Huh? What? Oh, sorry, I fell asleep. Even typing the word is boring. That's right Trifecta fans- NASCAR is headed back to one of the most boring tracks on the schedule for the Cup and Truck races. The Nationwide guys are headed to the cornfields of Iowa, and just to spice things up a bit, the F1 drivers are headed to Hungary.
In the chase for the coveted Triple Lug Nut Trophy, CR and Tez are tied at the top with 3 wins each; jon, athens, moseby, and klv each have 2 wins; the rest of us (SB, Hanny, and Dwindy) each have 1 win.
On to the races:
1.) The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race from Pocono, Saturday July 31; green flag drops at 1:21pm ET (entry list)
2.) The NASCAR Nationwide Series race from Iowa, Saturday July 31; green flag drops at 7:44pm ET (entry list)
4.) The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race from Pocono, Sunday August 1; green flag drops at 1:18pm ET (entry list)
Let's go racing!!!
All righty then...
ReplyDeleteTrucks- Kasey Kahne
NNWS- Harvick
F1- Webber
Heard some trash talk about Tez & I being "open wheel guys". LOL, Now that I think about it, I'll take that as a compliment!
Hey, Everybody! If you really wanted to get into self-torture, the 2009 Pocono race is on ESPN along with moderators Kyle Petty, Wally Dallenbach and the best of the best - BILL WEBBER!!! yuckyuckyuck!!!
ReplyDeleteTRUCK - Dillon
ReplyDeleteNW - Kyle B.
CUP - Denny Hamlin
I think they're jealous, CR....I mean, the best excitement last week was with the team orders in F1 and the finish in Edmonton, nothing newsworthy from the tintops at all :P
ReplyDeleteTrucks - Denny Hamlin
ReplyDeleteNW - Trevor Bayne
F1 - Lewis Hamilton
Tez... well, the heartbreaking defeat of JPM was rather newsworthy... I mean, how did Chip decide who should get 2, and who should get 4 tires?
ReplyDeletedebatable given Biffle was able to move up to third before, it looked like, the tyres equalised....but I think Juan was stuck anyway since if he'd taken 2, the rest would have probably gone with 4, lol
ReplyDeleteTrucks--Ron Hornaday
ReplyDeleteCup--Happy Harvick
F1--Sea Bass Vettel
CWTS.......KAHNE!
ReplyDeleteNNS.......KYLE!
F-1......Alonso
Would have picked my usual Massa, but my Ferrari dealer ordered me to take Fernando. Wonder why?
Good to see my buddy, Lil Kim Jung ill, got his picks in right before me. Hmmm, he took Jennifer Jo Cobb, S Wallace, and P Menard. He's just getting into racing, give him a break.
Trucks - Crafton
ReplyDeleteNW - Bad Brad
Cup - Kurt
Gonna be scarce this weekend - in SD with family! Enjoy the nap on Sunday my friends...
Kristen... say hi to the stoney faced presidents for me.
ReplyDeleteGene... LOL @ Lil Kim Jung Ill. You're in true form!
Oh Kris... I see from Gene's blog, your trip to SD is not South Dakota, but rather San Diego... which I have heard pronounced, San Diago, which also means; a whale's vagina...
ReplyDelete"You stay classy, San Diego."
in fairness, Steve and Paul aren't that bad a choice of late....might be on to something there *thinking pose*
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ReplyDelete@Tez... I know, that's why he got stuck with JJ Cobb. Wouldn't want him to win on his first time out..LOL
ReplyDeleteLet's get this straight. MW isn't Michael Waltrip, it's Mafia Wars. SD isn't South Dakota, it's San Diego. And the annoying mystery guest is actually a friend of Han's - Lil Kim Jung ill, with a little 'i'. We're not called "Lugnuts" for nothing.lol
ReplyDeleteNot many people can say they watched Pocono from the heart of the whale's vagina...
ReplyDelete=)
Lugnuts R Us!
Nationwide - Happy
ReplyDeleteCup - Hamlin
F1 - Hamilton
Throw me in there with the open wheel crew.
ReplyDeleteJust because NASCAR orchestrates a debris caution or tells the officials on pit road to bust a contender for speeding, doesn't make it better racing. If you are having restarts with 5 laps or less every week - that is certainly entertainment, but not what I would call "racing".
after seeing the practice times from the Hungaroring, I think a change of driver might be in my future....
ReplyDeletetez... I'd stay away from the McLaren stable this race. Even before practice, they sounded slow!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for running this SB!
ReplyDeleteTrucks - Almirola
NWS - Carl Edwards
F1 - Button
And the Beagle will go with-
ReplyDeleteNNS-Brad K
F1= Vettel
Cup- TONY!
BTW- Our mystery friend is Chinese, not Korean (ok, curiosity got the better of me. I ran it through babelfish. The text translated from Korean, Japanese, and Chinese; the name only translated from Chinese).
Preliminary standings after the truck race (moseby and the Beagle won't run their first race until the Nationwide tonight)
ReplyDeleteCR 2
Hanny 2
Klv 3
dwindy1 4
Athens 7
Tez 9
jon 29
Awww ESad was so emotional in Victory Lane! Good win for him...
ReplyDeleteI'll be on a plane for NW - go Bad Brad!! =)
Speedy... Lil Kim is fluent in several languages, Chinese just being one...LOL
ReplyDeleteWith everyone having completed 1 race:
ReplyDeleteCR 2
Hanny 2
moseby 2
Klv 3
dwindy1 4
SB 4
Athens 7
Tez 9
jon 29
And preliminary standings after the NNS race (moseny, jon, and the Beagle's 2nd race is the F1 race)
ReplyDeleteHanny 3
CR 4
Klv 7
Athens 8
dwindy1 14
Tez 14
Perhaps Harvick can get rid of Hornaday and replace him with ESad next season. DAMN YOU HORNADAY!!! I SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH CRAFTON!
ReplyDeleteEven if Vettel and Harvick win their respective races, I'll still be in DFL.
ReplyDeleteHad to rant because EVERY time I pick Hornaday, he costs me and when I DON'T pick him, he WINS. That's the last freaking time this season I'm picking him!
ReplyDeleteWell, Jon, I guess Horny will have a great rest of the season then! LOL
ReplyDeleteLooks like a tie to me... They're side by side! It's CR by a... No! It's Hanny by a... No! It's CR by a fan belt... No! It's Hanny by a Lug Nut! LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteHow ya gonna figure this one out? Do they both take a driver in the Cup to break the tie? Just curious...
To the victor goes the spoils!
Dwindy... Last time this happened, Jon and I were tied. I got my 1st win on the tie breaker of making my picks earlier. But, I like your idea of Hanny and I picking a driver in today's IROC race. LOL
ReplyDeleteAfter two races-
ReplyDeleteHanny 3
CR 4
Klv 7
SB 7
Athens 8
dwindy1 14
Tez 14
moseby 22
jon 32
CR, Hanny, Dwindy and Tez are finished with their races, so we can all sit back and enjoy our 500 mile nap this afternoon since the Cup race will have no effect on the outcome.
Congrats CR on your 4th win of the season.
I suppose the precedent has been set for tie-breaking....so congrats to CR! (But, I'm picking Hamlin at Pocono.)
ReplyDeleteWas there actually a green flag pass in the F-1 race?
Webber by 20 seconds! Where was the late race debris caution? You call that racing? LOL
Gene, I'm picking Hamlin too! LOL
ReplyDeleteHow 'bout a little tri-fecta wager on the side? I'll go with Smoke, Hamlin, and JPM.
Gene, I didn't see the race, but I understand that Vettle had a drive though penalty near the end of the race, which gave Webber the win, and Alonso 2nd.
ReplyDeleteCR... I'll go with Smoke, Hamlin, and Kyle! lol
ReplyDeleteAbout half way through the race... Webber leading on a restart... Vettle, in second, laid back about a half a mile before getting the green... to hold up any challengers.... Vettle eventually had to do pass-through.... moving Alonso into 2nd.... Vettle came out in 3rd, which is how it ended many laps later.
I got snakebit this weekend! Vettel's drive through penalty cost him the race.
ReplyDeleteIs anyone out there? Elliott Sadler must really be hurt!:(
ReplyDeletewell, there's Gene's poll question for the week; who's worse at bumping someone - Carl or Jimmie?
ReplyDeleteand what is DJ smoking? Says it was bumpdrafting then said not intentional....sorry, but ALL bumpdrafting is on purpose, sheesh!
and congrats to CR for keeping 'us openwheel guys' up front ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy to say Sadler is walkin' and talkin'...
ReplyDeleteWallace just pulled a good gaff too. ESPN had their garage man just walk through the five bolt points that anchor the engine to the chassis, he no sooner gets done with his explanation and here comes Wallace asking him to tell the audience about the mounting points that attach the engine to the chassis.
Say What???
Final Standings-
ReplyDeleteCR 5
Hanny 5
SB 9
Athens 13
dwindy1 22
moseby 27
Tez 34
jon 36
Klv 40
Congrats to Biffle and Sadler for their wins @ Pocozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
ReplyDeleteGood job, boys!
ReplyDeleteLOL Dwindy, I was thinking the same thing about Rusty when he asked Brewer to explain what he just explained. What a maroon!
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