NASCAR Subway Fresh Fit 500 | Phoenix International Raceway

The General · 04-18-09, 03:36 PM

What are you playing tonight guys?

onlooker · 04-18-09, 03:46 PM

Jimmie
Gordon
Stewart

Just waiting to I hit a local casino to see if I can get better odds. Will post before race.

The General · 04-18-09, 03:48 PM

Thanks onlooker. You have been picking good from what I have seen.

GL to you

onlooker · 04-18-09, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by The General

Thanks onlooker. You have been picking good from what I have seen.

GL to you

Thanks.

I'm still bitter about yesterday.

The General · 04-18-09, 04:12 PM

Top five and five to watch

All statistical references are for Cup Series races at Phoenix International Speedway unless otherwise indicated. Driver rating is based on the past eight races at the track.

1. Jeff Gordon, 100.3 driver rating. Gordon hasn't finished worse than sixth since his 13th-place finish at Daytona, and his record at Phoenix is outstanding: 15 top-10s in 20 races. Despite all the top finishes, though, Gordon has only one win at PIR.

2. Jimmie Johnson, 122.0. If Gordon is outstanding at PIR, Johnson is out of sight. He has won the past three races at the track and has never finished worse than 15th in 11 races. He has nine top-10s and a 5.5 average finish.

3. Kurt Busch, 99.2. Busch has six top-10s in 12 starts. His lone win came four years ago in his last start at Phoenix for Jack Roush. He finished second last fall, leading 60 laps, the first laps he has led since his win in April 2005.

4. Clint Bowyer, 83.5. Bowyer finished second last year for his second top-five in seven starts. He couldn't duplicate the effort in the Chase race, though, finishing 12th. He doesn't qualify well at the track -- 19.6 average start -- but if you look at Bowyer's career as a whole, you won't see standout qualifying at any track. He has started in the top 10 in only 28 of 116 races.

5. Tony Stewart, 98.9. In 1999, Stewart won his first race at PIR -- and that has been it. He hangs around the top 10, though, with eight top-10s in 14 races and an average finish of 10.6.

Five to watch ...

7. Kyle Busch, 90.4. Busch has four consecutive top-10s at PIR, and his second Cup victory came at Phoenix in 2005, his rookie season. Busch's 238 quality passes (passing a car running in the top 15 while under a green flag) are the most at the track in the past four years.

8. Carl Edwards, 103.3. Edwards finished fourth in both races last year but didn't lead a lap in either. He has six top-10s in nine races but has led laps only once, November 2007, when he started from the pole but lost an engine after leading 87 of the first 125 laps.

13. Juan Montoya, 67.2. Montoya is 16 points behind 12th-place Jeff Burton, and Burton has a better history at Phoenix than Montoya. Burton has two wins and hasn't finished outside the top 15 since 1996. In four races, Montoya only can boast three finishes in the top 20.

14. Kevin Harvick, 105.4. Harvick's driver rating is second to Johnson's. Harvick has two wins -- he swept 2006 -- and six top 10s in 12 races. Phoenix is a good track for Harvick to make a push to return to the top 12. He dropped out after Texas after four consecutive races in the top 12.

16. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 92.1. Earnhardt's push up the standings stalled at Texas with his 20th-place finish, but Phoenix is a good track for Junior to start climbing again. He has two wins in 13 starts and seven top-10s, including in both races last year.

Cup Series Race: 8 p.m. ET Saturday on FOX

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onlooker · 04-18-09, 04:30 PM

Just for a fyi, today's driver I left off is Kurt Busch. So he will probably win today.

The General · 04-18-09, 04:37 PM

Check out the new IRL qualifying method at 6 PM on versus if you haven't seen it yet and have a chance. Pretty kewl IMO.

The General · 04-18-09, 04:42 PM

BTW, I watched the Formula One Quals at 3 AM this morning and it was exciting I thought. I am probably sick though. Red Bull teams shocked the F1 series during Quals.

onlooker · 04-18-09, 05:48 PM

Jimmie Johnson +400
Jeff Gordon +750
Tony Stewart +1000

msubulldog · 04-18-09, 06:21 PM

got to take johnson to win +400

johnson -125 over gordon
jr-115 over burton scared of jr's pit crew bit he runs well here.

hawk 5 · 04-18-09, 06:32 PM

I'm on Johnson, Gordon and M Martin. Got Mark at 20-1 to win.

Big_Cheese · 04-18-09, 07:17 PM

Originally posted by msubulldog

got to take johnson to win +400

johnson -125 over gordon
jr-115 over burton scared of jr's pit crew bit he runs well here.

I got Jimmie over Gordon as well.... 10* Too.... Unload Guys !!!

hawk 5 · 04-18-09, 10:57 PM

Originally posted by hawk 5

I'm on Johnson, Gordon and M Martin. Got Mark at 20-1 to win.

Coooooolll!!!!!!, Also had Mark top 3!!!!!