Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen - Sprint Cup Series

After a weekend at the "Tricky Triangle", the Sprint Cup Series will stop at the Watkins Glen International.

Entry List (46 cars)

00 - David Reutimann
1 - Jamie McMurray
2 - Brad Keselowski
4 - Kasey Kahne
5 - Mark Martin
6 - David Ragan
7 - Robby Gordon
9 - Marcos Ambrose
11 - Denny Hamlin
13 - Casey Mears
14 - Tony Stewart
16 - Greg Biffle
17 - Matt Kenseth
18 - Kyle Busch
20 - Joey Logano
22 - Kurt Busch
24 - Jeff Gordon
27 - Paul Menard
29 - Kevin Harvick
31 - Jeff Burton
32 - Andrew Ranger
33 - Clint Bowyer
34 - David Gilliland
35 - Dave Blaney
36 - Ron Fellows
37 - Scott Speed
38 - Terry Labonte
39 - Ryan Newman
42 - Juan Pablo Montoya
43 - AJ Allmendinger
46 - Andy Pilgrim
47 - Bobby Labonte
48 - Jimmie Johnson
50 - TJ Bell
51 - Boris Said
55 - JJ Yeley
56 - Martin Truex Jr.
60 - Mike Skinner
66 - Michael McDowell
71 - Andy Lally
77 - PJ Jones
78 - Regan Smith
83 - Brian Vickers
87 - Joe Nemechek
88 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.
99 - Carl Edwards

Road Course

GW Marcos Ambrose.

Entry List Update : Dave Blaney will drive the #35, and Ron Fellows will drive the #36.

Im going to Golden Corral with my little cousins this week.

Marcos Ambrose or Boris Said

Hehehehe, "Sour Cream and Dips".

MARCOS AMBROSE FTW

Ambrose's car is on freakin' rails...

Would love to see an Ambrose vs Montoya battle like last year just a little more beatin' and bangin'

day500champ1 wrote:Would love to see an Ambrose vs Montoya battle like last year just a little more beatin' and bangin'

this

Dammit!! I was so looking forward to a RPM Front row sweep, and then comes

Spoiler:

Kyle Busch buzzkills qualifying by smashing the track record. Full lineup to be brought to you by BBoy eventually.

On the pole with a NEW TRACK RECORD (for the 2nd time today), with a time of 1:07.77 seconds, it's KYLE BUSCH.

Starting Lineup

1 - 18 Kyle Busch
2 - 43 AJ Allmendinger
3 - 9 Marcos Ambrose
4 - 48 Jimmie Johnson
5 - 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
6 - 39 Ryan Newman
7 - 14 Tony Stewart
8 - 99 Carl Edwards
9 - 56 Martin Truex Jr.
10 - 78 Regan Smith
11 - 47 Bobby Labonte
12 - 2 Brad Keselowski
13 - 20 Joey Logano
14 - 1 Jamie McMurray
15 - 51 Boris Said
16 - 6 David Ragan
17 - 24 Jeff Gordon
18 - 4 Kasey Kahne
19 - 33 Clint Bowyer
20 - 83 Brian Vickers
21 - 87 Joe Nemechek
22 - 5 Mark Martin
23 - 29 Kevin Harvick
24 - 17 Matt Kenseth
25 - 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
26 - 13 Casey Mears
27 - 22 Kurt Busch
28 - 16 Greg Biffle
29 - 37 Scott Speed
30 - 55 JJ Yeley
31 - 7 Robby Gordon
32 - 27 Paul Menard
33 - 66 Michael McDowell
34 - 50 TJ Bell
35 - 32 Andrew Ranger
36 - 71 Andy Lally
37 - 60 Mike Skinner
38 - 36 Ron Fellows
39 - 00 David Reutimann
40 - 31 Jeff Burton
41 - 34 David Gilliland
42 - 11 Denny Hamlin
43 - 38 Terry Labonte

DNQ
35 - Dave Blaney
46 - Brian Simo
77 - PJ Jones

Busch isn't going to go very far, Ambrose is going to going to rename him shrimp and put him on the barbie.


*Austrailian rage in 3...2....1....*

Did anyone else here Kyle Petty call Montoya's car the "420 car?" Isn't that a little inappropriate after what happened with two of his crew members earlier this weekend?

PKligBKFan wrote:Did anyone else here Kyle Petty call Montoya's car the "420 car?" Isn't that a little inappropriate after what happened with two of his crew members earlier this weekend?

Lets hope Montoya isn't SMOKED about it. besdies, you don't have to put it so BLUNTLY.

navycook75 wrote:Busch isn't going to go very far, Ambrose is going to going to rename him shrimp and put him on the barbie.


*Austrailian rage in 3...2....1....*

I still have some Jackaroo Barbie Sauce we can use.

Before the race evene starts..................

reject of the race - denny hamlin's crew and na$car

Reject of Race: Mike Helton, For whimping out and not throwing on the rain tires.

f1fan12 wrote:Reject of Race: Mike Helton, For whimping out and not throwing on the rain tires.

*in Mike Helton voice* We want all of our drivers and fans to be safe and provide for a great show for the fans and we want all of the crews and drivers to be safe, and the rain tires would make racing boring, and we also want to keep our drivers safe.

That's your weekly Mike Helton runaround.

OK, if Cup are the best drivers in the world like Pemberton & Helton say, why can't they use rain tires and Nationwide can?

Indycar drivers will race in the rain
F1 drivers race in the rain
ALMS drivers will race in the rain.
If NASCAR has the toughest drivers like they say how do you explain that?

I would rather have Bernie Eccelstone run Nascar than Helton.

If you don't know who Bernie is https://www.youtube.com/user/f1fan112?feature=mhee#p/f/6/kWqE7LMLODs

PKligBKFan wrote:OK, if Cup are the best drivers in the world like Pemberton & Helton say, why can't they use rain tires and Nationwide can?

This.

The problem with the rain tires is that NASCAR has not tested them on the current Cup cars. If they tested them before-hand, there's a chance they could have had this technology down and Goodyear could have brought a proper rain rubber. However, you have to take into account the added weight of the cup cars and it might make handling impossible. As much as we'd want to see rain tires, it might not be the best marketing idea to have your "best drivers in the world" spin themselves on a lap by lap basis on rain rubber.

at least the Indycar race is on or I would if been kind of let down...

navycook75 wrote:at least the Indycar race is on or I would if been kind of let down...

Now we're racing under caution for the last 20 laps...

Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen has been rained out for today. We'll try it again tomorrow at 10 AM EST.

Chives2112 wrote:

navycook75 wrote:at least the Indycar race is on or I would if been kind of let down...

Now we're racing under caution for the last 20 laps...

at least they're racing.


@Tom: well fux me with a vaccuum, I have duty tomorrow so I won't be able to watch it...

Magus978 wrote:Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen has been rained out for today. We'll try it again tomorrow at 10 AM EST.

At least school doesn't start for me until next week so I can watch it.

EDIT: 200th post!

BLAME MIKE HELTON. if fthe nationwide can run rain tires so can we.

Magus978 wrote:The problem with the rain tires is that NASCAR has not tested them on the current Cup cars. If they tested them before-hand, there's a chance they could have had this technology down and Goodyear could have brought a proper rain rubber. However, you have to take into account the added weight of the cup cars and it might make handling impossible. As much as we'd want to see rain tires, it might not be the best marketing idea to have your "best drivers in the world" spin themselves on a lap by lap basis on rain rubber.

Bullcrap. Short of some minor differences between a Nationwide and Cup car what is going to hurt slapping rain tires on a Cup car?!?

Magus978 wrote:Sprint Cup at Watkins Glen has been rained out for today. We'll try it again tomorrow at 10 AM EST.

Too early for a race imo, but whatever.

PYLrulz wrote:

Magus978 wrote:The problem with the rain tires is that NASCAR has not tested them on the current Cup cars. If they tested them before-hand, there's a chance they could have had this technology down and Goodyear could have brought a proper rain rubber. However, you have to take into account the added weight of the cup cars and it might make handling impossible. As much as we'd want to see rain tires, it might not be the best marketing idea to have your "best drivers in the world" spin themselves on a lap by lap basis on rain rubber.

Bullcrap. Short of some minor differences between a Nationwide and Cup car what is going to hurt slapping rain tires on a Cup car?!?

My logic is very flawed...just think of it as something NASCAR would come up with

Magus978 wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:

Magus978 wrote:The problem with the rain tires is that NASCAR has not tested them on the current Cup cars. If they tested them before-hand, there's a chance they could have had this technology down and Goodyear could have brought a proper rain rubber. However, you have to take into account the added weight of the cup cars and it might make handling impossible. As much as we'd want to see rain tires, it might not be the best marketing idea to have your "best drivers in the world" spin themselves on a lap by lap basis on rain rubber.

Bullcrap. Short of some minor differences between a Nationwide and Cup car what is going to hurt slapping rain tires on a Cup car?!?

My logic is very flawed...just think of it as something NASCAR would come up with

I can honestly see NASCAR saying something like that....

Magus978 wrote:The problem with the rain tires is that NASCAR has not tested them on the current Cup cars. If they tested them before-hand, there's a chance they could have had this technology down and Goodyear could have brought a proper rain rubber. However, you have to take into account the added weight of the cup cars and it might make handling impossible. As much as we'd want to see rain tires, it might not be the best marketing idea to have your "best drivers in the world" spin themselves on a lap by lap basis on rain rubber.

I could be wrong, but don't they do this already on road courses unassisted by rain?

Also, I laugh at the hilariously overused marketing line of "Best drivers in the world".

Like I said, my logic is uber-flawed. I was trying to look at it through NASCAR's rose-tinted glasses.

Magus978 wrote:Like I said, my logic is uber-flawed. I was trying to look at it through NASCAR's rose-tinted glasses.

Well then don't mind me. Also, I'm sure NASCAR's Rose Tinted glasses are more like them drinking on the job because you know, everyone drinks a bud now over there.

RACECAR wrote:

Magus978 wrote:Like I said, my logic is uber-flawed. I was trying to look at it through NASCAR's rose-tinted glasses.

Well then don't mind me. Also, I'm sure NASCAR's Rose Tinted glasses are more like them drinking on the job because you know, everyone drinks a bud now over there.

More like drinking AMP while eating M&M's and shopping at Lowe's.

pennst24 wrote:

RACECAR wrote:

Magus978 wrote:Like I said, my logic is uber-flawed. I was trying to look at it through NASCAR's rose-tinted glasses.

Well then don't mind me. Also, I'm sure NASCAR's Rose Tinted glasses are more like them drinking on the job because you know, everyone drinks a bud now over there.

More like drinking AMP while eating M&M's and shopping at Lowe's.

This line wins the thread. Period.

I can't see any reason for not giving them rain tires to use. I mean, it's not like the Cup drivers don't have any experience racing in the wet

Mystrsyko wrote:I can't see any reason for not giving them rain tires to use. I mean, it's not like the Cup drivers don't have any experience racing in the wet

Neither did the N'wide drivers the first time they ran rain tires.

pennst24 wrote:

RACECAR wrote:

Magus978 wrote:Like I said, my logic is uber-flawed. I was trying to look at it through NASCAR's rose-tinted glasses.

Well then don't mind me. Also, I'm sure NASCAR's Rose Tinted glasses are more like them drinking on the job because you know, everyone drinks a bud now over there.

More like drinking AMP while eating M&M's and shopping at Lowe's.

Tasting crap while looking at crap. Just lovely.

Nascarboy426 wrote:

Mystrsyko wrote:I can't see any reason for not giving them rain tires to use. I mean, it's not like the Cup drivers don't have any experience racing in the wet

Neither did the N'wide drivers the first time they ran rain tires.

Yes but, I think the real reason they don't want to run in the wet is because NASCAR doesn't want it to affect the chase in any way which is really close. If it were Infineon which is still a good 8-10 races before the chase they probably would've put more consideration in to it.

Just got the command to fire engines. No rain! ...yet.

KURT Y U HAV TO RECK ALLMENDINGER!?!?!!?

Alta wrote:KURT Y U HAV TO RECK ALLMENDINGER!?!?!!?

OHEMGEE THARES FOG CALL TEH RED FLAG OUT CUZ THAY KANT DRIVE!!!1!

Kidding, hope they don't, though, because I wanna dee this play out.

you know, i just noticed, and I'm glad to see this at american tracks now, the thick rubber sheet in front of the tire walls. it really helps prevent the tires from "grabbing" the cars and worsening the impact. kudos to the glen for that upgrade, although i still think they need to deepen their tire barriers

Hard Hit for Hamlin. Good to see him walk away though. Looks like stuck throttle.