|| *Comments on the 2015 Kentucky 300:* View the most recent comment <#101> | Post a comment <#post> 1. joey2448 posted: 07.10.2015 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) HAHAHAHAHAHA YESSS!!! So happy to see J.J. Yeley on pole for this race! Yeley will start on pole due to qualifying being rained out, and NASCAR set the lineup based on Thursday's practice speeds. Yeley ran a qualifying setup during that one practice session that left him fastest. 2. The Great Dave posted: 07.10.2015 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) J.J. Yeley wins the pole after getting fastist lap in morning practice. J.J. Managed to get fast lap despite exclusively working on race set-up. 3. MAR posted: 07.10.2015 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JJ on the pole qualifying rained out that must of been one hell of a practice lap hopefully he can stay near the front all night and attract a major sponsor. 4. The Great Dave posted: 07.10.2015 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ok I stand corrected, they were the only to run Q Set-up, I missread the info I got as only one who didn't. Anyways, Tyler Young will make his NXS debut driving the #90 Chevy for SS Greenlight racing and using Mario Gossliens owner points. It will be basically the same scheme Tyler runs in trucks, but with out that dumb number font. 5. Chives5150 posted: 07.10.2015 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm glad for Yeley and JGL Racing. I'm hoping that they can have a decent run tonight. 6. RWR posted: 07.10.2015 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting fact: Texas 28 is not on the poleman car. 7. Dawson posted: 07.10.2015 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I head from one of the pit crew members that It was on race run Anyway congrats to JJ and that whole team that is awesome 8. Peter posted: 07.10.2015 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) JJ!!!!!!!!!! Now the big enchilada, go get em'! 9. luigistarted06 posted: 07.10.2015 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's go JJ! 10. mister83 posted: 07.10.2015 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Its our weekly JWT wreck. What a shock. 11. mister83 posted: 07.10.2015 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Surprised JJ didn't wreck the field at the start. 12. mister83 posted: 07.10.2015 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Looks like the #19 S&P Machine has already gone to the garage. I thought there was a four car limit? And TriStar has the #8, #14, #24, and #44 cars. 13. Ernest T. posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (2) (3) Not terribly impressed with the amount of ass-kissing by the NBCSN guys towards the Cup drivers already. I suspect it's only going to get worse. 14. mister83 posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cryle to the lead. Well, bye I guess. Looks like this will be just another cup lite snorefest. 15. MAR posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) (Sighs) Kyle wasting his talent again. 16. mister83 posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Yeley already back to his normal position of 15th-20th by the time the competition caution comes out. What a hack. 17. Matt L posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) A whopping 8 or 9 laps for Morgan Shepherd. I get they didn't have a lot of practice & he doesn't want to wreck the car, but that's a pretty pathetic effort. 18. Matt L posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #12: no car limit in Xfinity. 19. The Long Shot posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) "Yeley already back to his normal position of 15th-20th by the time the competition caution comes out. What a hack." You expected him to be fighting for a top 5, did you? 15th-20th is pretty solid for that team. 20. Chives5150 posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Honestly, I'd rather have Zombie Colonel Sanders over "I ATE THE BONES" any day of the week. 21. Chives5150 posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Menard's not letting Busch run away with this just yet. 22. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:26 pm Rate this comment: (6) (4) Bitching and ignorant comments is basically all I see here. 23. luigistarted06 posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (5) (1) "Kyle Busch is back for all the remaining companion events" anddddd you lost me there 24. MAR posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (6) (4) Im starting to get irritated with some people that post alot of stupid crap for once celebrate a smaller team like JGL racing for accomplishing something major today dont tear them down for running 15-20. Morgan Sheppard has probably one car in stock so what if he runs a few laps as long as he's been around i think he can do what he wants if you saw that guy race in the 80s and 90s you'll have a lil more respect for your elders. 25. KFC Bone Eater posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) ...mmmm... zombies... 26. Anon posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:43 pm Rate this comment: (2) (3) Agreed about Shepherd. The old fart should just retire already. He's only, what, 80 years old? I don't know, he must have a lot of fun out there starting and parking his own equipment every week. I mean isn't the whole idea of starting and parking that you eventually get enough race winnings from finishing at the back to run the whole race? I will admit though, it was funny when he wrecked that little snot nosed brat Logano last year. 27. Anon posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And now the 13 car will probably go to the garage. Surprised he's still running. 28. luigistarted06 posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How About Peyton Sellers running 23rd 29. The Great Dave posted: 07.10.2015 - 8:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm pretty sure Morgan doesn't have a pit crew otherwise he'd probably run longer distances. 30. Chives5150 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Please, no more Minions. 31. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yellow for JWT. Fuel no longer an issue 32. luigistarted06 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Very interesting race so far 33. epzik8 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cautionfest begins now. 34. Anon posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Just please let a wreck take out Busch, Keselowski, Menard, and Junior please... and Erik Jones too for that matter, he's not running for Xfinity points. 35. Driver X posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Is Kyle still leading? What's the order as of right now? How's NBCSN's coverage so far? How many laps left? 36. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No kyle took 4 tires in the pits and restarted 4th. On the restart Brad Blocked the crap out of him allowing Erik Jones to take the lead. Kyle has not been able to recover and seems to have his head up his butt right now. Brad is closing in on Jones, 17 laps to go 37. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones is beginning to pull back away from Brad. Kyle's now is closing in but it looks like he's gonna run out of laps. 38. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:56 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Jones can't move around the lap cars and Brad goes to the lead. 39. Anon posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Horseface to the lead... WHAT a total snorefest. 40. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones seems to have a better car, but the air off the 223 seems to be hurting him 3 to go 41. Anon posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Can't they just wreck each other and take all the other cuppers with them please? (Jones is just as bad since he isn't running for Xfinity points) 42. typo posted: 07.10.2015 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I got so mad about Brad K passing Eric I had to stop watching. This comment section is EMPTY. 43. MarkMartinFan posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:00 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) That finish was pretty damn good. 44. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Checkered flag Bad Brad scores his first Xfinity win of 2015. 45. Anon posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Horse wins in Kentucky. How fitting. 46. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know a lot of people won't like that outcome, but I personally just want to see good racing, and that was some good racing!!! 47. Bob posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe he will cut is hand open again and wonn't be able to race tomorrow. 48. Ernest T. posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad wins the 300 mile Sprint Cup practice session. He should be very proud. 49. Matt L posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Brad Keselowski wins..... Impressive runs for Erik Jones and Daniel Suarez. Jones held off the #22 longer than I expected he would. Suarez surprised in a different manner, hanging around the top 5 most of the night. Underdogs of the night were Cassill and Yeley. 50. George posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know what the reasoning was behind NASCAR's decision a few years ago to limit drivers to running for points in just one series? The main thing, as I recall, was to disallow Cup drivers from getting points in the lower series, but why? 51. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones probably would have won the race had he not got stuck behind Starr. As Brad said in his interview he saw that with where Starr was on the track that Jones might make the wrong move so he stayed high. Turned out he was right and he ended up making the winning pass because of it. 52. Christian posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @50 Would make the company look made if Cup drivers kept winning championships in a developmental series. 53. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The Cuppers were winning championships in the minor leagues and NASCAR didn't want that. Just a crazy NASCAR fan's thoughts on this matter. They wanted the regulars in the Trucks and the Xfinity (then Nationwide) to be champions. IMO, they shouldn't race in the minor leagues, unless they have a team perhaps. Then, they can run like 10 races or so. It makes me sick to see Cuppers dominate the races in the lower series. 54. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "Does anyone know what the reasoning was behind NASCAR's decision a few years ago to limit drivers to running for points in just one series? The main thing, as I recall, was to disallow Cup drivers from getting points in the lower series, but why?" It was mainly to prevent Cup drivers from winning the Championships in the lower series. Most fans didn't like the fact that established cup drivers were winning the titles down there. I think it really had to do with the fact the most people see the xfinity series as a pure development series, but if you go back and look at the full history of the series it's really not. 55. George posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) OK, I guess it has accomplished its goal then. I thought perhaps the idea was also to provide a disincentive for Cup drivers to use the series as, like somebody mentioned, weekly "practice sessions" because it sure hasn't affected that. I'm aware that drivers such as Dale Earnhardt and others ran occasionally in the Busch series but never often enough to greatly interfere with the development of other drivers. 56. Christian posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "It was mainly to prevent Cup drivers from winning the Championships in the lower series. Most fans didn't like the fact that established cup drivers were winning the titles down there. I think it really had to do with the fact the most people see the xfinity series as a pure development series, but if you go back and look at the full history of the series it's really not." gg NASCAR, and now we have a winless champion named Austin Dillon because of this. 57. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @55 If you go and look at most of the drivers stats almost all of the cup drivers with the exception of Kyle Busch have scaled back their races in the Xfinity series. drivers like Brad Keslowski and and Kevin Harvick have scaled back from 20-30 of those races a year to the mid teens. Some Drivers like Carl Edwards and Clint Boywer have stopped racing in it all together. Only problem is Kyle in the 20+ races he runs a year is capable of winning half of them. It makes it look a lot worse than it really is. 58. Chad's Hair Plugs posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I'm aware that drivers such as Dale Earnhardt and others ran occasionally in the Busch series but never often enough to greatly interfere with the development of other drivers." In those days, the Cup and Busch series only accompanied each other about half the time. Once the current incarnation of the TV deal started in 2001, the Busch/N'wide/Xfinity basically became a shadow series for Cup. This year for instance, 27 of the 33 races are companion to Cup which allows Cup drivers and owners to make some races as noted here glorified practice sessions. 59. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Once the current incarnation of the TV deal started in 2001, the Busch/N'wide/Xfinity basically became a shadow series for Cup. This year for instance, 27 of the 33 races are companion to Cup which allows Cup drivers and owners to make some races as noted here glorified practice sessions." I've always thought people over exaggerate on these races being glorfied practice sessions. I really think if they helped out the drivers out that much someone like Kyle would have at least one cup championship by now... 60. Driver X posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did anyone remember that 98 Biagi-DenBeste team that splits races between Sam Hornish Jr. and Aric Almirola? They couldn't hire Kevin Swindell to run the season? If so, that's a shame. FWIW, Swindell didn't run too bad in the races he did run. And it's also a shame that Drew Herring is seemingly getting squeezed out too. Gibbs never gave him a chance in either the 20 or 54. I fear he's gonna end up being out of NASCAR before too long... 61. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola and Hornish bring sponsorship something Swindell does not, or at least not near as much the other two do. Sadly you can't look at it like Swindell is getting screwed. In all reality if Aric and Sam weren't bringing sponsors to the 98, the 98 wouldn't be running at all. 62. Driver X posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @61 And that's the sad part! It's heartbreaking how the sponsors won't even take a chance on someone who NEEDS one like Ryan Blaney, Drew Herring, Kevin Swindell, and countless others. They probably would leave even if one of the unknowns ran well or won the race too. I wonder if Aric Almirola ran the full race at Milwaukee in 2007 and won, would Rockwell Automation have pulled their sponsorship? 63. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 10:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Then, they can run like 10 races or so. It makes me sick to see Cuppers dominate the races in the lower series." Just throwing it out there, you do know even if you limited them they wouldn't all run the same races. I'm willing to bet the drivers would spread out their starts enough to where they would still be winning the same amount of races they are now 64. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Updates #3 Larry Miller Dealership/Alsco #4 Protect Your Melon/Buckle Up #39 Pull-A-Part Used Auto Parts #52 Donate Life #74 Battery Saver Racing #90 Randco Industries/Young's Building Systems #0 JD Motorsports #89 Racing With Jesus/Courtney Construction #79 Jimmy Means Racing Owner Update #15 Rick Ware 65. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "And that's the sad part! It's heartbreaking how the sponsors won't even take a chance on someone who NEEDS one like Ryan Blaney, Drew Herring, Kevin Swindell, and countless others." I agree it is sad but it's where the sport is at. NASCAR grew TOO much and now it costs to much to run in these series. So much so that you need high end companies to make it. Its sad but, the Xfinity series needs the Cup drivers at this point. If NASCAR banned them (like some people want) the majority of the sponsors their would probably leave. The Cup guys aren't taking away rides from the younger kids. They are simply in cars that wouldn't be there if it weren't for them being in them. 66. The Great Dave posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Once the current incarnation of the TV deal started in 2001, the Busch/N'wide/Xfinity basically became a shadow series for Cup. This year for instance, 27 of the 33 races are companion to Cup which allows Cup drivers and owners to make some races as noted here glorified practice sessions." It still wouldn't be as bad if Gibbs and Penske weren't involved at least KBM and BKR would have to find for themselves and would be as competitive as the regular joe's like the RCR stable (Not named Austin) or RFR Drivers. Look at how Kyle did when he was an owner driver in 2011, he didn't win a single race and was b list that year. 67. The Great Dave posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:15 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) ALso people who are complaining about cup drivers now, have probably already forgotten how much worse it was 8-10 years ago when it was ALL cup drivers. 68. BMan0213 posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:27 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) 67 is right. Just go look at the 2006 Xfinity race from Chicagoland. 21 of the drivers in that race were full time in the cup series, and the first 16 finishers of it were cup drivers. It's funny, it was clearly worse then but there was nowhere near as much outrage over it as there is now. 69. typo posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 68 Maybe because we have been sick of it for that time. It Doesn't make anything better by saying how not many cup drivers are in the races anymore because the outcome is the same. Cup driver comes up on top because of the team/experience. This series needs help. 70. RACE34 posted: 07.10.2015 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is RIDICULOUS!!! People, the Cup drivers have always run in lower series, but only in the last couple of years have people really let their blood pressure go through the roof about it. The Truck and Xfinity Series wouldn't be as big as they are today if we had all drivers that many people have not heard of. I know that some stand alone lower series races have done good with ticket sales, but having Cup drivers in the field makes sales even better. Sure, it would be nice to see the regulars win more often, but like others have already said if Cup drivers weren't in these series, than many sponsors would pack up and leave, and then what would happen? The series would go under. All I am saying is NASCAR is NOT going to ban Cup drivers, and they shouldn't. People just need to go with the flow or don't watch at all. It's that simple!!! 71. Matt Fink posted: 07.11.2015 - 12:00 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) I think NASCAR's banning of Cup drivers getting points in lower series is what ended the ridiculous time of the Busch series being 1/2 Cup drivers. I remember Carl Edwards used to be one of the old Buschwackers. He ran full time Xfinity and Cup from 2005-2011. 2011 was the first year that the Cup drivers were not allowed to receive points in lower series. This is probably what drove old Buschwackers like Edwards and Clint Bowyer away from racing in the Xfinity Series. 72. BMan0213 posted: 07.11.2015 - 12:57 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) "68 Maybe because we have been sick of it for that time. It Doesn't make anything better by saying how not many cup drivers are in the races anymore because the outcome is the same. Cup driver comes up on top because of the team/experience. This series needs help." I don't know how long you have watched but tell me where was the outrage when Mark Martin was running 50% of the Xfinity Schedule in the 90's? The only person who is running more than that now is Kyle. In fact the majority of the Cup guys who do run still are running closer to 1/3 of the scheduled now. Cup guys running down in the lower series isn't something new, it's been going on since the series very first race. I don't know why over the last 7 or 8 years that this has become a problem with the fans. 73. RACE34 posted: 07.11.2015 - 1:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @72 BMan0213 My thoughts exactly!!! People need to stop being such crybabies!!! 74. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.11.2015 - 10:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update #89 Racing With Jesus. (QP where blank) 75. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.11.2015 - 10:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) One of my friends has lost interest in this series because of Cuppers winning. Reference to an earlier post saying "...don't watch at all". Once I don't have a driver to watch in this series, I may join my friend and just basically ignore this series. 76. The Great Dave posted: 07.11.2015 - 10:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update #13 Braille Battery / Grafoid / Dominoes of Lawrenceville #40 Braille Battery / Grafoid / Dominoes of Lawrenceville 77. ch posted: 07.11.2015 - 11:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Changes: 15 - BYB Extreme Fighting Series 18 - Arris 78. Driver X posted: 07.11.2015 - 12:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @72, 73 Back then, Mark Martin won half the races he did run, but he ran them using his own team and was not trying to impede in the Busch Championship battle. And he served as a mentor to the up and comers too. And when the Cuppers did run, they ran for fun. Nowadays, it seems like the Cup guys do it to expand their egos. Kyle, Brad, and Joey are talked about the most because they don't need to run the races, but the sponsors demand it. If they only ran a handful of races a year, and were somewhat likable like Joe Nemechek, Terry Labonte and Mark Martin, it wouldn't be a problem. But when Xfinity guys like Kelly Bires, Erik Darnell, Brandon Miller, Joey Miller, Mike Bliss etc. get shuffled to the back burner and get no chance to prove themselves, it becomes a huge problem. 79. The Great Dave posted: 07.11.2015 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "Back then, Mark Martin won half the races he did run, but he ran them using his own team and was not trying to impede in the Busch Championship battle. " No, it was pretty much a Roush entry 80. jabber1990 posted: 07.11.2015 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) isn't that the same car Buscher is in now? and Carl had all his success in? 81. We need more Onion posted: 07.11.2015 - 1:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) For one, I hated what Martin did in the Busch Series and was happy if he lost a race. Terry Labonte and Joe Nemechek I had no problem with, mostly because those guys did run for their own teams. Terry's was quite horrible too. Also, Terry Labonte is not quite the same league as Kyle, Brad, Joey, Kevin or Kasey in terms of likeableness. 82. Chives5150 posted: 07.11.2015 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've said it before, but if the Cup drivers want to race Xfinity, at least make them do it with their own team and preferably their own equipment. Unfortunately, Kyle tried that and ended up running back to Gibbs after he couldn't win a single race during the entire season. 83. jabber1990 posted: 07.11.2015 - 2:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gibbs also had a lot to do with that decision about Kyle returning to JGR 84. RACE34 posted: 07.11.2015 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes Kyle did go back to Gibbs when he couldn't win for KBM in the Xfinity Series, but you couldn't tell me that even if he could of won in his own equipment people wouldn't have still whined about him winning!! 85. The Great Dave posted: 07.11.2015 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But when Xfinity guys like Kelly Bires, Erik Darnell, Brandon Miller, Joey Miller, Mike Bliss etc. get shuffled to the back burner and get no chance to prove themselves, it becomes a huge problem." Yeah but they didn't get thrown out for cup drivers at least, they got thrown out for other Development drivers (Denny Hamlin, Trevor Bayne, Ricky Steinhouse, Colin Braun, and Micheal McDowell) 86. Schroeder51 posted: 07.11.2015 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Yes Kyle did go back to Gibbs when he couldn't win for KBM in the Xfinity Series, but you couldn't tell me that even if he could of won in his own equipment people wouldn't have still whined about him winning!!" At least driving for his own equipment put him on a more level playing field with the rest of the field. I've never seen Kyle's ridiculous amount of Xfinity wins as impressive...I mean, he's driving for what is basically Cup-level equipment, with the best pit crew, best team, and most amount of resources thrown at it. It's not really a shocker he's won so many of these races...is it? I think one thing that has really hurt this series is how the non-Cup teams have become really watered down over the years. Back in the '90s you used to have non-Cup teams that could be quite competitive and run up front on a consistent basis. Nowadays, if you don't drive for a Cup team or a team that has some sort of Cup affiliation, you don't really stand much of a chance... 