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  *Comments on the 2009 Tioga Downs Casino 125 at the Glen:*
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  1.   Unser1 posted:
  06.06.2009 - 10:32 pm
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Ryan Truex's first Busch North/Camping World Esat series win


  2.   WallaceFan posted:
  06.07.2009 - 9:09 pm
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Martin's little bro wins his first race on a last lap pass.
Might we see the Truex brothers as teamates in the cup series one day
for MWR....


  3.   TaterRacing posted:
  06.09.2009 - 12:39 pm
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Truex's win marks the fourth straight race with a first-time winner.
It's the longest streak since 1994 when Jerry Marquis, Andy Santerre,
John Preston and Butch Leitzinger claimed their first wins, all in a row
(with the combo race of Nazareth in between).

Patrick Long was the leader heading into the final turns before Truex
got past (contact?). Long fell to fourth.

Series debut for Tiff Daniels.
West driver Brian Wong debuts in the East series.

Rookie Brett Moffitt takes the points lead with his third-place effort.


  4.   Dodge posted:
  06.11.2009 - 6:14 pm
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Yes there was contact from Truex but that I don't mind. Especially since
Patrick Long is only a part-timer in the series. Even though he said
something like, "What goes around, comes around." I hope he is not
serious. He is the last one to make contact. If you don't race fulltime,
you have NO business putting a fender on someone that is a regular going
for the Championship.


  5.   TaterRacing posted:
  06.12.2009 - 2:58 pm
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Part-time drivers have won three of the five races so far. In fact, only
13 drivers have started the first five races. Pretty sad, actually.

The 21-car field at Watkins Glen is by far the smallest field in CWSE
history at the Glen. There were 28 starters last year, but before that,
there were never fewer than 32 cars starting. 1994-2001 averaged 38 cars
in this race. The economy and the CWSE spreading itself beyond the
Northeast has taken its toll on the guys willing to race every date.


  6.   Critic posted:
  06.23.2009 - 1:39 am
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If I remember correctly, NASCAR expanded the Busch East schedule outside
of the Northeast when they stopped sanctioning the Elite Division
(Northwest, Midwest, Southeast and Southwest). It brought symmetry to
NASCAR's regional framework, but I agree that it has made the full
schedule a trying endeavor cost and logistics-wise for many of the local
teams. The economic recession and its effects on motor sport as a whole,
of course, bear no repeating.

I didn't know that Truex had contact with Patrick Long on the final lap
to win, with Long vowing to return the favor at some point during the
year. The irony in that exchange is that Long spun Logano out on the
last lap of the West race at Sonoma over the weekend for a presumed
victory, then had it taken away because of the incident. Despite his
unquestionable talent, I have never been a fan, yet I thought he would
show more respect for his fellow competitors, especially approaching
NASCAR as an outsider of sorts. Hopefully he doesn't try something like
that in one of his remaining American Le Mans events.


  7.   Anonymous posted:
  04.23.2010 - 10:37 am
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Maybe the last Busch North/K&N East race at the Glen? The track is not
on the schedule for 2010.


  8.   Minnowfur posted:
  10.21.2015 - 11:14 pm
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They raced in 2014 and 2015 at this track


  9.   Anonymous posted:
  07.02.2016 - 10:53 am
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Despite having switched to Toyota in 2008, Matt DiBenedetto did indeed
run one of JGR's old Chevrolet's in this race. I can't remember the back
story behind it, but I believe it had something to do with that
particular car being the most road course ready car in the shop. Matt
did run a Toyota in the series's next road course race a few months
later at Lime Rock Park.


  10.   The Great Dave posted:
  03.04.2017 - 10:00 am
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Final Start for George "Sonny" Whelen


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