Sunday, May 01, 2005
Live Blogging: Aaron's 499
Well, I have been toying with this idea, and came to the conclusion: Let's give it a go. NOTE: nascar.com has a free race-day use of their Raceday Scanner, so give it a try. Newest entries will be on top in bold. The race is on FOX. This race is 188 laps long.
The next race will be at Darlington for BGN, NNC. The next Live Blogging race is tentively schedual for July 2nd, the Pepsi 400.
Congradulations to Jeff Gordon on his victory.
Checkered Flag: Jeff Gordon takes the win in the Aaron's 499, Tony Stewart takes 2nd, Michael Waltrip finishes 3rd
GWC White Flag: Stewart takes 2nd
GWC 2 to got: Restart, J. Gordon leads the 42 and the 38
2 to go: Caution, #s 29, 8, 48, 16, 77, 1, 17, all involved in crash; WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREEN WHITE CHECKERED FOLKS!!!
3 to go: J. Gordon takes the lead from M. Waltrip
5 to go: M. Waltrip leads, K. Harvick 2ns, Martin Truex Jr 3rd
8 to go: J. Gordon still leading, J. McMurray 2nd, Michael Waltrip 3rd
15 to go: Restart, J. Gordon continues to lead, Jr. 2nd, J. McMurray 3rd
17 to go: Caution, Hermie Sadler didn't make it to the garage area beyond pit road
18 to go: Restart, J. Gordon leads, J. Johnson 2nd, J. McMurray 3rd
23 to go: Caution, debris; pitstops comming
33 to go: J. Gordon still leads, J. Johnson 2nd, E. Sadler 3rd
44 to go: J. Gordon leads, 19 cars on the lead lap
51 to go: Restart, Jimmie Johnson leads
4:30PM Red Flag lifted, yellow out, cars return to work (43 min Red Flag)
25 cars involved in the Big One
54 to go (3:49PM EST): Red Flag (obvious)
56 to got: the Big One happened, looks like only 11 cars made it
62 to go: J. Gordon passes for the lead with the help of Jamie McMurray
64 to go: E. Sadler leads, pushed by J. Gordon by K. Busch
68 to got: Restart, M. Martin leads, now J. Gordon leads
Lap 115: Caution, Kyle Petty stalled, everyone pits; Mark Martin leads
Lap 110: Elliott Sadler and Kurt Busch dead heat for the lead, E. Sadler officially lead
Lap 109: J. Gordon leads
Lap 108: K. Harvick leads
Lap 107: Restart, S. Riggs leads
Lap 104: Pitstops, Scott Riggs leads
Lap 102: Caution out, Bobby Hamilton Jr. blew a tire, pitstops comming
Lap 95: Halfway, J. Gordon leads
Lap 93: J. Gordon pushes by Jr. to lead
Lap 90: Dale Earnhardt Jr leads
Lap 85: K. Harvick leads
Lap 84: J. Gordon lead that lap, but was shuffled back
Lap 82: Ryan Newman leads the field
Laps 73-76: Everyone else pits, J. Gordon blows a RF tire entering the pits, locked them up
Lap 72: K. Harvick leads about a dozen cars onto pit road
Lap 71: 10 cars enter pit road, led by Mike Skinner
Lap 70: Kevin Harvick leads the race
Lap 63: J. Gordon still leads, all but 4 laps
Lap 52: No change up front, J. Gordon leads
Lap 42: Restart, J. Gordon the leader
Lap 38: Pit stops, J. Gordon leads them off
Lap 37: Jeff Green spins midfield, NOBODY hits him, Tony Stewart leads
Lap 32: No change for the lead
Lap 23: Restart, Jeff Gordon leads
Lap 20: Pitstops, Jeff Gordon leads after the stops, Dale Jarrett changes helmets due to comm. problems
Lap 18: Caution, Kyle Petty blew an tire
Lap 11: No change in the top 10, no cautions
Lap 1: Jeff Gordon leads
1:30PM Race Start
1:18PM They have their engines going, waiting for them to being their pace laps.