TALLADEGA NASCAR Race Results ****SPOILER****

Thanks Ron . I swear I thought Montoya was going to give Kyle Bush the bump and go on the last lap except the caution came out with half a lap to go .

 

Montoya played the game well - he would have been in a difficult situation to try and go for the win with teammates in 1st and 3rd.

 

Way to go RG.....almost a top ten for an independent.

 

Kyle Bush has stainless steel balls. He will rip every corner off of the car to win, although his car was pretty clean this time. His car control is astonishing.

 

well done toyota and well done jpm!

 

Montoya's team is really coming along. You could see he was enjoying beating and banging with the top dogs finally. I don't think he could have overtaken Kyle without help. He had a very strong car and was able to put it anywhere on the track he wanted. Bush is the real deal. Richard Petty said he was the best raw talent he had seen in decades.

Dave

 

toyota is the real deal as well...let's see how long the france family let's them win before the rules change!

there will be hell to pay from the detroit aoutmakers as well as the core nascar fan...toyota's reign will be short lived!!

pcb

 

I disagree. The Ganassi team is enemic and it is Montoya's talent that has brought that team to where it is. The Ganassi team is weak and the last time they showed any speed at all, they gave away the championship when Sterling Marlin had a large lead 3/4 of the way through the season in I believe 2003. Ganassi will never win a championship. Ganassi's a tight wad and will never spend the dough needed to be a winner at the Nascar Sprint Cup level. His driver's make less money than the average Nascar driver as an example. He always hires desperate drivers who don't have a ride or want to enter Nascar from open wheel to save money. Montoya is the best one he has landed in years.

 

He didn't get the chance but, no one can't believe that JPM wasn't going to dive on KB coming out of turn 4 on the last lap. He didn't get the chance, but KB was a sitting duck, Toyota power or not.

 

+1. Damn yellow flag.

 

C'mon now! CGR finished second in the 'dega race, won for the third time in Grand-Am Daytona Prototype in four tries this year and his drivers finished first and third in the IRL race, wiping the Champ Car teams up easy...

Now, that's a darned good weekend!

 

I was only referring to his Nascar effort, which takes more beans than the other series that he has shown success at. CGR hasn't won a Nascar race in 5 years! By the way, Montoya got a 2nd place finish last year at Fontana and the team is no better than last year.

 

Ummmm, that's incorrect. CGR won last season at the Nextel Cup level

 

I stand corrected. Montoya won his first last year, but it doesn't change the fact that CGR is off the pace in Sprint Cup and it is Montoya's skills that have brought their back marker Dodge towards the front. Wins are few and far between for Ganassi in Nascar.

 

So... you watched 1/4 lap of the race ?

Several people went below the line, regardless of if they cause another car to spin or not, you either flag them all, or none.
It's a penalty at certain tracks in certain conditions, that's for sure. If it was Jr., he would get a free pass, if it's Robby Gordon, they would park him.

Ya gotta know the 'rules within the rules' in nascar.

 

WRONG.

Just who exactly are nascar's 'core fans' today ?

Remember - this isn't 1988 - it's 2008 - it's ALL changed.
20 years ago there were no 'hospitality suites' anywhere but Daytona - now ALL the tracks have them.

nascar's 'core fans' today drive SUV's and import cars, not new chevys, fords and dodge rams.

 

Talladega one thing for attendance, different deal. But look at Texas, Bristol. Empty seats big time. The France attendance figures are for them to use within their business model. Highly polished. The France Nascar phenomenon based on new fans may not suit the old fans. The new fans may not become long term race fans.

Attendance and TV is down. Their business model is being tested. They are pushing the limits of long term fans with Mexican races, spec cars and Toyotas. Will SUV driving baby boomers in hospitality suites pick up the slack? Time will tell.

I guess I need to add that the only Nascar races I've been to has been hospitality suites with private parking, food, drinks. All comp. I wouldn't buy a ticket, but the last 25 laps on TV, I'll check. The France family can't count on me for thier future.

 

You have harbored a hatred for the gentleman from Columbia for a long time. How did this start?

 

"Big time" must mean 20 empty seats instead of 5. I went to one of the Texas races last year. Not an empty seat in the house. Sorry, but you're just downright wrong.

 

My bad on the spell thing. Sounds like some jealous Latino men you're hanging with. They must have seen the camera guy incident.

So, you're scooping the Latino babes with that compassion they can't find at home. Nice angle.

 

Agree with GS regarding Busch. I rarely watch a full Nascar race (didn't catch any of the Sprint event) but of the races and clips I've seen to date, KyB tends to be the driver you notice, pushing the limit but witholding the 1% that cost him race after race last year. If Nascar had a normal system for awarding points, I'd expect he'd win the championship or lose it only to Edwards. Obviously, being unceremoniously dumped by Hendrick and replaced by America's most popular has had the desired effect, and truth is, he wasn't going anywhere in the Superteam's pecking order anyway.
Even though the timing wasn't of his own making, who could have predicted after last year's hapless season, Toyota would come good in 2008, especially with a team new to the make. Gibbs now has what is arguably the best driver lineup in all of Cup and as a result, Toyota's undivided attention. Nice plan B.