http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast...RX&type=N0R

Bristol is about 15-20 miles East of Kingsport.

Finally found the live radar
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interac...?animation=true
Jp

None of the radars look too good. Could be a long day.

They say raining now... but it isn't.
Jp

Im as patriotic as the next guy, but jaysus christ NASCAR takes it to a whole new level. Makes it all look like some phoney over produced Hollywood B movie.

STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN

Expecting rain sometime around 4pm, but apparently the rain is moving faster than first predicted..........we'll just have to wait and see I guess.

Green flag. Kurt Busch leads lap 1.

JJ leading already.

Caution out no way for the 66 to get down to the pits.

Kurt Busch passes JJ after getting caught in traffic. Caution out, Blaney hits the wall, and can't find a gap to get down onto pit road.

look at all the empty seats.... i love it....
hell i think they had more people there when they put the clay down for the super lates and the outlaws....

Caution out, Bowyer blows up.

Bowyer blowed up.

lovin' this Open Access 3 coverage with no ads
Jp
EDIT: Hey OLB..
What's our boy sayin' on the radio?

Back to green.

Sorry I went on a date and I got back about 45 laps in.

He says he thinks the splitter is hitting the ground into 1...it hasn't hit the ground all weekend but now in the race it's hitting

Oh and he was worried about damage from contact with the 12 but nothing visible.

BP just told him brakes are glowing slightly.

Who said you could have a life outside of updating us?

Montoya just thanked the 24 for a clean pass.

Reutimann drops a cylinder.

Hamlin drops a tyre

Reutimann drops a cylinder. Hamlin goes into the wall as I type this, caution out.

I'm so sorry. I won't let it happen again.

Good boy

Brian said The right front had a small nickel size blister on it. Juan said he's not surprised given how tight they are. Brian said try to take care of it and they'll try to free it up some more.

Tab reports the 14 came down and said thanks for working with them. They'll be doing that all day.

Just find a girl with a 42 tattooed on the top of her ass.
Jp

EDIT: Moisture

It's okay and you are forgiven. Just don't plan your other life, like dating and well eating and such, so it collides with NASCAR races ;)

We need your comments here.

I have NASCAR on TV, live timing on computer and your race thread open every time. Greatly appreciated!

Biffle to the lead.


Caution out for rain.

They put coke down on the pit boxes at Bristol? Could swear Jonpollak had an anecdote about that once. Possibly from right back in the days of the Long Beach GP.

Caution out, rain falling. Thought I'd seen a couple of drops on the camera a lap or 2 ago.

Caution for rain

Brakes are starting to chatter, they are long...

Coke syrup. And some teams put it for the crew, not for the tyres!

The brakes can talk? Awesome, I want to see proof though.

Juan reports we've lost the track.

Just got sat down - what did I miss guys ?

Yep...Greg Moore used to say on the radio "splash a dash of slash" on his stall
Jp

EDIT: Oh wait a minute....You are talking about my ex-girlfriend Debbie Baker right?
1979 USGP WEST?

The announcers commented that the teams used to use chemicals for traction, but NASCAR decided if it can't go in your body, it can't go on pit lane, so they use the coke syrup now.

EXPLAIN YOURSELF. Why are you late?

sorry OLB, just spent about 5 hours detailing the car, thats its spring clean up done..

I also got my timings wrong, I thought the race would start at 6:13pm our time, I guess it started at 5:13pm (an hour ago)

sorry, am I forgiven ?

And then we saw a pit box where the ground was stained with sticky stuff only around the car where the crews' feet go, not where the tyres go. Interesting!

Scroll back in the thread for more info...I was on a date and came late. I, for one, will never make the mistake of putting personal romantic desires ahead of the needs of my Autosport Forum brethren.

That's the one! Incidentally, that was a Gilles win, right?

Everyone seems to be standing off from each other right now. JJ looks beatable. But quick.

They're lining up 2-2 one to go!

Not for public consumption
Jp

Back to green.

Montoya looking good in blue while JJ and The Biff mess about in front.

Wish I was late cos of a date instead of a pot of car wax!

JPM getting the better of McMurray again then.

Montoya past JJ for P2!

Montoya is catching Biffle faster then he was catching JJ! Go Juanny!

BP: Just don't kill that RF tyre, dude.