|| *Comments on the 2015 Lilly Diabetes 250:* View the most recent comment <#148> | Post a comment <#post> 1. C posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:29 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I hate group qualifying it is far more enjoyable when one car is out at a time you could focus on one car instead of having to constantly check the ticker and most of all it gives the smaller teams screen time, 2. Dawson posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross Chastain is really struggling this week been around or below the top 30 in practice and qualifying 3. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 1:40 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Finally Blaney is in the #22... So we have Kyle and Harvick. Honestly, why can't Kyle stop doing this shit. I want him in the chase for shits and giggles and also because he belongs there. BUT. Would it be some realization to him, if he missed the Chase, because he (and f**king monster energy) is a dick and keeps spoiling the Xfinity competition. As I certainly don't wish another injury on him. One was more than enough. Clements repeats his performances from the last 2 years and remains off the pace. Go Suarez? 4. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "I hate group qualifying it is far more enjoyable when one car is out at a time you could focus on one car instead of having to constantly check the ticker and most of all it gives the smaller teams screen time," Except for the fact they always go to commercial when a smaller team goes out 5. MAR posted: 07.25.2015 - 2:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Im shocked Blaney is in the race cause penske usually screws him over races. Also im picking Erik Jones JGR seems way better then everyone else. But i wont be watching this borefest. Long live Lucas oil Raceway 6. Dave #38 Fan-Go Gilliland! posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Im shocked Blaney is in the race cause penske usually screws him over races." Blaney is in because this is the first race of the "Dash 4 Cash" thing that only non-cup drivers are eligible for. They wanted Blaney in those 4 races so they kicked Blaney out of a race he was supposed to run earlier in the year (Bristol I think?) while either Brad or Joey were going to run this one and the ran Bristol(?) instead. Because God forbid they could have just had Blaney run an extra race or, gasp, put him in the #22 full-time. Screw Discount Tire. 7. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) This is the "let's just watch an old IRP race on Youtube instead..." day. Having watched the 2003 IRP race twice already, guess I'll go with either the 2000 or the 2002 one... 8. JRacingFast posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) INDY looks like a ghost town....holy shit 9. MAR posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 03 race was a classic 02 race was great to. 10. Driver X posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WHY did the Xfinity series decide to stop running at ORP again? Is there anybody even AT the race today? 11. Smiff_2 posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I have 2 immediate gripes, having just tuned in: 1) Why in the blue F**K is the Xfinity race on Network TV, but tomorrow's race, the BIG SHOW, on cable? 2) Why, again, did we ditch ORP for this shitpile of an event? 12. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "WHY did the Xfinity series decide to stop running at ORP again?" Money... "Is there anybody even AT the race today?" There's probably at worst the same amount of people there today as there would be at LOR. Remember 30,000 Is gonna look bad at Indy because there's so many seats while it would make a short track like LOR look packed event tho it's the same amount of people. 13. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1) Why in the blue F**K is the Xfinity race on Network TV, but tomorrow's race, the BIG SHOW, on cable?" F1 is on NBCN right now. I feel like its on tape delay because of the Tour De France (maybe) being on and all the Xfinity and Cup quilifying that was on there earlier. 14. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Gibbs cars are already ahead by like 3-4 seconds ahead... 15. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Make that 2 of them now. Suarez is fast! 16. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) These lap cars lol. Suarez to the lead!!! 17. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man Kyle is acting like a rookie when it come to lapping cars today lol. I've only see him lap three guys so far and two of them he ran into trouble with. 18. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba has a problem. Just came of 2 and just pulled it. 13 is also slow. 19. C posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) McLeod slow too 20. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Bubba stopped to draw a caution. 21. C posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba Wallace stops on the race track 22. C posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Green already parks 23. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think the stands are about 1/100 full. How embarrassing. 24. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cheering for Brendan Gaughan today, he qualified well. I have to agree with the previous comments, IRP is much better than Indy, Indy belongs with the IndyCar series and the Indy 500, not NASCAR. 25. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @10- because Indy is a "bigger venue". I mean god forbid we actually have some decent racing! Seriously, bring back IRP, Memphis, Nashville, Mansfield, Montreal, the Rock, North Wilkesboro... any others I'm missing? 26. Smiff_2 posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Myrtle Beach, South Boston, Road Atlanta, Martinsville..... 27. Driver X posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @25 Hickory, South Boston, Myrtle Beach, Pikes Peak 28. C posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Koch Starr get together 29. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Two of the half dozen or so TriStar cars collide and Starr hits the inside tire barriers. 30. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:29 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "@10- because Indy is a "bigger venue". I mean god forbid we actually have some decent racing! Seriously, bring back IRP, Memphis, Nashville, Mansfield, Montreal, the Rock, North Wilkesboro... any others I'm missing?" I mean I hope you're not blaming NASCAR for loosing those tracks. A lot of them just outright closed. The only one on that list you can really blame NASCAR for is IRP. If I remember right Memphis and Nashville (maybe Mansfield not sure tho) were owned by the people who own Dover who are terrible when it comes to management. Montreal got high on themselves and told NASCAR to go screw if they didn't give them a cup date. Loosing their Xfinity race was 100% on them. The Rock while it got pushed out it was do to poor attendance. When it was given a second chance and what happen? They couldn't get a good crowd for a truck race thus it closed again. Finally North Wilkesboro was bought out by Bob Bahre and Bruton Smith who then took it's dates and gave them to New Hampshire and Texas. Theres a lot of of people you can blame for these tracks loosing dates, but outside of IRP NASCAR is not one of them, or at least not the main reason. 31. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Even though I'm not a fan of cuppers in the Xfinity series, I will admit Larson has an awesome paint job for this race. 32. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ryan Sieg is in 8th. 33. MAR posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian france is gonna f##k over the entire sport of nascar i predict by 2020 this sport will be a distant memory from mainstream sports alot of dumb changes from replacing great tracks to crappy tracks stupid rules phantom cautions etc....... not to mention they haven't even started to look for a sponsor to replace sprint 34. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sprint isn't leaving until after 2016. 35. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Brian france is gonna f##k over the entire sport of nascar i predict by 2020 this sport will be a distant memory from mainstream sports alot of dumb changes from replacing great tracks to crappy tracks stupid rules phantom cautions etc....... not to mention they haven't even started to look for a sponsor to replace sprint" I think that's a bit extreme... You can't really fault them for the majority of the track changes. NASCAR is a business, hell all sports are. It doesn't make any sense to run a race at a track that no one is showing up to. It the same reason why I feel like Atlanta will be off the schedule in a few years. Does it suck for the fans? Yes, but if they don't want it to happen just show up to the damn race and it won't. 36. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Why did NASCAR come to this track in 1994? It's made for IndyCars. NASCAR cars are too heavy for this place. 37. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Money, money, money The quality of stock car racing, ESPECIALLY Xfinity racing here is subpar. 38. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Why did NASCAR come to this track in 1994? It's made for IndyCars. NASCAR cars are too heavy for this place." Do yourself a favor and go watch the 1994 Brickyard and look at the 250,000-300,000 people that were there. There's your answer. 39. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But today, all we and the 46 people in the stands can hope for is a fuel mileage race, because there is no other way something exciting happens. 40. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Let's say something positive: The broadcast isn't that bad for a race like this. Sieg is running great. Sellers is having a neat run in 26th. Clements and Yeley are still on the lead lap. And now to counter all positive crap I wrote, a totally unnecessary yellow... 41. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But today, all we and the 46 people in the stands can hope for is a fuel mileage race, because there is no other way something exciting happens" Come one man you know its more than that. There's probably more people there than what use to go to IRP. Indy's crowd size always get a bad wrap because theres like 300,000 seats. It might look like a crappy crowd but there probably at least 30,000 people there which isn't bad for an xfinity race. 42. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know that and I honestly believe that there are less than 20,000 people, more like 10,000 43. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think it's more than that. Even with everyone spread out it looks better than the Indy Car race at Auto Club and the attendance there was estimated at around 12,000. 44. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hmmmm I've seen this before. Kyle looses the lead on a late restart. Lets see if Ryan can hold him off and if he has enough fuel. 45. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Taking a closer look during this 100% unnecessary caution, I'd say I must concede. You are right, there are around 20-25 thousand people there. 46. joey2448 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hell yeah Ryan Blaney! Get it done, son! Ryan Reed spins in turn one, but the green stays out! 47. joey2448 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brian Scott nearly wrecks in turn 4 but saved it! 21 laps to go. 48. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Suarez looks fast. Hopefully he can contend with Kyle Busch for the win. For people who don't like seeing Cuppers in Xfinity, look at it like this, MOST Xfinity races the Xfinity series regulars get their rear winds handed to them. BUT, when occasionally drivers like Erik Jones compete with the Cup drivers. It shows the Cup team owners the skill of younger drivers coming up wanting to be Cup drivers. Don't get me wrong, I HATE watching Cup drivers dominate Xfinity races 95% of the time, but we can't do anything about it. Solution= let drivers pick 1 race per weekend that they can race in. That would mean that Cup drivers would only have about 5 races per year. And that is only if they use their off weekends in Cup, which they may not. But people like Chase Elliott would look overrated if their was no Cup drivers to show them who's boss. 49. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some great saves by Reed and Scott. 50. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The caution was not unnecessary, there was oil. 51. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Go Blaney! 52. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I was small in 1994 and had yet to watch any car racing of any sort. Either it was the novelty or NASCAR had more fans than. Still, they should race at Lucas Oil Raceway, as not everyone loves a race car parade. 53. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR picks terrible times to go to commercial 54. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man idk if Ryan can make it. He sounded pretty short on fuel before that yellow. Idk if it was long enough to really help him make up that gap. 55. joey2448 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NBC picks terrible times to go to commercial, you mean. Which I don't understand. I love NBC's coverage, but as soon as a driver begins running down the leader, they decide to cut to commercial. Poor anticipatory skills. 56. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The Cuppers make Xfinity drivers look bad, even if they're actually not that bad. But the situations Matt Fink where the Xfinity drivers could look overrated do crop up. 57. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @48 I'm honestly not impressed by the admittedly huge talents E.Jones or Blaney running the #20, #22 and #54. They are showing that they can win with THE best cars in the field, cup drivers there or not. They are very good and everybody knows it, they have their places being made warm at big teams. However, nobody will notice a Ryan Sieg, a Jeremy Clements or a Ross Chastain if they race their asses off and finish 12th, which without cup guys could have been a top 5 finish. 58. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "The Cuppers make Xfinity drivers look bad, even if they're actually not that bad. But the situations Matt Fink where the Xfinity drivers could look overrated do crop up." That's not true at all... Having the cup guys down there show who and how good the kids are. If you can't at least contend with them on Saturday you're not gonna contend with them on Sunday. Having the Cup guys down there is why we think drivers like Ryan, Chase, and Erik might end up being really good since they can actually race against them. 59. dimkoss11 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The amount of advertising - just awful! 60. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle on his radio, says *Thanks, NASCAR* AT least 6 times. (The irony is great). Go Blaney! 61. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Blaney is going to hold Busch off 62. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The only problem with cup drivers mostly is there paired with their cup teams, while the young guns hardly have those rides. If Kyle ran his own team like 2012. Maybe i can deal with that. 63. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) These lap cars... 64. 1995z71 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Derrick Cope is garbage. Get out of the leaders way. 65. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DAMN IT!!! KYLE JUST LUCKED INTO THIS. 66. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) f**k. You. 67. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow 68. 1995z71 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) F U kyle busch & Derrick cope 69. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (2) (3) F**k you Derrike Cope. F**k you. 70. Driver X posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks, Derrike Cope, for robbing us of what would have been a great story so that Kyle gets ANOTHER undeserved victory. Ryan Blaney drove his ass off. I'm sure he is gonna be heartbroken. Somewhere, Marty Reid is changing his pants. 71. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 58, some of the Xfinity drivers are winless because of Cuppers. I was aiming at Brian Scott and such, not Chase, Ryan and Erik types . Brian has been in the top-5, but hasn't won and at times only Cuppers have been ahead of him 72. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (3) (2) Cope was not at fault... Blaney had the same lead entering the last lap as before, but missed the turn entry. I want to kick Kyle now, but it is pathetic to blame Cope. 73. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I'm really pissed of right now. Another crap race, while KYLE BUSCH gets another meaningless win. 74. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) Thank you Steve LeTarte for speaking your mind about that never was two win wonder Derrike Cope. I'm really starting to like him as an announcer. 75. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Yeah don't blame the lap car... Ryan messed up plain and simple. Kyle probably would have gotten to him even if he didn't have problems getting by the lap car. That was a BIG mistake! 76. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) See dear Cope haters? Ryan himself admitted (like a man and a real racer should, Kyle) that HE was the one who missed turn 2. 77. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #74, I think that was Jeff Burton 78. Driver X posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Ryan Blaney was robbed. Even though the race itself was not very interesting, it would have been a hell of a lot better had Ryan held off Kyle for the win. He did a hell of a job today. 