|| *Comments on the 2018 Auto Club 400:* View the most recent comment <#158> | Post a comment <#post> 1. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.13.2018 - 9:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Timmy Hill is the first driver this season to be in the #51 more than once Good to see Reed Sorenson finally back behind the wheel 2. JR-TV posted: 03.13.2018 - 9:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Ken Evans is crew chief for #51. Rick Bourgeois is crew chief for #23. 3. EdTheUnderdogGuy posted: 03.13.2018 - 11:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Feel bad for Gaulding, another race where Earthwater doesn't pay a dime for being on the car. Still better than driving in a black unsponsered car. 4. Dave33333 posted: 03.13.2018 - 11:14 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) There is a God. Reed Sorenson is back. 5. TeamDCR fan posted: 03.13.2018 - 11:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder if Reeds situation is going to be like Copes was last year in the 55. 6. Jacob posted: 03.13.2018 - 1:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Who are the favorites to win so far 7. Dave33333 posted: 03.13.2018 - 1:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @3 All they're getting is free water. To be honest, BK is wasting money on painting the car. If there's no income, why paint it? It's more expensive to uses colors that aren't black or white. 8. RaceFanX posted: 03.13.2018 - 1:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "If there's no income, why paint it? It's more expensive to uses colors that aren't black or white." Aren't most paint scheme these days just cheaper vinyl wraps? Maybe it's the same car from Atlanta and Vegas and they haven't taken it off. 9. Mr.Victory posted: 03.13.2018 - 2:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The(obvious) favorite is Kyle Larson, but I still think Truex Jr. could win, since he did good last year, and won a stage at this track last year. 10. Timothy Eklund posted: 03.13.2018 - 2:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How do yall know that earthwater is not paying anything? 11. possum posted: 03.13.2018 - 4:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @8 - yes, it's almost always a wrapper now-a-days. They're a bit of a pain to take off, so you're likely right they're just using the same car as the previous races, and not having anything new to put on just left the old wrap. 12. Corey posted: 03.13.2018 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keep in mind they are on a west coast swing. The team probably left the shop for Vegas with no intention of returning til after Fontana 13. JR-TV posted: 03.14.2018 - 8:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #51 is a Toyota. 14. Lucstar88 posted: 03.14.2018 - 4:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In major news, Lowe's will not return with the 48 team in 2019. 15. George posted: 03.14.2018 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) "Mr. Hendrick, Jack Roush is on line 1. He's calling to explain to you what your future in NASCAR looks like." 16. Not Sure posted: 03.14.2018 - 8:50 pm Rate this comment: (3) (3) You mean after seeing the stunning results from such popular rules changes like playoffs, a mandatory game 7, charters, and stage racing - and do I mean STUNNING - Lowe's is leaving the sport? Their CEO must have a few screws loose - there's just no logical explanation for leaving a sport that's better than ever. 17. Mannoroth posted: 03.15.2018 - 6:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (4) That was really nice from Lowe's - leaving someone, who won 7 titles and 83 races with them. Did they run out of patience with him that he's just slowing down, which is natural? Or did they just went into "gold digger" mode that I love you, when you're successful and have a lot of money and fame, but will just say goodbye, when things don't go your way? That's a silly move from Lowe's... 18. Eric posted: 03.15.2018 - 7:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @16 - "Better than ever"? Hooooold up. 19. Mile501 posted: 03.15.2018 - 11:43 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) #17 - I believe it was more of a financial decision, as Lowe's seeks to improve their financial stability. 20. Mannoroth posted: 03.15.2018 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) 19. So why didn't they leave him, when he was winning a lot of races and titles? Why now, when he doesn't do well? Sorry, but it's just weird do it right now... 21. Mr.Victory posted: 03.15.2018 - 2:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) I wish Kenseth returned for a year with Furniture Row(That'll be cool, but most likely not) in the 77. 22. Not Sure posted: 03.15.2018 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18 - You must not be familiar with my past comments. 