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Welcome to Season 2 of the FOFC Sprint Cup Racing Series. If you would like to sign-up, head on over to our sign-up thread. We now have sign-ups ongoing for our Truck Series as the Sprint Cup Series is currently full.. If you already have drivers in the Cup series but want more, sign-up for the Truck Series. New drivers to the series will have to first enter the Truck Series and earn their way to the Cup series.
Camping World Truck Series Thread (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=90300)
FOFC Racing Sign-Up Thread (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=90185)
PLAYOFF FORMAT
After 10 "regular season" races, the top 10 drivers, as determined by points accumulated during the season, automatically advance to contend for the Sprint Cup championship. These drivers are joined by two "wild card" qualifiers, specifically the two drivers ranked from 11th through 37th in drivers' points who have the most regular-season race wins. The 12 drivers' championship points are reset to a base of 1,000 per driver. Each of the 10 automatic qualifiers receives a bonus of 3 points for each win during the regular season, while the two wild card qualifiers receive no bonus. Every driver then will receive a bonus for their final position after 10 races. Wild card qualifiers receive no bonus.
1st - 20 bonus points
2nd - 18 bonus points
3rd - 16 bonus points
4th - 14 bonus points
5th - 12 bonus points
6th - 10 bonus points
7th - 8 bonus points
8th - 6 bonus points
9th - 4 bonus points
10th - 2 bonus points
Normal scoring applies during the Chase, with race winners earning 43 base points plus 3 bonus points, all drivers who lead a lap earning 1 bonus point, and the driver who leads the most laps earning 1 bonus point in addition to any other points earned.
PROMOTION/RELEGATION
We now have 8 drivers in the Truck Series whose owners do not have a driver in the Cup Series. These drivers are Max Gresham, Connor Root, Chris Kizer, Will Kizer, Jeremy Letto, JR Fitzpatrick, Thomas Carrano and Qwikshot Autotune. frow98 owns the cars of Gresham and Root. The Kizer is the owner of the Kizer brother's cars. Lord Letto owns Jeremy Letto and JR Fitzpatrick's trucks, thmscrrn3 is the owner of Thomas Carrano's truck and Qwikshot is the owner of the #01 driven by Qwikshot Autotune. If any one of these drivers finish in the Top 5 of the Truck Series standings they will be eligible for promotion to the Cup Series. Only one driver for each owner will be eligible this season even if two finish in the top 5.
Any driver that finishes in the bottom 5 of the Cup Series standings will be at risk for demotion. This season, however, we will only allow demotion of drivers whose owner has two cars in the series. If a driver finishes in the bottom 5 but only has one car in the Cup Series they will not be eligible for demotion.
Also, if you have a Truck driver and he finishes in the top 5 of the truck standings, he is eligible to replace one of your Sprint Cup drivers if you wish.
For future reference, past champions of the Cup Series will automatically be exempt from any demotions.
SCORING SYSTEM
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Race #1 - Daytona 500 - May 19
Season 2 will get underway on Tuesday, May 19th with the Daytona 500.
If you would like to make changes to your stats for Season 2 please get them in before that.
THE RELEGATION SYSTEM
We now have 7 drivers in the Truck Series whose owners do not have a driver in the Cup Series. These drivers are Max Gresham, Connor Root, Chris Kizer, Will Kizer, Jeremy Letto, JR Fitzpatrick and Thomas Carrano. frow98 owns the cars of Gresham and Root. The Kizer is the owner of the Kizer brother's cars. Lord Letto owns Jeremy Letto and JR Fitzpatrick's trucks and thmscrrn3 is the owner of Thomas Carrano's truck. If any one of these drivers finish in the Top 5 of the Truck Series standings they will be eligible for promotion to the Cup Series. Only one driver for each owner will be eligible this season even if two finish in the top 5.
Any driver that finishes in the bottom 5 of the Cup Series standings will be at risk for demotion. This season, however, we will only allow demotion of drivers whose owner has two cars in the series. If a driver finishes in the bottom 5 but only has one car in the Cup Series they will not be eligible for demotion.
For future reference, past champions of the Cup Series will automatically be exempt from any demotions.
wolverine29
05-15-2015, 11:10 AM
Dexter Jackson Sr. and Ricky Anderson Jr. are ready for Season 2. We've done some work on the cars that will hopefully put us in the playoffs this season.
Might be a dumb request but can those pics be blown up a bit? I cant read the schedule.
Coffee Warlord
05-15-2015, 02:54 PM
Btw. It's Magnus Nielsen, not Marcus Nielsen. :)
Btw. It's Magnus Nielsen, not Marcus Nielsen. :)
Not sure how I messed that up. I'll get it changed.
Might be a dumb request but can those pics be blown up a bit? I cant read the schedule.
No problem I'll change that tonight.
The Daytona 500 will be Tuesday, make sure to get any stat changes in.
No problem I'll change that tonight.
Thank you. My eyes aren't what they used to be :)
britrock88
05-18-2015, 09:52 AM
Phew. Was hoping I still had time to get them in today. :)
PilotMan
05-18-2015, 10:51 AM
Yep, totally forgot about that, need to make some tweaks. Thanks
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Daytona, FL - The engines are revving up once again after the crews have spent day and night working on their cars to get ready for Season 2 of the FOFC Sprint Cup Series. All 42 drivers have returned for the second season of the series, and this season the stakes are even higher as the relegation system starts with the bottom 5 drivers in the Sprint Cup Series being as risk for demotion to the Truck Series. 24 up and coming drivers are racing in the Truck Series with the goal of taking over someone's ride in the Cup Series.
So who will it be this season? Can Rob Nielsen and team continue their success and take home title #2? The FOFC Experts have weighed in by picking Nielsen, Bo Duke, Blue Neckansack, Wheely McStephens, and Hawk Grey. But what about drivers like David Ginsberg, who if not for an unfortunate crash at Homestead may have very well been the Season 1 champ. Or could it be someone we're not expecting at all? Maybe a driver that finished back in the bottom half of the standings has finally found a setup that works and will shock the entire FOFC Sprint Cup Series. Drivers like Mike Schaplowsky, Magnus Nielsen, Dicky Woodhouse, Zack Topper, and Kellen Killinger will all get to run full schedules for the first time and are looking to make some noise.
We will venture to three new tracks this season. The first will come in race #2 as we head to Dover, Delaware to race the FedEx 400 at the 1 mile speedway. In race #6 we will head to Dacona, Colorado and the smallest track on the circuit, the 0.375 mile Colorado National Speedway for the Coors 400. And in race #13, part of the playoffs, we head to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin for the Old Spice 300 at the 1.54 mile road course, Old Spice Speedway.
But it all gets started Daytona. Last year's winner, Stroker Ace, is back to defend his win and will be a strong contender once again. Wallace Bryant, who won at the series' other superspeedway, Talladega, is bound to be a contender as well. If this race is anything like the Truck race was it could be anyone ending up in victory lane.
Whatever happens it's sure to be an exciting season once again. You never quite know what to expect.
And we're off at Daytona. Deacon Palmer grabbed the pole position and will lead them to the green flag. Helen Wheels is 2nd followed Cannon Pace, Mike Schaplowsky and Rex D'Car to round out the top 5 starting spots.
Daytona 500 Qualifying
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Three-wide racing throughout early on. It's looking a bit like the Truck race with the lead swapping hands so many times. Currently at lap 10, Nile Kinnick leads followed by Ricky Anderson Jr, Indy Wahl, Kyle Kappe and Zach Topper.
