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RACE-TEMBER 22, 2008 - TRUCKIN’ IN…VEGAS…ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
(RACE # 19 OF 25…A…SEXTUPLE…TO GO)
RR-AZ ALUM…ERIK DARNELL…COMMANDEERED THE LEAD ON LAP
104…AND HIS RACE TRUCK LOOKED VERY STOUT…ESPECIALLY ON LONG RUNS BUT THEN THIS
WAS …VEGAS…AND WE ALL KNOW HOW LUCK…CAN CHANGE IN VEGAS…AND…CHANGE IT
DID…AS OVER THE FINAL 43 LAPS
THE CAUTION WAVED…7 TIMES…MEANING…NO…LONG…GREEN FLAG …RUNS…
AND WHILE…A "BOXCAR" OF CAUTIONS (6)…WOULD HAVE DELIVERED… DARNELL…THE WIN…IT WAS THAT…UNLUCKY…7TH YELLOW FLAG WAVING THAT "BUSTED"…DARNELL…WHO AS…KRUSTY WALLACE …WOULD SAY…"DROVE HIS BRAINS OUT"…BUT IT WASN’T ENOUGH… AS…51 YEAR OLD FORMER SERIES CHAMP…MIKE SKINNER…"DROVE HIS "OLDER" BRAINS OUT"…AND EDGED DARNELL AT THE FLAG…FOR HIS 1ST WIN OF THE SEASON…AND…THE 25TH…OF HIS…TRUCKIN’ CAREER…
JOINING…DARNELL...IN THE LOSER CATEGORY…IN
VEGAS…WAS…POINT LEADER…RR-AZ ALUM JOHNNY BENSON…WHO STUFFED IT INTO THE
WALL…AS A RESULT OF A CUT TIRE…AND COULD DO NOTHING…AS HIS …SERIES
LEADING…POINT CHIP PILE…SHRUNK TO JUST…-1…OVER… FELLOW
RR-AZ ALUM…RON HORNADAY…WHO WORKED HIS BUTT OFF TO FINISH IN THE…5TH
SPOT…AND REALLY TIGHTENED THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE…WITH…A 6 PACK OF...SHOWS TO
GO…
AS WE SAY WEEKLY…THE TRUCK SERIES…IS THE MOST COMPETITIVE IN NASCAR…AND ONCE AGAIN…WE ARE BEING PROVEN…RIGHT…
THE SERIES…KEEPS AT IT…IN A FORTNIGHT…AT...TALLADEGA…YEE-HAW!!!
RACETEMBER 17, 2007 - NEW
HAMPSHIRE…
WHERE THE OFFICIAL STATE AMPHIBIAN IS……OF COURSE…THE…"RED
SPOTTED NEWT"…
( # 18 OF 25)
LAST YEAR…WHEN THE NASCAR TRUCKERS WENT RACIN’ IN NEW HAMPSHIRE…RR-AZ ALUM…RON HORNADAY…"STUNK UP THE PLACE" …BY STARTING FROM THE POLE…AND THEN...LEADING 174 OF THE RACE’S…200 LAPS…BEFORE RECORDING THE WIN…
SATURDAY’S TRUCK RACE…IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WAS ABOUT AS CLOSE TO A…DÉJÀ VU…ALL OVER AGAIN…RACE…AS YOU COULD GET…AS… HORNADAY…ROLLED OFF 2ND…LED 149 LAPS OF THE 200 AND AGAIN …CAME AWAY WITH A SOLID WIN…HIS 2ND IN A ROW…5TH OF THE YEAR …AND…38TH OF HIS…TRUCK CAREER…
HORNADAY…ALSO INCHED CLOSER TO…FELLOW...RR-AZ ALUM…JOHNNY BENSON…IN THE POINT BATTLE…AS HE CHOPPED ANOTHER 20 MARKERS …OFF…BENSON’S…LEAD…AND NOW TRAILS THE MICH-I-GAN-DER…BY ONLY…–74…WITH A…SEPTUPLET OF SHOWS TO GO…
ISN’T IT AMAZING…HOW THE TRUCKERSWITHOUT THE…GLAMOUR OF A "CONTRIVED CHASE" CAN CONTINUE TO RACE HARD…AND…PUT ON A GOOD SHOW…TO DETERMINE THEIR SERIES CHAMP…?
MAYBE THE NASCAR BRAINTRUST SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE TRUCKERS DETERMINE A CHAMP…YOU KNOW…BEST PERFORMANCE OVER…AN ENTIRE SEASON…RATHER THAN…LESS THAN1/3 OF THE SCHEDULE…
WE KNOW THIS IS…RADICAL THINKING…IN NASCAR LAND…BUT WOULDN’T IT BE COOL TO LET A DRIVER…A TEAM…AND THEIR YEAR LONG EFFORT…DETERMINE THE CHAMP???
ANYHOW…THE SERIES HEADS TO THE…"RE-TOOLED"…LAS VEGAS SPEEDWAY…NEXT WEEKEND…
RACE-TEMBER 8, 2008
TRUCKIN’ IN…ILL-A-NOYING…ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON
(RACE # 17 OF 25…AN…OCTUPLET…TO GO)
THE NASCAR TRUCKERS WENT…FLATLAND…RACING…ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY AFTERNOON…AND WHEN THE CHECKERED FLAG WAVED ON THE 160 LAPPER…IT WAS A PODIUM FULL OF RR-AZ ALUMS…LED BY…3 TIME AND REIGNING SERIES CHAMP RON HORNADAY WHO WON FOR THE 4TH TIME THIS SEASON AND THE 37TH TIME…IN HIS TRUCK DRIVIN’ CAREER STARING DOWN FROM THE TOP…
HORNADAY…WHO LED A RACE HIGH…113 LAPS…GAVE UP THE LEAD ON HIS FINAL PIT STOP AND TOOK 4 TIRES…WHILE THE OTHER CONTENDERS TOOK ONLY TWO TIRES…AND THAT PROVED TO BE THE DIFFERENCE…AS HE…RAN ‘EM ALL DOWN...FINALLY PASSING JOHNNY BENSON…AND THEN DENNIS SETZER…FOR THE LEAD…AND… ULTIMATELY…THE WIN…
WITH THE VICTORY…HORNADAY…ALSO CLOSED THE CHAMPIONSHIP
POINT GAP…BEHIND LEADER BENSON…TO LESS THAN 100 (-94)…AND WITH 8 SHOWS TO GO THE
TRUCK SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE…IS WORTH PAYING ATTENTION TO…AS USUAL…
THE SERIES…KEEPS AT IT…NEXT SATURDAY…IN...NEW HAMPSHIRE