Friday, July 31, 2015

The Frontstretch Newsletter: Bowyer - "Change Is On The Horizon"

THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
Jul. 31, 2015
Volume IX, Edition CXXXI
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What to Watch: Friday

- Today, Sprint Cup teams are scheduled to practice and qualify for Sunday's Windows 10 400.  Meanwhile, the XFINITY Series has both of their practice sessions at Iowa Speedway, one of which will be exclusive to NBC Sports Live Extra.

FOLLOW THE FRONTSTRETCH THIS WEEKEND IN POCONO FROM OUR COLLEAGUES:
Tom Bowles (@NASCARBowles)
Joseph Wolkin (@JosephNASCAR)
 
and our own Twitter page, @Frontstretch as well for updates!

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This weekend's TV Schedule can be found in Couch Potato
Tuesday here.
 
Top News
by The Frontstretch Staff

Bowyer: "Change Is On The Horizon"

Clint Bowyer hastily called a press conference Friday to respond to rumors he's headed to Chip Ganassi Racing with current co-owner Rob Kauffman in 2016. Bowyer, making a short statement emphasized patience, claimed that his Michael Waltrip Racing team was focused on the rest of the season and "as soon as I can tell you guys [reporters] something, I will." Bowyer, along with primary sponsor 5-Hour Energy and his No. 15 car are expected to join CGR as a teammate to Jamie McMurray and Kyle Larson in 2016. Will it happen? Let's just say the driver had a giant smirk on his face as he referenced the fact that change was on the horizon.

Keselowski Paces Field In Opening Practice

Team Penske led the charge at Pocono Friday as Brad Keselowski's No. 2 Ford led opening Sprint Cup practice. Keselowski's time of 50.961 seconds edged Matt Kenseth with Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon and Kevin Harvick rounding out the top-5 speeds. All 43 cars practiced and will make the race. Read more

Derrick Walker Resigns From IndyCar Competition Post

Derrick Walker, after finishing up this season has chosen to leave his role as President of Competition and Operations for IndyCar. Walker, 70, has held the position for the sanctioning body since May 2013. No replacement was immediately named. Read more

Johanna Long Scores Iowa XFINITY Series Ride

Thursday, Obaika Racing announced that Johanna Long will drive the team's No. 97 Chevrolet in this weekend's U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway, replacing Peyton Sellers.  Read more

Have news for 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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Frontstretch Folio: Windows 10 400
by Phil Allaway

The Sprint Cup Series returns to Pennsylvania for their second visit of the year to Pocono Raceway.  The race can be seen at 1:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon on NBCSN; the race can also be heard on your local MRN affiliate or SiriusXM Channel 90. Drivers will compete for 160 laps (400 miles) en route to the checkered flag.

Records and facts

Last year, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. passed Greg Biffle with 14 laps to go and held on through a wild final restart to claim the victory and the season sweep at Pocono.  Kevin Harvick was second followed by Joey Logano, Clint Bowyer and Biffle.

Jeff Gordon is the winningest active driver at Pocono Raceway with six career victories, the most recent of which was the rain/lightning-shortened race in July 2012.  He has an average finish of tenth in 45 career starts at the scalene triangle.  Denny Hamlin has four career wins at Pocono, including a season sweep as a rookie in 2006.  Jimmie Johnson has three career wins at Pocono as well.

Track Facts
Track / Race Length: 2.5-mile oval, 160 laps (400 miles)
Banking: 14 degrees in turn 1, 8 degrees in turn 2, 6 degrees in turn 3

Frontstretch: 3,740 ft., flat

Long Pond Straightaway: 3,055 ft., flat

North Straight: 1,780 ft., flat

Grandstand Seating: 70,000
Pit Road Speed: 55 mph
Pace Car Speed: 65 mph
Opened: 1971 (first Cup race in 1974)

Website: http://www.poconoraceway.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poconoraceway

Twitter: http://twitter.com/poconoraceway

Pre-Race Schedule:

Practice 1: Friday, July 31, 11 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Practice 2: Saturday, August 1, 9 - 9:50 a.m. ET on NBCSN

Happy Hour: Saturday, August 1, 11:35 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Qualifying: Friday, July 31 at 4:45 p.m. ET on NBCSN

Say What?!

"I think it's a fun track as far as how unique it is with the three corners being different. And the fact that your setup really can't be dialed in for all three corners, you have to give and take. Some years, it seems like turn 1 is tough. Some years, turn 3 ends up being a tough corner but I always focus on the tunnel turn. I always try to get through turn 2 as quickly as I can because, like I've said, it seems like the years I've won, that's where I've had the best car." - Kurt Busch

"After winning there last month, how can you not feel good and upbeat about returning to Pocono?  We're going to have a big target on our back but that's OK. We'll use everything we learned last time and more to hopefully achieve a Pocono sweep. Our Furniture Row guys have been working hard to find more speed for this weekend.  All the teams are also working harder as we get closer to the Chase. The toughest thing about Pocono is to find the right balance for all three corners. The three unique corners at Pocono are all different and the challenge is to figure out a way to make your car work in each of them. Conditions for this Pocono race will most likely be different -- especially with the weather being hotter than in early June." -  Martin Truex, Jr.

"Well, all three corners are very different from each other. You have turn 1 that has a lot of banking in it for a flat track. Turn 2 is a very short duration and flat corner and then turn 3 is a very, very, long sweeping flat corner. There's a lot going on, but every corner on the track is totally different from each other. It's a big challenge for the crew chiefs to not only try to find a balance but also figure out what to do when they're making changes.They have to figure out the corner they're trying to fix without messing up the other two corners." - Tony Stewart

Phil Allaway is the Newsletter Manager and a Senior Writer for Frontstretch.com.  He can be reached via e-mail at phil.allaway@frontstretch.com.
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IndyCar In Brief: Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio
by Matt Stallknecht

This Week's Race: Honda Indy 200

Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. It's a 2.258-mile natural terrain road course located in Troy Township, OH.

Last year's P1: Sebastien Bourdais

Last year's winner: Scott Dixon

Distance: 200 miles

Who Ya Got? Matt Stallknecht and Huston Ladner are each going with Will Power this week. Toni Montgomery is going with Scott Dixon.

Where To Watch: CNBC is carrying the race this week. Race coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.

On Social Media: Follow along with @Mid_ohio@IndyCar,  and #IndyCar

Quotable: 

Scott Dixon (No. 9 Target Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet) "A lot of credit goes to the team…it's a track that is good for me. It's a long list that makes me do well at this track. It's an aggressive place." – On his success at Mid-Ohio

Graham Rahal (No. 15 Steak and Shake Honda): "I had this concept that, with Ohio State having won the national championship and us being in the championship battle here, it would be fun to come home and do something I haven't done before." – On his Ohio St. branded helmet being run this weekend

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TODAY ON FRONTSTRETCH:
by Matt Stallknecht

by the Frontstretch Staff

by Amy Henderson

as told to Mike Neff

by Kevin Rutherford

by Matt Weaver
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q:
The 2002 Pep Boys Pennsylvania 400 is best known for the huge crash on the first lap involving Rusty Wallace, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Steve Park.  However, Jeremy Mayfield took a big hit during the race as well.  What happened?

Check back Monday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!

Thursday's Answer:

Q:  Dave Marcis had some hard hits in his career at Pocono.  The 1999 crash is an all-timer in intensity.  Marcis' 1998 Pennsylvania 500 also ended against the wall, but in a different way.  What caused the crash?

A: Marcis was running in 37th when he suffered a left rear tire failure entering turn 1.  The casing of the tire removed itself from the car, causing Marcis to spin and hit the wall hard.  The crash can be seen here.  Marcis was OK, but done for the day.

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COMING MONDAY
In The Frontstretch Newsletter:
We'll have a recap of Sunday's Windows 10 400, plus an update on the points and any other news that breaks this weekend.

On Frontstretch.com:
We'll have a series of post-race commentaries breaking down the action from Pocono.
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Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 9 updates in 3 topics

msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 31 03:59AM -0500

Mark Brader:
>> Victor ..... Sports Winners
>> Marjorie ... Marge Madness: The Simpsons and Philosophy
>> John ....... Memorable Movie Bathrooms
 
Bruce Bowler:
> What? No Mark?
 
There are only 5 players named Mark in the league currently and they
play for the Cellar Rats, Footloose & Firkin Free, the Night Owls,
and (as you know) the Usual Suspects.
--
Mark Brader | "...as many as my brain could handle
Toronto | off the top of its head..."
msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Pete <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jul 30 08:38PM

> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
Ebola
 
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
 
Jurassic World
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
Go Set a Watchman
 
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?
 
Chinese
 
 
Pete
Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 30 12:17PM -0700

Gareth Owen wrote:
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
Belarus, Kazakhstan
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
malaria
 
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
 
George
 
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
Germany ?
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
Go Set a Watchman
 
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?
 
voters in Greece
 
 
--
Dan Tilque
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 30 08:54AM -0700

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 2:00:18 AM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
 
> Happy Birthday, SWP.
 
> ObTrivia - here are five clues to people who share your birthday.
> 1) AKA Ellis Bell (b 30 July 1818)
emily bronte
> 2) The Old Perfessor (b 30 July 1890)
casey stengel
> 3) Succeeded by Rob Manfred (b 30 July 1934)
bud selig
> 4) Presently interim leader of the British Labour Party (b 30 July 1950)
harriet harman
> 5) Won "Best Actress" Oscar for Boys Don't Cry (b 30 July 1974)
hilary swank
 
> Bonus Trivia: Who was married at St Margaret's Church, Laceby,
> Lincolnshire on 30 July 2010, making today their 5th wedding
> anniversary?
 
thank you.
 
you left out the former governor of california, among others.
 