23. Wut posted: 03.15.2018 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But the rule changes are great though 24. Wut posted: 03.15.2018 - 3:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ignore #23, I'd been dumping in stupid statements here for a while since nothing was going through, that one surprisingly posted 25. possum posted: 03.15.2018 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @20 - I'm guessing you don't read the financial pages in the newspaper (or online) too much. 26. Seibaru posted: 03.15.2018 - 7:54 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) @20 CHRIST you're dense. Lowe's has a new CEO and is doing poorly financially. The new CEO is making cutbacks, and investing so much money into being Johnson's sponsor is one. 27. Checkers or Wreckers posted: 03.15.2018 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Something tells me there is a bit more to Lowe's leaving than the company struggling financially. I really think Jimmie Johnson is pretty close to retiring. I think THAT is the real impetus to Lowe's leaving. 28. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 03.15.2018 - 9:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "@20 CHRIST you're dense. Lowe's has a new CEO and is doing poorly financially. The new CEO is making cutbacks, and investing so much money into being Johnson's sponsor is one." Lets also add that Home Depot is kicking their butt too. Lowes hasn't been doing well for awhile now. Along with changing the way the company is doing business but also the way they are hiring people. When I heard that that raised a red flag. Lowes leaving NASCAR is entirely on Lowes not being able too be competitive and profitable as a business. I'm not saying Lowes will go away like Toys R' Us (RIP) but it will have too change or it will go away. 29. Mannoroth posted: 03.16.2018 - 1:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 25. How can I read them, when I don't come from US? Remember that not everyone here is a pure American... 26. Well, not anymore, when they leaving in 2019... 30. 66LongFan posted: 03.16.2018 - 3:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sorenson is driving the same Car That Joey Gase Drove at Vegas, Just With no Sponsorship. 31. 66LongFan posted: 03.16.2018 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #51 Is a Toyota This Weekend, Check Rick Ware's Twitter 32. Jonathan King posted: 03.16.2018 - 4:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) SHR 1-2-3 in 1st practice, Harvick winning 4 straight may happen. But then again, this is practice. But SHR fast this weekend. 33. Altracing posted: 03.16.2018 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nice to see that NASCAR has improved their qualifying inspection to where over 10 cars fail it and no one who posts a lap gets eliminated in round one. 34. Mr. J posted: 03.16.2018 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reed Sorenson, Gray Gaulding, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Matt DiBenedetto and Michael McDowell and David Ragan made it to Round 2 35. TeamDCR fan posted: 03.16.2018 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The 32, the 34 and 38 were possible contenders for the top 24, but Gray, Jeffrey and Reed better be writing some thank you letters to the 13 cars who could not get through inspection 36. Mr. J posted: 03.16.2018 - 7:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chris Buescher made it to the Final Round, Good run for him. 37. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:18 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) @33- They had the same problem when they first started using the laser inspection. The teams will figure it out. The rules are the same for everybody. 38. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So what exactly happened in qualifying 39. RaceFanX posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Half the field doesn't get out to attempt a qualifying run... Have you ever...no I never. 40. rm posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Reminds me of Atlanta 2015 - but even then 35/47 cars made it out for qualifying, a far greater percentage than what happened here. 41. JSPorts posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 47 entries! Only 3 years ago! (I wonder what has changed since then?) 42. JSPorts posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I do think it's intriguing that this seems to happen rather frequently now, but I don't blame NASCAR necessarily. The teams should follow the rulebook. However, maybe they could give them some more room for tinkering within those rules. 43. 1995z71 posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe Lowes doesn't want to sponsor Johnson anymore because NASCAR is on the decline and it just isn't worth it anymore. Seems like every year we get one major sponsor announcing they are leaving the sport. 44. ACM88 posted: 03.16.2018 - 8:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 41 Charter system, 43 to 40, and subway, time warner, target, all more companies abandoning the sport. 45. mbenoit posted: 03.16.2018 - 11:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unfortunately the future of the sport, as related specifically to sponsor funding, is trending in a negative direction. Other than continuing to divide space on cars among multiple primary sponsors, I don't see this situation getting better in NASCAR. The world is changing, and perhaps in a way that is not conducive to the health of motorsports in general. 46. TeamDCR fan posted: 03.17.2018 - 1:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR has said that all 24 teams who took a timed lap in qualifying have the option to buy a set of stickers to start the race on, taking away the advantage the remaining 13 cars had. I'd say it's very likely everyone with the possible exception of the 23, 00 and 55 will buy new tires. 47. possum posted: 03.17.2018 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @29 - damned if I know how you can do it, but you seem to manage to read NASCAR news, and I seem to be able to keep up with the FTSE, DAX, and Nikkei Dow, so I'm going to guess you could. (for the curious - those are the Dow equivalents in London, Munich, and Tokyo). 48. possum posted: 03.17.2018 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @37 - no, when this many teams fail it's an indication of a bad rule and a bad process. If there was any wisdom at the top of NASCAR, they'd scrap the laser thing and go back to templates. Fans aren't interested in teams failing inspection, and when a sport is losing fans like NASCAR, only an idiot would add rules to drive more fans away. 49. Drakion posted: 03.17.2018 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Rules are rules, many teams were able to get through inspection just fine...if you cant pass, you dont get to qualify...seems simple to me. 50. Corey posted: 03.17.2018 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @49 When one or two people fail, it is a problem with those people. When 1/3 of the teams fail, it is a problem with the system. Seems simple to me. 51. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.17.2018 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Drakion - exactly right. Also, the rules didn't change. The OSS is just a faster and more accurate measuring system. 52. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.17.2018 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @48 - So by your logic: If a baseball team brought illegal bats to a game and weren't allowed to play - the umpires and the rules are the problem, not the illegal bats. 53. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.17.2018 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Corey - 100% of the teams, crew chiefs, drivers and owners approved the rules. 54. Corey posted: 03.17.2018 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) @53 The first three races had a combined three teams fail to record a time in first round qualifying. This week had thirteen. That is an issue with the process, not the teams. 55. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.17.2018 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (3) (3) 20 teams passed inspection without a problem. 17 teams tried to push the envelope and got caught. None of those 17 teams will blame the "process". They approved and support the "process". And that's the truth. 56. Spen posted: 03.17.2018 - 7:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So who's on the pole? 57. Anonymous posted: 03.17.2018 - 7:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @56 No one unusual. 58. Minnowfur posted: 03.17.2018 - 9:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) The 78 car got the pole his second in a row 59. John posted: 03.18.2018 - 7:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I first heard about Lowe's possibly leaving about 10 years ago. Jeez it has been pretty much rumored that they were leaving for the last 10 years. I'm surprised it took this long to happen. @Corey Its not like 13 are failing every week. It hasn't happened very often. If it was a frequent occurance maybe you would be on to something. I read on Jayski if you dont make a qualifying lap then they might change the rules so that you have to go down pit road on lap 1 of the race. How does that make much of a difference with the wavearounds and lucky dogs? 60. Corey posted: 03.18.2018 - 10:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) @59 But that is why I question the process, when you go from 3 cars failing in 3 races to 13 in one race, it just seems like there was something going on in the system itself to cause it. It reminds me of a race at Pocono (I think) a few years ago, where at least half the field got atleast one speeding penalty. There were so many that I think people were questioning if NASCAR's timing system might have been off. That rule change took place for Xfinity yesterday and will be added to the Trucks and Cup next week. My issue is that the "penalty" will very depending on the track. Get it at Pocono or Indy and theres is a chance you'll still be on the lead lap after serving. Get it at Martinsville and your looking at 2 laps down before Lap 10. 61. possum posted: 03.18.2018 - 12:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @52 - if one team brought "bad" bats, then there's no problem. If half the games one weekend were cancelled, then yes, baseball has a problem and needs to look at their rules and their means for enforcing them. But mostly, you're missing the bigger point. NASCAR is in decline, there's no denying that. Introducing ever more detailed rules, and ever stricter enforcement of them, is not the way to bring fans back. Look at the NFL - they used to have a penalty for excessive celebration, but they scrapped it because it was turning fans off to see their team penalized. They are rethinking the catch rule, because it turns fans off to see a catch disallowed for some trivial motion. NASCAR needs to learn by that example. 