|| *Comments on the 2011 Sam's Town 300:* View the most recent comment <#100> | Post a comment <#post> 1. 00andJoe posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Mark Martin returns to form - winning a Busch/Nationwide Series race, and protesting all along that he doesn't have a chance until - poof - there he is. Headaches continue for Brad Keselowski, looking in line for the win before having a tire go down taking the white flag. Danica Patrick scores the best finish by a female driver in any top-level NASCAR race, placing 4th - the first top five for a female driver since 1949! Excellent fuel mileage played a part but she had an honest top-10 car; she's clearly the Most Improved Driver after three races. Who are you and what have you done with Kyle Busch? ESPN continues to go out of their way to embarass themselves. Andy Petree starts calling Ricky Stenhouse Jr. "Cale Yarborough"(!!) and has to be prompted, on-screen, by Marty Reid as to who he's actually trying to talk about (one got the impression poor DJ just wanted to crawl into a hole..), and then they only show just over half of the starting grid. Grr! 2. the MAN posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) not a good start for brad k. when kryle busch isnt around at the finish the race is a lot better. 3. RoushFan posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I love watching Mark Martin win, even if he is a Hendrick driver. Winning 4 out of the last 5 Vegas Nationwide races he's entered isn't bad at all. Maybe if NASCAR took away some of ESPN's races they would realize that they need to try harder. But we all know NASCAR would never do something like that. 4. Anonymous posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Maybe if NASCAR took away some of ESPN's races they would realize that they need to try harder. But we all know NASCAR would never do something like that." Not sure how that makes any sense, but just fyi - the spring Richmond Nationwide race is on SPEED this year. 5. BigMike posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Mark Martin wins after Brad chokes on the final lap. Kryalotski storms off after the race and doesn't do any interviews. His fans undoubtedly never understand the irony of defending him for the same things they've hated Kyle Busch for in the past. Oh, and a woman finishes in the top 5. 6. 18fan posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Still no Nationwide regular has led since Daytona. First 1-2 finish for Turner Motorsports. Looks like the two preseason favorites, Aric Almirola and Elliott Sadler, are majorly underperforming right now. 7. Cooper posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a great race for Danica. I'm glad I stuck by her side, when a lot of fans sent her down the river. I wonder what Watto will have to say this week about Danica. Danica out performs her teammate, runs in the Top 10, gets the best finish for a female driver ever and maintains her 4th points position. Here's a quote last week from Watto... 78. Watto posted: 03.02.11 - 8:36 pm "I'm not even an Aric Almirola fan. He's going to be ahead of Danica after this weekend, barring a mechanical failure or wreck." Wrong.Wrong.Wrong. Danica blew dust in his face. Anyways, Brad didn't have a real fast car but he minded his own business and was in position to steal this win with fuel mileage. Unfortunately his right front tire blew with one lap to go, relegating him to a 3rd place finish. No biggie, save the good luck for the Cup Series. Mark Martin falls into the win and continues to show that he is unbeatable in the Nationwide Series. I don't like the guy, but he always seems to pull a win out of his hat and I got to give him credit for the win. Kyle Busch had the best car in the field, but after a 4 tire pit stop took him out of the Top 10, he tried a real idiotic move by going to the apron 3 wide for the valuable 8th position with over 70 laps to go. C'mon Kyle I know you're better than that... Oh and I don't like BigMike very much, seems to enjoy someone elses misfortunes. Anyways I better enjoy the race tommorrow as the Nationwide and Cup series will take a week off before heading to Bristol. 8. Eric posted: 03.05.2011 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't know what Kyle Busch was thinking on the lap he wrecked himself. At least Mark Martin now has 49 Nationwide series wins. Danica had a 10 to a 15 car all day. I don't think the top 10 was a fluke as a result. I can't criticize her finishing 4th by fuel mileage because of people finished places high they should have been in the past. Kenny Wallace has back to back top 10's for the first time in 2009 at IRP and Iowa. 9. HereWeGoAgain posted: 03.05.2011 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We've all seen Kyle Busch put his car into some places that shouldn't work, and then its surprising when he makes it work, so it was nice to see him own up to his mistake when his crazy bonzai movie backfired and knocked him out of the race. What else can you say? He already said it was stupid, and didn't even pout in his interview. After last year I was starting to have my doubts, but Danica Patrick really is making legitimate progress in learning these cars. Looking at it now, it's a shame she isn't running the full season, it would be nice to see where she could be at the end of a full year. Could be running top 15, maybe even top 10 regularly. 10. BIMMER TECH posted: 03.05.2011 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad K has no right to be upset. The potential win was basically handed to him, its not like he dominated the whole race. I'm tired of these cup guys storming off after the race cause they didn't win. If you don't like it, stay outta the series. I hate it for their sponsors aswell, disappearing after the race, letting the crew chief give the interview. If I were Brad, I'd be more upset at how piss-poor I run in cup every week. Exciting finish, congratulations Mark! 11. Cooper posted: 03.05.2011 - 7:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just to clarify on BigMike saying Brad stormed away and not offering an interview...Brad via twitter... Before broadcast ends I'll go ahead and say tv skipped me for Danica. Imagine that...posted on 03.05.11 Brad offered an interview but ESPN skipped him for Danica. Brad just didn't want to wait in line for 20 minutes. BigMike think and listen before you talk. Or at least gain some information on the topic. 12. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.05.2011 - 7:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is Mark Martin lucky in the Busch/Nationwide Vegas race! Great win for the Kid. Turner Motorsports is the real deal in the Nationwide Series. This is apart of what made the Busch Series great. Right on 18fan! "Looks like the two preseason favorites, Aric Almirola and Elliott Sadler, are majorly underperforming right now." It seems the trio of Turner Motorsports drivers: Sorenson, Allgaier and Leffler are racing toe to toe with the Roush duo of Bayne and Stenhouse for this Nationwide Series championship. Almirola and Sadler are off at the beginning of this season and need to pick it up to beat the previously mentioned drivers. 