|| *Comments on the 2011 Bubba Burger 250:* View the most recent comment <#65> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Lugnut18 posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wish Paul would have won. Lots of green flag racing, overall, SPEED did a great job with their coverage, I'll take them over ESPN. 2. TeamPlayersBlue posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No Kyle Busch, no Kevin Harvick, Carl Edwards and BK have problems and the cup guys still win. Great coverage by SPEED, really hope NASCAR doesnt renew the contract with ESPN in 2012. 3. potatosalad48 posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) would've been perfect had Hamlin not entered. After this race, I'm convinced Gibbs only cares about their cup guys in the Nationwide series. Everytime Kyle, Joey or Denny aren't in their cars, the wreck. 4. Karn Evil 9 posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) First start for Chris Buescher, subbing for Trevor Bayne in Roush's #16. 2nd time this season that less than 43 cars entered a N'Wide race counting start and parks (41). 5. Anonymous posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kelly Bires provides a perfect example of why sponsors insist on teams putting Cup drivers in cars rather than young drivers. For nearly the entire race there was one caution, because the 18, the car that has won 4 races so far, was the only car that had wrecked. So before everybody comes in with their usual, "Cup driver wins, YAWN." and "I'm done with this series", remember that the problem with this series goes beyond Cup drivers needing an "ego boost" or whatever other simplistic, narrow-minded BS everybody always spouts in the Nationwide threads. 6. Anonymous posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Awesome run for David Stremme. Almirola, Kenny Wallace, and Ricky Stenhouse ran in the top 5 most of the race but had issues late in the race that cost them. 7. Smokefan05 posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) SPEEDs coverage was AWSOME. I agree with TeamPlayersBlue, NASCAR shouldn't re-new their contract with ESPN, they have lost that right they starting giving NASCAR crappy coverage (which was from the get go). I really wouldn't have a problem if SPEED covered the N'wide series with the next deal (fingers crossed) Even tho i'm sick of the Cup guys winning, i really don't mind Hamlin winning because he doesn't run in the N'wide series that often. Really wish Menard won tho. Long green runs made the race fly by. 8. Anonymous posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "After this race, I'm convinced Gibbs only cares about their cup guys in the Nationwide series. Everytime Kyle, Joey or Denny aren't in their cars, the wreck." wtf, lol 9. Anonymous posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Paul Menard is a Cup guy too you guys 10. dUDE gUY posted: 04.29.2011 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First nationwide race I've watched all year, and I somewhat regret doing so. Thankfully I had the internet to keep me occupied while the Cup guys did their best to make this race as boring and predictable as possible. Lame. 11. Jarrett88fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) SPEED would do right by me if they ditched Mikey and brought in a championship (hell, just a winning) retired Cup driver. Sadler looks to have turned his season completely around. Since Vegas he has gone from 12th to 2nd in points on the strength of having the most top-5 finishes of all Nationwide only drivers. Too bad Logano wasn't entered, he could have actually won what with Edwards and Keselowski's unrelated problems. 12. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.30.2011 - 12:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The results of races like these make me glad I have to work during them. I'll get to watch the Cup race tomorrow night since I'll be off, but I'm glad I didn't see this race because from what I saw on NASCAR.com highlights, I don't think I missed much. Good job by Justin Allgaier to finish 3rd, as well as Josh Wise finishing 6th (good way to promote NTG2011, LOL). Hornish and Truex also grab top 10's, and holy shit, Stremme got a good finish in an underfunded car?! I guess stranger things have happened. 13. New 14&88 Fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Even with two Waltrips in the booth SPEED's coverage was better than ESPN's, they could definitely take over covering the N'wide and perhaps last half of the Cup season. Regardless of wither Denny Hamlin or Paul Menard won it still would of meant a cup driver winning another N'wide race even though neither of them do much double dipping.Still great runs for Allgaier, Elliott Sadler, Josh Wise, Sam Hornish Jr.(Surprise Surprise), Ryan Truex and David Stremme who did surprisingly well in the underfunded #70 chevy. 14. 