|| *Comments on the 2019 Gander RV 400:* View the most recent comment <#193> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Hi posted: 04.30.2019 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) See I told everyone that the 53 would show up. Nobody would believe me but he did. Congrats to Rick Ware Racing for having a third car though (51, 52, 53) (and next the 54, lol) 2. 52 posted: 04.30.2019 - 11:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Mike Wallace is back baby! (I definitely don't know this for sure but it would be awesome if it were true) 3. 66LongFan posted: 04.30.2019 - 11:41 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) My Only Guess For #53 Is BJ Mcleod 4. TeamDCRfan posted: 04.30.2019 - 11:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Rick Ware brings a 3rd car to the track. I'm quite surprised by that. 5. Timothy_Eklund posted: 04.30.2019 - 1:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Could be Custer.... (the manu could be a placeholder) 6. David posted: 04.30.2019 - 1:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The streak of Cup races without a #53 will continue; it has withdrawn for Dover. B.J. McLeod is now listed in the #52. 7. Hi posted: 04.30.2019 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) @6 I'm crying 8. Anonymous posted: 04.30.2019 - 9:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 53 withdrew that's a shame hope rick ware can run a 3rd entry at Kansas 9. Anthony posted: 04.30.2019 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (3) (1) RWR has no business running a 3rd team. There two teams now suck 10. TeamDCRfan posted: 04.30.2019 - 9:30 pm Rate this comment: (5) (1) 9 has a point. They really should work on improving the two cars they already have 11. Anthony posted: 05.01.2019 - 4:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I bet Ware bringing a third car was done at NASCAR's request 12. Br9sc8e posted: 05.01.2019 - 7:35 am Rate this comment: (1) (1) If they were to bring a third car, I'm sure it was going to run last pretty much 70% of the race. Cause imo, Rock Ware is probably the worst team in cup right now. The fact they had the power to possibly bring a third car is pretty wack. 13. Mile501 posted: 05.01.2019 - 8:23 am Rate this comment: (3) (1) The way the system is right now and with most races not having full fields, pretty much anyone who wants to and can find enough money can field an entry in a Cup race. Most races have enough extra room for Rick Ware to bring 4 cars if he wanted to. I miss the days when making it into a Cup race was a challenge... 14. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.01.2019 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Landon Cassill brings a new sponsor: KODRA 15. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.01.2019 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Matt DiBenedetto brings out the FDNY Foundation to Dover this week, The car looks good. 16. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.01.2019 - 9:32 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) What if they actually pull a start and park with the third car, like enter the 52s backup or something. Does anybody know or have an idea what money last place would make without a charter? 17. Spen posted: 05.01.2019 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I hope Ware managed to get the #53 on track at some point this year. Been way too long since it's raced. 18. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.01.2019 - 10:30 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Probably still would have been an underfunded driver and the car would've finished at the best Top 30's 19. HJ10 posted: 05.01.2019 - 2:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Jayski is back. 20. Mile501 posted: 05.01.2019 - 2:59 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) @19 - Jayski has been back for several weeks now, but it is certainly good news! I felt out of the loop while Jayski was closed down. 21. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 05.01.2019 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (7) (0) Single car qualifying is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 22. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.01.2019 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @19 What is the Websites name 23. RaceFanX posted: 05.01.2019 - 3:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) This race marked the return of single car qualifying to NASCAR oval racing. NASCAR abandoned the group qualifying across all three of its top series starting with this race, ending its use of group qualifying at all tracks that began in 2014. It also dropped the multi-round qualifying format in the process. Group qualifying will remain in use for road courses. NASCAR outright said the change was made in regard to the team's qualifying gamesmanship earlier in the season. Specifically cited on their website was that infamous final round at Auto Club Speedway where no one posted a time after everyone waited too long since they wanted someone else to go first so they could draft behind them. 24. RaceFanX posted: 05.01.2019 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joey Logano and his Team Penske team took the #22 Shell / Pennzoil Ford to Washington, D.C. in the lead up to this race. As the reigning Cup series champions they were invited to White House to spend time with President Donald Trump in honor of their achievement. Logano's visit came one day after the Baylor Women's Basketball Team came by to celebrate its recent NCAA championship at the White House. 25. guac_is_extra_ posted: 05.01.2019 - 4:03 pm Rate this comment: (5) (0) Thanks, NASCAR. It's a good call, it's the best option. We genuinely appreciate it. 26. Tarheel posted: 05.01.2019 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) They didn't really need to go back to single car qualifying at the tracks one mile or smaller, it was the tracks where they run the smaller spacer where the draft was more important. Oh well, at least Nascar did half a thing right, and that's more than they've gotten right in a while. 27. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.01.2019 - 4:51 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I wish they did it arca style and send em out in groups of 5 28. Sandy posted: 05.01.2019 - 7:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 3rd Rick ware care 53 with no driver listed withdrew leaving the 27 of Reed Sorenson as the only non Charter car left in the game 29. Tide1732 posted: 05.01.2019 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Spencer Boyd will make his Cup debut in the New Rick Ware car soon, he not confirmed if drives the #53 or other RWR car, and where track will make his debut (Probably Sonoma if Tommy Drissi not runs or Kansas Pocono) still not confirmed yet, but may be a potential possibility to run most races. 30. Yeet posted: 05.01.2019 - 10:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) You sure have a point that RWR should focus on improving their #51 and #52 entries because they're well off the pace most of the time, but heck, if they could nab some more money by filling the field I don't see a problem with it. As long as they don't impact the leader's races and end up on NascarNixon's next episode of "Damn Lap Cars" then I would consider it a success. 31. Anthony posted: 05.01.2019 - 10:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) We don't need field fillers. We only have about 25 quality cars every week. 32. ScottB posted: 05.01.2019 - 11:36 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Launching an extra field filler car is far more affordable than bringing two existing cars up to "competitive" level, though. So that's the strategy teams like RWR will continue to take. 33. rm posted: 05.01.2019 - 11:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Spot on. I've asked a team owner - not Cup though, for what it's worth - that was in a similar position of running an extra car rather than improving the existing car(s). There's not a ton of added expense if you already have the car sitting there in the shop and you're going to use the same people that are already there, licensed and in the garage, to work on the extra car. Sure it spreads you a bit more thin but it makes more sense financially in the short term and what major stock car series couldn't use an extra car towards the car count right now? Now, not saying that I agree with that line of reasoning (though I also don't own a team, so what do I really know after all?), but Rick Ware would be far from the first or only team owner with that logic. 34. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.02.2019 - 9:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @29 Source, I think he should wait for his debut 35. ScottB posted: 05.03.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Random stat of the week: With 10 races in the books this season, there are 10 drivers who've run all the events and not led a lap. 36. 66LongFan posted: 05.03.2019 - 4:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Nascar's Mobile App Kansas Cup Entry List Shows 40 Cars, Woohoo A Full Field 37. Nucl3arWa4le posted: 05.03.2019 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chase Elliott wins the pole for Sunday's race, his 6th career pole. 38. Walker posted: 05.03.2019 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Where on the app does it show you the entry list for the following weekends races? Thank You. 39. Danish_Pie posted: 05.03.2019 - 4:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Make sure you're under the right series, (Cup in this case) then hit schedule at the very bottom, and then ?Weekend Schedule' on next weeks race. 40. 66LongFan posted: 05.03.2019 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The 4 Open Cars For KANSAS #27-Reed Sorenson #31-Tyler Reddick #46-Joey Gase #66-Timmy Hill 41. Will posted: 05.03.2019 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @40 46? 42. Danish_Pie posted: 05.03.2019 - 5:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Carl Long is entering a second car. 43. Lightning88 posted: 05.03.2019 - 5:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @40 Which team is Gase driving for? Second MBM car? 44. Walker posted: 05.03.2019 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I found it. Thank You, Danish_Pie!!! 45. Sandy posted: 05.03.2019 - 5:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Carl long enters 2 cars but Carl is not driving that's too bad I really want him back into cup racing 46. Anonymous posted: 05.03.2019 - 9:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @45 is he still barred from that engine violation in 2009? 47. Mile501 posted: 05.03.2019 - 10:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @46 - No, NASCAR finally lifted that (ridiculous) ban on Carl Long a couple of years ago. He ran 3 Cup races in 2017. 48. Harvickfan1 posted: 05.03.2019 - 10:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 46.. No he worked a deal with NASCAR to pay the fine back 49. Sandy posted: 05.03.2019 - 10:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @47 but has not run a cup race since he attempted April 2018 at Texas but withdrew the 66 50. Anthony posted: 05.03.2019 - 11:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Looks like the forecast has improved for Sunday, The latest hourly forecast has it moving out by 12pm-2pm, so we may have a delay start but should race on Sunday 51. ShinyMew151 posted: 05.04.2019 - 8:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (4) That ban really wasn't ridiculous 52. Sandy posted: 05.04.2019 - 10:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @51 it killed my career- Carl Long 53. David posted: 05.04.2019 - 10:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cup practice #2 has been cancelled. There's another session scheduled for later today. 54. Harvickfan1 posted: 05.04.2019 - 10:53 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Carl is more focused on young development of Talent with his team, he makes the occasional Xfinity start. But his band has been lifted a few years back otherwise he wouldn't even be able to own a car in cup. He wasn't even able to be in the cup garage. 