13. BigMike posted: 03.05.2011 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Brad offered an interview but ESPN skipped him for Danica. Brad just didn't want to wait in line for 20 minutes. BigMike think and listen before you talk. Or at least gain some information on the topic." Well not everyone wastes time on something as dumb as Twitter, but for the sake of this discussion I went there to see and looky what I found: From Allen Bestwick, ESPN: "@keselowski So the people we had looking for you and the cameras we had at your car don't count? Ended up interviewing Todd." Sounds to me like we have conflicting stories here, now don't we! Maybe Brad did storm off, but in an attempt to try and save face, got on Twitter to try and explain why he didn't get interviewed. Brad also claims that several TV crews missed him when he was walking by later. Now who do we believe here, the professional media who care so much about getting a good story that they'll do anything to get it, or the frustrated and aggravated driver who just choked away a win on the final lap and probably doesn't want a camera shoved in his face? Thanks for telling me to gain some information on the topic, because it only helped to strengthen my argument and cast some doubt on yours. 14. New 14&88 Fan posted: 03.05.2011 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If Brad didn't have bad luck in this series he'd have no luck, he still got a 3rd out of it though. Congrats to Mark Martin and Turner Motorsports on a great win and 1-2 finish, great runs for Justin Allgaier, Danica Patrick, Trevor Bayne, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Jason Leffler and Kenny Wallace. Kyle wreaks himself after trying a crazy three wide pass on Brad K and another car and ends up sliding through the grass and into the inside wall.He was mature about it in his interview and admitted he'd made a mistake.He gets points from me for that. 15. Dodge posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It seems the trio of Turner Motorsports drivers: Sorenson, Allgaier and Leffler are racing toe to toe with the Roush duo of Bayne and Stenhouse for this Nationwide Series championship. Almirola and Sadler are off at the beginning of this season and need to pick it up to beat the previously mentioned drivers. Just give Leffler time. He'll start looking like an idiot soon, usually does. What I mean is that he'll start driving over his head like he does often. 16. potatosalad48 posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) congrats to mark martin, taking advantage of brad k after brad blew a tire, and winning his 49th nns race. also, Danica patrick finished 4th, albeit on pit strategy, to get the best finish for a woman in nascar and 1st top 5 in 62 years. WTG DANICA! ROCK ON! 17. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) True Dodge, Leffler drives like a fool in pressure packed situations, but due to the depth of the Nationwide only driver field, he'll likely finish top 6 or 7 in points. Allgaier and Sorenson are the real championship caliber threats. 18. Patrick posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark Martin gets his 49th career nationwide win and 69 year old Morgan Shepherd gets a solid top 20 finish. and Danica gets her best career nationwide series finish today and becomes the first woman in 62 year to get a top 5 in a nascar touring series race. and the first 3 nationwide races are won by sprint cup series regulars no surprise there. 19. Captain77 posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Little fact here: Take all of the Nationwide drivers.. Add together the number of laps they have all led. the total is 11!!! 20. RaceFanX posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just for the record, Shawna Robinson won in the old NASCAR Goody's Dash Series. Danica's 4th is still only the best for the Busch/Nationwide series, not all NASCAR touring series. 21. DieselDan posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Really? Does anyone care that much about a second tier race? 22. irony posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cup/NW/Truck are national, not touring. 23. Jarrett88fan posted: 03.05.2011 - 8:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) RaceFan X - ESPN/ABC like to play fast and loose with the facts, especially when HISTORY is about to be made!!! DON, DON, DON!!!!!!!!! Shawna Robinson is the only female driver to win a Nacar sanctioned race, therefore, Mrs. Robinson has the record for the best finish by a female in Nascar. I think a little "walking it back" is in line for ESPN/ABC after flashing the "ESPN Fact: NASCAR History..." graphic across the TV screen. 24. irony posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I highly doubt Shawna is the only driver to win a NASCAR sanctioned race -- which include thousands of local races each year - if you really wanna go outside of the pros (national) series which are what ESPN was referring to. 25. Anonymous posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) --Just for the record, Shawna Robinson won in the old NASCAR Goody's Dash Series. Danica's 4th is still only the best for the Busch/Nationwide series, not all NASCAR touring series.-- Best for any national touring series, which are also the three toughest. I don't think anyone really gives a s*** or is much surprised that a woman could win a race in some no name regional series that very few people care about and isn't terribly competitive. It certainly isn't anywhere close to being on par with what Danica is doing as far as difficulty or national relevance, and I don't blame others for glossing over that one obscure and unimportant fact. 26. Bronco posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mark pulls off a Michigan 2009 to get the first win for the #32 Dollar General car since the 2008 spring race at Charlotte. His last three wins have all come at Vegas spaced three years apart, and his previous win was also the first for an organization. This makes him the only driver to have won in four different decades in the Busch/Nationwide series. Hard to believe the lackluster runs by Sadler and Almirola so far. I would never have imagined that neither one would have a top ten between them three races into a season, Almirola doesn't have a lead lap finish at this point. Of all the drivers who have run all three races so far (including Cup guys), Stenhouse is the only one to have top 10s in each. 27. Watto posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Mark Martin wins after Brad chokes on the final lap." I didn't realize a flat tire was a choke job. Brad knew it was going down coming down the frontstretch. In fact, they even played his radio when he said "you gotta be kidding me" before they even got to turn 1. He was slowing and knew exactly why. The crew chief even said that Brad told them about the flat tire after he came out of 4. "Kryalotski storms off after the race and doesn't do any interviews. His fans undoubtedly never understand the irony of defending him for the same things they've hated Kyle Busch for in the past." You seem to be making a hypothetical point without facts when you talk about his fans hating Kyle Busch for something Brad did. That's pretty lame. Anyway, I don't hate on Kyle Busch for not doing interviews sometimes. However, tantrums are a little bit different than just avoiding interviews. Brad actually went straight to the Cup garage for Happy Hour, he wasn't gonna waste another second thinking about the Nationwide race. That's pretty weak since he did finish top 3, but I don't know the exact reasoning. He could've been on a tight schedule and didn't want to wait around while they interviewed everybody else. And yes, Cooper, I was wrong saying that Aric would be ahead in the points this week. Last week you were saying that things would've been different if Danica was getting the lucky-timed cautions and lucky dogs, so should I jump to that excuse now? No, I won't, but obviously fuel mileage did play a role in Danica's great finish. Probably would've beat Aric anyway, so I'm not playing the excuse card, but that is kind of embarrassing for Aric and that 88 team. You have to admit, I had every reason to feel that Aric would've outfinished her again, because he's generally run laps around her when they've raced each other in the Nationwide Series at non-restricter plate tracks. I'm downright shocked that he struggled as much as he did today. So I guess Danica "blew dust in his face" this week and he "blew dust in his face" last week. Daytona is 100% irrelevant when judging driver ability. 28. Watto posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That's pretty weak since he did finish top 3, but I don't know the exact reasoning. He could've been on a tight schedule and didn't want to wait around while they interviewed everybody else." Well, looks like someone who commented before me already got to that. Keselowski says on twitter that he got out of his car, walked around, and stayed there for about 2-3 minutes and ESPN was nowhere to be found. So him and his PR guy walked to the media center to do his top 3 interview for them, and when he came out, the broadcast was still ongoing and ESPN was still nowhere to be found. So he went straight to the Cup garage for his next obligation. So, where's the tantrum? Obviously Danica was the bigger story for ESPN (understandably so), and this wasn't Brad throwing a tantrum and just avoiding cameras. Although, when Kyle DOES do that, I don't think it's a terrible thing. He has obligations, but I understand that feeling and his wish to hold off on the interviews until he has a clearer head. Hopefully you have a clear enough head to look at the facts and opine accordingly without throwing around juvenile names like "Krashalotski" or whatever original masterpiece you managed. 29. the MAN posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) kenny wallace top 10 two weeks in a row! way to go kenny! 30. Watto posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) BTW 2 replies up, it should say "he "blew dust in her face" last week". Woops! I wasn't trying to crack a Danica joke there lol 31. Watto posted: 03.05.2011 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) okay and now I need to correct myself AGAIN because happy hour was tape delayed from BEFORE the nationwide race. broadcast schedule had me confused. my bad! so I guess when Brad left the media center and ESPN still wasn't anywhere to be found, he just figured he wasn't on the list to get interviewed. obviously this wasn't Brad throwing a tantrum, is my point... 32. Cooper posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't really care whos better between Aric and Danica. All I want to say is that shes a good race car driver, and I felt last week you weren't giving her enough credit for the start of this season. As far as we know they're in the same equipment and she is ahead of him in the standings. Even if you take Daytona out of the statistics, she is still ahead of him and even if you disclude the fuel mileage she still would be ahead as well. Many people credited Aric as one of the best "young/deserving" drivers and Danica has shown in the same equipment that she is just as good or even better. Two weeks from now, I think we will know how far her learning curve has come as she tests the high banks of Bristol. This race will likely be full of Cup drivers that will push her out of the way if need be. If she can fight back and hold her own, we'll know if she is as good as she has shown in the last couple races. Whether people like it or not, the rumors have her coming over to NASCAR full-time next year and I believe she will win races and challenge for the championship. I consider my driver scouting abilities to be pretty accurate and Danica has shown me that she has enough talent to not only be competitive in NASCAR but to be a champion. If I'm wrong I'll be happy to eat my shirt and admit I was wrong, but I truly believe that she will eventually win a NASCAR Nationwide Race. 33. Dodge posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I remember during the offseason some NASCAR people said that Steve Wallace could contend for the championship as well. 3 races in and he has looked like crap. Even a driver that got arrested before the season is ourunning him, his own teammate,(Annett). Steve it seems is getting less TV time finally! Just saying, not trying to start anything. 34. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's been mentioned here already, but I too am downright shocked that Aric Almirola has been so lackluster so far this season. I expected him to at least show enough strength to score top 5's and top 10's; hopefully that will start to come to him as the season progresses on. I'd really like to see him succeed in NASCAR. Mark Martin wins his first race in the Turner #32 car. Although the race went down to fuel mileage, at least a great driver who's proved himself time after time won it. Oh, and Danica got her best Nationwide finish (4th). Brad hits the wall but still finishes 3rd. This time, I'm just glad he didn't recieve a DNF. 35. Watto posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "All I want to say is that shes a good race car driver" I agree. She is. I'm just not gonna say she's better than Almirola based on today's race and the points total 3 races into the year. I missed a lot of today's race, but it seemed like she was outrunning him no matter what. It's just that I can't take one race as proof that Danica is just as good if not better given the multiple races that Aric has outrun her. Gotta look at them all in my opinion, including last year. Who knows, maybe it was just a steep learning curve and now Danica will outrun him every week. We'll see as the races go on. She has the ability to win a Nationwide race given the right circumstances, but I don't feel she's got the outright speed to do it right now. She might soon, though. 36. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to The Kid. Seeing him win makes me feel good. Not quite as good as watching dook lose the ACC title to UNC, but still pretty good. You can imagine my reaction that last lap. Start/Finish taking the white flag: Son of a bitch, he's gonna pull it off. 7 seconds later: Damn! Good race, fun with strategy, great race cars, HORRIBLE telecast. I know everyone has already mentioned it, but I have to throw my 2 cents in as well. This is getting ridiculous. If I hear the word "history" one more time, I'll puke like that girl from The Exorcist. NASCAR is really on an upswing. Ratings are back up, interest in the sport is up, longtime fans like myself are mostly happy with the on track product, but these broadcasts are holding it back. Just sit back, let the race unfold, don't go in with pre-conceived storylines. Let the RACING tell the story. This is not a Hollywood production, it is a sport. A unique sport. An interesting sport. One that is coming out of its doldrums with better looking cars and better on track racing. Watch the old ESPN days with Bob Jenkins, Ned, and 'ol Benny. The talked about the race and didn't try to blow everything up into being "history". So quit doing it. And for the love of God, interview Brad. He got out of his car, and the camera clearly showed him walking around it looking at the damage. He didn't storm off. He was standing there ready for questions. Danica couldn't even get out of her car without having an ESPN camera shoved down her throat. Ridiculous! "Brad offered an interview but ESPN skipped him for Danica. Brad just didn't want to wait in line for 20 minutes." That is a damn shame. He blew his tire in Turn 1 ans STILL FINISHED AHEAD OF HER! 37. Smokefan05 posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "14. Smokefan05 posted: 11.14.10 - 2:03 pm Danica has told the NASCAR world that she isn't going to put up with taken out and treated like a door mate." I said this about 5 months ago and it still stand up. DP is doing well enough for right now. Bristol and Montreal will be the real tests. (if can atleast survive those 2 places, then it would say something.) If she leave the IRL and stays in NASCAR, then i think she'll have a decent stay in NASCAR. 38. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Steve it seems is getting less TV time finally!" I guess that is the one positive of Danica being there. 39. Roger posted: 03.05.2011 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Even a driver that got arrested before the season is ourunning him, his own teammate,(Annett)" Annett outran him today but it hasn't been a consistent thing. I suspect things will change but the 66 has work to do. Steve had enough speed to grab an easy top 10 at Phoenix, but a RF suspension failure put them 9 or 10 laps down and he never had a shot at racing for a decent finish. 40. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.05.2011 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After not scoring a top 10 finish since 2009, Kenny Wallace has managed to score back to back 10th place finishes. 41. Mike posted: 03.05.2011 - 11:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Danica showed she can wheel a stock car today. Very impressive run. Eat it haters! 42. Mike posted: 03.05.2011 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also a huge shout out to Kenny Wallace for scoring his 2nd consecutive top 10. It's great to see him up there contending again. 43. RaceFanX posted: 03.05.2011 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I highly doubt Shawna is the only driver to win a NASCAR sanctioned race -- which include thousands of local races each year - if you really wanna go outside of the pros (national) series which are what ESPN was referring to." The Goody's Dash Series that Shawna won in was a professional, national touring series although probably the lowest series NASCAR opperated that was such. It was a feeder for the higher levels and it did have an annual race at Daytona to start the season during Speedweeks. Robinson was the real deal, it wasn't just her gender that earned her a shot at Winston Cup (although it did likely help, she could still wheel a race car [or a racing semi] and had enough success in the lower levels it was deserved). Tammy Jo Kirk also had a good deal of success in NASCAR's All-Pro Series. She won the Snowball Derby in 1994 but I'm almost certain that's not a NASCAR-sanctioned event. As said, ESPN needs to quit pulling stats out of their ass. 44. 18fan posted: 03.05.2011 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ESPN's favorite word: History! Seriously though, I used to think NBC and TNT was the worst, but now I think they are the best in terms of coverage, and doesn't just have to do with them getting rid of Bill Weber, although I was happy when they did that. They show a race with very limited commercials, which is awesome, don't show driver bias, have commentators who make the races interesting, and don't try to blow stories out of proportion. Only if TNT had more than 6 races. I used to like FOX, but I was never a fan of Larry McReynolds and Mike Joy and DW get significantly worse every year, so I'm looking forward to the TNT Summer Series. 45. TheThirdTurn posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just for the record, Shawna's victories in the Dash Series in 88 and 89 should indeed count for a little something. That was a very tough and popular racing series at the time and today's Modified and K & N Pro Series tours prove that even the second-tier series require some significant talent to win in them. I'm not going to argue they should stand higher than a top-five in a national series, but there's certainly /no/ or little merit to that accomplishment. Especially considering Shawna did not drive for a championship team NOR had she ever set foot in a stock car before making her first laps in Dash car. Even factoring in NASCAR regional touring races, however, Shawna remains the only woman to ever win a race and, as far as I can recall, be very competitive in the series. Karen Schulz, another Dash Series competitor was very good during the mid-80s, recording a number of top-fives, but she's the only other one who really deserves to be in the conversation. Johanna Long and 14-year-old Kelsey Steele (daughter of Tim Steele) are the two most promising females in the sport at the moment in my humble opinion, but I admit that I do believe Danica has enough talent to possibly contend for wins next year and earn another top-five or two this year, depending on how much focus IndyCar requires. 