2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Nine Dover

Regan Smith holds on and holds off Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch to win the Xfinity Series race at Dover. Congrats to JR Motorsports! Ryan Blaney finished 4th. Chris Buescher, the championship leader finished 8th. He has a 24 point lead in the championship race. Chase Elliott finished 7th and moved from 3rd to 2nd in the championship points race. Elliott Sadler finished 9th and Daniel Suarez, who leads the Rookie of the Year battle, finished 10th. J.J. Yeley finished 12th. Congrats J.J.!

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2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty Seven Chicago

Sunny day in Chicagoland for the race. Congratulations to John Hunter Nemechek on his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series win. Congratulations also to Joseph Nemechek and Nemco Racing. It’s great to see a small team do well. Qualifying was rained/stormed out on Friday so Kevin Harvick led them to the green flag. A spin on lap 2 by Denny Hamlin brings out a caution. Long green flag runs follow the early spin. They typical, boring Chicagoland race is underway. Continue reading “2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty Seven Chicago”

2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Five Darlington

After a lovely visit to the 10th Decatur Book Festival and totally yum pizza at Fellini’s I return home to the Cup race from Darlington. They were under caution when I walked into the room. I don’t know why. They were busy talking about all sorts of things, none of which seemed to be related to the caution. Oh well, maybe one day they will become a top notch broadcast team. I’m hoping Steve Letarte’s repetitive diarrhea of the mouth, Jeff Burton’s argumentativeness, and Rick Allen’s off-pace-calling are just growing pains that will resolve themselves. Then again I’m feeling pretty generous right now. A fun afternoon will do that for me. Continue reading “2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Five Darlington”