NASCAR and Stockcar Racing

Here’s each driver’s win total in Truck, Busch and Cup combined,
since 1999.  Yes, I know Cup wins are better than Truck wins.  No, I
didn’t account for that, I just added ‘em all up.  I’m not saying it
means anything, I was just curious…

Greg Biffle          41
Jeff Gordon          32
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.  28
Matt Kenseth         24
Jeff Burton          23
Tony Stewart         23
Kevin Harvick        21
Mark Martin          18
Jimmie Johnson       17
Kurt Busch           16
Ted Musgrave         16
Jeff Green           15
Bobby Labonte        15
Dale Jarrett         13
Joe Nemechek         13
Ryan Newman          12
Dennis Setzer        13
Jack Sprague         13
Carl Edwards         11
Bobby Hamilton, Sr.  11
Jason Keller          9
Jamie McMurray        9
Scott Riggs           9
Martin Truex, Jr.     9
Todd Bodine           8
Kyle Busch            8
Brendan Gaughan       8
Ron Hornaday          8
Michael Waltrip       8
Mike Bliss            7
Rusty Wallace         7
Dale Earnhardt, Sr.   5
Bobby Hamilton, Jr.   5
Kasey Kahne           5
Travis Kvapil         5
Sterling Marlin       5
Joe Ruttman           5
Jimmy Spencer         5
Mike Wallace          5
Scott Wimmer          5
Ward Burton           4
Terry Cook            4
Bill Elliot           4
Robby Gordon          4
Randy LaJoie          4
Ron Fellows           3
David Green           3
Terry Labonte         3
Jeremy Mayfield       3
Steve Park            3
Ricky Rudd            3
Elliot Sadler         3
Johnny Sauter         3
David Starr           3
Brian Vickers         3
Casey Atwood          2
Rick Carelli          2
Chad Chaffin          2
Ricky Craven          2
Rick Crawford         2
Andy Houston          2
Jason Leffler         2
Hank Parker, Jr.      2
Robert Pressley       2
Jeff Purvis           2
Jay Sauter            2
Jon Wood              2
John Andretti         1
Johnny Benson         1
Clint Bowyer          1
Tim Fedewa            1
Ricky Hendrick        1
Jimmy Hensley         1
Shane Hmiel           1
Justin Labonte        1
Mike McLaughlin       1
Jerry Nadeau          1
Bryan Reffner         1
Andy Santerre         1
Elton Sawyer          1
Mike Skinner          1
Reed Sorenson         1
Randy Tolsma          1
Kenny Wallace         1

Watching the races yesterday and today, I think we were pretty lucky
that none of the cars that got into the infield grass "hooked" in the
soft grass and started flipping.

Here’s what I’m wondering–have the folks at Daytona not thought about
installing a drainage system to take a lot of that water away?  The
sports stadiums on the peninsula all seem to have special turf and
sand/clay bases, as well as a drainage system, that allow a lot of
water to pass right through.  At Daytona, it just seems to puddle.

An added benefit would be that when a car gets into the grass in, say,
the tri-oval, it wouldn’t be throwing all the mud up onto the track.
It would speed clean-up, and it would reduce the possibility of a car
coming along spinning on the mud that has been thrown up.

  take care,
  Scott

"Keith Warren" <keith_war…@alltel.net> wrote in message news:…
> Been on the road without access for a little while, guess I’ve gotta play
> catch-up.

> 1. Kyle Busch and Brian Vickers will have a better average finish than
E.Jr
> & Mikey

KB/BV 30 vs EJ/MW 21.5  -1

> 2. Stewart will be involved in a "Big One" and finish at least 1 lap down

He was involved in the "BIG ONE"….. at least the most important BO, which
is in VL  -1

> 3. Robby Gordon makes the show on speed, but will finish in the bottom 5

Only half right…. -1

> 4. MMartin T10

I feel really bad for MM, he and RW were both having a good night -1

> 5. Biffle T25 but not as high as T15

Nope 36 -1

> 6. Mikey and JG make it into the current "race for the chase" (that ole
400
> pts from the leader deal)

Half right again  -1

> 7. Carl Edwards T5

33  -1

> 8. Jarrett has a typical run, but atypically, holds up at the end and
> finishes T10

WooHoo someone finally stops my bleeding!  +1

> 9. KKahne will jump up at least 4 places in the standings

Even -1

> 10. JBurton will drop 3 places or more in the standings

Nope moved up one -1

> Winner: J Gordon

No cigar

> Bonus: Rusty for a change, does NOT get caught up in a "Big One" and
> finishes second.

Awfully close to a big redemption there

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> Keith Warren

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"WildWeasel" wrote …

> Winner:  48, no 20, no 29, no 24, no 8, no 38, no 20 … 20
> Winner: 20, I think

> 1. JG gets in the chase, JMay out

-1  half right, JG in

> 2. No more than 3 of the starting T10 finish T10 (20, 10, 48, 136, 01, 38, 29,
> 11, 2, 33)

+1  20, 48 and 2

> 3. Average Finish for 11/18/20 beat 8/15/33

+1  JGR = (35+1=18)/3=18   DEI+ = (3+40+42)/3=28.3

> 4. Average Finish for 9/19 beat 2/12

-1  9&19=(16+12)/2=14   2&12=(4+14)/2=9

> 5. There were 2 ties in Qualifying.  29 will beat the 38 and 88 will beat the
> 0

-1  38 beat 29

> 6. The Average Finish for the Top 2 starting Dodges (2/9) will beat the
> Average
> Finish for the Top 2 starting Fords (38/88).

+1  2&9=(4+16)/2=10   88&38==(5+21)/2==13

> Winner: 20

+3  WooHOO!

>1.  Jimmie Johnson reclaims the point lead

+1

>2.  The Big One (10 or more cars involved) happens after the halfway
>point

-1  No Big One that fits the above definition

>3.  The Hendrick cars (5, 24, 25, 48) have a better combined average
>finish than the Roush cars (6, 16, 17, 97, 99)

 5: 31st             6:  39th
24:  7th            16:  36th
25: 29th            17:   9th
48:  6th            97:  37th
                    99:  33rd

Avg:  18.25         Avg: 30.8

Wow!  Wonder what kind of odds you could have gotten before the race
that four of the 5 Roush cars would finish worse than 30th.

+1

>4.  Rusty Wallace is the highest finishing Dodge

-1  Almost….

>5.  Six or more Chevys will finish in the top 10

-1  So close….the sixth Chevy finished 11th.

>No-risk race winner:  Jeff Gordon

0

Chaser Attrition [original post Pre-11.Rich'05]
Drivers within 400 points after race#

  ’05-’04
14.12-9
15.11-11
16.13-9  (’05 14.JG-414, 18.DEJ-543)
17.13-8
18.  -5
19.  -5
20.  -3  (’04 13th MM-709)
21.  -5
22.  -7
23.  -7
24.  -7
25.  -7  (’04 14th JM-479)
26.  -8  (’04 8th MM-389, 9.JM-409, 10.RN-416)
         (’04 11th McM-431, without -25 = -406)
         (’04 MM, in 6 races, gained 320pts & passed 4 drivers)

I revisited my calculations of 1/04 to see how many drivers were
within 400 points with 10 races left in the season from ’91-’03.

In ’02 there would have been 12 drivers, 10 in ’92, ’03-MK only one.
Those 13 seasons averaged 5.5 drivers within 400pts.
’02: Marlin led the 1st 25 weeks, injured at 26.Rich, Done 29.KC.
     30.Dega-TS 1st time ever led points! TS Champ with lowest
     avg pts since ’75 PtSys began. 18 Dif Winners-MK most with 5.

CRU Conclusion: Better be in The Top10 to be a Chaser!

After 17.D400, 9th thru 12th are 3Pts apart!!!
Pts out of 10th (9th):
13.JG-48
14.KH-84
15.JB-139
16.DE-158
17.MW-160
19.MK-240.

–
Crusader

Stewart Stuff
Tony Stewart got his 21st Cup win at 17.D400, which ties his teammate
Bobby Labonte for 26th All-Time. Next is TLabonte-22W, Rudd-23W.

TS ended a 63 race PoleLess Streak. His 8th Pole ties Kyle Petty &
‘Front-Row’ Joe Nemechek. 49th a-t is Marlin-11 Poles.
TS has 82 Top5s, Marlin-83.

At Infineon he ended his career longest WinLess Streak at 29 races.
Back to Back Wins is the 4th time in his career. From ’91-’05:
JG has 13-BtoB, RW-3, DE-3, MM-2, DJ-2, Actives: KB-1 & MK-1.

3 Wins inarow from ’49-’04 has happened 30 times by 13 dif drivers:
RP-10, DP-3, BA-3, Actives: JG-2, RW-2, JJ-1 in ’04.

TS has NO Wins at 8 of 23 tracks. JG-4of24, MM-7, DJ-8, RW-9, BE-10.
TS has a Win 7 seasons inarow, 2nd only to JG’s 12 seasons row.

TS got his 1st Plate Win in 27 tries. BL is 1fer51 (a Dega win).
DJ got Joe Gibb’s his 1st Owner Win & only other Plate Win at ’93 D500.

Gibbs now has 44 Wins, passing DiGard’s 43, good for 11th a-t.
Gibbs has a win 13 seasons inarow. Penske-14, Yates-16, Hendrick-20.

CC Greg Zippadelli has 21 Wins. Loomis-26, Todd Parrott-26, Fennig-28.

Tony’s 9.17 Win% is 25th a-t & 3rd among Actives:
 1.JG-17.22, 2.JJ-12.50, 4.Bif-8.42, 5.RN-8.27, 6.RW-8.01, 7.DEJ-7.50.

T10% of 58.08 is 18th a-t & 3rd among Actives: 1.JG-62.68, 2.JJ-59.38.

–
Crusader

CRU Poll
I don’t really want to become the Mod Group’s Jalan Jones
by cutting & pasting articles most readers here have seen on Jayski.

So i ask this question of y’all:
Shall The Crusader continue to post links & snippets from Jayski?
(Like the 3 i did today?)

–
Crusader

How many and who are the drivers that have driven for M&M’s racing?  Need
answer quick for a trivia contest!

1.  Jimmie Johnson reclaims the point lead

2.  The Big One (10 or more cars involved) happens after the halfway
point

3.  The Hendrick cars (5, 24, 25, 48) have a better combined average
finish than the Roush cars (6, 16, 17, 97, 99)

4.  Rusty Wallace is the highest finishing Dodge

5.  Six or more Chevys will finish in the top 10

No-risk race winner:  Jeff Gordon