00andJoe posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola actually crossed the line in 5th, but was dropped to 'last car one lap down' as a penalty for speeding to beat the pace car out of the pits after running out of gas. 15. Dion posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I am thinking of stopping watching the nationwide series...it isnt even fun anymore, I am going to predict cup guys win 34 of the races this year....ugh 16. KBM18 posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch wasn't in this race because, according to his wife, they didn't have sponsorship. And can someone explain to me why Busch gets the most shit for ruining this series, even though he's only run a full season just once since 2004? Carl Edwards has run every single Nationwide race since 2006. I don't understand why he doesn't take the majority of the blame. # of Nationwide races run by Busch: 2004 - 34 of 34 2005 - 14 of 35 2006 - 34 of 35 2007 - 19 of 35 2008 - 30 of 35 2009 - 35 of 35 2010 - 29 of 35 Yeah, he wins a lot of races, but he isn't the one ruining the championship race every single year, only the year he won the title. There are 7 more races this season he's not scheduled to race, putting him at 27 of 35 for this year. So yeah, he still needs to knock about 10 more races off that total, but come on, Edwards is going to be in every friggin' Nationwide race, making it even tougher for non-Nationwide drivers to win, for yet another year. And Busch is at least *trying* to make up for this by running some new guys in his Truck, when he can find the sponsorship. And he might do the same thing if he can move KBM up to Nationwide. But he'll probably still "win too much" and everybody is just going to keep complaining that he's ruining NASCAR. 17. Schroeder51 posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm going to be even bolder and predict they shut out the Nationwide regulars and win them all. Pitiful. 18. Jarrett88fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 34/35 sounds good to me... A ringer will win at Road America or Montreal (Fellows, Papis, etc.) ... so yes, there will be a Nationwide only shutout this year. 19. Anonymous posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is random.... but did anyone notice at the end of the race as Hamlin was getting the checkers, and they were showing the finishing order of the cars as the came across the line, they had '7 - Danica Patrick' scored in 3rd place? I thought it was odd, considering she's in Brazil, and the guy driving the 7 in this race was actually 6th, a lap down. Seems like a really weird scoring malfunction. 20. Rusty posted: 04.30.2011 - 1:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) A Cup guy leads almost the entire thing and wins? Awesome. Glad I watched the NFL Draft. 21. Smiff_99 posted: 04.30.2011 - 2:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Personally, I wouldn't be surprised to see the regulars snag a few wins this year. They're getting closer and closer each week. 22. 18fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 2:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) There are only 34 races in the Nationwide Series this year, and at least 32 of them will be won by Cup drivers. A Cup driver will win at least one of the road races, most likely Watkins Glen, so Montreal and Road America are the only real hopes for a Nationwide only win, and those would most likely be road ringers, so an actual full time Nationwide driver winning would be highly unlikely, although stranger things have happened in the July Daytona race, which in my opinion is the only non-road race that is not a lock for a Cup driver win unless Brad, Kyle, Joey, and Carl don't go to some of the summer standalone races. 23. Jarrett88fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 2:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) You're right Smiff. Eventually, Stenhouse, Sadler or one of the Turner Motorsports drivers will win at least 1-2 races with a road course ringer win thrown in. Cup regulars = 32 wins Nationwide drivers = 2 wins Roadie Ringers = 1 win 24. 00andJoe posted: 04.30.2011 - 3:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) - First career start for Chris Buescher 25. 00andJoe posted: 04.30.2011 - 4:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) - Best career finish for Ryan Truex and first career top-10 finish. 26. Anonymous posted: 04.30.2011 - 4:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Second Nationwide race in a row with a disappointing finish thanks to NASCAR throwing unnecessary cautions to make the races "more exciting". 