NASCAR 2019 Race 15: Michigan FireKeepers Casino 400 race thread

[dara]

Schedule:

Friday, June 7
11:00 AM-7:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
1:00 PM MENCS ROOKIE MEETING, SPOTTER MEETING, & RANDOM DRAWING
2:05 PM-2:55 PM MENCS 1ST PRACTICE
4:05 PM-4:55 PM MENCS FINAL PRACTICE

Saturday, June 8
7:30 AM-1:30 PM MENCS GARAGE OPEN
12:05 PM MENCS QUALIFYING IMPOUND (SINGLE VEHICLE / ONE LAP ALL POSITIONS)

Sunday, June 9
10:00 AM MENCS GARAGE OPENS
12:00 PM MENCS DRIVER / CREW CHIEF MEETING (MICHIGAN ROOM)
1:20 PM MENCS DRIVER INTRODUCTIONS
2:00 PM MENCS RACE (STAGES 60/120/200 LAPS = 400 MILES)

Track facts:

Distance 400 miles (640 km)
Laps 200

Stage 1: Lap 60
Stage 2: Lap 120
Race: Lap 200

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png/210px-Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png

Track Specs:
Superspeedway: 2.0-mile D-shaped oval
Banking: turns: 18 degrees; straights: front stretch 12 degrees, backstretch 5 degrees
Backstretch Length: 2,242 feet
Frontstretch Length: 3,600 feet
73 feet wide with 10-foot apron in turns, 45 feet wide with 12-foot apron on straightaways
Pit lane is 50 feet wide and contains space for 44 individual pit areas
Pit Road Speed: 45mph
Seating Capacity: 71,000 [down from 84,000(2012), 108,000(2011) and 137,243(2006)]
Opened: 1968

Pit Stalls:
Length: 34 feet
Width: 21 feet


Track Records & Stats

June 2018 Race Winner: Clint Bowyer 132.723 mph, started 12th
Track Race Record: Dale Jarrett, June 1999, 173.997mph (no cautions)
Slowest Track Race Record: Richard Petty, 107.583mph, 8/24/1975
Oldest Race Winner: Harry Gant, 52 years, 7 months, 6 days, 8/16/1992
Youngest Race Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 24 days, 8/18/2013
Worst Starting Spot to Win: Mark Martin, started 32nd, 6/14/2009

June 2018 Pole Winner: Kurt Busch, 203.361 mph, finished 3rd
New Track Qualifying Record: #24-Jeff Gordon, August, 206.558mph (after repave 2012)
Old Track Qualifying Record: #12-Ryan Newman, June 2005, 194.232mph (before repave 2012)
Oldest Pole Winner: Mark Martin, 53 years, 7 months, 8 days, 8/17/2012
Young Pole Winner: Joey Logano, 23 years, 2 months, 22 days, 8/16/2013

Most Wins: 9 - David Pearson
Most Poles: 10 - David Pearson
Most Top 5s: 21 - Cale Yarborough
Most Top 10s: 27 - Jeff Gordon

June race stats:

Race statistics

Lead changes: 7 among different drivers
Cautions/Laps: 8 for 30
Red flags: 1
Time of race: 2 hours, 00 minutes and 15 seconds
Average speed: 132.723 miles per hour (213.597 km/h)

[4me2c]

1) Joey Logano
2) Chase Elliott
3) Kyle Larson
4) Ricky Stenhouse


All I see for viewing on Sunday is FS1...!

[Ryu]

Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr

[Orziz]

Chase Elliott *
Clint Bowyer
Kyle Busch
Ryan Blaney

[dishuser]

1) Joey Logano
2) Chase Elliott
3) Kyle Larson
4) Ricky Stenhouse


All I see for viewing on Sunday is FS1...!

it's on tsn as well

[4me2c]

Latest News from Nascar.com :

Sunday June 9,
1 p.m., NASCAR RaceDay, FS1/FOX Sports App
2 p.m., Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series FireKeepers CASINO 400, FS1/FOX Sports App, (Canada: TSN2)

[ranagee]

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

[dara]

Starting order:

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

Joey Logano claimed the pole for the Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Michigan International Speedway, and he'll have plenty of company from fellow Ford drivers up front.

Fellow Ford driver Aric Almirola will start on the front row beside Logano, and Fords grabbed five of the top six positions and eight of the top 10 spots in qualifying Saturday for the FireKeepers Casino 400.

That gives the manufacturer bragging rights at the track located about an hour west of Detroit. Every manufacturer wants to do well at Michigan, something Ford executive Edsel Ford II outlined in a dinner with Ford drivers this week.

"We went to dinner the other night with Edsel, and he told us how important it was to have a victory here," Logano told FS1 afterward.

Now, Logano, Almirola, Kevin Harvick - who qualified third - and the other Ford drivers will have to get the job done Sunday. Starting up front definitely helps.

"It's such a huge advantage to be on the front row here at Michigan," Logano said, after winning his second pole of the season and the 22nd of his career.

The only non-Ford drivers in the top 10 are Denny Hamlin (Toyota) fourth and Kurt Busch (Chevrolet) seventh.

Race time is 2 p.m. Sunday.

[dishuser]

Kyle Busch ***
Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch

[dara]

Joey Logano **
Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch

[82harley]

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

[crazed 9.6]

I am going with what that Edsel guy says :eek:
Go Go Ford !!

Joey Logano
Aric Almirola
Kevin Harvick***
Brad Keselowski

[crazed 9.6]

my dad, who was alive when Edsel was first known,, my dad is 75 years , my dad is under heart surgery.. He is out of it now and trying to come back .. it is a hard tough road.

I will be watching tomorrows nascar race on laptop with my dad in the hospital room :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVSfxzZOCdk

[4me2c]

Keep the Faith crazed 8.4 and 4me Will Also...! He will bee Home Soon...!

[dara]

Projected green flag 2:10pm Eastern

WEATHER: The Weather Channel is calling for showers, with around a 45% chance of precipitation throughout the afternoon, with temperatures around 70 degrees.

Crazed... don't get your dad amped up on the race today. Sending good vibes for you and your dad!


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I may be off-line for the start, and possibly most of the race, as my schedule is in flux. I'll post the final entry list as soon as I can.

[Marley]

Kevin Harvick ####
Martin Truex Jr.
Brad Keselowski
Chase Elliott

[Marley]

wife mom had quad bypass gave her many more yrs just very hard for months out of Hospital but all will get better and God bless him prays save her for long time dementia got her that one is hell to go through wish to God no one goes threw that take care and i know thing should get better medicine is bomb now and 75 is young still got many more yrs to go and remind them that too

[stilled]

Joey Logano
Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick *****
Chase Elliott

[TimeKeeper]

Kurt Busch $$$$
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch
Clint Bowyer

[superbox]

Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*
Chase Elliott
Clint Bowyer

[bigstar]

Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick *
Kyle Busch
Brad Keselowski

[minitor]

Kyle Busch............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................
Kevin Harvick*.......................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..............
Chase Elliott........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................
Joey Logano

[dara]

Weather delay, possible start at 3:15p Eastern

[dara]

Projected start is now 3.02p

[dara]

1) Joey Logano
2) Chase Elliott
3) Kyle Larson
4) Ricky Stenhouse




Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch*
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr


Chase Elliott *
Clint Bowyer
Kyle Busch
Ryan Blaney


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


Kyle Busch ***
Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick
Kurt Busch


Joey Logano **
Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick
Kyle Busch


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


I am going with what that Edsel guy says :eek:
Go Go Ford !!

