SolaraSlayer
8/31/2007 3:50:18 PM
Too bad Mayfield is driving a Toyota, he normally owns that track.
I'll pick
1. Jimmie
2. Greg
3. Jeffers
4. Jr.
5. Marty
SolaraSlayer
8/31/2007 3:58:55 PM
ROFL! Good call on the following mod wiz...........
"...personally i dont think jr is gonna do so hot this year...but you never know"
wiz kidd
8/31/2007 5:42:05 PM
wiz's pics for california :)
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Jimmy Johnson
3. Tony Stewart
4. Kyle Busch
5. Kurt Busch
SolaraSlayer
9/1/2007 10:26:54 PM
Burton wins Busch race. Thinks he can do it again on Sunday!
LnLSS06
9/3/2007 5:22:59 AM
Really happy to see Jimmy win again. I fell asleep around 11:30 so didnt see the end of the race. Was glad to see at least Gordon get involved in a wreck, shame Tony and Jr were not involved also.
wiz kidd
9/4/2007 7:05:47 AM
good race :)
i know jeff's team is just playin right now with different setups, but it will be nice to see him back @ the front again..but i think he could care less with the 300 something point lead he's got right now, i think he'll pick it back up again once the chase starts :)
wiz kidd
9/4/2007 10:59:16 AM
lol...yah yah, they even said themselves they're just playing around right now with different setups because they can afford to...so they should come back pretty well :)
LnLSS06
9/4/2007 2:38:43 PM
Of course they are going to say that.
SpaceRider
9/6/2007 4:19:00 AM
Member's: It's Time to make your Picks
for
Richmond
`Space Picks
Jimmie Johnson
Denny Hamlin
Carl Edwards
Jeff Gordon
Tony Stewart
LongShot Ryan Newman
Track Stats
RICHMOND
Distance: .750-mile oval
Banking/Turns 1-4:14 º
Banking/Frontstretch: 8 º
Banking/Backstretch: 2 º
Length/Frontstretch: 1,290 ft.
Length/Backstretch: 860 ft.
Miles/laps: 300 miles, 400 laps
On TV
TBA
_______________________________________________________
1. Jeff Gordon (Leader)*& `Mod Wiz
with 4600 MCF Posts 
2. Tony Stewart (-317)*
3. Denny Hamlin (-344)*
4. Carl Edwards (-349)*
5. Matt Kenseth (-370)*
6. J. Johnson (-430)*
7. Jeff Burton (-460)*
8. Kyle Busch (-480)*
9. Clint Bowyer (-632)
10. Martin Truex Jr. (-637)
11. Kurt Busch (-657)
12. Kevin Harvick (-670)
After California *Locked into the Chase
Member's, make your picks
Post Them B-4 it's 2 late : )
LnLSS06
9/6/2007 6:36:29 AM
And Jimmy Johnson is currently locked into the Chase with a #1 seed at that. GOOOOOO JIMMY
SpaceRider
9/7/2007 5:37:45 AM
Gordon Slips Into Reverse at Wrong Time
By MCF `Space : ),
AOL
Posted: 2007-09-07 20:18:38
Sports Commentary
NASCAR is holding a two-front war, using two different kinds of cars and two means of determining the standings, one of which has now been rendered virtually meaningless.
Jeff Gross, Getty Images
Jeff Gordon has a big lead in points toward determining the 12-driver field for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, but trails Jimmie Johnson by one in wins -- the key in ranking drivers. 1 of 4 That's the forecast for the Chase for the Nextel Cup, scheduled to begin its 10-race run on Sept. 16 in Loudon, N.H. Get The Weather Channel on the line. This might as well be a hurricane, churning relentlessly through the Caribbean.
The season-long favorite, Jeff Gordon, has won four championships in the past, all when the system was sane. After three straight finishes worse than 18th, Gordon still leads by an insane 317 points over Tony Stewart. Well, not necessarily insane. More like irrelevant.
