NASCAR 2012

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Lap 80 of 267: CAUTION: Jeff Burton was pushed on a turn (Smoke touched him), and hit the wall.
No one in the pits... except KES!!
Burton is in the pits, and will continue racing.

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Lap 123 of 267: CAUTION
Almirola hits the wall after hitting some debris. This happened during green flag pitting.
Well... that means I lose to colchar this week, and I guess that means Ymo moves into second.
AA in 27th now.
Kenseth in the lead, followed by Bowyer, Biffle, Menard, JG.

JJ lost about 19 spots with the pitting. He pitted under green... the leaders pitted under yellow.

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Lap 135 of 267: CAUTION: JJ lost control on a turn, rear end hit the wall, substantial body work.
WOW!
Trying to repair it in the pits.

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Lap 142 of 267: CAUTION Bobby Labonte loses it on a turn, rear end hits the wall... he'll need to visit the garage.

NOTE: JJ visited the pits THREE times in the yellow that he caused. In that time, they did substantial repairs. He will probably visit a bunch more under this new caution.

Believe it or not... JJ is still on the lead lap!
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Lap 159 of 267 CAUTION: Cassill and Patrick tag each other, and Danica hit the wall. She's out; he'll get repairs.
Most of the leaders cometo the pits.

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Lap 159 of 267 CAUTION: Cassill and Patrick tag each other, and Danica hit the wall. She's out; he'll get repairs.
Most of the leaders cometo the pits.

But guess who didn't go to the pits, choosing to be in the front...
MM, Hamlin, JJ, Almirola!

Lap 165 CAUTION: Smoke loses it on the turn, but no damage... just some tires needed.
AMAZING save by Smoke.

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99 laps to go CAUTION
Ambrose and Logano tangle, forcing Ambrose to spin, hitting Bayne, who also spins. Rear end damage to Ambrose. Little damage to Bayne. This was on the first lap of the restart.

MM, AA, Bowyer, Kenseth, Menard, Biff, KK, Hamlin, JG, Smith running 1-10.

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95 laps to go, AA goes for the lead on the restart, Spins out, but NO ONE touches him, and he makes it to the pits. Kenseth DOES touch the wall, but continues to race.

93 laps to go: CAUTION... Biff spins out from third place, hits the wall, yellow thrown, but he makes it to the pits.

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85 laps to go CAUTION
Newman tangles with Blech, Blech spins, hits the wall.
Kes avoids this mess unbelievably, but Hornish bumped him, and Hornish hit Newman slightly. Biffle got hit some more. Both Biff and Blech are in the garage. Newman too. KuBu had some damage, but will make do with a visit to the pits. Hornish is getting repairs in the pits.

That's the 12th caution folks.


MM, Bowyer, Hamlin, Menard, KK, JG, Smith, Kes, Edwards, Truex
JJ 15th
Kenseth 17th
AA 20th
Hornish 27th

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55 laps to go, MM surrenders the lead so that he can refuel. He can last the rest of the race without coming into the pits again.

54 laps to go... just after MM pits... CAUTION
Almirola hits the wall... this was a BAD hit. Fire underneath. He was 13th. Done for the day. Led 69 laps (the most laps so far for the day).
Hamlin will get the wavearound. MM is the lucky dog.

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33 laps to go: CAUTION
Hornish tire blows, and he bumps the wall. He is going into the garage.
I think that means I will score more than colchar this week.
Having said that, I believe Ymo will pass me, as Bowyer is racing well, and MM is not.

[colchar]

Is it too late for me to swap Truex in for MM?

[YmoBeThere]

I'm glad I saved JJ for the end of the year. I'm all out of Bowyer now however.

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Sorry for the delay (cooking dinner).
Kenseth wins. Yahoo.
Kenseth, Truex, Menard, KK, Smoke, Bowyer,Smith, Kes, JJ, JG
MM 24
Hornish 26
Biff 27
AA 29
Dinger 35
Mears 37

In Fantasy League, Ymo won this week. colchar leads by eleventy million points over Ymo, who vaulted 29 points ahead of me, and is now in second. Lawgrad is 200 or so points behind me, followed by Tilly some 82 points further behind. MILES, with a monster week, trails Tilly by a mere 10 pts. Iowa is 100 points further behind that.

Next week: The Martinsville paperclip!
NOTE: Hendrick stated today that there will be an announcement on Dale Jr's status come Tuesday afternoon/Wednesday.

[Lavabe]

I'm glad I saved JJ for the end of the year. I'm all out of Bowyer now however.

Good win today.

Please note: You also ran out of Hornish.

Do you have an Almirola pick left?

[YmoBeThere]

I'm glad I saved JJ for the end of the year. I'm all out of Bowyer now however.

Good win today.

Please note: You also ran out of Hornish.

Do you have an Almirola pick left?

Nope, out of him also.

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Do you have an Almirola pick left?

Nope, out of him also.

News flash... expect Vickers to race at the Paper Clip!
http://www.brianvickers.com/

[colchar]

I am out of Boyer picks and only have one pick left for Kahne. I have two picks left for Kenseth and Newman but have three or more picks left for everyone else.

[colchar]

Jr. has been cleared to race:

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/23/ea ... -to-return

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Jr. has been cleared to race:

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/10/23/ea ... -to-return

ANd... Dinger will race again in the 51, at least for Martinsville. Smith will probably not be racing this weekend. Smith will probably get to drive the 51 for last two races of the year. HOWEVER, he has just signed with JRM to ride full-time next year in the Nationwide series.