Gordon starting 4th..Jimmy starting 1st...Kyle, 27th

Question

Looks like after a slow start, the Champs started putting it together...Is it CRUNCH time or what???.....Did anyone count them out?? (i didn't)..should kyle be worried? Whos counting Junior out??

"jeff gordon's g*y"- You're g*y

Answer 1

I agree it's crunch time. Not where you start but how you finish...still feel the Hendrick boys are going to have their hands full with #18 by

seasons end. It's going to be very close this year. Just what the Chase was invented for.

Answer 2

Pocono has always been good for Jimmie and Jeff so I'm not surprised they are starting so good. Likewise, this isn't Kyle's best track so his starting 27th isn't a surprise either. That being said, I would love to see Jimmie and Jeff go on a tear for the remaining races! They are my 2 favorite drivers.

Answer 3

1st of all who in there right mind puts Earnhart Sr.&  Kyle dumb *** in the same sentince?? Let alone try to say there alike!! As for me I think Gordon is going to have to get up on that wheel & drive like we all know he can,insted of trying to get the car to come to him. I say "get up there & drive it like you stole it man." GO Gordon!!

Answer 4

well, as i've answered many times before, the hendrick teams, especially that #48 team, would be back. i still think they've been sandbagging a bit to give everyone else a false sense of security, even while they've maintained well within the top twelve.

they're just flexing their muscle now and getting a few bonus points before the chase begins. even jimmie johnson has started with a little "trash talk" of his own about how he and gordon are the favorites as they've been to the winning end of a championship run and kyle hasn't. but they had to do it a first time, and so will he...

as for kyle starting 27th, i wouldn't put a little sandbagging past them now, especially on tracks where they've not done well. as he said slyly earlier today - anything better than 43rd is an improvement... give jimmie and chad a little reason to become complacent right before the chase begins...

;-)

he'll do well. he was moving up fast from the back of the pack last time when he merged into mcmurray without signalling. he'll do fine again. he keeps saying how bad they are at flat tracks, but that's usually what he says just before busting out a top five or a win at someplace they are "bad at." or as he put it today when asked about his qualifying effort - "we just sucked." (go ahead kyle bashers, rip into it - he'll make you eat it later.) just like when they "sucked" at sonoma on friday, then won on sunday...

;-)

and if he doesn't win, i'll get to use the "2" on my counter for races without a cup win. i wonder if it even has a "5" on it as he hasn't gone that long yet this year...

;-)

head games have begun in earnest my friends...

Answer 5

I'm not worried about Kyle. I've been "feeling" this race for him all week.

Pocono's not great for him, but it's far from his worse track.

It was a Pocono race that he started in the back 38th or 39th and finished 4th, they interviewed him, and I declared myself a fan.

Talladega was always more his achilles heel. And he won, after coming from a lap down.

As far as the HMS boys, I've been waiting. I knew it was coming.

I've been prepared for this surge for months now.

And so has Kyle.

Answer 6

well how could i cout out Jimmie Johnson?

Answer 7

I'm sure not counting out any of the Hendricks drivers or Smoke for that matter. These are guys who've been racing a lot longer than Kyle & usually they don't start making their move until it gets down to the Chase. Look at the consistency from Junior. He's held it in the top 10 all season so far.( Give me the thumbs down...I said Junior.) When push comes to shove, the teams really start showing their strength. There's a lot of the drivers who know it's time to knuckle down and get in the Chase. Right now I'm not counting anyone out. It's show time now!   =o`)

Answer 8

I don't think Kyle should be worried.  Pocono is not Kyle's track it seems.  Pocono is not one of the ten races in the chase, so Kyle should be OK.  I am not a fan of Kyle, but It seems if Kyle goes one week without a win, he is in a slump.  That is not true.  

Answer 9

Junior is near the front and Kyle isn't. Never count Junior out. And track position is everything at Pocono, so Kyle might have a hard time getting to the front, but I guess you never know...

Answer 10

I'm not worried about Kyle at all.  When he doesn't win a race he is in a "slump".  lol   Well I believe he will still be up in the front pack if he doesn't straight out win it.    

Answer 11

We all knew this would happen.  Kyle had his fun.  Now it's time for Hendricks to get started.  Hope you Busch BRATS enjoyed his success...because nows it's over.

GO HENDRICK

Answer 12

it doesn't matter because Mark Martin's gonna win anyway

Answer 13

Kyle Is right where he belongs as far from first as possible and lay off Junior cause 88 is lookin Great in 08

Answer 14

this is a track Gordon does well at. He is one of the better road course regulars.

As for the person that said Toyota had found a gray area, that isn't true. The issue is that Toyota has a newer engine, which gave them an advantage on horsepower. It wasn't cheating, but it was an unfair advantage. Not everything that happens is cheating, sometimes its Nascars issue. Not letting Ford, Chevy, or Dodge bring in new engines like Toyota is the major issue here.

Hendricks has 3 cars in the top 10. i don't think they are worried to much.

I hate the chase and wish they would ditch it. Its about the worst "playoff" in all sports. It makes the BCS look normal. :)

I think kyle will use the 70 points to his advantage in the chase. and win barely over JR.

Answer 15

I think Jimmie is fixing to go on a terror.  He's going to be hard to stop.

Answer 16

Those Hendrick guys are turning things up a notch. You can't could them out.

Answer 17

A**hole on the pole!

Answer 18

Tell me please , who in their rite MIND ever counts out HENDRICK MOTOR SPORTS    No  worries, KYLE  is a racer  . JR  is the MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Answer 19

jeff Gordon is not g*y I love the bow you head emperor and want to have little emprerors to rule nascar nation with him. No Kyle should not be worried.  he does not seem like he needs to because he has won 7 I think times this year.  other drivers should worry though.  kyle can drive anything no matter where he starts and what track hes on.

Answer 20

Never counted them out, just figured they holding back and now the charge begins!!!!!

never count the Hendricks Team-mates out, all of them..not just JR.

Season not over yet and yes the toyota teams are strong but just maybe the rest have figured it out and now ready to 'pounce'

Answer 21

It's not a coincidence that the 3 Gibbs cars have slowed a bit. They were manipulating a dark grey area the first half of the season. Nascar finally figured it out. They couldn't fine, suspend, take points away, and announce what the manipulation was without turning the season into a farce so they told Gibbs not to show up again with those modifications. Even Kyle knows the run is over.

Answer 22

Jeff Gordon's Not g*y, Bi maybe, But Not g*y! And Kyle Busch is my Favorite "Villain". Junior's Gonna Win! (without running out of gas this time.)  

Answer 23

Remember how Earnhardt Sr was, if he started 27th you could figure in 27 laps he'd be in first. Kyle is the same way.

Go Wild Thing!

Answer 24

We've seen other drivers get off to a hot start the last couple of years but  that 48 team doesn't panic.  Since the first championship, in 2006, Chad and Jimmie have a confidence that cannot be shaken.  Kyle, Carl and the rest of the boys should take notice and realize that you can never count out the 48 team, they have never finished lower than 5th in the standings.

3 STR8 N 08!!!

Answer 25

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Answer 26

I'm not counting Junior out, he qualified 12th, but... you've got Kenseth, Kahne, Vickers and Kurt Busch in the top 10, and Denny Hamlin starting 14th... you can't tell me these guys can't pull it together and upset the HMS apple cart.  Johnson has something going for him, since he's on the pole, and Pocono is often won from the pole, but, for a change, I'm expecting a pretty interesting race at Pocono this time around.

Answer 27

I think Kyle felt bad and decided to give them a chance.

And the changes were in the Nationwide series not Cup!