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  1.   34McDowellFan posted:
  08.06.2019 - 8:37 am
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No Jordan Anderson?


  2.   ShinyMew151 posted:
  08.06.2019 - 8:48 am
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Anderson said on Reddit that he'll be there


  3.   TeamDCRfan posted:
  08.06.2019 - 10:12 am
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Looks like Boyd's still out. Wonder who's going to fill in. Joe Nemechek
back in the 8. I wonder if he'll try going the distance


  4.   ThatGuy posted:
  08.06.2019 - 12:17 pm
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@3 Doubtful. In 15 races the 8 has only been RAF 5 times (granted it's 2
in a row right now), 2 of those were Angela Ruch in the first 3 races,
another Austin Dillon at Martinsville, and the one last week was 7 laps
down


  5.   Joe posted:
  08.06.2019 - 1:02 pm
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Last week to make the Playoffs. Here's where we stand with eligible drivers:

Moffitt
Chastain
Sauter
Friesen
Hill
Ankrum
Enfinger
Crafton
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Rhodes
Burton
Gilliland
Creed
Dippel
Dean

If Burton, Dippel, Creed or Dean don't win this week, Tyler Ankrum will
win Rookie of the Year at the checkered flag, based on last year's rule
change to be driver points only for RotY.

Enfinger locks up a spot by starting the race. Crafton gets in unless
one of the drivers below him win. Everyone behind Crafton must win to
get in.

Jordan Anderson and Spencer Boyd lost eligibility by not running Eldora.


  6.   Hi posted:
  08.06.2019 - 1:12 pm
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Boyd just said he's planning on running Michigan


  7.   Anonymous posted:
  08.06.2019 - 1:12 pm
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Spencer Boyd is back in the 20


  8.   Yeet posted:
  08.06.2019 - 1:25 pm
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When this site adds Jordan on the list the field will rise to 32, which
is a pretty good truck count for Michigan.

Awesome to see Trey Hutchens back in the Series. I believe their 14
truck that was wrecked at Texas is their only truck, so it's awesome to
see it get repaired.

Jesse Iwuji is also back in the 34 truck and the family owned teams of
Corey Roper and Codie Rohrbaugh are back.


  9.   Mile501 posted:
  08.06.2019 - 7:26 pm
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@5 - Is ROTY based on final points position or total points earned
throughout the season? Ankrum would win if it's the former (given your
scenario), but Burton would win if it's the latter. I'm not sure which
way it works.


  10.   ShinyMew151 posted:
  08.07.2019 - 8:01 am
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It was changed to final points position fairly recently


  11.   Mile501 posted:
  08.07.2019 - 11:41 am
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@10 - That's dumb, at least in my opinion. It's another example of
NASCAR over-simplifying things to try to appeal to a certain demographic.

I will admit that the old ROTY system was confusing, but I don't think
this was the right way to fix it. But with the old system, I imagine we
would have a close, exciting ROTY battle between Burton and Ankrum.


  12.   Sector posted:
  08.07.2019 - 2:37 pm
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#11 Christopher Bell should have been Rookie of the Year instead of
Tyler Reddick in 2018 Xfinity Series.


  13.   Yeet posted:
  08.07.2019 - 3:30 pm
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For the teams that made this race, they'll earn a good share of Owner
Points simply by being in this race (5 at the least), and making sure
you're locked in to Bristol next week is going to be huge based on how
many trucks are going to enter there.


  14.   Gregory posted:
  08.07.2019 - 5:02 pm
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the main page for the trucks needs an update because Bristol & Talladega
are NOT on FOX this year because the broadcast network only gets
Martinsville in the spring & Pocono for this season which of course both
have happened
https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/2019/C/


  15.   Yeet posted:
  08.08.2019 - 4:32 pm
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TJ Bell in the 38 is added making the entry list at 33, meaning one
truck will go home. The 38 will possibly run at Bristol and they're
trying to rack up Owner Points since 32+ trucks will enter.


  16.   Yeet posted:
  08.08.2019 - 4:38 pm
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Bottom 10 in Owner Points if list holds:

#14 Trey Hutchens Racing (53rd)
#0 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing (42nd)
#9 CR7 Motorsports (39th)
#87 NEMCO Motorsports (37th)
#38 Niece Motorsports (35th)
#49 CMI Motorsports (33rd)
#56 Hill Motorsports (32nd)
#6 Norm Benning Racing (30th)
#04 Roper Racing (28th)
#10 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing (25th)


  17.   Yeet posted:
  08.08.2019 - 5:08 pm
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Interesting fact, at this point in the season we have already had 58
different trucks attempt to race this season. That's a new high since
2015, which had 66 at the very end of the season. However, 7 of the 58
trucks have only attempted one, while in 2015 that number was 15 of the
66, so 12% vs 22%.

