GA_Boater
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Well race fans, it's back! With the 69 day gap since Phoenix on March 8th and Sunday, Nascar has revamped the 2020 schedule. The initial change is from May 17th to May 20th, Cup will race two times and X-Men will race once. Because we will have 3 races over 4 days, this thread will cover all three. Here is MRN's schedule;
Darlington Schedule of Events
By MRN Staff May 12, 2020 at 2:50 PM
All Times Eastern
Thursday, May 14
Starting lineup draw for The Real Heroes 400 – 6 p.m. ET (FS1)
Sunday, May 17
Radio Pre-Race: 2:30 p.m. (MRN)
TV Pre-Race: 3:00 p.m. (FOX)
NASCAR Cup Series The Real Heroes 400 (400.2 miles) – 3:30 p.m. (MRN/FOX)
Stage lengths: 90-185-293
Tuesday, May 19
Radio Pre-Race: 7:30 p.m. (MRN)
NASCAR Xfinity Series race (200.1 miles) – 8:00 p.m. (MRN/FS1)
Stage lengths: 45-190-147
Wednesday, May 20
Radio Pre-Race: 6:30 p.m. (MRN)
NASCAR Cup Series race (311.4 miles) – 7:30 p.m. (MRN/FS1)
Stage lengths: 60-125-228
Weather report - Sunday should be warm and sunny. Wednesday has rain in the forecast. :blue:
These three races have no practice and no qualifying. The starting lineup for the Cup race was set by owner points as follows for Sunday's Cup race;
After the draw today, this is the starting line up for Sunday, which Humpty doesn't usually list. But times are not normal, so this the complete lineup;
News and Notes
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The author is not responsible nor may be held liable for any harm, damages or confusion caused by any omission, inclusion or incorrect information in this posting.
Welcome back and let's go racin', Boogity, Boogity!
Humpty_Boater
Darlington Schedule of Events
By MRN Staff May 12, 2020 at 2:50 PM
All Times Eastern
Thursday, May 14
Starting lineup draw for The Real Heroes 400 – 6 p.m. ET (FS1)
Sunday, May 17
Radio Pre-Race: 2:30 p.m. (MRN)
TV Pre-Race: 3:00 p.m. (FOX)
NASCAR Cup Series The Real Heroes 400 (400.2 miles) – 3:30 p.m. (MRN/FOX)
Stage lengths: 90-185-293
Tuesday, May 19
Radio Pre-Race: 7:30 p.m. (MRN)
NASCAR Xfinity Series race (200.1 miles) – 8:00 p.m. (MRN/FS1)
Stage lengths: 45-190-147
Wednesday, May 20
Radio Pre-Race: 6:30 p.m. (MRN)
NASCAR Cup Series race (311.4 miles) – 7:30 p.m. (MRN/FS1)
Stage lengths: 60-125-228
Weather report - Sunday should be warm and sunny. Wednesday has rain in the forecast. :blue:
These three races have no practice and no qualifying. The starting lineup for the Cup race was set by owner points as follows for Sunday's Cup race;
- Positions 1-12 will be a random draw from charter teams in those positions in team owner points
- Positions 13-24: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points
- Positions 25-36: Random draw among charter teams in those positions in owner points
- Positions 37-40 will be filled out by open, non-chartered teams in order of owner points
- Starting positions 1-20: The top 20 finishers from the May 17 event will be inverted for the start of the May 20 race
- Starting positions 21-40: The bottom 20 finishers from the May 17 event will be inverted for the start of the May 20 race; any new entries will be placed at the tail of the field
After the draw today, this is the starting line up for Sunday, which Humpty doesn't usually list. But times are not normal, so this the complete lineup;
Pos. | Car | Name |
1 | 2 | Brad Keselowski |
2 | 88 | Alex Bowman |
3 | 21 | Matt DiBenedetto |
4 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
5 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
6 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
7 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
8 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson |
9 | 22 | Joey Logano |
10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
11 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
12 | 42 | Matt Kenseth |
13 | 14 | Clint Bowyer |
14 | 41 | Cole Custer # |
15 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
16 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
17 | 43 | Bubba Wallace |
18 | 24 | William Byron |
19 | 32 | Corey LaJoie |
20 | 20 | Erik Jones |
21 | 6 | Ryan Newman |
22 | 1 | Kurt Busch |
23 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
24 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
25 | 37 | Ryan Preece |
26 | 53 | Garrett Smithley # |
27 | 00 | Quin Houff # |
28 | 95 | Christopher Bell # |
29 | 8 | Tyler Reddick # |
30 | 27 | JJ Yeley |
31 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
32 | 51 | Joey Gase |
33 | 13 | Ty Dillon |
34 | 38 | John Hunter Nemechek |
35 | 15 | Brennan Poole # |
36 | 77 | Reed Sorenson |
37 | 96 | Daniel Suarez |
38 | 66 | Timmy Hill |
39 | 78 | BJ McLeod |
40 | 7 | Josh Bilicki |
News and Notes
- Humpty said we've had too much news, but we gotta have some. :smile:
- Good news - Ryan Newman returns. He is cleared to race.
- So-So news - Kyle Larson ain't coming back after sticking his foot in his mouth during one of the iRaces.
- Good news - Matt Kenseth is back. He is taking Larson's seat in the #42.
- Good news - Nascar has waived the 36 race requirement for both Ryan and Matt, so they can race for the championship.
- Bad news - 3 races got scrubbed with the realigned schedule - Sonoma, Richmond Spring and Chicagoland races. With Sonoma gone, we have 1 less road course race. We'll see if they are back next year.
- Good news - Nascar is back on track! :rockon::victorious::cheer2:
iBoats Fantasy Live
- If you forgot - iFL Phoenix was won by Tiz. If I remember, he gets a :first: Congrats, Tiz.
- And if 64osby forgot, he is on top of the leaderboard.
- Since pole position is set for both Darlington races by draw, we don't get pole bonus points or I would have picked Keso.
- The race picks on Sunday lock at 3:25 PM Eastern.
- Everything else is the same as before.
The author is not responsible nor may be held liable for any harm, damages or confusion caused by any omission, inclusion or incorrect information in this posting.
Welcome back and let's go racin', Boogity, Boogity!
Humpty_Boater