|| *Comments on the 2010 Nashville 300:* View the most recent comment <#79> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Ryan posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) ESPN's best race coverage since 2000 Atlanta season finale 2. Kevin Harvick posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Woo! Another Nationwide win! Now I can forget about my 100+ race Cup winless streak! 3. Bronco posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wrecky Stenhouse seems to have become the new John Wrecks Weekly of the Nationwide series. This is the fifth straight race where he has crashed, although he only has two DNFs overall. Braun has 3 DNFs but at least a lead lap finish at California. Given that both cars are now GOGH and aren't fully sponsored, I think one of them will be shut down mid season. Jason Leffler follows Carl's example at Atlanta by coming out of the garage laps down and stuffing the #1 into the wall. Like Carl, he too was parked. Scott Wimmer led as many laps in his two JR Motorsports in 2010 as he did in all of 2009. Hopefully he gets more seat time. Fourth straight lead lap finish for Mike Wallace and he stays in the top 10 in points. It proves that he's still got it, and that JD Motorsports had pretty decent equipment. I don't understand why Danny O'Quinn walked away from this team last year. Scott Riggs recovers from the Bristol DNQ with another good run at Nashville. Jeremy Clements makes his first race of 2010 and gets a good finish. Nice to see Derrike Cope finally running whole races. Reed was running Harvick down near the end, but his two tires prevailed. I wouldn't be surprised to see Harvick go for the championship this year. 4. Anonymous posted: 04.04.2010 - 1:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thought for sure that DiBenedetto would be in this race, but Logano and Busch just had to stroke their egos. No Cale Gale, no Stephen Leicht. This race used to be fun to watch because guys like them had a chance. This series really sucks right now. At least Allgaier looks like a title contender. Won't last long I'm sure. And Leffler sucks. How many fuggin wrecks has he caused but he gets anal over a rookie loosing control? 5. RLewis9 posted: 04.04.2010 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) John Wrecks Weekly is batting .800 for crashing this year. I've lost what little respect I had left for Jason Leffler. But if NASCAR would'nt have slapped Cousin Carl on the wrist he may have not decided to go out and intentionally crash someone. 6. Cfob posted: 04.04.2010 - 3:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) How about that run by Brad Keselowski in the last part of the race. Restarts 18th, up five spots in just one lap. Had the cautions fallen his way, Brad could have easily claimed the win. Surprisingly strong run from Reed Sorenson. I had actually forgotten he could drive a car. Jason Leffler stuffs James Buescher into the wall for something that wasn't even James's fault in the first place. Strong run from Michael Annett. Solid run by Scott Wimmer. If it were anyone besides Landon Cassill taking over that ride, I'd be disappointed, but it's about time Landon gets another chance at a strong car. 7. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.04.2010 - 3:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jason Leffler showed in this race why I do not respect him one bit. He's caused a lot of wrecks in his career, but wants to act like he did nothing wrong when he just dumps a rookie who made a mistake. And I wouldn't jump to conclusions about Ricky Stenhouse yet, he's at least been running good in some races before wrecking, unlike John Wrecks Weekly, who is slow AND crashes. I agree though that he needs to stop the wrecking if he is going to make it anywhere. 8. TeamPlayersBlue posted: 04.04.2010 - 6:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nashville Superspeedway, a track that has no cup dates, is struggling. No sponsor for both truck and nationwide races and poor attendance. 9. martin-n-rusty posted: 04.04.2010 - 7:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Granted, I find Leffler to be nothing more than a no-talent ass clown, I will at least respect him for wrecking a guy at a place where a car won't flip (at least in the fashion of Keselowski at Atlanta) and off the corner rather than a super fast part of the track. Still a stupid move though 10. TeamPlayersBlue posted: 04.04.2010 - 7:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yep, Remember the 2004 Daytona Nationwide race 11. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.04.2010 - 10:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit strategy doomed Kes. But that was one hell of a run to 5th. Once again, his NWide team does a great job of anticipating track changes and making the right adjustments. They need to send some of that knowledge to his Cup team (the team that should matter the most) cause that has been their Achilles Heel. Granted the car's are totally different and the races are longer (leading to more changes) and the competition is WAY higher, they need to figure this out. Not much to say about Leffler that hasn't already been said. Like many of you have said, he causes wrecks more often than the average driver. Once again a blatent retaliation has potentially dire consequences (Beuscher's car caught fire). I'm afraid NASCAR will have to rescind their "Boys, have at it" stance. That was nothing but frustration on Leffler's part because he knows he is going nowhere, kinda like Carl is frustrated over Roush's sudden inability to compete. Loser. "Wrecky Stenhouse seems to have become the new John Wrecks Weekly of the Nationwide series." He's leading the league going 5 for 5 in crashing. 12. Eric posted: 04.04.2010 - 11:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) While Nashville Superspeedway is struggling for attendance, there is a bigger problem with the company that owns the track. Dover Motorsports owns Nashville Superspeedway, but they got a rid of Memphis Motorsports Park because of money issues. The company had money issues for the last few years despite owning Dover. 13. Bronco posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This was Ricky Craven's debut in the TV booth, and he did an awesome job. I like his commentary a lot more than DJ and hope he comes back for more. "Surprisingly strong run from Reed Sorenson. I had actually forgotten he could drive a car." Reed can drive, just not so much in Cup. He's a great Nationwide driver and will probably get a win this season, likely at Gateway. It sucks that he isn't running all the races though. "Jason Leffler stuffs James Buescher into the wall for something that wasn't even James's fault in the first place." How was that NOT James's fault? He clearly lost control of his car and washed up into Jason and took him out. It wasn't intentional for sure, but you are responsible for your car and if you lose it, then it is your fault. 14. cale_gale posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnny Sauter's first Nationwide Series start since 2008, he did a good job staying out of trouble and running in the top 15 most of the race. First top 10 of the season for Brendan Gaughan. First career Nationwide Series start for Mikey Kile. 15. luigistarted06 posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree, Ricky Craven was actually informative about the race, rather than pointing out obvious stupid things and BS'ing with us every 10 seconds like most commentators do. He was actually pointing out good tips, and being honest about tire situations and things to that degree. I really enjoyed his input in the race for sure. 1 thing no one has really pointed out, but I will is I notice this year we have a lot less start an parking going on in the nationwide series which is great. At any given race last year you would have 10 or more start and parkers all off before lap 50. This year, you only have 4, and Morgan Shepard may not have even been a start and parker because he doesn't have a recent history of it. So that situation has gotten a lot better which shows that slowly but surely sponsership is working it's way back in. And same goes for the truck series too. 16. luigistarted06 posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @ Cale_Gale; actually he raced at Daytona this year, ut than that it was his first start since 2008. Oh, also good runs by Scott Wimmer. He has run great in his 2 races at Jr Motorsports, hopefully he gets more race in the #7. And also Reed Sorenson impressed yesterday too. He was closing fast at the end, and if there were 2 or 3 more laps he would have won I think. 17. RCRFan31 posted: 04.04.2010 - 12:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I understand its Easter weekend, but ONLY 17000 people showed up at this race!!!! Thats why they should take this race away 18. Eric posted: 04.04.2010 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reed always been a good Nationwide driver. There are some drivers in the past that were better Nationwide or Truck series than Cup and Reed is one of them. 19. Watto posted: 04.04.2010 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Replying to a variety of users... "John Wrecks Weekly is batting .800 for crashing this year." I guess if you include crashes that he was not the fault of whatsoever, which isn't indicative of his actual driving. "Jason Leffler stuffs James Buescher into the wall for something that wasn't even James's fault in the first place." The accident early in the race was 100% Buescher's fault. I'm not sure how you can say otherwise. He got loose and drive it straight up the track and made contact. I didn't feel bad for Buescher with the payback, because he dished out payback to Trevor Bayne after an accident that wasn't even Trevor Bayne's fault. "And I wouldn't jump to conclusions about Ricky Stenhouse yet, he's at least been running good in some races before wrecking, unlike John Wrecks Weekly, who is slow AND crashes." Even John Wes Townley has been running consistently better than Stenhouse in the races this year. Townley is an easier target though because of a few horrific weekends last year, but Stenhouse is breaking every record that Townley currently has. I liked Ricky Craven... he came across as intelligent and actually brought something to the table. 20. 18fan posted: 04.04.2010 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reed has always run well at this track and at Gateway and he runs decent at other places. 21. 12345Dude posted: 04.04.2010 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hope people read this post. I have a few things to say and I would love to see what you guys think. First off, for guys like Jason Leffler and Jason Keller. Guys who should of fighting for wins and championships. Why in the world are they wasting their time in the nationwide series? Don't they know they are never going to be able to win or compete for a championship. More drivers need to go over to the truck series. Sure the cups guys are winning a lot there but till. I bet Leffler could pull a few strings and get great clips to sponcer him in the #90 in the truck series full time. And I bet Jason Keller could pull a few strings and get a full time ride there. And even if they don't have sponsorship for some races, who cares? Nobody in the truck series has sponsorship. Next, guys forget about the nationwide serise. There is no point in watching it. Unless you like watching cup guys dominate a developmental league. Instead watch some independent leagues like the G&N series and the modified series. Watch them instead of this crap. Type in G&N East [or West] series schedule. Same with Southern [or Northern] modified series. Most of the races are on tv. I think they are on the speed channel the same channel as the trucks. Just stop watching the nationwide series. There is no point. Next, stop wasting your breath getting upset with this series there is no point. It's not changing anytime soon. Cup guys want to race full time in a developmental series fine. It's hurting them in the cup series anyway. Just ask Kyle Busch the last two seasons. Last. We can yell at the drivers all we want. But why in the world has nationwide or Fran$e done anything about this league? Does Bill Fran$e really like watching this series go down the drain? He should be the guy doing something. I have been running a league for four years were on the same days as the sprint cup, nationwide, and camping world truck races, I race them also. I use numbers, luck, practice strength, momentum, and skill they have at the track they are racing to determine the results. It's kind of like having a second nascar. I thought I would give the link to the website if anybody wants it [I have to create it first :]. Yeah it's nerdy but I like doing it. It's a hobby. It's really fun seeing different results. You see different guys run to the top of nascar [Aric Armorila is a chase contender, David Reutiman finished 6th in the sprint cup standings, Tracy Hines finished 4th in the truck standings last year, Scott Riggs is a truck title contender, Clint Boyer is the Kyle Busch of the league, Richard Childress racing is the second best team in the league and competes for the sprint cup championship etc.] It's fun to read. I have been thinking of doing short interviews, power rankings, and maybe writing a few short articles from people in nascar, talking about the hot topics in it. It's something fun to pay attention to. I do a nationwide series were there is a 20 max race attempt, and a new rule added were only the top 4 drives in the top 25 in the sprint cup standings racing in CUP equipment make the race. It gives the young guys a chance to win and compete for a title. Sadly that is the best your going to get. Yeah it's sounds dorky and some of you might be rolling our eyes, but I thought some of you might be interested in it. I'm trying to get a program, were you can actually watch the races too on your computer. Hopefully I can get that up also. Maybe I could start a program were you own a g and n filters east or west series team, and try to bring that team up the ranks or something. You could like management money, drivers, sponcers etc. If anyone is interested let me know. That's my 2 cents plus a cheap plug. :] 22. Watto posted: 04.04.2010 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "First off, for guys like Jason Leffler and Jason Keller. Guys who should of fighting for wins and championships. Why in the world are they wasting their time in the nationwide series? Don't they know they are never going to be able to win or compete for a championship." They have won and they have competed for championships. Jason Keller is absolutely a Nationwide-quality driver, but he's currently driving for an extremely underfunded team. There are several drivers in the Nationwide Series field that aren't on the same level as Keller & Leffler. 23. Cfob posted: 04.04.2010 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "How was that NOT James's fault? He clearly lost control of his car and washed up into Jason and took him out. It wasn't intentional for sure, but you are responsible for your car and if you lose it, then it is your fault." You cannot control when a car is going to break loose underneath you. While you are driving the car, you can't control 100% of the things the car does. It's Driving 101. Buescher's intention wasn't to wreck Leffler it was to NOT wreck himself. Leffler was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It sucks, but his reaction was more than what was needed. 24. Bronco posted: 04.04.2010 - 7:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You cannot control when a car is going to break loose underneath you. While you are driving the car, you can't control 100% of the things the car does." Sorry, I'm not buying that. Every driver worth his salt knows that his car isn't going to handle perfectly the whole race, it will either be loose or tight. It is still the driver's responsibility to control it at least until the next pit stop. Kyle, Carl and Kevin have no problem driving ill handling cars because they are experienced veterans. James is a rookie, so he had no idea how to control his car in that situation. I don't feel the least bit sorry for James. He took out Brian Keselowski and Trevor Bayne last week at Bristol, so the kid obviously needs to learn how to drive. He now has more DNFs than anyone else in the series. 25. 12345Dude posted: 04.04.2010 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "They have won and they have competed for championships." Yeah they HAVE. When it wasn't the Sprint Cup JV series, are when they used to have a shot at the championship. I mean NOW. 26. cale_gale posted: 04.04.2010 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @luigistarted06 thanks for the correction, I forgot he drove that #48 car in Daytona. Just saw on Steve Wallace's twitter that he broke his right foot in two different places in that big wreck where he went head on into the fence. 27. Watto posted: 04.04.2010 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You cannot control when a car is going to break loose underneath you. While you are driving the car, you can't control 100% of the things the car does." If he gets loose, it's his fault. 99% of "snap-loose" is a direct result of the driver's line/input. The best drivers can take a car that is wrecking-loose and hold a steady line with it without taking out the competition. Buescher got loose and took Leffler out, it's entirely his fault. It absolutely was not intentional, but it was absolutely his fault. I'm surprised you would say otherwise. 28. Willy on Wheels posted: 04.04.2010 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congratulations to all the Buschwhackers who stunk up this race. I thought these independent tracks meant 2 or 3 of them. Not 5 in the top ten. Also, Wimmer posts back to back top 10s. Ditch Danica and put Wimmer in full time. 29. martin-n-rusty posted: 04.04.2010 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Watto, wrong. Yeah, a more seasoned pro would probably know how to save it without taking any cars out at all, but still, stuff happens, and Leffler took it overboard. It's not really his fault at all, he is just racing. What do you expect him to do? Find out his car is not perfect in handling, and park it? 30. Anonymous posted: 04.04.2010 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keller isn't winning because the series has been taken over by Cup drivers. He could run better in trucks, but he won't win there because it is being taken over by Cup guys too. 31. Cfob posted: 04.04.2010 - 11:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Sorry, I'm not buying that. Every driver worth his salt knows that his car isn't going to handle perfectly the whole race, it will either be loose or tight." Exactly. And yet Jason Leffler still chose the outside lane and put himself in the line of fire. If you go by my point of view, Leffler was angry over something out of Buescher's control. If you go by your point of view Leffler chose to go to the outside of a driver who repeatedly wrecks himself and others, either way it would be Leffler's fault, by my criteria AND yours. "It is still the driver's responsibility to control it at least until the next pit stop. Kyle, Carl and Kevin have no problem driving ill handling cars because they are experienced veterans. James is a rookie, so he had no idea how to control his car in that situation." Have you seen Kyle, Carl or Kevin spin out before? Wasn't it at Fontana during the Cup race when Harvick got loose, slapped the wall and made himself a nonfactor for the win? He had a problem driving an ill handling car then. "I don't feel the least bit sorry for James. He took out Brian Keselowski and Trevor Bayne last week at Bristol, so the kid obviously needs to learn how to drive. He now has more DNFs than anyone else in the series." So, by your definition, if you yell at two people one day, that automatically gives someone else the right to punch you on a different day? 32. 