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Friday practice day at Watkins Glen – rain rain go away! It’s raining at The Glen. Everything on track is postponed until the afternoon when the front should be past. The front passed and both Sprint Cup and Nationwide were able to get in some practice time – though the practice time for Nationwide was shortened. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Two Watkins Glen”

Friday race – ARCA . The starting lineup was determined by owner’s points since practice and qualifying were rained out yesterday and heavy fog precluded action on the track this morning. The kids managed to do 49 of 50 laps without a caution. A couple of cars wrecked hard on the last lap. Corey LaJoie won the race by luck. He was wandering around in second place, way behind the leader, when the leader’s car broke and he had to pit. LaJoie was supposed to start at the back of the field for an unapproved adjustment according to Phil Parsons, but instead started behind Chase Elliott. He followed Chase through the field until Chase had a tire issue. It was a relatively boring race in spite of Rick Allen’s yelling as though the racing was hot and heavy. Boring, like Pocono can be, but short, so endurable. That Corey LaJoie is lucky. Sadly I think he thinks he’s good. Oh well. Frank Kimmel is still leading the points. Frank finished second. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-One Pocono”

Partly cloudy on race day in Indianapolis. Always a pleasure to hear Mary Hulman George give the command. I don’t know why, but she’s my favorite Indy tradition. It’s the 20th anniversary of NASCAR at the Brickyard. The hype has been big – though nothing compared to the insane hype for the Mudsummer Classic. It absolutely DID NOT live up to the hype. Heavy trucks, driving realitively slowly on the mud. As Dave Blaney said the Dillon boys had the advantage with specially made trucks for the event, so, of course, Frankenstein won. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty Indianapolis”

So, we get a stand-alone Nationwide Race weekend. Too bad it’s at Chicagoland. Chicagoland is one of the most boring tracks typically. Due to my busy week I have managed to miss any practice or race coverage so far this weekend. There’s also an ARCA race airing this evening. I am very much looking forward to that race. Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Nationwide Cup Race Eighteen Chicagoland”

Loudon Nationwide race. Okay. KyBu starts the race running away with it and stinking up the show. First pit stop he has a little issue and doesn’t win the race off pit road. Matt Kenseth’s car is crazy sideways. He’s working hard to get his chance to stink up the show. For some reason I have a major issue with him running this series. Maybe it has to do with the fact that Cup drivers in the Nationwide races don’t seem to improve Elliott Sadler’s lot. Matter of fact it seems to have a negative influence on Elliot’s race. Unfortunately Marty Reid is back on the desk. We miss Bestie! Continue reading “2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Nineteen Loudon”