Nationwide -Sams Town 300 Racethread

[DanicaFan]

Here are the final results....

1.#33 Kevin Harvick
2. #20 Denny Hamlin
3. #60 Carl Edwards
4.#22 Brad Keselowski
5. #32 Brian Vickers
6. #99 Trevor Bayne
7. #12 Justin Allgaier
8. #98 Paul Menard
9. #27 Greg Biffle
10. #66 Steve Wallace
11. #01 Mike Wallace
12. #38 Jason Leffler
13. #62 Brandon Gaughan
14. #09 Scott Riggs
15. #21 John Wes Townley
16. #18 Kyle Busch
17. #43 Scott Lagasse Jr.
18. #87 Joe Nemechek
19. #61 Josh Wise
20. #70 Shelby Howard
21. #34 Eric McClure
22. #34 Tony Raines
23. #07 Danny Efland
24. #31 Stanton Barrett
25. #05 Willie Allen
26. #23 Robert Richardson Jr.
27. #40 Mike Bliss
28. #16 Colin Braun
29. #1 James Buescher
30. #6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
31. #11 Brian Scott
32. #26 Brian Keselowski
33. #15 Michael Annett
34. #28 Kenny Wallace
35. #42 Parker Kligerman
36. #7 Danica Patrick
37. #56 Kevin Lepage
38. #90 Danny O'Quinn Jr.
39. #81 Michael McDowell
40. #10 Chad Blount
41. #49 Mark Green
42. #88 Kelly Bires
43. #96 Dennis Setzer

[Scotty G.]

I enjoy watching like a trapese artist without a net, there are some dang good young drivers coming up. Algaier, Buescher, Bayne, Scott, etc....almost all rookies in their 3rd race and they are making noise at the front. If I were a full blooded NASCAR fan I'd be pretty excited about the talent in this group.

Again, I agree 100%.

Allgaier is really impressive to me. He was the one "non full time Cup guy" who could run with the "big dogs" up at the front. On old tires, too.

Penske has himself a future star.

I think Ricky Stenhouse is also very impressive. A little wild at times, but naturally fast. Roush would be smart to hang onto him too. Parker Kligerman (a young kid from ARCA) is also getting his feet wet in Nationwide and could have a nice future.

Bayne is being groomed for Waltrip's Cup team. He looks like he has talent.

Townley isn't bad either. Needs to get his act together off the track it appears, but he has been solid so far this year.

DP? Not particularly young. Not a special talent. No experience in this form of racing. Not impressive early in her tin-top career. If she was 19 like Bayne, it would be one thing. But she is approaching 30 now. With one career professional win in racing in her life.


NASCAR has it right. They have talented young drivers coming through the pipeline, who are being groomed to replenish the talent pool in Cup and keep the NASCAR ball rolling along.

Unlike Indy Cars, where young kids get into AOW (either through road racing or oval racing) and usually get stopped from going any farther because

A. they don't have the millions of dollars needed to fund their rides

or

B. they don't have the proper "background" for our beloved Indy Car owners

Its a hell of a concept. I wonder if any Indy Car teams are taking notes. I wonder if any Indy Car teams even have a clue why NASCAR is millions of miles ahead of them and why so few American kids even acknowledge them anymore?

[Mark in Oshawa]

The guy truned down in to her. Plain and simple. Gracious? Perhaps. Truthful? Definately.

Lesson number one about overtaking. The car doing to overtaking has the responbility to make a safe pass. The car in the back can SEE the other guy in plain sight, the front car has only mirrors, and in NASCAR a spotter. If the spotter for McDowell says "clear low" as Danica dive bombs the guy, that says to me the spotter figured like a normal sane human who drives stockcars wouldn't dive bomb the corner. He was wrong....so it is a 50-50 deal, but her attitude tells me she cant stand being on the track with mere mortals.

[Mark in Oshawa]

NASCAR has it right. They have talented young drivers coming through the pipeline, who are being groomed to replenish the talent pool in Cup and keep the NASCAR ball rolling along.

Unlike Indy Cars, where young kids get into AOW (either through road racing or oval racing) and usually get stopped from going any farther because

A. they don't have the millions of dollars needed to fund their rides

or

B. they don't have the proper "background" for our beloved Indy Car owners

Its a hell of a concept. I wonder if any Indy Car teams are taking notes. I wonder if any Indy Car teams even have a clue why NASCAR is millions of miles ahead of them and why so few American kids even acknowledge them anymore?

You are a one string guitar aren't you? We have this same argument on the other board and we have it here. The owners don't CARE about the passport of the driver. They CARE about the money being brought to the table by the sponsor and what driver the sponsor wants. With young drivers, they take chances yes on young drivers, but they do this only if they have sponsors that are trusting the team owner to make the right decision, or if the teams are hurting financially, they take often the driver with the money. You just fail to grasp that this is a business before it is a sport.

You wave that flag and you just have the most sophomoric attitude towards anyone who doesn't hire based purely on the citizenship. You refuse to see the lack of an evil plot here and it is maddening because on a lot of things Scott, you and I agree.

[beachbum]

I will say this, aside from the sideshow circus that I enjoy watching like a trapese artist without a net, there are some dang good young drivers coming up. Algaier, Buescher, Bayne, Scott, etc....almost all rookies in their 3rd race and they are making noise at the front. A couple of 19 yr olds...what is their excuse for being so much faster than the Danica in underfunded teams anyway? If I were a full blooded NASCAR fan I'd be pretty excited about the talent in this group.

This years crop of young drivers is one of the most impressive in a long time. The next few years will see a changing of the guard, and based on the talent out there, the racing will be very good.

[slorydn1]

Since I have been on a 2 day self imposed black out,the following thoughts:

1) Another great win by Harvick in his own stuff, I hope he gets the pit crew straightened out,and decides to go for the championship

2) Danica, although she appreciated the fact that Harvick actually slowed down for a second and POINTED out the fast line to her as he was lapping her, was unable to do anything with it

3) There is a reason McDowell was booted from his CUP ride

4) All this Danica talk has clouded the fact that Shrub of all people isn't running up to snuff!

5) There is a week off in Nationwide coming up and then a trip to the blender on steroids we call Bristol Motor Speedway.....Thank GOD the Indy car series is starting up and we can get back to talking about DRIVERS and RACING again in the Nationwide Series, at least for a while, anyway