NASCAR 2019 Race 2: Atlanta QuikTrip 500 Race and Contest Thread

[dara]

Schedule:

Friday, Feb. 22
11:35 a.m. NASCAR First Practice NASCAR.com
1:05 p.m. Xfinity First Practice NASCAR.com
2:05 p.m. Truck First Practice NASCAR.com
3:05 p.m. Xfinity First Practice FS1
4:05 p.m. Truck Final Practice FS1
5:10 p.m. NASCAR qualifying FS1/PRN

Saturday, Feb. 23
9:35 a.m. Xfinity Series qualifying FS1
10:40 a.m. Truck Series qualifying FS1
12 p.m. NASCAR final practice FS1
2 p.m. Xfinity Rinnai 250 FS1/PRN
4:30 p.m. Truck Series Ultimate Tailgating 200 FS1/MRN

Sunday, Feb. 24
2 p.m. NASCAR Folds of Honor QuickTrip 500 FOX/PRN

Track Facts:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Atlanta_Motor_Speedway.svg/200px-Atlanta_Motor_Speedway.svg.png

Distance 500.5 miles (805.476 km)
Laps 325 (Stage 1: 85 Stage 2: 85 Stage 3: 155)

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
Opened: 1960

Track Records & Stats

Feb 2018 Race Winner: #4-Kevin Harvick, 143.068mph, started 3th
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

Track Qualifying Record: Geoffrey Bodine, 11/16/1997, 197.478mph
Last Race Won from 1st Starting Position: Kasey Kahne (03/19/2006)
Youngest Pole Winner: Terry Labonte, 3/15/1981 - 24 years, 3 months, 27 days
Oldest Pole Winner: Harry Gant, 11/14/1993 - 53 years, 10 months, 4 days
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Bobby Labonte, Nov 2001, started 39th
Pole Winners: 46

Most Races - All Time: Richard Petty, 65
Most Races - Active Driver: Dale Earnhardt Jr., 29
Most Wins - All Time: Dale Earnhardt, 9
Most Wins - Active Driver: Jimmie Johnson, 5
Most Poles - All Time: Buddy Baker and Ryan Newman, 7
Most Poles - Active Driver: Ryan Newman, 7
Most Top 5s All-Time: 26 - Dale Earnhardt [46 starts]
Most Top 5s Active: 14 - Jimmie Johnson
Most Top 10s: 33 - Richard Petty [65 starts]
Most Top 10s Active: 17, Matt Kenseth; 16, Jimmie Johnson


Data based on info from 2017... Jayski is no longer updated.

[4me2c]

1. Kyle Busch
2. Chase Elliott
3. Joey Logano
4. Jimmie Johnson

[Ryu]

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr

[ranagee]

Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano

[crazed 9.6]

Bowyer is hard on it in the first two sessions at qualifying... that is till his team-mate Almirola had something to say about it !!

[Marley]

im missing something why 4 spots

[Marley]

Kevin Harvick ****
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin

[4me2c]

im missing something why 4 spots

http://iptvtalk.net/showthread.php?40158-2019-NASCAR-Pool-Open-to-all-members&p=251162&viewfull=1#post251162

[dishuser]

im missing something why 4 spots

you picked 4 drivers last race ;)

[dara]

Starting order

No. 1 Aric Almirola 10
No. 2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 17
No. 3 Clint Bowyer 14
No. 4 Denny Hamlin 11
No. 5 Daniel Suarez 41
No. 6 Kyle Busch 18
No. 7 Kyle Larson 42
No. 8 Kurt Busch 1
No. 9 Martin Truex Jr. 19
No. 10 Austin Dillon 3
No. 11 Jimmie Johnson 48
No. 12 Michael McDowell 34
No. 13 Ryan Newman 9
No. 14 Paul Menard 21
No. 15 Erik Jones 20
No. 16 Alex Bowman 88
No. 17 William Byron 24
No. 18 Kevin Harvick 4
No. 19 Brad Keselowski 2
No. 20 Matt DiBenedetto 95
No. 21 Ty Dillon 13
No. 22 Chase Elliott 9
No. 23 David Ragan 38
No. 24 Corey Lajoie 32
No. 25 Ryan Preece 47
No. 26 Ryan Blaney 12
No. 27 Joey Logano 22
No. 28 Daniel Hemric 8
No. 29 Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. 43
No. 30 Chris Buescher 37
No. 31 Matt Tifft 31
No. 32 Ross Chastain 15
No. 33 Landon Cassill 00
No. 34 Parker Kligerman 96
No. 35 Garrett Smithley 77
No. 36 Cody Ware 51
No. 37 BJ McLeod 52

[Marley]

yea but i didnt know why we did 4 now

[dara]

simple... you get one throw-away pick, so if one of your guys wrecks, you still have a chance for the high score, and overall championship. Now if you have two DNFs, well, you may need to hope others are in that same situation. You could use the throw-away pick as a kind of wild card... pick someone that you wouldn't normally pick.

[stilled]

Kevin Harvick ****
Kyle Busch
Kurt Busch
Brad Keselowski (Bitch BK) :)

[dishuser]

Kyle Busch

Martin Truex Jr.