79. joey2448 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Well that sucked big time balls. God dangit, I hate that so much for Ryan. But let's be honest, lapped cars didn't screw it up for Blaney, he just missed his mark big time in turn 2 on the final lap, which allowed Kyle to make the pass down the backstretch. I hate it, but as a Blaney fan, I can admit that Ryan messed up, and it cost him the win. Oh well. 80. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Derrike Cope wasn't at fault, he did nothing wrong. 81. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "58, some of the Xfinity drivers are winless because of Cuppers. I was aiming at Brian Scott and such, not Chase, Ryan and Erik types . Brian has been in the top-5, but hasn't won and at times only Cuppers have been ahead of him" Austin, Ty Hell even Brendan Gaughan have won in the same equipment Scott has. You know the real reason why he doesn't win. He's just not good enough. 82. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well at least KyBu generally doesn't win the cup race when he wins the Xfinity race. So that means tomorrow he will probably have a bad race. Besides he's due for a bad race anyway. Remember this is Mr. Checkers or Wreckers himself here, the guy who had five races last year in the upcoming part of the season with an average finish of 35th. So at least we have that to look forward to. 83. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) My bad, it was Burton. I like both of them, LeTarte just has a general good knowledge of what he is talking about and Burton has delivered some good soundbites, in particular last week about the water bottles. 84. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry, I'm just really pissed right now. 85. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Austin, Ty Hell even Brendan Gaughan have won in the same equipment Scott has. You know the real reason why he doesn't win. He's just not good enough. " While I see that Gaughan could seal the deal unlike Scott, you mustn't really think that Gaughan and Scott get equal equipment to the Dillons? 86. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #83 I also love listening to Steve Letarte 87. Dawson posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate cup drivers In xfinity this drives me crazy 88. DB1995 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (5) Congrats Derrick Cope the first meaningful thing you have done is NASCAR in 20 years. Let's just can this shithole of a NASCAR venue altogether, this race is just as meaningful as Kentucky and the Brickyard 400 is no more than a race at Kansas. 89. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) We should get ready to unleash all our hatred at Kyle for this tomorrow. Although I have no problem with him in cup races but this was a low blow. Robbing one of the nicest guys a win and still having the nerve to complain about "Kyel Busch cautions". 90. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (4) And ironically, it was Cope's idiot daughter who screwed Harvick out of a win a few years ago at New Hampshire and gave it to Logano. Although that wasn't so bad since Harvick had no business there either. Runs in the family I guess. 91. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Scott should have multiple wins by now. Indy 2013, leading with a few laps to go, loses the lead to Ky Busch. Richmond 2013 (one of the worst weekends in recent NASCAR history), Keselowski jumped the restart, no call, after Scott dominated. Daytona this year, that was his fault. I hope he wins one soon. 92. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "While I see that Gaughan could seal the deal unlike Scott, you mustn't really think that Gaughan and Scott get equal equipment to the Dillons?" Yeah I do. If Ty and Austin got the same had so much better equipment why is only Austin running for wins. I don't get why people don't understand that maybe just MAYBE Austin is really good in the Xfinity cars. It's not unheard of just look at Stenhouse Truex and what they have done in the Xfinity cars compared to what they've done in the Cup series. 93. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @88 Be quiet, Derrike Cope is out making a living for himself and his family, putting his life on the line while you're sitting on your ass complaining about people you don't even know. 94. Matt Fink posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #92, I agree, some drivers are actually better in Cup cars than Xfinity, Ex. Tony Stewart 95. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Scott should have multiple wins by now. Indy 2013, leading with a few laps to go, loses the lead to Ky Busch. Richmond 2013 (one of the worst weekends in recent NASCAR history), Keselowski jumped the restart, no call, after Scott dominated. Daytona this year, that was his fault. I hope he wins one soon." Scott got lucky at that Indy race . The only reason he got the lead in the first place was because Kyle and Joey almost wrecked each other on a restart. He was nowhere near the lead all day in that race. The Richmond race he still had 10 laps to get back by Brad and he couldn't even tho he had the best car by far that race. Even his wins in the trucks weren't that impressive. His win at Dover I'm pretty sure was on fuel mileage and his win at Phoenix he got when an inexperience Kyle Larson screwed up the restart on a GWC. Now I'm not saying he's the worst of the worst, but he had almost 200 Xfinity starts now and still hasn't gotten a win and in all reality outside of like 5 or 6 races he hasn't even been in contention. I just don't think he's that good. 96. HouseOfPenske posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @94 "Make a living" for his modelesque daughters? I'd say they are doing quite well on their own. 97. HouseOfPenske posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) To say Derrike Cope is not to blame is ridiculous. If he slows down on the straightaway like the other lapper did (and as Letarte and Burton said he should) Blaney has a bigger lead and might not have to bobble in turn 2 on the last lap. 98. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If Ty and Austin got the same had so much better equipment why is only Austin running for wins. I don't get why people don't understand that maybe just MAYBE Austin is really good in the Xfinity cars. It's not unheard of just look at Stenhouse Truex and what they have done in the Xfinity cars compared to what they've done in the Cup series. " Maybe, just maybe it is Ty who is much worse than what people think? It is not like Austin wins a lot though. Otherwise, it is obvious that Austin is much better than Ty by just looking at their stats, as Ty always races the same cars Austin vacated. That is why Austin wins and Ty doesn't. Let's say you have a 2 car race team with a budget of 50 million split between them, one of your drivers is your son and the other is a loud Californian with around the same amount of talent. You wouldn't spend 25 million on each, would you? 99. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "Congrats Derrick Cope the first meaningful thing you have done is NASCAR in 20 years." Though exactly 20 years ago he got 15 in points with a dog of a car... Tell me when Bayne does the same. 100. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "loud Californian" *Nevadan, but not like it matters. 101. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Blaney has a bigger lead and might not have to bobble in turn 2 on the last lap. " So he HAD TO make that mistake? Why are people looking for a scapegoat instead of hating on Kyle, who was the one stealing the win? 102. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorry about my miniature rage moment earlier. Anyway, now that I've taken some time to cool down, Cope was definitely at fault. I will stand by that. And Burton and LeTarte both said that he should've let them go on the straightaway, and I'm pretty sure that they know what they're talking about. Yeah, Blaney would've won if he didn't bobble in turn two, but he also would've won if Cope did what any decent lapped car would do and get out of the way. If Cope gets out of the way, then Blaney wins. 103. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 94- and Dale Jr too, he can't get out of his own way when he tries to run the Xfinity series usually 2-3 times a year. Although that could be because he might be giving Smith and Chase Elliott the better equipment. And then of course there is Jimmie Johnson, Xfinity series one win wonder and cup series six time champion. 104. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Maybe, just maybe it is Ty who is much worse than what people think? It is not like Austin wins a lot though. Otherwise, it is obvious that Austin is much better than Ty by just looking at their stats, as Ty always races the same cars Austin vacated. That is why Austin wins and Ty doesn't." I don't think Ty is that great, but I do think he's better than Gaughan and Scott. As for why Ty always gets Austins old ride it's pretty simple. He's his younger brother haha. Anyways, Richard has already said he wants Ty to stay in Xfinity next year, more than likely because he doesn't think he's ready for Cup yet. Say what you want he didn't just give his grandkids these rides, he's making them earn them. 105. DB1995 posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hey man, I like Cope usually, I think he is actually underrated because of things like his season where he was 15th in points in the Allison car, but I don't see a point in you throwing Trevor in this when I hadn't mentioned him and no one else had either. 106. We need more Onion posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Hey man, I like Cope usually, I think he is actually underrated because of things like his season where he was 15th in points in the Allison car, but I don't see a point in you throwing Trevor in this when I hadn't mentioned him and no one else had either. " You are right and I'm sorry. But if you like Cope, then why make such a statement? 107. joey2448 posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) To be clear, I do think that Cope should've gotten out of the way when Blaney was approaching him. He could've slowed down the backstraightaway or used the pit access road to stay out of the leaders way. I just don't think that had anything to do with Blaney losing the race. 108. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) If you're going to insult Derrike's NIECES, at least get the facts right. 109. The Great Dave posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Just remember guys, Ryan Blaney is essentially a cup guy too. Even though he's NXS eligible, he's run twice as many cup races then NXS. 110. that e-guy posted: 07.25.2015 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I fell asleep and didn't catch the race. After hearing what happened, I'm glad I didn't watch. 111. 88&4Fan posted: 07.25.2015 - 7:03 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Lost in all of this is the fact that RYAN SIEG FINISHED 12TH! 112. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.25.2015 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Updates #42 Dixie Chopper/Big Machine Records #98 DenBeste Water Solutions/Sledgehammer #7 AmericasPower.org/Clean Coal #28 HSG Code Blue #90 Gamache Truck Center/COTE #52 Donate Life #74 Battery Saver Racing #44 Hard Hat Heros/BYF.org/Zachry #89 Racing With Jesus/Malamphy Electric Inc (Same at Loudon) 113. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 07.25.2015 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) and the #20 Mad Max/Gamestop 114. Watto posted: 07.25.2015 - 8:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Just remember guys, Ryan Blaney is essentially a cup guy too. Even though he's NXS eligible, he's run twice as many cup races then NXS." 9 career Cup starts, 7 this year! He's practically a Buschwhacker, this guy who has never run a full season in anything above trucks! 115. Watto posted: 07.25.2015 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) I believe my sarcasm is clear in the previous post, but let me expand upon that for a second... I really can't believe how black and white people try to argue about "Cup" guys. Ryan Blaney is the underdog in this situation by a ginormous amount. Kyle has more than 300 XF starts, 71 wins, 373 Cup starts, 32 wins, vs Ryan Blaney with 9 Cup starts and 36 XF starts (2 wins). Are we really going to be intellectually dishonest and just paint the two with the same brush? One is a career Cup driver. The other hasn't established himself as a career Cup driver and is trying to do so. There's a big difference between one of the Cup "stars" and someone in a different world at the moment. Of COURSE people look at the two differently. If you don't, you're being intellectually dishonest. We can't just look at anyone who's ever run a Cup race as a Cup guy dipping into the lower leagues. 116. The Great Dave posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) I guarantee if Kyle Larson had pulled that move on Ryan instead, no one would complain about that pass. The Problem is NASCAR fans have never given up on there hypocritical and borderline irrational hatred of Kyle Busch. Kyle has pretty much mellowed out lately as a driver, since he had his meltdown sat Bristol last year. Hell he was even *GASP* POINTS RACING! last year at Talledega, before getting run over by Austin Dillon. Let's face it, Kyle is the last guy you'd expect to points race. AS for the whole bit abo8ut a cuppie winning, where the hell were all you guys in 2005-2008?It was WAY worse back then. Lets not forget a lot of cup guys back in the 80s would show up fort he short track races every now and then. You guys really have no reason to complain about the race here other than the overall race was frankly terrible. 117. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Another Lilly's Snoozer at the Brickyard 250 presented by people with Diabetes and their posterboy Ryan Reed is in the books and what a race! Kyle Busch really gave them a xfinitywhacking!!! The Nigerian Prince Mobile had his car parked again...I guess making purse money in America really works out well back in Africa!!! So much for NASCARs "package" ... I mean really...we got the same old, same old kind of racing, everyone spread out 5 miles apart!!! And that crowd of 11,000 is really terrific...they showed up so they can watch the cars for a half a lap!!! And why the heck did we have to lose IRP for THIS! NASCAR should know better!!! And where in God's Gate is the minimum speed? If there was one today, they sure was not enforcing it!!! Way to go Harmon and Cope!!! And finally...more unwanted and not needed phantom cautions to boot!!! Why would anyone waste their time watching something NASCAR manipulates??? But at least Kyle won...at this point I want the Xfinity series to become the biggest joke in the sports arena...then maybe NASCAR will have to do someone to fix this!!! 118. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I don't mind a cup driver in xfinity and truck races as long as it's a Kyle Larson or Alex Bowman who need some experience, but not if it's a Kyle Busch or Kevin Harvick who are already proven in cup and are just there for the W's 119. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "I guarantee if Kyle Larson had pulled that move on Ryan instead, no one would complain about that pass. The Problem is NASCAR fans have never given up on there hypocritical and borderline irrational hatred of Kyle Busch." I was gonna write something like that earlier, but i didn't because I didn't feel like getting chewed out by everyone haha. Anyways I feel you're 100% especially if it was Larson. Everyone likes the kid. I'm sure if he won that race and someone made a comment about him being a cup driver and he shouldn't be in the series someone would come back and say something like "well it's only his second year in the Cup series so he needs the experience." 120. John posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What did you guys think about the new package? And please no complaining about cup drivers in the race, when you reply. Would be much appreciated. 121. Watto posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) A lot of people would still feel awful for Blaney had Larson been the car in 2nd (myself included), but it probably would have gone over with slightly less hate. It's really not hard to understand why, though. 32 cup wins & 72 XF wins vs 0 cup wins, 2 XF wins (Blaney) vs 0 cup wins, 2 XF wins (Larson) I can't imagine why people would feel better about Larson winning... can anyone fill me in? It's sooo hard to understand. 122. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) LOL post 118 proving my point about Larson... As for the package It' was a lot better than i thought it would be. You could close up right to back of some one from a good 10 car lengths back. Only problem was it was still hard to pass when you got there. Like with the package NASCAR used at Kentucky, I think they might be on to something, but they're still gonna have to do some tweeking to get it right. 123. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 116- Do you ever write any posts that aren't completely idiotic??? There are two huge differences between Busch and Larson. a) Busch has 11 years of cup experience, Larson only has 2. b) Busch is a little punk, and Larson is a class act. I would rather have Blaney win over both of them, but I wouldn't mind seeing Larson win either. But I can tell from your "Blaney is basically a cup driver" comment that you aren't very smart, so it isn't really worth it arguing with you. 124. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I can't imagine why people would feel better about Larson winning... can anyone fill me in? It's sooo hard to understand." Larson is liked by the fans who have branded him "The Next Jeff Gordon". Kyle Busch is one of the least popular drivers in the sport. I honestly don't think people would be all pissed off like they are now if it had been Larson who won that race. 125. Anonymous posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:47 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Another difference between Larson and Busch: Larson is only running about 10 Xfinity races this year, the rest are Brennan Poole. If it weren't for Cryle's injury, he would've run at least 25. 126. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 9:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) "116- Do you ever write any posts that aren't completely idiotic??? There are two huge differences between Busch and Larson. a) Busch has 11 years of cup experience, Larson only has 2. b) Busch is a little punk, and Larson is a class act. I would rather have Blaney win over both of them, but I wouldn't mind seeing Larson win either. But I can tell from your "Blaney is basically a cup driver" comment that you aren't very smart, so it isn't really worth it arguing with you." LOL look at this guy using the exact argument I said someone would use for Larson had he won this race. You can't make this stuff up... It doesn't matter if Larson is a nicer guy than Busch or if he only has 2 years of full time Cup experience to Busch's 11. If yor argument against Kyle Busch running in the Xfinity series is he's a Cup driver Than the same should go for Larson because guess what... HE"S A CUP DRIVER!!!!! Any other response as Dave said is just hypocritical. 127. Watto posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The world isn't as black or white as you make it. There's no hypocrisy in preferring a guy with very few wins (none in Cup) over a guy with 32 cup wins and 72 XF wins. The fact that you find hypocrisy in that is astonishing, dude. Enough of the labels and realize that variables matter. When Blaney finally won a Busch race at Charlotte years into his Cup career, were you complaining about that being a popular win, too? Be logical. 128. Watto posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dave Blaney, that is 129. Lucstar88 posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle feeds his over-sized ego with this series. That's why he has 0 cup championships. Larson hardly runs, heck, Poole has been in the car way more than Larson. Likely would've run less if Kwasneski had his Rockstar money. I don't have a problem if a cup driver runs 5 races a year, or even for their own team. It's the drivers that run 25-30 races with the cup teams, who should be trying to develop talent, which JGR has been hit or miss with it, finally got a great crop in Suarez and Jones. Look at Roush, no Cup drivers, and their future looks really nice in Wallace and Buescher. Busch would run all of it if he could, but thankfully he can't. That 54 is the best car in the field, why not give it to Jones, heck even Kligerman back when he was in the KBM crop, would've done a whole lot better than the reject Gibbs mobiles he got back in 2013. I'm sure Monster would go help Jones in a second. He's one heck of a driver! If they really want Kyle, go sponsor him in the cup series, you may pay more, but you get way more exposure than you get winning a really mediocre IMS race. 130. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The world isn't as black or white as you make it. There's no hypocrisy in preferring a guy with very few wins (none in Cup) over a guy with 32 cup wins and 72 XF wins. The fact that you find hypocrisy in that is astonishing, dude. Enough of the labels and realize that variables matter. When Blaney finally won a Busch race at Charlotte years into his Cup career, were you complaining about that being a popular win, too? Be logical." I get your logic behind what your saying. Dave Blaney was a journeyman driver who never had a quality cup ride. Him winning that race would be like if Landon Cassill won an Xfinity race, but that's not what Kyle Larson is. He has a very talented kid who most fans think might be one of the next big drivers in the Cup series. He's much closer to Kyle Busch in this argument than Dave Blaney. My whole point was some people's whole argument against Busch is that he is a cup driver. If that's your ONLY argument against him, than you either just hate Kyle Busch or you're just being a hypocrite... 131. Watto posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:13 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) There are very few people whose only argument is that he's a Cup driver. The people who want anyone banned from the series if theyve run Cup aren't logical. Larson's gonna have to win 32 Cup races, 70 more XF races, and like 40 more truck races to be close to Kyle Busch in that argument, though. I get that Dave Blaney's more of a journeyman driver and has run for worse teams, but Larson hasn't accomplished remotely close to what Kyle Busch has. He's got a long way to go to be part of that conversation. It's a big difference. 132. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I don't have a problem if a cup driver runs 5 races a year, or even for their own team. It's the drivers that run 25-30 races with the cup teams, who should be trying to develop talent, which JGR has been hit or miss with it, finally got a great crop in Suarez and Jones." Here's the thing tho, Monster wouldn't sponsor that car if Kyle didn't race it 25-30 races a year. It's not like he's taking a ride from anyone. If he wasn't driving that car JGR would just have three cars on the track instead of four. "If they really want Kyle, go sponsor him in the cup series, you may pay more, but you get way more exposure than you get winning a really mediocre IMS race." I honestly don't think they would, I feel all energy drinks bring in a lot less than we think. Look at AMP they use to sponsor Dale Jr. for like 20 races a year. Now it's down to maybe 3, heck idk if they've even been on his car this year. Based on how much Monster puts into NASCAR it probably makes more sense for them to sponsor Kyle for 25 races when you know he could possibly win half of them, rather than sponsor him for like 5 races in the Cup series. 133. BMan0213 posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) An I get what you're saying Watto. I'll admit I went a bit off the deep end there, but I couldn't help it when the first thing I saw was someone using the excuse that it would be ok if Larson won because he's only run Cup for 2 year. I mean that's what I had just said someone would say to try make it sound like it's ok for Larson to run in Xfinity but not Busch haha. 134. The Great Dave posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Kyle feeds his over-sized ego with this series. That's why he has 0 cup championships." No, he has 0 championships because of his overly aggressive racing style. "which JGR has been hit or miss with it, finally got a great crop in Suarez and Jones. Look at Roush, no Cup drivers, and their future looks really nice in Wallace and Buescher" And no where to put them, instead they got four good cup driver with happy sponsors who probably won't be going anywhere soon. Also Roush looks bleak, But that's more from an equipment stand point. Although if the eventual rumored sale to Doug Yates comes about maybe there will be an upturn. "I'm sure Monster would go help Jones in a second. He's one heck of a driver! If they really want Kyle, go sponsor him in the cup series, you may pay more, but you get way more exposure than you get winning a really mediocre IMS race." Cause Erik Jones doesn't really fit the mold of "Monster Energy Spokesperson" Also, They probably dont' sponsor cup because M&M's and Interstate have locked up all of Kyle's races for the next couple of years. 135. typo posted: 07.25.2015 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney Chocked. Plain and simple. But it still hurts me to see Cryle steal another Xfinity victory. He's not proving anything, except that cup drivers with 10 years of experience can beat drivers with little to none. Imo I think that cup drivers should lay off the NXS. Also, yes, Cope did get in the way, but did it really hurt Blaney? Not really. A little at most. But I still find it stupid how slow he is. I would rather have a field of 25 then a field of 40 with 15 drivers being field fillers. Oh well. I really wish this series went back to IRP and leave this borefest :/ 136. The Great Dave posted: 07.25.2015 - 11:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ALso heard that Wayne Peterson's race team helped out with Josh Reaume's car. 137. Matt Fink posted: 07.26.2015 - 12:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think that Xfinity and Trucks need to redesign their schedules Xfinity should go back to tracks like IRP, Gateway, who could forget the 2010 Gateway Nationwide finish when Edwards wrecked Keselowski coming to the checkered flag. 138. Matt Fink posted: 07.26.2015 - 12:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trucks should also leave Pocono. I always felt like Pocono should be one of the "Cup only" tracks 139. 88&4Fan posted: 07.26.2015 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think both his aggressive racing style and his involvement in the Xfinity series are reasons why he doesn't have a championship. But the biggest reason of all is that he is BY FAR the most inconsistent driver in NASCAR. I mean who can forget that 5~ race stretch last summer where he averaged a 35th place finish? Or his 2008 season where he won something like 7 races but was nowhere to be seen once the chase started? Or what about the attempted self destruction that was 2011? He certainly has the talent to win championships, but he's never been able to be a championship level driver over an entire season. 140. BMan0213 posted: 07.26.2015 - 12:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @139 Hell the week before he won Sonoma he finished last at Michigan. That right there Pretty much sums up Kyle's whole career in NASCAR. 141. 31WardBurton31fan posted: 07.26.2015 - 1:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) THANK GOD another Nationwide, Xfinity race I'm glad I did not watch!!! Another pointless, meanness win by a cup regular where the win doesn't even matter. Boring... 142. 88&4Fan posted: 07.26.2015 - 7:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 138- well get ready for a snoozer next weekend in the truck Pocono race. The entry list is up, and it will feature drivers such as (keep in mind this is the TRUCK series): - Kyle Busch - Kevin Harvick - Brad Keselowski - Austin Dillon I'd be shocked if they don't at least all get in the top five. 143. Matt Fink posted: 07.26.2015 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #142, that will probably be the top 4 right there. 1.Kyle Busch 2.Kevin Harvick 3.Brad Keselowski 4.Austin Dillon ð??' 144. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.26.2015 - 3:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 134, I hope Roush Yates Racing lies ahead. Yates buys out Fenway because, IMO it seems Fenway drags the team down. 145. CrazyNASCARFan posted: 07.26.2015 - 3:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm no fan of Kyle Busch because I don't like him as a person, but I respect him as a driver because he can actually drive. 146. Sponsor Updates posted: 07.26.2015 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #15- Navy Seals vs. Zombies / 4Caring.org #20- Mad Max / GameStop 147. Chives5150 posted: 07.26.2015 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't yell at Dope Cope. :( 148. Rich posted: 12.30.2020 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte were the commentators. Marty Snider, Kelli Stavast, Mike Massaro and Dave Burns were the pit road reporters. 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