Charlotte - NSCS Coke 600 / NNS History 300

[HDT05]

Couldn't add a spolier tag, too long.

But, might aswell put the NASCAR thread to good use!

RACE LINEUP
Coca-Cola 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway
May 27, 2012 | Race 12 of 36


POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 43 Aric Almirola Ford U.S. Air Force 192.940 27.988 Leader
2 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DEWALT 191.598 28.184 -0.196
3 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's Patriotic 191.374 28.217 -0.229
4 16 Greg Biffle Ford Fastenal 191.259 28.234 -0.246
5 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 191.198 28.243 -0.255
6 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Armed Forces Foundation 191.171 28.247 -0.259
7 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Quaker State 191.130 28.253 -0.265
8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 190.887 28.289 -0.301
9 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Serta 190.597 28.332 -0.344
10 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 190.456 28.353 -0.365
11 22 AJ Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 190.329 28.372 -0.384
12 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard 'An American Salute' / Diet Mountain Dew 190.302 28.376 -0.388
13 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center 190.268 28.381 -0.393
14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Folds of Honor 190.201 28.391 -0.403
15 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 190.194 28.392 -0.404
16 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 190.054 28.413 -0.425
17 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's Red, White & Blue 190.034 28.416 -0.428
18 83 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies 189.987 28.423 -0.435
19 20 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 189.707 28.465 -0.477
20 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Fastenal 189.607 28.480 -0.492
21 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 189.574 28.485 -0.497
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Wheaties 189.520 28.493 -0.505
23 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 189.076 28.560 -0.572
24 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 188.871 28.591 -0.603
25 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 188.363 28.668 -0.680
26 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 188.344 28.671 -0.683
27 74 Cole Whitt Chevrolet Turn One Racing 188.324 28.674 -0.686
28 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 188.206 28.692 -0.704
29 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 187.924 28.735 -0.747
30 34 David Ragan Ford Al's Liners / Scorpion Coatings 187.656 28.776 -0.788
31 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat 187.526 28.796 -0.808
32 98 Michael McDowell Ford Presbyterian Healthcare System 187.487 28.802 -0.814
33 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 187.259 28.837 -0.849
34 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little Joe's Autos / Precon 187.169 28.851 -0.863
35 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 186.143 29.010 -1.022
36 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap 186.111 29.015 -1.027
37 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Dr Pepper 186.085 29.019 -1.031
38 195 Scott Speed Ford Jordan's Truck Sales 185.976 29.036 -1.048
39 38 David Gilliland Ford ModSpace 185.810 29.062 -1.074
40 10 Danica Patrick+ Chevrolet GoDaddy.com - - -
41 32 T.J. Bell+ Ford Green Smoke - - -
42 51 Kurt Busch+ Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services - - -
43 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota Global Barter Corp / AM FM Energy Wood and Pellet Stoves / SWM Completion Tools 185.784 29.066 -1.078
Did Not Qualify
- 249 J.J. Yeley Toyota America Israel Racing / JPO Absorbents - - -
- 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Humphrey Smith Racing - - -
- 173 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King - - -
- 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe - - -

www.jayski.com/news/stats/2012/story/_/page/12-Charlotte-Qualifying-Lineup

[djrford]

How is it that last year Edwards was great and Biffle was average, now it's the opposite. What's happened to change this?

[HDT05]

The Biff is going great this year, I think Carl isn't mentally there? That championship got taken from underneath him...so it may take a little while b4 he gets over it, that's all I can think of....but he needs luck to go his way then he can get on a roll of top tens...Biff seems his career has been restarted !

[Bundy]

Interesting to see how much MA goes backwards in the race...because he has been, from what I can see, a better qualifier than a racer this year. But still the car that the team is giving him seems to better than what he has ever had, so he will need to capitalise on it now more than ever.

[HDT05]

He hasn't had much luck go his way, but he's been an ok racer this year...

Ambrose needs to get a roll on otherwise it's game over for the chase, a win on the road courses probably still won't help...He will need atleast 3 IMO if he is to finish in the chase to guarantee him a chance at getting the wild-card.

Go Jimmie Johnson!

Hendrick needs another win, maybe Kahne or Gordon or Dale Jr can get the win, hope one of them do, Jeff needs alot of luck if he's to make the chase, a win soon is vital.

[djrford]

Could be the mental pain hurting Edwards, afterall it was a bad way to have it taken, being tied on points and losing purely because Stewart had more wins.

[Bundy]

Ambrose DNFed when he was coming 8th with some hub cap issue from what I could see.

He was going backwards anyway having started 2nd. He briefly held the lead at the start but Biffle took it and from there could get no higher than 2nd then 3rd and then after that, he slipped outside the top 10.

His car is one of the fastest he has had while he has been over there, it is just a little upsetting for him and his fans that he hasn't scored the results...

