Thursday, October 23, 2014

Nascar Sprint Cup Championship 2014 - 32 Talladega

Down to the final 8 as we wrap up the Contender Round at Talladega.  Comers and goers here and Chad has proven that his most hated tracks are his best.

Qualifying polarized the humans with me on pole and everyone else at the back.  But it would not stay like this forever, oh no.

We were without incident for about 5 laps when I tapped the 48 coming to the line.

He collected a few but only a handful dropped out, and not even good ones at that.

Most of those in the back decided to hit the pits for tires and fuel.  Scott should have asked for brakes as he didn't have any coming to his stall.  This was all Sandy saw from the side as he innocently attempted his own stop.  Fortunately no one was terribly hurt although Darrel's car would not be nearly as fast for the rest of the night.

That pit stop was where Sandy's luck would end.  Coming to take the green, Mr. Downshift took out his engine trying to engine break approaching the field.  His day was done and this would be the second 'Dega that killed his engine without a scratch on the paint.

We got going green a lap later and it took some time but the field was plowing away.  Here, Darrel barely escaped the swarm as they came by.

While battling for position, I basically got a side draft off of Mears and went sideways.  Not a lot of damage and no one else was really involved.  But I too wasn't running right afterward.

Not long after the restart, Scott was DQed for not honoring the black flag.  I guess there was a speeding penalty he didn't realize he had.  Too bad.

By about halfway, when the field caught me, I was doing my best to stay on the lead lap when I drifted in front of Kenseth.

And held on for what I thought was the big one.

It was actually quite innocuous as wrecks go and only a select few VIPs got to be involved.

Including Mr. Dillon who felt it necessary to T-Bone my car as I was trying to get righted, post-wreck.  Notice the angle of his vehicle, facing out towards the track, indicating he turned up to hit me deliberately.  This will not be forgotten.  The 3 and 15 have received black spots on their Facebook walls.

But one human was still in the running and it was Chad.  Taking the restart with about six or seven to go, Chad started blazing a trail.

He drove hard and earned a deserving 10th place.

To celebrate, I sacrificed a Kahne to the NASCAR gods on my whiteflag lap.

We now go from biggest to smallest at Martinsville.  I'll post any updates as necessary.  It should be an awesome start to the Elimination Round.

Results

Session: Practice


P#DRIVERTIME
120M Kenseth48.633
216G Biffle48.810
366J Burton48.839
42B Keselowski48.927
5013T Nadz48.929
699C Edwards48.953
713C Mears48.993
848J Johnson49.044
914T Stewart49.060
1024J Gordon49.142
1135E McClure49.163
1288D Earnhardt Jr49.187
1318K Busch49.203
149M Ambrose49.221
1527P Menard49.234
1677D Blaney49.303
1795M McDowell49.409
1832T Kvapil49.429
1922J Logano49.461
2034D Ragan49.515
2147A Allmendinger49.544
2298J Wise49.560
235K Kahne49.570
2438D Gilliland49.570
2541K Busch249.684
26055C Ferguson49.689
2715C Bowyer49.691
28061D Hamilton49.696
29021T Bear49.727
3017R Stenhouse Jr49.772
3131R Newman49.818
324K Harvick49.839
3352B Labonte49.860
3478M Truex Jr49.897
353A Dillon49.916
3655B Vickers49.950
3730D Stremme50.067
3843A Almirola50.374
3940L Cassill50.406
401J McMurray50.420
4111D Hamlin50.467
42051S Hagerty51.145
4321T Bayne51.609

Weather: Cloudy, 66 °F, South 6 mph


Session: Qualifying


P#DRIVERTIME
1013T Nadz49.155
299C Edwards49.167
320M Kenseth49.223
448J Johnson49.293
588D Earnhardt Jr49.317
615C Bowyer49.324
74K Harvick49.367
822J Logano49.378
918K Busch49.396
1024J Gordon49.397
112B Keselowski49.412
1278M Truex Jr49.442
135K Kahne49.462
1431R Newman49.534
1511D Hamlin49.537
1641K Busch249.548
1734D Ragan49.550
1814T Stewart49.574
1916G Biffle49.599
209M Ambrose49.618
211J McMurray49.633
2227P Menard49.674
2366J Burton49.730
2438D Gilliland49.766
2547A Allmendinger49.785
2655B Vickers49.980
2713C Mears49.987
2895M McDowell50.068
2952B Labonte50.075
3040L Cassill50.141
3117R Stenhouse Jr50.214
3235E McClure50.230
3332T Kvapil50.279
3477D Blaney50.283
3543A Almirola50.315
3621T Bayne50.364
3798J Wise50.424
383A Dillon50.510
3930D Stremme50.578
40055C Ferguson50.745
41021T Bear50.817
42061D Hamilton50.974
43051S Hagerty52.245

Weather: Cloudy, 66 °F, East 11 mph


Session: Happy Hour


P#DRIVERTIME
148J Johnson49.149
247A Allmendinger49.278
32B Keselowski49.289
415C Bowyer49.296
59M Ambrose49.324
611D Hamlin49.342
731R Newman49.564
84K Harvick49.617
916G Biffle49.628
1032T Kvapil49.666
1134D Ragan49.667
1220M Kenseth49.727
1327P Menard49.742
1414T Stewart49.814
1599C Edwards49.826
161J McMurray49.859
1724J Gordon49.953
1841K Busch249.977
1995M McDowell49.992
2035E McClure50.105
2117R Stenhouse Jr50.114
2266J Burton50.126
2388D Earnhardt Jr50.156
243A Dillon50.173
2530D Stremme50.434
2677D Blaney50.455
27055C Ferguson50.457
2840L Cassill50.462
2955B Vickers50.514
30013T Nadz50.638
3121T Bayne50.684
3213C Mears50.685
3398J Wise50.742
3422J Logano50.750
3552B Labonte50.852
365K Kahne50.860
37061D Hamilton50.862
3878M Truex Jr51.171
3918K Busch51.183
40051S Hagerty51.280
4143A Almirola51.345
4238D Gilliland51.866
43021T Bear59.783

Weather: Cloudy, 71 °F, North 6 mph


Session: Race

OFFICIAL STANDINGS


FS#DRIVERINTERVALLAPSLEDPOINTSSTATUS
11024J Gordon158.016472180Running
21916G Biffle-0.05470170Running
374K Harvick-0.084711170Running
4588D Earnhardt Jr-0.164712*170Running
51511D Hamlin-0.31470155Running
62366J Burton-0.36470150Running
72227P Menard-0.60470146Running
8112B Keselowski-6.90470142Running
93332T Kvapil-7.13470138Running
1040055C Ferguson-7.29470134Running
111814T Stewart-7.42470130Running
122438D Gilliland-7.52470127Running
131278M Truex Jr-12.72470124Running
142895M McDowell-12.88470121Running
153235E McClure-14.04470118Running
16299C Edwards-15.09479120Running
171734D Ragan-19.56470112Running
181641K Busch2-22.74470109Running
19822J Logano-22.99470106Running
203930D Stremme-23.09470103Running
21615C Bowyer-30.89471105Running
22135K Kahne-55.0047097Running
23918K Busch-1L46094Running
243543A Almirola-1L46091Running
253117R Stenhouse Jr-1L46088Running
262547A Allmendinger-1L46085Running
271013T Nadz-1L46587Running
2842061D Hamilton-1L46079Running
291431R Newman-11L36581Retired
30320M Kenseth-12L35278Retired
313477D Blaney-13L34070Retired
32383A Dillon-14L33067Retired
3343051S Hagerty-25L22064Retired
342952B Labonte-32L15061Header
3541021T Bear-40L7058Header
362655B Vickers-41L6055Valve
37209M Ambrose-42L5052Retired
38211J McMurray-42L5049Retired
392713C Mears-42L5046Retired
403040L Cassill-42L5043Retired
413621T Bayne-42L5040Retired
423798J Wise-42L5037Retired
43448J Johnson-43L4034Retired

Caution Flags: 3 (13 laps)

Lead Changes: 17 (8 drivers)

Weather: Cloudy, 70 °F, West 6 mph

Pitstop Frequency: 1x

AI Strength: 94%


PENALTIES

LAP#INFRACTIONPENALTY
6061Speeding in pitsGo to end of longest line
7051Unsafe pit exitGo to end of longest line
7061Passing under yellowHeld for 10 seconds
17051Speeding in pitsGo to end of longest line
18051Unsafe pit exitGo to end of longest line
20051Passing on the insideStop and go
24051Not honoring the black fDQ'd: Scoring is ended


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