|| *Comments on the 2018 AAA Texas 500:* View the most recent comment <#242> | Post a comment <#post> 1. JR-TV posted: 10.30.2018 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Bourgeois is the crew chief for the #00. David Starr will probably be back in the #97 since Texas is his home track. 2. Mr.Victory posted: 10.30.2018 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, some people got their wish. Kligerman will race again. 3. OangeWaffle43 posted: 10.30.2018 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 41 entries whaaaaaaaa 4. Danish Pie posted: 10.30.2018 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Trevor Bayne's last race in 2018, and last running for Roush. Kenseth will be in the 6 for Phoenix and Homestead. 5. Jamie Delgado posted: 10.31.2018 - 7:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) Crew Chief Updates: #00 Rick Bourgeois Driver Update: #97 Jefferey Earndhardt Sponsor Updates: #66 Ternio #97 Obiaka Racing 6. nascar_vd /racing-reference.info posted: 10.31.2018 - 8:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @Jamie Delgado "Jefferey Earndhardt"... Who is this driver? LOL Jeffrey Earnhardt 7. Long John Silver Himself posted: 10.31.2018 - 9:26 am Rate this comment: (3) (0) and is there a source on that? 8. gooo#9fan posted: 10.31.2018 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Poor Obiaka, will probably DNQ again. 9. Larson&Blaney posted: 10.31.2018 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If i was a sports series that had a hard time struggling to fill a 40 car feild when i used to have like 6 DnQs in a 43 car feild... Maybe id get off my high horse and not have a feild limit further excluding teams who dont have a charter and are already on the crap end of this stupid system. 10. Unser1 posted: 10.31.2018 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's been said before NASCAR views having the 36 chartered teams as how they view a full field. The other four spots are open and just gravy if someone shows up to take a stab at it. It's still a better system than some other series like Formula 1 that outright DO lock down the field and ban additional any entries beyond the regulars. 11. Willsome429 posted: 10.31.2018 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another outright lie by the author of comment 5. David Starr is tapped to drive the 97 this weekend. 12. BK Racing 2012-2018 posted: 10.31.2018 - 6:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Earthwater Is Back, But It's Now On The #38 Ragan 13. will.i.am.not posted: 10.31.2018 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Found this pretty cool quiz online: https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/269033/nascar-cup-winners-at-texas-motor-speedway 14. Corey posted: 10.31.2018 - 8:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @10 People are just saying that. I don't think there is an ounce of truth to it. A Full Field as defined by the rule book as 40 cars. It is over 40 cars when DNQ's happen. Not at 37, 38, 39 or 40. 15. Timothy Eklund posted: 10.31.2018 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Driver update: #97 David Starr 16. JSPorts posted: 10.31.2018 - 8:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hope David can make the race and have a decent run, but I'm not optimistic because that 97 team doesn't appear to have any speed. 17. TBayne06 posted: 11.01.2018 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sherwin Williams back on McMurray's car for the first time in two years. Did they sign another contract or did they sit out in 2017? 18. Yup posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) What happened to Earnhardt in the 96 19. Mr.Victory posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 18 Nothing. He never showed up. 20. JR-TV posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:46 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @18, Jeffrey and his sponsor have exciting news about Jeffrey driving for a new team so I guess that means he is out of the #96. 21. Ultimate Warrior #18 posted: 11.02.2018 - 9:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Smh where is Jeffrey going now hopefully to the xfinity series it's not an insult I'm a fan of his but playing musical chairs is getting a little annoying. Hopefully the Gaunt Brothers hire Kligerman full time. 22. RaceFanX posted: 11.02.2018 - 12:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This will be the last race for Jimmie Johnson in his normal 2018 Lowe's for Pros paint scheme. The last two races for the #48 Chevrolet before long-time sponsor Lowe's home improvement warehouses departs will both feature throwback schemes, they are running the 2001 "Power of Pride" car from their first-ever races together at Phoenix and the original blue-and-silver Lowe's scheme from Johnson's rookie season in 2002 at Homestead. 23. RaceFanX posted: 11.02.2018 - 12:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson announced his new 2019 sponsor last Sunday, Ally Bank is coming aboard, but he made a major announcement on the Friday before this race. Johnson and retiring McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso announced online they would be doing a car swap November 26 at the Bahrain International Circuit with Johnson getting his first taste of a F1 car while Alonso gets to drive a NASCAR stocker. Kendrick Motorsports put one of Johnson's #48 Chevys on a slow boat to the Middle East before the announcement was made. This will be the second time McLaren has partnered with a NASCAR team for a ride swap, Tony Stewart previously getting to drive one of its cars while Lewis Hamilton did a few laps in Smoke's #14 Chevrolet at Watkins Glen in 2011 as part of a Mobil 1 event. Jeff Gordon also traded his #24 Chevrolet to Juan Pablo Montoya for a few laps on the grand prix road course layout in Indianapolis in 2003 in exchange for a getting a shot behind the wheel of a Williams F1 car. 24. RaceFanX posted: 11.02.2018 - 12:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) *Hendrick Motorsports 25. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.02.2018 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good news/bad news for David Starr: Good-he was directly behind Timmys 66 in practice Bad-he was a few tenths slower If he's going to make the race, he's going to need a little help. 26. BK Racing 2012-2018 posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) An Engine Issue Has Caused The #66 To Withdraw Before Qualifying, Obaika #97 Will Race On Sunday 27. TheChaseFan posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Harvick4era has begun. 28. Sandy posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Feel Bad For Carl Long His Cup Team Has No Luck They Have Only Finished 2 Races Since Darlington And Those Were Las Vegas And Richmond And Now They Can't Race They've Had No Luck In Cup 29. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And that's the miracle Starr and Obaika needed 30. George posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Practice & qualifying results look the same as usual. After 33 races you'd think the Chevy guys would finally have the Camaro "figured out", but apparently all those crew chiefs, engineers, etc. just aren't that smart. 31. robbyburns posted: 11.02.2018 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fanatics apparel is terminating it's 10 year contract with Nascar to provide track side merchandise for fans. The deal was signed in 2015 and ran through 2024 but due to sagging attendance numbers financial projections won't be met so after an attempt to restructure the deal fell through Fanatics pulled the plug. Though they will stay on board with Nascar to provide an e-commerce relationship there will be no more tents next year. Nascar says it's working on a new plan for 2019 to provide track side merchandise for fans on a side note i preferred the tent store to the trailers but that;'s my preference. 32. robbyburns posted: 11.02.2018 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The sources on that story are Jayski and Sports Business Journal 33. Danish Pie posted: 11.02.2018 - 8:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did the 66 Withdraw before qualifying, or will it go down as a regular DNQ? 34. joey2448 posted: 11.02.2018 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Blaney gets his fifth career pole and third of 2018. 35. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.03.2018 - 8:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Can't get points in this race are listed below: Landon Cassill #00 Ross Chastain #15 JJ Yeley #23 Joey Gase #51 Timmy Hill #66 (failed to qualify) 36. Sandy posted: 11.03.2018 - 9:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Long's Team Will Not Run Homestead Or Phoenix For The Remainder Of The Season After The DNQ Because Of Bad Luck And NASCAR Ruling 37. JSPorts posted: 11.03.2018 - 9:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) They don't have the motor to run the last two races, I guess. That's too bad. We'll probably have fewer than 40 cars for those races, then. 38. Sandy posted: 11.03.2018 - 9:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @37 The 97 Plans On Running The Final Three Races Including This One 39. Danish Pie posted: 11.03.2018 - 10:01 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @36 I'm hoping they'll be able to field a car with the help of Rick Ware, like they did at the second Michigan event. Doubt it though. Don't think Ware will lease them a car for free. 40. JSPorts posted: 11.03.2018 - 10:15 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That would be very generous of him. They could combine forces and field the #66 out of the #52 shop. 41. JFM01 posted: 11.03.2018 - 10:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @35 Your list is incomplete. 7 - Reed Sorenson 96 - Parker Kligerman 97 - David Starr ...also don't compete for driver points. 42. Anthony posted: 11.03.2018 - 10:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #66 should be listed as withdrawn. 43. Danish Pie posted: 11.03.2018 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) According to Bob Pockrass, it would remain listed as a DNQ. I'd assume because the team didn't withdraw out of their own volition. 44. George posted: 11.03.2018 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Elliott stuck in the low-teens in all 3 practices, all non-Chevy playoff drivers are in the top 10 at least twice. The #9 team is going to require some unusual pit strategy tomorrow if they want to contend. Bowyer, Almirola and KuBu along with Elliott pretty much need a win in order to advance, but those 3 won't need quite as deep of a Hail Mary pass to pull it off. Busch & Almirola were strong in every practice and will start close to the front, and Bowyer is on the front row. 45. TBayne06 posted: 11.03.2018 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Couple of interesting trends thus far with the Xfinity and truck races: 1. The polesitters have been involved in multiple incidents. 2. 7 cautions in the truck race, 13 in Xfinity 3. Last lap pass in both races. 4. Haley scored his 3rd career win, Custer took his 2nd. 5. The inside lane has been amazingly treacherous. All that being said, I think we end up seeing a rather mundane race with one or two cars that dominate tomorrow. 46. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 1:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "1. The polesitters have been involved in multiple incidents." Very, very early on. Like Lap 1 the issues occurred. Truck series: Johnny Sauter, the pole sitter, had a flat tire immediately. He struggled all race. Xfinity series: Christopher Bell spun on lap one. He recovered nicely but then got spun by contact from another driver and was out of the race. Ryan Blaney better hope this trend doesn't continue. Lol 47. Tin Foil posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) As much as I hope Ryan doesn't have a issue, his whole cup career so far has been issue after issue so I won't hold my breath. 48. Sandy posted: 11.04.2018 - 10:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @36 hold on now Carl said on Facebook that he did plan on running Phoenix so maybe he got something working out 49. Danish Pie posted: 11.04.2018 - 11:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Per Derrike Cope's Twitter, Rewards.com will sponsor the 99 of Weatherman. Certainly didn't take them very long to find another team to sponsor. Much as I don't like it, at least that team can get a little bit of the sponsorship pie. 50. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 12:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex will go to the rear of the field after making an engine change this morning 51. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There will be a competition caution at lap 30 due to overnight rain 52. Danish Pie posted: 11.04.2018 - 1:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 97 will be sponsored by Sam's Dock. https://twitter.com/obaikaracing/status/1059131414183116805?s=21 53. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.04.2018 - 1:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 49 It's not uncommon for a sponsor to hop on a car that made the show when theirs didn't. Two Examples are: Aaron's joined Tony Raines 74 when Kerry Earnhardt missed a race in 2003 Jeff Greens sponsor for 1998 at SABCO jumped on Kevin Lepages 91 in the Daytona 500 when Green missed the show. Now I would have taken issue if MBM had bought the 99 and put Timmy in the car like Michael Waltrip did to Derrike Cope at the 06 Coke 600, 54. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 1:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Other notables starting in the rear include Suarez for an engine change and Byron for failing pre-race tech 55. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Finally back at home this weekend to comment during the full race and for my prediction it may be a bit of a long shot but I'm gonna go with Kurt Busch to win today 56. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson is also going to the rear for inspection failure 57. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) RIP Mari Hulman George 58. Danish Pie posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't know if it's a weird glitch with my phone, or maybe already in the process of getting fixed, but just want to bring to Webmaster's attention that on the mobile layout for all of the different series pages, every year links back to the 2018 season of that respective series. 59. Larry posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's crazy how few are in the stands today. 60. James posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @58 I have that same problem 61. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola is now going to the rear for unapproved body modifications after inspection 62. webmaster posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Thanks for the notification about that problem, and I will try to have a fix ASAP. 63. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're green at Texas 64. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Contact between Bowyer and Hamlin in turn one now Hamlin has a fender rub 65. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin pits to fix the damage to his car. Now Bowyer is slow 66. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin pits with tire issues related to trading paint with Bowyer...and now Bowyer pits with a tire going down because of his trading paint with Hamlin. 67. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Right rear tire is down for Bowyer after the contact with Hamlin 68. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Both Hamlin and Bowyer are now two laps down 69. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin had to pit a second time now he's three laps down 70. James posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) David Starr not last doing great for that team 71. joey2448 posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Battle for the lead lap 25. Harvick is on the bumper of the #12 car. 72. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Starr is great at Texas, he has seven top-5s at this track in Truck series competition. 73. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Blaney has led since the start here today. 74. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Competition caution is now out 75. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney leads as the competition caution comes out. 76. James posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) How's the playoff grid look like 77. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick takes two tires and will be the new leader. Top five cars only took two tires Blaney was the first car off pit road with four tires 78. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch too fast on pit road along with McMurray 79. joey2448 posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ooh, Bubba Wallace gets hit with a one-lap penalty for pitting outside of the box during these yellow pit stops. 80. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski also too fast on pit road 81. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The famous All American 400 short track spectacular is taking place in Nashville today. Currently the late model favorite is in a rain delay though. 82. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sixty laps in and Harvick leads Kurt Busch in a Stewart-Haas 1-2 with Joey Logano running third. 83. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick will probably win the championship. 