62. Drakion posted: 03.18.2018 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I still fail to see how it is Nascar's fault that certain teams tried to bend the rules and get through inspection... Perhapes they should check more closly to make sure they are within specs before going to inspection in the future, rules are in place for a reason afterall. 63. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 1:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Based off this weekend not including the qualifying session I think Harvick might just get his fourth win in a row today. 64. RaceFanX posted: 03.18.2018 - 2:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fox Sports 1's pre-race coverage featuring Ice Cube visiting the track and being interviewed by Kenny Wallace. Wallace asked if he came to the track "Straight Outta Compton" because of its proximity about 60 miles from the track to which Cube replied actually he had come "Straight Outta Encino" on this day. 65. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.18.2018 - 3:00 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) 61 - A rule that keeps a team from getting an unfair advantage is a bad rule? It's not a new rule, cars have had to fit templates for decades. Like I said, the OSS is just a faster and more accurate measuring system. The teams and NASCAR are still learning this new system. They will figure it out. 66. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're green at Fontana 67. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch to the lead 68. 42Fan posted: 03.18.2018 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) Toyota-fest, zzzzzzzz... 69. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano is on pit road. Green flag pit stops could be starting soon 70. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops have cycled through Kyle Busch still leads 71. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead 72. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) HARVICK HAS WRECKED 73. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick made contact with Larson on the backstretch and sent him into the wall. 74. Scott25 posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like Harvick was trying to show a little displeasure with Larson for racing him so hard early in the race and wrecked himself doing it 75. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick right now is still running but is two laps down 76. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney has hit the wall still green 77. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney has pitted to fix the damage and is now a lap down 78. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex wins stage 1 79. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano wins the race off pit road and will be the new leader 80. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead 81. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again 82. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stos have cycled through Truex leads Larson by 3 seconds 83. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bayne has hit the wall hard caution is out. Menard has some damage as well 84. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman will get the free pass 85. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Menard actually blew a left rear tire and was limping to pit road when the caution came out 86. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex wins stage 2 87. Allen posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Will Harvick finally finish last place? Unlikely. 88. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch wins the race off pit road and will regain the lead 89. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 87 Trevor Bayne has retired from the race so no Harvick won't finish in last 90. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for debris from David Ragan who had hit the wall 91. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mostly everyone pits Kasey Kahne stays out and will be the new leader 92. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron takes two tires on his pit stop everyone else takes four tires 93. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch goes quickly back to the lead 94. 42Fan posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) Still a major Toyota-fest. This race looks like it belongs in the second half of 2017 (a.k.a. "The Martin Truex Jr and Kyle Busch Show") 95. racefangurl posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Kind of Toyota flavored today. 96. Corey posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Toyota is dominating, It was a Ford Fest in the first four races. 97. RaceFanX posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's 50 to go and it's Kyle Busch, Truex, Keselowski, Larson, and Logano in the top-5 with Jones, Hamlin, Bowyer, Johnson and Kurt Busch completing the top-10. 98. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DiBenedetto has hit the wall we stay green 99. RaceFanX posted: 03.18.2018 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Matt DiBenedetto in the #32 Can-Am special smacks the outside wall while running 30th. There's no debris, he makes it to the pits, and we'll stay green. Still a bummer. 100. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again 101. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead 102. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez too fast entering pit road 103. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through Kyle Busch leads Truex by half a second 104. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex back to the lead with 32 to go 105. TeamDCR fan posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyles crew went the wrong way on the wedge. 106. ToxicPudding posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson has passed Busch for 2nd and is pulling away. 107. Clint posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If theres a late caution it will be interesting to see if truexs crew answers the bell. Im betting on someone stealing this race. 108. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex dominates and gets his first win of the season 109. RaceFanX posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex wins at California for Toyota and now all three NASCAR manufacturers have at least one win in 2018 just five races into the season. 110. ToxicPudding posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin Truex, Jr. wins the Auto Club 400, picking up a maximum of 7 playoff points in the process, the 3rd time he's done this in the current playoff format. 111. RaceFanX posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is Truex's first Cup win at Auto Club Speedway. Prior to this race he only had one top-5 finish at this track, a fourth-place finish in this same race last year. 112. ToxicPudding posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Johnson finally picks up a Top 10 finishing 9th, snapping a 10 race drought without a Top 10, which was the longest of his career. 113. 42Fan posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (9) Truex obivously cheated. There was no way that he could be that fast. Guess NASCAR hasn't changed its ways on Toyota. This was Larson's race and Truex stole it. 114. RaceFanX posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is just the third win for the Toyota Camry at Auto Club Speedway, Kyle Busch previously won here in 2013 and 2014, but its fitting since TRD is headquartered in Southern California. Toyota as a whole used to have its American headquarters in Southern California for decades before it moved to Texas a few years ago. Kyle Larson won this race in 2017 and finishes second in 2018. 115. Altracing posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good to see Barney Visser at the track after his heart attack last year 116. Jason24 posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @113. Really? We really going there already? 117. Drakion posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) 42Fan has already shown he is one of the biggest morons around here...just pretend he isn't there. 118. ToxicPudding posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #3 - Dow / Kilz #6 - Performance Plus Motor Oil #19 - Arris / Ruckus #34 - Love's Travel Stops / Speedco #37 - Healthy Choice Power Bowls / Bush's #47 - Kroger ClickList / Mahatma / Marie Callender's #55 - Premium Motorsports 119. ACM88 posted: 03.18.2018 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) First time for him back at victory lane since Kansas last year 120. Drakion posted: 03.18.2018 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First win since Homestead last year actually. 121. StenhouseFan17 posted: 03.18.2018 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #3 - Dow/Kilz #21 - FVP/Menards #47 - Kroger ClickList/Mahatma/Marie Callender's #19 - Arris/Ruckus #34 - Love's Travel Stops/Speedco #72 - Southern California Chevy Dealers #37 - Healthy Choice Power Bowls/Bush's Best Beans/Cheerios #55 - Premium Motorsports #6 - Performance Plus Motor Oil 122. Chap904 posted: 03.18.2018 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) lol, Kevin Harvick wrecks hard and still beats a perfectly normal Jeffery Earnhardt car, damn. 123. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.18.2018 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 42Fan - Nice try, Larson could have won the race, but he choked. 124. Mile501 posted: 03.18.2018 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Penske is currently 3rd, 4th, and 5th in the standings. SHR is currently 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th in the standings. Hendrick is pretty close together too--16th, 18th, 20th, and 21st. 125. Jones posted: 03.18.2018 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @122 Shows what Earnhardt can do in the sport. Still not sure if he's ever passed a driver for position in the Cup series. But hey, let's use "average finish" to show he's improving, when the only reason it's better is there are fewer cars starting the races every week. 126. John Lee Pettimore III posted: 03.18.2018 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Chap904 - Strap yourself in a car and let's see what you can do, Buster. 127. Timothy Eklund posted: 03.18.2018 - 9:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Due to missing this race because if a 12:45:00 drive, I see it has some decent racing. I will miss martinsville, though I am in Virginia 128. TeamDCR fan posted: 03.18.2018 - 9:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 51 was a Toyota 129. Lucstar88 posted: 03.18.2018 - 9:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Speaking of Earnhardt, he and Starcom have parted ways. 130. TeamDCR fan posted: 03.18.2018 - 9:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder if Derrike will take over or if they have another driver lined up. 131. JG24ChasElliottFan posted: 03.18.2018 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 10 cars finish on the lead lap and Martin Truex wins by nearly 12 seconds over Kyle Busch in a race that ended with a 68 lap green flag run. This seems to be a continuing trend in NASCAR for them to really let the races play out, and I like it. 132. ACM88 posted: 03.18.2018 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) StarCom racing driver order: 1 sponsored drivers like Jeffrey 2 Derrike Cope as a last resort 133. Matt posted: 03.19.2018 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Make that 131 134. Matt posted: 03.19.2018 - 12:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 132, yes, NASCAR has let the races play out, which to me started with all 3 series at Homestead last year. I also like it, even if it means 3 lead lap cars at Martinsville next week :) 135. Clint posted: 03.19.2018 - 7:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Starting next week nascar will penalize teams with a drive through penalty at the start of the race if they dont get on the track for qualifying. In my mind nascar has always been about pushing the boundaries of the rules. With the chevys being new and slow i feel like this will be the biggest hinderance to them. 136. Mannoroth posted: 03.19.2018 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 134. Looks like they finally started to use their brains. Cool, let's keep it that way... #NoMoreStupidDebrisCautionsPlease But it will just show how one teams are much stronger than others - it's pretty "old school" to see the leader with 10+ second lead or two cars battling for the win and the 3rd place car is like 15 seconds back. Anyway, still better than see a lot of stupid debris cautions just to make it interesting... 137. StenhouseFan17 posted: 03.19.2018 - 10:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #51 = Toyota 138. RaceFanX posted: 03.19.2018 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "NASCAR will penalize teams with a drive through penalty at the start of the race if they dont get on the track for qualifying." That's fair, give them a real penalty. Back in the 1990s-early 2000s if you tried something like that in qualifying and were not in the top-25 in points you'd end up on the hauler headed home. 139. Mile501 posted: 03.19.2018 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "That's fair, give them a real penalty. Back in the 1990s-early 2000s if you tried something like that in qualifying and were not in the top-25 in points you'd end up on the hauler headed home." You make a good point. What do teams have to lose by pushing the envelope? A few points or some practice time? There's zero chance of anyone missing the race, so there's no possibility of a severe consequence like that. 140. Newman31 posted: 03.19.2018 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Speaking of Earnhardt, he and Starcom have parted ways." Where did you hear that? 141. Victor posted: 03.19.2018 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good to see that Cope has some sense and knows that J. Earnhardt can't get the job done. It's just a last name, he hasn't don3 anything to deserve a ride in the cup series. Cassill is one person that can get the job done, hope he does an exceptional job in the #00. 142. Anonymous posted: 03.19.2018 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 140: it was on jayski, and Facebook 143. Chap904 posted: 03.19.2018 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It will be Landon Cassill in the #00 for at least the next 2 weeks 144. rm posted: 03.19.2018 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Pretty sure that Earnhardt was just a partial deal in the first place, never was going to be a full season deal. I doubt anyone will be able to do anything "exceptional" in that ride though, not anytime soon at least. It's way too new of a team to expect anything more than riding around 8 laps down every week. Martinsville is the first real short track that team will be at, it'll be interesting to see if they put up results closer to BK Racing did at Martinsville II last year (5 & 6 laps down) or Rick Ware did (17 laps down). 145. Sector posted: 03.19.2018 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Great job Truex. So far we've had a mixture of 2014 and 2017 seasons mixing up starting in 2018, 5 races in. Next week is Martinsville. I have a feeling it'll be Kyle Busch's race to lose. 146. JSPorts posted: 03.19.2018 - 5:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I know it's probably wishful thinking, but Cassill has had some good runs at Martinsville for under-funded teams. 