See below for the full race result

1 7 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet Quaker State 47/1 400 Running
2 8 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground 43/1 400 Running
3 17 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s Red, White & Blue 42/1 400 Running
4 4 Greg Biffle Ford Fastenal 42/2 400 Running
5 24 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 40/1 400 Running
6 12 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard ‘An American Salute’ 38/0 400 Running
7 23 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Drive to End Hunger 38/1 400 Running
8 14 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Budweiser Folds of Honor 37/1 400 Running
9 28 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal 35/0 400 Running
10 20 Matt Kenseth Ford Fastenal 34/0 400 Running
11 3 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s Patriotic 33/0 400 Running
12 15 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 32/0 400 Running
13 5 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 31/0 398 Running
14 16 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 30/0 398 Running
15 9 Paul Menard Chevrolet Menards / Serta 29/0 398 Running
16 1 Aric Almirola Ford U.S. Air Force 29/1 398 Running
17 10 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 27/0 398 Running
18 18 Landon Cassill Toyota Burger King Real Fruit Smoothies 27/1 398 Running
19 22 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Wheaties 25/0 398 Running
20 29 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 24/0 398 Running
21 31 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Arctic Cat 23/0 397 Running
22 25 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 22/0 397 Running
23 19 Joey Logano Toyota Dollar General 21/0 397 Running
24 13 Trevor Bayne Ford Motorcraft 0 397 Running
25 21 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 19/0 397 Running
26 39 David Gilliland Ford ModSpace 18/0 397 Running
27 42 Kurt Busch Chevrolet Phoenix Construction Services 17/0 396 Running
28 26 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 16/0 396 Running
29 37 Travis Kvapil Toyota Dr Pepper 15/0 395 Running
30 40 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 0 395 Running
31 41 T.J. Bell Ford Green Smoke 0 390 Running
32 2 Marcos Ambrose Ford DEWALT 13/1 367 Running
33 11 AJ Allmendinger Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 11/0 361 Running
34 6 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron’s Armed Forces Foundation 10/0 338 Out of Race
35 30 David Ragan Ford Al’s Liners / Scorpion Coatings 10/1 281 Out of Race
36 32 Michael McDowell Ford Presbyterian Healthcare System 8/0 228 Out of Race
37 38 Scott Speed Ford Jordan’s Truck Sales 7/0 136 In Pit
38 35 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 6/0 86 In Pit
39 34 Stephen Leicht * Chevrolet Little Joe’s Autos / Precon 5/0 74 In Pit
40 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet SealWrap 4/0 54 Out of Race
41 43 Joe Nemechek Toyota Global Barter Corp 0 47 In Pit
42 27 Cole Whitt Chevrolet Turn One Racing 0 33 In Pit
43 33 Josh Wise * Ford MDS Transport 1/0 15 In Pit

See below for the updated points standings

RANK
DRIVER
POINTS

1 Greg Biffle 453
2 Matt Kenseth 443
3 Denny Hamlin 437
4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 435
5 Jimmie Johnson 405
6 Martin Truex Jr. 404
7 Kevin Harvick 398
8 Kyle Busch 391
9 Tony Stewart 388
10 Carl Edwards 372
11 Brad Keselowski 368
12 Clint Bowyer 366
13 Ryan Newman 337
14 Paul Menard 337
15 Kasey Kahne 330
16 Joey Logano 314
17 Jeff Burton 300
18 Juan Montoya 296
19 Aric Almirola 291
20 Marcos Ambrose 287
21 Jamie McMurray 286
22 Jeff Gordon 279
23 Regan Smith 265
24 AJ Allmendinger 264
25 Kurt Busch 255
26 Mark Martin 252
27 Bobby Labonte 242
28 Casey Mears 231
29 David Gilliland 202
30 David Ragan 198
31 Landon Cassill 181
32 Travis Kvapil 163
33 David Reutimann 162
34 Dave Blaney 161
35 David Stremme 92
36 J.J. Yeley 80
37 Brian Vickers 66
38 Michael McDowell 65
39 Brendan Gaughan 50
40 Ken Schrader 47
41 Terry Labonte 42
42 Tony Raines 41
43 Josh Wise* 41
44 Michael Waltrip 26
45 Stephen Leicht* 14
46 Hermie Sadler 13
47 Scott Riggs 13
48 Scott Speed 11
49 Bill Elliott 7
50 Robby Gordon 6
51 Trevor Bayne 0
52 Sam Hornish Jr. 0
53 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 0
54 Mike Bliss 0
55 Robert Richardson Jr. 0
56 Elliott Sadler 0
57 Reed Sorenson 0
58 Joe Nemechek 0
59 Danica Patrick 0
60 T.J. Bell 0
61 Cole Whitt 0
62 Mike Skinner 0
63 Timmy Hill 0
64 Tim Andrews 0
65 Jeff Green 0
66 Stacy Compton 0
67 Mike Wallace 0
68 Kenny Wallace 0

www.speedcafe.com/2012/05/28/kasey-kahne-scores-first-hendrick-win-at-charlotte/

[djrford]

The chase just seems to get further away for Ambrose after each race.

[senator]

Maybe he's running out of talent...although that implies he had some in the first place.

[HDT05]

Great job Kasey Kahne

good to see the #24 #88 also finish well, shame about Jimmie Johnson late in the race.

[clubsportr8]

Seems Hendrick has the monkey off their back now they broke 200 wins. Lets hope it continues.