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

[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!

 

[dara]

Standings posted in the rules thread.

The podium:
dara 259
Ryu 248
superbox 240