It will be interesting to see if we can surpass 66 this season.


  18.   Anonymous posted:
  08.08.2019 - 7:22 pm
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@15 or anyone else, if you are a post entry do you still earn points?


  19.   JFM01 posted:
  08.08.2019 - 8:25 pm
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@18 Yep, the rule that says post-entries are ineligible is gone.


  20.   Mile501 posted:
  08.08.2019 - 9:32 pm
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I was wondering the same thing about post-entries. I didn't recall
NASCAR changing that rule. Does anyone know the reason why? My
assumption would be to help make sure fields are full.


  21.   Bayne&BowmanFan posted:
  08.09.2019 - 3:48 pm
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Chastain beats the field by a quarter of a second in practice. I'm
foreseeing a Pocono 2.0


  22.   Mile501 posted:
  08.09.2019 - 4:35 pm
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Ben Rhodes comes in 3rd in both practice sessions. If he were to win
this race, he would make it into the playoffs at the expense of his
teammate Matt Crafton. He has had 3 2nd-place finishes this year but has
been unable to win as of yet.

Harrison Burton, Todd Gilliland, and Sheldon Creed all rank among the
top 8 in points but must win to make the playoffs. None of them look all
that spectacular in practice.


  23.   StenhouseFan17 posted:
  08.09.2019 - 4:47 pm
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Sponsors:

#38 - Niece Motorsports
#44 - Baja
#45 - YostBarns.com


  24.   JFM01 posted:
  08.09.2019 - 5:40 pm
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Nemechek has run 17 laps in first practice and 26 laps in final practice.
I'll be damned if he doesn't try to go the distance.


  25.   Tyler posted:
  08.09.2019 - 11:37 pm
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Tough practices for Enfinger I wonder what's going on.


  26.   TeamDCRfan posted:
  08.10.2019 - 9:49 am
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0 of Sasnett will be going home after a hard crash on his bonsai run


  27.   TeamDCRfan posted:
  08.10.2019 - 10:25 am
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Front Row Joe clocks in p10. I sense at least an attempt at a full race.


  28.   David posted:
  08.10.2019 - 10:44 am
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Natalie Decker, coming off her first lead lap finish of 2019, qualifies
a not-bad 16th out of 32. True, she really only beat out a bunch of
underprivileged Chevrolets, but her time was very close to those posted
by such drivers as Johnny Sauter and Matt Crafton and that's a pretty
good sign that she's not going to be instantly lapped as long as she can
maintain that speed.

Big, wide Michigan is not a difficult track to negotiate when you're
merely trying to avoid trouble, although with the likelihood of lengthy
green flag runs she may still wind up a lap or two down at the end.


  29.   34McDowellFan posted:
  08.10.2019 - 10:45 am
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This is the last race before the Chase

The trucks already locked in are the 13*, 16, 17**, 24, 52, 45***, 98

*Waiver for suspension
**Waiver for missing the first 3 races due to age, also drove the #87 in
2 races
***Didn't run for points in the first races of the season, he's locked
in the Top 20 in point

The last truck on the Chase grid is Matt Crafton, despite being 2nd in
points and having the best average finish.

Crafton will make it as long as we don't get a new winner, the following
drivers are the one's who would knock Crafton out of the Chase

#2- Sheldon Creed
#4- Todd Gilliland
#02- Tyler Dippel
#12- Gus Dean
#18- Harrison Burton
#99- Ben Rhodes

Self, Anderson, Boyd, Poole, and Roper are all drivers that were
supposed to be full-time but missed races due to various reasons, and
none of them received waivers, thus making them illegible for the Chase.


  30.   David posted:
  08.10.2019 - 10:55 am
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Actually in looking over the past 3 years @ MIS, the average green flag
run is well under 15 laps for truck races, so Natalie has a decent
chance of hanging around the lead lap all day if she doesn't make any
critical mistakes or get caught in someone else's critical mistake.

It would be nice to see her have 2 lead lap finishes in a row, and while
that accomplishment alone doesn't make her a likely contender for wins
anytime soon, it still might do wonders for her confidence.


  31.   Sandy posted:
  08.10.2019 - 10:56 am
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@27 Front Row Joe still got it


  32.   ThatGuy posted:
  08.10.2019 - 11:33 am
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I retract my statement @4, qualified 10th, good practice with lots of
laps, I'm sure he's going the distance


  33.   possum posted:
  08.10.2019 - 12:38 pm
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@26 - Sasnett made a run at a tiny tree?

(I think the word you were looking for was "banzai", but the tiny tree
image made me laugh, so I thank you).


  34.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 12:53 pm
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@29 Both Gilliland and Burton had top 5 qualifying runs so it is
conceivable that one of them wins. Crafton might just be in danger


  35.   JFM01 posted:
  08.10.2019 - 1:26 pm
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#33 is a Toyota


  36.   TeamDCRfan posted:
  08.10.2019 - 1:27 pm
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33
Auto Corrected.


  37.   Stenhouse17fan posted:
  08.10.2019 - 1:30 pm
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Ross Chastain as a Championship favorite? Not happening. Moffitt is the
Championship favorite and he'll beat Ross for the Championship at
Homestead.


  38.   Hi posted:
  08.10.2019 - 1:43 pm
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Sauter spun Rohrbaugh on pit road into the leader CHastain.
Sauter wasn't even paying attention (his spotter or crew wasn't doing
their job)
and spun Rohrbaugh into Chastain. I lost a lot of respect (already had
almost none) for Sauter, not only because of Ross but also Codie.
Chastain's Toe link looks done for and Sauter is too damaged. This is
great for Rhodes


  39.   Anon posted:
  08.10.2019 - 1:48 pm
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This is ridiculous. Stage 2's green flag was taken with just 13 laps to
go in the stage. That's a joke.


  40.   Timothy_Eklund posted:
  08.10.2019 - 1:53 pm
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@37 I'll see you at homestead :)


  41.   Eric posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:12 pm
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This race definitely got more interesting after Chastain got wiped out.


  42.   FoMoCo posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:12 pm
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No need for the yellow there


  43.   Bayne&BowmanFan posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:13 pm
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Top 4 are all drivers who need to win to get in. Rhodes, Creed,
Gilliland, and Dippel.


  44.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:36 pm
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Eckes spins, caution with 15 to go.


  45.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:36 pm
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Racing getting real good up front


  46.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:36 pm
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Well...this certainly will make for an interesting post-race.


  47.   FoMoCo posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:40 pm
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A timely spin by Eckes to keep Burton and Gilliland's playoff hopes alive.


  48.   A.J. posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:41 pm
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Itchy arm, again?


  49.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:41 pm
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Moffitt with the freshest tires among the leaders will restart 4th with
Hill leading, Gilliland pits fot fresh rubber under this caution to make
a last ditch effort run during the final ten laps.


  50.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:42 pm
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Eckes had a tire come apart so I dont really think that spin was on
purpose.


  51.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:45 pm
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Dippel suddenly in the mix up front as more great racing for the lead.


  52.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:46 pm
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Eckes with another spin and caution with 8 to go.


  53.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:50 pm
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Gilliland is 7th actually


  54.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:50 pm
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Ankrum will have the lead on the restart with Hill and Moffitt running
2nd and 3rd, should be an exciting final few laps.

Gilliland has climbed to 8th with his fresh tires.


  55.   FoMoCo posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:50 pm
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Another fishy spin by Eckes.


  56.   Mbenoit posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:53 pm
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Wow. What a mess. Ankrum spins the tires, gets turned, and collects a
bunch of trucks including the 4 of Todd Gilliland.


  57.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:53 pm
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Huge wreck on the restart as Ankrum gets taken out after posdibly
spinning his tires, taking several trucks out.

Gilliland involved bringing his chase hopes to an end.


  58.   og69nova posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:55 pm
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Huge wreck that destroys all 3 DGR trucks and many more. Btw, anyone
notice how uncompetitive the 52 is?


  59.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 2:55 pm
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Ankrum took a pretty hard hit during that.

Decker also involved as her tough season continues.


  60.   Anomynous posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:01 pm
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Todd Gilliland is an idiot. He should've held the brakes. Screwed over
several drivers


  61.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:01 pm
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Damn, poor Todd. If he didn't have bad luck he'd have none at all.


  62.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:03 pm
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@60 Ankrum spun the tires, the rest of the field got bunched up, leaving
practically no time to react. How is that Todd's fault?


  63.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:04 pm
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Hill picks up his 2nd career win.


  64.   og69nova posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:05 pm
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Hill can drive. Just has had horrible luck. Great run by Ray Ciccarelli


  65.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:05 pm
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No KBM trucks in the playoff. Wow.


  66.   George_Costanza posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:06 pm
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No surprise both KBM drivers fail to make the playoffs. Burton and
Gilliland are not good racers.


  67.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:07 pm
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Never thought I'd see that. I also never thought I'd be disappointed
with an Austin Hill win. As much as I genuinely like him, I really
wanted to see Todd or Harrison shut KB up today.


  68.   jensenators posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:08 pm
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Just to add a little drama to the post race inspections, if Hill's truck
fails, Creed gets elevated to the win, and makes the playoffs, Crafton
would be out.


  69.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:09 pm
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Not true @66. Kyle's the dumbass that put all his best crew chief and
most ofthe best equipment on the truck with no full-time drivers. It
doesn't help that Todd has no luck to speak of.


  70.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:10 pm
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On a positive note, great runs today by Self and Currey. Those guys are
really showing me something.


  71.   George_Costanza posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:11 pm
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@69 agreed, and Kyle should be as embarrassed as Burton and Gilliland.
But Burton has 31 starts for KBM, Gilliland has 41, and neither one has
won a race. They may be able to drive the truck just fine, but they
cannot race well either. But with how the last few years have gone,
Burton is probably getting promoted to Xfinity next year. Go figure.


  72.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:14 pm
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@66 That seems very unfair saying they are not good racers, both have
had success in the smaller series, and that does take skill.

Gilliland would of already been a winner in this series had it not been
for Gragson last season as well.


  73.   Sector posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:15 pm
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Austin Hill has finished dead last the previous race. He comes back to
win this race. In fact, he has finished 31st, 30th and 32nd the last
three races, all resulting in DNF's. This win changed everything!


  74.   George_Costanza posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:16 pm
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Success in K&N means nothing if you can't translate your success to
Trucks, Xfinity or Cup.


  75.   Sector posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:17 pm
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Doesn't the KBM 51 truck have a spot in the Playoff for the Owner's
Championship, thanks to Greg Biffle's win earlier this year?


  76.   Sector posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:21 pm
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This is also the second consecutive race where a driver won the race
after finishing dead last the previous. Stewart Friesen finished dead
last at Pocono two races ago, then won Eldora last week. Austin Hill
finished 30th at Pocono and 32nd at Eldora. Interesting how these
statistics played out. With Chase Elliott's win at Watkins Glen after
finishing dead last at Pocono in the Cup Series, this is the 3rd time in
two weeks a driver as won after finishing dead last in NASCAR's 3
national series between the Truck and Cup series.


  77.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:21 pm
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@71 It took Crafton much longer than that and he turned out fine. Just
because a guy doesn't immediately win every race he's in doesn't make
him a bad racer.


  78.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:22 pm
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@74 I feel I need to disagree with that logic. They are both young as
well, not everyone is gonna jump into Nascar and win right off the bat.

Years ago it took some racers several seasons to start to find success
and victory lane, people seem to expect too much of young racers too
quickly, perhapes that stress affects them and their performance on the
track.

At least they both are up front several races battling for the lead, to
say they have no skill you would think they would be running towards the
back of the field every race which they are not.


  79.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:22 pm
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@76 That's actually pretty damn cool.


  80.   IHateBrandonJones! posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:26 pm
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If I were Kyle Busch, Harrsion Burton, or Todd Gilliland, I would feel
embarrassed. How they didn't make the playoffs is shocking. I see Burton
staying another year, but I'd say Todd's seat is getting a little hotter.


  81.   George_Costanza posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:27 pm
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Erik Jones had no problem winning right away. Christopher Bell had no
problem. It's not even that they haven't won, at no point during their
first full time season did I feel either driver had a chance of winning.
They never felt like a threat. When you drive for the winningest Truck
team ever, and you race in a series where winning is everything and you
don't win, what do you expect?


  82.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:30 pm
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@81 KBM was also THE factory Toyota team at the time. Now Toyota is
expanding its efforts to DGR-Crosley and the 16. Of course they're not
gonna do as well when they're not the flagship team anymore.


  83.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:31 pm
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@76 If that pattern continues Norm Benning should win at Bristol, and
honestly I would have no problem with that, hehe.


  84.   NewGuyOnTheBlock posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:32 pm
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So the playoff grid for the trucks is set. Our contenders are as follows:

Grant Enfinger: Regular season champ. Hasn't won yet but has been the
most consistent driver in the field.

Matt Crafton: Squeaked in at the last moment. Has had a solid season so
far but still looking for that first win of the year.

Stewart Friesan: The international participant. Got his first win this
year and has been up front almost every race. Will be a major threat.

Brett Moffitt: The defending champ. Still showing the same speed as he
did last year. Should be a favorite for the title.

Austin Hill: Won twice this year and is quickly showing that he is not
to be taken lightly. Will have to battle consistency issues in order to
be a contender.

Johnny Sauter: Honestly, if it wasn't for that Dover win he wouldn't be
here. Has had a horrible season for his standards. Can still salvage it
but that streak of finishes outside the top 20 though...

Ross Chastain: The favorite for the title. Leads all other drivers with
3 wins. Has been a contender in almost every race. Watch out for the
watermelon man.

Tyler Ankrum: The lone rookie of the group. Has had an interesting
season so far. Not the fastest truck, but he has outperformed his
equipment during the last few races.


  85.   RandomFacts posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:33 pm
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@81 Again not every racer is gonna have huge success instantly, Bell and
Jones are an exception yes, Jones has not exactly been lighting up the
Cup circuit though but to say he has no talent would be nonsense.

