Saturday, November 14, 2015

Bristol Weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Bristol night race weekend. All three series raced this time.




Wednesday night was the Truck race. Ryan Blaney won with 40 laps led, followed by pole-sitter Kyle Busch with 4 laps led, rookies John H. Nemechek, Daniel Hemric and Brandon Jones with 1 lap led. Rounding the top-10 were rookie Erik Jones, Matt Crafton with 39 laps led, Tyler Reddick, Johnny Sauter with 7 laps led and Dalton Sargeant. Cole Custer led 211 laps and finished 16th. Ty Dillon was 23rd after an accident on lap 194. Caleb Homan wrecked out on lap 112 and was 31st.






Friday night was the Xfinity race. Kyle Busch won with 89 laps led, followed by Kyle Larson, pole-sitter Denny Hamlin with 106 laps led, Ty Dillon and rookie Daniel Suarez. Rounding out the top-10 were Brian Scott, Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick with 1 lap led, Regan Smith and Brendan Gaughan. Chris Buescher was 11th with 106 laps led. Elliott Sadler crashed out after 254 laps and was 31st. Dylan Kwasniewski was 32nd due to wrecking out after 253 laps. Rookie Harrison Rhodes had an accident on lap 247 and was 34th.


Saturday night was the Cup race. Joey Logano won with 176 laps led, followed by Kevin Harvick, pole-sitter Denny Hamlin with 54 laps led, Jimmie Johnson and Clint Bowyer. Rounding out the top-10 were Brad Keselowski with 4 laps led, Carl Edwards with 74 laps led, Kyle Busch with 192 laps led, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Ryan Newman. David Ragan was 40th after an accident on lap 443.  Kyle Larson wrecked on lap 356 and was 41st.


Come back for my Canadian Tire and Road America weekend recap.

Monday, November 9, 2015

Michigan and Mid-Ohio Weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Michigan and Mid-Ohio Weekend. The Xfinity was in Mid-Ohio and the others were in Michigan.




Saturday was the Truck race at Michigan. Kyle Busch won with 44 laps led, followed by Ryan Blaney with 8 laps led, rookie Erik Jones with 16 laps led, Johnny Sauter with 24 laps led and Austin Dillon with 4 laps led. Rounding out the top-10 were pole-sitter Matt Crafton, rookie Daniel Hemric with 4 laps led, Timothy Peters, Tyler Reddick and rookie Cameron Haley. Mason Mingus was 24th after wrecking on lap 87.  Ben Kennedy had an accident on lap 82 and was 25th.




Saturday was also the day of the Xfinity race at Mid-Ohio. Regan Smith won with 19 laps led, followed by Alex Tagliani with 38 laps led, Ty Dillon, Chris Buescher with 10 laps led and  Chase
Elliott with 4 laps led. Rounding out the top-10 were Elliott Sadler with 2 laps led, Brian Scott, Darrell Wallace, Jr. Dylan Lupton and Ben Rhodes. Boris Said was 13th after leading 2 laps. No one wrecked out.


Sunday was the Cup race at Michigan. Matt Kenseth, the pole-sitter, won with 146 laps led, followed by Kevin Harvick with 15 laps led, Martin Truex, Jr., Austin Dillon with 19 laps led and Denny Hamlin. Rounding out the top-10 were Carl Edwards with 5 laps led, Joey Logano, Ryan Newman, Brad Keselowski and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Kyle Busch was 11th after leading 10 laps. Aric Almirola led 3 laps and was 14th. Jeff Gordon was 17th with 1 lap led. Clint Bowyer led 1 lap, but was 41st due to spending time off track because of a race incident with Brad Keselowski.


Come back for my Bristol post.



Saturday, October 31, 2015

Watkins Glen Weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Watkins Glen weekend. The Trucks were off this time.










Saturday was the Xfinity race. Joey Logano, the pole-sitter, won with 39 laps led, followed by Brad Keselowski with 40 laps led, Chris Buescher with 2 laps led, Boris Said and Ty Dillon. Rounding out the top-10 were Brian Scott, Chase Elliott with 1 lap led, Elliott Sadler, Paul Menard and Brendan Gaughan. Kenny Habul and Ryan Reed wrecked out on lap 74 and were 29th and 30th, respectively.








