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The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
June 27th, 2013
Volume VII, Edition CXIV
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Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
June 27th, 2013
Volume VII, Edition CXIV
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What to Watch: Thursday
- The on-track action at Kentucky Speedway gets underway today with a one-day show for the Camping World Truck Series. There will be two practice sessions held from 10:30 AM -11:30 AM and 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM (times are in Eastern Daylight Time, adjust for your own time zone). Qualifying is scheduled to be held at 5:00pm, while the UNOH 225 will begin at 8:00pm.
The two practice sessions will not be televised. Qualifying and the race itself will be televised live on SPEED. SPEED's race coverage starts off with NCWTS Setup at 7:30pm.
Top Newsby Phil Allaway
Go Bowling Signs on with RPM for Pocono
On Wednesday, Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) announced that they have entered into a partnership with Strike Ten Entertainment, which serves as the "centralized sponsor activation arm of the bowling industry." As a result, Aric Almirola's No. 43 Ford Fusion will carry the colors of Go Bowling! at Pocono in August.
Strike Ten Entertainment President Frank DeSocio is thrilled to foster an association between Bowling and Richard Petty.
"There is no better way to add to the excitement of International Bowl Expo than to celebrate the launch of our partnership with Richard Petty Motorsports and the No. 43 race team," DeSocio said. "There are very few athletes in the world who have the iconic stature as "The King" Richard Petty. He, like bowling, is known in every corner of the world. Richard and Aric will be great ambassadors for the sport and all our bowling centers across the country."
Almirola is very happy to have Strike Ten Entertainment and GoBowling.com onboard for Pocono.
"This is really a great partnership for our race team and an incredible brand association with GoBowling.com," Almirola said at the International Bowl Expo. "We don't always have free time between races but when we do, our team is always looking for fun activities and ways to relax. Going bowling is something that is easy, affordable and enjoyable for us all. We're better at racing than bowling, but we all have fun when we go bowling. I'm glad that we can be a part of promoting such a great experience to our race fans."
Strike Ten's sponsorship of the No. 43 will cover the August Pocono race both this season, and next season. They previously announced that they will serve as primary sponsor of the race itself, which is now known as the GoBowling.com 400.
OtterBox to Sponsor Red Horse Racing, Quiroga
Fresh off a career-best finish of third at Texas Motor Speedway on June 7, rookie German Quiroga has built up some momentum. Now comes a new primary sponsorship for the former NASCAR Mexico Series Champion.
Red Horse Racing announced on Wednesday that they have signed OtterBox, the world's leader in protective solutions for mobile devices (Read: Cases for cell phones) to serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 77 Toyota for nine races, starting tonight in Kentucky.
Quiroga is very happy to have OtterBox onboard as a sponsor.
"It's an honor for OtterBox to choose me to represent their brand in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series," Quiroga said. "As OtterBox looks to grow and expand their market in the Latin community, I am eager to share our experiences together on and off the race track. We share many things in common, the most important of which is a drive for success. We are looking forward to sharing the success together starting this weekend at Kentucky."
Kentucky is the start of a four race stretch that the No. 77 will carry OtterBox's gold and black colors (this also includes the first Iowa race, the Mudsummer Classic at Eldora Speedway, and the Pocono Mountains 125). Additional races includes Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (Mosport), the second Iowa race, Texas, Martinsville and Las Vegas. OtterBox will serve as an associate sponsor on the No. 77 in the remaining races in which Net10 Wireless will be the primary sponsor.
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. However, they are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series Quaker State 400: 43 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 19 - Mike Bliss for Humphrey-Smith Racing
No. 33 - Landon Cassill for Circle Sport, LLC
No. 35 - Josh Wise for Front Row Motorsports
No. 51 - Austin Dillon for Phoenix Racing
No. 55 - Brian Vickers for Michael Waltrip Racing
No. 87 - Joe Nemechek for NEMCO Motorsports/JRR
Driver Changes:
No. 7 - Dave Blaney returns to the seat, replacing Justin Marks. Marks was a one-race deal as a road course ringer.
No. 19 - Mike Bliss returns to the seat, replacing Alex Kennedy. Kennedy was a one-race deal as a road course ringer.
No. 32 - Ken Schrader returns to the seat, replacing Boris Said. Said was a one-race deal as a road course ringer.
