Bank of America 500 - Sprint Cup Series

The next round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup is home to the Charlotte Motor Speedway. During this year's Coca-Cola 600, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was about 1/2 mile shy on his fuel, and Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag. Can Dale Jr. redeem himself at the home of NASCAR? Can Jimmie Johnson find lady luck here again? Can Kevin Harvick repeat? We'll find out this Saturday!

This Week's Go-or-Go Homers:

7 - Robby Gordon
21 - Trevor Bayne
30 - David Stremme
35 - Geoff Bodine (DNQ)
37 - Josh Wise (DNQ)
38 - JJ Yeley
46 - Scott Speed (DNQ)
55 - Travis Kvapil
60 - Mike Skinner
66 - Michael McDowell
75 - Derrike Cope
77 - Andy Lally (2nd TRG car)
87 - Joe Nemechek

Derrike Cope is back.

Chives2112 wrote:Derrike Cope is back.

Y'know, he may have been lucky to win the 500, but he did pick up a win at Dover later that year on merit. Time will tell if Bayne or Ragan can do the same. I'd say Bayne has a better shot.

I do think Cope should give it up, though.

I can't wait until Charlotte ditches the yellow walls. They're so freakin' ugly, and they make no sense.

Nextelracer wrote:I can't wait until Charlotte ditches the yellow walls. They're so freakin' ugly, and they make no sense.

Disagree. It's something different. Of course, red and white walls would be best, like back in the day, but we know that won't come back

Chives2112 wrote:Derrike Cope is back.

He'll probably withdraw before the weekend.

Willing to bet the only reason he's running is cause of the Bud Shootout rules say you gotta run at least one race a year to qualify. He'll run this race, and then we won't see him in a Cup car till February.

PYLrulz wrote:

Nextelracer wrote:I can't wait until Charlotte ditches the yellow walls. They're so freakin' ugly, and they make no sense.

Disagree. It's something different. Of course, red and white walls would be best, like back in the day, but we know that won't come back

It was awesome when they painted the walls yellow for the all star race, because that made perfect sense. When they just started leaving the paint up (laziness), it became old real quick, and the fact that it was done half-assed and tacky didn't help either. There's a huge difference between doing it right (like Homestead and Phoenix), and doing it like Charlotte. I wouldn't mind if they painted the walls some color that has meaning to Charlotte and/or North Carolina, such as blue or silver, but yellow makes absolutely no sense. Hell, they could even paint the walls pink for the October race and Coca-Cola red for the May race (that's actually a great idea).

TRG has moved Andy Lally into a 2nd car (#77) so that Hermie Sadler can race the #71.

PYLrulz wrote:

Nextelracer wrote:I can't wait until Charlotte ditches the yellow walls. They're so freakin' ugly, and they make no sense.

Disagree. It's something different. Of course, red and white walls would be best, like back in the day, but we know that won't come back

I don't see why not. Darlington still has its red and white walls, doesn't it?

BBoy wrote:TRG has moved Andy Lally into a 2nd car (#77) so that Hermie Sadler can race the #71.

The kid inside me wants SO BADLY for it to be sponsored be Jasper.


...please, racing gods????

BBoy wrote:TRG has moved Andy Lally into a 2nd car (#77) so that Hermie Sadler can race the #71.

Which one will start-and-park?

Sparkz47 wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:

Nextelracer wrote:I can't wait until Charlotte ditches the yellow walls. They're so freakin' ugly, and they make no sense.

Disagree. It's something different. Of course, red and white walls would be best, like back in the day, but we know that won't come back

I don't see why not. Darlington still has its red and white walls, doesn't it?

I thought they did too, but I was talking about throught most of the tracks on the series

Chives2112 wrote:

BBoy wrote:TRG has moved Andy Lally into a 2nd car (#77) so that Hermie Sadler can race the #71.

Which one will start-and-park?

I'm guessing Lally will start-and-park and Hermie will run the entire race.

BBoy wrote:

Chives2112 wrote:

BBoy wrote:TRG has moved Andy Lally into a 2nd car (#77) so that Hermie Sadler can race the #71.

Which one will start-and-park?

I'm guessing Lally will start-and-park and Hermie will run the entire race.

Considering they put Sadler in the 71 to preserve their top 35 spot, I think it's obvious.

Andy Lally start-and-park.

LALLY STart and parked last week too, he said so on twitter.

Your rookie of the year, ladies and gentlemen...

A title so mundane nowadays that even the majority of us could pull off.

Magus978 wrote:Your rookie of the year, ladies and gentlemen...

A title so mundane nowadays that even the majority of us could pull off.

You know you have a problem on your hands when Kevin Conway wins something. (no pun intended)

Chives2112 wrote:

Magus978 wrote:Your rookie of the year, ladies and gentlemen...

A title so mundane nowadays that even the majority of us could pull off.

You know you have a problem on your hands when Kevin Conway wins something. (no pun intended)

It's NASCAR reaping what they are sowing (neglect the Trucks and Nationwide series, letting the Cup guys invade them, and allowing few, if any rookies to develop

Chives2112 wrote:

Magus978 wrote:Your rookie of the year, ladies and gentlemen...

A title so mundane nowadays that even the majority of us could pull off.

You know you have a problem on your hands when Kevin Conway wins something. (no pun intended)

What's wrong with your 2012 champion by 5000 points, Kevin Conway?