27. Frank posted: 04.30.2011 - 5:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Twice less commercials and despite I hate Mikey I should say - ALL commentators did great job! Hope to see more NNS on SPEED too. And what happened to NASCAR? Less that 10 cars in lead lap, leader has almost 10 seconds advantage and no caution! Hope they understand someday how smart and solid races like this are... 28. Karn Evil 9 posted: 04.30.2011 - 7:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And what happened to NASCAR? Less that 10 cars in lead lap, leader has almost 10 seconds advantage and no caution! Hope they understand someday how smart and solid races like this are..." Yeah, this is the first time in a long time that I can remember that NASCAR didn't bring out their phantom debris caution. And it felt like an old-school race with so few cars on the lead lap. That and fuel mileage actually became a problem in this race - you don't see that often at Richmond of all places. 29. Cooper posted: 04.30.2011 - 9:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wait...What are people talking about? This was a great race. Passing throughout the field, irregular drivers running well, drivers running out of gas, a clustered finish where a driver running 5 laps down restarted 3rd in line. Yeah Denny Hamlin won, but it's not about who wins, its whos running well. And for the first time in years NATIONWIDE series drivers got television time. And that's what it's about. This was the best, most entertaining Nationwide race in the past couple of years. Brian Scott called BK "an idiot driver" which is funny considering he's driving Joe Gibbs equipment and can't crack the top 10. Why did Kenny Wallace pit with 2 to go? He was running 6th, and had fuel. All he had to do was take the wave around and he would've finished on the lead lap. Instead he pits, which keeps him 1 lap down and puts him in the back. 30. Mrittenhouse84 posted: 04.30.2011 - 9:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @29 Kenny tweeted that "Explanation: Running 4th pitted under green D.Hamlin did not..I go down 1 lap..Team pitted me too early thinking in was on lead lap..Penalty" 31. Cooper posted: 04.30.2011 - 12:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ahhh. Thank you. You can't make mistakes like that. They'll cost you everytime. 32. 18fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 12:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jarrettfan, I would say 31 Cup wins, 2 regular wins and 1 ringer win because there are 34 races this year not 35, but I agree with the statement that eventually one of the regulars will break through, even if they just get lucky. 33. JP88 posted: 04.30.2011 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good coverage by SPEED...add Denny Hamlin's name to the "Jimmie Johnson Rehab Tour." Wish Menard would of won...yes I know he's a cup driver but I can make an exception for him. If the guys who were still on the lead lap (Menard, Allgaier, and Sadler), If they were good on fuel why didn't they just stay out with 2 to go. Hamlin would of been in 4th and there's no way he gets to the lead if the caution still came out at the same spot and he might of just won on the last lap. 34. Smokefan05 posted: 04.30.2011 - 2:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Wait...What are people talking about? This was a great race. Passing throughout the field, irregular drivers running well, drivers running out of gas, a clustered finish where a driver running 5 laps down restarted 3rd in line. Yeah Denny Hamlin won, but it's not about who wins, its whos running well. And for the first time in years NATIONWIDE series drivers got television time. And that's what it's about." People have to find something to complain about, how many times must i tell you this!!! :-P "Brian Scott called BK "an idiot driver" which is funny considering he's driving Joe Gibbs equipment and can't crack the top 10." The only idiot driver here is Brian Scott for making such a comment. "And can someone explain to me why Busch gets the most shit for ruining this series, even though he's only run a full season just once since 2004? Carl Edwards has run every single Nationwide race since 2006. I don't understand why he doesn't take the majority of the blame." In case you haven't noticed, 5 of the last 7 years he has basically run the full season. Missing 5-6 races doesn't mean a thing, he is running 80% or more the season. Only 2 seasons has raced about half of the season. 35. Cooper posted: 04.30.2011 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The ending of this race still confuses me JP88. The only two cars that started at the front were Menard and Hamlin, then it was just a bunch of guys who were multiple laps down. Before the caution, these cars were on the lead lap: Hamlin-----He pits Stenhouse-----He runs out of fuel brings out caution Almirola-----He runs out of fuel during the caution, gets 1 lap penalty for speeding, tail end Menard----He pits These cars were 1 lap down: Allgaier----Lucky Dog, tail end Wallace----Crew chief pitted him wrongly, tail end Sadler----Wave Around Keselowski----Wave Around The only guy who could've stayed out and gotten ahead of Hamlin, would be Menard. Hamlin would start outside of him and probably make an easy pass with fresher tires. Pretty interesting stuff though. 36. JP88 posted: 04.30.2011 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Oh I see...yeah I was confused as to what was going on On another note, hopefully Trevor Bayne will be okay and get back into the #16 soon, the poor kid's gone from the highest of highs to the lowest of lows as he seems to not catch 1 break since he won the 500. Anyway he has a good perspective on everything so he should be just fine, unfortunately he's probably out of the title hunt now. 37. 00andJoe posted: 04.30.2011 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #33: Once Hamlin decided to pit, the whole "durned if you do, durned if you don't" needle swung from "doomed to stay out" to "doomed to pit" - with the 20 taking fresh tires and so few cars on the lead lap, anybody who didn't get fresh tired had good odds of Hamlin blowing their doors off even with only two laps to run (exhibit A, Martinsville, spring 2010). #36: Wouldn't count Bayne out just yet - with the way the new points are, missing a race isn't actually that much worse than having a really bad day. If he has to miss another though, he's toast. 38. DaleSrFanForever posted: 04.30.2011 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Speed's coverage was excellent, they just need to have a "No Waltrip" rule for the booth. Let Kyle Petty be one of the commentators (I'm already looking forward to TNTs summer stretch) since he does Speed programming every week and is excellent. I really like Rick Allen. And their pit reporters are awesome. Yes, ESPN, please please PLEASE spare us racing fans and give up NASCAR. "Kelly Bires provides a perfect example of why sponsors insist on teams putting Cup drivers in cars rather than young drivers. For nearly the entire race there was one caution, because the 18, the car that has won 4 races so far, was the only car that had wrecked." Fair point. But on the flip side, this is what is causing the stagnation of talent through both of NASCAR's Top 2 Series. NASCAR needs a feeder Series where drivers like Kelly Bires can get laps in, wreck some, learn from his mistakes, and be ready for Cup eventually, ready to step in and immediately make a difference. Nobody gets developed in NWide anymore because they can't run with the Cup guys that constantly run. They have to spend about 4 years in Cup running lousy before they start to make a difference. Look at Paul Menard or Dinger. They are just now starting to make noise in Cup, and they both entered in 2007. David Reutimann also entered in 2007 and only recently started winning races, but even he is still really inconsistent, but that is mostly due to his shit equipment. Also, Keselowski and Logano both looked like they would take the sport by storm judging by their NWide results, and they both entered Cup in '09. And they both struggling in really good cars. Again, I give mad props to Jack Roush for allowing his young drivers to run NWide, screw up, learn, and he funds them out of pocket because he knows the talent pipeline is dry as a bone and he needs to develop them. "And can someone explain to me why Busch gets the most shit for ruining this series, even though he's only run a full season just once since 2004? Carl Edwards has run every single Nationwide race since 2006. I don't understand why he doesn't take the majority of the blame." That is a good point. Probably because Kyle insists on having this whole "NASCAR win total" thing brought up like it actually means something. Like he isn't just another bug under JJ's shoes in the big picture of NASCAR. But you are right, Carl should take more heat. And for the record, Kyle for all intents and purposes ran a full schedule in '06, he just skipped Memphis after Harvick had already clinched the championship to focus on keeping the #5 car out of the cha$e basement (it didn't work), and Harvick curiously ran that race anyways, skipping final practice in Cup, then finishing 31st even though he finished Top 5 in the next two 1.5 mile races. Jeez, no wonder JJ has been dominating so much, his competition are all morons. And for the record, I predict a NWide regular victory lane shutout. 39. Jarrett88fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Overall, SPEED is good at covering races in all three series. Kyle Petty would be a great addition to the SPEED booth. Mikey puts his foot in his mouth too many times, but DW is surprisingly decent when he isn't surrounded by his brother on SPEED or Larry Mac/Hammond/Mike Joy on FOX. Example: 1999 Bud Shootout, Youtube it and listen to the pre-Boogity Darrell Waltrip. Heck, even the early 2001 DW on FOX was miles tolerable than he is now. 40. Jarrett88fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl has deflected much of the heat thrown at Kyle Busch for running full-time in the Nationwide since 2006. Perhaps Carl wants Mark's (soon to be Kyle's) BGN/Busch/Nationwide Series wins record all to himself as validation