NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Brickyard 400 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway open race thread
by MattHaggard on Jul 25, 2010 1:00 PM EDT
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History is set to be made again on Sunday afternoon as the stars of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series take to the timeless Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 17th running of the Brickyard 400.
Short of winning the Daytona 500, a single victory could not mean more to the 43 drivers on the starting grid of today's event.
Find out why after the fold.
The favorite and pole-sitter for today's Brickyard 400 knows what it takes to win at The Speedway but has yet to do so in NASCAR. Juan Pablo Montoya dominated the 2009 event before a pit road violation handed the win to series champion Jimmie Johnson. Most felt that Montoya was unjustly routed of a career-defining victory but the fact remains that Montoya was over the mandated pit road speed. The Columbian was placed in the back of the longest line and finished in 11th.
If Montoya is the favorite and 'Driver 1A' to win today's race then Johnson has to be 'Driver 1B'.
The Brickyard lends itself to championship calibur drivers as the winner of the Brickyard 400 has notably gone on to win the Sprint Cup championship in the same season eight times out of 16 runnings from 1994-2009.
Most recently, that driver has been Johnson, kissing the bricks in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Only two winners of the Brickyard has failed to win a Cup Series championship and one of those drivers, Kevin Harvick, leads the 2010 standings.
With the Chase for the Championship just seven races away, the numbers heavily favor that NASCAR could crown its champion today; not in the numbers but by the tradition and history of the Brickyard 400.
Pre-race coverage will be covered by ESPN Countdown and SPEED Raceday. Live flag-to-flag coverage will air on ESPN and espn3.com starting at 1 p.m./ET. Green flag is set for 1:15 with Marty Reid, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree providing the calls.
Let this post serve as Ranting and Raving's official race thread. A brief post race will post shortly after the finish.
"See you on the other side!"
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Brickyard 400 (17th Running)
Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Sat, July 24, 2010 @ 12:08 PM Eastern
Track Race Record: Bobby Labonte 08/05/00 02:33:56 155.912
| Row | Pos | Car | Driver | Team | Time | Speed |
| 1 | 1 | 42 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Target Chevrolet | 49.375 | 182.278 |
| 2 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Lowe's Chevrolet | 49.412 | 182.142 | |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | Mark Martin | GoDaddy.com Chevrolet | 49.504 | 181.803 |
| 4 | 1 | Jamie McMurray | Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet | 49.519 | 181.748 | |
| 3 | 5 | 39 | Ryan Newman | Haas Automation Chevrolet | 49.521 | 181.741 |
| 6 | 33 | Clint Bowyer | Wheaties Fuel Chevrolet | 49.582 | 181.517 | |
| 4 | 7 | 16 | Greg Biffle | 3M Ford | 49.627 | 181.353 |
| 8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Chevrolet | 49.655 | 181.251 | |
| 5 | 9 | 29 | Kevin Harvick | Shell / Pennzoil Chevrolet | 49.666 | 181.210 |
| 10 | 31 | Jeff Burton | Prilosec OTC Chevrolet | 49.681 | 181.156 | |
| 6 | 11 | 12 | Brad Keselowski | Penske Dodge | 49.756 | 180.883 |
| 12 | 56 | Martin Truex Jr. | NAPA Auto Parts Toyota | 49.798 | 180.730 | |
| 7 | 13 | 17 | Matt Kenseth | Crown Royal Ford | 49.842 | 180.571 |
| 14 | 2 | Kurt Busch | Miller Lite / Vortex Dodge | 49.882 | 180.426 | |
| 8 | 15 | 14 | Tony Stewart | Old Spice / Office Depot Chevrolet | 49.894 | 180.382 |
| 16 | 43 | A J Allmendinger | Valvoline Ford | 49.901 | 180.357 | |
| 9 | 17 | 88 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | AMP Energy / National Guard Chevrolet | 49.928 | 180.260 |
| 18 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | FedEx Express Toyota | 49.931 | 180.249 | |
| 10 | 19 | 99 | Carl Edwards | Aflac Ford | 49.939 | 180.220 |
| 20 | 71 | Landon Cassill | TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet | 49.941 | 180.213 | |
