Busch Gets Fined

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As if losing his crew chief wasn't enough, Kurt Busch is now faced with more casualties from his unruly outburst this past weekend. On Sunday, November 20, 2011, Kurt Busch had a violent outburst toward ESPN Reporter Dr. Jerry Punch when asked to do an interview following the race. Busch used very vulgar language towards Punch during the encounter, however, Punch managed to keep his cool the whole time. After the outburst, Busch's crew chief, Steve Addington, stated that he'd had enough. Earlier this week, Addington left his job at Penske Racing and is said to be headed in Stewart-Haas Racing to replace Darian Grubb as Tony Stewart's crew chief for the 2012 season.

However, this was not the end of bad news for Busch. Earlier today, NASCAR fined Busch $50,000 for his vulgar language and an unkindly gesture earlier towards an official during the race. However, even though Busch has done these obscene things, has been fined by NASCAR, and has lost his crew chief, he has still apologized for his actions and harsh words, not only to Dr. Jerry Punch, but also to the fans.

So the question remains, now that Addington is gone, who will be Busch's new crew chief? Or more importantly, will they last long? Only time will tell.

Tony Stewart Brings It Home



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 Congratulations to Tony Stewart, and the entire Stewart-Haas #14 Office Depot/Mobile One race team on winning the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Championships and on they're great success in the last ten races. Also a big congrats to Carl Edwards on a well fought battle with Stewart this season. This is has been great Chase boys.

RSJ Gets it Done

When you compare the season he had last year, to the season he's had this year, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. could easily be called the comeback kid. But no matter what you call him, the only word that really describes him now, is Champion. A title that Ricky has worked so hard to earn, is now his.

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Every since Ricky was 3 years old, he's been racing. And he's been winning. He started out racing bikes at the age of three. Then he slowly progressed. He soon made his way in to go karts. After making his way through the ranks, he signed with Jack Roush to run in the ARCA Series in 2008. In 2009, he competed in a partial schedule for Roush in the Nationwide Series. Then in 2010, Roush gave Stenhouse a full time ride in the Nationwide Series. But it wasn't all fun and games for Ricky that year. He had 4 DNF's in the first 10 races of the season. This lead to him being replaced by Brian Ickler for three races, and Billy Johnson for a 4th. Then Ricky rejoined the team with a veteran crew chief in Mike Kelly, and had a sudden rebound. He began laying down top fives and top tens, which put him in a close battle with Brian Scott for Rookie of the Year. But after Brian was released from Turner Motorsports late in the year, Ricky clenched the Rookie of the Year battle with a fourth place finish at Homestead-Miami.

The 2011 season was Stenhouse's rebound from all his bad luck last year. Stenhouse brought home two wins for the Roush-Fenway camp, both at Iowa, which also marked his first ever Nationwide Series win. Team mate Trevor Bayne also brought home his first Nationwide win this season at Texas. Ricky also made his first ever Sprint Cup series start this season at Charlotte for the Wood Brother's team, in the #21 car, when Bayne fell ill.

And with all the success the year has brought him, and after everything his been through to make it where he is, I would like to congratulate Ricky on his 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship. Ricky, and the entire Roush-Fenway Racing camp have definitely earned this one.

The Dillon Way

21 years ago, there was a very gifted young man born. He had brown hair and brown eyes. But little did his mother know that her oldest son would someday grow up to be a NASCAR champion. And after everything that has happened this season, it still must be sinking in.

Austin hoisting the Championship trophy
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Austin Dillon has done something that many 21 year olds only dream of doing. Friday, November 18, 2011, Austin was crowned the 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion. To get the championship, all Austin had to do was finish 16th or better in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway. With 15 laps to go, and rain beginning to fall, NASCAR brought the trucks in to pit road with Austin's closest competitor, Johnny Sauter, leading the race. But that was no matter, because when NASCAR decided to call the race because of rain, Austin had been left in the 10th position, and that was all he needed. When Hermie Sadler told Austin that NASCAR had just decided to call the race, it was instant celebration.



Austin and brother Ty
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As the grandson of champion owner Richard Childress, and an RCR driver, standards are set pretty high for Austin. And he has completely blown away those standards in his two years of racing in NASCAR. Last year, he was crowned 2010 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year. This year, he is one of the few people to have back to back Rookie of the Year, and then points championship honors. Austin is also, the youngest person to ever win the Camping World Truck Series championship. And with his transition to Nationwide series next year, this was the perfect way for Austin to end his truck series season.

Now Richard Childress has two new championships, with Austin in the Trucks, and Austin's younger brother Ty winning the ARCA series Championship. We all hope to see Richard with many more championships coming as Austin moves up to Nationwide next season, and Ty transitioning to run in the truck series. Good luck boys in the rest of your careers.

NASCAR Unleashed Challenge

Homestead-Miami marks the ending of 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and is also marks the crowning of a new points champion. But despite all the competition and head to head battles on track, there is a little more friendly competition going to be taking place off track. A competition that puts NASCAR names on the lines of who's the best, and all the rest.

For the weekend of racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway, NASCAR Unleashed, a new video game released by Activision, has put out a bit of a competition for some of the kids of NASCAR. 5 of some of the drivers children will compete in a bracket-style tournament against each other. They will all be coached by their fathers for the tournament. They will be racing for first place (in the game) and the honor of being crowned the first "Battle of the NASCAR Kids" champion. Each family will donate $5,00 to the charity of their choice, and at the end of the day, the children who participate will hand out a check from Activision for $25,000 to The NASCAR Foundation. The children participating are as follows:

6 year old Faith Yeley, who is the daughter of JJ Yeley

6 year old Sebastian Montoya, son of Juan Pablo Montoya
8 year old Carson Kvapil, Son of Travis Kvapil
11 year old Todd Gilliland, son of David Gilliland
17 year old Ryan Blaney, son of Dave Blaney

Joey Logano, driver of the #20 Joe Gibbs racing Gamestop Toyota in the Nationwide series, will choose two lucky raffle ticket wild card racers from the audience, both of whom he will also coach for the event.





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From Truck to Cup

Earlier this season, Austin Dillon made his Cup series debut at Kansas Motor Speedway. Dillon piloted the #98 Ronald Reagan Centennial Chevy. He brought home a 26th place finish in his debut. But Austin isn't the only Truck series driver looking forward to the Cup series. There's another young hopeful looking to pave his way this weekend at Phoenix.

20 year old, California native, Cole Whitt is looking to begin making his way through the ranks this weekend. Whitt, who is in a tight three man battle for the Rookie of the Year championship in the Truck series, is making his Sprint Cup series debut this weekend at Phoenix. Whitt made his Nationwide Series debut a year ago at this very same track. Whitt, however, has been racing for years. He started out karting as a child and has worked his way up through the ranks. Last season, Whitt made his NASCAR debut, in NASCAR's K&N Pro Series East division. During that time, Whitt recorded 6 top five finishes--which includes two second place finishes--in only 10 starts.. He also laid down a 4th place finish in the championship standings. With all this success under his belt, Whitt is very confident in his start this weekend. There's only one little problem he has to cross over first. "The car doesn't have [owners'] points so we're gonna have to qualify it in," Whitt said. However, he also stated that he has a good team behind him helping work on the car, and felt he would be able to make it in just fine.

Whitt has partnered with a long time sponsor, Red Bull, this weekend and will pilot the #84 car in Sunday's race.

Kyle Busch's Big Slip

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Last week at Texas Motor Speedway, there was a little bit of a rough encounter between Kyle Busch and Ron Hornaday during the Camping World Truck Series race. On lap 15 of the race, Kyle and Ron were both going to pass a slow car on the track. When doing so, there wasn't enough room and Ron got into Kyle which in turn, caused both men to rub against the wall. Kyle was not happy about the incident. So, after the caution had been thrown, Kyle caught up to Ron and spun him into the wall causing a horrific crash. Both men were fine physically, but mentally, they were both very upset.

After being released from the infield care center, Ron took the time to be interviewed by the media. Ron made it very clear that he was unhappy with what Kyle had done, especially since Kyle knew that he (Ron) was running for a points championship in the Truck Series. After NASCAR made the call to park Kyle for the rest of the truck race, the media caught up with him to hear what he had to say. Kyle, who was running for a Cup championship, stated that he knew Ron was running for his (truck) championship, but if Ron wanted to show he was a true champion, then he wouldn't have been racing him (Kyle) like that for position on only lap 15.

