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The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
August 22nd, 2013
Volume VII, Edition CLII
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Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
August 22nd, 2013
Volume VII, Edition CLII
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Editor's Note: We had a technical difficulty that interrupted Newsletter delivery yesterday. Never fear; all your favorite commentators are lumped into this extra large edition! We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Top News
by Phil Allaway~~~~~~~~~~
Top News
Kyle Busch Claims UNOH 200
Kyle Busch passed Ryan Blaney to take the lead with six laps to go on Wednesday night and held off an almighty charge by Timothy Peters to claim the victory in the Camping World Truck Series UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway. For Busch, it is his third Camping World Truck Series win of the 2013 season and 33rd overall. Peters finished second, but had contact with Busch at the line, spinning his Parts Plus Toyota hard into the inside wall. Peters was ok, but his truck was trashed. Ryan Blaney, Johnny Sauter and Chase Elliott rounded out the top-5. For a full recap of the race, check out our write-up of the race, available at Frontstretch.
Stefanik Claims TitanRoof 150
Mike Stefanik passed Todd Szegedy for the lead on Lap 124 and was able to hold off the pack on a Green-White-Checker in order to take his first win of the 2013 season. For Stefanik, it is his 74th career Whelen Modified victory. Szegedy was second, followed by Ron Yuhas, Jr. in a career-best third. Ryan Preece and Ryan Newman rounded out the top-5. Since the race was held as a preliminary event to the UNOH 200, it was bound to a time frame in order for the Camping World Truck Series race to start on time. A combination of a delayed start due to rain showers and ten cautions forced NASCAR to shorten the race to 129 laps. A late race pile-up led to the GWC and an extension of the race to a 135 lap distance.
AdvoCare to Sponsor Bayne in 2014; Inadvertently Announces Austin Dillon to Cup Full-Time in 2014
Roush Fenway Racing announced on Wednesday that AdvoCare, a company that manufactures energy, muscle building, weight loss and nutrition products, will serve as the primary sponsor for the No. 6 Ford Mustang and driver Trevor Bayne in the Nationwide Series for the full 2014 season.
Bayne is happy to be involved with AdvoCare for 2014.
"We are really proud to be associated with AdvoCare," Bayne said. "As someone who has been taking their products for quite some time, I understand the great results and benefits they deliver, and I'm excited to represent AdvoCare and all of its distributors in 2014."
AdvoCare currently serves as the primary sponsor of the No. 3 Chevrolet and driver Austin Dillon for Richard Childress Racing. However, the press release explicitly states that Dillon is "making the move to full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing in 2014." As a result, the company decided to move on and find a new deal to stay in the Nationwide Series.
"AdvoCare has always valued its relationship with the motorsports community, and as we began thinking about our vision for 2014 we knew this would be a winning combination," said Richard Wright, AdvoCare's President and CEO. "Trevor embodies the spirit of AdvoCare through his values and integrity. He's a true champion. We feel the Nationwide Series is our home, and that's why we're excited to team up with Roush Fenway Racing, Nationwide driver Trevor Bayne and the No. 6 car. This partnership is powerful for both AdvoCare and RFR and will continue in our efforts of making AdvoCare a household name. We're looking forward to 2014."
Stewart Defiant, Will Continue Racing Sprint Cars Post-Recovery
According to MRN's Dustin Long, Tony Stewart will not refrain from racing Sprint Cars once he recovers from his broken tibia and fibula. On the contrary, Stewart's Sprint Car team (Tony Stewart Racing) is currently preparing Stewart's personal No. 14 for the 2014 season.
Kendra Jacobs, co-host of MRN's Winged Nation, recently spoke to Stewart at his home. Stewart told her to notify listeners that he will not let the injury sour him on sprint cars, nor let any naysayers try to convince him otherwise. However, he's not going to sit idly by and not try to improve the sport.
"(Stewart) did say the one good thing that is going to come out of this is that crew chief Jimmy Carr is really dissecting what happened, what broke, what may have impacted his leg," Jacobs said. "There are some safety plans coming out of this. They are already working on some new safety ... equipment that could go into the cars to stop this from happening in the future."
Stewart isn't even the only Sprint Cup driver who wants to help improve the safety of Sprint Cars. In Watkins Glen, Jeff Gordon mentioned that while in Knoxville, Iowa that he looked into ways to possibly improve the Sprint Cars to prevent the type of injury Stewart suffered. However, Gordon discovered that many of the teams seemed to have a "this is what it is" mentality about it.
This unrepentantness from Stewart is likely no surprise to those that know him best. It is also sure to make his fellow competitors in the Sprint Cup Series very happy as well. During recent press conferences, drivers such as Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon have strongly defended Stewart's decision to race Sprint Cars, stating simply that it is a part of Stewart.
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. However, they are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series Irwin Tools Night Race: 44 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. 40- Tony Raines for Hillman Racing/Circle Sport, LLC
No. 51- Ryan Truex for Phoenix Racing
No. 55- Brian Vickers for Michael Waltrip Racing
No. 87- Joe Nemechek for NEMCO Motorsports/JRR
Driver Changes:
No. 14- Mark Martin is in the seat, replacing Austin Dillon.
No. 19- Mike Bliss returns to the seat, replacing Scott Riggs.
No. 32- Ken Schrader returns to the seat, replacing Timmy Hill.
No. 51- Ryan Truex is in the seat, replacing Brendan Gaughan. This will mark Truex's Sprint Cup Series debut.
No. 55- Brian Vickers returns to the seat, replacing Mark Martin.
No. 98- Michael McDowell returns to the seat, replacing Johnny Sauter.
