2013 NASCAR race reviews and results

[Garrett Duke]

As Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane would say...I got some baaad news, baaadd news.

The boys...and Danica are racing at Chicagoland tomorrow/today which is the closest track to where I live...and all week they have been predicting rain/thunderstorms this Sunday (which we need...just wish it wasn't race day...) and after hearing talk on Twitter, I finally looked it up for Joliet Illinois where Chicagoland is at. They have a SEVENTY percent chance of rain on Sunday. Just read someone say on Twitter that the rain is suppose to start in the morning and end around nine or ten at night!

So if it rains it will mean hours of delay before they cancel it and race on Monday around noon...when I have to be at work.

Bet you can guess who is NOT happy with this, right?

[Garrett Duke]

We are currently under rain delay...surprise.

[Garrett Duke]

We are currently under rain delay...surprise.

Race command has been said and the cars are on the track...it is cloudy over the track. Expecting more rain later on...hoping it will hold off until AFTER the race is over.

[Garrett Duke]

So far it has been a pretty good race. Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano are said to be the fastest on the track...

We are now red flagged for more rain. We are currently thirteen laps shy of the halfway mark...

[Garrett Duke]

So far it has been a pretty good race. Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano are said to be the fastest on the track...

We are now red flagged for more rain. We are currently thirteen laps shy of the halfway mark...

If the race goes green later tonight...it will be on ESPN 2. ESPN has said they will report at six to see if anything else is planned. Will keep you updated.

Dang...what a lousy way to start the Chase.

[HossC]

According to NASCAR.com "Jet dryers now on track". Fingers crossed.

[Garrett Duke]

According to NASCAR.com "Jet dryers now on track". Fingers crossed.

I am hearing rumors the race may restart 8:00 central time or 9 central time...hmmm doubt I will be able to stay up to watch the whole thing. I have to get up at four tomorrow morning. Dang work anyway!

[Garrett Duke]

I am hearing rumors the race may restart 8:00 central time or 9 central time...hmmm doubt I will be able to stay up to watch the whole thing. I have to get up at four tomorrow morning. Dang work anyway!

I am pretty sure that the race will start at 10:00 EST on ESPN2. I will have to write my review tomorrow afternoon after work and I get home. Sorry for letting y'all down, but I doubt I will be up to see the end. Not happy about this but perhaps Gordon will do better without me...let's go team 24!

[RogerDuke]

It's just after 10pm EST and it's getting ready to start up again. In the meantime Sunday night football in Seattle is in the middle of a storm delay. Congrats on JG making THE CHASE Garrett. I'm SOOOO happy for you. I think it was a great decision.

[Garrett Duke]

It's just after 10pm EST and it's getting ready to start up again. In the meantime Sunday night football in Seattle is in the middle of a storm delay. Congrats on JG making THE CHASE Garrett. I'm SOOOO happy for you. I think it was a great decision.

Thanks Roger. I was and still super excited with NASCAR's great decision about including Jeff Gordon in the Chase. The Chase now has a whole different meaning to it than it did before.

Yep just turned the race on...Matt Kenseth is still out front followed by Jimmie Johnson.

[Garrett Duke]

Well Matt Kenseth went on to win the opening race at Chicagoland, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson, and Jeff Gordon make the top six. Logano and Earnhardt Jr both had engine problems it sounds.

I turned it off with about a hundred laps to go...Jeff Gordon led a few laps before Cole Whitt's car caught on fire to bring out the caution and then a debris caution. Carl Edwards made it four wide after a restart which gave Gordon a flat tire and looks like a lap down. I was on my way to bed when I heard / saw Gordon going into pits. So it wasn't the win I was hoping for...but with all things considered, am happy with sixth.

[HossC]

Thanks Garrett, I had to go to bed before the restart (it was even later than a night race ).

I checked the results when I woke up, and was pleased to see Ricky had claimed 8th - his best finish so far. In the part of the race I saw, the commentators mentioned how Ricky had improved over the last few races, and that his team was giving him more resources.

[HossC]

Garrett's been writing a lot about NASCAR this week, so I thought I'd help out with the starting line-up for tomorrow's (Sunday's) race.

1 Ryan Newman

2 Kasey Kahne

3 Jeff Gordon

4 Kurt Busch

5 Martin Truex Jr

6 Joey Logano

7 Paul Menard

8 Kevin Harvick

9 Matt Kenseth

10 Greg Biffle

11 Jimmie Johnson

12 Kyle Busch

13 Aric Almirola

14 Denny Hamlin

15 Juan Pablo Montoya

16 Clint Bowyer

17 Dale Earnhardt Jr

18 Mark Martin

19 David Ragan

20 Brad Keselowski

21 Danica Patrick

22 Marcos Ambrose

23 Jamie McMurray

24 David Gilliland

25 Jeff Burton

26 Carl Edwards

27 Michael McDowell

28 Bobby Labonte

30 Travis Kvapil

31 Ricky Stenhouse Jr

32 Landon Cassill

33 Kevin Swindell

34 Casey Mears

35 David Reutimann

36 Joe Nemechek

37 J.J. Yeley

38 Dave Blaney

39 Tony Raines

40 Scott Riggs

41 Johnny Sauter

42 Timmy Hill

43 Josh Wise

The SYLVANIA 300 from the New Hampshire Motor Speedway starts at either 1:00 PM ET or 2:00 PM ET (NASCAR.com gives both times!) on Sunday on ESPN.

[Garrett Duke]

The race has just gotten over. Not a whole lot to talk about. Juan Pablo Montoya wrecked out his team mate Jamie McMurray...though McMurray was able to recover and have a strong finish. Martin Truex Jr. led a lot of laps after losing his sponsor (after the season ends) but came home tenth.

Jeff Gordon led a lot of laps before he went into pits and over shot is pit stall and came out twenty second. He comes home fifteenth.

Kasey Kahne wrecked himself into the wall hard. Came out looking like he was holding his hand and when they interviewed him he seemed out of it and they cut the interview short. Did come back out, but 22 laps behind.

Matt Kenseth has won his seventh race of the season...second race in row. Two races into the Chase so far...and Kenseth won them both. He won today on his 500th career NASCAR start.

1. Matt Kenseth

2. Kyle Busch

3. Greg Biffle

4. Jimmie Johnson

5. Jamie McMurray

6. Dale Earnhardt Jr

7. Brian Vickers

8. Jeff Burton

9. Carl Edwards

10. Martin Truex Jr.

11. Brad Keselowski

12. Denny Hamlin

13. Kurt Busch

14. Joey Logano

15. Jeff Gordon

16. Ryan Newman

17. Clint Bowyer

18. Marcos Ambrose

19. Juan Pablo Montoya

20. Kevin Harvick

21. Aric Almirola

22. Paul Menard

23. Mark Martin

24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

25. Casey Mears

26. David Reutimann

27. Danica Patrick

28. Travis Kvapil

29. David Ragen

30. Michael McDowell

31. Dave Blaney

32. Josh Wise

33. JJ Yeley

34. Landon Cassill

35. Joe Nemechek

36. Timmy Hill

37. Kasey Kahne

38. Kevin Swindell

39. David Gilliland

40. Bobby Labonte

41. Tony Raines

42. Johnny Sauter

43. Scott Riggs

We are back at Dover next Sunday for Chase race number 3.

[Garrett Duke]

We are racing at the Monster Mile...Dover. And all of Junior Nation (Roger, let me hear you!) will be proud and excited to know that Dale Jr has won the pole for Sunday's race.

Starting line up for AAA 400 at Dover:

1 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2 Matt Kenseth

3 Ryan Newman

4 Carl Edwards

5 Aric Almirola

6 Brad Keselowski

7 Jamie McMurray

8 Jimmie Johnson

9 Kurt Busch

10 Martin Truex Jr.

11 Joey Logano

12 Kevin Harvick

13 Juan Pablo Montoya

14 Kyle Busch

15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

16 Jeff Gordon

17 A J Allmendinger

18 Denny Hamlin

19 Greg Biffle

20 Kasey Kahne

21 Paul Menard

22 Brian Vickers

23 Clint Bowyer

24 Marcos Ambrose

25 Jeff Burton

26 Casey Mears

27 David Ragan

28 David Gilliland

29 Mark Martin

30 Travis Kvapil

31 Danica Patrick

32 J.J. Yeley

33 Cole Whitt

34 Michael McDowell

35 Reed Sorenson

36 Ryan Truex

37 Landon Cassill

38 Josh Wise

39 David Reutimann

40 Dave Blaney

41 Joe Nemechek

42 Timmy Hill

43 Tony Raines

The Dover race will be on Sunday at 100 ET on channel ESPN.

[RogerDuke]

Go Junior!

Okay, I'm not exactly the biggest Dale Jr fan out there but I was happy to see him in the pole position. Thanks for the update.

Unfortunately for me I've used up all my Dale Jr spots in our fantasy NASCAR league Garrett.

In fact, I only have one Jeff Gordon position open. Which race do you think I should save it for?

[Garrett Duke]

Go Junior!

Okay, I'm not exactly the biggest Dale Jr fan out there but I was happy to see him in the pole position. Thanks for the update.

Unfortunately for me I've used up all my Dale Jr spots in our fantasy NASCAR league Garrett.

In fact, I only have one Jeff Gordon position open. Which race do you think I should save it for?

You are welcome...love writing anything NASCAR.

You are not a Dale Jr fan...thought you were. So who is your favorite driver?

No more Dale Jr left on your team? What?! LOL. Think I am pretty much there with Kyle Busch. Think I may have one more start left with Kyle. I have two more starts with Jeff...have been trying my best to save him. It has been hard! Wish I could pick him every week.

As for what week to pick Jeff Gordon...Hmmmm. He has won at Talladega before, but I wouldn't risk using him there. Anyone can win at Talladega and anything can happen at 'Dega. I would either go with the Martinsville race on October 27th or the Charlotte race on October 12th. Though Jimmie Johnson is also always good at Charlotte. Gordon has won at Texas before though and he won at Homestead last year. So I guess I would probably use him at Martinsville and use JJ at Charlotte...but then again, don't go all by what I say.

Yeah I wish I chose Jr for this week...think I have a couple or so races I can use him at. Didn't even consider him for this week...

[Garrett Duke]

Well I have missed the first half of the race and may miss the end. Went in and got a new phone and that took longer than expected and may go meet my sister. So I will have to do my review as of what I read about.

So far JJ led all the laps I have seen...though just went into pits and Dale Jr is leading...except now he is in for green flag pit stops. Gordon is in lead right now, but am sure he will be called in in a lap or two.

Seeing how my Bears got their first loss of the season...Jeff Gordon better have a GREAT finish today! So far, he is looking good.

[Garrett Duke]

Well I have missed the first half of the race and may miss the end. Went in and got a new phone and that took longer than expected and may go meet my sister. So I will have to do my review as of what I read about.

So far JJ led all the laps I have seen...though just went into pits and Dale Jr is leading...except now he is in for green flag pit stops. Gordon is in lead right now, but am sure he will be called in in a lap or two.

Seeing how my Bears got their first loss of the season...Jeff Gordon better have a GREAT finish today! So far, he is looking good.

Well I lied...not intentionally. I was able to stay and watch the end of the race and it was a great race, but nothing too exciting to report about. Jimmie Johnson led the most laps and was able to hold on to win the race...he now holds the record with the most wins at Dover with eight. Dale Jr was chasing him down and was close to the win. Joey Logano came in third and Jeff Gordon came home in fourth.

1 Jimmie Johnson

2 Dale Earnhardt Jr.

3 Joey Logano

4 Jeff Gordon

5 Kyle Busch

6 Kevin Harvick

7 Matt Kenseth

8 Ryan Newman

9 Greg Biffle

10 Clint Bowyer

11 Jamie McMurray

12 Brian Vickers

13 Kasey Kahne

14 Jeff Burton

15 Martin Truex Jr.

16 Marcos Ambrose

17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

18 Paul Menard

19 Mark Martin

20 Denny Hamlin

21 Kurt Busch

22 Aric Almirola

23 Juan Pablo Montoya

24 Casey Mears

25 David Ragan

26 A J Allmendinger

27 Cole Whitt

28 David Reutimann

29 Danica Patrick

30 David Gilliland

31 Travis Kvapil

32 Ryan Truex

33 Dave Blaney

34 J.J. Yeley

35 Carl Edwards

36 Timmy Hill

37 Brad Keselowski

38 Landon Cassill

39 Joe Nemechek

40 Tony Raines

41 Reed Sorenson

42 Josh Wise

43Michael McDowell

We are going to Kansas next week...1:00 EST on ESPN.

[HossC]

I'm not sure what happened to Ricky today. For the first half of the race he was in the mid-teens, and even made up a few places before the second caution. Then, approaching halfway, he dropped down to about 21st just before a caution, and he was the second car a lap down. I guess I shouldn't be too unhappy with 17th, but he was two laps down.

[RogerDuke]

Thanks for the race results Garrett.

[HossC]

This Sunday they're racing at the Kansas Speedway in the Hollywood Casino 400. Only Kevin Harvick was faster than Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in qualifying, so I'm hoping for a good race.

1 Kevin Harvick

2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr

3 Jimmie Johnson

4 Brad Keselowski

5 Joey Logano

6 Dale Earnhardt Jr

7 Matt Kenseth

8 Paul Menard

9 Carl Edwards

10 Denny Hamlin

11 Brian Vickers

12 Juan Pablo Montoya

13 Martin Truex Jr

14 Jeff Gordon

15 Kasey Kahne

16 Jeff Burton

17 Ryan Newman

18 Kyle Busch

19 Kurt Busch

20 Aric Almirola

21 Justin Allgaier

22 Clint Bowyer

23 Mark Martin

24 Jamie McMurray

25 Marcos Ambrose

26 Greg Biffle

27 David Reutimann

28 AJ Allmendinger

29 Danica Patrick

30 Cole Whitt

31 Michael McDowell

32 David Ragan

33 J.J. Yeley

34 David Gilliland

35 Timmy Hill

36 Travis Kvapil

37 Casey Mears

38 Josh Wise

39 Joe Nemechek

40 Reed Sorenson

41 Dave Blaney

42 Tony Raines

43 Landon Cassill

Once again NASCAR.com seems undecided on the start time. It's either 1:00 PM ET or 2:00 PM ET (my guess is 2:00) on ESPN.

[RogerDuke]

Thanks for the update Hoss. I have a football game to go to and then a retirement party so I'm going to miss it.

[Garrett Duke]

Well the race has just finished and what a crazy race it was with at least fourteen cautions if not more. Several of the cautions was for single car spin outs, a few debris cautions...and one for a grass fire in the fan area in the stands. Kansas has been rotten for Kyle Busch and once again it came back to bite him. First when Juan Pablo Montoya spun him out...later on Kyle spun out and hit the wall hard to take him out of the race. Finished 35th and drop from third in points to fifth.

Kevin Harvick had earned the most points by starting from the pole, led the most laps, and won the race.

Jeff Gordon had a pretty good race as he would be in the top ten then would fall back due to bad luck and be able to race his way back up. Had an incident with Kurt Busch who ended up hitting him into the wall. (Bet y'all can guess who was NOT happy with Kurt Busch today! ) Jeff held on to finish third today. Jeff also confronted Kurt after the race about the incident and do believe they left each other agreeing to disagree. It was a civil conversation between the two and both had interviews afterwards where they talked about it calmly. Hope we can move on from that...

Official results at Kansas:

1. Kevin Harvick

2. Kurt Busch

3. Jeff Gordon

4. Joey Logano

5. Carl Edwards

6. Jimmie Johnson

7. Paul Menard

8. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

9. Marcos Ambrose

10. Aric Almirola

11. Matt Kenseth

12. Jeff Burton

13. Greg Biffle

14. Clint Bowyer

15. Kasey Kahne

16. Jamie McMurray

17. Brad Keselowski

18. Juan Pablo Montoya

19. Martin Truex Jr

20. AJ Allmendinger

21. Case Mears

22. Mark Martin

23. Denny Hamlin

24. David Gilliland

25. Dave Blaney

26. Travis Kvapil

27. JJ Yeley

28. Timmy Hill

29. Tony Raines

30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Sorry Hoss he didn't have the race you were hoping for...I was hoping for more out of him for my fantasy team too...if it makes you feel any better. )

31. Cole Whitt

32. Brian Vickers

33. Landon Cassill

34. Kyle Busch

35. Ryan Newman

36. David Ragen

37. David Reutimann

38. Michael McDowell

39. Justin Allgaier

40. Josh Wise

41. Joe Nemechek

42. Reed Sorenson

43. Danica Patrick (Danica wrecked out on the first lap )

Our next race is next SATURDAY NIGHT on channel ABC at Charlotte. . .

With that said, my thoughts and prayers are with Dario Franchitti and the ten fans at the IZOD race as he got in a horrendous accident that tore his car apart. Very scary to watch and am hoping Dario and everyone will be OK. Last I heard Dario was in the hospital complaining of his back and ankle hurting. Just soooo very scary!

OK just heard or read on a Facebook page that Dario has a concussion, two fractured vertebras, and a broken right ankle. So horrible and yet it could have been worse.

Edited October 6, 2013 by Garrett Duke

[Garrett Duke]

Well the race has just finished and what a crazy race it was with at least fourteen cautions if not more. Several of the cautions was for single car spin outs, a few debris cautions...and one for a grass fire in the fan area in the stands. Kansas has been rotten for Kyle Busch and once again it came back to bite him. First when Juan Pablo Montoya spun him out...later on Kyle spun out and hit the wall hard to take him out of the race. Finished 35th and drop from third in points to fifth.

Kevin Harvick had earned the most points by starting from the pole, led the most laps, and won the race.

Jeff Gordon had a pretty good race as he would be in the top ten then would fall back due to bad luck and be able to race his way back up. Had an incident with Kurt Busch who ended up hitting him into the wall. (Bet y'all can guess who was NOT happy with Kurt Busch today! ) Jeff held on to finish third today. Jeff also confronted Kurt after the race about the incident and do believe they left each other agreeing to disagree. It was a civil conversation between the two and both had interviews afterwards where they talked about it calmly. Hope we can move on from that...

Official results at Kansas:

1. Kevin Harvick

2. Kurt Busch

3. Jeff Gordon

4. Joey Logano

5. Carl Edwards

6. Jimmie Johnson

7. Paul Menard

8. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

9. Marcos Ambrose

10. Aric Almirola

11. Matt Kenseth

12. Jeff Burton

13. Greg Biffle

14. Clint Bowyer

15. Kasey Kahne

16. Jamie McMurray

17. Brad Keselowski

18. Juan Pablo Montoya

19. Martin Truex Jr

20. AJ Allmendinger

21. Case Mears

22. Mark Martin

23. Denny Hamlin

24. David Gilliland

25. Dave Blaney

26. Travis Kvapil

27. JJ Yeley

28. Timmy Hill

29. Tony Raines

30. Ricky Stenhouse Jr (Sorry Hoss he didn't have the race you were hoping for...I was hoping for more out of him for my fantasy team too...if it makes you feel any better. )

31. Cole Whitt

32. Brian Vickers

33. Landon Cassill

34. Kyle Busch

35. Ryan Newman

36. David Ragen

37. David Reutimann

38. Michael McDowell

39. Justin Allgaier

40. Josh Wise

41. Joe Nemechek

42. Reed Sorenson

43. Danica Patrick (Danica wrecked out on the first lap )

Our next race is next SATURDAY NIGHT on channel ABC at Charlotte. . .

With that said, my thoughts and prayers are with Dario Franchitti and the ten fans at the IZOD race as he got in a horrendous accident that tore his car apart. Very scary to watch and am hoping Dario and everyone will be OK. Last I heard Dario was in the hospital complaining of his back and ankle hurting. Just soooo very scary!

OK just heard or read on a Facebook page that Dario has a concussion, two fractured vertebras, and a broken right ankle. So horrible and yet it could have been worse.

Well for some reason Hnet is not letting my post show when I refresh the page...see if this helps. Hoping you can see this...don't feel like retyping it all. HA.