As everyone figured, this incident was hardly over. NASCAR had already announced that they would be having Kyle in the hauler at the end of the Truck Series race. So everyone just awaited the final word from what would be come of Kyle "Rowdy" Busch. And at the time, Kyle was living up to that nickname of Rowdy. At the end of the race, the media watched as Kyle flocked to the NASCAR hauler. And before we knew it, we had the final verdict. Kyle Busch had been parked for the remainder of the weekend. That meant no Nationwide racing, so he was replace by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate, Denny Hamlin. But NASCAR also parked Kyle for the Sprint Cup Series race. A race where Kyle was running for a points championship. And in this race, Kyle was replaced by a Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Micheal McDowell.

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Denny Hamlin brought home a second place finish in Kyle's Nationwide car, being beaten by Trevor Bayne, who collect his first ever Nationwide Series win. McDowell brought home Kyle's Cup car in 33rd place. The result of being sat out for the race has taken Kyle all the way back to 11th in the points standings.
Everyone still awaited word from Kyle's sponsors on what their actions would be. Late Thursday, Mars (M&Ms) stated that they would not run on Kyle's car for the last two races of the 2011 season, but would return for the 2012 season. However, Interstate Batteries has decided to stick around with Kyle and run on the car for the remainder of the season. Also, Kyle's Nationwide sponsor in Z-Line Designs has asked that Kyle not run the final race at Homestead-Miami, and has asked instead that his teammate Denny Hamlin be in the car.

We still await to here word from what Gibbs will do to Kyle, and if there is any chance of Kyle losing his job. But as of now Kyle is just ready to return to Sprint Cup Series racing at Phoenix.

Champions: Some Crowned, Some Lost

A lot has happened since my last blog post. The world of racing has been through a lot the past few weeks. Some of these events were good. Other's, not so much. So here it goes.

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First the good look at things. These past few weeks, we have crowned a lot of new champions in racing. We'll start with our K&N Series champs. On Friday September 30, 2011, the K&N Pro Series East division crowned their new champion. 18 year old Max Gresham, driver of the #18 car for Joe Gibbs Racing wrapped up his first K&N Series championship. "It means everything in the world right now," said Gresham in a press conference. But as Max wrapped up his points championship, the Rookie of the Year was also being crowned. Another 18 year old by the name of Alex Bowman was the ROTY. Alex drives the #16 St. Judes Children's Research car for X Team Racing. While most people know Alex as "That kid who won the only two ARCA races he ever started" there's a lot more to this boy than just that. “The whole year was a big learning experience,” Bowman told the press. Bowman, who transferred straight from open-wheels to stock cars, beat out second generation drivers Corey LaJoie and Chase Elliott who were his closets competitors.

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Another set of K&N Series champions was crowned recently too. This series is divided into K&N East division and the K&N West division. So, we still had yet to crown our K&N West division champion. Greg Pursley, the elder driver of the Gene Price Motorsports team, was crowned the K&N West series Champion. Greg, who only had to take the green flag in the final race to get his championship, was by far the dominant driver of the season. “The Gene Price Motorsports team did a great job and gave me a great car,” Pursley said. “That’s pretty much how it’s been all year. It’s been a dream season to me, winning six races and five poles and finally winning a championship here. I can’t thank them enough.” Now Greg had his championship. So, who was it that got Rookie of the Year. Well, it was none other than Pursley's teammate, Dylan Kwasniewski. Kwasniewski, a 16 year old Las Vegas Nevada native, had a strong rookie season. And after his back to back wins, I think it was obvious that he would be crowned ROTY by seasons end. Dylan, who has set the new record for the series' youngest race winner, set the bar high for the rest of the rookie field.

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We did have some more champions crowned recently too. The ARCA championship wrapped up recently. And this years champion was no surprise. 19 year old Ty Dillon took home this years points title. Ty drives the #41 car for his grandfather Richard Childress and is the younger brother of Camping World Truck Series driver Austin Dillon, who is chasing for a championship as well this year. Ty came out with a strong start to the season. He was a force to be reckoned with and was practically unstoppable. Ty was victorious over another strong hopeful this season, Chris Buescher. Which leads to this years ARCA Series ROTY in Chris Buescher. Chris had a very strong season as well. Starting his season with many 2nd place finish, including a couple to Ty, Chris ended his season with three wins, including the season finale at Toledo. Chris drives the #17 car for Roulo Brothers Racing and is a developmental driver for Roush Fenway Racing and David Ragan.

