|| *Comments on the 2014 Blue Jeans Go Green 200:* View the most recent comment <#134> | Post a comment <#post> 1. JRacingFast posted: 03.01.2014 - 1:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Boy am i glad i have to work and have to miss this one......Just a hunch 2. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 1:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) I look foreword to what chase and Dylan K can do :D 3. Ed posted: 03.01.2014 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How is it that the Cup Series can get 46 guys to show up and Nationwide only gets 39? 4. We need more Onion posted: 03.01.2014 - 2:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So much for the "Willie Allen runs full season"... No Carter either, this is rather sad and probably the race will be a domination by the #76 again. 5. numbah10hatah posted: 03.01.2014 - 2:30 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Wait, The race is going to be dominated by Tommy Joe Martins? ;) 6. We need more Onion posted: 03.01.2014 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Would rather watch that. 7. The Great Dave posted: 03.01.2014 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "How is it that the Cup Series can get 46 guys to show up and Nationwide only gets 39?" Sponsorship Money Sponsors dont want an unproven young gun driver it seems. They'd rather have a proven driver or team whose connected to the "Sprint Cup Brand" brand. Look at Monster Energy, jumped ship to KBM from Ricky Carmichael, cause Kyle is part of the "Sprint Cup Brand". 8. joey2448 posted: 03.01.2014 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Question: Which Dillon brother do you guys support more? For me, I'm not a fan of either of them, but I root more for Ty than I do for Austin. Cowboy Hat the Elder just seems to have a bigger ego. 9. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For me Austin I used to like Ty but nmo he's not as good as Austin(I mean comon Austin won the truck title in his 2nd year and Ty didn't) 10. joey2448 posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah but it seems a lot of that was due to circumstance, Kenny. Even though Austin's won a Truck and Nationwide series championship, I still don't see him as that worthy of a driver, that's good enough to win two national championships. He really didn't "deserve" to win last year's Nationwide title, IMO, because all the drivers around him stumbled on their own. Sam Hornish was much more deserving of the title, and so was Regan Smith. Sorry for all the Austin hate, I really don't think he's THAT terrible. He does have some talent, but it's frustrating all the media attention he gets for driving the 3. Chris Buescher qualifies 12th after missing the cut last week at Daytona. 11. Anonymous posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think some of these smaller teams couldn't make the trip from Daytona to Phoenix with as many cars. Plus with dnq's by many of them at daytona, they wouldn't have the cash. Short fields aren't very attractive. 12. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) If I had to choose between the Dillons, I would easily choose Ty. I don't like him really at all, but he does seem to be a lot less self absorbed than Austin. Plus, I actually think Ty is the better driver between them too. If Ty has a car capable of being top five, he usually tries to win the race with it, unlike Austin who just settles for good points days. 13. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah but now I'm more pulling for Dylan K(I've been following him seance the year he won the west title)and I'm liking chase to so I don't care about Ty nomore 14. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Go ANYONE, except full-time cup drivers, yes that means Kyle Larson to 15. joey2448 posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, can they really not find anyone else to sing the national anthem??? It's the same thing every week! Some random dude who just moans the anthem. 16. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Wow, can they really not find anyone else to sing the national anthem??? It's the same thing every week! Some random dude who just moans the anthem." Its odd, considering there's several million people in the Phoenix area to choose from. 17. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race was over before it started 18. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race is off to a "great" start. 19. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) BK with the dump on the 87 car. NESPN blames the 87 car for entering the race. 20. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Daryl Harr cut down on Brad maybe 21. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) No respect whatsoever from these Cup drivers. 22. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Way to dump an underfunded car Brad, we're soooo "proud" of ya. 23. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Looks like Daryl Harr cut down on Brad maybe" Maybe, but Brad could have cut him a break 20 laps into the race. 24. joey2448 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Judging from what his spotter said on the radio, it sounds like Harr thought he was clear going into turn one and tried to make a pass low on another car, but Keselowski was there. I think it was Harr blaming his spotter on the radio afterwards. 25. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Judging from what his spotter said on the radio, it sounds like Harr thought he was clear going into turn one and tried to make a pass low on another car, but Keselowski was there. I think it was Harr blaming his spotter on the radio afterwards." That's what it sounded like to me, Brad still could cut him a bit of slack though. 26. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Well you know Brad got on the break, but you can't expect brad to slam on the brakes and lock the front wheels up and slide straight to the wall can you?, no you can't 27. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So 4 cup drivers and a cup retread in the top 5... Great race going on 28. Dion posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) did anyone else have their TV start speaking spanish? 29. cjs3872 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone else think it's a bit odd to see the JR Motorsports cars treating Phoenix as if it were Pocono, and shifting in turns one and two. I know this is the first time I can ever recall drivers shifting on a shorter oval. It makes me wonder if other teams, including Cup teams, may try that in future races at Phoenix, or even short tracks like Martinsville. 30. Schroeder51 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't even watch the race because my local ABC affiliate is airing a college baseball game between Clemson and Carolina, and since that rivalry is so big where I live, it takes precedence over a Nationwide race. Doesn't look like I'm missing much, though... 31. joey2448 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I can't ever recall drivers shifting at Phoenix before, although it does kinda make sense, as turn one is such a tight corner. But like they said on the broadcast, it could lead to engine issues. 32. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Go Clemson! (My cousin went there) The only tension of this race is whether the rain will come after lap 100. Kyle Busch has to pit before lap 100 and BK already pitted after dumping the 87 car. 33. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) I honestly hope the rain comes and Brendan Gaughan or someone steals it. So tired of Prelim Cup. 34. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You realize if it rains and Brendan was out front, NASCAR would just wait til tommorow to finish it and "We know what the fans want, and that is for Kyle Bus....err the race to go full dstance so we can see a talented cup... err driver win the preliminar...err nationwide race, that is why we ran things the way we did" 35. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "You realize if it rains and Brendan was out front, NASCAR would just wait til tommorow to finish it" It's past halfway, so it's an official race. 36. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It was a joke. 37. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Sieg is doing really well 38. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just tuned into the race. What a complete joke. 39. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We have had 2 laps of decent racing for the lead.... What a f**king joke!!! 40. Talk4Tar posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) That's what it sounded like to me, Brad still could cut him a bit of slack though. ---- Here is the thing though, Harr was a lap down. I am not sure how versed you are in the ways racing work, but if a lapped car has a lead lap car coming up on them, they are supposed to hold their line and allow the lead lap cars by and then resume racing for their position. This has been a rule in racing for quite some time. They even have a flag to signal to lapped cars the lead lap cars are coming. Harr should have stayed in the outside line, allowed Keselowski through and then resumed going for position. Instead he damaged a fast car and put their own car in the fence. And even if that was a car that was on the lead lap, he made a drastic lane change after the 22 was committed to his line. This was all the 87s fault, and if you think differently you do not understand how racing is supposed to work. 41. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Reed crashes 42. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hard hit for Ryan Reed, glad he's okay. 43. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The race is probably over here with this rain. Kyle Busch wins. This is gonna be another long year. 44. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This would be the most fitting way to end this shittacular "race" 45. Mark N. posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This is a nightmare race. Please please please end it early for rain. No more. 46. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators are already planning on Kyle winning Vegas to.... 47. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Where are Dylan K abd chase running guys? 48. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Good job by Brad to take the blame for the 87 incident. 49. The Long Shot posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Elliott is 9th, Kwasniewski is 13th. 50. Schroeder51 posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For once, I'm actually glad this race didn't get show where I live. I don't have to sit through "epic" Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski Nationwide domination. It's gonna be a long year for most of you guys watching this series... I REALLY hope NASCAR does something to cut back on the amount of races Cup drivers can run in the lower series like they said they were considering doing after the Daytona Truck race...but it bet it doesn't happen. If NASCAR seriously tried to restrict the amount of races Cup guys could run, I can easily imagine the sponsors crying foul and threatening to pull out in such a scenario... 51. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kudos to Bad Brad for owning up to spinning the 87, though looking back at it there wasn't much he could of done outside of letting of the gas. 52. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Instead of interviewing all the drivers, let's hype the #3 more." 53. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I have no idea why they are trying to dry the track. It's pouring right now, and it doesn't make any sense to wait two or three hours just to run 34 laps. 54. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who's leading at the moment? 55. cjs3872 posted: 03.01.2014 - 6:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) And it would be more like 25-30, murb. There are currently 32 laps remaining, and about 5-8 would be run off to dry the track, leaving somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to go if the race did get restarted. And if it did get restarted, which I don't think it will, Trevor Bayne may be one to watch, because I think he got four tires on his last pit stop, and everyone else around him got two, so he seems to have a tire advantage right now, and he's already moved up to seventh place from about 12th on the last restart. But I honestly don't think the race does get restarted, but I don't think anything but a tire problem or blow engine is going to keep Kyle Busch from winning this race if they do get restarted. It seems, as usual, that his car has about 20 more HP than everyone else. 56. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yeah Trevor got 4 tires, but you need a cup car to beat Kyle supernationwide car 57. cjs3872 posted: 03.01.2014 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I never said Trevor would be able to battle with Kyle Busch for the win DB1995, but it could help him get up into the top five, possibly even up to third or fourth place. And the same goes for Ty Dillon, who I believe also got four tires on the last pit stop. I've already said that a tire or engine failure is the only thing that could keep Kyle out of victory lane because he seems to have 20 more HP than everyone else does. But Bayne's and Dillon's tire advantage could put them further up front than they've run, should the race go back green, which I doubt will happen. Also, they'll only have about 25-28 laps remaining if it did go back green (there's 32 left now), because of the laps that would be run off trying to dry the track. 58. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) espn sucks i want to sit here and watch whats going on with the race not have to sit on their stupid news channel that wont even talk about whats going on have to wait for their dang sports ticker to pass by to say something 59. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "espn sucks i want to sit here and watch whats going on with the race not have to sit on their stupid news channel that wont even talk about whats going on have to wait for their dang sports ticker to pass by to say something" NASCAR.com has a page up where you can get updates via drivers' twitters. http://www.nascar.com/en_us/news-media/blogs/Off-Track/rain-delay-at-phoenix-schedule-update-social-reaction.html 60. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) dont do twitter 61. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It just started raining pretty hard again, apparently. No idea why they haven't called it yet. 62. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) race has been called. its over 63. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who won and where did chase and Dylan K finish? 64. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle won dont remember where chase was i think Dylan finished 11th 65. Kenny posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ok thx :D 66. jabber1990 posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) you know that if NASCAR calls the race the rain will stop 67. Anonymous posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ESPN is really phoning it in this year. NASCAR should have just let them go like they wanted to do instead of holding them to their contract. Can't imagine this kind of coverage is going to go over well at the end of the year. 68. Sector posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I missed the race, but is this a rain shortened race now? This is Kyle Busch's first ever rain victory out of all he's won. 69. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) yes it was rain shortened they ran 168 laps of 200. 70. SpeedWorld97 posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The race is mercifully over... 71. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) Who cares if its Kyle only rain shortened victory? This race was a worthless waste of time and the rest of the year can only be as bad if not worse. 72. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (11) always haters out there if you dont like it then STOP WATCHING if it wasnt for drivers like him there would be no Nationwide series to be ran. fans only buy tickets to the race to see him or others like him. 73. murb posted: 03.01.2014 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) "ESPN is really phoning it in this year." I totally agree. They had literally zero updates on ESPNEWS after ABC went off the air, even though they said they would be giving updates. I cannot wait until they're gone. I watched an episode of that new NBC Sports Nascar show, and you can already tell that they legitimately care and want to get somewhere with their motorsports broadcasting. ESPN doesn't care whatsoever, and it shows with the piss poor job they've done since they came back in 2007. 74. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) riven3d, I can say from experience from the 6 staight NNS Bristol races ive been to, I did't buy tickets to see Kyle Busch dominate I bought tickets to see Trevor Bayne and Alex Bowman dig for a cup ride. And of all the thousands of people i saw not one was wearing a Kyle Busch Monster Energy shirt or talked about coming to see Kyle win, and when the race was over I heard 20%cheering and 80% angry people yelling at the top of their lungs. The whole series is shit now, i mean last year Kyle Busch and Brad K won 19 of 33 races, that is more than half of the races, while guys actually needing nationwide wins to help their careers out only got 6 wins. But i can see how you might enjoy seeing Kyle Busch doing this, I loved it when Peyton Manning came to be the QB at the YMCA's fotball team, they dominated. 75. riven3d posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (10) blah blah blah quit bitching i will just keep calling you a hater just because people boo dont mean crap. everyone gets booed in some shape or form if it was Dale Jr would you be complaining? i think not. and dont feed me your crap as everyone here knows your lying when you say you do it for other racers. no you buy the ticket to see a race as when you bought the ticket you have no clue who will even be entered into the race at that time. 76. New14 & 88Fan posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I don't mind the race ending this way, Kyle would of won anyway so the results aren't really that different from if it'd gotten restarted. 77. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) riven3d, You realize i can go to Bristol after the entry is out and buy tickets right? And I am not a Dale Jr. fan. And i'm sorry but if a driver is getting booed it does mean that they aren't happy that that driver won, so you should quit bitching and get your head out of your ass and realize cup drivers are killing the series. 78. We need more Onion posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not seen the race, but judging by the lap-by-lap and the results, Sieg is even better than what I've thought. Pulling for him now. And a decent showing by Clements again. 79. Brandon posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) The 87 was a 3rd Johnny Davis car, not a NEMCO car. Joe didn't have the funds to run this or Vegas 80. Anonymous posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (7) (0) Isn't it strange how most of Kyle Busch's fans seem to be on the same maturity level he is? 81. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Also good job by Mike Wallace, I don't know if anyone saw today, but he was top 20 all day long and I swear his car was A Sam Hornish car from 2011-2012 with Sponsors removed, he also finished 13th at Daytona and he is 10th in points 82. The Long Shot posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (7) (0) "if it was Dale Jr would you be complaining? i think not." The difference here is that Junior only runs 4-5 Nationwide events a year, whereas Kyle runs about 25-28 a year. If Earnhardt was running the series right now and having Busch-level success, then yes, I would be complaining. The same applies for Logano, Keselowski, Kenseth, and every other "Busch-whacker". 