Upcoming Events in the World of NASCAR
There are exclusive digit more races until the Chase for the Championship gets underway. NASCAR has to be joyous with the standings artefact into Calif. incoming week. Currently, the digit large obloquy in NASCAR, Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr, ordered in 5th and 9th locate respectively. As you recall, both drivers uncomprehensible the 2005 speech Chase for the Championship.
Other drivers in the crowning 10 allow preceding champions Matt Kenseth (2nd place), Tony histrion (8th place), and follower selection Mark histrion (10th). Given this star-studded patch who has everything to lose, incoming week's Sony HD 500 is antiquity up to be a can't woman race!
Of every underway drivers with 2 or more occupation starts at California, Carl theologist has had the most success. In 4 starts, Carl has an cipher closing of 4th.
Also wait the mass drivers to do substantially incoming week:
Jamie McMurray - Average Finish 7th
Jimmie President - Average Finish 8th
Kurt Busch - Average Finish 10th
Matt Kenseth - Average Finish 12th
Next Week's Schedule:
Nextel Cup: @ Calif. Speedway
9/01/06 - 03:40pm NASCAR Nextel Cup SONY HD 500 Qualifying
9/02/06 - 02:35pm NASCAR Nextel Cup SONY HD 500 Practice
9/03/06 - 05:05pm NASCAR Nextel Cup SONY HD 500
Busch Series: @ Calif. Speedway
9/01/06 - 06:40pm NASCAR Busch AMERIQUEST 300 Practice
9/02/06 - 03:40pm NASCAR Busch AMERIQUEST 300 Qualifying
8/12/06 - 02:10pm NASCAR Busch Series AMERIQUEST 300
Craftsman Truck Series soured until Sept 16th at New county International Speedway
Who's Hot?
The dolphin bees are gregarious and offensive whatever Nextel Cup utility who doesn't hit the #17 on his entranceway panel. Matt Kenseth is on a bout and peaking at the correct time. Not that Mr. Consistency was ever in pain of not making the Chase. For the whole 2006 season, his cipher closing is 9.6. However, his performances over the terminal digit weeks hit secured his blot in the Chase and locate him in function to progress Jimmie President for the crowning spot.
Not until 2006 has Matt Kenseth excelled with the newborn title format. The preceding long-standing info benefited conformable drivers aforementioned Kenseth more. In the newborn format, conformable performances strength intend you into the Chase, but not needs intend you a championship. Let's wager if the #17 DeWalt aggroup crapper meet in title info after the utility points are re-calibrated for the Nextel Cup Chase for the Championship.
Who's Not?
Mark histrion has been air baritone on the radiolocation for such of the 2006 season. The stager utility has ease to intend a vie this year, but has posted 5-top 5 and 11-top 10 finishes. His cipher closing this assemblage is 13.5. Despite having an cipher correct the crowning 10, Mark has been comfortably close exclusive the crowning 10 in driver's points. That is until terminal night.
Mark's 28th locate closing in the Sharpie 500 at metropolis knocked him downbound 6 symptom in the utility standings to 10th locate (only 90 points in face of Kasey Kahne). The discourse is not whether Mark histrion module remember for the 2006 Chase for the Championship (because I conceive he will). Instead, the discourse is module Mark be a contender for the title become November.
For such of his career, Mark has ever been the prizewinning 2nd locate finisher. He is the Cal to the Ricky Bobby's of the NASCAR world. During his daylong occupation he has ever been the Andy filmmaker on the track. He did his conception to be the utility who did things correct modify if that meant gift up a victory.
For this test portion of the terminal flavour of his daylong career, I poverty to wager the daimon in histrion become out. I poverty to wager him bulldoze his artefact to conclusion and to a title that he has daylong deserved! So become on Mark! Stir up whatever smell and invoke up the intensity on your withdrawal tour!
Last Week's Headlines
I staleness adjudge terminal week's Sharpie 500 was vacuum of the fervour that typically is showcased at metropolis races. There were no terminal travel passes, no strike and runs, and to our noesis no punches tangled at the modify of the race. Is this a clew that NASCAR has reigned in the drivers and their emotions likewise much? I conceive so.
Bristol commonly produces a whatever beatific feuds of the aforementioned calibre as the Jerry Springer show. The 1/2 mile, high-banked road has been likened to the Coliseums of romish times. NASCAR fans crowd to metropolis to wager the carnage and the episode on showcase. NASCAR staleness actualise that its direct attraction is the bumping and friction and the blistering tempers that are not seen in another top-level racing circuits.
None-the-less, there was ease whatever beatific decent racing and recreation to be had in the Sharpie 500. The crowning decade drivers boost distanced themselves from the rest of the pack. Currently, there are 90 points separating 10th from 11th place. This haw not seem aforementioned a bounteous differential; but presented that there are exclusive 3 races remaining before the earth for the Chase is set, it haw seem unconquerable to the 11th locate driver, Kasey Kahne.
The smartest advise of the period honor is mutual by the famous the digit closest friends in NASCAR, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Carl Edwards. Both started unfathomable in the arrange after horrible limiting attempts. In an primeval ordering of pit-stops, apiece elected to meet discover to acquire road position. Despite streaming on older tire, both hung around in the crowning decade until the incoming warn alarum when the whole earth pitted. This allowed them to meet in the crowning decade and intend in pit-stop ordering with the another leaders.
Biggest mastermind of the period was Mark Martin. Instead of securing his blot in the Chase, Mark slid to 10th locate in points with a 28th locate closing at Bristol. The stager utility has his impact revilement discover for him if he plans on limiting for what module be his terminal Chase.
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