2010 Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway Weekend Discussion

[4WideRacing]

The #22 team cut there deficit to the #18 in almost half.

 

[4WideRacing]

Lap 200: Carl Edwards scores the relatively easy victory. It's his fourth Nationwide Series victory of the season, and the 29th of his car.

That is an old car.

 

[moppenheimer]

lol
.........

 

[4WideRacing]

Brad Keselowski tied the record for the most top-5 finishes in one year. Looks like he's gonna set the record next week.

 

[4WideRacing]

Jeff Burton, Kurt Busch and Clint Bowyer are eliminated from the Championship. When Denny Hamlin starts the race tomorrow Greg Biffle and Tony Stewart will be eliminated.

 

[4WideRacing]

PIR to repave? maybe re-confugure? NASCAR drivers almost certainly will find Phoenix International Raceway to be a very different place a year from now. The first repaving of the 1-mile oval since 1993 is considered very likely, with the work to begin soon after February's Subway Fresh Fit 500. But the changes could be dramatic: reconfiguration to include bottom-to-top gradual banking, widening and even opening-up the radius of the turns. Such modifications could make racing more exciting for fans. Directors of International Speedway Corp., PIR's parent company, are expected to green-light the estimated $10 million repaving project at a meeting Wednesday in Miami, The Republic has confirmed. The Avondale City Council also must OK a development agreement with PIR; that's likely to happen by early December. Computer modeling will be used to evaluate how such a reconfiguration would affect competition - no final decisions have been made. The banking currently ranges from 3 to 11 degrees, and in racing terms PIR is considered a "flat" track. The progressive banking design has been popular at other tracks, such as the 1 1/2-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway. "We have put together a request to the board of directors to approve funding to repave after the February race," PIR President Bryan Sperber said. "Track management and ISC have been working on the preliminary plans."(Arizona Republic)(11-14-2010)

This is sad unless it does help the racing a lot.

 

[4WideRacing]

Green flag!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hendrick9Fan]

very interesting race so far.

 

[zaw24fan]

...reconfiguration to include bottom-to-top gradual banking,...

Gawd, please no. They ruined Bristol doing that.

 

[JRRacing64]

Any streams of the race?

 

[Clutch]

Link deleted.

 

[JRRacing64]

Thank you very much!

 

[Clutch]

No problem

 

[moppenheimer]

Here's JohnGregorio's which is a bit clearer
RACE FANS ONLY on Justin.tv

 

[moppenheimer]

Jamie just got busted

 

[David24]

This is great. The top three in points are in the top ten in the race.

 

[Enter Sandman]

This is great. The top three in points are in the top ten in the race.

If we could only drop the current points leader to 43rd that would be awesome for me.

 

[JeffJordan]

This is great. The top three in points are in the top ten in the race.

And luckily, Jimmie isn't the one in front of them.

 

[David24]

I don't really care who's in front, I'm just glad we're having a close points battle.

 

[David24]

Jeff Gordon's "crew" is sucking it up while Jimmie Johnson's "crew" is making the fastest stops....