Last week all the races in the Trifecta ended with late drama.  The Nationwide event saw a late caution forcing a decision to pit or not to pit for tires, determine the outcome.  The Kentucky Derby ended on a very sad note with the filly Eight Belles finishing second and having to be euthenized right after the event.  And then there was an almost overlooked incident at the end of the Sprint cup event where the 88 and 18 got together.  I wonder if anyone saw that, or a replay of it.  Anyway, after all that drama Dwindy1 cruised in what ended up being a snoozer of a Trifecta.  He led wire to wire and was never really threatened for the lead.   Congratulations again Dwindy1, Denny Hamlin could learn a thing or two about how to close out a dominating performance from you.

 
This week another serving of NASCAR sandwich, but instead of 1 horse power the meat in between these slices will be from Turkey consisting of closer to 900 hp

 The first race on the menu will be the the Nationwide event on the newly paved Darlington Speedway.  The old lady got a new black dress and this is going to mean fast racing in the Cup support series, starting at 7:00pm ET Friday.  This is when your picks are due. 

The second piece of bread is the Sprint Cup race from the track too tough to tame. It goes on Saturday night at 7:00 ET   

And finally the meat sees the Formula 1 cars battle for supremacy in Istanbul going off at 8:00 am ET Sunday.  Also with no news of Fred sliding into one of the red cars this weekend yours truly is the first one out of the Alonso moves Ferrari pool.

This weekend also signals the official coming of spring here as it will be the first “outside” race of the year.  (I like to enjoy the races on my little T.V. set up on the back porch with my favorite beverage (which is currently my home brewed beer)).  Hope you all enjoy, Cheers.

Last Sunday all the races in the Talladega Trifecta took place.  Forensic2 sat on the edge of capturing his third straight victory vying to tie the all time Trifecta record of 3 wins in a row.  Fittingly the lead was as much a hot potato as the lead of a restrictor plate race and changed hands after every race.  In a surprise turn of events Dave_in_Indy an admitted open wheel fan, was able to run the table and collect his first Trifecta victory of the year. It should not be too much of a surprise though as 2 of the races were of the fender-less variety.  Non the less, congratulations to Dave_in_Indy on your win with a score of 14

 

This week’s NASCAR events will create the bread in a Kentucky Derby sandwich for the Twin Spires Trifecta

 

First up on Friday night the Nationwide series will go after it under the lights of Richmond International Raceway.  The Lipton Tea 250 goes at 7:00 pm ET

 

Second, just after 6:00 pm ET, the 134th Kentucky Derby will be called to the post.  As we sit now 20 horses are entered in the event and your favorite can be found here.  Also check out this blog if you really want some in depth information.

 

Third will be the Sprint Cup event, the Crown Royal 400 set for Saturday night at 7:00pm ET. 

 

All drivers/horses are eligible to be picked and double pick penalties will be applied.  Your car race picks are due before the start of the Nationwide race, but if you need to edit your Derby picks (horses are often scratched very late) you can do so until 6:00 pm Saturday.  Please do so in a second comment though as the time on your comment determines who picked said driver first.

Thanks for your cooperation and participation and I hope everyone gets to enjoy a mint julep, or just the adult beverage of your choice while watching the most exciting 2 minutes in sports.  Don't forget your hat ladies...

This is a post that I have considered doing various weekends, but I never feel like I have enough time to reel it off.  Maybe I should petition jon_464 to add it to his good, bad and ugly posts, but i have to mention it this week
The headache of the week award has to go to Sebastian Vettel. For the 3rd out of 4 races the Torro-Rosso driver was punted off track and retired with out completing a lap.  This is the same driver who subbed  brilliantly for Robert Kubica last year after horrifying crash in Montreal.  Imo he is a good driver, but can't buy a break..

Well maybe the unpredictability of Talladega will be enough to slow Forensic2 down, whose score in the last 2 trifecti (a combined 8) would still be low enough to take any week so far this year and almost all of last year.  A job well done Forensic, I don’t know if we should chalk it up to experience or if you have been extremely lucky.  If this keeps up we are going to have to introduce some sort of NASCAR style rule to equalize the field.

This week I wanted to share a few more pictures with you and as well as the Trifecta maybe answer a little trivia question.

 These pictures were taken quite a few years ago, when my brother and I went on our first major adventure to the south, to Talladega.  I was still young and a young NASCAR fan but the things we did see on this trip shaped the fan I have become. We stopped in Charlotte to see the shops.  At Hendrick motorsports we were able to walk right in to the race car shops and boy did our jaws drop when we went through the door of that non- descript, grey box, building.  This is what we saw.

This is actually three pictures from a point of view standing in the corner, sweeping 90 across the shop floor,  I have been to Hendrick more recently and boy has it changed, making this memory even sweeter.  We were invited in, to look closer at the car that my brother (the number 50 shirt) is standing beside and the car behind that one was the car they had raced at Martinsville with 3 days before. The back end sheet metal was all torn away and it was already being rebuilt.  It was pretty cool.

 

This one I have tried to post before is of our set up in the camping field.  We drove 20 hours in a chevette through the mountains.  We were young. The trip killed that car.

 

And this is the trivia question.  It was taken at Talladega, and is of a driver we followed up here in the northeast, racing on dirt for many years before this.  Do you know who it is? And what significance does Talladega hold for him?

 And on with the Trifecta…it’s easy this week

 First up, on Sunday at 8:00 am ET the Formula 1 cars launch in Spain at Catalunya. 

 Second the Sprint Cup parking lot races for restrictor plate supremacy at Talladega, starting at 1:00 pm ET

 And the final race is the last we will hear the IRL cars as they go into hibernation until the Indianapolis 500 in the biggest weekend of the year for the Trifecta.   They are in Kansas and the race is scheduled to go at 5 pm ET.

 

Picks are due at 7:30 on Sunday morning and all the same penalties apply.  Good luck to all (although Forensic doesn’t need it, apparently) and thanks for your participation.

First looking back at the Something Different Trifecta we find Forensic2 whipped the rest of us by scoring a minuscule 4. Picking the winners of the Little 500 and the Phoenix cup race, his only blemish (and a very slight one at that) was second in the Jack Ingram Cup race. The bike race added some fun, but was not researched well enough by the team here at Trifecta head quarters and thus was the cause of more than a bit of confusion. First of all a few people picked female teams only, competing in the women’s little 500, which was not what I originally intended, but I have included their scores from that women’s event. Also the list I linked to was not very up to date and 3 teams that were chosen from it did not even compete in the race, so my apologies go out to Hanahan, Dwindy1 and YeeMum who I had to score a 34 for that event. Here are the results from last weekend

Forensic2-----------4
Photogr-------------16
JayJayDean--------18
williamwilman----19
Gerrel----------------24(I accepted your original pick which finished 12th instead of 16th in the men’s event)
HotfootLori---------24(ironically you and Gerrel tied, and both were the ones’ to pick from the female group)
Dave_in_Indy-------47
Hanahan-------------49
jon_464---------------60
Dwindy1--------------65
YeeMum--------------87(not exactly setting any records, but I love the pick of sentimental favourites like landon. It’ll make for a cool read if he posts after he upset wins one of these things, eh.)

Now on to this weeks action, or shall I say non-action. This week neither Sprint Cup nor Formula 1 is running, so we are going to have to go to far reaching places to fill in the Trifecta.

The first race on the card is the IRL race from Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. It goes at 12:00 AM ET Saturday morning (that’s Friday night for all you crazy partiers). This is when your picks are due.

The second event is the 3 race championship series stop in Hamilton NZ for the V8 Supercars. You are picking a driver to come away with the most points for the weekend, not just 1 race. Our sponsor Tezgm99 tells me this is how it works downunder and you can check out his blog for more information about the race. The first race takes off early Saturday morning at…um…er pretty early in the morning ET and there will be 2 more races early Sunday morning. I’m not sure of the exact time difference, but I’m hoping Tez can help us out. Also check out this site if you’re unfamiliar with drivers in that series.

The final race is the Nationwide road course race from Mexico City, Mexico. All drivers are eligible to be picked for this one which goes off at 1:30 pm ET Sunday.

Same rules apply for double picks. I thought about trying to include one these final CART races, but I can’t get any information from their website so they lose out. Good luck to everyone

First of all I would like to apologize for posting a little late this week. It has been a wild party here at headquarters since williamwilman’s victory in the Texas Trifecta. I was successful (a.k.a BLEEP lucky) in picking the winners of the IRL and Sprint cup race to win the weekend going away. To top off my weekend I was also correct in picking the Kansas Jayhawks to win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Unfortunately this was one of the few bright spots in my bracket. Things are calming down now in time for an early card of races in Phoenix and something a little different in this week’s Trifecta.

The first race this week is the Nationwide event set to start at 9:30pm ET Friday night. For this race we will be playing “Jack Ingram Cup” rules, meaning only drivers who have never won a Cup level points paying event are eligible to be selected. Check out our sponsor JayJayDean’s preview of the race.

The Final race of the weekend will be the Sprint Cup event. All drivers are okay to pick for this one and it goes off at 8:00 pm Saturday.

The meat of the sandwich that these races create is going to be The Little 500. For those who don’t know (that was me a couple of weeks ago) this is an intramural bicycle relay race that is held at Indiana University every spring. It has been going annually since 1951 and was featured in a film called “Break Away” in 1979. For those not familiar with the race, or the teams participating, check out the link and click on "teams" at the top of the page.

It goes at 2:00 PM (Indiana time(I’m unsure if they are eastern or central time). Special thanks go to another of our sponsors, Dave_in_Indy, for the suggestion this week.

Same rules apply for double picks this week, and are due before the start of the Nationwide race. If you have any suggestions for something you’d like to see in the Tri, just let me know and I will try to incorporate it. Good luck to everyone.

First off an official congratulations goes out to HotfootLori, who fought her way through traffic to claim the “American Open Wheel Becomes One Trifecta” last week. Her weekend started out mid-pack, after the truck race, but steadily she moved up and in dramatic fashion, correctly picked the winner of the cup race to leave all rivals in her dust.  Well done Lori. 

This week the Trifecta will touch the 3 major automobile racing series’ and all races will take place on Sunday.

First Formula 1 visits the small desert island country of Bahrain.  This is the first F1 race this year that will roll off at a respectable time for us living in the eastern time zone, 7:00 AM.  In road course racing, as in golf, it is well known that the sand trap is not the place to be.  This weekend the sand proves to be all around the track, which aside from being a hazard off the course, can cause problems on the racing surface as the wind can blow sand on it, making it exceedingly slick. Add in the removal of traction control and this race could have fewer finishers than the Australian Grand Prix.

Second, scheduled to go off at 1:30pm ET is the Sprint cup race from Texas.
 

Last but not least is the street course race for the IRL being held in Saint Petersburg Florida. It starts at 2:30pm ET. Maybe a street course will give an advantage to some of the old CART drivers.  It appears to me that the course has undergone some reconstruction, and will encompass a little of the small air port there.  Does anyone know when this construction was done?  Last year already?  Google Earth pictures show it still under construction.
 

As you can see really like Google Earth.  It’s like going on vacation when you are on your computer.  Very cool stuff.  You can even make out the graders and construction equipment in Florida.  You can even see the old start finish line on the road.  Very cool indeed.

All the same rules apply for this week, but if we get more than 15 people playing I will waive the penalties for double picks in both open wheel events.

After enduring years of bitter breakup this weekend marks the reuniting race of the major open wheel series’ in North America. The 2 sides will pick up the pieces and begin the long ascent of the Everest before them. Although much has been answered in the short few weeks since the merger was announced, a lot of questions remain about how open wheel racing will be re-accepted into the fendered culture that has prevailed for the last 10 years. Many have attributed NASCAR’s success in these recent years at least in part to the lack of a formidable foe. Do you think that NASCAR has built up enough of a stock pile of recognizable drivers, tracks and high profile series’ to keep the IRL down at the foot of the mountain? Time will tell but as I am already learning as a parent, solidarity is a must in being able to compete against an admirable foe (or child).

The first race in the Trifecta this week is the Craftsman Truck Series Race from Martinsville Speedway. It will start at 3:00 pm ET Saturday

The second race will be the IRL race from Homestead Miami Speedway set to go off at 8:00pm ET Saturday night. Should be good, under the lights

The final race will be the Sprint Cup race from Martinsville Speedway to start at 1:30 ET Sunday afternoon. All the same rules apply

Just a side note I wanted to start an informal pool on when Fernando Alonso will move into the Ferrari seat. There has been much speculation that Alonso will be with Ferrari next year, and with the way Massa has stumbled out of the gate and Alonso’s discontent with his Renault; many experts believe it will happen sooner. All you need to do is select the race you think this will directly precede. Once a race is selected it comes off the board. Here are the remaining events