87. BMan0213 posted: 07.11.2015 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "isn't that the same car Buscher is in now? and Carl had all his success in?" Pretty much, and you can add Biffle to that list as well. He won his championship in the 60 car. 88. MAR posted: 07.11.2015 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 1. Brandon Miller in my opinion blew his shot he couldn't keep up with what Bowyer did the year before. 2. Kelly Bires wasnt a sponsor darling that's the only reason why he's not around. 3. Erik Darnell did get screwed by Roush. 4. Joey Miller was extremely talented but lacked personality but he did get screwed by the waltrip's. 5. Mike bliss wasn't young he got replaced for a better Denny Hamlin. 89. kevin20fan posted: 07.11.2015 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) I think the biggest problem here is the schedule. We have way too many companion races. If Xfinity ran at a different track (preferably on the other side of the country) than Cup at least half of the weekends, it would be much less of a problem. Of course NASCAR will never do this because they would make less money if they gave dates to smaller tracks. 90. Chives5150 posted: 07.11.2015 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1. Brandon Miller in my opinion blew his shot he couldn't keep up with what Bowyer did the year before." Wow, I haven't seen that name in YEARS. 91. BMan0213 posted: 07.11.2015 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "2. Kelly Bires wasnt a sponsor darling that's the only reason why he's not around." Also from what I heard him and Tony Sr. never got along during his short time in the 88 car. Who know's what he could have done if he stayed in that car for more than like 5 races. 92. George posted: 07.11.2015 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @89: But would they really make less? If yesterday's Xfinity race was held at, say, South Boston instead of Kentucky, would it not be a better draw -- being the "main event" for the weekend at that venue? Could the stands really be any emptier at SoBo, or the TV audience any smaller, than these races typically are as companion events? And we'd get more competitive racing to boot since (IMO) short track racing beats the heck out of a boring 1.5-mi. cookie-cutter any night of the week and we'd have 40 Xfinity drivers racing instead of 34 Xfinity drivers & 7 Cup drivers. Of course the Xfinity drivers who are fortunate enough to be in Gibbs or Penske equipment will still have an marked advantage over the Ryan Siegs and J.J. Yeleys of the world, but overall the racing would be more competitive and therefore more entertaining. I'm just making up attendance numbers here, but isn't 20,000 spectators at South Boston better than 10,000 at Kentucky? 93. BMan0213 posted: 07.11.2015 - 5:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "I'm just making up attendance numbers here, but isn't 20,000 spectators at South Boston better than 10,000 at Kentucky?" Only problem is there were a lot more than 10,000 people at Kentucky. Hell there was probably more than 20,000. Xfinity races always draw more than 20,000 people. They can't go back to tracks like South Boston the series is too big for it. The Trucks how ever, they might be able to go back to those track if they wanted to. 94. Golden posted: 07.11.2015 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Good to see the Nigerian Prince Mobile pull a start and park. But whatever. Half the NXS fields do that these days. *rolls eyes* And congrats to Brand Keselowski on his hard fought victory against the kiddo! 95. kevin20fan posted: 07.12.2015 - 1:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @92 I'm not sure if they would actually make less or not but I just don't see NASCAR chancing it. Brian France & Co would probably just assume that ratings, attendance, etc. would be lower because there are no Cup drivers and the race would likely be in a smaller market. I would be all for going back to the short tracks for the Xfinity series and the trucks but NASCAR just wants it to be a Cup clone. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually think the racing is better at Kentucky or Texas than places like Hickory, Winchester or Salem. 96. ch posted: 07.12.2015 - 1:47 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Good to see the Nigerian Prince Mobile pull a start and park. But whatever." Yeah, if I were going to S&P I'd want to run over 75% of the laps too. 97. Anonymous posted: 07.14.2015 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This weekend's race at Iowa will the final career start for Kenny Wallace, who has decided to call it quits after 27 years. 98. Sarf52 posted: 07.14.2015 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^They're at New Hampshire this weekend hoss 99. joey2448 posted: 07.14.2015 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Right, Kenny's final career NASCAR race will be at Iowa, which is Aug. 1, three races from now. 100. NASCARLover22 posted: 08.31.2015 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor update: #14 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (for consistency) 101. Rich posted: 12.29.2020 - 10:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte were the commentators. Mike Massaro, Kelli Stavast, Marty Snider and Dave Burns were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: