|| *Comments on the 2011 Alliance Truck Parts 250:* View the most recent comment <#49> | Post a comment <#post> 1. 00andJoe posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #6 sponsor: Tender Ridge Angus Beef #62 sponsor: Pilot Travel Centers/Flying J 2. AlmirolaFan88 posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I tried not to fall asleep during this race, I really tried. ML Motorsports outta think about giving David Stremme more races. Qualified 10th, started at the back and still finished 12th. The top 6 drivers in points are all less than stellar on road courses, so next week outta be fun as far as the title chase goes. If Ricky Stenhouse Jr. can survive Road America, the title truely is his to lose. No excuses for Aric this week, I thought he and the team really hit on something at Chicagoland, but I guess it was just luck. JGR seems to be in a bit of a slump....Joey Logano said in his post race interview that he was looking for more speed in his car......Don't usually hear that from him or Kyle Busch. 3. NicoRosbergFan posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dang, I wanted Mark to win even though I loathe Nation-whacking. 4. the MAN posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) stenhouse is looking good for the title. he is the only full time nwide driver that can run with the cuppers. looking foward to seeing him in the ups 6 next year. 5. KurtBusch22Fan posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Penske needs to find a way to make there cars better in race trim. The teams at Penske dominate in qualifying week in and week out, but they always find a way to start backing up once race day comes. 6. NicoRosbergFan posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Missed the pass for the win because of a tornado warning in my ABC's area. 7. Rusty posted: 06.18.2011 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "5. NicoRosbergFan posted: 06.18.11 - 6:54 pm Missed the pass for the win because of a tornado warning in my ABC's area. " Same here, do you live in Central Florida? They cut off the race with about 20 to go and then finally did a split screen for the final five laps, but Carl was already way ahead and had it wrapped up so it didn't matter. Good job by Trevor Bayne finishing 5th with a car that had a beat in hood from damage. Sam Hornish also had a top 10 car most of the day but unfortunatly didn't get the finish to show for. 8. NicoRosbergFan posted: 06.18.2011 - 8:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes I do. 9. cjs3872 posted: 06.18.2011 - 9:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #5, the same thing happened here in Baltimmore last week with the Cup race from Pocono. It was interrupted three times, including the last two and a half laps. Also, I think you will see Stenhouse in Cup next year, either in the #6 car, replacing David Ragan, or in the #21 car with a full-time ride for 2013. If Ragan is replaced, Roush will, in my opinion, put either Stenhouse in the car immediately, or possibly put a veteran like Mark Martin in the car for one year so that Stenhouse can learn the ropes of running the longer Cup races in the Wood Brothers car. So where would that put Trevor Bayne, the current driver of the #21 Cup car? Very possibly out of a ride if sponsorship can't be found for the NNS #16 car. He can run about sixth to tenth consistently through the race, but can't crack the top four or five, simply because he doesn't drive the car hard enough in the shorter races, but I think he'll be better in the longer Cup races for that very reason, if he gets the chance on a full-time basis in a good car. Bayne actually reminds me a bit of 1983 Indianapolis 500 winner Tom Sneva. Sneva was a driver that qualified fast, ran conservative early in the race, then came on in the middle stages of the race and finished near the front. But that is why often see Bayne run further toward the front late in the race than early in the race. But if he can't find sponsorship, Roush might have to release him if he doesn't pick him to replace Ragan (assuming Carl Edwards stays with Roush). And if Roush releases him, he would probably also lose the Wood Brothers ride. Also, congrats to Carl Edwards on the win, Roush on the 1-2 finish, and Ricky Stenhouse for retaking the point lead. Also, this was a rare speedway NNS race in which Kyle Busch failed to lead a lap. (Teammate Joey Logano, who was sixth, was also shut out in the laps led department.) 10. Bronco posted: 06.18.2011 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl wins his 4th Nationwide race of the year by mid June - last year at this time his first win didn't come until Road America which is next week, and his 4th win of the year came at Phoenix in November. Carl's last five races have all been wins or runner up finishes, he has also led every race from Fontana to now. Chances are he could repeat at Road America next week although he'll have some hard competition. 11. IglooRacer posted: 06.18.2011 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This actually was a good race for the nationwide series I still think the guy to beat for the title is reed sorenson, he's like Matt kenseth- consistent but not flashy. ricky stenhouse stats after 15 nationwide series races 2010- 13 starts, sat out of 1 race, did not qualify at nashville, 1 top ten, 5 dnfs, 26th in points 2011- made all 15 races, 1 win, 11 top tens, 1 dnf, 1st in points Yea I'm giving him best comeback/ turnaround already 12. potatosalad48® posted: 06.18.2011 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With only 1 Cup driver that I know of in the field next week, an NNS regular or a road ringer could win. 13. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 06.18.2011 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Missed this event today. Was hoping to hear that a Nationwide driver won. Too bad that wasn't the case. 14. Anonymous posted: 06.18.2011 - 10:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Once again, there is not nearly enough complaining about Carl Edwards winning this race. If Kyle Busch had won, the first 10 comments would have been, "what a snorefest, Kryle Busch just races to make himself feel good because he sux in cup, lololololol". You people are hypocrites, and disappoint me. Carl Edwards is the true bane of this series. Let me guess, he's also racing again at Road America next week? The guy just won't quit on this series. What is this, his 170th consecutive Nationwide start? And yet he doesn't even get a quarter of the crap other drivers get. Stupid. 15. jamie88fan@yahoo.com posted: 06.18.2011 - 10:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dear nascar please do soemthing about the start and parks if it means shorting the field do it or somthing that forces these teams to race the fans pay good money to watch a good race not see 9 car park it in less 27 lap please its sad when they take a lap even two laps .... If the team owner wont let the driver make more then quarter of distance they shoudnt get a dime unless its proven the reason they aer out is what it is .... 16. cjs3872 posted: 06.18.2011 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Post #14, the start-and-park phenomenon is nothing new to NASCAR. For instance, one-third of the field of 41 cars in the 1963 Southern 500 failed to last more than 20 laps (in a 364-lap race) and one-third of the field for the 1965 Daytona 500 failed to last more than six laps. And, though not all of the cars in the race that dropped out early parked, nearly one-quarter of the starters in the 1972 Daytona 500 also failed to last 20 laps. And there are other examples of teams back then making the field for the big money races, and simply parking the car and accepting bottom-five to ten place money, which was big compared to what most of the other races in that era paid to finish, even in the top five to ten. One reason the teams today are parking is the fact that they can't afford to risk crashing, blowing their engine, or risking any other kind of mechanical problem. The biggest factor for the early parking of these cars is the fact that these teams simply just can't afford to change tires, so sometimes they park after one full fuel run, although that wasn't the case here. But they run the races in hopes of gaining sponsorship when they run competitively in the rare races they they do attempt to run the distance in. (See Tommy Baldwin Racing for an example of this.) Another reason they attempt to qualify for these races are to build up attempts in case of a qualifying rain-out, though with the rules adopted for this year, the chances of that happening were greatly reduced. 17. cjs3872 posted: 06.18.2011 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) By the way, I missed this race and will miss the race tomorrow to watch the U.S. Open, even though that, through three rounds, is a horribly one-sided affair, with Rory McIlroy rewriting and shattering the record books. (I also miss races to watch the Masters.) The reason I would miss the NASCAR races to watch the U.S. Open and Masters is the significance of the event. I might generally miss sizeable parts of races during the NFL season, which may not happen this year, though the chances of an NFL season in 2011 seem to be improving. 18. Dodge posted: 06.18.2011 - 11:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've got an idea for NASCAR. How about if you aren't going to put an end to start and parking, you take the money that would be paid to the team but instead of getting the whole amount, you divide the amount for that team by the amount of laps that the team ran. I say that because there isn't that big of a gap so the smaller teams are saying why run the whole race and end up losing some of the race money. Although I don't like the start and park mentality but I don't see it ending so not worth any more time. 19. 00andJoe posted: 06.19.2011 - 12:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #14 - like CJS said, teams have good reason to start-and-park, and drivers to do so. I went in to more detail in a Cup race comment page a few races back, but basically: 1. A race team that isn't at the racetrack is only spending money, not making any; and 2. A race driver that isn't at the racetrack becomes a Nobody - fast. TBR and Landon Cassill are both "S&P Success Stories". So it makes sense. 