84. A.J. posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Today would appear to be Kurt Busch's big chance to lock himself in at Homestead, if he can get by his teammate (who looks pretty damn strong). I highly doubt we'll see any team orders here. :-) 85. joey2448 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Near the end of stage one, lap 75, and Kyle Larson is languishing in 17th. Wow, that team is just out to lunch at a track that Larson typically runs well at. 86. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Harvick wins stage one 87. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @84 One thing I love about NASCAR is that there isn't any team orders nonsense (like you get in F1 or today's Supercars race in New Zealand). Having different sponsors for each car helps make that difficult to impossible. 88. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron has spun caution is out 89. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson nearly spun out in turn three Byron hit him in the rear and that caused him to spin out 90. Scott25 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @87 not often, but it still happens occasionally. It's just not as blatant as in other series. Expect Harvick to receive a penalty or be hurt by an ill timed caution at some point about 75% through the race as usual 91. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now 92. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sounds like NASCAR made a mistake in sending Johnson to the rear to start the race today 93. Scott25 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ty Dillon having another strong run, he's had a few all of a sudden in recent weeks 94. Scott25 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @92 oh well I'm sure it evens out with all the calls that have fallen in his favour over the years 95. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex reporting a vibration after his green flag pit stop 96. joey2448 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow that is not a good look. Jimmie Johnson should not have started in the back today after failing pre inspection twice, not the three times that forces NASCAR to penalize a team. Strange. Luckily, the #48 is not a playoff team or a team that looks fast enough to win today, but still. 97. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch just pitted for a vibration 98. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) When shalll Harvick retire? 99. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wonder if Richard Rawlings is regretting sponsoring the 72 car 100. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have finally cycled through Harvick leads Blaney by 4.5 seconds 101. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is now 25th one lap down after pitting for the vibration 102. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer's team over the wall too soon during their green flag pit stop 103. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Harvick wins stage two 104. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ross Chastain bumps Parker Klingerman and also spins Parker on the backstretch. 105. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer got dinged for his too early pit penalty because a crew member was sitting atop the pit wall with their feet on the track side of the wall. That's a new one. 106. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano wins the race off pit road and will be the leader again 107. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Logano took two tires on his pit stop 108. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top three took two tires Harvick is the first driver with four tires 109. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch will take the wave around to get back on the lead lap 110. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski to the lead 111. joey2448 posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Penske currently running 1-2-3 with Keselowski, Blaney and Logano leading the way on lap 185. 112. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I noticed I said the pole-sitters has problems all weekend in Truck and Xfinity. The best way to correct that, the best Playoff qualifier (Clint Bowyer starting second, since Ryan Blaney is no longer in it) end up having problems super early on. Not a good weekend to qualify the best for the playoff contenders. 113. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney's engine may be running hot 114. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Suarez has crashed caution is out 115. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch made a scheduled pit stop before the caution and is now two laps down 116. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Logano wins the race off pit road and will be the leader again 117. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson took two tires but had a crew member go over the wall too soon so he will go to the rear 118. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick may have a loose wheel 119. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is running second but reporting a loose wheel. 120. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex now reporting a loose wheel 121. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Does no one use all five lugnuts anymore? 122. TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Big Three have certainly had their share of issues today. 123. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex pits for the vibration 124. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex has to pit, taking four new tires, while Harvick has stayed out so far. Happy is closing in on Logano. 125. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Truex drove through too many pit boxes now has to do a pass thru penalty 126. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex now penalized for cutting through too many pit boxes when pitting. He's only five points to the good on Kurt Busch for the last Final Four spot now. 127. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is all over Logano like stink on a hog. 128. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski is on pit road now with a loose wheel 129. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Harvick goes back to the lead 130. joey2448 posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Harvick goes by Logano down the backstretch to take the lead with 80 to go. 131. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Blaney also passes Logano to take second. 132. Larry posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) So far the coverage has been fairly decent on NBC; however, they have rarely talked about anyone outside of the top five. Byron is having a great run thus far (12th on lap after his spin), Bubba Wallace is running well (18th), and Buescher is 13th, and Menard is 11th. A lot of guys are doing much better than one would expect. 133. Larry posted: 11.04.2018 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Ironically, as I posted that NBC talks about several of those drivers. 134. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think all 40 cars are still out there racing today. Corey LaJoie is more than 65 laps back in last place but his #72 is still chugging along. 135. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again 136. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson stays out and leads some laps. 137. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through again, Harvick leads Blaney by 4.5 seconds 138. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Starr spins caution is out. Truex will get the free pass 139. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top four cars stay out everyone else pits under caution 140. Scott25 posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Barney slipped Victor a few thousand dollars for that one 141. Scott25 posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @140 or more likely the promise of some used race cars for next season 142. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson could win. 143. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually top seven stayed out 144. Not Sure posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) Someone should check the 97's radio feed leading up to that spin for anything suspicious. 145. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) DiBenedetto crashes caution is out 146. George posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) As much as I'd like to see Blaney or Larson win this race, hoping more for the 41 or the 10 (the 9 has no chance, unfortunately) so as to eliminate at least 1 of the "Boring 3" from Homestead. 147. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Burrito hits the wall. 148. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney to the lead 149. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick goes back to the lead 150. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alimirola not happy with Logano after one of the restarts 151. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution is out. Oh boy, we have a finish on our hands. 152. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Gase spins out caution with three laps to go. Suarez has a lot of damage as well. Kyle Busch will get the free pass 153. TeamPenskeFan2018(Formerly 2 & 88 Fan) posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Gase and Daniel Saurez crash to bring out the caution with 3 to go. This will lead to a Green-White-Checker finish. 154. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ha! Kevin Harvick could loose this one. 155. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green is out for overtime. Here we go 156. Altracing posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick wins at Texas and locks himself into the final four 157. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick wins the AAA Texas 500 and has punched his ticket to Homestead. 158. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Blaney thought he jumped and let off. 159. TheChaseFan9 posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Harvick shall fail post-race inspection. 160. racefangurl posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) So this is how it ends for Tbayne6. I mean, even if he races elsewhere, Xfinity or some such, maybe even Late Models with his kid brother, he'll probably use a different number. So it might be Tbayne_ (_ meaning his number with that other team) or maybe he won't race anymore and just be Tbayne, doing what he said he'd do if he wasn't a racer. 161. RaceFanX posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick blew them away on that final restart. 162. Drakion posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) That young fan has an awesome memory to look back on now. Congrats to Harvick proving once again he is the best in cup right now. 163. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Way to go Harvick! Woo! It's going to go either one way or the other. Harvick will blow them away at Homestead, or late race pit road problems will deny him. Now, let's win #9 AND #10 next week at Phoenix, Harvick! 164. Timothy Eklund posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:58 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) That kid looked like he was in shock lol 165. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ever since Jimmie's championship run in 2013, we had transited from the Jimmie Johnson era during the Chase era to 2014, the beginning of the Kevin Harvick era with the Elimination Playoff era. 166. John posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @165 In order to call it the Kevin Harvick era he needs to win the title this year. He is currently 1 title in 4 years. I wouldn't call that an "era". 1. Joey Logano Advances With Win 1. Kevin Harvick Advances With Win 3. Kyle Busch +28 4. Martin Truex Jr. +25 5. Kurt Busch -25 6. Chase Elliott -39 7. Aric Almirola -57 8. Clint Bowyer -73 167. Wil posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) More pathetic griping from competitors about Logano. Almirola didn't have the skill to keep control on the bottom so he's gonna make it hard on Logano who was literally just driving normally besides him. 168. Tin Foil posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is one win away from tying his Stewart Haas wins with his Richard Childress wins. 169. Drakion posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) The whining by some drivers over people racing them is getting annoying....drivers are paid to race others hard and not roll over for others.....suck it up and quit crying already. 170. Nucl3ar Wa4le posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #17 - Milwaukee / Fastenal #19 - Arris / Ruckus #34 - Love's Travel Stops / Luber Finer #37 - Clorox / Kleenex / Bush's Beans #47 - Kroger ClickList / Velveeta / Energizer #48 - Lowe's for Pros / Ally Financial #97 - RV General Store 171. Tarheel posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) 167, 169, agreed. I was actually hoping Almirola could get up there, snatch the win away, and eliminate one of the big three, but Joey did nothing wrong there. He didn't even crowd Almirola. What Joey did last week was nothing but good short track racing. If Truex had done the same thing to Joey, it would have been good short track racing. If there had been one more set of corners at Martinsville, you can bet your ass that Hamlin would have driven through Joey, and it would have been good short track racing. Racing each other tight, with some bumping and banging, is great. Look back at Kyle and Kyle at Chicago. Awesome finish. 172. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "In order to call it the Kevin Harvick era he needs to win the title this year. He is currently 1 title in 4 years. I wouldn't call that an "era"." It doesn't necessarily matter if he wins 5 titles or 1, he's the guy shining above all others. Also to note: In regular season's championship, Kevin Harvick entered the race 36 points behind Kyle Busch. With this dominate win, they are now TIED with two races to go. 173. Gray Gaulding's Distant Cousin posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor Update #97 David Starr Sams Dock / Space Grill Toyota #99 Kyle Weatherman Rewards.com Chevy (Team used a spare wrap from Carl Long, if you looked closely you could see the 66 under the 99) 174. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I've always been indifferent when it comes to Joey Logano, but he can definitely wheel a car. I agree, the amount of whining revolving around Joey Logano is pretty annoying. I half expected Joey to back off of Harvick on that final restart to give Blaney a shot to pass Harvick to win but it didn't work. Joey is easily, debatable second best with Kyle Busch behind Kevin Harvick since 2014 that's for sure. 175. TBayneFan06 posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Nonplayoff standings show Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick tied for first with two races left. Seems we would've actually had an interesting championship race in two top series this year. 176. Chap904 posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) First actual Top 10 for Martin Truex this year. 177. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With this dominate win, Harvick now has led the most laps in 8 races this season. Next most is 6, by Martin Truex Jr. Harvick has now locked by dominating the most races in 2018. This is also the first time all season long that Martin Truex, Jr, who has finished 9th in this race, has scored a Top 10 finish that isn't a Top 5. It took him till his 20th Top 10 to achieve such an interesting feat. 178. Sector posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is now 141 laps shy of reaching 2,000 laps led in 2018 with 2 races remaining. 179. Raheem posted: 11.04.2018 - 7:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @144 That's exactly what I thought. 180. Corey posted: 11.04.2018 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All three Penske cars led at least 40 laps today. Their total came in at 144 laps. This is still 33 short of Harvick's total for the race. 181. Ryan posted: 11.04.2018 - 9:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Logano continues to make friends... I never would have thought it, but if he keeps it up he's going to give Kyle Busch a run for his money being the most hated driver amongst fans and other drivers. I really don't have a problem with how he races. He races hard and that's fine. It's just that you open yourself up to being the bug at some point instead of being the wind shield. Yes, he did drive in pretty deep on Almirola into turn 3 and it made Almirola loose, but it was racing. Last week the problem with what most people had that was against Logano is that Truex was faster than him at the end of the race and the maneuver was more of a "divebomb and run" instead of a "bump and run". Had Logano been faster than Truex and that happened like Harvick did to Kyle at New Hampshire it might be viewed differently from a lot of fans. He did what he had to do though with how the rules are set up now. Jeff Burton made a good point before the race today. If there wasn't a playoff scenario like the Winston Cup days that incident may not have happened, although it's hard to say. On a side note I liked the point Burton gave that people said Logano raced aggressive like Dale Earnhardt did. He also mentioned how Earnhardt is made out by his detractors exaggerating time after time as bumping or spinning someone out of the way every single race he entered. He was aggressive, but that wasn't the case every single race, half the races, or even a tenth of the races... Ok maybe a tenth. Anyways, *Golf clap* for a change for you Jeff Burton. I was so glad he brought that up so the new AND old fans/haters could hear that. Dale Jarrett agreed. "You live by the sword you die by the sword." - Buddy Baker (He announced the race when Jeremy Mayfield bumped Dale Earnhardt out of the way at Pocono in 2000 on the last lap of the race.) Remember those words come Homestead, Joey Logano. 182. Ryan posted: 11.04.2018 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to my favorite driver Kevin Harvick on winning his eighth race of the season and making his fourth "Final Four" in the last five years. I'm so glad he got away from RCR so he could showcase his talent. We all know he probably should have at least 55-60 wins if not for his pit crew, his own mistakes, or bad freak luck, but it has been a lot of fun to watch the last five years. So many people and fans and on this site hated on him during his time at RCR and said he wasn't talented to be in a top ride. Yet, he found ways to win in some of the most improbable ways giving him the name the "Closer" by most and the "Vulture" by some of his haters. Some even said him going to SHR was going to be a "bust move", most notably DaleSrForeverFan. We agreed on some things (mainly about Earnhardt), but vehemently disagreed on Kevin Harvick. He says the reason he doesn't get on RR anymore was because of NASCAR's bad decisions. I can see some of that, but the main reason is because Kevin Harvick continues to make him and some of Harvick's other old haters on here eat so much crow that they barf. I wouldn't get on here anymore either with some of the comments that was said by him and others about Harvick. Kevin Harvick winning 23 races at RCR is one of the most underrated statistics in NASCAR history. It goes unnoticed and it shouldn't. He had no business winning half of those races with the average equipment that he had, but he did. 183. rm posted: 11.04.2018 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer had a rough day from the start today, but the pit penalty he received at the end of Stage 2 has got to feel like a kick in the gut. Even if it is a bit of a ticky-tacky call to say a crew member is "over the wall" when he's just sitting there dangling his feet towards the track, that's a serious lapse in concentration there. Calling it one of the dumbest penalties I've ever seen might be a little too harsh, so how about one of the most easily preventable penalties I've ever seen? Never really been on a pit crew - does holding the sign count? - but I'm not sure I'd want to be sitting there with my feet over the wall doing nothing when your car's coming in for service, single-car fuel only or otherwise & whether it's a penalty or not. Anyway, not sure it would matter much in the long run as even if Clint got that lap back he still would have likely finished 18th at best, which would not have not done much towards the serious point deficit he faces. 184. Sandy posted: 11.04.2018 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In the last 5 Texas races there have been 8 cautions in each of those last 5 185. Tennessee Mountain Man posted: 11.04.2018 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Such senseless penalties never existed back in the day durning nascar's Golden Days until Brain France took over. He dreamed up all these rules to and emphasized it was for safety but c'mon! He needs to realize, this is not football, baseball, or basketball and let the race be determined by what goes on out on the racetrack. Not dumb stuff like this 186. Corey posted: 11.04.2018 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @185 Brian France is not in charge right now. Even then, by letter of the rule, he was over the wall before the car reached the pit box. That is a penalty. Ask yourself this, why in the world is a crew man sitting on the wall with his feet facing an active race track. If you want to call it senseless that's fine, but it's senseless on the part of the crew. 187. Nathan8848 posted: 11.05.2018 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Besides Paul and Brad, I think Kevin and Rodney are best crew chief driver combo currently. Both have been a home run since they joined. 188. Nohbody posted: 11.05.2018 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Considering The Chase is bullshit, this is the Kevin Harvick era. He has three Winston Cup Championships (2010, 2015, and 2016). He was the dominant, but not most consistent driver in 2014. He finished 3rd in 2017. And he re-took the lead with his Texas win (he holds the tie-breakers; top10s, top5s, and wins). If he stays in front of Kyle Busch the rest of the way, he'd win his third title in the last four seasons, and fourth overall. 189. Mannoroth posted: 11.05.2018 - 2:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 163. Well, what will Harvick do now? Wins Phoenix and also Homestead? But that's running on a hot streak and everybody knows that there's a lower probability you will win, when on a hot streak. In his case, I would rather ease up at Phoenix and get ready for the most important race... 165. Only Kevin Harvick's era? What about the other successful guy that has 7 wins this year and actually managed to win at least 4 races in 4 straight years, which Harvick failed to do (has 3 wins from 2015 and 2 wins from 2017). Era isn't only about running strong in every race, but also about winning races and the only reason why Harvick is there is due to his 2014 year, when Toyota wasn't that strong. But since 2015, he's still losing those 5 wins from 2014... Anyway, Harvick has a chance to finally be better than Kyle Busch at some major thing - having more Cup titles. He now has to hope that Kyle will have problems at Phoenix and won't advance. 190. Wil posted: 11.05.2018 - 3:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @187 What makes Paul and Brad better? As good as they both are, if I had to choose I'd take Harvick and Childers over both. Childers had long been a hidden gem before Harvick hand picked him in 2014 and you see the results now that he's with a top team. 191. Wil posted: 11.05.2018 - 3:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "But that's running on a hot streak and everybody knows that there's a lower probability you will win, when on a hot streak." Is this dude for real or an expert troll? Nobody is that stupid. He's pure comedy at this point. I applaud you Monnoroth. 192. Mannoroth posted: 11.05.2018 - 4:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 188. 3 theoretical Winston Cup titles, to be more specific... No one knows how they would run, if there wasn't any Chase or playoff, and especially stages. 193. Anonymous posted: 11.05.2018 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "165. Only Kevin Harvick's era? What about the other successful guy that has 7 wins this year and actually managed to win at least 4 races in 4 straight years, which Harvick failed to do (has 3 wins from 2015 and 2 wins from 2017). Era isn't only about running strong in every race, but also about winning races and the only reason why Harvick is there is due to his 2014 year, when Toyota wasn't that strong. But since 2015, he's still losing those 5 wins from 2014..." And Jimmie won a lot of races from 2014-2017, so winning races isn't the sole focus when considering an Era. It's how you present yourself in dominate fashion and for stardom. The fact remains Kevin Harvick has been the best driver overall since 2014. Sorry, not sorry; Your boyfriend Kyle Busch only trails him alongside Joey Logano. I specifically said since the Elimination Chase/Playoff began, Kevin has been the best driver since. Excluding 2014 because KYLE had a horrendous year is pure narrow-minded and biased via favoritism. Kevin was also down in 2017 due to the new cars and he still holds a better average finish and more Top 10's than Kyle. 2014: Very competitive year between the three Hendrick drivers, the Penske duo and Kevin Harvick being the lone SHR warrior. Harvick and Childers shut everyone up and won their first championship despite scoring the fifth most points. 2015: Those Top 2 finishes were insane. Kyle Busch was gift-wrapped (the waiver) the championship, otherwise Kevin's title was stolen here. This was Harvick vs Joey Logano all season long. Scored the most points. 2016: Kevin vs Joey Round 2. Kyle Busch started to creep into the picture here, as did Martin Truex, Jr. Scored the most points. 2017: The opportunity for Kyle and Martin Truex, Jr to make up for lost grounds from 2014 and some of 2015. Even then, Kevin was still in the picture but quietly. Made a statement at the end of the year at Texas, "Don't forget, we're here!" Scored the third most points in their "down year." 2018: The "Big 3" consist of Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr, however Kevin Harvick has been the best driver at this point with two races to go. Season's not over yet, but it's been more so Kevin vs Kyle all season long and Kevin has always been one step ahead of Kyle. Kyle's lost a ton of grounds in points even after getting those massive points advantage boost from Fontana and Charlotte over Kevin. Someone mentioned that it isn't a Kevin Harvick Era because he only has one championship; Unfortunately the way that works pre-2014 may hold true. Unfortunately, from 2014-onward, it's a whole different ballgame. Remember William Byron in the Truck Series? ""But that's running on a hot streak and everybody knows that there's a lower probability you will win, when on a hot streak." Is this dude for real or an expert troll? Nobody is that stupid. He's pure comedy at this point. I applaud you Monnoroth." He's for real. I bet he thinks Jimmie Johnson is stupid for winning four in a row during the Chase back in 2007. I'm not standing corrected; Kevin Harvick is and has been the man since 2014. 194. John posted: 11.05.2018 - 9:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @172 I have a different definition of an era than you I guess. 195. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2018 - 10:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) If we're talking about "eras" of drivers, I don't see how this isn't Harvick's. Because he only has 1 title in the fluky playoff system? He has scored the most points in a season 3 times since 2010, maybe 4 if he can do it this year. He has led nearly 3000 more laps than anyone else since 2014. Kyle Busch is up there, but he hasn't scored the most points in a season, has one fluke title and hasn't been as consistent as Harvick. 196. Larry posted: 11.05.2018 - 12:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Logano has been the best driver in the series over the last twelve races by a long shot. If he would have been a bit more consistent early on he might be right there with Kyle and Kevin for battling for the traditional championship. In regards to the foolish Chase system: I think Logano very well could pose a great threat at Homestead. 197. Drakion posted: 11.05.2018 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick is a better driver than Kyle Busch Mannoroth, and none of your useless stats or fan boyism will change that, deal with it. 198. Spen posted: 11.05.2018 - 2:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drakion: I don't really have a stake in this fight, but when their careers are finished, Kyle will likely have 65-75 Cup wins, while Kevin will be somewhere in the low 50's. Yeah, there's the equipment disadvantage of his RCR years to consider, but that doesn't change the fact that Kyle's overall career will look better. That daid, these past five seasons are clearly Harvick's era. He's been #1 in average driver rating for four of those years (with Truex winning 2017). 199. Mile501 posted: 11.05.2018 - 3:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @196 - On speed, Logano might pose a threat at Homestead. But he has angered enough drivers recently that I don't think he stands a chance to win the title for that reason. 200. Mile501 posted: 11.05.2018 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @188, 192: I posted an in-depth analysis of what would have most likely happened each season had there never been a chase/playoff system. Based on that research, Harvick would likely have 2 titles and Kyle Busch would have 0. As a side note, one of those two would have clearly been the 2018 champion under a full-season system, but it would be nearly impossible to determine which one would have actually won it because they've been so close all year. Link: https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=3139 201. Drakion posted: 11.05.2018 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @198 I stand by my statement. 202. Sector posted: 11.05.2018 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @193 not sure why I was Anonymous, but it seems others doesn't disagree. Good to know! 203. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2018 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think one reason it's tough to say who's the best in an era is that it's hard to define an era. Is it every time they change the car? Every time they change the points system/championship format? Every time the series sponsor changes? Every 10 (or any other number) years? 204. Spen posted: 11.05.2018 - 4:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think changing from "the driver who scores the most points in x number of races wins the title" to "the driver who finishes highest in one race wins the title" is a drastic enough change to call it an era. 205. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2018 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes, I agree, 2014 was the beginning of a different era. 2004 was another one. 206. Jude_Bonner posted: 11.05.2018 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) With this championship format, I think Error fits better than Era 207. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2018 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ha! That's a good one. You're exactly right. It seems like the more changes NASCAR makes, the further they dig down into the hole. Nothing's going to change until they realize that they have turned off their core fan base and start marketing to them again, instead of whoever they're trying to draw in with all their new ads. 208. Tarheel posted: 11.05.2018 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Barring a return to a season long points total determining the champion, I wish they'd just make it about wins. He who wins the most races is the champion. Yes, some years the championship would be clinched with three or four races to go, but there have been several years recently in which five or more drivers would still be in contention with a handful of races remaining. In 2014 for example, with three races remaining, Brad K had six wins, Logano had five, Gordon and Jr had four each, Johnson and Harvick had three each. You would have had six drivers, all obviously capable of winning races, still in the hunt with three races left. Yeah, I know, it'll never happen. 209. MSportRev posted: 11.05.2018 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) David Starr's sponsor should be: Sam's Dockyard / RV General Store based on a photo the team posted. 210. Nohbody posted: 11.05.2018 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Points don't lie. Harvick (and Johnson) is a three-time champion (Jeff Gordon tied Earnhardt and Petty with 7 in 2014). Kyle's title is void because he missed 11 races and was 20th in the points. Wins should mean the least. Whoever scores the most points throughout the entire season is the champion. The Chase is the biggest reason why NASCAR has lost so much attention and so many fans. 211. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 11.05.2018 - 11:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) "In 2014 for example, with three races remaining, Brad K had six wins, Logano had five, Gordon and Jr had four each, Johnson and Harvick had three each." Brad would have won the championship that year *IF* most wins were the system used. Most wins would also give NASCAR their "Game 7 moment" at certain times. 2005: Biffle v. Smoke 2008: Edwards v. Busch18 2011: Harvick v. Smoke 2016: Johnson v. Harvick v. Busch18 v. Truex v. Keselowski. 1991: Earnhardt v. Gant v. Allison 1992: Elliot v. Allison Playing Devil Advocate of course. 212. Mannoroth posted: 11.06.2018 - 7:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 193. Of course - you just love to write who good Harvick is, but you're forgetting about his Talladega 2015 fiasco, where he attempted to manipulate the race to save his candy a**. He should have been DQed from that race for that, therefore he wouldn't be at Homestead at all... And by the way, I'm not the only one who loves to excluding some years or something to make some driver look more dominant... Just like saying that Jeff Gordon did win everywhere with 7+ starts. That 7+ starts are only there to make him look like a true track sweeper, but how about the fact it took him 70+ wins to finally have it? And these people usually have a problem to admit that the driver they don't like managed to do it properly, before a new track came around. In 2007, there were different rules and it was all about leading the point standings and be the best in final 10 races. If there was an elimination system, winning 4 in a row would be a big mistake... 197. Better driver that still can't be better than Kyle at something... In Trucks, he failed and has mediocre career with 14 wins. In Xfinity, he tried to be the next Mark Martin, but he still hasn't surpassed him. And in Cup, the only thing that he does have and Kyle doesn't have is the complete career thanks to his Daytona 500 win from 2007. If he wins a title this year, he will finally break that tie with him. Otherwise he's just his shadow that is better at minor things, but misses those major ones like higher number of wins and titles... 