FOFC Racing - Sprint Cup Series - Season 2 Champion Is Crowned!

[Coffee Warlord]

3 out of the last 6 races. Can't stop the Guinness train.

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[Coffee Warlord]

Isn't that a lovely sight, seeing the mighty Guinness-mobile in front.

[tarcone]

That white car drove straight into that. 2 car crash on the apron. That looked like a purpose shot. Criminal charges filed?

[britrock88]

Lew took quite a tumble in the 66. And where's David Ginsberg's spotter on that high-speed T-bone?

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Today is the day we find out who make the playoffs in the Mountain Dew 300 from Iowa.

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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.

[Jacktop]

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]

AAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[DavidCorperial]

The Ginsberg's come up big getting both drivers into the playoffs.

[Vince, Pt. II]

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]

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]

Much better second sesason for Gale...

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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.

[MacroGuru]

Woot! Avery Thomas finally placing in top 10! Big day for DD racing!

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We head to Bristol next for the Food City 500.

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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.

[wolverine29]

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]

Come on Kellen, time to step up and not be demoted.

[tarcone]

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]

Good race for Billy but still not enough to get him out of the bottom 5 yet

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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.

[PilotMan]

road courses are dumb.

[path12]

Rough championship stretch for Comrade Path but he sucks on road courses.

[Lord Letto]

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]

Oh, my, Helen!

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[Coffee Warlord]

Nielsen needs some of his end of the year magic. Another set of back to back wins would do it.

[britrock88]

The Discount Tire #00 did really well once it got into clean air!

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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.

[MacroGuru]

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]

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!

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The plan right now is to run the final race tomorrow afternoon with live updates as we go.

[britrock88]

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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Caution flies on lap 56 for an accident involving Lew Sifford, Bo Danville, Mustafa Henderson, Red Neckanback and Ricky Anderson Jr.

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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