Wonderful Pistachios 400 - Sprint Cup Series

The final race before the Chase for the Sprint Cup has arrived. An intense 400 laps for drivers like Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart, who need at least top 20's to clinch their spot. One last chance for drivers like Brad Keselowski and Denny Hamlin to get another win and get into the Top 10.

lol "Wonderful Pistachios".

I'm dreading all the Snooki talk over the next 4 days.

mong82191 wrote:I'm dreading all the Snooki talk over the next 4 days.

same here.

What's a Snooki?

Allmendinger, Menard or Ambrose need to troll this chase. >:O

If Ambrose or Menard win, they get the 2 wildcard spot. If none of these 2 WIN, then Hamiln is in, finish or not. He is 52 points in front of Menard, which can't be scored in 1 race. Hope Ambrose wins

If Kez races his way into the chase it's whoever the 2nd guy is.

TBH Ive all but forgotten how the the chase system works this year. The chase has become so rigged that I stop caring entirly. I want the 2003 style back!

conrail1990 wrote:TBH Ive all but forgotten how the the chase system works this year. The chase has become so rigged that I stop caring entirly. I want the 2003 style back!

Sorry Connies, Robots and butthurt higher-ups killed that :/

Alta wrote:If Kez races his way into the chase it's whoever the 2nd guy is.

If Kez makes the chase on points, they have to finish in the top 20 in points (I think?). Menard only has to beat Ambrose to get in & Ambrose has to finish at least 8 places ahead of Menard to get in. For any of that to happen, Kez needs to get 34 more points than Stewart. Ambrose & Menard have beeter chances of winning than that happening

My brain hurts when it comes to this new Chase format.

Wondeful Pistachios?

Starting Lineup

1 - 00 David Reutimann
2 - 1 Jamie McMurray
3 - 48 Jimmie Johnson
4 - 5 Mark Martin
5 - 33 Clint Bowyer
6 - 31 Jeff Burton
7 - 29 Kevin Harvick
8 - 99 Carl Edwards
9 - 43 AJ Allmendinger
10 - 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
11 - 22 Kurt Busch
12 - 4 Kasey Kahne
13 - 18 Kyle Busch
14 - 16 Greg Biffle
15 - 27 Paul Menard
16 - 20 Joey Logano
17 - 24 Jeff Gordon
18 - 39 Ryan Newman
19 - 2 Brad Keselowski
20 - 6 David Ragan
21 - 51 Landon Cassill
22 - 14 Tony Stewart
23 - 78 Regan Smith
24 - 83 Brian Vickers
25 - 17 Matt Kenseth
26 - 30 David Stremme
27 - 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
28 - 11 Denny Hamlin
29 - 56 Martin Truex Jr.
30 - 13 Casey Mears
31 - 66 Michael McDowell
32 - 47 Bobby Labonte
33 - 9 Marcos Ambrose
34 - 35 Dave Blaney
35 - 38 Travis Kvapil
36 - 34 David Gilliland
37 - 7 Robby Gordon
38 - 71 Andy Lally
39 - 87 Joe Nemechek
40 - 36 Stephen Leicht
41 - 46 Scott Speed
42 - 32 Mike Bliss
43 - 55 JJ Yeley

DID NOT QUALIFY

60 - Mike Skinner
37 - Erik Darnell
50 - TJ Bell

Reutimann got the pole? hell yeah!

Mark starting 4th!

Prediction: A JGR car will win.

If Denny wins...I rage.

FUCK YEAH R LEE ERMEY!

I was hoping he would say "NASCAR! SHOW ME YOUR WAR FACE!"

6 cautions and we aren't even 1/4 through the race.

Way to go Bliss for wrecking someone on the 2nd lap.

Way to go ESPN for missing the restart.

Did anyone else see Stephen Leicht get through that.

thanks Bowyer... and nice job on holding your brake as well.

navycook75 wrote:F**K YEAH R LEE ERMEY!

