Aarons 499 @ talledega

Will we see processional like we did at Daytona. Or will it be a wild race like last years finish?

I Hope you Mean Last Fall's Finish.

Entry list?

Alta wrote:Entry list?

yeah. im waiting to post the indy 500 thread until the entry list is posted. dont know why Mother Of Invention decided to post these before the entry list is out.

AntmanB wrote:

Alta wrote:Entry list?

yeah. im waiting to post the indy 500 thread until the entry list is posted. dont know why Mother Of Invention decided to post these before the entry list is out.

I think he probably started these up so that he could give you time the post the entry list anyway.

BWardboy88 wrote:

AntmanB wrote:

Alta wrote:Entry list?

yeah. im waiting to post the indy 500 thread until the entry list is posted. dont know why Mother Of Invention decided to post these before the entry list is out.

I think he probably started these up so that he could give you time the post the entry list anyway.

Personally i think some people just want to be the people that start the thread like its a glorious honor.

It isn't.

Predictions:
-Cup will be crap
-Nationwide will be pretty decent (If no one tries to kill anyone at the end)
-ARCA will suck

Inb4 NASCAR fans complain about the race looking like a 38 car CSX train!

Metro 6r4 wrote:Predictions:
-Cup will be crap
-Nationwide will be pretty decent (If no one tries to kill anyone at the end)
-ARCA will suck

Essentially this. I really hope they did something with the aero package and didn't just leave it like Daytona's.

Rykia_RKXK wrote:

Metro 6r4 wrote:Predictions:
-Cup will be crap
-Nationwide will be pretty decent (If no one tries to kill anyone at the end)
-ARCA will suck

Essentially this. I really hope they did something with the aero package and didn't just leave it like Daytona's.

Hopefully they did, if not the backlash will be bad 4 Nascar.

They probably won't do anything to the aero package. Earliest I would see it done would be Daytona in July, maybe Talladega in the Fall

PYLrulz wrote:They probably won't do anything to the aero package. Earliest I would see it done would be Daytona in July, maybe Talladega in the Fall

Well if so, I'm still hoping that Talladega won't be as bad as the Daytona 500 or worse than it.

If I might make a suggestion, with three Talladega races in one weekend, I think it might be a good idea for have one topic for the race weekend.

On that note, this track still scares me. I love how people say they think someone will flip and then nothing happens. If anything, I just hope we get a more active race, if you will, than Daytona, and at the same time I hope we don't have to resort to multiple green-white-checkered finishes to finish the race. That way the end of the race drags on forever, and to me, it just seems silly.

Interesting trivia: this race will be Bobby Labonte's 700th Sprint Cup start. Woo!

Spoiler:

Hetzel proves my point about people wanting to be FIRST.

Here's your Entry list.

1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Felix Sabates 12/9
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 6/9
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Time Warner Cable Linda Hendrick 3/9
4 7 Dave Blaney Chevy Sany Tommy Baldwin 30/9
5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty 25/9
6 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy GoDaddy.com Gene Haas 28/9
7 11 Denny Hamlin
Brian Vickers(i) Toyota FedEx Express J D Gibbs 16/9
8 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain 27/9
9 14 Tony Stewart (PC2) Chevy Bass Pro Shops Margaret Haas 24/9
10 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman 5/9
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Safety Jack Roush 8/9
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford Best Buy John Henry 21/9
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs 7/9
14 19 Mike Bliss(i) Toyota Plinker Tactical Randy Humphrey 44/9
15 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Toyota Home Depot Husky Joe Gibbs 14/9
16 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Glen Wood 41/3
17 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 20/9
18 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Chevy Imron Elite Rick Hendrick 17/9
19 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards / CertainTeed Richard Childress 10/9
20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Richard Childress 9/9
21 30 David Stremme Toyota Swan Energy Brandon Davis 33/9
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 22/9
23 32 Terry Labonte (PC8) Ford C&J Energy Services Frank Stoddard 39/9
24 33 Landon Cassill Chevy Little Joe's Autos / Precon Marine Joe Falk 36/9
25 34 David Ragan Ford TBD Bob Jenkins 31/9
26 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze 37/9
27 36 J.J. Yeley Chevy Golden Corral Allan Heinke 34/9
28 38 David Gilliland Ford Love's Travel Stops Brad Jenkins 35/9
29 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Haas Automation Tony Stewart 19/9
30 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Clorox 100 Year Anniversary Chip Ganassi 26/9
31 43 Aric Almirola Ford Gwaltney Richard Petty 11/9
32 47 Bobby Labonte (PC7) Toyota Clorox 100 Year Anniversary Tad Geschickter 29/9
33 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC3) Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon 1/9
34 51 Regan Smith (i) Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch 15/9
35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine / Alabama National Championship Michael Waltrip 13/9
36 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip 18/9
37 78 Kurt Busch (PC4) Chevy Furniture Row / Serta Barney Vissar 23/9
38 81 Elliott Sadler (i) Toyota ALERT Energy Gum JD Gibbs 47/1
39 83 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 32/9
40 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota MaddiesPlaceRocks.com Andrea Nemechek 40/9
41 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy National Guard Rick Hendrick 4/9
42 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 38/9
43 95 Scott Speed Ford Jordan Truck Sales / Tracking Point Bob Leavine 43/6
44 98 Michael McDowell Ford Curb Records Mike Curb 42/8
45 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush 2/9

Source: Jayski

Sparkz47 wrote:Interesting trivia: this race will be Bobby Labonte's 700th Sprint Cup start. Woo!

Spoiler:

Terry's racing. Now i don't know why he hasn't quit yet.

Sparkz47 wrote:Interesting trivia: this race will be Bobby Labonte's 700th Sprint Cup start. Woo!

Spoiler:

I wonder how often people forget that he was in the same rookie class as Gordon (Kenny Wallace was also in that rookie class)?

crl wrote:

Sparkz47 wrote:Interesting trivia: this race will be Bobby Labonte's 700th Sprint Cup start. Woo!

Spoiler:

I wonder how often people forget that he was in the same rookie class as Gordon (Kenny Wallace was also in that rookie class)?

Then again, when Gordon is in a Hendrick car off the bat, while Labonte was in a Bill Davis car at a time when Bill Davis Racing stunk, and Kenny Wallace was in a god knows what, that's quite easy to forget that was the case.

Hamlin still has not received clearance to race, so Vickers will be running the full race.

Rookies in 1993: Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte
Rookies in 2012: Stephen Leicht and Josh Wise
What the hell happened?

Alpineopossum wrote:Rookies in 1993: Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte
Rookies in 2012: Stephen Leicht and Josh Wise
What the hell happened?

They gave Cuppies all the good equipment and made the talent pool 2nd rate.

Honestly, the last solid rookie class I remember was in 2006, with a good amount of them, along with lots of talent. Specifically Hamlin, Bowyer, and Truex. 2008 had a decent rookie size, but none of them did anything of note, other than Smith's win at Talladega (I maintain he should have been credited the win of that race). I contribute much of this to the majority of drivers staying around longer. I dont think there were as many available rides coming in this season as there were rookies in say, 2004. Cause teams are sticking with veteran drivers. There are also less cars/teams as well.

Rykia_RKXK wrote:Honestly, the last solid rookie class I remember was in 2006, with a good amount of them, along with lots of talent. Specifically Hamlin, Bowyer, and Truex. 2008 had a decent rookie size, but none of them did anything of note, other than Smith's win at Talladega (I maintain he should have been credited the win of that race). I contribute much of this to the majority of drivers staying around longer. I dont think there were as many available rides coming in this season as there were rookies in say, 2004. Cause teams are sticking with veteran drivers. There are also less cars/teams as well.

At least you got the first legit rookie since 2009.

Alta wrote:

Alpineopossum wrote:Rookies in 1993: Jeff Gordon and Bobby Labonte
Rookies in 2012: Stephen Leicht and Josh Wise
What the hell happened?

They gave Cuppies all the good equipment and made the talent pool 2nd rate.

I agree and disagree.

I agree, though I think its a lot deeper then that.

Let me explain.

Who were the top Nationwide drivers from 99-02? Randy Lajoie, David Green, Bobby Hamilton Jr, Todd Bodine, Mike McLaughlin, Jeff Green. What do they all have in common? Except for Porkboy, they were all old and on there last legs. Thankfully the developmental drivers craze of 03-06 had started and who were the hot prospects? Well you did have Martin Truex Jr, Brain Vickers, Denny Hamlin...etc...etc..., but for everyone of those, you had a Tracy Hines, Paul Wolfe, Kyle Krissilof (Remember how bad he ended up?) Blake Feese, Burney Lamar, or Travis Geiselr. The driver development craze for the most part was a failure. And thus in the mid2000s when all those drivers went up to cup what happened? Well the old guard had pretty much gone by the wayside, the wave of new drivers had mostly failed, so they turned to the trusted cup drivers who were still unchecked in what or what not they could do. So they owners and sponsors just went with the "proven winner" and that is why I think we're int he mess we're in today.

My thoughts on this weeks activities...

conrail1990 wrote:My thoughts on this weeks activities...

Oh god. That '09 Fall Talladega race was terrible.

conrail1990 wrote:My thoughts on this weeks activities...

Saved.

This link currently tells the story right now:

http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/articles/2013/05/04/sprint-cup-pole-qualifying-talladega-superspeedway.html

And now we have the big one. So many things happening in a short amount of time.

Well, several great contenders are done..
Danica missed it!

Not watching the race (at work getting ready to clock in).

But I hear Hamlin didn't last long before turning the car over to Brian Vickers

I can get that if he had raced all the previous races, but it's clear that he won't be in the running for the Chase short of some epic winning streak.

Kyle Busch you are a special one.

gw Kenseth

Oh wait, you run with a TRD engine.

gw Jimmie

Moves like that are the reason why Kyle Busch will never win a Cup Championship.

Stealin this from Facebook.

Its not Kyle's fault. The #5 wrecked him because Time Warner caused Kahne to lose connection and warped into the #18

Is anyone else watching what's being played on FOX right now?

Is it still a rain delay? All I see is Paid Programing

Please don't end the race early. I only just woke up when they threw the rain delay yellow.

Were back.....58 to go.

Leave it to Ricky Stenhouse to cause the big one.

Good lord Kurt...that was scary.

that sucks too, he was doing great.

Oh Stenhouse....he took out his girl too. Wild ride by Kurt and Ryan. Glad there fine.

Denny and Darrell call it. Glad everybodies okay. That was a wild ride for Kurt and Ryan.

First Generation 6 Flip.

AntmanB wrote:First Generation 6 Flip.

What an important and exciting milestone.

NeverNeutral wrote:

AntmanB wrote:First Generation 6 Flip.

What an important and exciting milestone.

well don't FLIP out on us.

NeverNeutral wrote:

AntmanB wrote:First Generation 6 Flip.

What an important and exciting milestone.

You want to laugh about that flip, too, Antman?

holy shit

FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS JUST GOT A 1-2 WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!