Jacktop
05-19-2015, 11:14 AM
Time for a 1-2 finish from Zach and Kellen.
Clean three-wide racing so far. Blue Neckansack leads Cannon Pace, Patrick Hutt, Kellen Killinger and Hana Ginsberg at lap 17. All 42 cars on still with the lead pack. 42nd place currently is Ginny Tonic who is only 1.9 seconds back of the lead.
At lap 25, Patrick Hutt leads followed by Hawk Grey, Stroker Ace, David Ginsberg and Red Neckanback.
Lap 32 finds Nile Kinnick back in the lead followed by Blue Neckansack, Al Cohallik, Comrade Twelve, and Benton Gale. Bo Duke, Lew Sifford, Ricky Anderson Jr, Mustafa Henderson and Zach Topper round out the top 10.
Lap 38. Kinnick still leads. He has looked strong. Bo Duke is 2nd followed by Rob Nielsen, Ricky Anderson Jr. and Deacon Palmer.
Lap 43. Kinnick is finally passed and shuffled back as Benton Gale takes the lead followed by Patrick Hutt, Wallace Bryant, Rob Nielsen and Kinnick. This race is going to be all about setting yourself up for the last few laps. Sitting about 3rd in the bottom line heading into two laps to go seems like a good spot to be.
Lap 50, Benton Gale holds his lead followed by Mike Schaplowsky, Hawk Grey, Patrick Hutt and Blue Neckansack.
Lap 57. Zach Topper leads followed by Hana Ginsberg, Kellen Killinger, Stroker Ace and Benton Gale.
Still not much going on in the way of accidents or even close calls. Clean racing. Constant passing. On lap 64 it's Bo Duke leading followed by Dicky Woodhouse, Kyle Kappe, Hana Ginsberg and Rob Nielsen. All 42 cars are still in the main pack but Comrade Path came dangerously close to losing the draft a few laps ago.
On lap 75 it's Patrick Hutt leading, Hana Ginsberg 2nd, followed by Nile Kinnick, Kyle Kappe and Mustafa Henderson.
Lap 88. Hana Ginsberg leads followed by Bo Duke, Stroker Ace, Hawk Grey and Zach Topper.
Lap 96 has Nile Kinnick back in the lead, followed by Benton Gale, Patrick Hutt, Comrade Path and Wheely McStephens.
First caution of the day on lap 104. Billy Bushinhimer was spun around by Lew Sifford. It looks like neither suffered any real damage.
Hana Ginsberg will lead the back to the green followed by Patrick Hutt, Blue Neckansack, Nile Kinnick and Rob Nielsen.
On lap 117, Nile Kinnick leads followed by Rob Nielsen, Jace Hunter, Red Neckanback and Al Cohallik. Dicky Woodhouse has lost the lead pack and is over 15 seconds back now. Only a caution flag can save him.
Lap 126. Benton Gale leads Indy Wahl, Hana Ginsberg, Red Neckanback and Jace Hunter.
Nile Kinnick leads on lap 140 followed by Indy Wahl, Luke Duke, Chaci Bonaparte and Rex D'Car.
Lap 175. Benton Gale leads Patrick Hutt, Red Neckanback, Comrade Twelve and Wallace Bryant.
Lap 180. Nile Kinnick takes the lead again followed by Stroker Ace, Patrick Hutt, Wallace Bryant and David Ginsberg.
Lap 185. Nile Kinnick leads. Stroker Ace is 2nd as he looks to repeat as Daytona 500 winner. Chaci Bonaparte is 3rd, Helen Wheels 4th and Rex D'Car 5th.
Indy Wahl takes the lead from Kinnick with 11 to go. Wallace Bryant is 2nd, Kinnick 3rd, Anderson Jr 4th and Henderson 5th.
Wahl gets shuffled back right away. Anderson Jr takes the lead. Seamus Archer is 2nd, Comrade Twelve is 3rd.
9 to go. Anderson Jr, Archer, Luke Duke, Hana Ginsberg, Topper.
Hana Ginsberg makes the move to take the lead with 8 to go. Benton Gale and Dexter Jackson Sr. are 2nd and 3rd.
Kinnick is stuck on the outside lane. Despite having the best car all day he may get a terrible finish if he can't get to the bottom.
5 to go. Benton Gale, Hawk Grey and Magnus Nielsen have started a small 3 car breakaway. Can they hold it?
Hawk Grey passes Gale in turn 4 coming to 4 to go.
3 to go. Wallace Bryant makes the move to pass Grey. Grey is 2nd, Comrade Twelve 3rd, Archer 4th and Chilton 5th.
2 laps to go. You have to think the winner is coming from that bottom line.
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Final lap. Coming down the backstretch.
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Comrade Twelve holds them off to win the Daytona 500!
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britrock88
05-19-2015, 01:46 PM
Ahh, Helen, get to the bottom!
stevew
05-19-2015, 01:55 PM
Is it too late to change my cars? Totally slipped my mind.
It was a great day of racing in Daytona. 72 lead changes among 22 drivers throughout the day with only 1 caution flag. Nile Kinnick, Benton Gale, and Patrick Hutt had the best cars on the day but all that mattered was setting yourself up for the end. Kinnick was shuffled back and finished 33rd, Gale came home in 19th and Hutt was 11th.
At the end it was Comrade Twelve leading with a gang of cars behind him trying to make the pass. He was able to hold them all off taking the victory over Al Cohallik, Wheely McStephens, Helen Wheels and Dexter Jackson Sr.
Event Details:
Weather: Clear, 52 F, Northwest 4 mph
Laps: 200
Cautions: 1
Caution Laps: 3
Lead Changes: 72
Leaders: 22
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Vince, Pt. II
05-19-2015, 02:16 PM
Ace was in the mix but couldn't repeat. Danville is still terrible.
wolverine29
05-19-2015, 02:49 PM
Good run for Dexter but from the looks of it he could have gotten the win. We need to have a better strategy there at the end.
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Lathum
05-19-2015, 07:39 PM
Holy shit, second at Daytona! YEE HAW!!!!
tarcone
05-19-2015, 07:41 PM
Man, that was disappointing. My cars were both solid. But got into that top line and that was that.
Kinnick was very disappointed in that race. Led the most laps and finished 33rd. Ouch
Coffee Warlord
05-19-2015, 07:43 PM
Not the best start for the defending champ.
britrock88
05-20-2015, 09:42 AM
Restrictor-plate racing, man.
Lathum
05-20-2015, 10:01 AM
Man- disappointing finish for Ginny Tonic after a respectable 14th place finish in points last year. I expected more of her this season
I'll keep this updated on one of the front page posts after this. This will always show your driver's career statistics.
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britrock88
05-20-2015, 11:12 AM
Helen is the ONLY driver not to have led a lap! Yikes.
path12
05-20-2015, 02:24 PM
Comrade Twelve holds them off to win the Daytona 500!
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WOOHOO!!
I'm going to peridocially update some of the paint schemes as I have time. Here is the first one. The #44 Sterzing's Potato Chips car of Nile 'Krush' Kinnick. Kinnick will start driving this car at Texas. Also, if anyone ever wants a change to their paint scheme or sponsor or even wants to run a 'special' paint scheme or new sponsor for one race let me know and I'll try and get something set.
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tarcone
05-20-2015, 10:51 PM
I like. Very cool.
