NASCAR 2015

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Competition yellow at lap 40 of 200
Everyone comes into the pits
Red FLAG: Rain: lap 46 of 200
Jr, Harvick, Blech, Edwards, Kenseth, KK, Truex, Kenseth, KuBu, Ty, Kes
13 JG
16 Larson
19 JMac
20 Logano
21 Menard
26 Ragan
32 Patrick
34 Biff

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Restart 40 minutes later: lap 51 of 200
CAUTION: Lap 52: Blech blows a tire and hits wall hard, but able to drive into the garage. It was raining when they re-started.
Harvick, Edwards, Jr, Kenseth, KuBu, Kes, Blaney, KK, Ty, Smoke
12 Truex
13 Larson
15 JG
17 Ragan
19 Logano
20 JMac
22 Menard
28 Biff
38 Patrick

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Lap 75 of 200
Harvick, Kenseth, Edwards, KuBu, Truex, Jr, KK, Kes, Ty, Larson
16 JG
17 Menard
18 Logano
19 JMac
29 Ragan
30 Patrick
33 Biff

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Lap 89 of 200
All racers complete green flag pit stops over a ten lap window. JG has to come back to the pits.
Logano, Patrick, Wise, and Cassill with alternate pit strategy.
Lap 91 of 200: Logano runs out of fuel, coasts into the pits.
PATRICK TAKES THE LEAD!!

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100 laps to go: All have pitted
Harvick, Kenseth, Jr, KuBu, Truex, Kes, KK, Edwards, Ty, Larson
14 Menard
18 Logano
20 JMac
26 Ragan (-1 lap)
27 Patrick (-1 lap)
30 JG (-1 lap)
31 Biff (-1 lap)

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83 laps to go: Green flag pit stops begin
There are about 6 different pit strategies going on. Drivers pitting now will need another pit stop.
I believe that Danica is racing a strategy that will allow her to continue with only one more pit stop. This is interesting.
86 laps to go: Harvick has to re-enter the pits, as he quickly got a flat tire after pitting.

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76 laps to go: CAUTION: Debris; Mears gets the Lucky Dog.
Harvick is down 2 laps because of that tire issue.

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71 laps to go: RESTART: Larson running on fumes, hoping for rain
Larson, Jr, Truex, KuBu, Kenseth, Logano, Kes, Menard, Bowyer, JMac
14 Edwards
15 Ty
16 Patrick
17 KK
18 JG (-1 lap)
23 Ragan (-1 lap)
35 Harvick (-1 lap)
36 Biff (-2 laps)

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68 laps to go: Larson comes in; radar screen has a storm coming within the next 10 minutes, I think. They might call the race at that point.
65 laps to go: Ragan into the pits again
64 laps to go: CAUTION: Rain
62 laps to go: Red Flag
KuBu, Jr, Truex, Kenseth, Logano, Kes, JMac, Menard, Bayne, Bowyer
12 Edwards
14 Ty
15 KK
16 Patrick
17 Larson
21 JG (-1 lap)
29 Harvick (-1 lap)
35 Ragan (-1 lap)
36 Biff (-1 lap)

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So far, the following have led at least 1 lap: KuBu, Jr, Kenseth, Logano, Kes, Larson, Edwards, Harvick (led most laps), KK, Patrick, Wise
This looks like they're going to call it... torrential downpour!

If they call it, this is the official order:
KuBu, Jr, Truex, Kenseth, Logano, Kes, JMac, Menard, Bayne, Bowyer
Hamlin, Edwards, Mears, Ty, KK, Patrick, Larson, Newman, JJ, ADillon
JG, AA, Dinger, Blaney, Stenhouse, Hornish, Allgaier, Smoke, Harvick, Annett
Cassill, Whitt, Moffitt, Wise, Ragan, Biff, Burton, Yeley, DiBenedetto, Bliss
Bowman, Gilliland, Blech

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So far, the following have led at least 1 lap: KuBu, Jr, Kenseth, Logano, Kes, Larson, Edwards, Harvick (led most laps), KK, Patrick, Wise
This looks like they're going to call it... torrential downpour!

If they call it, this is the official order:
KuBu, Jr, Truex, Kenseth, Logano, Kes, JMac, Menard, Bayne, Bowyer
Hamlin, Edwards, Mears, Ty, KK, Patrick, Larson, Newman, JJ, ADillon
JG, AA, Dinger, Blaney, Stenhouse, Hornish, Allgaier, Smoke, Harvick, Annett
Cassill, Whitt, Moffitt, Wise, Ragan, Biff, Burton, Yeley, DiBenedetto, Bliss
Bowman, Gilliland, Blech

NASCAR makes it official. KU BU wins! I believe lawgrad wins this week. If so, congrats to LG!!

[bjornolf]

Man, I had slowly, painstakingly moved myself up to the 95th percentile, then a Harvick bad wheel followed by rain ending the race before he could make it up, and I'm back down to 91. Bummer.

What really sucks is all my drivers were hurt by pit stops right before the race ended. I had McMurray, Bowyer, and Kenseth as my backups, a total of 64 spots of higher finishes than my starters. Ouch. And I switched all three of those on a whim based on their starting positions last second. If I'd only forgotten to check before the race...

Oh, it burns me up.

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No racing this week. Road course racing next week.

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They are making left and right turns today at Sonoma road course. Dinger starts on the pole.
NOTE: This is the first time in forever that Yahoo did not post a preview or race notes. Sure hope Dan Beaver, the author of those notes, is okay.

[YmoBeThere]

Yes, noticed that too.

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Sonoma Road Racing!!
Lap 25 of 110: CAUTION: Gilliland crashes into the tires and busts his car but good. They're towing him away.
KuBu and Dinger have been running very well.
Lap 28 of 110: CAUTION: Truex gets bumped by Ragan, and goes into the tires on a turn. They're towing him. He's done.
Blech, Bowyer, JMac, Newman, Allgaier, Menard, Kes, Dinger, KuBu
12 Smoke
13 JG
16 Harvick
20 Edwards
33 Said
43 Gilliland
Bowyer and Smoke come into the pits... they are on a two pit stop strategy.

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Lap 31 of 110: Red Flag: The Truex wreck involved repairing the tire barrier and a concrete retaining wall.
Blech, JMac, Newman, Dinger, KuBu, Allgaier, JJ, Kes, Larson, JG
13 Harvick
17 Edwards
27 Said
31 Bowyer
32 Smoke
43 Gilliland

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Lap 38 of 110
Blech, KuBu, Dinger, Newman, JJ, JG, JMac, Jr, Larson, Harvick
16 Edwards
26 Smoke
27 Bowyer
34 Said
43 Gilliland

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Lap 44 of 110: Kenseth sheds a tire, but NO caution!!
Lap 47 of 110:
KuBu, Dinger, JJ, Blech, JG, Harvick, Jr, Newman, Larson, Ragan
12 Edwards
16 Bowyer
19 Smoke
31 Said
43 Gilliland

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Lap 59 of 110: Bowyer and Smoke are holding on to pit only once more
JJ, Bowyer, Edwards, Logano, Biffle, Smoke, KuBu, Dinger, Allgaier, AA
18 Harvick
26 JG
35 Said (-1 lap)
43 Gilliland