| 11 | 21 | 7 | Robby Gordon | SpeedFactory.TV Toyota | 49.957 | 180.155 |
| 22 | 78 | Regan Smith | FarmAmerican.com Chevrolet | 49.987 | 180.047 | |
| 12 | 23 | 18 | Kyle Busch | M&M's Toyota | 50.043 | 179.845 |
| 24 | 9 | Kasey Kahne | Budweiser Ford | 50.058 | 179.791 | |
| 13 | 25 | 77 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Mobil 1 Dodge | 50.114 | 179.591 |
| 26 | 98 | Paul Menard | Mastercraft / Menards Ford | 50.140 | 179.497 | |
| 14 | 27 | 19 | Elliott Sadler | Stanley Ford | 50.290 | 178.962 |
| 28 | 6 | David Ragan | UPS Ford | 50.303 | 178.916 | |
| 15 | 29 | 00 | David Reutimann | Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota | 50.310 | 178.891 |
| 30 | 82 | Scott Speed | Red Bull Toyota | 50.312 | 178.884 | |
| 16 | 31 | 21 | Bill Elliott | Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center | 50.323 | 178.845 |
| 32 | 83 | Reed Sorenson | Red Bull Toyota | 50.325 | 178.838 | |
| 17 | 33 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports Toyota | 50.326 | 178.834 |
| 34 | 20 | Joey Logano | Home Depot Toyota | 50.341 | 178.781 | |
| 18 | 35 | 13 | Max Papis | GEICO Toyota | 50.386 | 178.621 |
| 36 | 09 | Bobby Labonte | Phoenix Construction Chevrolet | 50.455 | 178.377 | |
| 19 | 37 | 55 | Michael McDowell | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | 50.465 | 178.341 |
| 38 | 37 | Travis Kvapil | Long John Silver's Ford | 50.558 | 178.013 | |
| 20 | 39 | 64 | Todd Bodine | Fred's Hometown Discout Store Toyota | 50.593 | 177.890 |
| 40 | 66 | Dave Blaney | PRISM Motorsports Toyota | 50.682 | 177.578 | |
| 21 | 41 | 47 | Marcos Ambrose | Kroger / Clorox Toyota | Owner Points | |
| 42 | 34 | Kevin Conway # | Extenze Ford | Owner Points | ||
| 22 | 43 | 32 | Jacques Villeneuve | Dollar General Toyota | 50.714 | 177.466 |
Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs Manufacturer Starting Lineup DNQs
Chevrolet 14 1 Ford 11 2
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Glad ESPN acknowledged the crowd...
It’s no so much of an issue. Indy is a very very large facility. It’s hard to fill up IMS for the 500, much less the Brickyard.
Montoya is running away with this thing
by leghumpingjihadkiller on Jul 25, 2010 2:02 PM EDT reply actions
RT @brantjames:
JPM just put Milka Duno 35 laps down. She was wrapping up her Indy 500 qualifying attempts..
A lot of that is Jeff too though.
He will not change his driving style to fit the Green White Checkered short run era. That needs to change if he’s to win this title and grab victories.
Via SB Nation Indy Car Blogger - Pop Off Valve:
“If Juan wants to win, he’s got to stop driving that IndyCar line into the turns. Biffle’s smoother and his stuff is gonna last longer.”
Never thought I would see the day where Johnson would struggle at Indy.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Gordon said there is something more wrong with his car beside the splitter.
"Dodger fans aren’t happy when foul balls get into their section, because it interferes with their playing with the beachball"- Mike Krukow
Snarky. Gordon can't help running over debris.
Jeff’s shortcomings were documented earlier. This wasn’t on him. It’s been a really bad day for HMS.
Lance McGrew on top 6 taking 2 tires: “Still 21 laps to go plus green-white checkered. That seems pretty risky to me.”
Montoy's day is over
right side of the car is torn off…ouch
by leghumpingjihadkiller on Jul 25, 2010 4:00 PM EDT reply actions
yeah, he was fighting Carl
and I think he got the right tires up into the loose stuff. I’ve said since before NASCAR even came to Indy that the end of turn 4 sticks out a little bit….JPM went up and tried to push it back in….
by leghumpingjihadkiller on Jul 25, 2010 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Pop Off Valve said it best.
JPM was driving an IndyCar line. It doesn’t translate well to racing in the middle of a pack.
He got away with it while he was leading. But you can’t race that line running seventh.
#1 Jamie McMurray wins Brickyard 400
Becomes only the third driver to win the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400 in the same season (Dale Jarrett and Jimmie Johnson).
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