This race looked to be going the same way that Daytona did. Good clean racing with a few different drivers emerging as contenders. But then, lap 364 happened. Ricky Anderson Jr. and Helen Wheels collided triggering what turned into a massive pileup. 15 different drivers were knocked out of the race due to the accident.
Comrade Path was the first driver to look to be on his way to victory. He took the pole and led the race's first 92 laps before pit stops shuffled him back and he wound up 10th. From there Blue Neckansack took the lead and led for 82 laps before relinquishing the lead to Wheely McStephens who would lead for 78 laps. Luke Duke was next up as he led for 91 laps. But with 35 laps remaining, Al Collalik, who finished 2nd at Daytona, made the pass on Duke and never looked back. He took the checkered flag by 3.05 seconds over Blue Neckansack. Luke Duke was 3rd followed by McStephens and Rob Nielsen. Nielsen as you will see in the highlights somehow miraculously drove right through that massive pileup on lap 364 and suffered no damage.
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tarcone
05-21-2015, 11:40 AM
Ouch. Grey blew a header and lost Kinnick in the crash. We must of had a plane to catch.
The big wreck occurs around the 1:10 mark
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britrock88
05-21-2015, 11:45 AM
Rough day for Ninth Circle. None of the garage's 4 cars survive the Wheels-Anderson incident.
Lathum
05-21-2015, 11:48 AM
wow.
Apparently whatever change I made in my stats is working. Go AL!!
britrock88
05-21-2015, 11:51 AM
Looks like Anderson was a few laps down and still getting up to speed from the pits when Helen tried to go low in a hurry. We'll have to talk to her and her spotter about that. (And the AI! :p)
stevew
05-21-2015, 11:59 AM
Bonaparte is clearly employing the Ricky Bobby driving style.
Vince, Pt. II
05-21-2015, 01:04 PM
Here's hoping the changes Stroker made in the offseason weren't a step in the wrong direction.
Here's hoping the changes Stroker made in the offseason weren't a step in the wrong direction.
Stroker actually ran pretty well in the race until getting caught up in the accident. Was a top 10 car most of the day.
MrBug708
05-21-2015, 05:59 PM
If we didnt ever update stats, does the AI automatically do it?
If we didnt ever update stats, does the AI automatically do it?
It ends up being a generic middle of the road stat set. No real strengths everything is about the same.
Seven different drivers led today's Duck Commander 500 for significant portions of the race. Blue Necksansack started the day in 2nd and took the lead on the 4th lap of the race from polesitter Dicky Woodhouse. He would go on to the lead the next 76 laps, the most on the day, but would lose the lead during green flag pit stops and fall back to a 29th place finish on the day. Other drivers who would lead for large portions of the race were Hana Ginsberg who led for 74 laps before finishing 5th. Kellen Killinger led 61 laps and wound up 8th. Wheely McStephens led 42 laps, but much like Season 1, couldn't hold onto the lead and finished 7th. During the race's final 70 laps, three drivers ran up front and swapped the lead quite a few times. Benton Gale, David Ginsberg and Fast Eddie Chilton had a great battle for the win. With 11 laps left, Gale made the pass in turn 2 on Ginsberg and went on to the win by 0.71 seconds over Ginsberg and 1.27 seconds over Chilton. Cannon Pace was 4th and Hana Ginsberg 5th. Last year's champion, Rob Nielsen, struggled all day long as wound up in 34th.
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Wheely McStephens is the new points leader after 3 races, Al Cohallik is 2nd followed by Fast Eddie Chilton, Deacon Palmer and Cannon Pace.
Some of the playoff drivers from last season who are struggling a bit include our defending champion Rob Nielsen who finds himself in 27th place despite his top 5 finish at Dover. Aaron Kappe is 25th and Patrick Hutt 26th.
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tarcone
05-22-2015, 03:03 PM
The Godzilla Motorsports team in really struggling. Hope we can turn this season around.
PilotMan
05-22-2015, 05:15 PM
Dixieland is back to our pedestrian ways I see. We'll always have last year. lol
BYU 14
05-22-2015, 06:56 PM
wow.
Apparently whatever change I made in my stats is working. Go AL!!
Ditto for Fast Eddie
We will head to Martinsville tomorrow.
Jacktop
05-26-2015, 01:04 PM
Not a bad start for the guys. Kellen has been consistent and finds himself in the top 10. It was good to see him lead a few laps now we just need a win.
Here are the qualifying results for tomorrow's race at Martinsville.
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tarcone
05-26-2015, 08:59 PM
Dang. Why did I push Greys qualifying number up? It hasn't helped at all..
wolverine29
05-27-2015, 10:55 AM
I guess all the work the crew put in in the offseason for Anderson hasn't worked at all. Jackson Sr. on the other hand is running well and starting near the front today. Time for a win for Right Now Motorsports.
It has been a caution fest so far today at Martinsville. The race is still ongoing, results will be posted this afternoon.
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14 caution flags flew today at Martinsville as almost every driver was involved in an incident at some point during the race. The driver who was able to avoid most of it was Jace Hunter. Hunter came up from his 33rd place starting position and led 99 laps on the day, including the most important one to take the checkered flag. In second was David Ginsberg who also finished second at Texas. He led 58 laps on the day. In third place was Al Cohallik with his third top five of the season. Fourth was Red Neckanback who led 51 laps and rounding out the top five was Luke Duke who led 45 laps. Hana Ginsberg led the most laps of the day, 175, and finished seventh. Cannon Pace, driving a special Detroit Tigers paint scheme today, led 59 laps and finished 9th.
Our defending champion Rob Nielsen's struggled continued as he failed to finish the race and wound up 39th.
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Al Cohallik holds a large 24 point lead over Wheely McStephens. Cannon Pace is 3rd followed by Red Neckanback and Comrade Path. After back-to-back second place finishes David Ginsberg has moved up to 8th. Defending champion Rob Nielsen has a lot of ground to make up as he finds himself 35th in the points.
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Lathum
05-27-2015, 12:57 PM
Woo Hoo!
britrock88
05-27-2015, 01:06 PM
And Helen finally leads a lap!
Travis
05-27-2015, 01:07 PM
Holy crap, sweet!
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tarcone
05-27-2015, 01:35 PM
Kinnick needed that finish. Grey continues to disappoint.
It's strange seeing Cannon up in 3rd in the points. I doubt he will keep it up.
Sublime 2
05-27-2015, 04:15 PM
From pole to nearly last...ohhhh Dicky!
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Brooklyn, MI - What a finish we had today at the Michigan International Speedway in the beautiful Irish Hills of Brooklyn, Michigan. With 23 laps remaining in the race, Benton Gale, winner at Texas, took the lead and had his sights set on his second win in three races. All seemed to be going well until he hit lapped traffic and couldn't find a way around them. That allowed Rob Nielsen, our defending champ who has struggled, to catch up to Gale and make the pass on the race's final lap and take the victory away from Gale. Nielsen's win turns around his season which was beginning to look like a lost cause early on.
In third today was Douglas Douglas who put together a great run in his #55 Frank's Red Hot car. In fourth was Bo Duke who led 76 laps on the day. And rounding out the top 5 was Magnus Nielsen.
A big accident on lap 161 knocked out Comrade Path, Seamus Archer, Cannon Pace, David Ginsberg, Mustafa Henderson, Lew Sifford, Kyle Kappe, Dexter Jackson Sr., and Indy Wahl. Pace's car rolled over numerous times in the accident and he had to helped from the car. He was transported to the hospital for further observation. No word on his current status.
