Pocono '05:

18 left front tires blown?

• Jr x2
• Leftler
• Kahne x3
• Rudd x5
• Newman x2
• Lepage
• Tony x2
• Scott R x2

Brian Vickers had a right rear problem.

That's a total of 18 left fronts and 19 total tires. YIKES!

Goodyear's tire officials say the following things caused this

• quartori/rumberstrip ---> running low in corner and hitting it
• air pressure
• camber (Kahne)
• panels (Jr)
• brackets (Tony)
• contact

Partway through the race, Walt Smith *DEI's Pit crew cordinator* swapped Shawn and Chris off of the 8 crew with Robbie and Danny off of the 15 crew which made me think. How many crew members can I name per crew off by heart? I got 5 for Martin, 4 for Mikey & 4 for Jr.

CAR NICKNAMES FOR THE WEEKEND

Jenny was the car Martin ran at Nashville; DW nicknamed Jr's car "Jackrabbit" and my popa called mikey's the "Dead hare" due to running up front then back. Yet I think it came back alive since he got a good finish. GOOD JOB MIKEY!

TOP 3 at one pt. And look at the ages.

1. Brian Vickers 21yrs old
2. Carl Edwards 25yrs old
3. Mark Martin 46yrs old

If you notice, Brian+Carl=Mark. Pretty cool huh?

FASTEST FOUR TIRE STOPS (in seconds)

1. Elliot 12.9
2. Kev 13.4
3. Jamie 13.7
4. Mark 13.8
5. Joe 14
6. Jimmie 14
7. Jeff 17.4
8. Tony 15
9. Matt 19.3

Incase your wonder, the fastest pit stop ever is 11.73 done by the NAPA Boys last year (last yr they were the brew crew).

FASTEST TWO TIRE STOPS (in seconds)

1. Sterling 6.6 yet they got a penilty
2. Jeremy 6.8
3. Kyle 7.1
4. Carl 7.4
5. Brian 7.8
6. Mikey 8

Ryan was 7 seconds with fuel only

TOP 10

1. Carl "backflipping" Edwards
2. Brian Vickers
3. Front Row Joe Nemechek
4. Kyle Busch a.k.a Shrub
5. Mark "Can't keep me down" Martin
6. Michael Waltrip a.k.a Mikey
7. Jimmie "Spongebob" Johnson
8. Kevin Harvick a.k.a Happy
9. Jeff "Super G" Gordon
10. Rusty "Russell" Wallace

PTS

1. Spongebob
2. Greg "Superman" Bifle -119
3. Elliot "Candyman" Sadler
4. Backflipper
5. Can't keep me down

(C) Ashley M, Nov. 29th 2005

(R) The NASCAR Palace, Nov. 29th 2005