|| *Comments on the 2017 Irish Hills 250:* View the most recent comment <#68> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Anonymous posted: 06.13.2017 - 8:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Barley a full field, it wouldn't be if wasn't for Mario Gosselin running the #90 and #92, and the #96 which is part-time. Just sad to see. 2. Jonathan King posted: 06.13.2017 - 11:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Roush shouldnt have shut down the 6 because he has sponsors. 3. Windows Millennium Edition posted: 06.13.2017 - 11:15 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Roush shouldnt have shut down the 6 because he has sponsors." What are you talking about? The whole reason he shut down the team was because of a lack of sponsorship. Jack has always been hard to negotiate with, and this is no exception. 4. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 06.13.2017 - 11:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #1 Brandon Brown is running the #90 this week, so the #92 is running the full race 5. TeamDCR fan posted: 06.13.2017 - 11:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Number 4 is probably right about the 92 running the full race, but I'm going to wait and see. 6. Anonymous posted: 06.13.2017 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @3 There were some years where the #6 and #16 would run sponsorless with Trevor Bayne and Ricky Stenhouse 7. Corey posted: 06.13.2017 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Oh how the mighty have fallen. I remember when Roush had 5 Cup teams alone, along with the Busch/Xfinity and Truck programs. This weekend he enters three total across all three series. 2 Cup and 1 Xfinity. 8. Jonathan King posted: 06.13.2017 - 2:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @3, @6 Darrell did have sponsors, though, the sponsors might not have been the best, but they were sponsors nonetheless. Darrell had Globe Life and Leidos and ither sponsors, how is there lack of sponsors. 9. JR-TV posted: 06.13.2017 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^Leidos and Globe Life were done sponsoring the #6. They sponsored a select number of races and now they are up. Apparently RFR doesn't have any additional sponsorship for the #6 but if they get any they will reopen. 10. James posted: 06.13.2017 - 10:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #40 Car- Josh Blicki 11. Sector posted: 06.14.2017 - 12:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any bets that Kyle Busch will lead the most laps and let the win get away in the end this race? 12. JR-TV posted: 06.14.2017 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^That's a pretty safe bet. 13. Mannoroth posted: 06.14.2017 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 11. If it was last year, I would even put my money on it, but probably not this year. #18 isn't that strong anymore and even with Kyle Busch it can be just a top 10 car and not leading many laps. And after only 3 starts, he hasn't led the most laps yet. Last year, he led the most laps in 13 of his 17 starts... Even as a Kyle Busch fan, I think it's cool to see the #18 finish normally again in the top 10 and not being the best car in every race just like in 2008-2011 with Carl Edwards and Brad Keselowski as other main threats. With this rate, it's gonna take a while to get to 100 Xfinity wins, but at least it would be easier to enjoy every win. 14. Matthew posted: 06.14.2017 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Green will be in # 93 15. JR-TV posted: 06.15.2017 - 9:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) With Blicki in the #40, Timmy Hill will probably be in the #13. 16. TeamDCR fan posted: 06.15.2017 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Only 3 cars from FoMoCo this weekend 17. Scott B posted: 06.15.2017 - 11:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) ^^^ That looks like something from the 80's. There were races where Mark Martin had the only Ford in the field, while GM had Chevy, Pontiac, Buick and Olds divisions represented. 18. JSPorts posted: 06.16.2017 - 12:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 29 Chevrolets 7 Toyotas 3 Fords 1 Dodge Safe to say, Chevrolet appears to be the car of choice in Xfinity right now. 19. Tyson posted: 06.16.2017 - 1:21 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @18 - And yet Ford still has the most wins this year with 5. Chevy has 4 wins, while Toyota has 3. 20. Scott B posted: 06.16.2017 - 2:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Even more surprising, the 5 Ford wins are from 5 different drivers. Kyle Larson has 3 of the 4 Chevy wins. I don't expect that pattern to continue, but even this far into the season it's pretty weird. 21. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 06.16.2017 - 6:54 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chevy parts are the cheapest to acquire that's why Chevy has the most entries of course Dodge is out the sport Harmon is using Penske dodges from 2013 I think and Ford only Factory backs Penske, Roush and SHR. Toyota is the most expensive to acquire and maintain. 22. Unser1 posted: 06.16.2017 - 8:28 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) This will be the first race of the season without Darrell Wallace, Jr. in the field. He came into this race fourth in points, and the highest positioned of any non-JR Motorsports driver, before sponsorship issues shut down his Roush #6 Ford team. However as something of a consolation prize he will still be racing at M.I.S. this weekend in the Cup race. 23. JR19 posted: 06.16.2017 - 2:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 07 is now Korbin Forrister 24. Anonymous posted: 06.17.2017 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not so sure about the 92 running the full race. Driver's been silent on social media about the event. 25. Lucstar88 posted: 06.17.2017 - 1:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle crashes 200 feet from the start! WOW 26. 0000 posted: 06.17.2017 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Cryle Kyle spins out on first lap 27. Tears of The Sun posted: 06.17.2017 - 1:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Anyone notice how they false advertise, talk this race up during the pre-race? Even the promo commercials have drivers like Ryan Reed, Brandon Jones talking about running upfront contending for the win when we all know season regulars have no chance with the cup drivers in the field. 28. HouseOfPenske posted: 06.17.2017 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's the NXS, he'll be back in the top 5 in no time. Should've been a quickie caution, no need to drag this out, no debris single car incident. 29. George posted: 06.17.2017 - 2:04 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Didn't see it since I don't watch these races anymore, but wouldn't be surprised if Kyle spun himself out -- lightly -- on purpose just to give the fans a small amount of excitement and to give himself a minor challenge, seeing how quickly he can pass all those inferior cars and get to the front again. Otherwise he could have simply led every lap and bored everyone to death as usual. 30. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 06.17.2017 - 2:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @29 why did someone downvote that? Even as a casual Kyle fan that was funny 31. HouseOfPenske posted: 06.17.2017 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Actually he tried to block Brad's run, albeit in turn 2 of the first lap. 32. TeamDCR fan posted: 06.17.2017 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like 92 is going the distance. He even got a couple stage points 33. TeamDCR fan posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Spoke too soon. He's out now 34. Chevy88 posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What is NASCAR doing running all these caution laps for a simple piece of debris? I'm trying stick around to see how this plays out but I can't take all these useless caution laps they keep running ..no wonder ratings keep going down. Race control up in th booth, they bore people to death 35. HouseOfPenske posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Look at that #20 Toyota go, makes me want to go out and buy a V8 powered Toyota in the United States. Oh wait, they dont' offer one? Darn. 36. Altracing posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin steals one from Byron 37. Lucstar88 posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Of course Hamlin would get that. 38. HouseOfPenske posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Good job Gibbs, putting 3 full time Cup drivers out there. Something to be proud of. 39. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 06.17.2017 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (4) Honestly the #9 choked, like a full Kyle Larson Chokejob there. 40. Register posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) William Byron has raced twice at Michigan. Today, and last year in the truck series. He lost the lead on the last lap both times. 41. Wrong posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #38 Last time I checked Matt Tifft did not have a full time cup ride....so your statement is a little flawed. Still sucks a Cup guy stole another race though. 42. Gelato101 posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (5) Worst finish in NASCAR history, right up there with the 2015 truck Charlotte finish 43. Gelato101 posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Says the Penske fan 44. LandonFandon34 posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think you have the stage 2 results wrong. 45. nascarfan posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @42 "Worst finish in NASCAR history, right up there with the 2015 truck Charlotte finish" Explain to me how this finish and that Charlotte finish in 2015 weren't awesome. 46. The Other Anonymous posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #42 I wouldn't feel too bad about that finish now, seeing as how Jones won the Truck title and numerous Xfinity wins since then, and Kahne hasn't won a single NASCAR race in any series since that race. 47. JohnnyJohnson posted: 06.17.2017 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) God forbid a Cup Guy doesn't get a win, Byron should have had that 48. 23andJoe posted: 06.17.2017 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "Nothing as heart warming as watching a Cup driver take a win away from an Xfinity regular coming out of the last turn." Agreed with this tweet by Richard Allen. 49. RaceFanX posted: 06.17.2017 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) There were only three Fords in this race...but all three of those Mustangs came home in the top-10. 50. LandonFandon34 posted: 06.17.2017 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #8 sponsor: Keen Parts/ corvetteparts.net Watched the race and saw that as McLeod was getting lapped. 51. JSPorts posted: 06.17.2017 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I actually thought this was a good race. Very competitive at the front, which isn't normal for Xfinity. But I'm really disappointed Hamlin ended up winning. This race probably was going to be a runaway from Kyle Busch, but after that crash at the start he looked like a normal driver in a normal car. Maybe the Xfinity drivers should get to take a sledgehammer to the sides of the Cup guys' cars before the start of the race, then it would be more interesting. 52. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 06.17.2017 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #8 - Keen Parts / CorvetteParts.net #20 - Hisense 4K TV 53. Sector posted: 06.17.2017 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Is this the first time ever from all of his poles across NASCAR's three national series that Kyle Busch didn't lead a single lap, more or less the first one? 54. BMan0213 posted: 06.17.2017 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @53 Nope it's the second. It looks the only other time was ironically also at Michigan in the Xfinity race there in 2014 55. JSPorts posted: 06.17.2017 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And he probably would've today had it not been for the crash at the start. Not sure why he didn't that day, I guess he just didn't have the best car. 56. joey2448 posted: 06.17.2017 - 10:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I get online and see people are complaining about one of the most exciting finishes of the year. What am I missing? Having been at this race today, maybe I saw it from a different perspective, but that finish was awesome! Byron raced Hamlin hard and vice versa, but Hamlin had the experience and the car to prevail in the end, simple as that. Byron is 19 years old, he learned some valuable lessons today and he'll win a lot of races in the future, which will undoubtedly lead to people complaining that he wins too much LOL! Like I said, the finish certainly had me on my feet! 57. Mannoroth posted: 06.17.2017 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Heheh... What did I say before the race about Kyle Busch? Nonbelievers... I told you he isn't dominant anymore. 58. Nascar Lead Lap Points posted: 06.17.2017 - 11:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Owner Standing 1. 42 Chip Ganassi 3 wins 2. 20 JGR 3 wins 3. 22 Penske 1 win 4. 7 JR Motorsports 1 win 5. 16 Roush 1 win 6. 1 JR Motorsports 460 points 7. 18 JGR 419 points 8. 2 RCR 396 points 9. 9 JR Motorsports 388 points 10. 3 RCR 383 points 11. 21 RCR 339 points 12. 48 Chip Ganassi 326 points Playoff points 1. 42 Chip Ganassi 17 points 2. 20 JGR 17 points 3. 22 Penske 11 points 4. 12 Penske 11 points (N/A) 5. 7 JR Motorsports 7 points 6. 98 Biagi 6 points (N/A) 7. 16 Roush 5 points 8. 18 JGR 3 points 9. 1 JR Motorsports 3 points 10. 41 SHR 2 points (N/A) 11. 2 RCR 1 points 12. 9 JR Motorsports 1 point 13. 21 RCR 1 point 14. 6 Roush 1 point (N/A) 59. CBASS posted: 06.18.2017 - 11:43 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Don't know if there was any debate or they showed it on TV, but the last debris caution the teams had been reporting the debris in turn 3 for about 10 laps before NASCAR finally threw the caution SPONSOR UPDATES #39 Schmidke Builders & Contractors #40 CNC Swiss Precision Machining #78 BJ McLeod Motorsports (Diamond Gussett is only an associate) #07 All Secure Document Disposal #74 Heart For Heroes/ Veterans Motorsports #90 Stickers N Signs #92 King Autosport (car was completely blank) 60. Larson42 posted: 06.18.2017 - 10:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just thought it was funny by the top five starters in the race all finished in the top 5 as well. Only difference was they were in exact opposite order. 5th place starter won. 4th place starter was second and so on all the way to the pole sitter finishing 5th. 61. Ak47 posted: 06.19.2017 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Phenomenal field coming this weekend at Iowa for the non-Cup-companion event of note: #2: Ben Kennedy #3: Scott Lagasse Jr #18: Kyle Benjamin #20: Christopher Bell #22: Sam Hornish Jr #24: Dylan Lupton #42: Tyler Reddick #46: Quinn Houff #60: Ty Majeski 62. GoPM27 posted: 06.21.2017 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a shock, a Gibbs car gets caught cheating in the Xfinity Series. 63. HouseOfPenske posted: 06.22.2017 - 11:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Date: 6/17/2017 (post-race inspection) Team: #20-Denny Hamlin Infraction: L1 Sections 20.4.3 Splitter; 20.4.3.1 Splitter Structure Note: Splitter was not flat. Race finish is encumbered per Section 12.10 Encumbered Race Finishes. Crew chief (Chris Gabehart) has been fined $25,000 and suspended from the next two NASCAR XFINITY Series Championship Points Events. Team has been assessed with the loss of 25 NASCAR XFINITY Series owner points. Imagine that! 64. JR-TV posted: 06.22.2017 - 11:58 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Wouldn't be surprised if Dave Rogers returned to the pit box as crew-chief of the #20 for 2 races since he now head of Xfinity at JGR. 65. Mannoroth posted: 06.23.2017 - 3:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 63. And also imagine the fact this would apply for others as well, not just JGR you don't like... But NASCAR doesn't take the wins away, because it wouldn't be fair for the 2nd place car that wouldn't be able to celebrate the win at Victory Lane. Duh. 66. HouseOfPenske posted: 06.23.2017 - 7:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Where did I say take the win away? Can you point that out? 67. Mannoroth posted: 06.23.2017 - 7:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 66. Sure - that your post has a hidden point. You didn't write it like that, but it's there. And one more thing - I haven't noticed yet that you write these penalty announcements when somebody from Penske wins and has problems with post-race inspection... There's nothing to imagine on that. Usual stuff that can happen to anyone. Kyle Busch even failed post-race inspection 3 or 4 times in 2014 in Trucks and still won the Owners title. So nothing shocking... 68. chevyfan98 posted: 06.23.2017 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But NASCAR doesn't take the wins away, because it wouldn't be fair for the 2nd place car that wouldn't be able to celebrate the win at Victory Lane. Duh." I think most drivers would rather be credited with winning the race than be able to celebrate it, just saying. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: