Nascar Race #5 - Auto Club 400

[GA_Boater]

With 4 different Cup winners and 4 different iboats winners we go to Fontana, California and Auto Club Speedway. Will we have our first repeat winner? Only time will tell. Cup and X-Men only, still no Trucks on the track.

The schedule from MRN;



For the 4th consecutive race, only 39 entries. Weather is forecast to be sunny all weekend.

News And Notes

• Slim pickin's this week, but we always have warnings from flunking inspections. Truex got hit again with his crew chief on suspension, while Stenhouse and Cassill also got the dreaded warnings.
• And TV ratings - Down again over last years race. The downward spiral continues.
• Sunoco, the Official Gas of Nascar, may be getting new owners. In the running are Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc, Valero Energy Corp and Tesoro Corp, I can hear it now - "The leader took 4 tires, a 1/2 round of wedge and a full load of Alimentation Couche-Tard racing gasoline". :lol:

iboats Fantasy Live

Well, Nascar is fiddlin' with the site or sumptin', can't log on! :doh: I know that 64oby took the race at Phoenix for :first: and another piece of my ear! Congrats, 64.

Make your changes before the race begins on Sunday.​

Humpty "One Ear" Boater

 

[GA_Boater]

Qualifying results;

1. A. Dillon
2. Harvick
3. Hamlin
4. Newman
5. Edwards

I still can't log in to FL. :blue:

 

[64osby]

Valero Energy Corp and Tesoro Corp

At least those companies are based in the US.

"one ear" :facepalm: Vincent :lol:

I was able to log on, noticed I wiggled up to second place overall.

Would be nice to know who all the new players are, maybe hear from them.

​I think they stole some of the open sponsors.

 

[GA_Boater]

Something funky with Nascar. I can only log in using IE, not Firefox. :noidea:

Yep -You are moving up, 64. I think the unknowns aren't forum members since the group is an open group - No charter needed. LOL

I can pronounce Valero and Tesoro. AC-T - Not really. :doh: [h=2]Definition of alimentation[/h]

• : the act or process of affording nutriment or nourishment <intravenous alimentation>

 

[GA_Boater]

AW, poor Shrubby flattened a tire on the final lap of the X-Men race and Austin Dillon took the checkers. Wallace in 3d was the highest placing X-Regular.

 

[64osby]

Shrubby almost didn't let AD pass on the high wall. Crazy last two laps. Shrubby actually did great to finish on 3 tires. Surprised the yellow didn't fly.

 

[GA_Boater]

Listening on MRN just isn't the same as seeing it. It sounded good. :facepalm:

 

[MTboatguy]

Shrubby almost didn't let AD pass on the high wall. Crazy last two laps. Shrubby actually did great to finish on 3 tires. Surprised the yellow didn't fly.

If you had of heard the crew chief yelling at NASCAR you would have been blushing! He called them a Mo Fo(The not for family pages version!) and the bleep didn't catch it!

 

[GA_Boater]

^^^ That's probably a summons to the Nascar hauler.

 

[boatman37]

bubba failed post race

 

[GA_Boater]

Apparently Shrubby had a bit of a melt down when the caution didn't wave following his tire issue at the end of the X-Race yesterday. Accusing Nascar of "fixing races" could lead to some hefty fines. tsk, tsk, tsk.

 

[GA_Boater]

Warm up laps over.

Green flag to start 200 laps at Fontana. Boogity, boogity.

Harvick jumps to the lead.

 

[GA_Boater]

I lile this Jayski tweet

Jayski ‏@jayski 2m2 minutes ago #41-Busch and #88-Batman made contact on lap 8, damage to the #41, no caution

#88 Batman . LOL

 

[GA_Boater]

First yellow for Buescher in the wall on lap 27

 

[GA_Boater]

Man - Did Larson hit the inside wall hard, lap 48.

 

[MTboatguy]

Man - Did Larson hit the inside wall hard, lap 48.

He might have been in his early 20's when he started this race, but he is going to feel like he is in his 70's when he wakes up on Monday!

 

[GA_Boater]

I'll say. That was a hit and a 1/2 - Soft walls or not.

Lap 100, half way. Harvick, JJ, Trues, Elliott and Kenseth the top 5. Harvick has lead 77 laps.

 

[GA_Boater]

3rd yellow after Bayne scrapes the wall.

 

[GA_Boater]

Jayski is having more fun. A tweet;

Jayski ‏@jayski 7m7 minutes ago #48-Superman takes the lead, #88-BruceWayne is 17th

 

[GA_Boater]

Danica just tested the wall. The wall held, the #10 didn't. Kahne nudged and spun her.