NASCAR 2012

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 5:32 pm

58 laps to go restart
All sorts of tire strategy in the last set of pits during the caution.
Those in the front took 2.
50 laps to go
Smoke, JamieMac, Kenseth (took 4 tires), Jr, Newman, Biff, Edwards, Blech, JJ, Menard
KK: 12
MM 16
JG: 19
Bayne: 20
Burton 22
Almirola 25
KuBu 27
Ragan 28
BLabonte: 29
Blaney: 31
Reut 36

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 5:39 pm

They will need another pit stop.
Almirola pits ahead of everyone by pitting at lap 43.
39 laps to go: caution: Debris
Most will come in for a spalsh and go, or for two tires and gas.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 5:54 pm

The top 8 took just gas. Jr, Menard, and Edwards took 2 tires.
Restart 34 laps to go
23 laps to go: Cassill's engine smokes out: CAUTION comes out
Restart 18 laps to go

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 5:59 pm

17 laps to go restart
Smoke, Kes, Biff, JJ, Kenseth, JamieMc, Edwards, Bowyer, KK, Newman
Jr: 11
MM: 12
Bayne: 13
JG: 15
Blech: 18
Burton 21
Almirola 25
KuBu 26
Ragan 22
BLabonte: 26
Blaney: 31
Reut 33

Kes spun tires and had to pit on restart. He goes down a lap.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:06 pm

12 laps to go
CAUTION: Kurt Busch tire blew, then he skidded, and hit a barrier
Restart 9 laps to go
Smoke, JJ, Biff, Kenseth, Edwards, JamieMc, KK, Bowyer, Newman, Jr
Bayne: 11
MM: 12
JG: 15
Burton 19
Blech: 21
Ragan 23
Almirola 24
BLabonte: 25
Blaney: 31
Reut 33
KuBu 34

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:08 pm

Lap 8: Blech left rear tire blew, spins him, makes it to the pits, and brings out the caution.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:11 pm

Restart 4 laps to go
Smoke, JJ, Biff, Kenseth, Edwards, KK, JamieMc, Bowyer, Newman, Menard
Bayne: 11
Jr 12
JG 13
MM: 14
Burton 19
Ragan 22
Blech: 23
Almirola 24
BLabonte: 25
Blaney: 29
Reut 31
KuBu 34

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:13 pm

3 laps to go
Kenseth got tagged on the restart, but held it. He'll limp home.
Guess who picked Kenseth?

ME!

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:17 pm

SMOKE WINS!!!
Smoke, JJ, Biff, Newman, Edwards, Bowyer, Menard, JamieMc, Bayne, Jr

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:22 pm

That restart accident with Kenseth started when Edwards moved to Kenseth's inside, leaving Kenseth in the middle. Kenseth then got unstable behind KK, who also wound up slowing down with Kenseth.

Guess who picked both KK andKenseth?

ME!!
Order of finish:
Smoke (led most laps), JJ, Biff, Newman, Edwards, Bowyer, Menard, JamieMc, Bayne, Jr
Harvick, JG, Ambrose, Burton, Smith, Logano, Truex, MM, KK
Hamlin, Ragan, Kenseth, Blech, Almirola
Labonte 26, Blaney 29, Reut 31, KuBu35

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 6:27 pm

Looks like a MONSTER victory for either MILES or COLCHAR, with YMO up there too!!

colchar · Post by **colchar** » March 11th, 2012, 6:33 pm

Lavabe wrote:Looks like a MONSTER victory for either MILES or COLCHAR, with YMO up there too!!

I think it might be me as I had three drivers finish in the top ten and my fourth one finished 19th. Qualifying points might be the difference though as I only had 10 points after qualifying.

IowaDevil · Post by **IowaDevil** » March 11th, 2012, 7:11 pm

Well so much for those hometown blechs

Never again! Onward to Bracketology!

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 7:51 pm

colchar wrote:
Lavabe wrote:Looks like a MONSTER victory for either MILES or COLCHAR, with YMO up there too!!

I think it might be me as I had three drivers finish in the top ten and my fourth one finished 19th. Qualifying points might be the difference though as I only had 10 points after qualifying.

Remember, however, that Miles picked Smoke, who also led the most laps.
I was doing fine, until KK met Kenseth.
UGH!!

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 11th, 2012, 8:01 pm

Colchar wins this week, with Miles and Ymo putting in SOLID performances.

All hail the new king...
YMO!!
Ymo leads second-place me by 22 points. Tilly is a mere 17 pts behind me. AND THEN, only 20 points behind her is COLCHAR!!
Colchar leads last week's leader, Iowa, by 17 points, who leads lawgrad by 44 pts. JGo (devildeac's SIL2) is another 17 pts back. Miles is another 93 pts back, but he has now made a good move on the field. KNIGHTS now trails Miles by 18 pts.

It's a tight race!

ON TO BRISTOL!!

colchar · Post by **colchar** » March 11th, 2012, 11:01 pm

Lavabe wrote:
ON TO BRISTOL!!

When did NASCAR start scheduling a race in England?

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 16th, 2012, 7:00 am

Hopefully, everyone got their initial picks in. I believe there's a little time left.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 16th, 2012, 7:32 am

Lavabe wrote:Hopefully, everyone got their initial picks in. I believe there's a little time left.

Ugh... it closed at 5AM this morning.
Only two people did not select Blech!
NOTE: Mark Martin is NOT entered this week.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 16th, 2012, 5:17 pm

Bristol pole goes to the Biff, followed by Dinger, Newman, and Jeff Gordon. Blech somehow managed to keep his car from crashing during qualifying, and wound up 13th.

Lavabe · Post by **Lavabe** » March 18th, 2012, 1:30 pm

Bristol Speedway
Lap 24 of 500: CAUTION
Massive accident: KK got touched by Smith, couldn't control it, then got slammed by Edwards, clogging up most of the lanes, meaning that Edwards and Blech had serious damage. Both are in the garage. KK got nailed but good. Ambrose and Harvick had minor damage, as did Regan Smith. Ambrose and KK are in the garage as well.

At this point, only Ymo, Iowa, and Miles escaped unscathed from this accident.

FWIW, everyone but knights chose Biffle.

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