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October 2, 2014
Volume VIII, Edition CLXXI
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by Phil Allaway
NTS Motorsports Loses Chicagoland Penalty Appeal
On Wednesday, representatives of the National Motorsports Appeal Board met to hear NTS Motorsports' appeal of the penalties given to the No. 20 team after Austin Dillon's truck measured too low in the front end after finishing third at Chicagoland Speedway. The penalties were upheld. Read more at Frontstretch
Entry List Update:
Note: These entries are accurate as of Wednesday night. They are still subject to change.
Sprint Cup Series Hollywood Casino 400: 43 cars entered
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- Mike Wallace for Michael Waltrip Racing/Identity Ventures Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 32- Joey Gase returns to the seat, replacing JJ Yeley.
No. 33- Timmy Hill returns to the seat, replacing David Stremme.
Since there are only 43 drivers entered, no one will fail to qualify.
Not Entered:
No. 44- Team Xtreme Racing
Nationwide Series Kansas Lottery 300: 43 cars entered
Drivers Ineligible to Earn Points:
No. 5- Kevin Harvick for JR Motorsports
No. 20- Matt Kenseth for Joe Gibbs Racing
No. 22- Ryan Blaney for Team Penske
No. 25- John Wes Townley for Athenian Motorsports
No. 33- Paul Menard for Richard Childress Racing
No. 42- Kyle Larson for Turner Scott Motorsports
No. 54- Kyle Busch for Kyle Busch Motorsports
No. 87- Jennifer Jo Cobb for Identity Ventures Racing
No. 98- Corey LaJoie for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
Driver Changes:
No. 5- Kevin Harvick returns to the seat, replacing Austin Theriault.
No. 10- Blake Koch returns to the seat, replacing Kevin Lepage.
No. 14- Eric McClure returns to the seat, replacing Jeff Green. McClure is scheduled to be in the car for the remainder of the season.
No. 20- Matt Kenseth returns to the seat, replacing Justin Boston.
No. 22- Ryan Blaney returns to the seat, replacing Joey Logano.
No. 44- David Starr returns to the seat, replacing Blake Koch.
No. 72- John Jackson returns to the seat, replacing Harrison Rhodes.
No. 87- Jennifer Jo Cobb is in the seat, replacing Mike Harmon. Cobb is bringing sponsorship to the team from Mark One Electric since Kansas is Cobb's home race.
No. 98- Corey LaJoie returns to the seat, replacing Aric Almirola.
Drivers who must qualify on speed:
No. 5- Kevin Harvick for JR Motorsports (Guaranteed to start via the Past Champions' Provisional)
No. 10- Blake Koch for TriStar Motorsports*
No. 17- Tanner Berryhill for Vision Racing
No. 25- John Wes Townley for Athenian Motorsports
No. 29- Milka Duno 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. 89- Morgan Shepherd for Shepherd Motor Ventures*
No. 90- Martin Roy for DGR Motorsports*
No. 98- Corey LaJoie for Biagi-DenBeste Racing
*- Expected to Start-and-Park
Not Entered:
No. 13- Carl Long for Carl Long Racing
No. 80- Alex Bowman for HRE Enterprises
ARCA Racing Series ARCA 98.9: 32 cars entered
Driver Changes:
No. 00- Con Nicolopoulos is in the seat, replacing Wayne Peterson.
No. 0- Wayne Peterson returns to the seat, replacing Con Nicolopoulos.
No. 3- Ross Kenseth is in the seat, replacing Karl Weber.
No. 10- Ed Pompa returns to the seat, replacing Rick Clifton.
No. 15- John Wes Townley returns to the seat, replacing Brennan Poole. With the Nationwide Series also racing at Kansas Speedway this weekend, the entry is likely to stick without changes. Townley had been entered originally at Kentucky, but let Poole race the car instead.
No. 40- Roger Carter is in the seat, replacing Mark Meunier.
No. 60- Galen Hassler is in the seat, replacing Kyle Weatherman.
No. 66- Leilani Munter returns to the seat, replacing Daniel Suarez.
No. 68- Will Kimmel returns to the seat, replacing Michael Lira.
No. 69- Chris Bailey, Jr. returns to the seat, replacing Will Kimmel.
No. 88- Charles Evans, Jr. is in the seat, replacing Justin Allison.
No. 97- Mark Meunier is in the seat, replacing Roger Carter.
Notable Entries:
No. 08- Justin Allison for Team BCR
No. 3- Ross Kenseth for Hixson Racing
No. 5- Bobby Gerhart for Bobby Gerhart Racing
No. 6- Josh Williams for Josh Williams Racing
No. 15- John Wes Townley for Venturini Motorsports
No. 22- Austin Wayne Self for Cunningham Motorsports
No. 25- Justin Boston for Venturini Motorsports
No. 44- Frank Kimmel for Win-Tron Racing
No. 52- Matt Tifft for Ken Schrader Racing
No. 68- Will Kimmel for Kimmel Racing
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
TUDOR United SportsCar Champsionship Petit Le Mans: 53 entries in 4 classes
Prototype (P) Entries: 11
No. 01- Scott Dixon/Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas for Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates
No. 07- Joel Miller/Tristan Nunez/Tristan Vautier for SpeedSource
No. 0- Gabby Chaves/Katherine Legge/Andy Meyrick for DeltaWing Racing Cars
No. 5- Joao Barbosa/Sebastien Bourdais/Christian Fittipaldi for Action Express Racing
No. 9- Brian Frisselle/Burt Frisselle/Jon Fogarty for Action Express Racing
No. 10- Max Angelelli/Jordan Taylor/Ricky Taylor for Wayne Taylor Racing
No. 31- Eric Curran/Max Papis/Boris Said for Marsh Racing
No. 42- Alex Brundle/Ho-Pin Tung/Gustavo Yacaman for OAK Racing
No. 60- Oswaldo Negri, Jr./John Pew for Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian
No. 70- Ben Devlin/Tom Long/Sylvain Tremblay for SpeedSource
No. 90- Mike Rockenfeller/Michael Valiente/Richard Westbrook for Spirit of Daytona Racing
Prototype Challenge (PC) Entries: 11
No. 08- Chris Cumming/Jack Hawksworth/Rusty Mitchell for RSR Racing
No. 09- Duncan Ende/David Heinemier Hansson/Bruno Junqueira for RSR Racing
No. 7 – Ryan Eversley/Martin Fuentes/John Martin/Adam Merzon for Starworks Motorsport
No. 8- Alex Popow/Mirco Schultis/Renger van der Zande for Starworks Motorsport
No. 25- Tom Kimber-Smith/Eric Lux/Sean Rayhall for 8Star Motorsports
No. 38- James French/Jerome Mee/David Ostella for Performance Tech Motorsports
No. 52- Gunnar Jeannette/Frankie Montecalvo for PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports
No. 54- Jon Bennett/Colin Braun/James Gue for core Autosport
No. 85- Mikhail Goikhberg/Chris Miller/Stephen Simpson for JDC/Miller MotorSports
No. 87- Tomy Drissi/Marc Drumwright/Martin Plowman for BAR1 Motorsports
No. 88- David Cheng/Johnny Mowlem/Tom Papadopoulos for BAR1 Motorsports
Grand Touring Le Mans (GTLM) Entries: 11
No. 3- Ryan Briscoe/Antonio Garcia/Jan Magnussen for Corvette Racing
No. 4- Ryan Briscoe/Oliver Gavin/Tommy Milner for Corvette Racingm
No. 17- Wolf Henzler/Marco Holzer/Bryan Sellers for Team Falken Tire
No. 55- Bill Auberlen/Joey Hand/Andy Priaulx for BMW Team RLL
No. 56- John Edwards/Dirk Müller/Dirk Werner for BMW Team RLL
No. 57- Andrea Bertolini/Tracy Krohn/Nic Jonsson for Krohn Racing
No. 62- Olivier Beretta/Giancarlo Fisichella/Pierre Kaffer for Risi Competizione
No. 91- Marc Goossens/Ryan Hunter-Reay/Kuno Wittmer for SRT Motorsports
No. 93- Rob Bell/Jonathan Bomarito/Dominik Farnbacher for SRT Motorsports
No. 911- Richard Lietz/Nick Tandy for Porsche North America
No. 912- Michael Christensen/Patrick Long for Porsche North America
Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) Entries: 20
No. 007- David Block/Al Carter/James Davison for TRG-AMR
No. 18- Michael Kvamme/Unknown drivers for Muehlner Motorsports America
No. 19- Michael Kvamme/Daniel Lloyd/Unknown driver for Muehlner Motorsports America
No. 22- Leh Keen/Cooper MacNeil/Craig Stanton for Alex Job Racing
No. 23- Mario Farnbacher/Ian James/Alex Riberas for Alex Job Racing/Team Seattle
No. 27- Andrew Davis/Patrick Dempsey/Joe Foster for Dempsey Racing
No. 33- Jeroen Bleekemolen/Sebastiaan Bleekemolen/Ben Keating for Riley Motorsports
No. 35- Alessandro Latif/Seth Neiman/Dion von Moltke for Flying Lizard Motorsports
No. 44- Andy Lally/John Potter/Marco Seefried for Magnus Racing
No. 45- Nelson Canache/Andrew Palmer/Spencer Pumpelly for Flying Lizard Motorsports
No. 48- Matt Bell/Christopher Haase/Bryce Miller for Paul Miller Racing
No. 49- Eddie Cheever, III/Marco Cioci/Piergiuseppe Perrazini for Spirit of Race (AF-Corse)
No. 51- Matt Griffin/Pasin Lathouras/Michele Rugolo for Spirit of Race (AF-Corse)
No. 58- Jan Heylen/Madison Snow for Snow Racing/Dempsey Racing
No. 63- Alessandro Balzan/Brandon Davis/Kyle Marcelli/Jeff Westphal for Scuderia Corsa
No. 71- Unknown drivers for Park Place Motorsports
No. 73- Kevin Estre/Patrick Lindsey/Unknown driver for Park Place Motorsports
No. 81- Ben Barker/Philipp Eng/Damien Faulkner for GB Autosport
No. 94- Dane Cameron/Kristoffer Nygaard/Markus Palttala for Turner Motorsport
No. 555- Townsend Bell/Conrad Grunewald/Bill Sweedler for AIM Autosport
Entered, but Already Withdrawn:
No. 1- Extreme Speed Motorsports
No. 2- Extreme Speed Motorsports. Both teams have withdrawn from the event in order to enter the World Endurance Championship's Six Hours of Shanghai in November in preparation for a potential assault on Le Mans in 2015.
No. 30- NGT Motorsport. Team withdrew due to Earl Bamber, a silver-rated driver, earning a last minute ride with Porsche North America for the race, leaving the team short of a required amateur driver without the time to find a replacement.
No. 46- Fall-Line Motorsports. Withdrew due to Charles Putman's current recovery from injuries in an ATV crash in his native Wyoming.
No. 64- Scuderia Corsa
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When the relaunch occurred. FOX Sports actively wanted to promote their new shows. Almost none of the shows that launched with FOX Sports 1 are still on the air today. Crowd Goes Wild, with Regis Philbin at the helm, was supposed to be the cornerstone of early evening programming. The show lasted less than eight months. Why? A couple of reasons. Likely the biggest one was that the ratings stunk. The show barely pulled in 60,000 viewers a day. The second reason is likely that Philbin tired of the show after a few months. Despite the short run, Philbin took an extended leave of absence, leaving the remaining quintet (Georgie Thompson, Michael Kosta, Katie Nolan, Trevor Pryce, and Jason Gay) to run things despite all the promotion being centered around Philbin. As a result, you know had a TV show with a bunch of unknowns to the American audience.
Since the show's cancellation, the quintet have spread out all over the place. Thompson returned to her native England to host a radio show called Fighting Talk (on paper, it's a radio version of ESPN's Around the Horn that is centered around soccer), while Nolan is on the new show Fantasy Football Uncensored and made news recently for her comments on the treatment of women in sports media. Gay returned to his full-time gig with The Wall Street Journal, while Kosta returned to comedy and Pryce went back to his retirement from football.
It was a great shame for a couple of reasons. One, they gave our website some publicity by having our Fearless Leader (Tom Bowles) on the show as a NASCAR expert a few times. Two, I thought it was a nice alternative to Around the Horn. To me, it was a nice way to unwind, even though it could be silly at times. Having said that, it may have done better had Philbin never been on the show in the first place. Unfortunately, it just never caught on.
Finally, you had FOX Sports Live, the highlight show that was supposed to challenge SportsCenter. For that show, FOX Sports imported Canadian Sportscentre (TSN) anchors Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole to be their Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann. The result has been touch and go. Over the past year, it's become very clear that the show cannot rate without a live sports lead-in. I've ranted about that fact multiple times this season because FOX Sports Live has cut into Camping World Truck Series telecasts, most notably last Saturday night in Las Vegas, when 25 minutes of scheduled coverage was cut out for more FOX Sports Live.
Onrait is very much in your face, and that's something that viewers would need to get used to. O'Toole is more of a straight man. Otherwise, the show's decent. It has resulted in some controversial conversation in the past. It was here last season that Donovan McNabb came out and claimed that Jimmie Johnson is not an athlete, prompting vilification.
Coverage of TUSC and the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge, which is under contract with FOX Sports through 2018, will likely have much, if not all of their seasons air on FOX Sports 2 next year. I'm sure that sports car racing fans (including myself) won't be happy about it. In fact, the situation we had at Circuit of the Americas and this weekend at Road Atlanta could become the norm (live coverage on FOX Sports 2, then a highlighted version on FOX that gets more promotion). Effectively, a slightly better version of the coverage that the American Le Mans Series had with ESPN. Unfortunately, with higher profile programming coming onto FOX Sports 1, something's probably going to have to move to FOX Sports 2.
Frontstretch Line of the Week
From Voices From The Cheap Seats: Talk Of A Stewart/Ward Settlement Is Ludicrous!
"Now, after all [that has happened], I would advise careful consideration if you are thinking of filing a wrongful death civil suit against Tony Stewart.
"First of all, it truly comes off as just a ploy for money – not, as one of the lawyers called it, "and the memory of the deceased can rest." That is simple hogwash. No, it's not "fair" that your son is dead but life doesn't play fair, as we all know.
"If I had been sitting in that seat and I'd been the one who hit your son, you sure as heck would not be thinking of suing me. Why? Because I got nothing! Tony Stewart is famous and has lots of money. Any suit against him in this case, especially in light of what Kevin did and other facts that have since been released (whether relevant or not, i.e. the toxicology report) will do nothing to positively further the memory of your son among the general populace." - Jeff Meyer's advice to the Ward family in the wake of last week's announcement from Ontario County District Attorney
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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:
as told to Mike Neff
FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:
Wednesday's Answer:
Q: We're going a little different on today's question. In 2003, Rich Bickle finished 13th in the then-Craftsman Truck Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 at Kansas Speedway while carrying sponsorship from Vokal Clothing. Who created Vokal Clothing?
A: Vokal Clothing is a line of urban attire for men created by rapper Nelly. In 2003, at the height of his career following the release of his No. 1 album Nellyville, Nelly bought into Billy Ballew Motorsports and helped sponsor the team with his own clothing line, which was a sister company to the more well-known Apple Bottoms, which caters to women.~~~~~~~~~~
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:
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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