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[Tony]

Brian Vickers bumped Mike Bliss out of the way to advance onto the All Star Race. Martin Truex Jr. got voted in.

Tony Stewart lived up to his nickname of "Smoke" as he caused a 9 car wreck int he all star race

1. #6 Mark Martin
2. #38 Elliot Sadler
3. #25 Brian Vickers
4. #24 Jeff Gordon
5. #48 Jimmie Johnson

Kimi Raikkonen won the Monaco Grand Prix, I started watching mid race and never seen hiim in another place besides 1st.

Next week Coca Cola 600, and the Indy 500

the 2004 Indy winner Budy Rice wont compete in it this year due to a neck strain he suffered during a practice, slammed the wall pretty hard.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Tony' date='May 23 2005, 08:06 AM'] Brian Vickers bumped Mike Bliss out of the way to advance onto the All Star Race. Martin Truex Jr. got voted in.

Tony Stewart lived up to his nickname of "Smoke" as he caused a 9 car wreck int he all star race

1. #6 Mark Martin
2. #38 Elliot Sadler
3. #25 Brian Vickers
4. #24 Jeff Gordon
5. #48 Jimmie Johnson

Kimi Raikkonen won the Monaco Grand Prix, I started watching mid race and never seen hiim in another place besides 1st.

Next week Coca Cola 600, and the Indy 500

the 2004 Indy winner Budy Rice wont compete in it this year due to a neck strain he suffered during a practice, slammed the wall pretty hard. [/quote]
Vickers should not have one that race. :angry: I don't think Tony Stewarts was deliberate, he just got loose. I was glad Martin won.

[Tony]

Coca Cola 600 results:

1. #48 Jimmie Johnson
2. #18 Bobby Labontie
3. #99 Carl Edwards
4. #19 Jeremy Mayfield
5. #12 Ryan Newman

this race set a new record for yellow flags at 22. Dale Earnhardt Jr. running into his DEI teammate Michael Waltrip was one of them.. Bill Elliot got punted by Vickers as well

Kyle Busch won the Busch race and the truck race at the same track last week.

Indy 500 results:

1. #26 Dan Wheldon
2. #17 Victor Meira
3. # 7 Bryan Herta
4. #16 Danica Patrick
5. #95 Buddy Lazier

Danica Patrick has become the 1st woman ever to lead a lap at the Indy 500, as well as the highest finish ever by a woman.

[Catholictothecore]

did anybody watch Indy 500? (my first love of racing)

[FranciscanRocker25]

the race... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr



you NEVER want to be in concord, charlotte or kannapolis during a race.....

[cmotherofpirl]

By the time they were done, the 600 cars looked like they had a demolition derby.

[Catholictothecore]

[Tony]

well Its been a while since I updated this, because the phorum was down ab it.. now I have a lot of explaining to do lol

last week, at Dover

Kyle Busch won the Truck Race
Martin Truex Jr won the Busch race
top 5 for cup:

1. #16 Greg Biffle
2. # 5 Kyle Busch
3. # 6 Mark Martin
4. #48 Jimmie Johnson
5. # 2 Rusty Wallace

This week is where tihngs get tricky

The Truck race was at Ft Worth, which was won by Travis Kvapil
Busch Race is in Lebanon, TN which was rained out and pushed to Sunday
Cup Race is at Pocano, a trangular shaped course.

Now for Television:
Cup Race is 1:30 ish ET on Fox, then when that race gets done, the Busch Race will be shown on tape delay on FX.

F1 has the Canadian Grand Prix as well, its on CBS at 1PM (Arena bowl is this same time too! dicisions decisions)

[Catholictothecore]

sigh....Where did you go, Dale Jr?

[ReinnieR]

everybody is for dale jr.

hmm i wonder why.

i'm not actually a nascar fan.

not too big on left turns.

[Tony]

[quote]not too big on left turns.[/quote]


2 weeks from now they will be making both Left and Right Turns, will be at Infineon Raceway

[Tony]

Clint Bowyer won the Bush Race in Lebanon, TN which is near Nashville and got a guitar as a trophy

Pocano results:

1. #99 Carl Edwards
2. #25 Bryan Vickers
3. #01 Joe Nemechek
4. # 5 Kyle Busch
5. #15 Michael Waltrip

Flat Tires was the big store of the day.. Kahne had 3, Dale Jr. had atleast 2, Ricky Rudd had 4

That having the Busch Race the same time as the Cup race screwed Carl Edwards, he was winning the Series, now hes 4th in points. Reed Sorenson is the new leader.. There is no chase for the cup system in Busch Series, so Edwards cant fall back on that.

Kimi Raikkonen won the Canadian GP. Michael Schumacher was gaining on him quite a bit, but didn't have enough time to catch him. But Ferarri did take 2 of the 3 podium spots as Barrachello was 3rd.

Next weekend... NASCAR Cup and Truck is at Michigan, Busch is in Kentucky. It is also the weekend of the 24 hours of Le Mans

[Tony]

Dennis Setzer won the Busch race in Michigan

The Busch race is on FX at the moment, Carl Edwards is winning.. maybe he can get his points lead back?


24 hours of le mans.. 13:15 to go, An American team has the overall it at the moment, Champion Racing car #3 about a 3 minute advanrage I beleive .. over Champion racing Car#2 the top 5 are all in the LM 1 circut

Le Mans- Speed
Busch -FX

Tomorrow: American Grand Prix from Indy - Speed 1PM
NASCAR- Fox 1:30-2 around there

[Tony]

Carl Edwards cuised past Truex in a 2 lap shootout to win in Kentucky.

Le Mans.. same car is winning

JJ Lehto and Marco Werner and Tom Kristensen are the team off Drivers for #3 and its an Audi owned by Champion Racing

2nd place is #2, also an Audi owned by Champion Racing I beleive the gap is 2 minutes but they are on the same lap. only 11 hous to go

PS: No Im not watching the whole thing haha

[Tony]

well this weekend on racing had extreme highs.. and an extreme low. 1st I will menton the top 5 at the "Batman Begins 400" In Michigan


1. #16 Greg Biffle
2. #20 Tony Stewart
3. # 6 Mark Martin
4. #17 Matt Kenseth
5. #99 Carl Edwards

I didnt catch much of this one actually, I was tired and kinda busy

now for the Extreme High.. 24 Hours Le Mans... the car owners of 3 of the 4 Class winners, and overall winner, were Americans

Winners by Class:

LM1 (And overall) #3 Champion Racing (USA), Audi R8, driven by JJ Lehto(Finland, Werner(Germany,, and Kristensen (Denmark) 370 Laps completed- margin of victory 2 laps

GT1 #64 Corvette Racing (USA), Corvette C6-R, driven by Gavin ( Great Britain)
Beretta (Monaco) Magnussen (Denmark) 349 Laps completed , margin of victory 2 laps

GT2 #71 Alex Job Racing (USA), Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, Driven by Hindery (USA), Rockenfeller (Germany), Lieb (Germany) 332 laps completed, margin of victory 1 lap

LM2 #25 RML ( Great Britain) driven by Erdos (Brazil), Newton (Great Britain), Hughes Great Britain, 304 laps completed, margin of victory 4 laps

Tom Kristensen won his 7th career Le Mans, and his 6th straight.. he now holds both of those records

Now tthe Extreme low.. Formula 1 US Grand Prix in Indianapolis,.. many drivers wrecked during qualifying and practice all weekend, noone could figure out what was going on. Come race day, Michelin announced the tires that were brought to the Grand Prix were unsafe and should not be used, . which 14 of the 20 drivers do. They tried to appeal to the Governing body, the FIA to allow them to bring a new batch of tires, but FIA in its strict regularions would not allow it. Then the next move was to ask FIA for a chicane to be added to the track, to slow the cars down, and that was not allowed either.. So the next thign we know.. all 20 cards go up to the grid.. take their warm up lap....then we see 14 cars with Michelin tires go to the pits and call it a day. The race was ran with only 6 drivers.

Ofcourse the fans were irate, those tickets arent exactly cheap.. I dont know the exact price, but I think some of them go for $200-300.. they got ripped off

Its a shame it had to happen, but the drivers and owners alike did not want anyonne to get injured if the tires weren't capable for racing

Next week: NASCAR is hitting the road at infineon Raceway: Among the favorites will be Robby Gordon, and Boris Said. you might see Ron Fellows, and Scott Pruett , and other Road course specialists enter, that could very well win