for beating KB at something. "And for the record, Kyle for all intents and purposes ran a full schedule in '06, he just skipped Memphis after Harvick had already clinched the championship to focus on keeping the #5 car out of the cha$e basement (it didn't work), and Harvick curiously ran that race anyways, skipping final practice in Cup, then finishing 31st even though he finished Top 5 in the next two 1.5 mile races. Jeez, no wonder JJ has been dominating so much, his competition are all morons." Interesting point, DSFF. I think if Harvick had continue to run RCR equipment in the Nationwide as he did from 2000-2006 and partially in 2007, Happy would have eclipsed Mark Martin's record by now. Perhaps Harvick learned from Memphis '06 and reached a ceiling as a driver in the number 2 Series in NASCAR, so he and Delanna focused on building up KHI and giving other drivers opportunities in their own equipment. After the strong performances of 2010 and so far in 2011, I would like to think Harvick is FINALLY!!!! getting serious about the Cup Series and might avoid the "Johnson effect." 41. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 04.30.2011 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Brian Scott called BK "an idiot driver" which is funny considering he's driving Joe Gibbs equipment and can't crack the top 10." Just out of curiosity, why'd he call Brad an "idiot driver"? Kind of wondering if Brad did anything to anger Brian. 42. Jarrett88fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 18fan- You are probably right, especially if Carl/Kyle have issues (oh and do they ever!) and BK is not in the mix late, I can definitely see Nationwide only getting 2 wins. With Road America and Montreal, Carl will win at least one for sure and a ringer the other. Unfortunately, unless Ambrose enters the Nationwide Watkins Glen, a usual suspect Cup driver will win that one too. 43. KBM18 posted: 04.30.2011 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "In case you haven't noticed, 5 of the last 7 years he has basically run the full season. Missing 5-6 races doesn't mean a thing, he is running 80% or more the season. Only 2 seasons has raced about half of the season." You're missing the point. I didn't say he doesn't deserve any blame, but he takes at least twice as much crap for running the Nationwide series as Carl Edwards on this board, every single week. Regardless of whether or not he's only skipping 20% of the races, Edwards has run them all, every year, going on 6 years in a row. Edwards runs the series like it's his job. My point is I think Busch gets an unfair amount of blame just because he wins more often and people hate him. 44. ii posted: 04.30.2011 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have an idea, Brian France. PAY CUP GUYS TO STAY OUTTA THE FU**ING NWIDE AND TRUCKS thank you 45. Greg G posted: 04.30.2011 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) TO ALL NETWORKS: Please never put both Waltrips in the booth at the same time. They are bradcast clones. If one said something the other would change one or two words and say the same thing. Thank god I can Get MRN and PRN on my computer. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to see Danica's name finishing 3rd. 46. Cooper posted: 04.30.2011 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) RCRandPenskeGuy--Brad had just come out of the pits and had four fresh tires while Scott was on 80 lap worn tires. Brad overdrove turn 3 trying to gain time and locked up the brakes. He slid into the #11 making him lose a couple spots. Brian then radioed his crew chief and started complaining. Brian should feel upset, but if the defending champ is an idiot what does that make him? Whatever. 47. 18fan posted: 04.30.2011 - 11:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What do you know? Kyle Busch skips this race and then wins the Cup race, maybe that should be a message for him. 48. Anonymous posted: 05.01.2011 - 12:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "What do you know? Kyle Busch skips this race and then wins the Cup race, maybe that should be a message for him." Except he won at Bristol earlier this year after winning the Nationwide race. Come on, you're a Busch fan! Stop saying stuff just to appease all the haters here, you're allowed to be happy when he wins a race. 49. irony posted: 05.01.2011 - 3:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kelly Bires provides a perfect example of why sponsors insist on teams putting Cup drivers in cars rather than young drivers." Perfect example of why sponsors putting Cup drivers in their cars instead of young drivers has ruined Kelly Bires. At least he is more fortunate than Stephen Leicht and Matt DiBenedetto, two drivers I followed through the late model ranks and have to watch Cup drivers on Saturdays instead. Glad this was on parallel to the NFL draft so I could miss most of the double Waltrip. 50. 