AAA 400 - Sprint Cup Series

The 3rd race in the Chase will be at the Monster Mile in Dover, Delaware! Coming into this race, Tony Stewart has won the last 2 races, and has taken the points lead! The 5-time champion Jimmie Johnson however, has struggled the first 2 races, and is now behind by 29 points. Dover is one of Johnson's best race tracks, with 6 wins, 8 top 5's, and 13 top 10's. Since 2005, Johnson has finished no worse than 16th. Can Tony Stewart hold on to his points lead? Can 5-time Jimmie make a comeback? Will we see the likes of Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick sneak their way to the front? Tune in this Sunday at 2pm EST only on ESPN!

BBoy wrote:The 3rd race in the Chase will be at the Monster Mile in Dover, Delaware! Coming into this race, Tony Stewart has won the last 2 races, and has taken the points lead! The 5-time champion Jimmie Johnson however, has struggled the first 2 races, and is now behind by 29 points. Dover is one of Johnson's best race tracks, with 6 wins, 8 top 5's, and 13 top 10's. Since 2005, Johnson has finished no worse than 16th. Can Tony Stewart hold on to his points lead? Can 5-time Jimmie make a comeback? Will we see the likes of Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick sneak their way to the front? Tune in this Sunday at 2pm EST only on ESPN!

I'll be honest. This is the gauge for Johnson. If doesn't finish in the top 10 here (as much as I don't want him too, lol), he's done.

That being said, Johnson and Busch are the obvious picks here. However, I'd watch out of A.J. he's been good here.

Can someone please inform me, why these chase races are starting at 2pm and not at 1pm.

conrail1990 wrote:Can someone please inform me, why these chase races are starting at 2pm and not at 1pm.

Football. I guess they figure that starting at 1 would be bad, since you would directly compete with the start of a football game. I figure at 2, if a game is starting to get out of hand, one could change the channel and catch the start of the race

i can tell you the entire race right here: jimmie johnson wins in front of about ten fans. So what if thev track is awesome, the chase race has had only one winner in the past few years and nobody cares about the sport in delaware.

I really think kenseth has a good chance to win this weekend. Johnson is gonna have be pretty much flawless for the rest of the chase if he wants to have a chance at six in a row.

Mark fastest in 2nd Practice!

should make mention that the old format has a tight points Battle...............

Non-'Chase' standings after this race:
Rank Driver Points Diff
1 Carl Edwards 955
2 Jimmie Johnson 949 -6
3 Kyle Busch 946 -9
4 Kevin Harvick 942 -13
5 Jeff Gordon 934 -21
6 Matt Kenseth 918 -37
7 Kurt Busch 891 -64
8 Tony Stewart 882 -73
9 Ryan Newman 879 -76
10 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 849 -106

Bobby qualified in 8th

martin truex really seems to own this track in qualifying... if only this guy had race trim which is just as worthy.

The way i see it, the lead pack is down to eleven. Let's see how the emptystands speedway can treat the drivers

side note, if i ever go to one of the races at dover i wanna sit in a usually empty section and have a fullout barbeque :3

TheRacingExperts wrote:martin truex really seems to own this track in qualifying... if only this guy had race trim which is just as worthy.

The way i see it, the lead pack is down to eleven. Let's see how the emptystands speedway can treat the drivers

side note, if i ever go to one of the races at dover i wanna sit in a usually empty section and have a fullout barbeque :3

Two things. First, Truex Jr. won here in 2007, so he does know race trim, justs needs the equipment to win. Second, don't go picking on Dover, even though it's been a few follow the leader races the last couple years, it's normally a pretty exciting track. And yes, while there are some empty grandstands, remember they might not sell tickets in all areas. I've been to races there where they didn't sell any tickets in an area on purpose.

flyingturns89 wrote:

TheRacingExperts wrote:martin truex really seems to own this track in qualifying... if only this guy had race trim which is just as worthy.

The way i see it, the lead pack is down to eleven. Let's see how the emptystands speedway can treat the drivers

side note, if i ever go to one of the races at dover i wanna sit in a usually empty section and have a fullout barbeque :3

Two things. First, Truex Jr. won here in 2007, so he does know race trim, justs needs the equipment to win. Second, don't go picking on Dover, even though it's been a few follow the leader races the last couple years, it's normally a pretty exciting track. And yes, while there are some empty grandstands, remember they might not sell tickets in all areas. I've been to races there where they didn't sell any tickets in an area on purpose.

Dover used to be really fun for me, but it's kinda changed in my opinion. I don't even think they sell tickets for turns 3 and 4. I would love to be in those suite-bridges in turns 2 and 3, though.

Save of the year by AJ Allmendinger!

Chives2112 wrote:Dover used to be really fun for me, but it's kinda changed in my opinion. I don't even think they sell tickets for turns 3 and 4. I would love to be in those suite-bridges in turns 2 and 3, though.

The bridges really do obstruct to view alot when your sitting in turn 2 & 3, so im not surprised if they purposly dont see tickets in those areas.

Rather of watched the awesome Indycar race 20 more times over this race.

Alta wrote:Rather of watched the awesome Indycar race 20 more times over this race.

Though only about 7 people knew the race was actually going on...

IMO, Dover won't be on the schedule in 2015. All its sister tracks have closed or are closing, I wonder how the company is doing. Of course though they promote Dover which was and is there worst track, and their good tracks, Gateway and Nashville don't get anything.

Chives2112 wrote:

Alta wrote:Rather of watched the awesome Indycar race 20 more times over this race.

Though only about 7 people knew the race was actually going on...

No to mention those who don't have Versus myself included.

Good thing I missed this race....

Save The Fairgrounds! (the oval Nashville = )

Doesn't Dover Motorsports own the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, because I got a track program from Gateway in 2005 that showed all of the tracks they owned. That might've changed, though.

Alta wrote:Rather of watched the awesome Indycar race 20 more times over this race.

^This

flyingturns89 wrote:

TheRacingExperts wrote:martin truex really seems to own this track in qualifying... if only this guy had race trim which is just as worthy.

The way i see it, the lead pack is down to eleven. Let's see how the emptystands speedway can treat the drivers

side note, if i ever go to one of the races at dover i wanna sit in a usually empty section and have a fullout barbeque :3

Two things. First, Truex Jr. won here in 2007, so he does know race trim, justs needs the equipment to win. Second, don't go picking on Dover, even though it's been a few follow the leader races the last couple years, it's normally a pretty exciting track. And yes, while there are some empty grandstands, remember they might not sell tickets in all areas. I've been to races there where they didn't sell any tickets in an area on purpose.

Said something, couldn't back it up.

f1fan12 wrote:IMO, Dover won't be on the schedule in 2015. All its sister tracks have closed or are closing, I wonder how the company is doing. Of course though they promote Dover which was and is there worst track, and their good tracks, Gateway and Nashville don't get anything.

Nashville, a good track? Are you kidding me? The racing there was dull as dishwater, except when IndyCars were there. I'd rather go back to the Fairgrounds, where the racing was at least close.