Food City 500 Race Discussion

[Jason Roush]

Great race, nice win for Burton & for RCR as a whole.

 

[Batman1138]

man I'm glad Harvick didn't win the race. At least a nice guy won the race in Jeff Burton.

 

[MattSRD28]

That sure looked like Bristol to me!

-- DF28

 

[JSwanson88]

omg...i wanna know what happened to tony on the second to last restart. He got a huge jump on the restart...then had a 5 carlength lead over hamlin...then all of a sudden he slowed up BAD.

 

[Flatout24]

that almost looked like MR. Gibbs was telling Tony to let Hamlin by because he's faster

I was happy for Burton, not meaning to make anyone mad but I didn't want to see a gibbs car win unless it was Busch but that ship already sailed, unfortunately Jeff Gordon couldn't do much

The race was kinda boring though, no real controversial wrecks, no tempers, and Smoke not getting mad at anyone

 

[mgcastro]

Since when Harvick`s official nickname is "happy"???... Nonetheless Good race in general, Earnhardt jr. hasnt yet a winning car but surely it´ll come.

 

[burtonbraves]

Yes! Go Burton! Should have picked him lol.

 

[Mike24]

Good race today. It ran like Bristol. Not a lot in the middle, but some great racing at the end. I'm happy that Jeff Burton won, and real happy for RCR.

I wasn't too happy with the media trying to stir up Harvick-Stewart in the postrace interviews. They're friends, they'll sort it out themeselves.

 

[Batman1138]

that almost looked like MR. Gibbs was telling Tony to let Hamlin by because he's faster

Joe Gibbs isn't allowed a radio during the race actually. They had a segment about that YEARS ago. Unless Zippy, JD, or Smoke's spotter told him, but I doubt it.

 

[Onion]

it was a good race just realy sucks what happened to tony at the end

 

[Bgartz29]

As a Harvick fan I'm glad to see him finish well and glad to see an RCR top 3. It's a shame he couldn't win, if only Burton didn't pass him right before the yellow.

 

[DE3]

Gibbs has got to be going crazy,

Last and this years races Gibbs dominated, only to have problems take them out.

As far as the Bristol spring race is concerned they can't get a break.

 

[wingman25]

hell ya he is

 

[Mike24]

Hamlin talks about the flaw with the fuel cells at JGR. Its flawed at every track, but just more noticeable at the high banked ones.


Off of Jayski:


Fuel Cell Problems at JGR? #11-Denny Hamlin says a potential flaw in the design of the fuel cells at Joe Gibbs Racing may have contributed to Sunday's loss at Bristol Motor Speedway. Hamlin was leading on the green-white-checkered restart, but his car stalled because not enough fuel reached the engine. That allowed #31-Jeff Burton to blow past Hamlin for his first win at the half-mile track and set up a 1-2-3 finish for Richard Childress Racing. Hamlin, who got his car going after gas swashed into the engine in the corners of the track, finished sixth. It wasn't the first time this has happened. "Anytime we get low on fuel, especially with a banked race track like Bristol, all of our fuel drains in the cell to where we don't get any in the engine," Hamlin said Tuesday. "Once we do take off all we're using is fuel in the lines. There's a bubble in there and the car stalls." Hamlin said team owner Joe Gibbs met with engineers all day Monday looking for answers. He said officials are also looking into why the gearbox in his car failed the previous week at Atlanta and the one in teammate Kyle Busch's car failed with him in the lead at Bristol. "He blew the top seal out of his," Hamlin said. "Mine blew the bottom seal. As far as knowing exactly what's causing it, I don't know yet. Between steering boxes and fuel, it's aging me pretty bad." Hamlin said there are several ways to design a fuel cell. One is so that it always works well with low fuel; another is where under green-flag conditions a car can "suck out the gas to where there's only one drop left."(ESPN.com)(3-19-2008)