18fan posted: 05.01.2011 - 2:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Anonymous, I want to see him run fewer Nationwide races so he can win a Cup title. 51. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 05.01.2011 - 3:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I didn't say he doesn't deserve any blame, but he takes at least twice as much crap for running the Nationwide series as Carl Edwards on this board, every single week. Regardless of whether or not he's only skipping 20% of the races, Edwards has run them all, every year, going on 6 years in a row. Edwards runs the series like it's his job." You're right, Carl SHOULD take a lot more heat than he does for this because he's been running double duty every year since his rookie season. 2011 marks his 7TH straight year of running the full schedule in both Cup and Nationwide, making him the only driver to do this for so many years. Brad Keselowski has also done it every year since entering Cup (and he struggles to even finish in the top 15 in Cup races), and he doesn't take as much heat as Kyle either. Problem is, Carl endears himself to the fans so much that they'll overlook this, and criticize someone like Kyle because he doesn't come off as a likable guy to the fans. 52. CFob posted: 05.01.2011 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Perfect example of why sponsors putting Cup drivers in their cars instead of young drivers has ruined Kelly Bires. At least he is more fortunate than Stephen Leicht and Matt DiBenedetto, two drivers I followed through the late model ranks and have to watch Cup drivers on Saturdays instead." 10000000% agree with you here. I watched Kelly and Stephen both during their time with the Wal-Tom Racing team in ASA Late Models. Kelly has no choice BUT to drive well over his head and treat every lap as though it's his last, because who knows when he will get another opportunity like he has with the Gibbs cars? And the fact that Stephen doesn't have a full-time ride is STILL a travesty. 53. DaleSrFanForever posted: 05.01.2011 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl definitely deserves more blame for what has happened to the NWide Series, you are right. I guess on these boards, we are too busy talking about what a sociopath he is, or how fake his public personality is, or how the media tries to get us to believe he is really popular when he isn't, etc. 54. CBASS posted: 05.02.2011 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors (gathered through TheHotLap pics): #01- G&K Services #51- Co-opsUSA.com/ RaceDaySponsor.om #79- Roy's Auto Body Shop 55. Talon64 posted: 05.02.2011 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Denny Hamlin wins his 11th career Nationwide race, the 1st win for the championship-leading #20 team, 5th win for JGR in NNS this season and their 63rd win overall. It's only Denny's 2nd win in the last 3 seasons (13 starts). Paul Menard gets his 2nd top 5 in 2 starts this season and the best finish for KHI this season (have to give Paul a lot of credit for running as well as Harvick does in the #33). It's just his 2nd career runner-up finish (both at Richmond, 3 top 5's and 5 top 10's in 11 starts), and 3rd top 2 finish. It's his best finish since his 2006 Milwaukee win. BTW I'm with everyone else that doesn't really count Paul Menard as another Cup guy in NNS. For one thing he doesn't even have a Cup win and only 1 Nationwide win, so if he won it'd be like when Dave Blaney won at Charlotte in 2006. Justin Allgaier takes over the point lead with his 2nd top 5 finish of the season, his 13th in 83 Nationwide starts. It's his 1st top 5 in 5 Richmond starts. Elliott Sadler gets his 5th top 5 of the season, tying him with Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski for the most top 5's this season! Of course Kyle has 4 wins and a runner-up versus 4 5th's and a 4th, and Keselowski has 3 top 5 finishes but whatever, Sadler's showing why he should be the guy if KHI moves up to Cup in the near future. Brad Keselowski gets his 7th straight top 10, 4th straight top 5. Josh Wise gets his 5th career top 10 and 2nd top ten of the season, moving up to 10th in the standings. It's his best finish since he finished 5th at IRP in 2008 driving for Armando Fitz. Sam Hornish Jr. gets his first career Nationwide top 10 in his 24th start (has 8 top 10's in 108 Cup starts). Ryan Truex gets his best career finish and 1st top 10 in 8th in his 13th start (19.2 avg fin, 9 top 20's including 6 straight). Despite running 2 less races, Truex is now just 8 points behind Timmy Hill for the ROTY points lead. David Stremme gets his 1st top 10 in Nationwide since 2008 driving for Rusty Wallace Racing, his 50th career top 10 in 135 starts. Jason Leffler gets his 4th top 10 of the season; he hasn't finished worse than 15th this season, the reason he's up there in the title fight despite not really running that well compared to his Turner Motorsports teammates. Steve Wallace ties