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Monday, October 7, 2013

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE RESULTS from Kansas, the land of many cautions!

I kept waiting for some kind of race report to show up in my face yesterday.  (I missed the majority of the Cup race from Kansas).  But with no SPEED channel to tune into these days, you actually have to dig up a NASCAR source to get what you want.

By the time I was thinking of getting around to it, well, the NASCAR results press release landed in my inbox... so here they are!


NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 30
13TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO "400"
KANSAS SPEEDWAY

Kansas City, KS - October 6, 2013
1.5-Mile Oval
267 Laps - 400.5 Miles Purse: $6,100,486


Fin    Car                    Leader   
Pos    No    Driver    Team    Laps    Status    Times    Laps
1    29    Kevin Harvick    Budweiser Chevrolet    267    Running    8    138
2    78    Kurt Busch    Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Chevrolet    267    Running       
3    24    Jeff Gordon    Axalta Chevrolet    267    Running       
4    22    Joey Logano    Shell Pennzoil Ford    267    Running    2    33
5    99    Carl Edwards    Fastenal Ford    267    Running       
6    48    Jimmie Johnson    Lowe's Chevrolet    267    Running    2    6
7    27    Paul Menard    Menards / Splash Chevrolet    267    Running       
8    88    Dale Earnhardt Jr    Time Warner Cable Chevrolet    267    Running    4    10
9    9    Marcos Ambrose    MAC Tools Ford    267    Running       
10    43    Aric Almirola    Farmland Ford    267    Running       
11    20    Matt Kenseth    Dollar General Toyota    267    Running    1    21
12    31    Jeff Burton    Caterpillar Chevrolet    267    Running    1    1
13    16    Greg Biffle    Sherwin Williams Ford    267    Running       
14    15    Clint Bowyer    Rasp 5-hour Energy/Living Beyond Toyota    267    Running       
15    5    Kasey Kahne    Time Warner Cable Chevrolet    267    Running       
16    1    Jamie McMurray    Cessna Chevrolet    267    Running       
17    2    Brad Keselowski    Miller Lite Ford    267    Running    2    52
18    42    Juan Pablo Montoya    Target Chevrolet    267    Running       
19    56    Martin Truex Jr    NAPA Auto Parts Toyota    267    Running       
20    47    AJ Allmendinger    Scott Products - Win My Car Toyota    267    Running       
21    13    Casey Mears    GEICO Ford    267    Running    1    1
22    14    Mark Martin    Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Boats Chevrolet    267    Running       
23    11    Denny Hamlin    FedEx Office Toyota    267    Running       
24    38    David Gilliland    Long John Silver's Ford    267    Running       
25    7    Dave Blaney    Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet    267    Running       
26    93    Travis Kvapil    Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota    267    Running    1    1
27    36    J.J. Yeley    Accell Construction Chevrolet    267    Running    1    1
28    32    Timmy Hill #    U.S. Chrome Ford    267    Running       
29    40    Tony Raines    Moonshine Attitude Attire Chevrolet    267    Running       
30    17    Ricky Stenhouse Jr #    Ford EcoBoost Ford    266    Running       
31    30    Cole Whitt    Swan Energy Toyota    260    Running       
32    55    Brian Vickers    Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota    242    Accident       
33    33    Landon Cassill    LittleJoesAutos.com Chevrolet    235    Running       
34    18    Kyle Busch    M&M's Toyota    199    Accident    1    1
35    39    Ryan Newman    Code 3 Associates Chevrolet    188    Running       
36    34    David Ragan    Taco Bell Ford    168    Accident    1    2
37    83    David Reutimann    Burger King / Dr Pepper Toyota    157    Running       
38    98    Michael McDowell    Phil Parsons Racing Ford    144    Vibration       
39    51    Justin Allgaier    Brandt Chevrolet    135    Accident       
40    35    Josh Wise    MDS Transport Ford    108    Vibration       
41    87    Joe Nemechek    Calvert's Toyota    107    Engine       
42    95    Reed Sorenson    SupportMilitary.org Ford    103    Vibration       
43    10    Danica Patrick #    GoDaddy Chevrolet    0    Accident       


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Failed to qualify: n/a

Race Comments: Kevin Harvick won the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway, his 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reasons indicated: Nos. 18, 78 (backup car); No. 7 (engine change).

TIME OF RACE: 3 hours, 29 minutes, 10 seconds       AVERAGE SPEED: 114.884 mph      MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.14 second(s)

COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD:  Kevin Harvick (187.526 mph. 28.796 secs.)

3M LAP LEADER:  Kevin Harvick (138 Laps)

SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Timmy Hill
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.

Caution Flags: 15 cautions for 71 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 2-9 (Car #10, 18, 30, 83 Accident Turn 2 [None]); 43-47 (Car #98 Slowed On Track [36]); 88-91 (Debris [7]); 113-117 (Oil On The Track From The #87 [56]); 119-121 (Car #7 Spin Turn 2 [47]); 137-145 (Car #39, 51 Accident Backstretch [32]); 148-150 (Car #93 Spin Turn 2 [38]); 156-159 (Competition-Smoke In Turn 1) [38]); 171-174 (Car #34 Accident Backstretch [40]); 181-184 (Debris [40]); 188-191 (Car #18, 42, 14 Accident Frontstretch [30]); 197-199 (Car #9 Spin Backstretch [30]); 201-206 (Car #18, 99, 55 Accident Turn 2 [30]); 229-232 (Debris [14]); 244-248 (Car #55 Accident Turn 2 [2]).

Lap Leaders:  24 lead changes among 12 drivers. Harvick 1-44, Mears 45, Harvick 46-79, Johnson 80, Harvick 81, Johnson 82-86, Earnhardt Jr 87-88, Kvapil 89, Earnhardt Jr 90-91, Kenseth 92-112, Earnhardt Jr 113, Ragan 114-115, Earnhardt Jr 116-120, Logano 121-139, Harvick 140-144, Ky. Busch 145, Harvick 146-156, Logano 157-170, Keselowski 171-198, Harvick 199, Keselowski 200-223, Harvick 224-229, Yeley 230, Burton 231, Harvick 232-267.


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Friday, October 4, 2013

Breast Cancser Awareness: The Pink In NASCAR At Kansas

Austin Dillon's breast cancer awareness car


October is breast cancer awareness month. 1 in 8 women are attacked by this bullshit disease.  Guys, almost two thousand men each year get diagnosed and almost four hundred deaths each year in men, can be attributed to breast cancer.  Do don't turn away from this issue.  It impacts everyone.

{Please note all links in the article point to NBaP's parent website with information on each issue highlighted.  There's more in-depth coverage on the subject of breast cancer at brusimm.com. You can get to where you need to get to from there.}

Even though 1 in 8 doesn't sound like a big number, stop and look around your surroundings right now.  If you see at least 8 women, more then likely 1 of them is dealing with this setback.  If you think about the 8 women in front of you, think about their families and how exponentially that number of women grows.  If no one right in front of you is impacted by breast cancer, someone in their life is.  It's an insidious beast and you don't know how many people around you it impacts until you find yourself and your family in the middle of the battle.  And when you mention it, victims come out of the woodwork you'd never expect.

But despite the glaring numbers, there are a lot of ways to help contribute.

How?

Yoplait Yogurt has a cool program where you can submit codes from certain lids and they'll make contributions.

5-hour Energy sells PINK lemonade flavored products, and proceeds go to the fight against breast cancer.  All you have to do is buy their product and they will contribute a set amount per bottle sold.  They had contributed almost $400k when they first offered the product.  Then they pulled the product but fans spoke up and they brought it and the program back permanently.

Or by just clicking on a link, you make a free mammogram available to a lucky soul who can't afford them.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Justin Algaier Returns to Cup

For the Justin Algaier fan:  This upcoming weekend, Justin Algaier will be returning to the Spint Cup division and driving the No. 51 BRANDT Professional Agriculture sponsored Chevrolet SS for Phoenix Racing, at Kansas Speedway.

Check out the press release below:

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (October 1, 2013) - Justin Allgaier will make his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) start on Sunday, October 6 in the Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway. Allgaier will drive the No. 51 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet SS for Phoenix Racing, for the second time this season.
 
Allgaier's second NSCS start comes just four weeks after making his NSCS debut at Chicagoland Speedway in mid-September. After a five-hour rain delay, Allgaier brought the No. 51 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevy home in the 27th position. Allgaier, 27, is a native of Riverton, Ill, and drives for Turner Scott Motorsports (TSM) in the NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS).
 
BRANDT, Allgaier's current NNS sponsor, will be the primary sponsor on the No. 51 Chevrolet this weekend at Kansas. Allgaier's NSCS schedule has been amended from the original selected races. Allgaier will now race this weekend at Kansas Speedway, as well as Talladega Superspeedway and Phoenix International Raceway. Allgaier will no longer be behind the wheel of the No. 51 Chevrolet SS at Charlotte Motor Speedway (CMS). A driver announcement for CMS will be forthcoming.
 
"I'm looking forward to making my second start in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series," said Allgaier. "There are a few hours of testing on Thursday at Kansas [Speedway] which will give me more seat time in the car. My goal for the weekend is to be nice and steady, and to learn as much as I can. I can't thank everyone at BRANDT and Phoenix Racing enough for this opportunity."
 
Allgaier has four starts at Kansas in both the ARCA Racing Series (2005-2008) and the NNS. He has an average finish of 7.8 in the NNS with three laps led at the 1.5-mile track. Allgaier will continue to drive the No. 31 BRANDT Professional Agriculture Chevrolet Camaro for TSM in the NNS.

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Monday, October 22, 2012

B. Keselowski Still Leads J. Johnson (Official Race Results from Kansas)

After Kansas, B. Keselowski Still Leads J. Johnson (Official Results from Kansas)

Kansas newly repaved surface, combined with the Chase for the Cup winding down had tensions up and the pressure was on everyone.  With those factors combined, the race paid out in many ways for fans to watch.

More or less.

Through it all, Brad Keselowski retained his lead in the points standings, while Jimmie Johnson, after having wrecked his car, still managed a top-10 finish and stayed in second place in the points standings, 7 points behind.

Matt Kenseth won the race, but the dividends were inconsequential, pulling himself up two positions into 9th, 55 points behind the leader.

And NASCAR's newest golden-child, Danica Patrick, got into with Landon Cassill.  The 31st placed driver had called out over the radio that she was in her way and bumped her up out of the way.  She attempted to retaliate later on and wrecked both Landon and herself.  Again, convincing many that she doesn't belong in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

Later the next day (Monday) Cassill made note of moves on her part to go three-wide, but not being able to back the move.  He said that as far as he was concerned, the leaders were taking themselves out of the race, what what with all the cautions.  Then one thing led to another.

There were the single car spins and teams tried to adapt to the newly repaved track surface, with Kyle Busch and Jimmie Johnson being the biggest surprise single-car spins.

That's what I took away from my recorded version of the race.  Yes, I too have joined the ranks of the many who aren't tuning in to the live event as often as they used to.

There's nothing against the broadcast.  NASCAR is lucky to have it out there.  But during the replay I noticed so often the camera focus on the lead cars in single file while in the background, there's 3, 4 and for a moment or two, 5-wide racing that got ignored.

Just sayin'.

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Race Comments: Before an estimated attendance of 78,000, Matt Kenseth won the Hollywood Casino 400, his 24th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory. Prior to the green flag, the following cars dropped to the rear of the field for the reason indicated: #10, 31 (engine change).
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 32
12TH ANNUAL HOLLYWOOD CASINO "400"
KANSAS SPEEDWAY

Kansas City, KS - October 21, 2012
1.5-Mile Oval
267 Laps - 400.5 Miles Purse: $6,037,930

Fin
Str
Car
Series
Bonus
Driver
Leader
Pos
Pos
No
Driver
Team
Laps
Points
Points
Rating
Winnings
Status
Times
Laps
1
12
17
Matt Kenseth
Zest Ford
267
48
5
141.7
$389,611
Running
2
78
2
16
56
Martin Truex Jr
NAPA Auto Parts Toyota
267
42
0
107.4
231,954
Running
3
14
27
Paul Menard
Menards/CertainTeed Insulation Chevrolet
267
42
1
109.5
177,615
Running
1
6
4
1
5
Kasey Kahne
Farmers Insurance Chevrolet
267
41
1
116.3
156,015
Running
1
1
5
33
14
Tony Stewart
Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet
267
39
0
82.5
184,840
Running
6
3
15
Clint Bowyer
5-hour Energy/Avon Foun. for Women Toyota
267
39
1
114.5
146,854
Running
2
5
7
39
88
Regan Smith
National Guard/Diet Mountain Dew Chevrolet
267
37
0
92.6
124,015
Running
8
25
2
Brad Keselowski
Miller Lite Dodge
267
36
0
87.1
144,310
Running
9
7
48
Jimmie Johnson
Lowe's Chevrolet
267
36
1
108.6
148,651
Running
1
44
10
19
24
Jeff Gordon
DuPont Chevrolet
267
35
1
95.3
147,626
Running
2
2
11
10
29
Kevin Harvick
Budweiser Chevrolet
267
33
0
76.9
147,991
Running
12
18
9
Marcos Ambrose
Black & Decker Ford
267
32
0
79.2
128,088
Running
13
9
11
Denny Hamlin
FedEx Freight Toyota
267
31
0
88.7
139,471
Running
14
17
99
Carl Edwards
Fastenal Ford
267
30
0
85.1
140,396
Running
15
21
1
Jamie McMurray
Bass Pro Shops/Arctic Cat Chevrolet
267
29
0
70.4
129,613
Running
16
24
42
Juan Pablo Montoya
Taylor Swift/Target Chevrolet
267
28
0
66.3
126,496
Running
17
31
93
Travis Kvapil
Burger King/Dr Pepper Toyota
267
28
1
62.5
121,863
Running
1
1
18
26
83
Landon Cassill
Burger King Toyota
267
26
0
59.4
121,350
Running
19
8
20
Joey Logano
Dollar General Toyota
267
25
0
74.8
102,305
Running
20
37
34
David Ragan
Client One Securities LLC Ford
267
24
0
52.9
111,013
Running
21
32
21
Trevor Bayne
Motorcraft/Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center Ford
267
0
0
60.5
92,630
Running
22
42
32
Timmy Hill
Southern Pride Trucking/U.S. Chrome Ford
267
0
0
45.2
100,205
Running
23
38
38
David Gilliland
Long John Silver's Ford
266
22
1
46.4
105,363
Running
1
1
24
2
55
Mark Martin
Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota
266
21
1
85.8
90,505
Running
2
60
25
29
78
Kurt Busch
Furniture Row/Farm American Chevrolet
265
19
0
72.6
109,738
Running
26
15
22
Sam Hornish Jr
Shell Pennzoil Dodge
234
0
0
63.5
131,030
Accident
27
11
16
Greg Biffle
3M/Sherwin-Williams Ford
227
17
0
83.2
97,380
Running
28
20
31
Jeff Burton
Caterpillar Chevrolet
214
16
0
51.0
127,330
Running
29
5
43
Aric Almirola
Farmland Ford
212
16
1
111.2
124,491
Accident
3
69
30
6
39
Ryan Newman
Code 3 Associates Chevrolet
188
14
0
85.7
130,463
Accident
31
4
18
Kyle Busch
M&M's Halloween Toyota
181
13
0
68.9
131,813
Accident
32
40
10
Danica Patrick
GoDaddy Racing Chevrolet
154
0
0
40.4
84,130
Accident
33
22
47
Bobby Labonte
Kingsford Charcoal Toyota
140
11
0
49.0
101,752
Accident
34
35
95
Scott Speed
B&D Electrical Ford
77
10
0
38.2
83,730
Electrical
35
13
51
AJ Allmendinger
Phoenix Construction Chevrolet
69
9
0
71.7
91,780
Accident
36
30
19
Mike Bliss
Plinker Tactical/Crowne Plaza Toyota
47
0
0
34.8
83,305
Vibration
37
28
13
Casey Mears
GEICO Ford
29
7
0
40.1
83,080
Accident
38
43
79
Kelly Bires
Bestway Disposal/Re-Load.biz Ford
28
6
0
35.1
82,857
Rear Gear
39
41
36
Dave Blaney
TBR/TMone Chevrolet
25
5
0
30.4
79,325
Brakes
40
36
87
Joe Nemechek
AM/FM Energy Wood & Pellet Stoves Toyota
22
0
0
30.3
79,080
Rear Gear
41
34
91
Reed Sorenson
Plinker Tactical/Crowne Plaza Toyota
18
0
0
29.9
78,805
Overheating
42
27
37
J.J. Yeley
MaxQWorkForce.com Chevrolet
11
2
0
31.0
78,635
Vibration
43
23
98
Michael McDowell
K-Love/Curb Records Ford
7
1
0
30.1
78,907
Vibration
# Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender.
Bonus Points: includes winner, lap leader & most laps led points
(i) = Ineligible for driver points in this series

Failed to qualify: (3) #33 Cole Whitt; #30 David Stremme; #26 Josh Wise
TIME OF RACE:3 hours, 28 minutes, 48 seconds AVERAGE SPEED:115.086 mph MARGIN OF VICTORY:0.495 second(s)
COORS LIGHT POLE AWARD: Kasey Kahne (191.36 mph. 28.219 secs.)
3M LAP LEADER: Matt Kenseth (78 Laps)
AMERICAN ETHANOL GREEN FLAG RESTART AWARD: Matt Kenseth
DIRECTV CREW CHIEF OF THE RACE: Clint Bowyer (crew chief Brian Pattie)
MAHLE CLEVITE ENGINE BUILDER OF THE RACE: Roush Yates Engines (#17)
MOBIL 1 OIL DRIVER OF THE RACE: Tony Stewart
MOOG STEERING AND SUSPENSION PROBLEM SOLVER OF THE RACE: Tony Stewart (crew chief Steve Addington, 0.372 seconds)
NASCAR SPRINT CUP LEADER BONUS: No winner: rolls over to $40,000 at next event++
USG IMPROVING THE FINISH: Regan Smith (32 places)
++Rollover money awarded at year's end, amount not included in race winnings.
Caution Flags: 14 cautions for 66 laps. [Beneficiary in Brackets] 32-36 (Debris [95]); 41-44 (Car #18 Spin Turn 4 [None]); 72-76 (Car #51 Accident Turn 3 [38]); 84-86 (Car #14, 31 Accident Turn 4 [None]); 123-127 (Debris [34]); 137-141 (Car #48 Accident Turn 4 [83]); 143-146 (Car #47 Accident Turn 3 [None]); 156-162 (Car #10, 83 Accident Turn 2 [1]); 166-168 (Car #14 Spin Backstretch [42]); 170-172 (Car #9, 21 Accident Turn 3 [32]); 176-180 (Car #16 Accident Turn 4 [43]); 183-188 (Car #18, 22, 39, 78 Accident Turn 4 [9]); 215-222 (Car #43 Accident Turn 4 [55]); 237-239 (Car #22 Accident Turn 1 [34]).
Lap Leaders: 16 lead changes among 10 drivers. Kahne-pole, Martin 1-6, Almirola 7-33, Gilliland 34, Almirola 35-73, Kvapil 74, Johnson 75-118, Almirola 119-121, Bowyer 122-123, J. Gordon 124, Bowyer 125-127, Kenseth 128-156, J. Gordon 157, Martin 158-211, Menard 212-217, Kahne 218, Kenseth 219-267.
NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES TOP 12
Driver
Points
Wins
1 - Brad Keselowski
2250
(5)
2 - Jimmie Johnson
2243
(3)
3 - Denny Hamlin
2230
(5)
4 - Clint Bowyer
2225
(3)
5 - Kasey Kahne
2220
(2)
6 - Martin Truex Jr
2207
(0)
7 - Tony Stewart
2203
(3)
8 - Jeff Gordon
2199
(1)
9 - Matt Kenseth
2195
(3)
10 - Kevin Harvick
2191
(0)
11 - Greg Biffle
2188
(2)
12 - Dale Earnhardt Jr
2128
(1)

NEXT EVENT: October 28, 2012 - 64th Annual TUMS Fast Relief 500, Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA (263 Miles) (500 Laps)
NOTE: The above figures are based upon team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (10/22/2012)
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