Re: RPG Dover I TomS +1/+14On Sat, 31 May 2008 23:47:11 CST, "Tom S." <tscalfjr@cox,net > wrote:
>Well, we had a bit of a gully washer here and they had the same in
>Dover. But, they were able to get the N'wide race in so the track
>shouldn't be too green unless they have more rain tonight.
I was going to do this tomorrow, but the results won't be any
different then. What can you say about a race that has it's "bit one"
on lap 18?? And it involved half of the top 12!! That has got to
sting.
I do plan - sometime this week - to post a mid season look at how my
preseason chase picks are looking.
>
>Winner - It would be sort of nice to see Jeremy Mayfield (subbing in
>the #40) take the checkers. Sort of a "I told you I could drive".
>But, I don't think it will happen. The winner will be Ryan Newman.
>
+0 Nope. Ryan couldn't do any better than 14th today. He wasn't that
bad, but not nearly as good as the leaders.
>1. Bobby Labonte starts 19th, but will get a top 10 for the king.
+0 He got caught up in the big one. Relatively minor damage but it
put him two laps down and he continued to drift back until he was 9
laps down and in 32nd place at the end.
>
>2. JPM seems to be in a bit of a sophomore slump, but he will come
>out of it for the race and score a top 15.
+1 Yeah!! A point with a 12th place finish!!
>
>3. Mikey and his boys just don't seem to have it this weekend. All
>three MWR cars finish 31st or worse.
+0 They finished 27th 28th and 30th.
>
>4. What have I missed?? Matt Crafton driving the #7 for Robby
>Gordon? Doesn't make much difference. He will finish 35th or worse.
>
+0 Robbie kept his nose fairly clean, didn't get caught in the big
one and finished 19th.
>5. AJ Allmendinger will be the highest finishing rookie.
>
+0 Not by a long shot. In fact, he was the last rookie.
Segment total going in - +13
Race total - +1
Final count for first segment - +14 (almost tripling my +5 from last
year)
Tom S.