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Post by wheels12 on Aug 30, 2018 19:05:11 GMT -5
Welcome to mock 21st century NASCAR. I will begin with the 2000 season and hopefully progress further and further into the century. The season will be kicked off with the Bud Shootout but first the Bud Shootout Qualifier will be raced to see who will join the field of 14 pole sitters from 1999 in the shootout.
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Post by wheels12 on Aug 30, 2018 20:20:30 GMT -5
Bud Shootout Qualifier
Summary:
Lap 1-Ricky Craven drew for pole and led the field to the green flag to unofficially kick off the 2000 NASCAR season. Jeff Burton wasted no time at all diving under Craven and outside pole sitter Jimmy Spencer making it three wide for the lead going into turn one. While Burton assumed the lead, Jimmy Spencer was able to clear Craven for second going into turn three.
Lap 5-Miraculously, Terry Labonte moved from last on the grid to second. Labonte wouldn't stop there getting underneath Burton going down the backstretch and completing the pass.
Lap 7-After 2 laps out in front of the field, Labonte lost the lead back to Burton who repeated Labonte's exact move on the backstretch.
Lap 16-The field still being led by Jeff Burton caught the 48 car of Stanton Barrett who was well off the pace. This split the field into two significant packs of cars. Burton, Jimmy Spencer, Darrell Waltrip, Geoffrey Bodine, and Terry Labonte pulled away from positions the next six cars. The real loser in this situation was defending NASCAR champion Dale Jarrett who was battling for second just before the field caught Barrett.
Lap 25-The four cars still directly behind Burton tried to generate some kind of run to get around the 99 but Burton was able to cruise into the Bud Shootout with Labonte coming home second right behind him.
Results:
1. #99-Jeff Burton (23 laps led)
2. #5-Terry Labonte (2 laps led) -0.09 sec
3. #66-Darrell Waltrip
4. #60-Geoffrey Bodine
5. #26-Jimmy Spencer
6. #88-Dale Jarrett
7. #55-Kenny Wallace
8. #15-Derrike Cope
9. #41-Rick Mast
10. #71-Dave Marcis
11. #50-Ricky Craven
12. #48-Stanton Barrett -1 lap
Lap Leaders:
Jeff Burton 1-4
Terry Labonte 5-6
Jeff Burton 7-25
Cautions:
none
Bud Shootout
Summary:
Lap 1-An extremely thrilling Bud Shootout began shortly after the Qualifier finished. Mark Martin led a 15 car field to the green flag to begin the race. After giving Martin a huge push into turn one, Tony Stewart dove to the inside of Mark Martin going down the backstretch and took the lead.
Lap 4-After the lead was changed three times in three laps, Jeff Burton, the Qualifier winner, found himself with an opportunity to take the lead after starting last. He got underneath Bobby Labonte exiting the tri oval and swooped past him to take the lead making it four lead changes in four laps.
Lap 8-Bobby Labonte retook the lead from Rusty Wallace who had snatched the lead two laps earlier.
Lap 15-Bobby Labonte's reign at the front of the field ended with Jeff Gordon making a thrilling move going three wide with Joe Nemechek and Labonte into turn three and coming out with the lead.
Lap 18-After watching Gordon, Ward Burton, and Rusty Wallace swap the lead in consecutive laps, Mike Skinner got his chance to lead making an inside move on Wallace in turn one.
Lap 22-Skinner was able to keep his lead for four laps until Ken Schrader, piloting his new #36 M&M's ride, found a way around the Lowe's machine with four laps to go.
Lap 23-As had been the theme throughout the race, it was very hard to protect a lead. Ken Schrader learned that quickly by losing the lead to Tony Stewart exiting the tri oval. Ricky Rudd was then able to pounce on Stewart going down the backstretch.
Lap 24-Bud Shootout Qualifier winner Jeff Burton took the lead from Rudd with two laps to go. He was attempting the first winner of both the Qualifier and the Shootout. But, drivers agreed that second was the place to be on the final lap of this race.
Lap 25-Going into the last lap, the top five consisted of Jeff Burton, Jeff Gordon, Ward Burton, Ricky Rudd, and Rusty Wallace. Gordon dove underneath Burton going into turn one and Rusty Wallace made it three wide for second behind Gordon. Gordon looked like he would be in a good position to win but Burton cleared the rest of the pack for second and got an outstanding run on Gordon going down the backstretch. Gordon's efforts to block were in vain as Wallace shot around him and drove away to capture his second Bud Shootout victory. Behind him, Sterling Marlin was also able to get around the ailing 24 machine.
Results:
1. #2-Rusty Wallace (4 laps led)
2. #40-Sterling Marlin -0.15 sec
3. #24-Jeff Gordon (1 lap led)
4. #18-Bobby Labonte (8 laps led)
5. #22-Ward Burton (1 lap led)
6. #36-Ken Schrader (1 lap led)
7. #28-Ricky Rudd (2 laps led)
8. #16-Kevin Lepage
9. #6-Mark Martin
10. #33-Joe Nemechek
11. #99-Jeff Burton (3 laps led)
12. #20-Tony Stewart (1 lap led)
13. #42-Kenny Irwin Jr.
14. #31-Mike Skinner (4 laps led)
15. #34-David Green
Lap Leaders:
Tony Stewart 1
Ricky Rudd 2
Bobby Labonte 3
Jeff Burton 4-5
Rusty Wallace 6-7
Bobby Labonte 8-14
Jeff Gordon 15
Ward Burton 16
Rusty Wallace 17
Mike Skinner 18-21
Ken Schrader 22
Ricky Rudd 23
Jeff Burton 24
Rusty Wallace 25
Cautions:
none
Next up are the Gatorade 125s which will set the field for the 42nd running of the Great American Race.
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Post by wheels12 on Sept 7, 2018 17:31:43 GMT -5
Gatorade 125 #1
Summary:
Lap 1-Dale Jarrett led the first half of Daytona 500 entries to the green flag and quickly jumped out to the lead ahead of Mark Martin.
Lap 4-Dale Earnhardt pounced to the inside of Bud Shootout winner Rusty Wallace going into turn three to take the lead while Daytona 500 polesitter Jarrett got shuffled through the field after getting caught up on the outside line with no help.
Lap 12-Dale Jarrett fought furiously back through the field and made an inside move in the trioval to regain the lead from Dale Earnhardt.
Lap 15-Jeff Gordon made a risky three wide pass for the lead work as he shot around Dale Jarrett and Terry Labonte in turn one.
Lap 35-After several lead changes in the previous twenty laps, Bobby Labonte moved his Joe Gibbs Racing Pontiac to the front for the first time all race right before the first and only round of green flag pit stops.
Lap 44-Dale Earnhardt fought his way around Mark Martin for the lead and inched closer to winning eleven straight Daytona qualifying races.
Lap 46-Two laps later, Earnhardt's Daytona qualifying winning streak was in jeopardy after Bobby Labonte executed a successful pass to the inside of Earnhardt in turn one.
Lap 50-Labonte was able to hold off a hard charging Mark Martin to win a Gatorade 125 race for the second year in a row. This guaranteed Labonte the third spot on the grid for the Daytona 500 while many question marks remained for the rest of the field heading into the second and final Gatorade 125.
Results:
1. #18-Bobby Labonte (9 laps led)
2. #6-Mark Martin (5 laps led) -0.07 sec
3. #2-Rusty Wallace (5 laps led)
4. #3-Dale Earnhardt (20 laps led)
5. #24-Jeff Gordon (1 lap led)
6. #20-Tony Stewart (4 laps led)
7. #10-Johnny Benson Jr. (2 laps led)
8. #55-Kenny Wallace
9. #12-Jeremy Mayfield
10. #88-Dale Jarrett (3 laps led)
11. #36-Ken Schrader
12. #97-Chad Little
13. #75-Wally Dallenbach Jr.
14. #94-Bill Elliott
15. #5-Terry Labonte (1 lap led)
16. #11-Brett Bodine
17. #60-Geoffrey Bodine
18. #32-Scott Pruett
19. #44-Kyle Petty
20. #14-Mike Bliss
21. #9-Stacy Compton
22. #27-Jeff Fuller -1 lap
23. #66-Darrell Waltrip -1 lap
24. #13-Robby Gordon -1 lap
25. #85-Carl Long -1 lap
26. #72-Jim Sauter -1 lap
27. #89-Bobby Gerhart -3 laps
28. #40-Sterling Marlin (Header) -10 laps
Lap Leaders:
Dale Jarrett 1
Rusty Wallace 2-3
Dale Earnhardt 4-11
Dale Jarrett 12-13
Terry Labonte 14
Jeff Gordon 15
Tony Stewart 16-18
Dale Earnhardt 19-20
Rusty Wallace 21-23
Tony Stewart 24
Mark Martin 25
Johnny Benson Jr. 26-27
Dale Earnhardt 28-34
Bobby Labonte 35-38
Dale Earnhardt 39
Mark Martin 40-43
Dale Earnhardt 44-45
Bobby Labonte 46-50
Cautions:
none
Gatorade 125 #2
Summary:
Lap 1-Ricky Rudd led the field to the green flag while many question marks loomed over who would be making the Daytona 500 field
Lap 5-Steve Park brought his DEI Chevy to the front passing Jeff Burton for the lead in turn three.
Lap 16-Park was able to hold his lead for ten laps but Ricky Rudd eventually found a way around the 1 car in turn one with the help of Park's rookie teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Lap 19-Ward Burton swooped to the inside of Rudd for the lead going down the backstretch but was able to clear him immediately.
Lap 21-After a great side by side battle for the lead, Ward Burton finally cleared Ricky Rudd entering the tri oval.
Lap 28-After three more lead changes, Steve Park found himself back in the lead.
Lap 32-Much to the delight of fans, the son of a legend, Dale Earnhardt Jr., took the lead from teammate Steve Park. Park quickly became caught on the very outside of the track with no help and began to plummet through the field.
Lap 36-Ward Burton and Kenny Irwin Jr. battled hard for the lead before both hit pit road for what appeared to be their only stops of the race.
Lap 37-Jeff Burton became the only driver in the lead pack to have not pitted and thus became stranded with no help and lost valuable time.
Lap 41-After a battle with Jerry Nadeau and Kenny Irwin Jr., who had an inherited the lead after pit stops, John Andretti took the lead with ten laps to go.
Lap 44-Kevin Lepage took the lead with an inside move on Andretti with help from fellow Roush teammate Jeff Burton who had fought his way back up to the lead pack with help from another Roush driver, rookie Matt Kenseth.
Lap 45-Lepage's lead didn't last long as Burton pounced on him in the tri oval.
Lap 50-Burton was able to cruise away to victory as he and Dale Earnhardt Jr. stayed nose to tail throughout the final five laps. Dave Blaney was able to hold off Ricky Craven for the final transfer spot.
Results:
1. #99-Jeff Burton (12 laps led)
2. #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1 lap led) -0.11 sec
3. #22-Ward Burton (8 laps led)
4. #17-Matt Kenseth
5. #31-Mike Skinner (1 lap led)
6. #7-Michael Waltrip
7. #43-John Andretti (4 laps led)
8. #77-Robert Pressley
9. #16-Kevin Lepage (1 lap led)
10. #15-Derrike Cope
11. #21-Elliott Sadler
12. #41-Rick Mast
13. #25-Jerry Nadeau (1 lap led)
14. #93-Dave Blaney
15. #50-Ricky Craven
16. #28-Ricky Rudd (5 laps led)
17. #1-Steve Park (15 laps led)
18. #33-Joe Nemechek (1 lap led)
19. #26-Jimmy Spencer
20. #4-Bobby Hamilton
21. #90-Ed Berrier
22. #42-Kenny Irwin Jr. (1 lap led) -1 lap
23. #91-Andy Hillenburg -1 lap
24. #48-Stanton Barrett -1 lap
25. #96-Greg Sacks -1 lap
26. #65-Dan Pardus -2 laps
27. #84-Norm Benning -2 laps
28. #71-Dave Marcis (Piston) -14 laps
Lap Leaders:
Ricky Rudd 1-2
Jeff Burton 3-4
Steve Park 5-15
Ricky Rudd 16-18
Ward Burton 19-23
Jeff Burton 24-25
Mike Skinner 26
Joe Nemechek 27
Steve Park 28-31
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 32
Ward Burton 33-35
John Andretti 36
Jeff Burton 37-38
Kenny Irwin Jr. 39
Jerry Nadeau 40
John Andretti 41-43
Kevin Lepage 44
Jeff Burton 45-50
Cautions:
none
Daytona 500 Starting Lineup
Set By Qualifying:
1. Dale Jarrett
2. Ricky Rudd
Set By 150s:
3. Bobby Labonte
4. Jeff Burton
5. Mark Martin
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
7. Rusty Wallace
8. Ward Burton
9. Dale Earnhardt
10. Matt Kenseth
11. Jeff Gordon
12. Mike Skinner
13. Tony Stewart
14. Michael Waltrip
15. Johnny Benson Jr.
16. John Andretti
17. Kenny Wallace
18. Robert Pressley
19. Jeremy Mayfield
20. Kevin Lepage
21. Ken Schrader
22. Derrike Cope
23. Chad Little
24. Elliott Sadler
25. Wally Dallenbach Jr.
26. Rick Mast
27. Bill Elliott
28. Jerry Nadeau
29. Terry Labonte
30. Dave Blaney
Set By Qualifying Time:
31. Scott Pruett
32. Stacy Compton
33. Kenny Irwin Jr.
34. Joe Nemechek
35. Mike Bliss
36. Steve Park
Set By Provisionals:
37. Bobby Hamilton
38. Sterling Marlin
39. Jimmy Spencer
40. Kyle Petty
41. Geoffrey Bodine
42. Darrell Waltrip
The Great American Race is next. Who will conquer Daytona? Can Gordon become the fourth driver ever to go back to back? Will the master of Daytona, Dale Earnhardt, win his second 500? Can Dale Jarrett, Sterling Marlin, or Bill Elliott join an exclusive club of three drivers that have one three or more Daytona 500s? Will we see a familiar face finally achieve their Daytona glory? Or will we see a surprise winner, one that may emerge from the incredibly talented rookie class of 2000? We shall see.
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Post by dollarshort on Sept 8, 2018 20:21:42 GMT -5
My boy, Kyle Petty making the 500! Hoping for big things.
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