Post by dalejrfan on Jun 26, 2005 17:59:53 GMT -5
Lap 110: Checkered flag. Tony Stewart gets his first win of the season and his second consecutive road-course victory, following up his dramatic win last August at Watkins Glen. Ricky Rudd is second.Kurt Busch finishes third.
• Lap 107: Tony Stewart's lead has ballooned to over a second. Meanwhile, Jamie McMurray and Robby Gordon are trading paint for 12th.
• Lap 105: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads. Jeff Burton has spun after contact with Boris Said. Jeff Green has also spun. No caution.
• Lap 104: Eighth-place Ron Fellows has told his team he has no power steering.
• Lap 102: Michael Waltrip spins in the esses. Caution is out.
• Lap 101: Tony Stewart's lead is now 1.134 seconds ahead of second-place Ricky Rudd. Fuel is becoming an issue.
• Lap 99: Tony Stewart uses the crossover move to take the lead from Ricky Rudd.
• Lap 97: Ricky Rudd still leads. Second-place Tony Stewart is trying to figure out a way to get by Rudd in Turn 11.
• Lap 94: Tony Stewart has cut Ricky Rudd's lead down to less than a second. Boris Said has spun off course briefly. No caution.
• Lap 86: Tony Stewart is now second, 2.762 seconds behind leader Ricky Rudd. Meanwhile, Joe Nemechek has spun in Turn 11.
• Lap 82: Ricky Rudd passes Rusty Wallace for the lead. Tony Stewart lurks in third.
• Lap 79: Rusty Wallace's lead is now at 1.229 seconds. Meanwhile, Sterling Marlin goes for a little spin in Turn 11. No caution.
• Lap 75: Bobby Labonte spins. No caution.
• Lap 73: Green flag. Rusty Wallace -- who stayed out -- leads. It's worth noting that Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman both beat Tony Stewart out of the pits during those most recent stops.
• Lap 71: Leaders to pit road. Third-place Scott Pruett has a slow stop. Rusty Wallace is scored as the leader.
• Lap 70: Jimmie Johnson is on pit road to make repairs. Meawhile, it has been determined that Said pitted too soon. He'll start at the end of the longest line.
• Lap 69: Caution out as Jimmie Johnson spins out after contact with Dale Jarrett in Turn 7. Boris Said pits. It appears to have been before the caution comes out.
• Lap 67: Green flag. The top five remain unchanged from the last restart.
• Lap 66: Cars from the rear of the lead lap -- including Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson -- make scheduled pit stops, hoping to make it the rest of the way on fuel.
• Lap 63: Caution out for debris in Turn 9. Robby Gordon should be the lucky dog.
• Lap 63: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads, followed by Kurt Busch, Scott Pruett, Boris Said and Ryan Newman.
• Lap 62: Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson head back to pit road, presumably to get another look at their transmissions.
• Lap 59: Caution is out for a multicar wreck in Turn 11 involving Carl Edwards, Kyle Petty, P. J. Jones and Brian Simo. P.J. Jones and Kyle Petty made contact and Simo pulled Edwards into the wreck. Jeff Gordon is the lucky dog.
• Lap 57: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads. A total of 35 cars are on the lead lap. Jeff Gordon and Robby Gordon are the first two cars a lap down.
• Lap 55: Kasey Kahne hits the tire wall nearing Turn 7 after making contact with Brian Vickers. Just before the wreck, Kahne complained that his throttle was sticking. Caution is out.
• Lap 51: Tony Stewart leads second-place Kurt Busch by 2.413 seconds.
• Lap 45: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch goes behind the wall.
• Lap 44: The top three cars head to pit road. Greg Biffle, Ron Fellows and Brian Simo. Meanwhile, Jeff Gordon's bunch appears to have fixed its transmisson woes on pit road.
• Lap 42: Caution is out for debris between Turns 10 and 11.
• Lap 41: Jeff Gordon reports to his team that he believes his car is stuck in fourth gear. He is heading pit road to take a look. Gordon is the third Hendrick driver to experience transmission problems this afternoon.
• Lap 40: Greg Biffle leads, followed by Ron Fellows, Brian Simo, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
• Lap 36: Kyle Petty pits, giving the lead to Greg Biffle, who is off-pit sequence. Meanwhile, Robby Gordon and Ricky Rudd are penalized for exiting pit road too quickly.
• Lap 35: Kyle Busch's car will not fire on the way out of pit road.
• Lap 34: Mark Martin nailed for too fast entering pit road.
• Lap 34: Leader Tony Stewart to pit road. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch is penalized for excessive speed exiting pit road, Stewart's team has a slight hesitation. Kyle Petty takes the lead.
• Lap 33: Joe Nemechek, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte and leader Jeff Gordon head to pit road. Tony Stewart inherits the lead.
• Lap 30: Dale Jarrett heads to the pits with slight damage from the earlier wreck.
• Lap 28: Dale Jarrett and Carl Edwards make contact in Turn 11 and come around slightly, collecting Mike Bliss. No caution.
• Lap 28: Jeff Gordon leads second-place Tony Stewart by .945 seconds. Scott Pruett is third, 3.66 seconds back.
• Lap 24: Robby Gordon says his car is stuck in third gear.
• Lap 23: Green flag. Jeff Gordon still leads. Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson team reports that its car is stuck in third gear.
• Lap 22: Everyone ahead of 22nd-place Michael Waltrip stays out. Jimmie Johnson's team scurries to fix its transmission problem. Meanwhile, Sterling Marlin and Chris Cook are penalized for speeding exiting put road.
• Lap 20: Caution is out for debris in Turn 11.
• Lap 17: Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the racetrack, 14 laps down.
• Lap 16: Points leader Jimmie Johnson is losing spots. He reports to his team that he has no third gear.
• Lap 15: Mark Martin reports that his car is loose. With the sun out at Sonoma, it's about to get looser.
• Lap 11: After the wreck, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is now 19th in the Nextel Cup standings, 639 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson. He's 253 points behind 10th-place Jeff Gordon, who has returned to the Chase lineup.
• Lap 7: Tony Stewart passes Jimmie Johnson for second.
• Lap 7: Green flag flies with Jeff Gordon in front.
• Lap 5: Greg Biffle shortpits and makes a four-tire stop. Strategy starts.
• Lap 3: Caution is out. Dale Earnhardt Jr. loses it around the start-finish line and goes around. Heavy damage. It appears that Mike Bliss and Junior made contact, cutting Junior's right-rear tire. Jeff Green also was involved, as was Ron Fellows.
Junior later said he had no first or second gear from the start of the race and that his team had tried a new transmission for this weekend.
"The old transmission was pretty darn good. I don't know why it wasn't in there to start with," Junior said.
• Lap 2: Brian Vickers heads to pit road with a cut tire.
• Lap 1: Jeff Gordon leads the first lap.
• Lap 107: Tony Stewart's lead has ballooned to over a second. Meanwhile, Jamie McMurray and Robby Gordon are trading paint for 12th.
• Lap 105: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads. Jeff Burton has spun after contact with Boris Said. Jeff Green has also spun. No caution.
• Lap 104: Eighth-place Ron Fellows has told his team he has no power steering.
• Lap 102: Michael Waltrip spins in the esses. Caution is out.
• Lap 101: Tony Stewart's lead is now 1.134 seconds ahead of second-place Ricky Rudd. Fuel is becoming an issue.
• Lap 99: Tony Stewart uses the crossover move to take the lead from Ricky Rudd.
• Lap 97: Ricky Rudd still leads. Second-place Tony Stewart is trying to figure out a way to get by Rudd in Turn 11.
• Lap 94: Tony Stewart has cut Ricky Rudd's lead down to less than a second. Boris Said has spun off course briefly. No caution.
• Lap 86: Tony Stewart is now second, 2.762 seconds behind leader Ricky Rudd. Meanwhile, Joe Nemechek has spun in Turn 11.
• Lap 82: Ricky Rudd passes Rusty Wallace for the lead. Tony Stewart lurks in third.
• Lap 79: Rusty Wallace's lead is now at 1.229 seconds. Meanwhile, Sterling Marlin goes for a little spin in Turn 11. No caution.
• Lap 75: Bobby Labonte spins. No caution.
• Lap 73: Green flag. Rusty Wallace -- who stayed out -- leads. It's worth noting that Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman both beat Tony Stewart out of the pits during those most recent stops.
• Lap 71: Leaders to pit road. Third-place Scott Pruett has a slow stop. Rusty Wallace is scored as the leader.
• Lap 70: Jimmie Johnson is on pit road to make repairs. Meawhile, it has been determined that Said pitted too soon. He'll start at the end of the longest line.
• Lap 69: Caution out as Jimmie Johnson spins out after contact with Dale Jarrett in Turn 7. Boris Said pits. It appears to have been before the caution comes out.
• Lap 67: Green flag. The top five remain unchanged from the last restart.
• Lap 66: Cars from the rear of the lead lap -- including Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson -- make scheduled pit stops, hoping to make it the rest of the way on fuel.
• Lap 63: Caution out for debris in Turn 9. Robby Gordon should be the lucky dog.
• Lap 63: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads, followed by Kurt Busch, Scott Pruett, Boris Said and Ryan Newman.
• Lap 62: Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson head back to pit road, presumably to get another look at their transmissions.
• Lap 59: Caution is out for a multicar wreck in Turn 11 involving Carl Edwards, Kyle Petty, P. J. Jones and Brian Simo. P.J. Jones and Kyle Petty made contact and Simo pulled Edwards into the wreck. Jeff Gordon is the lucky dog.
• Lap 57: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads. A total of 35 cars are on the lead lap. Jeff Gordon and Robby Gordon are the first two cars a lap down.
• Lap 55: Kasey Kahne hits the tire wall nearing Turn 7 after making contact with Brian Vickers. Just before the wreck, Kahne complained that his throttle was sticking. Caution is out.
• Lap 51: Tony Stewart leads second-place Kurt Busch by 2.413 seconds.
• Lap 45: Green flag. Tony Stewart leads. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch goes behind the wall.
• Lap 44: The top three cars head to pit road. Greg Biffle, Ron Fellows and Brian Simo. Meanwhile, Jeff Gordon's bunch appears to have fixed its transmisson woes on pit road.
• Lap 42: Caution is out for debris between Turns 10 and 11.
• Lap 41: Jeff Gordon reports to his team that he believes his car is stuck in fourth gear. He is heading pit road to take a look. Gordon is the third Hendrick driver to experience transmission problems this afternoon.
• Lap 40: Greg Biffle leads, followed by Ron Fellows, Brian Simo, Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart.
• Lap 36: Kyle Petty pits, giving the lead to Greg Biffle, who is off-pit sequence. Meanwhile, Robby Gordon and Ricky Rudd are penalized for exiting pit road too quickly.
• Lap 35: Kyle Busch's car will not fire on the way out of pit road.
• Lap 34: Mark Martin nailed for too fast entering pit road.
• Lap 34: Leader Tony Stewart to pit road. Meanwhile, Kyle Busch is penalized for excessive speed exiting pit road, Stewart's team has a slight hesitation. Kyle Petty takes the lead.
• Lap 33: Joe Nemechek, Ricky Rudd, Terry Labonte and leader Jeff Gordon head to pit road. Tony Stewart inherits the lead.
• Lap 30: Dale Jarrett heads to the pits with slight damage from the earlier wreck.
• Lap 28: Dale Jarrett and Carl Edwards make contact in Turn 11 and come around slightly, collecting Mike Bliss. No caution.
• Lap 28: Jeff Gordon leads second-place Tony Stewart by .945 seconds. Scott Pruett is third, 3.66 seconds back.
• Lap 24: Robby Gordon says his car is stuck in third gear.
• Lap 23: Green flag. Jeff Gordon still leads. Meanwhile, Jimmie Johnson team reports that its car is stuck in third gear.
• Lap 22: Everyone ahead of 22nd-place Michael Waltrip stays out. Jimmie Johnson's team scurries to fix its transmission problem. Meanwhile, Sterling Marlin and Chris Cook are penalized for speeding exiting put road.
• Lap 20: Caution is out for debris in Turn 11.
• Lap 17: Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to the racetrack, 14 laps down.
• Lap 16: Points leader Jimmie Johnson is losing spots. He reports to his team that he has no third gear.
• Lap 15: Mark Martin reports that his car is loose. With the sun out at Sonoma, it's about to get looser.
• Lap 11: After the wreck, Dale Earnhardt Jr. is now 19th in the Nextel Cup standings, 639 points behind leader Jimmie Johnson. He's 253 points behind 10th-place Jeff Gordon, who has returned to the Chase lineup.
• Lap 7: Tony Stewart passes Jimmie Johnson for second.
• Lap 7: Green flag flies with Jeff Gordon in front.
• Lap 5: Greg Biffle shortpits and makes a four-tire stop. Strategy starts.
• Lap 3: Caution is out. Dale Earnhardt Jr. loses it around the start-finish line and goes around. Heavy damage. It appears that Mike Bliss and Junior made contact, cutting Junior's right-rear tire. Jeff Green also was involved, as was Ron Fellows.
Junior later said he had no first or second gear from the start of the race and that his team had tried a new transmission for this weekend.
"The old transmission was pretty darn good. I don't know why it wasn't in there to start with," Junior said.
• Lap 2: Brian Vickers heads to pit road with a cut tire.
• Lap 1: Jeff Gordon leads the first lap.