|| *Comments on the 2017 Apache Warrior 400:* View the most recent comment <#138> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Sector posted: 09.26.2017 - 8:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I honestly think Kyle Larson will steal one here. 2. StarCom Racing posted: 09.26.2017 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) New team StarCom Racing entering their first NASCAR event with Derrike Cope at the wheel, he is also the team manager and the team is expecting full-time drivers in 2018. 3. Jonathan King posted: 09.26.2017 - 10:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'll do it....jk nope 4. Sector posted: 09.26.2017 - 10:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @2 What are the requirements to join said team? 5. Josh posted: 09.26.2017 - 11:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Encouraging to see a new team enter the sport. Hopefully they will be around for more than a year or two, as is the case unfortunately for too many new teams that get burnt out and realize the steep commitment requirement for resources. I think Derrike is helping the team get started and is more or less "pinch-hitting" as the driver for now, until they can get settled and find a more permanent driver and get their staff set up. 6. JR-TV posted: 09.26.2017 - 12:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any word on who the crew chief will be for the new StarCom Racing team? 7. Archie posted: 09.26.2017 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like the new #00 team is now withdrawing from Dover? 8. 95McDowellFan posted: 09.26.2017 - 3:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #00 Withdrew 9. TeamDCR fan posted: 09.26.2017 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Might be a good move. Not that I don't think Cope is capable of getting the car in the race, it might just be smart not to jump right in immediately 10. Jonathan King posted: 09.26.2017 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The team for the 00 according to jayski said that they would like to hire a quality crew before taking to the track. 11. 42Fan posted: 09.26.2017 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Just give the trophey to Jimmie... we all know he is gonna win this race. 12. Corey posted: 09.26.2017 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @11 Wouldn't that make you happy? Last I knew, he doesn't drive a Toyota. 13. Racetowin posted: 09.26.2017 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @11 No, Truex will win. 14. chaseliott24fan posted: 09.26.2017 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @11 That's historic stats I don't give crap from 10 years ago, clearly the best cars are Toyota's. 15. Jonathan King posted: 09.26.2017 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey, you never know what is going to happen, Dover is known for some big wrecks, so at least be optimistic. 16. JSPorts posted: 09.26.2017 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I know Kyle Busch & Truex will probably be heavy favorites, but I think this race will come down to Larson & Kenseth. Matt still hasn't won this year, and this is one of his best (and favorite) tracks to come to. Never count out the 20. 17. TeamDCR fan posted: 09.26.2017 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Stenhouse, Kahne, Newman Dillion are my picks for getting the boot. 18. 95McDowellFan posted: 09.26.2017 - 9:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @17 I have Kahne, Stenhouse, Dillon, and Ku. Busch 19. JSPorts posted: 09.26.2017 - 11:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would not be surprised to see Kurt win this race. He's in a must-win situation, he's been running better recently, and he's pretty good at Dover. 20. 95McDowellFan posted: 09.27.2017 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #83 of Brett Moffit is a late entry, back up to 40 cars again Ross Chastain back in the #15 after an amazing race here in the spring 21. Josh posted: 09.27.2017 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder if the #83 is a Post Entry. 22. TeamDCR fan posted: 09.27.2017 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think they might be good. Based on Xfinity guys putting cars in at the last second, I think it's when you enter the day before/of practice. I might be wrong though 23. Spen posted: 09.27.2017 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) If Cole's new team makes a race this year, it will be the first start a #0-anything car since David Reutimann's last start for MWR back in 2011. 24. Spen posted: 09.27.2017 - 9:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnathan King: You wouldn't happen to be *that* John King by any chance, would you? 25. Jonathan King posted: 09.27.2017 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @24 Spen: No, I am too young to be him, and just to let you know for future reference, and this has happened before, so don't be triggered, but you spelled my first name wrong. 26. Greg24ChaseFan posted: 09.28.2017 - 12:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Hopefully Chase first win. 27. supernova1 posted: 09.29.2017 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin Truex Jr. wins the pole for Sunday's Apache Warrior 400, breaking Kyle Busch's pole winning streak. 