19th (on the lead lap) for BK Racing in 2012, 25th (lead lap) for Joe Falk in 2014, 19th (lead lap) for Falk in the fall of '14, 21st (lead lap) for Falk in spring '15 and fall '15. So it's possible, but that was also a more competitive time for the sport. I think a best-case for Cassill this weekend would be about 7 laps down. 147. possum posted: 03.19.2018 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @65 - you wrote: "A rule that keeps a team from getting an unfair advantage is a bad rule?" I take it you're new to this racing thing - the unfair advantage is the whole point (go read Mark Donohue's autobiography and report back to the class). But really, have you thought this thru? What difference does it make to your enjoyment of the race if the body tolerance is 1/100th inch, or 1/8th, or a whole inch? Yet 25 of 37 cars failed first time thru inspection, because they're trying to measure to the hundreth. Go back to a sensible tolerance, stop wasting everyone's time in inspection, and we can focus on the race instead of inane penalties. (I'll note that even NASCAR's Scott Miller said "We're in the business of putting on a show for everybody that watches our sport, and this is not a great story", which kind of proves my point about driving fans away) 148. Sector posted: 03.19.2018 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The announcers brought up something in similar (though probably not as intentional) to the driver's rating comparing Truex's Coca-Cola 600 performance back in 2016 to this race, as Truex has hit 150.0 driver's rating for the second time in his career in this race. 149. JSPorts posted: 03.19.2018 - 11:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Obviously this wasn't as dominant a win as that was, but for him to lap all but 9 other cars and win all 3 stages is very impressive. 150. Sector posted: 03.19.2018 - 11:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think you meant 8, 400-392=8 :P & laps instead of cars haha. I'm trying to figure out this driver's rating data. I think it has to do how well the "driver" themselves drive the race without making a single mistake and not getting behind the leaders for long. Perfecting a race, rather than just leading 90%+ of the laps, since Truex only lead a little over 60% here. 151. Greg9ChaseFan posted: 03.20.2018 - 3:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Boring race. Extremely boring actually. 152. Mile501 posted: 03.20.2018 - 7:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #150 - This page gives a thorough explanation of how driver ratings are calculated: https://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar-loop-data/driver-rating-calculation (I find it both interesting and humorous that the driver rating formula still uses the old Latford point system as part of its calculations.) Essentially, a perfect driver rating comes from winning the race, leading the most laps, and doing the best in certain other categories compared to all the other drivers in the race. 153. Sector posted: 03.20.2018 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As much calculation is required for that, that still doesn't answer my next question; Why doesn't Brad Keselowski have 150.0 rating at the fall Richmond race back in 2014. He started on the pole, lead 383 out of 400 (95.8%) laps, average run 1st, etc. Still only 149.8. Still don't understand it 100%. 154. Mile501 posted: 03.20.2018 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm not entirely sure. My best guess is maybe he didn't rank first in the "fastest laps" category. I don't know if such data exists to dig into it deeper. 155. Sector posted: 03.20.2018 - 11:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That could be it, but I'd also like to point out the same fall Richmond race in 2009, when Denny Hamlin dominated for a 150.0 rating. Started 3rd, Only lead 299 laps (74.8%), average run 1st and 108 fastest laps. Brad had 98 fastest laps in 2014's race. Denny was as low as 3rd that race, while Brad was as low as 2nd. If I could post my honest opinion about this, the driver's rating data screwed up that one IMO. He controlled that 2014 race more dominate than Denny did in 2009. That's all I have to say about that. 156. Not Sure posted: 03.22.2018 - 11:48 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 2015: 4.3, 7.3 million 2016: 4.0, 6.8 million 2017: 3.2, 5.2 million 2018: 2.4, 4 million *Lowest rated Fontana race ever. *Lowest rated Cup race ever on FOX, besting (worsting?) Texas' 2.7 the past two seasons. *4 of 5 races thus far have hit all-time lows. That stage racing sure is popular, I'll tell you what. 157. Anonymous posted: 05.24.2020 - 10:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race had fewest cars on lead lap at Auto Club since 1999. 158. Rich posted: 12.14.2020 - 9:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon were the commentators. Matt Yocum, Vince Welch and Jamie Little were the pit road reporters. Larry McReynolds was the in-race analyst. Chris Myers and Michael Waltrip were in the Hollywood hotel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: