Spike Posted June 19, 2021 Report Share Posted June 19, 2021 Kaulig Racing is moving up to Cup series in 2022 with two cars after purchasing 2 charters from Spire motorsports. Justin Haley will be driving one car, 2nd driver tba. https://www.jayski.com/2021/06/18/kaulig-racing-purchases-two-cup-charters-for-2022-season-justin-haley-running-full-time/ Alex Bowman signed a contract extension through 2023 with Hendrick Motorsports. https://www.jayski.com/2021/06/18/alex-bowman-signs-contract-extension-with-hendrick-motorsports-through-2023/ RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 My son-in-law is a big NASCAR fan so my daughter came over today for Father's Day and we watched some of the race. I always enjoy it when I'm with someone who knows the answers to my questions. It sure was interesting to see a race in Nashville.....I bet the locals were loving that. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 (edited) 42 minutes ago, RogerDuke said: My son-in-law is a big NASCAR fan so my daughter came over today for Father's Day and we watched some of the race. I always enjoy it when I'm with someone who knows the answers to my questions. It sure was interesting to see a race in Nashville.....I bet the locals were loving that. over 30,000 fans! I think it's the first NASCAR race they've had in like .....50 yrs??? I hope to see it in person one day. I'm born and raised 20m south, in Franklin Tn. Edited June 21, 2021 by Hobie Hartkins RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 21, 2021 Report Share Posted June 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said: over 30,000 fans! I think it's the first NASCAR race they've had in like .....50 yrs??? I hope to see it in person one day. I'm born and raised 20m south, in Franklin Tn. 1984 was the last cup race at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Geoff Bodine won the final cup race there. The last Xfinity and Truck series races were held there in 2000. Kyle Larson won his fourth consecutive race in dominating fashion leading most of the laps and winning stage two. Ross Chastain kept the Hendrick teams from another consecutive 1-2 finish. Ricky Stenhouse Jr also had a good race racing in the top 10 all day and finishing 6th. Top 10 1 Kyle Larson 2 Ross Chastain 3 William Byron 4 Aric Almirola 5 Kevin Harvick 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 7 Daniel Suarez 8 Kurt Busch 9 Christopher Bell 10 Joey Logano RogerDuke and Hobie Hartkins 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 8:00 AM, Spike said: Now onto the latest rumors... Jeff Gordon might be leaving the broadcast booth for a bigger role at Hendrick Motorsports. Jeff Gordon is leaving the broadcast booth to become Vice Chairman/2nd in command at Hendrick Motorsports https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/06/23/jeff-gordon-named-hendrick-motorsports-vice-chairman/ he will do the rest of his Fox contract duties till the end of the year. Wonder who they will get to replace him. Dale Earnhardt Jr is locked into a multi year deal with NBC and to be honest he's really not good at calling the races. Chase Elliot's 13th place finish at Nashville has been disqualified, for of all things , 5 loose/missing lugnuts. Chase vented his frustrations on Twitter with a pretty good observation that if the wheel would have come off and he wrecked he would have been able to keep his points. I can understand DQ'ing because of skirting the rules on the car but for too many loose lugnuts is absolutely absurd. Just when I think Nascar Officials have done the most ridiculous thing they do something else even more crazy. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossC Posted June 24, 2021 Report Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Spike said: Chase Elliot's 13th place finish at Nashville has been disqualified, for of all things , 5 loose/missing lugnuts. Chase vented his frustrations on Twitter with a pretty good observation that if the wheel would have come off and he wrecked he would have been able to keep his points. I can understand DQ'ing because of skirting the rules on the car but for too many loose lugnuts is absolutely absurd. Just when I think Nascar Officials have done the most ridiculous thing they do something else even more crazy. It feels like F1 is moving away from this sort of controversial/arbitrary rule enforcement. Hopefully they've realized how badly it goes over with the fans! Spike and RogerDuke 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted June 25, 2021 Report Share Posted June 25, 2021 Hey, you guys be getting ready! The annual Moonshine 400 is coming up August 31 and I think Enos might be in it this year! I know I will, because ANY thing with the word Moonshine in it , has GOT to be good stuff! ( LOL!) There's also a rumor ( though not confirmed!) , that Cooter will be there too! I think Rosco is going to try something sneaky and underhanded though....so.....be watching for it! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted June 26, 2021 Report Share Posted June 26, 2021 The Moonshine 500 is always my second favorite race of the year. Nothing beats the Buttermilk 5.00 where you chug a quart of buttermilk and try to run around the barn 5 times. Nobody has ever made it 5 times around without losing their buttermilk so we always give the trophy to the person who made it farthest. The trophy is a gallon of buttermilk in a moonshine jug signed by Hazzard's biggest buttermilk drinker, Enos Strate. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted June 27, 2021 Report Share Posted June 27, 2021 13 hours ago, RogerDuke said: The Moonshine 500 is always my second favorite race of the year. Nothing beats the Buttermilk 5.00 where you chug a quart of buttermilk and try to run around the barn 5 times. Nobody has ever made it 5 times around without losing their buttermilk so we always give the trophy to the person who made it farthest. The trophy is a gallon of buttermilk in a moonshine jug signed by Hazzard's biggest buttermilk drinker, Enos Strate. Yes, but remember...it's the Moonshine 400....we were going to make it 500 but nobody could stay steady that long!! LOL!! RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 it's a good thing you put out about 10,000 bales of hay around the oval track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 Oh yes....Tillie Mays mama has been giving me the eye and I think after the race is over....maybe we can go on a private...uh...hay ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 TMI TMI.....hey Spike....where's the NASCAR report! LOL Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobie Hartkins Posted June 28, 2021 Report Share Posted June 28, 2021 19 hours ago, RogerDuke said: TMI TMI.....hey Spike....where's the NASCAR report! LOL He was too busy watching me and Tilly May sneak off behind the hay bales !! LOL! Spike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 29, 2021 Report Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 6/27/2021 at 8:40 PM, RogerDuke said: TMI TMI.....hey Spike....where's the NASCAR report! LOL Hobie's white lightning has a bit of a (hiccup) kick lol took me a day to recover. This past weekend was the Pocono doubleheader. Saturday's race the Hendrick brigade dominated. It looked like Kyle Larson was going to win his 5the consecutive race until his left front tire blew going into turn 3 on the last lap which gave Alex Bowman his 3rd win this season and Hendrick Motorsports 6 consecutive wins and 9 wins total so far this season. Top 10 1 Alex Bowman 2 Kyle Busch 3 William Byron 4 Denny Hamlin 5 Ryan Blaney 6 Kurt Busch 7 Joey Logano 8 Kevin Harvick 9 Kyle Larson 10 Brad Keselowski Race 2 ended up being a fuel mileage race. Kyle Busch had transmission issues that left him with only 4th gear which turned out to be a good thing for fuel mileage since he didn't down shift in the turns. His car handled superbly which allowed him to run almost as fast as the leaders who ran out of fuel. Top 10 1 Kyle Busch 2 Kyle Larson 3 Brad Keselowski 4 Kevin Harvick 5 Bubba Wallace 6 Ryan Blaney 7 Alex Bowman 8 Ryan Preece 9 Tyler Reddick 10 Joey Logano This weekend Nascar heads to Road America with Xfinity and Cup and some Cup drivers will also run in the Trans Am race there this weekend as well. Both races will be on NBC stations. Hobie Hartkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Roush Fenway Racing allegedly told it's partners and investors that the deal with Brad Keselowski is a done deal https://www.jayski.com/2021/06/25/report-brad-keselowski-to-roush-fenway-with-ownership-role/ neither RFR, Penske Racing or Brad Keselowski has confirmed it yet though. Nascar's uptick in tv ratings this season is over, Pocono saw the lowest viewership since races in the 2000 season. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted June 30, 2021 Report Share Posted June 30, 2021 Gonna have to pick your chin up off the floor after reading this...Chip Ganassi is leaving Nascar and sold team charters to Trackhouse Racing https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/06/30/trackhouse-purchases-chip-ganassi-racing-nascar-operation/ Trackhouse will run two cars next year one driven by current driver Daniel Suarez and the 2nd driver tba. Ross Chastain will probably be the 2nd driver though. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Nascar Cup series returned to Road America for the first time since 1956. Chase Elliot won holding off hard charging Gibbs teammates, giving Hendrick Motorsports it's 10th win of the season. I still think they should have kept Daytona on the July 4th weekend. Top 10 1 Chase Elliot 2 Christopher Bell 3 Kyle Busch 4 Kurt Busch 5 Denny Hamlin 6 Chase Briscoe 7 Ross Chastain 8 Tyler Reddick 9 Martin Truex jr 10 Matt Dibenedetto Kurt Busch already had talks with Trackhouse Racing so he's rumored to be the top candidate to drive the 2nd car when they take over Ganassi's Nascar teams at the end of the season. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerDuke Posted July 6, 2021 Report Share Posted July 6, 2021 Another win for the Georgia boy with the dad mentioned on Dukes! Skipper Duke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 In the final Atlanta race at the track's current configuration Kurt Busch with help from his teammate Ross Chastain edged out his younger brother Kyle Busch for the win. In typical Kryle fashion in his post race interview he whined about losing instead of congratulating his brother. They must have had one helluva contentious relationship growing up. Early on it looked like it was going to be a JGR stomping with all four JGR Toyota's looking strongest in the field. Probably would have been Martin Truex jr's day if not for failing pre race inspection twice and being forced to start last. He arguably passed the most cars having to drive through the field a few times due to bad pit stops. Top 10 1 Kurt Busch 2 Kyle Busch 3 Martin Truex jr 4 Alex Bowman 5 Ryan Blaney 6 Tyler Reddick 7 Chase Elliot 8 Christopher Bell 9 Matt Dibenedetto 10 Brad Keselowski Kyle Busch won his 5th and final Xfinity race at Atlanta this season. Hopefully he'll stick to his word and retire from the series since he's won over 100 Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity races as he promised. He's the reason Nascar limits how many starts Cup series driver's can make in the lower tier series. Instead of limiting cup series driver's they should make them run in struggling team's car's to give them some help against the juggernaut teams like JGR or Jr motorsports. The next time you see Atlanta motor speedway on tv it will look different. Instead of just repaving the track they are going to redo the banking as well https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/06/atlanta-motor-speedway-repave-reprofiling-2022-nascar-cup-series/. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 14, 2021 Report Share Posted July 14, 2021 JR Motorsports apparently Is still interested in running in the Cup series https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/13/dale-jr-kelley-earnhardt-miller-motorsports-continuing-conversations-on-possible-cup-effort/ there's a rumor that Dale Jr and his sister Kelley will buy into Richard Childress Racing either partially or outright takeover. Another rumor is Kevin Harvick is interested in buying JTG's portion of JTG Daugherty Racing team. I don't know if this one holds much water, he ran a Trucks and Xfinity teams and folded them because it was too much to handle while also driving and raising a family. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Kyle Larson signs an extension with Hendrick Motorsports through 2023 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/14/kyle-larson-signs-extension-with-hendrick-motorsports-through-2023/. Hendrick Motorsports is also working on extensions with Chase Elliot and William Byron. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 15, 2021 Report Share Posted July 15, 2021 Official Brad Keselowski leaving Penske Racing https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/15/brad-keselowski-roger-penske-austin-cindric-team-penske-nascar-cup-series-2022/ Unfortunately matt Dibenedetto is out of a ride as Harrison Burton, son of Jeff Burton, will drive the #21 Wood Bros. car in 2022. https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/15/brad-keselowski-austin-cindric-harrison-burton-matt-dibenedetto-team-penske-wood-brothers-alliance-2022/ Matt Dibenedetto's thoughts on losing his ride https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/15/matt-dibenedetto-says-in-video-that-losing-ride-does-suck-but-says-he-will-win-in-cup/ Austin Cindric will be taking over the #2 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/15/austin-cindric-to-drive-no-2-car-in-2022-harrison-burton-to-join-wood-brothers/ Really sucks that Matt is losing his ride but I doubt he'll be on the free market long as he has shown he has the talent. Just hope he can land in a good team. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 19, 2021 Report Share Posted July 19, 2021 Aric Almirola won the shortened Foxwoods Resort Casino 301. Nascar execs at the track decided to start the race even though it started raining in turns 1 & 2, by the 8th lap it got so bad that the Joe Gibbs drivers spun out with race leader Kyle Busch getting the most damage, he subsequently took his frustrations out on the pace car before retiring to the garage. Nascar execs made another great call before restarting the race by penalizing Joey Logano 2 laps after he reported to his crew that his throttle was stuck and a crewman reached under the hood to see what the problem was and removed the obstruction from the linkage to the throttle body, you'd think that being a safety issue that he wouldn't have been penalized. Penske Racing dominated after the rain delay restart with Ryan Blaney winning the first stage and Brad Keselowski winning the 2nd stage. Aric Almirola's car came in on the long runs in the last stage. Top 10 1. Aric Almirola 2. Christopher Bell 3. Brad Keselowski 4. Joey Logano 5. Ryan Blaney 6. Kevin Harvick 7. Kyle Larson 8. Ross Chastain 9. Alex Bowman 10. Denny Hamlin RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 21, 2021 Report Share Posted July 21, 2021 Official: Brad Keselowski buys minority stake in Roush Fenway Racing and will also drive the #6 https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/20/brad-keselowski-jack-roush-roush-announcement/. This of course leaves Ryan Newman without a ride for 2022 though RFR has offered him a part time ride if he's interested. The New Hampshire race was one of the least watched of the season so far with only 2.1 million viewers tuning in https://www.jayski.com/2021/07/20/new-hampshire-tv-ratings-3/. Rumor mill: Richard Petty Motorsports is mulling selling one or both of it's charters. RWR is leasing one for the #51 this season. If RPM sells both of it's charters the #43 team will most likely fold and sell off the assets. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 29, 2021 Report Share Posted July 29, 2021 Word out of Detroit is the next Camaro will be a 4 door electric sedan possible crossover like Ford did with the Mustang. Rumors say the last year for the current Camaro is 2023. With Malibu production ending in 2022 this will leave Chevy without a ICE car in 2024 to use for Nascar unless Nascar changes it's rules. RogerDuke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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