Post by mthomson on Jun 22, 2016 5:27:47 GMT -5
I will be adding brief news summaries here on this page throughout the season to include winners, driver changes, scheme updates and team changes here. Will be filling it out afterwards to the week I am up to.'
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Week 36 of 36 New Hampshire 300
Well Finally back and going to get this season finished up. I have a lock on the champion but other places still not settled yet.
Week 35 of 36 NAPA 500 (Atlanta)
Race:
Ward Burton wins the Napa 500, leading the most laps but took the lead back from Harvick with just 2 to go.
Qualification: Thomson starts on the Pole at 28.824, Harvick on the outside.
Update Aug 5th: well sorry for the very long delay, actually I had my power go out the first time and the second time I ran it I had a power surge (what are the odds). I also been busy lately so I am going to make this race shorter than the 100% race length as planned but will still be longer than the 25% normal race length.
EDIT: Well that sucks I was about 155 laps into the race and my power went out (RIP) so looks like this race will be delayed for now.. Will have to rerun the whole thing. I may actually turn up the AI some anyway, I was running around 7th but they were easy to pass on old tires again.
Length: 325 Laps
AI Strength: 98.8% (I edited the AI, found out the first race here earlier in the season their lap times fell off quick, mostly from tire wear so I made it so they lose less time and also turned down the AI tire wear)
Keep in mind for this race I will be doing a full length race opposed to 25% length so will probably be a good 2-3 hour race.
Top 10 Standings with 2 to go so you can get an idea who still has a chance.
DNQ or Swaps:
#97 Kurt Busch (out of prov) first DNQ for him this year
#31 Robby Gordon
#01 Jason Leffler
#90 Rick Mast
#14 Ron Hornaday Jr.
#30 Jeff Green will be moving from the #31 this week to the AOL car.
#4 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Will be driving the Chevy Kodak Max Car.
Hut Stricklin will be moving to the #23 Hills Brothers Coffee. (had to use the 2002 version of the scheme)
Week 34 of 36 (Homestead)
Race:
Thomson Wins his 5th race of the year, giving him an edge in the points with 2 races to go.
Pre Race News
Race Length: 67 Laps
AI Strength: 93%
Qualify: Casey Atwood wins the pole at 36.644.. Thomson on the outside at 36.820
Bill Elliott Leads practice with 36.7 lap speed
DNQ
Rich Bickle
#90 Rick Mast (Full Field)
Ron Hornaday, Jr.
Carl Long
Swaps:
Jeff Green will be in the #31 instead of R. Gordon
Jimmy Johnson will be back for another race this week.
Week 33 of 36 (Rockingham)
Pre Race News
Qualifying: Mike Thomson wins the Pole at 23.689
Jeff Gordon leads practice lap at 24.618
DNQ
Rick Mast #90
Dick Trickle (full field)
Week 32 of 36 (Phoenix)
Race:
Jeff Burton gets his 3rd win of the year, dominating the Checker Auto Parts 500.
Pre Race News
Qualifying: Mark Martin wins pole with 28.234 runner up Jeff Burton 28.263
Practice: Tony Stewart fastest with 28.459
DNQ:
Bobby Hamilton Jr. (made race but full field in mine)
Hut Stricklin (Rick Mast drove the #90 this race but full field already)
#02 Newman will race instead of Rick Mast
The Real 2001 Race on Youtube:
Week 31 of 36 (Talladega)
Race:
Tony Stewart wins yet again! 3rd win this year and 3rd out of 4 weeks.
Terry Labonte wins the pole 188.082mph/50.914s
Pre Race News
Fastest in Practice: Johnny Benson @ 49.704
Schemes:
The Coca-Cola Polar Bears, one of America's best-known holiday icons, will come out of hibernation early for a special appearance on Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart's race cars during the Alabama 500 NASCAR race in Talladega on October 21.
Thanks to NNracing for the schemes I found and SpiderTre.
DNQ:
Bobby Hamilton Jr. drove the #4 but full field already
Jeff Purvis drove the #51 but full field.
Week 30 of 36 (Martinsville)
Race:
Bobby Hamilton wins at Martinsville, his 2nd win of the year.
