NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES NASHVILLE RACE REVIEW

Brett Winningham
7/27/2011 1:02 pm

       Carl Edwards wins the Federated Auto Parts 300 Saturday night at Nashville marking his 34^th NASCAR Nationwide series win beating his teammate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. to the line by 0.647 seconds. Top 10 Unofficial results of the Federated Auto Parts 300 1^st Carl Edwards, 2^nd Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 3^rd Austin Dillion, 4^th Justin Allgaier, 5^th Aric Almirola, 6^th Sam Hornish Jr. 7^th Drew Herring, 8^th Reed Sorenson, 9^th Trevor Bayne, 10^th Kenny Wallace. Unofficial top 10 points standings after Nashville 1^st Reed Sorenson 702 +1, 2^nd Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 697 +1, 3^rd Elliott Sadler -2 688, 4^th Justin Allgaier -- 672, 5^th Aric Almirola -- 631, 6^th Jason Leffler -- 608, 7^th Kenny Wallace -- 605, 8^th Steve Wallace -- 558, 9^th Michael Annett -- 550, 10^th Brian Scott -- 537. Race Status of the Federated Auto Parts 300 225 of 225 laps were completed, 3 cautions for 16 laps under yellow, 4 leaders, 7 lead changes, 43 cars started, 13 finished on the lead lap, time elapsed 2 hours 16 minutes 13 seconds, average speed 134.009 mph. margin of victory 0.647 seconds. Lap leaders of the race Carl Edwards led 125, Brad Keselowski led 88, Austin Dillion led 9 laps, Elliott Sadler led 3 laps. Nationwide series news story of the week, Travis Pastrana is set to make his 1^st start in the NASCAR Nationwide series this weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway park in Indianapolis. Also new to the NASCAR Nationwide series race this weekend is NASCAR.COM announced yesterday that there will now be a RaceView product that will be now available for this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide series race and 2 other NASCAR Nationwide Series races this season for free, and those races are Watkins Glen August 13^th and Richmond on September 9^th and will allow race fans to follow all 43 NASCAR Nationwide series stars out on the race track with live scanner also which came available last season for the Nationwide series. Race can be seen on espn and heard on MRN radio at 7:30 P.M. My pick’s this weekend to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Lucas Oil Raceway park is Aric Almirola, for trucks I’m going with Austin Dillion. For the NASCAR Sprint cup series this weekend im going with you guessed it Juan Pablo Montoya.

NASCAR CAMPINGWORLD TRUCK SERIES LUCAS DEEP CLEAN 200 REVIEW

             This weekend the NASCAR Campingworld truck series was off in Nashville TN. Austin Dillion started on the pole the 3^rd time this season with a speed of 156.808 mph 30.603 seconds, and won his 3^rd NASCAR Campingworld truck race in his career beating Johnny Sauter to the line by 3.981 sec. Timothy Peters finished 3^rd in tonight’s race. 4^th Nelson Piquet Jr., 5^th Parker Kligerman, 6^th Todd Bodine, 7^th James Buescher, 8^th David Starr, 9^th Elliott Sadler, 10^th Joey coulter. Unofficial points standings after the Lucas Deep Clean 200 1^st Johnny Sauter, 2^nd Austin Dillion, 3^rd James Buescher +1, 4^th Cole Whitt -1, 5^th Timothy Peters +1, 6^th Matt Crafton -1, 7^th Parker Kligerman +1, 8^th Joey Coulter +1, 9^th Ron Hornaday -2, 10^th Todd Bodine. Race status after the Lucas Deep Clean 200 time of race 1 hour 31 minutes 25 seconds, Average Speed 131.214 mph, 3 Cautions for 13 laps, Margin of Victory 3.981 seconds, and 8 Lead changes. Tomorrow is the NASCAR Nationwide series race at Nashville Austin Dillion was Fastest in final practice this evening at a 30.71 seconds 156.277 mph. qualifying will be on ESPN-2 at 3:30 P.M. est. race can be seen and heard on ESPN and MRN radio at 7:30 P.M. est. My pick to win is Michael Annett.
　

