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NASCAR takes engines from 11 cars to test at research and development center
By SceneDaily Staff
Sunday, August 16, 2009
BROOKLYN, Mich. – NASCAR has taken the engines of 11 cars in Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway to test at its Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C.
NASCAR periodically takes engines so it can see how much horsepower they produce.
The engines taken were from Jeff Gordon (Hendrick Motorsports/Chevrolet), Tony Stewart (Hendrick), Clint Bowyer (Earnhardt Childress Racing Technologies/Chevrolet), Juan Pablo Montoya (ECRT), Brian Vickers (Toyota Racing Development), David Reutimann (TRD), Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing/Toyota), Carl Edwards (Roush-Yates Engines/Ford), Greg Biffle (Roush-Yates/Ford), Sam Hornish Jr. (Penske Racing/Dodge) and Elliott Sadler (Richard Petty Motorsports/Dodge).
2009 Sprint Cup Race for the Chase Standings
Driver Standings after the Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 6492 |
| 2 | Mark Martin | -108 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | -169 |
| 4 | Kurt Busch | -211 |
| 5 | Tony Stewart | -285 |
| 6 | Juan Pablo Montoya | -289 |
| 7 | Greg Biffle | -321 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | -352 |
| 9 | Ryan Newman | -411 |
| 10 | Kasey Kahne | -476 |
| 11 | Carl Edwards | -520 |
| 12 | Brian Vickers | -666 |
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Rowdy4Life said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 7:11 PMThey should have taken Jimmie Johnson's. Just another joke how NASCAR favors Johnson.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportjbblanchard said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 7:40 PMSounds like NASCAR knows something's up. But I would think at a Fuel Mileage track like Michigan they would lean it out to conserve fuel, so I doubt anyone will be pushing cubic inches.
Report as AbusePS. Rowdy, get over it, enjoy life.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportkinks1259 said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 7:58 PMThey should have taken some of the Nationwide engines from Saturday's race as well, especially those of the Gibbs teams!
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» Confirm Abuse ReportAndi said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 8:30 PMI agree #3 they should.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportrosanne_masters said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 8:36 PMYou notice that Kyle's didn't get touched...talk about favors from NASCAR....
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» Confirm Abuse ReportMotorsportsPhotography said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 8:37 PMIf anyone has to much HP, its the cheating Hendrick teams.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsarsie1 said:
Aug 16, 2009 at 10:19 PMI do find it interesting that they take Tony and Jeff's, but not Jimmie's...but whatever. How do they decide whose engine to take??
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» Confirm Abuse Reportstephh33 said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 12:20 AMLet us see 2 rainouts, and now a mysterious fuel situation (Hey the Toys have been getting the worst gas mileage) plus you are either going to get good mileage and not alot of speed or you get good speed and run out of gas. that's 1 wierd engine that can do both and it isn't a toy!
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» Confirm Abuse Reportfor-no-one-and-for-all said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 4:52 AMEveryone cheats, some are just better at it than others.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCarol-88-fan said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 5:25 AM#5, They never take Kyles, not in Cup or Nationwide.They will take Joeys and Dennys, but not Kyles. I wonder why. #8, The Toy that won had pretty good speed and gas mileage.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportsharpshooter51 said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 6:13 AM#6 there you go again, you really are a (fill in the blank). Seems to me when they checked Nationwide cars the Gibbs Toys were the ones cheating or are we to forget that?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportgrovertoys said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 4:37 PMDid you notice they never take Derrick Cope, John Andretti or Robby Gordon's? What's up with that?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlten11 said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 4:56 PMYou know really they should be leaving the top drivers alone, they are the ones that are entertaining us and actually racing, the ones they should be taking engines from are the pathetic go or go homers, these drivers entertain no-one, they drive 30 or 40 laps and thats it game over yet they do ok in practice and qualifiying but all of a sudden during the race the car decides to quit and happily they will collect $70000. What a joke, sure the big boys might be cheating a little but the small fry,s can cheat too .
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» Confirm Abuse ReportKadach said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 5:09 PMNumber 1, I totally agree! Johnson ALWAYS seems to run out front and lead laps, so it seem a no-brainer to me to want to look at his engine to see how many horses it produces compared to the others?
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» Confirm Abuse Reportyojoromo said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 6:07 PM#1 ROWDY4LIFE, I definitely agree with you about J> J>, as he was faster than Gordon and CAROL 88 FAN, Kyle was so slow that it would have been a waste to take his engine from that Sprint Car.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportbthompson133 said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 6:24 PMdoesn't matter they won't do anything
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» Confirm Abuse Reportriccary said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 9:04 PMWell it's about time. We have the total Hendrick domination all year and FINALLY nascar MIGHT do some thing to level the field like they did QUICKLY IN NATIONWIDE putting the screws to Toyota..
Report as AbuseI doubt anything will be done though as Hendrick will just write a cool million check to NASCAR to have all his 7 cars dominate the BORING HENDRICK chase. No wonder fewer people are going to the races and even less watching them on TV...No one enjoys week after week, the same ol Hendrick show.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportriccary said:
Aug 17, 2009 at 9:08 PMFor the cry babys in Nationwide crying over Toyota's. The HP on these cars is very close for all the manufacturers. The difference is Toyota Teams all pull together and share the technical advice. The little three do not do that, ESPECIALLY the Hendrick group.
Report as AbuseYou can absolutely bet that the Hendrick cars are pumping out way more HP than any other make.
Ask Jack Rousch !!! ha,ha
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» Confirm Abuse Reportt-shick said:
Aug 18, 2009 at 6:38 AMSo NASCRAP takes all these engines,but nobody but corrupt NASCRAP people see the outcome.
Report as AbuseIn the old days they were tore down and inspected at the track for all to see but that stopped because NASCRAP does not want anybody to see the results. That way they can let the people that pads NASCRAP's pockets the most win. It is all fixed and controlled by NASCRAP and has been for several years.
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» Confirm Abuse ReportCarol-88-fan said:
Aug 18, 2009 at 12:04 PMRiccary, So this year Rick wrote a bigger check than Joe. Last year remember Kyle was winning everything, so Joe must have been paying more for favors. As for Jack, he shouldn't be so cheap. I'm sure he could afford a little more than Rick and Joe, for at least one years worth of favors.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlten11 said:
Aug 18, 2009 at 3:02 PMWhy do they have Hendrick by Tony Stewarts name in the above story, i thought he was part owner of Stewart-Haas Racing ???.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportlten11 said:
Aug 18, 2009 at 3:08 PMWhy do they have Tony Stewart under Hendrick in the above story ???.
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» Confirm Abuse Reportminkee2 said:
Aug 20, 2009 at 7:55 PMTony's cars are given to him by Hendrick. It is like they are a sub-team of Hendrick. It is part of what makes #14 so good. What is happening with the #39, I don't know. But, look how good a driver Tony is, and that has to account for a good part of the story too.
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