I will admit that you got me with the bonus trivia, I really am drawing a complete blank on this one.
 
swp
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 30 08:55AM -0700

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 3:12:56 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:
> Stephen Perry:
> > Subject: I am 50 years old today
 
> Two more and you'll be playing with a full deck.
 
I should be so lucky.
 
> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto | "'Other than they typo'? Oh, the irony!"
> msb@vex.net | --Stan Brown
 
thank you.
 
swp
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 30 07:08PM +0100


> you left out the former governor of california, among others.
 
> I will admit that you got me with the bonus trivia, I really am
> drawing a complete blank on this one.
 
Well, that's not entirely surprising. Fortunately, both my wife and I
remembered, so potential domestic turmoil was averted.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 30 12:03PM -0700

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 2:08:59 PM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> > drawing a complete blank on this one.
 
> Well, that's not entirely surprising. Fortunately, both my wife and I
> remembered, so potential domestic turmoil was averted.
 
:-) <mode: reddit>up vote</mode> <mode: facebook>like</mode>
 
swp
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 30 06:07PM -0700

Happy birthday mate.
 
cheers,
calvin
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 30 06:44PM -0700

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 9:07:43 PM UTC-4, Calvin wrote:
> Happy birthday mate.
 
> cheers,
> calvin
 
thank you.
 
swp
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Thursday, July 30, 2015

The Frontstretch Newsletter: Chris Buescher, Front Row Partner for Watkins Glen

THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
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Jul. 30, 2015
Volume IX, Edition CXXX

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What to Watch: Thursday

- Today is load-in day for the Sprint Cup and Camping World Truck Series teams at Pocono Raceway.  No on-track activity is planned for today.
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Thursday's TV Schedule can be found in Couch Potato Tuesday here.

Top News
by the Frontstretch Staff

Derrick Walker Resigns from IndyCar Competition Post

A major shakeup is coming to the IndyCar front office next season as President of Competition and Operations Derrick Walker has resigned from his duties according to the Indianapolis based sanctioning body.

Walker will finish out the season for the remaining three events of the season at Mid-Ohio, Pocono and Sonoma before officially moving on. IndyCar boss Mark Miles said in a news release that Walker's final day is August 31, 2015 and that he is leaving to pursue other professional opportunities.
Read more

Rob Kauffman Purchasing Stake in Chip Ganassi Racing

After much speculation, it's official: Rob Kauffman, partial owner of Michael Waltrip Racing, has bought a stake in Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates, both parties involved confirmed Thursday. Read more

Chris Buescher Returns to Front Row Motorsports for Watkins Glen

It's been a season to remember for Chris Buescher so far in 2015; after all, the 22-year-old driver currently leads the NASCAR XFINITY Series point standings and has two victories. Not only has Buescher found success in the XFINITY Series, but he also made his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut driving the No. 34 Ford for Front Row Motorsports. Read more

Premium Motorsports Docked for Indy Weight Loss

On Wednesday, NASCAR announced penalties against Premium Motorsports' No. 98 team in response to last week's ballast spreading at Indianapolis.  While driver Timmy Hill is ineligible for Sprint Cup points (and thus, didn't lose any), the team was penalized rather harshly for the infraction.  Read more

NXS Adds A Pair of Road Aces for Next Month's Road Swing

On Wednesday, a couple of driver announcements were made pertaining to the upcoming road races for the XFINITY Series.  Team Penske has signed Alex Tagliani to drive the No. 22 at Road America.  Meanwhile, Magnus Racing's Andy Lally has signed a deal to drive the No. 90 at Road America for a combination of King Autosports and SS-Green Light Racing.  Sponsorship will be provided by Anderson's Maple Syrup.  Read more

Have news for 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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Today's Featured Commentary
Potts' Shots on Indianapolis and TV Start Times
Potts' Shots
by John Potts

I said last week that in the coming weekend we'd find out of the track-specific aero package NASCAR had decreed for the Brickyard 400 (pardon me, the Crown Royal presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard) would result in the competition they (and fans) wanted to see.

My opinion - It didn't.

From what I observed, only on restarts did we see a whole lot of side-by side racing. To be fair, those restarts were pretty wild for a lap or two.

Not that I didn't enjoy covering the race – far from it. Being honest, anytime I can spend most of two days at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is going to be an enjoyable time.
I've said before that I haven't been much of a Kyle Busch fan, but have also admitted that there is no way to deny that the boy can wheel a race car.

He proved it again on Saturday and Sunday.

On the last lap of the Lilly Diabetes 250, he got close enough to Ryan Blaney to upset Blaney's balance just a little, causing a bit of a push, and zoomed by going into Turn 3 to pick up the XFINITY Series win. This maneuver, which disturbs the lead car's air somewhat, must be the more sophisticated version of the old "bump and run" tactic. You don't have to actually nudge the guy in front of you to get it done.

