NASCAR - Indianapolis - Brickyard 400

Indianapolis - Brickyard 400 - Crown Royal presents Samuel Deeds 400 - long 2+ mile flat track. Nothing real exciting. Jimmie Johnson lead most of race. A lot of green flag racing. Ryan Newman was his biggest competition and his team beat Johnson's on the final pit stop, putting him out front for the rest of the race.

Ryan Newman - Kissing the Bricks!!!

Congratulations Ryan Newman!!! Looked good all race and your team did an awesome job getting you in and out of the pits. Dale Earnhardt Jr. had a loose wheel at the beginning of the race, putting him down a lap, but persistent prevailed and he had a 6th place finish. Jeff Gordon raced his way back into the top ten in points, while Brad Keslowski having some handling problems dropped out of the top ten to 13th.
Top Ten Recap:
1. Ryan Newman - started 1 - up 3 positions to 16th
2. Jimmie Johnson - started 2 - remains in 1st
3. Kasey Kahne - started 7 - up 1 position to 9th
4. Tony Stewart - started 5 - up 2 positions to 11th
5. Matt Kenseth - started 13 - remains in 6th
6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 15 - remains in 5th
7. Jeff Gordon - started 9 - up 2 positions to 10th
8. Joey Lagano - started 11 - remains in 18th
9. Juan Montoya - started 8 - remains in 23rd
10. Kyle Busch - started 19 - remains in 7th

Race for the Chase:
1. Jimmie Johnson - finished 2nd
2. Clint Bowyer - finished 20th
3. Carl Edwards - finished 13th
4. Kevin Harvick - finished 19th
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 6th
6. Matt Kenseth - finished 5th
7. Kyle Busch - finished 10th
8. Greg Biffle - finished 24th
9. Kasey Kahne - finished 3rd - up 1 position
10. Jeff Gordon - finished 7th - up 2 positions
11. Tony Stewart - finished 4th - up 2 positions
12. Martin Truex Jr. - finished 11th - down 1 position

Next race - Pocono Raceway - GoBowling.com 400 - August 4, 2013 - 1 pm est.

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NASCAR - Loudon

NASCAR - Loudon - Not the typical Magic Mile Race. I usually call this the go-cart track, because most races it is just the cars going around following each other, but today they were racing three wide around corners (without wrecking), they were passing and they actually had more than a couple of leaders. Tony Stewart ran out of gas again, when he was about a shoe in to be a winner, he had a fast car, but alas the fuel mileage foiled him again. One day maybe he will get the fuel mileage right in Loudon. Kurt Busch again shows what a good racer he can be, but a finisher he is not. He lead the most laps but was tapped by Matt Kenseth and spun out taking Ryan Newman with him, rendering him a 31st place finishing, losing 5 positions out of the top ten to 14th. Even though Jeff Gordon had a 10th place finish, and gained 2 positions to 12th, he still would not be in the chase with no wins.

Congratulations Brian Vickers!!! Good to see you racing full speed ahead again. Great racing!!!



Top Ten Recap:
1. Brian Vickers - started 13 - up a position to 53rd
2. Kyle Busch - started 4 - remains in 7th
3. Jeff Burton - started 9 - up 4 positions to 17th
4. Brad Keslowski - started 1 - 4 positions to 9th
5. Aric Almirola - started 17 - up 3 positions to 16th
6. Jimmie Johnson - started 43 - remains in 1st
7. Kevin Harvick - started 18 - remains in 4th
8. Carl Edwards - started 6 - remains in 3rd
9. Matt Kenseth - started 12 - remains in 6th
10. Jeff Gordon - started 5 - up 2 positions to 12th

Race for the Chase:
1. Jimmie Johnson - finished 6th
2. Clint Bowyer - finished 13th
3. Carl Edwards - finished 8th
4. Kevin Harvick - finished 7th
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 14th
6. Matt Kenseth - finished 9th
7. Kyle Busch - finished 2nd
8. Greg Biffle - finished 15th
9. Brad Keslowski - finished 4th - up 4 positions
10. Kasey Kahne - finished 11th - up 2 positions
11. Martin Truex - finished 16th
12. Jeff Gordon - finished 10th - up 2 positions

Tony Stewart fell out of the top ten this week losing 4 positions after running out of gas on the last lap and finishing 26th, but he would still have the 2nd wild card position with a win. Jeff Gordon with no wins will be out.

Next week the Cup guys have the week off. See you in two weeks.

Next Race - Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Crown Royal presents The Samuel Deeds 400 at the Brickyard powered by BigMachineRecords.com - July 28, 2013 - 1 pm est

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NASCAR - Daytona Coke Zero 400

NASCAR - Daytona Coke Zero 400 - Typical Daytona racing, edge of your seat, holding your breath, hoping no one makes a mistake. All in all good racing. A couple of crashes, drivers just losing it. Denny Hamlin was involved in a couple of the wrecks today, The second one resulting in a red flag. A big, right after taking the white flag, but NASCAR made the choice of letting them race back to the checkered, then another wreck happened as everyone scrambled to get that one more position.
Michael Waltrip raced one of his cars today, showing his restrictor place race abilities are still intact, starting 7th and finishing 5th.

Congratulations Jimmie Johnson!!! Dominating the entire race and being only the second driver to win both Daytona races in one year. Bobby Allison did it back in 1982. We have a joke going around in our house that NASCAR fixes the races. It seems when they talk about a record could be matched or broken it always happens. Just kinda weird. They said before the race today, that Johnson would be the first driver to win bother Daytona's races since 1982 if he won today and low and behold he did. He also won the 48th running of the Daytona 500.
Top Ten Recap:
1. Jimmie Johnson - started 8 - remains in 1st
2. Tony Stewart - started 13 - up 6 positions to 10th
3. Kevin Harvick - started 26 - remains in 4th
4. Clint Bowyer - started 3 - up 1 position to 2nd
5. Michael Waltrip - started 7 - up 3 positions to 37th
6. Kurt Busch - started 22 - up 2 positions to 9th
7. Jamie McMurray - started 27 - up 2 positions to 17th
8. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - started 16 - up 1 position to 5th
9. Casey Mears - started 19 - remains in 24th
10. Ryan Newman - started 21 - up 2 positions to 16th

Race for Chase:
1. Jimmie Johnson - WINNER
2. Clint Bowyer - finished 4th - up 1 position
3. Carl Edwards - finished 29th - down 1 position
4. Kevin Harvick - finished 3rd -
5. Dale Earnhardt Jr. - finished 8th - up 1 position
6. Matt Kenseth - finished 33rd - down 1 position
7. Kyle Busch - finished 12th
8. Greg Biffle - finished 17th - up 1 position
9. Kurt Busch - fnished 6th - up 5 positions
10. Tony Stewart - finished 2nd - up 6 positions
11. Martin Truex Jr. - finished 41st - down 3 positions
12. Kasey Kahne - finished 32 - down 1 position

Good finishes and wins are a must to stay in the top ten right now.

Next Race - New Hampshire International Raceway - Camping World RV Sales 301 - Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 1 pm

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