The Official Race Thread

[Little Whiskey]

He drive the 31 cingular car. orange and black paint scheme. which is owned by RCR (richard Childress Racing). he is on the same team as Kevin Harvick. He used to race for Rousch a few years back. He drove the 99 car. the spot now filled by Edwards. he did very well early on for rousch but came upon a dry spell for a while. he lost his sponser and i think he thought he was going to lose his ride. so he jumped at the opportunitee with RCR. he started off pretty slow but has turned things around this year. i always have liked him he is a very clean and smart driver. very well spoken and gives good insight when he helps out on the broadcasts. he has a future ahead of him after he is done racing. His brother is ward burton. he used to drive the Cat. car. if you ever heard ward talk you will know who he is. imagine someone talking with their mouth full of marbles. that was ward burton. another well liked driver. is that what you were looking for??

[HarveyWallbangers]

I like Burton, as well.

If I had to rank my favorite drivers, they would be:

1) Matt Kenseth
2) Bobby Labonte
3) Carl Edwards
4) Dale Jr.
5) Jeff Burton

My least favorite drivers:

1) Kurt Busch
2) Tony Stewart
3) Kyle Busch
4) Ryan Newman
5) Jimmie Johnson--just because he's from California and he has some shady things going on in his garage.

I like Jeff Gordon in a lot of ways. I just can't get myself to like somebody who drives the Rainbow Warrior car. Plus, he's from Illinois. I guess I hate him too.

[MJZiggy]

I think so. My kid "won" a banner at the fair and Burton's 99 is the one he chose.

[Little Whiskey]

they must have gotten a good deal on those banners since he hasn't been in that car for 2 or 3 years. but now you have a driver to root for. not a bad pick. just make sure you change the number to a 31

harv, i think gordon is from Indiana, not Ill. doesn't really matter they are both FIB's states anyhow.

[HarveyWallbangers]

It says Gordon was born in California, but I'm pretty sure he's from Illinois. Could be wrong though. They usually only play up the Stewart's hometown status at Indy amongst the big boys.

I can't find the facts, but I found this:

"Other Illinois tracks have hosted NASCAR drivers Kenny Schrader and Jeff Gordon as young men."

Actually, I found out he was born in Cali, but claims his home start as Indiana, so you are right. However, he did race on Illinois tracks in his youth, so he's a FIB.

[Little Whiskey]

However, he did race on Illinois tracks in his youth, so he's a FIB.

like i said before, calling Indiana your home makes you a FIB anyway. you just travel north to a different state.

Michigan has FIB's too. they are just from Indiana

[HarveyWallbangers]

From WSJ:

"NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Matt Kenseth, a Cambridge native, will be visiting [Packers] practice today."

[Deputy Nutz]

Did any of you catch those race hooligans that stole the guys race car while he was recieving some kind of award? It was ESPN. One of the funniest things I have seen all year.

[4and12to12and4]

What a race today in Michigan! Matt Kenseth with another top 5!!!! Yahoo!! Keep those points a comin'!! Stewart finshed 11th unofficially. I'm new to Nascar, and am looking for opinions from the ol' vets here about that finish. I didn't think it was Jrs. fault. Edwards' car was a bit sideways, and the 88 was right next to him, so no where else for him to go. What is he suppose to do, put the brakes on? What do you guys think?

[HarveyWallbangers]

Wasn't it the Busch race? If so, it doesn't really mean much. Michigan is a great track for Kenseth. In fact, I read that he has the best career average finish at Michigan of any driver.

[Little Whiskey]

your righ harv, yesterday was the busch race. that is funny that the top finishers were all from the Cup series.

I think Jr. could have avoided the wreck, but instead took out edwards. it was a bit of "days of thunder" with edwards comming back on the track and slamming into jr. pretty funny!!

i am looking for kenseth to have a good race today. not only does he finish well at Mich. but all the 1.5 mile tracks

[Little Whiskey]

matt had another one of his typical mich races!!! he won the damn thing!!!!!gordon was closing in but never really had a shot. if they had thrown the caution flag for those cars that blew out a tire, jeff might have been able to pass him after the restart. Gordon's comment after the race was pretty good. he said that he wanted to catch and pass kenseth so that people would know that he could pass matt cleanly instead of wrecking him. i doubt it. any way good race and kenseth closed in on jimmie today. who must still have that horseshoe wedged up his ass. since he blew out a tire on the second lap and had to make a full lap and green flag pit stop. he was a lap down but shortly after the caution came out and he was able to make up his lap.

[digitaldean]

matt had another one of his typical mich races!!! he won the damn thing!!!!!gordon was closing in but never really had a shot. if they had thrown the caution flag for those cars that blew out a tire, jeff might have been able to pass him after the restart. Gordon's comment after the race was pretty good. he said that he wanted to catch and pass kenseth so that people would know that he could pass matt cleanly instead of wrecking him. i doubt it. any way good race and kenseth closed in on jimmie today. who must still have that horseshoe wedged up his ass. since he blew out a tire on the second lap and had to make a full lap and green flag pit stop. he was a lap down but shortly after the caution came out and he was able to make up his lap.

Great to see Kenseth get another one. He has been a model of consistency for most of the season. Would've been nice to have him "nudge" Gordon if he would've gotten close. Would've made up for the cheap shot at the Brickyard.

[Little Whiskey]

its the sharpie 500 on saturday. thats bristol baby. short track racing where things will get heated. make sure you tune in. 7pm on tnt. bristol at night is like nothing else. it'll be exciting!!!

[FavreChild]

LW, where have you been? I am drinking a Red Bull cocktail right now - just for you. (Well, really just for ME.)