46. TheThirdTurn posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #43, correct, Tammy Jo was another very talented female but her win in the '94 Snowball Derby was actually the first year that race was not sanctioned (by my knowledge at least) by any major series. The Snowball was an old ALL PRO Series race, including from 1991-1993 when NASCAR bought the sanction, but that was the last year NASCAR had anything to do with the Derby. 47. Cornys posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The head man on the ABC/ESPN broadcast has no idea what he's talking about half the time it seems. Why is he even in the booth? I'll take FOX over anybody else for coverage and commentaters outside of the radio comentary which is unbeatable. Mark "the Kid" Martin wins his 49th race which brings his win % up above 21% NASCAR is on an upswing is the truth. I just hope that ESPN and ABC don't ruin the ratings later this year. 48. Schroeder51 posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Josh Wise had a scary moment early in this race when he sled through the grass and hit a bump and got all four wheels off the ground. 49. Schroeder51 posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) SLID, not SLED... 50. 00andJoe posted: 03.06.2011 - 2:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #43- Dash was still a "touring series". The "National series" are Cup, Busch/Nationwide, and Trucks. So the stat is correct, although ESPN still needs to tone down the "HISTORY!" thing. IIRC, Shawna Robinson put her career on hold for awhile to raise a family. The right thing as a person, but it's the reason she never got beyond "flash in the pan" status. The Snowball Derby isn't a NASCAR-sanctioned event. It has had two female winners, in fact, though - Johanna Long won it this past December. #47 - Probably because Marty Reid works cheap? It could be worse, though. Lead commentator could be Ray Dunlap. 51. 18fan posted: 03.06.2011 - 2:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #47- You are absolutely correct about the radio announcers being by far the best. Whenever I go to a race I listen to the MRN broadcast and it is amazing how much better they are than the ESPN/ABC guys. 52. Dodge posted: 03.06.2011 - 6:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The head man on the ABC/ESPN broadcast has no idea what he's talking about half the time it seems. Why is he even in the booth? Because a bunch of fans whined saying that Jerry Punch was boring to listen to. Jerry is 10 times better the announcer that Marty "Screwball" Reid is. I say put Jerry back in the booth or Allen, if that doesn't work, bring back Weber and get rid of Reid, Daugherty and Dale Jarrett. Put Lajoie or Craven as driver analyst. 53. Greg Gruver posted: 03.06.2011 - 10:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) RACE ON TV.. SOUND ON MUTE...AND MRN OR PRN ON THE COMPUTER. THATS THE WAY TO "WATCH A RACE ON ESPN OR FOX. 54. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.06.2011 - 11:06 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Shawna was a pretty good driver. If she ever had the chance to drive the equivalent of a JR Motorsports entry with a big time, big paying sponsor, HMS support and engines, and a VERY talented crew chief like Tony Jr (his cousin made him look bad, although he deserves some blame for not putting him in his place the way Pops did), she would have won some Busch races. I don't think she was a championship caliber driver on the Busch level, but she would have been a winner. Unfortunately she took the deal to drive that pile of garbage unsponsored BAM Racing Winston Cup car in 2002 which made her look like crap. I give Danica her due for improving. And as I've said, I put half of the blame for her struggles last year on June and Kelley for not preparing her for what NASCAR racing is all about (and they wanted control of DEI? at least Teresa merged the company so it still lives on in some form, those two would have sent it right down the shitter). But I wish people would quit acting like she's the only good female out there. Somebody mentioned Johanna Long. She won the prestegious Snowball Derby, one of the toughest late model races to win because of its prestige. Let's hear about her! She raced in the Truck race at Daytona and was barely mentioned because Michael "Look At Me" Waltrip was in the race with Darrell in the booth (announcing the beginning of the Craftsman..... Nationwide Truck Series) so the entire broadcast was about them and "That Day" and "That moment 10 years ago" and how it affected THEM and how THEY needed healing and what "That Day" has done to THEM. Man I can't stand the Waltrips. 55. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.06.2011 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 18fan, I agree 100%. TNT's current lineup (especially without that shithead Bill Weber) blows all other current NASCAR broadcasters out of the water. ESPN's issues have been well documented. FOX plays favorites in a manner that is SO unprofessional it is ridiculous. I mean seriously, could Darrell just go ahead and marry Kyle Busch and get it over with. Kyle is talented, we all know this. You don't have to keep reminding us every 10 seconds. And SPEED had Mikey in the booth which means the attention will ALWAYS be on him. ESPN needs to totally clean house, Darrell and Mikey need to just disappear from the public eye, and Ricky Craven needs a major role somewhere. His commentary is outstanding. 56. ESPN posted: 03.06.2011 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) OMG DANICA HISTORY. DANICA IS THE BESTEST EVER WOMEN IN NASCAR OMG OMG OMG OMG. HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!! KYLE BUSCH AND DANICA PATRICK MAKING ALL THIS HISTORY EVERY WEEK IS JUST SO HISTORIC. AREN'T YOU ALL GLAD YOU ARE HERE TO WITNESS THIS AMAZING HISTORY? 57. rob posted: 03.06.2011 - 12:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) when danica wins her second nationwide race, robin miller and the folks at indycar will be crowing about how she could only win one IRL race and that, based on that, indycar must be a better league than nationwide. 58. 00andJo3 posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #57 - The sad thing is, looking at the depth of the current Nationwide field, they might be right... 59. Damon posted: 03.06.2011 - 1:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DaleSrFan, Johanna wasn't mentioned during the Trucks broadcast at Daytona because she wasn't doing a darn thing, started 5th, had an running position of 27th and got a DNF. Get her out of my sight and take Jennifer Jo Cobb with her. Talk about hype.......there's your hype. And to post #57, you can't win your second Nationwide race until you win your first one and she isn't winning anytime soon, despite her obvious improvement as a stock car driver. 