|| *Comments on the 2008 Ford 300:* View the most recent comment <#35> | Post a comment <#post> 1. kirkyal posted: 11.15.2008 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well done Clint Bowyer!! 2. Bronco posted: 11.15.2008 - 9:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big time heartbreaker for me, a huge Edwards fan as he takes his seventh win of the year but comes up only 21 points of a second consecutive championship. In any case 9 straight top fives and winning 3 of the last 4 races to end the year is awesome to say the least. Clint's championship has got to be one of the weakest championships in recent memory, only one win due to rain, and no poles. Clint won't be running full time next year so I think Edwards will it unless KB decides to run the full schedule. I just wish they made the crew chief switch a lot earlier than halfway through the season, Carl would have run so much better then. Also congratulations to Keselowski and Bliss for having some great seasons and finishing in the top 5. 3. Kit posted: 11.15.2008 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Clint won't be running full time next year so I think Edwards will it unless KB decides to run the full schedule." You know the Busch Series sucks when you already know who will probably win the next championship. 4. 29PennzoilChevy09 posted: 11.15.2008 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Im happy clint won the championship. He's a consistint driver,and consistincy wins championships. I personally cant stand Carl Edwards. It dosent help that ESPN has Carl Edwards' baby every week so to speak. He's all they ever talk about it seems like. 5. 18fan posted: 11.15.2008 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congratulations to Carl. I am unusually congratulating him but he held off one of the best drivers on short runs in NASCAR. Clint won the championship the same way Kenseth did in 2003, but no one complains because he didn't clinch it until the final lap. Shame Kyle couldn't break the record, but Carl earned it. This looks like the old races from the '80s at Atlanta when the second place driver in points won the races but not the title. Had something to do so only watched the final 4 laps. 6. Kit posted: 11.16.2008 - 1:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) You know your history. I think that happened five seasons in the 80s and at least two times, Atlanta was the final race. 7. Joe Laracuente posted: 11.16.2008 - 2:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to MSRP Motorsports for being the only team in the 60 year history of NASCAR to make every race DNF all of them! 0-35 baby! Really it's hard to grasp on how a team could do this... Why is Phil Parsons part owner? There's so many questions to be asked yet history has been made, and probley this record will stand forever.. Way to go Phil! 8. Darrell posted: 11.16.2008 - 7:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Too bad Edwards had to win. I really wish he and Ragan were splitting the 6 next year and Darnell could run full-time, but I guess Edwards' ego wouldn't allow it. 9. Bronco posted: 11.16.2008 - 10:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Few more things. After winning the truck race on Friday, Todd Bodine does a start and park and somehow collects almost half of his truck winnings, and more than what Burton and Newman made, go figure. Even though I am an Edwards fan, it is really annoying to see Nationwide racing taken over by Cup drivers. Two drivers who are good enough to make the Chase shouldnt be fighting for the Nationwide championship. Only one race this year was won by a Nationwide regular, Wimmer at Nashville. Hope he scores a good ride for next year he deserves it. I am so sick of these fake cautions, how much debris can there be on a track during a race after all?? It would be nice to actually see it. 10. b4il3y posted: 11.16.2008 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For 3 years in a row now, a Cup regular has won the Busch Series title. Anything seems very, very, very wrong with that? 11. Anonymous posted: 11.16.2008 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bronco, Brad Keselowski is a Nationwide regular and won 2 times this year and Marcos Ambrose is considered a Nationwide regular also. He won once this year. Marcos is only consider a part time cup regular. That makes him a nationwide regular. Brad Keselowski is only making his 2nd cup start of the year. 12. WallaceFan posted: 11.16.2008 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) haha i love the MSRP comment. Phil and Marcia Parsons...that will forever live on as a mystery to me. That team is something. Congrats to Clint, great job to Carl, he almost had it. Great runs for Bires, Logano and Wise. 13. WallaceFan posted: 11.16.2008 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Average end to an average season for my boy Steve. He was top 15 when he pitted, and his crew lost a tired out of the box, so he had to pass threw penalty. He dropped as low as 29th with alot of other lap cars ahead of him. Finally with maybe 20some laps left he got the lucky dog and made it up to finish 15th. Great run for him. This season was a real improvement over last. Although he was involved in alot of wrecks, most of them were not of his own doing. I look forward to next year when he captures more top5s and 10s, and hopefully a checkerd flag. 14. DaleSrFanForever posted: 11.16.2008 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree Bronco, Clint's championship has to be the least impressive Busch/Nationwide championship ever. I know a few other guys have won with just one win, but Clint is a full time Cup driver driving for a Cup