Crew chiefs are always fined in the same way that MLB managers are ejected when one of their pitchers throws at the opposing team.
FORT WORTH, TX - NOVEMBER 05: Tony Stewart, driver of the #20 The Home Depot Chevrolet, celebrates on the flag stand after climbing up the fence, following the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Dickies 500, on November 5, 2006 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
That's a cool black drab helmet Tony has. Imagine how more scary Darth Vader would have been if he weren't shiny. "ssshhhshshhhsh---- Yeoman---- sssshhhshshhhsh---- The Force tells me---- sssshhhshshhhsh---- that my gauntlets must be waxed and buffed----- sssshhhshshhhsh----" In my official personal Mr Hanki's Of Course NASCAR's Point System Is Flawed Point System (TM), after Texas: 1 - +0 - 1998 - Johnson J [[ 9 1/2 Equivalent Wins ]] 2 - +2 - 1893 - Stewart T [[ 9 EW ]] 3 - -1 - 1774 - Kenseth M [[ 8 1/2 EW ]] 4 - -1 - 1714 - Kahne K 5 - +0 - 1578 - Harvick K [[ 7 1/2 EW ]] 6 - +0 - 1292 - Gordon J [[ 6 EW ]] 7 - +0 - 1198 - Hamlin D [[ 5 1/2 EW ]] 8 - +0 - 1116 - Busch Ky 9 - +0 - 1043 - Earnhardt D [[ 5 EW ]] 10 - +0 - 958 - Burton J [[ 4 1/2 EW ]] Others: Edwards C (938), Busch Ku (833), Biffle G (777), Martin M (736), Vickers B (646)
Mr. Hanki's Chase Standings. 1 - +0 - 839 - Stewart T 2 - +0 - 680 - Johnson J 3 - +0 - 534 - Kahne K 4 - +0 - 521 - Kenseth M 5 - +0 - 515 - Edwards C 6 - +0 - 473 - Harvick K 7 - +0 - 325 - Hamlin D 8 - +0 - 322 - Gordon J 9 - +0 - 277 - Earnhardt D 10 - +0 - 256 - Busch Ky
Congrats to Kevin Harvick!!! Winner of the survivor-style elimination award. His third place finished placed him ahead of 12th place Matt Kenseth to take the survivor award. The survivor-style elimination took all of the starters from the season-opening Daytona 500, eliminating the last place driver among the remaining racers each week. Also all non-qualifiers were eliminated too.
Official standings Code: Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 1 +1 Jimmie Johnson 6157 Leader 34 1 5 12 22 2 -1 Matt Kenseth 6140 -17 34 0 4 15 20 3 +1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6079 -78 34 0 1 10 16 4 -1 Denny Hamlin* 6077 -80 34 3 2 6 18 5 +1 Kevin Harvick 6052 -105 34 1 4 13 18 6 +1 Jeff Gordon 6000 -157 34 1 2 13 17 7 -2 Jeff Burton 5973 -184 34 4 1 7 19 8 +2 Kyle Busch 5924 -233 34 1 1 10 18 9 -1 Mark Martin 5904 -253 34 0 0 7 14 10 -1 Kasey Kahne 5867 -290 34 5 6 11 17 11 -- Tony Stewart 4488 -1669 34 0 5 15 19 12 -- Carl Edwards 4131 -2026 34 0 0 9 18 13 -- Greg Biffle 3829 -2328 34 2 1 7 14 14 -- Casey Mears 3762 -2395 34 0 0 2 8 15 +1 Kurt Busch 3724 -2433 34 6 1 7 11
http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/headlines/cup/11/05/kharvick.sriggs.texas/index.html Wasn't it Riggs who got Earnhardt aeroloose and sent him into the wall?
Brian France has mad driving skilz. http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Local/newEAST02110906.htm
Jimmy Johnson placed himself into a commanding position for the Nextel Cup Championship with a 2nd place finish in Phoenix. With a 12th or better finish in Homestead, Johnson clinches. While I hate the Gordon-clone, Johnson does deserve this championship if one of my favorites can't win it, since he has shown both consistency and a winning way from the start of the year. I'd rather my favorites win (in this case Earnhardt), but if they can't I'd rather see the most deserving, a champion worthy of the name "Champion." Code: Rank +/- Driver Points Behind Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 Winnings 1 -- Jimmie Johnson 6332 Leader 35 1 5 13 23 $8,789,160 2 -- Matt Kenseth 6269 -63 35 0 4 15 20 $6,466,930 3 +2 Kevin Harvick 6242 -90 35 1 5 14 19 $6,043,990 4 -- Denny Hamlin* 6242 -90 35 3 2 7 19 $4,205,720 5 -2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 6217 -115 35 0 1 10 17 $5,352,890 6 -- Jeff Gordon 6165 -167 35 2 2 14 18 $5,863,090 7 -- Jeff Burton 6107 -225 35 4 1 7 20 $4,912,990 8 +1 Mark Martin 6059 -273 35 0 0 7 15 $4,199,820 9 +1 Kasey Kahne 6013 -319 35 5 6 11 18 $6,013,530 10 -2 Kyle Busch 5973 -359 35 1 1 10 18 $4,742,490 11 -- Tony Stewart 4609 -1723 35 0 5 15 19 $7,164,870 12 -- Carl Edwards 4286 -2046 35 0 0 10 19 $4,479,450 13 -- Greg Biffle 3890 -2442 35 2 1 7 14 $4,278,920 14 +1 Kurt Busch 3866 -2466 35 6 1 7 12 $4,925,630 15 -1 Casey Mears 3847 -2485 35 0 0 2 8 $5,317,350
I look at my previous post and it is interesting to see who is #2 in winnings this year, Tony Stewart.
In my official personal Mr Hanki's Of Course NASCAR's Point System Is Flawed Point System (TM), after Phoenix: 1 - +0 - 2098 - Johnson J [[ 10 Equivalent Wins ]] 2 - +0 - 1907 - Stewart T [[ 9 1/2 EW ]] 3 - +0 - 1789 - Kenseth M [[ 8 1/2 EW ]] 4 - +1 - 1778 - Harvick K 5 - -1 - 1742 - Kahne K 6 - +0 - 1342 - Gordon J [[ 6 1/2 EW ]] 7 - +0 - 1184 - Hamlin D [[ 5 1/2 EW ]] 8 - +0 - 1116 - Busch Ky 9 - +0 - 1065 - Earnhardt D [[ 5 EW ]] 10 - +0 - 978 - Burton J [[ 4 1/2 EW ]] 10 - +1 - 978 - Edwards C Others: Busch Ku (858), Biffle G (777), Martin M (769), Vickers B (664) Only Tony Stewart could over take Jimmy Johnson for the Hanki's Championship with a win and a Johnson finish of 20th or worst. Stewart cannot overtake Johnson by finishing second.
Mr. Hanki's Chase Standings. 1 - +0 - 861 - Stewart T 2 - +0 - 780 - Johnson J 3 - +3 - 673 - Harvick K 4 - -1 - 567 - Kahne K 5 - +0 - 555 - Edwards C 6 - -2 - 546 - Kenseth M 7 - +0 - 391 - Hamlin D 8 - +0 - 372 - Gordon J 9 - +0 - 305 - Earnhardt D 10 - +0 - 256 - Busch Ky Either Johnson or Harvick could overtake Stewart in the Hanki-style Chase Championship. Johnson would guarantee a championship with a win, and would get the championship with a second place finish so long as Stewart finishes lower than 20th place. Harvick can only win the championship by winning Homestead, and with Stewart finishing less than 21st place or worst and Johnson finishing 3rd or worst.
Pre-Chase Point standings: 1) #48-Jimmie Johnson 5015 2) #17-Matt Kenseth, 5004, 11 3) #29-Kevin Harvick, 4683, 332 4) #20-Tony Stewart, 4609, 406 5) #11-Denny Hamlin, 4560, 455 6) #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr., 4530, 485 7) #24-Jeff Gordon, 4476, 539 8) #31-Jeff Burton, 4414, 601 9) #6-Mark Martin, 4375, 640 10) #5-Kyle Busch, 4362, 653 11) #9-Kasey Kahne, 4327, 688 12) #99-Carl Edwards, 4286, 729 13) #16-Greg Biffle, 3890, 1125 Would have been one heck of a battle between Kenseth and Johnson. Could have come down to 1 lap led like it did in 1992. Though he would not have had a chance to win the championship, Stewart would have had the chance to finish in the top 5 in points.
Jimmie should do fine, it really shows how strong that team is.. Basicly out of it, and they come back I won't lock it up yet until its over
I don't know what's worse...the fact that I flew all the way to Vegas to see Jimmy Johnson win a race, or the fact that he's going to win the cup this season.
Jimmy Johnson is a loser, but at least he would have also won the cup under the old scoring format as well. He would have won it by 4 points over Kenseth under the old way. http://www.jayski.com/stats/2006standings/nov19.htm
Good thing Matt did not lead a lap in the race. If he had he would have won by 1 point under the traditional scoring.
I hope they look at Tony Stewart's place in the "old school" points system as an obvious flaw in the current chase format. This year was an odd Chase, no one in the top 10 ran especially well, letting Johnson come back and win it somehow. I hate anything good that happens to Rick Hendrick, that bastard should still be in jail.
Yes, Tony would have ended up 4th and made a million or so more dollars than just the $1 million bonus for finishing 11th. Totally agree with you on Hendrick on all accounts.