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Sept. 11, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition CLVI
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What to Watch: Thursday
Time Telecast Network
by Phil Allaway
Stewart-Haas Racing announced on Wednesday that they have signed Ditech Mortgage Corp. to serve as an associate sponsor on the No. 4 Chevrolets driven by Kevin Harvick. The deal is for multiple years, effective immediately. 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 Myafibstory.com 400: 43 cars entered
Number Change:
- Circle Sport's No. 90 changes back to No. 33.
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 32 - Joey Gase for Go FAS Racing
No. 37 - Mike Bliss for Tommy Baldwin Racing
No. 40 - Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing
No. 66 - Joe Nemechek for Michael Waltrip Racing/Identity Ventures Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 32 - Joey Gase is in the seat, replacing Travis Kvapil. Gase will be making his Sprint Cup Series debut in a one-race deal.
No. 33 - Travis Kvapil is in the seat, replacing David Stremme. Circle Sport is using a variety of wheelmen in the seat as they look for a full-time driver in 2015.
Since there are only 43 cars entered, no one will fail to qualify.
Not Entered:
No. 75 - Clay Rogers for Beard Motorsports
No. 93 - JJ Yeley for BK Racing
Nationwide Series Jimmy John's Freaky Fast 300: 43 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 5 - Kevin Harvick for JR Motorsports
No. 20 - Denny Hamlin for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 22 - Ryan Blaney 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. 80 - Ross Chastain for HRE Enterprises
No. 87 - Joe Nemechek for Identity Ventures Racing
No. 98 - Aric Almirola for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 10 - Blake Koch returns to the seat, replacing Mike Bliss. Koch is running the team's start-and-park entry.
No. 14 - Eric McClure returns to the seat, replacing Jeff Green. McClure is the full-time driver of the car.
No. 19 - Mike Bliss returns to the seat, replacing Hermie Sadler. Bliss is running with sponsorship from Tweaker Energy Shot.
No. 20 - Denny Hamlin returns to the seat, replacing Matt Kenseth. Hamlin is part of the Joe Gibbs Racing Sprint Cup rotation of drivers that shares this ride.
No. 29 - Daniel Suarez is in the seat, replacing Kelly Admiraal. Suarez is making his debut in this ride.
No. 33 - Paul Menard returns to the seat, replacing Cale Conley. Menard is part of Richard Childress Racing's Sprint Cup rotation of drivers that shares this ride.
No. 46 - Ryan Ellis returns to the seat, replacing Matt Frahm. Ellis will start-and-park this machine.
No. 55 - Brennan Newberry returns to the seat, replacing Jamie Dick. Newberry brings funding to take the seat.
No. 74 - Mike Harmon returns to the seat, replacing Kevin Lepage. Harmon owns the car.
No. 87 - Joe Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing Josh Reaume. Nemechek owns the car.
No. 93 - Mike Wallace returns to the seat, replacing Ryan Ellis. Wallace is running a limited schedule for JGL when no driver brings funding to the seat.
No. 98 - Aric Almirola is in the seat, replacing David Ragan. Almirola is running two Nationwide Series races for this limited schedule program.
Drivers who must qualify on speed:
No. 5 - Kevin Harvick for JR Motorsports
No. 10 - Blake Koch for TriStar Motorsports*
No. 17 - Tanner Berryhill for Vision Racing
No. 29 - Daniel Suarez for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard
No. 33 - Paul Menard for Richard Childress Racing
No. 46 - Ryan Ellis for The Motorsports Group*
No. 70 - Derrike Cope for Derrike Cope Racing
No. 72 - John Jackson for Carter Motorsports*
No. 74 - Mike Harmon for Mike Harmon Racing
No. 80 - Ross Chastain for HRE Enterprises
No. 89 - Morgan Shepherd for Shepherd Motor Ventures*
No. 90 - Martin Roy for DGR Motorsports
No. 98 - Aric Almirola for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
Not Entered:
No. 84 - Chad Boat for Billy Boat Motorsports
No. 91 - TriStar Motorsports
Camping World Truck Series Lucas Oil 225: 30 trucks entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 20 - Austin Dillon for NTS Motorsports
No. 51 - Kyle Busch for Kyle Busch Motorsports
Driver Changes:
No. 07 - Todd Shafer returns to the seat, replacing Ray Courtemanche, Jr.
No. 08 - Ray Black, Jr. returns to the seat, replacing B.J. McLeod.
No. 8 - Joe Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing his son John Hunter Nemechek. John Hunter is still under 18 and not yet approved to run at Chicagoland.
No. 12 - Ted Minor returns to the seat, replacing Eric Caudell.
No. 19 - Tyler Reddick returns to the seat, replacing Alex Tagliani. Reddick, a rookie is running a limited schedule with Brad Keselowski Racing.
No. 20 - Austin Dillon returns to the seat, replacing Gray Gaulding. Dillon is back in the saddle in a one-race deal.
No. 32 - Tayler Malsam returns to the seat, replacing Cameron Hayley. Malsam brings sponsorship to the Turner Scott Motorsports effort.
No. 36 - Scott Stenzel returns to the seat, replacing Justin Jennings. Stenzel will start-and-park this truck, a backup to MB Motorsports.
No. 51 - Kyle Busch returns to the seat, replacing Erik Jones. Kyle Busch owns this truck.
No. 63 - Justin Jennings returns to the seat, replacing Scott Stenzel. Jennings is the full-time driver in the MB Motorsports ride.
No. 74 - Mike Harmon returns to the seat, replacing Dustin Hapka. Harmon owns the truck.
Since there are only 30 trucks entered, no one will fail to qualify. However, these drivers must still qualify on speed:
No. 05 - John Wes Townley for Athenian Motorsports
No. 12 - Ted Minor for Cefalia Motorsports
No. 36 - Scott Stenzel for MB Motorsports
No. 40 - Todd Peck for Peck Motorsports
No. 74 - Mike Harmon for Mike Harmon Racing
Not Entered:
No. 53 - Andrew Ranger for NDS Motorsports
ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards Federated Car Care Fall Classic presented by JayC Food Stores: 34 cars entered
Driver Changes:
No. 00 - Billy Alger is in the seat, replacing Wayne Peterson.
No. 0 - Con Nicolopoulos returns to the seat, replacing Joe Walsh. Wayne Peterson was originally entered in the car.
No. 10 - Ed Pompa returns to the seat, replacing Tyler Speer.
No. 40 - Josh Reeves is in the seat, replacing Roger Carter.
No. 49 - An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Brad Stiffler.
No. 55 - Cody Coughlin returns to the seat, replacing Brennan Poole.
No. 66 - An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Bob Strait.
No. 68 - Michael Lira returns to the seat, replacing Chris Bailey, Jr.
No. 72 - Anderson Bowen is in the seat, replacing Tom Hessert III.
No. 99 - An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Tom Woodin.
Notable Entries:
No. 15 - John Wes Townley for Venturini Motorsports
No. 22 - Austin Wayne Self for Cunningham Motorsports
No. 25 - Justin Boston for Venturini Motorsports
No. 37 - Kyle Benjamin for Kyle Benjamin Racing
No. 44 - Frank Kimmel for Win-Tron Racing
No. 52 - Ken Schrader for Ken Schrader Racing
No. 55 - Cody Coughlin for Venturini Motorsports
No. 69 - Will Kimmel for Kimmel Racing
No. 72 - Anderson Bowen for Cunningham Motorsports
No. 77 - Tom Hessert, III for Cunningham Motorsports
No. 90 - Grant Enfinger for Team BCR/GMS Racing
No. 98 - Mason Mitchell for Mason Mitchell Motorsports
Not Entered:
No. 5 - Mark Littleton
No. 16 - Kelly Kovski for Allgaier Motorsports
No. 24 - Ryan Unzicker for Hendren Motorsports
No. 71 - Shane Cockrum
No. 89 - Tanner Tallarico for Lafferty Motorsports
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The telecast format was quite typical for K&N West. We got a quick interview with the pole sitter (Greg Pursley), a check of the starting lineup, and we were off to the races. The coverage of the competition was OK, but really nothing special. In FOX Sports 1's defense, there really wasn't all that much racing for position. However, when an actual battle broke out, the track really came into its own. You could the side-by-side racing that everyone likes; unfortunately, it was few and far between, a problem out of the TV broadcaster's control.
What really stood out, hurting all aspects of the telecast and fan experience was a car count of just 18. That's including Jesse Little, who is actually a K&N Pro Series East regular who made the trip to "whack" the K&N Pro Series West. Once Bakersfield attrition started, the track just seemed emptier and emptier (a grand total of 14 cars finished and maybe 12 of them were running competitively). The track claims that Kern County Raceway is a half-mile, but it looks bigger than that. That low of a car count at Kern County really shows up. It's not the lowest car count of the year, as both Stateline Speedway and Colorado National Speedway had 17 starters, but those are smaller tracks. It won't look as bad there.
A situation like this one is where doing booth commentary in post-production back in Charlotte instead of sending booth commentators to Bakersfield costs you (granted, had they sent commentators to Bakersfield, it's anyone's guess who would have been calling this race). At the bare minimum, FOX Sports 1 should have gotten one of the K&N Pro Series West officials on the phone to explain the situation to the viewers, or even had that person fly to Charlotte and pipe into the booth at that point of the race. Anything would have been better than forcing Dunlap and Parsons to make it up as they went along. To FOX Sports 1's credit, they did have DeBeaux try to nail down Pursley for a post-race interview. Pursley declined, respectfully and it makes perfect sense that he wouldn't want to talk right then. However, considering the tape delay you could make a case television could have caught the driver later, once he calmed down and added that to the final broadcast.
Until then, enjoy the tripleheader from Joliet.
Frontstretch Line of the Week
From Tech Talk: Get Prepped for the Chase With Kenseth Crew Chief Jason Ratcliff
"The pit guns we used, there was nothing new at Atlanta and they are the same guns we've been using for a while. It is very common. Nobody has gone down to Sears and bought a pit gun and brought it to the race track in 15 years. For the general public, working on pit guns is nothing new. I think our group is just really good. When you look at it, the No. 11 team has been superior since the season started. They've been superior for the last three years. If you look at history, there isn't a team on pit road that can pit a car faster than the No. 11 car in the last two or three years. I think they got a favorable pit stall at Atlanta and it just worked out for them and they were able to shine."- Jason Ratcliff on Joe Gibbs Racing's air guns
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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Wednesday's Answer:
Q: In 2002, Kevin Harvick won the Tropicana 400 for his second straight win on the then-new 1.5-mile tri-oval. However, it was not easy as part of Harvick's day was spent facing the wrong way. What happened?
A: With 70 laps to go, the field was bunched up after a restart. Harvick made a three-wide move on the inside in the tri-oval to get past Kurt Busch. Busch and Harvick brushed against each other, forcing Harvick to the apron to collect himself. Harvick all but had his Goodwrench Chevrolet saved, but then spun in turn 1. The incident can be seen here. Jerry Nadeau, Elliott Sadler (whose spin had brought out the previous caution and bunched up the field), Jimmy Spencer and Hut Stricklin were also involved in the aftermath.~~~~~~~~~~
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.
Don't let your life sink into the pits. Huston takes a look at the racing stories from the last seven days that should leave you smiling.
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