12345Dude posted: 04.05.2010 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Keller isn't winning because the series has been taken over by Cup drivers. He could run better in trucks, but he won't win there because it is being taken over by Cup guys too." Yeah but not as bad as the sprint cup jv series. 7-9 Sprint Cup Drivers>2-3 Sprint Cup Drivers At Cup Tracks. Plus non of them are racing in cup equipment. 33. Watto posted: 04.05.2010 - 2:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Watto, wrong. Yeah, a more seasoned pro would probably know how to save it without taking any cars out at all, but still, stuff happens, and Leffler took it overboard. It's not really his fault at all, he is just racing." How am I wrong? James Buescher lost control of his car and spun Leffler. That is all there is to it. Every driver makes the same mistake at some point or another, but it's absolutely his fault. If Steve Wallace was the one who got loose and wrecked Leffler, people would be slaughtering the guy. Stuff happens beyond your control that can cause you to wreck without the driver being the cause, but Buescher didn't break anything here. He didn't hold the line, and he is the one at fault. You don't have a leg to stand on if you try to prove otherwise. 34. Willy on Wheels posted: 04.05.2010 - 8:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Buescher is starting to become a mini-Steve now with 3 straight wrecks. Any nickname ideas? 35. Bronco posted: 04.05.2010 - 9:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Exactly. And yet Jason Leffler still chose the outside lane and put himself in the line of fire" Uh buddy, Jason had no idea James was going to lose it and take him out. That's just as dumb as blaming JPM for being on the outside of Jamie Mac when he took them out at Vegas. I'm surprised a so called "racing expert" like yourself is even debating something like this. "How am I wrong? James Buescher lost control of his car and spun Leffler. That is all there is to it. Every driver makes the same mistake at some point or another, but it's absolutely his fault. If Steve Wallace was the one who got loose and wrecked Leffler, people would be slaughtering the guy. Stuff happens beyond your control that can cause you to wreck without the driver being the cause, but Buescher didn't break anything here. He didn't hold the line, and he is the one at fault. You don't have a leg to stand on if you try to prove otherwise." You're 100% correct. There is no debate over whether it was or wasn't James's fault - the only debate here is whether it was acceptable for Jason to come out and wreck him later on. This is no different than John Wrecks Weekly or Sideways Sam wadding up a racecar. Unless you've got a tire or mechanical failure, its your job to control the car. 36. Cfob posted: 04.05.2010 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Uh buddy, Jason had no idea James was going to lose it and take him out. That's just as dumb as blaming JPM for being on the outside of Jamie Mac when he took them out at Vegas. I'm surprised a so called "racing expert" like yourself is even debating something like this." Well based on what you've said in this section, James is apparently a well-known wreck magnet. If Jason is worth his snuff as a driver, shouldn't he be aware of what the driver in front of him is likely to do? And no, this isn't the same as the Montoya / McMurray incident, because McMurray was lambasted for a record of crashes over the last few races, James, sadly, is. When you race in anything from a nationally touring series like this to the local Front Wheel Drive class, you learn QUICK you cannot race every one the same. If it has taken Leffler that long to learn that, then he should hire himself a driving coach. Buescher is a rookie who made a handful or so starts in this series before Nashville. The car got out from underneath him and slid up the track. It's a rookie mistake. And James is never going to learn if Jason body slams him into the wall every time he makes a mistake. Regardless, it's not right for a car several laps down, like Leffler, to take out a lead lap car. I think we can all agree on that. 37. Cfob posted: 04.05.2010 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, "This is no different than John Wrecks Weekly or Sideways Sam wadding up a racecar. Unless you've got a tire or mechanical failure, its your job to control the car." While it is their job to control the car, if you work at a Convenience Store like 7-11, and the place is robbed is that YOUR fault? No. It may be your job to oversee the store, but things out of your control still happen. Such as a race car breaking loose and shooting you up the track. Had Leffler not been there, we wouldn't even be discussing this, because it happens quite a bit. 38. Taterracing posted: 04.05.2010 - 2:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great job by Ricky Craven. I hope ESPN puts in him in the booth more often. He actually makes the race listenable. It's actually not his first stop in the booth to call a race. I remember him calling a Busch Series race at Phoenix around 2002-2003. I think he was there because Wally Dallenbach was in the race. He did a good job there as well. I can't remember if it was TNT or NBC. He also called a Busch North race with Larry McReynolds at New Hampshire in 1999. Another good run by Scott Wimmer. Please, someone with a competitive car, give this guy a ride! He can get the job done. How many times does he have to prove himself? 39. Watto posted: 04.05.2010 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Regardless, it's not right for a car several laps down, like Leffler, to take out a lead lap car. I think we can all agree on that." Completely agree. It wasn't right for Buescher to do the same thing to Trevor Bayne at Bristol, as well. CFob, you're a really intelligent guy and I normally agree with you, but I disagree with the comparison to a 7-11 getting robbed. As long as nothing breaks, it really falls on the driver. If he was able to get through 1 & 2 for previous laps and after the incident, he should have no problem holding his line for that one lap. Surely unintentional, surely a mistake, but it's not a "racing deal". 