Driver who must qualify on speed:
No. 40- Tony Raines for Hillman Racing/Circle Sport, LLC
Drivers who have provisionals, but are still at risk of failing to qualify:
No. 19- Mike Bliss for Humphrey-Smith Racing (44th in points, 21 attempts)
No. 32- Ken Schrader for FAS Lane Racing (37th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 33- Landon Cassill for Circle Point, LLC (35th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 35- Josh Wise for Front Row Motorsports (39th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 36- JJ Yeley for Tommy Baldwin Racing (36th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 83- David Reutimann for BK Racing (34th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 87- Joe Nemechek for NEMCO Motorsports/JRR (41th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 93- Travis Kvapil for BK Racing (38th in points, 23 attempts)
No. 95- Scott Speed for Leavine Family Racing (43rd in points, 12 attempts)
No. 98- Michael McDowell for Phil Parsons Racing (42nd in points, 20 attempts)
Not Entered:
No. 21- Trevor Bayne for Wood Brothers Racing
Nationwide Series Food City 250: 48 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 5- Kasey Kahne for JR Motorsports
No. 21- Brendan Gaughan for Richard Childress Racing
No. 22- Brad Keselowski for Penske Racing
No. 33- Ty Dillon for Richard Childress Racing
No. 44- Chad Hackenbracht for TriStar Motorsports
No. 46- JJ Yeley for The Motorsports Group, LLC
No. 54- Kyle Busch for Kyle Busch Motorsports/Joe Gibbs Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 00- An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Blake Koch.
No. 4- Landon Cassill returns to the seat, replacing Kevin Lepage.
No. 5- Kasey Kahne returns to the seat, replacing Ron Fellows.
No. 10- Cole Whitt is in the seat, replacing Chase Miller.
No. 15- Carl Long returns to the seat, replacing Stanton Barrett.
No. 16- Ryan Reed returns to the seat, replacing Billy Johnson.
No. 17- An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Tanner Berryhill. Berryhill tweeted on Tuesday that he injured himself last weekend and cannot race at Bristol.
No. 18- Drew Herring returns to the seat, replacing Michael McDowell.
No. 21- Brendan Gaughan returns to the seat, replacing Kevin Harvick.
No. 22- Brad Keselowski returns to the seat, replacing AJ Allmendinger.
No. 23- Robert Richardson, Jr. returns to the seat, replacing Anthony Gandon.
No. 24- Blake Koch returns to the seat, replacing Alex Kennedy. Ken Butler, III was originally entered in the car.
No. 33- Ty Dillon returns to the seat, replacing Max Papis.
No. 42- Josh Wise returns to the seat, replacing T.J. Bell.
No. 46- JJ Yeley returns to the seat, replacing Dexter Stacey.
No. 52- Joey Gase returns to the seat, replacing Ryan Ellis.
No. 54- Kyle Busch returns to the seat, replacing Owen Kelly.
No. 70- Tony Raines returns to the seat, replacing Tomy Drissi.
No. 74- An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Kevin O'Connell.
No. 79- Kyle Fowler returns to the seat, replacing Jeffrey Earnhardt.
No. 86- Kevin Lepage returns to the seat, replacing Tim Cowen.
No. 87- Joe Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing Kyle Kelley.
Drivers who must qualify on speed:
No. 00- Unknown driver for SR2 Motorsports
No. 10- Cole Whitt for TriStar Motorsports
No. 15- Carl Long for Rick Ware Racing*
No. 16- Ryan Reed for Roush Fenway Racing
No. 17- Unknown Driver for Vision Racing
No. 18- Drew Herring for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 21- Brendan Gaughan for Richard Childress Racing
No. 29- Kenny Wallace for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard
No. 37- Matt DiBenedetto for Vision Racing
No. 42- Josh Wise for The Motorsports Group, LLC*
No. 46- JJ Yeley for The Motorsports Group, LLC*
No. 52- Joey Gase for Jimmy Means Racing
No. 74- Unknown driver for Mike Harmon Racing
No. 86- Kevin Lepage for Deware Motorsports
No. 89- Morgan Shepherd for Shepherd Motor Ventures
No. 90- Martin Roy for Gosselin Motorsports. If Roy qualifies, he will make his Nationwide Series debut.
No. 91- Chase Miller for TriStar Motorsports*
No. 98- Kevin Swindell for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
Entered, but Already Withdrawn:
No. 47- T.J. Bell for The Motorsports Group, LLC
Not Entered:
No. 53- Andrew Ranger for NDS Motorsports
No. 73- Alx Danielsson for Creation-Cope Racing
No. 75- Kenny Habul for SunEnergy1, LLC Racing
Izod IndyCar Series GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma: 25 cars entered
Driver Changes:
No. 4- Ryan Briscoe returns to the seat, replacing Oriol Servia.
No. 98- JR Hildebrand is in the seat, replacing Luca Filippi.
Entries:
No. 1- Ryan Hunter-Reay for Andretti Autosport
No. 3- Helio Castroneves for Team Penske
No. 4- Ryan Briscoe for Panther Racing
No. 5- EJ Viso for Andretti Autosport/Team Venezuela
No. 6- Sebastian Saavedra for Dragon Racing
No. 7- Sebastien Bourdais for Dragon Racing
No. 9- Scott Dixon for Target Chip Ganassi Racing
No. 10- Dario Franchitti for Target Chip Ganassi Racing
No. 11- Tony Kanaan for KV Racing Technologies
No. 12- Will Power for Team Penske
No. 14- Takuma Sato for AJ Foyt Enterprises
No. 15- Graham Rahal for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
No. 16- James Jakes for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
No. 18- James Davison for Dale Coyne Racing
No. 19- Justin Wilson for Dale Coyne Racing
No. 20- Ed Carpenter for Ed Carpenter Racing
No. 25- Marco Andretti for Andretti Autosport
No. 27- James Hinchcliffe for Andretti Autosport
No. 55- Tristan Vautier for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
No. 67- Josef Newgarden for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
No. 77- Simon Pagenaud for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
No. 78- Simona de Silvestro for KV Racing Technologies
No. 83- Charlie Kimball for Novo Nordisk Chip Ganassi Racing
No. 97- Lucas Luhr for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing (Izod IndyCar Series debut)
No. 98- JR Hildebrand for Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb-Agajanian
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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Got NASCAR-related questions or comments?
Send them Summer Bedgood's way at summer.bedgood@frontstretch.com; and, if you're lucky, you'll get your name in print when she does her weekly column answering back to you – the fans that keep Frontstretch afloat. Frontstretch Fan Q & A will run on Thursdays with a whole new set of Fan Questions and Answers!
