Nascar 2007

**Cinder & Smoke** · 08-21-2007, 11:33 AM

NUTZ!

NO Race coverage on the Radio - talking heads are yappin away.

Race got off to a **shakey** start >>>

8:44 a.m. -- It's Tuesday and everyone is hoping to see some racing today. The good news is currently it is not raining at MIS, the bad news, the track is still really wet. It could take a while to get the track dry but here's hoping the green will fly at 10 a.m. as scheduled.

9:27 a.m. -- The green flag has been moved up from 10:13 a.m. ET to 10:08 a.m. ET. There will be a competition caution at Lap 25 to allow teams to make adjustments. Teams can not take fuel before the Lap 25 caution.

10:01 a.m. -- Army Sergeant Michelle Huerth delivers the command we've all been waiting for: "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
10:08 a.m. -- The cars are off pit road and making their pace laps.

10:09 a.m. -- The race will start under yellow to help dry the track and keep the speeds down.

10:10 a.m. -- Jeff Burton, Martin Truex Jr., Jamie McMurray and Dale Earnhardt Jr. will move to the rear of the field after making changes to their cars.

10:14 a.m. -- GREEN/YELLOW FLAG: The race is under way and under caution. Jeff Gordon will lead the first lap and earn the five bonus points

Lap 11 -- RED FLAG: The cars are hitting pit road as the spotters and NASCAR officials can't see the whole track due to fog. Teams are not allowed to work on the cars and the drivers will remain behind the wheel.

10:40 a.m. -- Drivers are exiting from their cars and the delay looks like it is going to be a while.

10:53 a.m. -- The drivers are getting back in their cars and are getting ready to hit the track again.

Lap 11 -- YELLOW FLAG: The engines have been fired back up and the cars are back on the track. Competition caution has been moved to Lap 30.

Lap 12 -- The drivers have received the one to go.

Lap 13 -- GREEN FLAG: Jeff Gordon brings the field to speed and the 3M Performance 400 is finally under way.

Lap 14 -- LEAD CHANGE: Greg Biffle had a great restart and passed Jeff Gordon for the lead.

Lap 40+ - - Green Flag ...

**Cincy'sMom** · 08-21-2007, 11:55 AM

I've got the ESPN streamed coverage up on my computer at Nascar.com. A very staticy radio braodcast in my ear and a watchful eye for bosses walking by....

Tony's up to the Top 10! Go Tony!

**Cinder & Smoke** · 08-21-2007, 01:41 PM

WHAT HAPPENED ???

**Cincy'sMom** · 08-21-2007, 02:41 PM

To who? The results?

Kurt Busch won. Denny was 5th, Bobby 9th, Tony 10th and Jeff fell to 27th

Thanks for punting him, Matty!!!

**Cinder & Smoke** · 08-21-2007, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Cincy'sMom

To who? The results?

No - Who *smacked* Who on Lap #199?

Laps-to-Go started goin UP at that point.

**Cincy'sMom** · 08-21-2007, 03:01 PM

Couldn't tell on the computer if anyone really smacked...Biffle got loose and spun. Not sure if it was a tire or if he had help.

Just talked to my co-worker who was at the race. He said they barely cared if you even had a ticket and told them to sit where ever! Thanks for calling me and telling me to come up!!! Oh yeah, I didn't think that, he says!

maybe Anna and Mark were able to improve their seats! Looking forward to hearing how they enjoyed the race.

**Angus's Dad** · 08-21-2007, 09:27 PM

We made history
First ever racing after a rain delay on Tuesday.

Come hell or high water we were going to make it to the race.

After only 4 hrs of sleep we got up and headed to MI. Little did we know there would be flooding on I-75. We almost floated our way to the race

We enjoyed our seats and had a great view of the whole track, even with the fog we could see pretty good so we just stayed where we were.
Got some good pictures after the fog cleared. I'll post the link when I get them uploaded.

Too bad Denny or Tony didn't win, but we'll take what we can get.

It was an interesting weekend to say the least