Wow that Sprint All Star race was (drivers, lane, road)

[bluescreen73]

terrible. Loved the 10-lap strungout single-file shootout at the end. Congrats to Jimmie but that race was a total waste of time.

[Tymberwulf]

I'm still trying to figure out how Jimmy entered pit lane 4th, even fox who isn't the brightest bunch to begin with was saying he should have entered the pits outside of the top 10.

[Gimme3steps]

Originally Posted by Tymberwulf

I'm still trying to figure out how Jimmy entered pit lane 4th, even fox who isn't the brightest bunch to begin with was saying he should have entered the pits outside of the top 10.

Here's the answer

Average Finish after the four segments of the Sprint All-Star Race:
at the end of the 4th segment, drivers went on to pit road in order of average of all 4 segments
1) #78-Kurt Busch(2), 1st, 4th, 2nd, 1st = 8, 2.0 average
2) #18-Kyle Busch(4), 2, 1, 1, 4 = 8, 2.0 ave
3) #5-Kasey Kahne(9), 5, 6, 6, 2 = 19, 4.75 ave
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson(18), 15, 5, 3, 3 = 26, 6.5 ave
5) #22-Joey Logano(5), 9, 7, 5, 7 = 28, 7.0 ave
6) #15-Clint Bowyer(6), 3, 2, 13, 10 = 28, 7.0 ave
7) #99-Carl Edwards(1), 4, 3, 15, 9 = 31, 7.75 ave
8) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(15), 10, 10, 4, 11 = 35, 8.75 ave
9) #11-Denny Hamlin(7), 8, 9, 7, 14 = 38, 9.5 ave
10) #24-Jeff Gordon(10), 7, 11, 10, 12 = 40, 10.0 ave
11) #1-Jamie McMurray(20), 11, 8, 8, 13 = 40, 10.0 ave
12) #29-Kevin Harvick(19), 18, 12, 9, 6 = 45, 11.25 ave
13) #20-Matt Kenseth(16), 17, 15, 11, 5 = 48, 12.0
14) #39-Ryan Newman(11), 12, 14, 12, 15 = 53, 13.25 ave
15) #16-Greg Biffle(3), 6, 13, 14, 21 = 54, 13.5 ave
16) #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(21), 16, 18, 17, 8 = 59, 14.75 ave
17) #14-Tony Stewart(13), 13, 16, 18, 18 = 65, 16.25 ave
18) #55-Mark Martin(8), 14, 19, 16, 17 = 66, 16.5 ave
19) #9-Marcos Ambrose(17), 19, 17, 19, 16 = 71, 17.75 ave
20) #34-David Ragan(14), 20, 20, 20, 20 = 80, 20.0 ave
21) #10-Danica Patrick(22), 21, 21, 21, 19 = 82 = 20.5 ave
22) #2-Brad Keselowski(12), out, transmission
(tie breaker goes to driver who finished highest in 4th segment)

[American Luxury]

The last segment was boring, but overall I thought it was a decent race.

[WFW&P]

Originally Posted by Gimme3steps

Here's the answer

Average Finish after the four segments of the Sprint All-Star Race:
at the end of the 4th segment, drivers went on to pit road in order of average of all 4 segments
1) #78-Kurt Busch(2), 1st, 4th, 2nd, 1st = 8, 2.0 average
2) #18-Kyle Busch(4), 2, 1, 1, 4 = 8, 2.0 ave
3) #5-Kasey Kahne(9), 5, 6, 6, 2 = 19, 4.75 ave
4) #48-Jimmie Johnson(18), 15, 5, 3, 3 = 26, 6.5 ave
5) #22-Joey Logano(5), 9, 7, 5, 7 = 28, 7.0 ave
6) #15-Clint Bowyer(6), 3, 2, 13, 10 = 28, 7.0 ave
7) #99-Carl Edwards(1), 4, 3, 15, 9 = 31, 7.75 ave
8) #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.(15), 10, 10, 4, 11 = 35, 8.75 ave
9) #11-Denny Hamlin(7), 8, 9, 7, 14 = 38, 9.5 ave
10) #24-Jeff Gordon(10), 7, 11, 10, 12 = 40, 10.0 ave
11) #1-Jamie McMurray(20), 11, 8, 8, 13 = 40, 10.0 ave
12) #29-Kevin Harvick(19), 18, 12, 9, 6 = 45, 11.25 ave
13) #20-Matt Kenseth(16), 17, 15, 11, 5 = 48, 12.0
14) #39-Ryan Newman(11), 12, 14, 12, 15 = 53, 13.25 ave
15) #16-Greg Biffle(3), 6, 13, 14, 21 = 54, 13.5 ave
16) #17-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.(21), 16, 18, 17, 8 = 59, 14.75 ave
17) #14-Tony Stewart(13), 13, 16, 18, 18 = 65, 16.25 ave
18) #55-Mark Martin(8), 14, 19, 16, 17 = 66, 16.5 ave
19) #9-Marcos Ambrose(17), 19, 17, 19, 16 = 71, 17.75 ave
20) #34-David Ragan(14), 20, 20, 20, 20 = 80, 20.0 ave
21) #10-Danica Patrick(22), 21, 21, 21, 19 = 82 = 20.5 ave
22) #2-Brad Keselowski(12), out, transmission
(tie breaker goes to driver who finished highest in 4th segment)

They did what?
Since it was on Speed we didn't see anymore after the rain delay.

[bluescreen73]

To expound on my original post a little more, I think the All Star race is suffering from the incessant tinkering that NASCAR seems to think they're obligated to do every couple years.

Last night's race had WAY too many segments. Segments of 50, 25, and 15 laps are more than adequate. Invert the whole field for the trophy dash and force the good cars to move back up through the backmarkers. Also, make the race a quasi-points paying event by giving the winner of the last segment regular season bonus points. Make them race their butts off for the big paycheck and the points payout.

[Gimme3steps]

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[JonasW]

I agree with blurescreen, it was dead boring. That tracks sucks for this event. It allows the cars to spread out too much and really shows who got the set-up right or wrong. So inverting the field would help some but still needs a better track for a shoot-out style race.

[Patsfan20]

Originally Posted by JonasW

I agree with blurescreen, it was dead boring. That tracks sucks for this event. It allows the cars to spread out too much and really shows who got the set-up right or wrong. So inverting the field would help some but still needs a better track for a shoot-out style race.

Might be time for them to showcase this event around the country. Martinsville and Darlington would be interesting! Maybe throw a road course in there as well....why not.

[Gimme3steps]

^^Or take the race somewhere they don't run during the season. There's plenty of tracks available.

Now that would be entertaining.