210. Points don't lie, but those points are just theoretical. Remember that we have stages that allows driver to choose the strategy - either dominate the stages, or ignore them and get ready for the finish. And before 2017, it's also just theoretical, because when you win, you're not under that pressure of making some playoff and you just focus on your position in the point standing. The same for Xfinity - it's nice that it's that close, but people forget that it's also just theoretical point standing that doesn't care about some playoff. 213. Drakion posted: 11.06.2018 - 11:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) You continue to act like Kyles truck and xfinity wins mean something....him having those wins do not make him a better driver than Harvick. You are so foolish Mannoroth. Those wins are completely pointless when you run in equipment thats better than 90% of the field, something Harvick never had in Trucks or Xfinity, Gibbs has had an advantage in Xfinity for years now, Kyle took advantage of it. Oh, and Harvick didnt need a pathetic waiver from Nascar to get his cup championship.... 214. Mannoroth posted: 11.06.2018 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 213. Well, Harvick has 346 Xfinity starts, which isn't exactly a low number. And just 47 wins with RCR, JR Motorsports and his former equipment? Those teams weren't and aren't exactly weak... Hell, Harvick even managed to win the title in 2006 with more than 800 point lead. That's a weak equipment? And sure, his Truck equipment wasn't also so good, then why was Hornaday able to win 2 titles with it? Oh, really? Harvick was just fortunate enough that he hasn't been seriously injured - it could happen to any driver... And then, the only thing that Kyle did was just playing by the rules. It's not his fault that this system is in place... 215. Tarheel posted: 11.06.2018 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Winning four in a row would be a big mistake"????? Said no driver ever. This is a hysterically stupid comment. 216. Drakion posted: 11.06.2018 - 2:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It is still and will always be the most pathetic cup championship in history, only blind biased Kyle fan boys can call him an actual champion in cup right now.... And as I said before, your pointless stats do not matter, Harvick is a better driver, deal with it or continue to post novels of nonsense here, which ever. I dont know if you noticed but no one here takes any of the garbage you post here seriously....you are a joke Mannoroth. 217. JSPorts posted: 11.06.2018 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I agree that the 2015 championship is the worst ever. That doesn't mean Kyle isn't a talented driver, though. I'd argue that he's better than Harvick, at least at the moment. They're tied in points, both with an average of 39.2 points per race. However, Harvick's teammates are averaging 31.3 points per race, while Busch's teammates are averaging 25.3 points per race. Though they're both over performing in their equipment, Harvick beats his teammates by, on average, 7.9 points per race, while Busch beats his, on average, by 13.9 points per race. Busch also leads Harvick by 5 wins, despite Kevin having a 4-year head start on Kyle in the Cup Series. Yes, I know RCR equipment wasn't as good as HMS/JGR stuff, but most of the time, they weren't that bad. Look at 2006-2011, years in which Harvick's teammates were capable of winning and running up front. Since the focus of this argument seems to be on 2014-present, It's worth mentioning that those two drivers each have 22 wins since the start of 2014. Harvick has 22 wins in 178 starts, Busch has 22 wins in 167 starts. Yes, SHR was at a disadvantage to JGR last year, but JGR had a decided disadvantage in 2014 and again in 2018. Also, you have to take into account Kyle's maturation and improvement as a driver post-injury. He was always a guy who would win a lot, but he became more consistent after that point. It's very close, but I think I'll go with Busch in this debate. 218. Sector posted: 11.06.2018 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All I was trying to say is, Kevin Harvick has shined the most overall since 2014, the introduction to the elimination format. Kyle Busch and Joey Logano aren't that far behind, however in terms of consistency and dominance Kevin Harvick beats them all. "193. Of course - you just love to write who good Harvick is, but you're forgetting about his Talladega 2015 fiasco, where he attempted to manipulate the race to save his candy a**. He should have been DQed from that race for that, therefore he wouldn't be at Homestead at all..." They are so much better than any of your so called "15081309581309 wins in Xfinity and Trucks to pass Richard Petty." The 2015 Talladega fiasco doesn't make a season, only you use that excuse to downgrade any of his 2015 success. Every driver does stupid stuff every now and then. If you want to go down that route, 2011 Truck race at Texas. GG, no really. Just give it up fanboy. 219. Mannoroth posted: 11.07.2018 - 7:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 215. Just wait till someone does win at Kansas, Martinsville, Texas and Phoenix and then finishes 2nd to a driver that is also eligible for the title at Homestead and guess what? That dominator will fail to get it done just thanks to his stupidity of winning races instead of focusing on the title... This would definitely work before 2014, because it was all about the best consistency during the last 10 races, but now, it's just stupid. If you weren't in the playoff, it's absolutely fine, because you can't win a title anymore, so winning all the possible races is the only thing that you can do. 216. I guess you're bored, because Cup drivers can't race in the playoff races in lower series, so when you can't complain there, you're here. Think what you want to think, but the stats tell the truth... But if someone is just an ignorant jerk, then it's hard... 218. I said it before, but how are you supposed to catch up to Petty, when you don't have a weak level of competition and so many races anymore? You can't just in Cup, but you can in all 3 series, because all of them are national, not regional. Plus, they're not much different, anyway. The only reason why people have a problem with it is that word Cup. How NASCAR considers it, that's a 100% true. Well, not really... But stupid stuff isn't always the same - there's a difference between intentional manipulating in form of cheating and wrecking someone just because that driver started the incident. Both of them are wrong, but cheating is still way worse than wrecking someone, who already has 51 wins and 4 titles... In other words, that driver is already successful, so it's not that bad as in the case of some other driver that is still waiting for his 1st title. 220. John Lee Pettimoe III posted: 11.07.2018 - 10:35 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 159. TheChaseFan9 - you called it man. 221. Sector posted: 11.07.2018 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing team has been issued an L1-level penalty following driver Kevin Harvick's win Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway, an infraction that carries major championship implications in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team violated Section 20.4.12 of the NASCAR Rule Book that is specific to spoilers. Spoilers must be used exactly as supplied from the manufacturer and not altered. The infraction was discovered in post-race tear down at the NASCAR Research & Development Center. As a result, Harvick has been docked 40 driver points and the team loses 40 owner points as well. Harvick's win at Texas no longer automatically qualifies the team for the Championship 4 in Miami. He will enter this weekend's Round of 8 finale fourth among eight playoff drivers in the standings, three points above the cutline ' should there be a tie for the final transfer spot, Harvick cannot use the Texas win in the tiebreaking procedure." Source: NASCAR.com So once again, Kyle Busch now has that huge points lead advantage at 40 in the regular season's points standings. With that being said, this is the second time Kevin Harvick's win was encumbered (Vegas back in the Spring) in 2018. 222. JSPorts posted: 11.07.2018 - 5:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You can make the argument that Harvick would be ahead of Busch without the penalties, but his team did cheat. When you do that, you deserve to lose points. 