organization. And his one win might not have happened had it not rained when it did at Bristol. It looked like Kasey might pass him. He routinely got killed on speed by the other Cup guys, but they either weren't running a full schedule or had too many problems like Carl. Hell, even Keselowski won twice before he had any Cup experience. So I'm not very impressed by Clint at all. Overall an extremely disappointing season for the Nationwide Series. The races were rarely competitive, usually dominated by a Cup driver. The JGR cars just outclassed everyone, until they got caught sheating. Kyle still ran good afterwards, but Joey Logano wasn't the same. And to see a punk like Kyle win 10 times was just plain nauseating. It was a great gesture to give all that money to the great Sam Ard, but that still doesn't excuse his lousy attitude. He ran over people, then whined like a little girl when someone got into him. He reflects so poorly on the sport of NASCAR. Not many new drivers showed a lot of potential. The Driver Without A Name continued his path of destruction, hell he even wrecked the #11 car on the STRAIGHTAWAY in this race. Landon Cassill appears to be just another punk. Bryan Clauson looked good sometimes, but he's with Ganassi, so he'll be in the toilet. Stephen Leicht got to run only a few races despite WINNING last year. Denny Hamlin whined about Nationwide regulars not rolling over and just letting him pass cause he is so great. A very depressing year. About the only positive I can think of is the rise of Brad Kesolowski. Hendrick er.... I mean JR Motorsports decide to use the series for what it should be used for, driver development, giving unproven guys a shot in the good cars, and this is what happened. It used to happen a lot. Hopefully the ban on testing will force owners to leave the young guys in Nationwide longer in the future, and get this series a pulse again. 15. 18fan posted: 11.16.2008 - 9:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) One more thing, although I am a Kyle fan, I think it is ridiculous that he ran 30 races and finished 6th in points, even though he won 10 races.I just saw this on SPEED Report, Denny Hamlin hooked Scott Lagasse into the fronstretch wall and Scott's car caught on fire. Interesting, but Landon Cassill beat Bryan Clauson for rookie of the year and both only ran half of the season. Joey Logano probably would have won ROTY if He, Clauson, and Cassill all ran the full season. The Cup teams have promoted start and parking. It is ridiculous that 6 cars parked in the first 16 laps!!! The 0 car finished a race for one of the first times if not the first time this season with former champion David Green driving. Carl came in to Homestead in second place in points in NNS and NSCS(Nationwide and Cup)and won both races but finished second in points anyhow. 16. Steve posted: 11.17.2008 - 2:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenny Wallace commented that the "A-series" team/driver dominance in NA$CAR's "B-series" will threaten the existence of the series which now looks quite odd. At the front you see Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, and Clint Bowyer; Joe Gibbs Racing, Roush(Fenway my arse) Racing, and Richard Childress Racing. At the rear you see teams with little or no funding, seemingly showing up to merely fill up the field. Also the only full-time Cup series rookie in the past 2 years who has been any good is Juan Pablo Montoya. Why? OK, Montoya is a fantastic racer but no one else has really mattered because of Cup dominance in this series; it's supposed to be a training ground, not a 300-mile playground for the rich guys. Imagine if McLaren and Lewis Hamilton showed up at a Formula 3 race with a car of their own. Of course they'd win; they have tons of money. Guys like Danny O'Quinn Jr have been screwed because "sponsors want Cup drivers". BS!!! I think it's the car owners. If I was a "Nationwide" car owner, I'd say screw Carl Edwards, Clint Bowyer, and David Ragan. I'd hire a veteran (Mike Bliss) and a rising star (Danny O'Quinn Jr). 17. Jimmy John posted: 11.17.2008 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree with Steve that guys aren't getting the opprotunities they should get due to Cup drivers taking nearly all of the good rides. Eric Darnell could be heading down the same road that Roush has taken O'Quinn and Tood Kluever down already. I can remember when everyone thought Kluever was going to replace Mark Martin in the 6 car until Roush picked David Ragan. Anyway, the Nationwide series had a more exiciting championship battle under the traditional format compared to the Chase format this year. Here's how the final Chase standings would have looked. 1 Carl Edwards 6672 2 Clint Bowyer 6560 3 Kyle Busch* 6518 4 Brad Keselowski 6354 5 David Ragan 6323 6 Mike Bliss 6295 7 David Stremme 6185 8 David Reutimann 6169 9 Mike Wallace 6165 10 Jason Leffler 6160 11 Marcos Ambrose 6098 12 Jason Keller 6066 13 Steve Wallace 5964 Notes: *Busch only ran 9 of the 10 races and could have won or came very close to winning this Chase with a top 5 at Memphis. *Joey Logano would have finished 4th in the Chase with 6404 points. 18. petty43 posted: 11.17.2008 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) this championship reminds me of Kenseth's cup championship season. consistent, boring, points racing equals champoinship. i am glad this reminded me of that 03 championship for kenseth, it reminded me of why we NEED the chase, so boring points racers dont get rewarded with titles. 19. Anonymous posted: 11.18.2008 - 3:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Like King Richard in 1975. And Dale Earnhardt in 1987 and 1994. And Jeff Gordon in 1998. 20. DaleSrFanForever posted: 11.18.2008 - 11:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That is a great post Steve, and it is dead accurate. The Cup guys taking over the Nationwide Series has affected the entire sport. Drivers aren't being developed anymore, they are just shoved right into Cup and struggling. This hurts the depth of the Cup fields and causes many more cautions. NASCAR needs to swallow their pride, accept making less money on Saturdays (because the Cup guys really do bring in more fans) to ensure much better Sundays ahead. NASCAR's continuous striving for a few extra bucks whether their infastructure can handle it or not (it can't) is what has put this sport in the condition it is currently in. This is just one step that they need to take to fix the sport in the future. Get the Cup guys and Cup teams out of the big picture in this series. 21. Kit posted: 11.19.2008 - 2:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "it reminded me of why we NEED the chase, so boring points racers dont get rewarded with titles." petty43, you're a tool. In fact, why do you even use the name petty43 when you don't even understand racing? I'd rather watch a boring championship rather than give the guy with the third-best season a championship while snubbing the two drivers that performed better. The 1992 Cup championship and the 2008 truck championship are MORE, MORE exciting than any "drama" the chase can fabricate. If you want to watch playoffs, watch football or basketball. I don't see what's boring with a guy finishing in the top 5 consistently. 22. Willy on Wheels posted: 11.21.2008 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We don't need a Chase, we need to reward drivers more points for winning races, in order to discourage tedious points racing, and its boring when a driver just goes for 2nd-5th constntly because he is putting less effort into winning than he should be. Also good job MSRP Motorsports for being the first team in any series to have a car in every race, and DNFing them all. 23. Kit posted: 01.21.2009 - 5:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "and its boring when a driver just goes for 2nd-5th constntly because he is putting less effort into winning than he should be" If a driver were winning most of the races and still staying competitive in the others, he wouldn't need the extra points because he would be leading the points anyway. 24. Willy on Wheels posted: 02.12.2009 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Last race for Carl in a Save-A-Lot sponsored car. They are going out of business. He won, of course. 25. RaceFanX posted: 03.25.2009 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ARCA race winner Michael Annett's Busch series debut 26. SoxFan24 posted: 10.26.2009 - 4:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Milestones for the race Last race for Scott Wimmer driving for Richard Childress. Too bad he did very well in this car and won a race in Nashville in 2008 Last start for David Stremme (until 2010 when he probably will return) Last start for Mike Wallace for Germain racing and with Geico as a sponsor which he had in some sort since 2002 Last start for Bobby Hamilton Jr. driving for Team Rensi for which he wons several races with Last start for Rookie of the year runner up Bryan Clauson as of 2009 Michael Annett's first start in the Nationwide Series As mentioned earlier not only did MSRP Motorsports fail to finish a race with a car that attempted the whole season but they had two cars in the stable that attempted the full season and neither finished a race. It's a disgrace to all the hard working teams that had to shut down due to not having a sponsor and trying to race. 27. KurtBusch22Fan posted: 05.19.2011 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Felix Sabates' final start as an owner in Busch competition. It ends with a 17th place with Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya. 28. Rusty posted: 03.11.2012 - 4:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last race for Armando Fitz as an owner. 29. CBASS posted: 01.26.2013 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #81 STPTools.com #22 Supercuts/ WHUR 96.3 #31 Interush #11 Incredible Pizza #60 Save-A-Lot Food Stores #18 Z-Line Designs HD Furniture #0/01 JoeTheRacer.com #70 Foretravel Motorcoach #78 Vangle Vault/ TeamVangle.com #30 Gatorboxx.com #47 Tom's #40 Lenox/ Fastenal #73 Acquire Benefits Group #27 Scott Tissue/ Winn-Dixie #33 Colombus High School #4 Case/ Quality Turf http://www.thehotlap.com/gallery/2008/221/ 30. ii posted: 08.08.2014 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #50 sponsor: Jeremy Clements Racing (was a typo) 31. Anthony posted: 07.04.2018 - 10:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The final time Chase Miller finished a race. He would finished his Xfinity series career doing start and parks sadly for the rest of his career. 32. #BowmanNation #TKNation #JRNation posted: 07.05.2018 - 1:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) So much promise, so much hope 33. Foyt14 posted: 05.24.2020 - 3:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew #82 Derrike Cope SheltraMotorsports.com Chevy owned by Patrick Sehltra #92 Brian Keselowski K Automotive Performance Dodge owned by Dusty Whitney 34. Jared posted: 06.28.2020 - 10:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This was indeed Bryan Clauson's final race in NASCAR. A great driver who sadly became a victim of the economy, and Ganassi's merger with DEI. He will be missed. 35. SweetRich posted: 07.14.2020 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The final career nationwide series race for Juan Pablo Montoya. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: