2004: Nextel Cup Series (NASCAR - FRom Winston to Wireless)

NASCAR.com ^ | 6/19/03 | Lee Montgomery - Turner Sports

[Pete-R-Bilt]

gonna be interesting with nextel, next year at the "Nextel" or whatever they rename the "Winston" to everyone will do the race while holding their heads cocked holding a cell phone to the ear talking to someone not at the race.

Penalty; if you drop the call, its a stop and go

dead battery, you go to the longest line.... at the red light placed on pit road

drop the phone and the pace car now equiped with red and blue lights pull you over and give you a tickit...

[WestCoastGal]

Jeff Gordon 4/1
Tony Stewart 9/2
Ron Fellows 5/1
Robby Gordon 5/1
Mark Martin 6/1
Kurt Busch 8/1
Scott Pruett 8/1
Bobby Labonte 10/1
Rusty Wallace 12/1
Matt Kenseth 12/1
Ryan Newman 15/1
Boris Said 15/1
Dale Earnhardt Jr 20/1

Wow, there are some great odds here. The rocket man at 15-1, he cane in 9th last year. And the kick butt man came in 4th last year and is 8-1????

I will wait until after qualifying to make my picks but I hope Jeff Gordon doesn't win. He seems like a nice guy, I like when he's on Regis and Kelly but I just don't seem to like him to win races because he has won so much and has so much, same goes for Tony Stewart. AND, as for the once in awhile drivers like Said, Pruett, Fellows no way, either you run most of the races or none at all.

[NormsRevenge]

Qualifying is on Speed Channel for the WinNextelston at Sonoma.

Out of first 5 , Martin is 1st for now.

Jimmy just spun out . Nice sunny day, upper 70s.

[tubebender]

Been a busy two days and it's not over yet. Grandson graduated from Junior High yesterday and his sister graduated from Eureka High today. Big dinner tonite. Grand daughter is fourth generation to graduate from Eureka High.

I'll be around from time to time but don't tell the gearheads here that I have a date for the annual home garden tour this Sunday. I will be on board about 1pm.

[Uncle George]

In this race, car reliability and expert prep(no brake failures, tranny, clutch,tricks unknown to the railbird and other crew chiefs. When you combine expert driving and shifting without a mistake for thousands of shifts, you can win this race. That narrows the field to Tony Stewart, Gordon (both "Flash" and "Crash"),Bobby Labonte, and a possible win from Rusty (skill plus PENSKE). And Mark Martin can ALWAYS win a road race. We will see Sunday, huh.

[NormsRevenge]

Boris says: Bud Pole, track record

Starting Lineup for Sunday's Race

Pos.
1	#01	Boris Said	Pontiac	U.S. Army	93.620	76.522	Leader
2	#31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	93.262	76.816	-0.294
3	#1	Ron Fellows	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	93.073	76.972	-0.450
4	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	92.879	77.133	-0.611
5	#97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	92.879	77.133	-0.611
6	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	92.840	77.165	-0.643
7	#2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	92.822	77.180	-0.658
8	#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	92.800	77.198	-0.676
9	#21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	U.S. Air Force	92.732	77.255	-0.733
10	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	92.666	77.310	-0.788
11	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	92.541	77.414	-0.892
12	#9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	92.453	77.488	-0.966
13	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	92.427	77.510	-0.988
14	#18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	92.335	77.587	-1.065
15	#77	Dave Blaney	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	92.316	77.603	-1.081
16	#99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	92.293	77.622	-1.100
17	#6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	92.200	77.701	-1.179
18	#09	Scott Pruett	Dodge	Target	92.178	77.719	-1.197
19	#22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	92.111	77.776	-1.254
20	#15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	92.073	77.808	-1.286
21	#25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW/Delphi	92.022	77.851	-1.329
22	#154	Todd Bodine	Ford	National Guard	91.983	77.884	-1.362
23	#5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's/got milk?	91.911	77.945	-1.423
24	#38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	91.828	78.015	-1.493
25	#10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	91.804	78.036	-1.514
26	#42	Jamie McMurray*	Dodge	Havoline	91.679	78.142	-1.620
27	#40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	91.673	78.147	-1.625
28	#0	Jack Sprague*	Pontiac	NetZero HiSpeed	91.573	78.233	-1.711
29	#88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	91.511	78.286	-1.764
30	#23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	91.488	78.305	-1.783
31	#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	91.456	78.333	-1.811
32	#16	Greg Biffle*	Ford	Grainger	91.454	78.334	-1.812
33	#41	Casey Mears*	Dodge	Target	91.388	78.391	-1.869
34	#74	Tony Raines*	Chevrolet	Staff America	91.332	78.439	-1.917
35	#45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia Pacific	91.121	78.621	-2.099
36	#4	Johnny Miller	Pontiac	Kodak Perfect Touch	91.053	78.679	-2.157
Provisional
37	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	74.119	96.655	-20.133
38	#32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Tide	-	-	-
39	#7	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	90.808	78.892	-2.370
40	#30	Steve Park	Chevrolet	America Online	89.889	79.698	-3.176
41	#43	Christian Fittipaldi	Dodge	Cheerios	91.043	78.688	-2.166
42	#49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	BAM Racing	88.896	80.589	-4.067
43	#66	Hideo Fukuyama*	Ford	Kikkoman	89.233	80.284	-3.762
Did not Qualify
44	#14	PJ Jones	Dodge	Harrah's	90.769	78.926	-2.404
45	#33	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Turtle Wax	89.937	79.656	-3.134
46	#300	Jim Inglebright	Chevrolet	Jelly Belly/NAPA Muffler/Big O Tires	89.048	80.451	-3.929
47	#102	Brandon Ash	Ford	Outdoor Gourmet Kitchens	90.449	79.205	-2.683

[WSGilcrest]

Just drove by the track on my way home from work. Traffic's a BIG mess, and it's only Friday. Avoid that area this weekend at all costs!

Couple of years ago when I drove by, the race was two hours old and there was still a five mile backup to get into the race track.

[NormsRevenge]

LOL.. Lots of fun for all.. I ain't going within 50 miles of there. ;-)

Here's the thread for the Sunday Race at Infineon Raceway. See ya at the race.. :-)

Oh, and thanks for not mentioning the Fantasy League, Ouch!

[WSGilcrest]

You gonna switch Mikey for Terry?

[Pete-R-Bilt]

How come none of you Jeffie fans brought this up?

Even I thought it would be cool to do once!

Jaff Gordone Driver du Racecar

[NormsRevenge]

Too Late! Darn! I'm already looking to next year. :-)

Boris leads the whole race and wins by a mile.

Both Gordons spin out Marlin at least once ;-)

Should be a good one!

[NormsRevenge]

WoooHooo!! Yeah, Once would be enough!

I saw the start of that on some channel but I missed seeing him running the car around the course.

Hell, Crash Gordon and quite a few others are competitive in open wheels. It's just a matter of having a team to drive for with some big bucks for sponsors.

[Pete-R-Bilt]

on one ofe the programs on XM Radio this week I heard that he was actively solicited by either F1 or Cart, I don't remember but when asked Gordon replied he couldn't , that he felt the ridicule of jumping between the two series' would be more that he was willing to deal with, so he kept his alliance to WinsTell Cup intact.

Also a formula one guy from a team was quoted as saying, "I saw what this guy makes... we can't afford him!"