223. Sector posted: 11.07.2018 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yep, statistically Busch would be head, though I feel if Harvick can cut down the lead to 30 or 20 points after Homestead, that the Kyle Busch haters will use the penalty excuse to take away any success of scoring the most points this year. Penalties happen everywhere, not just in NASCAR and Kyle would be deserving to achieve such a goal this year. 224. Sector posted: 11.07.2018 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Busch would be ahead* 225. NewJack posted: 11.07.2018 - 5:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Interesting item as well: Since the win no longer counts for the tie breaker, Harvick now loses the tie breaker to all the other drivers besides Bowyer. Which is big especially for Elliott and Kurt Busch, since it is not out of the realm of possibility for them to outpoint Harvick. Harvick's best finish is now 10th, whereas the others have finished 9th or better, besides Bowyer. 226. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 11.07.2018 - 6:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The fact that Harvicks team admitted too breaking the rules and are not appeal the penalty pretty much clears NASCAR of "Toyota favoritism" or some other BS fans come up with. Oh and if I was Harvick. I wouldn't be too happy right now. He went from a ticket punched too Homestead too being +3 above the cut line. Yeah he is at his personal playground and has Tony Gibson on the war wagon. But *IF* he doesn't make it then well... someones head is going too have too roll. Someone made that choice too bolt the spoiler too the deck lid. 227. TBayne06 posted: 11.07.2018 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Slightly late to the party, but here are some stats comparing Harvick directly to Busch in every CUP race they have run together: Times They Finished Higher than the Other: Busch 250, Harvick 246 Championships: Harvick 1, Busch 1 Wins: Busch 50, Harvick 39 Top 5: Busch 181, Harvick 154 Top 10: Harvick 268, Busch 267 Average Finish: Harvick 12.7, Busch 14.0 Thus, I would give Kyle the slight advantage over his counterpart based on straight-up statistics. However, as argued above, I think the quality of equipment and Harvick's slightly more consistent efforts make this a practically dead heat. If I had to pick one regardless of bias, I'd give Busch the call by a splitter-length. 228. TBayne06 posted: 11.07.2018 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The same statistics from 2014-present are as such: H2H: Harvick 88, Busch 79 Championships: Busch 1, Harvick 1 Wins: Busch 22, Harvick 20 Top 5: Harvick 81, Busch 72 Top 10: Harvick 115, Busch 104 Average Finish: Harvick 10.6, Busch 12.1 In this "era," Harvick gets the nod from me and I don't think equipment quality is a factor here. I suppose Busch started out better and Harvick is picking up the slack now. EQUALITY FOR ALL BUSCHES (minus Kurt) and HARVICKS (minus Keelan) 229. possum posted: 11.07.2018 - 7:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @221 - and NASCAR shoots themselves in the foot again. Do you think they'll ever learn that all the bad publicity about their absurd rules and penalties is a big part of what's killing the sport? Yeah, Harvick broke the rule - but it's a rule that has no reason to exist in the first place. NASCAR needs to get rid of 90% of these silly ticky-tacky rules, let the competitors compete, and let the race be over when the checkers flies. Same thing with Bowyer's crewman sitting on the pit wall - perfectly legal, unless his foot happens to touch the ground. That's a ridiculous, inane, insane rule that serves no purpose what so ever (and certainly not "safety", NASCAR's stock excuse for anything that has no valid justification). These rules do nothing but drive away potential fans who want to see a race, not a guessing game on what rule a competitor needs to be obeying at every instant. 230. Sector posted: 11.07.2018 - 8:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Same thing with Bowyer's crewman sitting on the pit wall - perfectly legal, unless his foot happens to touch the ground. That's a ridiculous, inane, insane rule that serves no purpose what so ever (and certainly not "safety", NASCAR's stock excuse for anything that has no valid justification)." Even so, he didn't do anything to adjust the car. I mean, it's not so different than during red flag conditions, they can look at it but they can't touch it. I know all about the "over the wall penalty," I just think that penalty was a massive joke. 231. Sector posted: 11.07.2018 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I do have a question and I'm not sure if NASCAR adjusted this, unless they are extra 100240598208 times more strict during inspection pre-race or are monitoring their every move from the moment they unloaded till the green/checkered flag drops. What if this was Homestead? Would they penalty Harvick, thus still giving him the Homestead win but Joey Logano, who finished 3rd, claims the championship? 232. 1995 Subaru WRX STi posted: 11.07.2018 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What the 4 team did was (as I have read it) was make their own spoiler and pass it off as something they can get from a vendor. Which is a black and white rule. And add too the fact they basically said "Yeah we tried too cheat and we got caught. We are not going too fight this." At least they are man enough too take their punishment and not complain. But I do have too wonder: Everyone knows the Top 3 cars are taken back too the R&D center (plus a random one). Why would you do this? Something this that could only be found out this way? BTW this was done before the race started (they passed pre-race tech.) NASCAR only found this out by unbolting the spoiler from the deck lid at the R&D Center. I personally can not wrap my head around this. 233. Corey posted: 11.07.2018 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Obviously, the 4 car was the big one, but 3 of the top 4 cars were hit with L1 Penalties. @229 You want to explain to me why a crew member would just sitting there with his feet on a hot race track? @231 I want to say that NASCAR does a "post-race inspection" before the race for the championship cars to try and avoid something like that. 234. joey2448 posted: 11.07.2018 - 10:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This penalty today was HUGE. Not only did it drop Harvick from automatic qualification in the championship final at Homestead, the 40-point penalty also erase almost all of his comfortable points cushion he had built up, meaning he now sits just three points ahead of the cutoff spot. That's three points ahead of SHR teammate Kurt Busch. 235. Spen posted: 11.07.2018 - 11:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @228: I think Harvick vs. Busch is similar to Wallace vs. Elliott. Harvick and Bill both were in a really, really good situation for a comparitavly short period, while Kyle and Rusty's stats benefited from being on a consistently competitive team for a very long time. @234: I doubt NASCAR would penalize the Homestead winner. Rule enforcement must serve dramatic purpose. This penalty makes Phoenix more interesting. Losing a title on a technicality takes away the 'winner take all' mentality that drives this championship system, and would only generate anger, with no 'next week' to make up for it. 236. Chunks posted: 11.08.2018 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did Kevin Harvick got a tough break? 237. Sector posted: 11.08.2018 - 8:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wait, not that it really matters at this point, but why does Kevin keep his 7 playoff points anyway? 238. Mannoroth posted: 11.09.2018 - 7:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 237. Because there's no advantage from it? Playoff points are useless, when you get to the Round of 8... They only help at the start of that round. 239. Not Sure posted: 11.10.2018 - 8:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2018: 1.4, 2.27 million (NBCSN) 2017: 1.6, 2.7 million (NBCSN) 2016: 1.1, 1.86 million (postponed NBCSN) 2015: 2.7, 4.551 million (NBC) 2014: 2.8, 4.75 million (ESPN) 2013: 2.6, 4.179 million (ESPN) 2012: 2.9, 3.943 million (ESPN) 2011: 3.4, 4.726 million (ESPN) 2010: 3.4, 4.846 million (ESPN) 2009: 3.7, 5.827 million (ABC) "Excluding rainouts, Kevin Harvick's win was the lowest rated and least-watched edition of the race (dates back to 2005)." "Texas was the final NASCAR race on cable this season. None of the 18 races on NBCSN or FS1 managed even a 1.8 rating, and only one increased over last year. Half of the 18 races had less than a 1.5 rating. By comparison, only four Cup Series races in the previous 17 seasons fell below that mark." 240. Jason24 posted: 07.14.2020 - 8:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Quite possibly, the final career start for Trevor Bayne. 241. DonlanDesignz posted: 09.01.2020 - 7:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Martin Truex Jr's only finish between 6th and 10th all season. All of his top 10s were top 5s. 242. Rich posted: 12.13.2020 - 9:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were the commentators. Marty Snider, Dave Burns and Kelli Stavast were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: