Rick Hendrick owens four race teams in the NASCAR Cup serise; thay are jeff Gordon driver of the # 24 car, Jimmy Johson #48, ( which is co-owend by Jeff Gordon) Kile Bush #5, and Brian Vickers #25.  So what is Rick going to do to get the #25 car who is 19th in points, in and keep it in the top 10 so that all four teams are in the top ten come cut-off date for the Chase?  After all three are there with just one more team to get in the top ten.  YAHOO!!! GO HINDERIK!!!
123378
I was really pulling for this team when Jerry was driving.\n\nI thought they showed a lot of competitivness but just couldn't get all the wins they were deserving of.  But they do know how to be quick.\n\nI think Vickers is still showing signs of improvement.  He seems to be able to keep his emotions in check and has driven the car awesome at times.\n\nI think if Vickers continues to learn at the tracks he's lacking speed, and ties that in with being a bit more aggresive ( racing aggresion, not emotional)  at the tracks that he has had success, he will climb up the standings.
496942
Hell no a chevy ain't better than a Ford,  who won the race, a Ford, who won the truck race the night before, Mark Martin in a ford, who won Sunday, Greg Biffle in a Ford.  Nascar loves Chevy and wants Chevy on top and just like a question I asked on here a while back.  Nascar loves Chevy and will do anything to get them to win, ie  3 inches of kickout on the nose for front downforce and unlike the answer I got from someone who doesn't know, the way the extra kickout is and rake of it, does not produce more drag.  Ford on the other hand, has the closest front end to the street car of any of the manufacturers by nascar rule with no concessions therefore the Ford has a disadvantage to the other 2 and still wins races.   Also I will add some to my answer like I got on mine,  I drive a miriad of Chevy vehicles at my work and sure glad my personal vehicles are Fords.  rattling heaps if you ask me.  Chevrolet stands for   Complete Heap Every Valve Rattles On Long Extended Trips!!!!!!!
294175
Ya, that is exactly what I am saying. I would LOVE for Jr. to win, but if not I would want it to be Tony Stewart. It would ruin my whole weekend if either Jeff Gordon or Jimmie Johnson won it. I guess great minds think alike, right? lol\n\nGO DALE GO!!!!!!!!!!!#8
460944
I'm a Dale Jr fan, but I think that 3rd time is gonna be the charm for Jimmie Johnson and the Lowes team. This is their 3rd time being in the Chase and they have gotten stronger over the weeks. \n\nUnless something insane happens...then Jimmie Johnson is your 2006 Nextel Cup Series Champion!
279869
Hey girlie. I noticed that you ask this question a lot. Why?? When it keeps getting mentioned, its never going to go away. I think you should just stop mentioning it over and over. It just brings negative attention to this Motorsports category. And mostly non-Nascar fans answer with ridiculous answers. Real Nascar fans know the difference, but it just opens up a can of worms for people who know NOTHING about Jeff Gordon to bash him. Anyway, dont want to offend you- but I think this question has been asked way too many times. Here is my answer: (Again)\n\nI freaken hate when people say this. Here's the story STRAIGHT FROM JEFF GORDON:\n\nThis is a few paragraphs from 'JEFF GORDON: Racing Back to the Front-My Memoir' page 95(for those who are interested)\n\n"The more I won, the more fans I attracted, and the more people pulled against me. A lot of people loved that I was a young guy with a new team. Others might have thought I was destroying the fabric of the sport. This is when the first 'GORDON SUCKS' signs came out and the boo birds turned up again when I was introduced."\n\n"At some point during this time (I have no idea exactly when), anti-Gordon fans started passing around the rumor that I was gay. I can only guess that it had something to do with my driving a rainbow colored car. I also figure some folks took a joke Dale Earnhardt made during my rookie year out of context: I had been dating Brooke throughout the season, but because Winston employed her, we had to keep our relationship secret. After her stint as Miss Winston Cup ended, we came out at the banquet as a couple. Dale, being witty as ever, said, 'Whew, Im glad to see you've got a girlfriend. Some of us were beginning to wonder if you liked girls.' Of course, Dale and a lot of other drivers had known about Brooke for months, but they hadnt said anything out of respect for our privacy. Once we showed up in public together, Dale felt comfortable making a joke about it. I can only guess that a few folks took him seriously, and the rumors about my sexual orientation spread like wildfire."\n\n"The controversy(such that it was)never bothered me, but I was a bit puzzled by it. I'd like to think that if I were gay, I would be comfortable enough to say so and get on with my life. The fact is I'm not, and I never quite understood wh so many people wanted to believe otherwise."\n\nTHERE YOU GO PEOPLE...Get over it. He's not gay/if you dont like Jeff Gordon, sucks for you.
622056
i have a lot of goodyear class of.. posters, mine show every regular driver from that year, is that what you have? i'm not sure if the poster from that year says 50 years of winning, but i can't find it to check. if not the drivers who won that year are...Jimmie Johnson, Kurt Busch, Jeff Gordon, Mark Martin, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth, Elliott Sadler, Jeremy Mayfield, Rusty Wallace, Greg Biffle, and Joe Nemechek
264164
I have a feeling Jimmie will finally win it after being so close the past two years. He's an excellent driver with a talented crew coming from a great team. He'll get it this year.
620552
i'm a huge jeff fan, and just kind of stopped breathing for a few seconds..\nsome people are ignorant and just need beat.. \ni blame this on another crew cheif screw up.. you should know that you need a good brake setup at that place.. good gravy. i hope monday morning meeting someone kicks his ***.. ugh, and i hope it's jeff.\nlaughing is just not cool people. sure it's fun to see your least favorite driver cut a tire and smash his front end and wreck the aerodynamics and lose a race..but to smack the wall that hard, b/c of a loss of breaks is just uncalled for. seriously, how can you have a hate for a man so much you have never met?? Good gravy.. i'm sure jeff doesn't sit there at night praying for your demise.. i mean, really, he hit that wall at almost 200 mph..hello, he smashed the safer barrier in.. do you know how hard of a hit that is?? i wann see you do that and still laugh, cuz two cents says it won't be so funny then. \ni'm so glad he got out of that car and wlaked on away i figured he'd at least be taken to the hospital and be found with a concussion..but awesomely enough..he's doing alright. good to know.\nas for people at the track..i've been a gordon fan since he hit the busch series.. i've seen the hate grow and only get worse through the years..you learn to shrug it off and know that ignorance that bad has to hurt..
426651
Congratulations, you are the TENTH question asker for the newly founded Nascar category!\n\nBob, tell him what he has won.\n\nWell Texasman, you have won -5 points...congratulations and thank you for playing!
617201
Bill Lester has been racing in the Craftsman Truck Series for a couple of years now so he's not exactly a rookie he also left his high paying corporate job to chase his dream.Pair these things with Nascars desire to add some diversity to the sport and  Lester is a perfect fit. Lester also  is   not the first driver to come to the Cup Series with little or no experience in the Busch series.   With the number of Cup drivers who also race in the Busch Series there's not much oppertunity there. I say good luck Bill.
452056
i agree with you and papabil. he has gotten better as the year has gone on. in his first full year with tony jr. as his crew chief(from 2000-2004 tony sr. was crew chief and tony jr. car chief), they started out so-so but they have gotten stronger and stronger all year long. they have run well enough during the chase to win the title, but they just haven't gotten the finishes. they led for a while at kansas, talladega, and atlanta, and have been strong at every chase track. i think next year is going to be juniors year. i think they're going to come out of the gate strong and not look back. that budwieser team is really starting to gel.
300764
Dale Jr. is a true southern gentleman.  Do you see getting mouthy with the press or being nasty toward anyone?  He was brought up with a great respect for racing and for those who participate in the same.  I think after his father's death and his corvette fire incident he is a more spiritual person and that is helping him focus better this year.  Also, you don't see him with fancy models hanging off his arm do you?  He's a honest, hard working, fun guy.
