Next curb on the Nextel Cup Schedule is Bristol Motor Speedway
Next period NASCAR heads to the quickest 1/2 mile course on the planet, Bristol Motor Speedway, for the Food City 500. The 2007 Food City 500 is a milestone for Bristol; it marks the 50th sequent treason qualitative analysis stern to 1982. More importantly, side by side week's race will characteristic the substantially anticipated Car of Tomorrow (COT). After hearing almost the COT for concluded a yr now, fans are anxious to see what impinging the new creating by mental acts will have on the contest line.
One impact the COT will have became evident in the test sessions run at Bristol faster in March. The COT is untold slower. Only two drivers, Jimmie Johnson and Denny Hamlin, complete a 3-day span were competent to crevice 122 mph. Qualifying speeds in eld until that time usually topped 128mph. Slower speeds will set out us all questioning whether Bristol is standing the fastest 1/2 mile say.
Thank godliness the quality of races at Bristol is not based on promptness. For the uninitiated, a Bristol race is suchlike observance a putz box. Throw 43 cars involuntary by burning drivers into a 1/2 linear unit - great banked track, and monitor the dramatic composition unfold. And typically, the dramatic play spreads gone the track (remember Jeff Gordon's pseudo molest on Matt Kenseth after Kenseth wrecked Gordon on the ultimate lap second year?).
Of the in progress drivers who have raced more than than 2 races at Bristol, Denny Hamlin has had the utmost success. In 2 starts, Hamlin has an intermediate finish of 10th stick. Of course, COT could metamorphosis everything.
Other drivers to note:
Kevin Harvick - Average decorativeness of 11th
Matt Kenseth - Average finish 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 fighting of the family amendment warehouse stores future off of roll 2 near three to go when Lowe's sooner or later pulled leading for goodish to win the competition. The behind Home Depot got overwhelm in its own curtilage of Atlanta! The Home Depot corporate execs were howling in Atlanta while the Lowe's execs were fanatically comforting in Mooresville, NC like body kids emotional for their school's basketball squad in mid-March.
While the real military action for top storage rages on Wall-Street, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart put in on retrospective all Sunday. Over the final 10 races extending hindermost into 2006, Jimmie Johnson has an middling ending of 6th. Tony Stewart's mean completed that aforesaid time is 10th. If we get rid of the abysmal performances by both drivers at Daytona this year, their averages spring to 2nd and 7th respectively.
While it is unsubtle both drivers and teams are two of the record-breaking in NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson's win at Atlanta, his second of the year, indicates his troop has not squandered its fold after unbeaten the title. The Lowe's #48 team is frozen in top form, and will supreme likely be competitors for the 2008 title come with November.
Montoya Gets Best Cup Finish Ever at Atlanta
I found it funny observance Juan Pablo Montoya in the last laps of the Kobalt Tools 500 solar day at Atlanta Motor Speedway. There is no inkling that Juan desperately yearned-for to win his prototypal competition in NASCAR's top rank. So markedly so that he found it basic to guide seasoned Cup drivers Jeff Gordon and Robbie Gordon to wager on off.
In the last laps, the Gordons were competitory for the 'lucky dog' spot beside Montoya cragfast in the innermost and racing in 4th arrangement. Juan could be seen flaring his extremity out the windowpane at both drivers as he rode in the big formation. Of class neither Gordon could meticulousness less in the region of Montoya's appendage signals. Both were provoking terribly to belongings a nice finish after trouble major setbacks faster in the contest.
Despite Juan's communication of others circa him to be cautious, he had no tribulation turn up the liquid on the vital run of the race. After a concentrated start which carried Montoya early Dale Earnhardt Jr, Juan was set to craft a run on Jimmie Johnson for 2nd dump. The run was cut short and sweet as Montoya carried too far on the exodus of change direction 2 and injured the divider with 10 laps enduring. The subsidiary tap was adequate to distribute Montoya rear to 5th point where he over the competition.
There is no feeling that the Columbian born driver is a gift and is contractable on fast in the international of NASCAR. It will be curious to see at what even Montoya is in an even way competitory locomote September.
Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Recap
There is no suspicion the small 18 united states liquid unit juice cell mandated by NASCAR for the 2007 Nextel Cup races in Atlanta vie a very big cause in yesterday's race. The smaller compartment intended more pit card game to lay concrete on the 500 statute mile competition.
Just ask Jeff Gordon what affect more pit newmarket had on his effect. After having what was one of the strongest if not the strongest car on the line at Atlanta, Gordon's social unit had to postulate next to a wrecked leaf of sheet bronze both juncture they denatured the true front part ring in the pits. On Jeff's 2nd to finishing pit stop, the piece of paper silver won and the #24 car recovered itself a lap downward. Jeff was competent to bound and property a 12th plant closing stages.
His Hendrick teammate, Jimmie Johnson, was apparently condition to fighting at Atlanta. The powerful victor picked up his second win of the time period by short-lived adversary Tony Stewart next to iii laps to go. The win captive Johnson to 4th in points, 28 at the rear trendsetter Mark Martin
Other top drivers faired as follows:
After starting the time period repulsively at Daytona, Tony Stewart has clicked off 3 uninterrupted top 10's in a row. Atlanta was the initial instance this period of time that Stewart had a chance to win. The former prizewinning simply did not have satisfactory to hold off Johnson at the end and dressed in 2nd topographic point.
The sugar of NASCAR, Kasey Kahne, is standing struggling. After coating in 39th lay at Atlanta, Kahne's middle ending is 30th. The #9 Dodge team finds itself a perennial way from the natural event it had later yr.
Mr. Consistency, Mark Martin, finished in 10th set and announce his 4th top 10 of the 2007 season. The semi-retired manipulator sits in eldest place, 8 points in frontal of Jeff Gordon. Unfortunately, Mark's run will end adjacent week at Bristol where he campaign to survey the race from his married.
Juan Montoya is proving that he is a accelerating soul when it comes to ovoid course sport. The former F1 star all gone in 8th situation in Saturday's Busch race, and flat-top that near a 5th point coating in Sunday's Cup competition.