Nascar Rules

[the H team]

harvick wins! win #4.
carl edwards
jeff gordon
david ragan
kurt busch
kyle busch
tony stewart
ryan newman
denny hamlin
mark martin

[the H team]

[the H team]

kyle
jimmie
carl
jeff
kevin
matt
kurt
ryan
tony
jr
brad
denny
the top 12.

[the H team]

chase line up should be
kyle
kevin
jeff
brad
matt
carl
jimmie
kurt
ryan
denny
tony
jr

this is my guess going by # of wins, top 5 & top 10 finishes.

[the H team]

1st race of the chase is at chicagoland in chicago at 1pm sunday.

[rockit]

carl did not come down pit road. he'll be out the on old tires.

In the post race interview on NASCAR.com Carl was asked why he didn't pit and Brad Keselowski was sitting beside Carl and said "Ya I was wondering the same thing?" It was pretty funny.

[rockit]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

2:00P-3:30 espn2 NASCAR Sprint Cup PRACTICE: Geico 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

3:30P-4:30 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series QUALIFYING, NCWTS 225, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

4:30P-6:00 SPEED NASCAR Nationwide Series FINAL PRACTICE: Dollar General 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

6:00P-7:30 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup FINAL PRACTICE: Geico 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

7:30P-8:00 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series SETUP, NCWTS 225, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

8:00P-10:30 SPEED NASCAR Camping World Truck Series NCWTS 225, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (expect green at 8:15P)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

12:00n-1:30P SPEED NASCAR Nationwide Series QUALIFYING: Dollar General 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

1:30P-3:00 SPEED NASCAR Sprint Cup QUALIFYING: Geico 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL

3:00P-3:30 espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series COUNTDOWN: Dollar General 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (Also on TSN2)

3:30P-6:00 espn2 NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (expect green at 3:45P) (Also on TSN2)


SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

1:00P-2:00 ESPN NASCAR Sprint Cup COUNTDOWN: Geico 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (Also on TSN2)

2:00P-5:30 ESPN NASCAR Sprint Cup Geico 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL (expect green at 2:15P) (Also on TSN2)

[rockit]

Now the 2 tier racing begins. "He's not a chase driver, why's he up here racing for the lead."
God I hate the chase!!!

[rockit]

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

11:30P-2:00A VS IZOD IndyCar Series Indy Japan 300, Twin Ring Motegi, Motegi, Japan (Also on TSN)

[the H team]

1 Kyle Busch Leader
2 Kevin Harvick 0
3 Jeff Gordon 3
4 Matt Kenseth 6
5 Carl Edwards 9
6 Jimmie Johnson 9
7 Kurt Busch 9
8 Ryan Newman 9
9 Tony Stewart 12
10 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12
11 Brad Keselowski 12
12 Denny Hamlin 12
this is how the top 12 start the chase in the point standing.

[rockit]

If the race ever gets going NASCAR.com has RaceBuddy for free

Attachment 67939

http://www.nascar.com/multimedia/webcast/racebuddy/

[rockit]

Coverage returns to TSN2 @ 6:00PM

[rockit]

Coverage will resume when the track is dry. Looks pretty good right now, track is almost dry, pit road is still damp.

[the H team]

Lap 8 -- Jamie McMurray has climbed from 14th to 10th and is one second behind ninth-place Brian Vickers.
Lap 7 -- The front of the field has spaced out, with Matt Kenseth's lead over the half-second mark on Kurt Busch.
Lap 5 -- Greg Biffle has gained three spots, starting seventh but is up into the top five.
Lap 4 -- Kurt Busch continues to hold on to second, and has gotten away from the side-by-side racing with Paul Menard.
Lap 3 -- Brad Keselowski has dropped two spots to eighth. Kyle Busch is up to seventh from ninth.
Lap 2 -- Paul Menard dropped to the inside and is battling Kurt Busch to get his second spot back. He failed on that lap.
Lap 1 -- Matt Kenseth checked out to the front and leads Kurt Busch, who took over second.
12:13 p.m. ET -- GREEN : Matt Kenseth leads the field to green in the Geico 400 alongside Paul Menard. Kurt Busch, Ryan Newman and Carl Edwards rounded out the top five for the start.

[the H team]

Lap 23 -- Ryan Newman has passed Carl Edwards for fourth place.
Lap 21 -- Kevin Harvick, who entered the race tied in the points with Kyle Busch, has picked up six spots from his disappointing qualifying effort. He's now runnnig solidly in 24th.
Lap 20 -- David Ragan has climbed to 12th and is running between Regan Smith and Joey Logano.
Lap 18 -- Matt Kenseth has stretched his lead to nearly one second over Kurt Busch.
Lap 14 -- Contact between Clint Bowyer and Juan Montoya could portend more fun interviews if one of them is knocked out of the race. Montoya is 17th, A.J. Allmendinger is 18th and Bowyer is 19th.
Lap 12 -- Jimmie Johnson has lost three spots since the start of the race and is circling the track in 15th.
Lap 11 -- Regan Smith is up to 11th and is knocking on the door of the top 10.
Lap 10 -- There are six Chase drivers in the top eight spots, with Greg Biffle (third) and Paul Menard (fourth) the only interlopers.