Nascar
Sprint Cup'ta ender görülen bir olay yaşandı. Formula-1'den Nascar'a
geldiği günden beri saldırgan ve kontrolsüz sürüşü nedeniyle pek
sevilmeyen Kolombiyalı Juan Pablo Montoya, 42 numaralı Target
Chevrolet'siyle 2007'den sonra kariyerinde 2. defa Damalı Bayrağı
gördü.
*LeBron, el kadar çocuğun
üzerinden smaç atıyor
(Video) *Gay koşarken Slow-Motion
Usain Bolt
(Video) Nascar'dan
çok F-1'dekilere benzeyen ve saat yönünün tersine
dönülen yol pisti olan New York'taki Watkins Glen International'de
kazalar Montoya'nın önünü açtı. Tony
Stewart ile Boris Said'in 66. turdaki, Jimmie Johnson
ile Denny Hamlin'in 70. turdaki çarpışırken akımının
pit stratejisi sayesinde 74
turdan sonra önde kalan Kolombiyalı, 90 turluk Heluva
Good! Sour Cream Dips at the Glen'in finişine
dek hata yapmadı... Earnhardt
Ganassi sürücüsü, 2. sezonu 2007'de Sonoma
Infineon
Raceway'deki Brickyard 400'deki ilk Damalı Bayrağı'ndan 113
yarış sonra bir kez daha zafere ulaştı.
Juan Montoya 42-Chevrolet
Kurt Busch 2-Dodge
Marcos Ambrose 47-Toyota
A.J.Allmendinger 43-Ford
Carl Edwards 99-Ford
Jamie McMurray 1-Chevrolet
Tony Stewart 14-Chevrolet
Kyle Busch 18-Toyota
Jeff Burton 31-Chevrolet
Jeff Gordon 24-Chevrolet
DRIVER
POINTS
POLES
WINS
TOP5
TOP10
$$$
1-Kevin
Harvick
3210
0
2
10
15
4,570,800
2-Jeff
Gordon
3025
0
0
10
13
3,851,590
3-Jeff
Burton
2895
0
0
4
12
3,407,890
4-Kurt
Busch
2892
2
2
8
13
4,923,840
5-Jimmie
Johnson
2882
0
5
8
12
4,655,670
6-Denny
Hamlin
2872
0
5
8
9
3,701,730
7-Kyle
Busch
2866
2
2
5
11
4,036,030
8-Tony
Stewart
2865
2
0
6
12
3,543,750
9-Carl
Edwards
2821
1
0
4
11
3,440,940
10-Matt
Kenseth
2806
0
0
4
8
3,539,590
11-Greg
Biffle
2743
0
1
4
12
3,338,590
12-Mark
Martin
2641
1
0
5
7
2,920,190
13-Clint
Bowyer
2631
0
0
3
11
2,935,580
14-Ryan
Newman
2558
1
1
2
6
3,198,880
15-Jamie
McMurray
2547
3
2
6
8
4,917,810
Normal
Sezon sonunda ilk 12 sürücüsü, puanlarıyla Chase'e kalacak
ve 10
yarışlık play-off'ta şampiyonluk için mücadele edecek, diğerleri
klasman...
LAP-BY-LAP
WATKİNS GLEN
CHECKERED FLAG: Juan Montoya
takes the checkered flag after dominating the Heluva Good! Sour Cream
Dips at the Glen. Kurt Busch is second, Marcos Ambrose third, A.J.
Allmendinger fourth and Carl Edwards fifth.
Lap 90 -- WHITE FLAG: Juan Montoya has led 73 laps today. This should
be No. 74.
Lap 89 -- Two laps to go, and no one's got anything for Juan Montoya,
barring something out of the ordinary.
Lap 88 -- Jeff Burton is running 10th, and will make a good move in the
points.
Lap 87 -- Kevin Harvick gets around Jamie McMurray for sixth, as the
points leader starts eyeing Carl Edwards for another top-five finish.
Lap 86 -- Problems for Regan Smith in the 78. He's trying to make his
way to pit road and keep the yellow off the track.
Lap 85 -- We're coming up on five to go, and Juan Montoya is out of the
vision field of Marcos Ambrose.
Lap 84 -- And now it's over 4 seconds. He's a lone man out in front of
the field.
Lap 83 -- Juan Montoya is just toying with the field now. His lead is
currently over 3.5 seconds. Barring a mistake, Marcos Ambrose will have
to wait for his first Cup victory.
Lap 82 -- Never mind. Sam Hornish Jr. just had a bobble, and he's
gotten passed by both Matt Kenseth and Martin Truex Jr.
Lap 81 -- Juan Montoya is just holding his line, driving where he needs
to be, and his lead continues to grow. Ryan Newman and Sam Hornish Jr.
have the best battle currently in the top 15.
Lap 80 -- Juan Montoya is now up by around 2.6 seconds with 11 to go.
Lap 79 -- Bit by bit, Juan Montoya was stretching out his lead. Marcos
Ambrose is hanging tough, but he's nearly 1.8 seconds back with 12 laps
to go.
Lap 78 -- Carl Edwards, running fifth, just scraped the outside wall,
but he's still been able to hold off Jamie McMurray for that spot.
Lap 77 -- Marcos Ambrose gets around Kurt Busch, and now has 14 laps
left to try to get to, and past, Juan Montoya to earn his first Cup
Series victory and become the first driver to sweep a Watkins Glen
weekend.
Lap 76 -- They completed a green-flag lap! Ryan Newman has gotten up to
11th, with Jeff Gordon right behind him in 12th. Juan Montoya up front,
meanwhile, is checking out. Kurt Busch has been strong, but hasn't
battled for the lead. Marcos Ambrose is behind him.
Lap 75 -- GREEN FLAG: Juan Montoya again leads the field to the flag.
The top five:
1. Juan Montoya
2. Marcos Ambrose
3. Kurt Busch
4. A.J. Allmendinger
5. Jamie McMurray
Montoya has another strong start, but after an initial push, Ambrose
falls back to third. Kurt Busch is now second. Carl Edwards is closing
up on A.J. Allmendinger for fourth.
Lap 72 -- Don't look now, but Sam Hornish Jr. is up to 11th. Ryan
Newman is 12th, Jeff Gordon 13th and Paul Menard 14th. The front two
are the same as they have been virtually all day: Juan Montoya and
Marcos Ambrose. We're inside 20 laps to go.
Lap 71 -- That wreck takes two of the top 12 cars out of the race.
Denny Hamlin said guys are "dive-bombing" each other while not even
racing for the lead. He's obviously not pleased with the outcome.
Lap 70 -- GREEN FLAG: Kurt Busch and Marcos Ambrose are battling for
second as Juan Montoya holds the lead. Carl Edwards and A.J.
Allmendinger are battling spiritedly for fourth. YELLOW FLAG NO. 5:
Jimmie Johnson spins out, and he collects Denny Hamlin after he hits
the wall.
Lap 69 -- They're working on Boris Said's car in the garage, but his
strong run in that No. 83 car just got negated. Said just said in an
interview said Tony Stewart was doing his deal, Said was doing his deal
and their deals collided. Now that is some NASCAR talk.
Lap 68 -- There was some shuffling in the top 10 during that final
restart, with Greg Biffle falling way back. The top 10: Juan Montoya,
Marcos Ambrose, Kurt Busch, A.J. Allmendinger, Carl Edwards, Jamie
McMurray, Kevin Harvick, Tony Stewart, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Burton.
Lap 67 -- Tony Stewart calls Boris Said an "idiot" for trying to run
him off the racing line. I think everyone saw that coming. The leaders
have taken what should be their final pit stops, so the driver who
survives the white-knuckle racing over the final 23 laps will be the
winner.
Lap 66 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 4: Boris Said spins out, having restarted
ninth, and has a LOT of damage to the rear of his car. Said had pushed
Tony Stewart to the outside, and Stewart didn't take kindly. The
payback sent Said spinning.
Lap 65 -- GREEN FLAG: Juan Montoya and Marcos Ambrose take them to the
flag. That's a bad restart for Greg Biffle, who got shuffled way wide
and lost a bunch of spots, from eighth to 25th. Yikes.
Lap 64 -- LEAD CHANGE: Juan Montoya is back in the lead as the final
cars hit pit road. The top 10 when we restart will be:
1. Juan Montoya
2. Marcos Ambrose
3. Kurt Busch
4. A.J. Allmendinger
5. Jamie McMurray
6. Carl Edwards
7. Greg Biffle
8. Kevin Harvick
9. Boris Said
10. Kyle Busch
Best radio exchange so far: Mark Martin, after hearing about Clint
Bowyer's problems -- "OK, cool. We'll try not to wreck this thing." As
they run now, Martin is 12th in the points, ahead of Bowyer, for the
final spot in the Chase cutoff.
Lap 63 -- LEAD CHANGE: Mark Martin has the lead, for now, but will be
headed for the pits. He, Andy Lally and David Ragan are at the front of
the field, but after this shakes out, it will be back to Juan Montoya
and Marcos Ambrose. Sound familiar?
Lap 62 -- Clint Bowyer is behind the wall. Something has broken on his
car, and the debris in Turn 7 is from him. That's a BIG loss for him in
the points standings. YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: The race is under yellow for
the piece that came off Bowyer's car.
Lap 61 -- LEAD CHANGE: Ryan Newman takes over the lead when his
teammate, Tony Stewart, hits the pits without having led a lap
officially.
Lap 60 -- Juan Montoya and Marcos Ambrose hit pit road. Four tires and
fuel for Montoya, no changes. Same for Ambrose.
Lap 59 -- Denny Hamlin has taken some air pressure adjustments to try
to help his car for the final push. We're getting to the point where
the leaders will need to pit. Kurt Busch is on pit road, looking for
more rear grip.
Lap 58 -- Brad Keselowski's car is trying to stay on the lead lap,
holding up Juan Montoya and Marcos Ambrose. Kevin Harvick is on pit
road, taking four tires and fuels but no changes.
Lap 57 -- Kevin Harvick has picked up another spot, to eighth. Clint
Bowyer is on pit road, saying his car is loose. He's been better on
long runs. Sam Hornish Jr. is also on pit road.
Lap 56 -- Marcos Ambrose has cut the lead under one second. Juan
Montoya is still leading, but Ambrose is coming. Jimmie Johnson is
battling Matt Kenseth for 16th.
Lap 55 -- It's single file, and well spaced out, behind the two top
cars. Juan Montoya and Marcos Ambrose have been the class of the field
this far.
Lap 54 -- Marcos Ambrose has shaved about a half-second off Juan
Montoya's lead, getting it down to around the 1.8-second mark.
Lap 53 -- Clint Bowyer has made up 20 spots, now up to 14th and right
behind his teammate, Jeff Burton, for 13th.
Lap 52 -- Tony Stewart has gotten around Denny Hamlin and worked his
way into the top 10. He was confident before the race, and he's been
moving forward the past several laps, slowly but surely.
Lap 51 -- Juan Montoya continues to lead, and Marcos Ambrose isn't
making room up right now. But still 39 laps to go.
Lap 50 -- Marcos Ambrose is back, passing Kurt Busch going into Turn 1
where his earlier problems were. He's already pulling away from Busch.
Juan Montoya's lead is still more than two seconds.
Lap 49 -- No yellow flag for Martin Truex's problems, as we stay green
as he's tossing all kind of smoke into the air. Tire rub is the call.
Lap 48 -- Marcos Ambrose is back around A.J. Allmendinger for third and
is now looking at Kurt Busch as he tries to make his way back to the
front. Kevin Harvick is up to ninth now.
Lap 47 -- Kyle Busch is closing on Jeff Burton for 12th on the points.
A replay, with audio, shows Marcos Ambrose wheel-hopped going into Turn
1.
Lap 46 -- GREEN FLAG: Marcos Ambrose and Juan Montoya, as usual, lead
the field to the flag as the battle renews. Ambrose got a huge jump on
the restart, but then got trapped on the inside. LEAD CHANGE: Juan
Montoya is in the lead. They're three-wide and Ambrose is back to
fourth, behind Montoya, Kurt Busch and A.J. Allmendinger.
Lap 44 -- The leaders stay on the track when pit road opens. It's only
been about 16-20 laps for most of the cars since they pitted, and the
window is around 33-37 laps for pits.
Lap 43 -- Scott Speed had made it back out on the course, but now is
stopped on the side of the track. Brian Pattie is telling Juan Montoya
to "drive it like a maniac."
Lap 42 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 2 -- Bobby Labonte's car stopped for a bit on
the inner loop, and they've thrown the flag. He's back moving, but
they're still under caution. Brad Keselowski also spun and made contact
with a guardrail, but his car doesn't appear to be hurt too badly.
Lap 41 -- Marcos Ambrose's pass came going into Turn 1, when he dove to
the inside and held off Juan Montoya.
Lap 40 -- LEAD CHANGE: Marcos Ambrose finally gets around Juan Montoya,
taking over the lead. Kurt Busch remains third.
Lap 39 -- Juan Montoya was faster than Marcos Ambrose on the last lap.
Boris Said is in the top 10, running ninth, and don't look now but Kyle
Busch is up in the top 15. He's right behind Jeff Burton, who's running
14th after starting 22nd.
Lap 38 -- It's become (become?) a follow-the-leader situation up front,
with the gap between first and second largely being static. Juan
Montoya knows he has to hold his line to keep Marcos Ambrose behind him.
Lap 37 -- Juan Montoya and Marcos Ambrose might be using up all they
have just to battle for the lead, not even halfway through the race.
Kurt Busch is off the leaders' pace, but is still running third.
Lap 36 -- While we're continuing to watch the battle up front, Clint
Bowyer is up from 34th to 18th. Marcos Ambrose's move for the lead
could come on the next lap.
Lap 35 -- Marcos Ambrose is giving Juan Montoya a few taps on the back
bumper, letting him know he's there, but he still hasn't really made
the move to get around Montoya.
Lap 34 -- Marcos Ambrose is riding right behind Juan Montoya, biding
his time. His car is much faster than Montoya's on a lap-to-lap basis.
Lap 33 -- Denny Hamlin is up to seventh, and A.J. Allmendinger goes
inside and gets around Carl Edwards for fourth. Marcos Ambrose is
closing on Juan Montoya for the lead, with Kurt Busch just behind those
two.
Lap 32 -- And just like that, Marcos Ambrose gets past Carl Edwards.
Bad news for Edwards is that Kurt Busch also got around him, putting
Edwards down to fourth from second.
Lap 31 -- GREEN FLAG: Juan Montoya and Marcos Ambrose take them to the
flag, battling for the lead. Carl Edwards got a great jump from third
and is up past Ambrose now. Ambrose is taking a look to get around
Edwards, but hasn't been able to do it yet.
Lap 30 -- Marcos Ambrose said during the yellow that he felt pretty
comfortable with his car as it is.
Lap 29 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1 -- P.J. Jones is off course, bringing out
the first caution. Kasey Kahne got off pit road before the yellow came
out. The top five right now:
• Juan Montoya
• Marcos Ambrose
• Carl Edwards
• A.J. Allmendinger
• Kurt Busch
Jimmie Johnson is up to ninth after his early unscheduled pit stop, but
will still have to make an extra stop compared to the others. Marcos
Ambrose was already making up serious ground on Montoya, and with the
restart, he could make a move at the lead.
Lap 28 -- Four tires and fuel, with no changes, for Marcos Ambrose.
Carl Edwards said his car is tight, and A.J. Allmendinger said his is
loose. Tight in and out for Tony Stewart, and all three took four tires
and fuel.
Lap 27 -- Four tires and fuel for Juan Montoya during his stop. Four
tires and fuel for Denny Hamlin as well, who was running eighth at the
time.
Lap 26 -- Marcos Ambrose is running two-tenths of a second faster than
Juan Montoya now, and is slowly working his way toward the lead.
Lap 25 -- Green flag pit stops are under way, and Kurt Busch is on pit
road right now. Meanwhile, Marcos Ambrose has gotten past A.J.
Allmendinger for second place behind Juan Montoya.
Lap 21 -- Ryan Newman (13th) and Kevin Harvick (14th) have both picked
up six spots since the start of the race.
Lap 20 -- Juan Montoya has completely checked out, using the fresh air
and his road-course experience to open up a six-second lead on the rest
of the field. A.J. Allmendinger is behind him, with Marcos Ambrose up
to third. Pole-sitting Carl Edwards is fourth, and Jamie McMurray is
fifth.
Lap 19 -- Denny Hamlin is up to ninth after starting 14th. Jeff Burton
is also working his way through the field. Kyle Busch is up to 18th
after starting at the rear.
Lap 18 -- Scott Speed is behind the wall, and they're not optimistic
he'll be back on the track today.
Lap 17 -- Marcos Ambrose is on the move, still, moving up from his
11th-place start. He's now closing on Jamie McMurray, and just took
over third.
Lap 16 -- Jimmie Johnson was running 10th, and he's down to 24th now.
He says he thinks he might have a tire going down, so he's on pit road
for four new ones.
Lap 15 -- Slight computer problems, but we're back up and running. Juan
Montoya has taken over the lead, and they're following from there.
Marcos Ambrose just got around Carl Edwards for fourth.
Lap 5 -- Greg Biffle is up to fourth after starting seventh. Elliott
Sadler made an early stop for some fuel.
Lap 4 -- The bus stop is kicking up some dirt as cars circle through,
making the going tough as the race goes on.
Lap 3 -- We're single file up front, with Denny Hamlin looking inside
of Jimmie Johnson for fourth place. It's an EGR party up front with
Juan Montoya running second to Jamie McMurray.
Lap 2 -- LEAD CHANGE: Jamie McMurray gets past Carl Edwards, and
Edwards is fighting a tight car as he's dropping through the field.
He's down to fifth now. Kyle Busch is working his way through the field
after starting from the rear.
Lap 1 -- Carl Edwards opens up a lead after Jamie McMurray ends up
slightly off tracks in the esses. They're still running two-wide
through some of the pack. Jamie McMurray runs Edwards wide and takes
the lead.
1:25 p.m. -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards leads the field to green after
claiming his first pole since the 2008 season.
