NSCS: Quicken Loans 400 @ MIS

Yes! My Hometown Track so I thought I should start the topic for it.

The series moves to the backyard of the Big Three. Last year Jr. spanked the field in route to breaking his winless drought.

Pocono winner and current points leader, Jimmie Johnson despite leading a lot of laps at Michigan has never won here.

Entry list I assume will be posted later on this week. Be interested to see what kind of speeds we see here.

day500champ1 wrote:Be interested to see what kind of speeds we see here.

Probably somewhere in the 210mph range until NASCAR starts crying about it and screws with the engines.

Entry List:

1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Felix Sabates 21 14
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 9 14
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick 8 14
4 7 Dave Blaney Chevy Sany Tommy Baldwin 32 14
5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty 26 14
6 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy GoDaddy.com Gene Haas 29 14
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express J D Gibbs 14 14
8 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain 27 14
9 14 Tony Stewart (PC2) Chevy Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Margaret Haas 13 14
10 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman 3 14
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Give Kids a Smile Jack Roush 10 14
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford Zest John Henry 22 14
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs 7 14
14 19 Mike Bliss(i) Toyota Plinker Tactical Randy Humphrey 44 13
15 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Toyota Husky Tools Joe Gibbs 6 14
16 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Glen Wood 41 5
17 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell-Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 18 14
18 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Chevy Drive to End Hunger Rick Hendrick 11 14
19 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards / CertainTeed Richard Childress 12 14
20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Richard Childress 5 14
21 30 David Stremme Toyota Swan Energy Brandon Davis 33 14
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 23 14
23 32 Ken Schrader Ford OxyWater Frank Stoddard 38 14
24 33 Austin Dillon (i) Chevy American Ethanol Joe Falk 37 14
25 34 David Ragan Ford Taco Bell Bob Jenkins 30 14
26 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze 36 14
27 36 J.J. Yeley Chevy TBA Allan Heinke 35 14
28 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's Brad Jenkins 31 14
29 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Quicken Loans Tony Stewart 20 14
30 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi 25 14
31 43 Aric Almirola Ford Eckrich Richard Petty 15 14
32 44 Scott Riggs(i) Ford Brabble Johnathan Cohen 45 7
33 47 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Charter Tad Geschickter 28 14
34 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC3) Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon 1 14
35 51 Bobby Labonte (PC7) Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch 24 14
36 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 17 14
37 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip 19 14
38 78 Kurt Busch (PC4) Chevy Furniture Row / Serta Barney Vissar 16 14
39 83 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 34 14
40 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota TBA Andrea Nemechek 40 14
41 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy National Guard "Man of Steel" Rick Hendrick 4 14
42 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 39 14
43 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb 42 13
44 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush 2 14

Note Allmendinger in the 47 and Labonte in the 51. Also, Kenny Schrader returns to the seat of the 32.

http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/15-Michigan-2013-Entry-List

Last year Dale Jr. won the race while being sponsored by Batman, this time Superman is onboard the car.

Yeah but he still has another three years until he gets another win.

Carl Edwards and Kurt Busch will start on the front row for Sunday's race. The top 13 went over 200 mph. 

Jeff Gordon down in 29th.

Ladies and germs, your 2013 Quicken Loans 400 starting grid:

1 Carl Edwards 99 Ford Fastenal
2 Kurt Busch 78 Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing-Serta
3 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet Farmers Insurance
4 Paul Menard 27 Chevrolet Menards-CertainTeed
5 Aric Almirola 43 Ford Eckrich
6 Joey Logano 22 Ford Shell-Pennzoil
7 Austin Dillon 33 Chevrolet American Ethanol
8 Matt Kenseth 20 Toyota The Home Depot / Husky
9 Kyle Busch  18  Toyota M&M's
10 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Chevrolet Target
11 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota FedEx Express
12 Dale Earnhardt Jr   88 Chevrolet National Guard "Man of Steel"
13 Martin Truex Jr 56 Toyota NAPA Auto Parts
14 Tony Stewart 14 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1
15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 17 Ford Zest
16 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Miller Lite
17 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet Lowe's
18 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet Caterpillar
19 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 3M / Give Kids A Smile
20 Bobby Labonte 51 Chevrolet Phoenix Construction
21 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet Budweiser
22 Mark Martin 55 Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine
23 Marcos Ambrose 9 Ford Stanley
24 Casey Mears 13 Ford GEICO
25 Trevor Bayne 21 Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center
26 David Gilliland 38 Ford Long John Silver's
27 Clint Bowyer 15 Toyota 5-Hour Energy
28 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet McDonald's
29 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet Drive To End Hunger
30 Michael McDowell 98 Ford Phil Parsons Racing
31 David Ragan 34 Ford Taco Bell
32 AJ Allmendinger 47 Toyota Charter
33 David Reutimann 83 Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper
34 David Stremme 30 Toyota Swan Energy
35 Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet Quicken Loans
36 Dave Blaney 7 Chevrolet Sany
37 Danica Patrick 10 Chevrolet GoDaddy.com
38 Josh Wise 35 Ford MDS Transport
39 Ken Schrader 32 Ford OXY Water
40 J.J. Yeley 36 Chevrolet TBA
41 Travis Kvapil 93 Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper
42 Joe Nemechek 87 Toyota TBA
43 Mike Bliss 19 Toyota Plinker Tactical

>menard 4th
>mfw

Denny is running a tribute scheme for Leffler today. (Photos via Denny's Facebook page)

Freaking awesome. Well done, JGR.

<yfw Denny wins the race in a tribute to leffler

RealRacer, you just earn points in my book for referencing Citizen Kane.

day500champ1 wrote:RealRacer, you just earn points in my book for referencing Citizen Kane.

This times 1 million. Great tribute to LEFtrun, JGR.

That pre-race show was actually decent!

Well that didn't last long for Jeff Gordon.

About 8 years too late on the retirement there, Bobby. Dumb.

inb4offwithlabonteshead

That's sucks for Gordon.

Honestly, I think Jeff Gordon could have easily that wreck. I know it's sometimes hard to tell which direction a spinning car will be going but I think he would've been fine if Jeff stayed in the low line.

Almirola in 6th!!!

What a twist!

Well.... that was unexpected

Well, that was bizarre. That was a tough hit.

JUNIOR WIN THE GODDAMN RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BWardboy88 wrote:JUNIOR WIN THE GODDAMN RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looks like you spoke too soon...

NO!!! WHY JUNIOR.... 

inb4 johnson wins & pisses me off

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

3 Hendrick cars out? DALE JR BLOWS AN ENGINE?!!?? 

Well... back to the US Open/Blue Jays Game

inb4 jimmiewinslol
inb4 people say worst race ever
inb4 people say never watching nascar again

Hendrick Motorsports has really had a rough day today.

Does anybody want to win this race?

navycook75 wrote:inb4 jimmiewinslol
inb4 people say worst race ever
inb4 people say never watching nascar again

It's a good race... i just don't like Johnson...

Cool... fixed the quote problem

Kahne leading. Tire blows. Junior leading. Engine blows. My two favorite drivers.

Am I not allowed to root for anybody?! At least Johnson and Truex are still running well...

Bet Jamie is singing praise that thing didn't blow in the middle of the corner.

>Johnson wrecks
>Danica finishes in the top 15
>Wut?

After all that, Biffle, who is known for running 2nd, wins the race.

Biffle wins YES

Well, that was satisfying

Pretty solid race IMO. Good amount of passing and lead changes today.

Jimmies Rustled.

Rough day for Hendrick. Congrats Biff.

Michigan, thanks for a great weekend!!!

WTF happened, Hendrick? You have four good cars, well, three, considering we didn't get to see how good Gordon's car was, and something happens to all of them. On that note, LOLJIMMIE.

The surprising thing is that Mr. White Flag, Greg Biffle, wins the race. And Danica finishes in the top 15. WAT

Overall, this race was fairly average, but it was a massive improvement over Pocono.

The 2013 Quicken Loans 400 @ Michigan gets a 5.0/10.

PackerMan71 wrote:The 2013 Quicken Loans 400 @ Michigan gets a 5.0/10.

Im sorry, this race is an 8 on my scale. The race was very entertaining with a lot of various factors and a lot of did that just happen moments.

That Hendrick disaster of a day.

Meh race from what i saw.

> Labonte loses car in the turn: "OMG WHAT A STUPID HEAD HE SHOULD RETIRE"
> Busch does literally the exact same thing a few laps later: "Tough break for Kurt"

Wat.

Anyway, decent race, but it still didn't deliver too many exciting moments, and most of the ones it did produce were due to mechanical failures.

Biffle finally pulls one out, though. Good for him.

conrail1990 wrote:

PackerMan71 wrote:The 2013 Quicken Loans 400 @ Michigan gets a 5.0/10.

Im sorry, this race is an 8 on my scale. The race was very entertaining with a lot of various factors and a lot of did that just happen moments.

Maybe to you, but I just didn't get that vibe. It wasn't a boring race by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't anything special either, hence the reason why I gave the score I gave.

Ford's 1000th Nascar win

Last time Hendrick's cars finished worse than 25th (All) - Sonoma 2005