rvrdgsfn Posted November 5, 2017 Author Share Posted November 5, 2017 Results from Texas: 1. Harvick 2. Truex Jr. 3. Hamlin 4. Kenseth 5. Keselwoski 6. Logano 7. Blaney 8. Elliott 9. Kurt Busch 10. Jones Stage 1 winner: Harvick Stage 2 winner: Larson The closer strikes again. Harvick had a good car & thanks to traffic, was able to get past Truex. Harvick just punched his ticket to Homestead as does Truex due to points. I still think Harvick is my dark horse to win it all, although its going to be hard to stop Truex. Johnson, Elliott, Hamlin & Blaney are in the bottom 4. Next up Phoenix Well, getting to Kenseth, in all honesty, I'm not surprised & its a bummer that he has nothing to drive next year. Maybe it'll be a year or maybe it will be like Biffle. I also kind of seeing the same thing happen to Danica, there were rumors that she was going to Roush but they basically shot that down. Speaking of driver moves, Stewart Haas is supposed to name their new driver & it looks like Aric Almirola will be driving the 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 I just kind of tuned out when Truex took the lead until Harvick made the pass. This season has been kinda boring with Truex being so dominant. In my ideal world, I'd love for there to be about 24 different winners (this year, has had 14) and about 37 drivers with a top 10 (this year has had 33). That way, you can go into a race and feel like at least 35 of the 40 cars have a real legitimate shot of winning each week. I don't like going into a race knowing that, say, McDowell, Whitt, DiBenedetto, Buescher, Allmendinger, Almirola, Ragan, Cassill, Gaulding, LaJoie, Cope, Sorenson, J. Earnhardt, Long (when he runs), Hill (when he runs), Gase (when he runs), McLeod (when he runs), and T. Dillon have no real shot of winning a given race. That's 18 drivers that could compete in a given race that have no shot. Call me crazy, but I'd love to know that any car on the track has a real shot at winning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin7218 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 It's been confirmed. Aric Almirola to SHR to drive the 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 That's nice. I look forward to hearing how he does. Aric was always one of my favorite "dark horse" drivers. I was happy when he "won" at Daytona a year or 2 ago. Hopefully with a good team & equipment (sorry RPM), he just might be able to squeak out a real win. At the very least SHR's car replacement bill should go down. LOL Red Sox: 8 Celtics: 17 Bruins: 6 Patriots: 5 Phantom Merch Collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcowboyfan92 Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Almirola is at least better than Danica, there's that. XD I had a feeling the Silly Season rumor of Aric chasing the Smithfield sponsorship to SHR was going to happen. It kind of felt right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needschat Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 6 hours ago, Justin7218 said: It's been confirmed. Aric Almirola to SHR to drive the 10. But where's Pork Chop!? Oh what could have been.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share Posted November 12, 2017 Results from Phoenix: 1. Kenseth 2. Elliott 3. Truex Jr. 4. Jones 5. Harvick 6. McMurray 7. Kyle Busch 8. Stenhouse Jr. 9. Almirola 10. Earnhardt Jr. Stage 1 winner: Larson Stage 2 winner: Hamlin Both stage winners knocked out of the race. Chase once again finishes in 2nd while Kenseth finally gets a win, its a shame he doesn't have a ride next season. Brad Keselowski advances with Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr. & Kevin Harvick. Next up Miami for the finale. Monster cup 4: Harvick Kyle Busch Truex Jr. Keselowski Xfinity 4: Byron Algaier Sadler Hemric Camping World 4: Sauter Bell Crafton Cindric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Pretty impressive to have 3 out of 4 Jr Motorsports cars in the Xfinity finale. Mainly due to other teams shuffling MENCS drivers in and out of rides, but still something to be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share Posted November 17, 2017 Danica will do the Daytona 500 & Indianapolis 500 next year, Sunday will be her last time as a full time driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 And nothing of value was lost. Red Sox: 8 Celtics: 17 Bruins: 6 Patriots: 5 Phantom Merch Collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 2 hours ago, rvrdgsfn said: Danica will do the Daytona 500 & Indianapolis 500 next year, Sunday will be her last time as a full time driver. For whom? I couldn't find any info on which team(s) she would race with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcowboyfan92 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 19 hours ago, ozzyman314 said: And nothing of value was lost. Seconded. She's going to go down in history as one of the most over-rated drivers to ever step into a Cup vehicle. She had the talent to be great, to be good, but she kept crashing nearly every event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvrdgsfn Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Results from Miami: 1. Truex Jr. 2. Kyle Busch 3. Larson 4. Harvick 5. Elliott 6. Logano 7. Keslowski 8. Kenseth 9. Hamlin 10. Newman Stage 1 & 2 winner: Larson Truly, the right driver won the championship tonight. Truex won 8 races, was Mr. Consistent & drove his heart out the whole race. Kyle did have the faster car, I'll give him that but Truex was just non stop all season & I couldn't be happier. Now if you would've told me that a small race team from Denver Colorado would win a championship, I would've said your joking, well, I'm glad I was made a fool then. Junior finished 25th in his last race & Danica finished 37th after she wrecked. Erik Jones was named ROTY. William Byron won the Xfinity championship & Christopher Bell won the Camping World Truck series, last but not least, something interesting from the President of Ford Performance... http://performance.ford.com/series/stock-car-racing/news/articles/stock-car-racing/2017/11/dave-pericak-interview.htmlDAVE, WITH THE CAMARO COMING INTO THE CUP SERIES, ARE YOU INTRODUCING THE MUSTANG? “Great question. I mean, Jim has been waiting for this answer. We always look at what's going on in the showroom, where we're going with our product development cycle plan. We introduced the new Fusion a couple years ago. We will be looking at introducing a new car in the future. We have not submitted anything as of yet, but stay tuned.” I think we know its coming, it has to happen. With that we conclude the 2017 season, see you all back again at Daytona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Happy to see Truex win. Best driver the whole year, and without a doubt truly deserved it. Red Sox: 8 Celtics: 17 Bruins: 6 Patriots: 5 Phantom Merch Collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 This photo is everything What a fantastic career and an even better man. Only fitting he has a Budweiser in his hand. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 This is 2018 season news (and relatively big at that), but I figured I'd put it in here instead of starting a new thread. That right belongs to @rvrdgsfn, respectfully. Richard Petty Motorsports announced a few days ago that it will be switching from Ford to Chevy in 2018 and aligning itself with Richard Childress Racing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Not like this is big news, but Circle Sport and The Motorsports Group split up, meaning that Jeffrey Earnhardt is now without a ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyman314 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 44 minutes ago, stumpygremlin said: Not like this is big news, but Circle Sport and The Motorsports Group split up, meaning that Jeffrey Earnhardt is now without a ride. Literally Who? Red Sox: 8 Celtics: 17 Bruins: 6 Patriots: 5 Phantom Merch Collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpygremlin Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 12 hours ago, ozzyman314 said: Literally Who? Like I said, not big news. Jeffrey Earnhardt drove the 33 last year. He's Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s nephew. He finished 36th in points, last among drivers that raced full-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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