I was hoping he would say "NASCAR! SHOW ME YOUR WAR FACE!"

Someone forgot to blocka cuss word

U MAD VICKERS?

I laughed hysterically when Vickers turned up into Ambrose. Two guys who don't get mad very much wrecking. Just perfect.

Dale Junior needs to hang it up. Because he's just embarrassing himself right now.

KURT BUSCH, YOU ARE MY HERO!

Not a bad race so far. And if anyone is going to call this a wreckfest, you obviously don't know short track racing.

BK is running 4th! hopefully he can win this.

kensethfan wrote:Not a bad race so far. And if anyone is going to call this a wreckfest, you obviously don't know short track racing.

This is a wreckfest. Short track racing can actually be clean, you know.

Stephen Leicht is in BEAST mode.

Kurt Busch 2, Jimmie Johnson -3.

Seriously, Kurt you win.

BBoy wrote:Stephen Leicht is in BEAST mode.

Yeah, he's doing an awesome job. Blaney isn't doing half bad either.

Harvick wins it! I thought Jeff would of gone for 2 in a row....

Bah, I was hoping either Jeff or Carl could've gotten him. I thought that was a pretty good race though.

BK IN THE CHASE!

but I think Harvick is the one who is going to give Jimmie the C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

navycook75 wrote:BK IN THE CHASE!

but I think Harvick is the one who is going to give Jimmie the C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

What're you talking about? Jimmie only won the championship twice...

(It's really not hard to see where I'm getting this and what I'm getting at)

kensethfan wrote:

navycook75 wrote:BK IN THE CHASE!

but I think Harvick is the one who is going to give Jimmie the C-C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

What're you talking about? Jimmie only won the championship twice...

(It's really not hard to see where I'm getting this and what I'm getting at)

Under a points system not in use anymore

Dale Junior confirmed for 12th in final standings...Why couldn't someone seriously knock him out.

Not a bad Richmond race, Sure it was a crashfest but I'd take that over the "racing" they've had over the past 5 years at that track.

0-300 Wreckfest
301-400 Basically clean.

Kurt Busch owned the s**t out of Jimmie Johnson in his interview.

Watching the clips on Sportscenter; was it a time to mug people or what?!?

Alta wrote:Dale Junior confirmed for 12th in final standings...Why couldn't someone seriously knock him out.

Not a bad Richmond race, Sure it was a crashfest but I'd take that over the "racing" they've had over the past 5 years at that track.

I think Junior deserved to be in the Chase so what's wrong with that.

Just found this one. Guess Tony isn't the only one who messes with the media.

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-kurt-busch-has-wild-time-after-richmond-international-raceway-race

kensethfan wrote:Not a bad race so far. And if anyone is going to call this a wreckfest, you obviously don't know short track racing.

Well said. That was definitly one of the better short track races that I've seen in the past few years.

day500champ1 wrote:Just found this one. Guess Tony isn't the only one who messes with the media.

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-kurt-busch-has-wild-time-after-richmond-international-raceway-race

Just goes to show you how repetitive the Nascar media truly is...

Alta wrote:

day500champ1 wrote:Just found this one. Guess Tony isn't the only one who messes with the media.

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-kurt-busch-has-wild-time-after-richmond-international-raceway-race

Just goes to show you how repetitive the Nascar media truly is...

^This. Always have thought of Jenna Fryer as a terrible excuse for someone in the media.

PKligBKFan wrote:

Alta wrote:

day500champ1 wrote:Just found this one. Guess Tony isn't the only one who messes with the media.

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-kurt-busch-has-wild-time-after-richmond-international-raceway-race

Just goes to show you how repetitive the Nascar media truly is...

^This. Always have thought of Jenna Fryer as a terrible excuse for someone in the media.

I maybe wrong here, but isn't she the one Tony said something smart to her?

The more I watch all the wrecking in the first half of the race, the more amateurish it looks. Seriously, the St. Petersburg Indycar race this year was better than that by orders of magnitude...