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Oct. 23, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition CLXXXVI
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What to Watch: Thursday
Time Telecast Network
* - Tape Delayed
by Phil Allaway
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. However, they are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500: 43 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 32 - Kyle Fowler for Go FAS Racing
No. 40 - Landon Cassill for Hillman Racing
No. 66 - Mike Wallace for Michael Waltrip Racing/Identity Ventures Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 32 - Kyle Fowler is in the seat, replacing Terry Labonte. Fowler, 22, will be making his Sprint Cup Series debut, and has driven for Go Green Racing (owned by team co-owner Archie St. Hilaire) in the Nationwide Series.
No. 66 - Mike Wallace returns to the seat, replacing Michael Waltrip. Wallace remains on a race-to-race deal with Jay Robinson Racing as their main driver when Waltrip or other MWR-aligned "prospects" don't take over the ride.
No. 93 - An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Clay Rogers. This car is typically brought out by BK Racing as a fourth entry to fill the field; more than likely, it will start-and-park Sunday unless a last-minute sponsor steps up.
Since there are only 43 entries, no one will fail to qualify.
Not Entered:
No. 12 - Ryan Blaney for Team Penske
No. 21 - Trevor Bayne for Wood Brothers Racing
No. 29 - Joe Nemechek for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard
No. 49 - Identity Ventures Racing (reverting back to a one-car effort this week)
No. 95 - Michael McDowell for Leavine Family Racing
Camping World Truck Series Kroger 200: 37 cars entered
Number Change:
- Joe Gibbs Racing's No. 54 changes to No. 34 as part of a tribute to NASCAR Hall of Famer Wendell Scott.
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points: None
Driver Changes:
No. 07 - BJ McLeod returns to the seat, replacing Korbin Forrester. McLeod has been the start-and-park driver for this team all season, running no more than 13 laps in any of his six starts. The team will likely start-and-park again unless a funded driver steps up.
No. 08 - Camden Murphy is in the seat, replacing Jimmy Weller. Murphy, an 18-year-old racer with experience in late models and the ASA Truck Tour, will be making his series debut.
No. 0 - Matt Tifft is in the seat, replacing Caleb Roark. If Tifft qualifies, he will be making his Camping World Truck Series debut although this truck typically start-and-parks for Jennifer Jo Cobb. Tifft raced for Ken Schrader in the ARCA Racing Series this season.
No. 8 - John Hunter Nemechek returns to the seat, replacing his father Joe Nemechek. John Hunter is running the short track races he's eligible for; NASCAR's rulebook limits drivers under age 18 from racing bigger tracks.
No. 9 - Brennan Newberry returns to the seat, replacing Ron Hornaday. Newberry has been running a limited schedule with the team.
No. 20 - Gray Gaulding returns to the seat, replacing Brennan Newberry. Gaulding is running a limited schedule with the team.
No. 23 - Max Gresham returns to the seat, replacing Spencer Gallagher. Gresham is running a limited schedule with the team.
No. 32 - Alex Guenette is in the seat, replacing Tayler Malsam. Guenette is running a limited schedule with the team.
No. 35 - An unknown driver will be in the seat, replacing Daniel Suarez. This team has typically start-and-parked their truck since Mason Mingus left about a month ago.
No. 50 - T.J. Bell returns to the seat, replacing Derek White. Bell is running a limited schedule with the team.
No. 63 - Justin Jennings returns to the seat, replacing Scott Stenzel. Jennings has been the full-time driver of MB Motorsports' main truck most of the season.
No. 74 - Wendell Chavous is in the seat, replacing Mike Harmon. If he qualifies, Chavous would be making his Camping World Truck Series debut. Chavous is a dirt late model racer out of Georgia.
No. 92 - Austin Hill is in the seat, replacing Corey LaJoie. If he qualifies, Hill will be making his Camping World Truck Series debut. Hill ran full-time in the K&N Pro Series East this season, winning the season finale at Dover.
Drivers who must qualify on speed:
No. 05 - John Wes Townley for Athenian Motorsports
No. 0 - Matt Tifft for JJC Racing*
No. 23 - Max Gresham for GMS Racing
No. 33 - Brandon Jones for Turner Scott Motorsports/GMS Racing
No. 74 - Wendell Chavous
No. 75 - Caleb Holman for Henderson Motorsports
No. 80 - Jody Knowles
No. 82 - Cody Erickson for Empire Racing
No. 86 - Brandon Brown for Brown Motorsports
No. 87 - Charles Buchanan, Jr. for Buchanan Racing. If Buchanan qualifies, he would be making his Camping World Truck Series debut.
No. 92 - Austin Hill for RBR Enterprises
Not Entered:
No. 03 - Mike Affarano for Affarano Motorsports
No. 1 - Milka Duno for MAKE Motorsports
No. 5 - Cody Ware for Rick Ware Racing
No. 28 - Ryan Ellis for FDNY Racing
No. 36 - MB Motorsports
No. 68 - Clay Greenfield for Clay Greenfield Motorsports
No. 84 - Chris Fontaine for Chris Fontaine, Inc.
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First off, congratulations this week to Brad Keselowski, who beat the odds by winning at Talladega to move on in the next stage of the Chase. Personally, I had my doubts about Keselowski doing it, but he managed to pull it off. That's why I felt like we had to mention it.
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Received word early this week that Raymond Beadle had passed away. Raymond first gained fame as a drag racer, primarily racing the Blue Max Funny Car in the days when Funny Car match racing was big. And I mean really big. Guys like Raymond, Jungle Jim Liberman, Tom "Mongoose" McEwen, Don "Snake" Prudhomme and a host of others criss-crossed the country running at big and small dragstrips, drawing big crowds for what were usually two out of three shootouts. Top Fuel Dragsters were also popular for these things, but it seemed like the people loved the thunder and lightning the Funny Cars provided.
Dragstrip operators quickly realized that they could pay for two of these hotshots to show up, spend some cash on radio/TV advertising, spread posters all over the immediate area, and instantly bring in the fans. By the same token, in the days before there were as many national events on the schedule, the more popular racers found they could support themselves and their teams by hitting the road for these appearances.
Sometimes, the races were mere barnstorming, that's for sure, because the equipment was expensive; often, they had to make three or four appearances in a weekend. In addition to being before so many national events, this time period was before the huge payouts and sponsorships we see today. But the racing itself? Incredible. If you've ever watched a Funny Car race up close, you know how exciting it can be. I'll never forget my first experience standing on the starting line and watching a Funny Car burn out.
Beadle didn't limit himself to drag racing and stock cars. He also put together a World of Outlaws team which showed up with the first eighteen-wheeler rig in that outfit. Eventually, Raymond moved into NASCAR, first hiring Tim Richmond, and then Rusty Wallace who brought the Kodiak-sponsored team a Winston Cup championship in 1989. That particular episode ended in a lawsuit, with Beadle exiting the sport shortly thereafter while Wallace ended up with Roger Penske.
But those dragstrips? That's what Beadle was known for. I miss those days of match racing...
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Jumping back to NASCAR, I found a lot of the comments which appeared on Facebook after the Charlotte race. Many folks voiced the opinion that the whole post-race dustup was staged by the sanctioning body, and a lot of people agreed with them.
Conspiracy theories are nothing new, but one particular comment caught my eye. A writer claimed the episode with Kenseth and Keselowski was obviously choreographed, adding, "Sure, there was a camera waiting in between a couple of haulers."
OK. Well, I'm not sure how much attention this guy was paying, but anybody watching that race and what happened after it was over had no doubt that Matt Kenseth was headed for Brad Keselowski, and that includes the TV people. I can almost hear the director on their radio... "Stay with Kenseth, this is gonna be some really good footage."
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Smith will still cover NASCAR, to a certain degree but will also branch out into pro football, college football, basketball, and other sports. The contract officially starts at the beginning of 2015, although Smith's first non-NASCAR assignment will be Tuesday, when he covers opening night for the renamed Charlotte Hornets at the Time Warner Cable Arena. In addition, ESPN's press release states that he will continue writing about NASCAR at espn.com and will continue the "Marty and McGee" podcast with Ryan McGee.
Dunlap almost significantly miscounted laps during the race as well. That second issue wouldn't be as big if the race were live. However, booth commentary for K&N Pro Series races is generally done post-production, inside a studio in Charlotte. It's similar to how Rick Benjamin would work on Hooters ProCup telecasts, explained in a sidebar to a 2006 Car and Driver feature on SPEED's Formula One broadcasts. Those type of mistakes should never happen in that type of environment.
Now, whether DeBeaux could have seen that incident at the time was debatable. Unlike most tracks on the K&N Pro Series West schedule, All-American Speedway has pit facilities outside of the track and I'm unsure of whether DeBeaux has a monitor at her disposal during these races (the others with similar facilities to All-American Speedway are Stateline Speedway in Idaho and Colorado National Speedway). However, DeBeaux was in the pits all night. She could have seen Bruncati blowing his chimney stack during the race and asked him what was going on. On top of an appearance in a celebrity late model race, one that lasted about 900 feet, it was not DeBeaux's best night at the races.
Frontstretch Line of the Week
From Thinkin' Out Loud: GEICO 500 – Brad Keselowski Lives to Fight Another Day
"A lap at Talladega takes under a minute to complete. Therefore, a driver should be able to complete at least four laps during a session if they get on the track right away. Of course that would be too simple, so everyone has to try and line up and get other drivers to lead them around the track and allow them to get a good run and set a great time. By posturing and attempting to snooker opponents, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Justin Allgaier went home by not being able to post a time during qualifying." - Mike Neff, on the qualifying shenanigans Saturday afternoon at Talladega.
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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Wednesday's Answer:
Q: In the 2004 Kroger 200 at Martinsville for the then-Craftsman Truck Series, Travis Kvapil was one of the primary contenders, leading 62 laps. However, he ended up with a very disappointing finish. What happened?
A: Kvapil was leading the race with less than 30 laps to go when he crashed in turn 2 along with Jack Sprague. Sprague was out on the spot, ending a rather contentious day for him. Kvapil's truck was damaged and lost many laps on pit road getting repairs. He would eventually finish seven laps down in 21st. Jamie McMurray took advantage of the crash to slip by and take the win.~~~~~~~~~~
Coming tomorrow in the Frontstretch Newsletter:
-- Top News from Justin Tucker
-- In Case You Missed It by Staff
-- Links to your favorite Frontstretch articles, trivia, and more!
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