55. MajorImplications posted: 05.04.2019 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Larson should be able to turn his season around this week. Track position will be key because there's not as much tire falloff as there used to be at Dover and with the big spoilers, it will be pretty hard to come back to the front if you get buried in the pack. 56. Altracing posted: 05.05.2019 - 12:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Don't know if we'll even get the cars on track today so I'll make my prediction now and say that Larson will win the race 57. Altracing posted: 05.05.2019 - 1:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex, Bowman and Preece will go to the rear of the field for failing pre-race inspection twice 58. TennesseeMountainMan posted: 05.05.2019 - 1:22 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) These 2 o'clock start times suck! Why the hell wait around all day to get this race started, it's too late for me 59. Iamthedebris posted: 05.05.2019 - 2:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Anyone know the weather for the future? Can we get the race in? 60. possum posted: 05.05.2019 - 2:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @33 - there is something to what you say, but it's not quite that clear cut. Besides having a spare car, you need a spare pit crew. Assuming you have enough extra guys in the shop (so you don't need to pay for additional people) you still have to pay lodging and meals for them. If you run your car the whole race, you also have to pay for tires and fuel. Upshot is, if you try to run the whole race and you have to pay for a pit crew, and you finish in the bottom half of the field, you more or less break even. If you just run to the first pit stop, and you're not paying for a pit crew, you'll make a little, even finishing last. If you tear the car up, regardless of everything else you're in the hole. 61. Altracing posted: 05.05.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Well looks like we're gonna get this race started, though we probably won't finish it 62. Anonymous posted: 05.05.2019 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Get ready for a snoozer, everyone. 63. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.05.2019 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) They might get 10-20 laps in but there's a LOT of rain going there way 64. Altracing posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I say we'll get to the competition caution which is on lap 40 and then the rains will come 65. Altracing posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Rain has picked up again, looks like we won't go racing after all 66. Corey posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Should just call and reschedule it. No chance of getting all the laps today. 67. Corey posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) And the race has been postponed. Now it will run at Noon tomorrow. 68. BradR posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Monday's Forecast: Partly Cloudy Hi 72 20% chance rain 69. TeamDCRfan posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tomorrow 70. TeamDCRfan posted: 05.05.2019 - 4:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cars on track. Only problem is, ITS STILL RAINING 71. Hi posted: 05.05.2019 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 have been the better years of nascar in my mind. Justin interms of close racing and no big three like (2018). Also there was a good aero package in most of those years. 72. racefangurl posted: 05.05.2019 - 5:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Guess it rained on NASCAR's parade this afternoon.lol 73. Sandy posted: 05.05.2019 - 5:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Happy Cinco De Mayo Day 74. JG24Ever posted: 05.05.2019 - 9:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @71 I'd put the second half of 2018 in there. There was some very good racing in the second half of the year that we didn't see in the first half. I wish we had gotten that aero package with 900 HP since that would've kicked ass but this year has been good; much better than many people thought. 75. Mile501 posted: 05.05.2019 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Comment #72 will end up being quite humorous if there turns out to be little passing during this race. 76. Trent posted: 05.06.2019 - 7:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Welp i can't watch it today bc i am at school. oh well. someone i dpn't like will probably win anyway 77. Trent posted: 05.06.2019 - 9:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) go chase and go harvick 78. PucciMan posted: 05.06.2019 - 11:21 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Last NASCAR race, they were at their best track. This race, they're at one of its worst tracks. Talk about a step in the wrong direction. 79. Tarheel posted: 05.06.2019 - 11:51 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) If by "best track" you mean cars knotted up in a group with the rest of the track empty" then sure. Like it or not however, it takes more driver talent to win at Dover than it does to win at Talladega. 80. TeamDCRfan posted: 05.06.2019 - 11:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) This race is probably going to be good, since it seems like when I have to miss a race, something cool happens. Examples: Texas 2010, the huge front stretch pileup, Pocono 2016, Buescher wins, Both Poconos in 2014, Jr. Performs the sweep. 81. RaceFanX posted: 05.06.2019 - 12:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The "Monster Mile" is my favorite track. Only the skilled can tame it, things can get wild at times, and who doesn't love watching the cars wipe around that white concrete. Dover is a fun one. 82. FoMoCo posted: 05.06.2019 - 12:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wipe? Terrible racing, single file follow the leader. 83. Trent posted: 05.06.2019 - 12:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) what happened to hamlin? i'm following the leaderboard on nascar.com and it says he is a lap down. im at school so i cant watch iy 84. Canadianfan posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @83 His car is just not very good right now Trent he's really struggling with it. 85. Trent posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Harvick and Chase are looking good so far and brad leads 86. Trent posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:21 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) oh alright what about logano he was just winning 87. Timothy_Eklund posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Trent you ain't missing much this is boring right now 88. Trent posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) yeah i see but if harvick takes the lead i will be happy 89. racefangurl posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 86, car issues come up, like damage or the handling fell apart? 90. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The #88 is making moves as Bowman has moved up to third on lap 175, passing Harvick and now setting his sights on second-place Elliott. Wow that's a nice run for the Showman. 91. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lap 181, Truex pits under green and that sets off a cycle of green-flag stops by most of the field. 92. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As we near the halfway point of the race, Chase Elliott has settled back into the race lead but his teammate Alex Bowman is second, about 1.2 sec back and looking strong today. Keselowski, Harvick and Truex round out the top-5. 93. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Alex Bowman makes the pass on Chase Elliott and takes the lead with 17 laps to go in stage 2! Harvick is close behind in third. 94. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 3 cars are one the led lap, Chase, Alex Bowman, and Kevin Harvick 95. LJTolitoYouTuber posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Chase Elliott wins by the look at it so far 96. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 1:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is on Bowman's bumper for the race lead with just seven laps left in stage 2. The two leading cars are sifting their way through heavy lapped traffic. 97. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Truex joins the party up front. It's Bowman-Harvick-Truex on lap 235. 98. George posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowman had the stage all wrapped up and then..... blech. 99. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex to second past Harvick and now looking for the lead on Bowman. Last lap of stage 2, and Bowman slides up the track in turns 1 and 2 and nearly hits the wall! He gives up the lead to Truex but Bowman comes back and makes a run at the #19 in turns 3 and 4. Truex hangs on by a car length to win the second stage! 100. Mile501 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Hendrick teams as a whole look better today than they've looked in quite some time. And opposite from what we've seen for most of the season, Kyle Larson is vastly outperforming Kurt Busch today. 101. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A lap after that restart on lap 249, Kyle Busch brushes the wall off turn 2. 102. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch seems to think that hit would end the #18's day, but he's still out there running eighth. 103. FoMoCo posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Another race Ford isn't going to win, might as well go watch paint dry. 104. Mile501 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kyle Busch is trying to tie Morgan Shepherd's record of 11 straight top 10 finishes to start the season. In the last 5 spring Dover races, Kyle Busch has failed to record a single top 10 and has crashed out of 3 of them. 105. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Hamlin is in trouble on lap 263. Seems to have a flat tire? He's slowing on track and now he spins in turn 2. Caution out. 106. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:22 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Bowman's having his best run in Cup since the fall Phoenix race in Nov. 2016. He led the most laps that day as a part-time driver filling in for Dale Jr. in the #88 car but failed to win after causing a late-race restart crash. 107. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:36 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) With 100 laps to go, Truex leads the field with a 0.6 sec lead over Harvick. Bowman is third, Larson fourth and Elliott fifth. 108. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Green-flag pit stops starting up with 81 laps to go. Truex gives up the lead to pit. 109. Me. posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) GO BOWMAN!!! 110. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:52 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Daniel Suarez on a lap of his own with 62 laps to go. He's the only driver who hasn't made a green-flag pit stop yet and Truex is running second, -1 lap. 111. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Suarez finally stops with 54 to go, giving Truex the lead back. Boy that would've been something if the yellow had come out with the field a lap down. 112. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 40 laps to go and Truex is on cruise control with a 3.6-sec lead over Bowman. Third-place Larson is 7.3 back. 113. George posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Though they aren't likely to prevail today over the superior JGR Toyota on cruise control, it's nice to see Chevy finally being allowed to compete in a race (without a restrictor plate to artificially level the playing field). If the Bowties manage to place as many as 3 cars in the top 5 at the finish, it will mark the first time in over a full year that has happened on an oval, and only the second time since the "new Camaro" excuse became necessary. 114. David posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) A caution flag would change things dramatically George, but it's going to take something obvious to cause one now: no debris, no barely scraping the wall, no spin-hit-nothing-and-drive-away. 115. A.J. posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) C'mon Cassill, blow up. Nothing against Landon actually, just his engine. 116. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Btw, Kyle Busch has moved into the top-10 and is hanging on, looking for his 11th straight top-10 to start the year. 117. A.J. posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) After a win that was as easy as a drive in the park, NASCAR might want to "Kentucky Derby" that 19 car in postrace inspection. Then again, they might not want to. 118. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:19 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Martin Truex Jr. picks up his 21st career Cup win and third at Dover, including his second Monday win at Dover. He won his first race here in 2007 on a Monday. Great run by Alex Bowman in second, and also good run by Kyle Larson in third, after all the back luck he's had. Maybe that visit to the good luck charms store that Larson and Jeff Gordon took paid off? 119. George posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (4) They did it! Three Chevys in the top 5 for the first time in forever! Bowman with p2 twice in a row now, Larson with an absolutely necessary good run for the first time in ages, and even though the polesitter's car wasn't anything special after losing the clean air, Elliott still brought it home 5th. 120. RaceFanX posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:22 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) The SiriusXM #19 Toyota was coming in loud and clear as it beams its way into victory lane. 121. David posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Speaking of clean air, which dominated today to the exclusion of all other factors, was this spiffy new package supposed to work against that sort of thing and produce quality racing? 122. A.J. posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Good thing this wasn't a 500 mile race like in the olden days, otherwise we'd probably have seen "1 lap+" next to Margin of Victory on the race results page on this site for the first time in probably a decade or two. Clean air + superior equipment equals..... yikes. 123. Clint posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Bowman has gone from 21st to 13th in points over the last 2 races in which he had 3 2nds in stages, a 7th in stage, and 2 runner up finishes. 124. Anthony2 posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @119 we had four chevy's in the top5 last week at Talladega. 125. George posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (2) (3) As I mentioned in my previous comment: "on an oval". Plate track flukes count for nothing. 126. Sector posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Two interesting statistics continue over from the previous race last week at Talladega. 1) Alex Bowman finishes second in Stage 2 and second in the race last week which also happened in this race. 2) Kyle Busch started 22nd and finished 10th last week. He did the exact same in this race to continue his Top 10 Streak to start the season. He now ties the record set by Morgan Shepherd back in 1990 at 10. 127. joey2448 posted: 05.06.2019 - 3:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Denny Hamlin went to the care center after the race, it was reported that he may have been affected by fumes in the car after damaging it with his cut tire. 128. BadBooking posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) That last stage was a typical long run at Dover, where everybody stretched out and there was much stagnation at the front. Chase dominated the first half, but couldn't keep up on adjustments. Truex on the other hand dominated and ran away with the second half. As to #127, I noticed Hamlin was on the cart when Bowman was being interviewed on pit road. I kind of figured with that piece of metal hanging out of the fender well that fumes were going up the crushed crush panel. 129. Me. posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Another typical Dover snoozefest. Time to remove this track from the schedule. Wish Bowman had won so at least the end would make up for a boring race. 130. Me. posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (6) @117 Exactly. Gibbs cheats and has for a long time. 131. Mile501 posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @126 - Busch tied Shepherd's record of 11 top 10s to start the season, not 10. I personally like Shepherd far more than Busch, but it's still an impressive accomplishment, and we'll have to see if he can break the record Saturday at Kansas--a track where he has 8 consecutive top 10 finishes over the last 4 years. 132. Mile501 posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:11 pm Rate this comment: (4) (1) Gibbs (along with Penske) arguably has the best driver lineup right now, and probably the most sponsorship money to work with as well. Just because an organization runs well doesn't necessarily mean they're cheating. 133. Nucl3arWa4le posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #3 - AAA ?We Know Cars & Drivers? #17 - Little Hug Fruit Barrels #32 - Keen Parts / CorvetteParts.net #37 - Degree / Kleenex #47 - Kroger / Cottonelle / Kleenex #88 - Nationwide Small Business / PitchtoWinBig.com 134. Maverick19 posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Find it fairly amusing that KB is in danger of losing the points lead even after a top 10 in every race... 135. Me. posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (2) (2) @132 Yeah but there comes a point where teams start running TOO well. Something's up when only two teams are winning week to week. That's not just good driving either. Same with when the 48 was dominating. 136. Me. posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) At this point I'd rather see an IROC-like series that's based solely on driver ability rather than money. NASCAR's not racing anymore but a corporation. Same in F1 and to a lesser extent IndyCar. 137. David posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:20 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) Shepherd's accomplishment is even more impressive in retrospect. He took a car that, unlike Kyle's, was hardly the class of the field, being basically a 20th place car for the previous 2 seasons with Brett Bodine at the wheel. Furthermore his streak came in an era where mechanical issues and failures were much more common than today, NASCAR didn't throw a caution for every little thing to help drivers get (or stay) on the lead lap, there was no "lucky dog" rule so even a caution didn't mean an automatic lap back, all of which means that Morgan really had to mind his business and stay up near the front for MOST of each race as opposed to just suddenly materializing there at the end. For all of Shepherd's consistency in 1990, he didn't manage to take a checkered flag until the final race of the season and although he finished 5th in the standings he was a whopping 741 points behind the champion. Still, he got the most out of what he had to work with and it's good to see his name in the news again for something other than starting & parking an Xfinity car. 138. RaceFanX posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Spec series, like a lot of the open wheel ones on the way up the ladder in Europe, are supposed to be that in theory but money is still a big advantage. 139. David posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @136 F1 is light years worse in that respect than NASCAR, IMO. Over there the same 3 teams really do win each week and although it seems that way too in NASCAR these days (same TWO teams, actually) there are far more fluke wins in NASCAR over a period of time, at places such as at Talladega if nowhere else, than there ever could possibly be in F1. 140. Me. posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @138 That's why I said like IROC, not like Euro garbage. In IROC they literally all drove the exact same car, not owned by any one team or organization, so the playing field was more level. That's what racing should be. 141. Chunks posted: 05.06.2019 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) For the second race in a row, Alex Bowman comes up short. 142. TinFoil posted: 05.06.2019 - 5:02 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @140 I also want a series where everyone can win completely ruining the point of racing. 143. 11darknight10 posted: 05.06.2019 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 77 car sponsor was FALCI Adaptive Motorsports 144. Scott25 posted: 05.06.2019 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @140 that's the opposite of what racing should be 145. Evan posted: 05.06.2019 - 5:15 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Sirius XM wins its first race as a sponsor, when the company was named Sirius Satellite Radio, the company sponsored Casey Atwood and later Jimmy Spencer and Darrell Waltrip and Spencer named the dog logo on the car "Mongo" after the big dude from Blazing Saddles. So Mongo finally gets a checkered flag. 146. ScottB posted: 05.06.2019 - 5:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) What happened with Keselowski? I thought he'd be strong at Dover and see he did lead a bunch of laps early in the race. Did he just get out of adjustment, or was there a specific problem that took him out of contention? 147. TheVicar posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Hey, Evan Wasn't Jimmy Spencer (or whoever may have driving the Sirius car ) the first driver to get the "Lucky Dog" pass? If memory serves, Sirius' logo was a dog. In my head, I can hear DW make that reference. PS. I watched all of today's race and know the winner was sponsored by Sirius, but I never noticed the dog on the hood. Seems they ditched that. 148. possum posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @129 - seems you don't like tracks where driver skill is the critical factor. Dover is unique because the cars go downhill into the corner, unlike every other banked track. Making the adjustment to back off a little earlier (and, correspondingly, get on the gas a little earlier coming out of the corner) is something many drivers struggle with. Granted, Dover was a better track when it was asphalt and had a high groove, but with today's high downforce, over-powered and over-tired cars it's impossible to keep the track together without the concrete. @137 - Shepherd was a very good driver back in the day, altho he was never going to rise above "skilled journeyman" status. Owners liked him because he didn't tear up equipment. Of course, that was a long time ago - for most of today's audience he's never been more than a laughing stock. 149. Greg9Fan posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Horrible race. Sure speeds were up, but the package didn't work here. 150. Anonymous posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @ 147 Todd Bodine was the first to recieve an official free pass https://www.racing-reference.info/race/2003_MBNA_America_400/W 151. David posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Wally Dallenbach made the reference for the first free pass "you lucky dog". 152. Wil posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) ?For the second race in a row, Alex Bowman comes up short.? I continue to be baffled by the Bowman hate. Dude drives from the back to the lead, outdrives Chase Elliott and loses only to a faster Toyota, yet he still gets comments like that. 153. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @140 Iroc was fun to watch but even if everybody had equal cars and equipment experience would still win majority of the races. Happy that Kyle got another top 10 not because i like him but because it shines light on Morgan Shepherd. The younger generation of fans see Shepard today and all you see in the comments is disrespect because he's a independent driver who no longer runs full distance races because he can't afford to they don't realize that he was a flat out better than his actual stats. Happy to see Bowman getting 2nd nice to see Hendrick Motorsports gaining a little pep in there step Elliot led the most laps and Byron got a top 10. 154. Anonymous posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) How is that the opposite of what racing should be, racing should be whoever is the best driver not the best car 155. Anonymous posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Bowman's now jumped up eight spots in the standings in the past two races 156. rm posted: 05.06.2019 - 6:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 148 - The only other track I can think of where you dive down into the corners like that was also in action this weekend...the Nashville Fairgrounds. I think the dive down into 1 is far more pronounced than the dive down into 3 there, though. 157. cjs3872 posted: 05.06.2019 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) I noted that a lot of the other top drivers were complaining about the package before the race started for varying reasons (lack of ability to pass and the danger of going so fast on a 1-mile track being among them). Apparently, Martin Truex, Jr. took the Jack Nicklaus approach to it (any time Nicklaus would hear about other players complaining about the difficulty of a course set-up for a major championship, he mentally crossed them off his list of those he had to beat), and dominated the race once he got to the lead. Clearly, not only did he have the superior car (a 9.5 second margin of victory is unheard-of these days, except for fuel mileage races), but a number of his top competitors took themselves out of it mentally before the race ever began, which made it that much easier for Truex to dominate like he did. For the record, this is the second time Truex has won this particular race after it had been postponed to a Monday due to rain, with the other time being his first career win, which also came on the same day long-time NASCAR President Bill France, Jr. passed away in 2007. 158. Raheem posted: 05.06.2019 - 7:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Glad I missed this dog of a race. 159. Nick posted: 05.06.2019 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I thought the lucky dog was in reference to the Aaron's sponsorship of the early 2000's. 160. Anonymous posted: 05.06.2019 - 8:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Sponsor Updates: #27 Reed Sorenson - No sponsor #52 BJ McLeod - Belmont Classic Cars 161. Maverick19 posted: 05.06.2019 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Got to love the irony of all of us complaining about debris cautions and then everyone else complaining about the ending to this race... That's what happens when you let them race. You get a 9 second lead. 162. Mile501 posted: 05.06.2019 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I'd much rather see a 9 second margin of victory on occasion than a bunch of late-race cautions that totally screw up the running order and award the win to an undeserving driver. 163. Mile501 posted: 05.06.2019 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) All 4 Hendrick drivers led laps today. I didn't go back and check, but I would imagine (perhaps aside from a plate race) that hasn't happened before with this particular group of drivers. Except for Talladega, Byron hasn't finished lower than 16th in the last 5 races. Bowman has two second-place finishes in a row, and Elliott has led over 30 laps in 5 of the last 6 races. After over a year of struggles, Hendrick's crop of young drivers finally seems to be getting their act together. Johnson, meanwhile, hasn't done much outside of Texas. 164. Spen posted: 05.06.2019 - 9:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) David @137: In Bud Moore's defense, the team probably wasn't as bad as Brett Bodine's underwhelming performance would imply. It was probably still a solid 6th-15th place car, just with an inexperienced driver who wasn't particularly great on his best days. In any event, Kyle may have tied the modern record, but it'll take some doing to beat Lee Petty's all-time record. Lee had 27 consecutive top tens to start out the 1954 season. He didn't finish outside the top ten until the Southern 500. 165. rm posted: 05.06.2019 - 10:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I want to say Truex's lead was in the 3-4 second range until the last 20-30 laps or so when he really began to open it up. 166. GoPM21 posted: 05.06.2019 - 10:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @164 Modern or not, I think the distinction is that Morgan and Kyle have 11 straight top-10 finishes. Petty may have more, but only in the races he elected to compete in. 167. cjs3872 posted: 05.06.2019 - 11:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @164, just look at the record of the drivers who preceded Brett Bodine in that #15 car, and the two that succeeded him in that car, one of whom was his older brother Geoff. However, to be fair, Brett Bodine also had no Cup experience to speak of when Moore put him in that car in 1988, when they even lost the Motorcraft sponsorship for that one year (Motorcraft was an associate sponsor for Bill Elliott's championship winning team in '88), so it's also possible that Brett was overwhelmed being in a car expected to contend right as he started his Cup career. The ironic thing is that, much like with Bud Moore's team, Brett also succeeded Ricky Rudd in the #26 Quaker State car, and that team's performance really didn't fall off that much. The difference? Brett came into the #26 Quaker State car with two years of Cup experience. But it's also possible that Bud Moore, because of his sponsorship changes for 1988, had trouble finding a driver, so he was forced to take on a rookie, something he hadn't done since a young driver named Darrell Waltrip drove in some races for Moore in 1973 after Bobby Isaac's mysterious "retirement" after that year's Talladega 500. 168. Wil posted: 05.07.2019 - 12:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I wonder if Bowman could have won if he didn't botch the end of stage 2. If he won that and kept clean air and won the battles off pit road, it could have been a different race. He just blew it on the white flag of stage 2 and let Truex win. Wonder if he's thinking the same question. 169. Texas posted: 05.07.2019 - 12:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) @151 You're right, Wally coined the phrase and Aaron's exploited it for years. DW named the Sirius dog Mongo 170. Mannoroth posted: 05.07.2019 - 6:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) 164. That's nice, but remember that he was basically forced to skip 4 races during that streak, because in 1950s, it was pretty normal that they had two races at the same time. That wouldn't be too bad, if they came later during the streak, but Lee Petty was forced to skip the 5th race of the season, so that's why his streak doesn't count. Otherwise it's nice, but unfortunately, that isn't in a row, when you are forced to skip a race. Kyle Busch just won't stop surprising us - he basically has won everything and got everything, but he still keeps adding some other things to his resume like this 11 top 10 streak from the start of the season. 171. Evan posted: 05.07.2019 - 6:18 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Looks like they did in fact ditch the dog logo on the hood, I did see images of the car and it appears that Sirius XM doesn't use that logo. 172. Danish_Pie posted: 05.07.2019 - 6:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) First Top 5 of the year for Kyle Larson. 173. Mile501 posted: 05.07.2019 - 6:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Lee Petty's record in 1954 is quite impressive--I wasn't aware of it before Spen posted (comment #164). Since there was no possible way to run all of those races (the races he skipped featured one race in California and another on the East Coast either on the same day or on the same weekend), his streak definitely should count for something. 174. RaceFanX posted: 05.07.2019 - 9:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) IIRC Sirius' dog logo was pretty much retired in 2011 when the full Sirius Satellite Radio brand was retired in favor of SiriusXM. The Sirius and XM merged in 2008. 175. Trent posted: 05.07.2019 - 9:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 170. of course you may be surprised, but we aren't. meanwhile i don't think it was a bad race. but like busch and harvick said this package is trash wanted chase to win 176. Rider77 posted: 05.07.2019 - 9:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Anybody have ticket sales information for Dover? Going off grandstand attendance isn't accurate given the postponement of the race. The reason I ask is there didn't seem to be that many people in town for the race. Many areas I normally see campers in were empty. It seemed a major decrease since just last year. 177. Sector posted: 05.07.2019 - 9:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Duh, in my last post when Miles corrected me I was stating 10 instead of 11 Top 10's because I was thinking about the amount of Top 10's so I had a blonde moment. Thanks for the correction early on. Chase Elliot's 145 laps led is the career high in a race in terms of laps led in a single race. Martin Treux, Jr scored his first stage win of 2019, which is pretty weird to say this late into the season honestly about MTJ 178. Mannoroth posted: 05.07.2019 - 9:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 173. Yes, it's definitely impressive, but "in a row" has its rules. It just can't count the same way as for Hylton, Yarborough, Shepherd and Kyle Busch, because all those drivers did it in the modern era and with proper schedule that makes sure every elite driver will start every race in the season. But hey, Lee Petty scored 10 top 10s in first 10 Cup races in 1955, so he does belong to the same club as those 4 drivers, when we look at it from the "all-time" point of view. It's just that 1954 streak that's a little problematic... 179. TeamDCRfan posted: 05.07.2019 - 10:27 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Kyle has the chance to break Morgan's record this weekend. I wonder if a certain higher power will step in to prevent that 180. Sector posted: 05.07.2019 - 11:37 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) #179 you mean next weekend? 181. Sector posted: 05.07.2019 - 11:44 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) Martin Truex, Jr becomes just the third driver at Joe Gibbs Racing in 2019 to score multiple wins. Kyle Busch won 3 while Denny Hamlin won 2. And we're not even a third of a way into the season yet. Erik Jones is the last driver remaining to win a race for the team. 182. TeamDCRfan posted: 05.07.2019 - 11:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 180 Yesterday he tied Morgan. Saturday with a top 10, he'd take the record 183. Mannoroth posted: 05.07.2019 - 1:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 179. If something is supposed to happen, so be it. He currently holds that record just like Shepherd and that's what matters. Any other top 10 will just improve this record, nothing else. It doesn't have to happen... 184. AJ posted: 05.07.2019 - 3:07 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Quin Houff, driver of the 77, had to retire because his car was ?deemed? too slow. That's unfortunate for Spire. 185. Anonymous posted: 05.07.2019 - 8:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #182 for future readers they may not see which weekend you're referring to. 186. Corey posted: 05.07.2019 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The margin of victory here, 9.501 seconds, is larger then the first 9 races of the 2019 season combined, 8.442 seconds. The 10th race at Talladega finished under caution. 187. Maverick19 posted: 05.08.2019 - 3:20 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Say what you want about Harvick's All-Star scheme, but seeing ?Busch AF? listed as the sponsor on RR is going to be funny as hell 188. Trent posted: 05.08.2019 - 9:42 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 187. i think the scheme is awesome. it is funny i got a good laugh put loud when i first saw it and it says yeet on the side of the car lol 189. 11darknight10 posted: 05.12.2019 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Okay, correction: @143 is my own comment saying the #77 is FALCI. It is not, They were unsponsored in Dover. 190. UnderdogFan89 posted: 06.24.2019 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 10 Points Finishers. Actual Finish in parentheses. 1. Martin Truex (1) 2. Alex Bowman (2) 3. Kevin Harvick (4) 4. Chase Elliot (5) 5. Kyle Larson (3) 6. Joey Logano (7) 7. Brad Keselowski (12) 8. Erik Jones (6) 9. William Byron (8) 10. Clint Bowyer (9) Notes: Martin Truex scores his second Points Win. Kyle Busch finishes 11th, his first finish outside the top 10. 191. Sandy posted: 08.10.2019 - 1:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Comment 1 (Hi) got his number prediction right as far as the 4th Rick Ware car that they would be entering at Bristol 192. Mile501 posted: 08.13.2019 - 8:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick finished 4th in 50% of the races between Atlanta and Dover (5 out of 10 races). However, he wouldn't finish higher than 4th until winning later in the season at Loudon and Michigan. 193. Rich posted: 09.25.2020 - 11:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Jeff Gordon were the commentators. Matt Yocum, Vince Welch and Jamie Little were the pit road reporters. 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