2021 Nascar - Playoff Race 3, Bristol

[GA_Boater]

This is the final race of the round of sixteen which becomes the round of 12 next week after 4 drivers fall out of contention this Saturday night. Trucks and X-Men race Thursday an Friday night. We may be dealing with some occasional precip, but the track is back to asphalt.

Here is the schedule;



News and Notes

• Truex is on the pole and Hamlin starts on the front row.
• Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson are the favorites to win at Bristol.
• Richmond penalties - Only a couple of loose lugs.
• 2022 Cup schedule released;
  • https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1437909639497142273
    No good comments and the Next Gen car debuts on a 1/4 mile track in the LA Coliseum not at Daytona.
  • https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1438156268779286529
• TV ratings - earned a 1.43 rating with 2.458 million viewers for Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway.

iBoats Fantasy Live

• Darlington gave us two rosters with a tied score. Da Rowdy Gambler and FlaCowboy scored the identical number of points - I calmed Humpty down for now. Da Rowdy Gambler and FlaCowboy.
• Cowboy is still our over all leader.
• Roster locks at 7:25 Saturday evening.

Good luck and no more ties!

Humpty

 

[GA_Boater]

Truck engines fired and rolling warm up laps

 

[GA_Boater]

Green flag and 3 laps later a spin and yellow for Mayer.

 

[GA_Boater]

Creed won the first.

Drew Dollar spun on lap 71 and collected 5 cars and a 6.5 minute red flag.

Greed won heat 2.

 

[GA_Boater]

Creed leads the 3rd heat, 45 to go.

 

[WIMUSKY]

37 to go.... Green, green, green....

 

[WIMUSKY]

Creed and Nemechek have driven away and now a yellow....

 

[GA_Boater]

Trying to track the Truck race and a football is a pain.

 

[GA_Boater]

9 cautions so far.

 

[WIMUSKY]

"Trying to track the Truck race and a football is a pain."

And the weather... Nado watch... Late in the year for us...

 

[WIMUSKY]

That was a hard hit.....

 

[WIMUSKY]

Watched the local weather and they're still under caution...

 

[WIMUSKY]

That was a heck of a change of events. Smith wins. Creed whent backwards at the start, they said he had a flat... Back to football...

 

[GA_Boater]

Creed had a flat and drifted up the track. Smith wins and is in the next round with the win.

 

[GA_Boater]

Engines fired and cars moving to the track. After tonight. the playoff field will by missing a few drivera.

 

[GA_Boater]

Green flag!

 

[GA_Boater]

10 laps in an Moffitt hit the wall. 1st caution.

 

[GA_Boater]

Hemric took the lead just before the caution and is holding it so far. 27 of 85 laps in 1st heat.

 

[GA_Boater]

Allgaier leads at the competition caution,lap 4o

Ooops, a messy pit stop;

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1439018934691196931

 

[GA_Boater]

Allgaier leads the restart.