Joey Logano
Aric Almirola
Kevin Harvick***
Brad Keselowski


Kevin Harvick ####
Martin Truex Jr.
Brad Keselowski
Chase Elliott


Joey Logano
Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick *****
Chase Elliott


Kurt Busch $$$$
Brad Keselowski
Kyle Busch
Clint Bowyer


Kevin Harvick
Joey Logano*
Chase Elliott
Clint Bowyer


Joey Logano
Kevin Harvick *
Kyle Busch
Brad Keselowski


Kyle Busch............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................
Kevin Harvick*.......................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..............
Chase Elliott........................................... .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ................
Joey Logano

All entries are in, if you need to change your pick before green flag, let me know

[dara]

Light rain again after engine start, so delayed. The fastest track in NASCAR is slowed by Mother Nature.

[dara]

F1 Canada GP is in progress, so at least you don't have to stare at a rain delay.

[dara]

Wow, Sebastian Vettel finishes first but Lewis Hamilton wins because Vettel was penalized 5 seconds due to an unsafe re-entry. Vettel dominated, but it did look like he hindered Hamilton, and he stormed off to the lockers before the ceremony.

[dara]

wow. Vettel put the #2 sign in front of Hamilton's car. LoL. F1 drivers are the primadonnas of the racing world.

[dara]

So funny. Hamilton and the Ferrari builder gal celebrating with the champagne showers, but the Ferrari drivers on the side... feel sorry for LeClerc. I'd be pissed if I were Vettel, but he acted like a big baby, in the public eye.

[dara]

POSTPONED: The #FireKeepersCasino400 has been officially postponed until tomorrow - Monday, June 10 at 5 p.m. ET

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Next week is a bye, due to Fathers day, so they delay the trip west a day.

[4me2c]

Maybe Reception will bee better on the 'morrow...! :cool:

[dara]

Green flag projected sometime after 5pm eastern today. As a reminder, if you need to make a change from what I multi-quoted earlier, let me know.

📡: FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 200 Laps, 400 Miles
Stages: 60/120 /200
Average time of race: 2:53:05
Minimum speed: 12.5% = 42.91 seconds
Fuel window: 47 laps
Average # caution flags: 8
Pit road speed: 55 mph

[dara]

Green Flag!!~

Competition Yellow expected around lap 20.

[dara]

Favorites by driver:

Kyle Busch: dishuser, Ryu
Kurt Busch: TimeKeeper
Elliott: Orziz
Harvick: stilled, 82harley, minitor, Marley, bigstar, crazed
Logano: dara, superbox 4me2c
Truex: ranagee

Other drivers:
Almorla
Blaney
Bowyer
Keselowski
Larson
Stenhouse

[dara]

Joey Logano wins stage 1, 10 bonus points for dara, superbox, and 4m2c.

[dara]

Austin Dillon wins stage 2. No bonus points awarded. Kevin Harvick makes up his lost lap, and was 2nd in the stage.

[dara]

Bowyer hard into the wall. Will DNF.

[4me2c]

Don't look now but #4 is in 1st Place...!

Whoa, didn't last long and Logano is Back...! :cool:

[crazed 9.6]

Gonna be hard to get by Lagono .

With these last pits stops completed under green and with 14 laps to go..... It's show time !!

[dara]

dang it, caution. Overtime

[crazed 9.6]

this will change things :eek:

[crazed 9.6]

well that was kinda anti-climatic :(
Kurt really wanted that first win today... but getting close enough to Lagona it seems was not to be :eek:

[dara]

Joey Logano wins. 50 additional bonus point to dara, superbox and 4me2c

[dara]

Congrats to me, lol for the high score of 186.

https://i.imgur.com/jfasha3.png

[crazed 9.6]

Congrats to me, lol for the high score of 186.



nice job with 186 !!
Congrads dara :)

[dara]

Podium change, complete standings in the rules thread:

stilled: 2255
dara: 2094
dishuser: 2089

Next race is Sonoma, June 23. Have a great Fathers Day, and Tiger Watch.

[dishuser]

congrats on hi score dara

[4me2c]

Congratz on that Win dara...!

[dara]

Thanks guys!