Friday July 25
FASTEST IN PRACTICE 1
1) Elliott Sadler
2) Jimmie Johnson
3) Jeff Gordon
4) Mark Martin
5) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
FASTEST IN PRACTICE 2
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Jeff Gordon
3) Ryan Newman
4) Kasey Kahne
5) Kevin Harvick
Saturday July 26
FASTEST IN PRACTICE 3
1) Jeff Gordon
2) Greg Biffle
3) Ryan Newman
4) Jimmie Johnson
5) Denny Hamlin
FASTEST DURING HAPPY HOUR
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Jeff Gordon
3) Denny Hamlin
4) Carl Edwards
5) Ryan Newman
FASTEST IN PRACTICE 1
1) Elliott Sadler
2) Jimmie Johnson
3) Jeff Gordon
4) Mark Martin
5) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
FASTEST IN PRACTICE 2
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Jeff Gordon
3) Ryan Newman
4) Kasey Kahne
5) Kevin Harvick
Saturday July 26
FASTEST IN PRACTICE 3
1) Jeff Gordon
2) Greg Biffle
3) Ryan Newman
4) Jimmie Johnson
5) Denny Hamlin
FASTEST DURING HAPPY HOUR
1) Jimmie Johnson
2) Jeff Gordon
3) Denny Hamlin
4) Carl Edwards
5) Ryan Newman
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| 2008 ALLSTATE at the BRICKYARD Race Results |
Shredded Tires and Caution Periods
Goodyear's NASCAR tires could not withstand the diamond grinding
of the Speedway. Tire blowouts forced NASCAR to create
mandatory pitting for new tires. This year's 400 was marred by 11
caution periods, with the longest stretch of green lasting just 12 laps.
The good part of this was it kept the field bunched and Jimmie
Johnson and teammate Jeff Gordon (who were clearly the best of the
field) could not build a lead and hold it and the field did not get all
strung out.
The Goodyear rubber shredded so badly that radio spotters high
above the racing surface reported bits of tire debris in and on their
clothing and the Speedway sent huge track-cleaning machines onto
the track to clear the accumulated detritus with each yellow flag
period. Perhaps NASCAR should have gone with some Firestone
Indy tires.
Memories trackside recollected the 2005 tire failure that turned the
United States Grand Prix into no more than a Ferrari test session
when the entire twenty-two car Formula 1 field, save the six
Bridgestone-runners, withdrew from the contest on the parade lap
effectively defaulting at the recommendation of their Michelin
tire-makers.
On this occasion, though, the grandstands remained relatively quiet
with only a smattering of 'boos' heard with each successive caution
period. The USGP crowd of 2005, made up of many who traveled
from other countries to experience the Grand Prix at the Speedway,
quickly turned ugly and required extra security to restrain.
The tire constructor Michelin later compensated ticket-holders to the
farcical affair by purchasing twenty thousand tickets to the following
year's USGP and offering them free to the affected fans.
The race result did little to change the Cup championship standings
as Kyle Busch (who finished fifteenth, immediately behind David
Ragan) continues to lead with 3004 points, 253 to the better of Dale
Earnhardt Jr (who finished twelfth in the race).
Goodyear's NASCAR tires could not withstand the diamond grinding
of the Speedway. Tire blowouts forced NASCAR to create
mandatory pitting for new tires. This year's 400 was marred by 11
caution periods, with the longest stretch of green lasting just 12 laps.
The good part of this was it kept the field bunched and Jimmie
Johnson and teammate Jeff Gordon (who were clearly the best of the
field) could not build a lead and hold it and the field did not get all
strung out.
The Goodyear rubber shredded so badly that radio spotters high
above the racing surface reported bits of tire debris in and on their
clothing and the Speedway sent huge track-cleaning machines onto
the track to clear the accumulated detritus with each yellow flag
period. Perhaps NASCAR should have gone with some Firestone
Indy tires.
Memories trackside recollected the 2005 tire failure that turned the
United States Grand Prix into no more than a Ferrari test session
when the entire twenty-two car Formula 1 field, save the six
Bridgestone-runners, withdrew from the contest on the parade lap
effectively defaulting at the recommendation of their Michelin
tire-makers.
On this occasion, though, the grandstands remained relatively quiet
with only a smattering of 'boos' heard with each successive caution
period. The USGP crowd of 2005, made up of many who traveled
from other countries to experience the Grand Prix at the Speedway,
quickly turned ugly and required extra security to restrain.
The tire constructor Michelin later compensated ticket-holders to the
farcical affair by purchasing twenty thousand tickets to the following
year's USGP and offering them free to the affected fans.
The race result did little to change the Cup championship standings
as Kyle Busch (who finished fifteenth, immediately behind David
Ragan) continues to lead with 3004 points, 253 to the better of Dale
Earnhardt Jr (who finished twelfth in the race).
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