Pole Award: Jeff Gordon with 20.373 (runner up M. Thomson 20.426)
Fastest in Practice: Jeff Burton with 20.568
Pre Race News
Purse/Race Awards: $3,029,236
DNQs / Swaps
#45 Kyle Petty (DNQ)
#85 Carl Long (DNQ)
Kevin Lepage will again be in the #7 (usually Mike Wallace)
Mike Wallace will be in the #12
Robby Gordon will be back this week in the #31
Rich Bickle will be making his debut for the 2001 season in the #4 Kodak.
Week 29 of 36 (Charlotte)
Race:
Tony Stewart wins the UAW GM 500! His 2nd win in 3 weeks.
Tony Stewart wins the pole
Pre Race News:
I will be using the 2013sdt version of this track, since the original tracks doesnt come with a day version (that I seen anyway).
AI Speeds - Using this track it seems more to mirror the Sprint cup cars, not the winston cars... The AI were hitting 28.xxx second laps on 95%.. Where in this race qualifying laps were around 29.xxx so I will be bumping AI % to low 90s.
DNQs:
#45 Kyle Petty
#31 Robby Gordon
#44 Buckshot Jones
Jimmie Johnson will be making his debut start in the #48 for the 2001 season.
Carl Long driving the #85 Nopoco Dodge will be making his debut for the season.
Kevin Lepage will be driving the #7 instead of the #4
Mike Wallace will be replacing Jeremy Mayfield in the #12
Week 28 of 36 (Kansas)
Race News:
Dave Blaney Wins the Protection one 400, his first career winston cup win.
Dale Jr. Wins the Pole
Pre race News:
DNQs/Swaps:
#1 again will be driven by Kenny Wallace
#45 Kyle Petty (DNQ)
#14 Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ryan Newman will be returning for another race in the #02 alltel car.
Week 27 of 36 (Dover)
Race:
Tony Stewart wins the MBNA Cal Ripken JR 400! He led 94 of the 100 laps.
Tony Stewart wins the pole
Pre race news:
9/11 Schemes
It looks like Rickmastfan has been working on cars they ran at this race for the 9/11, unfortunately they dont seem available for download yet but they look pretty nice:
www.simracingdesign.com/threads/rickmastfan67s-showroom-showcasing-the-2001-9-11-carset.46547/
#18 Labonte - hearing #18-Bobby Labonte's car will have a special Cal Ripken Jr farewell paint job at Dover. (will be in the race as I found the scheme for it)
DNQ/Driver Swaps
#01 Jason Leffler will be out
Rick Mast will also miss the race
#1 Kenny Wallace still in the #1 car for Steve Park
Week 26 of #36 (Richmond)
Race:
Ward Burton wins the Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond! Seems like those Burton boys are on their game the last 2 weeks.
Jeff Burton wins the Pole
Pre-Race
DNQs and Swaps:
#1 Steve Park may miss 4-6 races, Kenny Wallace will take his place
#90 Hut Stricklin (Failed to Qualify)
Rick Mast (Full field)
Week 25 of #36 (Darlington)
Race:
Jeff Burton Wins the Mountain Dew Southern 500! this is his 2nd win this year
Most of the top 5 drivers in the standings except Burton had really bad days so this should tighten up the top 5 in points.
Mike Thomson wins the pole for the 2nd week in a row
Pre- Race
DNQ or Swaps:
Kenny Wallace will be racing the #1 instead of Steve Park
Rick Mast DNQ (full field already)
Buckshot Jones DNQ (full field)
Geoffrey Bodine not racing this week after making his debut in this season last week
Scheme News:
hearing the #9-Bill Elliott and #19-Casey Atwood Dodge's will run a Spiderman (the movie) paint scheme at Charlotte in October.
Week 24 of #36 (Bristol)
Wow what a mistake, i was 12 laps from finishing this race, i wanted to take a screenshot like I usually do during races and accidentally hit restart race... I was running first as well
. I will redo this race later on.
Race
Terry Labonte wins at Bristol!
Was a caution fest towards the end but I managed to finish 4th. Will post results tomorrow.
