Monday, June 10, 2013

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Official Driver Race Results from Texas

NASCAR CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 7
17TH ANNUAL WINSTAR WORLD CASINO "400"
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Fort Worth, TX - June 7, 2013
1.5-Mile Oval
167 Laps - 400 Miles Purse: $580,418 



Fin Car

Series Bonus
Leader
Pos No Driver Laps Points Points Status Times Laps
1 4 Jeb Burton # 167 47 4 Running 2 25
2 3 Ty Dillon 167 44 2 Running 3 76
3 77 German Quiroga Jr # 167 41 0 Running

4 88 Matt Crafton 167 40 0 Running

5 62 Brendan Gaughan 167 40 1 Running 2 44
6 54 Darrell Wallace Jr # 167 38 0 Running

7 98 Johnny Sauter 167 38 1 Running 1 11
8 29 Ryan Blaney # 167 37 1 Running 1 1
9 31 James Buescher 167 35 0 Running

10 32 Miguel Paludo 167 35 1 Running 1 2
11 60 Dakoda Armstrong 167 33 0 Running

12 9 Ron Hornaday Jr 167 32 0 Running

13 19 Ross Chastain 166 31 0 Running

14 17 Timothy Peters 166 30 0 Running

15 7 John Wes Townley 166 29 0 Running

16 39 Ryan Sieg 165 28 0 Running

17 81 David Starr 165 28 1 Running 2 7
18 13 Todd Bodine 165 27 1 Running 1 1
19 2 Tyler Young 165 25 0 Running

20 24 Brennan Newberry # 164 24 0 Running

21 5 Tim George Jr 164 23 0 Running

22 8 Max Gresham 162 22 0 Running

23 57 Norm Benning 153 21 0 Running

24 63 Justin Jennings 150 20 0 Running

25 18 Joey Coulter 78 19 0 Running

26 51 Chad Hackenbracht 40 18 0 Accident

27 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb 36 17 0 Engine

28 7 Chris Cockrum 17 16 0 Ignition

29 99 Chris Lafferty 14 15 0 Electrical

30 93 Chris Jones 11 14 0 Rear Gear

31 84 Danny Efland (i) 9 0 0 Rear Gear

32 38 Johnny Chapman 6 0 0 Ignition












-Bruce

Official Sprint Cup Race Results from Pocono

If you're curious where your favorite driver finished in the Sprint Cup Pocono race, here's a quickie list to check over! -Bruce 

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES OFFICIAL RACE REPORT No. 14
32ND ANNUAL PARTY IN THE POCONOS "400" PRESENTED BY WALMART
POCONO RACEWAY

Long Pond, PA - June 9, 2013
2.5-Mile Triangular Paved
160 Laps - 400 Miles Purse: $5,069,140

Fin Car

Series Bonus
Leader
Pos No Driver Laps Points Points Status Times Laps
1 48 Jimmie Johnson 160 48 5 Running 6 128
2 16 Greg Biffle 160 42 0 Running

3 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr 160 41 0 Running

4 14 Tony Stewart 160 40 0 Running

5 39 Ryan Newman 160 40 1 Running 3 19
6 18 Kyle Busch 160 38 0 Running

7 78 Kurt Busch 160 37 0 Running

8 11 Denny Hamlin 160 36 0 Running

9 29 Kevin Harvick 160 35 0 Running

10 22 Joey Logano 160 34 0 Running

11 31 Jeff Burton 160 33 0 Running

12 24 Jeff Gordon 160 32 0 Running

13 1 Jamie McMurray 160 31 0 Running

14 42 Juan Pablo Montoya 160 30 0 Running

15 15 Clint Bowyer 160 29 0 Running

16 2 Brad Keselowski 160 29 1 Running 2 4
17 9 Marcos Ambrose 160 27 0 Running

18 99 Carl Edwards 160 27 1 Running 1 9
19 55 Mark Martin 160 25 0 Running

20 93 Travis Kvapil 160 24 0 Running

21 43 Aric Almirola 160 23 0 Running

22 13 Casey Mears 160 22 0 Running

23 56 Martin Truex Jr 160 21 0 Running

24 38 David Gilliland 160 20 0 Running

25 20 Matt Kenseth 160 19 0 Running

26 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr # 160 18 0 Running

27 47 Bobby Labonte 160 17 0 Running

28 30 David Stremme 160 16 0 Running

29 10 Danica Patrick # 160 15 0 Running

30 27 Paul Menard 160 14 0 Running

31 7 Dave Blaney 160 13 0 Running

32 83 David Reutimann 159 12 0 Running

33 51 AJ Allmendinger 158 11 0 Running

34 35 Josh Wise (i) 157 0 0 Running

35 32 Timmy Hill # 156 9 0 Running

36 5 Kasey Kahne 141 8 0 Running

37 34 David Ragan 121 7 0 Running

38 33 Landon Cassill (i) 70 0 0 Clutch

39 36 J.J. Yeley 39 5 0 Transmission

40 98 Michael McDowell 33 4 0 Vibration

41 44 Scott Riggs 28 3 0 Vibration

42 87 Joe Nemechek (i) 11 0 0 Engine

43 19 Jason Leffler 8 1 0 Transmission

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Montoya Had a Chance To Truly Prove Himself (Dover)

My latest, earlier piece, I had talked about how I missed the last part of the Dover race and Jimmie Johnson's restart penalty.  Today I saw the coverage/recap on the event between Montoya and Johnson.  in a word, wow.

So Johnson jumped the gun, or looked like it, while Montoya seemed to miss the boat with his accelerator.

I saw where he said he didn't try to pull anything, while Johnson said that even though he backed off on the pedal, rather than taking back his spot, Montoya pulled in behind him.

Again, Montoya looked like he was showing some gamesmanship in the realm of restart rules, putting the screws to Johnson.

For me, it seemed that Montoya took this opportunity and for some, may have discredited his validity as a Cup driver playing this game. 

We know Montoya races pretty hard, whether he's up front, on the lead lap or multiple laps down.  And now it seems that he's also willing to dance with the "devil in the details" of the rules.

Now we wait and see if NASCAR tweaks their restart rules.

-Bruce

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Official Finishing Positions from Dover Sprint Cup Race

Here's the official race results from

44TH ANNUAL FEDEX "400" BENEFITING AUTISM SPEAKS
DOVER INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY

Dover, DE - June 2, 2013

Pos Driver Team Laps Points Status Laps Led
1 Tony Stewart Code 3 Associates/Mobil 1 Chevrolet 400 47 Running 3
2 Juan Pablo Montoya Energizer Chevrolet 400 43 Running 19
3 Jeff Gordon AARP Credit Cards from Chase Chevrolet 400 41 Running
4 Kyle Busch M&M's Toyota 400 42 Running 150
5 Brad Keselowski Miller Lite Ford 400 40 Running 2
6 Clint Bowyer 5-hour Energy Toyota 400 38 Running
7 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 400 37 Running
8 Kevin Harvick Jimmy John's Chevrolet 400 37 Running 1
9 Mark Martin Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota 400 35 Running
10 Dale Earnhardt Jr National Guard Chevrolet 400 34 Running
11 Jeff Burton Cheerios Chevrolet 400 33 Running
12 Kurt Busch Furniture Row/Sealy Chevrolet 400 33 Running 8
13 Ricky Stenhouse Jr # Best Buy Ford 400 31 Running
14 Carl Edwards Subway Ford 400 30 Running
15 Greg Biffle RiteAid/Ace Ford 400 29 Running
16 Casey Mears GEICO Ford 400 28 Running
17 Jimmie Johnson Lowe's/Monsters University Chevrolet 399 28 Running 143
18 Aric Almirola Smithfield Ford 399 26 Running
19 Marcos Ambrose DeWalt/Ace/CMN Ford 399 25 Running
20 Paul Menard Menards/Libman Chevrolet 399 24 Running
21 Bobby Labonte Scott Products Toyota 399 23 Running
22 David Ragan Ford 397 22 Running
23 Kasey Kahne Farmers Insurance Chevrolet 396 22 Running 2
24 Danica Patrick # GoDaddy Chevrolet 396 20 Running
25 Josh Wise (i) MDS Transport Ford 395 0 Running
26 David Reutimann Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 394 18 Running
27 Austin Dillon (i) Phoenix Construction Chevrolet 394 0 Running
28 David Stremme Widow Wax Toyota 394 16 Running
29 Dave Blaney SANY Chevrolet 393 15 Running
30 J.J. Yeley DOHS Click it or Ticket Chevrolet 390 14 Running
31 Joe Nemechek (i) Royal Teak Toyota 388 0 Running
32 Landon Cassill (i) Bicycle NASCAR Playing Cards Chevrolet 388 0 Running
33 Jamie McMurray Parade Media Group Chevrolet 381 11 Running
34 Denny Hamlin FedEx Freight/Autism Speaks Toyota 380 11 Accident 41
35 Timmy Hill # OXY Water Ford 378 9 Running
36 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevrolet 298 8 Accident
37 David Gilliland Long John Silver's Ford 296 7 Accident
38 Martin Truex Jr NAPA Auto Parts Toyota 279 7 Engine 2
39 Travis Kvapil Burger King/Dr.Pepper Toyota 161 5 Engine
40 Matt Kenseth Dollar General Toyota 159 5 Engine 29
41 Mike Bliss (i) Plinker Tactical Toyota 59 0 Rear Gear
42 Michael McDowell Phil Parsons Racing Ford 54 2 Overheating
43 Scott Riggs No Label Ford 16 1 Transmission


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