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7 reasons to watch the LifeLock.com 400 at Chicagoland Speedway: No. 1 - Ford
By Steve Waid
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Since its inaugural NASCAR Cup event in 2001, there have been eight races at Chicagoland Speedway.
Chevrolet has won six of them. Dodge and Toyota have been victorious once each.
And Ford? Zero. Nada. Zilch.
So it would seem that one particularly interesting thing about this year’s Lifelock.com 400 is the prospect of, finally, a Ford victory at Chicagoland.
If you play the odds, the numbers don’t look good.
Ford’s best showing was in 2001. Kevin Harvick drove a Richard Childress Chevrolet to victory but Fords finished second through eighth.
Harvick won again in 2002, leading a one-two finish for Chevrolet.
Ryan Newman crashed Chevy’s party in 2003 when he won in a Penske Dodge. But Chevrolets finished second through fifth.
In 2004, Tony Stewart led another one-two Chevy run and the next year, Dale Earnhardt Jr. was the winner in a race that saw Chevy claim four of the top five positions.
Jeff Gordon won in Hendrick Chevrolet in 2006 as Chevy claimed eight of the top 10 positions, including the top six.
Stewart earned his second Chicagoland victory in 2007 and had to beat a couple of Ford drivers – Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards – to do it.
Last year, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch gave Toyota its first win at Chicagoland. The Chevrolets of Jimmie Johnson and Harvick finished second and third.
Save for 2001, Ford hasn’t played much of a leading role in Chicagoland’s statistical history.
But with this year’s Lifelock.com 400, the slate is wiped clean, isn’t it?
And Ford has yet another chance to win at Chicagoland.
The question is, of course, will it – at last?
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the AMP Energy 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6248 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -184 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -192 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -239 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -279 |
| 6 | Kurt Busch | -312 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -340 |
| 8 | Ryan Newman | -402 |
| 9 | Kasey Kahne | -414 |
| 10 | Carl Edwards | -437 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | -448 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -556 |
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Phoenix987 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 11:41 AMNot likely that Ford will end up in Victory Lane. Most of the winners in years past are on hot streaks or are doing pretty well lately. The decent Ford drivers that might run aren't exactly having great runs recently. Roush is the only Ford team worth watching, and he's got maybe two cars with a chance to shine.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportminkee2 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:46 PMI just want to know if TNT is going to be smart with the commercials like they were yesterday. I didn't mind commercials that only blocked a little of the track in the lower right corner. I didn't have much choice but to watch them either, so maybe it is good for everyone?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjbbigrod said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 12:58 PMCarl and Matt are a knocking. Carl wants a win pretty bad. Time will tell.
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Jul 5, 2009 at 1:42 PMFORD = First On Race Day. key the whoo hoo girls
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» Confirm Abuse ReportWerner said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 3:24 PMFORD came close one year when Kenseth was leading until Jeff Gordon put the bumper on him and spun him...ironic thing about it was that Kenseth was runnig out of gas anyways...gee...was that a Kyle move...nope...a racing deal...
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Jul 5, 2009 at 9:34 PMyou ever notice it's only a racin ceal when chevy or kahne does it?
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Jul 5, 2009 at 10:26 PMFORD= Found on road Dead.
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Jul 6, 2009 at 7:41 AMGO DODGE BOYS @ Chicagoland!
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