60. T-27 posted: 03.06.2011 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "19. Captain77 posted: 03.05.11 - 8:37 pm Little fact here: Take all of the Nationwide drivers.. Add together the number of laps they have all led. the total is 11!!!" I noticed that too. That's my biggest problem with the new system in which you only score points for 1 series, but are still allowed to run the rest. The champion is going to have bad stats, probably zero wins, and Kyle has another 20 or something. Cup drivers will still dominate. The problem isn't the fact that drivers like Busch and Edwards double-dip; the problem is that they do it with the best material, which means all the young drivers are hardly noticed. DSFF talks a lot about the current generation of drivers being one of the worst fields ever. While I don't fully agree with that, it would be better if more young drivers could be noticed through Nationwide. It would mean the competition for those top seats would be a lot better, and in the end the sport benefits from that. Now I actually hope Kyle wins 10 in a row starting at Bristol. Maybe that will prove that this points system isn't the solution NASCAR is looking for. 61. Rusty posted: 03.06.2011 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) At #57. Well we can just point out the epic failures in NASCAR that IRL champions Dario Franchitti and Sam Hornish were. 62. CFob posted: 03.06.2011 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Johanna Long and 14-year-old Kelsey Steele (daughter of Tim Steele) are the two most promising females in the sport at the moment in my humble opinion, but I admit that I do believe Danica has enough talent to possibly contend for wins next year and earn another top-five or two this year, depending on how much focus IndyCar requires." Have you ever seen Kelsey Steele race? I'd have to disagree with you there... 63. Roger posted: 03.06.2011 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "She won the prestegious Snowball Derby" So did Steve Wallace. "She raced in the Truck race at Daytona and was barely mentioned" To be fair, she was mentioned a lot in the pre-race and in the beginning because of her high qualifying position, but she faded to the back quickly and ran around 30th. They were all over Johanna in her better races, like when she finished her current best of 17th at ORP. 64. irony posted: 03.06.2011 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dario would of been successful in NASCAR with time. His run at Bristol should prove that. All of Hornish's success came in the dog days of IndyCar. The only other female driver who has impressed me at a pro level is Simona de Silvestro. I think she would be a front runner in IndyCar with good equipment. Johanna Long was the top rated short track driver in the country a year ago. Maybe that's her forte. A lot of great late model drivers don't make it at this level, and I haven't seen anything to indicate she will either - or my guy Matt DiBenedetto :( 65. Eric posted: 03.06.2011 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't think Johanna Long should be judged yet. She doesn't have a lot of experience on big tracks and she is currently with a start up race team. She only has 9 truck races under her belt. She needs a whole season to be judged. I think part of Matt DiBenedetto's problem is not racing every week in Nationwide series. That is on JBR for having Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano/Denny Hamlin in 2 of his cars in most of the Nationwide series races. 66. irony posted: 03.06.2011 - 10:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes ^ and I was disappointed when he signed with Gibbs because I figured this would happen. This is the biggest problem with Cup drivers. They killed Stephen Leicht's career, hopefully Matt has better fortune. Just comparing him to Logano's instant success, I would of liked to of seen a little more from him. 67. ohok posted: 03.07.2011 - 1:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "All of Hornish's success came in the dog days of IndyCar." In that case, IndyCar is still experiencing their dog days. Most of the frontrunners remain the same. You're just trying to delegitimize Hornish. 68. irony posted: 03.07.2011 - 1:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "IndyCar is still experiencing their dog days" Tis true. Maybe I do under rate Hornish. The field IS much deeper now - top to bottom, but not so much at top. I just think Hornish's career would of taken a Dan Wheldon swing if he would of stayed there. 69. CFob posted: 03.07.2011 - 3:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Johanna Long was the top rated short track driver in the country a year ago. Maybe that's her forte. A lot of great late model drivers don't make it at this level, and I haven't seen anything to indicate she will either - or my guy Matt DiBenedetto :(" Give her a break. She's only 18, and probably not in the greatest of equipment. She still has plenty of years ahead of her, and loads of potential. Also, kind of funny to see how quickly the Danica bandwagon filled up after one top five. 70. Anonymous posted: 03.07.2011 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Also, kind of funny to see how quickly the Danica bandwagon filled up after one top five." You're confusing legitimate popularity for a bandwagon. Fans like Danica, always have. People want to see her succeed and do something no other women have done before. So it's no surprise that people would be talking about her best finish so far. Sorry it pisses you off so much that a woman is popular and maybe, just maybe, good at what she does. 71. Talon64 posted: 03.07.2011 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "she's clearly the Most Improved Driver after three races." A close runner-up for sure, but Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets my vote. The guy couldn't keep his car going in the right direction at this point last season but now he's the ONLY driver, even among Cup guys, with top tens in the first 3 races of the season. And he deserved a lot more than the 8th he got in this race, he was top 5 most of the race and top 3 late. The team that used to be Braun Racing and is now Turner Motorsports gets their first win since Charlotte in 2008; in between they had 11 runner-up finishes. In 2011 Turner has 1 win, 5 top fives and 8 top tens in 12 starts between it's 4 teams, and the #32 and #30 teams are 1-2 in the owners standings. Braun Racing was the best independent NNS team for a long time and I'm glad that Turner's not only keeping that going but pushing them even more forward. Justin Allgaier gets his 12th career top five but just his 4th top 3 finish in 77 NNS starts. It's his 1st top five and 3rd top ten at Vegas, giving him a 5.7 average finish in 3 starts. Brad Keselowski finishes his first NNS race of 2010. Danica Patrick had a 28.0 average finish with just 1 top 20 finish in 13 starts last season. In 3 races in 2011 she hasn't finished worse than 17th and has an average finish of 11.7. Trevor Bayne gets just his 2nd top five in 10 starts with Roush dating back to last season but his average finish is 14.6. Carl Edwards won his 22nd career Nationwide pole, T-5th all time with Kyle Busch, and gets his 6th top ten in 7 Las Vegas starts but has yet to win there in Nationwide, despite 2 Cup wins. Denny Hamlin made just his 12th Nationwide start since 2009, getting just his 5th top ten in those starts. Ricky Stenhouse has the longest active top 10 streak in Nationwide, 5 straight dating back to last season which is a career best. Consider the fact he only has 13 top tens in 42 starts. Since failing to qualify for Nashville last season, Ricky Stenhouse has 3 top fives, 10 top tens and a 13.1 average finish in his last 23 starts after just 1 top ten and a 28.6 average finish in the first 12 races of 2010. Jason Leffler gets his 5th top ten in the last 7 races dating back to last season. Kenny Wallace's back-to-back top 10's gives him 161 for his career, now one ahead of Todd Bodine for 7th all time in NNS. Morgan Shepherd gets just his 10th top 20 finish since 2004, a span of 107 races. 72. Rusty posted: 03.07.2011 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm happy JGR took a chance on Brian Scott, but I'd also like Matt DiBenedetto get a bigger shot as well. Kyle Busch is runing this series. He dominates every week except the RP tracks and road courses, and honestly this series is just too predictable. I was glad to see Kyle take himself out and give us total mystery down the stretch, especially with fuel mileage figuring in. Kyle Busch is supposed to run like 25 races this year, and chances are good he'll win at least 10 of them if not more. I really hope Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski back off their desires to run the full schedule. I would like to see a race this year with NO Cup drivers and see a bunch of young guys battle it out. I'm sick of the Kyle Busch crap every week. 73. irony posted: 03.07.2011 - 10:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hopped onto the Danica bandwagon way back in 2002. There was no Danica mania back then. 74. DaleSrFanForever posted: 03.08.2011 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I found an interesting tidbit on frontstretch.com that I'm not sure if has been mentioned here or not: This was Mark Martin's 96th "NASCAR win" within the Top 3 Series. Why isn't as much being made of this as Kyle's "historic quest" to get as many "NASCAR wins" as possible? (even if 80% of those wins are not in Cup) If they are going to give Kyle all this attention for running roughshod over the minor leagers, why aren't they tracking Mark's nearing of 100. I guarantee you once Kyle hits 90, it will be all about "the countdown to 100". 75. CFob posted: 03.08.2011 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You're confusing legitimate popularity for a bandwagon. Fans like Danica, always have. People want to see her succeed and do something no other women have done before. So it's no surprise that people would be talking about her best finish so far. Sorry it pisses you off so much that a woman is popular and maybe, just maybe, good at what she does." As much as I appreciate the pretentiousness in your playing of the Feminism Card, you are sorely mistaken with the intention of my post, homeboy. Since Danica first made the move to the Nationwide Series I was one of the FEW on this website telling everyone to give her time and let her develop as a stock car driver when 90% of the people on this site were willing to crucify the poor lady for trying to advance her career in the most popular form of Motorsports in the United States. I just find it funny so many on this site were backing off on their "SHE HAS NO BIDNESS IN MUH NASCAR GOT DAMMIT!" stance after one top five finish. I'd been saying from the start give her time and was regularly mocked for that opinion, and suddenly the tides are turning. It's funny to me. 76. Cooper posted: 03.08.2011 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) CFOB is correct. 9. Cfob posted: 02.20.10 - 11:16 pm "People need to lay off Danica. She didn't decide to be the center of attention, the media did. She's being developed the RIGHT way, taking stock cars nice a slow, and developing as a driver instead of demanding a top flight ride in the Cup Series like Hornish, Montoya and Dario." California 2010 Race Page "SHE HAS NO BIDNESS IN MUH NASCAR GOT DAMMIT!" Instant Classic 77. CFob posted: 03.09.2011 - 1:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Haha. Thanks Cooper. 78. 00andJoe posted: 03.10.2011 - 2:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Facts not yet mentioned... -Joe Nemechek was entered in the #87 and entered his backup car as the #97 with Kevin Conway driving. Nemechek wrecked his primary car in practice, and - oops - had no backup. He qualified and drove the #97, with Conway in the #87 slipping in with no time as a result of the field being short (see below). Conway started the race in the #87, I assume they simply pounded out the dents in order to make two laps and pull in (S&P, but that 'overheating' might be legitimate based on how much they fixed things up ;P ). One question though - how on earth did the #87 get the Lucky Dog on the Lap 5 caution if they only completed two laps (therefore, presumably, being in the garage)? 42 cars were on the original entry list; the field was filled by Robert Richardson's #23 rolling out their backup car as the #03 for Charles Lewandoski. 79. Anonymous posted: 03.10.2011 - 12:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nemechek borrowed a car from Jay Robinson Racing for Conway to park in. 80. Talon64 posted: 03.10.2011 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If it weren't for all that this would've been the first time Nationwide's had a short field in back-to-back races since Milwaukee and Watkins Glen in 2001. 81. soupclan posted: 03.14.2011 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) it should be noted that even if everyone earned points the top 3 in points would still be the Nationwide only drivers Top 5 Cup guys in pts would be 4th Kyle Busch 102 3 of 3 races 6th Carl Edwards 96 3 of 3 races 14th Joey Logano 71 2 of 3 races 16th Brad Keselowski 67 3 of 3 races 22nd Kevin Harvick 58 2 of 3 races 82. b4il3y posted: 03.19.2011 - 4:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cooper She can't ride...she's a purty girl that has a midi-core amount of talent. Her pretty face gets her sponsors.. I'll die before that bit ch wins... I promise..all hype... I have watched too many races too buy into her crap. 83. AnonymousEFR posted: 04.01.2011 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Josh Wise got mega air early in the race. 84. super39fan posted: 08.14.2011 - 8:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Long's sponsor was "Koma Unwind". 