83. cjs3872 posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I don't know about Ryan Sieg being that good. He simply was on the right end of that situation when the caution came out for Derrike Cope's crash in turn 4, because his was one of just five that had not yet pitted, so he was on the same lap with the leaders, and had unlapped himself when the leaders pitted under green. Also, it's worth noting that the leading championship-eligible finisher (Elliott Sadler) got 38 points, or 9 or 10 fewer than a race winner gets. We're going to be seeing that all season, which is why a driver might sneak in and win the championship without winning a race for the second straight year. The championship is likely to again be won based on finishes of 5th-9th, rather than competing for wins. And that's one reason I picked Ty Dillon to win the title before the season began, even though he's a rookie in the NNS. RCR will "points race" the competition to death, as they did last year. In fact, while I do think that championship-eligible drivers will win more than they did last year, I don't think they win any more races, and I think seven is the limit to the number of races they'll win, with one already in the bank (Regan Smith's win at Daytona). That means I don't think they'll win more than six more races this season, and there are 31 to go. I think Cup drivers and road race "ringers" will take the rest of them. 84. Daniel posted: 03.01.2014 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) It's also the same car he ran at Daytona according to Carl Long's facebook. 85. 23andJoe posted: 03.01.2014 - 9:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #2 sponsor: Whitetail Club #23 sponsor: Voli Vodka/Global Aircraft Solutions #28 sponsor: JGL Racing #31 sponsor: Rockstar Energy Drink #42 sponsor: Target Cartwheel #52 sponsor: Means Racing #93 sponsor: JGL Racing 86. DRF posted: 03.01.2014 - 9:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) >Brad K owes Harr a new rear clip. >REALLY disrespectful for Tri$tar to put SupportMilitary.org on a blatant park car. >I imagine NASCAR officials running and hiding in a broom closet for 3 hours panicking over having to make a decision. "All we wanted was money and power!" they say until a track employee comes in and kicks them out. 87. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 03.01.2014 - 9:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) >Brad K owes Harr a new rear clip. A bit of a stretch, but I think the best payback for Harr(not really for the car owner) would be for BK to put Harr in a truck for the Truck race in Canada; being that Harr is Canadian. 88. Sky Warrior posted: 03.01.2014 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "It's also the same car he ran at Daytona according to Carl Long's facebook." God bless the underfunded teams that still do these things. Top 20 at Phoenix in a plate car. Mike Wallace still seems to be a solid Nationwide driver, it would be interesting to see him get a shot in a decent car again, though not likely. He's been to Johnny Davis what Dave Blaney was to Tommy Baldwin 89. 1995z71 posted: 03.01.2014 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Another snooze fest due to Saturday Cup drivers. Another good run by Ryan Sieg. 90. Sector posted: 03.01.2014 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @DB1995, I'm just stating a random fact. Don't get cocky. 91. DB1995 posted: 03.01.2014 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sorry Sector it was the emotion of the time. 92. CBASS posted: 03.01.2014 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Sponsor updates #42 Cartwheel by Target #99 Rheem Comfort Products #31 AccuDoc Solutions/ Rockstar Energy Drink #28/93 JGL Racing #16 Lilly Diabetes Drive to STOP Diabetes #52 Donate Life #24 HDI Seguros (Be/More was an associate) #4 JD Motorsports #23 Voli (Global was only an associate) #74 Mike Harmon Racing (ran his Daytona car, unsponsored with the exception of some associates) #70 Charlie's Soap 93. 23andJoe posted: 03.01.2014 - 10:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) >REALLY disrespectful for Tri$tar to put SupportMilitary.org on a blatant park car. Um, why? Why shouldn't they put a charity decal on a car that would otherwise be totally blank? That's not disrespectful, that's your "start-and-parks suck and should be outlawed" bias showing (same with the "I'm so clever" use of the $ symbol). 94. luigistarted06 posted: 03.01.2014 - 10:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) These Nationwide fields seem to get weaker and weaker at the bottom, what a shame that this series has fallen so hard 95. RaceFanX posted: 03.01.2014 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Racing's no fun when you know who's going to win before the green flag falls. At least the series is surviving and not beyond saving, Can-Am died off when Porsche won everything year after year. 96. TS1420 posted: 03.01.2014 - 11:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Blegh. The Nationwide version of the 48 car wins uncontested yet again (even though it was rained out, there was no way Kyle was not winning unless of a pitting/mechanical error) The top five was all Cup drivers, though Larson kinda doesn't count since he's a rookie. "I cannot wait until they're gone. I watched an episode of that new NBC Sports Nascar show, and you can already tell that they legitimately care and want to get somewhere with their motorsports broadcasting. ESPN doesn't care whatsoever, and it shows with the piss poor job they've done since they came back in 2007." It's only been a few weeks and I'm already loving NBC Sports stance on NASCAR and the programs they have been airing since the start of Speedweeks. ESPN has only given a crap about NASCAR when it comes to three categories: 1 - The Magical Super Important Chase. 2 - Jimmie Johnson & whoever is The Hot New Thing of the Week/Month/Season. 3 - HISTORICAL HISTORY!!! 97. gordonfansince99 posted: 03.02.2014 - 12:27 am Rate this comment: (2) (3) NO MORE BSPN!!! NO MORE KYLE BUSCH AND ALL OF THE OTHER CUPPERS AS WELL!! 98. ch posted: 03.02.2014 - 12:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Changes: 3 - WESCO (Has always been in caps) 4 - JD Motorsports 14 - Hefty Ultimate With Arm & Hammer (Same for Daytona) 16 - Lilly Diabetes / American Diabetes Association 31 - AccuDoc Solutions / Rockstar Energy 74 - Mike Harmon Racing 99 - Rheem Owner Change: 87 - Joe Nemechek 99. ch posted: 03.02.2014 - 12:59 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) By the way, I think what TriStar is doing by putting SupportMilitary.org on their S&P car is great! I wish more S&Pers would use their car space to help similar organizations. 100. b4il3y posted: 03.02.2014 - 3:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Glad I missed this.. tired of Kyle... win a cup and we'll talk. 101. Anthony posted: 03.02.2014 - 5:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Didn't have internet access all day and I was so "satisfied" to see the result when I finally saw it. NASCAR needs to fix this now. 102. Anonymous posted: 03.02.2014 - 6:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "always haters out there if you dont like it then STOP WATCHING if it wasnt for drivers like him there would be no Nationwide series to be ran. fans only buy tickets to the race to see him or others like him. " Jesus Christ is back... 103. MarkMartinFan posted: 03.02.2014 - 6:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What I don't understand about some of the comments on this site is that people bash Jack Roush all the time. But Gibbs and Penske never get bashed. Jack Roush is the only one of the three that puts young guys in his cars. 104. Watto posted: 03.02.2014 - 7:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Does anyone else think it's a bit odd to see the JR Motorsports cars treating Phoenix as if it were Pocono, and shifting in turns one and two. I know this is the first time I can ever recall drivers shifting on a shorter oval." It's definitely pretty rare. Gateway comes to mind. It would make sense to see this a little more, but I don't anticipate Martinsville being one of those places (especially for the Cup cars) since they're fighting drive-off as it is. "Kudos to Bad Brad for owning up to spinning the 87, though looking back at it there wasn't much he could of done outside of letting of the gas." Well.. he did let out of the gas. He made contact pretty far into the braking zone, so he was out of the gas for a while and had already committed with how late he hit the brakes. Kudos to him for taking the blame, though. He certainly was throwing it in there - he just anticipated the 87 to give him the lane. He basically anticipated what most lapped cars actually do. I can't hate on Brad for making that mistake. 105. Kyle Busch Is Getting Heavy posted: 03.02.2014 - 7:22 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Only Cup guys led laps? Only Cup guys finished in the top five? Blech. Disappointed I even tuned in. Won't make the same mistake next week. 106. RaceFanX posted: 03.02.2014 - 9:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @103 Roush helped set the trend of "Buschwacking" Cup teams with Mark Martin and the Winn-Dixie #60 but I don't think many still hold that against him. The fact the #60 team only ran half the races and still lost most of them probably helps, as does the fact Roush's Busch teams are no longer dominant and as you noted driven by young guns. Of course the high number of those young guns who went nowhere, like Danny O'Quinn, Jr., goes against him a bit. I don't know what's up with Roush lately. Even since it became Roush Fenway they've had sponsorship woes they can't seem to escape despite being one of the best teams. 107. Rusty posted: 03.02.2014 - 9:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fans don't go to Nationwide races to see Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski. It's 100% a sponsorship issue. Companies would rather pay to be on a proven winners car. Bottom line. I'm sure Penske would rather have Sam Hornish Jr. and Ryan Blaney running full time this year but sponsors dictated that the 12 team goes under and the 22 is primarily ran by Keselowski and Logano. 108. Matt L posted: 03.02.2014 - 10:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Watched about 5 laps and then did something else...pretty clear the past 2 seasons that Phoenix is too expensive of a trip for the teams #cough..stand alone race opportunity...cough...Rockingham is a much cheaper trip...cough# 109. Anonymous posted: 03.02.2014 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This series is a Pro-Am...smaller teams pay for the privilege of being able to race on the same track as the big teams, and walk away with no money or glory. 110. cjs3872 posted: 03.02.2014 - 12:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've said that about Roush for years, RaceFanX. There are times that I'm not even sure the Red Sox even want Roush to pick up very much sponsorship. Just look at what's happened there since the Red Sox bought in. Before the Rd Sox bought in, Roush had five fully funded Cup teams (though one would have to go away due to the 4-car limit, which Roush was, at the time, exempt from), three fully funded Nationwide (Busch) teams, and two full-time Truck Series teams. That means that Roush had 11 full-time, mostly fully funded teams before the Red Sox bought in. He's now down to six full-time teams, not all of which are fully funded, and he's completely out of the Truck Series. And the same thing, or worse, has happened to other teams that tried to partner with other sports organizations. But also, there's something else to be concerned about. There were only five Fords in this race, three Roush Racing Fords, one Team Penske Ford, and one independently run Ford. It's obvious that RPM's driver development program went belly-up, and Penske cut down from two to one car. With that said, how much longer will it be until Roush cuts back, or eliminates it's NNS program, or how long will it be until Ford deep-sixes it's NNS program. And of those Fords, only one, the #22 Team Penske car driven in this race by Brad Keselowski, is even capable of winning. That mean that if something happens to the #22 car, we can eliminate any chances of a Ford winning, because Roush certainly isn't capable of winning. This also shows that Ford is not, and really has never been interested in developing drivers. Even their only two developed young drivers, Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, were developed driving other makes of cars (Keselowski with Chevrolet and later Dodge and Logano with Toyota). Any wonder why Ford's always behind in both the Nationwide and Cup Series? 111. Peter posted: 03.02.2014 - 1:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If there was any race that told NASCAR to stop taking about a cap on how many non cup races these guys can drive, and make it a rule already - it was this pile of crap 112. DRF posted: 03.02.2014 - 9:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) " Um, why? Why shouldn't they put a charity decal on a car that would otherwise be totally blank? That's not disrespectful, that's your "start-and-parks suck and should be outlawed" bias showing (same with the "I'm so clever" use of the $ symbol). " I knew I'd get a dumb reply from someone!. They "support" a charity on a car that is planned to run only a few laps that is often mocked at. A car that is only out there to make money and abruptly quits. QUITS. If Mark $mith (see how clever I am?) really cared he'd put it on an unsponsored car that ran the whole race and/or as an associate on the other cars. What Gase and Means do for TransLife, now that is legit. 113. Anon posted: 03.02.2014 - 9:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "if it wasnt for drivers like him there would be no Nationwide series to be ran. fans only buy tickets to the race to see him or others like him." You can't possibly be that stupid. The reason the grandstands are empty is because Cup "superstars" spoil the races and make them predictable. 114. Anon posted: 03.02.2014 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Was Harmon in a Dodge but listed as a Chevy? 115. cjs3872 posted: 03.03.2014 - 2:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I want to correct something I said in post #110. There were six Fords in this race, not five as I said in that post. Dakota Armstrong drove the #43 RPM Ford in this race, in addition to the five other Fords I mentioned in that post. Still, just six Fords in a 39-car field is a bit embarrassing, but then again, there aren't very many teams that run Fords in NASCAR, period. And that's why Ford continues to be behind the competition in NASCAR, generally. There's just not nearly as many of them as there are Chevrolets and Toyotas. 