TUMS Fast Relief 500 - Sprint Cup Series

We're now past Talladega, which potentially may have decided the Chase, and heading off to Martinsville! History be told that Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin have been the most dominant drivers at this track since 2006. However earlier this season, Kevin Harvick would be the one in victory lane. Will we see something like this happen again? Can Carl Edwards hold on to his championship lead on a track where out of the 14 races here, he has only 1 top 5, 4 top 10's, and an average finish of 16.9?

Go-or-Go Homers (Now that Travis Kvapil (#38) is locked in, Hermie Sadler (#71) will have to qualify his way into the race.)

7 - Reed Sorenson
30 - David Stremme
37 - Mike Skinner
46 - Scott Speed
55 - JJ Yeley
66 - Michael McDowell
71 - Hermie Sadler
75 - Derrike Cope (DNQ) (Surprisingly didn't withdraw.)
77 #1 - Robby Gordon
77 #2 - Andy Lally (according to Jayski.com, usually if both drivers (Gordon and Lally) make the race, the one higher in owners points gets to run the number and the other team has to use a different number.)
87 - Joe Nemechek
92 - Dennis Setzer (DNQ)

I've always been fond of Martinsville, maybe it's the history, or just the idea of 43 cars speeding along in such a small space. It's just a really fun track for me. Anyway, it's a little early to be picking a winner at the moment, but as it stands, I'd have to go with either Denny Hamlin (based on past performance) or, as much as I hate saying this, Jimmie Johnson (he's had crap luck in the past few races, so he'll be driving harder than ever this time around). Also, I didn't even know Dennis Setzer attempted Cup races. Maybe I'm just really oblivious. ANYWHO...

Looking forward to Sunday, let's go Labonte!

This is the make or break race for Jimmie's title hopes. If he leaves Martinsville still a full-race behind Edwards (or whoever is the points leader after), he's done. 'Cause I really don't see anything big happening at Texas, Phoenix, or Homestead.

As far as the race, Hamlin and Johnson are clear favorite, but I wouldn't count out Jr., Kyle Busch, or Harvick. Jr. historically has run well here, Busch had a great run in the spring, and of course, Harvick won the spring race.

The 77 Has Withdrawn, Per Andy Lally's Twitter.

Because of rain, qualifying was washed out, although they could've just moved practice and qualifying to after the Truck race imo.

Carl Edwards is the pole sitter as to the NASCAR rulebook, and the 2 cars that DNQ'd were Dennis Setzer and Derrike Cope.

Ugh, I wanted Setzer to make it, but we all know that Cope wouldn't.

Spoiler: Hendrick wins

pepsibottle1 wrote:Spoiler: Hendrick wins

Spoiler: Ragan crashes.

Alta wrote:

pepsibottle1 wrote:Spoiler: Hendrick wins

Spoiler: Ragan crashes.

One more spoiler: This isn't Talladegu.

Well, looks like kids won't be eating free at Golden Corral today.

Magus978 wrote:

Alta wrote:

pepsibottle1 wrote:Spoiler: Hendrick wins

Spoiler: Ragan crashes.

One more spoiler: This isn't Talladegu.

Or Talladega.

Looks like McMurray isn't lovin it.

New drinking game. Every time BV is involved in a caution, take a drink.

PKligBKFan wrote:New drinking game. Every time BV is involved in a caution, take a drink.

We'll all be dead by lap 200.

83 woke up on the wrong side of the bed

PKligBKFan wrote:New drinking game. Every time BV is involved in a caution, take a drink.

Take a drink! *gulp*

Now they can't even run a clean lap.

They are all driving like cabbages!!!

How many wrecks has the #83 cabbage been in today?

PKligBKFan wrote:New drinking game. Every time BV is involved in a caution, take a drink.

*gulp* *burps*

Smells like cabbage! Thanks for coming through for me again, BV, I was really hoping for a caution to bring Jimmie back down.

Vickers you absolute carrot.

O.o

Glad nascar didnt throw the caution for Keslowski or Logano. Good finsih.

I Love Martinsville.

Tony beats out Jimmie. Jimmie still a full race behind, lets keep it that way.

I have seen people race, fully loaded motorized shopping carts cleaner than this.

Vickers was the biggest tool I've seen in awhile.

Tony Stewart passed Jimmie Johnson on the final restart to win his 3rd race of the season!
After round 7 of the Chase, Carl Edwards holds only an 8 point lead over Stewart, and 21 over 3rd place Kevin Harvick!

Results

1 - 14 Tony Stewart
2 - 48 Jimmie Johnson
3 - 24 Jeff Gordon
4 - 29 Kevin Harvick
5 - 11 Denny Hamlin
6 - 31 Jeff Burton
7 - 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
8 - 56 Martin Truex Jr.
9 - 99 Carl Edwards
10 - 39 Ryan Newman
11 - 43 AJ Allmendinger
12 - 13 Casey Mears (Best finish of 2011 so far)
13 - 78 Regan Smith
14 - 22 Kurt Busch
15 - 16 Greg Biffle
16 - 38 Travis Kvapil
17 - 2 Brad Keselowski
18 - 20 Joey Logano
19 - 33 Clint Bowyer
20 - 00 David Reutimann
21 - 32 Ken Schrader
22 - 42 Juan Pablo Montoya -3
23 - 36 Dave Blaney -3
24 - 27 Paul Menard -3
25 - 4 Kasey Kahne -5
26 - 71 Hermie Sadler -7
27 - 18 Kyle Busch -7
28 - 5 Mark Martin -9
29 - 9 Marcos Ambrose -12
30 - 83 Brian Vickers (A.K.A. The Red Bulldozer) Reject of the Race
31 - 17 Matt Kenseth -23
32 - 47 Bobby Labonte -36
33 - 6 David Ragan -56
34 - 34 David Gilliland OUT
35 - 1 Jamie McMurray OUT
36 - 7 Reed Sorenson OUT
37 - 46 Scott Speed OUT
38 - 30 David Stremme OUT
39 - 66 Michael McDowell OUT
40 - 55 JJ Yeley OUT
41 - 87 Joe Nemechek OUT
42 - 51 Landon Cassill OUT
43 - 37 Mike Skinner OUT

Lots of failure in this one boys.

Vickers proving why he doesn't belong in Cup, Junior proving why he is one of the worst drivers in field today and a lot of other drivers driving like a just tools in general.

Wasn't a bad race....More pissed that Junior f***** Keselowski over driving like an absoluite tool. GW Tony as he proves he is the most dominant driver in the chase.

For anybody that didn't believe Jimmie was done, This pretty much reinforce the fact he's done.

Ves, Vickers was a complete tool bag today. Goes back to my comment from yesterday's truck race. It's one thing to bump, bang, and race, it's also one thing to get mad, and maybe want to throw a few fists around afterwords. If all that happens, hey, fine, cool, but a race car or truck should NEVER be used as a weapon.

What a finish, and what a move by Tony. Jimmie needs better hax and Vickers needs to gtfo