It's a completely understandable deal. Every driver is going to do whatever he has to do to win, and this works – usually without any bent metal.

As part of his celebratory donuts, Kyle left some black streaks on the yard of bricks, and by the next morning some Indy purists were complaining about it. Calling it disrespect, sacrilege, or worse.

I mention this only because IMS president Doug Boles said in a TV interview on Sunday morning that his crew didn't care for it much, because they wanted the bricks to stay clean, and it was a pretty tough job getting that rubber off. To their credit, they got it done.

Kyle must have been watching that interview, or maybe somebody mentioned it to some of the drivers, because on Sunday he didn't leave any black stuff on those bricks.

As when it comes to feelings about the Speedway and Indianapolis, I heard and read nothing but respectful comments from drivers and others all weekend long. Most of them called it a true honor to be competing at the Motorsports Capital of the World, and becoming a part of its long history in racing.

Matt McLaughlin and Phil Allaway have already touched on the aerodynamic package and the TV coverage, and if you haven't read their comments I suggest you look at them. These guys are both very, very sharp, and extremely knowledgeable about the sport.

Most complaints around Indianapolis centered on the late starting time for the races, being late in the afternoon. This was very evident when it came to discussing Sunday's 400.

I learned a long time ago when working at what was then Indianapolis Raceway Park that when you see starting times being pushed around, television is usually the reason. Why NBC wanted this to happen at almost 4:00 p.m. (in the heat of the day in one of the hottest months of the year) is beyond me, but I'm sure that's what it was. The fact that it was on their cable outlet didn't seem to make any difference.

On Sunday morning, they did move the green flag time up from 3:49 to 3:39 because of the weather forecast. I didn't know they could predict the weather that close. Heck, in Indiana, I KNOW they can't.

As for TV setting start times, we went through this at IRP with Thursday Night Thunder featuring the USAC sprint cars and midgets. ESPN wanted to start at 8:00 p.m. on the east coast. At that time (1988), Indiana was still on "slow" time in the summer, and that would have meant 7:00 p.m.

We knew we had a crowd that traditionally came late, especially on weeknights, and entered into some serious negotiations about this. We did get it settled so we could start at 8:00 p.m. local, but until that was decided there were some intense discussions among our own staff about ways to delay the start of racing. Didn't have to resort to that, but there were some very interesting ideas about electrical failure, etc.

Back to the 400 – There were some disappointing aspects to it for me. Jeff Gordon's problem, for one. I got to see him win his first USAC midget race and his first Brickyard. I wanted to see him do well in his last one, but he got caught up in somebody else's problem.

Also, Tony Stewart's disappointment after doing so well in qualifying and running so well early in the race. He's another I watched start out in those midgets.

At one point, when he and Jimmie Johnson were running 25th and 26th in a latter part of the race, the opinion seemed to be that both were able to go the rest of the way on fuel, and expected to move up quickly if the race went green all the way. Didn't happen, of course.

We used FanVision for the first time, and it made the race a whole lot more interesting. I'm sure everybody who has ever used a scanner is way ahead of me on this, but it was a real experience for somebody who hasn't done it before at a NASCAR race.
I set mine up (actually, my son did it – I made the mistake of reading the instructions) for three race teams and the NASCAR officials.  There were some very interesting exchanges.

I enjoyed listening to the officials, probably because I spent a lot of my racing life on that kind of network. During one caution period, it was obvious that Race Control was rapidly losing patience with trying to put three cars in the proper order before the restart.

Finally, he said, "Tell the 10 (Patrick), 22 (Logano), and 78 (Truex Jr.) that I'm about ready to send all three of them to the rear."

Amazingly, they got themselves lined up right on the next lap.

Another great exchange came between Kyle Busch and Adam Stevens, his crew chief late in the race. I think he was about fourth or fifth at time.

Kyle: "You want me to run up there and start racing for the win?"

Adam: "If you do that, Kyle,there won't be any win because you're gonna run out of gas. We're waiting for the caution."

Obviously, Stevens was sure a caution was coming and he was right.  The rest is now history.
 
John Potts is a Senior Writer for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at john.potts@frontstretch.com.

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The Critic's Annex: Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 presented by Federated Car Care
by Phil Allaway

Last weekend was quite the busy one.  Yes, the trucks were off, but you had two major series at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, TUSC and the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge at Lime Rock, and tangentially related to the Cup/XFINITY weekend was the ARCA Racing Series at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.  The .686 mile oval always puts on an interesting race.  Friday night was no exception.

The original plan was to critique the race off of the TV here.  However, I'm having cable box problems.  As a result, the whole broadcast was pixelated as here.  While I could watch the race, I can't really critique like that.  Luckily, the whole race is on YouTube, so I could re-watch it there.

