NASCAR: 2021 season starts Feb. 14; [2020 Cup Series/XFINITY Series/Gander RV/Outdoors Truck Series]

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Charlotte thus far:

Coca Cola 600: 2-Keselowski;

XFINITY: 54-Busch (Appalaichian St. schematic);

Trucks return tonight and the Atlanta bounty is indeed in play as Busch/Elliott II;

ALSO: Hamlin loses crew chief/car chief and engineer for 4 races for unsecured weight violation in the 600; 48 Johnson DQ for rear height violation following 600 where he had placed 2nd;

Cup returns for the Sonoma date reschedule at CMS Tomorrow night

 

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Chase Elliott wins Bounty 1.0 IN THE NGRVOTS NC Educational Lottery 200

 

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TS Bertha is affecting the Carolinas there is little to no chance of a window to run the rescheduled Sonoma date at Charlotte; not sure how NASCAR will handle a postponement.... or which track will get the race scheduled for tonight.

race will be run at high noon Thursday, weather permitting should there be significant delays

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Bounty II Update: 25K Bonus in effect at Atlanta

 

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XFINITY @ Bristol moved to Monday night on Fox Sports due to weather in Charlotte and TV

 

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ALSCO 500k @ Charlotte:

Logano, Bowman, and Elliott

 

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Bristol Cup update: 27-Gaulding/37-Preece fail inspection at least twice and will start at the back of today's field;

nothing changes except time of race (normally March/beginning of April) stages retain as they have always been since introduction 125-125-250; 2 Competition Cautions at 20 and 60

 

[ZDH]

f*** you Elliott you just cost me so much money

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Bristol Cup update:

Elliott dominates stages until final 2 laps and rivalry expands to the 22 in addition to the 18; Keselowski takes advantage

 

[MiamiScreamingEagles]

Do they have any history?

https://nypost.com/2020/05/31/nascar-late-crash-gives-brad-keselowski-unlikely-win-at-bristol/

Logano stared Elliott down as the two climbed from their cars but Elliott never looked in his direction. After Logano had retrieved his mandatory face mask, he approached Elliott for a brief conversation.

“He wrecked me,” Logano said. “A simple apology … be a man and say ‘My bad.’ I had to force an apology, which to me is just childish.”

Elliott did take the blame after the talk.

“Awww, just going for the win,” Elliott said. “I’ll certainly take the blame. I just got loose and got into him.”​

 

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annual all star race now scheduled for 7/15/2020 @ CMS

 

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Junior Motorsports dominates Cheddar's 300 @ Bristol.....

9-Gragson and 7-Allgaier traded stage wins until 4 laps to go; Gragson escapes with win;

on to Atlanta to make up the race weekend when the Pandemic turned the Sports world upside down

 

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Dover Motorsports will cede its June raceweek to Nashville.... Nashville Superspeedway is owned by the same corporation and had been an XFINITY/GRVOTS "Standalone" race from 2001-2011, after outgrowing the famed Nashville Speedway USA....

 

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IMS announces no fans for the Brickyard race week (7/4)

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

THIRD revision of season schedule for all national touring series released:

Pocono's Doubleheader will replace Sonoma as Fox's finale at the end of June; outside of the GRVOTS and the All Star Open/Race announced for 7/15/20;

otherwise it'll be NBC/NBCSN assuming coverage starting with Indianapolis and the Brickyard Cup only;

Kentucky then follows Indianapolis on FOX/FS1;

THE Xfinity race at NHMS moves to Kentucky on a Thursday night;

then the All Star/ARCA Events at Charlotte;

Texas takes the dates assigned originally to New Hampshire and will be NBC/NBCSN;

Kansas returns from the May date week after that;adding 2 extra dates from Chicago/Iowa, so there will be 1 ARCA 2 GRVOTS Dates at Kansas and XFINITY at Kansas;

FOXWOODS Casino 301 @ NHMS moved to 8/2/2020

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Do they have any history?

https://nypost.com/2020/05/31/nascar-late-crash-gives-brad-keselowski-unlikely-win-at-bristol/

Logano stared Elliott down as the two climbed from their cars but Elliott never looked in his direction. After Logano had retrieved his mandatory face mask, he approached Elliott for a brief conversation.

“He wrecked me,” Logano said. “A simple apology … be a man and say ‘My bad.’ I had to force an apology, which to me is just childish.”

Elliott did take the blame after the talk.

“Awww, just going for the win,” Elliott said. “I’ll certainly take the blame. I just got loose and got into him.”​

no

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

pole by blind draw for Atlanta:

NGRVOTS: 18-Eckes (KBM);

XFINITY: 9-Gragson (JRM);

NCS: 9-Elliott (HMS)

 

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NBC Sports reporting 1000 military members and first responders have been invited to Miami's race week

 

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NGRVOTS: Vet Tix/Camping World 200 @ Atlanta Motor Speedway on FS1 (1 pm);

Pole:18-Eckes;

Stage 1: (30);51-Kyle Busch;

Stage 2: (30/60);51-Kyle Busch;

Stage 3: (72/132): 98-Enfinger;

13-Sauter lost 17th position due to post race technical violation

 

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XFINITY: Echopark 250 @ Atlanta Motor Speedway on FS1 (4:30);

Pole: 9-Gragson;

Stage 1: (40);22-Cindric;

Stage 2: (40/80);22-Cindric;

Stage 3: (83/163): 16-Allmendinger

 

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Cup: Folds of Honor/Quiktrip 500 @ Atlanta Motor Speedway on Fox (3 pm-Sunday);

Pole: 9-Elliott;

Stage 1: (105);19-Truex, Jr.;

Stage 2: (105/210);19-Truex, Jr.;

Stage 3: (115/325);4-Harvick;

1-Kurt Busch forfeits 12th starting spot; also will have to serve pass-through penalty at start for inspection violation; 32-LaJoie, and the RWR 51 (Smithley), and the MBM 66 of Timmy Hill failed inspection multiple times and will be at the back;

 

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Hall of Fame Induction vote for class of 2021 to be held on the 9th of June per COVID-19

 

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Annual Dirt Derby at Eldora (NGROVTS)in jeopardy due to COVID-19; the only dirt track in the three National Series cannot run the event until restrictions are relaxed in Ohio and fans can attend; race had been scheduled for July 30th on FS1

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Cup: Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 @ Martinsville Speedway Wednesday night on FS1 (7 pm);

Pole:12-Blaney (draw);

Stage 1: (130);22-Logano;

Stage 2: (130/260); 48-Johnson;

Stage 3: (240/500);19-Truex, Jr.;


also Miami race week has been expanded with 2 races on Saturday(XFINITY/GRVOTS); and Sunday (XFINITY/Cup) all on FOX/FS1;

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Darrell"Bubba" Wallace, Jr. expected to be retained past 2020 by RPM/43; it takes him off the free agency list