116. Daniel posted: 03.03.2014 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Only 38 entered at Las Vegas: -Jeff Green in the #10 -Robert Richardson Jr. in the #23 -Ryan Ellis in the #24 -Matt Crafton in the #33 -Blake Koch in the #44 -Joe Nemechek in the #87 -David Ragan in the #98 -#28 & #93 from Carl Long's team, Rick Ware Racing, and #90 not entered 117. ch posted: 03.03.2014 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Owner Change: 87 - Joe Nemechek 118. cjs3872 posted: 03.03.2014 - 11:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daniel, that would make two short fields in a row on weekends where the Nationwide Series is partnered with the Cup Series. If that becomes a trend, I can't imagine how shallow the fields are going to be when the two series split up later this season. Might there only be 33, 34, or 35 cars in a non-companion NNS race later this season with some of them S&P'ing? 119. luigistarted06 posted: 03.04.2014 - 9:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Wallace and Matt Carter have been added to the Vegas entry list 120. Rusty posted: 03.04.2014 - 2:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale Jr. is also entered for Vegas in the #88. 121. Benny posted: 03.04.2014 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I think that once nationwide insurance is no longer sponsoring this series and it goes back to fox and nbc next year that maybe cup drivers won't win all the time in this series. I think these two companies have messed this series up. this was once a great racing series but not anymore 122. numbah10hatah posted: 03.04.2014 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, J.J. Yeley is in the #93 this week. 123. RCRandPenskeGuy posted: 03.05.2014 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I know for a fact that I don't watch Nationwide races to see Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth win nonstop with their Cup teams and preventing Nationwide regulars from getting any attention. I watch this series for people like Dylan Kwasiniewski, Chris Buescher, Jeremy Clements, Johanna Long and Ryan Blaney. There are also guys who never got a fair chance in Cup that I pull for in this series, like Regan Smith. What too many people don't realize is that Kyle Busch, Keselowski, Logano and Kenseth were unknowns at one time, and in the same position as all those regulars I just mentioned. But people gave them a chance and they all made it to Cup. 124. Mannoroth posted: 03.06.2014 - 1:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, Matt Kenseth is forced by JGR to race in the Nationwide Series more often. Yes, he raced there with Roush as well, but not so lot since 2008 till 2012. 125. luigistarted06 posted: 03.07.2014 - 6:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know if Ryan Sieg is running the full Nationwide schedule, or is that team just doing the first few races? 126. Anonymous posted: 03.10.2014 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #01 landon cassill crew cheif--Dave Fuge #4 jeffrey earnhardt crew chief--ricky viers 127. Avorstfire posted: 03.24.2014 - 12:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good rebound for Chris Buescher after missing it last week. 128. Anonymous posted: 04.06.2014 - 12:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #87 Daryl Harr crew chief--Carl Harr 129. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 04.24.2014 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Withdrew 67 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports Craig Martins Dodge 130. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 05.11.2014 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 23 Owner was Rick Ware. Every race from 2013-2014 that Robert Richardson Jr did not drive in was owned by Rick Ware 131. Anonymous posted: 07.15.2015 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Somehow I doubt that Harmon drove a Chevy in this race... 132. Anonymous posted: 07.15.2015 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You may doubt it if you like, but NASCAR's official race report says a Chevy is what Harmon drove here and in a small handful of other Nationwide races in 2014 as well. 133. Premium Does Suck Crow posted: 12.02.2015 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top ten If race ended halfway: 1. Kyle Busch, finished 1st 2. Kevin Harvick, finished 2nd 3. Matt Kenseth, finished 5th 4. Brad Keselowski, finished 3rd 5. Regan Smith, finished 8th 6. Chase Elliott, finished 9th 7. Brendan Gaughan, finished 16th 8. Ryan Sieg, finished 14th 9. Elliott Sadler, finished 6th 10. Kyle Larson, finished 4th 134. PCRaceFan0006 posted: 02.11.2016 - 1:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harmon drove a Dodge in this race, his only attempts in Chevys in 2014 were at the road courses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: