Race #5 Carolina Dodge Dealers 400- 2001

So I ran this race awhile ago, I havent had much time to make new updates on the boards so there wont be much info on this race.

I remember this race being tough for me, I have little experience with Darlington. Cant really remember racing here for years. So all of the cautions were most likely from me. I think I set the AI too high here as well they were pretty much coasting past me on new tires. But on older tires I can pass them pretty easily. I will have to remember this for the next race I do here to tweak the AI a bit so its more realistic.

Overall I finished 5th and Dale Earnhardt took the win.

RESULTS



Race No. 005 - DARLINGTON RACEWAY - 05/05/16

Carolina Dodge Dealers 400

Clear, 79 °F, North 14 mph

Pos. No. Driver Make Team Interval Laps Led Pts. Status

1 D Earnhardt Richard Childress 105.621 74 12 185 Running

2 J Gordon Hendrick Motorsports -0.10 74 0 170 Running

3 4 K Harvick Chevrolet Richard Childress -0.24 74 18 170 Running

4 T Bodine Travis Carter -1.38 74 0 160 Running

5 26 M Thomson Toyota Roush Racing -1.48 74 0 155 Running

6 S Marlin Chip Ganassi Racing -1.67 74 14 155 Running

7 R Rudd Robert Yates -2.04 74 0 146 Running

8 B Elliott Ray Evernham -3.93 74 0 142 Running

9 K Busch Roush Racing -4.52 74 0 138 Running

10 J Nemechek Andy Petree Racing -4.61 74 0 134 Running

11 J Nadeau Hendrick Motorsports -4.80 74 1 135 Running

12 T Labonte Hendrick Motorsports -6.32 74 0 127 Running

13 M Waltrip DEI -9.03 74 0 124 Running

14 14 T Stewart Chevrolet Joe Gibbs Racing -9.12 74 0 121 Running

15 R Wallace Penske -9.19 74 0 118 Running

16 B Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing -10.30 74 0 115 Running

17 J Spencer Travis Carter -10.51 74 0 112 Running

18 M Martin Roush Racing -10.60 74 0 109 Running

19 D Jarrett Robert Yates -10.71 74 0 106 Running

20 88 D Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet DEI -11.73 74 2 108 Running

21 H Stricklin Julie Donlavey -11.82 74 0 100 Running

22 M Wallace Penske -11.91 74 0 97 Running

23 C Atwood Ray Evernham -12.00 74 0 94 Running

24 M Skinner Richard Childress -12.10 74 0 91 Running

25 K Schrader Thomas Beard -12.24 74 0 88 Running

26 R Craven Cal-Wells -12.55 74 0 85 Running

27 B Hamilton Andy Petree Racing -12.74 74 0 82 Running

28 S Park DEI -12.87 74 0 79 Running

29 E Sadler Wood Brothers -12.96 74 0 76 Running

30 R Pressley Doug Bawel -13.07 74 0 73 Running

31 J Burton -13.34 74 0 70 Running

32 20 M Kenseth Toyota -13.58 74 0 67 Running

33 W Burton Bill Davis Racing -13.72 74 27 74 Running

34 J Leffler Chip Ganassi Racing -13.81 74 0 61 Running

35 K Petty Petty Enterprises -13.90 74 0 58 Running

36 B Bodine Brett Bodine Racing -13.92 74 0 55 Running

37 D Blaney Bill Davis Racing -14.16 74 0 52 Running

38 J Andretti Petty Enterprises -14.24 74 0 49 Running

39 J Mayfield Penske -14.32 74 0 46 Running

40 K Lepage Morgan Mcllure Racing -14.49 74 0 43 Running

41 S Compton Melling Racing -1L 73 0 40 Running

42 R Hornaday A J Foyt Racing -1L 73 0 37 Running

43 J Benson Nelson Bowers/Valvoline -13L 61 0 34 Piston

Caution Flags/Laps 4/16 Lead Changes/Leaders 6/6

Scoring provided by Score4.





Race Awards

Pole W Burton, 166.264 mph (29.577 s.)

Front Runner W Burton, 27 laps Lead

Meet the Challenge M Thomson, 38 places improved

Headache W Burton, 32 places dropped

Diehard Racer R Hornaday





Qualify

Cloudy, 71 °F, Northeast 7 m

Pos. No. Driver Speed Dif. F/N Time Dif. F/N

1 W Burton 166.264 0/0 29.577 0/0

2 D Jarrett 165.973 0.291/0.291 29.629 0.052/0.052

3 88 D Earnhardt Jr. 165.894 0.370/0.079 29.643 0.066/0.014

4 J Gordon 165.777 0.487/0.117 29.664 0.087/0.021

5 S Marlin 165.297 0.967/0.480 29.750 0.173/0.086

6 4 K Harvick 165.292 0.972/0.005 29.751 0.174/0.001

7 M Martin 165.253 1.011/0.039 29.758 0.181/0.007

8 R Rudd 165.064 1.200/0.189 29.792 0.215/0.034

9 B Elliott 165.031 1.233/0.033 29.798 0.221/0.006

10 R Craven 164.970 1.294/0.061 29.809 0.232/0.011

11 D Earnhardt 164.937 1.327/0.033 29.815 0.238/0.006

12 J Nadeau 164.838 1.426/0.099 29.833 0.256/0.018

13 T Bodine 164.711 1.553/0.127 29.856 0.279/0.023

14 J Andretti 164.666 1.598/0.045 29.864 0.287/0.008

15 J Nemechek 164.611 1.653/0.055 29.874 0.297/0.010

16 R Wallace 164.589 1.675/0.022 29.878 0.301/0.004

17 M Skinner 164.512 1.752/0.077 29.892 0.315/0.014

18 K Lepage 164.419 1.845/0.093 29.909 0.332/0.017

19 T Labonte 164.298 1.966/0.121 29.931 0.354/0.022

20 R Pressley 164.155 2.109/0.143 29.957 0.380/0.026

21 M Wallace 164.062 2.202/0.093 29.974 0.397/0.017

22 B Bodine 163.964 2.300/0.098 29.992 0.415/0.018

23 K Busch 163.865 2.399/0.099 30.010 0.433/0.018

24 14 T Stewart 163.833 2.431/0.032 30.016 0.439/0.006

25 B Hamilton 163.805 2.459/0.028 30.021 0.444/0.005

26 B Labonte 163.653 2.611/0.152 30.049 0.472/0.028

27 C Atwood 163.615 2.649/0.038 30.056 0.479/0.007

28 H Stricklin 163.549 2.715/0.066 30.068 0.491/0.012

29 E Sadler 163.495 2.769/0.054 30.078 0.501/0.010

30 J Burton 163.348 2.916/0.147 30.105 0.528/0.027

31 J Benson 163.218 3.046/0.130 30.129 0.552/0.024

32 S Park 163.164 3.100/0.054 30.139 0.562/0.010

33 M Waltrip 163.067 3.197/0.097 30.157 0.580/0.018

34 J Spencer 163.029 3.235/0.038 30.164 0.587/0.007

35 20 M Kenseth 162.932 3.332/0.097 30.182 0.605/0.018

36 K Schrader 162.689 3.575/0.243 30.227 0.650/0.045

37 J Leffler 162.249 4.015/0.440 30.309 0.732/0.082

38 K Petty 162.046 4.218/0.203 30.347 0.770/0.038

39 D Blaney 160.911 5.353/1.135 30.561 0.984/0.214

40 R Hornaday 159.974 6.290/0.937 30.740 1.163/0.179

41 S Compton 159.182 7.082/0.792 30.893 1.316/0.153

42 J Mayfield 158.981 7.283/0.201 30.932 1.355/0.039

43 26 M Thomson 155.551 0.713/3.430 31.614 2.037/0.682





Team Points

1 Richard Childress 25

2 Hendrick Motorsports 12

3 Travis Carter 8

4 Roush Racing 8

5 Chip Ganassi Racing 5

6 Robert Yates 4

7 Ray Evernham 3

8 Andy Petree Racing 1