Jimmie Johnson had little success in Xfinity but he is not exactly a bad
racer either.

And again Gilliland would of had a few wins had it not been for bad luck
or being taken out, I feel your logic is still a bit flawed.


  86.   George_Costanza posted:
  08.10.2019 - 3:40 pm
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If you want a recent example, Noah Gragson won a few races and made the
Championship 4 just last season. I don't think Gragson is that good of a
racer either. But again, there is a huge difference between being a good
racer and a good driver. Kyle Busch is a great racer, while Jamie
McMurray is a good driver, someone who doesn't wreck often but doesn't
contend for wins often. I never once said Gilliland or Burton had no
talent, I'm just saying at this very point in their career, they are
drivers, not racers. Jimmie Johnson in the Busch series had shown a few
times he can be a racer, and definitely took advantage of the
opportunity. How is that similar to this situation? It's not like Jimmie
Johnson bombed in his first season with Hendrick.


  87.   Hi posted:
  08.10.2019 - 4:24 pm
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Dippel got 3rd
Austin Wayne Self got 5th
Bayley CUrrey got 6th
Ray Ciccarelli got 9th somehow
Those were just some of the nice runs.


  88.   Anonymous posted:
  08.10.2019 - 4:25 pm
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I don't think you know what you're talkin about when it comes to
Gilliland or Burton both are good racers both are Champions, Burton has
been ok in trucks but he's been better in Xfinity, not everyone is good
in trucks.


  89.   Testracer00 posted:
  08.10.2019 - 4:31 pm
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First race that Joe Nemechek was running at the finish of in 2019, much
less on the lead lap.


  90.   Danish_Pie posted:
  08.10.2019 - 4:49 pm
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Inspection clear. Race official.


  91.   Hi posted:
  08.10.2019 - 4:49 pm
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what's unlucky is that Joe was involved in the big one


  92.   MattL posted:
  08.10.2019 - 5:06 pm
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The last 20 laps featured great racing.Todd Gilliland, Brett Moffitt,
and Ben Rhodes were brave and drove through the corners closer to the
wall than anyone else for grip and momentum. Several drivers were
veering under competitors down the backstretch in gutsy attempts to gain
position. Austin Hill weaved his way to the front and held on during the
GWC for his second win of the season.


  93.   Maverick19 posted:
  08.10.2019 - 5:31 pm
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That last wreck must have given David Gilliland a heart attack, all 3 of
his Trucks and his son were the only ones that couldn't continue.


  94.   Anonymous posted:
  08.10.2019 - 5:59 pm
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Norm Benning was awful in this race Engine isssues forced to settle for
last


  95.   Jimmie4life posted:
  08.10.2019 - 6:25 pm
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@94 You can't say that he was bad, because he didn't start. Also, he's
known for not starting, he's not a big company owner, he races on his
own team and money.


  96.   Jason24 posted:
  08.10.2019 - 7:12 pm
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Why are people still making excuses for Burton and Gilliland? The team
owner has called them out. What more can be said? The team owner drives
his own trucks and knows better than anyone the potential of the team.
These guys aren't getting it done.


  97.   Corey posted:
  08.10.2019 - 7:37 pm
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The playoffs this year have just been really screwy. With the way
everything played out 5th-8th in the regular season standings, all
missed the playoffs.

Also, for all this piling on/excusing Todd Gilliland and Harrison
Burton, anyone want to take a shot at Ben Rhodes? Was 5th in Points, a
former winner, 4th full season, and he missed the playoffs. The other 3
Thorsport trucks made it. What's his problem?


  98.   George_Costanza posted:
  08.10.2019 - 7:45 pm
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@97 I admit, I did forget to rip on Ben Rhodes earlier. He deserves more
criticism for sure. But at the same time, I think it's because more
people were expecting multiple wins and a possible championship from the
KBM crew. No one was expecting wins and a championship from Rhodes.


  99.   Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted:
  08.10.2019 - 7:51 pm
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First off i would like to say the chase in the truck series has shaped
many of you to think that Burton, Gilliland and Rhodes are having bad
seasons when technically their not. This series doesn't need a chase i
can almost promise you'll we'll see big changes next year when it comes
to the chase in this series.

@96 I've been a fan of Kyle for over a decade but his criticism of two
teenagers were extremely weak. KBM has been pretty mediocre outside of
Kyle, yes the biff won but he didn't dominate. I refuse to believe
either Burton and Gilliland aren't talented maybe it's time Kyle took a
look at his people behind the scenes so he can actually see his
operation has become mediocre.


  100.   Yeet posted:
  08.10.2019 - 8:04 pm
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Can't believe nobody is talking about Dippel's run. He was consistently
towards the front all day and kept his nose clean and came home P3 in
one of the smaller teams in the trucks. Heck of a run for the kid hope
he can keep the momentum.

Also how about a Top 10 for Ciccarelli? He's sure made good use of the
old Premium Motorsports equipment and is quietly having a solid season
in his team's debut season.


  101.   JohnG posted:
  08.10.2019 - 8:09 pm
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@100 Another thing people don't talk about is that the Xfinity road
course races usually provide small teams with very, very good results.
This has been a consistent thing.


  102.   Hi posted:
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The playoff system is just bad in trucks. It's great in cup, okay in
Xfinity, but just too small in Trucks. Expand it to 10 or just keep the
stages (wins and points) but wins do not lock you in. You have to get in
on points then you get playoff points. This may get some critiscism
because of Ankrum or Chastain.

Also, DGR had all trucks in the top 15 but they were all destroyed in
the big one.


  103.   Hi posted:
  08.10.2019 - 8:38 pm
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@103 (Me) I mean 19th then 9th.


  104.   Hi posted:
  08.10.2019 - 8:38 pm
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@100 For a second there I thought dippel was gonna make it intresting.
Great finish and they are really improving along with his teammates (If
you ask me Young's Motorsports moved to three teams to fast but now it's
starting to pay off). I t does appear that those few months off for Ray
are paying off. Pocono 17th and Michigan 9th.


  105.   Yeet posted:
  08.10.2019 - 9:09 pm
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Most trucks to finish on the lead lap in a truck race at Michigan since
2008.

Notable moves in the Owner's Standings going in to Bristol.

- CMI Motorsports' 9th place finish pushes them past the 38, 56, and 27
to climb to 31st. It is TBA if the 38 or 27 will run Bristol but the 56
has already announced they will run Bristol.

- Bayley Currey's silent 6th place finish puts the 44 back in the Top 20.
- Trey Hutchens Racing passes the 74, 80, and 5 teams. The 74 has
already announced that they will run Bristol.

- CR7 Motorsports passes Rette Jones Racing. Rette Jones Racing already
ran Martinsville this year and may run this short track this time around.

- NEMCO Motorsports passes CR7 Motorsports for 37th.

- Niece Motorsports' 38 team passes All Out Motorsports for 34th.

- Sasnett's DNQ prevents the 0 from Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing from passing
Bill McAnally Racing for 41st, which would have occurred if they
finished 32nd or better.

- Notable teams that competed/attempted Martinsville this year are the
19, 80, 92, and 43, who sit in the Standings 41st, 48th, 53rd, and 57th
respectively.


  106.   Wil posted:
  08.10.2019 - 10:48 pm
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I didn't see the race. Missed a good one, no? Congrats to Austin Hill,
who I thought had been mediocre all year minus the Daytona win. Dippel,
AWS, Bayley Currey and Ray Ciccarelli are not usually names in the top
10, good for them. I think Currey's run is interesting. We don't really
know how good he is-- his only notable moment before this was getting
wrecked by MTJ in the Coke 600. He did better than any other Niece
second truck driver has done...could he be a hidden gem?

I don't understand why there are people criticizing George Costanza. I
agree with him, the two KBM drivers underperformed behind the wheel this
year. Maybe the team's declined some too, but the drivers absolutely did
not impress this year.

As for Rhodes, call me naive but I just think he got destroyed by bad
luck. He was a contender for the win at Texas before he blew a
transmission. Then at Chicago he blew an engine after 1 lap and finished
last. If these things didn't happen, he would have made the Chase and
people would have viewed him differently, but these things were out of
his control. Someone like Todd Gilliland for example never demonstrated
race winning speed outside of Texas, when he lost control and crashed. I
think there's a difference between bad luck and straight underperforming.


  107.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
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And in Hill's defense the 16 hasn't been a very mechanically reliable
truck this year.


  108.   GiveMajeskiAChance posted:
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Gilliland, I'll give you. Burton, however, has largely outperformed
Rhodes. He has more top 5s, more top 10s, and a better average
finish.And Burton's a rookie, while Rhodes has been in Trucks long
enough to perform much better than what he has. To me, Rhodes is the one
underperforming.


  109.   Annoymous posted:
  08.11.2019 - 1:32 am
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missed the race biggest MIS crash in NASCAR ever for any series. 22 lead
lap finishers most since Homestead 2016 for the trucks, and I love
seeing great finishes for Dippel, Self, Currey, and especially Ray
Ciccarelli all with splendid great finishes season or career highs and
nice to see also the Navy Man Jesse also lead lap too his 1st big league
NASCAR lead lap run, in 21st. Not bad.


  110.   Mile501 posted:
  08.11.2019 - 6:41 am
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@99 - I fully agree with you that the playoffs aren't working well in
trucks, but given NASCAR's history, I would be very surprised if it
changes next year.


