Nah, I don't see him missing the chase. I think the drivers in the top twelve now are going to be the ones in the chase. I mean looking through the guys just behind them you have Vickers, Ragan, Truex, and Harvick. Of those drivers I think Vickers and Ragan are too inconsistent to get there. Truex is going to be hurting after the inevitable Tuesday penalty that team will be getting. I see NASCAR docking him anywhere from 100 to 150 points. That leaves Harvick. I guess he could bump someone, but his performance has been off so I doubt it.

As far as Stewart staying at Gibbs, I personally think that if all he cares about is performance, he will stay; viewing all the rumors though it seems very unlikely. I read last week that he is going to buy into Haas racing and be sponsored by Office Depot. That rumor also had Ryan Newman joining him in that team with Burger King as the sponsor. Now obviously these are only rumblings, but as far as rumors go they seem pretty certain. However, even if that happens I never see his friendship with Zippadelli ending. They have been through too much to just stop being friends because they are on different teams.

I definitely do understand your pain about Stewart's season. It seems like Jeff and Jimmie are stuck in a similar sort of rut. If they can ever break out of the bad luck slump we will finally start seeing exciting races again.

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Oh he'll probably be in the chase. But as far as him actually winning the Cup this year, I don't see that.

and I think I meant more "team-relationship" when I posted that about Tony and Zippy. They won't be on teh same team possibly and I think that may hurt Tony's performance.

on a bit of non-racing news: my sister, the woman who got me started on NASCAR, is engaged to a Jeff Gordon Fan. Let me tell you, this has been and will be a very interesting relationship.

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Well you just never know.

Ah, I see. It very well could hurt Tony's performance, although I would be more worried about Haas putting forth quality equipment.

That is awesome. Tell her that I said congratulations. Haha, yeah I can imagine. I think that Sundays will be very interesting around their house.

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they're already interesting.

I don't have an opportunity to post the results, so if you could do that for me I'd appreciate it as I'll be gone this week until Saturday.

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I can imagine.

I can do that. I shall go get the results and post them later today.

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Okay as promised, here are the results:

FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Interstate Batteries 190/5 162 Running 315,950
2 24 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 175/5 162 Running 243,625
3 19 17 Matt Kenseth Ford R+L Carriers 165/0 162 Running 208,191
4 36 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 160/0 162 Running 139,650
5 6 6 David Ragan Ford AAA 155/0 162 Running 141,150
6 37 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Robby Gordon Motorsports 155/5 162 Running 145,058
7 41 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 146/0 162 Running 148,491
8 3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Nat'l Guard Defending Freedom (ACU) / AMP Energy 152/10 162 Running 123,325
9 25 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 138/0 162 Running 121,175
10 2 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 134/0 162 Running 139,258
11 28 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 130/0 162 Running 109,800
12 14 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Reese's 127/0 162 Running 146,761
13 20 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Pillsbury Cinnabon / Cheerios 124/0 162 Running 136,936
14 10 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Auto Value / Bumper to Bumper 121/0 162 Running 97,650
15 1 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Vertis / Menards 123/5 162 Running 119,750
16 43 45 Terry Labonte Dodge Richard Petty Driving Experience 115/0 162 Running 114,233
17 35 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Swing Vote 112/0 162 Running 127,558
18 4 78 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet Furniture Row Racing 109/0 162 Running 92,550
19 12 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 106/0 162 Running 109,108
20 17 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 103/0 162 Running 141,786
21 34 44 David Reutimann Toyota UPS 100/0 162 Running 93,350
22 39 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Polaroid / TUMS 97/0 162 Running 119,839
23 30 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 99/5 162 Running 143,736
24 8 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet DEI / Principal Financial Group 91/0 162 Running 99,225
25 21 00 Michael McDowell * Toyota Champion Mortgage 88/0 162 Running 102,633
26 15 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Office 90/5 162 Running 124,716
27 29 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 87/5 162 Running 98,622
28 5 70 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet Haas Automation 79/0 162 Running 85,450
29 42 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Penske Truck Rental 76/0 162 Running 131,100
30 26 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 78/5 162 Running 134,486
31 11 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Ford. Drive one. 70/0 161 Running 114,589
32 40 26 Jamie McMurray Ford IRWIN Marathon with WeldTec 67/0 157 Running 92,750
33 22 21 Jon Wood Ford U.S. Air Force 64/0 155 Running 103,920
34 16 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet CARQUEST / Kellogg's 61/0 152 Running 102,500
35 7 160 Boris Said Ford No Fear / Advance Auto Parts 63/5 149 Accident 84,325
36 32 12 Ryan Newman Dodge Samsung HDTV / Alltel 55/0 149 Running 126,250
37 23 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 52/0 140 Accident 129,408
38 31 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Juicy Fruit Slim Pack 49/0 132 Accident 111,758
39 38 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy / Garmin 46/0 129 Running 110,070
40 27 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditRep
ort.com 43/0 124 Accident 83,580
41 18 109 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 40/0 103 Handling 83,450
42 13 84 A.J. Allmendinger Toyota Red Bull 37/0 100 Running 83,355
43 33 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 34/0 69 Accident 91,612

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Okay guys I am just letting you know that I am leaving AU. I want to thank the both of you for some awesome NASCAR discussions in the past. Even though we have had some intense fights over Toyota, Hendrick Motorsports, and all kinds of stuff, I have genuinely enjoyed talking to both of you. I have the utmost respect for each one of you as people, and I will definitely think of you guys when watching a race.

My final thoughts to you now are, go Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson.

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aw, I'm sorry you're leaving. I was wondering what your thoughts were on Tony's leaving JGR.

my thought is this:

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"Men rise and fall like the winter wheat, but these names will never die. Let them say I lived in the time of Achilles."
"I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls."
Married Finn Jones on March 24th, 2009

I was rooting against Carl Edwards. I didn't get my hopes up for tony because I KNEW he wouldn't win. Just knew. glad I wasn't disappointed. Toyota didn't realy have a very good day outside of Stewart.

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I found that funny too. It was like, "who's it going to be this time around?" and I was wishing that Carl would either suddenly get loose orrun out of gas the last two laps.

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I don't make a habit of watching the nationwide races. Only if there's nothing else on and I'm bored stiff. The last one in Montreal *last Saturday* was pathetic. They raced in the rain on rain tires. BORING!

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