28. Jolly Mean Giant posted: 09.29.2017 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reed Sorenson: Time: 191.747 seconds MPH: 18.775 MPH wut...? 29. Jimmie4life posted: 09.29.2017 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Reed sorenson drove slower than usain bolt runs! 30. Corey posted: 09.29.2017 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sadly Mike Senica can drive faster then that. 31. TeamDCR fan posted: 09.29.2017 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm going to guess that they had some sort of penalty resulting in automatic starting from the rear like Austin Dillion did at the first Richmond race 32. Dorsal Fin posted: 09.30.2017 - 1:19 am Rate this comment: (1) (2) I see Nascar still isn't interested in a level playing field. I'll check in next week. 33. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Based off this weekend I'm going to go with Larson to finally win at Dover 34. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're green at Dover 35. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson to the lead 36. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead 37. racefangurl posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, Roush togetherness. Bromance at its finest. 38. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stenhouse is now a lap down 39. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting 40. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeffery Earnhardy has spun into the sand barrells caution is out in the middle of pit stops 41. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle Busch, Keselowski, Stenhouse, Danica and Ragan are the only cars on the lead lap red flag is now out to fix the barrels 42. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex was the first car one lap down and will get the free pass there are about twelve other cars who are only one lap down who should be able to get back on the lead lap with the wave around. Austin Dillon, Kurt Busch and Blaney howver will be trapped a lap down 43. 42Fan posted: 10.01.2017 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who let Jeffery Earnhardt have a full-time Cup ride? 44. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Add McMurray to the list of playoff drivers who will be trapped a lap down 45. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Red flag has been lifted 46. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually McMurray is still on the lead lap. Keselowski beats Kyle Busch off pit road to take the lead 47. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski wins stage 1 48. Danish Pie posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Stenhouse's 7 Stage points could be a game changer for Bubble Drivers. 49. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch wins the race off pit road and will be the leader again 50. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kenseth too fast entering pit road 51. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch and Austin Dillon have taken the wave around to get back on the lead lap Blaney is still one lap down in 29th 52. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson back to the lead 53. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorenson has lost a motor caution is out. This will help Austin and Kurt stay on the lead lap 54. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex wins the race off pit road and takes the lead again 55. racefangurl posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was about to ask for someone or something to cause a caution, but then I saw one come up. 56. racefangurl posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 43, probably his name. 57. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson back to the lead quickly 58. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is on pit road with a vibration 59. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is now two laps down in 26th 60. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson wins stage 2 61. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson just lost the lead after his engine shut off he's back to fifth Elliott is now the leader 62. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kasey Kahne on pit road 63. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again 64. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch commitment line violation 65. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through Elliott has about a 4 second lead over Truex with less than 60 to go 66. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin has a broken axle 67. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is catching Elliott 15 to go 68. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle steals one 69. Scott25 posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (3) One of the first times I've actually cheered for Kyle Busch. Anyone but Golden Boy. 70. Ralph posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (2) (4) Newman cost Elliott that race. Glad he's out of the chase 71. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Can chase Elliot find any more ways to lose a race wow. 72. Sector posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Love him or hate him, Kyle Busch is becoming quite a legend. He can wheel. Wanted Chase Elliott to win to see Jeff Gordon congratulate him for being the first driver not named Jeff Gordon to win in the #24. Oh well... Kyle Busch officially wins in Playoffs regularly. The history of choking during Chase races is all in the past. 73. 42Fan posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (1) (5) WORST. FINISH. EVER. NASCAR obviously made sure the 18 got away with unapproved changes. This was the reason that the 18 was able to charge down the 24. NA$CAR really wants the money coming in from Toyota and they will make sure that no one but TRD will win the races and the "championship". 74. Dorsal Fin posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Just woke up to see the cheating continues. No level playing field yet. 75. Anthony posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Overall, Chase Elliott sucks & will never win a race. 76. Racetowin posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) THAT WAS CHASES WIN! KYLE DOESN'T DESERVE IT AT ALL! 77. Sector posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "WORST. FINISH. EVER. NASCAR obviously made sure the 18 got away with unapproved changes. This was the reason that the 18 was able to charge down the 24. NA$CAR really wants the money coming in from Toyota and they will make sure that no one but TRD will win the races and the "championship"." Seek psychological help. 78. Jason24 posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Chase Elliott is a choke artist. Plain and simple. William Byron will win before Chase wins. 79. John posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle just flew by Chase. Chase didn't put anything up against him. That was shocking to watch. I think Chase is so tough on himself (I have heard people mention this 100000000000 times lol I said I would mention it) that it causes him to mess up in high pressure moments. I don't think this would happen if he had more confidence. Ricky Craven said confidence is like a shockingly huge part of racing. I wish I had the exact quote. I think he said it was like 70% importance of racing. 80. John posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *wouldn't mention it 81. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chase didn't even put up a fight when Busch tried passing him he's gotta be more aggressive in that situation 82. Sector posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Just woke up to see the cheating continues. No level playing field yet." I bet you only recently started watching to make that excuse. #DennyHamlinDarlingtonWinEncumbered Chase Elliott was only cruising, he didn't provide much of a challenge to Kyle Busch to defend his lead. Kyle even admitted that Chase didn't go up to try to break his momentum. Grow up Kyle/Toyota haters. 83. joey2448 posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Wow some real butthurt here. I was hoping for a Chase Elliott win too, but face it, Kyle just simply won fair and square. It came down to an on-track pass and Busch got it done. Lapped cars played a factor as well, but guess what? Lapped cars have played a role since day 1 in NASCAR. Accept it. At least we didn't get a late race caution for a napkin on the track. 84. cjs3872 posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) After watching how this race ended, one has to wonder if Chase Elliott has the desire, because he just doesn't seem to want it like some of the other drivers out there do. There's no question he has the talent to get it done. You don't finish among the leaders as often as he does without having the talent, so we know the talent is there. But it's becoming more and more obvious to me that Chase Elliott doesn't have the desire, because how many times have we seen him get beat from behind in races he should have in the bag. (I'm discounting this year's Daytona 500, because that was a fuel mileage situation.) Elliott's apparent lack of desire is one reason why Hendrick Motorsports may be in a quandary in the future, because he should have at least five wins, and yet he has none. Not any of the other top drivers (and even some that don't run among the leaders) would have ever been passed as easily by Kyle Busch with two laps to go as Chase was, because he practically waved him by. Kyle won this race simply because he wanted it more than Chase Elliott did. 85. Danish Pie posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It's very possible that Chase Elliott will end up going 0 for 72 driving the #24 car. After being hailed as the second coming the way he was during his rookie campaign, this might be one of the more disappointing sophomore seasons in recent memory. Sure he has had good or even great runs, just like he had today. But the way he just gave Kyle the outside lane with momentum coming off of Turn 2 with two to go was borderline asinine. Decisions and moves like that are reasons why he still hasn't gone to victory lane in a Cup car. I consider him the biggest choke artist in the sport today. He'll obviously end up getting his first win sooner rather than later, but I see it happening in the #9, not the #24. Disappointing two years, dare I say an overhyped two years. 86. Anonymous posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Like I needed more reasons to hate Kyle Busch 87. Sector posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Elliott's apparent lack of desire is one reason why Hendrick Motorsports may be in a quandary in the future, because he should have at least five wins, and yet he has none." I honestly think William Byron will end up being much more successful anyway. 88. Josh C posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm just concerned that GD 48 Is gonna suck all season and do just good enough in the playoffs and win another undeserved title. 89. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I remember a guy who finished 2nd 8 times before he got a win. What was his name... Oh yeah - Bill Elliott. Chase will figure it out. 90. Danish Pie posted: 10.01.2017 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @69 Agree whole heartedly. First time this decade I've cheered for Kyle Busch to win anything. 91. Vince posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) To all Chase critics In 70 Cup starts, Elliott already has 11 top3 finishes (5 second places and 6 third). That is 2 more than Bayne, Blaney, Buescher, A.Dillon and Stenhouse combined, who all have more starts in Cup and all have lucky or restrictor plate win. He also led more laps in his Cup career than those 5 drivers combined. Even compared to Kyle Larson (the best driver that joined Cup in the last decade) first 70 starts in Cup, Elliott is miles ahead, Kyle only had 6 top3 finishes (and obviously no win, his first came at start 99) and only led 167 laps to Chase 719 laps. 92. John posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Chase doesn't have the desire!? Dude, I don't know if there is another driver on earth who reacts to losing a win worse then Chase. Probably not. He WANTS it. 93. supernova1 posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #10 - Ford Warriors in Pink #19 - Comcast Business / Arris #37 - Kingsford / Clorox / Scott #47 - Kroger ClickList / Cheerios / Heinz #48 - Lowe's / Shark Bite Plumbing Solutions 94. Jason24 posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @91- But Chase has a lot more power behind him as oppsosed to Larson with a midpack Ganassi circa 2014-2015. 95. 42Fan posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) On an unrelated-yet-still-related note, does anyone else notice that the Toyotas get A LOT faster when NBC comes on. It does not suprise me, as NBC LOVES Toyota and favors Toyotas over everyone else. 96. Ryan Serowinski posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another Sponsor update: #24- Napa Auto Parts(unless somebody fixed it already) 97. cjs3872 posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @91, that speaks to Chase's talent that he could finish among the leaders as often as he does, but the fact that he gets beat by those coming up from behind in the manner in which that happens also speaks to a lack of desire, because he just doesn't seem to want it as much as the others out there, even some that don't run among the leaders. Desire, as much as a faster car, often decides who wins in duels to the finish, and Elliott has constantly come up short in that regard, because it's appearing more and more that Chase doesn't have the desire needed to win late-race duels. And while Bill Elliott finished second a slew of times before he got his first win, he never got caught from behind in any of those runner-up finishes, almost all of which came in the sport's biggest events. And when he got in duels with the veterans that beat him (like Petty, Allison, and Bonnett), his lack of experience (and cars and teams that were not up to what he was racing against) was what proved to be his ultimate undoing, because once he got more experience and better equipment, he started winning those battles he always had lost previously. 98. Vince posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @94 Are you seriously suggesting that the 2016/2017 Hendrick cars has a lot of power? Yes JJ won 8 races because he is one of the best drivers in history. But actually that is a very deceiving number, during that span, he had only 13 top3 finishes and led 925 laps, both only marginally better than Chase. Top5 and top10 wise Chase is even ahead of Johnson (18/15 and 33/26) And Junior and Kahne have been nowhere near running consistently for top5 finsishes or even top10... 99. Vince posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:24 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @97 What you described is exactly what Chase did in Xfinity winning his first races, dominating Harvick in Texas then the next week, winning at Darlington on a GWC finish. It hasn't happened yet at the Cup level, but once that first win happens, it will pour (like it did for Larson) 100. Anthony posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chase Elliott just needs to be aggressive, otherwise he'll never win. 101. Sector posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First Top 5-but-not-winning finish for Jimmie Johnson in 2017. 102. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 10.01.2017 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ha Ha - Ryan Newman 18 wins, 0 Cups. Jeff Gordon 93 wins, 4 Cups. No argument there. 103. rm posted: 10.01.2017 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chase failing to hold off Kyle Busch at the end looked a lot like Kyle Larson failing to hold off Brad Keselowski at the end of the Atlanta race this year. Didn't really even look like an attempt to block was made in either race. Chase will get there eventually. In the grand scheme of things, going your first two seasons without winning a race is nothing worrying at all, in fact it is very normal. It isn't until the last few years when all of the sudden the expectations for rookies ramped up so much. His issue today is that he had a lead of well over 4 seconds with 40 laps to go, to the point where NBC said that crew chief Alan Gustafson told Chase to not worry about the 18 and just run his race. It's not like Kyle had a fantastic car at the end - obviously good enough to make up that deficit, but at the same time look how loose he was at the end! Chase caught up to just behind the 31 with under 10 to go and never made a move to get up to his bumper, pass him, or change his regular line (outside of passing much slower lapped cars). A veteran like Kyle Busch was more than ready to take advantage of that situation, even passing the 31 coming to the finish of the race. 104. NewGuyOnTheBlock posted: 10.01.2017 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 95. Stop. 105. Altracing posted: 10.01.2017 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just saw a video of Jeff Gordon confronting Newman after the race for the blocking he did 106. JeffGordon24FanForever posted: 10.01.2017 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Ryan Newman whines like a baby, wanting laps car to pull over, then gets in the leaders way, what a hypocrite, nowsince he's eliminated, he shall skip Dega so he can't bitch if a car gets upside down. Didn't deserve to be in the Chase,proves why the chase field should be shrinked, make it the best of 8 so guys like Newman don't get in for doing nothing or getting freak wins. 107. TeamDCR fan posted: 10.01.2017 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like the 66 might have done a start and park 108. Roadcastle posted: 10.01.2017 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I know Hamlin made up a greater deficit last month at Darlington, but excluding that race (because of the huge difference in tire wear), can you remember the last time a driver made up over 4 seconds on the leader in the last 50 laps? Just thought that was an incredible comeback by Busch today. 109. Danish Pie posted: 10.01.2017 - 8:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @107 Nah, mechanical issues. From Timmy Hill's Twitter 'The alternator isn't charging the batteries. We burnt through 2 already.' 110. Danish Pie posted: 10.01.2017 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't know why I keep getting the question mark symbols on my posts. Quotation marks and apostrophes. >_> 111. 95McDowellFan posted: 10.01.2017 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @107 I doubt it. Timmy Hill's Twitter makes seem like it was an actual issue 112. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 10.01.2017 - 9:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It has been repeated time and time again. Ryan Newman is THE hardest guy too pass in NASCAR. Everyone out there knows that. If you aren't willing too put up with it, front bumper is there for a reason and the wall isn't too far away either Ryan Newman is one of the bigger hypocrites in the garage area he isn't getting a pass from me but for Chase Elliot take note. the next time he is racing him, if you feel wrong by this race or the current race he is in. Do what he does too you. 113. So Done posted: 10.01.2017 - 11:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) I'm taking a hiatus from NASCAR until the 18 stops winning every race, really tired of watching NASCAR's biggest villain winning every week on the Cup side! 114. TeamDCR fan posted: 10.01.2017 - 11:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Okay. Just seemed like it could have been since they ran so few laps and electrical is an excuse S&Ps use 115. Danish Pie posted: 10.01.2017 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Start-N-Parks are pretty useless in Cup now. With the charter rules, whenever an open team doesnt make it halfway through the race its probably a losing proposition. There have been a couple races this year where the 55 will just so happen to have a mechanical issue just past the halfway point. That's as close as any team gets to S&P in Cup any more. 116. cjs3872 posted: 10.02.2017 - 12:49 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) In Ryan's defense, he was trying to stay on the lead lap and hope a caution came out to bring him around to battle for a better position with some of the other leaders on a potential restart. If he was two or more laps behind, then yes, he should have moved over and let the leaders race it out, but as a car on the end of the lead lap, he had every right to race the leaders hard to try to stay on the lead lap, which he did until he was lapped by Kyle Busch just before the race ended. 117. Scott B posted: 10.02.2017 - 1:40 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "To all Chase critics In 70 Cup starts, Elliott already has 11 top3 finishes (5 second places and 6 third). That is 2 more than Bayne, Blaney, Buescher, A.Dillon and Stenhouse combined, who all have more starts in Cup and all have lucky or restrictor plate win." Ryan Blaney's win was skill. In fact, it was exactly the type of finish that we have yet to see from Chase at the Cup level. 118. Mannoroth posted: 10.02.2017 - 3:59 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 72. He just keeps winning those playoff races like it's his everyday bread. Incredible. And he just stole that win from Elliott like JJ, who can do this as well. 73. & 74. And the moon is made from cheese and all the streets in the world have golden pavement. And by the way, the pope just loves to sh*t in the forest... 76. Chase Elliott needs to learn how to get it done, first. He should ask his teammate JJ - he's the master in it. 86. Hate him for winning a Cup race (the series he belongs to)? That's not nice... 101. JJ is slowly coming alive - there's absolutely no way he won't win at least one race in the playoffs. He just did get a top 5 without winning a race (that was mission impossible for him the whole season). And not surprisingly, this achievement came in the playoffs... 