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  1.   QFH posted:
  08.15.2021 - 5:08 pm
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That has to be the most WTF finish I've EVER seen. Curb causing two HUGE
crashes, guy gets penalized on the restart then just straight up takes
out the leader and puts a part-time underdog in Victory Lane. Absolutely
shocked


  2.   QFH posted:
  08.15.2021 - 5:16 pm
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And Justin Haley puts Spire Motorsports in the top 10 too. (And this
time it wasn't a rainout race win after Kurt Busch botched pit strategy...)


  3.   Mile501 posted:
  08.15.2021 - 9:13 pm
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A.J. Allmendinger just accomplished something that hasn't been done
outside of Daytona in more than 35 years--win a race with a part-time team.

Only Trevor Bayne (2011 Daytona 500) has won with a part-time team since
1985. A handful of part-time drivers have won since then, but they did
so while driving for full-time teams (such as Haley in 2019, Vickers in
2013, and Keselowski in 2009). There was also Tim Richmond, who won
twice in 1987 while his team ended up running part-time, but only
because of his health issues.

But a true part-time team winning on a non-restrictor plate track? It
used to be commonplace, but it hasn't happened at all in the last 3 1/2
decades.


  4.   QFH posted:
  08.16.2021 - 8:06 pm
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I just saw someone else say this... Allmendinger's two career wins have
both been the first win for the two respective race teams (JTG and Kaulig)


  5.   Danish_Pie posted:
  08.17.2021 - 7:41 pm
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Can someone explain how Briscoe was parked, but is the second highest
finishing car to have completed 94 laps. Shouldn't he theoretically be
either the first car one lap down or the last car one lap down?


  6.   Mile501 posted:
  08.18.2021 - 12:55 pm
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Allmendinger's win is also the first-ever win for an unchartered team
since the charter rule began in Cup.

#5 - That's a very good question, but with the comment section here as
it is now, I don't know if we'll ever find an answer. You're right,
though. In my opinion, Briscoe should really be placed 24th, the first
car to complete 94 laps (because he completed 94 laps before the rest of
the cars 1 lap down did).


  7.   Bob posted:
  08.18.2021 - 10:23 pm
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@4 and @5 Briscoe and Custer were both in lead lap (Hill and Smithley
were a lap down), my guess is that they scored Briscoe as the last
driver to start the last lap (and did not finish) because of his penalty
so theoretically he was supposed to be behind Custer...or Custer stopped
his car on the track ahead of Briscoe did or something like that...but
then another question comes in: Custer was on the leader's lap but
didn't complete the last lap, so why did they put him as running at the
finish?


  8.   Mile501 posted:
  08.19.2021 - 2:58 pm
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@7 - I know that question has come up before. Apparently, in recent
years, NASCAR quietly and inexplicably began a policy where a driver is
listed as "running" if they are running as they cross the line at the
white flag, even if they don't complete the last lap.

I didn't realize Custer didn't complete the last lap, though. If so, he
should be listed at 94 laps complete, but that would at least make the
finishing order itself correct.


  9.   Bob posted:
  08.25.2021 - 3:01 pm
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@8 Yes, you're right, I've seen a few cases where this didn't happen,
but in the vast majority (like 99%) they put it as 'running'. Yeah, I
only noticed because I was following the live leaderboard on the last
lap and realized that the custer didn't complete the last lap..It's
already listed as 94 laps completed, so it kind of corrected
itself...but it's a curious and weird case


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