640521
Jimmy Spencer was a beast when he ran the modified circuit but never had the same success at the cup level I think this is because he never drove for a top tier team  I'm a big Spencer fan and would love to see what he could do in a top level car like Hendricks or Rousch would provide him
354946
This is a truly simple question and I believe we all know the correct answer. Every driver interviewed will give you the same answer.....#20...Mr. Tony Stewart.  Any man who will bump the pace car will bump you and if you catch the wall.....sorry. He is the best in the game with two championships and he had more points than any chase driver this year, he just missed being in the chase by 16 pts. Check my mirrors...I pray its not Tony.     @007 Nextel Cup Champion.......TONY STEWART
453020
Ok I am a huge NASCAR fan and the point system is kind of confusing. But I am sure you can understand.The winner of each Nextel Cup race receives 180 points. The runner-up scores 170. From there, the point total declines in five-point increments for Nos. 2-6; points drop four points per driver for Nos. 7-11; and three-point increments separate drivers' points for finishers 12th place and lower.\n\nIn addition to the points allocated, any driver who leads a lap receives five bonus points. The driver who leads the most laps receives an additional five bonus points.\nIn Nextel Cup racing, following the 26th race of the season, all drivers in the top 10 -- and any others within 400 points of the leader -- earn a berth in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.\n\nAll drivers in the Chase will have their point totals adjusted. The first-place driver in the standings begins the Chase with 5,050 points; the second-place driver will start with 5,045, etc. Incremental five-point drops will continue through 10th place (5,005 points).\n\nIf more than 10 drivers qualify for the Chase, the additional drivers will have their points reset at 5,005.\n\n• Owners are rewarded in the points race in much the same fashion but, unlike drivers, they earn points for merely attempting to make a race. If an owner shows up with two drivers and one fails to qualify, the owner still receives points for the non-qualifying effort.\n\nThrough the first five races of the season, the top 35 in owners' points from the previous season are guaranteed a starting spot in the race. Beginning with the sixth race, the top 35 in current owners' points are guaranteed a spot.\n\nThe fastest non-qualifier on race day earns 31 points for his owner, three down from the 43rd-place points. The scale continues downward for all non-qualifiers, with the lowest possible point awarded being one.\n\n• Manufacturers have a points race of their own. The car maker who has a driver take first place in a race earns nine points for that race. Second-best performance by a manufacturer gets six points, third place earns four points and fourth place, three points\nRace Points System \nFinish Points   Finish Points
257770
Tony Stewart is my fave driver, always will be. Some of those haters here just love to get Tony fans p*ssed off, they get a kick out of it...but God forbid you bash their driver....\n\nI'd say the same if anyone here bashed my #2 fave driver, Carl Edwards...I wonder when people are gonna find some 'imperfection' with him and start bashing him!\n\nAs far as Tony being a 'whiner'....He's not! Want to know who the worst offender in Nextel Cup is, as far as whining...Robby Gordon!!!
312400
1998 \n\nThe most recent driver to win the last race of the year and the Championship in the same season was Jeff Gordon in 1998. He won the cup and that last race of the year in Atlanta... but he had already clinched before the race started so the pressure was off. \n\n1971 \n\nIn 1971 Richard Petty did the same thing, winning the last race of the year at Texas World Speedway. Just like Gordon in 1998 he had already clinched the title. \n\n1965 \n\nBefore that we go back to Ned Jarrett's Championship in 1965. He actually needed a good finish at Moyock in order to win the title, or would have if second place Dick Hutcherson had showed up at the race that day. That was back when many drivers didn't race every race so Ned won the title in '65 but he also ran two more races than any other driver. \n\n1957 \n\nBuck Baker won the last race of the year at Greensboro Fairgrounds in North Carolina in 1957. His immediate competitors for the crown also raced but Buck already had clinched the Championship. \n\n1956 \n\nIn 1956 the final race of the year was in Wilson, NC. Buck Baker claimed the win and the first of two consecutive Championships. Buck had already scored enough points that he didn't need the big win in order to claim the title. \n\n1955 \n\nFinally we come to a great performance under pressure. In 1955 both Tim Flock and Buck Baker showed up at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsboro, NC for the last race of the year. Tim won the race to claim the title despite running three fewer races that year. Buck Baker's third place run wasn't enough. \n\nThat is every time in the history of NASCAR's top series that the Champ also won the final race of the season.