Those points mean nothing except that their ranking determines which 12 drivers make the Chase. Dale Earnhardt, 13th in spite of a fifth-place California Speedway finish on Sunday night, has about as much chance to make up the 128 points that separate him from Kevin Harvick and 12th place as a tsunami has of swamping Dallas.
Jimmie Johnson's California victory was his fifth, and that's one more than Gordon. That means Johnson, who trails Gordon by 430 points in the standings, will begin the Chase -- where the contestants are ranked on the basis of wins, not points -- with at least 5,050 points. Gordon will have to win the final regular-season race, at Richmond on Saturday night, to match Johnson's 5,050.
Four hundred thirty points down the drain.
Gordon is slumping, not at the worst time but at a bad one. He has two weeks to regain his form. These final races before the Chase don't mean much. Only the victories matter, but Johnson's latest victory has to be disquieting to Gordon. The dominant driver of the season, at least in terms of consistency, is no longer the leader, as a practical matter, because points are no longer relevant.
"We'd like to be running better and be out there, getting bonus points, but this team is going to come with a whole different focus and attitude when we get to New Hampshire," Gordon said. "I'll be honest. It's kind of hard to be in this position, because you're in a position where it really doesn't matter; and yet you're a competitor. ... But you know, in the back of your mind, that it really doesn't mean anything. I'm a little disappointed in some of the things we've had happen to us, but at the same time, I'd rather have them happen to us now than in those final 10 races."
A crash, on lap 179, rele
wiz kidd
9/8/2007 5:26:02 AM
he'll get it back together, he could afford to play around with different setups to see what worked, he never does good @ richmond lately, and he's starting 2nd tonight, and he finished good there earlier this year too
i bet you he will turn it around no problem
wiz's pics for richmond
1. JEFF GORDON
2. KYLE BUSCH
3. JIMMY JOHNSON
see how they qualified?? 3 hendrick cars right up front :)
SpaceRider
9/9/2007 2:53:13 AM
`Space picks the Winner : ) LOL
Picked 3 of the Top Five : ) LOL
1. Jimmie Johnson picks up his 6th win of the season, 29th career, sweeps Richmond this year, and is the top seed for The Chase for the Championship. 2 Tony Stewart 3 David Ragan 4 Jeff Gordon 5 Johnny Sauter 6 Denny Hamlin 7 Kevin Harvick 8 Kasey Kahne 9 Kurt Busch 10 J.J. Yeley 11. Ryan Newman
SpaceRider
9/14/2007 4:27:53 PM
Bowyer starts Chase on pole
Written by Administrator &MCF `Space
Sep 14, 2007 at 06:45 PM
Lineup for Sunday's Cup Series race, the first in The Chase for the Championship.
1 07 Clint Bowyer
2 1 Martin Truex Jr.
3 2 Kurt Busch
4 48 Jimmie Johnson
5 12 Ryan Newman
6 20 Tony Stewart
7 19 Elliott Sadler
8 29 Kevin Harvick
9 16 Greg Biffle
10 22 Dave Blaney
11 99 Carl Edwards
12 5 Kyle Busch
13 41 Reed Sorenson
14 11 Denny Hamlin
15 25 Casey Mears
16 01 Regan Smith
17 15 Paul Menard
18 24 Jeff Gordon
19 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
20 00 David Reutimann
21 18 J.J. Yeley
22 26 Jamie McMurray
23 31 Jeff Burton
24 96 Tony Raines
25 9 Kasey Kahne
26 43 Bobby Labonte
27 88 Kenny Wallace
28 4 Ward Burton
29 10 Scott Riggs
30 17 Matt Kenseth
31 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
32 40 David Stremme
33 66 Jeff Green
34 21 Ken Schrader
35 38 David Gilliland
36 70 Johnny Sauter
37 78 Joe Nemechek
38 6 David Ragan
39 84 AJ Allmendinger
40 7 Robby Gordon
41 45 Kyle Petty
42 83 Brian Vickers
43 98 Boris Said
DID NOT QUALIFY: 
44 Dale Jarrett; 06 Sam Hornish Jr.; 36 Jeremy Mayfield; 55 Michael Waltrip;
37 Kevin Lepage; 49 John Andretti
Gordon to make 500th straight start
Written by Administrator& MCF `Space
Sep 14, 2007 at 07:05 pM
Jeff Gordon is already a 4 time Cup Champion, has 79 career wins, 4 of them this season, and on Sunday's he'll reach another incredible milestone in his career. Jeff will make his 500th consecutive start, the longest active streak on the circuit. Gordon's first race was the 1992 season ender in Atlanta, and he hasn't missed a race since.
