NASCAR 2018 Race 2: Atlanta QuikTrip 500 Schedule, Starting Order and Picks

[dara]

THE RACE: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
TRACK: Atlanta Motor Speedway
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Race #2 of 36

Schedule:

Friday, Feb. 23
11:35 a.m.-12:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1
1:05 p.m.-1:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1
2:05 p.m.-2:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series first practice, FS1
3:05 p.m.-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1
4:05 p.m.-4:55 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series final practice, FS1
5:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, FS1

Saturday, Feb. 24
9:10 a.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series qualifying, FS1
10:35 a.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1
12:00 p.m.-1:20 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series final practice, FS1
2:00 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series Rinnai 250 (163 laps, 251.02 miles), FS1
4:30 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Active Pest Control 200 benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (130 laps, 200.2 miles), FS1

Sunday, Feb. 25
2:00 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (325 laps, 500.5 miles), FOX

Facts:
Track Specifications:
Track Length: 1.54 mile quad oval
Race Length: 325 laps, 500.5 miles
Stage 1 & 2: 85 Laps (each)
Final Stage: 155 Laps
Banking/Turn 1 & 2: 24 degrees
Banking/Turn 3 & 4: 24 degrees
Banking/Frontstretch: 5 degrees
Banking/Backstretch: 5 degrees
Frontstretch Length: 2,332 feet
Backstretch Length: 1,800 feet
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Pace Car Speed: 55mph
Fuel Window: 50-55 laps
Grandstand Seating: 75,000 [was 92,000 and 98,000]
Last repave: 1997
Next repave: 2017 (delayed)
Opened: 1960

Track Records & Stats

March 2017 Race Winner: #2-Brad Keselowski, 140.898mph, started 5th
Race Record: Dale Earnhardt, Nov 12, 1995, 163.633mph
Slowest Race Record: Fred Lorenzen, 1962, 101.983mph
Youngest Race Winner: Kyle Busch, 3/09/2008 - 22 years, 10 months, 7 days
Oldest Race Winner: Morgan Shepherd, 3/20/1993 - 51 years, 5 months, 8 days
Different Race Winners: 43

March 2017 Pole Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 190.398mph, finished 9th

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Note, green flag race time changed to 3:30 PM, Eastern

[dara]

Starting Order: TBD Friday Feb 23

36 Entrants

[4me2c]

Hmmmmm, Saturday looks like it might just bee a Busy Day for the Racing Community...!

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/281388922368-0-1/s-l1000.jpg :cool:

[crazed 9.6]

Bad day for Truex Jr during Qualifying :(

[4me2c]

"Kyle Busch will have a nice view for the start of Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (2 p.m. ET, FOX, PRN, SiriusXM) at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Busch laid down a fast lap of 184.652 miles per hour in his No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota to earn the pole, taking the top spot away from Ryan Newman in closing moments of the final round of Friday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying session. It’s the first pole for Busch at the 1.54-mile Georgia oval.

Newman will flank Busch on the front row, turning a lap of 184.419 mph. Kevin Harvick qualified third (184.388 mph), Daniel Suarez fourth (184.229 mph), while Brad Keselowski rounded out the top five with a lap of 183.856 mph.

Keselowski posted the top time in Round 1, while Harvick paced the second round.

RELATED: No. 78 team penalized after inspection failures | Scott Miller breaks down No. 78 penalty

Notables that were knocked out following the first round include last week’s Daytona 500 champion Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott and Ryan Blaney.

The biggest news in qualifying involved defending Monster Energy Series champion Martin Truex Jr. He did not make a qualifying attempt after the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota failed the Optical Scanning Station three times during pre-qualifying inspection.

Per the NASCAR Rule Book, Blake Harris, car chief for the No. 78 team, has been ejected for the remainder of the race weekend. Truex will start at the rear of the field for Sunday’s race and will lose 30 minutes of practice time on Saturday." :mad:

[Ryu]

are we ready for Sunday again???. well kof is preparing now after long hardworking day.:cool:

[4me2c]

