Post by godemperortruex on Oct 31, 2019 13:33:12 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: MARTINSVILLE AND NORTH WILKESBORO
SOLO 200: Chuck Bown looked to dominate until he blew his engine. Clifford Allison then went on to win his first career Busch Series race. In victory lane with his brother Davey and father Bobby, he said:
Today, another Allison is a winner. This is only the beginning for me. I'll be hopefully in cup soon and then they'll be two Allisons racing together again. Just you wait.
Both Todd Bodine and Robert Pressley struggled. Bodine had to go behind the wall for a bit, but got back out to finish 21st. Pressley dnf'd after beating his car up in multiple incidents. Joe Nemecheck might just cruise to the championship now.
One of the multiple incidents in the race got a driver parked. Jeff Gordon brake checked Jack Sprague in turn one. Sprague bumped Gordon and spun him. He was accused of intentionally spinning him. "I don't know why they thought I did" Sprague said. "You can look at the tape and see he hit the brakes". "It's just NASCAR being silly".
Clifford Allison runs third here. Jeff Gordon is ahead of him and Bobby Dotter is behind. Chuck Bown leads ahead of Gordon.
GOODY'S 500: This race was a battle of non-playoff drivers. Rusty Wallace, Geoff Bodine, and Ricky Rudd all battled for the lead and in the end, Bodine won his first race of the season and his first with Alan Kulwicki. Speaking of Kulwicki, he rebounded from his wreck at Dover to finish fifth and take back over third in points.
Kyle Petty was the best of the playoff drivers winning the pole and leading early until he spun out. He made an epic comeback to finish fourth. He moves up to eighth in points putting Waltrip in elimination territory along with Schoonover. DAEL and Bill Elliott both dnf'd. Allison closes back within five points of Elliott. Earnhardt remains in seventh but is being stalked by Petty.
Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip battle early before DAEL dropped out.
TYSON HOLLY FARMS 400: After being moved to Monday because of rain, Geoff Bodine won again in dominating fashion and the race didn't have any cautions to stop his run. "It's too bad I didn't make the playoffs" he said. "These two wins could've really gotten me in championship contention had I been in and not eliminated".
Kyle Petty finished third and knocked Darrell Waltrip and Terry Schoonover out. He is actually up to seventh in points now since Dale Earnhardt didn't do so well in this race.
Next week, is the Mello Yello 400K on the roval. Schoonover, Petty, and Wallace have a chance to win 50 grand. If any of them win the race. Otherwise, if another driver wins, they'll get the 25K and all four of them would have to try to win at Riverside. Also, more silly season news will happen next week. Stay tuned!
Alan Kulwicki, Rusty Wallace, and Kyle Petty battle for the lead in the early stages before Bodine got up there and led for the rest of the race.
Here's the standings going into the round of 8:
1 Bill Elliott 3575
2 Davey Allison 3568 -7
3 Alan Kulwicki 3561 -14
4 Harry Gant 3558 -17
5 Mark Martin 3552 -23
6 Terry Labonte 3544 -31
7 Kyle Petty 3538 -37
8 Dale Earnhardt 3532 -42