No. 33 - Landon Cassill returns to the seat, replacing Ron Fellows. Fellows was a one-race deal as a road course ringer.
No. 47 - AJ Allmendinger returns to the seat, replacing Bobby Labonte. This race is the second of five Allmendinger is scheduled to drive the JTG Daugherty car.
No. 51 - Austin Dillon returns to the seat, replacing Jacques Villeneuve. Dillon is running a limited schedule for the team.
No. 87 - Joe Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing Tomy Drissi.
Since there are only 43 entries, no one will fail to qualify.
Not Entered:
No. 52 - Paulie Harraka for BK Motorsports/Go Green Racing
No. 95 - Leavine Family Racing (expected to return at Daytona)
Nationwide Series Feed the Children 300: 41 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 15 - Scott Riggs for Rick Ware Racing
No. 22 - Brad Keselowski for Penske Racing
No. 33 - Matt Crafton for Richard Childress Racing
No. 54 - Kyle Busch for Kyle Busch Motorsports/Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 79 - Bryan Silas for Go Green Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 00 - Blake Koch returns to the seat, replacing Ken Butler, III.
No. 5 - Brad Sweet returns to the seat, replacing Johnny O'Connell.
No. 22 - Brad Keselowski returns to the seat, replacing AJ Allmendinger.
No. 23 - Harrison Rhodes returns to the seat, replacing Stanton Barrett.
No. 24 - Ken Butler, III returns to the seat, replacing Derek White.
No. 33 - Matt Crafton is in the seat, replacing Max Papis. This will be Crafton's Nationwide Series debut.
No. 54 - Kyle Busch returns to the seat, replacing Owen Kelly.
No. 70 - Johanna Long returns to the seat, replacing Tony Raines.
No. 74 - Carl Long is in the seat, replacing Kevin O'Connell.
No. 79 - Bryan Silas is in the seat, replacing Jeffrey Earnhardt.
No. 87 - Joe Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing Kyle Kelley.
Drivers who must qualify on speed:
No. 00 - Blake Koch for SR2 Motorsports
No. 10 - Jeff Green for TriStar Motorsports (Guaranteed to start via the Past Champions' Provisional)*
No. 15 - Scott Riggs for Rick Ware Racing*
No. 42 - Josh Wise for The Motorsports Group, LLC*
No. 52 - Joey Gase for Jimmy Means Motorsports
No. 55 - Jamie Dick for Viva Motorsports
No. 73 - Derrike Cope for Derrike Cope, Inc.
No. 74 - Carl Long for Mike Harmon Racing
No. 89 - Morgan Shepherd for Shepherd Motor Ventures
No. 92 - Dexter Stacey for KH Motorsports
No. 98 - Kevin Swindell for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
Not Entered:
No. 16 - Billy Johnson for Roush Fenway Racing
No. 18 - Michael McDowell for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 21 - Brendan Gaughan for Richard Childress Racing
No. 26 - John Young for Apex Racing
No. 34 - James Buescher for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 53 - Andrew Ranger for NDS Motorsports
No. 75 - Kenny Habul for SunEnergy1, LLC Racing
Camping World Truck Series UNOH 225: 35 trucks entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 19 - Brad Keselowski for Brad Keselowski Racing
No. 51 - Kyle Busch for Kyle Busch Motorsports
No. 84 - Danny Efland for Chris Fontaine, Inc./Mike Harmon Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 07 - Todd Peck is in the seat, replacing Chris Cockrum.
No. 13 - Brett Moffitt is in the seat, replacing Todd Bodine. This will mark Moffitt's Camping World Truck Series debut.
No. 19 - Brad Keselowski returns to the seat, replacing Ross Chastain.
No. 30 - Cale Gale is in the truck, replacing Kyle Larson.
No. 38 - Chris Jones returns to the seat, replacing Johnny Chapman.
No. 39 - Ryan Lynch is in the seat, replacing Ryan Sieg.
No. 51 - Kyle Busch returns to the seat, replacing Chad Hackenbracht.
No. 81 - C.J. Faison is in the seat, replacing David Starr.
No. 93 - Ryan Sieg is in the seat, replacing Chris Jones.
No. 99 - Bryan Silas returns to the seat, replacing Chris Lafferty.
Since there are only 36 trucks entered, no one will fail to qualify. However, these trucks must still qualify on speed:
No. 0 - Chris Lafferty for JJC Racing*
No. 10 - Jennifer Jo Cobb for JJC Racing
No. 27 - Jeff Agnew for Hillman Racing
No. 30 - Cale Gale for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 38 - Chris Jones for RSS Racing*
No. 57 - Norm Benning for Norm Benning Racing
No. 63 - Justin Jennings for MB Motorsports
No. 75 - Clay Greenfield for Norm Benning Racing*
No. 84 - Danny Efland for Chris Fontaine, Inc./Mike Harmon Racing
No. 92 - Scott Riggs for RBR Enterprises
No. 99 - Bryan Silas for T3R2
*- Expected to Start-and-Park
News and Notes
- Tucked into Red Horse Racing's press release announcing their deal with OtterBox is a small coup for NASCAR in Latin America. Tonight will mark the start of an internet streaming deal that will allow race fans in Mexico and Central America to stream Camping World Truck Series races live. They will be available for viewing at http://escuderiatelmex.com, which is a website dedicated mainly to Mexican motorsports. The streaming is available thanks to a partnership with FOX Sports Latin America. It is unlikely that such streaming would be available to viewers in the United States.
Have news for Phil and the Frontstretch? Don't hesitate to let us know; email us at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com with a promising lead or tip.
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Today's Featured Commentary
Quick Hits for June 27th
What's Vexing Vito
by Vito Pugliese
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Got NASCAR-related questions or comments?
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Today's Featured Commentary
Quick Hits for June 27th
What's Vexing Vito
by Vito Pugliese
After a weekend of road racing on both coasts (yes, Lake Michigan has coasts for us in the Midwest), NASCAR returns to ovals this weekend at Kentucky Speedway. With last weekend's action in Elkhart Lake (awesome) and Sunday's race in Sonoma (not awesome), there were a few truths that were reinforced. One – we need a road course in The Chase and Two – they need to go back to the carousel layout at Sonoma.
Fan polls show over 70% of people want to see a Chase race on a road course. It's a solid proposition; if you are to largely invalidate the first 26 races, there should be one of each track in the final ten that determines the championship. If they want to find a place worthy of hosting one, look no further than Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. A great track, fantastic layout and scenery, and the last few laps are as entertaining as any 1990s Bristol night race. With short track racing all but vanished from the schedules of Nationwide and to a lesser degree, the Sprint Cup Series, road courses have indeed become the new short track, with as much beating, banging, leaning on, and retribution we saw at Road America.
With regards to the action at Sonoma, which was pretty pedestrian to be honest, part of it is how the track is configured now for stock cars. The original carousel course had the cars right, uphill, then downhill into a quick straight that leads into a decreasing radius/off-camber right hand turn before the Esses. The Chute layout, which come about in 1998 after some grandstands were installed, took away two passing zones and much of the character of the track. The Carousel is still there, and accessible; it's just not used for the Cup races.
Sonoma would not be a bad choice to slide into the mix for a Chase event. Despite Sunday's constant mist, weather would not normally be an issue, and they can conjure up some rain tires as well for these as they once had. It would satisfy a West Coast presence for the playoffs, just as Watkins Glen in the fall -- besides being Audobon Society picturesque -- would be another Northeast race and is close enough to New York to garner some increased attention. Especially after one of the cars nails a deer going 170 mph on the backstretch, leading to the bus stop chicane...
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Kurt Busch said Sunday that both he and Ryan Newman might need to have a sit-down, since they're both trying to find new rides for 2014. Interesting choice of words considering that the No. 78 has been the fastest thing on the track the past three weeks, and Richard Childress confirmed that Newman is the leading candidate for the No. 29 car next year. If this move does come to pass, it would mean that SHR and RCR have essentially just swapped drivers, and Stewart-Haas Racing is a Hendrick Motorsports-backed organization. In the end, Busch might just be better served to stick with his current team for awhile, then help build that organization into a contender. He's burned bridges at Roush-Fenway and with Penske Racing…there's not many places left to go, unless JPM isn't going to re-sign with Earnhardt Ganassi Racing.
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Bobby Labonte's streak of 704 consecutive races has come to a halt. This weekend, when A.J. Allmendinger climbs aboard the No. 47 Toyota, Labonte will be without a ride. He turned out offers from teams who could have fielded a car for him – and his champion's provisional – as he did not want to kick somebody else out just to keep his streak going.
Labonte had one less consecutive start than Jeff Gordon, a fellow member of the Rookie class of 1993. Both drivers have started every Cup race since the beginning of their rookie years, but Gordon also drove in the Hooters 500, the season finale of 1992. It's unclear what Labonte will be doing this weekend, but if last Sunday's episode of heading back to the garage as the race was starting is any indication, maybe they'll have him doing QC inspections on the radiator and oil cooler inventory.
Vito Pugliese is a Senior Writer/Assistant Editor for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at vito.pugliese@frontstretch.com. Follow him on Twitter at @VitoPugliese.
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The Critic's Annex: Iowa Corn Indy 250
by Phil Allaway
Hello, race fans. Welcome back to the Critic's Annex, where we take an additional look at motorsports-related programming. While the Sprint Cup and Nationwide Series were racing at two different road courses, the Izod IndyCar Series was doing a little oval racing at Iowa Speedway. That is, if the weepers would let them. ESPN televised the race on ABC. How did they do? Let's take a look.
Sunday's telecast started off with a brief preview of the race before getting into a recap of the heat races that helped to create the starting lineup for the race. Those particular heat races were (for the most part) internet-exclusives. Since the race more or less marked the halfway point of the 2013 season, Scott Goodyear and Eddie Cheever did a report card segment where they graded some of the team's performances thus far. They didn't necessarily agree, but it almost appeared that there was little rhyme or reason for the grades. They just seemed a little arbitrary at times.
The start of the race was delayed by about 20 minutes due to the aforementioned weepers. It happens. Can't really do much about that. ESPN provided viewers with extra pre-race interviews during the extra down time. I'm not really sure how many they would have had it if there wasn't a delay (my guess is three), but they ended up showing seven driver interviews, plus interviews with team owners Michael Andretti and Bobby Rahal before the command.
During the race telecast itself, a couple of things really stood out to me. One is the fact that ESPN was showing a lot more battles for position than I'm accustomed to seeing from them. Always good to see. Marty Reid accompanied the footage with appropriate commentary. However, I think that it did show that they weren't necessarily used to showing action that far down the order. I can recall a couple of times where Reid stated something along the lines of "Hard to believe, but this is the battle for 19th." Any race fan worth their salt generally knows that good racing can be found nearly anywhere in a race, especially one at a track as short as Iowa Speedway.
The other aspect of the telecast I noticed was that Eddie Cheever seemed to be a little more animated than normal in the booth. Again, not a bad thing. Since he's been in the booth, Cheever has been kind of quiet and never really said much. Doesn't really raise his voice all that much either. Granted, it's not like he's Michael Waltrip and has something to pitch, but he's not exactly the most visible guy in the booth. On Sunday, Cheever seemed to be giving viewers a lot more insight than normal about the aspects of racing on ovals. Granted, Cheever would know quite a bit about that since when he started driving in the series, it was still ovals only.
I should note that ESPN chose a poor time to do their lone Up to Speed of the race (Lap 183, right before the final round of green flag stops began). They sort of covered the top-3, but it was really just James Hinchcliffe and Graham Rahal before the Up to Speed was curtailed when Ana Beatriz made what they claimed was an unscheduled pit stop (it was, but ESPN never elaborated on it). Part of the reason why they never elaborated was that Marco Andretti made his final stop (scheduled) of the race less than a minute later. From there, the coverage was about those final stops for the next 25 laps (extended due to drivers on an alternate strategy that had pitted during the third caution). ESPN could have chosen a better time to do their segment, and they should have at least given a little context for what happened to Beatriz (apparently, she burned up a wheel bearing and was forced to retire from the race).
Post-race coverage was fairly average for an Izod IndyCar Series race on ESPN. ESPN provided viewers with five post-race interviews, plus a check of the point standings. Only the top-10 finishers were shown in a graphic outside of the scroll before ESPN left the air.
Admittedly, I didn't quite know what to expect from ESPN going into the race, especially after the brief weeper delay took away what I thought was going to be their buffer to get the race done within their time slot. However, I came away pleasantly surprised. ESPN did a good job covering the race. I know that I often come down hard on them for their IndyCar and NASCAR coverage. Many times, ESPN's IndyCar coverage cannot compared to what NBC Sports Network provides. To me, Sunday's coverage showed one of two possibilities. One is that the NBC Sports Network's practices in covering the series may have rubbed off a little on ESPN. The other is that IndyCar may have given ESPN some suggestions as to how to cover the series in a better fashion. The latter is possible mainly because they've done it in the past, mainly with the NBC Sports Network during Randy Bernard's tenure as CEO. Bernard noted during a radio interview that he placed the much maligned Brian Barnhart in a production trailer with a number of monitors at his disposal with orders to direct the broadcast towards on-track battles. That move increased the amount of position battles that fans could see on telecasts (and actually made fans think positively of Barnhart, for a change).
During the Firestone 550k telecast, Reid commented on how great the racing was on the high banks at Texas Motor Speedway. He then took some heat from fans for those comments because it wasn't really a true statement. He said it again after Sunday's race at Iowa. However, while James Hinchcliffe did lead for 226 of the 250 laps, it was a legitimately good race with plenty of racing for position. ESPN definitely helped Reid's case here with the way that they chose to cover the race. I hope that ESPN can keep up the good work on July 6 in Pocono.
I hope you enjoyed this look at the Iowa Corn Indy 250. Next week's Annex will cover the Sahlen's Six Hours at the Glen from Watkins Glen International. Until then, enjoy this weekend's action from Kentucky, Watkins Glen and Silverstone.
Sunday's telecast started off with a brief preview of the race before getting into a recap of the heat races that helped to create the starting lineup for the race. Those particular heat races were (for the most part) internet-exclusives. Since the race more or less marked the halfway point of the 2013 season, Scott Goodyear and Eddie Cheever did a report card segment where they graded some of the team's performances thus far. They didn't necessarily agree, but it almost appeared that there was little rhyme or reason for the grades. They just seemed a little arbitrary at times.
The start of the race was delayed by about 20 minutes due to the aforementioned weepers. It happens. Can't really do much about that. ESPN provided viewers with extra pre-race interviews during the extra down time. I'm not really sure how many they would have had it if there wasn't a delay (my guess is three), but they ended up showing seven driver interviews, plus interviews with team owners Michael Andretti and Bobby Rahal before the command.
During the race telecast itself, a couple of things really stood out to me. One is the fact that ESPN was showing a lot more battles for position than I'm accustomed to seeing from them. Always good to see. Marty Reid accompanied the footage with appropriate commentary. However, I think that it did show that they weren't necessarily used to showing action that far down the order. I can recall a couple of times where Reid stated something along the lines of "Hard to believe, but this is the battle for 19th." Any race fan worth their salt generally knows that good racing can be found nearly anywhere in a race, especially one at a track as short as Iowa Speedway.
The other aspect of the telecast I noticed was that Eddie Cheever seemed to be a little more animated than normal in the booth. Again, not a bad thing. Since he's been in the booth, Cheever has been kind of quiet and never really said much. Doesn't really raise his voice all that much either. Granted, it's not like he's Michael Waltrip and has something to pitch, but he's not exactly the most visible guy in the booth. On Sunday, Cheever seemed to be giving viewers a lot more insight than normal about the aspects of racing on ovals. Granted, Cheever would know quite a bit about that since when he started driving in the series, it was still ovals only.
I should note that ESPN chose a poor time to do their lone Up to Speed of the race (Lap 183, right before the final round of green flag stops began). They sort of covered the top-3, but it was really just James Hinchcliffe and Graham Rahal before the Up to Speed was curtailed when Ana Beatriz made what they claimed was an unscheduled pit stop (it was, but ESPN never elaborated on it). Part of the reason why they never elaborated was that Marco Andretti made his final stop (scheduled) of the race less than a minute later. From there, the coverage was about those final stops for the next 25 laps (extended due to drivers on an alternate strategy that had pitted during the third caution). ESPN could have chosen a better time to do their segment, and they should have at least given a little context for what happened to Beatriz (apparently, she burned up a wheel bearing and was forced to retire from the race).
Post-race coverage was fairly average for an Izod IndyCar Series race on ESPN. ESPN provided viewers with five post-race interviews, plus a check of the point standings. Only the top-10 finishers were shown in a graphic outside of the scroll before ESPN left the air.
Admittedly, I didn't quite know what to expect from ESPN going into the race, especially after the brief weeper delay took away what I thought was going to be their buffer to get the race done within their time slot. However, I came away pleasantly surprised. ESPN did a good job covering the race. I know that I often come down hard on them for their IndyCar and NASCAR coverage. Many times, ESPN's IndyCar coverage cannot compared to what NBC Sports Network provides. To me, Sunday's coverage showed one of two possibilities. One is that the NBC Sports Network's practices in covering the series may have rubbed off a little on ESPN. The other is that IndyCar may have given ESPN some suggestions as to how to cover the series in a better fashion. The latter is possible mainly because they've done it in the past, mainly with the NBC Sports Network during Randy Bernard's tenure as CEO. Bernard noted during a radio interview that he placed the much maligned Brian Barnhart in a production trailer with a number of monitors at his disposal with orders to direct the broadcast towards on-track battles. That move increased the amount of position battles that fans could see on telecasts (and actually made fans think positively of Barnhart, for a change).
During the Firestone 550k telecast, Reid commented on how great the racing was on the high banks at Texas Motor Speedway. He then took some heat from fans for those comments because it wasn't really a true statement. He said it again after Sunday's race at Iowa. However, while James Hinchcliffe did lead for 226 of the 250 laps, it was a legitimately good race with plenty of racing for position. ESPN definitely helped Reid's case here with the way that they chose to cover the race. I hope that ESPN can keep up the good work on July 6 in Pocono.
I hope you enjoyed this look at the Iowa Corn Indy 250. Next week's Annex will cover the Sahlen's Six Hours at the Glen from Watkins Glen International. Until then, enjoy this weekend's action from Kentucky, Watkins Glen and Silverstone.
Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com.
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
Mirror Driving: Turnarounds, Troublesome Trends and Tacky Personalities
by the Frontstretch Staff
by Jeff Wolfe
NASCAR Mailbox: Knaus, Kyle, and Kurt... Oh My
by Summer Bedgood
Truckin' Thursdays: Brett Moffitt Set For Series Debut
by Beth Lunkenheimer
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: The 2006 Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway is best known for two things. One was David Gilliland's surprise victory for Clay Andrews' team, and the other was Jeff Fuller's nasty crash on the backstretch. Cup Series regular Carl Edwards was considered to be a favorite to win the race, but his chances were gone before Fuller's Lap 29 crash. What happened?
Check back Friday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Wednesday's Answer:
Wednesday's Answer:
Q: In addition to NASCAR's top-3 series at Kentucky, the Rolex Series is at Watkins Glen for the Sahlen's Six Hours at the Glen. 1993's edition of the race, known simply as the Camel Continental, was marred by a massive crash in the Esses. What happened?
A: Steve Millen, driving a Nissan 300ZX, collided with an open-top WSC car (World Sports Car) driven by Brett O'Neill and crashed exiting Turn 3. The cars came to rest just past the turn in what would have been a blind spot. Millen's teammate, Johnny O'Connell, drove up on the crash scene unsighted and drilled his teammate. The crash can be seen here.
O'Connell and O'Neill both appeared to suffer leg injuries in the crash, but were able to remove themselves from their cars and get over the barriers to safety. Millen was more seriously injured and sat out the remainder of 1993.
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Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Justin Tucker
-- In Case You Missed It by Beth Lunkenheimer
-- Frontstretch Folio: Kentucky by Beth Lunkenheimer
-- Keepin' It Short by Mike Neff
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, trivia, and more!
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Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Four Burning Questions: Kentucky by Matt Stallknecht
Matt will get your engines revved up for 2013 with a preview of this weekend's Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway.
Holding A Pretty Wheel by Amy Henderson
Amy returns this week with another intriguing Friday commentary.
Nuts For Nationwide by Kevin Rutherford
Kevin has another interesting look at the Nationwide Series prior to the Feed the Children 300 at Kentucky Speedway.
Voices From the Heartland by Jeff Meyer
Our Tennessee transplant returns with another interesting take on recent events.
Driver Diary: Brendan Gaughan as told to Amy Henderson
The driver of the No. 62 South Point Hotel and Casino Chevrolet Silverado in the Camping World Truck Series returns to talk about the last few weeks on and off the track.
Formula One Fridays by Andy Hollis
Frontstretch Foto Funnies by the Frontstretch Staff
Formula One Fridays by Andy Hollis
Our expert returns with his weekly dish on what you should care about as the 2013 season in F1 rolls on.
Frontstretch Foto Funnies by the Frontstretch Staff
Pictures can lead to a thousand laughs; join us in our weekly dose of humor that comes from those candid moments at the track.
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