Las Vegas top 5

[rbroyles]

Here is the official finishing order of race.


FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS
1 2 99 Carl Edwards Ford Dish Network 195/10 267 Running
2 8 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet National Guard / AMP Energy 175/5 267 Running
3 6 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M 165/0 267 Running
4 17 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 160/0 267 Running
5 24 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet AT&T Mobility 160/5 267 Running
6 38 6 David Ragan Ford AAA Insurance 150/0 267 Running
7 37 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 146/0 267 Running
8 29 28 Travis Kvapil Ford Yates Racing 142/0 267 Running
9 27 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Kinko's 138/0 267 Running
10 3 8 Mark Martin Chevrolet U.S. Army 139/5 267 Running
11 1 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M's 135/5 267 Running
12 10 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 127/0 267 Running
13 11 5 Casey Mears Chevrolet Pop-Tarts / CARQUEST 124/0 267 Running
14 15 12 Ryan Newman Dodge ALLTEL 121/0 267 Running
15 18 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker 118/0 267 Running
16 23 70 Jeremy Mayfield Chevrolet Haas Automation 115/0 267 Running
17 39 43 Bobby Labonte Dodge Cheerios "Circle of Helping Hearts" 112/0 267 Running
18 35 41 Reed Sorenson Dodge Target 109/0 267 Running
19 31 42 Juan Montoya Dodge Texaco / Havoline 106/0 267 Running
20 13 17 Matt Kenseth Ford USG Sheetrock 108/5 267 Running
21 19 49 Ken Schrader Dodge Qtrax.com 100/0 267 Running
22 40 15 Paul Menard Chevrolet Johns Manville / Menards 97/0 266 Running
23 34 38 David Gilliland Ford FreeCreditcom 94/0 266 Running
24 43 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 91/0 266 Running
25 36 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 88/0 266 Running
26 26 22 Dave Blaney Toyota Caterpillar 85/0 266 Running
27 30 96 J.J. Yeley Toyota DLP HDTV 82/0 266 Running
28 21 07 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Jack Daniel's 79/0 265 Running
29 33 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe's 76/0 265 Running
30 5 27 Mike Skinner Toyota Bad Boy Mowers 73/0 265 Running
31 22 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA AUTO PARTS 70/0 265 Running
32 41 45 Kyle Petty Dodge Wells Fargo 67/0 265 Running
33 42 40 Dario Franchitti * Dodge Target 64/0 265 Running
34 28 01 Regan Smith * Chevrolet Coors Light 61/0 264 Running
35 4 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet Nicorette / DuPont 63/5 262 Off Track
36 7 66 Scott Riggs Chevrolet State Water Heaters 60/5 260 Running
37 14 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine 52/0 258 Running
38 9 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 49/0 255 Off Track
39 16 44 Dale Jarrett Toyota UPS 46/0 231 Out of Race
40 12 10 Patrick Carpentier * Dodge Valvoline 43/0 182 Off Track
41 20 77 Sam Hornish Jr. * Dodge Mobil 1 40/0 152 Running
42 32 7 Robby Gordon Dodge Jim Beam 37/0 142 Off Track
43 25 20 Tony Stewart Toyota The Home Depot 39/5 107 Out of Race

 

[volfanbill]

who would've ever that a Jack Roush would win at California and Las Vegas. I mean his cars struggle so much at those tracks....:whistling:

(if only mark martin was still with roush! I'll take tenth though)

 

[rbroyles]

Very unofficially, I have aksn907 as high man at 709 pts.

With so many favorites having trouble, the scores are much lower than California.

 

[tdtnvols2004]

Wow. Horrible results for me.

 

[McLovin]

who would've ever that a Jack Roush would win at California and Las Vegas. I mean his cars struggle so much at those tracks....:whistling:

(if only mark martin was still with roush! I'll take tenth though)

This was the first time the COT's ran at those tracks.
There is no history to say Roush was going to good this time around. Hadn't Jimmie Johnson won the last 3 races at Vegas?

 

[rbroyles]

This was the first time the COT's ran at those tracks.
There is no history to say Roush was going to good this time around. Hadn't Jimmie Johnson won the last 3 races at Vegas?

Yes in regard to JJ at Vegas, but Rousch has been very successful at California. I believe there is sarcasim in that post.

 

[volfanbill]

COT, real stock car or geo prism, Roush gets it done at California and Vegas. Roush has dominated both tracks and to think he wouldn't figure out those two in the COT is just foolish.

 

[McLovin]

COT, real stock car or geo prism, Roush gets it done at California and Vegas. Roush has dominated both tracks and to think he wouldn't figure out those two in the COT is just foolish.

I had a Roush car in my top five,you had 2. I don't see
the need to be throwing around the word "foolish".
You covered yourself with 3 other cars in your top 5 so
let's not get carried away here. All I'm saying is that going in,Roush,Hendrick,Gibbs,and even Mark Martin had equally good shots at winning this race.Congrats on picking the winner though.

 

[rbroyles]

I had a Roush car in my top five,you had 2. I don't see
the need to be throwing around the word "foolish".
You covered yourself with 3 other cars in your top 5 so
let's not get carried away here. All I'm saying is that going in,Roush,Hendrick,Gibbs,and even Mark Martin had equally good shots at winning this race.Congrats on picking the winner though.

Here is the deal on COT as I see it. Hendrick teams spent a substantial time testing on non-Cup tracks, and Gibbs did to a lesser degree. Rousch did not do this, only testing on Cup tracks where you are limited on the number of test dates you can have. This was an attempt by NASCAR to keep the multicar teams from having too much of an advantage over smaller teams. There is no limitation on testing at non-Cup tracks, and while they don't race on these tracks, there are enough similarities to gain helpful information. Jack Rousch has been quoted as admitting he made a mistake that caused them to be behind by not utilizing these tracks. Rousch is just now getting caught up, but lets see how things shake out at tracks where Rousch has not been as competitive. It does appear the big advantage Hendrick had in 2007 has been reduced substantially.

 

[doozer]

Also, teams cannot use Goodyear tires at nonsanctioned tests. Another thing, it's hard to stay on top for long in racing. I don't see another dominating year from HMS this year.