113. Damn Cupwhacker, huh? How dares he to come to Cup Series and steal wins away from poor guys like Chase Elliott... Kyle is the lost son of David Pearson - the biggest Cupwhacker of all times. That's the reason he's so good at it. 119. Newman31 posted: 10.02.2017 - 6:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I'm taking a hiatus from NASCAR until the 18 stops winning every race, really tired of watching NASCAR's biggest villain winning every week on the Cup side!" The 18 doesn't win all the time, you know. There are other drivers that win, too. 120. Anthony posted: 10.02.2017 - 8:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The one thing I fear for Chase is that I don't want him to end up like Justin Labonte, Jason Jarrett, Steve Wallace, Kyle Petty, & other family names that failed to live up their fathers hopes of dreams coming true. Chase better not be another addition. 121. Mile501 posted: 10.02.2017 - 8:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch has won 14% of the Cup races so far this season. That means, 86% of the time, he hasn't won. That's pretty far from winning every race. 122. Sector posted: 10.02.2017 - 8:56 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "I�??m taking a hiatus from NASCAR until the 18 stops winning every race, really tired of watching NASCAR�??s biggest villain winning every week on the Cup side!" That's sad. I didn't see anyone whine about Kevin Harvick's 2014 reign of terror the final two races. In all honesty, I find it rather laughable when everyone focuses so much on Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Austin Dillon and Ryan Newman about making it to the next round of the Playoffs. The 16 field Playoffs is pretty large. They're just average drivers and have no strengths as a team/organization/driver until massive change is in order. Ryan Newman was saying "it's not excuse for the organization to run this bad?" Lol Have you been racing for RCR since 2014? Sure you came close to a massive trolling championship in 2014, but it's not like you were ever a huge threat weekly anyway, brah. Face reality. 123. George posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:11 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) I like Chase Elliott and loathe Kyle Busch, but Chase has nobody to blame but himself for what happened yesterday. Ryan Newman has no obligation at all to move over (though their battle was not for position and would have cost Newman nothing, but then Newman always has been a dick) and most of the time Elliott was not close enough to him anyway that it could be said Newman was really holding him up. Then Chase has to recognize that the #18 with superior equipment and fresher tires is closing rapidly and DO something about that when the time comes. I was amazed that Elliott held him off as long as he did, and NOT amazed at all that he didn't try to block.... or anything. In a situation like that, if Chase really wants to show some killer instinct and win a damn race, he's going to have to be more like Dale Earnhardt and less like Mark Martin. If Elliott pulls a "Cindric" there and wrecks Kyle for the win, it would be called controversial but might also seal up Elliott's win in the Most Popular Driver contest. 124. JeffGordon24FanForever posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hate Kyle as much as anyone, but some people are ridiculous. How dare he try to win? 125. Corey posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @118 I'm hesitant to say that the 48 is slowly coming alive. Dover is his best track and two of his top 5's came here. Let's wait and see what he does in the next round first. 126. JeffGordon24FanForever posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:27 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) ^Elliott is already better than Justin Labonte, Jason Jarrett and Steve Wallace even if he immediately retired. Kyle Petty still had a solid career, how do you top the King? Quit acting like Chase is a bust, he's arguably been the best Hendrick car, Logano wasn't aggressive in his first few years, and once he quit being pushed around, he turned it around. Everyone thought Logano was a bust and proved people wrong. 127. alex posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) sponsor updates #48 Lowe's/ Sharkbite Plumbing Solutions/ Ao Smith 128. alex posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:38 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) chase shoulda took the high groove from kyle or he could have passed the 31, he could have won 129. Mannoroth posted: 10.02.2017 - 11:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 122. And even more laughable than this was the fact Kyle Busch's haters just loved to mention all the time (before Pocono) that Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Austin Dillon already have their wins and Kyle hasn't. Well, Kyle now has more wins than those two combined and the way he got those 4 wins is something more than lucky fuel mileage win and SS wins... 125. Don't underestimate JJ, otherwise he'll prove you are totally wrong. I know what I'm talking about - I did this mistake last year and he won once in Round 2 and 3 to safely advance to Homestead, where he won again along with the title... And that, my friend, is the worst case scenario and no one can do anything about it - how can you beat some driver that advances to Round 2, then wins a race there, the same in Round 3 and he also wins the final race? He's immune to everything that can happen on the track. 130. Mannoroth posted: 10.02.2017 - 12:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If all those experts that claims buschwhacking wears you down now start claiming they were right in Kyle Busch's case, I don't think it's 100% true. I think it's more individual and you can't create some definition or pattern in it. Let's take a look at it: Kyle Busch - the biggest Buschwhacker of all times, but do you know that this is his only 7th win (excluding Sonoma, because there's no race at the same track) as a regular Cup driver that didn't jump down to Xfinity or Trucks? All his other 35 wins came after running some lower series race. I really don't think he would be on a Gordon/Johnson level without the buschwhacking... even with no bad luck at all, he would still have 70+ wins, which is not enough for those two (yet). Carl Edwards - the man, whose racing career was a roller coaster. With or without the buschwhacking, he either won a ton of races in the same season or very little and almost nothing. His lost championship from 2011 was just a pure bad luck, he was consistent in both series and Tony Stewart just won more races, that's all. Carl then decided to stop buschwhacking completely, but his Cup results weren't that impressive like from the 2008 season (so buschwhacking probably wasn't that problem)... Kevin Harvick - almost the same as Carl Edwards, but with better Cup results. Along with Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski, he showed everyone that you can still win the title even with buschwhacking - all you have to do is be lucky and pray for JJ's problems. It's interesting, but if there wasn't any Jimmie Johnson, then the 2008, 2010 and 2013 titles would go to Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin/Kevin Harvick and Matt Kenseth. And all those drivers were buschwhacking. Mark Martin - the one who started the proper buschwhacking. A Cup team, elite equipment, elite driver and let's do this. Also the Kyle Busch of the 90's. Do you think he would win more than 40 races and the title, if he wasn't buschwhacking at all? In my opinion, he wouldn't... Just like in Kyle's case, sometimes it helped him to sweep the weekend and was winning some races both in Cup and Xfinity. I don't think there would be some big improvement. 131. possum posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @128 - you've basically got it. It was clear that, as Elliott closed on Newman, he started picking up an aero push. With more experience, he'd have realized that he'd be faster in the outside line, even tho that was slower with no-one ahead of him. Place the fault there on Elliott's lack of experience, possibly coupled with a lack of help from the spotter. And credit to Busch for realizing that he could make up time on the outside, which is not usually the way to go at Dover (at least, it hasn't been for as long as Dover's been concrete). @113 - you're probably posting from a Mac or iPhone. Apple uses some unusual fonts which tend to get translated to question marks or other filler characters. 132. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 10.02.2017 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) You have too be aggressive. You can't always play nice. Sometimes you have too be selfish and a dick too get ahead in racing. If it is coming too the white flag or coming too the checkered flag. Mr. Nice Guy should go out the window. Some guys have that killer will too do what is needed. Chase shows it afterword but not in the moment. You want it, do something about it. Win a race, seal the deal. Just do it. 133. Chase24Fan posted: 10.03.2017 - 12:56 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) WOW to those saying Chase doesn't have the desire. Yes yesterday sucked. It was heartbreak. But he got beat by a future hall of fame veteran with 10 lap fresher tires who has been around a long time. Who also happened to have a fast car himself and tons of talent. Yeah Chase could have done something different. He admitted as such. But to say he has no desire? Just seems like a stupid comment to me. He will figure it out. So what if he doesn't win in the 24 car. He will get his share of career wins. 134. Anthony posted: 10.03.2017 - 7:16 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) That was the best Dover race since that one with Biffle a long time ago 135. sandy posted: 10.11.2017 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) correction the #48 sponsor is Lowe's/ Sharkbite Plumbing Solutions/ AO Smith 136. Mile501 posted: 04.16.2018 - 2:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I just noticed that this race was the last in a 4-race stretch where Matt DiBenedetto scored 4 consecutive 31st-place finishes. Oddly, in one of those races he was 4 laps down, in another 5 laps down, in another 6 laps down, and in this one 7 laps down. He would also end up 31st two weeks later at Talladega. 137. Mile501 posted: 11.13.2019 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After realizing that it is difficult to find the point standings before each playoff reset (this website, along with NASCAR's official reports, only shows points after the reset), I am posting them for each playoff elimination race. Here are the points at the conclusion of this race, before the reset (with drivers who won a race during this round listed first): 2017 Round of 16 1. Martin Truex, Jr. (1 win) 2. Kyle Busch -24 (2 wins) 3. Kyle Larson -27 4. Brad Keselowski -53 5. Chase Elliott -82 6. Jimmie Johnson -83 7. Matt Kenseth -86 8. Denny Hamlin -103 9. Kevin Harvick -107 10. Ryan Blaney -115 11. Jamie McMurray -116 12. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. -130 -- Eliminated -- 13. Ryan Newman -132 14. Austin Dillon -134 15. Kasey Kahne -153 16. Kurt Busch -155 138. Rich posted: 09.25.2020 - 11:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte were the commentators. Marty Snider, Dave Burns, Kelli Stavast and Parker Kligerman were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: