NASCAR Sprint Cup - Race 16 of 36 - SONOMA - Infineon Raceway - Toyota/Save Mart 350

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Прошло 17 из 50 кругов - ровно 1\3 дистанции

Форд №60 Карл Эдвардс - лидирует с поула - имеет отрыв от остальных

Тойота №32 Жак Вильнёв - удерживает своё 2е место почти всю гонку

Форд №98 Пол Менард - прорвался на 3е место и прессингует №32 Жака.

Форд №27 Оуэн Келли - прорвался на 4е место - пока чуток отстает от Топ-3.

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Форд наконец первый
Карл Эдвардс закончил Форду полосу без побед, выиграв на Роуд Америка для производителя первую победу в 2010г в любой из Топ-3 серии Наскар.


Nationwide Race | Road America

Road America: Results | Standings | Lap-by-Lap | Video: Victory Lane

http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationw...-unofficial/15

http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationw...ngs-unofficial

http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationw...p-road-america

http://www.nascar.com/video/nationwi...car/index.html


Последние круги: Эдвардс выиграл Роуд Америка
В день перед Днем Отца, новый папа вытащил победу на дорожной трассе Висконсина.


Большая авария в повороте №6 дала красный флаг.
Стычка чуть после пол-пути гонки на Роуд Америка остановила действо на более чем полчаса.
Застрявшие в песке.



День Отца предлагает смесь тёплых чувств
МакМюррэй и жена вместе с командой празднуют отцов и детей.
На трэке: Сонома.


Эллиотт влияет на связь поколений и команд.
Ветеран гоняет разные машины в Инфинеон, Калифорния (в последней практике Happy Hour), вместо гонщиков двойной занятости (на гонке серии Вайд в Роуд Америка, Висконсин)


Экстром готов к первому вкусу (дегустации) Наскар
Швед готов к Сономе, хотя лишь 87 кругов за рулём.
Экстром в Наскар !


Results - Road America
POS. DRIVER
1 Carl Edwards
2 Ron Fellows
3 Brendan Gaughan
4 Brad Keselowski
5 Owen Kelly - (Australia) #27 Ford

Standings as of: Road America
POS. DRIVER
1 Brad Keselowski
2 Carl Edwards
3 Justin Allgaier
4 Kyle Busch
5 Paul Menard

Жак Вильнёв финишировал в круге лидера - но лишь на 25-м месте.
Villeneuve had mechanical problems in the closing laps, costing him a potential 2nd-place finish.

Carl Edwards swooped past Jacques Villeneuve on a restart with 9 laps to go.
Lap 47 -- GREEN FLAG: Carl Edwards holds down 1st place when the race gets back under way, followed by Jacques Villeneuve (2nd).
Lap 48: Jacques Villeneuve is slowing on the track.
Lap 50: Carl Edwards cruises to the victory at Road America.


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“It feels good,” Edwards said in a television interview in Victory Lane. “To race with Jacques Villeneuve all day, to hold off Ron Fellows at the end, it’s just cool.”

For a while, it looked like Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One champion and 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner, might steal the show.

After taking a restart with 12 laps to go, Villeneuve charged from 8th to 1st in half a lap, with Edwards right behind him.
Villeneuve’s tire was smoking significantly, as it appeared to be rubbing against damaged bodywork on the front end of his car.

Given all the cautions, is this a viable place for NASCAR to race?
“Sprint Cup,” Fellows suggested.
Gaughan agreed, calling the track a “man’s-man road course.”

Notes-n-Nuggets
• Carl Edwards earned his 26th Nationwide Series win in his 191st start.
• This was the 3rd straight season in which Carl Edwards' 1st victory of the year came in the state of Wisconsin.
• Carl Edwards has won the past 2 Nationwide races on road courses -- he also won at Montreal last November.
• Carl Edwards led 35 of the 50 laps, which is more than he had in his previous 12 road course starts combined.
• Ron Fellows (2nd) has finished in the top 5 in 8 of his 16 Nationwide starts, all on road courses.
• Brendan Gaughan (3rd) had his best finish of the 2010 season.
• Brad Keselowski (4th) finished in the top 10 in the past 14 races. This is his best road course finish in 7 starts.
• There were only 2 cautions in the first 27 laps but 5 in the final 23.
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Мой личный прогноз на Топ-10 Сономы 2010г

1 - №14 Тони Стюарт - Шеви
2 - №24 Джэфф Гордон - Шеви
3 - №33 Клинт Бойэр - Шеви
4 - №42 Хуан Монтоя - Шеви
5 - №18 Кайл Буш - Тойота

6 - №99 Карл Эдвардс - Форд
7 - №48 Джимми Джонсон - Шеви
8 - №39 Райан Ньюман - Шеви
9 - №9 Кейси Кейн - Форд
10 - №16 Грэг Биффл - Форд

Ещё в Топ-10 могут быть:
№09 Ян Магнуссен - Шеви
№47 Маркос Эмброуз - Тойота
№83 Маттиас Экстром - Тойота
- но ставить на них в Кубке пока рисковано -
= хотя будь они в Вайде - были бы в Топ-10 =

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Далее: гонка Кубка
№56 Мартин Трюэк-мл празднует его 30-й день рождения.
Он начинает 10-м на Инфинеон в поисках 2-й победы в карьере.
Зелёный флаг в 15ч19мин США = 23ч19мин Москвы.

3:19 -- GREEN FLAG: №9 Kasey Kahne leads the field to green and the Toyota/Save Mart 350 is under way.

Lap 1 -- LEAD CHANGE: №48 Jimmie Johnson gets aggressive in the turns and takes the lead from №9 Kasey Kahne. №2 Kurt Busch moves up to 2nd.

Top 10 Live - as of Lap 2
1 Jimmie Johnson
2 Kurt Busch
3 Kasey Kahne
4 Kevin Harvick
5 Jeff Gordon
6 Marcos Ambrose
7 Tony Stewart
8 Greg Biffle
9 Juan Pablo Montoya
10 Martin Truex Jr.

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Top 10 Live - as of Lap 11
1 Jimmie Johnson
2 Kurt Busch
3 Kevin Harvick
4 Marcos Ambrose
5 Jeff Gordon
6 Tony Stewart
7 Greg Biffle
8 Martin Truex Jr.
9 Juan Pablo Montoya
10 Ryan Newman

Lap 5 -- Jimmie Johnson widens his lead by more than a second.

Lap 8 -- Jimmie Johnson has increased his lead by 3.17 seconds over Kurt Busch.

Lap 9 -- Kasey Kahne started on the pole but has dropped far behind the top spot, currently racing in 12th.

Lap 10 -- Jimmie Johnson now leads Kurt Busch by 4.32 seconds. Johnson started second.



Lap 11 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 1: #43 spins #33 and ...
#18 Kyle Busch has heavy damage in Turn 7.
#1 Jamie McMurray has a crushed hood.

Lap 13 -- Juan Montoya pits, asks for more grip, gets four tires.
Kasey Kahne goes to work on the left side of his car, gets an air adjustment.
Clint Bowyer is still on pit road getting his car worked on.

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Jimmie Johnson has never won on a road course, but started second and has been pacing the field in the early going at Infineon Raceway.

Top 10 Live
as of Lap 37
1 Mattias Ekstrom
2 Clint Bowyer
3 Scott Speed
4 Marcos Ambrose
5 Jan Magnussen
6 David Gilliland
7 A.J. Allmendinger
8 Jimmie Johnson
9 Brad Keselowski
10 Kurt Busch

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Denny Hamlin has been really good lately, but driving without seeing?
He was able to keep the car on the road course as his hood flew open before getting to pit road.

Top 10 Live as of Lap 47
1 Jimmie Johnson
2 Marcos Ambrose
3 Mattias Ekstrom
4 Martin Truex Jr.

5 Juan Pablo Montoya
6 Jeff Gordon
7 Kurt Busch
8 Kevin Harvick
9 Kasey Kahne
10 Jeff Burton

Top 10 Live as of Lap 49
10 Boris Said
13 Robby Gordon
21 Mattias Ekstrom
23 Jan Magnussen
24 Scott Speed
29 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
30 Sam Hornish Jr.

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Allmendinger starts a chain reaction
Early wreck at Sonoma collects Clint Bowyer, Jamie McMurray and Kyle Busch.
Sonoma highlights

http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010...car/index.html

http://www.nascar.com/video/races/cup/2010/16/

Top 10 Live as of Lap 59
1 Boris Said
2 Tony Stewart
3 Marcos Ambrose
4 Mattias Ekstrom
5 Martin Truex Jr.
6 Kevin Harvick
7 Robby Gordon
8 Ryan Newman
9 David Ragan
10 Greg Biffle

Lap 58 -- YELLOW FLAG NO 2: Dave Blaney spins out and now sits idle on the track as cleanup crew make their way toward him.

Lap 57 -- Kyle Busch spent 33 laps in the garage and is back on the track after repairs. It appears they've cut the front end of his car off, made repairs and sent him back out.

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Martin Truex Jr. got a birthday bash, literally, courtesy of Infineon Raceway and Jeff Gordon. Another incident involved Brad Keselowski.

Lap 60 -- Mattias Ekstrom is back toward the front in 4th.
David Ragan is in5th.
Tony Stewart has moved into 2nd,
followed by Marcos Ambrose in 3rd.

Lap 61 -- GREEN FLAG: The field continues to become more aggressive, racing 3-wide into the curves at Sonoma.

Lap 62 -- David Ragan was running 4rth after getting into Mattias Ekstrom in Turn 7. Jeff Gordon was (pushed #83 to #6) involved but has minimal damage.

Lap 63 -- Martin Truex Jr. is hit by Jeff Gordon as well, spins out but saves the car and is back on track.
#48 Jimmie Johnson restarted 7th and is now in 3rd.

Lap 64 -- YELLOW FLAG NO. 3: Brad Keselowski is off the track near Turn 10 after getting loose and failing to save the car.
The No. 12 Dodge has damage to the splitter and is on pit road for repairs.

Top 10 Live as of Lap 65
1 Marcos Ambrose
2 Boris Said
3 Jimmie Johnson
4 Tony Stewart
5 Mattias Ekstrom
6 Kevin Harvick
7 Juan Pablo Montoya
8 Jeff Gordon
9 Kurt Busch
10 Jeff Burton

Lap 66 -- Kyle Busch remains 33 laps down after making repairs and leaving the garage.
34 cars are on the lead lap.
#83 Mattias Ekstrom has made the largest moves of the day in terms of position -- making up 33 spots after starting 38th.

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RED FLAG: A multi-car wreck following a restart has brought the racing to a standstill at Infineon Raceway as officials work to clean the track.

Lap 67 -- GREEN FLAG -- RED FLAG:
#26 Boris Said is slow on the restart toward the front and bunches up a large portion of the field behind him.
#56 Martin Truex Jr. is out of his car and assessing the damage as the wrecker arrives.
#42 Juan Montoya, #2 Kurt Busch and #83 Mattias Ekstrom are involved.

#56 Martin Truex Jr. is upset with Jeff Gordon for what he calls a lack of respect on the restart and stupid driving.
#24 Gordon has apologized. Truex said he'll see Gordon at Loudon. A new rivalry?