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Posted on 03/03/2010 4:45:33 PM PST by glock rocks
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Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return.
Forgot about the gubmint thang.
THAT’S why I couldn’t find a diet-pepsi, my drink of choice, at the track. The concession stands at LVMS were extremely plentiful and efficient. I don’t think I saw a line more than 4 deep. I did hear horror stories afterward at the Hotel from a woman who missed her flight back to Austin ‘cause she had to wait in line 3 hours to turn in her head phone gear.
It’s your turn to go to the next race and take photos. I’m mentioning “Sonoma” to Mrs. Happydog but no bites....looks like TMS in the fall might be the next possible event.
Flock lived in Atlanta for awhile.
Just grabbing my place in line.
Golden Horseshoe drew 35th out of 35 locked-in drivers for qualifying order. The best possible slot.
quals
Jr. on the pole! For now...
Jr first out of 26 cars...
Gud on Jr.
Here goes Golden Horseshoe.
Wow. Looks like Jr. will keep this one!
YES We got one!!!
Pos No. Driver Car Time
1 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 192.761 m.p.h.
2 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 192.280
3 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevrolet 192.106
4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 191.814
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 191.774
6 9 Kasey Kahne Ford 191.688
7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 191.549
8 19 Elliott Sadler Ford 191.436
9 00 David Reutimann Toyota 191.186
10 99 Carl Edwards Ford 191.087
11 2 Kurt Busch Dodge 191.054
12 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota 190.935
13 16 Greg Biffle Ford 190.850
14 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 190.791
15 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 190.692
16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 190.640
17 6 David Ragan Ford 190.574
18 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 190.561
19 56 Martin Truex, Jr. Toyota 190.548
20 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 190.424
21 71 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 190.267
22 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 190.221
23 98 Paul Menard Ford 189.987
24 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 189.915
25 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 189.857
26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 189.798
27 66 Dave Blaney Toyota 189.590
28 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge 189.571
29 20 Joey Logano Toyota 189.189
30 36 Mike Bliss Chevrolet 189.144
31 13 Max Papis Toyota 189.112
32 82 Scott Speed Toyota 189.079
33 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 189.060
34 21 Bill Elliott Ford 189.021
35 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 189.015
36 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge 188.970
37 38 David Gilliland Ford 188.341
38 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 187.958
39 7 Robby Gordon Toyota 186.403
40 34 Travis Kvapil Ford Owner Points
41 37 Kevin Conway Ford Owner Points
42 26 Boris Said Ford Owner Points
43 55 Michael McDowell Toyota 188.758
Had to record Q and watched it later. It was mentioned it might have been too cold for the later drivers. J.J. thought he had run a good lap but Jr. done flew!
Now Sunday will be a case of the “ifs”. If he doesn’t blow a tire, a pit stall, a pit stop, a pit violation & doesn’t hit the wall, well, I’d say he has a chance. If.
Thought this part was funny
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT HERE AT ATLANTA TO HAVE THAT NUMBER ONE PIT STALL? “Well, hopefully Lance (McGrew, crew chief) will pick it. He has been known to pick some pretty strange pit stalls. (LAUGHS) We have a lot of fun with that. Jimmy Elledge picks right beside us every week and I thought it was because we are friends, but I think it is actually because I have the easiest pit board sign to see. I know what Jimmy is going to do this weekend if we pick number one, he is going to have to pit down there in turn one somewhere. The pit stalls are really tight and I remember a lot of times having trouble getting in and out of your stall here so hopefully we do pick a good stall that gives us a lot of room and gives us an added advantage because it does become very challenging to get in and out of your stall at this race track. It is such a big race track and rarely do we really get a whole lot of cars a lap down. We have enough cautions to really keep a lot of the field on the lead lap so pit road is pretty busy when the cautions come out. So hopefully we get a good stall that gives us a little bit more breathing room.”
I was glad to see it. The big threats were Mark Martin, Kyle Busch and JJ. I thought especially JJ would have a shot, but they looked uncharacteristically bad, even with the best qualifying draw.
Of course, the real test will be late in the race tomorrow. If they can communicate well, they will have a shot.
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