KENTUCKY CUP RACE STATS AND PREDICTIONS

Brett Winningham
7/4/2011 11:20 pm

             This weekend the top 3 NASCAR racing series tours on to the Kentucky speedway for 4 days of racing action. Many of the teams are looking forward to Thursday when it will be the first time the NASCAR sprint cup series will hit the track as a test day. Also this weekend is the first time in a while that a track had a complete sale out for the inaugural running of the Quakerstate 400. This weekend many people’s favorite driver to win will probably be Joey Logano or Carl Edwards since them two has a lot of success when the NASCAR Nationwide series has been racing at Kentucky. Dale Earnhardt Jr. will also be one of the drivers to watch heading into this weekend at Kentucky He’ll be looking forward to break his winless streak. Another driver that a lot of people will be watching out on the race track in Kentucky this weekend will be Jeff Gordon. Some fans might think we could see a first time winner again this year this weekend at Kentucky. This weekend Michael Waltrip will return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup series in the number 15 Aarons Toyota Camry the paint scheme will be honoring his brother Darrell Waltrip for getting inducted into the NASCAR hall of fame in Charlotte North Carolina earlier this year. Some Kentucky track facts the 1.5 mile D-shaped oval was completed in 2000. it’s a 14° banked in the turns track 8° on front stretch 4° on backstretch. The track is located in Sparta, KY. My pick to win the Campingworld truck series race is Austin Dillion for the Nationwide series race is Carl Edwards and for the NASCAR Sprint cup series race is Joey Logano.

NASCAR WEEKEND RACE REVIEW FROM DAYTONA

Brett Winningham
7/3/2011 3:20 p.m.
　
                This weekend was the NASCAR Nationwide series race at Daytona for the Subway Jalapeno 250, Joey Logano beat Jason Leffler to the line by 0.040. It was Joey’s 1^st win this season in the NASCAR Nationwide series season his last win came at Kansas Speedway last year in the fall. Unofficial results from the Subway Jalapeno 250 Joey Logano gets his ninth win of his NASCAR Nationwide Series career 2^nd Jason Leffler, 3^rd Reed Sorenson, 4^th Kyle Busch, 5^th Justin Allgaier, 6^th Michael Annett, 7^th Kenny Wallace, 8^th Elliott Sadler, 9^th Aric Almirola, 10^th Danica Patrick. Unofficial points standings after this week’s NASCAR Nationwide series race at Daytona 1^st Reed Sorenson, 2^nd Elliott Sadler, 3^rd Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4^th Justin Allgaier, 5^th Jason Leffler, 6^th Aric Almirola, 7^th Kenny Wallace, 8^th Steve Wallace, 9^th Brian Scott, 10^th Michael Annett. Race stats from this weekend 100 of 100 laps were completed, 6 cautions for 23 laps, 13 leaders for 36 lead changes, 29 cars on lead lap 43 cars started, time elapsed 2 hours 6 minutes 8 seconds, Average speed 134.025 miles per hour.

          David Ragan wins his first NASCAR Sprint cup series race at Daytona in his 163^rd attempt this weekend in the Coke Zero 400 last night. David led 15 of the 170 laps of the race. David Ragan won over his team mate Matt Kenseth by 0.159 sec. David in the media center said after the race: “We were happy for the win we should be higher in the points than we are now”-David Ragan. Unofficial results after the Coke Zero 400 David Ragan gets the win, 2^nd Matt Kenseth, 3^rd Joey Logano, 4^th Kasey Kahne, 5^th Kyle Busch, 6^th Jeff Gordon, 7^th Kevin Harvick, 8^th Paul Menard, 9^th Juan Pablo Montoya, 10^th A.J. Allmendinger. Unofficial points standings after the race 1^st Kevin Harvick +1, 2^nd Carl Edwards -1,
3^rd Kyle Busch +2, 4^th Kurt Busch --, 5^th Matt Kenseth +1, 6^th Jimmie Johnson -3, 7^th Dale Earnhardt jr. --, 8^th Jeff Gordon +1,
9^th Clint Bowyer -1, 10^th Ryan Newman --. Race stats from the Coke Zero 400 170 of 160 laps completed 6 cautions for 20 laps 25 leaders for 58 lead changes 43 cars started 26 cars finished on lead lap average speed 159.487 miles per hour time elapsed 2 hours 57 minutes 8 seconds.

SONOMA AND ROAD AMERICA RACE PREVIEW AND MICHIGAN WEEKEND REVIEW

Brett winningham
6/22/2011 3:05 pm
　
Last weekend was the NASCAR Nationwide series race at Michigan Carl Edwards beat NASCAR Nationwide series regular, and team mate Ricky Stenhouse Jr. for his 33^rd NASCAR Nationwide series career win. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. this season who has won his first NASCAR Nationwide series win earlier of this year. Kyle Busch finished 3^rd on Saturday at Michigan he did not lead any laps during the race. This week for the NASCAR Nationwide series race will be held at Road America this weekend, and will be a stand alone event while the Sprint cup series will be at Sonoma California. Only one NASCAR Sprint Cup series regular will race this weekend in the NASCAR Nationwide series race at Road America, and that is Carl Edwards. Jacques Villenuve will take over the number 22 Discount Tire Dodge for this weekend as Brad Keselowski will elect to focus over on the Sprint Cup series side. NASCAR Nationwide series points after Michigan 1^st Ricky Stenhouse Jr. +2 2^nd Elliott Sadler -- 3^rd Reed Sorenson -2 4^th Justin Allgaier -- and 5^th Aric Almirola --. My pick to win this week at Road America is last year’s winner Carl Edwards.
This weekend the NASCAR Sprint cup series is off to Sonoma California for some Road Racing action as last year’s winner 5 time champion Jimmie Johnson will be the favorite this weekend at Sonoma. Last weekend at Michigan Jimmie Johnson struggled after spinning out early in the race Jimmie finished 27^th and only one lap down. Denny Hamlin won the race beating Matt Kenseth to the line by 0.281 sec. Kyle Busch finished in 3^rd place. Some race stats from Sunday’s Sprint Cup race 200 laps of 200 laps were completed. Five cautions for 18 laps under yellow. 12 race leaders for 22 different lead changes were made. 43 cars started the race 25 of those finished on the lead lap. Average speed was 153.035 mph. The total time elapsed during the race was 2 hours 39 minutes and 11 seconds. Points standings after this weekend’s race 1^st Carl Edwards -- 2^nd Kevin Harvick +2 3^rd Dale Earnhardt Jr. -- 4^th Kyle Busch +1 5^th Jimmie Johnson -3 6^th Matt Kenseth +1 7^th Kurt Busch -1 8^th Ryan Newman +2
9^th Denny Hamlin +3 10^th Clint Bowyer -2. My pick to win the NASCAR Sprint cup race at Sonoma is Marcos Ambrose.

THE TIRE RIM DRIVER CAREER PROFILE: DALE EARNHARDT JR.

Brett Winningham
3/22/2011 11:45 pm


    

                    Dale Earnhardt jr. has been racing in NASCAR since 1996 and is still racing today in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series and the NASCAR Nationwide series part time this year.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. made his first NASCAR Bush series start at Myrtle Beach on June 22^nd 1996.  21 year old Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished 14^th in his first NASCAR career start.  Later on in 1999 Dale made his 1^st NASCAR Sprint cup series start at Charlotte Motor Speedway where he finished 16^th that day.  In 1998 Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a breakout season he won 7 NASCAR Busch series races and won his first NASCAR Bush Series championship.  In 2000 Dale Earnhardt Jr. won his 1^st NASCAR Winston Cup series race at Texas Motor Speedway and Richmond in that same year.  In 2004 Dale had his best NASCAR season he won 6 NASCAR Nextel Cup races including NASCAR’s biggest race the Daytona 500, in that same year Dale won 2 NASCAR Bush Series races.  In 2009 Dale Earnhardt Jr. took a big tumble that hurt his NASCAR Sprint cup series career.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. will always be one of the drivers to watch out on the race track on Sunday in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series, and Jr. Nation will always be in the stands during each NASCAR Sprint Cup series race.  In 2010 Dale Earnhardt Jr. gained some momentum for himself while driving the famous number 3 car at Daytona International speedway in July’s NASCAR Nationwide series race Dale Earnhardt Jr. went to victory lane for his 23^rd NASCAR Nationwide Series win.  In 2011 Dale Earnhardt Jr. got Steve letarte as a new crew chief which boosted Dale Earnhardt Jr’s confidence level, and has came close to winning several NASCAR races this year.  Some fans says that they won’t be surprised if we see Dale Jr. win a race or two soon with how well the number 88 has performed lately on the race track.  On Tuesday I asked 3 questions to a diehard Dale Jr. fan named Lacy Keyser.

Q. how long have you been cheering for dale Jr.?

Lacy: I have been a Junior fan for a lot of years to be honest if Dale wouldn’t have died I would have liked him a lot sooner than I did.

Q. do you think Dale Earnhardt Jr, will win a race in 2011 and how many?

Lacy: I Think Junior have every bit a chance to win a race don’t want to get cocky here but I think he could win 3 races I really do. Steve is very great with helping Junior out

Q. what is your most favorite accomplishment of Dale Earnhardt Jr’s NASCAR career?

Lacy: There’s so many things that Junior has done with his career I just don’t know which one... But I guess when he won in that 3 car at Daytona. Seeing that Wrangler 3 car back on the track was amazing I had always wanted to see that car but I wasn't born when that car was around.. I loved seeing him go out there and honor his daddy like he did it was pure amazing and it made me cry I wasn't ashamed to cry either.  Thank you lacy for taking part in the interview.

KYLE BUSH GETS ANOTHER BRISTOL SWEEP!

Saturday afternoon Kyle Busch won the NASCAR

Nationwide series race, and sweeped the Bristol Motor

Speedway weekend.  Kyle led 268 of 300 laps on Saturday

beating hard charging Kasey Kahne to the line.  Kyle Busch

is one of the favorites this year in the NASCAR Nationwide

series as one of the drivers to watch on race day.  Kyle got

his 45^th NASCAR Nationwide series race win Saturday

afternoon along with 5 wins at Bristol.  Some race stats from

Saturday NASCAR Nationwide series race.  8 cautions, 46

laps under yellow, margin of victory 0.524, time elapsed 1hr

52 minutes 39 seconds, 11 cars finished on lead lap,

average speed 85.166 mph.  Top 10 in the Scotts Easy Seed

300 1^st Kyle Busch, 2^nd Kasey Kahne, 3^rd Dale Earnhardt Jr.,

4^th Elliott Sadler, 5^th Joey Logano, 6^th Kevin Harvick, 7^th Carl

Edwards, 8^th Jason Leffler, 9^th Brad Keselowski, 10^th Aric

Almirola.  Top 10 in the NASCAR Nationwide series

standings after Bristol 1^st Jason Leffler, 2^nd Ricky Stenhouse

Jr., 3^rd Justin Allgaier, 4^th Reed Sorenson, 5^th Aric Almirola,

6^th Trevor Bayne, 7^th Kenny Wallace, 8^th Elliott Sadler, 9^th

Danica Patrick, 10^th Brian Scott.

In the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Sunday after noon Kyle

Busch wins the Jeff Byrd 500 Presented by Food City.  Kyle

Busch led 153 laps of 500 beating Carl Edwards by 0.946

seconds. Kyle Busch made his 226^th NASCAR Sprint Cup

series start, and got his 20^th NASCAR Sprint Cup win.  Some

race stats from this weekend NASCAR Sprint Cup race at

Bristol Motor Speedway. Time elapesd 2 hours 54 minutes

59 seconds, 10 cautions, 57 laps under yellow 8 leaders, 19

lead changes, 19 finished on the lead lap, average speed

91.941 mph.  Top 10 from the NASCAR Sprint Cup series

race 1^st Kyle Busch, 2^nd Carl Edwards, 3^rd Jimmie Johnson,

4^th Matt Kenseth, 5^th Paul Menard, 6^th Kevin Harvick, 7^th Kurt

Busch, 8^th Greg Biffle, 9^th Kasey Kahne, 10^th Ryan

Newman.  Top 10 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings after Bristol 1^st Kurt Busch, 2^nd Carl Edwards, 3^rd

Tony Stewart, 4^th Ryan Newman,5^th Paul Menard, 6^th Kyle

Busch, 7^th Jimmie Johnson, 8^th Juan Pablo Montoya, 9^th

Dale Earnhardt Jr. 10^th Martin Truex Jr.  This weekend is the

NASCAR Nationwide and Sprint cup race at Auto Club

Speedway and my pick to win the NASCAR Nationwide

Series race Saturday is Brad Keselowski.  My pick to win the

NASCAR Sprint Cup series race on Sunday is driver of the

number 17 Crown Royal Ford Fusion from Cambridge, WI Matt Kenseth.