Starting Lineup for the Bank of America 500

1 - 14 Tony Stewart
2 - 17 Matt Kenseth
3 - 99 Carl Edwards
4 - 43 AJ Allmendinger
5 - 16 Greg Biffle
6 - 39 Ryan Newman
7 - 27 Paul Menard
8 - 4 Kasey Kahne
9 - 48 Jimmie Johnson
10 - 21 Trevor Bayne
11 - 6 David Ragan
12 - 9 Marcos Ambrose
13 - 5 Mark Martin
14 - 29 Kevin Harvick
15 - 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
16 - 20 Joey Logano
17 - 11 Denny Hamlin
18 - 56 Martin Truex Jr.
19 - 33 Clint Bowyer
20 - 22 Kurt Busch
21 - 78 Regan Smith
22 - 47 Bobby Labonte
23 - 24 Jeff Gordon
24 - 13 Casey Mears
25 - 18 Kyle Busch
26 - 2 Brad Keselowski
27 - 1 Jamie McMurray
28 - 31 Jeff Burton
29 - 00 David Reutimann
30 - 51 Landon Cassill
31 - 83 Brian Vickers
32 - 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
33 - 34 David Gilliland
34 - 55 Travis Kvapil
35 - 36 Dave Blaney
36 - 30 David Stremme
37 - 66 Michael McDowell
38 - 38 JJ Yeley
39 - 87 Joe Nemechek
40 - 77 Andy Lally
41 - 71 Hermie Sadler
42 - 32 Mike Bliss
43 - 7 Robby Gordon

DID NOT QUALIFY

35 - Geoffery Bodine
46 - Scott Speed
37 - Josh Wise

Geoffery Bodine can't qualify this year.

On the topic of the Rookie of the Year award, Trevor Bayne isn't competing for Cup points, Brian Keselowski hasn't started enough races to be eligible or at least competitive, and T.J. Bell just sucks. Andy Lally is the best you're going to get for the rest of the season. I like the guy, but if he's going to make a name for himself in NASCAR, he could at least get some decent competition for the Rookie of the Year award.

The Rookie of the Year award for both the Nationwide Series and the Truck Series this year are far more competitive than the Cup Series has.

racingfreak1999 wrote:

Chives2112 wrote:Derrike Cope is back.

He'll probably withdraw before the weekend.

Did I call it?

racingfreak1999 wrote:

racingfreak1999 wrote:

Chives2112 wrote:Derrike Cope is back.

He'll probably withdraw before the weekend.

Did I call it?

yessir

Martin and Junior's cars look stunning under the lights.

Trevor Bayne's car looks awesome!

Good thing I didn't go to this race.

Ragan you stupid retard! No wonder you don't have a secure ride for next year. Idiot. Don't make it three wide unless you're a good or at least decent driver.

I picked Jeff Gordon as my favorite to win this race. As of right now, I don't think it's very likely any more.

Anyways, good win, Kyle. You don't need 400 laps in to figure that out at this point.

kensethfan wrote:I picked Jeff Gordon as my favorite to win this race. As of right now, I don't think it's very likely any more.

Anyways, good win, Kyle. You don't need 400 laps in to figure that out at this point.

Kyle isn't leading...

Jimmie's wreck looked like it crippled him...Ouch...championship hopes done?

Rykia_RKXK wrote:

kensethfan wrote:I picked Jeff Gordon as my favorite to win this race. As of right now, I don't think it's very likely any more.

Anyways, good win, Kyle. You don't need 400 laps in to figure that out at this point.

Kyle isn't leading...

Jimmie's wreck looked like it crippled him...Ouch...championship hopes done?

Kyle was leading last I checked. I'm not watching or listening to the race tonight.

kensethfan wrote:

Rykia_RKXK wrote:

kensethfan wrote:I picked Jeff Gordon as my favorite to win this race. As of right now, I don't think it's very likely any more.

Anyways, good win, Kyle. You don't need 400 laps in to figure that out at this point.

Kyle isn't leading...

Jimmie's wreck looked like it crippled him...Ouch...championship hopes done?

Kyle was leading last I checked. I'm not watching or listening to the race tonight.

Weren't you checking, COHNTEE? Your favourite driver won lol

You do realize Kenseth just won right?

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Kahne comes back from that spin to finish 4th.
REAGN KAN SUCK ITT!!!1!!!!!!11!1!!!!1!1!
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Congrats to Kenseth. Nice to see him win.

Good win Kyle. I don't get why you guys are winding up Contey, Kyle just dominated that race.

Matt Kenseth wins his 3rd race of the season after a late pass on Kyle Busch.

Top 10 Results

1 - 17 Matt Kenseth
2 - 18 Kyle Busch
3 - 99 Carl Edwards
4 - 4 Kasey Kahne
5 - 9 Marcos Ambrose
6 - 29 Kevin Harvick
7 - 43 AJ Allmendinger
8 - 14 Tony Stewart
9 - 11 Denny Hamlin
10 - 39 Ryan Newman

Remainder of results to be posted later.

Lackluster race. RPM beasting and Jimmie POSSIBLY blowing the championship were the highlights for me.

Tally is going to separate the men from the boys.

Great win for Kenseth! Now off to the crapshoot we call Talladega.

Unless Edwards and those guys have issues, JJ drive for 6 is realistically done. I think he is too far back to do it without help.

I'm really hoping that Jimmie's crash gets GIF'd.

Considering how close the top 5 in points have been on normal track, I think the only shot for Jimmie is if the those guys wreck at Talladega and he survives the a top 5. If that doesn't happen, then Edwards, Harvick, Kenseth, Busch, Stewart, and Keselowski will have to have serious problems in the remaining 4.