NSCS Michigan *spoilers*

[HDT05]

RACE LINEUP
Quicken Loans 400 | Michigan International Speedway
June 17, 2012 | Race 15 of 36
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POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley 203.241 35.426 Leader
2 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Folds of Honor 202.037 35.637 -0.211
3 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Rite Aid / Nexcare 201.816 35.676 -0.250
4 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Farmers Insurance 201.720 35.693 -0.267
5 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 201.472 35.737 -0.311
6 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 201.461 35.739 -0.313
7 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 201.444 35.742 -0.316
8 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 201.370 35.755 -0.329
9 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 201.247 35.777 -0.351
10 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 201.179 35.789 -0.363
11 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 200.882 35.842 -0.416
12 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 200.725 35.870 -0.444
13 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 200.686 35.877 -0.451
14 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 200.591 35.894 -0.468
15 43 Aric Almirola Ford Medallion Financial 200.390 35.930 -0.504
16 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 200.384 35.931 -0.505
17 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Diet Mtn. Dew / The Dark Knight Rises / National Guard 200.317 35.943 -0.517
18 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Duracell 200.133 35.976 -0.550
19 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet McDonald's 200.111 35.980 -0.554
20 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 199.945 36.010 -0.584
21 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 199.612 36.070 -0.644
22 33 Austin Dillon Chevrolet American Ethanol 199.540 36.083 -0.657
23 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 199.474 36.095 -0.669
24 13 Casey Mears Ford Valvoline NextGen 198.555 36.262 -0.836
25 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 198.473 36.277 -0.851
26 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 198.238 36.320 -0.894
27 98 Michael McDowell Ford Presbyterian Healthcare System 198.118 36.342 -0.916
28 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 197.922 36.378 -0.952
29 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing 197.781 36.404 -0.978
30 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 197.699 36.419 -0.993
31 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Charter 197.395 36.475 -1.049
32 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King 197.087 36.532 -1.106
33 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 197.055 36.538 -1.112
34 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Snickers 197.028 36.543 -1.117
35 38 David Gilliland Ford Long John Silver's 196.829 36.580 -1.154
36 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap 196.818 36.582 -1.156
37 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 196.770 36.591 -1.165
38 34 David Ragan Ford Front Row Motorsports 196.673 36.609 -1.183
39 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents 195.117 36.901 -1.475
40 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 194.295 37.057 -1.631
41 74 Stacy Compton Chevrolet Turn One Racing 193.606 37.189 -1.763
42 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King 193.107 37.285 -1.859
43 32 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts 190.638 37.768 -2.342
44 10 Tony Raines Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 188.216 38.254 -2.828
45 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal - - -

Whether you hate him or like him you Gotta congratulate Ambrose on that effort, getting pole on an oval, great job. Big question is can he go for the win aswell? He's got a really fast car.

[Bundy]

Great drive from Ambrose - I'll be happy to admit that!!

But still Biffle for the win

[HDT05]

Can't believe your going for Biffle!

Go Jimmie and Kasey Kahne, they look real fast.

[donk]

Screw that, I'm going for the Aussie pole sitter!

[crikey]

Nice job for Marcos, Now for the real test in the race his car has the pace.

[Bundy]

I have no real interest in any particular driver in NASCAR so im just going with my gut and my gut says biffle!!

[donk]

Jun 17, 2012 14:31:53 GMT 10 Bundy said:

I have no real interest in any particular driver in NASCAR so im just going with my gut and my gut says biffle!!

Same as you, but I do want to see the Aussie go OK considering I don't know much about NASCAR or Donut racing!

[HDT05]

C'mon having you watched Talladega knights? Haha "Ricky booby"

NASCAR is awesome I was a Dale Earnhardt fan as you can tell on my pic under my name...But I've been supporting HMS and watching NASCAR for over 15 years.

[Bundy]

Jun 17, 2012 15:09:05 GMT 10 donk said:

Jun 17, 2012 14:31:53 GMT 10 Bundy said:

I have no real interest in any particular driver in NASCAR so im just going with my gut and my gut says biffle!!

Same as you, but I do want to see the Aussie go OK considering I don't know much about NASCAR or Donut racing!

Don't get me wrong I want Ambrose to do well (cause his no longer here racing in V8s ) but in all good conscience I still can't pick him despite him sitting on pole!

[Bundy]

Bet ya HDT is happy after this one with Dale Jnr winning his first race in 4 years and 143 races to be exact...

Without seeing the race you have to say Ambrose finishing position is disappointing...

Here are the results

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POS DRIVER CAR MANUFACTURER LAPS MONEY START LED PTS BONUS PENALTY
1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 88 Chevrolet 200 17 95 48 5 0
2 Tony Stewart 14 Chevrolet 200 8 18 43 1 0
3 Matt Kenseth 17 Ford 200 6 17 42 1 0
4 Greg Biffle 16 Ford 200 3 38 41 1 0
5 Jimmie Johnson 48 Chevrolet 200 10 0 39 0 0
6 Jeff Gordon 24 Chevrolet 200 28 4 39 1 0
7 Clint Bowyer 15 Toyota 200 13 1 38 1 0
8 Juan Pablo Montoya 42 Chevrolet 200 21 4 37 1 0
9 Marcos Ambrose 9 Ford 200 1 15 36 1 0
10 Kevin Harvick 29 Chevrolet 200 2 0 34 0 0
11 Carl Edwards 99 Ford 200 42 0 33 0 0
12 Martin Truex Jr. 56 Toyota 200 16 0 32 0 0
13 Brad Keselowski 2 Dodge 200 25 3 32 1 0
14 Jamie McMurray 1 Chevrolet 200 19 1 31 1 0
15 Ryan Newman 39 Chevrolet 199 5 0 29 0 0
16 Bobby Labonte 47 Toyota 199 31 0 28 0 0
17 Aric Almirola 43 Ford 199 15 0 27 0 0
18 Landon Cassill 83 Toyota 199 32 0 26 0 0
19 AJ Allmendinger 22 Dodge 199 20 0 25 0 0
20 Casey Mears 13 Ford 199 24 0 24 0 0
21 Jeff Burton 31 Chevrolet 199 33 1 24 1 0
22 Paul Menard 27 Chevrolet 199 18 0 22 0 0
23 David Ragan 34 Ford 199 38 0 21 0 0
24 Austin Dillon 33 Chevrolet 198 22 0 0 0 0
25 Dave Blaney 36 Chevrolet 198 36 1 20 1 0
26 Travis Kvapil 93 Toyota 197 39 0 18 0 0
27 David Gilliland 38 Ford 197 35 1 18 1 0
28 Regan Smith 78 Chevrolet 197 12 0 16 0 0
29 Mark Martin 55 Toyota 195 14 0 15 0 0
30 Kurt Busch 51 Chevrolet 194 26 0 14 0 0
31 Ken Schrader 32 Ford 193 40 0 13 0 0
32 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota 157 34 0 12 0 0
33 Kasey Kahne 5 Chevrolet 151 4 0 11 0 0
34 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota 132 11 0 10 0 0
35 Joey Logano 20 Toyota 125 9 0 9 0 0
36 Tony Raines 10 Chevrolet 68 41 0 8 0 0
37 J.J. Yeley 49 Toyota 67 43 1 8 1 0
38 Michael McDowell 98 Ford 41 27 0 6 0 0
39 Mike Bliss 19 Toyota 35 29 0 0 0 0
40 Joe Nemechek 87 Toyota 32 37 0 0 0 0
41 Scott Riggs 23 Chevrolet 27 23 0 3 0 0
42 Josh Wise 26 Ford 9 30 0 2 0 0
43 Trevor Bayne 21 Ford 7 7 0 0 0 0

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[HDT05]

Heck yeah, Go Jr!!!!

What a race, I was so happy for Jr, I was knowing this day would come, but damn it's a nice to see him finally win again.

Great also from Jimmie Johnson after starting at the back of the field due to a late engine change and charging up to finish top five, also good job from Jeff Gordon....and Smoke.

Haven't been able to reply, but I must say those who missed, you missed an awesome finish!

[Bundy]

Thought you would be happy after that one