Mike Thomson wins the Pole, his first pole of the year at 15.322 seconds.
Pre Race
Failed to Qualify:
Stacey Compton
Kyle Petty
Hut Stricklin
Geoffrey Bodine will be coming back for the first race this season in the #09 Smirnoff Ice
Rick Mast will be back in the #27 Duke's Mayo Pontiac this week.
Scheme News:
The #40 will be sporting a Target sponsored car this week at Bristol (the actual scheme differs slightly from the real one, as I couldnt find it).
There were 2 other special Schemes, but unfortunately couldnt find anything on any of the sites, one was by Mark Martin.. The other for Ward Burton.
Week 23 of #36 (Michigan)
Race News:
Bill Elliott wins the Pole
Kyle Petty gets his first win of the year, mostly due to his fuel strategy!
Scheme Updates:
#5-Terry Labonte will run a Honey Frosted Mini Wheats paint scheme
The #17 DeWalt Ford will debut its New Products paint scheme which will run from Indianapolis through Dover. (currently looking for the scheme)
Brett Bodine #11 will be changing schemes over to the Ralph's Supermarkets / Wells Fargo (he actually did this well before this race but I havent updated it)
Driver News and DNQ:
Buckshot Jones Failed To qualify
Most drivers that sat last week for the road course will be back this week.
Mike Wallace will be back racing in the #7
#31 Mike Skinner will be back in his car this week, with Robby Gordon without a car.
Setting AI% to 95.4% currently a bit higher than last race.
Week 22 of #36 (Watkins Glen)
Mark Martin wins the Pole
Ricky Rudd wins the Global Crossing at the Glen under yellow (This will be interesting to see the latest standings, he was 101 points behind
Dale Jarrett finished 8th & Mike Thomson Finished 11th which means we should have a new Season Leader being Dale Jarrett.
Official results and Updated standings will follow soon.
Pre Race
Alot of driver changes for this race due to being a road course race:
Boris Said Replacing #77 Robert Pressley
Scott Pruett Replacing #01 Leffler
Brian Simo Replacing #90 Hut Stricklin
Canadian Ron Fellows replacing Joe Nemechek
Rick Mast to make First start in the season in the #27 Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's
Mike Wallace Failed to Qualify
Changes in Standings after last race:
There was no movements in the top 10 except D. Earnhardt moving up two spots to 10th position
Season leader Mike Thomson holds a 5 points lead over Dale Jarrett
News on Race #35 at the Atlanta Napa 500 will be a full race Length race to Celebrate the end of the season, Atlanta was picked instead of New Hampshire due to the much better Attendance.
Week 21 of #36 (Indy)
#2 Rusty Wallace wins the Brickyard 400 - This is his first win here and first win of the 2001 season.
Bill Elliott wins pole award
Pre race:
Following drivers will not be racing at Indianapolis:
#4-Kevin Lepage (out of provisional points)
#7 -Mike Wallace (out of provisional points)
#45 Kyle Petty - Failed to Qualify
Ryan Newman will make his first appearance this year in the #02
Week #20 of #36 (Pocono)
#2 Rusty Wallace wins the Pole
#128 Mike Thomson wins in the Blizzard Ford car, this will be his last race running the #128.
This breaks the previous record by a rookie winning more than 3 races in his rookie season, a Record Tony Stewart held from 1999
Pre-Race
FSN's Totally NASCAR reports that Robby Gordon will drive the #31 Lowes Chevy in the next three Cup races
#128 Mike Thomson will now be in the #89 Coca Cola Pontiac signed through until the end of the 2001 season also with JGR racing starting at Indianapolis next week
Week #19 of #36 (New Hampshire)
Jeff Burton Wins the Pole
#88 Dale Jarret wins the New England 300'
Pre-Race
Robby Gordon will drive the #7 car (Usually Mike Wallace)
#31 will not be driving this week Mike Skinner
Week #18 of #36 (chicagoland)
# 01 Jason Leffler will be racing a new scheme. Cingular is a Special Olympics sponsor and it is part of this years promo.
#28 Ricky Rudd wins the Bud's pole award for The Tropicana 400
#29 Kevin Harvick wins the Tropicana 400
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Week 36 of 36 New Hampshire 300
Well Finally back and going to get this season finished up. I have a lock on the champion but other places still not settled yet.
Week 35 of 36 NAPA 500 (Atlanta)
Race:
Ward Burton wins the Napa 500, leading the most laps but took the lead back from Harvick with just 2 to go.
Qualification: Thomson starts on the Pole at 28.824, Harvick on the outside.
Update Aug 5th: well sorry for the very long delay, actually I had my power go out the first time and the second time I ran it I had a power surge (what are the odds). I also been busy lately so I am going to make this race shorter than the 100% race length as planned but will still be longer than the 25% normal race length.
EDIT: Well that sucks I was about 155 laps into the race and my power went out (RIP) so looks like this race will be delayed for now.. Will have to rerun the whole thing. I may actually turn up the AI some anyway, I was running around 7th but they were easy to pass on old tires again.
Length: 325 Laps
AI Strength: 98.8% (I edited the AI, found out the first race here earlier in the season their lap times fell off quick, mostly from tire wear so I made it so they lose less time and also turned down the AI tire wear)
Keep in mind for this race I will be doing a full length race opposed to 25% length so will probably be a good 2-3 hour race.
Top 10 Standings with 2 to go so you can get an idea who still has a chance.
DNQ or Swaps:
#97 Kurt Busch (out of prov) first DNQ for him this year
#31 Robby Gordon
#01 Jason Leffler
#90 Rick Mast
#14 Ron Hornaday Jr.
#30 Jeff Green will be moving from the #31 this week to the AOL car.
#4 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Will be driving the Chevy Kodak Max Car.
Hut Stricklin will be moving to the #23 Hills Brothers Coffee. (had to use the 2002 version of the scheme)
Week 34 of 36 (Homestead)
Race:
Thomson Wins his 5th race of the year, giving him an edge in the points with 2 races to go.
Pre Race News
Race Length: 67 Laps
AI Strength: 93%
Qualify: Casey Atwood wins the pole at 36.644.. Thomson on the outside at 36.820
Bill Elliott Leads practice with 36.7 lap speed
DNQ
Rich Bickle
#90 Rick Mast (Full Field)
Ron Hornaday, Jr.
Carl Long
Swaps:
Jeff Green will be in the #31 instead of R. Gordon
Jimmy Johnson will be back for another race this week.
Week 33 of 36 (Rockingham)
Pre Race News
Qualifying: Mike Thomson wins the Pole at 23.689
Jeff Gordon leads practice lap at 24.618
DNQ
Rick Mast #90
Dick Trickle (full field)
Week 32 of 36 (Phoenix)
Race:
Jeff Burton gets his 3rd win of the year, dominating the Checker Auto Parts 500.
Pre Race News
Qualifying: Mark Martin wins pole with 28.234 runner up Jeff Burton 28.263
Practice: Tony Stewart fastest with 28.459
DNQ:
Bobby Hamilton Jr. (made race but full field in mine)
Hut Stricklin (Rick Mast drove the #90 this race but full field already)
#02 Newman will race instead of Rick Mast
The Real 2001 Race on Youtube:
Week 31 of 36 (Talladega)
Race:
Tony Stewart wins yet again! 3rd win this year and 3rd out of 4 weeks.
Terry Labonte wins the pole 188.082mph/50.914s
Pre Race News
Fastest in Practice: Johnny Benson @ 49.704
Schemes:
The Coca-Cola Polar Bears, one of America's best-known holiday icons, will come out of hibernation early for a special appearance on Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart's race cars during the Alabama 500 NASCAR race in Talladega on October 21.
Thanks to NNracing for the schemes I found and SpiderTre.
DNQ:
Bobby Hamilton Jr. drove the #4 but full field already
Jeff Purvis drove the #51 but full field.
Week 30 of 36 (Martinsville)
Race:
Bobby Hamilton wins at Martinsville, his 2nd win of the year.
Pole Award: Jeff Gordon with 20.373 (runner up M. Thomson 20.426)
Fastest in Practice: Jeff Burton with 20.568
Pre Race News
Purse/Race Awards: $3,029,236
DNQs / Swaps
#45 Kyle Petty (DNQ)
#85 Carl Long (DNQ)
Kevin Lepage will again be in the #7 (usually Mike Wallace)
Mike Wallace will be in the #12
Robby Gordon will be back this week in the #31
Rich Bickle will be making his debut for the 2001 season in the #4 Kodak.
Week 29 of 36 (Charlotte)
Race:
Tony Stewart wins the UAW GM 500! His 2nd win in 3 weeks.
Tony Stewart wins the pole
Pre Race News:
I will be using the 2013sdt version of this track, since the original tracks doesnt come with a day version (that I seen anyway).
AI Speeds - Using this track it seems more to mirror the Sprint cup cars, not the winston cars... The AI were hitting 28.xxx second laps on 95%.. Where in this race qualifying laps were around 29.xxx so I will be bumping AI % to low 90s.
DNQs:
#45 Kyle Petty
#31 Robby Gordon
#44 Buckshot Jones
Jimmie Johnson will be making his debut start in the #48 for the 2001 season.
Carl Long driving the #85 Nopoco Dodge will be making his debut for the season.
Kevin Lepage will be driving the #7 instead of the #4
Mike Wallace will be replacing Jeremy Mayfield in the #12
Week 28 of 36 (Kansas)
Race News:
Dave Blaney Wins the Protection one 400, his first career winston cup win.
Dale Jr. Wins the Pole
Pre race News:
DNQs/Swaps:
#1 again will be driven by Kenny Wallace
#45 Kyle Petty (DNQ)
#14 Ron Hornaday Jr.
Ryan Newman will be returning for another race in the #02 alltel car.
Week 27 of 36 (Dover)
Race:
Tony Stewart wins the MBNA Cal Ripken JR 400! He led 94 of the 100 laps.
Tony Stewart wins the pole
Pre race news:
9/11 Schemes
It looks like Rickmastfan has been working on cars they ran at this race for the 9/11, unfortunately they dont seem available for download yet but they look pretty nice:
www.simracingdesign.com/threads/rickmastfan67s-showroom-showcasing-the-2001-9-11-carset.46547/
#18 Labonte - hearing #18-Bobby Labonte's car will have a special Cal Ripken Jr farewell paint job at Dover. (will be in the race as I found the scheme for it)
DNQ/Driver Swaps
#01 Jason Leffler will be out
Rick Mast will also miss the race
#1 Kenny Wallace still in the #1 car for Steve Park
Week 26 of #36 (Richmond)
Race:
Ward Burton wins the Monte Carlo 400 at Richmond! Seems like those Burton boys are on their game the last 2 weeks.
Jeff Burton wins the Pole
Pre-Race
DNQs and Swaps:
#1 Steve Park may miss 4-6 races, Kenny Wallace will take his place
#90 Hut Stricklin (Failed to Qualify)
Rick Mast (Full field)
Week 25 of #36 (Darlington)
Race:
Jeff Burton Wins the Mountain Dew Southern 500! this is his 2nd win this year
Most of the top 5 drivers in the standings except Burton had really bad days so this should tighten up the top 5 in points.
Mike Thomson wins the pole for the 2nd week in a row
Pre- Race
DNQ or Swaps:
Kenny Wallace will be racing the #1 instead of Steve Park
Rick Mast DNQ (full field already)
Buckshot Jones DNQ (full field)
Geoffrey Bodine not racing this week after making his debut in this season last week
Scheme News:
hearing the #9-Bill Elliott and #19-Casey Atwood Dodge's will run a Spiderman (the movie) paint scheme at Charlotte in October.
Week 24 of #36 (Bristol)
Wow what a mistake, i was 12 laps from finishing this race, i wanted to take a screenshot like I usually do during races and accidentally hit restart race... I was running first as well
. I will redo this race later on.Race
Terry Labonte wins at Bristol!
Was a caution fest towards the end but I managed to finish 4th. Will post results tomorrow.
Mike Thomson wins the Pole, his first pole of the year at 15.322 seconds.
Pre Race
Failed to Qualify:
Stacey Compton
Kyle Petty
Hut Stricklin
Geoffrey Bodine will be coming back for the first race this season in the #09 Smirnoff Ice
Rick Mast will be back in the #27 Duke's Mayo Pontiac this week.
Scheme News:
The #40 will be sporting a Target sponsored car this week at Bristol (the actual scheme differs slightly from the real one, as I couldnt find it).
There were 2 other special Schemes, but unfortunately couldnt find anything on any of the sites, one was by Mark Martin.. The other for Ward Burton.
Week 23 of #36 (Michigan)
Race News:
Bill Elliott wins the Pole
Kyle Petty gets his first win of the year, mostly due to his fuel strategy!
Scheme Updates:
#5-Terry Labonte will run a Honey Frosted Mini Wheats paint scheme
The #17 DeWalt Ford will debut its New Products paint scheme which will run from Indianapolis through Dover. (currently looking for the scheme)
Brett Bodine #11 will be changing schemes over to the Ralph's Supermarkets / Wells Fargo (he actually did this well before this race but I havent updated it)
Driver News and DNQ:
Buckshot Jones Failed To qualify
Most drivers that sat last week for the road course will be back this week.
Mike Wallace will be back racing in the #7
#31 Mike Skinner will be back in his car this week, with Robby Gordon without a car.
Setting AI% to 95.4% currently a bit higher than last race.
Week 22 of #36 (Watkins Glen)
Mark Martin wins the Pole
Ricky Rudd wins the Global Crossing at the Glen under yellow (This will be interesting to see the latest standings, he was 101 points behind
Dale Jarrett finished 8th & Mike Thomson Finished 11th which means we should have a new Season Leader being Dale Jarrett.
Official results and Updated standings will follow soon.
Pre Race
Alot of driver changes for this race due to being a road course race:
Boris Said Replacing #77 Robert Pressley
Scott Pruett Replacing #01 Leffler
Brian Simo Replacing #90 Hut Stricklin
Canadian Ron Fellows replacing Joe Nemechek
Rick Mast to make First start in the season in the #27 Duke's Mayonnaise / Sauer's
Mike Wallace Failed to Qualify
Changes in Standings after last race:
There was no movements in the top 10 except D. Earnhardt moving up two spots to 10th position
Season leader Mike Thomson holds a 5 points lead over Dale Jarrett
News on Race #35 at the Atlanta Napa 500 will be a full race Length race to Celebrate the end of the season, Atlanta was picked instead of New Hampshire due to the much better Attendance.
Week 21 of #36 (Indy)
#2 Rusty Wallace wins the Brickyard 400 - This is his first win here and first win of the 2001 season.
Bill Elliott wins pole award
Pre race:
Following drivers will not be racing at Indianapolis:
#4-Kevin Lepage (out of provisional points)
#7 -Mike Wallace (out of provisional points)
#45 Kyle Petty - Failed to Qualify
Ryan Newman will make his first appearance this year in the #02
Week #20 of #36 (Pocono)
#2 Rusty Wallace wins the Pole
#128 Mike Thomson wins in the Blizzard Ford car, this will be his last race running the #128.
This breaks the previous record by a rookie winning more than 3 races in his rookie season, a Record Tony Stewart held from 1999
Pre-Race
FSN's Totally NASCAR reports that Robby Gordon will drive the #31 Lowes Chevy in the next three Cup races
#128 Mike Thomson will now be in the #89 Coca Cola Pontiac signed through until the end of the 2001 season also with JGR racing starting at Indianapolis next week
Week #19 of #36 (New Hampshire)
Jeff Burton Wins the Pole
#88 Dale Jarret wins the New England 300'
Pre-Race
Robby Gordon will drive the #7 car (Usually Mike Wallace)
#31 will not be driving this week Mike Skinner
Week #18 of #36 (chicagoland)
# 01 Jason Leffler will be racing a new scheme. Cingular is a Special Olympics sponsor and it is part of this years promo.
#28 Ricky Rudd wins the Bud's pole award for The Tropicana 400
#29 Kevin Harvick wins the Tropicana 400