2013 AAA 400 - Sprint Cup Series

Last time we were at the Monster Mile, Controversy struck on the final restart between Juan Pablo Montoya and Jimmie Johnson, resulting in Johnson geting drive-through penalty. With all that out of the way, hopefully we won't see a repeat of it again. Speaking of Johnson, he, Matt Kenseth and KYle Busch look really dominant at the start of the Chase for the Cup. Can anyone else hunt them down down to claim the 2013 Sprint Cup Title?

http://www.jayski.com/news/stats/2013/story/_/page/29-Dover-2013-Entry-List#

1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy LiftMaster Felix Sabates 15 28
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 14 28
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick 13 28
4 7 Dave Blaney Chevy TBA Tommy Baldwin 32 28
5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty 23 28
6 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy GoDaddy.com Gene Haas 29 28
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight J D Gibbs 25 28
8 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain 26 28
9 14 Mark Martin Chevy Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Margaret Haas 16 28
10 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota Raspberry 5-Hour Energy Living Beyond Breast Cancer Rob Kauffman 10 28
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Filtrete Jack Roush 5 28
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford Ford Ecoboost John Henry 20 28
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs 2 28
14 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Toyota Home Depot Let's Do This Joe Gibbs 1 28
15 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 12 28
16 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Chevy Axalta Rick Hendrick 8 28
17 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards / CertainTeed Richard Childress 18 28
18 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Richard Childress 6 28
19 30 Cole Whitt(i) Toyota Swan Energy Brandon Davis 33 28
20 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 21 28
21 32 Timmy Hill# Ford U.S. Chrome Frank Stoddard 38 28
22 33 Tony Raines(i) Chevy Little Joes Autos.com Joe Falk 37 28
23 34 David Ragan Ford Taco Bell Bob Jenkins 27 28
24 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze 39 28
25 36 J.J. Yeley Chevy Drive Sober Allan Heinke 35 28
26 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's Brad Jenkins 31 28
27 39 Ryan Newman Chevy State Water Heaters Tony Stewart 9 28
28 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy TBA Mike Hillman 43 8
29 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi 22 28
30 43 Aric Almirola Ford Smithfield Richard Petty 19 28
31 47 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota House-Autry Tad Geschickter 30 28
32 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy Lowe's / Kobalt Tools Jeff Gordon 3 28
33 51 Ryan Truex(i) Chevy Shooters Sporting Center SeaWatch James Finch 28 28
34 55 Brian Vickers(i) Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 24 28
35 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Shocks Michael Waltrip 17 28
36 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Chevy Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Barney Vissar 7 28
37 83 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 36 28
38 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota TBA Andrea Nemechek 40 28
39 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy National Guard Rick Hendrick 11 28
40 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 34 28
41 95 Reed Sorenson(i) Ford Leavine Family Racing Bob Leavine 44 17
42 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb 42 25
43 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush 4 28

If Kenseth wins this race, they might not even NEED to run the last few races.

Jr Nation is certainly celebrating Junior's pole for Sunday's race.

>Junior on pole

Can't wait to find out how he blows it, or what befalls him that isn't his fault.

crl wrote:>Junior on pole

Can't wait to find out how he blows it, or what befalls him that isn't his fault.

He won't, Kenseth will someone make the high line and lead every lap.

 

>tfw when Brad blows up.

There is going to be a caution within the last segment, and I'm betting on it.

EDIT: CALLED IT..

That 4 tire stop may have just won Jr the race....

ugh you think that after the Richmond fracas, Gordon wouldn't pull a stunt such as blocking the entire inside line......

Jimmie wins, is now 8 points behind Kenseth.

6 pack still possible?

I have to give Junior this, he gave it his best.

Mother of Invention wrote:ugh you think that after the Richmond fracas, Gordon wouldn't pull a stunt such as blocking the entire inside line......

Don't think that was his spinning of the tires on the restart was intentional, considering nobody had luck on the inside lane on the restart.

Didn't see the race, because I was out and about, so I won't give my opinion or a score on it.

Jimmiewinslol? Meh, whatever.

Jrrrr finishing 2nd? Not bad.  

PackerMan71 wrote:Didn't see the race, because I was out and about, so I won't give my opinion or a score on it.

2.0/10. An extremely uneventful race. Although I laughed like crazy over the spring rubber in turn 3 caution.

Meh race. Jimmiewinslol but Kenseth still the points leader. Dale Jr. had his best race of the entire season and came so close to give Jr Nation a reason to celebrate.

I think that race was killed when the last debris yellow came out. The fuel mileage stuff was look interesting.

Alta wrote:I think that race was killed when the last debris yellow came out. The fuel mileage stuff was look interesting.

meh, probably would've ended up like the race yesterday, in which everyone made it.

Mother of Invention wrote:

Alta wrote:I think that race was killed when the last debris yellow came out. The fuel mileage stuff was look interesting.

meh, probably would've ended up like the race yesterday, in which everyone made it.

Everyone was at least 5 laps short except Bowyer.

And internet forms I go across have fans whining that they are "convinced" that the fix is in for Jimmie now...

Wasn't it 3 weeks ago, they were whining the fix was in for Carl... then the past couple of weeks, the fix was in for Toyota and Gibbs?

PYLrulz wrote:And internet forms I go across have fans whining that they are "convinced" that the fix is in for Jimmie now...

Wasn't it 3 weeks ago, they were whining the fix was in for Carl... then the past couple of weeks, the fix was in for Toyota and Gibbs?

NASCAR fan mentality: The races are fixed unless my driver wins.

Cardinals5 wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:And internet forms I go across have fans whining that they are "convinced" that the fix is in for Jimmie now...

Wasn't it 3 weeks ago, they were whining the fix was in for Carl... then the past couple of weeks, the fix was in for Toyota and Gibbs?

NASCAR fan mentality: The races are fixed unless my driver wins.

Nascar Fan Mentality: the person who wins too much cheats.

but then again I guess that could fall under fixed in a way.

Alta wrote:

Mother of Invention wrote:

Alta wrote:I think that race was killed when the last debris yellow came out. The fuel mileage stuff was look interesting.

meh, probably would've ended up like the race yesterday, in which everyone made it.

Everyone was at least 5 laps short except Bowyer.

they probably would of just saved fuel anyways.