Hello, race fans! No, you didn't sleep through most of the week. Thanks to NASCAR scheduling, the Trifecta comes early this week so that we can bring you tomorrow night's Camping World Truck Race from Bristol.
Unfortunately, there is some bad news. The weather from Bristol isn't looking too condusive for racing this weekend: 50% chance of rain tomorrow and Thursday; 40% chance of rain Friday(Cup qualifying and everything Nationwide); and a 10% chance for rain on Saturday(looking better than earlier reports, but we all know what the weather said last week at Michigan). Added to all of this is Hurricane Bill which is expected to hit the outer banks of North Carolina this weekend.
On to the races--
Up first is the Camping World Truck race Wednesday(8-19). The green flag drops at 8:46pm ET(6:46pm PT).
Next is the NASCAR Nationwide race Friday(8-21). The green flag drops at 8:13pm ET(6:13pm PT). You must pick a driver for this race who DOES NOT run full time in the Cup Series.
Finally, we have the NASCAR Sprint Cup race Saturday(8-22). The green flag drops at 7:43pm ET(5:43pm PT).
The last few weeks, there have been some questions concerning deadlines for driver changes. You may change your driver for a race anytime up to the posted time for the green flag. As long as your change is time stamped BEFORE the start of the race, the change will be accepted. Since this blog time stamps in Pacific Time, I have provided those times as well.
Next week is an off week for the Cup drivers; however, there will be a Trifecta next week.
Good luck and let's go racing!!!
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Truck - Thorn Busch
ReplyDeleteNW - Justin Allgaier
Cup - Kurt Busch
I am betting we don't have any of the races on any of the days they are supposed to be on...
Rage on Bill and to those of you on the E.C batten down those hatches...
truck: Newman
ReplyDeleteNwide: Gaughan
Cup: Edwards
gene will kill me, but I got here first.
ReplyDeleteTruck- Kyle Busch
NNS- Kyle Busch
Cup- Kyle BUsch
and I predict now that he will make the Chase!
LOL stork(although Kristen beat you to Kyle in the truck race)
ReplyDeleteTruck - Hornaday
ReplyDeleteNationwide - Brad K.
Cup - Tony Stewart
hey! I thought we can't pick FT Cup drivers in NW race...stork!! =P
ReplyDeleteOops. Kristen is right NO full time cup drivers in the Nationwide race. stork, you need to change your driver.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kristen for catching that.
Trucks - Mike Skinner
ReplyDeleteNW - Brad Keselowski
Cup - Kasey Kahne
and a bonus....F1 - Lewis Hamilton :P
trucks - Todd Bodine
ReplyDeleteNW - Mike Bliss
Cup - Jimmie Johnson
NCS... Matt Crafton
ReplyDeleteNNS... Steven Wallace
Cup... Ryan Newman
CWTS.....D Setzer
ReplyDeleteNNS......J Keller
SCS......Kyle Busch
Trucks: Colin Braun
ReplyDeleteN'wide: Brad Coleman
Cup: Mark Martin
no mention of the FT in the NNS race in this weeks description. ;)
ReplyDeleteI guess i will take Steven Wallace (CR has him too, but i have different Cup and Truck)
Maybe his old man taught him how to get around Bristol.
stork... That's exactly what I was thinking! Maybe a little "father like son" might come into play. Rusty had that track figured out!
ReplyDeleteTrucks--Matt Crafton (he breaks Hornaday's streak at 5)
ReplyDeleteNNS--Justin Allgaier
Cup--Clint Bowyer.
Trucks Mike Skinner
ReplyDeleteNationwide Danny O'Quinn Jr.
Cup Denny Hamlin
My picks:
ReplyDeleteCWTS- Ron Hornaday(I think Tez may be right; KHI may just have that pesky Lug Nut)
NNS- Jason Leffler
NSCS- Kurt Busch
Will there be a race tonight????? It's raining in Bristol at the moment.
Trucks - Hornaday
ReplyDeleteNNS - Leffler
Cup - Kasey Kahne
Let the monsoon begin...
Vettel in F1
ReplyDeleteStandings after the Truck race-
ReplyDeleteklvalus 1
storkjrc 1
CR_Racing 2
jon_464 2
Beverly 3
moseby 3
SpeedBeagle 3
RA6AN 4
HotfootLori 12
Hanahan 21
Tezgm99 22
Tsfanpc 22
Forensic2 32
See you Friday for the Nationwide race. I will check in periodically for any driver changes.
well, there goes 4 of us this week....what are you guys doing this weekend now Hanny, Tsfan and Forensic?
ReplyDeleteTez-
ReplyDeleteThe rest of us could end up in the wrong place at the wrong time in the other races. Don't give up yet.
It is just impossible to pick against Thorn Busch in the trucks...now the rest of the picks are way more suspect! LOL
ReplyDeleteNah, it's entirely possible to not go with Kyle; remember Martinsville last year when he did that bonehead move? Or, same track, when he scraped up against the pitwall to get rid of some debris and got pinged for a pitlane violation as he didn't pit?
ReplyDeleteI'm rather cautious when it comes to taking Kyle in the trucks on a short track, lol
is it the weekend yet? Man, I had forgotten how difficult dealing with local residents while trying to do your job was, LOL!
ReplyDeleteHi Speedy, I would like to switch to Brad Coleman for N'wide. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteRA6An-
ReplyDeleteGot it!
After the Nationwide Race:
ReplyDeleteBeverly 6
moseby 9
SpeedBeagle 9
storkjrc 18
CR_Racing 19
Tezgm99 25
klvalus 28
jon_464 29
RA6AN 33
Hanahan 37
HotfootLori 41
Forensic2 47
Tsfanpc 54
OUCH! Dang it Lil Gator! Mid pack might be able to recover...
ReplyDeleteCant believe RA6AN missed out on Ragan! Congrats girl on your two hotties battling to the checkers (sorta)
Kristen-
ReplyDeleteShe couldn't pick David- he's a full time Cup racer; however, I'm sure David's win will ease the pain of dropping her original driver(Gaughan- finished 19th) for Brad Coleman(finished 29th)
Yes, I was bummed to see Coleman go down, but I really don't care right now!!! WOOHOO!
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning of the season, when Hanny made his predictions, he picked Ragan to win tomorrow's race. He must've forgotten. I'm gonna stick with Carl, though. No more changes.
Beverly is at work and cant get on here to comment so I am passing this along from her:
ReplyDelete"Yippee!" on the lead in Trifecta and on one of the Georgia Boys finally came through!"
am tempted to change to Matt for the race....but I'll stick with Kasey even though he's starting way back, lol
ReplyDeleteBeverly just sent me a message on facebook. She is changing her driver to Kyle Busch.
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well. A last minute substitution paid off this week. Here are the results--
ReplyDeleteBeverly 7
SpeedBeagle 16
storkjrc 19
CR_Racing 25
klvalus 35
moseby 37
Hanahan 38
HotfootLori 43
RA6AN 49
jon_464 50
Tezgm99 53
Forensic2 55
Tsfanpc 59
Congrats, Beverly!
The Cup series takes the week off next weekend, but both the IRL and F1 will be racing along with the Nationwide and Truck series. There WILL be a Trifecta next week.
And I slept through it!!!lol Thank you, SB for changing it at the last minute.
ReplyDeleteI think Kyle would have won the NW race, too, if that rookie hadn't ran into him. But did anyone notice how understanding he was about that wreck? Maybe Joe Gibbs has had the "Tony Stewart talk" with him.lol
Congrads to Beverly on the win. I learn my lesson about changing drivers from last week and I so wanted to change to Matt Crafton this week but said no. Heck I even thought it was a sure thing Jimmie was going to win late for my SYMT driver but nooooo. lol.
ReplyDeleteIts all good when its family. Cheers2All.
Congrats Bev! Gutsy call changing at the last minute.
ReplyDeleteWill look for the "non Nascar" Trifecta this week...
Good call Bev. Congratulations!
ReplyDelete