{"id":1167,"date":"2017-07-15T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T23:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2017-07-16T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T12:13:07","slug":"2017-nascar-xfinity-cup-series-race-seventeen-loudon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/2017-nascar-xfinity-cup-series-race-seventeen-loudon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 NASCAR Xfinity Cup Series Race Seventeen Loudon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always enjoy hearing the Canadian National anthem. The singers tend to do a better job with it than the majority of the Americans with the Star Spangled Banner.<\/p>\n<p>Caution at lap 29 of 200 as David Starr hits the wall.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been sprinkling at the track for a few laps.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re bringing the cars down pit road as the rain gets heavier. The race is red flagged at lap 31.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Preece is running the Xfinity race after running the Whelen Modifed race which occurred just before the Xfinity race.<\/p>\n<p>The sun is out. The track is dry. The cars are rolling after about an hour&#8217;s rain delay.<\/p>\n<p>Restarting on lap 35 of 200.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Preece is driving for JGR. After running for an &#8216;under-funded&#8217; team last season he wanted to be in a competitve car this season. From the talk it appears he turned down some other non-competitve cars for await an opportunity like the JGR offer. He will run one additional race in that car this season.<\/p>\n<p>Cars are rolling around the track.<\/p>\n<p>Brad &#8216;It&#8217; Keselowski got busted for something on pit road while leading the race and had to serve a pass-thru penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Justin &#8216;Dewy Alligator&#8217; Allgaier had transmission issues. Had to go in for a repair and came back out 28 laps down.<\/p>\n<p>KyBu wins <!--07:06:04 PM--><\/p>\n<p>Great going Ryan Preece on the second place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Nice job William Byron on the third place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Way to go Ben Kennedy who was the last car on the lead lap with his sixth place finish.<\/p>\n<p>Boring race overall. The leaders stayed so far ahead of the rest of the field.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NASCAR News:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Kyle-Larson-Wins-Pole-for-Overtons-301-at-New-Hampshire-Motor-Speedway.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pole to Truex After Larson&#8217;s Time Disallowed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Aric-Almirola-Ready-for-Return.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Almirola Back Behind the Wheel<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Denny-Hamlin-to-Backup-Car-in-First-Practice-at-New-Hampshire.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamlin to Backup Car in First Practice<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Johnson-Prepares-for-the-Pure-Michigan-400-with-a-Bike-Ride.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johnson Tours Detroit On a Bike<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/NASCAR-Promotes-Brent-Dewar-to-President.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Promotes Dewar to President<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Clint-Bowyer-Eyes-Run-to-Make-Playoffs.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pressure Cooker Turning Up for Bowyer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Big-Penalty-for-Kyle-Larson-42-Team.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Big Penalty for Larson<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Aric-Almirola-to-Return-at-New-Hampshire.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Almirola to Return at New Hampshire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Erik-Jones-to-Drive-20-Toyota-at-Joe-Gibbs-Racing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jones to Drive No. 20 at JGR in 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Notebook-NASCAR-aggressively-pursuing-New-Manufacturers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NASCAR Notebook: New Manufacturer Talks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/NASCAR-Hall-of-Famers-Richard-Petty-and-Bill-Elliott-to-Pace-Bojangles-Southern-500-Field.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Petty, Elliott to Pace Southern 500 Field<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Richmond-Raceway-Unveils-Infield-Redevelopment-Project-as-Richmond-Raceway-Reimagined.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richmond Raceway Unveils Infield Redevelopment Project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2017\/07\/Brad-Keselowski-Frustrated-After-Early-Exit-at-Kentucky.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keselowski Frustrated<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/20071827?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blame Carl Edwards for this crazy Silly Season<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/19966894\/nascar-pros-cons-new-stage-racing-format-2017?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Things to like, dislike about NASCAR&#8217;s stage-racing format<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedwaydigest.com\/index.php\/news\/camping-world-truck-series-news\/38859-max-johnson-makes-nascar-debut-with-brandt-and-young-motorsports?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Johnson Makes NASCAR Debut with Brandt and Young Motorsports<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/matt-kenseth-glad-erik-jones-162552661.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Kenseth glad Erik Jones news is out so he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchave to pretend anymore<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/jayski\/cup\/2017\/story\/_\/id\/20048765\/dodge-return-nascar?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report: Dodge Won&#8217;t Return to NASCAR<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Next Race: Indianapolis<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>JRM!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always enjoy hearing the Canadian National anthem. The singers tend to do a better job with it than the majority of the Americans with the Star Spangled Banner. Caution at lap 29 of 200 as David Starr hits the wall. It&#8217;s been sprinkling at the track for a few laps. They&#8217;re bringing the cars &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2017\/07\/2017-nascar-xfinity-cup-series-race-seventeen-loudon-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2017 NASCAR Xfinity Cup Series Race Seventeen Loudon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily","category-sports","category-things"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}