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[the H team]

next sunday they're at Talladega super speedway
have a great week

[rockit]

the leaders come in to pit.

What!!!! Pitting with five laps to go...What are you nuts???

You're never gonna...Oh wait you won the race!!!...nevermind

That was unreal, couldn't believe he passed all those cars going into corner one on restart.

Way to go Happy!!!

[rockit]

Points Standings

Jimmy Johnson 343
Carl Edwards 300
Kasey Kahne 297
Dale Earnhardt Jr 297
Clint Bowyer 290
Brad Keselowski 284
Kyle Busch 278
Greg Biffle 272
Kevin Harvick 271
Paul Menard 271

[rockit]

Some vintage wipeouts

http://devour.com/video/vintage-race-car-crashes/

[rock lobster]

green , white , checkered..........dumb!

[electric_viking]

Just picked up a pair of tix for the Victoria Day Long Weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Have never seen a race on the road course. Could be a fun time.

[rockit]

Just picked up a pair of tix for the Victoria Day Long Weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Have never seen a race on the road course. Could be a fun time.

Enjoy!!!

[the H team]

On Thursday, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver received medical clearance to return to on-track activity this weekend. The team release stated, "Exact plans for this weekend will be determined by the team at Talladega."
Out since suffering a compression fracture in a lower back vertebra in a crash March 24 at Auto Club Speedway, quoted rapper L.L. Cool J Thursday on Twitter, writing "Don't call it a comeback." Hamlin is expected to start and turn his No. 11 car over to Brian Vickers, who has been driving the vehicle in his absence, and who will finish .

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But by starting, Hamlin will get credit for whatever driver points are accumulated in the event -- which will bolster his hopes of contending for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Hamlin needs to be inside the top 20 in points to be eligible for a Wild Card spot in the playoff, and he currently stands 28th after sitting out the past four events. He enters Talladega 71 points behind 20th-place Kurt Busch.

[feetfrown]

[the H team]

Edwards to start first after leading first Sprint Cup practice

Related: Aaron's 499 lineup

Steady rain at Talladega Superspeedway washed out NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying Saturday, meaning the starting lineup for Sunday's race will be set according to the NASCAR rule book.




Carl Edwards will start from first in the Aaron's 499 (Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX) by virtue of his fastest lap (199.675 mph) in Friday's first practice session in the No. 99 Roush Fenway Racing Ford. Edwards -- who has not won at the 2.66-mile track in 17 tries -- does not win the Coors Light Pole Award, but will start first for the first time since the 2012 Daytona 500.


Because the probability of rain on Saturday was high, there was considerably more intrigue in practice than is typical at a restrictor-plate track.
"It was actually pretty exciting for all the teams, because we looked at this forecast, and we were all concerned that there wasn’t going to be single-car qualifying," Edwards said. "It was like a heat race out there. Everyone was doing everything they could to lag back and partner up and get the fastest lap times they could.
"It was pretty exciting. We got the fastest lap with about one minute to go. That was our whole mission (Friday), and I’m pretty proud of the fact that we ended up with the fastest time."
Martin Truex Jr., second-fastest in opening practice, will start alongside Edwards on the front row in Sunday's race, the 10th of the season for the Sprint Cup tour. Marcos Ambrose, Joey Logano and Ryan Newman complete the top five starters.

Rain began falling in the area Friday night, and continued into Saturday. NASCAR cancelled qualifying after every car had passed technical inspection and shortly after the session was scheduled to begin at 12:10 p.m. ET, as rain continued to pelt the facility.

Denny Hamlin will start seventh in his first Sprint Cup effort since suffering injuries in a last-lap crash at Auto Club Speedway on March 24. Hamlin plans to start the race then give way to relief driver Brian Vickers; the two practiced making the driver change yesterday, with Hamlin exiting through a special roof hatch and Vickers entering through the driver's door window.

Series points leader Jimmie Johnson will start eighth. Defending race winner and reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski, fastest in the second practice, will start 11th.

Elliott Sadler, scheduled to enter a fourth car for Joe Gibbs Racing, was the only driver who failed to qualify for the 43-car field.

[Tweets77]

Go Carl! I would like to see the backflip again!!

[the H team]

Here we are at Talladega, where qualifying was rained out & there is a chance for rain today.

[the H team]

Jr's formula plan for random & expect the ridiculous.

[the H team]

temps are in the mid 60s, 188 laps to do 500 miles, 42 to 46 laps on a tank of sunoco.

[the H team]

they were 3 widest lap & Carl already dropped back to 14th. the outside line seems to be the fastest. Martin has lead for 5 laps & now Matt has taken the lead at lap 6.