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  1.   petty43 posted:
  07.09.2010 - 11:27 pm
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wow that was boring!!!!!!!!!!
Kyle was going to say haters in that post race interview.
looks like it is getting to him, also i think logano is really going to
end up having the better cup career, i just hope he quits wasting his
efforts in nationwide after this year.


  2.   RCRandPenskeGuy posted:
  07.09.2010 - 11:31 pm
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I missed this race while I was at work, but it looks like another Kyle
Busch domination. Can't say I'm sorry I missed it, but on a positive
note, I'm glad to see that Brian Scott finished 3rd. He's one of my
favorite younger drivers who are coming up, alongside Justin Allgaier.

Also, Brad Keselowski's worst finish of the season (21st).


  3.   icazzy posted:
  07.09.2010 - 11:34 pm
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Best finish of the season so far for Danica (24th).


  4.   Anonymous posted:
  07.09.2010 - 11:43 pm
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Logano had it won but was screwed by the phantom debris caution. He
pulled a kyle and did no interview.

Wish Danica could get through a race without having problems.


  5.   Anonymous posted:
  07.09.2010 - 11:48 pm
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Did anyone notice that Kyle was 4th under the last caution but he was
allowed to move ahead of Reutimann for the final restart after
Keselowski ran out of fuel? I know Keselowski was prepared to start on
the outside row in front of Busch but shouldn't Reutimann have been
allowed to move into 2nd since he was the 3rd place car before
Keselowski ran out of fuel?


  6.   Schwab posted:
  07.10.2010 - 12:02 am
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Kyle Busch breaks the tie for first with Mark Martin for most wins on
1.5 mile tracks in Nationwide Series history.

Career best finish for Brian Scott with his first career top 5.

Parker Kligerman tied his career best finish that he set last week at
Daytona.

Brad Keselowski broke his streak of six consecutive top 5 finishes and
sixteen top 10 finishes due to missing his pit stall and missing pit
road the next lap (according to ESPN).

Best finish of the season for Joe Nemechek.

And wasn't it nice to see Morgan Shepherd get a chance to drive some
decent equipment in the form of a RCR car? They didn't run great but
maybe Childress can give Morgan another chance soon.

Trevor Bayne once again was running in the top 10 near the end of the
race and cut a tire after making contact with Justin Allgaier. Maybe
with more experience he will begin to make it to the end of these races
and get some of these top 10 finshes.


  7.   petty43 posted:
  07.10.2010 - 12:56 am
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great point post 5 nascar kind of dropped the ball there?


  8.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 1:14 am
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Brad Keselowski's first finish off the lead lap of the year.


  9.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 1:21 am
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@5 - nope. the rule is, and has been since they introduced double file
restarts, that if, coming to the green flag with two lanes of cars, and
someone makes a break down pit road at the last minute, everyone in that
lane behind that driver moves up one row. same as when a driver goes to
the rear at the start of the race, the whole lane moves up a row.


  10.   racer x posted:
  07.10.2010 - 1:40 am
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Ryan Newman started and parked the 1 car after a decent amount of laps.
Landon Cassil too.


  11.   Timmy Quivy posted:
  07.10.2010 - 1:59 am
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Racer X, Newman had some sort of suspension issue. Cassill was probably
legit too.


  12.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 2:13 am
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Holy debris caution batman!


  13.   AJFOYTistherealKING posted:
  07.10.2010 - 3:58 am
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Kyle Busch's 37th Nationwide win, 11th overall NASCAR win in 2010, and
73rd career overall NASCAR win.

Did I mention he's only 25?


  14.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  07.10.2010 - 6:06 am
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After the race I was furious. First three cautions are not legit in any
way. When they were showing safety cars circling on the track or trying
to sweep something in the infield grass, or when safety crewman picked
proudly the tiny piece of rubber it was nothing but funny. Race Control
made fools of themselves.

Besides of this usual Chicagoland crap I'd like to mention all 4 Braun
Racing cars in top-10 (crew chief change in #11 worked perfectly well),
13th position of Parker Kligerman who was if I'm not mistaken the last
lucky dog and another strike of bad luck for Bayne and Roush young guys.


  15.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 7:34 am
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@12 wasn't the #27 in the wall for the first one?


  16.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 7:34 am
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er @14 sorry


  17.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  07.10.2010 - 7:46 am
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He barely touched it, as I see it, Anonymous. I didn't see any damage to
the 27 car. NASCAR needed something to throw the first caution... If
Lofton brushed the wall early in the green flag run, no way there
would've been a yellow.


  18.   12345Dude posted:
  07.10.2010 - 9:40 am
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WOW! I am so happy! Yes I just lost 6 years of creative writing..but the
nationwide series is getting fixed...I think. Andy Petree said during
the race that Bill Frnace III said that the faces of the nationwide
series were drivers Trevor Bayne and Justin Allgaier. And that he wanted
to see them win more. That hopefully means one thing. The nationwide
series is finally getting fixed!


  19.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  07.10.2010 - 12:15 pm
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Two weeks in a row that my guy, Brad K, has made a costly pit road
blunder (sliding past his pits last week and totally missing them this
week). He almost lucked into it working out great for him as he was
gonna finish 2nd with a 4th or 5th place car, but that last caution
doomed them. But that's what happens when you screw up: You put yourself
in position for more situations to screw you.

And yeah, the phantom debris cautions are completely ridiculous. It just
goves the drivers no incentive to run hard once they get to a certain
position, because no matter how far behind the leader they fall, they
know it will be bunched back up. In trying to add to the
"entertainment", NASCAR is taking away and putting us to sleep.

And Tony Eury Jr is showing that he is capable of being a good crew
chief. One week after making really good mid race adjustments, he leads
the #7 car to a 24th place finish that should have been yet another 30th
or worse by taking advantage of the wave arounds.

Overall though, a shameful night for the NWide Series. The lead was
toggled between Harvick, Kes, Logano, and Kyle, all Cup regulars.
Congrats to Kyle on yet another NWide "milestone". Years from now, when
people look back at this era, he will be remembered as the "King of
stock car racing's AAA Series". Maybe, years down the road, looking at
all of his NWide Series trophies will ease the sting of all those years
of having to watch JJ blow him off the track in the Cup Series and
accept all the awards that truly matter in stock car racing.


  20.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 12:18 pm
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NASCAR showed why they are a freaking joke. After Brad Keselowski runs
out of fuel, a fourth place car gets to restart second. If NASCAR cared
to do things right, then reline the cars up. Drop the cars back to
single file, it would take 2 laps at the most to get them in order. They
waist enough time anyway especially at the end of races. What would it
hurt be fair?


  21.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 1:37 pm
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i realllllly hate this series and just hope it dies off


  22.   Jeremy Siple posted:
  07.10.2010 - 2:10 pm
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Sponsors:
01-Mike Wallace: Gerber Collision & Glass
21-Morgan Shepherd: RCR / Zaxby's
70-Shelby Howard: Foretravel / Rooster Heaven


  23.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 2:33 pm
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I agree 21, this series was a joke from its inception.


  24.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  07.10.2010 - 2:56 pm
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I used to love this Series back in the 90s (I wasn't old enough to
really keep up with it before 1990). Up until 2001, it was great. Only a
little over half the events were companion events, it had its own
identity, you could watch stars of the future develop, and watch lifers
making a living. You could also watch them race at fun little bullrings
like Hickory, South Boston, Myrtle Beach, the Nashville Fairgrounds, and
Orange County.

Two crucial things happened however: The first was when Jack Roush
started a Busch team on his dime for established Cup star Mark Martin to
"have a little fun" on Saturdays. For pretty much the entire 90s, Mark
did in that Winn Dixie car what Kyle is doing now. When he shows up, you
can usually count on a) him winning, b) him leading most of the laps,
and c) a pretty boring race. Before that, drivers ran companion events
and even stand alone events on Cup off weekends, but it was in their own
equipment and on their own dime. Translation: it somewhat leveled the
playing field.

Mark changed that. We can forgive him quicker than Kyle because he is a
classy guy who certainly never threw a fit if the Busch race didn't go
his way, but that is what really changed things. Soon Jack had another
team for Jeff Burton to run Busch races in, Bobby Labonte was running
the Shell car for Gibbs, Gordon even got into it for a few years in HMS
stuff (under the guise of Gordon/Evernham Motorsports, a precursor to
SHR) etc.

The second thing that happened was the 2001 season. First of all, they
changed the schedule to mostly companion events, axing most of the
non-Cup short tracks, and leaving only 5 or 6 stand alone events. And
then, although it certainly wasn't planned out this way, Harvick ran
both series and had success in both. He showed it could be done, and
soon others followed. And if you wanna give Harvick bonus points for
screwing this Series up, he was the first established Cup regular to win
the Busch title in 2006, leading to the last 4 years of this garbage. At
least he's in his own equipment now.


  25.   Jeremy Siple posted:
  07.10.2010 - 3:26 pm
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#21

Nobody's forcing you to watch.


  26.   Ivan Balakhonov posted:
  07.10.2010 - 3:34 pm
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Great post, DaleSrFanForever! Agree with it almost completely, but with
one exception. I think Series began to lose its identity following 2003
season...