Starting lineup for the QuikTrip Folds of Honor 500

01. (18) Kyle Busch, 184.652 mph
02. (31) Ryan Newman, 184.419 mph
03. (4) Kevin Harvick, 184.388 mph
04. (19) Daniel Suarez, 184.229 mph
05. (2) Brad Keselowski, 183.856 mph
06. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 183.722 mph
07. (41) Kurt Busch, 183.485 mph
08. (42) Kyle Larson, 183.449 mph
09. (14) Clint Bowyer, 182.284 mph
10. (20) Erik Jones, 181.052 mph
11. (10) Aric Almirola, 0.00 mph
12. (11) Denny Hamlin, 0.00 mph
13. (1) Jamie McMurray, 182.825 mph
14. (95) Kasey Kahne, 182.507 mph
15. (21) Paul Menard, 182.464 mph
16. (22) Joey Logano, 182.129 mph
17. (34) Michael McDowell, 181.955 mph
18. (88) Alex Bowman, 181.634 mph
19. (43) Darrell Wallace Jr., 181.467 mph
20. (6) Trevor Bayne, 181.307 mph
21. (47) AJ Allmendinger, 181.248 mph
22. (48) Jimmie Johnson, 181.236 mph
23. (24) William Byron, 180.804 mph
24. (37) Chris Buescher, 0.00 mph
25. (3) Austin Dillon, 181.753 mph
26. (12) Ryan Blaney, 181.550 mph
27. (9) Chase Elliott, 181.082 mph
28. (13) Ty Dillon, 180.293 mph
29. (38) David Ragan, 180.117 mph
30. (32) Matt DiBenedetto, 178.914 mph
31. (23) Gray Gaulding, 0.00 mph
32. (72) Cole Whitt, 177.045 mph
33. (00) Jeffrey Earnhardt, 174.362 mph
34. (15) Ross Chastain, 174.362
35. (78) Martin Truex Jr., 0.00 mph
36. (51) Harrison Rhodes, 0.00 mph

[82harley]

Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson

[dishuser]

(18) Kyle Busch **
(2) Brad Keselowski
(11) Denny Hamlin

[4me2c]

1)... (18) Kyle Busch
2)... (9) Chase Elliott
3)... (48) Jimmie Johnson

More Fuel for the Fire :
http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/news/nascar-atlanta-betting-odds-draftkings-fantasy-advice-prediction-sleepers-stats-starting-lineup/5odr3xx8bmrq1pvxhyb9kcnk8 :cool:

[4me2c]

From the World Wide Web :

"HAMPTON, Ga. – Atlanta Motor Speedway, a track that has dealt with weather issues often, faces another sour forecast for Sunday’s Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race.

Sunday’s forecast calls for an 80% chance of rain and possible thunderstorms. The possibility of rain increases to 90% in the evening hours.

The rain is predicted to start mid-morning.

NASCAR is considering moving the race’s scheduled start time from 2 p.m. (ET) to 1 p.m., a decision that would have to be made no more than 24 hours in advance because of television considerations.

If the race is postponed Sunday, it would be rescheduled Monday. Monday’s forecast calls for morning showers, but sunshine is predicted for the afternoon."...! :cool: and Not So :cool: ...!

[Ryu]

Chase Elliott
***Joey Logano***
Denny Hamlin

[carlosman]

* Denny Hamlin
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick

[crazed 9.6]

Stewart-Hass #10 car driven by Aric Almirola, has a paint scheme taken directly from the Stroker Ace movie.
It was not Burt Reynold's Chicken Pit paint scheme thou, but that other actor guy's car (Parker Stevenson's)

Final Monster Cup practice today has ended,
They do not like tomorrow's weather forecast thou :(

Today's Xfinity Series Rinnai 250 @ Atlanta is up next. Only 3 Cup drivers will be in today's Xfinity , with Harvick being one of them.
The Truck race to follow, for today's double header.

[dara]

Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick**

[ranagee]

Kurt Busch (favorite)
Martin truex Jr
Kyle Larson

[crazed 9.6]

Xfinity race we gots a strategy call that did not work out so well for one guy :eek:

With only a few laps to end stage 1, a caution comes out due to a tire skin on the track.
These tires these guys are on were also used during Qualifying. One guy lost a tire already.
Joey 'Roo' Lagano elected to stay out.
Harvick pitted and with 1 lap to go, came from 10th to 1st to blow by Lagano !!

Harvick wins the Xfinity race in the #98 Mustang, dominating from the end of Stage 1 all the way to the Checker.

