'Richmond: Montoya On The Pole'

[Panther_99FS]

Who'da thunk that! - complete results below...

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[stansdds]

The number 11 is starting at the number 11 position. Last night, Denny also started in the number 11 position and ended up winning. He won his charity race on Thursday night. Three-peat in the works?

[Cazzie]

The number 11 is starting at the number 11 position. Last night, Denny also started in the number 11 position and ended up winning. He won his charity race on Thursday night. Three-peat in the works?

Reporting from Richmond: I hope so. Denny has had the fastest car in practice all along. He tried too hard in qualifying and had P1 until he hit the loose stuff coming out of turn four and slightly bumped the wall falling to 11th. He'll be there, just like last night, I just hope his pit crew and gas rations hold out. Richmond went long green last night, may do the same tonight, conditions will be ideal for racing.

Caz

[Panther_99FS]

"Sleepers" might be Keselowski or Logano.....

[Panther_99FS]

Pretty good race all in all...
-Shame what happened to Jeff Gordon...
-More to follow on Montoya vs Newman..
-LeTarte & Jr seem to be gelling more and more...
-Bizarre about Jimmie Johnson....he usually drives a car so loose that as the track tightens up over a full race, he gets faster....
-I don't know how much longer I can be a Kurt Busch fan for...

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

The facts and nothing but the facts...

1st place Toyota
2nd place Toyota
3rd place Toyota
4th place Ford FR9
5th place Ford FR9
6th place Chevy
7th place Ford FR9
8th place Chevy
9th place Chevy
10th place Toyota

6 0f the top 7 and 7 of the top 10 Toyota and Ford - what have I been sayin?

There is a wall not far down the road with Montoya's name on it.

Glad Caz had a good time!

-Ed-

[Panther_99FS]

Hey All,

The facts and nothing but the facts...

6 0f the top 7 and 7 of the top 10 Toyota and Ford - what have I been sayin?

-Ed-

Here are your 2006 FACTS...
7-10=Chevy
Why weren't you singin' the blues then?

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I'll give ya' some cheese though if it'll make ya' feel better

[Panther_99FS]

Hey All,
The facts and nothing but the facts...

6 0f the top 7 and 7 of the top 10 Toyota and Ford - what have I been sayin?

Ed-

And in 2007 when Jimmie Johnson won..
7 of 10 = Chevy...(No EasyEd singin' da' blues back then either...)

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[EasyEd]

Hey All,

I don't see anything wrong with those 2006 results. Do you?

Jimmie is in a Chevy and Chevy was strong - what's wrong with that? You can't win a championship in a weak car you know. You don't think the 3 or the 43 ever won a title in weak equipment do you? Our priority here is history not year in year out racing.

-Ed-

[stansdds]

I think Denny's pit crew lost the race for him. For most of the night, crews were churning out 14.5 second stops, Denny's crew killed him with a 17.7 second green flag stop. His other stops were barely average, sometimes costing him spots coming off of pit road. This has been an ongoing issue with the number 11 team for the past two years. The rumor mill is buzzing about a crew swap between the 11 and 20 teams. Everyone is denying it, but it worked for Rick Hendrick, Joe Gibbs might try it.

[wombat666]

Was there some racing going on?????

All joking aside, I attempted to watch it as our coverage was at 9:30AM.

When we actually caught race coverage that wasn't being talked over by the 'Commentators' (what a bunch of bloody muppets!!), blocked out by steamers top and bottom of the screen, and showed cars racing instead of pit road, garages and interrupted by more commercial breaks than I've had hot dinners, it wasn't all that bad.

Unfortunately the Perth round of the Supercar Series followed on about an hour later and the three races over the weekend were very fierce and covered by a TV Network that knows how to do motor racing!

'Being There' is probably the only way to really experience NASCAR, and then I think only certain venues would be worth it.

[stansdds]

Being there and watching it on tv are two very different experiences. Fox "cranks up" the sound during parts of the race coverage, but that is not as loud as actually being there and there is no way a tv can make the ground shake and vibrate like what you feel at the track. TV's also don't throw bits of grit and rubber at you, but if you are there and are sitting in the seats nearest the track, that's what you get!

As for the commentators, I agree. Guys like Jeff Hammond, Ray Evernham, and Darryl Waltrip make good comments as they are former crew chiefs and D.W. is a former driver. But with every race covered you also get a "professional" sportscaster. These guys often seem to know little about the subject and parrot what the retired pros say or go off on a tangent with stupid stuff and suffer from oral diarrhea.

And the crawls at the top and bottom of the screen and all the commercials... very distracting. I remember a few years ago TNT tried running continuous commercials at the bottom of the screen and continuous, although often with the sound of the commercial rather than the race, racing with the crawls at the top of the screen. The coverage was so bad I turned it off!

I do like to see coverage of pit road when there are cars making stops, pit road can be a very busy and interesting place. Races are sometimes won or lost on pit road. That's one of the key features of NASCAR. Pit stops really make the difference.

Just my two cents.

[Cazzie]

No, this time Dennie's crew actually got him out in first on three occasions, the best car won. Trust me, nobody had anything for Rowdy Busch last night. His restarts were flawless and most times that's how he took the lead. Once out front, he could leave the field. Rowdy was also the only driver capable of passing on the outside at will. Say all you want about Jimmie Johnson, but Kyle Busch is the "best" driver in NASCAR, bar none.

Wombat, while at the race, I listened to it on noise cancelling headphones on MRN (Motor Racing Network). Such a difference, the race is actually called, not a bunch of prima donna talking heads telling you their 2 pense worth, but just good commentators around the track calling the race as it passes them. And when the radio does break to commercial, it''s never over 2 minutes unless there's a caution. TV could sure use a few race calling tips from these radio people. That's how I grew up with NASCAR, listening to the races on the radio. Hey folks, it's still there. In the future, I think I'll turn off the TV commentary and just leave it on for the visual. But I'm going to listen on MRN, the call is so much better than any talking head on any broadcast.

BTW, Happy Birthday Rowdy Busch.

Caz

[stansdds]

Listening to MRN while watching it on tv is a great idea!