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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 7:11:29 GMT -8
RACE REPORT: TALLADEGA ARCA POULAN PRO 500K: Veteran racer Charlie Glotzbach dominated from the pole to win the race. Jimmy Horton and former Solo Cup rookie contender Ben Hess were both having top five days until Horton spun out and crashed, and Hess blew his engine. With only a few laps left, rookie Steve Park lost control of his car and crashed, his hood flying off the car. This set up for a one lap shootout for the win. Glotzbach was able to hold off series regular Bobby Bowsher and win. 1992 IROC SERIES ROUND TWO: The opener at Daytona saw Dale Earnhardt edge Geoff Bodine to win. This race would see another exciting finish. On the final lap, Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Harry Gant, Davey Allison, and IMSA sports car driver Davy Hamilton all battled for the win. Both Wallace and Gant looked like they could get it but Davey Allison was able to outrun them and edged Earnhardt to win. Since he won, this means he will have to start dead last in round three at Michigan as the finishing results are inverted and used as the starting lineup for the next round. FRAM FILTERS 500K: The inaugural Busch series race at Talladega went over pretty well. There were no major incidents, only minor. The only cars that dnf'd were ones that blew their engines. The only car that crashed on their own was Davey Allison when he blew his right front tire and smacked the wall. It was kind of karma as he had spun Jimmy Spencer earlier, but Spencer was able to finish the race. The cup leeches dominated the race. Dale Earnhardt, Kenny Schrader, Michael Waltrip, Larry Pearson and Terry Schoonover all led laps in the race. On the final lap, they all battled for the win. Waltrip had the lead with Schoonover and Earnhardt behind. Going down the backstretch, Waltrip went low while Schoonover went high. Schoonover was able to then edge ahead and win the race by .5 seconds over Waltrip. In victory lane Schoonover said, Todd Bodine was the highest finishing series regular in fourth. When asked about what he thought of racing at Talladega he said, It was more intense than Daytona. The draft was a lot more important here. It was definitely us Busch guys vs cup. Me and Tracy (Leslie) had to work together to get our finishes no matter if we were on the high or low side. Talladega is challenging as hell.After spinning out earlier, Joe Nemecheck recovered to finish 13th and keep his points lead over Jeff Gordon who got 11th. He gained the lead last week when Gordon ran into problems. Robert Pressley fell back to third as he finished last in this race with a blown engine. SOLO 500: The top four throughout the race were Davey Allison, Dale Earnhardt, Bill Elliott, and Bobby Hamilton. Allison avenged himself from last week, won and increased his points lead. Elliott edged Earnhardt for second. This is Allison's third Solo 500 win (1987, 89, and now 92.) Since he won this and the Daytona 500, he has to win either the Coca-Cola 600, or Southern 500 to win the Solo Cup of a Million™ bonus. He would be the second driver to win it since Bill Elliott in 1985. Terry Schoonover finished fifth after almost dropping out with a stuck throttle. Terry Labonte ran with the leaders for a bit until he spun out and ended up 26th. Sterling Marlin finally didn't get a top ten finish as he blew his engine around halfway. Near the end of the race, Butch Miller nearly flipped after Kyle Petty bumped Brett Bodine,who bumped Miller causing him to spin. Unfortunately, his suspension was destroyed and he couldn't finish. Bobby Labonte gains a slight lead in the rookie battle as he finished 30th and Kenny Wallace finished last after he blew his engine five laps in. Delma Cowart, Lake Speed, Morgan Shepherd,and Dick Trickle all dnq'd.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 7:13:23 GMT -8
Nascar Stories: Who's replacing Petty? As mentioned before, Richard Petty is in his final season of racing. Petty has been competing since the late 50's and has amassed 201 Solo Cup wins between 1960 and 1987 (he could get 202 sometime this season; who knows?). The only thing is, who's replacing him? Petty himself has said that he wants "Someone who can restore the former glory of Petty Enterprises". All the best Solo Cup drivers are in competitive rides so Petty will probably get a Solo Cup driver in need of a new team or a Busch Series driver who seems ready for Cup. While we don't know for sure, here are some possible candidates: KYLE PETTY: There was a rumor that Richard's son would replace him next year. Kyle quickly dismissed this (and threw his Dad's team under the bus) saying, KENNY SCHRADER: With Schrader's future at Hendrick Motorsports in doubt, he has been linked to drive the #43. Nothing has been confirmed but if Schrader is released from Hendrick, he could end up there, otherwise he'll be a free agent or run for himself in the Busch Series. JIMMY HENSLEY: Hensley has been wanting to move to Cup for a while now. He has run part time in Cup competition, but that was years ago in the 70's/early 80's. He's been in the Busch Series full time since 1985 and would love a full time ride that he would be competing for Rookie of the year with. CHUCK BOWN: Bown last raced in cup in late 1990. He is another Busch Series driver looking to move up. However, he is still under contract by the Hensley Team for another year, so he may or may not get released from his contract to drive for Petty. ROBERT PRESSLEY: Pressley has even been rumored to this ride. He is having his best Busch Series season to date. He can contend for the championship and possibly land this ride for 93'. Petty won't make an announcement til later in the season. It will be interesting to find out who replaces the King!
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 8:19:20 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: NASHVILLE AND NAZARETH SHITECH PRODUCTS 420:Dale Earnhardt finally won and became the first GM driver to win a race this season. In victory lane, Earnhardt said, Bobby Hamilton tried to run down Earnhardt at the end but couldn't catch him. "I'd love to win at my home track, but it looks like I may have to wait until July" he said. 39 cars entered for 34 spots in the race. Jimmy Means, Neil Bonnett, Rob Mororso, Chad Little, and Bobby Labonte all went home. Kenny Wallace and Schrader decided to skip this race and run at Nazareth in the Busch race. When asked why his performance has been less than stellar in a Penske car, Wallace said, PONTIAC PACESETTERS 200: The next day, Steve Grissom and Jeff Gordon battled early on. While battling for the lead, Gordon tapped Grissom sending both of them into the turn four wall and out of the race. Grissom was fuming, After this, Robert Pressley, Todd Bodine, and David Green all battled for the lead. During a caution, Pressley came down pit road thinking he had an engine problem. Fortunately he didn't but now was out of contention for the win. Now it would be Bodine and Green battling for the win. Bodine was able to get around Green on the restart and go on to win. As mentioned above, Ken Schrader competed in this race and finished 20th. During the race, in a move most saw coming, it was announced that he had lost his ride at Hendrick. Ricky Craven was announced to take over the #35 Chevy in the Coke 600 in two weeks. Schrader didn't have any comment, but is expected to just run his Busch series car in most races the rest of the season. Craven said of the announcement, Craven will compete in Cup events where the Busch series are racing the same weekend or if they have a BYE. He will also attempt short tracks.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 8:19:58 GMT -8
DRIVERS LOCKED INTO THE 1992 SOLO ALL-STAR RACE Mark Martin Dale Earnhardt Terry Schoonover Geoff Bodine Alan Kulwicki Bill Elliott Brett Bodine (Locked in because Junior Johnson won last year with Terry Labonte at Charlotte.) Terry Labonte Darrell Waltrip Dale Jarrett Ernie Irvan (Same reason as Brett Bodine, Wood Brothers won last year) Hut Stricklin Tim Richmond Rusty Wallace Davey Allison Harry Gant Kyle Petty Ron Bouchard The two last spots will be whoever finishes first and second in the Solo Fill-Up race.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 8:24:58 GMT -8
RACE REPORT: 1992 SOLO ALL-STAR WEEKEND: ONE HOT NIGHT Solo All-Star weekend was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This would be the first time the race would be at night. CEO of the track Humpy Wheeler said, The Solo Fill Up was the appetizer for the evening. The less fortunate drivers would race to finish first and second to transfer in. Drivers looking for it the most were Michael Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Jimmy Spencer, Ted Musgrave, Bobby Hamilton, and King Richard himself. Petty hoped that he could win the Full Up and then go on to be competitive in the All Star race. "It's the last time I'll ever get to do this." "I want to finish it off the best way I can" he said. Waltrip and Rudd were on the front row. Waltrip led for the first two laps before Rudd and Hamilton got by him. Waltrip then battled Richard Petty for third while Musgrave and Derrike Cope battled for fourth. The caution then came out for Bobby Hillin spinning in turn two. Hillin had found a ride, the #72 Chevrolet, just before All-Star weekend and hopes to qualify for the Coke 600 next week. On the restart, Hamilton jumped into the lead with Waltrip second. Rudd fell back to third while Musgrave passed Petty for fourth. He then got around Rudd. Meanwhile further back, Greg Sacks tried to do a pass in the grass like Dale Earnhardt did in 87', but almost spun and wrecked. Fortunately he saved it and kept going. Back up front, it was a three car battle. Only two would make it. Waltrip led while Hamilton and Musgrave followed. The caution came out again for H.B Bailey spinning. The leaders then pitted. Hamilton hoped to win the race off pit road, but just as he was pulling out, Richard Petty cut him off and he lost spots. Musgrave beat Waltrip out. Rudd, Sacks, and Jimmy Spencer all stayed out. On the restart, Waltrip immediately charged back towards the front. Musgrave followed suit. The two of them got back to first and second respectively, pulled away from everyone else, and transfered into the All-Star race. Here's Richard Petty on not making it in: It was then time for the big show. Davey Allison had once again won the pole and looked to dominate like he did last year at Ontario. When the green flag fell, he bolted off into the lead. This quickly came to a halt when Dale Jarrett cut a tire and spun bringing out the first caution. Ted Musgrave and Ernie Irvan wrecked each other trying to avoid Jarrett and were the first two cars out of the race. Michael Waltrip also had rear right damage, but was able to continue. Jarrett eventually dnf'd too. Allison then went on to dominate Segment one. The fan vote was to invert the field, and it passed. This put Geoff Bodine and Ron Bouchard on the front row for segment two. Before it started, Mark Martin lost his forward gears and could only go in reverse. This added to his woes as he blew an engine in qualifying. Fortunately, he got it fixed but was four laps down. In the second segment, Kyle Petty worked his way to the front passing Bouchard, Earnhardt, and Geoff Bodine. Davey Allison worked his way back up, but Bouchard and Kulwicki blocked him and Rusty Wallace from passing. Allison was eventually able to get by. Petty easily cruised to the end of the segment. Terry Schoonover beat Earnhardt for second. Tim Richmond fourth, Bill fifth, and Davey sixth. It was now time for the ten lap shootout. Kyle Petty shot out into the lead once more. Meanwhile, Allison beat Elliott on the restart and made a three wide pass on Richmond and Schoonover to take third. Petty thought he was in the clear to win. Suddenly Darrell Waltrip got in the grass and tried to recover, but ended up spinning out and nearly taking out Elmo Langley in the pace car. On the restart, Earnhardt and Allison passed Petty but Kyle didn't back off, he kept fighting. He and Allison drafted back up to Earnhardt. On the final lap, coming down the backstretch, Earnhardt went high, Allison in the middle, and Petty down low. "Its a three wide drag race!" shouted Ken Squire. Turn three was coming up and the bottom lane ends. Kyle would have to back off but he wasn't. He paid the price. He tried to move back up but Davey clipped his right rear. Petty shot across Allison's front bumper and into Earnhardt. Richmond and Elliott swerved to avoid them while Allison went onto win his second All-Star race in a row. "What a finish for the ages" Squire remarked. Petty was livid, Allison said, On a special post race KSN Rant n' Review, Dylan Jacobs settled the score and talked about bumping vs dumping. Here's the episode: The upcoming All-Star races were also announced: 1993: Darlington 1994: Hillside 1995: Richmond 1996: Sonoma/Riverside? TBD
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 8:32:51 GMT -8
RACE REPORT: CHARLOTTE CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS 300: A big surprise was that the three cars that dnq'd were all Cup leeches. Harry Gant, Larry Pearson, and Davey Allison all didn't make the race. Leeches that did make the race all either blew an engine or crashed. The only two who finished were Sterling Marlin(4th), Dale Jarrett(5th),and Bill Elliott(13th). The race was 200 laps and divided in two halves with a halftime in between. In the first half, a huge crash occurred when Jack Sprague spun and Tracy Leslie plowed into him. Chuck Bown, Joe Nemecheck, and Patty Moise were also involved. Everyone was okay, but Nemecheck and Moise were the only ones who could continue on. Upfront, the top four were Mark Martin, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, and Jimmy Hensley. Martin was dominating and looked to sweep the race. Coming up to the end of the first half, he blew his engine. "My luck at Charlotte so far this year hasn't been to good" he said. "I'm really hoping I can stay out of trouble and win tomorrow". Gordon was leading at the end of the first half. When the race resumed. Earnhardt blew his engine. While coasting down the apron, Ed Berrier and Steve Grissom crashed making it easier for Dale to get to the garage. It was now a battle between Gordon and Hensley. The two of them would battle for the rest of the race until Gordon pulled away, leaving Hensley to battle Todd Bodine for second. Gordon won his third career Busch Series race and second in this event (1990). David Green finished second after Hensley and Bodine wrecked each other coming off of turn four. Track personnel kept them away from each other. Here's the points in case you were wondering: 1 Joe Nemecheck 1647 2 Jeff Gordon 1578 -69 3 David Green 1577 -70 4 Robert Pressley 1572 -75 5 Ward Burton 1556 -91 6 Todd Bodine 1486 -161 7 Steve Grissom 1467 -180 COCA-COLA 600: Dale Earnhardt looked to make it two in a row but during his final pit stop, he was hit with a speeding penalty. Terry Schoonover went on to win and made up for dnf'ing in the Busch race. "I get we want to protect pit crews, but I was not speeding" Earnhardt said. He plans to appeal. Kyle Petty blocked Davey Allison from getting second. After the race, Petty said, NASCAR is keeping an eye on both of them in case either one of them continues to do something: especially Petty. Mark Martin hoped this would finally be the Charlotte event to turn his luck around. It wasn't. Mark spun himself out and collected Richard Petty and Hut Stricklin. Stricklin already had damage from spinning himself out earlier. Everyone from 25th on back did not finish the race. Notable drivers were Tim Richmond, Chad Little, Ernie Irvan, and the Bodine and Waltrip brothers. All the backmarkers who made the race either crashed or blew an engine except Neil Bonnett, who finished 13th, and Ricky Craven. In his first cup race, Craven was only given a limited set of tires since he wasn't planned to run the whole distance and he used them all up. This was just for him to get a feel for a Solo Cup car and do some R&D for Hendrick. Jeff Gordon wound up 24th, doing better in his second start at the expense of others dnf'ing. As for the backmarkers who didn't make the race, they were Jimmy Means, Eddie Bierschwale, Morgan Shepherd, Phil Barkdoll, Delma Cowart, and James Hylton. Bobby Hillin Jr did make the race only to crash. Elsewhere on the unofficial "International Motorsports Day", Aryton Senna held off Nigel Mansell to win at Monaco. At Indianapolis, Michael Andretti looked to dominate and become the first Andretti to win the race. Then, he blew his engine. Al Unser Jr went on to hold off a hard charging Scott Goodyear and his Porsche IndyCar (minor spoilers for my Indy timeline) to become the third Unser to win at Indy. He joins his dad and uncle Bobby as winners of the race. ARCA also had a race in Toledo Ohio but it's not that important of a race to talk about here. Go look it up on racing-reference.com under ARCA in 1992. They'll be more ARCA races soon to talk about. The next big one will be at Pocono. Here's the points a quarter of the way into the season: 1 Davey Allison 1564 2 Bill Elliott 1453 -111 3 Harry Gant 1444 -120 4 Alan Kulwicki 1432 -132 5 Dale Earnhardt 1420 -144 6 Sterling Marlin 1378 -186 7 Ernie Irvan 1333 -231 (great run for him) 8 Geoff Bodine 1248 -316 9 Ron Bouchard 1245 -319 (epic comeback) 10 Mark Martin 1217 -347 11 Terry Labonte 1191 -373 12 Bobby Hamilton 1177 -387 ________Cutoff Line_________ 13 Kyle Petty 1161 -403 14 Rusty Wallace 1147 -417 15 (tie) Terry Schoonover/ Ricky Rudd 1143 -421
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 9:12:34 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: DOVER, ROGUEMONT, AND SONOMA BUDWEISER 400: Harry Gant plays his fuel strategy right and won. Dale Earnhardt was second and Rusty Wallace third. Gant and Earnhardt both gain on Davey Allison in points while Alan Kulwicki and Bill Elliott fall back after not doing after finishing 12th and 13th respectively. Wallace's 3rd place swapped him and Bobby Hamilton in points. Wallace was now in 12th while Hamilton fell back to 14th since he finished 14th in the race. Terry Schoonover was fourth in the race so he doesn't move at all in points (this is the perfect paragraph to describe the points ITTL). The race was pretty uneventful. Besides a brief weather delay, there were only three crashes. One was Derrike Cope and Brett Bodine on the frontstretch, Rick Mast spinning on the backstretch, and Kyle Petty getting dumped by Dave Marcis and you can expect Kyle was pissed. Marcis eventually got karma when he wrecked with Mark Martin. 40 spots were open in the race and 40 cars entered so no one went home. Dick Trickle finished last for the second week in a row. Folgers has pulled their sponsorship from the Bob Rahilly #75 team, and no new sponsor has popped up. They are hoping to find one soon and eventually get back to full time next year. Here's Cope and Bodine's wreck shown on KSN: (pretend IOTL Wally Dallenbach's #16 is the #11 Bud Ford of Bodine.) BUD LIGHT 300: Rain forced the race to be cancelled Saturday and moved to Monday. Only 27 cars started this race. Mark Martin and Jimmy Hensley wrecked in practice and didn't have backups so they withdrew. Jeff Gordon was on his way to a dominant day until he collided with Randy LaJoie on the frontstretch similarly to yesterday's Cope and Bodine wreck but not as bad. This wouldn't be the only major accident of the race. Dale Earnhardt was the subject of the two other major wrecks. The first was when he, Richard Lasseter, and Tommy Houston got together forcing Houston up the track and into David Green. Green climbed out of his car and started crying. He threw his helmet at Earnhardt's car when it passed by again. He told KSN this, Earnhardt eventually got karma when he spun trying to pass Terry Labonte near the end of the race. As for the finish of the race, it was between Robert Pressley and Elton Sawyer. Sawyer tried everything he could to run down Pressley but couldn't. It was Pressley's second win of the season and puts him back to second in points, 41 behind Joe Nemecheck. Gordon and Green fall back to third and fourth respectively. ROSES STORES 300: Robert Pressley makes it two in a row and takes the points lead. That's all there is to say about this race. SAVE MART 300: Terry Schoonover bounced back from being black flagged for jumping the start, got back into the top five, and worked his way around Mark Martin and Sterling Marlin to win. He is now eligible for the Goodyear Road Course Challenge®. If a driver sweeps all five road course events this season, they will win $1 Million. If they win 4, they will win $75K and so on. Schoonover will have to win another race to at least receive $25,000. The two road course Gods, Ricky Rudd and Rusty Wallace both had good days. Rudd started on pole and stayed in the top five all race to finish fourth. Rusty was leading until he had pit road problems and fell down to 25th. He rebounded to finish seventh. Brett Bodine was having a good top five run until he spun and ended up 25th. Road course ace Tommy Kendall drove the #35 for Rick Hendrick and ended up 13th. Some Solo West drivers took part in the race including Herschel McGriff, Butch Gilliland, Jack Sellers, Rick Carelli, and Bill Sedgwick who drove the #75 in place of Dick Trickle to a 19th place finish; the highest finish for a Solo West driver in this race. The top two in points both struggled. Davey Allison spun into a tire barrier early and was never able to really recover. He ended up 28th. He still keeps the points lead. Harry Gant just plain sucks on road courses and ended up 29th. Earnhardt and Bill Elliott both had top ten finishes and are now second and third in points respectively. They're all really tight in points: 1 Davey Allison 1773 2 Dale Earnhardt 1745 -28 3 Bill Elliott 1742 -31 4 Harry Gant 1741 -32
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 9:14:46 GMT -8
On the same day as the Sonoma race, June 7, 1992, NASCAR lost its founder, William Henry Getty France Sr. "Big Bill" had been a racer since he was a teenager in Laurel Maryland. In 1935, he moved his family to Daytona Beach Florida to start a new life in the middle of the Great Depression. He only had $100 to his name and took odd jobs until he opened his own garage. Daytona Beach had been known to be the flattest beach on Earth. From the turn of the century to the begging of the Depression, the beach had been used for land speed records. By the mid 30's, the land speed racers had moved on to the Bonneville Salt Flats. City officials wanted to keep motorsport events going at the track. At the time, stock car racing was talking off. France teamed up with a guy named Sig Haugdahl and ran events in July and Labor Day on the beach in the late 30's. By 1938, France was organized the races himself and participating in them. Then, the war broke out and racing took a hiatus. France met mechanic Jim Johnstone Sr and they became lifelong friends. Johnstone worked at Bill's garage until the war ended and moved back to New Jersey. France decided to retire from racing and start focusing on creating an organization to properly control stock car racing. The Streamline Hotel: Where NASCAR was born. France met with drivers, mechanics, and car owners at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona in late 1947. On February 21, 1948, NASCAR was born. France then went on to manage the sport and build Daytona and Talladega in 1959 and 69 respectively. In 1972, he stepped down from running the sport to give it to his son, Bill Jr. He continued to work for the sport up til 1988 when Alzheimer's took over. France died peacefully in his home in Ormond Beach. He was 82. His son Bill Jr spoke of his father,
BILL FRANCE SR 1909-1992
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 9:20:09 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: POCONO (including ARCA), MYRTLE BEACH, AND MICHIGAN (with ARCA and IROC) ARCA CHAMPION BATTERIES 150: Points leader Bob Keselowski started on pole, but immediately lost the engine in his #29 Chrysler. Roy Payne and Ben Hess then battled for the lead until Payne's #16 Chevrolet blew up. Hess was then unchallenged for the rest of the race and won his fourth ARCA race in the #37 Oldsmobile. CHAMPION SPARK PLUGS 500: In the only Pocono race of the season, Alan Kulwicki beat Mark Martin and Bill Elliott to win. Martin was leading early in the race when he had a botched pit stop where he almost ran over one of his tire changers who hadn't finished putting his left front tire on. Mark had to reverse back into his stall slowly so the tire wouldn't fall off. After the race Martin said, Dale Earnhardt and Harry Gant both dnf'd which increased Allison's points lead. Davey had a top five finish, coming home fifth after Tim Richmond passed him on the last lap. Elliott and Kulwicki overtook the Earnhardt and Gant respectively. Elliott is 53 points behind Allison. There was a celebrity appearance at the race. Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner, was in Earnhardt's pit box. He was producing a play based on a novel of his nearby. When asked what he thought of NASCAR, he said, CAROLINA FORD DEALERS 250: For most of the race, Randy LaJoie was trying to stay ahead of the leaders to keep from going a lap down and when he was lapped, he would get the free pass to get back on the lead lap. LaJoie was finally able to get his car to battle for the lead and he ended up winning his first career NASCAR race and the first for team owner Dick Moroso since Rob won in 1989 here in the Busch Series. In victory lane, LaJoie said, .
LaJoie's car. (Only photo I could find) Points leader Robert Pressley blew his engine, and Nemecheck closed back in on him. David Green finished second in the race and overtook Jeff Gordon for third in points. Gordon was having a dominant night early on but lost momentum and finished fifth. Chuck Bown started dead last after missing the drivers meeting and eventually got to the lead, but ended up ninth at the end of the night. ARCA GM GOODWRENCH 200: Bob Keselowski rebounds from last week to win at his home track and protect his points lead. This will be the last ARCA race I cover for the season. I will mention who won the championship later. 1992 IROC ROUND 3: Geoff Brabham (son of racing legend Jack Brabham) proved sports car drivers can win on ovals as he wins round three. Brabham battled Al Unser Jr and the NASCAR drivers to win his first IROC race. Davey Allison did not start this race due to a problem with his Dodge Daytona and there was no backup car for him to drive. Going into the final round at Watkins Glen in August, Geoff Bodine has a narrow points lead over Dale Earnhardt, little Al, and Brabham. Championships in IROC are usually determined by who leads the most laps of the tournament. WRITERS NOTE: I will go more in depth with IROC next year. This is just an intro to the series that I decided to throw in the timeline. MILLER GENUINE DRAFT 400: Davey Allison was the dominant car throughout the race. In the closing stages, Darrell Waltrip closed in on him and the two put on a great battle for the win. DW was able to edge Allison at the line to win his first race of the season. This win puts Waltrip on the bubble for possibly making the playoffs as he is in 13th. Alan Kulwicki finished third and is now second in points, but Allison still has a commanding lead. Ted Musgrave got a career best 4th. Here's his comments on his finishing position: Rusty Wallace had his second dnf in a row and has fallen out of playoff contention, but he still has a chance with 8 races remaining to rebound. Terry Schoonover is hanging on to his playoff spot after wrecking early in the race after getting loose in turn two on lap three. He was able to get repairs and finish 30th. In qualifying, Michael Waltrip clobbered the turn 4 wall and was taken to the hospital. He suffered a broken nose and multiple bruises. Ben Hess substituted for him in the Mobil 1 Pontiac but blew up about halfway. James Hylton, Phil Parsons, and unfortunately, Rob Moroso all dnq'd. Parsons joined Ken Squire and Ned Jarrett in the Booth for CBS. Parsons has followed his older brother Benny in a career as a broadcaster. He is working for KSN. He replaced Bobby Allison in their booth full time this season and is calling races alongside Dylan Jacobs and Levi McIntire. He also will make an occasional Busch Series start in the #29 Chevrolet. "I've just kinda found my way into the Booth" he said. "Not racing full time last year Benny said I should try this out and KSN was kind enough to give me a shot". The rookie battle is still extremely close. Kenny Wallace and Bobby Labonte continue to either both struggle in a race and dnf, or get a top 30 finish. Back at Dover, Wallace dnf'd while Labonte got 24th. Two races later at Pocono, Wallace got lucky with cars dropping out and got 26th while Labonte crashes. Here in this race, Kenny and Bobby finished 25th and 26th respectively. It's always good to see a close rookie battle. You always hope that there are two or more rookies with similarly competitive rides.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 9:35:31 GMT -8
NASCAR STORIES: DYLAN JACOBS KSN play-by-play commentator and owner Dylan Jacobs has been mentioned and featured numerous times ITTL but who is this man? How did he create a successful company? How did he get into NASCAR and start KSN? Here's his biography. Dylan Ray Jacobs was born in Bowman North Dakota on May 23, 1947. He family was impoverished and lived in a trailer. His father, a WWII veteran, left his Mom when he was about 2. His Mom remarried not too long after and Jacobs eventually had a little sister and brother. Eventually they moved north to Dickinson. A trailer similar to the one Jacobs spent his early years in. When Jacobs was about 5, his step dad took him to a dirt track race as most were in the early 50's.Little Dylan loved what he saw. As he recalls, Jacobs continued to attend races throughout the 50's in North and South Dakota, Montana, and Minnesota. By the time he was 17 in 1964, Jacobs was competing in races. He drove a 1954 Mercury prepared by a local mechanic his stepdad knew. He was very competitive and won a few races. Jacobs calls this the happiest days of his life. A 54' Mercury similar to the one he raced. Jacobs graduated high school the following year and enrolled at Black Hills State in Spearfish South Dakota majoring in Buisness Management. This is where his idea to start Shitech came from. He wanted to create the next best mail order company since Sears Roebuck and have independent distributors supply products to people. In a way, he wanted to be Jeff Bezos before Jeff Bezos. Fortunately for him, he was deemed unfit for being drafted for Vietnam. "That was probably the biggest sigh of relief in my life" he said. He continued through College and graduated in 1969. Jacobs then thought out how he would start his company. He thought about what he would sell. He decided that he would sell items people didn't realize they needed in their life. His next plan was how he was going to sell, distribute, and manufacturer the claw and other items he would sell. He then talked to independent manufacturers, distributors, publishers for the catalog, and retailers to sell his products. He also talked to investors. He was able to get contracts and financial support and begin selling products. He decided to call his company Shitech Products. "I just thought the name sounded cool" he said. He set up his headquarters in Bismarck North Dakota. The company was incorporated in 1973. In the first three years, Shitech generated $3 Million in profit. Jacobs couldn't believe his success, "I never imagined my idea so he get me this far." "People really do like my products." One of the key products Shitech sold was their Eyearreah Eye Wear. Here's a commercial for it from the 80's: While working to build his business, Jacobs had stopped racing. By now, NASCAR had become more organized going from about 50 races to around 30. While the series wasn't being shown flag to flag every weekend (it was usually highlights on something like ABC Wide World of Sports), Jacobs had a plan. While he couldn't race anymore, he knew how he could stay involved in racing: broadcast them. He knew he wouldn't be able to show NASCAR so he decided he wanted cover local racing and build from there. He went down to Sioux Falls South Dakota to talk to Midcontinent Communications (Midco) about starting a local motorsports program to showcase racing in the northern central part of America. This is where he met his future KSN partner, Levi McIntire. Levi had moved from Ohio and was working as programming director. In college, he majored in television production and programming. He was interested in Jacobs idea and wanted to be part of it. As he recalls, KSN grew into its own channel and was finally asked by NASCAR to start showing a Solo Cup race. They travelled all the way to Pocono Raceway in June 1988 and the rest is history. Jacobs worked relentlessly now further building Shitech. By 1985, they had two warehouses and had UPS delivering products. One warehousein Sioux Falls, and the other in Bismarck. Their products however still weren't being made by them and Jacobs realized this was probably a better thing to do. "It would've cost us more money and labor to have a manufacturing facility" he said. "Having our own warehouses means we can just have UPS take items right from our warehouses and then they can send them out. Jacobs was now a millionaire. In 1990, KSN had negotiated with ESPN to relive them in covering almost all the races in the season. To celebrate, Jacobs announced Shitech as an associate sponsor of Mark Martin and the Roush Racing team. Two years later (this season) he bought into the team. What does Jacobs hope the future has in store for him? "Continued success with Shitech and KSN." "I'm living out my dream and I hope it never ends".
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 10:05:01 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: DAYTONA, VOLUSIA AND NASHVILLE PEPSI 400: Before the race, ESPN had a ceremony honoring Richard Petty's final Daytona start. President Bush was in attendance and was a speaker. Here's the ceremony: Even more for Petty was that he was on pole (no not honorary, he was actually that fast!). He led the first five laps, fell back, and eventually dropped out due to heat exhaustion. Eddie Bierschwale hopped in and finished for him. Fortunately, Daytona gets lights next year and this race will move to Saturday night. Drivers and fans see this as a relief because it gets pretty hot on July mornings in Florida. www.alternatehistory.com/forum/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bing.com%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.A4iQ_31TR6piEh4v9yh8dQHaFz%26pid%3DApi%26dpr%3D1.33&hash=c3663b7277d6628e0b99028c4c2c071fPetty leads the opening laps. The race ran caution free for the first time ever and was very uneventful. Terry Schoonover easily won on the anniversary of his first Solo Cup win here in 1988. Dale Jarrett was second, Bill Elliott third, Allison fourth, and Bobby Hamilton rounded out the top five. Dale Earnhardt dropped out very early on in the race and falls to fifth in points. Alan Kulwicki also struggled and ended up 30th giving second in points back to Elliott. Ricky Craven and Jeff Gordon finished 22nd and 31st respectively. They will travel down the road for the Busch race at Volusia tonight. FIRECRACKER 250: Jeff Gordon dominated. During the race, the pavement chipped and they had to red flag the race for a bit. Volusia had problems all weekend with the track cracking. They were able to get it repaired to continue racing, but there still were problems. Robert Pressley keeps his narrow points lead over Joe Nemecheck by finished third while Joe was fourth. Gordon is back up to third. Jack Sprague, Shawna Robinson, and Clifford Allison sadly dnq'd. WRITERS NOTE: Not long after this race, the Busch Series decided they would not return to this track because of the pavement problem. In turn, the track announced that it would revert to dirt next year. The Busch Series could possibly move to Daytona next year giving them a second Daytona date. SHITECH PRODUCTS 250: David Green edged Robert Pressley to win at his home track (he's from Kentucky but the Kentucky drivers come to Nashville since there's no track in Kentucky). Darrell Waltrip (another Kentucky driver who calls Franklin Tennessee home) was third and Kenny Wallace fourth. Jeff Gordon and Joe Nemecheck finished fifth and sixth respectively. With Hillside Speedway opening next year, the Solo Cup will no longer race here in July. The Busch Series race will move to Saturday night and become the marquee race. Friday night will be some kind of support race whether it's ARCA, or some late model racing. LITTLE CAESAR'S 420: Bobby Hamilton and Darrell Waltrip put on an amazing battle throughout the race. They had both started on the front row and would take turns leading. In the end, Hamilton was in front with Waltrip on his bumper. Darrell tried everything he could to get past Hamilton but lapped traffic got in the way. Hamilton won his second career Solo Cup win and his first of the season at his home track. In victory lane he said, Davey Allison finished fourth while Bill Elliott struggled and finished 15th. Kulwicki again goes back to second after he finished seventh in the race. Dale Earnhardt rebounded from Daytona to finish sixth. The series is set to go to Road America next weekend for their first NASCAR Modern Era race there. Here's Ricky Rudd anticipating the race,
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 10:09:38 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: HICKORY AND ROAD AMERICA THE PANTRY 300: David Green dominates to win his second race in a row and closes right in on Robert Pressley for the points lead. Pressley struggled in the race and eventually dnf'd when his car got too damaged. Jeff Gordon started the race well but then after he spun out, he wasn't competitive anymore. Joe Nemecheck ended up sixth, but was spun by just about everyone throughout the race. In one incident, he was spun by Randy LaJoie. LaJoie didn't mean to spin him, but NASCAR though it to be intentional and parked him. Since Hickory is a short track, you can expect this race was a WRECKFEST and it was. The most interesting wreck was when Ricky Craven and Jeff Burton got together. Burton's car ended up on Craven's hood! NOTE: Burton was in a different car, the #77 after dnq'ing his #12 car. BRIGGS AND STRATTON 400K: The return of the Solo Cup to Road America was an all Rusty Wallace affair. Wallace won pole and led almost every lap and easily cruised to a five second victory over Ricky Rudd. Rudd edged Terry Labonte for third while Terry Schoonover was fourth and Davey Allison fifth. Wallace's win gets him back into playoff contention. Controversy occurred when Mark Martin punted Bill Elliott off track and into a tire barrier causing him to lose points to Kulwicki again. Elliott confronted Martin after the race. "He just straight up wrecked me" said Elliott. "NASCAR should penalize him for that." Mark defended himself by saying, The incident is under investigation. Dale Earnhardt struggled once again to a 33rd place finish. He complained about his car having a lack of pace. Meanwhile, Harry Gant finished 16th and moves up to fourth. Here's the points with six races until the playoffs: 1 Davey Allison 2340 2 Alan Kulwicki 2311 -29 3 Bill Elliott 2293 -47 4 Harry Gant 2260 -80 5 Dale Earnhardt 2205 -135 6 Mark Martin 2199 -141 7 Sterling Marlin 2156 -184 8 Terry Labonte 2132 -208 9 Ernie Irvan 2087 -253 10 Terry Schoonover 2078 -262 11 Bobby Hamilton 2046 -294 12 Darrell Waltrip 2042 -298 ------CUTOFF LINE----------- 13 Geoff Bodine 2031 -309 14 Kyle Petty 2009 -331 15 Tim Richmond 1995 - 345 16 Rusty Wallace 1990 - 350
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 10:15:45 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: SOUTH BOSTON, TALLADEGA, IRP, AND TEXAS WORLD: A SERIES OF UNEVENTFUL RACES TEXAS PETE 300: Ward Burton wins at his home track. Todd Bodine tried to run him down, but lapped cars got in the way. David Green finished third just ahead of Pressley and the two are almost dead even for the points lead. Joe Nemecheck held off Jeff Gordon to finish fifth. Jimmy Hensley had an interesting moment when he blew his engine and his car lit up in flames. It looked like Ghost Rider. Hensley was able to escape unharmed. DIEHARD 500: Bobby Hamilton edged Terry Schoonover to get his first superspeedway win. Davey Allison was third, Terry Labonte fourth, and Bill Elliott fifth. Alan Kulwicki finished 25th and swaps with Elliott for second in points again. Dale Earnhardt had his second dnf in three races and falls to seventh behind Terry Labonte. Geoff Bodine also dnf'd but remains in the hunt to make the playoffs. ARCA announced their Talladega race would move to this weekend next year. Not a whole lot happened in this race so here's a picture of Hamilton's trophy: KROGER 200: Joe Nemecheck wins his first Busch Series race outrunning Robert Pressley by 4 seconds. Nemecheck's win puts him back to second in points as David Green crashed early when he got involved in a wreck with Jack Sprague and Chuck Bown. In victory lane, Nemecheck said, TEXACO HAVOLINE 500: Bill Elliott dominated from pole. His win brings him within 20 points of Davey Allison, who finished second in the race. Dale Earnhardt and Geoff Bodine recover from Talladega to finish third and seventh respectively. Jimmy Spencer went to the hospital after spinning out and slamming the turn three wall. He was discovered to have a broken rib and a minor concussion. He will have to miss the next few races but hopefully will be back by Bristol at the end of the month. Rusty Wallace finished fifth and continues his fight to make the playoffs. He remains in sixteenth though but can still surpass Bodine, Tim Richmond, and Kyle Petty to make it in. A win in any of the next two races could possibly get him in. He's just got to hope none of the other bubble drivers win a race including Darrell Waltrip and Ernie Irvan who are currently fighting to stay in the playoffs. It's really tight competition to make the playoffs or defend your spot of you are 11th or 12th.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 10:22:20 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: WATKINS GLEN AND MICHIGAN 1992 IROC ROUND 4: In IROC's 1992 finale, Geoff Bodine wins the race and the championship. It is his second IROC championship having won in 1987. Dale Earnhardt finished fifth while Geoff Brabham wasn't a factor at all. On winning the championship, Bodine said, IROC XVI CHAMPION: GEOFF BODINE FAY'S DRUGSTORE 200: Terry Schoonover won after dominating most of the race. Joe Nemecheck finished 4th and takes the points lead from Robert Pressley by a narrow margin. Pressley finished 17th in the race after starting second. He wasn't that competitive in the race. Shawna Robinson got her first top ten. She is currently in the process of getting a full-time Busch ride for next year. Some sad news for Jeff Burton. Bobby Allison decided to shut down his Busch Series team as it was losing competitiveness, and his son Clifford was already in another ride. Ironically, he drove as a teammate to Clifford in this race, but finished dead last after the car's ignition failed. The younger Burton is hoping to find a full time ride next year as well. BUDWEISER AT THE GLEN: Kyle Petty was right outside playoff contention in 13th. He knew winning a race could make him get inside the top twelve. Petty qualified his #42 Mello Yellow Chrysler on the pole. "I'm feeling really good about winning tomorrow" Petty said. The race didn't start til late because of weather conditions. When the race started, Dale Earnhardt, who started alongside Petty shot into the lead. Petty stayed in second until a hard charging Terry Schoonover came up and passed him. The caution then came out for Kenny Wallace crashing. Kyle pitted with the leaders and won the race off pit road. The race restarted and Petty and Schoonover battled each other until the next caution came out for Derrike Cope stalling out on track. On the restart, Petty and Schoonover jumped past Ron Bouchard who hadn't pitted and Kyle got back into the lead. Suddenly, it started to rain again and the race was halted. It didn't look like it would clear so they called the race. Kyle Petty won his first race of the year and is now almost tied with Darrell Waltrip and Ernie Irvan for the final two spots in the playoffs. Rusty Wallace is now up to fourteenth after finishing sixth at Texas World and in this race. Tim Richmond and Geoff Bodine's windows of opportunity are closing quickly with three races til playoffs start. Bill Elliott is now only four points behind Davey Allison for the lead. Davey has led since winning the Daytona 500 in February, and has had a significant points lead. This is now almost vanished. These two could be the top championship contenders. Kyle Petty is happy after winning. He now has a great chance to make the playoffs. Some possible silly season stuff was announced. Hendrick Motorsports announced Joe Nemecheck would drive the #35 at Michigan and Darlington. Nobody has been confirmed for the ride next year though, but it looks like it could either be Ricky Craven or Nemecheck. Eddie Bierschwale dnq'd for the race and was immediately let go by team owner Bud Moore. Shortly after this, Eddie announced his retirement. He raced for seven seasons with 0 wins, 0 top fives, and 0 top tens. With him and Kenny Schrader out of the Solo Cup, this means Schoonover was the only successful driver from the rookie class of 1985. It is not known who will replace him yet or how much longer Moore will keep his team going. Brett Bodine runs right ahead of Alan Kulwicki and Terry Schoonover. Bodine had a great run in this race and finished fifth. Kulwicki was seventh. DETROIT GASKET 200: Todd Bodine holds off all the leeches to win the inaugural Busch Series race at Michigan. Bodine just recently announced he will race in the #34 car for one more year before moving to cup. Bodine's win puts him fourth in points between David Green and Jeff Gordon. Robert Pressley dnf'd early and now he and Nemecheck are just about neck and neck in points. ESPN asked Nemecheck what it means to be contending for a championship and what he thinks of running his first Solo Cup race: Also, Jeff Gordon will sub for Jimmy Spencer in the #66 tomorrow. Clifford Allison had a shit weekend. In practice on Thursday he clobbered the turn two wall. Many thought he was severely injured or even dead. When he climbed out, everyone cheered. Benny Parsons saw it happen live, "I thought there was no way he could have survived that, but he did!" Parsons exclaimed. In the race, Allison crashed into the turn two wall again but this time, not so severely. Clifford has already announced he will be back in Barry Owen's #9 next year and they will attempt Solo Cup races as well. MOPAR 400: Harry Gant plays his fuel milage right and won ahead of Darrell Waltrip, Bill Elliott, Terry Schoonover, and Davey Allison. This win also helps Gant clinch his spot in the playoffs. Elliott, Allison, and Alan Kulwicki clinched their spots as well. 5th-8th in points will claim theirs at Bristol in two weeks. As for drivers on the bubble, Waltrip is up to 11th while Ernie Irvan and Kyle Petty are tied. Rusty Wallace is not too far behind them in 14th. Rusty is hoping to win at Bristol as it's his best track. Geoff Bodine's window finally shut in this race as he crashed early with Larry Pearson. Kulwicki had hoped both his cars would finally make the playoffs but he will have to wait another season. Joe Nemecheck crashed in his debut race and finished 35th. He hopes to do better at Darlington. Dick Trickle has been loaned out to Bud Moore's team to fill the seat vacated by Bierschwale. He crashed out too. Trickle may end up as the new driver for this team as Butch Mock may shut the #75 car down due to lack of funds and sponsorship. Lake Speed ran in this race only to catch on fire. Here's a picture of it afterwards:
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 10:25:47 GMT -8
And now you're all caught up.
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Post by Spin on Oct 11, 2019 16:12:20 GMT -8
Are you using a simulator to come up with the results?
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 11, 2019 16:19:20 GMT -8
Are you using a simulator to come up with the results? No. I watch the races and then spin them to my alternative world. It is a big mental process.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 14, 2019 9:14:04 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: BURLINGTON AND BRISTOL NEW ENGLAND CHEVY DEALERS 250: Since the cup leeches were off, they came to Vermont. Dale Earnhardt, both Terrys, and Rusty Wallace all competed. Schoonover was the dominant car most of the race until sadly, he blew his engine. The race then turned into a battle between Earnhardt and Joe Nemecheck. Coming to the checkered flag, Dale led with Joe right behind him. In the final turn, turn 9, Nemecheck nudged Dale aside and went on to win. Nemecheck extends his points lead hopes that he one step closer to the championship. WRITERS NOTE: If you're wondering if Burlington is a real track, it isn't. This is a mod on NR2003. I decided it was worthy enough to exist ITTL. Here's a history I made up for it: Burlington Raceway was built in 1965 by the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA). They used it for their own events including Trans Am the historic Can Am. The Busch Series started racing here in 1988 with Tommy Ellis winning the inaugural race. Rob Moroso won in 89', Ricky Craven in 90' and 91'. CART now races here. Their race was the next day and Bobby Rahal won and extends his points lead. FOOD CITY 300: Morgan Shepherd had the night of his life battling Jeff Gordon, who eventually crashed out, and Randy LaJoie. Shepherd got knocked back into reality when he and LaJoie made contact with each other trying to lap Ricky Craven. Both wrecked along with David Green. Shepherd went hard into the pit road wall and had to be put on a stretcher. He is not racing in the Solo Cup race tomorrow night. Hopefully he'll be ok. LaJoie will be driving in Rob Moroso's cup car. Rob may retire at season's end and give Randy the ride next year. In almost two seasons in cup, he still hasn't done much. Anyways, here's the wreck live on ESPN: Pretend Shepherd is an unsponsored #77 Pontiac.After this, Todd Bodine and Elton Sawyer battled for the lead. Sawyer bumped Bodine out of his way but Todd came back and shunted him out of the way and went on to his third win of the season. The win now puts him up to third in points. Nemechek still has the lead even after having a suspension problem in the race causing him to finish many laps down. Pressley remains second. Green is now fourth after wrecking, Gordon and Ward Burton remain fifth and sixth respectively. Nemecheck hitting the wall due to the suspension failure. BUSCHHHHHHHHHHHH 500: Darrell Waltrip led the most laps of the race and won. He should be able to clinch a playoff spot now. Some playoff contenders crashed, they included Terry Schoonover, who crashed early while leading, Harry Gant ,who also had a good night, and Davey Allison. Davey also lost the points lead which he had since the beginning of the season. He is now 9 points behind Bill Elliott. Here's the points going into the final regular season race at Darlington: 1 Bill Elliott 2946 2 Davey Allison 2937 -9 3 Alan Kulwicki 2913 -33 4 Harry Gant 2915 -35 5 Mark Martin 2904 -42 6 Dale Earnhardt 2891 -55 7 Terry Labonte 2870 -76 8 Bobby Hamilton 2869 -77 9 Terry Schoonover 2868 -78 10 Darrell Waltrip 2863 -83 11 Sterling Marlin 2853 -93 12 Kyle Petty 2845 -101 _______Cutoff Line_________ 13 Ernie Irvan 2841 -105 14 Tim Richmond 2829 -112 Rusty Wallace is 15th, 118 points behind. He has a slight chance, but probably won't make it. Geoff Bodine and Ricky Rudd are too far behind now. Pretend Darrell is sponsored by Wal-Mart and Bud is Busch.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 18, 2019 18:09:58 GMT -8
RACE REPORT: DARLINGTON GATORADE 300: Harry Gant was having a dominant day until Dale Jarrett put him in the frontstretch wall ending his day. Jarrett would get karma when he didn't make a final pit stop and tried to finish on older tires. He tried to hold off Michael Waltrip but couldn't. Waltrip wins his first Busch Series race at Darlington and his second race there. "It feels just like last year only a series lower" said Mikey. Todd Bodine finished 10th while Nemecheck and Pressley struggled. Bodine now moves up to second in points, 18 behind Nemecheck. With six races remaining, here's the points: 1 Joe Nemecheck 3460 2 Todd Bodine 3452 -18 3 Robert Pressley 3445 -15 4 David Green 3428 -32 5 Jeff Gordon 3213 -47 6 Ward Burton 3183 -77 MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500: Coming into the race, Davey Allison looked to become the second driver ever to win the Solo Cup of a Million®. Allison worked hard to stay up front battling points rivals Bill Elliott, Mark Martin and Harry Gant. On lap 284 of 367, Davey was just about to pit. Rain was moving in and he and his crew were hoping to pit and then cycle back out to the lead before the rain started. Suddenly, the caution flew, it was raining. Allison brought everyone down the frontstretch pit road and the race was red flagged. Now he just hoped they would call it. A little bit later, Davey became the second driver to win the Million. "It means so much to me" he said. "There's only two of us who have won it and he's finishing second to me this year in the championship"(a jab at Bill Elliott). Bobby Hamilton was having a top five run until a stupid block by Ernie Irvan sent them into the wall. Hamilton was able to continue on to finish 28th, while Irvan ended his chances to be a playoff contender. Dale Earnhardt was in the garage most of the race but was able to get back on track and finish 29th. Michael Waltrip's dream of sweeping the weekend blew up on lap 102. Jimmy Means, Jeff Gordon, Joe Nemecheck, and Randy LaJoie all dnq'd. While the Moroso team hasn't announced anything about LaJoie replacing Rob Moroso next year, another team made their announcement. Richard Petty announced that the new driver of the #43 will be: Revealed in a STP commercial during the Mellow Yellow Roval 400K. The playoffs are now set. Here's the grid: 1 Bill Elliott 3116 2 Davey Allison 3112 -4 3 Alan Kulwicki 3055 -61 4 Harry Gant 3046 -70 5 Mark Martin 3029 -87 6 Terry Labonte 3017 -99 7 Dale Earnhardt 3003 -113 8 Terry Schoonover 2997 -119 9 Bobby Hamilton 2996 -120 10 Darrell Waltrip 2989 -127 11 Kyle Petty 2986 -130 12 Sterling Marlin 2982 -134 Ernie Irvan, Tim Richmond, Rusty Wallace, Geoff Bodine, and Ricky Rudd all miss out. Sterling hung on by the skin of his teeth to make it in. Here's what he had to say, Sterling Marlin relaxes after race was called knowing he would be in.
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Post by godemperortruex on Oct 26, 2019 10:27:21 GMT -8
RACE REPORTS: RICHMOND AND DOVER AUTOLITE 200: Robert Pressley held off the leeches of Mark Martin and Darrell Waltrip to win. The points however remain unchanged but Todd Bodine has gained four points on Nemecheck. Terry Schoonover looked to be the dominant car of the night until he blew his engine. Casey Elliott, the nephew of Bill Elliott, attempted to make the race in his uncle's #94 car but dnq'd. He is expected to share this ride with Uncle Bill next season. Another announcement finally came from the Moroso team. Rob staged a press conference where he said this, LaJoie will drive the car the rest of the season and signed a three year contract. They also showed off their 1993 car. They will switch to Ford. LaJoie will run in cup for the first time since 1986 when he ran a few races for himself. WRANGLER 400: Rusty Wallace looked to steal a win from a playoff driver, but Mark Martin kept him from doing that and got around him to win. The gap between Elliott and Allison grows a little as Bill finished 14th, and Davey 19th. Sterling Marlin and Kyle Petty remain in elimination. Both will have to do well at Dover to stay in. Bobby Hamilton is sitting in tenth now and isn't very far ahead of Petty in points. If something were to happen to him at Dover, he could possibly be eliminated. Some bad and good news from Derrike Cope and the Bob Whitcomb team. The bad news was that Cope crashed out early and Bob is selling the team. The good news is Cale Yarborough is getting back into the ownership game and will take over this team next year. They are expected to remain the #10 Purolator Chrysler. Ricky Craven was back in the #35 for Hendrick Motorsports. He finished 34th, second to last after the rear axle broken. There still isn't any announcement of who will drive that car next year. Randy LaJoie and Jeff Gordon dnq'd along with James Hylton, Morgan Shepherd, and Jimmy Means. Neil Bonnett fell ill and RCR withdrew the #31. Bonnett will hopefully be back for Dover. SPLITFIRE SPARK PLUGS 300: Robert Pressley makes it another two in a row and moves back into second. Todd and Joe Nemecheck were both caught in accidents. Bodine's was early in the race, but recovered to finish 13th. Nemecheck's was right at the end and he ended up 15th. The battle for the championship is still very close: 1 Joe Nemecheck 3730 2 Robert Pressley 3719 -11 3 Todd Bodine 3715 -25 PEAK ANTIFREEZE 400: Terry Labonte plays his pit strategy right and beats Bill Elliott to win. Kyle Petty finished third while Bobby Hamilton dnf'd and was eliminated as well as Sterling Marlin even after finishing seventh; it just wasn't enough for him to move on. Alan Kulwicki wrecked and lost third to Harry Gant. Dick Trickle got a strong top fifteen finish(15th). It was just recently announced that Bud Moore is selling the team to Ford Racing president Michael Kranefuss. Trickle will be the driver of the #15 next year. Going into the next round of the playoffs, the standings are: 1 Bill Elliott 3417 2 Davey Allison 3403 -14 3 Harry Gant 3398 -29 4 Alan Kulwicki 3396 -31 5 Mark Martin 3392 -35 6 Terry Labonte 3388 -39 7 Dale Earnhardt 3382 -45 8 Darrell Waltrip 3376 -51 9 Kyle Petty 3371 -56 10 Terry Schoonover 3369 -58
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