Bahrain-April 6
Spain-April 27
Turkey-May 11-williamwilman
Monaco-May 25-HotfootLori
Canada-June 8
France-June 22-YeeMum
Britain-July 6-jon_464
Germany-July 20-Gerrel
Hungary-August 3-klvalus
Europe-August 24-moseby
Belgium-September 7
Italy-September 14-Dwindy1
Singapore-September 28-JayJayDean
Japan-October 12
China-October 19
Brazil-November 2
End of the season- Tezgm99

Congratulations go out to Gerrel, a rookie this year who backed up her first week win in the Trifecta hosted by HotfootLori, taking the Trifecta Returns Home. As impressive as winning two weeks in a row, Gerrel has done it with remarkable low scores of 16 in both weeks and beat 10 other contestants this week.

Albert Park, site of the AustralianGrand Prix from google earth

This week there will not be a Trifecta. We have the Nationwide Series visiting Nashville, on Saturday and The Formula1 cars in Kuala Lumpur Sunday, but I could not find a third race going on anywhere in the world this weekend. It is just as well though, as Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and his victory over sin. I pray you are able to celebrate with family and friends this weekend and can take at least a few moments reflecting on what He has done for you.

The Formula 1 race is taking place at Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. This is one of the most beautiful and spectacular race tracks in the world. It was designed by Hemann Tilke, A German track designer, who has done others, but this is definitely my favorite.

I wanted to add a few other photos too. I was not able to post these on Dwindy1’s post (I can figure out how to do that in a comment) about Tony Stewart and dirt races, but here are 2 venues that the ARCA series visits, that are Dirt

Illinois State Fairgrounds

DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

And here are a few I wanted to share, because I just think they are cool.

My wife and son shovel while I watch the Atlanta Nationwide race. This was taken almost exactly when Kyle Busch blew his tire and hit the wall.

He looks like he did it all himself

All the snow makes for some really cool tunnels

Even if he doesn't make it to the big leagues I am determined to teach my son how to celebrate. (and yes that is his tony stewart hat. i tried for a half hour to get him to take the jeff gordon one, but he wanted tony stewart)

After being hosted by a able blogger (HotfootLori) last week, the Trifecta returns to its original home and will encompass NASCAR and Formula 1 this week.  The object of this game is to achieve the lowest score, picking drivers who you believe will win their respective races.  The finishing position of each chosen driver is summed to produce your score. The participant with the lowest score is declared the winner and gets praise and ribbing from fellow bloggers.

    This weekend’s events start with the Nationwide series visiting the half mile oval in Bristol.  If history has taught us anything this promises to be a long drawn out affair, with many caution periods and a parade of sprint cup stars at the front.  The race is scheduled to roll off at 2:00pm ET and this is when picks are due.  JayJayDean has written a great preview for this race if you want to check out who will be running this weekend.  All drivers are able to be picked
    The second race is the Formula 1 opener from Melbourne Australia.  It is scheduled to go at 12:30 am ET.  (That is the wee hours of the morning for any new fans hoping to catch the race.)  jbroomy has written a great preview of the season in his blog, if your wondering what to expect.
    The final race will be the Sprint cup event at Bristol to start at 1:30 pm ET.  Hopefully it will be a good race, as there were mixed reviews after the night race last fall when the track had been re-worked.

    All drivers are eligible to be picked, but a penalty will be given to folks who pick drivers already chosen.  For the formula 1 race the penalty will be 3 points and 5 points for both NASCAR events.

Well, well well… very nice of you to show your face again William.

First of all I must humbly apologize for completely bailing on you guys mid way through the chase.  The truth of the matter is that burning the candle at both ends with work and family and fun (blogging) finally caught up with me and I was knocked off my feet with a nasty bout of pneumonia.  After a 3 week hiatus from my life I found myself scrambling to get work and family back on track.  Then at work I was moved into a different department, requiring a lot of my time (overtime) and blogging took a back seat. By the time I had any free time to do that sort of thing, the chase was long over and Christmas was upon us.  I made a new years resolution to update the blog, but got swept up into the facebook revolution and honestly thought you all would have forgotten about it.   I was encouraged by the revival of the Trifecta this weekend by Hotfootlori and felt I had to make my re-appearance.

It has bothered me that I never finished this thing so here you have the break down of the final 4 weeks.  Thanks again to all who participated. 

….into the third turn they rush in a 2 by 2 formation (week 7 update)

photogr-------------34
williamwilman----34
volfan69------------36
IowaGirl------------36
Tezgm99------------38
Dave_in_Indy------40
JayJayDean---------40
jbroomy-------------44
SharplyBlunt-------48
HotfootLori---------50
Forensic2------------62
 

...down into the short chute the roar, still with no clear cut leader yet, although positions continue to jockey around… (week 8 update)
 

volfan69---------------38
IowaGirl---------------38
photogr-----------------40
williamwilman--------40
Dave_in_Indy---------42
Tezgm99---------------42
JayJayDean------------46
jbroomy----------------46
HotfootLori------------50
SharplyBlunt-----------52
Forensic2---------------60

…into the final turn they go and again all the position are up for grabs but a leader is starting to emerge…oh  it seems that Williams foot has slipped off of the accelerator (week 9 update)

photogr-------------30
volfan69------------34
IowaGirl------------38
Tezgm99-----------42
Dave_in_Indy-----46
JayJayDean--------46
jbroomy------------48
HotfootLori--------48
williamwilman----48
Forensic2-----------54
SharplyBlunt-------62

 
And here they come to the line.  It’s a three way battle for the lead. This is going to be close folks (in the true spirit of NASCAR manipulation).  And the winner is!!!!

 
photogr-----------34 (tiebreaker 420)
volfan69----------34 (tiebreaker 250)
IowaGirl----------34(tiebreaker 201)
JayJayDean------38
Tezgm99---------42
williamwilman—44(tiebreaker 380)
jbroomy-----------44(tiebreaker 300)
Dave_in_Indy----44(tiebreaker 0)
HotfootLori-------56(10 point penalty)
Forensic2----------58(tiebreaker 521)(20 point late penalty)
SharplyBlunt------58(tiebreaker 323)

 The tie-breaker was, to refresh your memory, the distance in points between 1st and 12th in the standings.  The actual number was 580

 Nice job photogr.  You hung out around the lead for the entire chase including setting the lowest recorded score in week 6.  You’re easily the winner, although it came right down to the wire.  Thanks again for participating everyone, and for being patient with me in this post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…they scramble down the backstretch and jockey for position heading into turn 3.

Well finally one of the Fox bloggers in the Chase has done it, breaking through the 30 point barrier and posting a 28. The Martinsville race was over shadowed by an amazing Formula 1 race before hand and a “caught on camera” pit road altercation afterwards. The race itself may have been good (if you like yellows), but could not keep my interest so I will not be commenting on it.
What I will comment on though is the great job photogr has done this entire weekend, not only taking the lead in the chase but winning the Brazilian Paperclip Trifecta. He has taken a page out of Jeff Gordon’s “how to dominate competition” book Well done photogr and here are your standings for each event.

The Brazilian Paperclip Trifecta

photogr-------------7
volfan69------------9
Forensic2----------26
jbroomy-----------28
Dave_in_Indy----28(nice comeback after finishing worst in the first 2 races)
williamwilman---38
YeeMum----------44( sorry you actually received 15 points in penalty. If it is any consolation you would have beat me with those picks).


And the Fox Bloggers Chase

photogr------------28
IowaGirl-----------32
williamwilman----34
Tezgm99-----------38
volfan69-----------38
JayJayDean--------40
jbroomy------------40
Dave_in_Indy-----40
HotfootLori--------46
SharplyBlunt------48
Forensic2----------64

be the way did anyone get a line on the tiebreaker. my vcr didn't get the whole truck race.( note to self make sure you rewind the tape before you begin recording)

Well it appears this year that even NASCAR, in all their meddling ways, couldn’t come up with as close a point chase as in Formula 1(check out jbroomy’s blog, a great preview to this race). Come to think of it, the IRL series had a wild finish, racing down to the last lap, make that that last corner to decide its champion. It seems with all the tinkering they are still in for a runaway. I know, its not over yet, but judging by the last 31 races and Gordon’s unwillingness to show even a crack in the armor, a lot of folks are writing the finale now. They still have to run the races though and that allows us to pick who we think are going to win them. Bringing us to The Brazilian Paperclip Trifecta.

