The Madness that was Charlotte Part 1

[denver924471]

The first race I ever saw flag to flag. I was 9 at the time. This race took multiple Mountain Dews and 3 pizzas to make it through the whole thing. I was so happy afterwords for Kevin LePage. He ended up finishing 7th. One of th best races ever for the Underdog to pull through. Ironically, Kevin LePage had Underdog on the hood of his car that race.

[KKFan9]

This, single handedly was the craziest NASCAR race in recent memory. With the combination of the newly "levigated" asphalt on that track and the softer tire compound NASCAR used in 2005 made for some insanely fast speeds, but HORRIBLE tire reliability.

[ORIANPSP]

Wasn't NASCAR pissed after the race because there were so many cautions because i heard it some where

[NCSportsMan70]

I was sitting at the end of turn 3 and Kurt wrecked in front of me and Dad twice, it was great.

[brandensimmons1987]

that a crazy 600 22 cautions that bristol like

[DsturbedFan728]

nah thats even more thatn bristol

[brandensimmons1987]

@DsturbedFan728 or martinsville like

[goragan6]

miss this configuration :(

[jgfan24rox]

@goragan6 it didn't change. they just repaved XD

[goragan6]

whatever. point is racing ain't the same as before :(

[jgfan24rox]

@goragan6 i think the racing is better know. granted they can't pass when you get the lead, but its still AWESOME racing. never had these wild allstar races on the old pavement.

[goragan6]

well yes.  the bankin 500 was a decent race. at certain points we had pretty good side by side racing, but i still like the old pavement. (in my opinion) this was the best race i've ever seen and no question, that was a good finish

[talladega24fan]

just give it a couple more years and it oughta weather back down.

[RNCoyote]

It took the fall race to figure out it was diamond grind surface shredding the tires causing a whole bunch of wrecks. They end up repaving the track after the fall race.

[jimmiejohnsonfan148]

This was the craziest race I have ever seen.  I watched it after the Indy 500 in 2005.

[FallenAngels92]

3 years later in the sprint cup series, theres onlt about 1 actual crash a race now, maybe another spin and thats it, at leats thats how it is so far in the 2008 season

[KingCuervo88]

ah c'mon fallenangel92 what's wrong with 9 debris cautions for a dark cloud and 2 cautions thrown so someone can catch up?

[rusty2]

this is also the same day that Danica patrick almost won the indy 500, what a day!

[racerboy1245]

This race was an atrocity.

[aptg95]

LOL 4:40 sounds like super mario hahaha

[timlinisabeast]

lol

[CPUSports07]

LOL! u r rite!

[burtonfan2]

they said on average there was a caution every 8 laps

[O5fan]

18.

[kingofrunescapepking]

wtf did newman have lane choice or somethin?

[freshgeek89]

The pole sitter has lane choice at the start of the race.

[kingofrunescapepking]

ok i thought gordon was on pole and got bad start then i saw newman was on pole

[Randildo]

that was an iteresting race, and as a vickers fan he should have won this race if not for that late yellow...

[kingofrunescapepking]

2 bad he caused it! lol

[Randildo]

no there was a yellwo or 2 before it while he was leading people were pitting and he wasnt going to, or something like that, it was a situation where if it stayed green he woulda won.

[kingofrunescapepking]

hmm interesting logic but he did win at talladega in 2006 as well as the nextel open in 04 or 05 (also both times he wrecked some1 2 do it XD)

[Randildo]

The open he just plain dumped Bliss, but at talladega that was really a misjudgement on his part, i think the 48 suprised him a bit, i dont think that was delibrate, but the Open was lol

[rusty2]

that was a great day, w/ danica almost winning the indy 500 and the photo finish at this race, man!!!

[nadeau1064]

Hooray for Levigation!