum Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:29 pm

Patrick Long Finger Lakes 355 4276145973

by PYLrulz Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:46 pm

Uhhh... last I checked, Watkins Glen IS in the Finger Lakes region in New York... though the 355 is kinda stupid (even if it is the distance in Kilometers)

by navycook75 Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:49 pm

I think this is the first Watkins Glen Cup race to actually have some sort of race distance in the Race Name, all the rest was (sponsor here) at the Glen.

by **crl** Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:49 pm

Sparkz47 wrote:I vote we have a "Name of the Year" award at the end of the season, where we choose the most insane race name from every series.

And hot damn, do we have some good ones.

Finger Lakes 355
The All-American Race Weekend presented by Global Barter Corporation
Crown Royal "You Hero's Name Here" 400
Good Sam Roadside Assistance Carolina 200 presented by Cheerwine

Add "Irwin Tools Night Race" to that list.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:02 pm

Finger Lakes > Heluva Good Sour Cream Dips at The Glen. Thank god the trophy has changed too.

by **crl** Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:16 pm

Finger Lakes Grand Prix sounds like a pretty good name.

by PRAWBLEMS Mon Aug 06, 2012 11:42 pm

I'm reminded of the old EA race name for the night track in the older games. I wanna say it was the Thunder Road 355?

by RACECAR Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:55 am

navycook75 wrote:I think this is the first Watkins Glen Cup race to actually have some sort of race distance in the Race Name, all the rest was (sponsor here) at the Glen.

To me, that worked just fine because it actually made it unique and it stood out from the usual "Dumb sponsor race distance" names.

by Alpineopossum Tue Aug 07, 2012 7:08 am

Yes in the past it has been
- Budweiser at the Glen
- The Bud at the Glen
- Sirious at the Glen
- Cerulean Boats at the Glen
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Snack Dip at Watkins Glen
The last one is the worst.

by Electric Wolf Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:48 pm

I've been to this race for the past 4 years and I met Eric (Webzic) last year. We're going again this year and Brad Keselowski will be at a bar/grill tomorrow that my family usually goes to during the NNS races. We might actually get to meet him.

by PKligBKFan Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:56 pm

Casey Lester wrote:I've been to this race for the past 4 years and I met Eric (Webzic) last year. We're going again this year and Brad Keselowski will be at a bar/grill tomorrow that my family usually goes to during the NNS races. We might actually get to meet him.

Yeah I hate you. Razz

by Backmarker Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:41 pm

PKligBKFan wrote:
Casey Lester wrote:I've been to this race for the past 4 years and I met Eric (Webzic) last year. We're going again this year and Brad Keselowski will be at a bar/grill tomorrow that my family usually goes to during the NNS races. We might actually get to meet him.

Yeah I hate you.

Ditto.

by flyingturns89 Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:47 pm

Alpineopossum wrote:Yes in the past it has been
- Budweiser at the Glen
- The Bud at the Glen
- Sirious at the Glen
- Cerulean Boats at the Glen
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Snack Dip at Watkins Glen
The last one is the worst.

You forgot the first one. The first one was just "Bud at Glen"

by RyanB06 Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:09 pm

flyingturns89 wrote:
Alpineopossum wrote:Yes in the past it has been
- Budweiser at the Glen
- The Bud at the Glen
- Sirious at the Glen
- Cerulean Boats at the Glen
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Snack Dip at Watkins Glen
The last one is the worst.

You forgot the first one. The first one was just "Bud at Glen"

Racing Reference begs to differ.

by flyingturns89 Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:53 pm

RyanB06 wrote:
flyingturns89 wrote:
Alpineopossum wrote:Yes in the past it has been
- Budweiser at the Glen
- The Bud at the Glen
- Sirious at the Glen
- Cerulean Boats at the Glen
- Heluva Good! Sour Cream Snack Dip at Watkins Glen
The last one is the worst.

You forgot the first one. The first one was just "Bud at Glen"

Racing Reference begs to differ.

Yeah, but I read somewhere, I think it was NASCAR.com that the official title was just Bud at Glen, maybe it was another race for another series.

by Spen Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:24 pm

No race name will ever top the Spongebob Squarepants Movie 300

by PRAWBLEMS Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:26 pm

Spen wrote:No race name will ever top the Spongebob Squarepants Movie 300

You mean the "Lowe's Presents the Spongebob Squarepants Movie 300"?

by BWard Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:30 pm

OMG MICHAEL MCDOWELL QUALIFIES 11TH!!!!!!!