During pre-race, you might have noticed something different during Ray Dunlap and Phil Parsons' introduction.  To me, it seems like they didn't make the trip to Clermont for the race.  Instead, they called the race from the FOX Sports studios in Charlotte.  That's an unusual choice, but one clearly done to cut costs.

Early on in the race, FOX Sports did a pretty good job showing some of the furious action for position in the pack as Kyle Weatherman drove away from everyone else.  That strategy continued for much of the race as there really wasn't all that much action at the front of the field.

The somewhat cheap nature of the broadcast did rear its head on multiple occasions.  For example, FOX Sports seemed unable to fix the off-sync audio on A.J. Fike's in-car camera for the whole race.  Another example is the crash that put Brian Finney out of the race.  Finney crashed hard into the inside wall on the frontstretch on lap 75.  The cameras only caught the wreck just as Finney hit the wall.  With the commentators not on site, they didn't really have the line of sight to actively figure out what happened to cause Finney's crash.  They could only speculate like I did watching the race.

Post-race coverage was featured as part of FOX Sports Live.  Since the race technically ended early, that really wasn't necessary.  I know that FOX Sports only had Jim Tretow in the pits, but they had time to give viewers more post-race coverage and chose not to do it.  They didn't even fill their timeslot.  As it stands, viewers got interviews with the top 2 finishers (Travis Braden and William Byron, both making their series debuts), showed the unofficial results and that's it.  I wanted more than that and believe that the viewers deserved more.

Despite the limited production, FOX Sports 1 did do a decent job in covering the event.  There was a decent amount of action shown throughout the field, despite the action up front not being all that exciting.  The booth was quite enthusiastic, but their position in Charlotte did hurt the broadcast.

Hope you liked this look at FOX Sports 1's broadcast of the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200 presented by Federated Car Care.  We'll be back next week with another look at motorsports programming.

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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Frontstretch Line of the Week
 

"After recovering from horrific injuries to his lower extremities suffered during the Daytona NXS race, Busch has made a remarkable comeback. Having found myself in physical rehab a couple times after injury, I can attest that physical therapy is a hellish process that occasionally leaves you ready to throw in the towel just wanting the pain to go away for a while. It's a whole lot easier to take some of those pills rather than push your limits, and that's in fact what makes Heroin, Inc. 2.0 such a lucrative business. In addition to the weekend sweep at Indy, in the last two months Busch has won three more Cup races and scored an additional win in the XFINITY series. Those are gum-card stats in anyone's league." - Matt McLaughlin, on Kyle Busch's recent run and how difficult physical therapy can be.

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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:

by Aaron Bearden

by P. Huston Ladner

by Toni Montgomery
by Joseph Wolkin

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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q: Dave Marcis had some hard hits in his career at Pocono.  The 1999 crash is an all-timer in intensity.  Marcis' 1998 Pennsylvania 500 also ended against the wall, but in a different way.  What caused the crash?

Check back Friday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!

Wednesday's Answer:

Q: Pocono Raceway can be a quirky place where strange things happen.  For example, a strange thing happened during a caution in the 2003 Pennsylvania 500.  What was it?

A: During a yellow, a fan reportedly jumped out of the infield, ran across the track in front of Jeremy Mayfield, climbed over the outside wall and ran off into the woods.  Such a move is an incredibly bad idea, done by someone who'd clearly had a number of beers.  Today, his escape would not be possible because the track now has a catchfence all the way around.

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COMING TOMORROW
In The Frontstretch Newsletter:
We'll preview this weekend's racing at Pocono Raceway, in addition to bringing you Thursday's news.

On Frontstretch.com:
Amy will be back with another edition of Holding a Pretty Wheel.
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Digest for rec.games.trivia@googlegroups.com - 15 updates in 3 topics

Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 29 08:48PM +0100

As promised here is RQ 190 - relating to things that have happened thus
far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
 
In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
eradicated from the Americas?
3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
full set of middle names).
4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
"AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
point for each]
6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
the title, one for the artist]
7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
team won the team competition?
9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
Current Program And Beyond"?
tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 29 07:50PM

> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
Belarus and Kazakhstan
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
malaria
 
> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
 
Death
 
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
 
Avengers 2: Age of Ultron and Jurassic World
 
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
 
? by Beck
 
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
France
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
 
Italy
 
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
Go Set a Watchman
 
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
"Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@cfaj.ca>: Jul 29 04:13PM -0400

On 2015-07-29, Gareth Owen wrote:
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
Belarus, Georgia
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
Polio
 
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
 
Charlotte
 
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
 
Taylow Swift
 
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
France
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
 
Italy
 
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
Go Set a Watchman
 
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The Current Program And Beyond"?
 
Greek voters
 
--
Chris F.A. Johnson
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 29 03:31PM -0500

Gareth Owen:
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
China, India.
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
Polio.
 
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
 
Charlotte Anne Elizabeth.
 
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
 
"Jaws XX", or whatever number it was in BTTF2.
 
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
Thankfully, not Canada. Uh, France?
 
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote
 
Well, I wouldn't put it that way.
 
> another novel - what was its title?
 
"Go Set a Watchman".
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Save our planet: it's the only one with chocolate"
msb@vex.net | --Bumper sticker
 
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 29 01:37PM -0700

On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 3:48:16 PM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> far in 2015. Except where noted, questions are worth 2 points.
 
> In case of a tie, the winner shall be the person who sends me a massive
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
check your paypal account...
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
armenia, belarus
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
smallpox
 
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
 
charlotte elizabeth diana windsor
 
> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
 
Sir Terry Pratchett (*sniff*)
 
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
 
jurassic world, avengers: age of ultron
 
> 6) The Grammy for Best Album went to an unsuspecting winner, much to the
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
 
morning phase by beck
 
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
germany
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
 
the US Women's National Soccer Team
 
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
go set a watchman
 
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?
 
the citizens of greece
 
 
swp
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 29 09:59PM +0100

The deadline for this quiz is 23:59UTC, Saturday, 1 Aug 2015.
 
I'll post the answers sometime on Sunday.
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 29 11:05PM +0200

> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
Kazakhstan and White Russia. I believe Armenia is there as well, but
are there really four other? Aren't they four in total?
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
Polio?
 
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
 
(So while you were out, this was one of these Toronto pub quizzes. At
that time I had problems rememberin the first name. I've learnt that
lesson, but now I am unsure about one of the middle names.)
 
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
 
> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
 
Hilary Clinton
 
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
 
Ant-Man, Fifty Shades of Grey
 
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
Germany.
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
 
Since Astana is about the only team I know, I will have to go with
that, although I think they are fading away.
 
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
Finally and finally - didn't she write this one before "To Kill a
Mockingbird"? I suppose I've seen the original title, but my mind is
occluded by the Swedish title which is "Ställ ut en väktare" (and I'm
fairly sure it is not a direct translation.)
 
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?

Sounds like a question you would ask the Chinese Folk Congress-
 
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 29 11:08PM +0200

> Mockingbird"? I suppose I've seen the original title, but my mind is
> occluded by the Swedish title which is "Ställ ut en väktare" (and I'm
> fairly sure it is not a direct translation.)

Having seen the other answers, it appears that it is.
 
On the other hand, the Swedish title of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is
"Dödssynden", "The Deadly Sin".
 
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esquel@sommarskog.se
"Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jul 29 10:41PM

Gareth Owen wrote:
 
> Quiz.
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
China, Kazakhstan
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
Polio
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is
> the child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for
> the full set of middle names).
Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
> 4) In March, whose twitter account notably tweeted
> "AT LAST, [redacted], WE MUST WALK TOGETHER"?
Terry Pratchett
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but
> which team won the team competition?
Movistar
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
Catch a Watchman
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?
The people of Greece
 
Peter Smyth
Calvin <334152@gmail.com>: Jul 29 07:02PM -0700

On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 5:48:16 AM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote:
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
 
Georgia, Kazakhstan
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
 
Polio
 
> 3) In May, the Duchess of Cambridge gave birth to a baby. What is the
> child's name? (one point for first name, one bonus point for the
> full set of middle names).
 
Charlotte
 
> 5) Two blockbuster movie released this year broke the record for the
> fastest to gross US$1billion at the box office. Name them. [one
> point for each]
 
Avengers
 
> unsurprising chagrin of Kanye West. Which record won? [one point for
> the title, one for the artist]
> 7) The G7 summit was held in June - in which country?
 
Germany
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
 
Go Set a Watchman
 
> 10) Who were asked their opinion of "Reforms For The Completion Of The
> Current Program And Beyond"?
 
The Greeks
 
cheers,
calvin
Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 30 02:45AM -0500

In article <87twsmiw3l.fsf@gmail.com>, gwowen@gmail.com says...
> bribe, or failing that, whoever least recently set a Rotating Quiz.
 
> 1) In January 2015 Russia formed the Eurasian Economic Union with 4
> other countries. Name two of them [one point each].
Kazakhstan, Belarus
 
> 2) In April, the World Health Organisation declared which disease
> eradicated from the Americas?
polio
 
> 8) Chris Froome won the Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France, but which
> team won the team competition?
> 9) Harper Lee finally wrote another novel - what was its title?
Go Tell a Watchman
 
 
--
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
swp <Stephen.W.Perry@gmail.com>: Jul 29 09:09PM -0700

which is a lot of moons.
 
ob triv.: how many moons?
 
hint: it's 18262 days
 
swp
Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jul 30 07:00AM +0100


> ob triv.: how many moons?
 
> hint: it's 18262 days
 
> swp
 
Ohh - 645 ish?
 
Happy Birthday, SWP.
 
ObTrivia - here are five clues to people who share your birthday.
1) AKA Ellis Bell (b 30 July 1818)
2) The Old Perfessor (b 30 July 1890)
3) Succeeded by Rob Manfred (b 30 July 1934)
4) Presently interim leader of the British Labour Party (b 30 July 1950)
5) Won "Best Actress" Oscar for Boys Don't Cry (b 30 July 1974)
 
Bonus Trivia: Who was married at St Margaret's Church, Laceby,
Lincolnshire on 30 July 2010, making today their 5th wedding
anniversary?
msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 30 02:12AM -0500

Stephen Perry:
> Subject: I am 50 years old today
 
Two more and you'll be playing with a full deck.
 
> which is a lot of moons.
 
> ob triv.: how many moons?
 
> hint: it's 18262 days
 
If you're referring to the lunar month, that'd be: 18262/29.53 = 618.4+
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "'Other than they typo'? Oh, the irony!"
msb@vex.net | --Stan Brown
bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 29 01:19PM

On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 13:21:23 -0500, Mark Brader wrote:
 
> .... France's Fashion Designers Victor ..... Sports Winners
> Marjorie ... Marge Madness: The Simpsons and Philosophy John
> ....... Memorable Movie Bathrooms
 
What? No Mark?
 
 
> A. Historical Arthurs
 
> A1. Who was the 21st president of the United States? First and
> last names, please.
 
Chester Alan Arthur
 
> A2. What historian won his second Pulitzer Prize for "A Thousand
> Days", a study of the Kennedy administration? Again, we'll need
> first and last names.
 
Arthur Schlesinger
 
> between the St. Lawrence Lowlands and the Canadian Shield.
 
> B3. This valley contains Badwater Basin, the point of lowest
> elevation in North America.
 
Death Valley
 
 
> C3. This designer, born in Paris in 1904, was also a tennis
> player, and created an iconic tennis shirt with a crocodile (no,
> it's not an alligator) on the chest.
 
Rene LeCoste
 
 
> F2. A scene in this movie features Lester Burnham's teenage
> daughter's friend, played by Mena Suvari, reposing in a bathtub
> full of red rose petals.
 
American Beauty
 
> for its disturbing use of a chainsaw; the other features the
> title character alone in a gigantic tub, smoking a cigar and
> mistaking flamingoes for pelicans.
 
Scarface
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Frontstretch Newsletter: Kyle Busch Returns to the Trucks

THE FRONTSTRETCH NEWSLETTER
Presented by Frontstretch.com
The Best Seat at the Track, The Best View on the Net!
Jul. 29, 2015
Volume IX, Edition CXXIX
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What to Watch: Wednesday

- Today, an open test will be held at Bristol Motor Speedway ahead of next month's Irwin Tools Night Race.  One team will represent each organization.  Drivers scheduled to test are Jamie McMurray (Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates), Kasey Kahne (Hendrick Motorsports), Danica Patrick (Stewart-Haas Racing), Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (Roush Fenway Racing), Carl Edwards (Joe Gibbs Racing), Ryan Blaney (Wood Brothers Racing), Joey Logano (Team Penske), Paul Menard (Richard Childress Racing), Aric Almirola (Richard Petty Motorsports) and David Ragan (Michael Waltrip Racing).  If you're in the area and wish to observe, you can for free.

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Wednesday's TV Schedule can be found in Couch Potato Tuesday here.

Top News
by the Frontstretch Staff

Kyle Busch Still Recovering Despite Success Behind the Wheel

You may have noticed that Kyle Busch is on quite the roll lately, having won four of the last five Sprint Cup races.  However, Busch is still not necessarily 100 percent from his injuries back in February.  He's still recovering, and will be for the rest of the season.  Read more

Kyle Busch to Run Truck Race at Pocono, Three Additional Races

Tuesday, Kyle Busch Motorsports announced that team owner and namesake Kyle Busch will return to the No. 51 Toyota in the Camping World Truck Series for four upcoming races, starting with Saturday's Pocono Mountains 150.  He will also drive at Michigan, New Hampshire and Bristol.  Read more

A&W and Front Row Motorsports to Recognize National Root Beer Float Day

National Root Beer Float Day is Monday.  To that degree, Front Row Motorsports, via their sponsorship with A&W All-American Restaurants, will be running a special scheme on the No. 34 Ford this weekend at Pocono Raceway celebrating both the holiday and a free root beer float promotion (from 2 p.m. until close) at participating locations.  Read more

Have news for 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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Today's Featured Commentary
Jeff's Fare(not so)well Tour
Professor of Speed
by Mark Howell

Jeff Gordon likely never imagined it could go this way.

The 2015 Sprint Cup season was supposed to be a reason to celebrate. It was supposed to be a time for reliving old memories while making exciting new ones. It was his one last shot at winning one final championship.

Then the season started.

Gordon got things off to a good start by winning the pole for the Daytona 500, but 2015 has been more of a lowlight reel than a highlight reel since February. Other pole positions followed at Las Vegas and Talladega but raceday performance for the No. 24 Chevrolet has been less than what NASCAR Nation expected.

Jeff Gordon currently stands 11th in the points, even though he has yet to win a race this year. Jamie McMurray has not won yet in 2015, either, yet he currently sits ninth in the standings. Given the peculiar nature of the Chase format, all we can do is stand by and wait to see how the remainder of the regular season unfolds. Most fans want to see Jeff Gordon make the Chase but his time, like the number of races, is running out.

Getting into the Chase on points means still making it into the postseason but it is definitely not how Jeff Gordon wanted to see his final season as a driver unspool. His eleven top 10s after twenty races makes an impressive statistic, for sure, but seeing it in contrast to only two top 5s for the season thus far is disheartening. Match those numbers to the four wins scored by both Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch and 2015 appears to be sliding out from Jeff Gordon's grasp.

Take last Sunday's Brickyard 400, for example.

After much-deserved celebrations in his adopted hometown of Pittsboro, Ind. earlier in the week, Gordon found his No. 24 in the garage for repairs after a shunt with the wall on lap 49. He rejoined the field on lap 54 only to struggle for the next 12 laps. Gordon went to the garage on lap 66 and waited out the necessary repairs.

Thanks to the efforts of Alan Gustafson and the entire No. 24 pit crew, Jeff was able to race again, but his final Sprint Cup appearance at Indianapolis ended with the five-time (and defending) Brickyard winner finishing 54 laps off the pace in 42nd position.

Not the storybook ending NASCAR Nation anticipated. And maybe that's the problem: we expect Jeff Gordon's final season as a driver to be as good as so many of his previous years were. Gordon enjoyed so many successful seasons as a driver that we expect nothing less.

Think back about two decades. From 1995 through 2000, Jeff Gordon won fifty (as in 5-0) Sprint Cup races. Fans who came of age and discovered NASCAR during those years grew accustomed to seeing Gordon in Victory Lane. He won championships and wooed the media while infuriating Dale Earnhardt fans and rewriting the record books. NASCAR Nation was founded, in part, because of how Jeff Gordon brought a regional sport to a younger and decidedly more mainstream audience.

And now those fans, decidedly older and familiar with the ways of the sport, expect one last glimpse of "Wonder Boy's" previous glory.

Expectations, so much more often than not, lead to disappointment. We expect our children to excel in school, find careers, and move away to begin successful lives, only to watch in near horror as they move boxes back into the basement and reclaim their old bedrooms. We start diet and exercise programs expecting to reshape our bodies and our lives only to realize that our previous, healthy selves no longer exist. We expect the good, yet often discover the bad.

Maybe that's where NASCAR Nation has erred? Fans have expected the Jeff Gordon of 1997 only to find the Jeff Gordon of 2015. His life has changed just as the sport has changed.

Just like we've changed, too.

The best way to proceed, I guess, is to not have expectations in the first place. Then, when events don't go off as you hoped, you're less inclined to be disappointed.

Such thinking, however, is easier said than done. Ask Jeff Gordon.

Dr. Mark Howell is a contributor for Frontstretch. He can be reached via e-mail at mark.howell@frontstretch.com.

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TODAY AT FRONTSTRETCH:
by Tony Lumbis

by Greg Davis

by Amy Henderson
compiled by Michael Mehedin

5 Things INDYCAR Should Be Happy About
by Toni Montgomery

compiled by Brett Winningham

by Tom Bowles
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FRONTSTRETCH TRIVIA:

Q: Pocono Raceway can be a quirky place where strange things happen.  For example, a strange thing happened during a caution in the 2003 Pennsylvania 500.  What was it?

Check back Thursday for the answer, here in the Frontstretch Newsletter!

Tuesday's Answer:

Q:  In the 2001 Pennsylvania 500, Dale Jarrett was caught up in a crash at the three-quarters mark.  That wreck itself did not end Jarrett's day.  What finally knocked him out?

A:  Jarrett's crew wanted to get the car fixed in a hurry.  They clearly went too fast.  Barely a couple of laps after the car returned to the race, the right front tire went down, putting Jarrett hard into the wall in turn 3. The crash can be seen here.  Jarrett believed that something broke on the car, causing the incident.  Given that the car had wrecked earlier, it's something that the team should have looked into before sending Jarrett back out there.
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COMING TOMORROW
In The Frontstretch Newsletter:
We'll have any news that breaks in the world of NASCAR. In addition, John Potts returns with another interesting commentary and Phil Allaway gives his own thoughts on FOX Sports 1's broadcast of the ARCA race from Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

On Frontstretch.com:
Toni Montgomery is back with another look at the NHRA in Nitro Shots.
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