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Got NASCAR-related questions or comments?
Send them Summer Bedgood's way at summer.bedgood@frontstretch.com; and, if you're lucky, you'll get your name in print when she does her weekly column answering back to you – the fans that keep Frontstretch afloat. Frontstretch Fan Q & A will run on Thursdays with a whole new set of Fan Questions and Answers!
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Today's Featured Commentary
Martin Muscling Mobil 1, Kurt's Connections, and a Truck Series Suggestion
Martin Muscling Mobil 1, Kurt's Connections, and a Truck Series Suggestion
What's Vexing Vito
by Vito Pugliese
#SmokeWillRise – #MartinToDeadlift No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Team
Mark Martin's whirlwind 2013 tour has had him participating on a part-time basis, but will now see him having driven for three different teams over the course of four months. One day he will be the answer to a trivia question asking, "which driver had three Top 10s with three different teams in the same season..."
Discussing the situation with him Friday morning at MIS last week, it was clear that anything revolving around this season – and next – was still a mystery.
"Things look different now than they did two weeks ago. Two weeks ago I thought I had something....I'm just not saying anything until I actually have something in my hand." That something came to fruition seemingly simultaneously as his fuel cell ran dry while leading with four laps to go. The win-win situation helps Brian Vickers and MWR prepare for 2014, while Martin can provide an assist to Tony Stewart, while gain some additional exposure for himself for whatever 2014 might bring. When I asked if that might mean operating in mentor-role capacity, he seemed receptive to the notion.
"Possibly…it's not something that's really been done before, so I'd be making and creating something that would be my own. I work well with and understand the engineers, and can help communicate that to some of these younger drivers who might not know what to ask, or what it is they're looking for."
While he seems ready to move onto the next phase of his career, he perked right up when the conversation turned away from wheel holding to hoisting iron. "I got 235lbs just the other day, deadlift – just for one. I did 65lbs last year and hurt my back, and it's taken this long for me to get up to this point."
This weekend at Bristol, he'll be deadlifting 3300lbs of Stewart-Haas Chevrolet, as he works to keep the team in contention for the owner's championship. The team is also having to deflect rumors that Kurt Busch may be joining the team, which in turn sparked some understandable indignation from Ryan Newman on Monday when told of the rumor – after he had been told there would be no fourth car at SHR in 2014.
While the week is a bit rushed for the organization, which hadn't even fitted a seat for him until Tuesday, Martin always rises to the occasion when paired with a new team.
At Martinsville this year while subbing for Denny Hamlin – at a track he isn't particularly fond of despite its namesake – he rallied for a ninth-place finish after the crew dropped the car off the jack during a late pit stop. His first runs with new teams always impress, be it with Ginn Racing and DEI, Hendrick Motorsports, and MWR. The next 12 races may be some of his final opportunities to capture a final win or two, and his primed to make the most of it.
Kurt Busch To SHR in 2014?
As if rumor mill hadn't been running at full-tilt the past few days, more madness ensued when it was reported that Kurt Busch had been made an offer to drive for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014, presumably for a forthcoming fourth team. SHR had let Ryan Newman know a few weeks ago he would not be back next year and there was not a fourth team slated. While the details are unknown, Busch confirmed that he had received a few offers and that he was reviewing them – yet focused on making The Chase with the No. 78 team.
Busch to SHR makes for interesting conjecture and wild speculation. My guess is that he has a sponsor ready to pony up some dough for The Outlaw, possibly the other flat-black car that his brother drives in the Nationwide Series, Monster Energy. Since Red Bull bailed on NASCAR, there has been a bit of an energy drink vacuum, filled mainly by Pepsi's AMP Energy brand, and 5-Hour Energy. Busch is a natural fit for the company, and the prospect of teaming him with Stewart and Harvick would make for some of the most interesting and hysterical radio transmissions and post-race sound bites if it comes to pass.
Personally, I think he's best off staying with Furniture Row Racing. He's brought that team to contender status with Todd Berrier in only six months, and given his past transgressions and publicized incidents with major teams like Roush and Penske, he seems to be a better fit in with a somewhat smaller group and not under the constant microscope of scrutiny.
There is one car that will get the attention, and their relationship with RCR provides enough team information to draw from, minus any inner-team tension or squabbling over who is getting what. Then again, at 35 years of age, he's in the prime age for drivers balancing youth, experience, desire, and ability, coupled with an A-Tier team may be needed to satisfy his requirements as a championship winning driver.
Yet Another Unsolicited Suggestion on How to Improve Racing…
Everyone seems to have the next greatest idea lately with how to improve racing and promote the sport. Some think having multiple groups and rounds of qualifying will make things more interesting, some believe we need to race on dirt more often, and others believe mid-week prime-time racing will take NASCAR to the next level.
No. What really needs to happen? Quicken the clean-up of cautions, but in a new and inventive way spurred on by the demise of SPEED.
Jeff Agnew's No. 27 Chevrolet was involved in a wreck on Lap 179 Wednesday night in the UNOH 200 on the apron of Turn 1. The truck wasn't heavily damaged, and there was an opening about 50 yards behind it at the end of pit road, yet it sat idle for 10 laps with a tow truck parked in front of it. Since Bristol has a bit of a reputation as a car-crusher of a racetrack, why not spice things up a bit and have Truckasaurus remove the cars from the track? That or have Grave Digger just hook a chain to it and drag it to the pits, then executing a series of lurid donuts, flipping over in the process.
Kids love Monster Jam, and with SPEED going off the air, the trucks from that series need an outlet and avenue as well to still promote themselves. NASCAR also needs desperately to capture the attention of younger fans, and what better way to harness the synergy of that "other" truck series, and use them as companion events for the Camping World Truck Races?
Hey whatever, scoff if you will – Humpy Wheeler made a career out of jumping cars over exploding school buses at Charlotte Motor Speedway, building the nicest facility in motorsports in the process.
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.
#SmokeWillRise – #MartinToDeadlift No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Team
Mark Martin's whirlwind 2013 tour has had him participating on a part-time basis, but will now see him having driven for three different teams over the course of four months. One day he will be the answer to a trivia question asking, "which driver had three Top 10s with three different teams in the same season..."
Discussing the situation with him Friday morning at MIS last week, it was clear that anything revolving around this season – and next – was still a mystery.
"Things look different now than they did two weeks ago. Two weeks ago I thought I had something....I'm just not saying anything until I actually have something in my hand." That something came to fruition seemingly simultaneously as his fuel cell ran dry while leading with four laps to go. The win-win situation helps Brian Vickers and MWR prepare for 2014, while Martin can provide an assist to Tony Stewart, while gain some additional exposure for himself for whatever 2014 might bring. When I asked if that might mean operating in mentor-role capacity, he seemed receptive to the notion.
"Possibly…it's not something that's really been done before, so I'd be making and creating something that would be my own. I work well with and understand the engineers, and can help communicate that to some of these younger drivers who might not know what to ask, or what it is they're looking for."
While he seems ready to move onto the next phase of his career, he perked right up when the conversation turned away from wheel holding to hoisting iron. "I got 235lbs just the other day, deadlift – just for one. I did 65lbs last year and hurt my back, and it's taken this long for me to get up to this point."
This weekend at Bristol, he'll be deadlifting 3300lbs of Stewart-Haas Chevrolet, as he works to keep the team in contention for the owner's championship. The team is also having to deflect rumors that Kurt Busch may be joining the team, which in turn sparked some understandable indignation from Ryan Newman on Monday when told of the rumor – after he had been told there would be no fourth car at SHR in 2014.
While the week is a bit rushed for the organization, which hadn't even fitted a seat for him until Tuesday, Martin always rises to the occasion when paired with a new team.
At Martinsville this year while subbing for Denny Hamlin – at a track he isn't particularly fond of despite its namesake – he rallied for a ninth-place finish after the crew dropped the car off the jack during a late pit stop. His first runs with new teams always impress, be it with Ginn Racing and DEI, Hendrick Motorsports, and MWR. The next 12 races may be some of his final opportunities to capture a final win or two, and his primed to make the most of it.
Kurt Busch To SHR in 2014?
As if rumor mill hadn't been running at full-tilt the past few days, more madness ensued when it was reported that Kurt Busch had been made an offer to drive for Stewart-Haas Racing in 2014, presumably for a forthcoming fourth team. SHR had let Ryan Newman know a few weeks ago he would not be back next year and there was not a fourth team slated. While the details are unknown, Busch confirmed that he had received a few offers and that he was reviewing them – yet focused on making The Chase with the No. 78 team.
Busch to SHR makes for interesting conjecture and wild speculation. My guess is that he has a sponsor ready to pony up some dough for The Outlaw, possibly the other flat-black car that his brother drives in the Nationwide Series, Monster Energy. Since Red Bull bailed on NASCAR, there has been a bit of an energy drink vacuum, filled mainly by Pepsi's AMP Energy brand, and 5-Hour Energy. Busch is a natural fit for the company, and the prospect of teaming him with Stewart and Harvick would make for some of the most interesting and hysterical radio transmissions and post-race sound bites if it comes to pass.
Personally, I think he's best off staying with Furniture Row Racing. He's brought that team to contender status with Todd Berrier in only six months, and given his past transgressions and publicized incidents with major teams like Roush and Penske, he seems to be a better fit in with a somewhat smaller group and not under the constant microscope of scrutiny.
There is one car that will get the attention, and their relationship with RCR provides enough team information to draw from, minus any inner-team tension or squabbling over who is getting what. Then again, at 35 years of age, he's in the prime age for drivers balancing youth, experience, desire, and ability, coupled with an A-Tier team may be needed to satisfy his requirements as a championship winning driver.
Yet Another Unsolicited Suggestion on How to Improve Racing…
Everyone seems to have the next greatest idea lately with how to improve racing and promote the sport. Some think having multiple groups and rounds of qualifying will make things more interesting, some believe we need to race on dirt more often, and others believe mid-week prime-time racing will take NASCAR to the next level.
No. What really needs to happen? Quicken the clean-up of cautions, but in a new and inventive way spurred on by the demise of SPEED.
Jeff Agnew's No. 27 Chevrolet was involved in a wreck on Lap 179 Wednesday night in the UNOH 200 on the apron of Turn 1. The truck wasn't heavily damaged, and there was an opening about 50 yards behind it at the end of pit road, yet it sat idle for 10 laps with a tow truck parked in front of it. Since Bristol has a bit of a reputation as a car-crusher of a racetrack, why not spice things up a bit and have Truckasaurus remove the cars from the track? That or have Grave Digger just hook a chain to it and drag it to the pits, then executing a series of lurid donuts, flipping over in the process.
Kids love Monster Jam, and with SPEED going off the air, the trucks from that series need an outlet and avenue as well to still promote themselves. NASCAR also needs desperately to capture the attention of younger fans, and what better way to harness the synergy of that "other" truck series, and use them as companion events for the Camping World Truck Races?
Hey whatever, scoff if you will – Humpy Wheeler made a career out of jumping cars over exploding school buses at Charlotte Motor Speedway, building the nicest facility in motorsports in the process.
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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Bonus Commentary For The Day
NASCAR's Crazy Ride Continues
NASCAR's Crazy Ride Continues
WTF Wednesdays
by Ellen Richardson
Although many NASCAR race events have been lacking in the on track excitement department, any fan who has fed off the drama that this sport often ensues can't deny that the 2013 race season has been one of the craziest on record. Whether trying to keep up with the ever changing penalty process, the merry-go-round of drivers jumping from one ride to the next or even trying to place your bet on who will be crowned champion in each of NASCAR's three top series, the one constant that remains is unpredictability. Here are just a few of the WTF? moments we've all seen so far in 2013.
Kyle Larson's Crash At Daytona
Much like the 1979 season opener, which really seemed to put NASCAR on the map, Daytona International Speedway had both fans and media on their toes for several weeks following the disintegration of Kyle Larson's car during the last lap of the Drive4COPD 300. This crash left more than 20 fans in the stands injured while rookie, Larson climbed out of a car that was barely even a car anymore.
