2012 Quicken Loans 400 - Sprint Cup Series

The Repaved Michigan Speedway.

Couple of Suprises on the Entry List this week.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Quicken Loans 400
Michigan International Speedway - 6/17/2012
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Car# Driver Manu Sponsor Owner
1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's 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 Office J D Gibbs
7 13 Casey Mears Ford Valvoline NEXTGEN Bob Germain
8 14 Tony Stewart Chevy Office Depot / Mobile 1 Margaret Haas
9 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-Hour Energy Rob Kauffman
10 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M - Salute Jack Roush
11 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Roush Fenway Racing John Henry
12 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Snickers Joe Gibbs
13 19 Mike Bliss (i) Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing Randy Humphrey
14 20 Joey Logano Toyota Home Depot Joe Gibbs
15 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Glen Wood
16 22 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Shell Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki
17 23 Scott Riggs Chevy North Texas Pipe Robert Richardson Sr.
18 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy Dupont Rick Hendrick
19 26 Josh Wise # Ford MDS Transport Jerry Freeze
20 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards - Duracell Richard Childress
21 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Budweiser Folds of Honor Richard Childress
22 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports Kevin Buckler
23 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress
24 32 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts Jack Roush
25 33 Austin Dillon(i) Chevy American Ethanol Richard Childress
26 34 David Ragan Ford TBA Bob Jenkins
27 36 Dave Blaney Chevy Tommy Baldwin Racing Allen Heinke
28 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's Bob Jenkins
29 39 Ryan Newman Chevy U.S. Army Tony Stewart
30 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi
31 43 Aric Almirola Ford Medallion Richard Petty
32 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Charter Tad Geschickter
33 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevy Lowe's Jeff Gordon
34 49 J.J. Yeley Toyota American Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents Jay Robinson
35 51 Kurt Busch Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch
36 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Bill Jenkins
37 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip
38 74 Stacy Compton Chevy Turn One Racing Vickie Compton
39 78 Regan Smith Chevy Furniture Row Barney Vissar
40 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King Thomas Ueberall
41 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota AM FM Energy Andrea Nemechek
42 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Diet Mt. Dew / The Dark Knight Rises / National Guard Rick Hendrick
43 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King Thomas Ueberall
44 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb
45 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush

one of those surprises is Austin Dillon.

Start & Park Brigade This Week
#19 - Mike Bliss
#23 - Scott Riggs
#26 - Josh Wise
#30 - David Stremme
#36 - Dave Blaney
#49 - J.J. Yeley
#74 - Stacy Compton
#87 - Joe Nemechek
#98 - Michael McDowell

Amongst all of these, Inception & Stremme will probably go the furthest before parking, as they seem to last past the first pit stop, but not much more after that. Expect the rest to be in the garage early (amongst those who make it in). The #33 would normally park with Stephen Leicht, but Austin Dillon's running the car under the Childress banner, so expect them to be competitive this weekend.

Non S&P related - The #21 Wood Brothers entry with Trevor Bayne will have to race their way in along with the S&P cars not in the top 35. Not sure if the #32 of Ken Schrader is locked in, but if he isn't, add him to the mix of go or go homers.

32 - schrader is locked in.

The 49 & 36 won't s&p.

49 has been start and parking occasionally, but they run the full races more than they S&P

I'd like to see Keselowski win at home, but I can't remember him ever being competitive at MIS before.

Top speeds hitting 215+mph. Yeah budday.

Tony Raines to replace David Ruitimann in the #10.

SpeedDemon37 wrote:I'd like to see Keselowski win at home, but I can't remember him ever being competitive at MIS before.

Did you forget this from 2009?



And this from 2010?

Prawblems

@MartinTruexJr56: My engineer says just over 3g's pulled on fast lap. Hahaha

@MartinTruexJr56: Minimum speed in the corner is 192!!!

Holy Jesus Christ, they're hitting 218-220 mph at the end of the straightaways. Harvick is fastest in practice at the moment with a 35.821, which is 200.999 mph AVERAGE speed. In race trim.

Epic.

No restrictor plates planned at MIS: NASCAR officials said they have no plan to add restrictor plates used at Daytona and Talladega to reduce speeds. Vice president of competition Robin Pemberton expected speeds to slow on their own as the track rubbers in and the temperature rises. Series director John Darby said NASCAR has a speed at which liftoff is a concern as is the case at Daytona and Talladega, and "we're not there yet."(ESPN)(6-14-2012)

inb4 blowover

BBoy wrote:

SpeedDemon37 wrote:I'd like to see Keselowski win at home, but I can't remember him ever being competitive at MIS before.

Did you forget this from 2009?



And this from 2010?

Whoops! Forgot about Nationwide!

Lot of surprises up front in first practice early on. Most drivers are just cycling their tires. McDowell and Dillon quickest as of now.

Dale Jr's last win came at this very race.

Spannerhead29 (Nelson) wrote:Prawblems

Yeah... it's going to be freezing cold!!!

*note: Before anybody flips, YES, I realize that's in Celcius*

Greg Biffle just hit 204 MPH in Final Practice.

AntmanB wrote:Greg Biffle just hit 204 MPH in Final Practice.

Could see others go even faster in qualifying.

correct me if im wrong but didn't Brad run good in last year's cup race?

5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

I was NEVER a fan of "unrestricted racing" and I still think they should slow the cars down...

Looking at the Qualifying results on NASCAR.com, is Carl Edwards racing tomorrow? It looks that he didn't set a lap time today.

BWardboy88 wrote:Looking at the Qualifying results on NASCAR.com, is Carl Edwards racing tomorrow? It looks that he didn't set a lap time today.

I don't know, is he?

BWardboy88 wrote:Looking at the Qualifying results on NASCAR.com, is Carl Edwards racing tomorrow? It looks that he didn't set a lap time today.

Because Edwards is clearly a go-or-go homer.

Also, AMBROSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nascarboy426 wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

I was NEVER a fan of "unrestricted racing" and I still think they should slow the cars down...

I'm not saying you guys, just the idiots that call themselves NASCAR fans out there

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

What I hate is these super-hard tires that don't ever blow out or wear, meaning the teams can run tons of camber and not pay the penalty for doing so and the drivers don't have to manage their tires as much (meaning, Tony Stewart would probably run like crap). I wish they'd make everyone run on the Brickyard 400 tires that would blow out if they ran them too hard.

It's actually made this race SIGNIFICANTLY less interesting.

Cy, I totally agree with you but unfortunately everyone would bitch and whine to Goodyear and have them change the tires anyways.

Boys, we have a prawblem. Israeli trash car is legit fast

It's bad when ARCA cars can compete against the Cup cars in speed.

BBoy wrote:It's bad when ARCA cars can compete against the Cup cars in speed.

COT fail

Cynon wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

What I hate is these super-hard tires that don't ever blow out or wear, meaning the teams can run tons of camber and not pay the penalty for doing so and the drivers don't have to manage their tires as much (meaning, Tony Stewart would probably run like crap). I wish they'd make everyone run on the Brickyard 400 tires that would blow out if they ran them too hard.

It's actually made this race SIGNIFICANTLY less interesting.

This.

Cynon wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

What I hate is these super-hard tires that don't ever blow out or wear, meaning the teams can run tons of camber and not pay the penalty for doing so and the drivers don't have to manage their tires as much (meaning, Tony Stewart would probably run like crap). I wish they'd make everyone run on the Brickyard 400 tires that would blow out if they ran them too hard.

It's actually made this race SIGNIFICANTLY less interesting.

But then everyone would wine that Goodyear brought a crap tire.

Nobody can ever win in NASCAR

PYLrulz wrote:

Cynon wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

What I hate is these super-hard tires that don't ever blow out or wear, meaning the teams can run tons of camber and not pay the penalty for doing so and the drivers don't have to manage their tires as much (meaning, Tony Stewart would probably run like crap). I wish they'd make everyone run on the Brickyard 400 tires that would blow out if they ran them too hard.

It's actually made this race SIGNIFICANTLY less interesting.

But then everyone would wine that Goodyear brought a crap tire.

Nobody can ever win in NASCAR

Agreed, but if it means a better race (especially at my home track), I wouldn't mind anyone crying about the tires!

SpeedDemon37 wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:

Cynon wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:5 bucks says if we have a blowover crash, and a car hits catch fencing, people will complain about why NASCAR didn't slow the cars down... the same people that yearn for the days of "unrestricted racing"

What I hate is these super-hard tires that don't ever blow out or wear, meaning the teams can run tons of camber and not pay the penalty for doing so and the drivers don't have to manage their tires as much (meaning, Tony Stewart would probably run like crap). I wish they'd make everyone run on the Brickyard 400 tires that would blow out if they ran them too hard.

It's actually made this race SIGNIFICANTLY less interesting.

But then everyone would wine that Goodyear brought a crap tire.

Nobody can ever win in NASCAR

Agreed, but if it means a better race (especially at my home track), I wouldn't mind anyone crying about the tires!

Well Pirelli seems to have that down to an art (creating a tire that wears like crazy, and yet providing good racing), how about we bring them in!

need some Hoosier tires, you know, the daytona ones that made people weight shift

Marcos Ambrose is the reason this race has been more interesting. What a pass!

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has just taken the lead of the race.

Ambrose and Jr. battle for the lead?! At Michigan?! What kind of hacks is this? lol.

Sup Logano? How's your confidence after that wreck? And nice ARCA brakes, Kahne. That was really Gilliland's fault for starting that whole mess though.

Why on earth would they be playing on fuel mileage game right now, when your tires cant even go through a full fuel run?

LOL. All the Gibbs Douchebags are out.

Hamlin's car was basically ablaze, good thing he got out fast.

If Jr wins this race, the Internet will Explode.

AntmanB wrote:If Jr wins this race, the Internet will Explode.

Something tells me he's going to get screwed over at the end of this race. I hope I'm wrong about that.

I can almost not believe what I'm seeing, it's going to happen in just a few laps.

My God, I come home, turn on my TV, and I find Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1st place, leading Tony Stewart by 4 seconds with 12 laps to go...

MY BODY IS NOT READY

jrwinslol?

AND DALE EARNHARDT JR. HAS BROKEN HIS 143 RACE WINLESS STREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AntmanB wrote:If Jr wins this race, the Internet will Explode.

Get your helmets on!