NASCAR 2014

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At the end of the year, Carl Edwards will no longer be with Roush. Speculation is that he will join Matt Kenseth, Denny Hamlin, and Blech at Joe Gibbs Racing.

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Gordon WINS!!
JG, Blech, Hamlin, Kenseth, Logano, KK, Larson, Harvick, Jr, Dillon
11 Newman
12 Kes
13 Biff
14 JJ
15 Edwards
17 Smoke
23 JPM
42 Patrick

[YmoBeThere]

We need more cowbell!

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There is a race this weekend! Kes is on the pole.

[YmoBeThere]

There is a race this weekend! Kes is on the pole.

Whoops! Make that Kyle Larson. I was looking at an incomplete set of standings that Yahoo! had published and not updated.

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They are racing at the tricky triangle.
Lap 10 of 160: Caution: Debris... just as JJ loses a right rear. He loses a lap.
Lap 16 of 160: Danica's right front goes down, she tags the wall. JJ gets the Lucky Dog and is back on the lead lap.
Logano's been in the lead most of the race.
On the restart, it's:
Logano, Harvick, JG, Larson, KK

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Lap 14 of 160: Johnny Sauter out of the race.
Lap 23 of 160: Blech slowing down with engine issues. Piston issue? Into the garage for him.

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Lap 28 of 160: CAUTION: Cassill hit the wall hard.
That will make Danica the Lucky Dog, so she gets back onto the lead lap.

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Lap 51 of 160: Caution: Joe Nemechek into the wall. Lots of debris.
In the pits, hood up on Almirola.
ALl pit stops have been split, with half the field doing one strategy, half doing another.
JG, Logano, JMac, Vickers, Harvick, Jr, Hamlin, Bowyer, Larson, Edwards
18 Newman
19 Smoke
21 Kes
22 JJ
23 Allgeier
32 Danica

[YmoBeThere]

I'm just not that excited about NASCAR right now.

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Lap 81 of 160: Hamlin loses a few spots, but saves the car before it would have wrecked.
70 laps to go
JG, Jr, Logano, JJ, Harvick, KuBu, Jmac, KK, Vickers, Kes
12 Smoke
14 Larson
15 Hamlin
16 Newman
19 Edwards
23 Allgeier
38 Danica (-1 lap)

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54 laps to go; everyone needs one more pit stop
JG, Jr, Logano, KuBu, JJ, JMac, KK, Vickers, Bowyer, Kes
11 Hamlin
12 Larson
14 Newman
16 Smoke
19 Edwards
22 Allgeier
38 Patrick (-3 laps)

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49 laps to go: CAUTION: JJ hits the wall AGAIN! They are taking it to the garage. Right side sustained big damage.

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43 laps to go: MASSIVE accident, involving maybe 13 cars with substantial damage
Kenseth, Menard, Smoke, Vickers are out. Smoke,s car is on top of Menard.
AA, Dinger, Kes, Harvick big damage.
Edwards escaped it, as did Newman and Larson.
Hamlin had spun (and saved it), causing Vickers to get squirrelly, causing Kenseth and Menard to crash bad.

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39 laps to go: Entering the pits
JG, Jr, KuBu, Logano, KK, JMac, Hamlin, Bowyer, Newman, Larson
15 Allgeier
16 Edwards (-1 lap)
17 Dinger
25 Kes
36 Smoke
37 Patrick
39 JJ

WEIRD: They really can't go the distance without another pit stop, but about 12 cars come in to pit.

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37 laps to go: Near the re-start
JG, KuBu, Logano, JMac, Newman, Larson, Dillon, Bowyer, Jr, Hamlin
15 Allgeier
23 Kes (-1 lap)
30 Edwards (-3 laps)
31 Patrick (-4 laps)
38 Smoke
39 JJ
They will re-start with 34 laps to go. Some are coming into the pits again to try to make it the whole way.
Most will come in at 30 laps.
WEIRD!!

[YmoBeThere]

Another ad week for me.

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22 laps to go: CAUTION: Dinger into the wall. He is out.
Big Decision: Biffle in the lead. They are maybe a lap short of finishing the race without pitting.
They are gambling.
Meanwhile, This brings JG and KuBu closer to the front. They were late pit stops, and were like 25 seconds behind the leaders. Now, they are all close to one another.

Note to Ymo: Everyone has at least one choice in the garage.

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15 laps to go: Just after the re-start
Biff, Jr, Harvick, Bowyer, Harvick, Logano, Larson
The Biff crew is telling him they have enough fuel... REALLY?!?!

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14 laps to go... the crowd are standing up, because JR takes the lead!!
YMO is doing a happy dance.