Kobalt Tools 400 Discussion Thread

[Mother of Invention]

1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy Cessna Felix Sabates 15 36
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC2) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 14 36
3 3 Austin Dillon # Chevy Cheerios Richard Childress 3 36
4 4 Kevin Harvick Chevy Jimmy Johns Tony Stewart 11 36
5 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick 12 36
6 7 Michael Annett # Chevy Pilot / Flying J Tommy Baldwin 32 36
7 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DeWalt Richard Petty 23 36
8 10 Danica Patrick Chevy Aspen Dental Tony Stewart 28 36
9 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground J D Gibbs 25 36
10 13 Casey Mears Chevy GEICO Bob Germain 26 36
11 14 Tony Stewart (PC3) Chevy Mobil 1 / Bass Pro Shops Margaret Haas 18 36
12 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman 7 36
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford Red Cross Jack Roush 9 36
14 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford Zest John Henry 20 36
15 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&Ms Joe Gibbs 4 36
16 20 Matt Kenseth (PC5) Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs 2 36
17 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Glen Wood 41 12
18 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 8 36
19 23 Alex Bowman # Toyota Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 34 36
20 24 Jeff Gordon (PC6) Chevy Axalta Rick Hendrick 6 36
21 26 Cole Whitt # Toyota Swan Energy Anthomy Marlowe none 0
22 27 Paul Menard Chevy Quaker State / Menards Richard Childress 17 36
23 30 Parker Kligerman # Toyota TBA Brandon Davis 30 36
24 31 Ryan Newman Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 21 36
25 32 Travis Kvapil Ford Ask More-Get More Frank Stoddard Jr. 37 36
26 33 Timmy Hill Chevy Circle-Sport.com Joe Falk 38 36
27 34 David Ragan Ford Taco Bell Bob Jenkins 29 36
28 35 Blake Koch(i) Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze 39 36
29 36 Reed Sorenson Chevy TBA Allan Heinke 35 36
30 38 David Gilliland Ford Love's Travel Stops Brad Jenkins 27 36
31 40 Landon Cassill(i) Chevy Hillman Racing Mike Hillman 43 16
32 41 Kurt Busch (PC4) Chevy Hass Automation Gene Haas none 0
33 42 Kyle Larson # Chevy Target Chip Ganassi 22 36
34 43 Aric Almirola Ford Farmland Richard Petty 19 36
35 44 J.J. Yeley Chevy Phoenix Warehouse of NJ / California John Cohen 47 9
36 47 A.J. Allmendinger Chevy Kingsford Charcoal Tad Geschickter 31 36
37 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC1) Chevy Kobalt Tools Jeff Gordon 1 36
38 51 Justin Allgaier # Chevy Brandt Harry Scott Jr. 30 36
39 55 Brian Vickers Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 16 36
40 66 Jeff Burton Toyota Let's Go Places Toyota Jay Robinson 24 36
41 77 Dave Blaney Ford TBA Randy Humphrey 45 23
42 78 Martin Truex Jr. Chevy Furniture Row Barney Vissar 10 36
43 83 Ryan Truex # Toyota Borla Exhaust Ron Devine 36 36
44 87 Joe Nemchek (i) Toyota TBA Jay Robinson 40 36
45 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Mountain Dew Kickstart Rick Hendrick 5 36
46 95 Michael McDowell Ford WRL General Contractors Bob Leavine 44 22
47 98 Josh Wise Chevy Ambient Edge HVAC Mike Curb 42 33
48 99 Carl Edwards Ford AFLAC Jack Roush 13 36

XXXtreme Motorsports is back!

[Alta]

HIGH ROLLER SWAG MONEY! XXXTREMMME IS IN DA HOUSEEEEEE!!!!

[Rykia]

And the field sizes continue to be very impressive as well...

[crl]

XXXTREEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMME!

[Spannerhead29 (Nelson)]

Paul Menard's wife is expected to give birth anytime soon, so RCR has Matt Crafton on stand-by in-case Menard needs to jet back home.

[Backmarker]

Sprint.Chevy.KFC.GEICO.Subway.Repeat.Sprint.Chevy.KFC.GEICO.Subway.Repeat.Sprint.Chevy.KFC.GEICO.Subway.Repeat.Sprint.Chevy.KFC.GEICO.Subway.Repeat.

[BWard]

Shades of the 2011 Coca-Cola 600, fuel problems rob Dale Jr. of Victory.

[navycook75]

I'm ok with Kes winning, sucks that I have a stomachache and missed the finish.

2013 was definitely an off year.

[Sparkz47]

2014 is the year of JEEEEEEWWWWWNYEEEEEEER.

Good win, Brad. And dat 3rd place for Menard.

[BWard]

Hey and also, Paul Menard who almost didn't race because of his Wife giving birth prematurely, finishes 3rd. Guess he took the chance and got it.

[Cynon]

The Kez Dispenser is back. At least, for today. He can probably cruise for another 20 races or so before he picks it up again.

[Michael29Shell]

KEZ wins!   

[Alta]

A bit of lackluster race with a pretty good last 30 laps, Good finish as well.


Good to see Kez back to his previous form, 2013 was truly a goof year. Sucks for junior but i was solidly in the 2 camp.

[Lucstar88]

Ugh... Good finish, but at least Kes won, so i'm okay, better than Kyle Busch...

Junior has 8 straight top-10's and 5-6 top 5's in a row

JuneBug has a 11 point lead over Kes.

Also, Danica 21st, better than any SHR car...

[JMac525]

Pretty decent race today. Too bad Dale Jr couldn't hang on, but that was a solid win for Kes. Solid run for Menard today too.

[Mother of Invention]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

[Ben Atkins]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

I don't think being a little bit short on fuel for one race means he's returned to his "old form"...

In fact I think Jr's record of 1st, 2nd and 2nd says otherwise.

[pennst24]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

Old form as in putting his driver in contention for wins and titles, even though people got buttmad at him for fucking the team out of a few races here and there?

[Mother of Invention]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

I don't think being a little bit short on fuel for one race means he's returned to his "old form"...

In fact I think Jr's record of 1st, 2nd and 2nd says otherwise.

Yeah I kinda realized this later. If Steve LeTarte is to truly return to form, he needs to screw over Jr with a botched late race strategy call.

[Cynon]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

I don't think being a little bit short on fuel for one race means he's returned to his "old form"...

In fact I think Jr's record of 1st, 2nd and 2nd says otherwise.

Yeah I kinda realized this later. If Steve LeTarte is to truly return to form, he needs to screw over Jr with a botched late race strategy call.

Steve Letarte is a much better crew chief than he's given credit for -- he just has the misfortune of working with the two drivers with the most easily butthurt fanbases in all of racing.

[Mother of Invention]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

I don't think being a little bit short on fuel for one race means he's returned to his "old form"...

In fact I think Jr's record of 1st, 2nd and 2nd says otherwise.

Yeah I kinda realized this later. If Steve LeTarte is to truly return to form, he needs to screw over Jr with a botched late race strategy call.

Steve Letarte is a much better crew chief than he's given credit for -- he just has the misfortune of working with the two drivers with the most easily butthurt fanbases in all of racing.

I swear he has the worst luck among crew chiefs, it's like what ever strategy he picks ends up being the wrong one. Remember Vegas back around 09-10ish where Jeff had it in the bag, then a late caution hit and Jeff pit and got beat by Jimmie Johnson who I think employed an opposite  pit strategy? there were several races like that I remember.

[Rykia]

Wasn't it last year where Kez and Junior were the only two drivers with top tens in each of the first seven races or something to that effect? Anyways, happy for Kez. After last year, its great to see him in Victory Lane, even if it is at the dispense of Junior. Dat Menard Doe. Also, I was really disappointed with SHR. Their only even remotely competitive car breaks down and their next best is surprisingly Danica in 21st. Hmm...

[Alta]

I see Steve LeTarte has returned to his old form....

I don't think being a little bit short on fuel for one race means he's returned to his "old form"...

In fact I think Jr's record of 1st, 2nd and 2nd says otherwise.

Yeah I kinda realized this later. If Steve LeTarte is to truly return to form, he needs to screw over Jr with a botched late race strategy call.

Steve Letarte is a much better crew chief than he's given credit for -- he just has the misfortune of working with the two drivers with the most easily butthurt fanbases in all of racing.

I swear he has the worst luck among crew chiefs, it's like what ever strategy he picks ends up being the wrong one. Remember Vegas back around 09-10ish where Jeff had it in the bag, then a late caution hit and Jeff pit and got beat by Jimmie Johnson who I think employed an opposite  pit strategy? there were several races like that I remember.

I'm confused here, You seemed to bag on him for making bad calls and now you say he has the worst luck? Which one is it?

Sometimes crew chiefs are right and sometime they're wrong.

[Mother of Invention]

I'm confused here, You seemed to bag on him for making bad calls and now you say he has the worst luck? Which one is it?

Sometimes crew chiefs are right and sometime they're wrong.

I think it's about 50-50there is a certain "luck factor" involved such as with the Coke 600 and this race. But other times he just makes bad choices.

hopefully he's gotten over it though.

[Cynon]

I'm confused here, You seemed to bag on him for making bad calls and now you say he has the worst luck? Which one is it?

Sometimes crew chiefs are right and sometime they're wrong.

I think it's about 50-50there is a certain "luck factor" involved such as with the Coke 600 and this race. But other times he just makes bad choices.

hopefully he's gotten over it though.

... again...

Steve Letarte is a much better crew chief than he's given credit for -- he just has the misfortune of working with the two drivers with the most easily butthurt fanbases in all of racing.

If it wasn't for this, nobody would really say anything particularly bad about him, and maybe some people would praise him for getting <Insert Not Particularly Popular But Still Skilled Driver Here> to a few race wins.

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