Indy/IRP Qualifying
Jess
CUP RESULTS
1. Jimmie Johnson
7. Kurt
11. Dale Jr.
17. Brian
25. Martin
31. Casey
33. David
34. Michael
We've got guys all across the board! Hopefully for Martin on back they have some good race setups.
I'm worried about the tire issue - it's one of the scariest problems drivers and teams (not to mention fans) can face because you never know when a tire will blow out. At Indy you wreck hard. Goodyear does an awesome job but sometimes you're just going to have one of these weekends.
NATIONWIDE RESULTS
1. Colin Braun
9. Scott
21. David
31. Brandon
Despite what the commentators were saying today, David did in fact make it to IRP in time to qualify the Dream Machine, so he won't have to start in the back.
Mike Skinner did a great job practicing the car - as usual! I'm looking forward to a good race tonight for the #99 team.
I'm very disgusted by NASCAR's new rule to decrease the horsepower in Toyota engines. Where was this "leveling" rule when the Chevys of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were murdering the Cup Series last season? It's really not fair that Toyota is being singled out right now when other manufacturers have dominated in the past and not been penalized for it.
Surprisingly, it was David's engine that had the most horsepower. This makes me even angrier because it's been the #20, #18 (JGR cars) and the #32 (Braun, but driven by Kyle Busch) that have won all the Toyota races this year, so obviously it's not the horsepower alone that is causing the Camrys to be so prevalent. But now all the Toyotas have to suffer for it. Heaven forbid if a Toyota wins their first manufacturer's championship and Chevy is second.
Hopefully the Toyotas will continue to run well and then the other manufacturers can get together and try to think of something else to cry about. But they might be sorry they complained in the first place because when they get their new breed of engines approved they'll be restricted as much as the Toyotas.
By the way, Rusty Wallace has just lost a ton of credibility with me for the nasty comments he made about Ryan Newman. He is completely out of line and what goes on at Penske now is none of his business. Even if Mr. Penske was in fact upset and told this to Rusty, that shouldn't be made public and maybe Mr. Penske will think twice next time about using Rusty as his confidant.
Is Rusty getting so frustrated with the poor performance of his organization that he has to take attention away from that by creating controversy with his big mouth?
With his crying about Toyota and now slandering Ryan Newman's name (and I saw a Jeremy Mayfield jab in there too!), Rusty is quickly losing all his credibility with me, not to mention I'm getting to the point where I sincerely can't stand him anymore. He's beginning to show that he can be very mean-spirited and that is not the type of person that should be calling races. ESPN should be ashamed that they have such a slanderer who thinks he can gossip about something that is no concern of his.
Rants over, let's go racing!
1. Jimmie Johnson
7. Kurt
11. Dale Jr.
17. Brian
25. Martin
31. Casey
33. David
34. Michael
We've got guys all across the board! Hopefully for Martin on back they have some good race setups.
I'm worried about the tire issue - it's one of the scariest problems drivers and teams (not to mention fans) can face because you never know when a tire will blow out. At Indy you wreck hard. Goodyear does an awesome job but sometimes you're just going to have one of these weekends.
NATIONWIDE RESULTS
1. Colin Braun
9. Scott
21. David
31. Brandon
Despite what the commentators were saying today, David did in fact make it to IRP in time to qualify the Dream Machine, so he won't have to start in the back.
Mike Skinner did a great job practicing the car - as usual! I'm looking forward to a good race tonight for the #99 team.I'm very disgusted by NASCAR's new rule to decrease the horsepower in Toyota engines. Where was this "leveling" rule when the Chevys of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson were murdering the Cup Series last season? It's really not fair that Toyota is being singled out right now when other manufacturers have dominated in the past and not been penalized for it.
Surprisingly, it was David's engine that had the most horsepower. This makes me even angrier because it's been the #20, #18 (JGR cars) and the #32 (Braun, but driven by Kyle Busch) that have won all the Toyota races this year, so obviously it's not the horsepower alone that is causing the Camrys to be so prevalent. But now all the Toyotas have to suffer for it. Heaven forbid if a Toyota wins their first manufacturer's championship and Chevy is second.
Hopefully the Toyotas will continue to run well and then the other manufacturers can get together and try to think of something else to cry about. But they might be sorry they complained in the first place because when they get their new breed of engines approved they'll be restricted as much as the Toyotas.
By the way, Rusty Wallace has just lost a ton of credibility with me for the nasty comments he made about Ryan Newman. He is completely out of line and what goes on at Penske now is none of his business. Even if Mr. Penske was in fact upset and told this to Rusty, that shouldn't be made public and maybe Mr. Penske will think twice next time about using Rusty as his confidant.
Is Rusty getting so frustrated with the poor performance of his organization that he has to take attention away from that by creating controversy with his big mouth?
With his crying about Toyota and now slandering Ryan Newman's name (and I saw a Jeremy Mayfield jab in there too!), Rusty is quickly losing all his credibility with me, not to mention I'm getting to the point where I sincerely can't stand him anymore. He's beginning to show that he can be very mean-spirited and that is not the type of person that should be calling races. ESPN should be ashamed that they have such a slanderer who thinks he can gossip about something that is no concern of his.
Rants over, let's go racing!
