Legend Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, racinfarmer said: Good run for Pierce too after a bad start. I'd imagine those trucks are absolute tanks to drive on a dirt track. A lot of sanctions are 2 cautions and you are done in the features. Im sure they are. Just about every truck was pushing bad coming in. But FFS, the guy brings out a caution every 15 laps. Time to park him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Wigman is out... Alex Bowman officially announced as driver of the 88....good for him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 32 minutes ago, FAT DAVE said: Wigman is out... Alex Bowman officially announced as driver of the 88....good for him. link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Just now, ckf said: link? Never mind. CONCORD, N.C. (July 20, 2017) - One year after his impressive debut with Hendrick Motorsports, the team has named Alex Bowman full-time driver of the #88 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Cup Series with a 19-race majority sponsorship from Nationwide beginning in 2018. Bowman, 24, piloted the #88 Chevrolet SS in 10 of the final 18 Cup races last season in place of injured driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. The Tucson, Arizona, native debuted July 17, 2016, at New Hampshire and went on to earn three top-10 finishes with the team including a sixth-place result at Phoenix, where he won the pole position and led a race-high 194 laps. "Ever since I was a kid, racing is all I've wanted to do," Bowman said. "I've had so many people believe in me along the way. My family has sacrificed a lot and always been behind me. I would never have this chance without the support of Dale and everyone involved with the No. 88 team. To be part of Hendrick Motorsports and for Mr. Hendrick to have this confidence in me, it's just amazing. "The #88 team is such a great group of people. I know we can pick up where we left off last year, and I truly believe we can win races and contend for a championship. I'm excited to build on the relationship with Nationwide and all of our partners. It means the world that they have faith in me, and I'm thankful to have them on my side. Now I just want to go win." Nationwide, one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States, joined Hendrick Motorsports in 2014 as a corporate partner and in 2015 became majority sponsor of the No. 88 Chevrolet with driver Earnhardt, who will retire from full-time racing at the end of 2017. Nationwide's 19 primary races with Bowman and the team in 2018 will include the season-opening Daytona 500. "We are thrilled to continue our relationship with Hendrick Motorsports and welcome Alex to the No. 88 Nationwide team," said Terrance Williams, chief marketing officer at Nationwide. "Rick Hendrick and the No. 88 team have been exceptional partners for the last three years, and we look forward to our joint commitment and engagement with the NASCAR community, both on and off the track." In addition to Nationwide's one-year extension, Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, will increase its number of races featured as the primary sponsor of the #88 team by two for next season, bringing its total to 15 Cup events with Bowman in 2018. Axalta has been a Hendrick Motorsports corporate partner since 1992 and a sponsor of the No. 88 Chevrolet since 2016. Hendrick Motorsports signed Bowman on Oct. 6, 2016, following his first four races driving for Earnhardt and working with No. 88 crew chief Greg Ives. In 2017, he has been an integral part of the simulation and on-track testing programs for the 12-time NASCAR Cup Series champions and manufacturer Chevrolet. "Alex impressed the heck out of us last year with his talent, poise and professionalism," said Rick Hendrick, owner of Hendrick Motorsports. "He stepped up in a very demanding situation and showed that he can run with the best and compete for wins. His ability to stay focused through it all, and the way he's handled himself since then, has shown a lot of character. Greg and the team loved working with Alex, and that dynamic will get even better with more time together. "Our relationship with Nationwide is unbelievable. They have a true passion for NASCAR and our fans, and to have them extend with us is gratifying for our whole team. It's also a credit to the way Alex carried himself last season and built lasting relationships. We're fortunate to work with partners like Nationwide and Axalta that have built impactful, enduring programs around the countless opportunities our sport provides." At 7 years old, Bowman began racing on the short tracks of Arizona and California, driving quarter-midgets before advancing to USAC sprint cars. He transitioned to full-bodied stock cars at age 17, initially making starts in the 2010 Pro Cup Series and later the 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, where he finished sixth in points and won rookie of the year. Bowman also entered two ARCA Racing Series events in 2011, winning them both -- at Madison International Speedway and Kansas Speedway. After Team Penske signed him in 2012, Bowman posted four ARCA wins -- Salem, Winchester, Iowa and Kansas -- and led 20 percent of the season's total laps to earn another rookie of the year award. He made his first NASCAR national series start Sept. 15, 2012, at Chicagoland in the Xfinity Series, which he ran full-time in 2013 for RAB Racing. As a 21-year-old rookie, Bowman made his NASCAR Cup debut in the 2014 Daytona 500. Over the 2014 and 2015 seasons, he started 71 Cup events while running full-time for BK Racing and Tommy Baldwin Racing. Notably, he competed twice in the 2014 Xfinity Series and once in the 2015 NASCAR Truck Series for Earnhardt's JR Motorsports, which is affiliated with Hendrick Motorsports. In 2016, Bowman made nine Xfinity Series starts for JR Motorsports, recording one pole position, three top-five finishes and seven top-10s. His 10 Cup Series appearances for Hendrick Motorsports in 2016 included top-10 results in playoff races at Chicagoland, Kansas and Phoenix. He now has 133 career starts across NASCAR's three national series, including one in the 2017 Truck Series. -- Hendrick Motorsports --- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 (edited) Its good to see actually talented guys get rides. Im glad he got this and not getting stuck in back marker rides like Buescher. Edited July 20, 2017 by Legend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 had nationwide not agreed to stay he'd have been out and Kenseth in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 20, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 20, 2017 Great news....Bowman earned a full time spot in that ride. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Angry ginger said: had nationwide not agreed to stay he'd have been out and Kenseth in. Thank fuck Nationwide did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 NASCAR considering further limits to Cup drivers in XFINITY Series NASCAR has talked with Xfinity teams about further limiting Cup drivers in Xfinity races, series managing director Wayne Auton said Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. One possibility would be for Cup drivers to be limited to five Xfinity races only regardless of their experience level, which could be a significant cut for some drivers. Currently, drivers with more than five full-time seasons in Cup are limited to 10 Xfinity races. They also cannot compete in the four Dash 4 Cash races and the final eight races of the season. Drivers with less than five full-time Cup seasons - Kyle Larson, Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Daniel Suarez for example - are allowed to compete in the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash races and all playoff events except the season finale in Miami. "We have been in talks with teams about even limiting the number of races more or stay where we're at," Auton said. "Those conversations are ongoing. Stay tuned. I think some announcements will be coming out here pretty soon on what the garage area has asked us to look at.'' "We want to make sure that we have 40 cars on the racetrack every week and we have 40 competitive cars on the racetrack every week,'' Auton said. "I'm very proud of the way our Xfinity drivers have held up this year. Have they won as many races as the other series drivers? No, they haven't, but I'm going to tell you what, you can't go from a lack of effort. They're really driving their cars really hard this year to make sure they get that championship at Homestead.'' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Will be a ghost town at these races sooner or later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 22, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 7/21/2017 at 3:49 PM, FAT DAVE said: Will be a ghost town at these races sooner or later... William Byron just won the Busch Race at the Brickyard and jumped out of the car to celebrate with the fans....it's embarrassing how many fans are there...wow. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 On 7/21/2017 at 2:46 PM, ckf said: NASCAR considering further limits to Cup drivers in XFINITY Series NASCAR has talked with Xfinity teams about further limiting Cup drivers in Xfinity races, series managing director Wayne Auton said Friday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. One possibility would be for Cup drivers to be limited to five Xfinity races only regardless of their experience level, which could be a significant cut for some drivers. Currently, drivers with more than five full-time seasons in Cup are limited to 10 Xfinity races. They also cannot compete in the four Dash 4 Cash races and the final eight races of the season. Drivers with less than five full-time Cup seasons - Kyle Larson, Erik Jones, Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon and Daniel Suarez for example - are allowed to compete in the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash races and all playoff events except the season finale in Miami. "We have been in talks with teams about even limiting the number of races more or stay where we're at," Auton said. "Those conversations are ongoing. Stay tuned. I think some announcements will be coming out here pretty soon on what the garage area has asked us to look at.'' "We want to make sure that we have 40 cars on the racetrack every week and we have 40 competitive cars on the racetrack every week,'' Auton said. "I'm very proud of the way our Xfinity drivers have held up this year. Have they won as many races as the other series drivers? No, they haven't, but I'm going to tell you what, you can't go from a lack of effort. They're really driving their cars really hard this year to make sure they get that championship at Homestead.'' I kind of equate it to Tucker Hibbert dropping down to whatever semi-pro is now and beating everyone's asses, because he can. On 7/21/2017 at 2:49 PM, FAT DAVE said: Will be a ghost town at these races sooner or later... Lots of local tracks are the same way, both with fans and car counts, compared to 10-15 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Holy shit! The driver is very lucky - Jamestown Speedway (ND) just now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Biggie Smails said: William Byron just won the Busch Race at the Brickyard and jumped out of the car to celebrate with the fans....it's embarrassing how many fans are there...wow. I was out all afternoon and didn't get a chance to watch any of it. I figured one of the Cup guys would win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, ckf said: I was out all afternoon and didn't get a chance to watch any of it. I figured one of the Cup guys would win. Kyle Busch and Erik Jones were 1-2 with 19 laps left and they were told to pit because the crew chiefs were concerned about them getting hurt in particular Shrub because of tire wear.....pretty weak IMO but it gave Byron the win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 20 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Kyle Busch and Erik Jones were 1-2 with 19 laps left and they were told to pit because the crew chiefs were concerned about them getting hurt in particular Shrub because of tire wear.....pretty weak IMO but it gave Byron the win. Good! I like to see the series regulars beat the cup guys 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2017 1 minute ago, ckf said: Good! I like to see the series regulars beat the cup guys Absolutely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2017 Hamlin, Elliot and Menard for Indy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Hamlin, Elliot and Menard for Indy. I haven't even looked to see how qualifying went. Who's on the front row? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2017 Shrub and Happy Harvick http://scores.nbcsports.com/racing/leaderboard.asp?series=NASCAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Shrub and Happy Harvick http://scores.nbcsports.com/racing/leaderboard.asp?series=NASCAR I may have to go with Happy as one of my picks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2017 I've only used JJ twice so do I swap him for Elliot or Hamlin....I want to keep Menard because he runs well at Indy and I haven't used him yet.....hmmmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted July 23, 2017 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted July 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, ckf said: I may have to go with Happy as one of my picks Damn maybe I should as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckf Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 6 minutes ago, Biggie Smails said: Damn maybe I should as well. You're as bad at this as you are at picking sleds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Just now, ckf said: You're as bad at this as you are at picking sleds you're taking a beating today Jimbo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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