NASCAR Sprint Cup - Crown Royal 400 at the Indy Brickyard - July 29 - ESPN - Sun. NooN ET

NASCAR.com ^ | 7/25/12

[NormsRevenge]

The week-end tempertaures should be down some from the last few weeks. Join us and see who kisses the bricks .. and the walls of Indy.

[tubebender]

Thanks for all the cards and letters on my high Q score at Indy...

[happydogx2]

Uh, 10 points? But your 10 is 10 more then the ‘Raiders got. To many events going on here today + we’re on the road tomorrow. I hope I get to watch the recorded race this evening but..

JJ
Mark
KK
Bayne

Let the chips fall where they may.

[NormsRevenge]

INdy Pre-Race show on ESPN Ping!!

It’s RaceDay,, weather is decent..

Now if the drivers don’t muff the restarts.. Nascar is clueless as usual and creating its own controversies.. .. Stay tuned..

[tubebender]

Looks like it’s just you and me Norm but I’m not sure about you...

[NormsRevenge]

Hey, I’m not trying to avoid ya, trust me. the Olympics is another thing.

maybe if ya bump drafted me to my first FRFL race winner .. nyaaaaa . as to the remainder, welllll..

No telling who wins it today.. only that 42 will come up short. (and I ain’t talking JUan Poblar)

[NormsRevenge]

Lap-by-Lap
http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/120729/indycuplbl/index.html

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard

POS CAR DRIVER LAP SPEED BEHIND LED
1 Kasey Kahne 301 125.393 0.000 66
2 Denny Hamlin 301 123.855 2.738 151
3 Clint Bowyer 301 123.702 5.435 1
4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 301 123.690 6.305 0
5 Brad Keselowski 301 124.495 7.003 3
Lap: 301 of 301
Time Elapsed: 02:46:27
Cautions/Laps: 3 / 15
Leaders: 8
Lead Lap: 19
Average Speed: 116.23

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Leaderboard
http://www.nascar.com/races/leaderboard/cup/race/

12:58p.m.ET
Ron Howard will be behind the wheel of a pace car during the pace laps. Opie!

12:56p.m.ET
Sunny Sweeney is singing “America the Beautiful.”

12:50p.m.ET
Hey! Reggie Jackson is in the house today.

12:30p.m.ET
Driver introductions have started at Indy.

12:20p.m.ET
There’s a parade of vintage NASCAR race cars taking place at Indy right now. That’s cool!

12:11p.m.ET
Mike Helton addressed the issue of jumping restarts during the drivers meeting Sunday morning, a subject that bit Elliott Sadler hard during Saturday’s Nationwide Series event.

The gist of his message? Don’t do it!

6:50a.m.ET
It was a Joe Gibbs Racing kind of day in qualifying, as its drivers took three of the first seven spots on the starting grid. Denny Hamlin will start from the pole, followed by Joey Logano in third and Kyle Busch in seventh.

Overall, the top five consisted of Hamlin, Carl Edwards, Logano, Aric Almirola and Greg Biffle, while Jimmie Johnson, Busch, Paul Menard, Jeff Gordon and Mat Kenseth rounded out the top 10.

Reed Sorenson, Joe Nemechek and Michael McDowell failed to qualify for the event.

[NormsRevenge]

Invocation

Anthem

Osprey fly-over

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1:06p.m.ET
Two Osprey aircraft do the fly-over from Turn 4 to Turn 1.

1:04p.m.ET
Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, sings “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

1:03p.m.ET
After the Joint Services Color Guard presents the colors, Rev. Howard Brammer delivers the invocation.

1p.m.ET
Kudos to the first person who can get Ron Howard to say, “Poor Horatio!”

[prisoner6]

Yee-haw! Checking in when I can. Grandkids here today as son and his wife pack for a move closer to us.

BTW bummed out. Spent the morning trying to install the new steering gear on our Durango. It’s turned into an all summer project. Now it’s going to take longer because the knurling on the steering gear has a defective section....AAARRRAAAAUUUUGGGGHHHH!

It’s minor but prevents the pitman arm from sliding on easily.

Have to find the receipt for an exchange or do some minor filing. Not sure which is easier.

[NormsRevenge]

GREEN FLAG!!!!

[tubebender]

and their off!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Hambone leads Lap 1 but Flipper looks strong.

[NormsRevenge]

I hate when my knurling is defective. Hang in there.

[prisoner6]

Great start! Hamlin, Johnson, Edwards on lap 5.

[NormsRevenge]

They lucked out with weather.. They’d all be puffing like steam engines if the temp was over 100

[tubebender]

P-6... You’ve been saying that for the past 3 races?

[NormsRevenge]

The stands look a bit open.. but considering they can seat 200,000 or some hugh number.

[tubebender]

Cousin Carl is Cussin...

[NormsRevenge]

Flipper has an issue.. ouch.

something loose under the hood? missing a cylinder.. reset the master switch.. going back out.. weird.

[tubebender]

Glen Beck had nearly that many at Cowboys Stadium...