Nascar - PlayoffISM at New Hampshire And Myrtle Beach

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Race #2 in Cup and the 1st race of the X-Men and Truck playoffs this weekend. Cup and Truck at New Hampshire and X-Men at Myrtle Beach....No, at Kentucky. Weather at both tracks look good for the weekend. Cup has 39 entries for the race. From MRN, the racing schedule;

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News and Notes
  • Chase Elliott got in a sticky situation and lost 15 points, including playoff points for a stage win. The yellow tape used to show playoff driver was sticking up too much on the rear spoiler for an aero advantage. Oh, OK?
  • Kasey Kahne has a ride for next year at Levine Family Racing, pushing out Michael McDowell.
  • Debuting last week was a new combination template/laser inspection process. Cameras and lasers do the car checkout faster than the hard templates method. The new system is being tested on non-playoff teams before using it all races next year. Maybe spoiler tape will checked with this new way?
  • TV ratings - 1.4/2.3M viewers, blaming Irma for the lowest rated/viewed Chicagoland race and lowest in both categories of any playoff race back to 2004. Last year was 1.6/2.4M viewers, 2015 was 1.9/3.2M viewers and 2014 was 2.3/3.7M viewers.

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Another multi-race winner out of Chicago - Fisherman 88 won his 3rd slurpee11.pngCongrats 88.
Sportsman3 is still on top of the overall standings.

Make any roster changes before race time on Sunday. And watch your tape. :D

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Higher ratings than Monster - No Phantom Debris Cautions[SUP]TM[/SUP]
 

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Jimmie and Chase both to backup cars after nearly identical wall tags in this mornings practice. Larson was fastest.
 

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They scraped the wall within minutes of each other. Tape wasn't high enough I guess.
 

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Kyles on the front row after qualifying.

The Twerp is #1 and Larson is #2. The rest of the top 12 are Hamlin, Blaney, Truex, Harvick, Busch41, EJones, Kahne, Kenseth, McMurry and Johnson.

11 of the 12 are Chasers or whatever they choose to call them now.
 

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Christopher Bell opened his run to the Truck Championship by winning Heat #1, Heat #2 and the 1st playoff race. Later this evening, the X-Men begin their playoff at Myrtle Beach.
 

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Cole Custer won Heats #1 & 2 in the X-Race. Tyler Reddick, who isn't in the playoffs, was the winner at Kentucky.
 
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Cup at New Hampshire fired up and is running warmup laps.
 

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So much for Truex hanging back after advancing to the 2nd round with his win last week. He passed The Twerp for the lead on lap 40.
 

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Truex wins Heat #1 and keeps racking up playoff points.
 

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2 laps before the end of Heat #2 - The first caution. Harvick, Busch41, Junior, Truex and others involved. The Twerp takes the lead.
 

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Red flag for clean up. I think more cars were damaged when cars were whacking each other trying to get pointed in the right direction. A big mess. :doh:
 

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Under red flag, they called the heat. The Twerp wins. Harvick done, Busch41 done.

ADillon hit and spun Harvick to start the wrecking. Only 18 on the lead lap.
 

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The Twep won, so he moves to the 2nd play off round.

justkiddin 5 is the clubhouse winner pending inspections. If it holds up, this is his 5th win. Final results on Tuesday.
 

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justkiddin 5 shows us why he has a "5" in his iFL entry. He won his 5th slurpee11.pngof the season at the New Hampshire Cup race. If we had any cash, we would have sprung for a lobster. :smile: Congrats, Five.

sportsman 3 lost a few points to TB2448, bet he is still the overall leader.

Next races - Cup and X-Men at Dover and Trucks are at Las Wages.
 
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