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:40 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:OMG MICHAEL MCDOWELL QUALIFIES 11TH!!!!!!!

He's kind of a road course ringer though.

by BWard Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:49 pm

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:
BWardboy88 wrote:OMG MICHAEL MCDOWELL QUALIFIES 11TH!!!!!!!
He's kind of a road course ringer though.

Tbh I didn't know that until now, even though I'm a Dale Jr fan I do kinda root for the underdogs of the Sprint Cup and maybe if he can keep it clean, he'll get a good result.

by Magus978 Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:05 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:OMG MICHAEL MCDOWELL QUALIFIES 11TH!!!!!!!

He may qualify 11th, but he will finish 43rd. I believe that car is parking.

by GamerAzuzu Sat Aug 11, 2012 3:41 pm

Or he'll turn someone or he'll get the lead and overdrive it and blow the-oh wait he isn't in a Gibbs car, NEVERMIND~

by bartman97 Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:52 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:
Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:
BWardboy88 wrote:OMG MICHAEL MCDOWELL QUALIFIES 11TH!!!!!!!
He's kind of a road course ringer though.

Tbh I didn't know that until now, even though I'm a Dale Jr fan I do kinda root for the underdogs of the Sprint Cup and maybe if he can keep it clean, he'll get a good result.

Yeah, McDowell ran in Champ Car for a couple of races and ran Grand am for 2 years.

by Toblerone Sun Aug 12, 2012 11:59 am

Kinda mad I have to watch this race at 11pm tonight, Stupid Olympics and PGA! I guess the internet will be my friend and help me out.

by Milan655 Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:07 pm

Toblerone wrote:Kinda mad I have to watch this race at 11pm tonight, Stupid Olympics and PGA! I guess the internet will be my friend and help me out.

http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/motorsports.html

by AntmanB Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:37 pm

David Ragan - once a douche always a douche.

by AntmanB Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:46 pm

Why did Brian Vickers Start and Park?

by BWard Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:49 pm

AntmanB wrote:Why did Brian Vickers Start and Park?

Maybe his team sabotaged his car so it would have problems starting the race perhaps? Rolling Eyes

by conrail1990 Sun Aug 12, 2012 1:50 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:
AntmanB wrote:Why did Brian Vickers Start and Park?

Maybe his team sabotaged his car so it would have problems starting the race perhaps?

Engine blew up on Lap 1. He down shifted and the RPM's were too high.

by GamerAzuzu Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:00 pm

Did Kurt Busch's pit crew come from the same academy as Mercedes's?

by **Ben Atkins** Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:02 pm

Typical Jamie McMurray bad luck with the tire going down. Ah well, not like he was going to do well anyway :\

Also Kurt's tire decided it had enough I guess.

by conrail1990 Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:12 pm

The reasons the cars are going to the garage is getting interesting.

by navycook75 Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:13 pm

Kurt Busch was driving the wheels off that thing....

by BWard Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:14 pm

navycook75 wrote:Kurt Busch was driving the wheels offthat thing....

well boy he drove one of them right off. Laughing

by **Cynon** Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:16 pm

navycook75 wrote:Kurt Busch was driving the wheels off that thing....

It's not as attractive as it is in reality, isn't it? scratch

by FlashRod4 Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:57 pm

Hey anybody notice that Scott Speed is still running?
Also Lefflers day is mercifully over.

by conrail1990 Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:59 pm

I think Kyle's motor can go caution free!!!!! Finger Lakes 355 215644238

by iAMBADDATGAMES Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:04 pm

FlashRod4 wrote:Hey anybody notice that Scott Speed is still running?
Also Lefflers day is mercifully over.

Yeah and I believe I also saw Nemechek and Leicht running too.

by **crl** Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:13 pm

Yay, yellows for people spinning into the pit entry and not bouncing back onto the track! Rolling Eyes

by BWard Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:35 pm

Looks like Dale Jr will no longer be the points leader after this one.

by Toblerone Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:37 pm

BWardboy88 wrote:Looks like Dale Jr will no longer be the points leader after this one.

At least its not like it'll matter when Chicago comes around.

by navycook75 Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:41 pm

That finish

by f1fan12 Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:41 pm

And the whole world explodes and Ambrose wins!

by conrail1990 Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:43 pm

That was awsome!

by Magus978 Sun Aug 12, 2012 3:43 pm

Incredible finish.

#2 and #9 crews celebrate together in the pits. Ambrose repeats!

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