Thank God that's out of the way. Indy does us damage again.

Most of us started in the back except for me with a 4th. Not sure why I did that.

Sandy was the first up to bring out the yellow, and how.

Four laps in, he was starting to move up through traffic when he got caught on Josh Wise. All would have been fairly harmless body damage, except, Wise caught the very edge of the safer barrier.

The result was a catastrophic instance of Josh's car stopping completely and flinging Sandy high into the air.

Sandy, has left the state...

Further up the track, I got caught on Harvick diving down into turn 3 and we both got turned around.

As I sat perpendicular to the track, many of the cars going by were this close or closer at about 150mph. I held the brake until almost the pace car caught up to me.

Wasn't long after being back under green that I got mussed up with Stremme.

This one hurt me bad.

More laps later, Keselowski ran over McMurray.

Jamie Mac got tossed way low and came right back up into Greg Biffle...

...who backed up into the 34 who got turned.

We returned to green and did well for a while until Scot bombed a corner.

Which turned into a bad day for Kvapil and Newman.

And not long after he was at it again, although less his fault this time.

It didn't end quite as well for Scot but he did keep going.

Coming through the last ten laps, Chad was up in first where he was finally passed by a faster Stewart. Chad put up a fierce battle and held the field in check, right up to 4 to go. Then Hamlin managed to get a run inside.

Denny pushed Chad wide which got him out of position and into Jeff Burton coming out of the turn.

This brought out the final caution that would end the race. Sadly, Chad did not stay out, even though he had a broken car and a flat tire. He could have finished P7. Maybe next time.

Of course, what race would be complete without some last lap f*ckery by none other than Outlaw! Go get 'em!

Now we turn back to Pocono where we all had some very good runs through those dangerously fast three turns.

Results

Session: Practice

DRIVER

TIME

Weather: Cloudy, 92 °F, South 14 mph

Session: Qualifying

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	14	T Stewart	49.954
2	20	M Kenseth	50.025
3	15	C Bowyer	50.047
4	013	T Nadz	50.294
5	24	J Gordon	50.409
6	4	K Harvick	50.467
7	1	J McMurray	50.511
8	99	C Edwards	50.534
9	2	B Keselowski	50.584
10	18	K Busch	50.697
11	5	K Kahne	50.721
12	31	R Newman	50.792
13	34	D Ragan	50.852
14	11	D Hamlin	50.890
15	78	M Truex Jr	50.951
16	22	J Logano	50.989
17	27	P Menard	51.015
18	66	J Burton	51.015
19	38	D Gilliland	51.268
20	88	D Earnhardt Jr	51.305
21	9	M Ambrose	51.308
22	41	K Busch2	51.352
23	35	E McClure	51.405
24	13	C Mears	51.447
25	55	B Vickers	51.666
26	43	A Almirola	51.671
27	16	G Biffle	51.690
28	52	B Labonte	51.744
29	95	M McDowell	51.924
30	32	T Kvapil	51.993
31	48	J Johnson	52.106
32	40	L Cassill	52.261
33	30	D Stremme	52.279
34	10	D Patrick	52.282
35	77	D Blaney	52.283
36	021	T Bear	52.287
37	47	A Allmendinger	52.563
38	3	A Dillon	52.713
39	98	J Wise	52.769
40	17	R Stenhouse Jr	54.355
41	061	D Hamilton	56.494
42	029	M Max	59.945
43	055	C Ferguson	--

Weather: Clear, 79 °F, South 5 mph

Session: Happy Hour

P	#	DRIVER	TIME
1	27	P Menard	50.148
2	1	J McMurray	50.224
3	48	J Johnson	50.308
4	31	R Newman	50.330
5	4	K Harvick	50.347
6	88	D Earnhardt Jr	50.403
7	15	C Bowyer	50.429
8	013	T Nadz	50.554
9	99	C Edwards	50.604
10	66	J Burton	50.642
11	055	C Ferguson	50.715
12	18	K Busch	50.716
13	41	K Busch2	50.784
14	2	B Keselowski	50.816
15	24	J Gordon	50.843
16	78	M Truex Jr	50.862
17	22	J Logano	50.899
18	5	K Kahne	50.904
19	11	D Hamlin	50.911
20	9	M Ambrose	51.019
21	021	T Bear	51.172
22	16	G Biffle	51.250
23	52	B Labonte	51.426
24	43	A Almirola	51.462
25	14	T Stewart	51.503
26	20	M Kenseth	51.516
27	34	D Ragan	51.564
28	35	E McClure	51.600
29	40	L Cassill	51.611
30	38	D Gilliland	51.699
31	32	T Kvapil	51.854
32	47	A Allmendinger	51.867
33	061	D Hamilton	51.876
34	55	B Vickers	51.973
35	17	R Stenhouse Jr	52.381
36	95	M McDowell	52.463
37	3	A Dillon	52.603
38	10	D Patrick	52.688
39	30	D Stremme	52.694
40	98	J Wise	52.820
41	77	D Blaney	53.842
42	029	M Max	57.395
43	13	C Mears	1:03.670

Weather: Cloudy, 89 °F, West 3 mph

Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F	S	#	DRIVER	INTERVAL	LAPS	LED	POINTS	STATUS
1	1	14	T Stewart	115.113	40	12	180	Running
2	14	11	D Hamlin	-0.45	40	1	175	Running
3	15	78	M Truex Jr	-0.75	40	0	165	Running
4	8	99	C Edwards	-1.05	40	0	160	Running
5	17	27	P Menard	-1.36	40	0	155	Running
6	24	13	C Mears	-1.66	40	0	150	Running
7	9	2	B Keselowski	-1.97	40	0	146	Running
8	37	47	A Allmendinger	-2.27	40	0	142	Running
9	10	18	K Busch	-2.57	40	0	138	Running
10	2	20	M Kenseth	-2.87	40	5	139	Running
11	19	38	D Gilliland	-3.17	40	0	130	Running
12	20	88	D Earnhardt Jr	-3.48	40	0	127	Running
13	23	35	E McClure	-3.78	40	0	124	Running
14	28	52	B Labonte	-4.09	40	0	121	Running
15	41	061	D Hamilton	-4.55	40	0	118	Running
16	26	43	A Almirola	-5.00	40	0	115	Running
17	4	013	T Nadz	-5.11	40	0	112	Running
18	16	22	J Logano	-18.35	40	0	109	Retired
19	31	48	J Johnson	-20.96	40	0	106	Running
20	18	66	J Burton	-26.60	40	0	103	Running
21	42	029	M Max	-1L	39	1	105	Running
22	43	055	C Ferguson	-1L	39	5	102	Running
23	27	16	G Biffle	-4L	36	0	94	Retired
24	3	15	C Bowyer	-4L	36	0	91	Retired
25	32	40	L Cassill	-4L	36	0	88	Tire
26	5	24	J Gordon	-11L	29	16*	95	Retired
27	7	1	J McMurray	-11L	29	0	82	Retired
28	12	31	R Newman	-17L	23	0	79	Retired
29	30	32	T Kvapil	-19L	21	0	76	Accident
30	13	34	D Ragan	-23L	17	0	73	Retired
31	11	5	K Kahne	-29L	11	0	70	Retired
32	6	4	K Harvick	-29L	11	0	67	Accident
33	21	9	M Ambrose	-30L	10	0	64	Retired
34	22	41	K Busch2	-30L	10	0	61	Retired
35	29	95	M McDowell	-30L	10	0	58	Retired
36	25	55	B Vickers	-30L	10	0	55	Retired
37	35	77	D Blaney	-30L	10	0	52	Retired
38	40	17	R Stenhouse Jr	-30L	10	0	49	Retired
39	38	3	A Dillon	-30L	10	0	46	Retired
40	33	30	D Stremme	-31L	9	0	43	Accident
41	34	10	D Patrick	-36L	4	0	40	Retired
42	36	021	T Bear	-37L	3	0	37	Accident
43	39	98	J Wise	-37L	3	0	34	Accident

Caution Flags: 6 (25 laps)

Lead Changes: 10 (6 drivers)

Weather: Clear, 88 °F, South 1 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 2x

AI Strength: 83%

PENALTIES

LAP	#	INFRACTION	PENALTY
8	061	Passing on the inside	Stop and go
10	061	Speeding in pits	Go to end of longest line
12	013	Speeding in pits	Go to end of longest line
11	061	Entering closed pits	Go to end of longest line
36	055	Entering closed pits	Go to end of longest line
39	029	Smoking Engine	Pit for repairs

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Nascar Sprint Cup Championship 2014 - 20 Indianapolis