Lug-Nuts and Fan-Addicts NASCAR 10 Chase races

Here is the results and I think we came up with a great 10 chase race tracks. I did a average of where everyone picked the tracks on there list and this is the order. Darllington fell in the 3rd to 6th spot but the others had more picks for that spot so it moves up to second.

We start out on the smallest track and end on the grand daddy.
1. Martinsville
2. Darllington
3. Dover
4. Sonoma
5. Texas
6. Talladaga
7. Phonenix
8. Las Vegas
9. Charlotte/Lowes No More.
10. Daytona

Thanks to all who did a list and I would say we did a great job.

Take care and God bless,,,
Cheers

Lug-Nuts & Fan-Addicts NASCAR CHASE

I took in all who gave a list of there 10 chase tracks and added them up and tryed to come up with the average for what race # they would be, but before the order comes out we need to finish the list.

First what tracks made the 10 race list cut so far.

,. Talladaga with 8 votes
,. Martinsville with 6 vote
,. Las Vegas with 6 votes
,. Texas with 5 votes -
,. Phonenix with 5 votes
,. Daytona with 5 votes
,. Charlott/Lowes with 5 votes
,. Dover with 5 votes
,. Sonoma with 5 votes

That gave us 9 tracks. Now the tricky/hard part is we had three tracks with 4 votes and all 3 are loaded with history and could very well bring much drama to be one of the tracks in the chase.

,. Atlanta with 4
,. Darllington with 4
,. Bristol with 4

I figure I would leave it up to you guys to pick the last track to make the list. With Martinsville being the only bowl track I will pick Bristol as my pick out of the 3. It's was a toss up with Atlanta........lol...

Thanks and Cheers

What 10 tracks are Yours?

It's over and Brian France said a few weeks ago that there head line was the 48 team going for four in a row. ESPN did there part and talked the talked that it was really some thing big?

I think the fact that a 40 year old with a new team and a young grew chief was sitting in second place was bigger. Thats just me I guess.lol


We have talked about the 10 tracks and Hanahan has brought it up in a few of his post but it was mainly a few tracks. Now Brian France has drunk him self under the table and you have a chance to pick the 10 tracks. What are the 10 tracks you would put in the chase.

Here is mine. PS. I am not thinking about travel time or weather.lol

They need to change some of the tracks, they need at least one road course and another super speedway.

My list for chase tracks..

1. New Hamshire NHIS - Miler.
2. Walkins Glen - Road course
3. Martinsville - Short
4. Atlanta - Super speedway
5. Texas - Miler
6. Darllington - Miler +
7. Talladega - Super speedway
8. Bristol - Short
9. Phoenix - funky road course with all left turns.lol
10. Daytona - Super speedway

Now maybe a few can be moved around to help on travel, but Daytona is last. I don't care about NASCAR having there super bowl at the start. They can keep it but they will finish there as well. lol

Let's see your list. Cheers2All

New Hampshire Preview: Green Flag to the Chase

The 12-driver field in the Chase for the Championship has been set and this Sunday in Loudon, New Hampshire, the NASCAR playoffs begin.

It’s important for drivers to get out of the gate quickly, but also play it conservative along the way. Last season was one of the best Chases ever with two drivers, Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards, battling like a classic 15-round heavyweight title match.

Johnson ended up winning because he stayed consistent throughout and had flashes of dominance during the 10-race stretch that’s saw him three times. His worse finish down the stretch was a 15th.

Edwards was equally dominant winning three times and finishing in the top-4 a total of eight times in the 10 races. His downfall, which ultimately cost him the title was finishing 29th and 33rd in race four and five of the Chase. Any other year, against any other driver, and Edwards would have won.

Last season, Greg Biffle, Jimmie Johnson and Carl Edwards finished 1-2-3 at New Hampshire. After the 10-race Chase, the final top three in the standings not surprisingly ended up with Johnson, Edwards, and Biffle as the top three finishers.

In 2004, the first year of the Chase format, Kurt Busch kicked it off with a New Hampshire victory. He didn’t win again during the Chase but that Week 1 win proved critical – he edged Jimmie Johnson for the championship by only eight points.

In 2007, Clint Bowyer, who was given little thought to be a real contender, got his first career NASCAR Cup victory to open the Chase – and rode that momentum to an eventual third-place finish in the final standings. ?

This year looks to be much of the same as it’s been the last three seasons, which is more of Jimmie Johnson. The guy is a machine and when it comes down to business, no one is better. He has more wins (14) and top-5 finishes in Chase races than anyone else by a large margin. He gets into a prime-time mode like a Joe Montana or John Elway late in games and it’s almost a given that he will not fail in the crunch.

To see who will do well for this weeks race at New Hampshire, looking back at who did well in both Richmond races, Phoenix, and the first New Hampshire race prior to the rain is helpful. Many of the teams use the same chassis’ from those races if successful and use them on all three tracks because the banking and distances are similar, despite the configuration being vastly different on all three.

Over the years there has been a strong correlation between winners at one doing well on the other two, and sometimes winning multiple times.

We can look back at last week’s race as a quick refresher to who those candidates are because they did well all season on these type of tracks. Denny Hamlin won last week at Richmond after nearly coming close on several occasions in the past. Mark Martin has been stellar on all the tracks and claims a Phoenix win.

In the rain shortened Loudon race won by rookie Joey Logano, the dominant driver was Jimmie Johnson who led the most laps prior to the rain. Look for Johnson to start the Chase in style with a great run and possibly a win this week. He doesn’t want to dig himself a hole by getting too racey and finding trouble, as Kyle Busch did last year, but his car should be good enough to capture his third New Hampshire win overall and propel him to the top of the standings.

Note: Team Chassis selections for this week are now posted on my page.

TOP 5 Finish Prediction:

1) #48 Jimmie Johnson (6/1)
2) #5 Mark Martin (10/1)
3) #11 Denny Hamlin (10/1)
4) #18 Kyle Busch (9/1)
5) #14 Tony Stewart (7/1)