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[the H team]

with this win, Jeff has now moved into 13th place in the standings & Kasey has now moved into the top 12 at 11th. this still left Jr in 1st place, but only 5 points separate him & 2nd place Matt. Biffle is only 6 points behind & Jimmie is 8 points, after that the next closest, Truex Jr, is 50 points back.

[the H team]

[rockit]

Spectator killed by lightning strike at Pocono

http://www.nascar.com/news/120805/po...ing/index.html

[rockit]

Friday, August 10, 2012

12:00pm-2:00pm (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup Practice Watkins Glen SPEED

2:00pm-4:00pm (L) Nationwide Final Practice Watkins Glen SPEED

4:00pm-5:30pm (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup Final Practice Watkins Glen SPEED

Saturday, August 11, 2012

11:30am-1:00pm (L) NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Watkins Glen ESPN2

2:00pm-2:15pm (L) -Pre-Race Nationwide Series Watkins Glen ABC (Tape delayed until 7:00pm on TSN2)

2:15pm-5:00pm (L) -Race Nationwide Series Watkins Glen ABC (Tape delayed until 7:00pm on TSN2)

Sunday, August 12, 2012

12:00pm-1:15pm (L) -Pre-Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Watkins Glen ESPN (Tape delayed until 11:00pm on TSN2)

1:15pm-4:00pm (L) -Race NASCAR Sprint Cup Watkins Glen ESPN (Tape delayed until 11:00pm on TSN2)


Pretty crappy coverage from TSN network this weekend. At least you can catch the Nationwide race live Saturday on ABC. For those who are NASCAR.com members there is always racebuddy. Boo on TSN - golf??? Seriously!!!

[the H team]

Lap 4 Kyle Busch has extended his lead over Juan Montoya to about a second. Montoya, meanwhile, has been under fire from Brad Keselowski for the position.
Lap 3 Brian Vickers has already developed an engine problem.
Lap 2 Jimmie Johnson has dropped a spot to fourth place. He endured one of the most spectacular crashes of his career during a Busch Series event here years ago.


Lap 1 GREEN FL&G: The race gets underway at 1:25 p.m. ET. The race will consist of 90 laps, just eight more than Saturday's Nationwide Series event. Kyle Busch takes the lead coming off Turn 1.

[the H team]

Lap 8 Ryan Newman is having a good road-course run back in sixth place.
Lap 7 Juan Montoya and Brad Keselowski have been able to close ground on leader Kyle Busch. The margin is now down to a few car lengths.


Lap 6 Marcos Ambrose has moved past Jimmie Johnson for fourth place. Ambrose is the defending winner here at Watkins Glen.


Lap 5 Marcos Ambrose tries dive-bombing Jimmie Johnson for fourth place in Turn 1, but can't make the move work and backs off for now.

[the H team]

Lap 12 Brad Keselowski has closed back in on Juan Montoya for second place.
Lap 11 Tony Stewart has passed teammate Ryan Newman for sixth. Stewart has told crew chief Steve Addington that his car is tight while turning to the left and loose to the right. That doesn't sound good!


Lap 10 Video replay shows that Boris Said might have been helped off course by David Ragan. Maybe.


Lap 9 Brad Keselowski has dropped back from second-place Juan Montoya by a hundred yards or so. Also, Boris Said gets off the track in Turn 1. There's no caution.

[the H team]

Lap 16 Jeff Gordon has moved up to seventh place.
Lap 15 Once again, Brad Keselowski has backed off from the rear of second-place Juan Montoya's Chevrolet. It's another 3.5 seconds back to fourth-place Marcos Ambrose.


Lap 14 Kyle Busch's lead over Juan Montoya is now 1.5 seconds.


Lap 13 It's hard to tell which of Watkins Glen's turns might be the hardest to negotiate, but Turn 1 would have to be tough. And the esses and inner loop. But don't forget the two 90-degree turns near the end. This ain't easy!

[the H team]

Lap 20 Kyle Busch, Juan Montoya, Brad Keselowski and Marcos Ambrose are staying on the track for the time being.
Lap 19 Jimmie Johnson is pitting.


Lap 18 Michael McDowell has been nabbed for speeding on pit road. He'll have to come back in. Jason Leffler gets off the track in Turn 10.


Lap 17 Ryan Newman is going to work the strategy angle. He's on pit road now. Michael McDowell is also pitting.

[the H team]

Lap 24 Brad Keselowski gives up third place to roll onto pit road. Kasey Kahne is pitting. His air-conditioning unit is not working. It had been filling his helmet with smoke before he disconnected it. Aric Almirola pits.
Lap 23 Jeff Gordon hits the pits. Kevin Harvick's car is also being serviced.


Lap 22 Could the leaders be thinking about making this just a two-stop race? Maybe so ... maybe so.


Lap 21 Marcos Ambrose makes his stop.

[the H team]

Lap 28 Kyle Busch leads the cars that hadn't yet stopped down it road. Tony Stewart left his stall with equipment, so he'll have to come back in. Kasey Kahne took fuel only.
Lap 27 The left-rear tire on Kurt Busch's car has fallen off. It appears the lugs weren't in place. He spins out of 11th place.


Lap 26 YELLOW FL&G: Jamie McMurray tags the guardrail at the top of the esses to bring out the race's first caution.


Lap 25 Kyle Busch leads Juan Montoya by 1.2 seconds and third-place Tony Stewart by 17.5. How much are the newer tires worth?

[the H team]

Lap 32 Juan Montoya is off the pace with a mechanical problem. He had been in sixth place.
Lap 31 Kevn Harvick and Carl Edwards are fighting hard for seventh place.


Lap 30 GREEN FL&G: Brad Keselowski, Marcos Ambrose, Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon and Juan Montoya are the leaders. Keselowski is clear with the top spot coming back onto the fronstretch.


Lap 29 One to go at the stripe.

[the H team]

Lap 36 Jimmie Johnson has dropped back from second-place Marcos Ambrose, and Ambrose is going after Brad Keselowski for the lead
Lap 35 Brad Keselowski, Marcos Ambrose and Jimmie Johnson have just a car length or two between each of them.


Lap 34 The garage is filling up. Joey Logano's day has also ended early.


Lap 33 Juan Montoya is backing up pit road, headed toward the garage. Also, Kurt Busch said in his post-problem interview that it was some sort of mechanical problem that caused the tire to fall off, not missing lug nuts.

[the H team]

Lap 40 After taking the lead, Marcos Ambrose has opened up an advantage of nearly 9/10ths of a second.
Lap 39 Jeff Gordon, shown in 10th place, says that his car is "absolute junk." Up front, Marcos Ambrose dives under Brad Keselowski going into Turn 1 to take the lead.


Lap 38 Clint Bowyer, who won at Sonoma earlier this year, has developed brake problems. That won't work well here at Watkins Glen. He's in ninth place.


Lap 37 The fight for the lead is getting really good!

[the H team]

Lap 44 If the race ended now
Lap 43 In four previous Sprint Cup starts here at Watkins Glen, Marcos Ambrose has never finished worse than third.


Lap 42 The top five are Marcos Ambrose, Brad Keselowski, Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr.


Lap 41 Brad Keselowski is peddling hard, but he's still losing ground to leader Marcos Ambrose.