Jeff Gordon starts the 2007 Chase as the number two seed and is widely considered one of the championship favorites. The four-time series champion is seeking to become the third driver in series history with five championships (Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt each have seven).
• Gordon had led the point standings since the first race at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 25. He took the lead by three points over Jeff Burton (No. 31 AT&T Mobility Chevrolet) after finishing third. He led for 22 weeks until the points were reset and he was seeded second.
• Sunday’s race at New Hampshire will be Gordon’s 500th career start – and 500th consecutive start. He made his series debut in the 1992 finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway (the last race of Richard Petty’s career) and has not missed a start since.
Space Picks 4 the Race
1. Denny Hamlin
2. Tony Stewart
3. Carl Edwards
4. J. Johnson
5
SolaraSlayer
9/14/2007 4:32:32 PM
Hey, I see Paul Menard has jumped in...too kewl. I'll pick: 1. Harvick 2. Edwards 3. Gordon So where is Franccitti and Ashley? 
LnLSS06
9/15/2007 2:34:01 AM
Pulling for Jimmy and Kurt on this one. Keven would be a nice bonus
wiz kidd
9/17/2007 5:31:00 AM
that was a good race
great to see clint get his first win, then he can't even drive the car to victory lane...he blowed it up! lol
great finish for jeffy tied for 1st now in points :) i knew he'd be back up there soon :)
SpaceRider
9/21/2007 1:46:07 AM
Dover's Monster Mile Lest you think NASCAR is going to make the championship easy to win, Chase contenders have to slay a monster before claiming the prize. The Chase for the Nextel Cup encompasses every type of track that drivers face during the regular season. To win the ultimate prize, drivers have to master short tracks, similarly-configured, 1.5-mile courses, flat tracks, high banks and one superspeedway. In fact, they have to reach into their bag of skills and change driving styles on a weekly basis. With the exception of the two "cookie-cutter" races at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway run in back-to-back weeks, no two tracks are alike in consecutive contests. New Hampshire International Speedway and Dover International Speedway are both measured at about one mile in length, but the Delaware track boasts twice as much banking and that makes it a different animal altogether. This track is challenging when nothing but pride is on the line, and with championship points added into the mix, butterflies abound. The White Cliffs of Dover The concrete and high banks of Dover make this a unique track. It takes drivers a lap or two to get cranked up to full speed like a cyclist on a velodrome, but once they do the laps click off at about 24 seconds. By comparison, on last week's one-mile course in New Hampshire they had six more seconds per lap to make a decision and at the flat Phoenix International Raceway drivers have three more seconds. That little extra time often makes all the difference in the world. Steep banking makes this a self-cleaning track on which crash victims slide to the bottom of the course, but the groove is narrow and it takes a few moments to complete their spin. Track blocking accidents are a fact of life at Dover, and drivers caught behind the roadblock can have their day ruined very quickly. 
Space Pick's for Dover 1. Matt Kenseth 2. Carl Edwards 3. Jeff Gordon 4. Kevin Harvick 5. Denny Hamlin Member's post your pick's
wiz kidd
9/21/2007 5:17:37 AM
wiz's pics for DOVER
1. Jeff Gordon
2. Kyle Busch
3. Kurt Busch
SolaraSlayer
9/21/2007 12:09:04 PM
I hate to say it Wiz, but I can't see Gordon winning any more races.
Either all the other teams have caught up to him technologically....
....or he hast lost his edge...
...or they've pulled the 'special' tires from him.....
I really want Jeff to bring back the crown.
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