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After a disappointing 26th place finish Al Cohallik's points lead has dropped to only 4 points over Wheely McStephens. Jace Hunter and Rob Nielsen hold on to the wild card spots currently.
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Here are the final two laps from Michigan.
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britrock88
05-28-2015, 02:56 PM
Love seeing Helen put up a better Lap 200 time than the winner. :D
BYU 14
05-28-2015, 03:31 PM
Damn, first bad finish for Fast Eddie, need to make that up
wolverine29
05-28-2015, 09:41 PM
Rough day. Two drivers and nothing better than a 32nd place finish.
Coffee Warlord
05-28-2015, 09:50 PM
Good day for the Nielsen boys.
Breaking News
Cannon Pace was released from Foote Hospital in Jackson, MI early this evening following his hard wreck in today's Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Cannon suffered a broken left wrist and had concussion like symptoms. There is no word yet on his status for the Coors 400 at Colorado National Speedway but Cannon's younger brother, current Truck Series driver Jackson Pace will be ready to go if Pace Racing needs him to step into the #80 car.
Vince, Pt. II
05-29-2015, 12:55 AM
Stroker finally qualified well, but couldn't do anything with it. Bo still sucks.
Breeze
05-29-2015, 06:31 AM
almost got shuffled back quickly (like Daytona) when things went 3 wide late, probably fortunate to stay 2nd...
msubball
05-29-2015, 11:22 AM
Nothing special so far for the 51 and 45 cars. We need to make some moves.
All-Star Race Announcement
After our 6th race of the season, the Coors 400 from Colorado, will be holding our very first ever FOFC Racing All-Star race from the Charlotte Motor Speedway. The race will feature all race winners from the FOFC Sprint Cup Series' first two seasons as well as all race winners from the FOFC Camping World Truck Series. The current entrants are listed below.
Al Cohallik
Bo Duke
Benton Gale
Comrade Twelve
David Ginsberg
Deacon Palmer
Hawk Grey
Jace Hunter
Mustafa Henderson
Patrick Hutt
Rex D'Car
Red Neckanback
Rob Nielsen
Stroker Ace
Wallace Bryant
Connor Root
Jackson Pace
Jeremy Letto
Max Gresham
The race will be a 40 lap shootout. The winner won't receive any points but will get bragging rights as the very first ever All-Star race winner as well as a cool $250,000 bonus to add to their career earnings. This will also give Truck Series drivers a chance to prove their worth against the Cup drivers. One more race for each series remains before the All-Star race so if drivers do not have a win yet they better get going at Colorado or Bristol.
Drivers without a victory we also have one final shot at making it to the All-Star race. Before the race we will hold a qualifying race for both the Sprint Cup and Truck Series. These races will only include drivers who do not have a victory. The winner of each race will also gain an entry into the All-Star race. These races will be 20 lap shootouts.
Upcoming Schedule
Here's a look at the upcoming schedule for the FOFC Racing Series to give everyone a heads up. Obviously it could change a bit but I don't anticipate it.
Saturday, May 30 - Sprint Cup Series Race #6- Coors 400 - Colorado
Monday, June 1 - Truck Series Race #5 - Unoh 200 - Bristol
Tuesday, June 2 - Truck Series All-Star Qualifying Race - Charlotte
Tuesday, June 2 - Sprint Cup All-Star Qualifying Race - Charlotte
Tuesday, June 2 - All-Star Race - Charlotte
Wednesday, June 3 - Sprint Cup Series Race #7 - Coca-Cola 600 - Charlotte
Thursday, June 4 - Truck Series Race #6 - Cheez-It 50 - Watkins Glen
Friday, June 5 - Sprint Cup Series Race #8 - Cheez-It 355 - Watkins Glen
Erie, CO - We headed to the shortest track on the circuit today, the 0.375 mile Colorado National Speedway. Colorado is new to the circuit this year and the team's were not given the opportunity to test here, so coming into the race it was anybody's to win.
The polesitter for the Coors 400 today was Dicky Woodhouse. This was Dicky's third pole on the season. He led the race's first 36 laps before losing the lead to Bo Duke. Dicky would later be involved in an accident and finish 32nd. Bo took the lead for a while before being passed by Indy Wahl. Indy's car looked very strong and was the car to beat for the middle portions of the race as he led 168 laps. His car would fade a bit later on and lose the lead but still finish the race 3rd. As we headed to the later stages of the race Dexter Jackson Sr. took the lead and led for 26 laps before being passed by Nile Kinnick who would go on to lead the race's next 11 laps. But, a hard charging Bo Duke was tough to beat as Bo Duke took the lead from Kinnick and took the win by 6.27 seconds over Kinnick. Indy Wahl was 3rd, Dexter Jackson Sr 4th and Helen Wheels 5th.
Questions surrounded Cannon Pace on if he would be able to race today after his crash at Michigan. Cannon was able to suit up and put together a great 8th place finish while driving a special edition Golden State Warriors paint scheme in honor of the upcoming NBA Finals.
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Wheely McStephens is your new points leader despite a 28th place finish at Colorado. Al Cohallik, your points leader coming into the day, was involved in an accident, finished 39th and fell to 4th in the points. Red Neckanback is now 2nd, Benton Gale is 3rd. Cohallik 4th and Bo Duke is now 5th. Jace Hunter and Rob Nielsen hold the wild card spots.
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tarcone
05-30-2015, 12:51 PM
Kinnick is making a mid season charge, while grey fades. Bad changes on grey's car.
msubball
05-30-2015, 07:55 PM
Another poor day for Tim Daland Racing. Henderson and Bushinhimer need to do something.
PilotMan
05-30-2015, 08:52 PM
YES! Great day for Dixieland to pick up it's second team win ever. Both drivers are still contending for the playoffs. Things are looking up for the Duke boys.
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wolverine29
05-31-2015, 10:01 PM
Great race for Dexter, maybe he'll be a playoff driver. Ricky on the other hand looks like he will be in Trucks next year.
All-Star Race
With the Sprint Cup's Coors 400 and the Truck Series' UNOH 200 being complete, our field of automatic qualifiers for tomorrow's All-Star race is set.
Al Cohallik
Bo Duke
Benton Gale
Comrade Twelve
David Ginsberg
Deacon Palmer
Hawk Grey
Jace Hunter
Mustafa Henderson
Patrick Hutt
Rex D'Car
Red Neckanback
Rob Nielsen
Stroker Ace
Wallace Bryant
Connor Root
Jackson Pace
Jeremy Letto
Max Gresham
We will hold two 20 laps qualifying races tomorrow before the main event. One for the trucks and one for Cup. The winners of those races will be a part of the All-Star race.
All-Star Day
Race #1
Truck Series Qualifying Race
All-Star kicks off with the running of the truck series qualifying race. After a terrific 20 lap shootout, Will Kizer passed Russ Wheeler in the race's final lap to take the win and get a spot in the FOFC All-Star Race.
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Race #2
Sprint Cup Qualifying Race
Just like the Truck race, the Cup race winner only led the race's final lap. In this one, a lap 14 caution set up a 3 lap shootout for the win. Hana Ginsberg and Magnus Nielsen battled for the win in this one. Nielsen was able to make the last lap pass and take the victory.
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FOFC All-Star Race
Now for the main event. On the pole for the 40 lap all-star race was Rob Nielsen. In 2nd was Truck series driver Jackson Pace. Early on the racing action was intense as a big crash on lap 5 occurred that knocked out Rob Nielsen, Magnus Nielsen, Max Gresham, and Mustafa Henderson. From there Jackson Pace led for 9 laps and Stroker Ace and Deacon Palmer led a few before Bo Duke took over. Duke was dominate. He constantly was challenged by the likes of Deacon Palmer, Will Kizer, and Benton Gale but refused to give up the lead as he led 22 laps and took the victory in the very first ever FOFC Sprint Cup All-Star race. Benton Gale came home 2nd, truck series driver Will Kizer was 3rd. Deacon Palmer was 4th followed by truck series drivers Connor Root and Jeremy Letto in 5th and 6th. Truck series drivers raced extremely well as they took 4 of the top 8 positions. Gresham was the only truck driver not in the top 8 but he was involved in the early wreck while running near the front.
Our sponsors for the race, T.G.I. Friday's, Gatorade, Monster, Budweiser and Quaker State all provided a car for the truck drivers. Will Kizer drove the #5 T.G.I. Friday's car, Jackson Pace drove the #88 Gatorade car, Max Gresham was in the #61 Monster car and went for a spectacular ride which you will see in the video. Connor Root drove the #75 Budweiser car and Jeremy Letto was in the #81 Quaker State care.
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path12
06-02-2015, 04:04 PM
Comrade, 16th place is not exactly Glory for the Motherland.....
MrBug708
06-02-2015, 09:31 PM
Kyle Kappe has the worst car on the track..
I'll get some video posted from the All-Star qualifying race and All-Star race tomorrow.
Upcoming Schedule
Wednesday, June 3 - Sprint Cup Series Race #7 - Coca-Cola 600 - Charlotte
Thursday, June 4 - Truck Series Race #6 - Cheez-It 50 - Watkins Glen
Friday, June 5 - Sprint Cup Series Race #8 - Cheez-It 355 - Watkins Glen
PilotMan
06-03-2015, 09:26 AM
Woot! All Star Shootout Championship winner Dixieland Racing! Back to back races! Momentum is on our side and we are gunning for the title.
Sprint Cup Series
All-Star Qualifying Race Highlights
Here are the final three laps from the Sprint Cup Series Qualifying Race.
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tarcone
06-03-2015, 11:23 AM
Could I get a description of each attribute. I seem to have killed hawk grey. And I have no idea why.
Or the definition. I guess I'm wondering what the points will get me..
FOFC All-Star Race Highlights
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The Charlotte Motor Speedway provides some terrific racing and we saw that again today as we saw 39 lead changes among 14 drivers over the course of the race's 400 laps. Early on the dominate car belonged to Wheely McStephens who led a race high 74 laps. McStephens and Bo Duke, who led 73 laps, traded the lead often until they were caught a lap down when a caution flew during green flag pit stops. Duke would gain his lap back and finish 15th, McStephens stayed a lap down and finished 18th. The lead would change hands numerous times after that. Blue Neckansack led for a while, as did Indy Wahl, Stroker Ace, Benton Gale, Rob Nielsen and Zach Topper before finally Comrade Path took the lead from Topper with 18 laps remaining and cruised to his very first victory.
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Benton Gale is the new points leader as his strong season continues. Wheely McStephens drops to 2nd and Al Cohallik is 3rd. Rob Nielsen and Comrade Path hold the wild card spots.
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Jacktop
06-03-2015, 03:18 PM
Man! Zach almost got that win. At least he's in the top 10 though. And Kellen's not too far behind in 15th.
path12
06-03-2015, 05:37 PM
Well done Comrade. A collective effort.
Wheely just cant put together a good run for a win...
Vince, Pt. II
06-04-2015, 09:16 AM
Stroker's having a solid season, he just needs to get a few T10 finishes. A win would be nice too.
msubball
06-04-2015, 11:08 AM
Mustafa and Billy really need to make some stat changes in the offseason. At this point I'm not even sure Billy will be in the series next year. He might be in trucks.
The defending champion of the FOFC's Sprint Cup Series, Rob Nielsen, made a huge statement today as he crushed the competition in the Cheez-It 355 from Watkins Glen International. Nielsen started on the pole and led 50 of the race's 90 laps and despite losing the lead a few times due to pit stops, he was never really challenged for the victory and won by a 10.13 second margin. Seamus Archer had his best career finish with a 2nd. Hana Ginsberg was 3rd followed by Kyle Kappe and Lew Sifford. Luke Duke and Douglas Douglas were the only drivers who failed to finish.
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Only two more races remain until the playoff field is set. Benton Gale holds the points lead and is followed by Cohallik, McStephens, Wheels and Rob Nielsen who has now vaulted to 5th following the terrible start he had to the season. The Ginsberg, David and Hana are 6th and 7th. Bo Duke is 8th, Cannon Pace 9th and Stroker Ace holds the final playoff spot in 10th. Comrade Path and Jace Hunter currently hold the two wild card positions.
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No video from Watkins Glen as there really wasn't much action at all on the track. We will definitely have a lot of highlights from our next race, Talladega.
Coffee Warlord
06-04-2015, 02:20 PM
Booyah. NIelsen coming back with a roar.
BYU 14
06-04-2015, 03:11 PM
Chilton back within striking distance, woohoo
Jacktop
06-05-2015, 11:30 AM
Ouch. That one hurt. 32nd and 39th.
tarcone
06-05-2015, 12:47 PM
Godzilla Motorsports had a good day.. Hawk didn't like the disparaging words from the team owner. He is making a push. He needs a win though.
britrock88
06-06-2015, 01:14 AM
Well done Comrade. A collective effort.
:)
No race today but we will get back at it tomorrow with Talladega.
The Rob Nielsen show continues. Rob dominated the Geico 500 today leading 81 laps on the day. Other drivers would take the lead from time to time but it was always the #21 car getting back to the front in no time. Rex D'Car came in 2nd, followed by Hana Ginsberg, Bo Danville and Al Cohallik.
The race featured 5 cautions that put a lot of cars back in the field with damage.
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Only 1 more race remains until the playoffs. Al Cohallik in 1st and Rob Nielsen in 2nd have clinched their playoff spots. Benton Gale sits 3rd and will make the playoffs unless he finishes last and Rex D'Car wins and David Ginsberg finishes 2nd.
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wolverine29
06-09-2015, 07:18 PM
Well this was a lost season for Jackson and Anderson. Only thing left to race for is Anderson getting out of the bottom 5.
Coffee Warlord
06-09-2015, 07:33 PM
3 out of the last 6 races. Can't stop the Guinness train.
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Coffee Warlord
06-10-2015, 12:56 PM
Isn't that a lovely sight, seeing the mighty Guinness-mobile in front.
tarcone
06-10-2015, 01:16 PM
That white car drove straight into that. 2 car crash on the apron. That looked like a purpose shot. Criminal charges filed?
britrock88
06-10-2015, 01:29 PM
Lew took quite a tumble in the 66. And where's David Ginsberg's spotter on that high-speed T-bone?
Today is the day we find out who make the playoffs in the Mountain Dew 300 from Iowa.
The final race before the playoffs is always a battle as drivers do everything they can to make it to the playoffs. Today it was Blue Neckansack doing everything he could to try and win the race and get himself a spot in the playoffs. He led 132 laps on the day and looked to be heading towards victory lane and the playoffs, but then, pit strategy ruined his day. He and a few other drivers got off sequence with pit stops and then a caution flew trapping Neckansack a lap down before stops cycled through. He would never recover and finish 8th. After that, another driver who needed a great run to make the playoffs, Hawk Grey took the lead. Hawk led 52 laps before again, pit strategy was the deciding factor. With 11 to go, Hawk had to put and give up the lead to Bo Duke, who unlike everyone else, was able to stretch his fuel and not need a final pit stop. Duke would take the win, Hawk would finish 3rd and end up missing the playoffs by only 4 points. David Ginsberg was 2nd, Grey 3rd, Lew Sifford 4th and Rob Nielsen 5th.
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The playoffs are set. Rob Nielsen is once again the points leader heading into the playoffs, can he make it two in a row? Benton Gale finished 2nd after the first 10, Bo Duke is 3rd, Helen Wheels 4th and Al Cohallik 5th. In 6th we have the #38 Goodyear car of Wheely McStephens. 7th and 8th belong to Hana and David Ginsberg. 9th is Stroker Ace and in 10th place grabbing the final automatic qualifying position is Rex D'Car. Comrade Path and Jace Hunter are our two wild card drivers.
Just missing out this season are Hawk Grey, who finished 11th, 4 points back of D'Car. Cannon Pace was 12th only 6 back, Indy Wahl was 13th, 9 back.
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Here are the standings heading into the playoffs.
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Jacktop
06-11-2015, 03:15 PM
What a depressing day for the #99 team. We went in there in a playoff position and just blew it. Back to the drawing board for Season 3.
tarcone
06-11-2015, 04:42 PM
AAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
DavidCorperial
06-11-2015, 04:45 PM
The Ginsberg's come up big getting both drivers into the playoffs.
Vince, Pt. II
06-11-2015, 07:00 PM
Bo Danville closing out with a top 5 (better than Stroker has all season) and a top 10 to emphatically get out of the relegation zone. Stroker couldn't get to the top of the field, but steady racing gets him into the playoffs once again.
PilotMan
06-11-2015, 08:04 PM
Sweet! Just like last year we closed out the regular season with a win. I wonder what I need to do to kickstart Luke? Bo is in a great spot and our first multi win season as well!
Breeze
06-12-2015, 11:00 AM
Much better second sesason for Gale...
Atlanta, GA - Welcome to the Atlanta Motor Speedway, site of race #11 in Season 2 of the FOFC Sprint Cup Series. More importantly, however, it is race #1 in the Sprint Cup Series Playoffs. Rob Nielsen is on a mission to win title #2, who will step up and stop him? Four other drivers, Bo Duke, David Ginsberg, Stroker Ace and Wheely McStephens are making their second straight appearance in the playoffs as well.
On the pole for today's QuikTrip 500 was Hawk Grey, who narrowly missed out on the final playoff spot. Our playoff contenders are starting in these positions.
4th Hana Ginsberg
6th Rob Nielsen
10th Wheely McStephens
11th Stroker Ace
12th Benton Gale
17th Comrade Path
20th Helen Wheels
21st Al Cohallik
25th Bo Duke
31st Rex D'Car
36th Jace Hunter
37th David Ginsberg
Polesitter Hawk Grey led the race's first four laps before being passed by the #96 of Blue Neckansack who would go on to lead the next 16. At that point, Patrick Hutt took over the lead, and would go on to lead 257 of the next 305 laps. An absolutely dominating performance. The only time he would lose the lead after that point was during green flag pit stops. Hutt's car seemed completely unstoppable, until the final run of the day when Bo Duke began to make a run at the lead. Duke was never able to pass Hutt and finished 2nd, 0.4 seconds back. Hutt picked up his 4th career victory and 1st of this season. Dexter Jackson Sr. came in 3rd, Avery Thomas picked up his 1st career top 10 with a 4th. David Ginsberg was 5th. Benton Gale was 6th, Hana Ginsberg 7th, Wheely McStephens 9th, Helen Wheels 15th, Al Cohallik 17th, Rob Nielsen 19th, Rex D'Car 21st, Comrade Path 22nd, Stroker Ace 25th, Jace Hunter 29th.
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Bo Duke is the new points leader after Race #1 of the playoffs. Benton Gale is 2nd, Rob Nielsen drops to 3rd, David Ginsberg is 4th and Hana Ginsberg and Wheely McStephens are tied for 5th.
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MacroGuru
06-12-2015, 11:37 AM
Woot! Avery Thomas finally placing in top 10! Big day for DD racing!
We head to Bristol next for the Food City 500.
Today was not a great for playoff contenders. Four playoffs contenders, Rex D'Car, Rob Nielsen, Jace Hunter and Comrade Path all failed to finish the race after accidents and finished 36th, 38th, 41st and 42nd. Bo Duke was the only title contender to finish in the top 10 as he finished 10th and will have a great points day as a result of all the other poor finishes.
Early on in the race, Rex D'Car, who later wound up in a crash, led 127 laps after starting 3rd. He would give up the lead and Hawk Grey and Wallace Bryant would battle near the front for the middle portions of the race. Bryant would be involved in a later accident and finish 25th leaving Hawk was the driver to beat. Hawk led 246 laps on the day and took the victory. His second career win.
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Only three races remain and Bo Duke holds a 13 point lead over Benton Gale. Hana Ginsberg sits in 3rd, 22 back, 4th is David Ginsberg who is 31 back and Helen Wheels is 5th, 32 points back.
The race to not be a part of the bottom is starting to heat up as well. Ricky Anderson Jr. sits 42nd and looks to have a very slim chance of clawing his way out of the bottom 5. Looks like he may be a Truck series driver next year. Billy Bushinhimer, Magnus Nielsen, Ginny Tonic and Dicky Woodhouse are the other 4 looking to get to 37th place.
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wolverine29
06-16-2015, 01:20 PM
I guess it might not end up being too bad if Dexter Jackson Jr. can win the Truck Series championship and move up and take Ricky's place in the cup series. What a poor season for Ricky and Dexter Sr. though.
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Jacktop
06-16-2015, 03:05 PM
Come on Kellen, time to step up and not be demoted.
tarcone
06-16-2015, 06:09 PM
Great to see Hawk get the win. Unfortunately, both his wins have come in the playoff season when he is not in the playoffs. Need to get some of those wins in the regular season.
Good stuff, though.
The TJ #11 was fun to watch in that race.
msubball
06-17-2015, 09:06 AM
Good race for Billy but still not enough to get him out of the bottom 5 yet
The Cup drivers headed to Old Spice Speedway today for the first ever race at the 1.54 mile road course.
On the pole for the race today was Aaron Kappe. Aaron led the race's first 28 laps before losing the lead to Magnus Nielsen. Nielsen would go on to dominate the race. At one point Magnus held a 18 second lead over second place. This, however, would all change when the caution flag flew for an accident involving Ricky Anderson Jr, Cannon Pace and Aaron Kappe with 21 laps remaining. Magnus' crew had a poor pit stop and he ended up coming out of the pits behind both Helen Wheels and Bo Danville. Nielsen would make the pass on Danville but couldn't manage to make the pass on Wheels as Helen picked up the victory, a huge victory for her as she races for the title.
Rex D'Car was the next playoff contender in 8th, Benton Gale finished 10th, Rob Nielsen was 12th. David Ginsberg finished 20th and Hana Ginsberg ended up 21st. In 22nd was Jace Hunter, Wheely McStephens finished 26th, Bo Duke 28th, Al Cohallik 36th, Comrade Path 37th and Stroker Ace 38th.
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With only two races remaining, Benton Gale is your new points leader by 5 points over Bo Duke and 6 over Helen Wheels. Hana Ginsberg sits in 4th place, 20 points back and David Ginsberg and Rob Nielsen are tied for 5th, 28 back.
Down at the other end of the standings, Ricky Anderson Jr. sits last, 56 points from getting out of the demotion spots. He is almost guaranteed to be in the truck series at this point.
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PilotMan
06-17-2015, 03:23 PM
road courses are dumb.
path12
06-17-2015, 05:44 PM
Rough championship stretch for Comrade Path but he sucks on road courses.
Lord Letto
06-17-2015, 06:02 PM
Looks Like I'll Be a Part of this Next Season with J Letto being 2nd in Points in the trucks with only the Final Race Left, There's a Very Good Chance he'll Be Promoted (25 Points behind Leader/Champion, 15 Points Ahead of the Cutoff Point (5th & 6th Currently Tied 40 Points behind Leader/Champion.)
britrock88
06-18-2015, 10:33 AM
Oh, my, Helen!
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Coffee Warlord
06-18-2015, 11:08 AM
Nielsen needs some of his end of the year magic. Another set of back to back wins would do it.
britrock88
06-18-2015, 12:04 PM
The Discount Tire #00 did really well once it got into clean air!
It was a day of carnage at Darlington as 17 drivers failed to finish the race after a few major accidents. Only two of those 17, Hana Ginsberg and Jace Hunter were playoff drivers however.
Polesitter Stroker Ace led the race's first 59 laps before losing the lead and fading to a 20th place finish. After Ace's turn at the front, it was time for Avery Thomas to lead for a bit. Avery led 101 laps in the middle portion of the race before his car faded to a 7th place finish. From there it was all about Al Cohallik. Al dominated the last portion of the race, leading 188 laps and picking up his 2nd victory of the season. Rob Nielsen kept his title hopes alive with a 2nd place finish. Rex D'Car was 3rd followed by Mustafa Henderson and Helen Wheels.
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We are going to have a terrific race for the championship at Homestead. Helen Wheels is the new points leader and holds a 3 point lead over 2nd place Benton Gale and a 5 point lead over Bo Duke. Rob Nielsen sits in 4th place, 19 points back and still has an outside chance at winning a 2nd straight championship. David Ginsberg, Wheely McStephens, Hana Ginsberg, Rex D'Car, and Al Cohallik are all not mathematically eliminated yet but would need miracles to win.
Ricky Anderson Jr's rough season continues as he is now a lock to relegated to the truck series. Kellen Killinger and Billy Bushinhimer will have a hard time getting back out of the bottom 5 as well. Seamus Archer and Dicky Woodhouse will need good races to get out of the bottom 5 while Ginny Tonic, Aaron Kappe, Magnus Nielsen and Dexter Jackson can't have any mishaps or they will find themselves in the bottom.
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MacroGuru
06-18-2015, 03:34 PM
Another strong race and T10 finish for Avery Thomas and DD Racing. It seem Chilton and Thomas either run strong or weak...rarely middle road.
PilotMan
06-18-2015, 03:50 PM
Damn, another missed opportunity! I feel good though. Bo knows how to close out the season. It's time to put the cap on this season and bring home the title!
The plan right now is to run the final race tomorrow afternoon with live updates as we go.
britrock88
06-18-2015, 04:02 PM
If I'd have bet 10 races ago on Helen to be in first heading into the finale, I could be a rich man. But I didn't believe then.
Fast forward to now, and she's T2 in Top-5 finishes and 3rd in laps run. Good finishes and finishing consistently can make a contender out of anyone, I guess.
Welcome to Homestead. Site of the final race of Season 2 of the FOFC Sprint Cup Series. Qualifying has just concluded with Wallace Bryant winning the pole. Our title contenders qualified in these spots:
8. Bo Duke
12. Benton Gale
20. Helen Wheels
27. Rob Nielsen
After 5 laps, Wallace Bryant continues to lead. Bo Duke is 9th, Benton Gale 12th, Helen Wheels 21st and Rob Nielsen 25th. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1183
Benton Gale 1182
Helen Wheels 1176
Rob Nielsen 1153
After 12 laps, Luke Duke leads. Bo Duke is 11th, Benton Gale 12th, Helen Wheels 22nd and Rob Nielsen 23rd. Current point standings are:
Benton Gale 1182
Bo Duke 1181
Helen Wheels 1175
Rob Nielsen 1155
After 20 laps, Luke Duke leads. Bo Duke is 9th, Benton Gale 17th, Rob Nielsen 21st and Helen Wheels 23rd. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1183
Benton Gale 1177
Helen Wheels 1174
Rob Nielsen 1157
After 30 laps, Luke Duke leads. Bo Duke is 9th, Benton Gale 13th, Rob Nielsen 20th and Helen Wheels 23rd. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1183
Benton Gale 1181
Helen Wheels 1174
Rob Nielsen 1158
After 40 laps, Luke Duke leads. Bo Duke is 7th, Benton Gale 12th, Rob Nielsen 21st and Helen Wheels 23rd. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1185
Benton Gale 1182
Helen Wheels 1174
Rob Nielsen 1157
After 51 laps, Luke Duke leads. Bo Duke is 6th, Benton Gale 18th, Rob Nielsen 21st and Helen Wheels 23rd. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1186
Benton Gale 1176
Helen Wheels 1174
Rob Nielsen 1157
Caution flies on lap 56 for an accident involving Lew Sifford, Bo Danville, Mustafa Henderson, Red Neckanback and Ricky Anderson Jr.
As we restart on lap 60, Wheely McStephens is the new leader. Bo Duke is 4th, Helen Wheels 11th, Rob Nielsen 15th and Benton Gale 32nd. Gale was caught a lap down after the caution flag flew after he had pitted early and wasn't able to regain it as the green flag stops did not cycle through.
Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1188
Helen Wheels 1186
Benton Gale 1164
Rob Nielsen 1163
Caution flag flies again on lap 65 for a spin involving Luke Duke and Mike Schaplowsky. As we head to a restart. Blue Neckansack is the new leader. Bo Duke is 2nd, Helen Wheels 10th, Benton Gale 29th and Rob Nielsen is 31st after a bad pitstop. Gale was able to get his lap back with that caution.
Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1190
Helen Wheels 1187
Benton Gale 1167
Rob Nielsen 1147
Looks like the reason for Nielsen's bad pit stop was that he collided with Hawk Grey coming into the pits and picked up some damage. I'm not sure how much it will effect his car yet. So far he seems to be keeping up the pace.
After 77 laps, Blue Neckansack leads. Bo Duke is 2nd, Helen Wheels 7th, Benton Gale 24th and Rob Nielsen is 31st. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1190
Helen Wheels 1190
Benton Gale 1172
Rob Nielsen 1147
The damage to Nielsen's car does seem to be too much. He was a longshot to win the title today anyway and it looks like his chances are now over.
After 90 laps, Blue Neckansack leads. Bo Duke is 2nd, Helen Wheels 7th, Benton Gale 25th and Rob Nielsen is 31st. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1190
Helen Wheels 1190
Benton Gale 1171
Rob Nielsen 1147
The current top 10 in the race is:
1. Blue Neckansack
2. Bo Duke
3. Wheely McStephens
4. Wallace Bryant
5. Patrick Hutt
6. Comrade Path
7. Helen Wheels
8. Avery Thomas
9. David Ginsberg
10. Hana Ginsberg
After 108 laps, Blue Neckansack leads. Bo Duke is 2nd, Helen Wheels 6th, Benton Gale 24th and Rob Nielsen is 30th. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1191
Bo Duke 1190
Benton Gale 1172
Rob Nielsen 1148
Green flag pit stops have begin at lap 119. We'll see how everything shakes out after that.
After 157 laps, Bo Duke leads. Helen Wheels 11th, Benton Gale 21st and Rob Nielsen is 34th. Current point standings are:
Bo Duke 1195
Helen Wheels 1186
Benton Gale 1175
Rob Nielsen 1144
Green flag stops on lap 178. Will Duke still be leading when they cycle through?
Wow! Something just broke on Duke's car as he went into turn 1 after re-taking the lead.
It must have been a flat tire. No smoke or anything coming from the car. Bo brought the car down pit road and is back on the track.
After 185 laps, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 13th, Benton Gale 17th, Bo Duke 33rd and Rob Nielsen is 35th. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1184
Benton Gale 1179
Bo Duke 1160
Rob Nielsen 1143
After 200 of 267 laps, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 12th, Benton Gale 16th, Bo Duke 32nd and Rob Nielsen is 35th. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1185
Benton Gale 1180
Bo Duke 1161
Rob Nielsen 1143
After 210 of 267 laps, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 10th, Benton Gale 16th, Bo Duke 32nd and Rob Nielsen is 35th. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1187
Benton Gale 1180
Bo Duke 1161
Rob Nielsen 1143
After 220 of 267 laps, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 9th, Benton Gale 16th, Bo Duke 32nd and Rob Nielsen is 35th. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1188
Benton Gale 1180
Bo Duke 1161
Passing has been tough today. Gale's only shot to make up some ground might be the final green flag stop we should still have before the end of the race.
After 230 of 267 laps, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 9th, Benton Gale 17th, Bo Duke 31st. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1188
Benton Gale 1179
Bo Duke 1162
Green flag stops have begun at lap 234.
After 240 of 267 laps, Not much has changed after pit stops. This looks to be Helen Wheels' championship to lose. Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 9th, Benton Gale 17th, Bo Duke 32nd. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1188
Benton Gale 1179
Bo Duke 1161
Current top 10:
Lap 244
1. Patrick Hutt
2. Blue Neckansack
3. Hana Ginsberh
4. Comrade Path
5. David Ginsberg
6. Avery Thomas
7. Seamus Archer
8. Al Cohallik
9. Hawk Grey
10. Helen Wheels
After 250 of 267 laps, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 10th, Benton Gale 17th, Bo Duke 31st. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1187
Benton Gale 1179
Bo Duke 1162
With 10 laps to go, Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 10th, Benton Gale 17th, Bo Duke 31st. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1187
Benton Gale 1179
Bo Duke 1162
With 5 laps to go everything stays the same. Patrick Hutt leads. Helen Wheels 10th, Benton Gale 17th, Bo Duke 31st. Current point standings are:
Helen Wheels 1187
Benton Gale 1179
Bo Duke 1162
Coffee Warlord
06-19-2015, 01:22 PM
No repeat for Rob. Pity. But, good season overall.
All race long Gale has been racing the bottom line and it's just not working. He finally moves up to the top line and gains a spot with 3 laps left. Should have made that move 30 laps ago.
And it's all over! Your Season 2 champion is Helen Wheels!
Bo Duke had a terrific car today. As he took the lead from Blue Neckansack it looked we were on our way to a championship for the #01. Then, a flat tire struck. Only a few laps after green flag stops, Duke had just regained the lead when his car went down heading into turn 1. He had to pit and would never recover, finishing 31st, a lap down. After that all attention turned to Helen Wheels and Benton Gale. Helen ran near 10th place most of the day and Benton was never able to move up much and ran near 16-17th all day long. Helen's consistency proved to be the key and she finished 10th and is your Season 2 champion.
For the race, Patrick Hutt dominated the latter stages of the race and held off Blue Neckansack for his 2nd win of the season, 5th of his career.
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Helen Wheels came into Season 2 having not finished better then 14th during Season 1 and finishing 34th overall. No one would have ever expected her to become the Season 2 champion. But after an offseason of changes, the #00 car is your champ. Benton Gale comes in 2nd followed by Bo Duke, David Ginsberg and Hana Ginsberg.
Billy Bushinhimer, Kellen Killinger and Ricky Anderson Jr. are the three drivers who will be demoted to the Truck Series for next season.
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Lord Letto
06-19-2015, 01:38 PM
Congratulations to Helen Wheels for winning the Sprint Cup of the Season! Looking forward to Racing you Next Season.
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MacroGuru
06-19-2015, 02:54 PM
Wow, Avery Thomas came on strong at seasons end.
Now the question is, why?
Grover
06-19-2015, 03:05 PM
Great second season for Rex D'Car. Very pleased.
PilotMan
06-19-2015, 03:25 PM
damn. :(
PilotMan
06-19-2015, 03:25 PM
In other news, who had Dicky Woodhouse leading in Poles?
tarcone
06-19-2015, 04:26 PM
Hawk with a solid season. And he is 5th in career earnings. So that's something.
Godzilla Motorsports has a decision: does Chuck Long replace Nile "Krush" Kinnick?
Long may slide into the 44 car next season.
Congrats to Helen Wheels.
wolverine29
06-19-2015, 06:29 PM
Rough season for Dexter Sr. and Ricky. Hopefully next year is better even though Ricky will be a truck driver.
Now is the time to get your new driver stats in if you wish to change them. The new season will start sometime later next week.
PilotMan
06-20-2015, 09:30 AM
Poles folks........Woodhouse.....Dicky. Lead in poles. Is this thing on? ;)
Sublime 2
06-20-2015, 02:45 PM
Poles folks........Woodhouse.....Dicky. Lead in poles. Is this thing on? ;)
Funny thing is, don't think Dicky's qualifying stat is all that high either.
tarcone
06-20-2015, 08:26 PM
Announcement out of Godzilla Motorsports headquarters.
Team Owner Tarcone has announced that Chuck Long will move up to the Sprint Cup and replace Nile Kinnick. Kinnick will race in the Truck series to hone his skills.
britrock88
06-22-2015, 10:59 AM
Poles folks........Woodhouse.....Dicky. Lead in poles. Is this thing on? ;)
I'm here! I got it! I laughed! :)
britrock88
06-22-2015, 11:00 AM
Shaking my head at Helen's turnaround. Thank god we found those archival specs from a previous NASCAR series lost to all but a few memories...
britrock88
06-22-2015, 11:11 AM
But I have a feeling that this championship might be better remembered as the one where Bo blew a tire.
Right now I'm going to shoot for a Thursday/Friday Season 3 Daytona 500.
britrock88
06-23-2015, 02:58 PM
Same schedule? Working up stats for the drivers...
Same schedule? Working up stats for the drivers...
Yup it should be the same schedule. I might switch out one track but would replace it with the same type.
Vince, Pt. II
06-24-2015, 09:26 AM
Congrats to Helen!
Stroker just fell apart after making the playoffs. Hard to complain at two straight playoff berths though.
And Bandit finally showing signs of life there at the end, climbing from the relegation zone to the top twenty in the last 6 races or so.
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