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Now, even though we were crowning all these champions and having all this celebrating, the past few weeks have not all been happy endings. On October 16, 2011 we lost a very loved man. During the IZOD Indy car series finale, there was a horrific 15 car crash on just the 12th lap of racing. Involved in this wreck was 2005 Indy Car champion and 2 time Indy 500 winner, Dan Wheldon. Dan was instantly the worry of all the fans. He was taken to the infield care center for a short amount of time before being transported to a local hospital. After two hours of suspense, a press conference was held to announce the passing of Dan. Family, friends, and fans of Dan were crushed. However, even though the race was cancelled, all the drivers did a 5 lap salute to Dan while his number was displayed on top of the scoreboard. Dan was loved by many and hated by few. But he will always be in our hearts.

Now, as I close today, I'd like to congratulate every driver who has celebrated a great championship. But I would also like to ask that we all continue to remember Dan forever. And soon we'll be crowning three new champions in each of NASCAR's main divisions. :)

That Time of the Year



Well people, as I said in the title, it's that time of year again. This years Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup has rolled around. The field is set and the Chase is almost underway. Today's race at Chicagoland Speedway is under race delay, but is suspected to be underway by around 7:30 ET. Until then, lets take a look at the Chase field.

With the new points system, there was a way for getting into the Chase, without being in the top 12. Wild card spots were a part of the new system this year. Under this system, any driver between positions 11-20 that had a win, was eligible for a Chase spot. And anyone 1-10 still made it in the same way.



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So I'm sure some people havn'te heard the Chase field yet. Well, here is the lineup. Kyle Busch will be first in points with for start of the Chase with 4 wins. Kevin Harvick will be second, also having 4 wins. Third is Jeff Gordon, who has 3 wins. Fourth, it's Matt Kenseth, having 2 wins. Fifth is Carl Edwards, with one win. Sixth is Mr. "5 Time", Jimmie Johnson, with a surprising, one win this season. Seventh is Kurt Busch, who has one win as well. Eighth is Ryan Newman, who once again, has one win. Ninth is Tony Stewart who is the highest ranked guy with no wins. Tenth is none other than, Dale Earnhardt Jr, who is making his first Chase appearance in years. Dale Jr. also has no wins.

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Then comes the well worthy wild card spots. These two gentleman make up eleventh and twelfth, since their wins are not counted once they enter the Chase. In eleventh, is Brad Keselowski. Brad respectively won 3 races this season, and overcame a huge deficit, despite  his broken ankle late in this regular season. And, rounding out the Chase contenders, twelfth place is Denny Hamlin. Despite all his wins last year, and falling just short of the championship, Denny will be sitting twelfth in points with only one win!



All in all, good luck to every one of these lucky gentleman who made the chase this season. And good luck to the other guys who just fell short. I hope the best of luck for everyone, in this season, and next.

Alex Bowman: Moving On Up

I know what a lot of people are thinking. Who in the world is Alex Bowman? Well, I'm here to answer that for you. And to inform of his amazing accomplishment the other day.


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Alex Bowman is and 18 year old boy racing in NASCAR's K&N Pro Series East division. Alex is from Tucson, Arizona but currently resides in North Carolina. He has been racing for years now, slowly making his way up through the ranks.

Since Alex has been in the K&N Pro Series, he has done astonishingly well. Alex has posted 6 top fives and 3 top tens in his 9 K&N starts. He's also part of "NASCAR's Next Nine". A group of young racers picked out based upon they're pure talent. They are considered to be the future of NASCAR.

Now, on to something else very exciting about Alex.



On August 26, 2011, the ARCA Series raced in Madison, Wisconsin. Alex had the amazing opportunity to race in the Venturini Motorsports #55 car. Alex had a very good car from the start of practice, through qualifying, and during the race. Now, by me saying that, most people are probably thinking, "Alright, so what happened to him? Cause we know when someone says that, something went wrong."



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Ya, well you're wrong. Not only did Alex have a good car, he had a GREAT car! So good, it carried him all the way to the checkered flag! That's right! Alex Bowman in his ARCA Series debut, won the race. Next Trevor Bayne moment, I think so.

But Alex, is a good racer, so this was no surprise to me. The boy has loads of potential. And who knows, maybe he'll be your next youngest Daytona 500 winner. I just want to conclude with Congratulations Alex. Everyone is very proud of you. We hope to see more from you in the future, with much more success.



Where Have I Been

No people I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. I just have been really busy. School started back last week, and between that, daily 2hour volleyball practices, and moving into a new house, I haven't had time to to much updating. Plus, I didn't have satellite until late Thursday night. And then I was at the fair last night with some friends.

But I did get home in time for the end of the Nationwide race. And man was that a finish! Kyle Busch and Joey Logano going at it like mad men! Congratulations to Kyle on the win as well. It was a well fought race. He also finally topped Mark Martin for most Nationwide Series wins. So congrats again Kyle.

Since I've been a little behind, I'll post the line-up for today's race. And hopefully, I'll have a recap of the race later tonight.

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1. Ryan Neman#39

2.Carl Edwards#99

3.Matt Kenseth#17

4.Jeff Grodon#24

5.Mark Martin#5
6.Jamie McMurray#1

7.Paul Menard#27

8.Brad Keselowski#2
9.Joey Logano#20
10.Kurt Busch#22
11.Marcos Ambrose#9
12.Regan SMith#78
13.Jimmie Johnson#48
14.Gre Biffle#16
15.Kevin Harvick#29
16.Clint Bowyer#33
17.David Gilliland#34
18.AJ Allemndinger#43
19.Jaun Pablo Montoya#42
20.Denny Hamlin#11
21.Jeff Burton#31
22.Dale Earnhardt Jr.#88
23.Kyle Busch#18
24.David Ragan#6
25.Kasey Kahne#4
26.Brian Vickers#83
27.Martin Truex Jr.#56
28.Joe Nemechek#87
29.Casey Mears#13
30.Bobby Labonte#47
31.David Stremme#30
32.Michael McDowell#66
33.Travis Kvapil#38
34.David Reutimann#00
35.Dave Blaney#36
36.Scott Speed#46
37.David Starr
38.Andy Lally#71
39.Robby Gordon#7
40.Mike Bliss#51
41.Terry Labonte#32
42.Tony Stewart#14
43.Mike Skinner#60

NASCAR's Newest Surprise

As we all know, Camping World Truck Series returns racing at Michigan International Speedway this weekend, after having an off weekend. With their return, there comes a driver return. And with his return, he is making some big news.

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As we all well remember, Colin Braun ran for Jack Roush in the Nationwide Series for a majority of the 2010 season. In my opinion, Colin was one damn good driver. He made me proud to be a good fan of his. But our opinion doesn't matter when it comes to situations like the one he was in.

Now, nearing the end of last season, Trevor Bayne left racing for Michael Waltrip. Jack Roush made it clear that he wanted Trevor, because he signed him to drive the #16 car. Which was, the car Colin was in. Now, Colin did run a few more races in a temporary #17 car. But after that, no one had ever really seen or heard from Colin, except for on Twitter.

However, no need to fret any longer! Cause after almost a year, Colin is back in business with his NASCAR career. For those of you who I know are thinking it, No, you eyes are not playing tricks on you. You read that correctly. He's back baby! He may not be in a Nationwide car, but he's here. Colin made the big announcement yesterday, August 15th, that he will be driving the #51 truck for Billy Ballew in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He will race this weekend at Michigan International Speedway.

I, as a fan, would like to congratulate Colin! I've been waiting to see him back in our sport for almost a year now, and the wait has finally ended. So, Welcome back Colin, and we hope to have you around much more often. Until next time, keep your head held high everyone. -Reba :)

Heluva Good! Sour Creams Dip at The Glen: Sprint Cup Race Recap

The Heluva Good! Sour Creams Dip at The Glen was scheduled to run Sunday April 14, 2011. But mother nature had other plans. On Sunday, opening ceremonies had just concluded when the rain began to fall. A couple hours later, NASCAR decided to postpone the race till Monday. Good or Bad decision? We were soon to find out.

Monday rolled around, and the drivers were ready to go. There was a slight drizzle on the track that morning, but nothing the guys couldn't handle. After two pace laps, the green flag was waved, and we were underway at The Glen.

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There were three early race spins, but all cars were able to get refired and continued on. The race went caution free until Kurt Busch spun for the second time, hitting the wall hard. Then the next caution wasn't till Lap 66, when Denny Hamlin had brake issues and his car ran straight into the wall. A hard hit, but Hamlin walked away with nothing more than a few body aches.

Kyle Busch had pole for this race. And we all know, if Kyle has pole, then Kyle's gonna be a competitor. And that he was. However, Marcos Ambrose was just as fierce. Most of today's race was dominated by Kyle and Marcos. Undoubtedly, the two best cars out there all day.

Other than Denny Hamlin's crash, the race was pretty calm for a while. Other than small scuffles between drivers, nothing major really happened. Then there was a late race caution by Paul Menard when he spun around and hit the wall with 5 laps to go. By this time, Marcos had been putting a lot of pressure on Kyle for the lead. So this restart was exactly what Kyle didn't want to see! NASCAR had already made the decision for a GWC finish.

On the restart, Ambrose spun his tires, and Kyle "King of The Restart", was flawless. It looked Marcos' chances were done when Brad Keselowski passed him. But Marcos held onto 3rd. Then when Kyle took the next turn a little to wide, Brad drove around him, followed by Marcos, and Kyle was in third. Then, the pressure was on for Brad. As the next turn came along, Marcos got under Brad and scooted him out of the way, taking over the lead. Then Marcos took the white flag. One more lap Marcos, and this was yours.

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Well, Marcos didn't need one more lap. Coming out of one of the turns, Boris Said got David Ragan lose. David spun and hit the wall. Hard. But that wasn't the end of it. David came back and hit David Reutimann, who then spun and hit the wall. Then Reutimann flipped multiple times, was airborne at one point, and eventually ended up back on his wheels. NASCAR called the caution of course. This meant that due to a white flag caution, Marcos Ambrose was you winner. This was our 5th first time winner of the season, his first win in his Sprint Cup Series career, and it qualifies him for the Sprint Summer Showdown.

Now, while Ambrose was celebrating his win, there was a lot more taking place behind the scenes. When Boris Said had crashed David Ragan, which was bad enough it could have resulted in death if it weren't for proper safety precautions, he had trigger the angry side of one of Ragan's teammates. Greg Biffle was by no means happy by what had happened between David and Boris. Greg, being the good teammate he is, went to confront Boris about the situation. But before any major fights happened, crew members and NASCAR officials had stepped in. But it wasn't settled there. Biffle never commented on the situation, but Boris had plenty to say about it. He called Biffle, "The most unprofessional scaredy cat I've ever seen in my life.." But that was only part of what Said had to say. He also had many threats to "beat up" Biffle and give him a black eye the next time he saw him. Also saying that Biffle couldn't hide forever. Many people where unhappy with the way Boris reacted and what he said on live television.

However, after all the madness of the finish, this is how the top ten rounded out. Marcos Ambrose was your winner. He was followed by Brad Keselowski in second, Kyle Busch in third, and Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano rounding out the top five. Then it was Kevin Harvick in sixth, followed by Juan Pablo Montoya in seventh; then A.J. Allmendinger, Jeff Burton, and Jimmie Johnson rounding out the top ten. All of which had pretty much been running in the top ten all day anyways.

Now, the points leader coming into this race was Carl Edwards. But after the race we had today, you oughta know that there would be a pretty big shift in the points. Edwards ended up with a 12th place finish after NASCAR reviewed the footage for official placing. As for points....Mr. Kyle Busch is back on top this week. But he's not alone. He is tied with "Cousin Carl" for the lead with 752 points. A three point advantage over 3rd place Jimmie Johnson, our 5 time champ.

Congrats to Marcos Ambrose on his exciting win today at Watkins Glen. You deserved it Marcos, you really did. As for the rest of you, keep racing like you do. We all have our days. Until next time, "G'day mate!" -Reba :)

Watkins Glen: Postponed till Monday



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 Well as we all know, NASCAR has called off the race for today.

Opening ceremonies had just begun at the track when it began to drizzle. By the time the National Anthem was finished it was raining pretty hard. So everyone pulled out the umbrellas and began to wait it out. Many of the drivers were tweeting. And the fans were getting very angry on Twitter. Some Twitter people even started doing Q&As. Some at the track began playing the new gaming app Pit Crew Combine made by Joe Gibbs Racing's tech guy Boris. All found something to do. Some drivers just chilled in their motor coaches. Many went and did interviews with the ESPN. All however, found a way to pass the time.

After about 3 and 1/2, almost 4  hours of waiting, NASCAR finally made the call to postpone the race. It is set to air tomorrow at 10 am EST on ESPN. Good luck to all the guy tomorrow. Let's hope the rain holds off this time. -Reba

Dylan Kwasniewski: Two In A Row

Well people, he did it again. 16 year old Dylan Kwasniewski has yet another win under his belt. After just coming off his win in Colorado, Kwasniewski came to Montana with his head held high.

He was getting a lot of publicity as the youngest winner in NASCAR K&N Series history. And now, I have a feeling he's gonna be getting a lot more. Kwasniewski is a great young racer from Las Vegas, Nevada. And last week he posted his first series win in Colorado. Even though this is only his rookie season, Kwasniewski is leaving his mark everywhere he goes. Now he's got this second win at Montana only a week later.

Photo from Dylan Kwasniewski Racing on Facebook

He's really showing them his stuff. He's already broken three records last week. I think he may have just broken another one. I don't know what it might be, but I'm sure there's something. I myself, am a big fan of Dylan. Seeing him do this good is a nice thing for me. I'm so proud to call myself a Dylan Kwasniewski fan. He's really good and I'm proud of everything he does. If you aren't a fan already, you should be. Dylan will be the next Joey Logano, I can almost promise. Even his teammate Greg Pursley says he's gonna go far.

Anyways, congrats Dylan on your second win in your 16 year old rookie season. And an even bigger congratulations on your second win in a row. Your fans love you! Keep up the good work, and also keep the streak going! :) -Reba

Nationwide Recap: Watkins Glen

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All day it was a battle of Busch vs. Busch. Back and forth the two brothers went, throughout the whole race. But after a long, valiant effort, Kurt Busch prevailed over Kyle after having the pole. It did take a GWC finish for Kurt to get the win however.

There were many faces of cup drivers in today's Nationwide race at The Glen. Some where the usuals like Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano. Logano who was kicking off his start of Loganothon this weekend. But there were also a couple unfamiliar Cup drivers in there. Kurt Busch joined us filling in for Brad Keselowski in the #22 Penske Dodge. Paul Menard was in the #33 KHI Chevy. Then there was ol' "5 Time", Mr. Jimmie Johnson, in the #7 JR Motorsports Chevy. All of the Cup guys gave us a good show this weekend. Kurt even prevailed with the win as we know, and all others finished in the top six.

We also had another face from a different series joining us today. James Buescher from the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series took a car for a spin this week. He was piloting the #30 Turner Motorsports car today. Buescher, who has an off week from the truck series, put up a valiant effort with a 17th place finish.

Now, our points leader coming into the race was Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Stenhouse went through a lot this day. He suffered from some damage about halfway through the race. But still, Stenhouse Jr. managed a 15th place finish and kept control of the points lead by 12 points over Reed Sorenson.

The top ten finishers for today's  Zippo 200 at the Glen ended with Kurt Busch as your winner. He was followed by Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Kyle Bush, and Carl Edwards. Then Paul Menard had sixth, followed by Ron Fellows, Aric Almirola, Trevor Bayne, and Elliot Sadler.

Congrats Kurt on your win today! Best of luck to you and everyone else tomorrow. We hope to see just as good of racing again. -Reba

Loganothon Weekend



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 This weekend, Joey Logano is working hard on and off the track. He is taking on many challenge this weekend. Some of them will be new experiences for Logano.

Logano will be doing his usual this weekend. He'll be racing his #20 Home Depot Toyota in the Sprint Cup Series on Sunday, and is returning to his #20 GameStop Toyota in the Nationwide Series after taking a couple weeks off. But Logano has also taken on a couple more challenges.

In addition to Sprint Cup and Nationwide, Logano is also taking on the world of the Rolex Sports Car Series. He and Boris Said will be piloting a car together in the race today which is set to air at 6pm EST on Speed. Logano and Said have been working hard with the car all week.

However, the two had a little mishap yesterday in a practice session. Logano was saying the car was fast, and he was running good. But then he crashed, causing them to have to switch to a back-up car later today. Hopefully this one is as good as the first.

Now that I've covered the racing side of Logano's weekend, let's move on to something else. Logano is taking on yet another challenge this weekend. Have you ever heard of a little show call Man vs. Food on the Travel Channel? Well, good ol' Adam Richman is the Grand Marshall for Sundays Sprint Cup race. And little ol' scrawny Logano couldn't help but take on the challenge he was offered. Richman will be with Logano all weekend, hanging out and getting to know him. Then come Monday, Logano and Richman are off to tape an episode of Man vs. Food where Logano will take on a food challenge. Hope he's got a deep stomach. Or a hollow leg. :) Anyways, the episode is set to air for October 19 @ 9pm EST on Travel Channel.

Logano has a busy weekend of "Loganothon' (as it's being referred too) ahead of him. With all this racing and then all the eating, he's gonna need all the luck he can get. Good luck Joey on your crazy weekend! Hope it goes well!
-Reba