SONOMA--5mike5

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 03:30 PM

how bout ALLGAHIER having a water bottle stuck between the pedals and still stuck on pit road!

thats a new 1 for me, but I LOVE IT!!

shaunovery · 06-23-12, 03:31 PM

Strategy race this one

MatI · 06-23-12, 03:34 PM

Originally posted by shaunovery

Strategy race this one

All the strategy won't matter so much in the end I think. There will still be shirtload of cautions in the final 15 laps.

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 03:35 PM

yeah pretty normal for road races

Optional · 06-23-12, 03:39 PM

Originally posted by MatI

All the strategy won't matter so much in the end I think. There will still be shirtload of cautions in the final 15 laps.

I hope you are wrong there. (unless i need them LOL)

onlooker · 06-23-12, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by 5mike5

how bout ALLGAHIER having a water bottle stuck between the pedals and still stuck on pit road!

thats a new 1 for me, but I LOVE IT!!

Rusty said he had it happen to him.

MatI · 06-23-12, 03:43 PM

Originally posted by Optional

I hope you are wrong there. (unless i need them LOL)

I hope so too, i'd much rather see a straight fight without any major dramas, but i can't remember the last time a Nationwide road race didn't degenerate into a yellow fest as the chequer nears.

Optional · 06-23-12, 03:45 PM

Caution periods take too long on this track.

yisman · 06-23-12, 03:46 PM

danica top 10 would be a huge accomplishment for her.

yisman · 06-23-12, 03:55 PM

lol danica

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 03:56 PM

Originally posted by Optional

I hope you are wrong there. (unless i need them LOL)

we only like cautions late when it benefits our bets

i love late DRAMA most of the time....

shaunovery · 06-23-12, 04:00 PM

You always get a caution when you don't one

Then when you do you get one

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:01 PM

Originally posted by shaunovery

You always get a caution when you don't one

Then when you do you get one

couldnt believe last week when i had DALE JR. for the big win,

and no cautions came out last 25 laps or whatever it was....

those are the LONGEST laps when ur leading with less than 10 to go

shaunovery · 06-23-12, 04:08 PM

Who s favoured in this race so far maybe Papua and McDowell but with cautions you never know

Optional · 06-23-12, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by shaunovery

Who s favoured in this race so far maybe Papua and McDowell but with cautions you never know

hard to tell. If the guys in front pit and there is a caution before Papis and McD etc take their pit stop I'd say Ville or Piquet. Otherwise I'm feelin good being on McD still.

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:12 PM

dont think any1 is favored...

i think they are all on 1 more stop strategy looks like to me....lap 32 and after no1 will need to stop

villineuve is STRONG

MatI · 06-23-12, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by Optional

hard to tell. If the guys in front pit and there is a caution before Papis and McD etc take their pit stop I'd say Ville or Piquet. Otherwise I'm feelin good being on McD still.

Agreed. But too early to call still.

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by 5mike5

dont think any1 is favored...

i think they are all on 1 more stop strategy looks like to me....lap 32 and after no1 will need to stop

villineuve is STRONG

if the front guys make it to lap 32-33 or so then i like villinueve

after that no1 will need to make anymore pit stops

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:15 PM

yeah he can make it just 1 more stop too

i definatley like villinueve

at least at this early stage..

.too much can still happen, if there is late cautios this thing will be a wreck-fest

shaunovery · 06-23-12, 04:16 PM

Didn't McDowell pit on 17-18

Optional · 06-23-12, 04:17 PM

Ville looking good.

But agree. Not really sure what is going to happen yet. I hope we get to see everyone's pit stops played out under green so we can see how their strategies work.

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:17 PM

not sure

pretty much any car thats pits around lap 32-33 isnt going to make another stop ater that,

so alot of the strategy is out the window imo

Optional · 06-23-12, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by shaunovery

Didn't McDowell pit on 17-18

Not certain of lap numbr but think he and Max have 3 or 4 laps on those ahead.

shaunovery · 06-23-12, 04:18 PM

Caution everyone pitting

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:18 PM

oh wow what a time for caution

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:19 PM

Originally posted by 5mike5

oh wow what a time for caution

2 laps less than most can make it

be interesting thats 4 sure

yisman · 06-23-12, 04:21 PM

even the useless reporters need to pimp the sponsors

"SUNOCO fuel"

"get it full of SUNOCO fuel"

shaunovery · 06-23-12, 04:23 PM

That's kills papis

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:23 PM

theres ging to be alot of cautions still yet

aloty will run out of gas ect, ecty..

going to be a FUN ending

MatI · 06-23-12, 04:24 PM

I think bad move by the cars that stayed out just then.

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by MatI

I think bad move by the cars that stayed out just then.

i hope so too

id LOVE to see allgahier in the back of the field

no1 we want to win stayed out

MatI · 06-23-12, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by 5mike5

theres ging to be alot of cautions still yet

aloty will run out of gas ect, ecty..

If there are lots of cautions, they will all have plenty of SUNOCO fuel, even if you pit 2-3 laps short of your window.

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:26 PM

i meant thats what might cause the late cautions

MatI · 06-23-12, 04:27 PM

fukit JV

5mike5 · 06-23-12, 04:27 PM

good grief