Interesting things happening in Californy final practice. David
Guilland rear ended John Andretti (David's fault and he admitted it).
But even worse is that Marcos Ambrose grenaded an engine and had to go
to his back-up car. That is two Toy engines to the graveyard so far
(Brian Simo blew up in qualifying - at exactly the same place).... So
let the fun begin.



Winner: Marcos was going to be my choice, but I am not sure he can
win from the back. So, I pick Ryan Newman.

1. Marcos may not win from the back, but he will move up and take a
top 15.

2. Juan Montoya says he will be Chase racing this week, not
necessarily going for the win. And I believe that like I believe in
the tooth fairy. But, he will still finish in the top 10.

3. Robbie Gordon forgets he is not in the Baja anymore and does a
little too much agricultural racing. Robby finishes outside the top
25.

4. Kasey Kahne is making a bunch of noise this week. He'll top 10..

5. I had hopes that Jamie Mac would show well this weekend, but the
best I see for him is second 10. He will finish between 11 and 20,
inclusive.

Total First Segment points - + 20
Second Segment points going in - + 4
Points in this race - + 1
Second Segment points leaving - + 5

Tom S.

On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:16:36 CST, "Tom S." <tscalfjr (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote:

Good race. Specially the last 20 laps.Kasey holding off Tony for 3
restarts (or was it 4); Marcos pushing to the front several times
after going to the end to start. Lots of excitement.
+0 Ryan did ok at first, got messed up in the middle and came back to
finish 17th. Okay finish, but it ain't a win.
+1 Great run for Marcos even though it seemed he and Denny Hamlin
were running into each other all day. Third is not a bad finish after
starting at the back of the field.
+1 Another point! Good race for Juan. I don't believe for a minute
he was just points racing, but he did good anyway. Also moved in to
12th in the points - three points ahead of Kasey.

+1 Robby kept his nose clean for most of the race, but a late race
altercation put him back to 36th.

+1 Kasey sure made a lot of noise this weekend. Winning one for the
King is never back. Congrats to Kasey.

+1 Jamie Mac slid into home for a 14th place finish.


Total First Segment points - + 20
Second Segment points going in - + 5
Points in this race - + 5
Second Segment points leaving - + 10

Tom S.

"Tom S." <tscalfjr (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote in
news:guot35tahk0ij7sp9csa5r1nbaiojmmsld (AT) 4ax (DOT) com:

All 5 right! I don't know that that's been done before, in the
traditional style of RPG. I think you should get an extra point
or two for the sweep.

John

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:01:57 CST, John McCoy <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com>
wrote:

Thank you kindly, Sir.

I'll take those as MVPs, if I may.

I totally missed the winner. Kasey was nowhere on my radar. I am
happy he won. Holding off Smoke like he did was an accomplishment in
itself..... But, Kasey winning just never crossed my mind. Marcos
Ambrose looked like he might be able to take the win for a while, but,
he admitted that he had used up his rear tires by the last few laps.
All he could have hoped for was for Kasey and Smoke to wreck each
other.

Tom S.

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:01:57 CST, John McCoy <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote in
<Xns9C32B755D5B01pogosupernews (AT) 216 (DOT) 168.3.30>:

Maybe once.

Moral Victory Mountain forfend! "Virtue is its own reward."

Marty

"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" <moleski (AT) canisius (DOT) edu> wrote

To hell with virtue.... send me the MONEY!!!

;^)

Mike

>

Charlotte, 600 last year, I did a full eight point sweep. Which still
astonishes me

--pig


On 6/22/09 19:01, in article Xns9C32B755D5B01pogosupernews (AT) 216 (DOT) 168.3.30,
"John McCoy" <igopogo (AT) ix (DOT) netcom.com> wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:52:42 CST, Megan Zurawicz
<listpig (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote:

A masterful stroke. ((^:

Tom S.