Nascar Blog

I started this post a few days ago, so I thought I would go ahead and finish it the day before the second Chase for the Cup race.

This was one of the better races to watch this year, even if my driver didn’t finish the best, I’d always rather see Martin win it if Gordon can’t, if there is one driver who should’ve been a champion by now it’s Mark Martin. If this can’t be Gordon’s year, then let’s hope Mark can keep it up. Juan Montoya was driving like he should be up front all day, I bet if he continues to be this aggressive that he will eventually be put into the wall somewhere.

Here is how they finished:
1 14 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet Carquest / Kellogg’s 190/5 300 Running
2 4 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Freight 175/5 300 Running
3 1 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet Target 175/10 300 Running
4 16 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet Lowe’s 165/5 300 Running
5 9 18 Kyle Busch Toyota M&M’s 155/0 300 Running
6 3 2 Kurt Busch Dodge Miller Lite 155/5 300 Running
7 18 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet U.S. Army 151/5 300 Running
8 35 19 Elliott Sadler Dodge Stanley Tools 142/0 300 Running
9 22 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M Scotch Brand 138/0 300 Running
10 17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet Cheerios / Hamburger Helper 134/0 300 Running
11 26 83 Brian Vickers Toyota Red Bull 130/0 300 Running
12 13 00 David Reutimann Toyota Aaron’s Dream Machine 127/0 300 Running
13 19 07 Casey Mears Chevrolet Jack Daniel’s 124/0 300 Running
14 2 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet Office Depot / Old Spice 126/5 300 Running
15 10 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet National Guard Yellow Ribbon / DuPont 118/0 300 Running
16 5 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet Caterpillar 115/0 300 Running
17 32 99 Carl Edwards Ford Aflac 117/5 300 Running
18 7 26 Jamie McMurray Ford Crown Royal 109/0 300 Running
19 31 1 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet Rain-X 106/0 300 Running
20 29 47 Marcos Ambrose Toyota Bush’s Best Baked Beans / Market Basket 108/5 300 Running
21 33 20 Joey Logano Toyota The Home Depot 100/0 300 Running
22 8 171 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet TRG Motorsports 102/5 300 Running
23 38 17 Matt Kenseth Ford Carhartt 94/0 300 Running
24 28 7 Robby Gordon Toyota Sylvania 91/0 300 Running
25 34 44 A.J. Allmendinger Dodge Berlin City Auto Group 88/0 299 Running
26 41 34 John Andretti Chevrolet Taco Bell 85/0 299 Running
27 21 55 Michael Waltrip Toyota NAPA Auto Parts 82/0 298 Running
28 6 12 David Stremme Dodge Penske Racing 79/0 298 Running
29 39 09 Aric Almirola Dodge Miccosukee Resort & Gaming 76/0 297 Running
30 37 96 Erik Darnell Ford Northern Tool + Equipment 73/0 297 Running
31 27 82 Scott Speed Toyota Red Bull 70/0 297 Running
32 12 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet Shell / Pennzoil 67/0 295 Running
33 42 6 David Ragan Ford UPS 64/0 287 Running
34 40 98 Paul Menard Ford Sylvania Dot-it / Menards 61/0 287 Running
35 23 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet Amp Energy / National Guard 58/0 283 In Pit
36 25 43 Reed Sorenson Dodge McDonald’s McCafe 55/0 263 Running
37 24 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Dodge Mobil 1 52/0 162 Out of Race
38 11 9 Kasey Kahne Dodge Budweiser 49/0 66 Out of Race
39 30 64 Mike Wallace Toyota Gunselman Motorsports 46/0 48 In Pit
40 20 187 Joe Nemechek Toyota NEMCO Motorsports 43/0 41 In Pit
41 43 36 Michael McDowell Toyota Wave Energy Drink 40/0 36 In Pit
42 15 66 Dave Blaney Toyota Prism Motorsports 37/0 23 Out of Race
43 36 37 Tony Raines Dodge Long John Silver’s 34/0 8 In Pit

Here are the current point standinds:
1 Mark Martin 5230 Leader
2 Jimmie Johnson 5195 -35
3 Denny Hamlin 5195 -35
4 Juan Montoya 5175 -55
5 Kurt Busch 5165 -65
6 Tony Stewart 5156 -74
7 Ryan Newman 5151 -79
8 Brian Vickers 5140 -90
9 Greg Biffle 5138 -92
10 Jeff Gordon 5128 -102
11 Carl Edwards 5117 -113
12 Kasey Kahne 5069 -161