40. Cfob posted: 04.05.2010 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Completely agree. It wasn't right for Buescher to do the same thing to Trevor Bayne at Bristol, as well." 100% agree with you. "CFob, you're a really intelligent guy and I normally agree with you, but I disagree with the comparison to a 7-11 getting robbed. As long as nothing breaks, it really falls on the driver. If he was able to get through 1 & 2 for previous laps and after the incident, he should have no problem holding his line for that one lap. Surely unintentional, surely a mistake, but it's not a "racing deal"." I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree here. I'm not saying James is 100% blame free for getting into Leffler, he did lack car control there. However he can't be totally blamed if the rear end of the car gets away from him and he has to chase it up the track. It simply happens that way from time to time, especially if the bottom groove was as slick as the commentators mentioned. 41. Willy on Wheels posted: 04.05.2010 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The point is, Buscher made "Rookie mistakes" 3 weeks in a row, meaning he can't control a race car and should spend more time playing NASCAR Thunder before he gets back into a real car. If Buscher didn't wreck Leffler in the beginning of the race, Leffler wouldn't have given him what he wouldn't have deserved. Also, keep Wimmer in the 7. The Danica experiment failed, and Wimmer really deserves a good ride. 42. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.05.2010 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Wasn't it at Fontana during the Cup race when Harvick got loose, slapped the wall and made himself a nonfactor for the win?" Lol, yeah. Then he claimed JJ had a golden horseshoe up his ass. No, he just had a dumbass chasing him. 43. martin-n-rusty posted: 04.05.2010 - 9:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Willy, yeah, Danica hasn't done well, but how in the hell is she going to get any better by staying out of a stock car? Maybe put her in the truck series, but how is she going to gain experience by staying out? 44. Bronco posted: 04.05.2010 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Also, keep Wimmer in the 7. The Danica experiment failed, and Wimmer really deserves a good ride." Totally agree. Unfortunately DP got more attention for her 35th place runs than Wimmer did for running in the top 10 and leading laps. I hate how Scott got only a partial schedule in the #29 while John Wrecks Weekly runs 20th in that same ride on a full time basis. Godaddy was also stupid enough to not sponsor him. Their loss. "While it is their job to control the car, if you work at a Convenience Store like 7-11, and the place is robbed is that YOUR fault? No. It may be your job to oversee the store, but things out of your control still happen." I'll go along with your 7-11 analogy. If you're the night clerk and you forget to lock up, and the store gets robbed, is that your fault? Damn right it is, because its your job to control things like that. Your car may be loose or tight but its still your job to drive it. John Wrecks Weekly brought out the first caution by losing the back end of the car and backing it into the wall since he didn't have another car to act as a cushion. In both cases, its the drivers fault, you can't blame equipment for that or say someone took away the air off your spoiler. 45. Anonymous posted: 04.05.2010 - 10:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Willy, yeah, Danica hasn't done well, but how in the hell is she going to get any better by staying out of a stock car?" Who knows. The 7 car was created for her. If people were saying it should be given to Landon Cassil full-time I could agree. Danica needs to be in ARCA/Trucks/K&N. None the less this series is for drivers to learn in and that's all Danica is here to do. 46. Anonymous posted: 04.05.2010 - 10:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Godaddy was also stupid enough to not sponsor him. Their loss." Would you want to sponsor a guy who hid from the cops under his bed? 47. Cfob posted: 04.06.2010 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The point is, Buscher made "Rookie mistakes" 3 weeks in a row, meaning he can't control a race car and should spend more time playing NASCAR Thunder before he gets back into a real car. If Buscher didn't wreck Leffler in the beginning of the race, Leffler wouldn't have given him what he wouldn't have deserved." Lol. Glad to see this guy posting again, and it's weird to me how no one seems to know anything about where the drivers came from prior to NASCAR. Regardless of that though, what Leffler did is never a legitimate response to anything. A lap down car has no right to take out a lead lap car. "I'll go along with your 7-11 analogy. If you're the night clerk and you forget to lock up, and the store gets robbed, is that your fault? Damn right it is, because its your job to control things like that. Your car may be loose or tight but its still your job to drive it. John Wrecks Weekly brought out the first caution by losing the back end of the car and backing it into the wall since he didn't have another car to act as a cushion. In both cases, its the drivers fault, you can't blame equipment for that or say someone took away the air off your spoiler." What 7-11 do you shop at? All the ones in Michigan are open 24 hours. Analogy fail, sir. Based on the way Buescher was sliding up the track he wasn't going to hit the wall. He was still pointed straight, the car was just walking away. And if Buescher was as dangerous as you claim, why did Leffler choose to go to the outside of him, instead of waiting to get under him on the front stretch or even taking the air off of the spoiler himself and get past him in 3 and 4? Cute use of buzzwords by the way, "air off the spoiler." That was a Rusty Wallace caliber call right there. Gonna talk about how Leffler was driving his brains out next? I gotta ask though. Are you arguing this point because you disagree, or are you doing it simply to take a shot at me? As was proven in the Keselowski / Edwards debate, you do have issues taking a situation in perspective when you cannot remove your own feelings and use logic alone. 48. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.06.2010 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "No, he just had a dumbass chasing him." LOL, so true. We all saw how much faster he was than Jimmie at that point, so he should have waited for an opportunity to pass Jimmie in the next turn; I think he would have passed him that way considering how much faster his car was. When Harvick hit the wall, I thought "What the hell did you try that for?!" 49. Cfob posted: 04.06.2010 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "LOL, so true. We all saw how much faster he was than Jimmie at that point, so he should have waited for an opportunity to pass Jimmie in the next turn; I think he would have passed him that way considering how much faster his car was. When Harvick hit the wall, I thought "What the hell did you try that for?!" Hey now. Don't talk bad about Kevin Harvick. According to Bronco he has amazing car control and would never make such an egregious error! 50. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.06.2010 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) " I hate how Scott got only a partial schedule in the #29 while John Wrecks Weekly runs 20th in that same ride on a full time basis." I guess since Scott's Daddy doesn't own a chain of chicken restaraunts (which I vow to never eat at) and he doesn't do bikini photo shoots, he doesn't get to run full time. And yes, that sucks. 51. Talon64 posted: 04.06.2010 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick's 36th career Nationwide win puts him 12 back of Mark Martin for the all time lead. Although Harvick's already run more Nationwide races than Mark has, 241 to 231. Mark's career winning percentage in Nationwide is 20.7% (best all time among drivers with over 100 starts), Harvick's is 14.9% which is 6th. Dale Jr. is 2nd and Kyle Busch is 3rd. This is also KHI's 3rd win in just 5 races so far this season; Tony Stewart won Daytona in a 2nd KHI entry. Sorenson's 2nd is his 3rd podium finish in 4 starts in the #32 NNS Braun car since last year, and 6th top ten in 7 starts total with Braun Racing; his average finish is 6.7 in those starts. If Braun goes full time in Cup next year I hope Sorenson gets the ride. Allgaier's 4th place finish ties his 2nd best career finish. Oddly enough he hasn't finished 2nd or 3rd yet in Nationwide, his best last season was 5th. Justin Allgaier and Carl Edwards (Nationwide), Greg Biffle (Cup) and Timothy Peters (Trucks) are the only drivers to finish in the top ten in all the races so far in their respective series. Brad Keselowski's pass of Carl Edwards late in the race got him his 4th straight top five and stopped Carl from having top fives in the first 5 races. Brad's streak is still a ways off from the 8 straight top fives he had last season. Scott Wimmer goes 2 for 2 in finishing in the top ten in his starts with JR Motorsports. It's also the first time he's led laps in back-to-back races since 2008 with RCR. But despite having 6 Nationwide wins to his credit he didn't have to lead very many laps to get them; in his last win in 2008 he led only 22 laps. In 2003 he led 70 laps for his 5th career win and in 2002 when he won 4 races he led 60, 93, 15 and 12 laps. In none of those races did he lead the most laps. BTW Wimmer's great runs also saved the #7 in the owners standings, they're now 22nd. They were 35th before Wimmer. It makes you wonder if the only reason the team's running full time is so that Danica can be locked into the race in her starts because she'd be hard pressed to make a race on time. Joey Logano got his 9th career pole in just his 45th career start (20%), and he cracked 1000 laps led in his career (average of 22.3 laps per race). Michael Annett's first top ten of the year moves him up to 10th in the standings. This time last season he was 16th but ended up 10th for the season. Brendan Gaughan got his first top ten of the year; his next best finish is 13th, then he has finishes of 30th, 24th and 33rd. Paul Menard got his 4th finish of 11th or better this year and 11th top 20 finish in 11 starts between Cup and Nationwide. Brian Scott was the highest finishing rookie in 15th, his 3rd top 20 finish of the season. He's now tied with James Buescher for the lead in the ROTY standings but is 14th in the driver standings compared to 21st for Buescher. As for Buescher, after starting the year with a top ten at Daytona and a 13th at California to sit 8th in the standings, he's crashed out of the last 3 races (some his fault, some not). Shelby Howard's 16th is his 2nd top 20 finish in 3 starts this season. He and the 70 team DNQ'ed Daytona thanks to the rain. Despite crashing just a couple laps into the race, JWT came back to finish 18th for his 2nd top 20 finish in 5 races. It begs the question of how well he could've run in the race if he HADN'T wrecked but an average start of 10th this year shows he's not as slow. Just needs to stop wrecking. Scott Riggs got his 4th top 20 finish in 4 starts with RAB Racing (DNQ'ed for Bristol). But 2009 NASCAR West Series champion Jason Bowles will be driving the #09 this weekend at Phoenix while Riggs drives the #90 Keyed Up Motorsports car in the Cup race. After Stenhouse Jr. and Braun had more issues, Braun's not of his making while Stenhouse's was, both the #6 and #16 are outside the top 30 in the owners standings. The #6 is 36th, worst of any team to make all 5 races, and 64 points out of 30th while the #16 is 34th, 2nd worst, and 27 points out. I'm surprised at how bad Stenhouse has been, he was pretty decent in his starts last season. As for Braun I just feel for the guy, he's been running a lot better than Stenhouse but has had shit luck. I wonder if Jack'll resort to putting Biffle in one of the cars at some point so it'll be locked in with the PCP if they can't get into the top 30 soon enough, i.e. Stenhouse because the #6 is in a much worse position. Mikey Kile made his first career start but was involved in a wreck and finished 33rd, leaving the #10 Braun car 31st in the owners standings. 52. Talon64 posted: 04.06.2010 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Steve Wallace is still going to race this weekend at Phoenix despite his broken foot, he'll have a special driving shoe to help him cope with it. I think Bill Elliott finished top five at Infineon in 2002 or 2003 when he had a busted foot/ankle/toe/something in the foot. Also NASCAR just announced that Jason Leffler's been put on probation for 3 races for his retaliation against James Buescher. It's the same punishment that Carl Edwards got for wrecking Keselowski at Atlanta in the Cup race. 53. Willy on Wheels posted: 04.06.2010 - 10:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 6 and 16 cars are out of the top 30 because Rollin' Clown and Wrecky Suckhouse are awful drivers who need to go back to midgets. Better yet, driving simulators. 