The Auto Club 400

Its time to recap last sundays race, The Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway. This track is 2 miles long and it is really wide. Cars can actually go 5-wide at times in the corners. The nationwide race on Saturday had a fierce duel for the win, ending up with Joey Logano in his #18 Toyota taking the checkered flag. That win marked Joe Gibbs racings 8th consectutive win at the track. Kyle Busch scored most of those wins. Denny Hamlin won the pole.

The race started, but everyone was concerned about the chance of rain. The sun had been out, but as the race went on, the clouds got dark. The race ran green all the way to the caution at lap 129 for rain. During this green flag stretch, Tony Stewart pulled some moves that Denny Hamlin nor Kevin Harvick were very appreciative of. Stewart drove the car hard into turn 3 and slid up in front of Harvick and Hamlin, thinking they would let him in. When Stewart did this to Harvick, he put his hand out the window to, thank Harvick? Apparntly that wasnt the case. To show his displeasure, Harvick pushed Stewart all the way down the front stretch.

With 71 laps to go, the rain finally hit. Denny Hamlin was the leader, but made a commitment to coming down pit road. That would be a mistake as Hamlin would lose the race and several spots. Tony Stewart stayed out and ended up winning the race after it being called because of rain. The top 5 finishers were 1. Tony Stewart #14, 2. Kyle Busch #18, 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr. #88 4. Kevin Harvick #29, 5. Carl Edwards #99. The winner from Bristol Brad Kesolowski finished in the middle of the field due to pit road penelties.

Its Time For: Nascar Trivia Friday with The Captain

Hello everybody and welcome to Nascar trivia Friday. Sorry I missed last week, as I have been spending some time with great friends. But anyways enough with that whos ready for some trivia! Now if you are new to this blog and this trivia, I only have one rule NO LOOKING AT GOOGLE OR ANY OTHER WEBSITES!!!!! If you are not sure, take a guess. The answers from the last trivia questions were C. 1959, B. Lee Petty, 1959, and C. Trevor Bayne. As you see in the picture, we are going back a little in Nascar history. I think those were easy, but it gets harder. Now this time there are more questions, so gentlemen, start your brains, here we go.

1. What does NASCAR stand for?

A. Nationalistic Automobile Sports Car Auto Racing
B. Nationalism Association of Sport Car Automobile Racing
C. National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing
D. None of the above

2. Who founded Nascar and what year and month?

A. Bill France Sr., 1947, December
B. BIll France Jr., 1970, July
C. Mike Helton, 2001, Feburary
D. Ryan Pemberton, 2009, September

3. When was Nascar's first year of competition?

A. 1950
B. 1949
C. 1948
D. 1951

4. What was Nascar's first "superspeedway"?

A. Daytona International Speedway
B. Indianapolis Motor Speedway
C. Charlotte Motor Speedway
D. Darlington Raceway

5. Who became the first 3-time champion?

A. Cale Yarbourgh
B. Jimmie Johnson
C. Dale Jarett
D. Jeff Gordon


Here's a bonus:

6. Who won at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last year?

A. Matt Kenseth
B. Carl Edwards
C. Jimmie Johnson
D. Tony Stewart


Well everyone good luck and remember NO SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR THE ANSWERS!!!!!!!

The Big, Bizzare Race

Well, well, well what a crazy 54th Daytona 500, starting on a Monday after getting rained out on Sunday, Nascar was forced to postpone the race to Monday.  The race was really good, but it was also bizzare. That will be explained later.

Well the race started basically with a yellow flag, as a big wreck occured on lap 2, when Jimmie Johnson's #48 Lowes Chevy got turned by Elliott Sadlers #33 Chevy. The result, several cars spinning into turn 1. Making her first Daytona 500 appearance, Danica Patricks #10 GoDaddy.com Chevy spun in between two cars. You can see the crash if you missed the Great American Race below.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1CjhZii1Yw



Then the race continued on with Denny Hamlin and the #11 FedEx Toyota leading the most laps. But then the race would take a dramatic, bizzare turn.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RijhM_POPc

As you will see in the video (link above) Juan Pablo Montoya's #42 Target Chevy was going into turn 3 at a high rate of speed (the race was under caution) and his car all of a sudden lost its steering and Juan lost control of his car. As he spun, he hit of the jet dryers trying to dry the track from a rain shower, realeasing gallons of jet fuel onto the track. Then, the truck turned into a big flame as you see in the picture above. The truck driver was helped down the track to the ambulance, where he ended up being taken to the hospital.

The race would be red flagged for several hous before restarting. As the picture above describes, track workers used boxes of Tide to wash the track.



The race had an awesome finish that would result in the 2009 Daytona 500 winner Matt Kenseth winning in his Best Buy #17 Ford. Matt became the first driver to win two since Jeff Gordon in 2005.

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=mnrNxh64qBA