NASCAR 2011

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Lap 120 of 400
All green flag pits have been completed.
Biffle had to serve a pass-through penalty
Menard 16. Truex 30. Burton 18. Newman 23. Labonte 21. Ragan 22. Smith 25.
Edwards, Kurt, Blech, JJ, Dinger, Kes, KK, Ambrose, Kenseth, Harvick, Reutimann, JG, MM.

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Caution Lap 136 of 400
Casey Mears slowed down with a bad tire, and Bliss touched him, causing Bliss to go against the wall, but no major damage to Bliss.
Off the pits, and the order is:
Burton (stayed out on the track while everyone pitted), Edwards, Kurt, Blech, JJ, Kes, Kes, KK, Kenseth, Amrose, JG, Bowyer, Dinger.

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Lap 150 of 400
Edwards, JJ, Blech, Kurt, Kenseth, Kes, Burton, Ambrose, Harvick, KK, Dinger, JG, Reutimann, Bowyer.
Menard 16. Truex 30. Newman 27. Labonte 23. Ragan 24. Smith 21.

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Lap 176 Caution.... Debris
Most cars are coming in.
Kes had a terrible pit stop.
Burton had a horrible stop as well, having to back up into his stall.

ON the restart, it was...
Dinger, Harvick, Reutimann, JJ, Edwards, Blech

But Labonte got dinged, hit the wall, and brought out the caution again on Lap 180. Labonte had MINOR damage at best.

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Lap 190 of 400
RESTART
Dinger, Harvick, JJ, Reutimann, Blech, Kurt, Kenseth, Edwards, KK, Kes, Ambrose, Bowyer, JG, Menard.

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Lap 200 of 400
JJ, Harvick, Dinger, Kenseth, Kurt, Blech, Edwards, Kes, KK, Reutimann, Bowyer, Ambrose, Biffle, Jr, JG, Menard.
Burton 18, Smith, 23, Newmanm 26 (down a lap), Ragan 28, Labonte 29, Truex 30.

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Lap 250 of 400
Green flag pits completed
Edwards had a pass through penalty for speeding in the pits

Lap 256 CAUTION... rain
Kes having trouble... power steering issue required he come in again.

Lap 263 Green flag racing again
JJ, Kenseth, KK, Kurt, Bowyer, Dinger, Blech, Ambrose, Biffle, MM, Mac, Harvick, Vickers, Jr, Menard, Hamlin, Reutimann, JG.
Smith, 19, Burton 21, Labonte 24, Edwards 25, Ragan 26, Truex 27, Kes 28, Newmanm 29.

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Lap 298 of 400 Green flag racing

JJ, KK, Kenseth, Kurt, Ambrose, Dinger, Biffle, Blech, Bowyer, Harvick, MM, Mac, Vickers, JG, Reutimann, Menard.
Burton 18, Smith 20, Edwards 21 (Lucky Dog), Kes 22, Ragan 23, Labonte 24, Truex 25, Newman 29.

CAUTION Lap 300 Yeley hits the wall
Pit Stops!!

95 Laps to go Restart is:
JJ, Kenseth, KK, Kurt, Ambrose, Burton, Bowyer, Montoya, Blech, Biffle, Mac, Harvick, JG, Vickers, MM, Menard.
Burton 18, Smith 20, Edwards 21 (Lucky Dog), Kes 22, Ragan 23, Labonte 24, Truex 25, Newman 29.

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94 laps to go, Truex left rear goes down, but does not bring out Caution. Too bad... he was the new Lucky Dog.

Kenseth has a left front coming down as well. He will come in soon.

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70 Laps to go:
JJ, Kurt, Kenseth, KK, Ambrose, Bowyer, Dinger, Blech, Biff, Harvick, Burton, JG, Edwards, Mac, Reut, Vickers, Montoya, Smith, MM, Hamlin, Menard.
Kes 22, Ragan 23, Labonte 24, Newman 26, Truex 31.

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CAUTION 47 laps to go
Bliss hit the inside wall after getting loose and spinning out of the second turn.
Kes is the Lucky Dog, but helps him get from 2 laps to 1 lap down.

Kes had trouble in the pits again.

Coming out of the pits it's:
JJ, Kurt, KK, Blech, Harvick, Edwards, Biff, Vickers, Kenseth, Bowyer, Ambrose, JG, Dinger.

Green flag will start at 44 laps to go.

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CAUTION 38 laps to go
BIFFLE hits the wall.
Kes is Lucky Dog and gets back onto the lead lap.

Kurt took the lead shortly before that.

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34 laps to go: Green flag racing again
Kurt, JJ, KK, Blech, Edwards, Harvick, Vickers, Bowyer, Ambrose, Kenseth, JG, Dinger, Burton, Reut, Smith.
Menard 19, Kes 20, Ragan 22, Labonte 23, Newman 24, Truex 30.

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25 laps to go... EDWARDS is CHARGING. He's now in 3rd.

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10 laps to go:
Edwards is catching JJ, but no one is catching Kurt.

Kurt, JJ, Edwards, KK, Kenseth, Blech, Bowyer, Dinger, Harvick, Ambrose, Burton, Vickers, Bowyer, Ambrose, JG, Reur, Mac, Menard, Smith.
Kes 20, Ragan 22, Labonte 26, Newman 23, Truex 30.

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Kurt Busch wins it!! I believe that JJ leads the most number of laps.

Kurt, JJ, Edwards, KK, Kenseth, Blech, Dinger, Bowyer, Ambrose, Harvick

Burton, JG, Reut, Vickers, Mac, Menard, Smith, Hamlin, MM.

Kes, Ragan, Montoya, Newman, Jr, Stewart, Labonte, Biff, Gililand, Logano, Truex.

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In Fantasy League, knights and I tied for this week's lead with 312 points each. I maintain a 61 point lead over knights.
colchar finished 22 points further back. He is now a mere 39 points behind Usul (in 5th).
Ymo finished another 32 points back this week, now in 3rd, some 66 points behind knights.
The big news is that Tilly had a subpar day today, but has overtaken Usul by 29 points for fourth place.

On to Kansas City!!

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Looks like Clint Bowyer is off to join Michael Waltrip Racing:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/st ... rip-racing

Would LOVE to see Mark Martin go to RCR.

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Looks like Clint Bowyer is off to join Michael Waltrip Racing:
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/st ... rip-racing

Would LOVE to see Mark Martin go to RCR.

Clint will drive the #15 5-hour Energy Drink Car for MWR next year.

MEANWHILE, Reed Sorenson (#3 in Nationwide points standings) was dropped by Turner Motorsports, and has been replaced by ...

BRIAN VICKERS!!

Considering that Vickers' Red Bull Racing is ceasing operations (last report I saw), I wonder if Vickers moves full-time into Nationwide racing.

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Qualifying for Kansas is today.