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BobbyFord

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Qualifying
AdvoCare 500 | Atlanta Motor Speedway


September 2, 2012 | Race 25 of 36
POSCARDRIVERMAKESPONSORSPEEDTIMEBEHIND
1 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Mobil 1 186.122 29.787 Leader
2 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M / Manheim Auctions 185.648 29.863 -0.076
3 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Wrigley's Doublemint 185.492 29.888 -0.101
4 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Ford EcoBoost 185.319 29.916 -0.129
5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 185.307 29.918 -0.131
6 55 Mark Martin Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 185.232 29.930 -0.143
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota Sport Clips 185.220 29.932 -0.145
8 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's / Kobalt Tools 185.139 29.945 -0.158
9 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 185.084 29.954 -0.167
10 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford DEWALT 185.053 29.959 -0.172
11 5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 184.997 29.968 -0.181
12 99 Carl Edwards Ford Subway 184.930 29.979 -0.192
13 43 Aric Almirola Ford AdvoCare 184.874 29.988 -0.201
14 34 David Ragan Ford Glory Foods 184.738 30.010 -0.223
15 22 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Shell / Pennzoil 184.609 30.031 -0.244
16 51 Kurt Busch Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 184.566 30.038 -0.251
17 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet Army Medicine 184.480 30.052 -0.265
18 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet Quaker State / Menards 184.425 30.061 -0.274
19 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO 184.082 30.117 -0.330
20 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats 184.070 30.119 -0.332
21 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge Miller Lite 184.058 30.121 -0.334
22 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Racing 183.747 30.172 -0.385
23 10 Danica Patrick Chevrolet GoDaddy.com 183.673 30.184 -0.397
24 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Rheem 183.643 30.189 -0.402
25 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota Kingsford 183.509 30.211 -0.424
26 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 183.412 30.227 -0.440
27 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row / Farm American 183.388 30.231 -0.444
28 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Shocks 183.370 30.234 -0.447
29 38 David Gilliland Ford House / Autry 183.364 30.235 -0.448
30 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy 183.333 30.240 -0.453
31 30 David Stremme Toyota Inception Motorsports 183.037 30.289 -0.502
32 21 Trevor Bayne Ford Good Sam Club / Camping World 182.886 30.314 -0.527
33 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 182.759 30.335 -0.548
34 249 Jason Leffler Toyota Robinson-Blakeney Racing 182.675 30.349 -0.562
35 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Diet Mountain Dew 182.627 30.357 -0.570
36 195 Scott Speed Ford Jordan Truck Sales 182.549 30.370 -0.583
37 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota AM / FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves 182.380 30.398 -0.611
38 191 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet Plinker Tactical 182.189 30.430 -0.643
39 23 Scott Riggs Chevrolet North Texas Pipe 182.141 30.438 -0.651
40 83 Landon Cassill+ Toyota Burger King 181.224 30.592 -0.805
41 93 Travis Kvapil+ Toyota Dr Pepper / Burger King 180.527 30.710 -0.923
42 32 T.J. Bell+ Ford Greensmoke 180.457 30.722 -0.935
43 37 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet MaxQworkforce.com 182.069 30.450 -0.663

Did Not Qualify
44 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing 181.777 30.499 -0.712
45 26 Josh Wise* Ford MDS Transport 181.390 30.564 -0.777
46 33 Stephen Leicht* Chevrolet Little Joes Autos.com 181.283 30.582 -0.795
47 119 Mike Bliss Toyota Plinker Tactical 180.651 30.689 -0.902

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie


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FlFlash said:
Got me a Pole this week :D now lets see how he races!
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On a hunch , I took him out and put Gordon in. May seem stupid but I had two poles last month and both crashed early. Good luck Flash.
 
ted@economy said:
On a hunch , I took him out and put Gordon in. May seem stupid but I had two poles last month and both crashed early. Good luck Flash.
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I have JJ as a back up, you know old safe and steady. Butt Damit I heard a clip from Tony the other day and he's pretty darn adamant that He Will Be The Points Leader After the Reset.....besides I like his style at Atlanta!
Drop the Hammer and Let Her Eat Smoke!!!

I need a WINNER before the reset :D
 
I have 6 starts left for Johnson and believe that Atlanta is a good place to start using them although the RFR Fords will be strong. I'm also concerned about the reliability of the HMS engine but willing to gamble :D
 
#17D500winner said:
I have 6 starts left for Johnson and believe that Atlanta is a good place to start using them although the RFR Fords will be strong. I'm also concerned about the reliability of the HMS engine but willing to gamble :D
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You live on the edge.....they only have 12 wins this season:D
 
#17D500winner said:
It's the DNF's that concern me...how many of those, I wonder? They're harder to figure out than the wins.
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I can think of a handful or so off the top of my head that actually resulted in a DNF. Michigan certainly took it's toll on HMS engines.
 
Valve springs from an outside supplier is the standard excuse when an engine fails to cover for the engine shop. A valve spring doesn't explain all the water coming out of JJ's pipes, especialy after just 1 lap. JJ had plenty of power, then said the motor was laying down and boom, instant steam engine. They probably tried something new and blew a head gasket.
 
FenderBumper said:
Valve springs from an outside supplier is the standard excuse when an engine fails to cover for the engine shop. A valve spring doesn't explain all the water coming out of JJ's pipes, especialy after just 1 lap. JJ had plenty of power, then said the motor was laying down and boom, instant steam engine. They probably tried something new and blew a head gasket.
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Of course it is o great one, I just didnt want to type that much. ;)
 
Danica out qualifies Jr 23 to 35
The way they qualify sucks ass. Formula one style is twtg. Everybody gets a chance during cloud cover. I hate it when a guy gets a good spot because he got a stray cloud to grip up the track.
 
MOEJOE said:
Danica out qualifies Jr 23 to 35
The way they qualify sucks ass. Formula one style is twtg. Everybody gets a chance during cloud cover. I hate it when a guy gets a good spot because he got a stray cloud to grip up the track.
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That's just how it is. Can't have 47 cars out there qualifying.
 
MOEJOE said:
Danica out qualifies Jr 23 to 35
The way they qualify sucks ass. Formula one style is twtg. Everybody gets a chance during cloud cover. I hate it when a guy gets a good spot because he got a stray cloud to grip up the track.
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I like how they were doing it in trucks for a while. 3 or 4 trucks out there at the same time, so cloud changes weren't as much of an impact.
 
I am hoping Kyle gets the wild card. But Gordon has a great opportunity, he ran very well in the September 2011 races at Atlanta and Richmond. I was thinking Bristol would be Kyle's best shot and it didn't happen.
 
1. J. Gordon 1-10 175.658
2. D. Hamlin 1-10 175.611
3. B. Keselowski 1-10 174.11
4. M. Kenseth 1-10 174.466
5. C. Bowyer 1-10 173.885
6. M. Truex Jr. 1-10 173.589
7. M. Martin 1-10 173.366
8. K. Harvick 21-30 173.229
9. J. Johnson 29-38 173.155
10. G. Biffle 14-23 172.774
11. J. Burton 1-10 172.593
12. K. Busch 1-10 172.481
13. A. Almirola 1-10 172.434
14. K. Kahne 2-11 172.433
15. R. Smith 29-38 171.826

The 3rd round practice times are pretty interesting, some of these guys have really good up front speeds but if you look at the later times for their run they really fall off. Look at those guys a lil farther down the chart Harvick, JJ and Biffle.

The drop off from qualifying is Amazing!!!
 
Gustafson told Speed that the 24 is very good. He usually doesn't say things like that.
 
Matthew2470 said:
Gustafson told Speed that the 24 is very good. He usually doesn't say things like that.
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He's been consistently fast all weekend and qualified good. Think if they can keep up with the track and maintain track position he has a chance to defend his win from last year here.
 
Thegroundpounder99 said:
He's been consistently fast all weekend and qualified good. Think if they can keep up with the track and maintain track position he has a chance to defend his win from last year here.
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Yes. When they are mediocre or struggling Gustafson says very little. For him to come right out and make a statement regarding speed probably means the car is as good as the speed charts indicate which obviously isn't always the case.
 
"The way they qualify sucks ass. Formula one style is twtg. Everybody gets a chance during cloud cover. I hate it when a guy gets a good spot because he got a stray cloud to grip up the track."

Matthew2470 said:
That's just how it is. Can't have 47 cars out there qualifying.
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OMG...I just got the most hilarious visual from that...I can't stop laughing :)

Can you imagine the good ole NASCAR boys trying to keep track!

"That car is fast"

"Which car"

"What?"

"Which?"

"That one.....no the other one"
 
Gordon may have a fast car, but we all know that the fastest car wont always win you the race as you've also gotta have luck on your side. Those guys outside of the top 10 with 1 win (Plus Edwards) will all be fighting like crazy, because they know that with a 2nd win, they will almost certainly be in the chase.
 
75 percent chance of rain tonight for Hampton, GA. 7pm and 8pm.
 
Hampton Ga probability of precipitation.
wunderground.com
4pm to 8 pm 50%
8pm to 11pm 40%
Forecast as of 4pm.
 
Starting at 9pm, there really isn't a chance of rain at all. It all depends on how hard it rains before then as to whether or not we will race tonight. I'm sure they think everyone has off work tomorrow, so chances are that they aren't worried about running this race super late.
 
Brent said:
Starting at 9pm, there really isn't a chance of rain at all. It all depends on how hard it rains before then as to whether or not we will race tonight. I'm sure they think everyone has off work tomorrow, so chances are that they aren't worried about running this race super late.
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See freakin above.
 
Johali said:
See freakin above.
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"See freakin above", says the person who also posted about weather after someone else did. What's your deal?

It seems like every time I post something, you feel the need to get mad about it. Did I do something to you in the past??
 
Here in Atlanta today we've had intermittent sun then light showers (it's rained twice - but nothing heavy). We are in what I call the "Florida weather pattern" this time of year. Lotsa pop up storms in the afternoon/early evening.

I remember once at my son's Little League game at Douglasville it rained so hard we had water thigh deep in the dugout in like five minutes - I had to fish around in the muddy water to check for equipment. Then I got in the car and drove 3 miles and everything was bone dry.

Hopefully we will dodge the bullet tonight ;).

Got my "Fat Tires" on ice :cheers:.
 
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