|| *Comments on the 2019 AAA Texas 500:* View the most recent comment <#291> | Post a comment <#post> 1. LJTolitoYT posted: 10.29.2019 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) John Hunter Nemechek will me his debut in the No.36 Speedy Cash Ford Mustang, taking over for Matt Tifft who is out for the rest of the season. If John Hunter does good, he might go to the 38 next year if he gets some solid finishes 2. RaceFanX posted: 10.29.2019 - 11:01 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) Get well soon Matt Tifft. 3. ScottB posted: 10.29.2019 - 12:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Going into this race, the ROTY race between Ryan Preece and Daniel Hemric is dead even at 467 points. Each of those two drivers also has been the top finishing rookie in exactly 14 races, with Matt Tifft, who is now out for the rest of the season, picking up that honor in the balance of the events. Is there is tie-breaker in place if it comes down to that at the end of the season? I wouldn't mind seeing them named co-winners of the award, it would be fitting and something that's not likely to happen again for many years. 4. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 1:32 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @3 - I don't know for sure, but I would assume that the tie-breaker would be the same for any battle in the regular point standings, that the tie would be broken by the overall best finish. Ironically, both drivers scored their season-best finish at Talladega in the spring when Preece finished 3rd and Hemric finished 5th. 5. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 1:45 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Points battles to watch with 3 races to go: -- Best of the Rest -- 17. Jimmie Johnson 18. Daniel Suarez -9 -- Making the Top 20 -- 20. Chris Buescher 21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -27 22. Matt DiBenedetto -34 23. Austin Dillon -41 -- Making the Top 25 / ROTY -- 25. Ryan Preece 26. Daniel Hemric -0 27. Bubba Wallace -8 28. Michael McDowell -12 -- Lowest-Ranked to Start Every Race -- 29. Corey LaJoie +17 30. David Ragan (With his unfortunate medical issues, Matt Tifft is no longer part of this battle.) 6. rm posted: 10.29.2019 - 4:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Should point out that Landon Cassill would be in that last battle if he hadn't switched to declaring for Xfinity points. He's still run every race this season in the 00, which has 262 owner's points - and would leave him 113 points behind Ragan as the lowest point total for a driver who's started all 33 races so far. Even Ross Chastain, who's missed a race, would be ahead of Cassill with 291 points (if I did the quick math correctly, that is...). 7. Anonymous posted: 10.29.2019 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick is going to win this race. He won in 2017 and in 2018 he won in dominant fashion but it was announced that he cheated in that race. He was very close from winning the 2018 spring race. The spring race here was probably his worst race out of the last 4 races here, but was really good. So keep an eye on Harvick and his amazing paint scheme here at Texas. Also Get Well Soon Matt Tifft. Best of luck to JHN on these last 3 races. 8. possum posted: 10.29.2019 - 6:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @3 - there is a drivers panel (5 drivers, I beleive), who pass judgement on the suitability of the ROTY contenders at the end of the year. In the unlikely event of a tie I think the panel choses the ROTY. 9. Sector posted: 10.29.2019 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Fresh off his dominant win from Martinsville last week, Martin Truex, Jr will have absolutely nothing to lose at both the race at Texas and Phoenix as he is already locked in to the championship Final Four at Homestead. That will leave seven playoff spots up for grabs among the Final 8 drivers. Who will they be? Harvick has somewhat been off the pace in the past several weeks (since the Charlotte ROVAL), and as the defending race winner of Texas the past two years he should never be counted out for a victory this weekend! Kyle Busch's inconsistency continues, as he finished outside the Top 10 last week at Martinsville. Look for him to finish in the Top 10 this weekend if that continues. His finishes in the Playoffs so far starting with the most recent race: 14th, 3rd, 19th, 6th, 37th, 2nd & 19th. Denny Hamlin won this race back in the spring. He also swept both Texas races way back in 2010, the only season he won more than 5 races in a single season. Could this be the moment he proves this to be his best year yet once more? Joey Logano is coming off his best finish of the Playoff in 8th, which was previously 9th at the opening Playoff race at Las Vegas. He finished 17th here in the spring, after a strong run in stage 1 but faded afterward. Will his strange inconsistent yet still consistent continue? Chase Elliott is back where he was in the previous round of Playoff after breaking an axle last week. 44 points is a lot of points to gain, and with max being 60 points and Joey being the driver to score the most points entering this race, Chase is basically in a must win situation entering Texas. Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson, while not even close to being the best drivers of 2019, have to perform better if they want to make it in on points. The bad news is both Larson and Blaney did not finish in the spring at Texas. 10. Sector posted: 10.29.2019 - 7:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As the doctors are still figuring out the cause of Matt Tifft's seizure which made him miss out the Martinsville race last week, Matt Tifft has been sidelined for the remaining races of the season. This opens the door for John Hunter Nemechek to make his Cup series debut this weekend at Texas in the #36 car, as well as the final two races at Phoenix and Homestead following this race. 11. William24ByronFan posted: 10.29.2019 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Quin Houff is back in the 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet! 12. MitchellC posted: 10.29.2019 - 7:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why doesn't blaney have a sponsor listed 13. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @6 - Yes, Landon Cassill would technically be last among drivers to start every race. I didn't forget him, but I should have clarified that I was only including drivers racing for Cup points. 14. Mile501 posted: 10.29.2019 - 8:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) In the 10-race span between Michigan and Kansas, Kyle Busch accumulated some interesting stats: 6 top 6 finishes 2 19th-place finishes 2 37th-place mechanical DNFs It's really been all-or-nothing for him lately. Martinsville was his first finish between 7th and 18th since Watkins Glen. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if Texas is another top 6. 15. Racefan posted: 10.29.2019 - 9:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Walmart's back, yay. (Get well soon Tifft) 16. 52 posted: 10.29.2019 - 9:42 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) If Joe and John Hunter race one of these last few races together, it will be the first time a father/son duo has raced in the same race at NASCAR's top level since Dale Sr. and Jr. in 2001. Ryan and Dave Blaney both entered in the 2014 5-hour Energy 400 at Michigan but Dave failed to qualify and again in the 2014 Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan but Ryan only qualified for Trevor Bayne. 17. dennyfan05 posted: 10.29.2019 - 10:06 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @16 It was at Kansas not Michigan. 18. 34McDowellFan posted: 10.29.2019 - 10:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Reed Sorenson back in Jay Robinson's #15 for the first time in 2 years 19. Bayne&BowmanFan posted: 10.30.2019 - 11:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Question: If a playoff driver wins a stage, they receive a playoff point. Since we are in the playoffs, is that bonus point immediately added as soon as he wins the stage or is it implemented at the start of the next round (even though no playoff points are used at Homestead; it's a general question)? 20. Mile501 posted: 10.30.2019 - 11:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @19 - Playoff points aren't added into the total until the reset for the next round. So, in essence, playoff points earned during the final 4 races are meaningless, though the points awarded for finishing among the top 10 in each stage are very important, especially during the Round of 8. 21. Bayne&BowmanFan posted: 10.30.2019 - 1:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Why even hand the playoff points out once we get to Martinsville, then? Keep the regular points obviously because just about everyone can use them, but it sounds like the purpose of the playoff point evaporates once we hit Martinsville. 22. Mike posted: 10.30.2019 - 2:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @21: Playoff points still count for drivers between 5th and 16th. 23. Mile501 posted: 10.30.2019 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @22 - Actually, they don't. Once a driver falls out of the playoffs, he receives a point total equal to the points he initially began the playoffs with plus all points earned during the playoffs. Playoff points earned during the playoffs are not added to driver totals except for those still in the playoffs. Note: I wasn't sure how this worked at first. I researched Byron and Bowyer, who each won a stage during the fall Talladega race but have since dropped out of the playoffs, in order to figure it out. 24. Anonymous posted: 10.30.2019 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Any reason they swapped Sorenson into the 15 and Ross to the 27 25. Anthony2 posted: 10.30.2019 - 5:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @24 sponsorship. 26. Anonymous posted: 10.30.2019 - 5:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 7 Also, The last 10 races, Harvick has also finished in the top 10. (Forgot to add that for a reasoning). 27. Sector posted: 10.30.2019 - 6:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Playoff points for the last round of 8 is just for historical reasoning. I don't understand why Kevin Harvick was able to keep his 7 playoff points after the Texas penalty last season, another one of the inconsistencies on NASCAR's part. 28. William24ByronFan posted: 10.30.2019 - 6:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #52 sponsor of the car is the paint scheme that Garrett Smithley ran at the Charlotte Roval. 29. Tide1732 posted: 10.30.2019 - 8:03 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) Can Honda joins NASCAR in future? Honda Accord for MENCS, Civic for Xfinity and Ridgeline for Trucks is a possibility. 30. Mile501 posted: 10.30.2019 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @27 - Since those playoff points were meaningless, I guess it didn't matter if he got to keep them or not. I see your point though. 31. zuel660 posted: 10.31.2019 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @29 it's possible, and it this point, I'm curious to see which, if any, manufacturers might enter Nascar. 32. Yeet posted: 10.31.2019 - 11:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) If Honda joins NASCAR, it will bring a large incoming of audience i believe, which would be great. Even though it'd get excessive hate simply being foreign, but it would definitely be a positive action for this sport. 33. cba2442 posted: 10.31.2019 - 11:59 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) So Joe Nemechek gets to run in his son's first cup race, how neat. 34. William24ByronFan posted: 10.31.2019 - 12:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Joe Nemechek is driving the #15 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet. 35. Canadianfan posted: 10.31.2019 - 12:45 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As was rumoured over the last few weeks, Chevrolet will be running a new version of the Camaro next year. The ZL1 1LE. The nose and front facia looks different and a bit flatter. 36. 34McDowellFan posted: 10.31.2019 - 5:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joe and John Hunter will be the first father/son duo to race together since the 2001 Daytona 500 The 2 will also have raced against each other in all 3 series now. 37. 34McDowellFan posted: 10.31.2019 - 5:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Actually a correction, there was some races in Cup in 2005 where Bobby Hamilton Sr. and Jr. both raced 38. possum posted: 10.31.2019 - 6:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @32 - while Honda could enter NASCAR, and they're clearly not ruling it out, it won't happen until NASCAR makes major changes to the engine rules. Honda's not going to make a cam-in-block V8 that's just a copy of a Toyota copy of a Dodge (*). If NASCAR allows OHC engines that have a recognizable connection to production technology they might enter. (* today's NASCAR rules pretty much force everyone to run the same engine design. Toyota copied Dodge's less because it was a good design and more because it was a simple way to be compliant to the rules.) (btw, Tide, the Ridgeline's not a pickup truck, so not suitable for the truck series. Old-timers will recognize the Ridgeline as a modern-day Rachero/El Camino.) 39. Anthony posted: 10.31.2019 - 6:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #15 and #27 teams have swapped crews and car's. 40. ThatGuy posted: 10.31.2019 - 7:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @36 they are the only father/son duo to race each other in all 3 series right? Regards to #37: Before this sunday, Bobby Hamilton and Bobby Jr actually have the last 13 instances of father/son starting in the same race in Cup. 2 races from '05, 11 races in 2001. Dave & Ryan Blaney came close in 2014, as Ryan raced at Kansas and Dave failed to qualify. Then Dave raced at Michigan while Ryan failed to qualify. Kind of funny they DNQ'd when this season it's a struggle to fill the field 41. RaceFanX posted: 10.31.2019 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Dale and Jason Jarrett ran against each other in both of the younger racer's starts. 42. ThatGuy posted: 10.31.2019 - 8:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 13 of the last 15* 43. Chase9Fan posted: 10.31.2019 - 10:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Throw everything you got at it 9 team. All i can say. 44. A.J. posted: 11.01.2019 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "Must-win" drivers Blaney & Elliott are way down the chart in p1. Larson also belongs in the must-win in order to advance category, and he was a little better but not a lot. Logano and Harvick, the only two realistic candidates for Homestead position #4, were 10th and 16th respectively. 45. David posted: 11.01.2019 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I don't know that one practice session means very much, at least I hope not. Texas has been one of Chase's best tracks and that's not just pre-2018-Camaro data either. Still, winning (as opposed to just finishing near the front, which isn't nearly good enough now) is a longshot especially if his car isn't 100% perfect. As far as Larson, in the last 2 Texas races that he's actually finished he's come home 2nd & 5th, and the exact same numbers apply to Blaney too. 46. possum posted: 11.01.2019 - 7:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @45 - the two columns on the right tell you something. What you want to see is a best lap that's close to the last lap, which means the team adjusted their "off the truck" setup and made it better. Now, Elliott's obviously not where they want to be, but they ran a bunch of laps, getting better, and may have just run out of time. Blaney is more concerning - they didn't run many laps, and their best was early on. Likely they decided they need a major change and spent most of the period in the garage. Wallace is an example of someone to worry about - they ran a bunch of laps, and their best was at the start...whatever they were changing, it was going the wrong way. 47. William24ByronFan posted: 11.01.2019 - 10:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The #77 of Quin Houff has a winner sicker on his car. 48. Corey posted: 11.01.2019 - 11:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @47 It's to represent the teams win at Daytona. 49. Canadianfan posted: 11.02.2019 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #48, #17, and #3 have to go through inspection a 3rd time. 50. Canadianfan posted: 11.02.2019 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #48, #17, and #3 pass inspection the 3rd time. 51. Mile501 posted: 11.02.2019 - 8:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick gets the pole. He and Hamlin (starting 3rd) are the only playoff contenders who qualified in the top 10. The other playoff contenders qualified nearly consecutively between 11th and 17th. 52. Sector posted: 11.02.2019 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick wins his 6th pole of the season. It is the season high of 2019. It is his 31st career pole and second at Texas Motor Speedway. 53. Anonymous posted: 11.02.2019 - 8:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm telling you Harvick will win 54. RaceFanX posted: 11.02.2019 - 10:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Tony Stewart was inducted into the Texas Motor Speedway Hall of Fame during the lead up to this race. He got a few headlines after he called out the current NASCAR racers for the high number of fights they've got into recently, including the Joey Logano-Denny Hamlin incident last week, not on the basis of the fighting being wrong but because he felt that nobody was actually trying to fight and only trying to look tough for the cameras. Stewart had a busy week as Smoke got back behind the wheel of a NASCAR Cup stock car for the first time since his 2016 retirement at the Circuit of the Americas so he could take Formula 1 drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean around the track in a special two-seater #14 Haas Ford Mustang before the two F1 racers got a chance to drive the car themselves. Stewart also criticized both NASCAR and F1 for scheduling a Cup race and the US Grand Prix in the same state on the same day since he thought that was to the detriment of both events. 55. Corey posted: 11.03.2019 - 1:16 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm looking at Joey Logano's stats, and I would have to consider him a dark horse for the championship, should he make Homestead. Despite being the points leader (for the full-season standings), he has the least number of wins, top 5's, and Top's 10's and the worst average finish amongst those Top 5 drivers. He has no DNF's, but then Hamlin has 1, Busch and Truex have 2, while Harvick has 3. Where he is exceling is in the Stage point department. He has the most points, Top 5's and Top 10's in stage finishes and the second most stage wins. This won't help him at Homestead though, where final finishing position is the only thing that matters. He has had only 2 Top 5's in the last 18 races. 56. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 12:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Based off this weekend I'm gonna go with Hamlin again for the win today 57. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 1:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 56 Also watch the 4 of Harvick he was "Freaky Fast" yesterday. But I will also watch for the Toyotas. They are not good in qualifying, but 4 of the Toyotas are starting in the top 12. 58. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) We're green at Texas 59. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Elliott has hit the wall hard caution is out 60. Larry posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) It is crazy how few fans are in the stands for this race. 61. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:26 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Chase's championship hopes are on life support, he has to win next week no matter what now. 62. Bayne&BowmanFan posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:29 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Ay, Chase, good grief. 63. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution for debris in turn 3 64. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) A legit debris caution, the braking zone marker fell off the fence. 65. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Couple of drivers in the top ten decide to come to pit road 66. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The sign falling off tells me we may be in for a potentially weird race 67. Anthony2 posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) I'm so confused. Chase Elliott is having so much bad luck in the playoffs, why is he apart of it to begin with if he knew he was gonna have this much trouble? The poor guy can't even try! No offensive but this makes Keselowski's elimination that much more embarrassing given that he'll wind up having a better points finish than Chase. 68. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Elliott is still running by the way 6 laps down 69. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @67 I wasnt aware Chase has a crystal ball to see he was gonna have all these issues. 70. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) LaJoie hits the wall caution is out 71. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Lajoie into the wall, going into the corner too high seems to welcome trouble today. 72. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most of the leaders pit, Jones stays out and will be the new leader 73. Anthony2 posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @69 really? @68 But AltRacing? Why is he out there to begin with, he's already in a must win scenario, plus points don't matter anymore! So why not just park the car & move ahead to next week!? 74. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jones, Bowyer, Kyle Busch, Truex, Keselowski, Preece and McDowell all stayed out under caution, most of the drivers who pitted took either fuel only or two tires 75. Anthony2 posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) But AltRacing, Why is he still out there to begin with? He's already in a must win scenario, plus points don't matter anymore! So why not just park the car & move ahead to next week!? How to correct my mistake. 76. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) As a Chase fan I'm over it. His playoff luck is ridiculous. 77. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bowyer to the lead 78. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski and Stenhouse crash hard 79. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bad wreck, Brad and Steinhouse. 80. joey2448 posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Big crash on the frontstretch on lap 54 between Keselowski and Stenhouse. Both cars are crunched. 81. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well, this helps the 9 82. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad has had a horrible 2nd half of the season this year. 83. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 3:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Steinhouse hit a ton there 84. joey2448 posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Keselowski got loose going through turn 4 and lost it up into the wall, and Stenhouse behind him just lost it as well and spun into the back of the #2 car. I wonder if Ricky lost it reacting to the spinning #2 car? 85. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Man, the 2 wasn't going to be competitive, but his car was salvageable, but the 17 absolutely obliterated himself and Brad 86. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Texas proving to be quite destructive this weekend. 87. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Traction compound is working awesome!! 88. Anthony2 posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @87 enough to embarrass Eddie Gossage. They gotta start planning more ahead than original before laying down the PJ1. 89. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) What would Dale Sr. say about PJ1? "Get that crap off my race track!!!" 90. Maverick19 posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Eddie Gossage made secret adjustments over the summer to the track, Texas has now returned to its 1998 configuration /s 91. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) LaJoie has crashed again caution is out 92. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good number of cars pitting under caution 93. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This may turn into a race of survival. 94. TheDewCrew posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Corey Lajoie crashes hard, this time in 3 & 4, bringing out the 5th caution of the race 95. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin spins and has damage to his splitter 96. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin is now the latest victim 97. TheDewCrew posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Crash down the front stretch for Denny Hamlin 98. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now Dennis the Menace has a problem 99. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex the only leader to pit under caution 100. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:27 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Been a while since Ive seen a race with so many just losing it in the corners. 101. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick wins stage 1 on a last lap past 102. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick nabs stage one 103. joey2448 posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick passes Bowyer into turn 3 on the one-lap shootout to win stage 1. 104. TeamDCRfan posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kinda feels like this race should be further along than stage 1 105. Timothy_Eklund posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I missed stage 1 because I was in a football game can someone fill me in on what's happened? 106. RandomFacts posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @105 The track is unforgiving, Elliott, Keselowski, Steinhouse, LaJoie, Hamlin have all had issues and spins and wrecks. 107. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Most of the leaders pit, Bowman stays out and will be the new leader 108. 1995z71 posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Stands look pretty empty 109. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Top 17 cars stayed out on track 110. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Caution is being extended because McDowell's car was apparently dropping oil on the track 111. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson to the lead 112. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Yes! Jimmie Johnson battling Alex Bowman on lap 99 to take the lead and takes it on lap 100! Anything for him to lead more laps in his Cup career to get to 20,000 laps led!! Lead more! 113. Timothy_Eklund posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @106 thanks 114. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie Johnson will lead his 100th lap in this race, the first time he has done so since 2017! He failed to lead 100 laps (exactly 40) in 2018. Must feel good to be improving on that to end the season after last season. 115. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #114 100th lap in 2019. 116. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin has gone a lap down 117. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Earlier in this comment section it was mentioned that the Rookie of the Year battle were tied entering this race. Note that both Ryan Preece finished 8th and Daniel Hemric finished 10th in Stage 1! 118. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 4:58 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin running 33rd has gone a lap down... If he finishes there look for Hamlin to come out with a dominant car next week at Phoenix. 119. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If the final 4 stays what it is now, I will have no interest in Homestead. Bummer. 120. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 108 - Jesus, 181,655 seats! Of course they're not gonna fill it up! Get over it! 121. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now 122. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Hamlin has now gone a second lap down 123. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Despite the lack of struggles for Jimmie Johnson in the past several years, Texas has been great for him in 2019. He started on the pole and led the second most laps (60 to Kyle Busch's 66) back in the spring. As we run now in the second stage he is closing in on 40 laps led, with Harvick leading the most so far at 45. He hasn't led this many laps anywhere else this season. 124. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola to the lead 125. joey2448 posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola takes the lead from Johnson lap 139. Nice run today from the #10 group. 126. Timothy_Eklund posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's the outside Rick Allen not the inside... 127. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson apparently has a tire rub 128. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Did I hear Rick Allen said Aric Almirola was in the inside for the lead? He passed Jimmie on the outside... 129. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 119 - So, you're not a NASCAR fan? 130. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) They showed a ticker on TV that the (John Hunter & Joe) Nemechek father-son duo is the first to race in the Cup series since Atlanta 2005 with Bobby Hamilton Sr and Bobby Hamilton Jr. 131. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through, Almirola leads Jones by 3.9 seconds 132. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola wins stage 2 133. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Truex will get the free pass 134. Clint posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) This package the last two weeks has been wretched. 135. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Joey Logano pulled a real nice and smooth pass on the outside for 5th over Kevin Harvick in turn 3 & 4 on the last lap of stage 2. 136. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almost all the leaders pit except for Byron who stayed out and will be the new leader 137. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:33 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Suarez to the lead 138. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson with a big slide and hits the wall caution is out 139. RaceFanX posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jimmie gets the outside wall. What a heartbreaker given how well he was running. 140. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Vamonos, Daniel!!! 141. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Back of the field pits under caution 142. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:39 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) No Jimmie!! I wanted you to at least lead the most laps today. Darn :( 143. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Me 2005-2017 Hope Jimmie crashes Me 2019- Sucks Jimmie crashed 144. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Smithley and Ragan crash on the restart 145. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) They're under the hood for Truex's car 146. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Kevin Harvick got a penalty on pit road under caution before Smithley and Ragan wrecked. As they were getting fuel only a crew member had a tire sitting on the pit box with no tire changes, NASCAR says that's not allowed so gave Harvick a penalty and is now the second to last car on the lead lap, in 22nd. They will come in pit road this time for fresh tires. 147. RaceFanX posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) nascarman posted a clip on his Twitter during the lead up to this race featuring A.J. Foyt running to his car as the engines were started for a Cup race at Talladega in 1985. They joked about that clip during this race with Earnhardt, Jr. noting he watched the clip before the race. 148. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola back to the lead 149. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Johnson has retired from the race for not meeting minimum speed 150. A.J. posted: 11.03.2019 - 5:59 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) The 10 and 41 look as if they're running experimental souped-up R&D engines today (but of course that's not possible in today's NASCAR). Even the JGR Toyotas are having trouble keeping up with them. 151. Maverick19 posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick is slowly making his way up the field, from 19th to 11th since the restart. 152. Ralphie posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:03 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) NBCSN ran some fluff piece on Suarez earlier in the race, which they didn't dare interrupt even as LaJoie was busy crashing, and they'll surely need a change of underwear if Suarez actually wins this. 153. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron makes his green flag pit stop after staying out during the end of stage 2 154. David posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:08 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Blaney sure has his hands full with that #12 today, sigh. 155. Unser1 posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:09 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Suarez is wearing a sweet Day of the Dead-themed helmet with a sugar skull paint job today. Dia de los Muertos ended yesterday but perhaps Suarez can keep the party going with a win today to make it a pseudo Dia de los Ganadores. 156. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now 157. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wallace spins caution is out 158. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola was on pit road when the caution came out 159. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 129. It's only really exciting to me if my driver is in the race. Problem with that? 160. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #149 Would the status be "too slow," "parked," or "crash" for Jimmie Johnson? 161. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:17 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Logano right now is the leader 162. TTaylor944 posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @159 There is a name for that. It's called being a fanboy. 163. Maverick19 posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's gonna screw Larson, Byron, Jones, and Kurt Busch all of them got stuck a lap down. According to the leaderboard the 10 and 41 stayed on the lead lap. 164. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Almirola and Suarez who pitted under green were able to stay on the lead lap so they stay and will be 1-2 on the restart 165. RyanM posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Logano's Golden Horseshoe strikes again! Unbelievable the amount of luck that little twerp gets on a consistent basis. 166. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I believe Jones is the free pass car 167. Timothy_Eklund posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:19 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I'm hoping Suarez can get a good finish today 168. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson, Kurt Busch and Byron who had been in the top 10 before pit their pit stops and went a lap down will take the wave around 169. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Newman took 2 tires on his pit stop everyone else took 4 tires 170. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick goes back to the lead 171. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 162. I've likely been watching longer than you've been alive. I have basketball, football, kid. Gotta do something else if my driver is out. 172. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Larson saying the splitter is vibrating 173. RaceFanX posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) John Hunter Nemechek is having a pretty solid run tonight. He's been up in the top-20 at times and he's 21st on the lead lap in by far the longest race he's ever run. 174. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick had debris on the grill of his car, so he ran behind lapped car Denny Hamlin to get it off. 175. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, ok, we get it. Tony Stewart thinks NASCAR drivers are wimps and we should have an octagon for them to fight in and he, Tony Stewart will defeat them all, one, two or three at a time. 176. ShinyMew151 posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Remember when we had drivers who don't always win fighting for the lead? Good times 177. Trent posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) COME ON HARVICK!!!!! YOU CAN DO IT 178. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 159 - No, I do not have a problem with that. If you're not a NASCAR fan, you're not a NASCAR fan. No problem. 179. Zach posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Byron, Larson, Jones and Kurt Busch all got screwed thanks to Bubba Wallace spinning on purpose. And of course it benefited who else but Kyle Busch. 180. Jacob posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ryan Newman out of gas and has to make an emergency pit stop 181. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Green flag pit stops starting now, could be the final stops of the night 182. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 178. Always laugh when little internet boys get butt hurt because someones fandom doesn't match up to their own. Ha 183. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I hope for a caution here just to make it interesting 184. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Pit stops have cycled through, Harvick leads Almirola by 2 seconds 185. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) C'mon Aric. That would be a popular win. 186. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 6:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow. Kyle Busch stayed out a little too late. He came to pit road and couldn't get the car refire after getting fuel on pit stop. Lost some time on pitroad, it dropped him from 3rd back to 7th on the race track. He tried to stay out long enough hoping for a caution as he lapped all but two cars for track position. You were already running 3rd. Lost some points risking that. 187. Altracing posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick wins at Texas in an SHR 1-2-3 188. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Harvick and Truex yet again. I would do anything for Chase or Blaney.. Or even Hamlin to make it just to get someone different. 189. Jacob posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also Kevin Harvick's third straight time winning the fall Texas race according to the PRN call. 190. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kevin Harvick ties his team owner Tony Stewart with Cup wins at 49 for 14th all time! Kevin Harvick has won 4 races in the second half of the season for all of 2019. Stewart-Haas Racing team finishes 1-2-3. Kevin Harvick will be part of the Final Four for the 5th time in its 6 year existence. This will be the third straight Fall Texas race when Kevin Harvick goes to victory lane. The record is four straight by Jimmie Johnson back in 2012-2015. Look for him to tie it next season! 191. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So Kevin's son, Keelan, checked the air pressure for the third time ever before the race. In each of those three times... Kevin went on to win the race. We know what he'll be doing at Homestead before the race. 192. Maverick19 posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:21 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ?So Kevin's son, Keelan, checked the air pressure for the third time ever before the race. In each of those three times... Kevin went on to win the race. We know what he'll be doing at Homestead before the race.? I had Jimmy John's for lunch during the Indianapolis race, I had Jimmy John's for lunch again today. I know where I'll be eating two weeks from now... 193. Nucl3arWa4le posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Sponsor updates #6 - Roush Performance / Acronis #12 - Wabash National / Supreme #15 - Xchange of America / Southside Bank #17 - Norton Saint-Gobain / Fastenal #19 - Bass Pro Shops / Tracker ATV's & Boats #24 - Axalta / Service King Collision #34 - Love's Travel Stops / Luber Finer #37 - Slim Jim / Skinner / Bush's Beans #47 - Kroger / Little Bites / Cheerios 194. Larry posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Two races left and another epic season long championship battle is underway with Harvick taking the points lead from Logano by one point! Kyle Busch and Truex is not far behind, being 19 and 21 points behind Harvick respectively. Next week will be interesting for this points race. 195. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 194. Does regular season points matter at this point? 196. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #194 So let's say Kevin manages to win by scoring the most points again in 2019. That's 2010, 2015, 2016 AND 2019 he's done it, joining Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon to do it more than 3 times. Yet even though Kevin is right behind Kyle in wins (39-38) and laps led (despite being behind with RCR in 2010-2013, Kevin's close), people say Kyle is the more dominant driver this decade because they each only have one championship (even though the Playoff system doesn't prove a season's worth, and Kyle's 2015 being an asterisk title). #192 I've personally never had Jimmy John's. I'm a heavy regular at Subway though, and I've heard Jimmy John's doesn't toast so I've never bothered to try it out due to that. I eat lots of vegetables, so suggestions? I'll try it out next week at Phoenix. 197. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (2) (1) #195 Since you're merely a Chase Elliott fan and whine about every little thing each and every week so you don't understand it; it's fun to watch and showcase how a driver really does all season long. Kyle Larson in his post-race interview stated that the #43 of Bubba Wallace spun out on purpose which trapped guys like him, Byron, etc a lap down. Shots fired. 198. Maverick19 posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:41 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) 197- I like you Sector, but let's not start another flame war here. We have way too many of those already... 199. Maverick19 posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) ?Did that f**k us?? Kyle Larson asks. ?Pretty much,? says Chad Johnston. ?At some point maybe they'll start doing something about guys bringing the caution out on purpose ..? Apparently that was the radio exchange in the 42 camp after the Bubba caution. . 200. Mile501 posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Some fans are really passionate about a particular driver. Other fans enjoy watching races in a more general sense. I don't see how there is anything wrong with either. And as quickly as NASCAR has lost popularity over the last decade, the last thing fans need to do is argue with one another over which type of fan is better. 201. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:49 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) So to answer to my earlier question, Jimmie Johnson DNF status is DVP (Damage Vehicle Policy). 202. Mile501 posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Following a rough stretch after his win at Chicago, Alex Bowman now has 3 top 5 finishes in the last 6 races (Roval 2nd, Dover 3rd, Texas 5th). Although his teammate Johnson led early, Bowman was the only Hendrick car to finish in the top 15 today. 203. Jeff posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Harvick's win marks the 10th win for Ford this year, and 3rd consecutive season of double digit wins. 204. Mile501 posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) By finishing 2nd today, Aric Almirola officially adds his name to this list, finishing in every position (1-43) in 314 starts! See more details in this blog: https://www.racing-reference.info/showblog?id=3542 205. Jeff posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Also, Harvick is just the 4th driver in Cup history to win a Cup race from the pole at Texas. Other times: Kasey Kahne - 2006 spring race Jimmmie Johnson - 2012 fall race Kyle Busch - 2013 spring 206. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:55 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I was right. For once. As long as he passes inspection. Which was a problem for him last year. 207. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 7:59 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) #198/200 No flame war intended, but on a stats site questioning a user about a non-chase standings that can be as equally as exciting as the championship standings itself isn't benign. He's said time and time he's shown no interest in the Final Four if the current Final Four are Final Four. Then turns around basically saying "who cares" about the non-playoff standings that has a interesting close battle. My apologies, I don't tolerant those who think they know it all because they've been around the sport longer but make it obvious things doesn't matter to them, so why should it for others, when it's not to their liking. I have no problem with him being a Chase Elliott fan, don't taunt others for difference of opinions/interests or simply being millennials. NASCAR is full of gimmicks these days. Looking at every aspect is all we do these days. No need to be "single-minded." 208. Mile501 posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:01 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @207 - Fair point. And I, too, enjoy watching the season-long points battle, even if it doesn't actually mean anything. I personally wish they would make owner's points a season-long battle even if we still have the playoff format for driver's points. That way there is still some type of season-long prize to race for. 209. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (3) Sector. Go f**k yourself. Who was whining? 210. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) #208 They could have co-champions, two different formats for both, etc. Winning both would provide a better prize or something. It would provide an interesting battle for both points system. 211. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:05 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 200. Exactly. Idiots here can't just appreciate anything. I never once told anyone else when or how to watch. Pet peeve of mine is when someone tells someone else they aren't a fan because how they do it things are different from their own. Been around this sport since the 80s. Maybe I'm not as passionate about it as I once was but I'm the type of grass roots fan NASCAR has lost over the years! 212. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 207. I never told anyone not to care, just said does it matter? Wasn't sure if there was some secondary prize or not. Quit being an Internet wise ass. 213. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 208. They used to do owner points. Not anymore? I truly don't know. 214. RyanM posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I've defended Bubba in the past, but that was really, really, really idiotic what he did today. Not many things annoy me more than when non-playoff drivers unnecessarily effect the playoff standings, and especially when it's intentional and that sure looked intentional. We went from Logano, Busch, Harvick, Hamlin, and Larson all being within about 10-15 points of each other to everything being all but set in stone barring one of the outside drivers winning next week. Hope it was worth it. 215. TennesseeMountainMan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm watching this race on DVR, currently under caution on lap 195-196. That damn play by play announcer Rick Allen did NOT know what happened in the 1979 Daytona 500! This proves my point how we clearly DO NOT have the correct people in the booth calling these races. Please give me Ken Squire, Bob Jenkins, & Nee Jarrett back in the booth next season, along with Dale Jr 216. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Good performances by Almirola and Suarez nice debut for JHN 21st solid performance by JJ Yeley also in the 3rd RWR entry. Last but not least excellent performance by the closer 49 wins 1 more until he joins the exclusive 50 win club. 217. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) @209 whoa calm down 218. William24ByronFan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) #209 That's not nice. 219. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Forgot Kligerman had a nice run today as well 22nd hopefully they secure sponsorship to run full time next year. 220. Anon posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Shockingly, today was the first stage points of the year for Ryan Preece excluding the Daytona Duels. 221. Mile501 posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:23 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @213 - Yes, they still do owner points, but it follows the same format as the playoff system. 16 owners qualify for the owners playoff and the elimination format and everything is the same as the drivers points. In Cup, there is generally no difference between the two. But in Xfinity and trucks, it tends to become quite confusing, because you have teams with multiple drivers making the playoffs and so different sets of teams advance throughout each round of the playoffs in the drivers and owners points. For example, in the 2018 Xfinity playoffs, Tyler Reddick won the season finale and the driver's championship, but he didn't win the owner's championship because, the way everything played out with other playoff teams that had multiple drivers, Reddick wasn't among the final four in owner points. The #00 won the owner's championship instead. 222. Chase9Fan posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:30 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 221. Ahhh yeah that kind of sucks. I at least see why they do it for drivers, owners not necessary. 223. Corey posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) SHR lead a combined 242 laps with each driver leading atleast 25. They all scored atleast 35 points as well. 224. Sector posted: 11.03.2019 - 8:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #221 The waiver situation for Kyle Busch in 2015 could have been a different story. Had Kyle Busch not been granted the waiver, the #18 car still makes the Owner's Playoff while Kyle Busch doesn't make the Driver's Playoff. The #18 wins the Owner's championship and #4 Kevin Harvick wins the driver's championship. 225. Yeet posted: 11.03.2019 - 9:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Parker Kligerman also stated that this would be his last Cup race this year, and since he's been the pilot of the 96 in all of their races, im going to infer this was also the 96's last race of the year. 226. RaceFanX posted: 11.03.2019 - 10:20 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @215 "Get Ken Squire, Bob Jenkins, & Nee Jarrett back in the booth next season, along with Dale Jr" Ned Jarrett is 87 years old, Ken Squire is 84, and Bob Jenkins is 72. While I loved all three of them as announcers I don't think it would be practical or wise to bring them back on a full-time basis...but more importantly I don't think they'd want to do it. Would it be cool as one race deal? Yeah, might be a fun throwback but it's not the future of the sport. A more practical approach might be seeing if there are elements of the old broadcasts that could today's announcers might be comfortable working in. I'd love to see today's announcers maybe giving an occasional call out to the driver's hometowns like Ken was so found of (ex. "Middletown, Connecticut's Joey Logano is putting on a show today but he's got Kevin Harvick, the pride of Bakersfield, hot on his heels. It's an East Coast versus West Coast shootout for the Blue Oval boys.") but you can't force things like that. 227. nohbody posted: 11.03.2019 - 10:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) The Playoffs don't count. Kevin Harvick won his second Winston Cup Championship in 2015. 228. Anonymous posted: 11.03.2019 - 11:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Best finish ever for the third RWR car in 26th, also making the best finish since 1993 for Car #53. Also, impressive debut by John Hunter Nemechek in 21st and staying on the lead lap for most of the race until the final pit stop in a car that has only finished in the top 20 5 times this season, two of which were on plate tracks. Best non-superspeedway finish of the season thus far for the #96 in 22nd. Ryan Newman really needs to learn to move out of the leader's way. Aric Almirola probably would've won this race or at least made it close with Harvick if he hadn't made the pass on Newman with 5 to go. 229. Corey posted: 11.03.2019 - 11:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @215 Ken Squire? While Rick Allen not knowing the 1979 Daytona 500 is certainly alarming, Squire would screw up who was in what car in today's race. As respected as the man was in the booth, he made a lot of glaring mistakes late in his career. 230. joey2448 posted: 11.03.2019 - 11:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Championship points situation after Texas: 1. Martin Truex WIN 2. Kevin Harvick WIN 3. Kyle Busch +22 4. Joey Logano +20 --- 5. Denny Hamlin -20 6. Ryan Blaney -23 7. Kyle Larson -23 8. Chase Elliott -78 With one race to go to decide the four championship-eligible drivers at Homestead, Chase Elliott is the only one that must win to make it. The other three below the cutline could get in on points based on what happens next week at Phoenix. 231. Mile501 posted: 11.04.2019 - 9:25 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Brad Keselowski is close to making the list of drivers who have finished in every position from 1st to 42nd (he never finished 43rd), but he still needs a 28th and a 40th. He nearly got a 40th at Texas, but was credited with 39th while Stenhouse was credited with 40th when they crashed together early in the race. 232. TennesseeMountainMan posted: 11.04.2019 - 10:52 am Rate this comment: (2) (2) I'm afraid the final four is already set unless Hamlin or Elliott who are the only ones who realistically have a chance at pulling off the victory at Phoenix. I would love to see Kyle Busch get eliminated to see how bad he cries 233. Anonymous posted: 11.04.2019 - 11:47 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @232 Don't forget Blaney and Larson. Blaney finished with the second most points of anyone at Phoenix in the spring, and Larson has only 2 finishes outside the top 10 at Phoenix since 2017, one of which was an engine failure on lap 12. 234. Anonymous posted: 11.04.2019 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Correction to #233: It was lap 104, not lap 12, misread the stats page. Adding on, his other bad finish was due to a flat tire in the 2018 spring race relegating him back in the mid teens. 235. Mannoroth posted: 11.04.2019 - 1:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) 232. He handled it like a man in 2014, so I don't think we will see something special. Too bad Harvick got away with that manipulating the race in 2015 - I'd love to see his reaction, if NASCAR really penalized him hard for that. Anyway, NASCAR can't count again - Kevin Harvick finished 1st (10 points) in the 1st Stage and 5th (6 points) in the 2nd stage. He also won the race (40 points), so that's 56 points, not 55... 236. Maverick19 posted: 11.04.2019 - 1:23 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) The 55 points is right. Logano passed Harvick on the final turn of stage 2. I'm guessing you didnt watch the race... 237. Corey posted: 11.04.2019 - 1:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @236 He probably looked at the Stage 2 results that show the 4 ahead of the 22. If its the other way around, then it needs to be fixed. 238. zuel660 posted: 11.04.2019 - 2:06 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I will be thoroughly shocked if anyone outside the Top 8 in points wins at Phoenix, or anyone other than the Final 4 win at Homestead. 239. Sector posted: 11.04.2019 - 2:25 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) My post in #135 did state Logano passing Harvick at the end of Stage 2, so the order of Stage 2 is indeed incorrect between the #4 & #22. 240. George_Costanza posted: 11.04.2019 - 5:41 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Barring disaster, we're going to be going to Homestead with the exact same Final 4 as last year, and essentially the same as two years ago, only difference being Keselowski in 2017 and not Logano. And barring disaster, I can't imagine this is going to change next year as well. Expect the same Final 4 next year at Phoenix. 241. Corey posted: 11.04.2019 - 6:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @240 Denny Hamlin winning at Phoenix wouldn't be a disaster and he deserves to be there more then Logano does. 242. Anonymous posted: 11.04.2019 - 6:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) @240 Neither would Elliott winning Phoenix be a disaster, he's probably owed one from 2017 fall. 243. possum posted: 11.04.2019 - 7:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @229 - exactly. Much like Petty and Waltrip, Squier stayed in the game several years too long, he should have retired 7 or 8 years before he did. Jarrett has done a few cameo appearences over the years, and clearly can still do it for 30 minutes, but I don't think he has either the ability or the interest to do an entire race. Jenkins could likely do it - he's been an announcer at Indy for several years (altho I don't think he did this year), but after his wife's cancer I don't think he had any interest in a season long gig. That said, he was and may still be on contract to NBC to fill in if Leigh Diffey or Rick Allen are suddenly indisposed. (speaking of Rick Allen, a much more alarming thing is his call "and here's Almirola! To the inside!" as we all watch Almirola make a pass round the outside. Not knowing what happened 40 years ago is one thing. Not knowing what's happening right in front of your face is something else again). 244. Sector posted: 11.04.2019 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) #243 I wonder if Rick Allen has a Twitter account and is getting criticism by the fans about it? And if the people working closely with him brought it up? 245. Ryan posted: 11.04.2019 - 11:56 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @235 "Too bad Harvick got away with that manipulating the race in 2015 - I'd love to see his reaction, if NASCAR really penalized him hard for that." It was never proven that he did. I felt like he was trying to get out of the way more so than anything being he was on the outside part of the row. 246. Wil posted: 11.05.2019 - 2:48 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Jeff Burton made a good point after Denny Hamlin's spin about grass in Nascar: in 2019 if we have the technology (artificial grass) available, spinning through the grass should NOT destroy your car and ruin your season. All tracks should have either a grass substitute or no grass. As for what Bubba did, I'm not mad because it screwed my guy out of a top 5 (quite used to that feeling by now). Rather I'm mad because it altered the course of the playoffs. It's a good argument for the people who say the playoffs shouldn't exist: a non-playoff field filler alters the result for guys who are trying to win the championship. That just shouldn't be. 247. Mannoroth posted: 11.05.2019 - 7:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 236. I did look here and on the official page of NASCAR and in both cases, the finishing order of Stage 2 was wrong. I don't have time to watch the entire race anymore. 245. I was never proven, because NASCAR didn't want to ruin Harvick's excellent season. Plus, he was the reigning champion, so those fools let him get away with it. It's the same like with no suspension for Jeff Gordon after his Phoenix fiasco in 2012 - I'm sure they would let him get away with it, even if he injured someone and ruined his season. One word - inconsistency. 248. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2019 - 8:20 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @246 (on the grass): The issue isn't the grass, it's the cars. The splitters need to go. They're ridiculous, cause damage to the cars, and aren't analogous to their street counterparts (which these cars should try to be in every way possible.) 249. Corey posted: 11.05.2019 - 8:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @248 Even if you get rid of the splitters, there are other parts of the car that can dig in depending on the damage before it gets there. I remember Timothy Peters truck wreck at Texas in 2017. 250. Anonymous posted: 11.05.2019 - 8:51 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @247 Stage results from Stage 2 are now correct here 251. Yeet posted: 11.05.2019 - 9:13 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @246 I agree, I'm 100% behind the installation of artificial turf everywhere. However my counterargument on non-playoff cars shouldn't be allowed to alter the championship for playoff guys is that even without playoffs that could happen regardless. The great thing about this sport is everyone can still play even if they aren't in a championship hunt under literally every points system. Heck sometimes the leader in points would run in to championship issues dealing with laps cars (Kyle Busch losing a ton of points when he ran into the lap car of Chase Austin at Bristol is the first that comes to mind). My point is, that non-championship cars having impacts on the championship isn't anything new. Maybe it can have larger impacts under the Playoffs system, but it sure isn't a circumstance that happens solely because of the Playoffs. 252. JimDavis posted: 11.05.2019 - 9:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The splitters need to go. They're ridiculous, cause damage to the cars, and aren't analogous to their street counterparts (which these cars should try to be in every way possible.)" Unfortunately, the splitter (and the high downforce package in general) is a safety feature designed to prevent cars becoming airborne. Cars and pieces of cars flying over or through the fence and killing spectators is Nascar's nightmare scenario. Once adopted safety features are very difficult from a legal standpoint to walk back. It would leave Nascar very exposed if something bad happened. But I agree the racing hasn't been the same since the COT was introduced. 253. Yeet posted: 11.05.2019 - 9:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Since this was the last race for the 96 bunch this season, The #27 Premium Motorsports car will be the highest Open car in points, which can aid in a possible charter in the future. 254. Nascarfan3 posted: 11.05.2019 - 9:52 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @the people above me I think Nascar should just enforce tracks to make it Astro Turf and maybe Nascar can pay for some of it but this is just a thought. Also, Dover doesn't need Astro Turf as much as Texas. Anybody Get my point here. 255. zuel660 posted: 11.05.2019 - 10:29 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The last Talladega race showed that the cars can, & will, still get airborne under the right circumstances, and the front splitter makes no difference when the cars get turned around backwards in a 'blowover' stye crash, and even the roof flaps don't help when the spinnig car gets a boost from another car hitting it. Splitters also are irrelevant in a centrifugal induced barrel roll, either. 256. Tarheel posted: 11.05.2019 - 10:33 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 251, 252, from what I've read Nascar is shooting for the 2021 cars to not have splitters and have less downforce while still not becoming airborne. I hope they figure it out, as I've long believed that the racing got steadily worse as the cars became more aerodynamically sealed to the track surface over the past fifteen or twenty years. The 1993 Daytona 500 sticks in my mind (because it gets replayed often) as a great example of the difference between now and then, even the front running cars noses were probably four inches off the surface, the draft still mattered but handling mattered more, and the better handling card could pass without help. 257. JimDavis posted: 11.05.2019 - 1:09 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) "The last Talladega race showed that the cars can, & will, still get airborne under the right circumstances, and the front splitter makes no difference when the cars get turned around backwards in a 'blowover' stye crash, and even the roof flaps don't help when the spinnig car gets a boost from another car hitting it. Splitters also are irrelevant in a centrifugal induced barrel roll, either." You're trying to argue that since no safety features are perfect, no safety features are necessary. Yes, splitters aren't perfect guarantees of driver and spectator safety. Neither are catch fences, safer barriers, five point harnesses, HANS devices, etc. But they do make the odds of death and injury a lot longer. 258. Canadianfan posted: 11.05.2019 - 1:38 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I would like to add about the booth lineup. Ned Jarrett has been suffering from Alzheimer's for several years now it's why he was so quiet when they had the throwback booth for the Southern 500. His son Dale had to coax him into talking during that segment especially the last time in 2017. As for Ken Squier I also agree that he held on too long and probably should've handed things over to Mike Joy in the early 90's. As for Bob Jenkins he has become disillusioned with NASCAR. He's been asked about it several times in various interviews the last few years and simply put he's not coming back because he doesn't agree with the way things are in the sport. 259. zuel660 posted: 11.05.2019 - 2:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @257 No, all I am trying to say is that splitters do nothing except keep the front end of the car cemented to the track. Unlike catch fences, roof flaps, safety harnesses, etc, there is no 'safety' benefit of a splitter. 260. Anonymous posted: 11.05.2019 - 2:55 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) "You're trying to argue that since no safety features are perfect, no safety features are necessary. Yes, splitters aren't perfect guarantees of driver and spectator safety. Neither are catch fences, safer barriers, five point harnesses, HANS devices, etc. But they do make the odds of death and injury a lot longer." Yeah whenever I see a car literally explode any time it touches any grass at all the only thing I can think is "thank god for this amazing safety feature saving these drivers lives" 261. JSPorts posted: 11.05.2019 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) Yeah, the splitters have nothing to do with safety. They're there for aerodynamic reasons & keeping air from getting under the car. 262. JimDavis posted: 11.05.2019 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) "No, all I am trying to say is that splitters do nothing except keep the front end of the car cemented to the track." "They're there for aerodynamic reasons & keeping air from getting under the car." Exactly. They do not want the car becoming airborne. Why don't they want cars to become airborne? Because airborne cars are a danger to everyone at the track. Hence the splitter and the high downforce package in general. Why do you imagine the splitter is there? 263. Corey posted: 11.05.2019 - 4:53 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @262 I don't think you quite understand how the aerodynamics of the car work. NASCAR never had an issue with a car getting airborne from the front before the splitters came along. There's nothing in the front for the air to lift up and too much for the air to push down. It has always been an aerodynamic device. It blocks the air but that's just to create a low pressure area under the car and suck it down. 264. possum posted: 11.05.2019 - 7:08 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @262 - the people who are telling you the splitter is not a safety device are correct. It's only there to create aero downforce, which it does more efficiently than an air dam. The obvious solution to the problem of splitters getting torn off would be to go back to the air dam. The cars need less front downforce anyway (which would reduce the aero push problem), and cars ran thru the grass for years with the air dam and didn't have a problem. Spending millions to install (enviromentally unfriendly) astroturf instead of switching to air dams is just silly. Which means, of course, NASCAR will probably do it, because thinking isn't their strong point. 265. Ryan posted: 11.05.2019 - 11:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @247 "I was never proven, because NASCAR didn't want to ruin Harvick's excellent season." Another ridiculous fairy tale opinion of yours. 266. Sector posted: 11.06.2019 - 1:01 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #265 It would still be Harvick's excellent season regardless if he got penalized or not, it's just Mannoroth being extremely jealous that Harvick didn't get penalized for something such as this while his boy Busch got an exempt to the rule to make it even. 267. Mannoroth posted: 11.06.2019 - 12:14 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 266. Oh, so an exemption is a bigger problem than manipulating the race... 268. Ryan posted: 11.06.2019 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) None bigger than trying to hurt someone purposely as Kyle tried to do to Ron Hornaday. 269. Mannoroth posted: 11.07.2019 - 4:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 268. Or Kevin Harvick to Coy Gibbs, when he literally said he's gonna kill him... Try again. 270. GGDC posted: 11.07.2019 - 4:12 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Imagine having such blind hatred of a driver you make a post like @268. Intent wreck sure? But Hurt? Yeah.....no 271. Maverick19 posted: 11.07.2019 - 11:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The sponsor for the 18 should just be M&M's, there was no Hazelnut scheme this week. 272. Mannoroth posted: 11.08.2019 - 1:05 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 270. Easy, Ryan just can't handle the fact that even Kevin Harvick has his weak spots in the past and keep thinking he's absolutely perfect and can't do or be wrong. 273. Sector posted: 11.08.2019 - 1:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) #267 After reading this I'm not at all surprised at your... "Double standard." You're perfectly okay with Kyle Busch having an exempt for the 2015 championship because it manipulated the Chase picture with the waiver handed to Kyle. Just proves you have it out for Kevin Harvick because he's as good as Kyle Busch and not worse than Kyle. Jealousy. 274. Mannoroth posted: 11.08.2019 - 12:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 273. Manipulated? Those fools from NASCAR brought that on themselves by being lazy and not making every track as safe as possible. It was just a matter of time, anyway, when someone gets hurt due to those concrete walls without any SAFER barrier. Kyle Busch was just simply unlucky that it was him, who got injured (it could be any other driver). Plus, there are even more serious exemptions than some waiver for being injured by laziness of NASCAR - Tony Stewart got injured as well outside of the NASCAR world and they gave him the waiver, anyway. Why, for Christ sake? It's his problem he didn't take care of himself during the off-season. Or Todd Gilliland, who got the waiver just because he wasn't 18 years old, when the season began. Are you serious? In this case, Kyle got also robbed by NASCAR, when they let him race in Trucks, when he was just 16 years old... They robbed him for a possible full-time ride in 2002 for Jack Roush. 275. MSportRev posted: 11.09.2019 - 11:38 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Bubba Wallace has been penalized 50 Driver Points and $50,000 for intentionally bringing out the caution. 276. Wil posted: 11.09.2019 - 12:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) But Logano won't be penalized points or fined despite doing literally the same thing at Martinsville, because Bubba's an easier target. Got it. 277. Mile501 posted: 11.09.2019 - 1:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @276 - Bubba openly admitted he did it. I don't recall that happening before. Given that, NASCAR had to send a message. Admittedly, it's a good way to send the message without altering the championship picture. Hopefully all drivers now know that NASCAR will be watching to see if any of them try to do something similar. 278. Corey posted: 11.09.2019 - 2:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @276 No, Logano didn't get a penalty cause he didn't admit to it. Wallace did. 279. David posted: 11.09.2019 - 2:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's probably the reason, and not too bright on Bubba's part, but we can't be 100% sure. NASCAR has never been above frying a small fish first in order to warn the bigger fish that they will get the same treatment too... next time it happens. I know Joey wasn't stupid enough to admit that he did the same thing even though everyone knows he's just as guilty as Wallace, but it would be out of character anyway for NASCAR to penalize one of the 5 true championship contenders during the most important time of the season. 280. Wil posted: 11.09.2019 - 2:35 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Off the top of my head, I can't recall an athlete in sports more honest than Bubba Wallace. The dude doesn't care about the repercussions of anything, he's just honest. 281. ScottB posted: 11.09.2019 - 2:54 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wasn't Dale Jr also punished for admitting to something he otherwise would have gotten away with after a race? I think it was also intentionally bringing out a yellow. Don't recall when or where, so I could be wrong about that. 282. Wil posted: 11.09.2019 - 2:57 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @281 Dale admits to spinning on purpose at Bristol, but I don't think he admitted it or got penalized for it. He was absurdly penalized for cursing in victory lane at Talledega in 04 (Hamlin has cursed in interviews dozens of times but was never penalized). However, Dale blatantly went below the yellow line at Dega in 02 or 03 to win the race and wasn't penalized so it balances out I guess. 283. Maverick19 posted: 11.09.2019 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If you're talking about Bristol 2004, he did get penalized. 284. cjs3872 posted: 11.09.2019 - 3:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Heavily, if I remember right, @283. If I remember right, he was fined heavily and lost a significant amount of championship points for that maneuver. I believe it was that same year or possibly the next year when Robby Gordon was also fined, both money and points, for throwing a water bottle out of his car to draw a caution flag. And there have been other times when drivers were penalized (sometimes up to two or three laps) during a race in which they deliberately caused a caution, either by intentionally spinning out or just stopping on the track to cause a caution. 285. Jason24 posted: 11.09.2019 - 3:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @280 There's a few out there. Tony Stewart for one. None that I can think of are as innocent as Bubba has been. He's got a very clean record minus a few run-ins with competitors. 286. Jason24 posted: 11.09.2019 - 3:38 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I'm sure it was his comments that created the fine, but if intentionally spinning to create a caution is frowned upon, why is it still ok to intentionally spin another car like Suarez dumping Tifft at the Brickyard when he needed to gain 3 or 4 spots? Its the same thing right? Causing a caution on purpose. What am I missing? 287. Mile501 posted: 11.09.2019 - 3:50 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @280 - I'm not a big Bubba Wallace fan, but you have a point there, and I do appreciate his honesty, even when it gets him in trouble. Honesty is a wonderful quality to have. 288. Corey posted: 11.09.2019 - 4:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @286 It's not. NASCAR has parked many a driver for purposefully wrecking a fellow competitor. The only times they ?look the other way? is if the two drivers were racing for position. 289. racefangurl posted: 11.10.2019 - 7:57 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 268, was then he was parked/suspended at Texas? He couldn't finish the Trucks race, be in the then-Nationwide race (:) a regular won!) or the Cup race. 290. Ryan posted: 11.15.2019 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @270 "Imagine having such blind hatred of a driver you make a post like @268. Intent wreck sure? But Hurt? Yeah.....no" blind hatred? If you intent to wreck someone then you take the chance of intentionally hurting them as well going at speeds that fast especially at a place like Texas, so yeah. Ron Hornaday said on the Dale Jr Download recently that he still isn't over it. Mainly because how it was handled afterwards. NASCAR made Kyle call Hornaday. He was too big of a coward to do it on his own (mainly because he still didn't feel he did anything wrong). Kyle should have been banned from Trucks forever, but NASCAR gave him very light wrist slap because they felt like he might be the face of NASCAR some day. Thank God that hasn't happened. Hornaday also said that he believes Kyle is finally starting to grow up some now where he has some family (mainly due to his wife which I've stated several times recently). He said that Kyle can't even look at him straight in the eye at the racetrack. That all he did was blame his crew and his cars and never himself when things went wrong. Most knowledgeable race fans and people in the garage have known that. He's had the best equipment his whole career and the reason he hasn't had more success or "given" more success is because everyone else's faults. Now after races he "doesn't understand" how teammates Hamlin and Truex are faster than him. It's because they're better drivers, that's why. @272 Wrong (again). I've never said Kevin Harvick was perfect. He definitely had some egotistic issues in his first few years in the sport. However, he grew up and I believe that had a lot to do with having a family. Kyle Busch on the other hand... still a long ways to go. @282 He did admit it. You could hear him over the scanner talk about it with his crew after it happened. Obviously, NASCAR heard him as well. He should have kept his mouth shut, lol. He finished 11th and scored 110 points instead of 135. And I thought he was forced below the yellow line at 'dega more so than deciding to go below it. He lost 50 points due to penalties that year. Had it been someone else besides Jr. cursing at 'dega they wouldn't have got penalized. He was under a microscope for sure. 291. Rich posted: 11.26.2020 - 5:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were the commentators. Marty Snider, Dave Burns and Kelli Stavast were the pit road reporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: