GA_Boater
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It begins - This week at Chicago is the 1st Cup playoff race after the contenders were finalized at Richmond. X-Men and Trucks finish their regular season at Chicago and lock in their playoff teams.
Chicago is the 1st of 3 elimination races in the first round, reducing to 12 drivers at the end of the 3rd race. Win and the playoff driver is locked into the next round, using points to fill the 2nd round. Here is the Cup field and all the playoff points carry through unless a driver is eliminated or at the finale at Homestead;
40 on the entry list, no qualifying drama about making the race. Weather looks good, except for race day on Sunday, possible delays. But the forecast is 4 days away.
From MRN, the weekend schedule, ARCA and Truck practices have begun at press time;
News and Notes
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Chicago is the 1st of 3 elimination races in the first round, reducing to 12 drivers at the end of the 3rd race. Win and the playoff driver is locked into the next round, using points to fill the 2nd round. Here is the Cup field and all the playoff points carry through unless a driver is eliminated or at the finale at Homestead;
40 on the entry list, no qualifying drama about making the race. Weather looks good, except for race day on Sunday, possible delays. But the forecast is 4 days away.
From MRN, the weekend schedule, ARCA and Truck practices have begun at press time;
News and Notes
- Silly Season and maybe not so Silly Season - Danica's time is up, at least for now. She is out at SHR and Aric Amirola is moving over to her seat next year and bringing Smithfield with him. This leaves Petty in a lurch with no driver and no major sponsor.
- In other sponsor news, it has been previously reported that Target and Subway are dropping out. Target is dropping all motorsports and Subway dropped after Suarez was on an NBC fill in spot with NBC's Rut Wood handing out Dunkin' Donuts - Smart move!
- Tony said about Danica - "She's one of the most fearless people I've ever met." Too bad she didn't win or make a better showing.
- Furniture Row will shut down the #77 team next year if no sponsor is found.
- The Twerp #18 team is swapping pit crews with the #19 team. The thought is that the #19 crew is stronger than the #18 and since Suarez isn't in the playoffs and The Twerp is still The Twerp. LOL
- Penalties at Richmond were only for loose lugnuts. Just CC fines.
- New rule - Because drivers just won't listen, ambulances are banned from playoff races. :rofl:
- TV ratings - Richmond was 1.24/2.1M viewers. 2016-14 were 1.6/2.2M viewers, 1.8/3.1m viewers and 3.0/4.9M viewers.
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Smokin! rode around the track with Larson and used the 40 points to take the iFL Richmond win and the 
Congrats on your second win of the year, 'speck.
sportsman3 scooted around FloridaFishingNetwork to take the overall points lead.
Only 10 races left to take a win or 10 in iFL. Choose wisely, my friends.
Humpty_Boater, Esq. Congrats on your second win of the year, 'speck.sportsman3 scooted around FloridaFishingNetwork to take the overall points lead.
Only 10 races left to take a win or 10 in iFL. Choose wisely, my friends.
Higher ratings than Monster - No Phantom Debris Cautions[SUP]TM[/SUP]