54. Bronco posted: 04.07.2010 - 1:00 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What 7-11 do you shop at? All the ones in Michigan are open 24 hours. Analogy fail, sir." See, I don't shop at convenience stores, nor do I live in Michigan, so you're going to have to forgive my ignorance. "That was a Rusty Wallace caliber call right there." What's wrong with Rusty Wallace? He's an awesome commentator in my opinion, I'd rather listen to him than Dale Jarrett. "I gotta ask though. Are you arguing this point because you disagree, or are you doing it simply to take a shot at me?" As hard as it may be for you to believe, this isn't personal, and apparently Watto agrees with me. Like I said, you get loose and slide up the track and take someone out, its your fault barring any other extraneous circumstances. That's it. "LOL, so true. We all saw how much faster he was than Jimmie at that point, so he should have waited for an opportunity to pass Jimmie in the next turn; I think he would have passed him that way considering how much faster his car was. When Harvick hit the wall, I thought "What the hell did you try that for?!"" That's armchair quarterbacking at its finest. You weren't driving the car, so I don't think you're qualified to say whether or not Harvick should have waited or not. Harvick had a faster car, he was doing everything he could, and he banged the wall while trying to catch the #48. Shit happens. There's no guarantee that if he didn't hit the wall that he would have won the race. "Hey now. Don't talk bad about Kevin Harvick. According to Bronco he has amazing car control and would never make such an egregious error!" Given the fact that Harvick has one of the longest streaks without a DNF in Cup history, the stats seem to be on my side with that one. Sure, credit has to be given to his crew for fixing his cars whenever they were damaged to keep that sterak alive, but when was the last time that you saw Harvick have an unassisted crash or spin? 55. Cfob posted: 04.07.2010 - 1:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What's wrong with Rusty Wallace? He's an awesome commentator in my opinion, I'd rather listen to him than Dale Jarrett." Well, for one he's terrible, which is a problem. And while he may be better than Dale Jarrett, I think South Park summed up that choice best with the Turd Sandwich vs. Giant Douche debate. "As hard as it may be for you to believe, this isn't personal, and apparently Watto agrees with me. Like I said, you get loose and slide up the track and take someone out, its your fault barring any other extraneous circumstances. That's it." I disagree. Stuff happens in the car that cannot always be controlled. I can guarantee you, James Buescher's concern, as would be the concern of any driver in his situation, was to keep his car pointed straight. Jason Leffler was a victim of circumstance (or at worst a victim of his own bad timing). James did what any driver worth their helmet would do, did his best to keep his car going. Regardless of that, Leffler's reaction was still uncalled for. "That's armchair quarterbacking at its finest. You weren't driving the car, so I don't think you're qualified to say whether or not Harvick should have waited or not. Harvick had a faster car, he was doing everything he could, and he banged the wall while trying to catch the #48. Shit happens. There's no guarantee that if he didn't hit the wall that he would have won the race." Hello pot? Meet kettle. "Given the fact that Harvick has one of the longest streaks without a DNF in Cup history, the stats seem to be on my side with that one. Sure, credit has to be given to his crew for fixing his cars whenever they were damaged to keep that streak alive, but when was the last time that you saw Harvick have an unassisted crash or spin?" Actually, the stats are on the side of Harvick's crew. How many times did something happen to Harvick's car and his crew pieced the car back together and got him back out on the track. Not to mention, it's probably easier to keep a car together when you're not consistently running up front. Just ask Herman Beam the guy that holds the record Harvick was chasing. Also, I believe the last time we saw Harvick have an unassisted crash was... Well, the incident we mentioned above when Harvick drove over his head, tagged the wall and choked away a win. 56. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.07.2010 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You beat me to it, Cfob. Harvick may have long streaks without DNFs, but he also has very long streaks without wins. 57. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.07.2010 - 10:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No DNF streaks are for losers. Literally. 58. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.07.2010 - 11:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The 6 and 16 cars are out of the top 30 because Rollin' Clown and Wrecky Suckhouse are awful drivers who need to go back to midgets." LOL. Your nicknames always crack me up. 59. Bronco posted: 04.08.2010 - 12:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I can guarantee you, James Buescher's concern, as would be the concern of any driver in his situation, was to keep his car pointed straight." No, really? Are you sure he wasn't thinking "let me just spin out and see what happens"? Of course he wanted to keep the car pointed straight. But he didn't - he lost it and took out Leffler. That's all there is to it. It wasn't intentional, but it was still his mistake. Whether Leffler's actions were acceptable or not is a different issue. "Not to mention, it's probably easier to keep a car together when you're not consistently running up front" Uh, he made the cha$e for two straight years and won two races in the middle of that streak. Hardly what one would call not running up front. "The 6 and 16 cars are out of the top 30 because Rollin' Clown and Wrecky Suckhouse are awful drivers who need to go back to midgets. Better yet, driving simulators." Good nicknames. Erik Darnell must feel like crap sitting at home watching these two smash up cars that he should be driving. Another case of a deserving, talented driver getting the short end of the stick. 60. Talon64 posted: 04.08.2010 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Good nicknames. Erik Darnell must feel like crap sitting at home watching these two smash up cars that he should be driving. Another case of a deserving, talented driver getting the short end of the stick." It might apply for Stenhouse but bullshit on blaming Braun, it's been nothing but bad luck and getting involved in other people's messes. 61. Willy on Wheels posted: 04.08.2010 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks for the nickname complement Bronco. Darnell did a better job than those two jokers last year. I don't know why Roush canned him instead of one of them. 62. Cfob posted: 04.08.2010 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "No, really? Are you sure he wasn't thinking "let me just spin out and see what happens"? Of course he wanted to keep the car pointed straight. But he didn't - he lost it and took out Leffler. That's all there is to it. It wasn't intentional, but it was still his mistake. Whether Leffler's actions were acceptable or not is a different issue." Well, actually he DID keep the car straight, seeing as he didn't end up hitting the wall until Leffler put him there later on. It was a mistake to get out of control like that, but it's what race cars do from time to time. Not completely James's fault. "Uh, he made the cha$e for two straight years and won two races in the middle of that streak. Hardly what one would call not running up front." Yeah? Just like Jeremy Mayfield? 63. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.08.2010 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree that Roush was stupid not to hang onto Erik Darnell for this season. He showed a lot of potential in his races last year. I'm still keeping hope for Stenhouse, but if he continues to wreck every week, I'm going to start making fun of him like I have with John Wes Townley. 64. Bronco posted: 04.08.2010 - 11:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Yeah? Just like Jeremy Mayfield?" Seriously? There's no comparing Harvick's cha$e years with Mayfield. Mayfield snuck into the first cha$e by winning the Richmond race, and then he finished dead last but was guaranteed to finish no worse than 10th. In 2005 he would have finished dead last again had it not been for Kurt missing the last two races. Harvick finished 10th in 2007, worst on his team and then 4th in 2008 which was best on his team. And he contended for the win in several races but couldn't seal the deal for whatever reason. "Darnell did a better job than those two jokers last year. I don't know why Roush canned him instead of one of them." It was because they lost the NorthernTool sponsorship which stopped them from running a fifth car, but in any case Darnell would have done a waaay better job than Wrecky driving the #6. 65. Cfob posted: 04.09.2010 - 3:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Seriously? There's no comparing Harvick's cha$e years with Mayfield. Mayfield snuck into the first cha$e by winning the Richmond race, and then he finished dead last but was guaranteed to finish no worse than 10th. In 2005 he would have finished dead last again had it not been for Kurt missing the last two races. Harvick finished 10th in 2007, worst on his team and then 4th in 2008 which was best on his team. And he contended for the win in several races but couldn't seal the deal for whatever reason." Well based on that information alone you CANNOT say there is no comparison. Both were in the Chase at least twice. Both had two wins. Both finished 10th at least one of those years. Both were the highest ranked car from their team one of those years. That right there are several valid comparisons between them. Hyperbole does not suit you, my friend. 66. Ivan Balakhonov posted: 04.09.2010 - 7:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The 6 and 16 cars are out of the top 30 because Rollin' Clown and Wrecky Suckhouse are awful drivers who need to go back to midgets." LOL, Willy, you made my day, though I'm a fan of Colin. Braun is a promising guy, but very unlucky. Remember his last two seasons in CWTS. In 2008, as a rookie, he wrecked a lot, but in 2009 performed much much better. Just give him time. 67. Anonymous posted: 04.09.2010 - 11:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This place has about as much wit as an episode of Family Guy (and that's not a compliment). 68. Talon64 posted: 04.09.2010 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "This place has about as much wit as an episode of Family Guy (and that's not a compliment)." Ironic considering you set it up like a Family Guy cutaway vignette. lol 69. Talon64 posted: 04.09.2010 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JWT's just been fired from RCR after he wrecked in the 1st practice session at Phoenix. What the hell happened, did they have a major spontaneous falling out or was this latest wreck just the last straw? Clint Bowyer's going to drive the car the rest of the weekend but the team's future's still up in the air. 70. Talon64 posted: 04.09.2010 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) what the hell, turns out he's not fired (or at least not officially yet), he just got banged up in the practice wreck so he's out for at least this race. :/ 71. Willy on Wheels posted: 04.09.2010 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "This place has about as much wit as an episode of Family Guy (and that's not a compliment)." I like Family Guy 72. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.09.2010 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm pretty sure John will be back before long... afer all, RCR needs the sponsorship money. 73. WallaceFan posted: 04.10.2010 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another good run by Steve. Brendan Gaughan thought it was a good idea to make it 4 wide into the turn...forcing Steve up the track and starting a huge wreck. Steve went head on into the wall and suffered a broken foot. 74. JamieMcmurrayFan posted: 05.22.2010 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) scott lagasse gets the unlucky guy award (highest finishing driver not on the lead lap) 75. Daniel posted: 05.21.2012 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using fastest 43: #91 Chase Miller & #92 Dennis Setzer Out using fastest 43: #23 Robert Richardson Jr. & #40 Mike Bliss 76. ch posted: 07.22.2013 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #92 / #96 Owner: Bob Keselowski (Teammate to the #26) 77. NASCARLover22 posted: 09.07.2015 - 7:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew #42 Parker Kligerman Sponsor: Team 42 Racing Owner: Eddie Smith Manufacturer: Dodge #96 Dennis Setzer Sponsor: K-Automotive Owner: Brian Keselowski Manufacturer: Dodge http://www.jayski.com/nationwide/2010/next/nns05nashville.html 78. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 03.26.2016 - 10:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner Update #04 Jeremy Clements (Same for all the races/DNQ Jeremy ran in 2010 include the #0 he ran at Daytona) Johnny Davis owned the car at Daytona, Bristol I, and Road America https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.298777502028.147335.126720717028&type=3 79. Clinton Buchanan posted: 07.04.2018 - 9:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First caution is actually 21 wrecked turn 2 not 2 wrecked turn 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: