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8/31/08
NASCAR Sprint cup Series: Pepsi 500 Live Thread
It's A Battle Royale Tonight To Reach The Chase
It's the final fling of summer.  Baseball is about to hit the home stretch, the NFL regular season starts next week, and college football is back!  NASCAR's "regular season" is about to come to an end as well.  Just 2 races remain.  The 26-race-long Race to the Chase began back in February at the 50th running of the Daytona 500. 

After a grueling season, it's all come down to this, just 2 more races to determine the Top 12 who will battle it out for a championship.  Auto Club Speedway hosts its final Labor Day race tonight.  The race starts at 8:00pm ET, are you ready to rock?  Earnhardt Jr. and Johnson will clinch a "playoff berth" if you will after tonight's race.  Burton has a chance, but even if he doesn't clinch tonight, all he'll basically have to do is start his car at Richmond to clinch.  Behind those 3, there are 12 drivers fighting for the 7 remaining "playoff spots."

What can we expect to see tonight?  Will someone else fall out of the Chase?  Will a first-time winner emerge?  Will one of the 5 Winless Chasers finally make it back to victory lane?  Will Edwards and Busch go at it again?  There's only one way to answer these questions, you gotta tune into ESPN tonight for 250 laps of all-out melee under the lights in Southern California.  This is your official open race thread to discuss the happenings before, during, and after the race.
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8/31/08
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Red Bull Racing needs to keep AJ Almendinger.  I know that Scott Speed is progressing wonderfully, but give him one more year of development, keep Almendinger, and then start up a 3rd team for Speed in 2010.  Red Bull has a good thing going with Almendinger and Vickers (and eventually Speed) and they'd be stupid to let any of those guys get away from them.

8/31/08
2
How come Drew can't be that enthusiastic on the show?

8/31/08
0
Can Jeff finally win a race??  Streaks like these make you realize how awesome a win really is.

8/31/08
0
The 18 & 99 are pitting right next to each other...that oughta be fun.

8/31/08
4
Red Bull Racing needs to keep AJ Almendinger.  I know that Scott Speed is progressing wonderfully, but give him one more year of development, keep Almendinger, and then start up a 3rd team for Speed in 2010.  Red Bull has a good thing going with Almendinger and Vickers (and eventually Speed) and they'd be stupid to let any of those guys get away from them.

8/31/08
0
Allmendinger continues to improve every week.

...and McMurray blew a tire at the worst part of the track.

8/31/08
0
Blaney is going backwards real fast.

8/31/08
0
Vickers looks good so far.  That guy is winning sometime soon.

8/31/08
0
and Dale Jr. has made it halfway to the front already

8/31/08
1

Holy s***!  Well that was certainly no phantom debris caution!


8/31/08
0
He's okay now, things have steadied themselves......aaaaand Rusty's old car loses a tire as he's talking.

8/31/08
0
Well Jr and Johnson both have to finish 40th or better and they're in the Chase.  So even though I'd like to see him run well in tonight's battle, he'll win the "regular season" war if only 3 cars finish behind him.

8/31/08
1
LMAO, Shrub just lost 3 positions in half a lap!

8/31/08
0
Yeah Joe, we know you're okay...but your car ain't!

8/31/08
0

Vickers lost one of his nuts again!  That's 2 nights in a row, he might wanna go get that checked!


8/31/08
0
kramer wrote:

Vickers lost one of his nuts again!  That's 2 nights in a row, he might wanna go get that checked!

Well... does he have anymore to lose?

He's had some rough luck this year, and it always seem to bite him when his cars are the best.

8/31/08
0
kantwistaye wrote:
Well... does he have anymore to lose?

He's had some rough luck this year, and it always seem to bite him when his cars are the best.
Well just like last night he got it all back on the race track.  He fell from 3rd back to 13th with that problem on the last pit stop, and he was back to 3rd again once green flag pit stops happened.

8/31/08
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kramer wrote:

Vickers lost one of his nuts again!  That's 2 nights in a row, he might wanna go get that checked!

And two nights in a row you got to say that.

8/31/08
0
Even though the track has yet to completely change, is it possible for the track to change enough to bring JJ back to the field?  He is dominating, to say the least.

8/31/08
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TerikaHarifa wrote:
And two nights in a row you got to say that.
I also get to say this 2 nights in a row as Truex had to come back down pit road, DW's famous line...you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheeeeeel!

8/31/08
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kantwistaye wrote:
Even though the track has yet to completely change, is it possible for the track to change enough to bring JJ back to the field?  He is dominating, to say the least.
Now we'll get to find out.

8/31/08
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kramer wrote:
I also get to say this 2 nights in a row as Truex had to come back down pit road, DW's famous line...you picked a fine time to leave me loose wheeeeeel!
great!!  now I miss DW.  Rusty is a sucka** commentator.  he says THE dumbest crap I have ever heard.  "The important thing to do is make sure you maintain control of your car, especially in the turns."    wow.  really, rusty do ya think?!?!?!? 

8/31/08
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TerikaHarifa wrote:
great!!  now I miss DW.  Rusty is a sucka** commentator.  he says THE dumbest crap I have ever heard.  "The important thing to do is make sure you maintain control of your car, especially in the turns."    wow.  really, rusty do ya think?!?!?!? 
That's why DJ is in the booth now.  He's a smart man and is a great commentator, just like his dad.

8/31/08
0
HEY HEY!  Jr. is into the Chase!  Burton is next on the list, and he's running right on the border of where he needs to finish to make it in (15th is the magic position for Burton).

8/31/08
0
Goddamn, this track is only 11 years old and it's falling apart!

8/31/08
1
Well, would you look at that gorgeous sunset!!!

8/31/08
0
Wow, JJ is dominant.  The only way he loses is if he blows it.

8/31/08
0
WEEEEEE goes a Gordon!

8/31/08
0
This will be interesting.  We're really about to see what Johnson has now.

8/31/08
0
The only way Johnson doesn't win this race is by beating himself.

8/31/08
0
Oh oh, Biffle's catching him!

8/31/08
2
Forget I just said that.

 
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