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:( Yahoo sports reporting Johnson grabbed the pole at Homestead, followed by Speed, Ambrose, Mark and Stewart. Jeffie starts 20th
 
Here's The Annointed One's supporting cast:


POS CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR SPEED TIME BEHIND
1 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 173.919 31.049 Leader
2 82 Scott Speed* Toyota Red Bull 172.695 31.269 -0.220
3 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Little Debbie Cupcakes / Kingsford / Clorox 172.678 31.272 -0.223
4 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Kellogg's / Carquest 172.353 31.331 -0.282
5 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 172.243 31.351 -0.302
6 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 172.145 31.369 -0.320
7 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army / All-American Bowl 172.035 31.389 -0.340
8 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 172.024 31.391 -0.342
9 21 Bill Elliott Ford Motorcraft 171.860 31.421 -0.372
10 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 171.838 31.425 -0.376
11 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 171.838 31.425 -0.376
12 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 171.794 31.433 -0.384
13 44 A.J. Allmendinger Ford Ford. Drive one. 171.750 31.441 -0.392
14 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 171.646 31.460 -0.411
15 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 171.630 31.463 -0.414
16 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet Furniture Row Companies 171.576 31.473 -0.424
17 202 David Gilliland Toyota Farm Bureau Insurance 171.461 31.494 -0.445
18 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 171.434 31.499 -0.450
19 171 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TaxSlayer.com 171.396 31.506 -0.457
20 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet DuPont 171.336 31.517 -0.468
21 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Best Buy 171.331 31.518 -0.469
22 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 171.276 31.528 -0.479
23 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 171.162 31.549 -0.500
24 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 170.994 31.580 -0.531
25 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 170.967 31.585 -0.536
26 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 170.967 31.585 -0.536
27 12 Brad Keselowski Dodge Penske Racing 170.816 31.613 -0.564
28 37 Travis Kvapil Chevrolet Long John Silver's 170.805 31.615 -0.566
29 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 170.794 31.617 -0.568
30 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 170.648 31.644 -0.595
31 96 Erik Darnell Ford Hall of Fame Racing 170.530 31.666 -0.617
32 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / Amp Energy 170.454 31.680 -0.631
33 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 170.411 31.688 -0.639
34 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Dewalt 170.379 31.694 -0.645
35 20 Joey Logano* Toyota Home Depot 170.272 31.714 -0.665
36 98 Paul Menard Ford Johns Manville / Menards 170.266 31.715 -0.666
37 7 Matt Crafton Toyota Mapei / Menards 169.881 31.787 -0.738
38 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Express 169.715 31.818 -0.769
39 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 169.353 31.886 -0.837
40 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 169.274 31.901 -0.852
41 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 169.072 31.939 -0.890
42 43 Reed Sorenson+ Dodge Siemens 169.003 31.952 -0.903
43 08 Terry Labonte Toyota FanCar Champion's Provisional

Did Not Qualify
44 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 170.708 31.633 -0.584
45 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 168.940 31.964 -0.915
46 170 Mike Skinner Chevrolet Adobe Road Winery 168.660 32.017 -0.968
47 113 Max Papis* Toyota GEICO 168.529 32.042 -0.993
48 09 David Stremme Chevrolet Miccosukee Resort & Gaming - - -

+ Set by Owner Points
* Denotes Rookie
 
JJ is WAY faster than the rest of the field. If any driver reads this I can have a #3 fave if you take JJ out! lol
 
Chad Knaus has been fined $10,000 and the team docked 25 points for "use of inappropriate language" on air when he found out who would be starting next to and behind Johnson for Sundays race.




Just kidding, he didn't get caught but I would bet that there was an "Oh s**t" or two.
 
JJ is the man but watch out for Mark [when he qual` it was a lot hotter,ie:quick car]
Looking forward to the race!!!!!! Should be goody.
 
I'm more worried about Speed trying to get out of the way and wrecking Marcos. Maybe he'll have to go to the back for something.
 
B.S.

I'm so sick of hearing the, "Jimmie Johnson making history..." crap. Jimmie, under the new points system, cannot be compared to drivers under the old system. It's apples and oranges. They might as well be comparing Jimmie Johnson to Roger Federer. Had NASCAR not changed everything Jimmie would not be in a position to "win 4 in a row". If we were under the old points system, Jimmie would have a 13 point lead over Tony Stewart going into Homestead.
Under the old system the 2008 Cup Champ would have been Carl Edwards NOT Jimmie Johnson.
Under the old system the 2007 Cup Champ would have been Jeff Gordon NOT Jimmie Johnson.
Everybody is comparing Jimmie's stats to the other Championship statistics. If it were fair Jimmie Johnson would currently have 2 Championships.
 
BobbyFord said:
I'm so sick of hearing the, "Jimmie Johnson making history..." crap. Jimmie, under the new points system, cannot be compared to drivers under the old system. It's apples and oranges. They might as well be comparing Jimmie Johnson to Roger Federer. Had NASCAR not changed everything Jimmie would not be in a position to "win 4 in a row". If we were under the old points system, Jimmie would have a 13 point lead over Tony Stewart going into Homestead.
Under the old system the 2008 Cup Champ would have been Carl Edwards NOT Jimmie Johnson.
Under the old system the 2007 Cup Champ would have been Jeff Gordon NOT Jimmie Johnson.
Everybody is comparing Jimmie's stats to the other Championship statistics. If it were fair Jimmie Johnson would currently have 2 Championships.
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Well you can't really go by that to much. People might have done things different. With the Chase maybe everyone holds off alot of there best stuff for the last ten races. If there was no chase drivers would give it there all from start to end.

Not a Johnson fan so not saying that for that reason. I rather him not win it and it not be a chase...but point is this he would champ thing doesn't work cause of the whole who would be champ if this happened thing. Cause lets be honest here. As long as you can keep your self in the top 12 and be there after Richmond you can win the Championship and been 12 from the start to then.
 
Blaze88 said:
Well you can't really go by that to much. People might have done things different. With the Chase maybe everyone holds off alot of there best stuff for the last ten races. If there was no chase drivers would give it there all from start to end.

Not a Johnson fan so not saying that for that reason. I rather him not win it and it not be a chase...but point is this he would champ thing doesn't work cause of the whole who would be champ if this happened thing. Cause lets be honest here. As long as you can keep your self in the top 12 and be there after Richmond you can win the Championship and been 12 from the start to then.
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I disagree.
 
Blaze88 said:
But think about it. What is Johnson's best time of the year.

The last ten races. Know why. He saves his best until then. If he has to be good all year long he'd use all his good stuff during the season.
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I did think about it that's why I disagree. None of these guys start any race hoping to finish 2nd.
 
BobbyFord said:
I did think about it that's why I disagree. None of these guys start any race hoping to finish 2nd.
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JPM was points racing up until the chase..right..so yeah

I mean yeah all drivers rather win but if you know you only really gotta be great the last ten races wouldn't you do the smart thing save all the best you got for them last ten races. I mean Johnson might not have won he Championship them years. But we also don't know Carl would have won or Jeff or that Tony would only be 14 behind right now.
 
It is what is is guys. We don't have a say in the matter and the drivers have very little say in the matter. The rest of the teams need to step up to the plate and improve their program.
 
BobbyFord said:
I'm so sick of hearing the, "Jimmie Johnson making history..." crap. Jimmie, under the new points system, cannot be compared to drivers under the old system.
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so this is the first time the points system has been changed?
 
very true bobby but the rules today are what current championships are measured by. the drivers didn't change the rules. all sports adjust their rules as time and the circumstances of the sports themselves change. in that regard change is a necessary element of the sports. if the rules didn't change people would be complaining that the sports rules didn't change as the sports did. cars are different, schedules are different, even the fans are different. there is little relation of the current nascar to the nascar of the past.
 
The Chase came about IIRC to "add excitment" to the final races of the season due to lack of attendance and TV viewers.
A weak attempt to combat College ball and the NFL.
 
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