Take if for example: 2003 Texas 300. The following Buschwhackers
participated: Nemechek (own team), Spencer, Kenseth (Cup team), Waltrip
(own team), McMurray... At this point it is not so threatening, it is
possible to put up with it, but the situation began worsening rapidly
and three years since in the same race we could watch...

Ku. Busch (Cup team), Biffle (Cup team), Ky. Busch (Cup team), Kenseth
(Cup team), J. Burton (Cup team), Harvick (own team), Kahne (Cup team),
Martin (Cup team), Waltrip (own team), McMurray, Edwards (Cup team),
Hamlin (Cup team)...


  27.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  07.10.2010 - 3:51 pm
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You are right Ivan. I should have mentioned that those are the things
that began this Series' slow descent into irrelevence. The Winn Dixie
car and 2001 didn't change things overnight, but they set the wheels in
motion for what we are seeing. And keep in mind this is me saying this:
My favorite active driver is leading this Series fairly comfortably even
after a colossal blunder.


  28.   Anonymous posted:
  07.10.2010 - 5:58 pm
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At least Mark and the Winn-Dixie #60 always stayed out of the Busch
title fight, Mark usually ran half or just over half the races but never
finished in the top-20 in points. Buschwacking still wasn't bad until
they decided to go for the crown.


  29.   Cooper posted:
  07.10.2010 - 6:03 pm
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Brad Keselowski's first non lead lap finish since Chicago of last year
when he also ran out of fuel.


  30.   Anonymous from Post #5 posted:
  07.10.2010 - 6:49 pm
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@Post 20 Post #9 explains why the fourth place car moved to second.
Thank you to whoever posted that for answering my question, I never had
really figured out the rules of double file restarts when something like
that happens.


  31.   Critic posted:
  07.10.2010 - 8:49 pm
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I only saw the last quarter of this race, so I can't speak to the first
two caution flags, but I have only one comment regarding the third: if
the sport doesn't even want to maintain the pretense of legitimacy, why
should I care? That competition caution was utterly predictable; it
would have only been more egregious if they waited until 10 or 5 to go
in order to set up their choreographed finish. I'm not a fool, but if
the lemmings overseeing these events are going to treat me like one, I
have more worthwhile things to do with my time. Chicago has set a new
bar for overt manipulation, and I hope they do not continue to flirt
with it.

At the start of the race, it's both appropriate and convenient to move
an entire line forward rather than adjust individual placings.
Unfortunately, this can be a sport of absolutes and we have no
conception of context, so they handled a crucial situation on the final
restart as they would an innocuous one before the first lap. I do
respect last night's result and recognize the consistent application of
the procedure. However, it's punitive and unfair for the second place
car to surrender his position with two to go -- and the fourth place car
is the principal beneficiary from it. Reutimann was put at a
disadvantage because he was running higher than Busch, and that's
preposterous. This would've never been an issue with a single file
restart, so clearly no one thought to account for such an eventuality,
but something must be done to prevent it from occurring again. I have
been a persistent critic of the sport's caution flag regulations, such
as at Dover when Bowyer, an outside agency, spun Hamlin out of third
position and Hamlin was not permitted to retake his position; I believe
strongly that this area needs serious reform.

I've never objected to Cup drivers starting their own Busch teams,
because I respect that level of investment and commitment, it can have
positive benefits for others, and it could be an evolutionary step to
greater things, as Michael Waltrip evidenced. The issue was and still is
Cup teams who treat Saturday afternoon as their personal sandbox, even
disrespecting fellow competitors who don't have a Sunday to fall back on
while doing so. I wouldn't force Roush or Gibbs out of the championship,
but it's time to implement serious controls on the number of events a
Cup driver can participate in with a Cup team. Bowyer, Edwards and Kyle
Busch need to find something else to do with their Saturday afternoons;
a development series was never intended to be a special slush fund for a
few malcontent or underperforming Cup competitors. If they feel so
strongly about supporting this championship, emulate Greg Biffle and
find a Busch-only team that would be ecstatic to appropriate your talents.


  32.   rw posted:
  07.10.2010 - 9:15 pm
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Nothing new here...


  33.   DaleSrFanForever posted:
  07.12.2010 - 12:17 pm
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"if the sport doesn't even want to maintain the pretense of legitimacy,
why should I care?"

I've been asking myself that same question for a while. I guess the
answer is I keep hoping for a return to the glory days of 1988-1995, or
Hell, even 1999-2003. Is it likely? Not even close. But it is the sport
I grew up on. And I just can't give it up although sometimes I REALLY
want to.


  34.   Talon64 posted:
  07.12.2010 - 6:05 pm
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It's the 4th straight season that Kyle Busch has led 1000+ laps in
Nationwide. That's 37.8% of the laps he's led in the races he's competed
in, and an average of 68.1 laps led per race.

It's JGR's 51st Nationwide win.

Joey Lognano gets his 5th straight top five in his starts.

Brian Scott was the highest finishing rookie with a career-best 3rd. It
equals the best finish by any rookie this year, Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s
3rd last weekend at Daytona. It's his 4th top ten in 25 career starts.

David Reutimann gets his first top five in Nationwide this year, his 2nd
top ten in 3 starts this season in the #10 Braun car.

Jason Leffler's 3rd top five this year is his first and just his 2nd top
ten in 13 starts in the #38.

Kevin Harvick won his 21st career Nationwide pole, tying him for 6th all
time. Harvick now has the highest active top 10 streak at 13.

Reed Sorenson gets his 10th top ten in 13 starts this season, his 4th
finish of 8th.

Jamie McMurray returned to the #88 for the first time since Charlotte in
late May, getting his 5th top ten in 7 starts for the team.

Justin Allgaier becomes the 7th driver to hit 10 top tens this season.
He's tied with Sorenson for the most by a non-full-time Cup driver but
has the most for anyone who's never made a start in Cup.

Parker Kligerman finishes 13th for a 2nd straight race, his career best
finish in Nationwide in 7 starts.

Joe Nemechek gets his best finish of the season in 15th.

Colin Braun gets his 5th straight top 20 finish...

And Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets his 3rd straight top 20, longest streaks of
the season for both drivers.

Shelby Howard gets his 5th top 20 finish in 10 starts this season.

Brad Keselowski's 21st place finish is his worst since 27th at Las Vegas
in 2009, 51 races ago. It's only the 5th time in the last 49 races he
hasn't finished in the top 10.

Danica Patrick finishes a career-best 24th. Believe it or not she
actually had 2 fastest laps in the race (the number of times she was the
fastest driver on a particular lap).


  35.   Jake posted:
  07.12.2010 - 6:19 pm
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It is amazing that they interviewed Patrick for finishing 24th and
failed to interview some drivers who actually finished in the top 10.


  36.   Jeremy Siple posted:
  07.13.2010 - 1:55 pm
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Rusty Wallace called Kyle Busch a "stupid ass" after the victory lane
interview!


  37.   Jake posted:
  07.13.2010 - 3:30 pm
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36. Jeremy Siple posted:
07.13.10 - 1:55 pm
Rusty Wallace called Kyle Busch a "stupid ass" after the victory lane
interview!

That's hilarious!


  38.   Daniel posted:
  05.21.2012 - 1:04 pm
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In using fastest 43: #04 Jeremy Clements, #26 Brian Keselowski, #36
Kevin Hamlin

Out using fastest 43: #21 Morgan Shepherd, #23 Robert Richardson Jr.,
#43 Brad Baker


  39.   ch posted:
  07.18.2013 - 12:13 pm
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42 Sponsor: Pelletier Brothers / GetMoreVacations.com


  40.   ch posted:
  07.18.2013 - 3:13 pm
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#36 Owner: Bob Jenkins (Team was still run by Front Row)


  41.   ch posted:
  07.22.2013 - 3:37 pm
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#92 / #96 Owner: Bob Keselowski (Teammate to the #26)


  42.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  02.24.2015 - 2:37 pm
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Owner Update
#21 Morgan Shepherd (Same for all the races that Morgan ran the 21 in
2010). He ran the #21 so RCR could stay in the top 30 in owner points


  43.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  02.24.2015 - 2:39 pm
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and Sponsor Update
#21 Victory in Jesus (Same at Michigan)


  44.   Nascar Lead Lap Points posted:
  02.24.2015 - 2:42 pm
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Sorry for all the post but
Crew Chief was Patrick Bryant for the #21 (Same at Iowa)


  45.   cautionlitenews posted:
  08.10.2017 - 9:54 am
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This was the only race that Brad Keselowski did not finish on the lead
lap during this season. He was 1 lap away from completing all the laps,
which is very rare in the xfinity series


  46.   Danny posted:
  01.29.2021 - 6:24 pm
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Someone forgot to tell Rusty Wallace uh your mic was on cause after Kyle
Busch's interview he on accident dropped a swear word on live tv the
week before Dale Jarrett also on accident did something someone forgot
to tell them uh, your on air can't do that!!


  47.   possum posted:
  01.30.2021 - 5:12 pm
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@46 - not "can't", but "shouldn't". The race was on cable, the FCC
prohibition on swear words doesn't apply to cable.


  48.   danny posted:
  01.30.2021 - 7:53 pm
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true it was on cable. But I was thinking like a producer or director or
even a writer and what they be thinking thats all.


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