Sunday was the Cup race. Joey Logano won with 1 lap led, followed by Kyle Busch with 3 laps led, Kevin Harvick with 29 laps, Matt Kenseth with 2 laps led and Kurt Busch. Rounding out the top-10 were Clint Bowyer,  Brad Keselowski with 27 laps led, Carl Edwards, Sam Hornish, Jr. and Jimmie Johnson. Cole Whitt led 2 laps and finished 21st.  Pole-sitter AJ Allmendinger was 24th with 21 laps led. Martin Truex, Jr. led 5 laps and was 25th. No one wrecked out.


Come back for Michigan and Mid-Ohio.

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Pocono and Iowa Weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Pocono and Iowa weekend. The Xfinity series was in Iowa and the others were at Pocono.








Saturday was the Truck race at Pocono. Kyle Busch won with 53 laps led, followed by Kevin Harvick,  Tyler Reddick, rookie Cameron Haley and Austin Dillon.  Rounding out the top-10 were Johnny Sauter with 4 laps led, Timothy Peters, Matt Tift, rookie Daniel Hemric and pole-sitter rookie Erik Jones with 9 laps led. Rookie Spencer Gallagher led 3 laps and finished 14th. Rookie Ray Black, Jr. was 24th after a wreck on lap 52. Rookie Wendall Chavous crashed after 51 laps and was 25th. Rookie Korbin Forrister wrecked out on lap 24 and was 27th. Matt Crafton was 28th after an accident on lap 13. Brad Keselowski was 30th due to wrecking on lap 5.




Saturday night was the Xfinity race at Iowa. Ryan Blaney won with 252 laps led, followed by Regan Smith with 4 laps led, Brian Scott, Ty Dillon and Brendan Gaughan. Rounding out the top-10 were the polesitter, rookie Daniel Suarez, Erik Jones, Elliott Sadler, Chase Elliott with 3 laps led and rookie Ross Chastain. Ryan Sieg led 1 lap and finished 12th. Ben Rhodes was 30th due to an accident on lap 239. Michael Self was 32nd after wrecking out on lap 179.




Sunday was the Pocono Cup race. Matt Kenseth won with 2 laps led, followed by Brad Keselowski with 3 laps led, Jeff Gordon with 2 laps led,  Dale Earnhardt and Greg Biffle with 2 laps led.  Rounding out the top-10 were Jimmie Johnson, AJ Allmendinger, Clint Bowyer, Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards. Kyle Larson led 5 laps and finished 12th.  Danica Patrick was 16th with 5 laps led. David Ragan led 1 lap and was 17th. Martin Truex, Jr. was 19th after leading 6 laps. Joey Logano led 97 laps and was 20th. Kyle Busch was 21st after leading 19 laps. Denny Hamlin led 2 laps and was 22nd. Kurt Busch was 37th after leading 13 laps.  Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. was 41st after an accident on lap 27. Kasey Kahne wrecked out on lap 3 and was 43rd.


Come back next time for my Watkins Glen recap.

Sunday, October 18, 2015

Eldora and Indianapolis weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Indianapolis weekend. The Trucks were  at a different track this time.


Wednesday was the Truck race at Eldora, named the MudSummer Classic. Christopher Bell won with 106 laps, followed by pole-sitter Bobby Pierce with 39 laps led, Tyler Reddick and rookie Erik Jones and Daniel Hemrick. Rounding out the top-10 were Austin Dillon with 8 laps led,  rookie John Hunter Nemechek with 1 lap led, rookie Cameron Haley, Matt Crafton and Ty Dillon. Travis Kvapil wrecked out on lap 119 and Chad Boat crashed out on lap 110.






Saturday was the Xfinity race at Indianapolis. Pole-sitter Kyle Busch won with 53 laps led, followed by Ryan Blaney with 24 laps led, rookie Daniel Suarez with 3 laps led, Paul Menard with 9 laps led and Elliott Sadler. Rounding out the top-10 were Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson with 3 laps led, Regan Smith, Ty Dillon with 8 laps led and Chase Elliott. David Starr and Blake Koch were 36th and 37th, respectively due to wrecking on lap 22.




Sunday was the Cup race at Indianapolis. Kyle Busch won with 19 laps led, followed by Joey Logano with 28 laps led, Kevin Harvick with 75 laps led, Martin Truex, Jr. and Denny Hamlin.  Rounding out were Clint Bowyer, Matt Kenseth,  Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski with 17 laps led. Pole-sitter Carl Edwards led 20 laps and was 13th. David Ragan led 5 laps and finished 24th. Trevor Bayne was 40th due to an accident on lap 155. No one else wrecked out.


Come back next time for my Pocono and Iowa recap

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

New Hampshire Weekend

 Hey folks! Here's my take on the New Hampshire weekend. The Trucks were off this weekend.






Saturday was the Xfinity race. Pole-sitter Denny Hamlin won with 145 laps led, followed by Austin Dillon with 7 laps led, Brad Keselowski with 17 laps led, Kyle Busch with 25 laps led and rookie Daniel Suarez.  Rounding out the top-10 were Ty Dillon, Regan Smith,  rookie Darrell Wallace, Jr. with 1 lap led, Chase Elliott and Brennan Poole. Dylan Lupton led 3 laps and finished 24th. Brian Scott led 2 laps and was 29th after an engine problem. Rookie Ross Chastain crashed out on lap 37and was 36th.




Sunday was the Cup race. Kyle Busch won with 95 laps led, followed by Brad Keselowski with 101 laps led, Kevin Harvick with 59 laps led, Joey Logano with 12 laps led and Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Rounding out the top-10 were Matt Kenseth,  pole-sitter Carl Edwards with 19 laps led, Austin Dillon, Jeff Gordon with 2 laps led and Kurt Busch. AJ Allmendinger was 13 after leading 13 laps. No one wrecked out.


Come back next time for my Indianapolis post.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Kentucky Weekend

Hey folks! Here's my take on the Kentucky race weekend. All series raced this time.


Thursday was the Truck race. Pole sitter Matt Crafton won with 43 laps led, followed by rookie Erik Jones with 55 laps led, Ryan Blaney with 14 laps led, Daniel Suarez with 18 laps led and Timothy Peters. Rounding out the top-10 were Tyler Reddick with 13 laps led, David Gilliland, John Wes Townley, rookies Cameron Haley and Brandon Jones. John Hunter Nemechek led  1 lap and finished 11th. Rookie  Ray Black, Jr. led 1 lap and finished 13th. Ben Kennedy was 16th due to lap 145 crash. Rookie Spencer Gallagher was 24th after a wreck on lap 139. Caleb Holman was 27th after an accident on lap 124.
Friday night was the Xfinity race. Brad Keselowski won with 72 laps led, followed by Erik Jones with 22 laps led, Kyle Busch with 88 laps led, rookie Daniel Suarez and Elliott Sadler. Rounding out the top-10 were Paul Menard with 1 lap led, rookie Darrell Wallace, Jr. with 2 laps led, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Brendan Gaughan and Regan Smith. Ty Dillon led 15 laps and finished 15th. Pole-sitter JJ Yeley was 18th. John Wes Townley wrecked on lap 158 and finished 32nd. Derek White crashed on lap 75 and was 36th.
Saturday night was the Cup race. Kyle Busch won with 163 laps led, followed by Joey Logano with 23 laps led, Denny Hamlin with 13 laps led, Carl Edwards with 1 lap led and Matt Kenseth. Rounding out the top-10 were Brad Keselowski with 62 laps led, Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch. Ryan Newman led 2 laps and finished 20th. Alex Bowman finished 31st after leading 2 laps. Pole-sitter Kyle Larson finished 31st. Reed Sorenseon led 1 lap and finished 36th. Rookie Matt DiBenedetto was 42nd after a wreck on laps 148. Josh Wise crashed on lap 17 and was 43rd.
Come back next time for my New Hampshire post.