his best finish of the season in 11th. Carl Edwards won his 25th career Nationwide pole, moving him alone into 3rd all time. 56. Rusty posted: 05.05.2011 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Greg Biffle was the one that started this full time in both series crap in 2004 or so, he failed to beat out Martin Truex, Jr. for the title but since then it's been done by so many drivers. Carl Edwards refuses to give it up and it is kinda annoying. He has nothing to prove in this series anymore, and the only thing he is proving is he's not that good. Anytime he's had legit competition for the title, he's been unable to to beat them. Even though he won the 2007 title in dominating fashion in the standings, he statistically had one of the worst championship seasons in the history of this series. That is because he had no legit contender for that title that season. David Reutimann and Jason Leffler were the two drivers behind him in points and both had mediocre seasons. Kevin Harvick outperformed him despite running 9 less races. He's been outperformed by Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski in years he had competition for the title. 57. Talon64 posted: 05.05.2011 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Greg Biffle was the one that started this full time in both series crap in 2004 or so, he failed to beat out Martin Truex, Jr. for the title but since then it's been done by so many drivers. Carl Edwards refuses to give it up and it is kinda annoying. He has nothing to prove in this series anymore, and the only thing he is proving is he's not that good. Anytime he's had legit competition for the title, he's been unable to to beat them. Even though he won the 2007 title in dominating fashion in the standings, he statistically had one of the worst championship seasons in the history of this series. That is because he had no legit contender for that title that season. David Reutimann and Jason Leffler were the two drivers behind him in points and both had mediocre seasons. Kevin Harvick outperformed him despite running 9 less races. He's been outperformed by Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski in years he had competition for the title." QFT, you nailed my opinion on it perfectly. 58. Rusty posted: 05.06.2011 - 8:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's not all on the drivers either, NASCAR has made no serious attempts to eliminate this. The new points system hasn't fixed anything. They could adjust the schedule to make it impossible for Cup drivers some weeks. In just a few weeks during All Star weekend, the Nationwide series race will be in Iowa on a SUNDAY. WHY?! If they hold that race Saturday then Cup guys wouldn't be able to make it, but they are running it on Sunday. Because they WANT Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski to be there. 59. Biscuits In A Red Bull posted: 12.04.2012 - 12:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Stremme's only Nationwide top 10 in 2012. 60. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 05.11.2016 - 7:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Second caution was the #6 stopped on track Turn 1 61. Jason24 posted: 08.25.2020 - 10:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Speed Channel broadcasted this race instead of ESPN due to the latter's coverage of the 2011 NBA playoffs. Similarly in 2008 the same event was broadcast by ESPN but was originally going to air on the obscure ESPN Classic(again due to ESPN's NBA Playoff coverage taking priority). That year, the Speed Channel simulcasted ESPN's coverage to allow more fans to view the race. From 2007-2014 ESPN was under contract to broadcast every single Nationwide Series race. This was the only time ESPN did not take part in a Nationwide Series broadcast from 2007-2014 and was also the final Nationwide Series race to air live on The Speed Channel. 62. Realism posted: 08.26.2020 - 7:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This last comment was wrong they also ran a Busch race live with the speed team the in 2013. It was bumped because of the nfl draft. I can remember watching it. So this couldn't be last because I was at this race in person. 63. Jason24 posted: 08.26.2020 - 8:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My mistake. The 2013 race was shown on ESPN News and must have been simulcast on Speed as well like the 2008 event. 64. Realism posted: 08.27.2020 - 7:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) But they did use rick Allen and the speed crew instead of the ESPN guys 65. Jason24 posted: 08.27.2020 - 8:08 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 64. In this 2011 race it was the Speed Channel crew as I stated in #61. The 2013 race which is on YouTube was ESPN's team with Allen Bestwick calling the race. Rick Allen and Speed only called the race in 2011 again as was stated in #61. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: