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August 7th, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition CXXXI
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by Phil Allaway
On Wednesday, the National Guard announced that they are making "substantial changes" in their approach to recruiting through sports sponsorships. The most visible change that will result from the move is the end of the National Guard's sponsorships of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s No. 88 team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Graham Rahal's No. 15 team in the Verizon IndyCar Series. Read more at Frontstretch
Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick was a guest on SiriusXM NASCAR Radio's Tradin' Paint with Jim Noble and Chocolate Myers on Wednesday morning. While there, the question of whether or not there was a plan for current Nationwide Series points leader Chase Elliott to run Sprint Cup races in the near future was posed. Hendrick's response to the query was essentially "not yet, but it's likely." Read more at Frontstretch
Bully Hill Vineyards to Sponsor Whitt, BK Racing, at Watkins Glen
BK Racing announced on Wednesday that Bully Hill Vineyards, a Hammondsport, NY producer of wine, will serve as the primary sponsor of the No. 26 Toyota Camry driven by Cole Whitt. It will be a one-race deal. Read more at Frontstretch
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. However, they are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series Cheez-It 355 at the Glen: 43 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 40- Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing
No. 66- Joe Nemechek for Michael Waltrip Racing/Identity Ventures Racing
No. 77- Nelson Piquet, Jr. for Randy Humphrey Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 32- Boris Said returns to the seat, replacing Travis Kvapil.
No. 77- Nelson Piquet, Jr. is in the seat, replacing Dave Blaney. Piquet will be making his Sprint Cup Series debut.
Since there are only 43 cars entered, no one will fail to qualify.
Not Entered:
No. 37- Dave Blaney for Tommy Baldwin Racing
No. 93- Johnny Sauter for BK Racing
Nationwide Series Zippo 200: 41 cars entered
Number Change:
- Richard Petty Motorsports' No. 9 (from 2013) changes to No. 09.
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 09- Marcos Ambrose for Richard Petty Motorsports
No. 12- Joey Logano for Team Penske
No. 20- Matt Kenseth for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 22- Brad Keselowski for Team Penske
No. 33- Paul Menard for Richard Childress Racing
No. 42- Kyle Larson for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 54- Kyle Busch for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 55- Brennan Newberry for Viva Motorsports with Frank Cicci/SS-Green Light Racing
No. 87- Joe Nemechek for Identity Ventures Racing
No. 93- Tomy Drissi for JGL Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 09- Marcos Ambrose returns to the seat, replacing Corey LaJoie.
No. 12- Joey Logano is in the seat, replacing Ryan Blaney.
No. 23- Kevin O'Connell returns to the seat, replacing Carl Long.
No. 24- Chris Cook is in the seat, replacing Jason White.
No. 31- Dylan Kwasniewski returns to the seat, replacing Chase Pistone.
No. 42- Kyle Larson returns to the seat, replacing Dylan Kwasniewski.
No. 44- Carlos Contreras returns to the seat, replacing Hal Martin.
No. 46- An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Matt Frahm. Matt DiBenedetto announced on his Twitter feed Wednesday that he will be driving (and racing) the No. 40 for the remainder of the season.
No. 54- Kyle Busch returns to the seat, replacing Sam Hornish, Jr.
No. 55- Brennan Newberry returns to the seat, replacing Jamie Dick.
No. 74- Roger Reuse is in the seat, replacing Mike Harmon. If Reuse qualifies, he will make his Nationwide Series debut.
No. 87- Joe Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing Josh Reaume.
No. 93- Tomy Drissi is in the seat, replacing Kevin Swindell.
Drivers who must qualify on speed:
No. 09- Marcos Ambrose for Richard Petty Motorsports
No. 10- Blake Koch for TriStar Motorsports*
No. 12- Joey Logano for Team Penske
No. 17- Tanner Berryhill for Vision Racing
No. 24- Chris Cook for SR² Motorsports/JGL Racing
No. 33- Paul Menard for Richard Childress Racing
No. 46- Unknown driver for The Motorsports Group*
No. 70- Derrike Cope for Derrike Cope Racing
No. 74- Roger Reuse for Mike Harmon Racing
No. 75- Kenny Habul for SunEnergy1 Racing
No. 89- Morgan Shepherd for Shepherd Motor Ventures
Not Entered:
No. 5- Josh Berry for JR Motorsports
No. 29- Kenny Wallace for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard
No. 72- John Jackson for Carter Racing
No. 84- Chad Boat for Billy Boat Motorsports
TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Continental Tire Road Race Showcase: 52 cars in 4 classes
Prototype (P) Entries: 13
No. 01- Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
No. 07- Joel Miller/Tristan Nunez for SpeedSource
No. 0- Katherine Legge/Andy Meyrick for DeltaWing Racing Cars
No. 1- Ryan Dalziel/Scott Sharp for Extreme Speed Motorsports
No. 2- Ed Brown/Johannes van Overbeek for Extreme Speed Motorsports
No. 5- Joao Barbosa/Christian Fittipaldi for Action Express Racing
No. 10- Jordan Taylor/Ricky Taylor for Wayne Taylor Racing
No. 31- Eric Curran/Burt Frisselle for Marsh Racing
No. 42- Olivier Pla/Gustavo Yacaman for OAK Racing
No. 60- Oswaldo Negri, Jr./John Pew for Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
No. 70- Tom Long/Sylvain Tremblay for SpeedSource
No. 78- Scott Mayer/Unknown driver for Starworks Motorsport
No. 90- Michael Valiante/Richard Westbrook for Spirit of Daytona Racing
Prototype Challenge (PC) Entries: 10
No. 08- Chris Cumming/Jack Hawksworth for RSR Racing
No. 09- Duncan Ende/Bruno Junqueira for RSR Racing
No. 7- Martin Fuentes/John Martin for Starworks Motorsport
No. 8- Mirco Schultis/Renger van der Zande for Starworks Motorsport
No. 25- Luis Diaz/Sean Rayhall for 8Star Motorsports
No. 38- James French/David Ostella for Performance Tech Motorsports
