NSCS Recap: Johnson Wins Third Race At The Brickyard

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Johnson ran behind race leader Juan Pablo Montoya and Mark Martin until Montoya received a pass-through speeding penalty during a late race pit stop.

That put Montoya back in the pack and another caution a few laps after a restart compounded things for the man who led 118 of the 160-lap distance. Starting from 12th, Montoya improved his position by one spot to finish 11th.

The race was left for Martin, who took the lead shortly after the final restart with 25 laps to go. Johnson, however, had other ideas and zipped past his Hendrick Motorsports teammate a lap later and held Martin off to the end. It made it back to back wins for Johnson and his No. 48 Lowe’s team, a first for this race.

Continue reading “Race Recap: Jimmie Johnson grabs 3rd Brickyard win”

How was Juan Pablo Montoya robbed?
By Kerry Murphey
Rather than having a long drawn out article about this, how about we discuss this topic down below in our comments section.  Ever since the Brickyard 400 wrapped up, Twitter has exploded with back and forth comments on Juan Pablo Montoya’s penalty on pit road for speeding.  Calling it a conspiracy theory and much more. After leading the most laps (116) in the Brickyard 400, Juan Pablo Montoya came in for the final pit cycle of the race.  Montoya sped not once, but twice on pit road and simply made a racing mistake.  This is an electronically scored part of NASCAR racing, where there is no gray area.  The following are Tweets from NASCAR’S Official Twitter account, (@nascarsays)

-“He sped in two zones on pit road (60.06 and 60.11 mphs). Limit was 55 with 4.99 mph tolerance.”

-“Montoya was speeding in two different zones on pit road. Team has access to print out to confirm speeds.”

-“42 crew chief pattie also said that the electronic pit road timing is a good system and is not faulty. #nascar will show him print out.”

-“Sorry to kill the conspiracy theories, but pit road speeds are computerized. Not a judgement call. #NASCAR“

-“Don’t know why fans think we wouldn’t want Montoya to win. Would be a great story. #NASCAR“

WHAT DO YOU THINK? COMMENT HERE

RACE RECAP | BRICKYARD 400
10 Matt Kenseth
9 Jeff Gordon
8 David Reutimann
7 Kasey Kahne
6 Kevin Harvick
5 Brian Vickers
4 Greg Biffle
3 Tony Stewart
2 Mark Martin

VICTORY LANE

Three Time Cup Series Champion becomes a 3 time Indy winner and the first driver to win it back to back…of course I’m talking about Jimmie Johnson.  It’s also the 7th Brickyard win for Hendrick Motorsports

OTHER STORIES ON THE DAY

-Robby Gordon spun on lap 1, Elliott Sadler was black flagged for smoke

-Denny Hamlin said “the shifter came off the transmission!” Hamlin finished 34th

-Kyle Busch blew a right front tire and pounded the wall on lap 58, and is now outside the top 12 in points ending up 38th in this race

-Sam Hornish Jr. blew a right front tire and slapped the wall

-Juan Pablo Montoya dominated this race, leading the most laps and was caught speeding on the last pit cycle in two different segments, and finishes 11th

FROM @NASCARSAYS ON TWITTER (OFFICIAL NASCAR ACCOUNT)
—Don’t know why fans think we wouldn’t want Montoya to win. Would be a great story. #NASCAR

—Sorry to kill the conspiracy theories, but pit road speeds are computerized. Not a judgement call. #NASCAR

—He sped in two zones on pit road (60.06 and 60.11 mphs). Limit was 55 with 4.99 mph tolerance.

The #88 of Dale Earnhardt Jr. blew an engine and blames himself, saying he shifted wrong coming out of pit road, Dale Jr. finshed 36th

NNS Recap: Edwards Muscles Past Busch For NASCAR Nationwide Win
Special to the Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service

(July 25, 2009)

INDIANAPOLIS—Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch with 22 laps to go Saturday night at O’Reilly Raceway Park and went on to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Kroger 200.

Edwards had the dominant car after starting from the rear of the field because he missed qualifying to participate in a practice session for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Edwards led twice for 72 of the race’s 200 laps but lost the lead with 30 laps to go under caution. Edwards’ No. 60 Ford was pinned behind Scott Wimmer’s Chevrolet in the pits, and Edwards mistakenly put his car in the wrong gear.

Busch led coming to the green flag on Lap 174, but Edwards battled him hard and finally made the pass for the lead on Lap 179.

Continue reading “Carl Edwards wins NNS race at ORP”

1 5 Mark Martin
2 42 Juan Pablo Montoya
3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
4 21 Bill Elliott
5 00 David Reutimann
6 83 Brian Vickers
7 14 Tony Stewart
8 9 Kasey Kahne
9 43 Reed Sorenson
10 33 Clint Bowyer
11 47 Marcos Ambrose
12 16 Greg Biffle
13 1 Martin Truex Jr.
14 11 Denny Hamlin
15 77 Sam Hornish Jr.
16 48 Jimmie Johnson
17 39 Ryan Newman
18 20 Joey Logano #
19 29 Kevin Harvick
20 18 Kyle Busch

Continue reading “Mark Martin sits on first Brickyard 400 pole”