While we were all breathing a sigh of relief that these injuries didn't result in us all mourning the loss of a fan or even a young driver, it was a definite sign of things to come this year.
TV Cable Snaps At Coke 600
As NASCAR tried to do what it could to recover from this rather frightening incident at Daytona, another public relations nightmare unfolded at Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600. On lap 121 of this rather long race, one of the three cables attached to a TV camera suspended over the start-finish line between turns four and one fell and landed on the track as well as on the bottom row of spectators. As the rather large field raced into these turns the cable was snagged by the speeding cars and broken into smaller segments all along the mile-and-a-half oval before officials could red flag the race.
While the rides of many popular drivers like Kyle Busch and Marcos Ambrose were damaged, several race fans in the stands were once again injured at another large track. Much like Daytona, the angels again smiled on NASCAR and these injuries weren't life threatening--but they left us wondering what could have happened.
The Loss of Jason Leffler
While NASCAR mostly dodged the big bullets earlier this season, the true black cloud began to settle on the sport following the shocking death of NASCAR Nationwide driver Jason Leffler. As many fans are well aware, this well-known driver lost his life following a crash in a heat race for the Sprint car "Night of Wings" event at New Jersey's Bridgeport Speedway.
This loss had many of us wondering why such a positive influence had to leave this world so young. We also were asking whether or not top level NASCAR drivers should be competing in one of the most dangerous sides of motorsports. That question would come up again later in the summer...
Tony Stewart Injured
As if the loss of Leffler wasn't enough to have everyone, including the big wigs in NASCAR, questioning whether or not these drivers should be competing in something like sprint car racing, Tony Stewart's hopes for a Sprint Cup Championship this season were dashed as a result of another wild Sprint car crash. This sprint car crash occurred earlier this month at Southern Iowa Speedway. Luckily, Stewart walked away with his life, but he suffered two broken bones in his leg and was forced to give up the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet for the remainder of this season.
Now, Mark Martin will leave Michael Waltrip Racing to fill in for Stewart, alongside Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon, who competed for Stewart last weekend in Michigan and will slide back into his seat again at Talladega Superspeedway.
Saying Goodbye To SPEED
Last weekend not only had motorsports fans saying goodbye to Tony Stewart for the season, we were also forced to say goodbye to a longtime media friend. SPEED officially ceased its programming last Friday night as Fox Sports 1 began its takeover on Saturday. This new sports network will not only broadcast some of the motorsports coverage that we are all used to viewing on SPEED, but will also promote and broadcast many other popular sports like the NFL, UFC, soccer, etc.
While this is an interesting idea, this writer is wondering if this is just another nail in the coffin in a sport that has continued to suffer setbacks over the last few years? In fact, I am actually thinking that this is just what Humpy Wheeler needs to prove his recent point about the state of NASCAR.
Now, What Can We Expect At NASCAR's Coliseum?
This weekend we head to what I like to consider NASCAR's Coliseum, Bristol Motor Speedway. This track has been well known for flaring tempers and lots of building drama. As the wheels of drama continue to spin this season, can we really even begin to guess WTF will happen this weekend or really in any upcoming race weekends?
Race fans, I have shared some of of the moments that left me thinking and even saying WTF, and now I welcome readers to share their 2013 WTF moments. Feel free to share these with me on Twitter @ellennrich. Let's WTF chat fans!
Ellen Richardson is a Newsletter Contributor for Frontstretch.com. She can be reached via e-mail at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com. Follow her on Twitter @EllenNRich.
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Although many NASCAR race events have been lacking in the on track excitement department, any fan who has fed off the drama that this sport often ensues can't deny that the 2013 race season has been one of the craziest on record. Whether trying to keep up with the ever changing penalty process, the merry-go-round of drivers jumping from one ride to the next or even trying to place your bet on who will be crowned champion in each of NASCAR's three top series, the one constant that remains is unpredictability. Here are just a few of the WTF? moments we've all seen so far in 2013.
Kyle Larson's Crash At Daytona
Much like the 1979 season opener, which really seemed to put NASCAR on the map, Daytona International Speedway had both fans and media on their toes for several weeks following the disintegration of Kyle Larson's car during the last lap of the Drive4COPD 300. This crash left more than 20 fans in the stands injured while rookie, Larson climbed out of a car that was barely even a car anymore.
While we were all breathing a sigh of relief that these injuries didn't result in us all mourning the loss of a fan or even a young driver, it was a definite sign of things to come this year.
TV Cable Snaps At Coke 600
As NASCAR tried to do what it could to recover from this rather frightening incident at Daytona, another public relations nightmare unfolded at Charlotte Motor Speedway during the Coca-Cola 600. On lap 121 of this rather long race, one of the three cables attached to a TV camera suspended over the start-finish line between turns four and one fell and landed on the track as well as on the bottom row of spectators. As the rather large field raced into these turns the cable was snagged by the speeding cars and broken into smaller segments all along the mile-and-a-half oval before officials could red flag the race.
While the rides of many popular drivers like Kyle Busch and Marcos Ambrose were damaged, several race fans in the stands were once again injured at another large track. Much like Daytona, the angels again smiled on NASCAR and these injuries weren't life threatening--but they left us wondering what could have happened.
The Loss of Jason Leffler
While NASCAR mostly dodged the big bullets earlier this season, the true black cloud began to settle on the sport following the shocking death of NASCAR Nationwide driver Jason Leffler. As many fans are well aware, this well-known driver lost his life following a crash in a heat race for the Sprint car "Night of Wings" event at New Jersey's Bridgeport Speedway.
This loss had many of us wondering why such a positive influence had to leave this world so young. We also were asking whether or not top level NASCAR drivers should be competing in one of the most dangerous sides of motorsports. That question would come up again later in the summer...
Tony Stewart Injured
As if the loss of Leffler wasn't enough to have everyone, including the big wigs in NASCAR, questioning whether or not these drivers should be competing in something like sprint car racing, Tony Stewart's hopes for a Sprint Cup Championship this season were dashed as a result of another wild Sprint car crash. This sprint car crash occurred earlier this month at Southern Iowa Speedway. Luckily, Stewart walked away with his life, but he suffered two broken bones in his leg and was forced to give up the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet for the remainder of this season.
Now, Mark Martin will leave Michael Waltrip Racing to fill in for Stewart, alongside Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon, who competed for Stewart last weekend in Michigan and will slide back into his seat again at Talladega Superspeedway.
Saying Goodbye To SPEED
Last weekend not only had motorsports fans saying goodbye to Tony Stewart for the season, we were also forced to say goodbye to a longtime media friend. SPEED officially ceased its programming last Friday night as Fox Sports 1 began its takeover on Saturday. This new sports network will not only broadcast some of the motorsports coverage that we are all used to viewing on SPEED, but will also promote and broadcast many other popular sports like the NFL, UFC, soccer, etc.
While this is an interesting idea, this writer is wondering if this is just another nail in the coffin in a sport that has continued to suffer setbacks over the last few years? In fact, I am actually thinking that this is just what Humpy Wheeler needs to prove his recent point about the state of NASCAR.
Now, What Can We Expect At NASCAR's Coliseum?
This weekend we head to what I like to consider NASCAR's Coliseum, Bristol Motor Speedway. This track has been well known for flaring tempers and lots of building drama. As the wheels of drama continue to spin this season, can we really even begin to guess WTF will happen this weekend or really in any upcoming race weekends?
Race fans, I have shared some of of the moments that left me thinking and even saying WTF, and now I welcome readers to share their 2013 WTF moments. Feel free to share these with me on Twitter @ellennrich. Let's WTF chat fans!
Ellen Richardson is a Newsletter Contributor for Frontstretch.com. She can be reached via e-mail at frontstretcheditors@googlegroups.com. Follow her on Twitter @EllenNRich.
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The Critic's Annex: Primera Plastics 200
by Phil Allaway
Hello, race fans. Welcome back to the Critic's Annex, where we take an additional at motorsports-related programming. Last week, while the Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series teams were preparing for Michigan, the NBC Sports Network aired a tape delayed telecast from the 7/16ths mile Berlin Raceway of the Primera Plastics 200, a race that was originally run on August 10th. It was not exactly the most competitive race, but how well did the NBC Sports Network cover the event? Let's take a look.
There was apparently a slight switch in the broadcast booth for NBC Sports Network's second ARCA telecast. Jim Tretow, who was in the booth for the first telecast from Winchester, was on pit road, where he usually is during SPEED telecasts. Replacing Tretow in the booth was two-time Busch Grand National Champion Randy LaJoie. LaJoie is no stranger to the broadcast booth. In the past, he served as an analyst for ESPN's standalone Nationwide races and did quite well with it. At least, he did until he "made a stupid mistake" (LaJoie's words, not mine) and accepted marijuana from some race fans at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He then made the decision to become a spotter and had to submit to NASCAR's drug testing. He tested positive for marijuana and was suspended indefinitely from NASCAR. ESPN suspended him indefinitely as well and later terminated the former champion.
After an introduction to the race by LaJoie and play-by-play commentator Rick Benjamin, we were treated to an explanation of the pit road setup at Berlin Raceway. It's weird at best. That was followed up with a look at pole sitter Mason Mitchell and the grid.
For this critique, I watched bits and pieces of the race twice. When I originally watched the telecast, it reminded me a little of the Hooters ProCup telecasts that used to air on SPEED about ten years ago. The common denominator there would be Benjamin, who called those races back then. However, a big difference is that he didn't travel to the Hooters ProCup races, but does go to the ARCA races.
In an interview with Car and Driver Magazine that ran as a sidebar on a feature about SPEED's Formula One broadcasts in 2006, Benjamin stated he would travel to Atlanta on a Monday, watch the races flag-to-flag, take notes, then do his commentary in a studio with Scott Sutherland. That would then air on SPEED on a Thursday night. That particular setup would often lead to quandries because Sutherland was still racing in the series at the time. Sutherland would have to refer to himself in the third person on-air.
In an interview with Car and Driver Magazine that ran as a sidebar on a feature about SPEED's Formula One broadcasts in 2006, Benjamin stated he would travel to Atlanta on a Monday, watch the races flag-to-flag, take notes, then do his commentary in a studio with Scott Sutherland. That would then air on SPEED on a Thursday night. That particular setup would often lead to quandries because Sutherland was still racing in the series at the time. Sutherland would have to refer to himself in the third person on-air.
Getting back to Berlin, the telecast was definitely on the lower budget side of things. However, we still got some of the touches that viewers have come to expect from race telecasts in recent years. We had three in-car cameras (Erik Jones, Justin Boston and Frank Kimmel) each had them. However, they were all stationary cameras that did not pan. Frank Kimmel also served as an in-race reporter for the telecast. LaJoie would talk to him during cautions. It did have that walkie-talkie feel, though. You could almost call it "quaint."
Unfortunately, the telecast being quaint did not help it in a couple of places. For one, NBC Sports Network did not have a camera in the pits. As a result, we could only see so much of the one round of pit stops under the second caution with cameras on top of the main grandstand. I know that the pit setup was quirky, but pitting at almost any Midwestern short track is probably going to be quirky. TNN's ASA telecasts did quirky pit roads better in the 1990's.
I didn't like the fact that the NBC Sports Network missed Erik Jones taking the lead away from Mitchell on Lap 52. The feed was showing a race between Austin Wayne Self and Justin Boston while LaJoie was talking about the side-by-side battle for the lead that we couldn't see. Weak. You can do better than that. Remember, Benjamin and LaJoie were in Marne, Michigan for this race. They weren't doing their commentary in post-production. With a small production such as what NBC Sports Network has for ARCA, you have to listen to your booth commentators. They can drive your coverage.
In addition, the coverage was quite centralized on only a couple of the drivers in the field. Pretty much, it was the Jones, Frank Kimmel and Mason Mingus show for much of the race. I know it wasn't all that competitive, but cripes. They had a good crowd in Marne for the race. I'm pretty sure that someone that was there would be able to tell me that there was more action than we saw. What we did see wasn't all that bad at times, though.
There seemed to be plenty of time (maybe 18 minutes left in the time slot) for post-race coverage. However, I don't think that NBC Sports Network made the best use of that time. The fact that they only had one pit reporter made it a little difficult to get interviews in a quick fashion. Having said that, this race was not live. They could have cut the telecast in a way to put the interviews back-to-back and allow Tretow the time he needed in order to get drivers. Having said that, he did well for doing it solo, interviewing four drivers (Erik Jones, Frank Kimmel, Austin Wayne Self and Mason Mitchell), along with winning crew chief Kevin Reed. There was also a check of the top-8 finishers, but no point check. I don't get why they didn't check the points, especially since this race aired on television before the next race in real life.
I think that Benjamin and LaJoie work well together. I'm not opposed to seeing them together for the rest of this season. The pit reporter role appears to be a bit of a "pit reporter by committee" kind of thing. I already know that Kevin Lee, normally a member of NBC Sports Network's Izod IndyCar Series team, worked the pits for the Allen Crowe 100 that you'll see tomorrow night. While Lee is generally solid, that's not the best move if you want to get your viewers used to a specific cast. For example, the K&N Pro Series broadcasts have Derek Pernesiglio in the pits for the East races and Bernadette Sanicola for the West races.
ARCA's next telecast on the NBC Sports Network is the Allen Crowe Memorial 100, run just last weekend at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds. Heck apparently went down at the finish. It's scheduled to air at 11pm tomorrow night. I'd recommend checking it out after the Food City 250 (with luck, that should be over by then, but it's Bristol, so you never know).
I hope you enjoyed this look at the Primera Plastics 200. Next week, I'll be back with a look at another race telecast, likely the GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma for the Izod IndyCar Series. Until then, enjoy this weekend's action from Bristol, Sonoma and Spa-Francochamps.
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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Tweet 'N' Greet
by Kevin Rutherford
Editor's Note: With the NASCAR Twitter community expanding by leaps and bounds, it remains a place for instantaneous news, reactions, and a whole lot of inside jokes. We understand if you don't want to join the Twitter community - but as a fan, it's important to know the news and info you're missing out on! That's why, every week, Kevin Rutherford will sort through the thousands of messages and give us a little taste of what's going on each Wednesday.
So, without further ado, here's a look at what those in NASCAR were thinking over the past seven days...
@MarkMartin: Bristol baby! #14 #SmokeWillRise
@BrianLVickers: Thankful for the opportunity to drive the @aaronssports @toyotaracing 55 the rest of the year. Except Talladega. That's all you @mw55
@mw55 (Michael Waltrip): Breaking news: @55MarkMartin driving for #Smoke but committed to continuing polishing my headlights @Aarons_Inc #thoseArentRealBuddy
@JoeyLogano: Still freaking pump about yesterday Thanks to everyone at @penskeracing @shellracingus for making it possible
@ajdinger (AJ Allmendinger): To have the @Nationwide Children's Hospital and the kids at the track was truly inspiring and put everything in perspective. Very lucky....
@JamesBuescher: Amazing to be back in Victory lane! Even better to have my family there with me! #Rheem #winning pic.twitter.com/ZgDC66vB0k
@JimmieJohnson: I thought this would be fitting... #BlameJJ
@kylebusch: Will then... Rough day I'd say. Knew this was gonna b a tough day but I didn't do my best to get thru it. Congrats to @joeylogano.
@tydillon: Cool to see the black walls around @BMSupdates added intensity to one of that baddest tracks there is!
@Ryan_Truex: So excited to make my first Cup start this weekend @BMSupdates !! Huge Thanks to James Finch @PhoenixRacing51 for the opportunity
@Fikeaj (AJ Fike): Everyone tune in this Friday night on Nbc sports 11pm to see how big a joke ARCA is
@keselowski (Brad Keselowski): Rowdy crowd here @RIRInsider test. I like it. pic.twitter.com/txSi3FVkwc
@JakeSnakeCrum: Some complain about Cup drivers, but I'm looking forward to racing against @keselowski & @KyleBusch this week @BMSupdates #ChallengeAccepted
@KevinHarvick: Stopped here for breakfast in honor of #smoke before our test in Nashville! http://instagram.com/p/dPGtPDRkIc/
@jjyeley1: Feel sorry for the guy who drives this car...... must not have been a fan of the Blue Oval. pic.twitter.com/x5J5ZHLEKf
@jpmontoya (Juan Pablo Montoya): It's a shame we lost today a great person. Floyd Ganassi we really gonna miss u. He was a great friend.
@KyleLarsonRacin: Sadden to hear about the passing of Chip Ganassi's father Floyd. Thoughts and prayers go out to their family.
@pkligerman (Parker Kligerman): Just saw the movie "Jobs"... Pretty cool account on an in influential mans life, tho making me research a lot more then it told! #Apple
@ClintBowyer: I have officially been to the #1 redneck roundup on earth. The National Tractor Pull Nationals..What a damn party!! pic.twitter.com/PXf7dWZunF
@23SpeedRacer (Spencer Gallagher): So uhhhh this exists http://campl.us/pUzU
@JimmieJohnson: There is nothing like watching your child smile ear to ear. http://instagram.com/p/dNjjKZkpY_/
Kevin Rutherford is an Assistant Editor for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via email at kevin.rutherford@frontstretch.com. Follow him on Twitter at@Surfwax83.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
Tweet 'N' Greet
by Kevin Rutherford
Editor's Note: With the NASCAR Twitter community expanding by leaps and bounds, it remains a place for instantaneous news, reactions, and a whole lot of inside jokes. We understand if you don't want to join the Twitter community - but as a fan, it's important to know the news and info you're missing out on! That's why, every week, Kevin Rutherford will sort through the thousands of messages and give us a little taste of what's going on each Wednesday.
So, without further ado, here's a look at what those in NASCAR were thinking over the past seven days...
@MarkMartin: Bristol baby! #14 #SmokeWillRise
@BrianLVickers: Thankful for the opportunity to drive the @aaronssports @toyotaracing 55 the rest of the year. Except Talladega. That's all you @mw55
@mw55 (Michael Waltrip): Breaking news: @55MarkMartin driving for #Smoke but committed to continuing polishing my headlights @Aarons_Inc #thoseArentRealBuddy
@JoeyLogano: Still freaking pump about yesterday Thanks to everyone at @penskeracing @shellracingus for making it possible
@ajdinger (AJ Allmendinger): To have the @Nationwide Children's Hospital and the kids at the track was truly inspiring and put everything in perspective. Very lucky....
@JamesBuescher: Amazing to be back in Victory lane! Even better to have my family there with me! #Rheem #winning pic.twitter.com/ZgDC66vB0k
@JimmieJohnson: I thought this would be fitting... #BlameJJ
@kylebusch: Will then... Rough day I'd say. Knew this was gonna b a tough day but I didn't do my best to get thru it. Congrats to @joeylogano.
@tydillon: Cool to see the black walls around @BMSupdates added intensity to one of that baddest tracks there is!
@Ryan_Truex: So excited to make my first Cup start this weekend @BMSupdates !! Huge Thanks to James Finch @PhoenixRacing51 for the opportunity
@Fikeaj (AJ Fike): Everyone tune in this Friday night on Nbc sports 11pm to see how big a joke ARCA is
@keselowski (Brad Keselowski): Rowdy crowd here @RIRInsider test. I like it. pic.twitter.com/txSi3FVkwc
@JakeSnakeCrum: Some complain about Cup drivers, but I'm looking forward to racing against @keselowski & @KyleBusch this week @BMSupdates #ChallengeAccepted
@KevinHarvick: Stopped here for breakfast in honor of #smoke before our test in Nashville! http://instagram.com/p/dPGtPDRkIc/
@jjyeley1: Feel sorry for the guy who drives this car...... must not have been a fan of the Blue Oval. pic.twitter.com/x5J5ZHLEKf
@jpmontoya (Juan Pablo Montoya): It's a shame we lost today a great person. Floyd Ganassi we really gonna miss u. He was a great friend.
@KyleLarsonRacin: Sadden to hear about the passing of Chip Ganassi's father Floyd. Thoughts and prayers go out to their family.
@pkligerman (Parker Kligerman): Just saw the movie "Jobs"... Pretty cool account on an in influential mans life, tho making me research a lot more then it told! #Apple
@ClintBowyer: I have officially been to the #1 redneck roundup on earth. The National Tractor Pull Nationals..What a damn party!! pic.twitter.com/PXf7dWZunF
@23SpeedRacer (Spencer Gallagher): So uhhhh this exists http://campl.us/pUzU
@JimmieJohnson: There is nothing like watching your child smile ear to ear. http://instagram.com/p/dNjjKZkpY_/
Kevin Rutherford is an Assistant Editor for Frontstretch.com. He can be reached via email at kevin.rutherford@frontstretch.com. Follow him on Twitter at@Surfwax83.
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Frontstretch Line of the Week
"The truck drivers are the first ones burdened when a race isn't run on the weekend. We still need about forty-six and a half hours to get our stuff transitioned and then get to the next race. It gets tight on short weeks but we always make it. Here at MWR, our teammates usually come out to help during those weeks, and it always comes together." - Glenn Shano, Truck Driver for Michael Waltrip Racing's No. 55 on rain delays, and what happens because of it.
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TODAY ON THE FRONTSTRETCH:
by Jeff Wolfe
NASCAR Mailbox: Wednesday Nights, Sprint Cars, And Rookie Egos
by Summer Bedgood
as told to Mike Neff
From Wednesday:
by the Frontstretch Staff
by the Frontstretch Staff
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Q: In the same Busch race referenced in Monday's question, Jeff Gordon was one of the dominant drivers early on. However, in a race in which only 14 of the 29 starters finished, Gordon wasn't one of those lucky 14. What happened?
Check back Friday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!
Tuesday's Answer:
Tuesday's Answer:
Q: At Bristol, things can happen in a hurry. Early on in the 1993 Bud 500, there was quite the stackup in Turn 1. What happened?
A: Barely 30 laps into the race, Bobby Hamilton spun entering Turn 1 after possible contact from Sterling Marlin. However, it also appeared that fluid was down on the track because multiple drivers (Ken Schrader, Darrell Waltrip, etc.) all locked up their tires and slid into the wall. The crash can be seen here. Six drivers were involved in total. Hamilton and Terry Labonte were out on the spot. Marlin, Jimmy Spencer, Waltrip and Schrader all spent a significant amount of time behind the wall, but came back out to complete the race over 100 laps off the pace.
Frontstretch Trivia Guarantee: If we mess up, you get the shirt off our backs! If we've provided an incorrect answer to the Frontstretch Trivia question, be the first to email the corrected trivia answer to trivia@frontstretch.com and we'll send you a Frontstretch T-Shirt ... FREE! ~~~~~~~~~~
Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Justin Tucker
-- In Case You Missed It 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:
Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Justin Tucker
-- In Case You Missed It 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:
Mirror Driving by the Frontstretch Staff
Read our weekly expert roundtable on a special day.
Holding A Pretty Wheel by Amy Henderson
Amy returns this week with another intriguing Friday commentary.
IndyCar In Depth by Toni Montgomery
Toni returns with a preview of Sunday's GoPro Grand Prix of Sonoma at Sonoma Raceway.
Nuts For Nationwide by Kevin Rutherford
Kevin has another interesting look at the Nationwide Series prior to tomorrow night's Food City 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Voices From the Heartland by Jeff Meyer
Our Tennessee transplant returns with another interesting take on recent events.
Formula 1 Fridays by Andy Hollis
Andy returns with another look at the World Championship ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix of Belgium at Circuit Spa-Francochamps.
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.
Driver Diary: Jeb Burton as told to Beth Lunkenheimer
The driver of the No. 4 Arrowhead Chevrolet in the Camping World Truck Series returns to talk about the past month, on and off the track.
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