Aaron's 499 - Talladega

[Headbanger]

http://www.nascar.com/races/tune_in/

Selection of drivers need to be done by Saturday 5:00am EDT. Practices are 2:30 & 4:00pm Friday, qualifying is Saturday 11:00am, and race time is Sunday 1:30pm.

Restrictor plate races I read make for some big crashes. I hope to catch at least some of this one. Good luck gentleman.

 

[cvm4]

Atleast we get to see some practices before making our picks! There's a plus...

 

[Headbanger]

Atleast we get to see some practices before making our picks! There's a plus...

I am not too sure of this for me. I have made changes like 10 times whereas usually I plug someone in and take the best practice speeds or go with my gut. This week I have to obsess over the speeds now and wonder if those are just qualify setups or are those for racing.

 

[cvm4]

I was watching practice 1 on Speed and they were saying the top 35 were using their racing setup, whereas those out of the top 35 might be using their qualifying setup more.

 

[BradMc]

I am not too sure of this for me. I have made changes like 10 times whereas usually I plug someone in and take the best practice speeds or go with my gut. This week I have to obsess over the speeds now and wonder if those are just qualify setups or are those for racing.

I hear u on this one, I've change it up a couple time, sooooooo we will see how it goes,,,,I'll be on my way home tomorrow from MS and headed back to MN so only be able see the race in the airport, or laptop if I can find a connection ......

 

[cvm4]

I again went with guys that I haven't started a whole lot.

 

[cvm4]

But on another note, those top speeds could also be where the cars went across the finish line and were sucking up to the car in front of them. Kind of misleading, to say the least.

 

[cvm4]

Damn, Kyle Busch went for a ride and showed off his acrobatic maneuvers too!

 

[cvm4]

Man, DEI has been having some engine problems lately.

 

[Greg]

Cliff, are you talking to yourself again?? :grinFU:

 

[cvm4]

Only when you guys don't talk back :grinFU:

 

[Boppa-Wasch]

Gitty up boys........lets go racin!!!!

 

[Jwrussell]

Eh, my picks qual'ed pretty poorly, we'll see how the race goes.

 

[cvm4]

I still think the guys that aren't in the top 35 did so good is because they might be on qualifying setup instead of race setup. We'll see once the race starts. Hell, they change positions so much anyway that qualifying really doesn't matter.

 

[tobby4]

I like this race... usually pretty exciting stuff

 

[cvm4]

3 people already having engine problems.

 

[cvm4]

Daaaamn...A drive thru penalty for Stewart!

 

[cvm4]

Tough luck for Bowyer. He should've took it easy back to pit road.

 

[cvm4]

Man that was a tough lick for Mears on that wall!

 

[cvm4]

Man Kyle Busch's car looks like an accordian after that crash! Innocent victims Burton and Nemechek.