No. 52- Gunnar Jeannette/Frankie Montecalvo for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
No. 54- Jon Bennett/Colin Braun for core Autosport
No. 85- Chris Miller/Stephen Simpson for JDC/Miller MotorSports
No. 88- Unknown drivers for BAR1 Motorsports
Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) Entries: 10
No. 3- Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen for Corvette Racing
No. 4- Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner for Corvette Racing
No. 17- Wolf Henzler/Bryan Sellers for Team Falken Tire
No. 55- Bill Auberlen/Andy Priaulx for BMW Team RLL
No. 56- John Edwards/Dirk Müller for BMW Team RLL
No. 62- Giancarlo Fisichella/Pierre Kaffer for Risi Competizione
No. 91- Jonathan Bomarito/Dominik Farnbacher/Marc Goossens for SRT Motorsports
No. 93- Jonathan Bomarito/Marc Goossens/Kuno Wittmer for SRT Motorsports
No. 911- Richard Lietz/Nick Tandy for Porsche North America (core Autosport)
No. 912- Michael Christensen/Patrick Long for Porsche North America (core Autosport)
Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) Entries: 19
No. 007- Al Carter/James Davison for TRG-AMR
No. 18- David Calvert-Jones/Alex Davison for Muehlner Motorsports America
No. 19- Mark Klenin/Christian Szymczak for Muehlner Motorsports America
No. 22- Leh Keen/Cooper MacNeil for Alex Job Racing
No. 23- Mario Farnbacher/Ian James for Alex Job Racing/Team Seattle
No. 27- Andrew Davis/Patrick Dempsey for Dempsey Racing
No. 33- Jeroen Bleekemolen/Ben Keating for Riley Motorsports
No. 35- Seth Neiman/Dion von Moltke for Flying Lizard Motorsports
No. 44- Andy Lally/John Potter for Magnus Racing
No. 45- Nelson Canache/Spencer Pumpelly for Flying Lizard Motorsports
No. 46- Marino Franchitti/Charles Putman for Fall-Line Motorsports
No. 48- Christopher Haase/Bryce Miller for Paul Miller Racing
No. 58- Jan Heylen/Madison Snow for Snow Racing/Dempsey Racing
No. 63- Alessandro Balzan/Jeff Westphal for Scuderia Corsa
No. 71- Unknown drivers for Park Place Motorsports
No. 73- Kevin Estre/Patrick Lindsay for Park Place Motorsports
No. 81- Ben Barker/Damien Faulkner for GB Autosport
No. 94- Dane Cameron/Markus Palttala for Turner Motorsport
No. 555- Townsend Bell/Bill Sweedler for AIM Autosport
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Potts' Shots for August 7
Veeery interesting, as Arte Johnson used to say on the old "Laugh In" show.
A lot of talk on chatboards, Facebook, and I'm sure Twitter, about the penalties heaped on Joe Gibbs' No. 11 team after the Brickyard 400. A total of $125,000 in fines for the crew chief, six-event suspension, and also punishment for the car chief.
However, what struck me as interesting were comments made by ESPN's team of announcers prior to the Sprint Cup event at Pocono on Sunday.
These guys gave me the impression that they considered the total amount of the fines to be insignificant. "Chump change" was the term that came to mind. Maybe it is like that for somebody whose annual income amounts to seven figures, but it hit a different nerve for me.
NASCAR wants to know why they're having trouble maintaining contract with the average fan, and the attitude of these guys provided (for me, anyway) a perfect example of why that is happening.
What is "chump change" to these people is two and sometimes three times the annual income of an average working man. That's right, the guy who saves to buy tickets for his family to attend a race and finds the rising ticket prices, hotel rates, and concession prices cutting into the number of races he can attend each year.
What was particularly interesting was that one of the most vocal was a guy who came up the hard way – building his own cars, clawing and scratching for every nickel and dime, until he made it big with NASCAR.
These people are obviously like our politicians. They've completely lost touch with the average American.
And, again, they wonder why they're losing contact with the average fan. As someone else observed recently and I repeated, the fans are voting with their wallets.
John Potts is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at john.potts@frontstretch.com.
Frontstretch Line of the Week
From Did You Notice? … NASCAR Talent: Then And Now
"These drivers coming up through the ranks have fewer opportunities to succeed against established competitors with better equipment. Patience for owners they're driving for are razor thin, as one of two scenarios come into play. It's either A) the team is running race-to-race, with patchwork funding in order to survive or B) it's a well-funded group, with Cup connections where anything less than multiple wins and a championship is a disappointment. That environment, with no "in between" allowing for multiple years of development, has killed off several potential superstars." - Tom Bowles, on the state of driver development in NASCAR.
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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Wednesday's Answer:
Q: The 1988 Budweiser at the Glen is best known for the infamous race to the finish between Rusty Wallace and Ricky Rudd. However, had that not happened, the main story of the day would have been substantially different. What would that have been?
A: During the race, there were a series of blown and/or blistered tires. The issue was so bad that NASCAR was forced to consider throwing a competition caution past the halfway point of the race. However, the event was run in such a start and stop fashion (there were eight cautions for 36 laps and no green flag run lasted longer than 12 laps) that such a move was ultimately unnecessary.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!
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Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Justin Tucker
-- In Case You Missed It by Staff
-- Keepin' It Short by Mike Neff
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, trivia, and more!
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Tomorrow on the Frontstretch:
Amy returns this week with another intriguing Friday commentary.
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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