2012 Aaron's 499 - NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

by BWard Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:06 pm

Talladega Superspeedway, the longest, tallest, largest in NASCAR plays host to Race 10 of 36 of the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season for the running of the Aaron's 499. Could this be the race where Dale Earnhardt Jr. can finally break his winless streak, or will this be the race that Greg Biffle can maintain his points lead? Entry list to be posted soon.

by Sparkz47 Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:18 pm

Talladega is one of those few tracks where you don't know what will happen, it could provide great racing or it could be a massive failfest. But, one thing's for certain: it's a nice break from all the cookie-cutters we've been smothered with lately.

by day500champ1 Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:19 pm

Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.

by BWard Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:22 pm

day500champ1 wrote:Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.

maybe a photo finish is what the fans want. Smile

by Alta Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:33 pm

Has the possibility to be the best race of the year so far. May be utter ridiculousness could be boring as hell...who knows?

by navycook75 Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:27 pm

day500champ1 wrote:Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.

I don't know...the past 7 or 8 Talladega races were decided on a last lap pass....

by day500champ1 Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:32 pm

navycook75 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.
I don't know...the past 7 or 8 Talladega races were decided on a last lap pass....

5 of the last 6, were determined by the two-car tango as well. The last real Talladega last lap pass with the draft was in the fall of '01.

by Blake Camphausen Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:52 pm

day500champ1 wrote:
navycook75 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.
I don't know...the past 7 or 8 Talladega races were decided on a last lap pass....

5 of the last 6, were determined by the two-car tango as well. The last real Talladega last lap pass with the draft was in the fall of '01.

2006 Fall race....

by PackerMan71 Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:53 pm

Blake Camphausen wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:
navycook75 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.
I don't know...the past 7 or 8 Talladega races were decided on a last lap pass....

5 of the last 6, were determined by the two-car tango as well. The last real Talladega last lap pass with the draft was in the fall of '01.

2006 Fall race....

You can't really consider that a pass, since it was more of a dump and run.

by BWard Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:30 pm

PackerMan71 wrote:
Blake Camphausen wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:
navycook75 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:Driver leading at white will be driver leading at checked unless the two-car tango is present.
I don't know...the past 7 or 8 Talladega races were decided on a last lap pass....

5 of the last 6, were determined by the two-car tango as well. The last real Talladega last lap pass with the draft was in the fall of '01.

2006 Fall race....

You can't really consider that a pass, since it was more of a dump and run.

Or also known as the Bump 'n' run fail.

by pennst24 Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:46 pm

2007 fall race...Gordon moves out on Johnson, and that was a pack.

by AntmanB Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:08 pm

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Aaron's 499
Talladega Superspeedway - 5/6/2012
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Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy Bass Pro Shops /Tracker Felix Sabates
2 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite Roger Penske
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick
4 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty
5 10 David Reutimann Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Tommy Baldwin
6 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express J D Gibbs
7 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain
8 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Office Depot / Mobile 1 Margaret Haas
9 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota Aaron's / Alabama National Championship Rob Kauffman
10 16 Greg Biffle Ford O'Reilly's Jack Roush
11 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Best Buy John Henry
12 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs
13 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs
14 21 Trevor Bayne (i) Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Glen Wood
15 22 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Shell Pennzoil / AAA Walter Czarnecki
16 23 Robert Richardson (i) Chevy North Texas Pipe Robert Richardson Sr.
17 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy DuPont Rick Hendrick
18 26 Josh Wise # Ford Morristown Driver's Service Jerry Freeze
19 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards / Turtle Wax Richard Childress
20 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Rheem Richard Childress
21 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports Kevin Buckler
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
23 32 Terry Labonte Ford C&J Energy Jack Roush
24 33 Tony Raines Chevy TBA Richard Childress
25 34 David Ragan Ford TBA Bob Jenkins
26 36 Dave Blaney Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Allen Heinke
27 38 David Gilliland Ford Taco Bell Bob Jenkins
28 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Bass Pro Tony Stewart
29 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target / Kraft Chip Ganassi
30 43 Aric Almirola Ford Verifone Sail Richard Petty
31 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Bush's Beans Tad Geschickter
32 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
33 49 J.J. Yeley Toyota JPO Absorbents Jay Robinson
34 51 Kurt Busch Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch
35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Color Your Way Bill Jenkins
36 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
37 78 Regan Smith Chevy Furniture Row / Farm American Barney Vissar
38 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King Thomas Ueberall
39 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota AM FM Energy Andrea Nemechek
40 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy National Guard / Diet Mtn Dew Rick Hendrick
41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King Thomas Ueberall
42 97 Bill Elliott Toyota TBD Andrea Nemechek
43 98 Michael McDowell Ford Curb Records Mike Curb
44 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush

Sadly i saw waltrip coming.

by day500champ1 Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:38 pm

pennst24 wrote:2007 fall race...Gordon moves out on Johnson, and that was a pack.

I'll give you this one, Jake. But, the '06 fall one wouldn't work considering Jr., Jimmie, and Vickers had pulled away from the pack. Remember it was just the 3 of them down the backstraightaway.

by Alta Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:03 pm

AntmanB wrote:
b]35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Color Your Way Bill Jenkins[/b]

Sadly i saw waltrip coming.

So who's dying this time?

by Magus978 Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:05 pm

Haters gon' hate, Blaney gon' win!

by day500champ1 Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:22 pm

Magus978 wrote:Haters gon' hate, Blaney gon' win!

3rd in the fall race last year and nearly won Daytona. This is a good possibility.

by Racerfan275 Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:41 pm

day500champ1 wrote:
Magus978 wrote:Haters gon' hate, Blaney gon' win!

3rd in the fall race last year and nearly won Daytona. This is a good possibility.

I agree, Blaney has improved on ss races and does seem to have a legit shot
can't believe i said that

by day500champ1 Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:49 pm

Racerfan275 wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:
Magus978 wrote:Haters gon' hate, Blaney gon' win!

3rd in the fall race last year and nearly won Daytona. This is a good possibility.
I agree, Blaney has improved on ss races and does seem to have a legit shot
can't believe i said that

Then again this is the same guy that nearly won Atlanta in '01 (I believe it was '01).

by PYLrulz Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:13 pm

35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Color Your Way Bill Jenkins

Let's see if he puts it in the wall in some form of qualifying all by himself this time

by Tanrar Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:12 pm

So, will we see our weekly JPM caution?

by navycook75 Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:35 pm

RandomClassic wrote:So, will we see our weekly JPM caution?

hopefully without crashing into anything like the last Super Speedway

by GamerAzuzu Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:38 pm

Instead he'll just run into a Stalled Michael Waltrip.

by bartman97 Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:52 pm

PYLrulz wrote:35 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota Aaron's Color Your Way Bill Jenkins

Let's see if he puts it in the wall in some form of qualifying all by himself this time

I wonder if he's learnt to exit the pit safely.

by Alpineopossum Mon Apr 30, 2012 11:04 pm

Magus978 wrote:Haters gon' hate, Blaney gon' win!

YES!

by flyingturns89 Tue May 01, 2012 12:49 am

pennst24 wrote:2007 fall race...Gordon moves out on Johnson, and that was a pack.

Didn't Blaney end up three wide at the line with them that year?

by day500champ1 Tue May 01, 2012 1:16 am

flyingturns89 wrote:
pennst24 wrote:2007 fall race...Gordon moves out on Johnson, and that was a pack.

Didn't Blaney end up three wide at the line with them that year?

No, he was there, but he only got about half a car up on Johnson and that was for 2nd. Gordon firmly had it over Johnson.

About 8:47 is just before the line.

by Tanrar Tue May 01, 2012 2:06 am

I'm gonna go the Ben route here, and ask:

Will we see a flip this weekend?

by day500champ1 Tue May 01, 2012 2:09 am

RandomClassic wrote:I'm gonna go the Ben route here, and ask:

Will we see a flip this weekend?

Given the history, he's my count:

1 in the Nationwide
1 in the ARCA
0 in the Cup

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Tue May 01, 2012 7:17 am

RandomClassic wrote:I'm gonna go the Ben route here, and ask:

Will we see a flip this weekend?

Danica Patrick does a Jimmy Horton in turn 1.

by Nascar9fan Tue May 01, 2012 7:36 am

day500champ1 wrote:
RandomClassic wrote:I'm gonna go the Ben route here, and ask:

Will we see a flip this weekend?

Given the history, he's my count:

1 in the Nationwide
1 in the ARCA
0 in the Cup

I thought this wouldn't be easy to forget

by Mystrsyko Tue May 01, 2012 11:38 am

Well, ARCA didn't have their yearly flip at Daytona, so they're overdue.

by JMac525 Tue May 01, 2012 11:58 am

Going off the Blaney discussion from earlier, he's been pretty solid on SS's even before he got in the 36 car. I remember a few years back he finished 3rd in the Bill Davis 22.

by BWard Tue May 01, 2012 12:02 pm

JMac525 wrote:Going off the Blaney discussion from earlier, he's been pretty solid on SS's even before he got in the 36 car. I remember a few years back he finished 3rd in the Bill Davis 22.

he got 3rd in last year's fall race as well, so don't count him out for a good finish.

by day500champ1 Tue May 01, 2012 2:14 pm

Nascar9fan wrote:
day500champ1 wrote:
RandomClassic wrote:I'm gonna go the Ben route here, and ask:

Will we see a flip this weekend?

Given the history, he's my count:

1 in the Nationwide
1 in the ARCA
0 in the Cup

I thought this wouldn't be easy to forget

This flip only happened caused Newman struck Edwards car. Plus Brad held his line having learned from Smith incident this year before.

by PYLrulz Tue May 01, 2012 2:21 pm

Mystrsyko wrote:Well, ARCA didn't have their yearly flip at Daytona, so they're overdue.

Hell, ARCA pretty much had the cleanest race during Speedweeks, near legit too, so they are overdue for some massive derping at least

by Mother of Invention Tue May 01, 2012 3:32 pm

last couple ARCA races have been crap, they should move back to the Friday before the fall race. NWS is about the only time you gonna even have a chance for a flip.

by Vincent Giacalone Wed May 02, 2012 11:40 pm

Mother of Invention wrote:last couple ARCA races have been crap, they should move back to the Friday before the fall race. NWS is about the only time you gonna even have a chance for a flip.

inb4 people compare him to Boozooka

On another note, though, I am going to this race. Very Happy

by Alta Thu May 03, 2012 12:17 am

Nascarboy426 wrote:
Mother of Invention wrote:last couple ARCA races have been crap, they should move back to the Friday before the fall race. NWS is about the only time you gonna even have a chance for a flip.

inb4 people compare him to Boozooka

On another note, though, I am going to this race.

Oh dear. Get pics and stuff, as these are the races where talent goes out the window. Razz

by Mother of Invention Thu May 03, 2012 12:30 am

Nascarboy426 wrote:
Mother of Invention wrote:last couple ARCA races have been crap, they should move back to the Friday before the fall race. NWS is about the only time you gonna even have a chance for a flip.

inb4 people compare him to Boozooka

On another note, though, I am going to this race.

Do you guys remember that race two years ago? Probably not cause it was a boring piece of Junk.

by Nextelracer Thu May 03, 2012 8:49 am

Whatever happens, I ask of my driver...

Please, dear God, do not draft with Jimmie Johnson on the last run.

I think they're still waiting to make their move from last year's Spring race.

by AntmanB Thu May 03, 2012 5:04 pm

there's a chance this race may not run til WENDESDAY.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Talladega+AL+USAL0524:1:US

by PKligBKFan Thu May 03, 2012 5:22 pm

AntmanB wrote:there's a chance this race may not run til WENDESDAY.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Talladega+AL+USAL0524:1:US

Until Wendesday?! Seriously doubt that...

by BWard Thu May 03, 2012 5:26 pm

AntmanB wrote:there's a chance this race may not run til WENDESDAY.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Talladega+AL+USAL0524:1:US

I'll be honest, I do not want to believe that in any way AT ALL!!!!!

by Tanrar Thu May 03, 2012 5:34 pm

LOL thinking a 30% chance will rain out the race.

by Alta Thu May 03, 2012 6:22 pm

I believe each race goes off with out a hitch. It will probably only rain tonight. ;/

by flyingturns89 Thu May 03, 2012 8:35 pm

PKligBKFan wrote:
AntmanB wrote:there's a chance this race may not run til WENDESDAY.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Talladega+AL+USAL0524:1:US

Until Wendesday?! Seriously doubt that...

It happened a few years ago at Michigan.

by Spannerhead29 (Nelson) Thu May 03, 2012 9:28 pm

AntmanB wrote:there's a chance this race may not run til WENDESDAY.

http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/Talladega+AL+USAL0524:1:US

If that happens then the Darlington race will probably be moved to the Sunday, and they might have the Nationwide either the Saturday night or early Sunday morning.

by Alta Thu May 03, 2012 9:30 pm

DAVE BLANEY! WE GONNA EAT FREE NOW.

by AntmanB Thu May 03, 2012 9:43 pm

what alta is referring to..........

Golden Corral returns to sponsor Blaney at Superspeedways: Golden Corral will come back on board the Tommy Baldwin Racing #36 Chevy for the superspeedway races this season. Dave Blaney will drive the #36 Golden Corral/Camp Corral Chevrolet this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway as well as at Daytona International Speedway in July and Talladega in October. The Raleigh, N.C., company will once again run the Top-10 Kids Eat Free promotion for all three events. Golden Corral and Camp Corral will adorn the #36 Chevy in the Aaron's 499 this weekend. Golden Corral sponsored the team in 21 events last season. This summer the company will focus on spreading the word about Camp Corral, as well as running the Top-10 Kids Eat Free promotion.(Tommy Baldwin Racing)(5-3-2012)

by Sparkz47 Thu May 03, 2012 9:45 pm

Break out the chocolate fountain, boys! On Sunday, we eat like kings!

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