Hurricane Matthew has finally relinquished its hold on the weather and the sun in shining in Charlotte this Sunday morning. Typically when a night race is rained out and occurs the next day, the racing is better. I hope that will be the case with this race. This will be a double-header race day with the Cup race and an elimination race for the Xfinity kids. Like here in Georgia yesterday Matthew seems to have left behind a lot of wind in Charlotte. We had the rain from the storm on Friday, then sunshine yesterday with a lot of wind. The Cup race will begin at noon and the Xfinity race will begin shortly thereafter. Congrats to Alex Bowman on his outside pole in Dale Jr’s 88 car! Not bad for a young substitute driver. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Thirty Charlotte”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Nine Dover
Cloudy in Dover at race time. Sixteen laps in and the sun is breaking through the clouds. Kevin Harvick is in the garage with a track bar mount replacement operation underway. Since he has a win it’s really no harm no foul for him if he doesn’t get back on the track – he’s going to the next round.
Caution on lap 105 of 400 for Ryan Blaney slamming the outside wall. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Nine Dover”
2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Eighteen Las Vegas
It was 90 degrees during qualifying in Vegas. They’re starting the race a couple hours earlier and it’s warmer than it has been for this race, so the crews are a bit unsure what to expect. Timothy Peters will lead the field to the green flag. Congratulations to TP on the pole.
Things were rained out at Dover today for Xfinity and Cup. The Xfinity series race is postponed to tomorrow.
Tyler Reddick wins. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race Eighteen Las Vegas”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Eight Loudon
We’ll begin with notes from the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race Twenty-Seven at Kentucky:
Long race.
I’d given up on the race – not interested in watching Erik Jones stink up the show again – then he and Ty Dillon wrecked each other with 12 to go and I came back into the room to watch the finish.
Elliott Sadler wins! Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Eight Loudon”
2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Seven Chicago
The first race of the Chase will be held under lovely blue skies in Chicagoland. Kyle Busch leads the field to the green flag due to qualifying getting rained out on Friday.
Caution during green flag pit stops on lap 49 of 267 for Aric Almirola’s loose tire. The crewman rolled the tire to the wall, it bounced off and rolled across pit road into the grass. KHarv and Jimmie dodged the tire on their way into pit road, before the caution was thrown.
Jimmie Johnson crossed the start-finish line on pit road before Martin Truex Jr crossed the start-finish line on the track. He will lead them to green on the restart. Continue reading “2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Seven Chicago”