Paul Menard

Kevin Harvick ***

[dara]

Clint Bowyer
Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick **

[Orziz]

Kyle Busch*
Aric Amirola
Chase Elliot
Martin Truex Jr

[82harley]

Kevin Harvick***
Joey Logano
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch

[superbox]

Kyle Busch*
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin

[crazed 9.6]

Clint Bowyer ***
Aric Amirola
Jimmie Johnson
Paul Menard

[dara]

Scheduled Green Flag is 2:16p Eastern. This is the first race using smaller spacers, but won't be using the modified aero package for more downforce. Next week at Vegas, they will be using the smaller spacers, and modified aero package for the faster tracks.

[minitor]

Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick*
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin

[TimeKeeper]

Aric Almirola
Clint Bowyer
Kyle Busch***
Daniel Suarez

[bigstar]

Kevin Harvick *
Chase Elliott
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin

[4me2c]

Lol, is Stenhouse trying to get Out of the Dog-house by looking like Ky Busch...?!?

[dara]

A little late, but green flag.. will post the picks in a bit. Mid point for the first stage is about 43 laps

[dara]

1. Kyle Busch
2. Chase Elliott
3. Joey Logano
4. Jimmie Johnson


Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr


Martin Truex Jr.*****
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano


Kevin Harvick ****
Kyle Busch
Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin


Kevin Harvick ****
Kyle Busch
Kurt Busch
Brad Keselowski (Bitch BK) :)


Kyle Busch

Martin Truex Jr.

Paul Menard

Kevin Harvick ***


Clint Bowyer
Kyle Busch
Kyle Larson
Kevin Harvick **


Kyle Busch*
Aric Amirola
Chase Elliot
Martin Truex Jr


Kevin Harvick***
Joey Logano
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch


Kyle Busch*
Kevin Harvick
Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin


Clint Bowyer ***
Aric Amirola
Jimmie Johnson
Paul Menard


Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick*
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin


Aric Almirola
Clint Bowyer
Kyle Busch***
Daniel Suarez


Kevin Harvick *
Chase Elliott
Kyle Busch
Denny Hamlin

Here are the picks... adding stilled, minitor the champ and bigstar to our participants. You guys will get 61 points for the first race.

[dara]

We're over half way into the first stage.

Favorites by driver:
Bowyer: crazed
Ky.Busch: 4me2c, Ryu, superbox, Timekeeper, orziz
Harvick: dara, 82harley, marley, dishuser, stilled, minitor, bigstar
truex: ranagee

Other drivers:
Almirola
Ku. Busch
Elliott
Hamlin
Johnson
Keseloski
Larson
Logano
Menard
Suarez

[4me2c]

14 Entrants, Good Luck to All...!

[dara]

Larson wins the first stage

Order and points
Larson 10
Harvick 9
Almirola 8
KuBusch 7
Truex 6
Blaney 5
Logano 4
Hamlin 3
Stenhouse 2
Bowyer 1

[dara]

Kurt Busch had a interesting restart, almost got to the front, but Harvick was able to pull away after Kurt got loose. 4 Wide!

[dara]

Larson is strong in this race. Harvick had a problem going over a bump, and Kyle just zoomed by him. Smaller spacers are not forgiving if you come off the pedal for anything.

[dara]

Harvick wins stage 2, 10 bonus points to dara, 82harley, Marley, dishuser, stilled, minitor and bigstar

Points for stage
Harvick 10
Larson 9
Truex 8
Blaney 7
Hamlin 6
Logano 5
KuBusch 4
Jones 3
Ky Busch 2
Bowyer 1

[dara]

Looks like this will be between Larson and Harvick, if there aren't any big problems for either, or a questionable forced restart a couple laps before the finish, lol (that's what those guys in the back are for, crashing out just before the end.).

[4me2c]

Young Fan Feels the Pain when #18 has a Flat...!

[dara]

Kyle Busch kisses the wall, and cuts his right rear wall, giving our first 'real' caution.

[dara]

oops, Kyle Larson is too fast in the pits, and has to drop to the back of the lead lap, from the front.

[dara]

7 to go, and Bad Brad and Logano benefitted by pitting before the crash on pit road. Logano had tire probs,though. Truex down by 1 sec.

[dara]

Brad Keselowski wins the race, followed by Martin Truex and Kurt Busch.

Scores coming up

Almirola 38
Bowyer 34
KyBusch 33
KuBusch 45
Elliott 18
Hamlin 35
Harvick 52
Johnson 13
Keslowski 40
Larson 44
Logano 23
Menard 23
Truex 49
Suarez 27

[dara]

Congrats to stilled for the high score of 147!

https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/a67fcb75-6791-43ab-b17b-db5eadcb2d30.png

[dara]

Standings posted in the rules thread.

The podium:
dara 259
Ryu 248
superbox 240

[4me2c]

Congratz to... stilled ... on that 1st Win...!

[Marley]

yes congrats

[stilled]

Thank ya, hooked on a feeling this weekend,