Archive | 1 March 2008

NASCAR Sprint Cup Qualifying Las Vegas

The qualification for the race yesterday in Las Vegas was not uninteresting. The poles of Kyle Busch got a little out of nowhere, even though this is of course his home race. Still, I was somewhat surprised that Toyota has put down the fastest time, as during exercise could be seen well, what are the weaknesses of the Toyota. As expected, nearly all lost when accelerating out of turn two on the back straight, but it brought all the time in Turn 3 and especially when accelerating out of Turn 4 to the finish line. Almost all Toyota teams were from the last steep turn out with a lot of powerful steam as it did not look into Turn 1 and 2 as well. The field is pretty well mixed. In the Top Ten, there are two Toyota, two Ford, Dodge and four two Chevys.

You'll have to wait for the race course, who has voting policy which. At Hendrick, I'm pretty sure that is more reflective of long runs. Gordon is fourth, eighth Junior. Jimmie Johnson had a bad day and only finished 38th That will be hard work for him on the rather narrow range to properly forward. The fourth consecutive victory in Las Vegas is anything but certain. Surprisingly landed Mike Skinner for Bill Davis Racing in fifth place. Skinner, everyone knows has replaced Jacques Villeneuve, and it seems that the decision of the team was not the worst. However, I am at Skinner believes that the pure a quality setup was on the road. Let's see how his time today, when the race set-up is attempted. Is also difficult to Richard Childress Racing. Both Harvick (17th), and Bowyer (21) and Burton (24) were able to put any highlights. Of course we should never underestimate all three, but was anything but a place in midfield surprise me at the moment.

Problems with fighting and Tony Stewart and Danny Hamlin. While Joe Gibbs newcomer Kyle Busch is highly praised by all the experts, the two fight with the other cars. Stewart only finished 25, Hamlin is back for another two places. Why is Bush so fast and struggling with problems of the rest of the team's hard to tell, but it is obvious that Bush was in the previous race is always very good move. Are also problems with Ganassi. Montoya continued his training in the car into the wall and could only do with the spare car which Qauli. But even with the car he was still better than Reed Sorenson and Dario Franchitti. All three are in the rear third of the field.

The race promises to be very exciting, because many are favorites in the midfield. As it should seriously get down to business and particularly the fight for places 12-20 should be very close. I'm pretty sure it's a really good race. It starts on Sunday from 21.30 clock.

Grid

First Kyle Busch Toyota
Second Carl Edwards Ford
Third Mark Martin Chevrolet
4th Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
5th Mike Skinner Toyota
6th Greg Biffle Ford
7th Scott Riggs Chevrolet
8th Dale Earnhardt Jr Chevrolet
9th Kurt Busch Dodge
10th Elliott Sadler Dodge
11th Casey Mears Chevrolet
12th Patrick Carpentier Dodge
13th Matt Kenseth Ford
14th David Reutimann Toyota
15th Ryan Newman Dodge
16th Dale Jarrett Toyota
17th Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
18th Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet
19th Ken Schrader Dodge
20th Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge
21st Clint Bowyer Chevrolet
22nd Michael Waltrip Toyota
23rd Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet
24th Jeff Burton Chevrolet
25th Tony Stewart Toyota
26th Dave Blaney Toyota
27th Denny Hamlin Toyota
28th Regan Smith Chevrolet
29th Travis Kvapil Ford
30th JJ Yeley Toyota
31st Juan Montoya Dodge
32nd Robby Gordon Dodge
33rd Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
34th David Gilliland Ford
35th Reed Sorenson Dodge
36th Jamie McMurray Ford
37th Kasey Kahne Dodge
38th David Ragan Ford
39th Bobby Labonte Dodge
40th Paul Menard Chevrolet
41st Kyle Petty Dodge
42nd Dario Franchitti Dodge
43rd Brian Vickers Toyota

Did not qualify

AJ Allmendinger Toyota
Joe Nemechek Chevrolet
John Andretti Chevrolet
Johnny Sauter Ford

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