[4me2c]

Stewart-Hass #10 car driven by Aric Almirola, has a paint scheme taken directly from the Stroker Ace movie.
It was not Burt Reynold's Chicken Pit paint scheme thou, but that other actor guy's car (Parker Stevenson's)

Final Monster Cup practice today has ended,
They do not like tomorrow's weather forecast thou :(

Today's Xfinity Series Rinnai 250 @ Atlanta is up next. Only 3 Cup drivers will be in today's Xfinity , with Harvick being one of them.
The Truck race to follow, for today's double header.

Audrey James, errrrr, Aubry... that is...!

[Orziz]

Logano *
Keselowski
Harvick

[Capt.Kangaroo]

Jimmie Johnson***
Chase Elliott
Kevin Harvick

[superbox]

Joey Logano
Kyle Busch*
Brad Keselowski

[dara]

NASCAR and track officials have moved up the start time for Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway because of the threat of inclement weather.

RELATED: Full weekend schedule | Complete starting lineup

The Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 was originally set for a green flag at 2:16 p.m. ET (FOX, PRN, SiriusXM). That start time — and all pre-race ceremonies — have been rescheduled for one hour, 10 minutes earlier.

Officials reached that decision Saturday morning, faced with an 80 percent chance of precipitation in the race-day forecast at the 1.54-mile track, according to the National Weather Service.

Driver introductions are now scheduled for 12:15 p.m. ET. The revised green flag time is 1:06 p.m. ET.

[TimeKeeper]

Kyle Larson
**Martin Truex Jr
Daniel Suarez

[4me2c]

Gonna bee a "Sunday Fun Day" with Nascar early and WWE PPV 2nite...! Enjoy it all You Couch Potatoes...!

https://theascentofason.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/couch-potato.jpg :cool:

[minitor]

Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr.*
Kyle Busch

[dara]

Looks like a late start, at least a couple of hours if they race today.

[bigstar]

Kyle Larson
Joey Logano *
Jimmie Johnson

[erickson]

Kyle Busch ///// Brad Keselowski* ///// Joey Logano

[crazed 9.6]

Chase Elliot
Kevin Harvick**
Jimmie Johnson

[dara]

Crazed... do you have Marley's picks?

[dara]

Green flag... No more changes or adds.

[dara]

Picks today:



Kyle Busch***
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson


(18) Kyle Busch **
(2) Brad Keselowski
(11) Denny Hamlin


1)... (18) Kyle Busch
2)... (9) Chase Elliott
3)... (48) Jimmie Johnson

More Fuel for the Fire :
http://www.sportingnews.com/nascar/news/nascar-atlanta-betting-odds-draftkings-fantasy-advice-prediction-sleepers-stats-starting-lineup/5odr3xx8bmrq1pvxhyb9kcnk8 :cool:


Chase Elliott
***Joey Logano***
Denny Hamlin


* Denny Hamlin
Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick


Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick**


Kurt Busch (favorite)
Martin truex Jr
Kyle Larson


Logano *
Keselowski
Harvick


Jimmie Johnson***
Chase Elliott
Kevin Harvick


Joey Logano
Kyle Busch*
Brad Keselowski


Kyle Larson
**Martin Truex Jr
Daniel Suarez


Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr.*
Kyle Busch


Kyle Larson
Joey Logano *
Jimmie Johnson


Kyle Busch ///// Brad Keselowski* ///// Joey Logano


Chase Elliot
Kevin Harvick**
Jimmie Johnson

[Ryu]

thank you all:cool: you guys are awesome.:cool:kof

[crazed 9.6]

Crazed... do you have Marley's picks?

I tried but no, I did not get them.

[Ryu]

watching live first time ever. o boy its amazing:cool:

[crazed 9.6]

Harvick is on a mission after that faulty gun on last pit stop :eek:
Harvick had a great race here yesterday in the xfinity series. Won it too.

Go Go Harvick !!

[Ryu]

he's leading and playing very well.

[dara]

Harvick wins stage 1,

25 Bonus points to Crazed 2.0, and dara

[dara]

Keselowski wins stage 2,

25 Bonus points for erickson

New rule change, the race is "official" after 2 stages, unlike in the past for 1/2 race.

[crazed 9.6]

New rule change, the race is "official" after 2 stages, unlike in the past for 1/2 race.

looks like rain :eek:

[Ryu]

80 more to go and Harvick vs Keselowski. good game.

[4me2c]

Dang, I've been looking at this all Wrong... I thought that the car with JJ on it was Jimmie Johnson's Car and Now I see that the JJ on that Car Stands for Jimmie Johns Fast Food...! LMOL...!

Heck of a Race...!

[Capt.Kangaroo]

Congrats Harvick.
Nice pics dara/crazed...:)

[dara]

Congrats to Kevin Happy Harvick, followed by Bad Brad Keselowski, and Clint Boyer.

Harvick and Keselowski with stage wins.

Congrats to crazed 2.0 and dara for picking the winner! 50 bonus points. (75 total bonus points)

[crazed 9.6]

Dang, I've been looking at this all Wrong... I thought that the car with JJ on it was Jimmie Johnson's Car and Now I see that the JJ on that Car Stands for Jimmie Johns Fast Food...! LMOL...!

Heck of a Race...!

It says Freaky Fast on there somewhere :)

Go Go Harvick !!

[4me2c]

This Looks to bee A Great Nascar Racing Series this Year...! Now if 4me can Start picking Winners...! Congratz to the Leaders and the Players, Have Some FUN...!

[crazed 9.6]

I will tally this up to be double checked,once nascar posts the results.



82harley
Kyle Busch*** = 43
Kevin Harvick = 56
Jimmie Johnson = 10
total = 109

dishuser
(18) Kyle Busch ** = 43
(2) Brad Keselowski = 53
(11) Denny Hamlin = 40
total = 136

4me2c
1)... (18) Kyle Busch = 43
2)... (9) Chase Elliott = 27
3)... (48) Jimmie Johnson = 10
total = 80

kingoffighter
Chase Elliott = 27
***Joey Logano*** = 39
Denny Hamlin = 40
total = 106

carlosman
* Denny Hamlin = 40
Joey Logano = 39
Kevin Harvick = 56
total = 135

dara
Kyle Busch = 43
Kyle Larson = 36
Kevin Harvick** = 56 + 25 + 50
total = 204
*checked total = 210

ranagee
Kurt Busch (favorite) = 41
Martin truex Jr = 39
Kyle Larson = 36
total = 118
*checked total = 116

Orziz
Logano * = 39
Keselowski = 53
Harvick = 56
total = 148

Captainkangaroo
Jimmie Johnson*** = 10
Chase Elliott = 27
Kevin Harvick = 56
total = 93

superbox
Joey Logano = 39
Kyle Busch* = 43
Brad Keselowski = 53
total = 135

TimeKeeper
Kyle Larson = 36
**Martin Truex Jr = 39
Daniel Suarez = 23
total = 108
*checked total = 98

minitor
Joey Logano = 39
Martin Truex Jr.* = 39
Kyle Busch = 43
total = 121

bigstar
Kyle Larson = 36
Joey Logano * = 39
Jimmie Johnson = 10
total = 85

erickson
Kyle Busch = 43
Brad Keselowski* = 53 + 25
Joey Logano = 39
total = 160

crazed 2.0
Chase Elliot = 27
Kevin Harvick** = 56 + 25 + 50
Jimmie Johnson = 10
total = 178
*checked total = 168

[dishuser]

results are posted

https://www.nascar.com/results/race_center/2018/monster-energy-nascar-cup-series/folds-of-honor-quiktrip-500r

[crazed 9.6]

results are posted

cool, thnx
I am on it :)


*
totals posted , and to be double checked before official

[dara]

Checking now...

dara-- 210
ranagee -- 116 (kurt vs. kyle)
TimeKeeper -- 98
crazed 2.0 -- 168

[dishuser]

210
nice going dara

[crazed 9.6]

Checking now...

dara-- 210
ranagee -- 116 (kurt vs. kyle)
TimeKeeper -- 98
crazed 2.0 -- 168

good thing for double checks :)
Thnx and I edited the tally post to show the checked totals.

Nice job on the high score this week dara :)

[dara]

good thing for double checks :)
Thnx and I edited the tally post to show the checked totals.

Nice job on the high score this week dara :)

Thanks... you know we all will screw up sometime in the future... It's a long season!

Current standings are posted:

http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?36713-2018-NASCAR-Pool-Open-for-all-members&p=228958&viewfull=1#post228958

[Ryu]

thanks Dara and crazed 2.0:cool: much better for me this time.kof