Nascar 2018 Rac #7 - Playoff Edition - Martinsville Paperclip

[GA_Boater]

We're down to the final 4 races of this overly long season. Cup and Trucks only, X-men have the week off. Eight drivers are still in the hunt after 4 were eliminated last week at Kansas. The playoff standings;



Only Elliott, Almirola and The Twerp have playoff wins since the other 2 playoff race winners, Blaney and Keso, missed the cut. 40 teams are entered. Friday's weather looks like wet all day, improving on Saturday and late rain on Sunday. Remember - I am not a weatherman. :rain: Look , my butt is getting soaked! :lol: Here is the weekend schedule;


[h=1]Martinsville Schedule of Events[/h]
By
MRN Staff October 21, 2018 at 10:25 pm

All Times Eastern

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Friday, October 26
Camping World Truck Series Practice: 12:05 p.m.-12:55 p.m.
Camping World Truck Series Final Practice: 2:05 p.m.-2:55 p.m.

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Saturday, October 27
Monster Energy Cup Series Practice: 9:00 a.m.-9:50 a.m. (MRN/CNBC)
Camping World Truck Series Qualifying: 10:05 a.m. (FS1)
Monster Energy Cup Series Final Practice: 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. (MRN/CNBC)
Radio Pre-Race: 12:30 p.m. (MRN)
TV Pre-Race: 12:30 p.m. (FS1)
Camping World Truck Series Texas Roadhouse 200: 1:00 p.m. (MRN/FS1)
Monster Energy Cup Series Qualifying: 4:00 p.m. (MRN/NBCSN)

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Sunday, October 28
Radio Pre-Race: 1:30 p.m. (MRN)
TV Pre-Race: 1:00 p.m. (NBCSN)
Monster Energy Cup Series First Data 500: 2:30 p.m. (MRN/NBCSN)

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News and Notes

• Kansas penalties - Larson has loose nuts for a fine. X-Men had a L1 for Hemric, too low, and one team had loose nuts.
• How to make money to keep Nascar alive - Have a memorabilia auction on eBay. Actually proceeds benefit Nascar Foundation children's programs.
• Comcast has dropped plans to buy a chunk of Nascar following the purchase of SkyUK. So the Frances' will be in control for a while.
• TV ratings - A 1.8 on NBC, an uptick from last year's 1.6 on NBCSN.

iBoats Fantasy Live

• Boating for Nascar gets to pick through the trophy closet. Fasteddie370 is holding onto the overall lead.
• Pole locks at 4M ET on Saturday after the Truck race.

Humpty_Boater

 

[GA_Boater]

Nothin' doin' at Martinsville today. Both Truck practices have been cancelled so they will qualify tomorrow with no practice unless the schedule is changed. Tomorrow may be iffy as well. From Nascar via Jayski's:

AccuWeather forecast for Martinsville for Saturday: Morning fog. High 61, low 44, 25% chance rain (truck race 1:07, Cup qualifying 4:05), .... Sunday High 65, low 43, 7% chance rain (Cup race 2:43pm)

 

[64osby]

Rain Tires!

 

[GA_Boater]

Amphicars!

 

[GA_Boater]

Today the sun came out at Martinsville. Cup got the two scheduled practices in and Truck qualified with no prior practice cuz of the washout yesterday.

The 1st Cup practice results - Top 5 were Keso, BuschX1, The Twerp, Blaney and Almirola.
2nd practice results - Top 5 were Newman fastest over Elliott, The Twerp, Keso and Allmendinger.

Pole locks at 4PM ET after the Truck race which is on tap at 1:07 on FS1.

 

[GA_Boater]

Truck heat 1 - Sauter takes stage 1 over Gragson, Crafton, Rhodes, Benjamin.

Sauter also wins heat 2.

 

[GA_Boater]

Sauter sweeps at Martinsville and takes all three heats and a lock for Homestead for a chance of a Truck Championship.

Cup qualifying at 4PM.

 

[GA_Boater]

The Twerp (P) wins the pole. Bowyer (P), Hamlin, Blaney, Almirola (P) , Truex (P), BuschX1 (P), Keso, Suarez, Larson, Joey (P) and Byron follow. (P) = playoff driver.

Other playoff drivers Harvick 13th and Elliott 21st.

This is an impound race with post-qualifying and pre-race inspection begining at 7:30 in the morning. The starting spots may change if cars fail inspection.

Rosters lock at 2:25PM EST tomorrow.

 

[GA_Boater]

Roster lock is fast approaching. Good luck.

 

[GA_Boater]

The #48 got a sponsor for 2019 and 2020 - Ally Financial. Gonna seem strange not to see Lowes on the JJ's car.

 

[GA_Boater]

Green flag for 1st heat - 130 laps.

 

[GA_Boater]

Hamlin takes the lead from The Twerp on lap 30.

 

[GA_Boater]

Jeb Burton in the wall for 1st yellow. Lap 44.

 

[GA_Boater]

The Twerp 1st off pit road and holds the lead on the restart.

 

[GA_Boater]

64osby will stay 5 points ahead of me as long as we don't pull a backup out of the garage. We have the same picks, but 64 choose The Twerp for the pole and I didn't. :blue:

 

[GA_Boater]

Johnson spins for Y2.

 

[GA_Boater]

Back to green, The Twerp leading on lap 78.

 

[GA_Boater]

With 15 laps left in the heat, Hamlin takes the lead from The Twerp and wins the 1st heat.

 

[GA_Boater]

Bowyer and Byron have contact in the pits and Bryon does a 180.

 

[GA_Boater]

Back to green. JOEY!