NASCAR 2012

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Lap 87 of 267
Harvick is out of gas, but makes it to the pits. This will start the 2nd round of green flag pitting. Harvick lost a little time without power, and had a little trouble restarting, but nothing major.

Dinger has been falling back terribly... possibly a cylinder or engine issue.

KK in lap 93 had the same issue as Harvick coming into the pits... sans fuel.

JJ takes the lead as Truex comes in.

Almirola missed his pit and will have to take a lap and come back into the pits.
JJ missed a lugnut in the pits, but they got it so he would not have a penalty.

Truex expands his lead as a result of this round of pits.

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So far, in lap 115 of 267 it's:
Truex, Hamlin, Kenseth, Jr, JJ, Biff, Kes, KuBu, MM, Harvick

JG 13, Newman, 14, Edwards 15, Hornish 17
Menard 21, Logano 22, Burton 23,
Almirola 25, Labonte 26, Mears 28
Dinger 29, Sorenson 32, Bowyer 36

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Lap 132 CAUTION... Debris
Jamie Mac was beginning the green flag pitting. He got out so that he could take the wave-around.

Dinger's hood was up in the pits.
Labonte has engine problems.

After the pits in lap 138 of 267 it's:
Truex, Kenseth, Hamlin, JJ, Jr, Biff, KuBu, Harvick, MM, Kes

Edwards 12, JG 14, Newman 15, Hornish 19
Menard 20, Logano 22, Burton 24
Almirola 25, Mears 29, Labonte 30
Sorenson 31, Dinger 34, Bowyer 36

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Lap 139: Bowyer is now back in the garage. His car was smoking again.

Menard was the Lucky Dog.

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105 laps to go:
Truex, JJ, Hamlin, Jr, Kenseth, Biff, MM, KuBu, Blech, Harvick

Edwards 11, Newman 13, JG 15, Hornish 19
Menard 21, Logano 22 (-1 lap), Burton 24
Almirola 25 (-2 laps), Mears 26
Sorenson 30 (-3 laps), Dinger 33 (-6 laps)
Labonte 34 (Off), Bowyer 36 (Off)

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92 laps to go... KuBusch and MM come into the pits. Green flag pitting begins.

In the meantime, Truex and JJ have been battling each other for the last 16 laps.

Truex has now clinched the extra 10 pt bonus for leading the most laps in the race.

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80 laps to go: CAUTION: JPM trouble, brushes wall

Logano gets the Lucky Dog. JJ comes in. FUEL strategy move... he'll only need to come in once. The other top eight racers stayed out. They will be LUCKY if they only have to come in once.

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74 laps to go: Restart
71 laps to go: Newman comes in with a tire issue. Newman will be safe to come in only one more time. He loses a lap, however.


58 laps to go:
Truex, Hamlin, Kenseth, JJ, Jr, Biff, MM, KuBu, JG, Harvick

Edwards 17, Hornish 19
Logano 20, Menard 21, Newman 22 (-1 lap)
Almirola 23 (-2 laps), Burton 24 (-2 laps), Mears 26 (-3 laps)
Sorenson 30 (-3 laps), Dinger 33 (-9 laps)
Labonte 35 (Off), Bowyer 36 (Off)

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Green flag pitting begins.
47 laps to go... KuBusch comes in with KK and Jr, MM, Kes, and Harvick. They will BARELY be able to make it home on just this stop. That will be pushing it.

JJ also comes in.
EVERYONE comes in.

JPM and Sam Hornish Jr led laps during the pit stops.

And now... the sun FINALLY comes out. This may affect what happens in the last 40 laps!

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23 laps to go:
Hamlin takes the lead ... the sun is out!
Hamlin, Truex, JJ, Kenseth, Biff, MM, Jr, Harvick, KK
JJ is closing
JG just lost a cylinder
KuBusch is also losing a cylinder

Edwards 13, Logano 18, Newman 20, Menard 21
Hornish 22 (-1 lap), Burton 23 (-2 laps)
Almirola 24 (-3 laps), Mears 26 (-4 laps)
Sorenson 29 (-4 laps), Dinger 33 (-6 laps)
Labonte 34 (Off), Bowyer 36 (Off)

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10 laps to go:
Hamlin, Truex, JJ, Kenseth, Biff, Harvick, Jr, KK, Blech, Edwards
MM just lost a cylinder... he'll finish 32nd

Logano 16 (-1 lap), Menard 19 (-1 lap)
Hornish 20 (-1 lap), Newman 21 (-2 laps), JG, 22, Burton 23 (-2 laps)
Almirola 24 (-3 laps), Mears 26 (-4 laps)
Sorenson 29 (-4 laps), Dinger 33 (-6 laps)
Labonte 34 (Off), Bowyer 36 (Off)

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Hamlin holds on... Truex tried to dive bomb Hamlin with 3 laps to go, and nearly crashed. He tried once again in the last lap, and was barely able to hold on.
Order of finish:
Hamlin, Truex, JJ, Kenseth, Biff, Harvick, Jr, KK, Edwards, Blech
Logano 15, Menard 18, Hornish 19, Newman 20, JG 21
Burton 22, Almirola 23, Mears 26, Sorenson 28
Dinger 32, MM 33, Labonte 35, Bowyer 36

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Looks like colchar narrowly beats me by like 2 points for this week's win. Well done colchar!!

No changes in the top 4 overall, but JGo, and I believe lawgrad, will pass Tilly. Miles inches a little closer to Tilly as well. knights still trails.

Next week: Richmond!

After that... the magic roulette wheel, DEGA!!

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Correction, colchar... you beat me by 6 points this week!
I am now in the 97th percentile. Imagine if I didn't pick Mark Martin today. I let Biff and Bowyer sit on the bench.
Ymo and Iowa tied each other. I'm thinking that colchar is also above the 90th percentile.

[colchar]

Thanks! I needed this win!!

And if I remember correctly next week's race is a Saturday night affair so everyone keep that in mind so that you don't miss making your picks.

[knights68]

Looks like colchar narrowly beats me by like 2 points for this week's win. Well done colchar!!

No changes in the top 4 overall, but JGo, and I believe lawgrad, will pass Tilly. Miles inches a little closer to Tilly as well. knights still trails.

Next week: Richmond!

After that... the magic roulette wheel, DEGA!!

I am first (at being last)!
I am spinning my tires, revving my engines but the darn gear shift seems to be stuck in first gear in my way and I cannot seem to get started!

[YmoBeThere]

I'm in the 92nd percentile at the moment.

[colchar]

I'm starting Blech tomorrow. Am I right to feel dirty about this?

[YmoBeThere]

No, not everyone here dislikes Blech.

[Miles]

I screwed the pooch and don't have a C List starter.