20. Rusty posted: 06.19.2011 - 1:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR needs to give teams incentives for racing. Teams start and park because the difference in pay from finishg 40th and 30th isn't big enough to worth the losses from a crash or blown engine. All teams who finish the race should receive an extra bonus, that gives these teams a reason to try and run the whole race. 21. Butch1469 posted: 06.19.2011 - 1:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I missed this race driving to Myrtle beach for vacation. I don't miss many! I will watch the cup race from my rental home at cherry grove. Yee haw!!! 22. cjs3872 posted: 06.19.2011 - 10:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 00andJoe, I forgot about Landon Cassill, but now that he's running the races in their entireity this year, he doing very well in the Phoenix Racing car, even leading the race at Pocono late before being passed by Jeff Gordon and having to make a late pit stop. You wonder if many more stronger than expected runs may result in a better ride in the near future. (Remember, Cassill finished third in the Daytona NNS race this year, I believe, which is, far and away, the best he's ever done in any race in a major NASCAR series.) I mentioned in another comments seciton about potential drivers to watch in the future and I mentioned Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Cole Whitt, Justin Allgaier, Trevor Bayne, Austin Dillon and his younger brother Ty, as well as Parker Kligerman. Cassill is another one that bears watching. Though among those drivers, Stenhouse and Whitt, who came from similar backgrounds, appear to be the best of the lot, followed by Allgaier and Austin Dillon. Bayne may have a great future if he can find sponsorship with Roush. Otherwise, he may even lose his current Wood Brothers ride, which he got through Roush. However, there are still question marks about Ty Dillon, Kligerman, and even Cassill. 23. NicoRosberFan posted: 06.19.2011 - 12:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Post 14: 224 starts in a row for Edwards, to be exact; is Carl OCD? 24. Rusty posted: 06.19.2011 - 1:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Carl deserves the most crap out of all Cup drivers doing this too. Ever since he got the #60 ride in this series back in 2005 he's only missed one race and that was due to a rainout at Nashville putting the race on a Sunday with the Cuppers in Pocono (Carl won that Cup race ironically). He has nothing to prove in this series but he refuses to scale back, even with no shot at a championship he refuses to scale back. He is likely going to be the only Cup driver going to Road America next week, he just needs to stop and move on already. 25. CBASS posted: 06.19.2011 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man, I was really pulling for Wreckhouse in this one. He almost pulled it off. Who would have thought, after this point last year, that he'd be competing for wins and leading in points? I'm really getting sick of seeing Carl in this series. Hopefully a regular or a ringer (either Jacques in the #22 or Fellows in the #7) can pull it off. 26. CBASS posted: 06.19.2011 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh yes, before I forget. Front Row Joe had D.A.B. Constructors on the hood of his car for the race (from TheHotLap Photos) 27. NicoRosbergFan posted: 06.19.2011 - 2:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My adage is, "Every time a Cup driver wins a lower-tier series race a driver's career is ended." 28. Schroeder51 posted: 06.19.2011 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There will be only 1 Cup series driver at Road America-that driver is Carl Edwards. There is an extremely good chance that he will end up winning. 29. AlmirolaFan88 posted: 06.19.2011 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unless he breaks an axle again like he did at Montreal. I know it's bad to wish ill luck on a driver, but if he had some sort of failure, it would break the race wide open. Seeing someone beat him straight up would be cool too, of course. 30. Daniel posted: 06.20.2011 - 12:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) About the S&P's, in the case of some teams, S&P cars are the only way they can afford to have their main car go the full distance. Shepherd has the #55 so he can attempt the full race in the #89. Jay Robinson has the #49 which helps fund the #28 and let it go the full way. Rick Ware has S&P's to fund the #15. TriStar has the #44 which S&P's to fund the #19. These S&P cars, in some cases, are probably the only way these teams can go the full distance with other cars. 31. 18fan posted: 06.20.2011 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Paul Menard and Carl Edwards are the only Cup drivers flying to Road America from Sears Point. 32. Talon64 posted: 06.20.2011 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Edwards gets his 33rd career Nationwide win, putting him 4 back of Kevin Harvick for 3rd all time, and 2nd win at Michigan. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. gets his 4th top 5 in the last 5 races (6 in his first 49), having led in all 5 races for 125 laps; Ricky's led the most laps of the NNS regulars by far, 176 laps, which is twice more than the next driver (Sorenson with 83). He's 4th overall, with Carl and Kyle combining to lead 1611 of the 2901 laps run this season. Roush has 4 wins in the last 5 races, which includes three 1-2 finishes and 2 races with all 3 Roush cars finishing in the top 5; that's 12 out of a possible 25 top 5's taken by Roush cars. Kyle Busch gets his 6th consecutive top 3 finish, but he's only led 136 laps in that span (2 wins). Paul Menard won his 3rd career Nationwide pole, first since 2005 at Talladega, and finished in the top 5 for the 3rd time in 3 starts this season. Trevor Bayne gets his 2nd top 5 in 2 starts since returning from his medical issues, and 4th straight top 10 overall in his starts. Despite missing 5 races Bayne is still 12th in points, 30 points behind Michael Annett for 10th. Based on his average points scored per race Bayne would have 512 and be 4th in the standings, 13 points back of Stenhouse Jr. for the points lead, if he'd run all the races so far. Mark Martin gets his 3rd top 10 in 3 Nationwide starts this season and 5th consecutive in his starts dating back to 2008. Elliott Sadler gets his 10th top 10 of the season, tying his career high set in both 1997 and 1998. Jason Leffler gets his 7th top 10 of the season, his 2nd straight after going 3 races without one. Reed Sorenson has 10 top 10's in 12 starts in the #32 (8.8 average finish), but only has finishes of 11th, 14th and 11th in his 3 starts in the #30. Blake Koch was the highest finishing rookie in the race in 25th. 33. AlmirolaFan88 posted: 06.20.2011 - 8:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Menard isn't racing Road America, Max Papis is in the #33. Another notable is that Kevin Conway will be in NEMCO's #87 in a car NOT sponsored by Extenze, surprisingly. 34. 18fan posted: 06.20.2011 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My bad, I saw today on Jayski that Menard was entered in the 33. 35. Anonymous posted: 06.21.2011 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They need to ban Sprint Cup drivers from the Nationwide Series and return to real tracks like Myrtle Beach, South Boston, Hickory, and the REAL Nashville. 36. 18fan posted: 06.23.2011 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It seems like starting at Fontana, with the exception of Darlington and Talladega, the Roush cars are just superior in this series. I think Stenhouse is talented, as he is challenging Carl Edwards consistently now, but I think he looks as good as he does because of how good the Roush cars are. They're almost making the Gibbs cars look ordinary. 37. cjs3872 posted: 06.24.2011 - 9:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Two of them are, anyway. The #16 car ran up front and won at Charlotte because they had a more assertive driver (Matt Kenseth) in that car. Maybe what Trevor Bayne lacks is the confidence he needs to be able to that car up front consistently. Either that, or he's just not assertive enough. When have you seen him make a pass for the lead, or a top three position on a non-RP track, because, except for California, when he did move up to second in that race briefly, I haven't seen it. 38. cjs3872 posted: 06.24.2011 - 11:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I forgot to mention in the last post that maybe Bayne's lack of assertiveness on the track in the NNS may have something to do with the fact that he doesn't have a sponsor, while Stenhouse does have a sponsor, for some of the races, anyway. After all, if Bayne has a problem on the track, that would come directly out of Jack Roush's pocket, while Stenhouse's sponsors (at least for the races in which he's sponsored) would take some of the finincial hit for Roush if Stenhouse had a problem. However, for the Daytona 500 winner not to have sponsorship for the NNS this late in the season makes me wonder whether or not Roush truly wants him to succeed, or whether or not he's keeping Bayne to make sure his competition doesn't get him. (Strategy of denial, perhaps?) After all, if Bayne succeeds, then the development of Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., which has been Roush's pet driver development project the last four years, may not look so good, which in turn, would make Roush not look very good. (The strategy of denial theory, which is an occasional military tactic, is just that, a theory.) 39. Rusty posted: 06.24.2011 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good news for Road America, Carl Edwards will NOT race. Michael McDowell will be the only driver pulling double duty. 40. Schroeder51 posted: 06.24.2011 - 11:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McDowell doesn't really count since he S&P's in Cup. 41. 18fan posted: 06.25.2011 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thank you Carl, gained some respect for you today. 42. 00andJoe posted: 08.30.2011 - 1:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #52 sponsor: RaceDaySponsor.com/MDS Trucking 43. 00andJoe posted: 08.30.2011 - 1:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #55 sponsor: Salvation Army/Imperial Bedding 44. 00andJoe posted: 08.30.2011 - 1:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #70 sponsor: Foretravel Motorcoach 45. Daniel posted: 05.21.2012 - 12:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In using fastest 36: #46 Chase Miller & #55 Brett Rowe Out using fastest 36: #03 Robert Richardson Jr. & #52 Tony Raines 46. Daniel posted: 05.21.2012 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Previous post: fastest 43 instead of 36. 47. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 04.24.2014 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew 25 Chad Finley Auto Valve-RainEater 11 Ford Gary Weisbaum WD after a wreck in practice http://www.jayski.com/schemes/2011/nationwide/images/15michigan/11-MICH-25.jpg 48. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.18.2014 - 2:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner of #25 is actually Ed Rensi (My Bad) 49. Scott25 posted: 06.24.2018 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Would assume Chad FInley's sponsor was Auto Value like it's been in everything else he's raced, not Auto Valve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: