{"id":929,"date":"2015-03-22T18:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/?p=929"},"modified":"2015-04-12T19:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T23:18:23","slug":"%ef%bb%bf2015-nascar-sprint-cup-race-five-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/%ef%bb%bf2015-nascar-sprint-cup-race-five-california\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Five California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to Kurt Busch on winning the pole for this race. His Stewart-Haas teammate Kevin Harvick shares the front row. Brian Vickers has blood clots so Brett Moffitt is in the 55 for the next three months at least. They&#8217;ve signed him up for Rookie of the Year. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Caution is out on lap 22 of 200 for David Ragan going around after Jeff Gordon took the air off him. Jeff was less than pleased with David not allowing a pass this early in the race.<\/p>\n<p>I watched last week&#8217;s race in Phoenix, but I don&#8217;t really remember it. Harvick won. Second win in a row. Harvick seemed really pleased.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Trevor Bayne hornished Sam Hornish to run him into the wall and bring out the third caution on lap 98 of 200 &#8211; though the spotter says it was totally his fault.<\/p>\n<p>After a rather boring race a green-white-checker finish.<\/p>\n<p>First attempt was a melee mostly caused by Biffle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217; wins. What a disappointing finish. <!-- 06:52:59 PM --><\/p>\n<p>Kurt Busch ran a great race, but was passed at the end by Keselowski, after Biffle wrecked and was sitting on the track for a while.<\/p>\n<p>After leading most of the race KHarv finishes 2nd and Kurt Busch finishes 3rd.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmie finishes 9th, and Dale Jr finishes 6th.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Bunny said she hopes Keselowski pays Biffle promptly.<br \/>\n<em><strong>In NASCAR news this week:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Martin-Truex-Jr-Sets-Team-Records.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Truex Jr. Sets Team Records<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/NASCAR-Making-Qualifying-Change.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">NASCAR Making Qualifying Change<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Busch-Court-Request-Denied.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Busch Court Request Denied<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Dwight-Yoakam-Named-Auto-Club-400-Honorary-Starter.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Dwight Yoakam Named Auto Club Honorary Starter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Statement-from-Talladega-Superspeedway-Chairman-Grant-Lynch-on-Safety-Initiatives.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Talladega Statement on Safety Initiatives<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Chris-Buescher-to-Drive-34-Ford-at-Auto-Club-Speedway.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Opportunity Knocks Again for Buescher<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Auto-Club-Speedway-Announces-Sellout-for-Auto-Club-400.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">ACS Announces Sellout for Auto Club 400<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-Sprint-Cup\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Brian-Vickers-Out-for-Extended-Period.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Vickers Out for Extended Period<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mrn.com\/Race-Series\/NASCAR-XFINITY\/News\/Articles\/2015\/03\/Jamie-Dick-Diagnosed-with-Diabetes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Dick Diagnosed with Diabetes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/12500748\/michael-waltrip-racing-sued-former-employee-alleged-wrongful-termination\" target=\"_blank\">MWR sued by former employee<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/12496200\/timothy-tyler-andrew-walker-arrested-arriving-late-sentencing\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-driver arrested after late arrival to court<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/story\/_\/id\/12499867\/marcus-ambrose-asks-relieved-seat-v8-supercars\" target=\"_blank\">Ambrose temporarily gives up Supercars ride<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/12468767\/nascar-team-owner-john-cohen-says-never-got-paperwork-resulted-warrant-arrest\" target=\"_blank\">Cohen on warrant: Never got the paperwork<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/cup\/story\/_\/id\/12470230\/jeff-gordon-eases-nascar-meeting-safety-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Gordon eases off gas in track safety debate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/racing\/nascar\/story\/_\/id\/12457475\/nascar-places-crew-chief-paul-wolfe-probation-remainder-2015-season\" target=\"_blank\">Crew chief Paul Wolfe on probation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Next Race: Martinsville<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>GO 48!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to Kurt Busch on winning the pole for this race. His Stewart-Haas teammate Kevin Harvick shares the front row. Brian Vickers has blood clots so Brett Moffitt is in the 55 for the next three months at least. They&#8217;ve signed him up for Rookie of the Year.<\/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-929","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\/929","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=929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briari.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}