  111.   Mile501 posted:
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I wanted to explore how things might have been different if the #51
truck wasn't running, or if NASCAR awarded the victory (for playoff
purposes) to the highest-finishing series regular. Our winners would
have been:

Atlanta - Johnny Sauter
Las Vegas - Brett Moffitt
Martinsville - Ben Rhodes
Texas (1) - Stewart Friesen
Charlotte - Brennan Poole
Texas (2) - Matt Crafton

Which would give us these playoff contenders:

Grant Enfinger (0 wins, 1st in points)
Matt Crafton (1 win, 2nd)
Stewart Friesen (2 wins, 3rd)
Brett Moffitt (3 wins, 4th)
Ben Rhodes (1 win, 5th)
Austin Hill (2 wins, 9th)
Johnny Sauter (2 wins, 10th)
Brennan Poole (1 win, 11th*)
Tyler Ankrum (1 win, 13th)
Ross Chastain (2 wins, 15th)

* If Poole's team could have secured extra funding after winning and
been able to run all the races, he would have ended up at an estimated
11th in points. Other positions are adjusted accordingly.

From the list above, Poole and Ankrum would have been left out by being
lowest in points among drivers with just 1 win.

So, in the end, the only thing that would have changed is that Rhodes
would have made the playoffs instead of Ankrum.


  112.   Hi posted:
  08.11.2019 - 9:29 am
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Jesse Iwuji did the entire race on two sets of tires that were already
used before the race in previours races. He got a 21st which is nice and
a lead lap finish (lucky dog but still pretty impressive)


  113.   Hi posted:
  08.11.2019 - 9:52 am
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@105 don't forget Sam Mayer is gonna try and make his debut.


  114.   Anon posted:
  08.11.2019 - 10:25 am
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This was actually a pretty typical race for Ben Rhodes. He showed a ton
of speed and looked like a legitimate contender for the win, and then
just like that he has an issue. It will be interesting to see how he
does now that the playoff pressure is off, but I think that playoff
pressure will be replaced with the "driving for your career" pressure
these last 7 races.

This was actually a pretty typical race for Tyler Ankrum as well. Made
multiple mistakes throughout the race due to inexperience, learned from
all of them, and was a contender to win (leader with 4 to go). The final
mistake lead to disaster, but he seems like a guy that learns from the
mistakes very quickly, as he showed throughout the race today. I'm
convinced he's going to be a future star.

It has been nice to see Sheldon Creed put some finishes together the
last couple weeks. He's really been a Ben Rhodes this year in that he
always shows early speed, and always ends up out of contention. I
wouldn't rule out him being a championship contender in 2020 if GMS is
smart enough to keep him in that truck.


  115.   Anon posted:
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Stage points report.

-Brett Moffitt scored the most stage points in a race for the first time
this year. Amazingly, there are still only 2 drivers (Enfinger and Kyle
Busch) that have scored the most stage points in a race more than once
this year.

-Bayley Currey scored his first stage points of the year with a 10th
place finish in stage 2.

-While Matt Crafton finished the regular season with the highest average
finish (meaning he scored the most points under the non-stage format),
he was only 6th in total stage points. He finishes the regular season 72
stage points behind Grant Enfinger.

-Enfinger finishes the regular season with 34 more stage points than his
closest competitor (Moffitt).

-This was only the 2nd race of the year in which Stewart Friesen did not
score any stage points. Now there are only 3 drivers left that have
scored stage points in all but 1 race this year (Moffitt, Crafton, and
Rhodes).


  116.   Anon posted:
  08.11.2019 - 10:53 am
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@111
To expand further into hypotheticals, had we not had stage racing, the
final regular season points would be quite different. This is what the
top 21 would have looked like:

1 Matt Crafton 476
2 Grant Enfinger 471
3 Brett Moffitt 454
4 Stewart Friesen 453
5 Harrison Burton 419
6 Todd Gilliland 405
7 Ben Rhodes 396
8 Sheldon Creed 380
9 Austin Hill 372
10 Tyler Dippel 356
11 Johnny Sauter 354
12 Tyler Ankrum 300
13 Austin Wayne Self 286
14 Jordan Anderson 266
15 Gus Dean 259
16 Spencer Boyd 253
17 Brennan Poole 217
18 Jennifer Jo Cobb 197
19 Ross Chastain 195
20 Natalie Decker 189
21 Anthony Alfredo 172

As you can see, Ross Chastain would have just squeaked his way in. It
would not have changed who made the playoffs in the end, but it does put
a perspective on how much of an impact stage racing has on the points.
It make you wonder if Chastain would have even made the switch if there
wasn't stage racing. Had Alfredo made 1 more start, and Decker not been
swept up in that last accident with 4 to go, Chastain misses the
playoffs, and Harrison Burton would have been in.

Everyone rags on Burton and Gilliland, and they sure did underperform
per KBM standards, but they are inexperienced and finished 5th and 6th
on points using the "old format." The same people that rag on the KBM
drivers, give Ben Rhodes a pass, yet he has way more experience, in an
equivalent truck, and the KBM drivers outpointed him in this format. In
fact, Rhodes only finishes 16 points ahead of Creed.

In Ben's defense though, he did outperform teammate Johnny Sauter. Even
had Sauter ran the race he was suspended for, he would not have even
caught Creed, let alone Rhodes. It is interesting to see also that
Sauter finished behind Tyler Dippel in points in this format.


  117.   possum posted:
  08.11.2019 - 12:08 pm
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@112 - interesting. I did not know NASCAR allowed that in any of the top
three series. At one time, and I believe still today in Cup and Xfinity,
Goodyear was required to collect all the tires after the race, to ensure
no unauthorized test sessions were run with them.


  118.   ThatGuy posted:
  08.11.2019 - 1:09 pm
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I don't know what to make of Ben Rhodes. 4th full truck season, all 3
teammates made the playoffs but he didn't. However, ThorSport has just 1
win this year amongst all drivers. He got bit by bad luck multiple times
this year, but, he almost made the championship 4 back in 2017 with
Crafton, Sauter and Bell (incident with Cindric took him out of the
race) and this year he's missing the playoffs.
I am surprised there isn't a KBM truck in the playoffs, and I think the
drivers have been disappointing. Not gonna place all the blame on them
however because they were 5th and 8th (?) in points. But they have been
making starts since 2017


  119.   ThatGuy posted:
  08.11.2019 - 1:10 pm
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In an equal # of starts this season (13) Jen Jo Cobb is 8 points ahead
of Natalie Decker


  120.   JohnG posted:
  08.11.2019 - 1:17 pm
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@102

"The playoff system is just bad in trucks. It's great in cup, okay in
Xfinity, but just too small in Trucks. Expand it to 10 or just keep the
stages (wins and points) but wins do not lock you in."

I strongly, strongly disagree. Half the teams in Cup, Xfinity, and Truck
make the playoffs. That is already too many. How prestigious can making
the playoffs be if you have a 50% of getting in?

However, I understand why it is currently like this and I would do the
same thing if I was in charge. When NASCAR won the lottery, errr I mean
got their latest TV contract a big reason they got so much was they were
a lead in to football for 11 races. Because of that they need the Cup
playoff system to be 10 races. In order to do this knockout playoff
system correctly you have to put 16 drivers in if you're having 10
playoff races.

Hopefully when their next TV contract starts in 2025 they would lower
the Cup playoff system to 7 races / 12 drivers. That is what I would do.


  121.   rm posted:
  08.11.2019 - 1:19 pm
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Rhodes would be fifth in full-season points this year. There's so much
parity in the Trucks this year at the top third or half of the field
that unless you won a race, two or three mechanical failures or issues
that weren't your fault could knock you out of playoff contention
despite running fairly well otherwise.


  122.   JohnG posted:
  08.11.2019 - 1:29 pm
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Following up on my last post if the Cup series did have a 7 race playoff
system starting in 2025 then I guess Trucks would still have half the
drivers make the playoffs. I guess there is no way around that one
realistically. But increasing the field is something I strongly disagree
with.


  123.   StenhouseFan17 posted:
  08.11.2019 - 2:30 pm
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  124.   Nucl3arWa4le posted:
  08.11.2019 - 6:51 pm
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  125.   Sandy posted:
  08.12.2019 - 5:43 pm
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37 Trucks entered for Thursday's nights race at Bristol


  126.   Luke posted:
  08.14.2019 - 11:12 pm
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No. 33 was a Toyota and No. 34 was a Chevrolet as we can see here in
facebook page of reaume brothers racing:
https://www.facebook.com/ReaumeBrosRacing/posts/2375115216149581

Here is better pictures of No. 34 truck in the official page of Jesse
Iwuji in facebook we clearly can see that the truck was a Chevrolet:
https://www.facebook.com/Jesseiwujiracing/photos/a.819865304705306/3159838440707969/?type=3


  127.   StenhouseFan17 posted:
  08.19.2019 - 5:52 pm
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#45 sponsor - YostBarns.com


  128.   Danish_Pie posted:
  06.06.2020 - 3:10 am
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Tyler Dippel's 3rd place is, as of this post, the best finish for the
#02 in truck series history.


  129.   Rich posted:
  12.23.2020 - 6:56 am
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Vince Welch, Phil Parsons and Michael Waltrip were the commentators.
Alan Cavanna and Hermie Sadler were the pit road reporters.


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