The first race on the ticket this week is the Truck race from Martinsville. It goes off at 2:30pm ET. Saturday, so this is when your picks are due.

The next race is the Brazilian Grand Prix. It starts at 11:30 am ET Sunday. This has the potential to be one of the most interesting races of the year, make that the decade.

The last race is the Nextel Cup race also from Martinsville. It is scheduled to go off at 1:30 pm ET. Sunday

All drivers are open to be picked and picking drivers that have been chosen is a 5 point penalty.

This week we are going to have a tie breaker (more just for fun). How many laps is the longest green flag run going to be in the truck race?

Out of turn 2 and on to the back stretch they go, fanning out to find each one's position in the draft….

Well, Jeff Gordon couldn’t give that one away. After having it handed to him when teammate Jimmie Johnson backed his ride into the wall. He led a fare bit until the yellow flag flew with 12 to go. Not realizing how low in fuel he was he followed the pace car and when the race restarted (after a red flag to clean up some oil) Gordon found his car stumbling because of an air bubble in the fuel line from driving around the banking under caution. The cough gave Ryan Newman the chance to get around him and the other cars that got stacked up behind Gordon. As we all know Newman is able to lay down a blistering lap, but he showed that he was human by looping it and hammering the fence with 2 to go. Gordon led the cars around under caution, this time being smart and keeping his car on the level apron of the track, to pick up all the fuel possible. When the race restarted though, as a green-white-checkered, the debris picked up from the apron on Gordon’s tires caused them to spin on the restart. Clint Bowyer, the surprise of the chase, was too close behind Gordon and was unable to cleanly get around him, giving him a shot in the BLEEP getting the 24 moving. In victory lane Gordon was thankful for all the second chances and excited about his win.

I’m unsure of the number but I know that he has a startling number of back to back wins. Some where around 21 times he has won 2 races in a row. And don’t look now but next week is Martinsville, considered one of Gordon’s best tracks.

Other interesting note from this race was Matt Kenseth unbelievable bad luck. Vying for the nickname “pinball” he hit everything but the pace car. I’m sure he will be lobbying for a softer tire next time they come to Charlotte.

Speaking of bad luck it seemed that Scott Riggs was putting together a great run, after having announced this week he won’t be in that car next year, when Juan Pablo Montoya’s tire let go and took out Riggs, who was lapping him at the moment. It seems when ever he runs well he has problems.

Anyway, with the conclusion of this race marks the half way point in the chase and slowly Gordon is eliminating his competition with only 2 drivers within reach of his lead. Also drivers seem to be falling into their place in the standings as only half of the drivers changed their position this week.

Here are your standings
IowaGirl-----------30
williamwilman---32
photogr------------34
jbroomy-----------36
volfan69-----------36
Dave_in_Indy-----36
JayJayDean--------38
Tezgm99-----------38
SharplyBlunt------46
HotfootLori--------52
Forensic2-----------66

Out of the First turn and into the short shoot they roll.

Kansas could go down as the most controversial race of the year.  All in the name of the Chase, NASCAR was put in an uncomfortable position of trying to intervene between Mother Nature and fuel strategy.  In the end, though, they almost completely got their way, having 5 of the chaser’s finish in the top dozen (keeping the points still fairly close).

Here’s how your Fox Bloggers standing looked after Kansas

Photogr-------------36
volfan69-----------38
Dave_in_Indy-----40
IowaGirl-----------42
jbroomy------------42
williamwilman----42
Tezgm99-----------44
HotfootLori--------48
JayJayDean--------50
SharplyBlunt-------52
Forensic2-----------58

 

And into turn 2 the Fox Bloggers rush

Talladega: the chase’s great unknown, being the first super speedway race with the CoT, rookie driver Jacques Villeneuve making his debut and the inevitable looming “big one”.  As it turned out the rich got richer and the stragglers struggled creating a 3 car break away for the points lead.

These are the current standing in the Fox Bloggers Chase

 
volfan69----------32
Tezgm99---------34
jbroomy----------34
williamwilman—34
photogr-----------34
IowaGirl----------34
Dave_in_Indy----36
JayJayDean-------40
SharplyBlunt-----48
HotfootLori-------54
Forensic2---------70

 Wow, its getting crowed there in second.  We are running 5 wide, they don’t even do that at Talladega.

(don't forget HotfootLori and Forensic2 are carrying around heavy penalties )