boutitbenza 699 NASCAR Thread (continue from old version of message board)

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earlier this afternoon, the Camping World Truck Series were racing at Martinsville, the race started later than it was scheduled due to a rain delay, but it's over and the race ran the full 200 laps, anyway Timothy Peters wins his first ever Camping World Truck Series race.

here's the recap and results:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=ap&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/truck...ults?year=2009

the Nationwide Series race is going on now, but i'll have results of that race tomorrow.

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Brad Keselowski won the Nationwide Series race at Memphis yesterday. he took the lead late in the race and almost crashed trying to take the checker flag as he was trying to make sure Kyle Busch (this week's co-host of WWE Raw) didn't pass him for the win.

here's the recap and results:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=ap&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/natio...ults?year=2009


i'll have the results of today's race/Driver of the Week, updated official points standing, and where NASCAR will be next week tomorrow.

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Driver of The Week: Denny Hamlin

he and Jimmie Johnson were fighting for the lead late in the race, but Hamlin took the lead and never looked back, he pretty much was the man in the final laps. he takes home the win at another track he considers a home track, since he a Virgina native. Jimmie Johnson finished second, but he keep gain ground on his lead in the standings. Johnson will not let his guard down until he wins the chase. he still got to go though Talladega, Texas, Phoenix, and Homestead-Miami and Talladega is usually a bad place for Jimmie, he didn't even finish at Talladega back in the spring.

here's the recap, lap by lap, and results:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=ap&type=lgns
Lap By Lap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?..._com&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/sprin...ults?year=2009


and now the updated official standing after this past weekend:
Camping World Truck Series:http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/20..._official.html
Nationwide Series:http://www.nascar.com/races/bg/2009/..._official.html
Sprint Cup Series:http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009..._official.html

next stop, Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, AL. the Nationwide Series however will be taking there last off week of the season as they will resume after that. the Camping World Truck series will be racing the Mountain Dew 250 on Halloween and the Sprint Cup will be racing in the seventh race in the chase, the Amp Energy 500. i'll keep you up to date, and don't forget Kyle Busch and Joey Logano guest host WWE Raw tonight.

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qualifying for the Camping World Truck Series race tomorrow was held today and Colin Braun won the pole for the Halloween afternoon race tomorrow, here's the lineup:
http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/20...ta/lineup.html

tomorrow qualifying will be held for Sunday's Amp Energy 500, i'll have that tomorrow evening.

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the Mountain Dew 250 is over, but the results won't be up until later, so i'll wait until tomorrow to post the results, meanwhile qualifying for the Amp Energy 500 was rained out so Jimmie Johnson won the pole via the official points standings rule were the current leader of the points standing get the pole when ever qualifying for the race is rained out.

here's the Lineup:
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009...ta/lineup.html

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ok, i'm keeping good on what i said in the last post. anyway Kyle Busch won the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega, he managed to avoid the big one with 5 to go, at a lot of trucks were taken out. then Kyle took the lead heading out of Turn 4 for the win in the final lap.

here the recap and results:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=ap&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/truck...ults?year=2009


i'll have the recap/results/driver of the week & official updated points standings tomorrow.

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Driver of the Week: Jamie McMurray

don't call Jamie a lame-duck driver. he survived Talladega and broke his 85 race winless streak as he won the Amp Energy 500. he lead most of the late laps and pretty much stayed out of trouble, he avoided the two big ones late in the race. he pretty much reminded the teams looking for a new driver that he's still looking for a ride for 2010. he will be leaving Roush-Fenway racing after the year is over and the 26 team will shut down due to a new NASCAR rule that official goes in effect next year where the limits of cars owned by the same team must be 4 but Roush-Fenway owns 5 cars but must get rid of one car due to this rule next season. anyway Ryan Newman and Mark Martin went airborne in the big ones, Ryan was in the first (but smaller) at lap 183, which his car made a complete flip and landed on Kevin Harvick's car's hood and then continued to flip. when it stop, NASCAR called out the red flag, so they can flip the car back over on it's wheels, then they had to get the jars to cut the roof so Ryan can get out of his car, he wasn't hurt but he was stuck in. and then Mark Martin flipped in the second big one at lap 189, which occurred during a green-white checker's attempt which was a fail due to big one #2. Mark flipped but the car got back on it's wheels, but the race was over. a bunch of other cars were wrecked in both big ones, too many chasers invovoled, so i'll let the lap by lap link due it's job. also Jimmie Johnson maybe closer to a 4peat. he avoid both wrecks and went from 22nd to 6th place, which is where finished at. so Jimmie got more points added to his lead making it 181 point lead in the chase.

here's the recap, lap by lap, results and big ones footage:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=ap&type=lgns
Lap by Lap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?..._com&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/sprin...ults?year=2009
Big One #1 Video:http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2009...car/index.html
Big One #2 Video:http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2009...car/index.html

and now the official points standings for both series that raced this weekend:
Camping World Truck Series:http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/20..._official.html
Sprint Cup Series:http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009..._official.html

the next stop is Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth, TX for this weekends races, on Friday Night the Camping World Truck Series race in the WinStar World Casino 350, then on Saturday the Nationwide Series resumes from there last off week of the season when they race in the O'Reilly Challenge (the only NASCAR race outside of The Watkins Glen Sprint Cup race to not have the number of miles/laps in the race in the name.) which features the WWE Raw vs. SmackDown cars as seen on Raw last week. and Sunday the 8th race in the chase, the Dickies 500. with three races to go, it looks like Jimmie might clinch the Sprint Cup Championship at ether Texas or at Phoenix, i'll keep you up to date later this week.

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qualifying for the WinStar World Casino 300 was held ether last night or earlier today, but Matt Crafton won the pole for tonight's race.

here's the lineup for the race:
http://www.nascar.com/races/truck/20...ta/lineup.html

also in other news, Danica Patrick is closer to making her NASCAR debut next year, news broke on Wednesday that she's close to finalizing a deal to race for Jr Motorsports in the Nationwide Series next year. Jr Motorsports is owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his Cup Series boss Rick Hendrick.

i will have the lineup to Sunday's race and tomorrow's race up later.

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qualifying was held this afternoon for Tomorrow's O'Reilly Challenge and Sunday's Dickies 500 and Matt Kenseth won the pole for tomorrow's racw while Jeff Gordon won the pole for the Dickies 500.

here's the lineup for Tomorrow's race:
http://www.nascar.com/races/bg/2009/33/data/lineup.html

and now the lineup for Sunday's race:
http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/2009...ta/lineup.html

i'll have the results of tonight's race tomorrow.

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Kyle Busch won both the Camping World Truck Series race and the Nationwide Series races this weekend. he won the WinStar World Casino 300 last night and the O'Reilly Challenge earlier this afternoon.

here's the recap and results for the WinStar World Casino 300:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=st&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/truck...ults?year=2009


and here's the recap and results for the O'Reilly Challenge:
Recap:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?...v=ap&type=lgns
Results:http://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/natio...ults?year=2009


i'll have the results/driver of the week on Monday.