|| *Comments on the 2019 Auto Club 400:* View the most recent comment <#251> | Post a comment <#post> 1. JFM01 posted: 03.12.2019 - 9:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #27 owner should be Jay Robinson 2. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 03.12.2019 - 11:10 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 38 drivers have entered Reed Sorenson will be driving in his 2nd race this year Bubba Wallace will be sponsored by PlanBSales Joey Gase will enter the event in the 66 for MBM again No driver announced for the 77 yet 3. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.12.2019 - 11:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Perhaps Smithley and Sorenson will be splitting the races Houff isn't in the 77 car. 4. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 03.12.2019 - 11:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) I guess there will be a new driver this week for Spire My Wild Guess: Brian Scott He hasn't raced in a while and he might be a good fit for the team for the race 5. MJM posted: 03.12.2019 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @4 Seems like a good Wild Guess, but I'm going to guess that Garrett Smithley will be in the #77 car this week. He did start at a track that looks like Auto Club Speedway at Michigan last season (albeit a very short race for him) 6. MJM posted: 03.12.2019 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually, he made 2 starts at Michigan last season. 7. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 03.12.2019 - 1:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Another Guess: Casey Mears 8. Sandy posted: 03.12.2019 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With The Exception of the 2018 Ticket Guardian 500 The Entry List for the first 5 races in 2019 has had an improvement of at least 2 compared to 2018 2019 Daytona 500 42 Cars Entered 2018 Daytona 500 40 Cars Entered +2 2019 Atlanta 37 Cars Entered 2018 Atlanta 36 Cars Entered +1 2019 Las Vegas 38 Cars Entered 2018 Las Vegas 37 Cars Entered +1 2019 Fontana 38 Cars Entered 2018 Fontana 38 Cars Entered +1 9. Tide1732 posted: 03.12.2019 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Guess pick: A another cup debut (Robby Lyons) Or a new ride for Trevor Bayne 10. Bayne&BowmanFan posted: 03.12.2019 - 9:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Drivers that will start out the year with 5 different sponsors include: #8-Daniel Hemric (Bass Pro Shops, Alsco/Red Kap, Caterpillar, Okuma, Liberty National) #43-Bubba Wallace (AfterShokz, McDonald's, Transportation Impact, World Wide Technology, Plan B Sales) Another is a possibility: #00-Landon Cassill (Permatex, StarCom Fiber, Manscaped, Iron Mountain Data, TBD) 11. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 03.13.2019 - 12:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Here are some drivers that could drive the 77 Jesse Little Trevor Bayne Tommy Joe Martins Stephen Leicht Joey Gase Jeremy Clements Norm Benning Ryan Reed Jesse Iwuji And Jennifer Joe Cobb 12. Anonermuth posted: 03.13.2019 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Norm Benning in the 77 is the most insane thing I've read from someone, ever. But I'll be honest and say that I'd have absolutely no objection to that. 13. ACM88 posted: 03.13.2019 - 3:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 5. And Adam Alexander did he'll be king double duty next weekend during xfinity qualifying. 14. TNA posted: 03.13.2019 - 3:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jennifer "Joe" Cobb in the 77 should be interesting. 15. Sandy posted: 03.13.2019 - 3:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @11 Gase Is In the 66 16. Anonymous posted: 03.13.2019 - 3:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's been 26 Years Since Norm Benning Was Running a Cup Race In the Last 2 Years in the Cup Race We Have Had The Returns Of Derrike Cope, Mark Thompson, Carl Long, Hermie Sadler, David Starr, Chris Cook and Tomy Drissi They've all Run Cup Races so Why Can't Norm 17. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.13.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'd be down for Norm running a cup car. 18. Danish_Pie posted: 03.13.2019 - 5:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No truck driver would be in the 77. There's no truck race, none of them are out there. 19. A.J. posted: 03.13.2019 - 5:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) MJM got the right answer about car #77 at post 5, it's official now. But some of the other ridiculous predictions at least provided entertainment value for a little while. 20. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.13.2019 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) All those crazy guesses and it's Smithely go figure lol 21. MJM posted: 03.13.2019 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Thanks, but TeamDCRfan was the first to mention Smithley. Maybe give him some credit as well? 22. Tide1732 posted: 03.13.2019 - 7:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Why Not Kasey Kahne out of his NASCAR retirement and driving the #77 for Atlanta and various races? 23. MJM posted: 03.14.2019 - 12:14 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think that Quin Houff's next Cup race is Martinsville, as he is a Virginia native. 24. Tide1732 posted: 03.14.2019 - 10:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sad news for race fans. One of the most important motorsports peoples, the F1 race director Charlie Whiting dies today at age os 66. 25. Tide1732 posted: 03.14.2019 - 10:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @24 of* 26. JSPorts posted: 03.14.2019 - 11:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) RIP Charlie. Very sad day for motorsports. 27. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.14.2019 - 11:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm pretty interested to see how the aero package workes here as this is a big track 28. LJTolitoYT posted: 03.14.2019 - 11:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Larson will win at Auto Club 29. Corey posted: 03.14.2019 - 12:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You would think they would draft like at Daytona and Talladega, but that backstretch is still one of the bumpiest on the circuit. 30. ScottB posted: 03.14.2019 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So far this season, we have 4 different winners in 4 races (although it's 2 Gibbs drivers and 2 Penske drivers). How far do y'all think we will go into the season before we get a repeat winner? Larson is a solid choice, Harvick and Truex haven't won yet this season, Kurt Busch has been pretty racy in his new ride, Almirola has been lurking, Blaney has shown speed with a pole and a top-5. A win from any of that group wouldn't be a surprise. Or, will the streak end right here? 31. Anonymous posted: 03.14.2019 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wondering if inspection would be an issue in qualifying it's happened in the last 2 years last year 24 had a chance to post a time 32. MJM posted: 03.14.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @30 If the streak of different winners stops here, it would most likely be Kyle Busch who snaps that streak, or even Harvick, Keselowski, and Logano. Hamlin would be more of a Dark Horse when it comes to Fontana, but we've seen weird stuff happen before. 33. Corey posted: 03.14.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @32 Harvick wouldn't snap the streak at Fontana, he would extend it. @30 I don't think we'll go far at all. None of them were big surprises and all are capable of winning this weekend or in the races afterwards. We may find Truex and Harvick add their names, but these guys are all front runners and are likely to win again. 34. MJM posted: 03.15.2019 - 12:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @33 I made a mistake. Sorry about that. 35. Altracing posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon wins the pole by no one making it to the flag to post a lap in round 2. This qualifying has become utterly ridiculous 36. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What a joke, nobody set a lap in the 3rd round because nobody would go 37. Danish_Pie posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:32 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) It's getting harder and harder to defend being a fan of this sport. That may sound and be an exorbitant exaggeration, but when my dad turns to me after that to ask me why I'm a fan of such a retardedly run sport, I have no answer for him. 38. Tarheel posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Based on how Larson ran at Atlanta, and this also being a high tire wear track, he's my pick this weekend, if they don't shoot themselves in the foot. As far as qualifying, I think Nascar is going to have to return to single car runs at races with this package. 39. Corey posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That reminds me of a truck race a few years back at Michigan. Only Ryan Blaney got to the line and has the slowest pole speed for a truck race there. 40. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's group qualifying for you 41. George_Costanza posted: 03.15.2019 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not a single driver completed a lap in Round 3 of qualifying. I don't understand the point of waiting to make a lap. 42. Corey posted: 03.15.2019 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @38 They probably should, what we are seeing now are the same things that led to qualifying changing at Daytona and Talladega. They only other thing I can think of is to send any car who gets on track but doesn't make a lap to the rear of the field. Although to be fair to NASCAR, the teams are just as much to blame. 43. Corey posted: 03.15.2019 - 7:12 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @41 The draft is highly effective to making a fast lap. So if you have cars in front of you, the chances of having the fastest lap go up. The issue somebody then has to lead the group, but nobody wants to do that as it'll mean a 12th place starting spot. So they all wait for someone to bite the bullet. 44. possum posted: 03.15.2019 - 7:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @43 - exactly. And we just have to look at Kurt Busch's time in round 2 to see how effective the draft is. The thing I don't understand is why the multi-car teams don't just go as a group. Harvick, Almirola, and Bowyer could have left with 90 seconds on the clock, and been sure of setting a good time regardless if anyone else went or stayed. BTW, Jeff Gordon had a good suggestion, which was that once a car leaves it's pit stall it has to keep moving. That would avoid the logjam at the end of pit road. I wouldn't be surprised to see NASCAR implement that at Martinsville, since it's a pretty narrow pit road. 45. Mile501 posted: 03.15.2019 - 8:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe they should go to short, 5 or 10-lap qualifying races instead, with the lineup for a qualifying race based on practice speeds. Either that, or just go back to single-car runs. What they're doing right now is ridiculous. 46. Wil posted: 03.15.2019 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Embarrassing day for the sport. The incompetence of the people who run NASCAR is similar to Roger Goodell and NFL employees- only difference is the demand for football is inelastic while Nascar's idiotic rules and gimmicks are (deservedly) driving folks away. It's very sad as a longtime fan. 47. Jimmie4life posted: 03.15.2019 - 8:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Austin Dillon's second Fontana pole, first since 2016, Chase Elliott makes the final round after spinning out early, and Jimmie Johnson got his first top 10 of 2018 here, and he's so far starting in the 11th spot. 48. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.15.2019 - 10:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Personally, I find all the BS in qualifying hilarious. I sat there laughing for about the whole round 49. George_Costanza posted: 03.15.2019 - 10:58 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) There was absolutely nothing wrong with single car qualifying. I remember all the qualifying sessions I've been to, watching a car make their way around the track, having their time and speed posted on the leader board, the crowd cheering/booing depending on who it was. I'll never forget the roar of the crowd when Gordon won the pole at Michigan at 206 mph. NASCAR needs to fix this broken qualifying session. We don't need group qualifying or stages, just one lap to go fast. 50. 1995_Subaru_WRX_Sti posted: 03.15.2019 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While I didn't watch, I am sure glad i do not root for drivers anymore. Pathetic. 51. rm posted: 03.16.2019 - 12:11 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) The official release sent out to the teams earlier in the day listed Dillon's round 2 time as the official pole speed, for what it's worth, and not a flat zero. Not sure if they changed their mind or what, who knows. Friendly reminder to go support your local short tracks and grassroot racing series. Thank you and have a nice day. 52. Anthony posted: 03.16.2019 - 12:37 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Do like the ARCA qualifying at Daytona. Have a random draw with groups of 6 or 7 cars each, they go out 3-5 seconds apart, they can run for 5 minutes, once you pull off the track you're qualifying session is over and your fastest lap counts. 53. Dawson posted: 03.16.2019 - 12:48 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) The fact that we're talking about drafting like Daytona and Talladega is a problem. I have said this 100 times and will say it 100 more, this package is not racing. Another friendly reminder to go visit your local short tracks this racing season. 54. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.16.2019 - 1:02 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm honestly looking forward more to the Gatornationals on Sunday than I am the Cup race 55. Anthony posted: 03.16.2019 - 5:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) That was probably the stupidest thing to happen in NASCAR since the 2008 Allstate 400. Its all down to the ridiculous rules NASCAR decided to use. Bring back the HP and make the cars hard to drive, not some easy wide open garbage. 56. Tarheel posted: 03.16.2019 - 5:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 44, teams won't be waiting on each other to go first at Martinsville because the draft doesn't matter there, it's going to be a problem at the 1.33 mile or bigger tracks with this new package. Nascar continually finds ways to make its self worse. I might not bother watching until they go to Martinsville, Bristol, and Richmond. That said, the actual racing at this weekend shouldn't be quite as draft dependent as qualifying was, especially once the tires start wearing out. 57. Tarheel posted: 03.16.2019 - 7:32 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 55 I completely agree. They've gone from the 900-950 hp range down to 550 hp in five years. Give them back the power, completely remove the spoiler, give them tires that wear out, and stop repaving tracks. 58. Wil posted: 03.16.2019 - 7:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) SHOCKING that this farce of qualifying was "won" by the luckiest driver I can remember ever in racing, Austin "Golden Horseshoe Up My Ass" Dillon. Glad the college basketball conference tourneys will be on Sunday, which will be a much better use of my eyeballs. 59. joey2448 posted: 03.16.2019 - 7:41 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) I said this last week, but I'll repeat it: Why must qualifying be the show? NASCAR VP of competition Scott Miller said they'll exhaust every opportunity to change this before they would return to single-car qualifying because they don't want to ruin the entertainment value of group qualifying. But again, why does qualifying have to be entertaining? Just set the lineup and everyone tune in to the race on Sunday! Two options, and one is much simpler: Change the aero/engine package, or change the format. 60. Me. posted: 03.16.2019 - 9:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Jeez, you guys complain about everything. I personally love this new package, the racing is way better than it was before. 61. Suárezfan41 posted: 03.16.2019 - 10:24 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hey be happy we have the 3 on the pole 62. 1995_Subaru_WRX_Sti posted: 03.16.2019 - 12:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The OEMs got tired of dropping money on 750-900 HP engines. They went too the higher ups and told them either drop the HP or we are out. So maybe fans should put the money up. 63. George_Costanza posted: 03.16.2019 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Right before Happy Hour practice, Bob Packrass gave his idea on how to change qualifying. Since no one wants to go out first, the driver that goes out first would be guaranteed to start sixth or higher, even though that car is technically the slowest. Why have all this nonsense? Just go back to single car. 64. Corey posted: 03.16.2019 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @63 That idea is even worst. These guys would be fighting over themselves at Martinsville and Bristol as soon as the round started. 65. TooSmartForThis posted: 03.16.2019 - 4:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Right before Happy Hour practice, Bob Packrass gave his idea on how to change qualifying. Since no one wants to go out first, the driver that goes out first would be guaranteed to start sixth or higher, even though that car is technically the slowest." All these people coming up with all these ideas. Someone needs to tell them to stop thinking so hard. 66. Timothy_Eklund posted: 03.16.2019 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Do qualifying like arca does at plate tracks and send them out in groups of 5 67. Ryan posted: 03.16.2019 - 5:21 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Qualifying isn't supposed to be a show in the first place, just go back to single car runs already. 68. joey2448 posted: 03.16.2019 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @57 "...and stop repaving tracks." Sorry but that's not gonna happen simply because tracks need to repave every now and then. Asphalt (and even concrete) don't last forever and when you put powerful vehicles on pavement going 190-plus mph, they simply wear out over time. Tracks like Fontana and Atlanta offer great racing because the asphalt is old and worn out, but eventually it becomes a safety issue (remember the potholes at Daytona and Martinsville?) If a forever-lasting asphalt solution could be discovered, then the country would save billions in not having to repave roads and highways, as well as racetracks. 69. 52 posted: 03.16.2019 - 5:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Right, the single car runs are what used to build drama anyways. No down time. 70. Sandy posted: 03.16.2019 - 7:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Matt Tifft Was Supposed To Start 32nd but Had An Engine change He Will drop to the Rear For Tomorrow's Cup Race 71. possum posted: 03.16.2019 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @51, @53 - they paved over my local short track and put up a Target :-( @56 - they'll find some reason to play games on pit road. @57 - not so many years ago we had 650hp, no aero, and pretty good racing. You don't need unlimited horsepower, you just need more power than the available traction. Then the driver becomes the deciding factor. 72. Clint posted: 03.16.2019 - 7:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's shocking nascar won't admit the obvious that group qualifying with this rules package isn't going to work. Every week it's just a crap shoot of where you are in line. What was wrong with single car qualifying? I don't think group qualifying is this breath taking show that nascar wants to believe that it is. 73. DorsalFin posted: 03.17.2019 - 7:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot. 74. Corey posted: 03.17.2019 - 8:19 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This place was a steel mill before the track was built. The final scenes of Terminator 2 were filmed there. 75. TeamDCRfan posted: 03.17.2019 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 66 is right. Do it ARCA style. It's pretty pathetic when the Amateur Racing Club of America has a better Qualifying procedure than NASCAR 76. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 1:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I have a family event going on so I don't know if I'll comment during the whole race today so I'll make my prediction now and say that I think today will be the day Kyle Busch will win 200 77. Corey posted: 03.17.2019 - 1:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nothing is wrong with the qualifying procedure and aside from Daytona and Talladega, there was never an issue before. This package just doesn't work with it. 78. Sandy posted: 03.17.2019 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Happy St Patrick's Day 79. 1995_Subaru_WRX_Sti posted: 03.17.2019 - 2:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It really doesnt matter what NASCAR tries, teams will try and go around it. David Ragen said heat races would work. I agree with Corey in part. The process is being made worse by drivers when it shouldn't be. 80. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 2:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Austin Dillon is not feeling well today but was cleared by NASCAR to compete today. Cole Custer will be on standby for Austin should he need relief during the race. 81. 34McDowellFan posted: 03.17.2019 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cole Custer? Thought for sure it would be Reddick, Custer is a Ford driver and his dad is with SHR, so I really didn't expect that 82. Maverick19 posted: 03.17.2019 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) "It really doesnt matter what NASCAR tries" Or you know, they could try single car runs. Cause that worked for decades and there's no way around it. 83. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm going to say no on heat races. They tried that in Xfinity back in 2016 and it flopped, they shortened the regular races to accommodate them and no one ran hard because they were saving their equipment. IndyCar's heat races at Iowa went about the same. Unless there's "someone is going home" pressure they are rather dry. 84. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Polesitter Austin Dillon is feeling a little sick today but is still expected to race. If he can't make the call RCR has enlisted Cole Custer, the upset winner of yesterday's Xfinity Series race and the only Xfinity racer still at the track today, to serve as a possible relief driver. 85. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Riverdale" actor Skeet Ulrich, D.K. Ulrich's stepson, is hanging out in the pits today. 86. Suárezfan41 posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Imagine Custer wins today 87. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Cup drivers are doing the famous four-wide "salute to the fans" made famous by the sprint car racers on the parade lap. Ultra cool. 88. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Holy cow that looks amazing. A 5-wide salute! I say start the race like that. Lol 89. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) We're green at Fontana 90. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin to the lead 91. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola now to the lead 92. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin sneaked by Harvick and Austin Dillon to lead lap 1. Almirola is out front after five laps. 93. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon's team had the #3 readied for Custer to race it if needed but ultimately switched it back to Dillon's setup. Dillon said before the race he is confident he is going to go the distance today. He's running in the top-5 early on. 94. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After a few laps of chaotic shuffling among the leaders, Almirola has settled in as the leader, with a little lead on the rest of the field. 95. Suárezfan41 posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What is Austin's condition right now 96. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin back to the lead 97. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch to the lead 98. Suárezfan41 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) WHY 99. Wil posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick and Chase Elliott flying backwards early on. 100. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now 101. Dawson posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The racing hasn't been bad so far, but i really wish they would stop drafting and give them more horsepower, the driver can't really do anything because they're so close to wide open you can't drive the cars. It's all about who has the better car instead of who is the the better driver. Momentum is key to this package and that's not racing. 102. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @95 Dillon is fourth as green flag pit stops are occurring. He expects to run the full race. 103. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through, Kyle Busch leads Hamlin by 3.4 seconds 104. Anonymous posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle gained 1.2 seconds on teammate Denny Hamlin during the first green flag pit stop Sequence 105. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer may be blowing up 106. George posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @101 Every variable (for example, driver skill) taken out of the equation makes getting the desired outcome that much easier. This situation is the opposite of what IROC was supposed to be: those races had identical equipment, therefore driver skill meant everything. At least that was the theory. 107. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski brushed the wall off turn 2. 108. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon has blown up caution is out 109. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It appears there was a black balloon blowing around on the backstretch. Jimmie Johnson hit it before B.J. McLeod hit it and popped it. 110. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Austin Dillon has held up well so far. His car? Not so much. The #3 Chevy blows a motor with five laps left in the first stage. 111. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:32 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) It might actually be a tire issue for Dillon instead of an engine 112. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) It looks like Austin Dillon just blew a right rear tire and not a motor. He was running a strong fifth when he had that issue. 113. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Leader comes into pit, Hamlin stays out to be the leader again 114. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually it appears to be a cut tire for the #3 car. His right rear is flat and it chopped up the rear quarterfinal a little as well. Leader pits with only four laps left in this stage! Busch pits but Hamlin in second stays out. If they get this restarted it will be a wild one-lap shootout to end the stage. 115. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin, Stenhouse and Bowyer stay out everyone else pitted 116. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin, Stenhouse and Bowyer stayed out and Kyle Busch is the first car (in fourth) on fresh tires for this one-lap dash to decided the stage. Gonna be wild. 117. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Stenhouse spins caution is out, Kyle Busch got around Hamlin and will win stage 1 118. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We get a one-lap shootout to end the stage...and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. gets wrecked as a result. 119. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex and Larson got some damage in the stack up 120. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Kyle Busch dives to the inside of Hamlin in turn 1 and takes the lead, just as Stenhouse spins around behind them. The #17 got turned around when Erik Jones went by on the outside and sucked him around. Somehow, the field misses that, although Larson smacked the wall trying to avoid it, and William Byron might've just touched the #17. 121. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin pits along with a few others under caution 122. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer is down a cylinder so he stayed out trying to get some stage points. He dropped like a stone on the restart and I don't know if he got any. Bowyer's crew is changing a spark plug and wire trying to get the cylinder running again. 123. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man and Truex has got some right rear damage to his car. Must've gotten a piece of that wreck. 124. Iamthedebris posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well then... 125. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Logano to the lead 126. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch goes back to the lead 127. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hemric had to make a pit stop to repair some damage after hitting the wall on the restart 128. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hemric now smoking with a tire down 129. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Daniel Hemric blows a tire on lap 75. He limps around the race track, no caution. 130. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Some debris out of the racing groove from Hemric's tire but no caution yet 131. Christian posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Looks like another generic race where the old guard dominates and the new guys have no chance to win at all. 132. Sandy posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) While Daniel Hemric Limped his car back into the pits BJ McLeod went to the garage, Corey lajoie made an unscheduled pit stop 133. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again 134. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through again, Kyle Busch leads Keselowski by 4.1 seconds 135. George posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Each successive boring race makes the previous boring one look less boring, so there's that. 136. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Just past halfway (lap 100) and Kyle Busch's lead is over five seconds! Keselowski is second, and Blaney is third over eight seconds back. 137. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman being Newman, lol... 138. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch wins stage 2 139. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Penalty, Kyle Busch caught speeding on pit road! To the rear of the field for #18! 140. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, Denny Hamlin pegged for speeding in the pits as well. 141. Thats_Racin posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Not even the gimmicky engine/aero package can make this track exciting. Fontana, Michigan, and Indianapolis could disappear from the schedule completely and most fans wouldn't even miss them. 142. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Restart with 73 laps to go. Keselowski and Harvick 1-2. Kyle Busch will restart 18th. 143. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think Fontana is one the raciest tracks on the schedule, for what it's worth. 144. George_Costanza posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The funny thing is, the trucks would probably have an amazing race at Fontana, like they do at Michigan. I really do believe Cup should try having a similar package as they do to the trucks. 145. Sector posted: 03.17.2019 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is making some insane moves through the field. Wow. 146. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting again could be the final stops of the day 147. Mile501 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe Kyle Busch sped on pit road intentionally just to make things more interesting. 148. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba Wallace blows a left front tire with 37 laps to go and litters the track with debris to bring out the yellow! Right in the middle of green-flag pit stops! Kyle Busch hadn't pitted yet and is the leader. 149. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba Wallace blows a tire and leaves debris on the track caution is out. Kyle Busch hadn't pitted yet 150. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba Wallace blows a tire and we are under yellow for the debris. Tough luck for the Plan B Sales #43 Chevrolet, Wallace had a bunch of fans' names on the car this week as part of a promotion. 151. George posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Lol at Fox pretending this caution might not benefit Kyle Busch greatly. 152. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle comes into pit along with some of the leaders. Blaney stays out and will be the new leader, Kurt Busch also stayed out 153. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt actually pits a lap later so Blaney is the only car who stayed out under this caution 154. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski back to the lead 155. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Logano back to the lead now 156. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With 27 laps to go, it's Keselowski vs. Logano for the lead! And here comes Kyle Busch to join the party! 157. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And Kyle Busch goes back to the lead 158. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex has made a great rebound up to eighth with 15 laps left. 159. Pacer posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Kudos to the FOX crew celebrating St. Patrick's Day giving a shout out to Dublin NASCAR fan Peter Owens. Apparently he hasn't missed a NASCAR on FOX race since 2006. 160. Mbenoit posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Aside from restarts, I'd say this package has actually made the racing worse. At least at this track. 161. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (2) The internet's going to explode here shortly over Kyle Busch getting 200 wins. 162. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rowdy's out front by 2.5 seconds with 3 to go. Kyle Busch has had him covered so much today the FOX crew is joking it's a good thing he got that speeding penalty and "made it interesting." 163. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) White flag is out and Kyle's got'em covered. 164. Jacob posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Meanwhile, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick and Ryan Blaney are in a position battle. 165. Altracing posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch wins at Fontana for his 200th overall win in NASCAR's three divisions 166. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle Busch wins at Fontana. He's got 53 Cup wins and 200 in the top-three series. 167. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:40 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Kyle Busch wins the race and quotes DJ Khaled on the cool down lap. "All I do is win win win, no matter what..." 168. Mbenoit posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (3) (2) Such a talent, and yet, such an arrogant prick. 169. Jacob posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Congratulations to Kyle Busch. It's not the same as winning 200 in one series; but 200 total Top-3 series victories (53 in Cup) is still a very impressive accomplishment, and at 33 years old there's a good chance he's going to finish with quite a few more MENCS victories before it's all over for him. 170. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is Kyle Busch's 204th total victory in a NASCAR touring series or one later acquired by NASCAR. In addition to his 200 Cup, Xfinity, and Truck victories he also won a K&N East/West combination race at Iowa in 2009 and three races in ARCA (those weren't NASCAR victories at the time BUT NASCAR purchased ARCA in early 2018). 171. Iamthedebris posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Congrats to Busch for getting 200 wins. But, no matter what, no one is telling me that he is the best NASCAR driver of all time. Only a quarter of his wins are in the cup, and, there are drivers like Gordon, Johnson, Pearson, Petty, Earnhardt, and more that are better than him, but still, you can't deny that that is a feat that is hard to achieve. 172. Sector posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @159 Dublin, Ohio? Kyle Busch scored his first Cup win at Fontana back in 2005. Kyle Busch scored his 200th national NASCAR win at Fontana in 2019. 173. Ryan posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) "Kyle Busch wins at Fontana for his 200th overall win in NASCAR's three divisions." *YAWN* 174. Nathan8848 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Forget 200, 53 Cup wins is still really impressive. Chevy has 3 top 5's so far, all by Kurt. 175. Mbenoit posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Definitely a good chance he'll get 100 Cup wins, at his age and pace. Esp if he stays with Gibbs the rest of his career. 176. Fireball1020 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Garbage race and congrats to Kyle for the completely meaningless 200 wins 177. Mile501 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Although Kyle Busch won, Team Penske has a lot to celebrate today. They continue their strong start to the season by placing all three teams in the top 5. This is the second time Penske has accomplished that feat since expanding to three teams; the other was the fall 2018 race at Las Vegas. As his brother celebrates this significant achievement, Kurt Busch finished a solid 6th today. William Byron showed modest improvement, scoring his best finish of the season (15th) and coming home as the second-highest-running Hendrick car. Daniel Suarez (13th), Chris Buescher (16th), and Matt DiBenedetto (18th) also had respectable finishes today. This is actually DiBenedetto's first top 20 finish of the season; he has showed speed at different times, but hasn't been able to finish that well for various reasons. 178. George_Costanza posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @160 of course, they got rid of horsepower and somehow made clean air even more important. 179. Wil posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @167 RaceFanX, T-Pain said that not DJ Khaled my man haha. Unbelievable accomplishment by KB. Congrats to him. He's really matured a lot in recent years. 180. Mile501 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With 1 more win, Kyle Busch will tie Lee Petty for 10th in all-time wins. Once he reaches win #56, which quite likely will happen this season, Kyle will hold 9th place in all-time wins to himself. 181. Mbenoit posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just wish this had been a more exciting race. Was not a competitive or entertaining product to watch. They can't all be, but overall I don't think the new rules did a damn thing to make a race here better. 182. joey2448 posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) It's not the same as Petty's record, the two eras simply are too different from each other. But 200 combined NASCAR wins, and 53 in Cup, are simply amazing. One of the best drivers of this era. 183. Wil posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Cool moment in victory lane as Kyle's son Brexton gives Uncle Kurt a big hug who's in victory lane to celebrate with his brother. 184. Sector posted: 03.17.2019 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is the first time in Kyle Busch's Cup career where he won both stages 1, 2 and the race for max 7 points. Second time as he swept the entire race at Charlotte having 3 stages for max 8 points last year. 185. Mile501 posted: 03.17.2019 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @184 - That's a surprising stat. I would have thought he would have done that more often. 186. PettyOverrated posted: 03.17.2019 - 7:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) Congratulations to Kyle Busch the first driver to win 200 real NASCAR races! 187. Nucl3arWa4le posted: 03.17.2019 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #00 - Manscaped / Goodwin & Son's Market #19 - Bass Pro Shops / Tracker ATV's #47 - Kroger.com / Pringles / Klondike 188. possum posted: 03.17.2019 - 7:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @181 - overall, I agree with you, this rules package at this track did not work. To it's credit, if two cars happened to be evenly matched they could run close together without aero push. Unfortunately, very few cars seemed to be evenly matched. Despite all the announcer talk about "short run speed" and "long run speed", after a few laps that really didn't seem to exist. All the cars fell off at much the same rate, and rather than some cars moving forward and some backward, the gaps just gradually opened up between the cars (yeah, there were a couple of exceptions, like Kurt Busch in the last segment, but for the most part everyone slowed down in the same proportion as tires wore). 189. Greg posted: 03.17.2019 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) NASCAR never puts a good show at Fontana & Michigan. The current package makes them look like Xfinity on steroids and it only helps Kyle Busch's case. He can truly dominate this season given his prowess in Tier II already. It should be a matter of time until NASCAR admits the package is crap and changes it. But they're a stubborn bunch who never want to admit a mistake. Maybe a single-file boredom at Talladega changes their mind. 190. BadBooking posted: 03.17.2019 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) For a guy under the weather to the point of potentially needing a relief driver (Cole Custer), give an attaboy to Austin Dillon. He finished 10th with not only his personal issues, but also the issues his car developed near the end of the first stage. 191. Mile501 posted: 03.17.2019 - 8:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Current standings compared with 2018 final non-playoff standings (to illustrate the lack of competitive change between 2018 and 2019): 1. Kyle Busch (0) 2. Joey Logano (+2) 3. Kevin Harvick (-1) 4. Denny Hamlin (+7) 5. Brad Keselowski (+1) 6. Aric Almirola (+6) 7. Martin Truex, Jr. (-4) 8. Kyle Larson (-1) 9. Kurt Busch (-4) 10. Ryan Blaney (0) 11. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (+7) 12. Chase Elliott (-4) 13. Erik Jones (0) 14. Jimmie Johnson (0) 15. Clint Bowyer (-6) 16. Alex Bowman (-1) 17. Ryan Newman (-1) 18. Daniel Suarez (+3) 19. William Byron (+4) 20. Austin Dillon (-3) 21. Paul Menard (-2) 22. Chris Buescher (+2) 23. Ty Dillon (+4) 24. Matt DiBenedetto (+5) 25. Ryan Preece (n/a) 26. David Ragan (-1) 27. Daniel Hemric (n/a) 28. Michael McDowell (-2) 29. Corey LaJoie (n/a) 30. Bubba Wallace (-2) +/- indicates change compared to 2018 final non-playoff standings. 192. Brandon posted: 03.17.2019 - 8:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 51 is a Chevy 52 is a Ford 193. 11darknight10 posted: 03.17.2019 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 77 sponsor is Benevolent Foundation on the hood, Text "CDFRACECAR" to 77453 on the sides 194. Corey posted: 03.17.2019 - 9:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Some of the point totals are incorrect. Almirola should have 39 points. Suarez should have 30. Jones should have 26. 195. Ed posted: 03.17.2019 - 9:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron should also be listed as involved in the second caution, he clipped the back of Stenhouse's spinning car with the left front 196. Thats_Racin posted: 03.17.2019 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I honestly think that Busch's "200 wins" should be weighted to account for competition levels. Full credit for Cup wins, 50% for Xfinity and 25% for the Truck Series. That'd drop his weighted total "score" to 113 wins which is still an impressive number. There's no doubt the guy can drive, but beating up on also-rans and underfunded teams in the minors shouldn't count as much as Cup wins. 197. RaceFanX posted: 03.17.2019 - 11:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) William Byron finishes 15th on the day his alma mater/sponsor Liberty University gets seeded 12th for the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament. 198. George_Costanza posted: 03.17.2019 - 11:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Perhaps someone can elaborate on what Kyle Busch said, but did he say he wouldn't race Trucks when he hit 200 wins? I believe he said he would quit Xfinity once he hit 100 as well. 199. Thomas posted: 03.18.2019 - 12:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I wouldn't be surprised if what we see for qualifying in a couple of weeks is a rule instituted where if you don't put in a time in a later round you get placed at the end of the cars from the previous round. Maybe with a caveat that if there are teams that don't put in a time in round 1, they start at the back even if there are teams that don't put in a round 2 time. There will also probably be fines and maybe car and/or crew chief's being booted for failures to post a time in a later round unless there was a mechanical issue or a crash (and then they'd be starting at the rear anyways). 200. qwerty posted: 03.18.2019 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I bet Busch gets to 250 wins before he's done. And I bet a solid 70 to 80 will be in Cup. Which is insane, that is a crazy number of wins when you think about it. Because not only is he going to be near the top of the Cup list (already top 10), but he did it while simultaneously destroying all of the records in the other two series. Three concurrent Hall of Fame careers, and he's not even 35. Doing 700 to 800 miles of racing in a weekend. The guy is a just born racer, which in the end, you got to have some kind of respect for, regardless of what you think about him as a person. 201. Wil posted: 03.18.2019 - 12:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @196 Ok, then let's also give Richard Petty 10% credit for his wins because for most of them only 5 or so cars (at most) were strong enough to finish within 5 laps of the leaders. For the majority of RP's wins only 2-3 cars finished on the lead lap. 202. Sector posted: 03.18.2019 - 2:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) So about Kurt Busch. He's somewhat putting Jamie McMurray in recent year and Kyle Larson to shame, and he's doing much better in a Chevy than he did at SHR's Ford last year, in my opinion. 203. Danish_Pie posted: 03.18.2019 - 4:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best Finish of 2019 to date for: Austin Dillon (10th) William Byron (15th) Matt DiBenedetto (18th) Reed Sorenson (34th) Joey Gase (35th) Tied Best Finish of 2019 to date for: Cody Ware (32nd) Garrett Smithley (36th) 204. BadBooking posted: 03.18.2019 - 6:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @195, further slo-mo replays showed that Byron actually never hit Stenhouse, nor made contact with the 6. 205. Sector posted: 03.18.2019 - 6:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Another interesting note. Kyle Busch won his very first Cup race at Fontana back in 2005. He also won his second ever Cup race at Phoenix that same year, the only two races he won in his rookie season in Cup. In 2019, Kyle Busch won race #199 across all three NASCAR national series, and first race of the season in Cup, at Phoenix. He then won the following race in Cup at Fontana, which is #200 across all three NASCAR national series. Interesting how they mirrored. 206. Sector posted: 03.18.2019 - 6:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I should ask... When was the last time a driver who qualified outside the Top 5 ended up leading the first lap of the race (Denny Hamlin)? And when was the last time both drivers starting on the front row (Austin Dillon and Kevin Harvick) failed to lead a single lap in the race? 207. Sector posted: 03.18.2019 - 6:53 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @185 Miles501 Yes, they also mentioned the fact that Kyle has only ever swept the stages in a race twice before, Indianapolis 2017 (When he and Martin Truex Jr collided after a restart running 1 and 2) and Charlotte 2018 (When he had the second most dominate race in NASCAR story leading 377 of 400 laps, leading for 565.5 miles and actually winning!). Yeah, this is the very first race, coincidence how I mentioned the wins before mirrored in post #205, and finally winning a race with max 60 points and 7 Playoff points two stage race in Cup. 208. Joker_#88 posted: 03.18.2019 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @196 this is what people fail to realize Kyle's wins in the lower levels does include him beating multiple cup drivers in cup equipment so why are people finding ways to downplay his achievements dont believe me look at his stats. 209. Mannoroth posted: 03.18.2019 - 7:28 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 202. That only shows that McMurray is done like Kasey Kahne. He just doesn't have it anymore. Kurt Busch wasn't any dominator, but he's still able to run even better than Larson in the same car McMurray struggled... It's almost like he was still running for SHR, those results are pretty similar - he's consistent, but unable to dominate races and win a lot. 210. Mannoroth posted: 03.18.2019 - 7:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 161. Well, he did get his 200th NASCAR win and the internet is still working. Something went wrong, I guess... 168. You prefer vanilla drivers to drivers that aren't afraid to show emotions? I don't know what you like, but Kyle Busch's personality is way better than Jimmie Johnson's personality of a robot despite the fact Kyle has "his days" sometimes... 170. So he basically has the same number like Richard Petty, because he won one Convertible Series race and 3 K&N Pro Series races. 204 = 204 173. Yawn? You're mad your boy Harvick is starting to lose, because he still hasn't won a race and Kyle Busch increased that gap to 8 wins now? But I bet if it was Harvick that scored No. 200 today, you would write you essays how good he is despite the fact RCR holded him back... 196. I have a better idea - let's count only those races that are 250+ miles including road courses, because they don't have 250 miles even in Cup. In that case, Petty has 107 wins and I think Kyle will be really close to that number as well. 198. What? I don't know what you heard, but Kyle Busch will still run Trucks no matter the number of wins he gets there. He will only stop running Xfinity, when he gets that 100th Xfinity win (in other words, he won't run 7 races each season, but will run a race, when Joe Gibbs asks him for a favor). 201. Well, it's not easy. Petty's wins are pretty overrated, but it's that "different era" that saves him and still makes him that King of NASCAR. 211. CertifiableHater posted: 03.18.2019 - 7:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unbelievable how nascar failed to throw at least two debris cautions for chunks of tire sitting on the track! And then they do throw a Busch-benefit yellow because Bubba Wallace had a tire down. Highly dangerous situation and nascar did nothing about it! Shows how inconsistent the officials are. 212. Trent posted: 03.18.2019 - 9:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) This is why Nascar is losing its popularity and its viewers. absolute garbage. same damn story every week. 213. Trey posted: 03.18.2019 - 9:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why does Suarez only have 28 points? Shouldn't he have 30? 214. Sector posted: 03.18.2019 - 10:05 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "Congrats to Busch for getting 200 wins. But, no matter what, no one is telling me that he is the best NASCAR driver of all time. Only a quarter of his wins are in the cup, and, there are drivers like Gordon, Johnson, Pearson, Petty, Earnhardt, and more that are better than him, but still, you can't deny that that is a feat that is hard to achieve." They showed a recorded interview with Kyle Busch during the race. He was asked "Am I one of the greatest of all time? Probably not, but do I put all my effort into racing? I do." He clearly respect his peers, quite honesty it's all in the fanbase being at war with one another. Kyle Busch is just racing. 215. Anonymous posted: 03.18.2019 - 10:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @212 Well if you don't like it, nobody is making you watch. But you don't have to ruin for people who do like it. Oh wait, you're just an upset Harvick because he isn't winning this year. Tough luck. I knew he wouldn't repeat last year. 216. Mannoroth posted: 03.18.2019 - 10:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 208. They literally want Kyle to have 200 Cup wins from races that are longer than 250 miles, only then it's equal to Richard Petty. What a nonsense - you can't get 200 Cup wins from races that are that long, let alone with the modern era level of competition. Not even Jeff Gordon managed to win half the races Petty won... That's why I said let's take a look at the race distances. Or we can use the idea mentioned in post #196. Both of them have more logic than this garbage produced by people that think they know the best about everything... 217. Tarheel posted: 03.18.2019 - 10:49 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 215, how are ruining it for you by criticizing it and voicing their opinions? Are they barging into your house and turning your TV off? Are they calling you incessantly and bothering you while you're trying to watch a race? 218. Mile501 posted: 03.18.2019 - 10:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @213 - The stage 1 top 10 shown on RR doesn't match what's on the unofficial results from NASCAR. They have the 41 listed after the 10 and 20, which would make the 28 point total correct. Source: http://slpage.webfactional.com/pdfs/05cup-results.pdf 219. Mile501 posted: 03.18.2019 - 11:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @216 - Just out of curiosity, I did a little research to find out how many of Richard Petty's 200 wins came in races that were 250 miles in length or longer. I count 107 such races. So, of Richard Petty's 200 Cup wins, 93 came in races under 250 miles and 107 came in races that were 250 miles or longer. I didn't figure out what Kyle's numbers would have been, but I imagine they would be similar. Maybe someone who has some free time can figure that out. In all honesty, these are two different accomplishments from two very different time periods. Both are impressive in their own way, but they really can't be directly compared to one another. 220. Trey posted: 03.18.2019 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 217, it's just frustrating how people always want to complain. Can't you people never just loosen up and enjoy stuff and not always whine? 221. Mannoroth posted: 03.18.2019 - 12:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 215. Trent and Ryan would understand each other very well. One constantly writes all the what-ifs and reasons why Harvick should have won and the other writes essays about the fact Harvick struggled with RCR and how good he is that he earned 23 wins in average equipment. All I can say is tough luck, life just ain't fair, so get used to it finally... 219. I did the exact same research back in 2014 and I also found out that 93 of Petty's 200 Cup wins come from races shorter than 250 miles. And one friend of time claims Kyle Busch has won 103 races that are 250 miles and longer. If it's true, Kyle will surpass Petty soon even in this category and in my opinion, this category is more fair than just claim it's all about the Cup wins and that's it. 220. No, because that's the nature of people - something is always wrong, so they have to complain about everything. It has always been this way... 222. Wil posted: 03.18.2019 - 1:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @220 Says the dude who just went after Alex Bowman for no reason. 223. George posted: 03.18.2019 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @222 Yeah, Bowman took the 16th best car on the track (being somewhat charitable) and brought it home 21st. So of course he's a bum and should be fired immediately. At least according to morons who aren't intellectually capable of putting things in context. 224. Trey posted: 03.18.2019 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 218, thanks that makes sense 225. KentuckyWildcat posted: 03.18.2019 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @206 To answer your question when was last time a driver who started outside the top 5 to lead the first lap: I've been watching NASCAR going back to 1990. I do not recall it ever happening. However, the furthest back I can ever recall is Dick Trickle at the 1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 at Michigan when Dick qualified 4th in Junie Donlavey?s 90 Ford Thunderbird, drove down to the apron coming out of turn 4 leading lap 1 making Benny Parson yell out ?And Dick Trickle led that first lap!? It's bound to have happened at Talladega in recent years but one would have to conduct some research to find out 226. Z posted: 03.18.2019 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @206, 225: 2012 Talladega I - Tony Stewart Started 8th, Led The First 16 Laps 227. Z posted: 03.18.2019 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ To Add To What I Said Above: 2012 Talladega I Was Also The Last Time 1st/2nd Place Qualifiers Failed To Lead Any Laps Until This Race. 228. possum posted: 03.18.2019 - 9:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @219 - let us bear in mind that 250 miles on a half-mile short track is a lot more work than 250 miles on a 1.5 mile or 2 mile oval. 229. Mile501 posted: 03.18.2019 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @228 - Absolutely. Cars were harder to drive back then in general as well. I wasn't attempting to make a direct comparison. I just figured up the numbers out of curiosity. 230. Mannoroth posted: 03.19.2019 - 6:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 228. Maybe, but don't forget that such a distance can be completed in one hour plus a few minutes. You may be working hard, but you don't have to focus for 3+ hours. That's also different... It's like running some cyclocross race that usually have 1+ hour, but you're running on 100% the whole race and running some professional cycling race that has 200 km and it takes at least 5 hours to complete it, but you don't have to run on 100% the whole distance. 231. Trent posted: 03.19.2019 - 9:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Unless maybe because Auto Club just hasn't really been exciting, besides the 2013 race, and maybe the 2011 race. and really, how many years did i have to watch Harvick perform like crap when he was with RCR? many. it just got exciting that he is doing so well, and it just was a relief. You think i'm complaining about harvick not winning? No, because it could be much worse. 2009 was horrible. What I'm saying is, the racing just isn't that exciting as what it used to be. I'm only 15, so when i was younger the races were so much better to watch. as for Kyle Busch, i do not like him, but i respect him. He is one of the greatest Nascar drivers ever. I do complain about him winning sometimes, but when he does win he does it in fashion. most of all, his team does an excellent job on pit road. i used to like him, but of course me being a harvick fan, i began to not like him after the many tangles they had on the track. Even if Harvick is friends with Busch now, i can't trust Kyle yet. But i praise Kyle for being an excellent race car driver. 232. Anonymous posted: 03.19.2019 - 10:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I just have to say that all the other teams/cars on the track should be embarrassed about how bad Kyle is killing them. Watching him come back through the field after penalty was like when I play my NASCAR game on PS4 on easy. I can't imagine how frustrating it must be to be another driver and just watch him sail right by and (with tis package) that is while you have your foot to the floor. I'm not knocking him at all....as long as the car is legal which is apparently was he is doing what he is supposed to be doing but this has been the problem with NASCAR for a while now. It seems like one team can really hit it...MTJ in 2017, Harvick in 2018 and now KB this year and just KILL everyone and with no testing teams can't get caught up. Seems to me like only 1 or 2 other guys MIGHT have a small chance to win each week and everyone else has NO SHOT. Makes it very uninteresting. 233. StenhouseFan17 posted: 03.19.2019 - 12:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsors: #17 - Fastenal/Louisville Ladders #37 - Kroger Flavor Fill Up//Slim Jim/Velveeta/Totino's #66 - Donate Life Nevada #77 - CDF Benevolent Foundation 234. Mannoroth posted: 03.19.2019 - 2:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 231. When I was 15 back in 2010/2011, that was my only 3rd year with NASCAR and I didn't even know there is some web page called racing-reference... Plus, Harvick wasn't a complete crap since 2010 - he always won the same amount of races like Kyle Busch. And I have to admit that when I started watching NASCAR in 2008, I considered Harvick as just another loser that has won something, but it's nothing special. And it was even worse in 2009, but then, he showed everyone that he's able to win something even with RCR. And the move to SHR was the best thing he has ever done. Only one problem - it was too late, because he wasted 13 years of a career in mediocre equipment... 232. Looks like the Jeff Gordon nightmare of the late 90s has returned, but this time it's Kyle Busch, who starts his reign of terror in Cup. 235. Anonymous posted: 03.19.2019 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 234...I will admit that Harvick is one I sold short for a long time also. To see now that he is pushing 50 cup wins and has over 100 across all 3 series is pretty remarkable. He won't go down as an all-time great but should be in the "best of the rest" conversation. 236. possum posted: 03.19.2019 - 7:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @230 - ask a driver which is harder, 500 laps at Martinsville or 300 laps at Las Vegas. All of them will say Martinsville... 237. Mannoroth posted: 03.20.2019 - 7:39 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 235. Most definitely. But he has to be thankful to RCR that wasn't a complete crap in Xfinity and for supporting his former team, Kevin Harvick Inc. Otherwise I'm afraid he wouldn't get to 100... 236. Of course, but you still have to focus as much as possible. 238. racefangurl posted: 03.25.2019 - 1:20 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) My person I watch races with thought this was on FS1, until race day. Maybe they said Martinsville or a minor league race was gonna be on FS1 when they mentioned it during the Phoenix race (they mentioned something about FS1 at Phoenix) and he got confused? We watch the races with his cat. He calls him a redneck puddy (boy cat we've referred to as "Grayling" or "Puddy" for a long time). Puddy just to fit him as a nickname, maybe because he came to us as a kitten or just something about the way he was as a kitten? I don't know why, but somehow puddy just fit him. 239. Yeet posted: 03.25.2019 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) After the fiasco that occurred during qualifying, NASCAR has announced that starting at Texas, if a driver fails to make a time in the the final round(s) all of their times will be disallowed and will start at the rear of the field 240. GoPM21 posted: 03.25.2019 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @239 What if a car, say, blows a motor or crashes in the 2nd round? Was any information given to some hypotheticals? 241. Corey posted: 03.25.2019 - 5:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I haven't heard anything, but that might be addressed this weekend. 242. possum posted: 03.25.2019 - 7:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @240 - well, it's not clear if NASCAR actually announced anything, or if they just dropped a few snippets to the AP reporter - all the stories out there right now are just quoted from the AP story (mostly with credit, at least). Anyway, the new rule seems to be: if you fail to take a time in a round you are participating in, you start at the rear. If you leave your pit box, you must continue onto the track without stopping or be penalized (unclear if this means back of the pack, or dollars/points like an inspection penalty). If you obstruct another driver on pit road (e.g. by stopping and blocking them) you will be penalized (this one evidently is a points/dollars penalty). I take that bit about "round you are participating in" to mean if you crashed/blew up/otherwise had a problem in the previous round, then you're not participating and not subject to penalty. 243. UnderdogFan89 posted: 06.24.2019 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 Points Finishers. Actual Finish in parentheses. 1. Kyle Busch (1) 2. Joey Logano (2) 3. Kevin Harvick (4) 4. Brad Keselowski (3) 5. Ryan Blaney (5) 6. Denny Hamlin (7) 7. Aric Almirola (9) 8. Kurt Busch (6) 9. Martin Truex (8) 10. Daniel Suarez (13) Notes: This is Kyle Busch's 2nd win this season. 244. Mile501 posted: 07.18.2019 - 8:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Of course, we all know the circumstances that transpired here...but technically speaking, Austin Dillon is recorded as having won the pole for this race at a speed of 0.000 mph, the slowest pole speed in NASCAR history. 245. Sector posted: 07.18.2019 - 9:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I actually skipped this race, what happened in qualifying exactly?? 246. 1995-Subaru-WRX-Sti posted: 07.18.2019 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ^ Back when NASCAR had the group Quing thing and with the current aero package being so draft relent everyone wanted too wait until the last possible second too go out before time expired so they wouldn't get screwed over. The thing is everyone waited TOO long and time expired so no one set a time. And everyone got booed after words. Group Quing wasn't a bad thing but the drivers turn it into a mockery. 247. Corey posted: 07.18.2019 - 11:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @245 Everyone was playing games wanting to be the last car. They all waited so long that they didn't have time to start the lap in the final round. NASCAR had to resort to their round 2 time to set the top 12. 248. MoffittFan24 posted: 07.18.2019 - 11:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @245 They waited till like, 1 minute remaining in the final round sitting there and then they finally went and time expired before they got to start there lap. And then that as always sparked some controversy. 249. Anthony posted: 03.03.2020 - 7:31 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Not sure why it says 0mph for the pole. It reverted back to 2nd round speeds for the pole. The starting lineup page nascar posts says the pole speed was 180.081, 39.982 sec by Austin Dillon. 250. SweetRich posted: 03.03.2020 - 10:23 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The commentators for the race were Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon with Matt Yocum, Vince Welch and Jamie Little on pit road. 251. Rich posted: 09.25.2020 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joining the race coverage was Larry McReynolds as the rules analyst. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: