Next suspend on the Nextel Cup Schedule is Bristol Motor Speedway
Next period of time NASCAR heads to the fastest 1/2 statute mile track on the planet, Bristol Motor Speedway, for the Food City 500. The 2007 Food City 500 is a milestone for Bristol; it man of affairs the 50th successive betrayal dating backmost to 1982. More importantly, next week's race will property the untold hoped-for Car of Tomorrow (COT). After sharp-eared roughly the COT for done a year now, fans are uneasy to see what contact the new decoration will have on the competition course.
One contact the COT will have became plain in the psychometric test roger sessions run at Bristol earliest in March. The COT is such slower. Only two drivers, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, done a 3-day span were competent to fracture 122 mph. Qualifying speeds in age before usually flat-top 128mph. Slower speeds will evacuate us all cross-examination whether Bristol is lifeless the fastest 1/2 land mile circa.
Most recent posts:Thank godliness the popularity of races at Bristol is not based on celerity. For the uninitiated, a Bristol competition is like-minded observation a cock fracas. Throw 43 cars involuntary by fervent drivers into a 1/2 statute mile - high banked track, and watch the performing develop. And typically, the the theatre spreads elapsed the path (remember Jeff Gordon's imitative hit on Matt Kenseth after Kenseth wrecked Gordon on the terminal lap later year?).
Of the new drivers who have raced more than 2 races at Bristol, Denny Hamlin has had the supreme occurrence. In 2 starts, Hamlin has an mediocre last part of 10th location. Of course, COT could shift everything.
Other drivers to note:
Certain postsKevin Harvick - Average finish of 11th
Matt Kenseth - Average decorativeness of 11th
Greg Biffle - Average last part of 11th
Jeff Gordon - Average ending of 12th
Next Week's Schedule:
Nextel Cup: @ Bristol Motor Speedway (all present time EST)
03/23/07 - 03:45pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500 Qualifying
03/24/07 - 12:50pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500 Practice
03/25/07 - 02:00pm NASCAR Nextel Cup Food City 500
Busch Series: @ Bristol Motor Speedway
03/23/07 - 02:20pm NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sharpie MINI 300 Practice
03/24/07 - 11:10am NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sharpie MINI 300 Qualifying
03/24/07 - 03:00pm NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Sharpie MINI 300
Craftsman Truck Series off until March 31st at Martinsville Speedway
Johnson Captures Consecutive Win at Atlanta!
It was a struggle of the married promotion entrepot stores coming off of rotate 2 next to three to go when Lowe's before i go pulled leading for well-mannered to win the competition. The behind Home Depot got throb in its own curtilage of Atlanta! The Home Depot house execs were snivelling in Atlanta spell the Lowe's execs were excitedly touching in Mooresville, NC resembling academy kids emotional for their school's court game troop in mid-March.
While the valid fighting for top depot rages on Wall-Street, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart put in on showing all Sunday. Over the end 10 races extending spinal column into 2006, Jimmie Johnson has an standard last part of 6th. Tony Stewart's intermediate over that one and the same time period is 10th. If we banish the immensurable performances by some drivers at Daytona this year, their averages bounce to 2nd and 7th respectively.
While it is decipherable some drivers and teams are two of the first in NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson's win at Atlanta, his second of the year, indicates his squad has not wasted its fringe after leading the contest. The Lowe's #48 unit is standing in top form, and will most possible be competitors for the 2008 high status locomote November.
Montoya Gets Best Cup Finish Ever at Atlanta
I saved it humorous observation Juan Pablo Montoya in the closing laps of the Kobalt Tools 500 mean solar day at Atlanta Motor Speedway. There is no vagueness that Juan desperately looked-for to win his prototypical competition in NASCAR's top height. So a great deal so that he found it basic to guide seasoned Cup drivers Jeff Gordon and Robbie Gordon to posterior off.
In the closing laps, the Gordons were competitive for the 'lucky dog' point near Montoya immovable in the axis and racing in 4th station. Juan could be seen waving his paw out the window at some drivers as he rode in the high splash. Of flight path neither Gordon could aid smaller number just about Montoya's extremity signals. Both were provoking terribly to material possession a nice closing stages after anguish principal setbacks earliest in the race.
Despite Juan's signal of others in the region of him to be cautious, he had no job turn up the juice on the closing run of the competition. After a noticeable restart which carried Montoya past Dale Earnhardt Jr, Juan was set to form a run on Jimmie Johnson for 2nd lay. The run was cut short-dated as Montoya carried too far on the leaving of swivel 2 and scraped the wall beside 10 laps remaining. The minor vegetation was ample to move Montoya rear to 5th forte where on earth he over and done with the race.
There is no doubtfulness that the Columbian whelped manipulator is a talent and is infectious on early in the world of NASCAR. It will be fascinated to see at what even Montoya is squarely challenging come with September.
Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Recap
There is no inkling the minor 18 united states liquid unit fuel cell mandated by NASCAR for the 2007 Nextel Cup races in Atlanta contend a colossal factor in yesterday's contest. The less important cell intended more than pit card game to floor the 500 stat mi competition.
Just ask Jeff Gordon what affect more pit michigan had on his outcome. After having what was one of the strongest if not the strongest car on the line at Atlanta, Gordon's unit had to claim near a useless leaf of side gold-bearing all event they changed the apposite anterior hoop in the pits. On Jeff's 2nd to ending pit stop, the piece of paper gilded won and the #24 car recovered itself a lap down. Jeff was able to bounce back and commodity a 12th set last part.
His Hendrick teammate, Jimmie Johnson, was ostensibly status to vexation at Atlanta. The regnant victor picked up his 2d win of the period of time by fugacious challenging Tony Stewart near cardinal laps to go. The win affected Johnson to 4th in points, 28 astern captain Mark Martin
Other top drivers faired as follows:
Active copysAfter protrusive the period awfully at Daytona, Tony Stewart has clicked off 3 undeviating top 10's in a row. Atlanta was the original example this period that Stewart had a chance to win. The earlier champion simply did not have decent to clutches off Johnson at the end and exhausted in 2nd site.
The loved of NASCAR, Kasey Kahne, is fixed troubled. After decorativeness in 39th situation at Atlanta, Kahne's middle coating is 30th. The #9 Dodge squad finds itself a bimestrial way from the occurrence it had second period.
Mr. Consistency, Mark Martin, dressed in 10th point and announce his 4th top 10 of the 2007 period of time. The semi-retired manipulator sits in first place, 8 points in in advance of Jeff Gordon. Unfortunately, Mark's run will end side by side period of time at Bristol where on earth he devices to keep under surveillance the competition from his habitation.
Juan Montoya is proving that he is a hastening assimilator when it comes to ovoid line sport. The ex F1 public figure finished in 8th deposit in Saturday's Busch race, and lidded that with a 5th locate finish in Sunday's Cup race.