85. 00andJoe posted: 08.30.2011 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #51 sponsor: World Famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop/RepairableVehicles.com 86. 10andJoe posted: 08.06.2012 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #15 should be a Ford, not a Toyota. 87. SpeedWorld97 posted: 11.09.2013 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most likely Mark Martin's final career NASCAR touring series win, as he is probably retiring at the end of the 2013 season 88. RaceFanX posted: 08.17.2014 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin did retire at the end of 2013. This was his 49th and final Busch/Nationwide series win. 89. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.18.2016 - 12:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update #68 Stratosphere Hotel/Lilly Trucking Owner Update #68 Rick Ware http://s289.photobucket.com/user/racemaxx24/media/133325440WedvyACd.jpg.html 90. Damon posted: 03.05.2017 - 9:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) 6 years ago today Mark Martin got his last NASCAR win and Danica got her best finish in a NASCAR points race (4th). 91. JSPorts posted: 03.05.2017 - 10:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't believe this was 6 years ago. This was actually a great race, I remember being happy when Brad had his tire go down so Mark could win the race. 92. Maverick19 posted: 03.05.2017 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @91 You just said you hate buschwackers, yet you were happy a Cup driver beat a Cup driver...? 93. chevyfan98 posted: 03.05.2017 - 2:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^Its the Mark Martin immunity rule. 94. BMan0213 posted: 03.05.2017 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @93 Yup but it's not just Mark Martin. I feel Larson falls under this too. Yeah he hasn't been in Cup that long, but Austin has been in Cup for the same time and people always complain when he wins in the lower series. Things like this are why I think if the the Cup guys winning in the lower series were more likable people wouldn't have as much as a problem with it happening. I mean if you look at his stats, Mark ran as much (if not more) than Brad, Joey, and Harvick (outside of Kyle Busch these are the ones people complain about the most) have over the last 4 or 5 years, yet nobody got on his case as much as the other driers mentioned. 95. chevyfan98 posted: 03.05.2017 - 2:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh absolutely, its a ridiculous double standard that Austin Dillon has been bashed from the minute he became a cup driver for running Xfinity races while Larson can still do it and he "just needs experience." And I like both drivers. 96. 23andJoe posted: 03.05.2017 - 3:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's also the fact that for the vast majority of Mark Martin's running in the Busch Series, he was close to the only "buschwhacker" (the term hadn't been coined yet) who was running the Large Number of Races+For His Cup Team combination (or, heck, just the latter even); the VAST majority of the Cup drivers who ran the companion events back then did so for either their own teams or running for established Busch-only teams. This was coupled with the fact that the series had a much more diverse schedule; the 'companion races' only made up about half the schedule, and most of the rest was short tracks. So Mark would run about 15 races, win about 1/3 of those,* and for the rest of the series the issue was "what issue"? This is where the "But nobody complained about Mark Martin!!!!!" arguments collapse - they all but universally apply the Standard Of Now to the time frame where most of his career took place and where that standard cannot be applied. By the time it could be (Mark only had four wins in the series after 2000, and only two after 2005) he was the Nostialgic Old Man From The Good Old Days, yes, but before that you CAN NOT go "but he was a Buschwhacker, evil!". Because that didn't exist then. * While Mark Martin and Kyle Busch won a similar percentage of attempts (2016 aside), Kyle's percentage of the /schedule/ won is much higher. To wit: Tabulated: 1993 Mark Martin, 28 race schedule, 14 races run, 7 wins (25% of schedule, 50% of attempts) 1996 Mark Martin, 26 race schedule, 14 races run, 6 wins (23.1% of schedule, 43% of attempts) 1997 Mark Martin, 30 race schedule, 15 races run, 6 wins (20% of schedule, 40% of attempts) 1999 Mark Martin, 32 race schedule, 14 races run, 6 wins (18.75% of schedule, 43% of attempts) 2008 Kyle Busch, 35 race schedule, 30 races run, 10 wins (28.8% of schedule, 33.3% of attempts) 2010 Kyle Busch, 35 race schedule, 29 races run, 13 wins (37.2% of schedule, 44.5% of attempts) 2013 Kyle Busch, 33 race schedule, 26 races run, 12 wins (36.35% of schedule, 46.15% of attempts) 2016 Kyle Busch, 33 race schedule, 17 races run, 10 wins (30.3% of schedule, 59% of attempts(!)) 97. 23andJoe posted: 03.05.2017 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Summarizing the above, which I forgot to add this line before hitting submit: Mark Martin, although dominant, only won about one-fifth of the races in a season (spiking to one-quarter once) and no seasons with double-digit wins. But Kyle hovers closer to one-THIRD of the season won all by himself and has four 10+ win seasons... 98. BMan0213 posted: 03.05.2017 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "So Mark would run about 15 races, win about 1/3 of those,* and for the rest of the series the issue was "what issue"?" I get what you're say but this right here proves my point. Take Kyle out of it. I think we all agree in terms of running races hes an outlier. Like I said go look at Brad, Joey, and Harvick. Over the last 4 or 5 years they've run around the same amount of races as Mark did per season and they get blasted for it. Meanwhile someone like Larson who runs just as much as them gets a free pass which is ridiculous. I really feel the popularity of the drivers play a role in this. If Dale Jr was running the amount of Xfinity races that some of these other guys are the outcry would probably be far less. 99. LandonFandon34 posted: 03.13.2017 - 11:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Danica's ONLY top 5 in NASCAR to date. 100. Anthony posted: 03.14.2017 - 1:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) and ironically it was fuel mileage ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: