Posts Tagged ‘Joey Logano’


Indiana Johnson and the Speeding Ticket of Doom: Jimmie Johnson Wins the Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

Sunday, July 26th, 2009

*smooch*

*smooch*

Jimmie Johnson won the Brickyard 400 at Indy but that wasn’t the big story if you followed the crowds online. A late-race speeding ticket given to Juan Pablo Montoya who had dominated the race up to that point ended his shot at a win.

That has a lot of people calling foul for some reason, including Kyle Petty. I don’t really see why though. Montoya was angry and swore he didn’t do it, but basically it’s his word versus two electronic scoring monitors. That wouldn’t overturn a speeding ticket in any court of law that I’m familiar with.
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Mark Martin Is on the Pole for Indianapolis; NASCAR as a Whole Would Like You to Get Off Their Lawn

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Older Dominion

Older Dominion

Mark Martin has won the pole for this weekend’s Cup race at Indy, continuing the surprising resurgence of over 50 drivers in the sport this year. This, of course, comes on the heels of Ron Hornaday’s fourth win in a row in the Camping World Truck Series last night.

And on top of Mark Martin qualifying on the pole, Bill Elliott, 53, turned in a great performance qualifying fourth.

It’s an old man’s game this year.

Behind Martin, Juan Pablo Montoya, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Bill Elliott, David Reutimann, Brian Vickers, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Reed Sorenson and Clint Bowyer rounded out the Top 10.

Full starting lineup after the jump.
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Day Off

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Your host, pictured.

Your host, pictured.

I’m beat. My belated Father’s Day gift is a day off. Regular programming will resume tomorrow. So for now, enjoy some classic Restrictor Plated from the archive:

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Beer, Wine & High Spirits: Kasey Kahne Wins Toyota/SaveMart 350 at Infineon

Monday, June 22nd, 2009
NASCAR's version of Fumé Blanc.

NASCAR's version of Fumé Blanc.

Kasey Kahne held off Tony Stewart to pick up an unexpected win at Infineon Raceway. How unexpected was it? It was Kahne’s first Top 10 at Sonoma, his first Top 20 at Sonoma, his first Top 10 at any road course in Cup Series and actually his first Top 10 at any road course at any level of NASCAR.

So, yeah, if you picked Kasey Kahne to win today, you either are crazy, clairvoyant or you couldn’t decide on a pick and you paid good money to hold a double-elimination tournament between 43 liquored-up lemurs and the lemur representing Kasey Kahne won.

I dunno. It’s late. Drunk lemurs are funny. No, I’m not drunk myself. Just tired.
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Brian Vickers on the Pole for 2009 Toyota/SaveMart 350 Race at Infineon Raceway (Sonoma)

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Five more of these and I'll be able to make some stylish curtains out of them.

Five more of these and I'll be able to make some stylish curtains out of them.


Brian Vickers is on the pole at Infineon Raceway. Did you know that this is actually his fourth pole position on the year? Doesn’t really seem like it, does it? If he picks up one more, he’ll actually have won more poles this season than he’s earned in his entire career up to this season. Go figure.

Kyle Busch sits on the outside of Row 1. He’s followed by Marcos Ambrose, Tony Stewart, Kasey Kahne, Martin Truex, Jr., Ryan Newman, Elliott Sadler, Boris Said and Matt Kenseth.

Overall, it’s an up-and-down day for Red Bull Racing. Vickers may have been on the pole, but Scott Speed ended up with his third DNQ on the year, putting him further out of reach of that elusive Top 35 in owners points. However, he may end up getting seat time in Joe Nemechek’s ride again (he obviously won’t pick up any owners points for that though). We’ll know more on that soon.

Full starting lineup after the jump.
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Running on Empty? Hardly! Mark Martin Wins 2009 LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Raise your hand if you're Ensure.

Raise your hand if you're Ensure.

Nearly out of gas, Mark Martin won the LifeLock 400 at Michigan, making it to the end as other drivers fell away in the final laps. But Mark is hardly “running on empty,” picking up his third win over the age of 50, but unlike the song (back in ‘65, Mark was, well, seven, not seventeen), Mark seems to know exactly where he’s headed. Although the part about “I don’t know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels,” probably fits just fine.

We’ve joked about Martin in the past and about how he’s trying to be something of a second Harry Gant, but Martin looks to be serious about it. Gant had eight wins in his 50s and now Martin has three. The question we jokingly asked before, we ask once again more seriously: can Mark Martin beat Harry Gant’s record for wins over age 50?
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License and Registration: Joey Logano Wins Speeding-Penalty-Ridden Meijer 300 at Kentucky Nationwide Race

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Do you know how fast you were going? What do you mean you don't have a speedometer?

Do you know how fast you were going? What do you mean you don't have a speedometer?

Joey Logano won the Meijer 300 Nationwide Series race at Kentucky Speedway. However, the big story of the day was all the crazy speeding penalties. More than half the field picked up a speeding penalty at one point or another—a total of 25 penalties in all for too fast exiting. An uncharacteristically-furious Carl Edwards picked up three. NASCAR, and I know this will come as a complete shock, is completely silent on the issue, but clearly something was screwed up. Whether the pace car was flooring it when teams were determining what their tachs needed to read to maintain pit speed limit, or something was faulty with the reading equipment, NASCAR screwed up somewhere…and then ducked ESPN who was looking for a post-race interview.

I’m sure they’ll be more on that later, but Kyle Busch (or is it “Pile Smush“) was the first loser (as he apparently considers it), followed by Brad Keselowski, Brendan Gaughan, Justin Allgaier, Jason Leffler, Michael Annett, Burney Lamar and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and Kelly Bires both had great Top 10 runs.

Full race results below:
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Joey Logano on Pole for Meijer 300 Nationwide Series Race at Kentucky

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Wait. Prototype for what? Do I dare ask?

Wait. Prototype for what? Do I dare ask?

Joey Logano is on the pole for the Nationwide Series race at Kentucky Speedway. Interestingly, he was a mere 0.004 seconds faster than his teammate Kyle Busch, who had to race to his car for qualifying after flying in from Michigan following his second place finish in the Truck Series race at MIS.

So, after the Gibbs front row, you have two full rows of rookies with Justin Allgaier, Michael Annett, Erik Darnell and Brendan Gaughan. Then Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. in 7th, driving the 16 car for Roush, Trevor Bayne in 8th, driving the 99 car for MWR, Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards round out the rest of the Top 10.

Quick notes: Brian Keselowski wrecked his only car in practice yesterday, and qualified 41st in a borrowed car (he wasn’t making a serious run) and will probably end up starting-and-parking. Stanton Barrett wrecked his car during the second lap of qualifying (even though he already made the field), so they’re hoping to at least he able to get it fixed up enough to get it out there.

Full results below:
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Brian Vickers on the Pole for LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway

Friday, June 12th, 2009
To 'eBay?' That sure is a popular name today.

To 'eBay?' That sure is a popular name today.

Brian Vickers is on the pole for the LifeLock 400 at Michigan International Speedway. It’s been a big week for Vickers, as he also just signed a new contract to stay at Red Bull Racing (not to mention a pit stop in Times Square). Michigan is a good track for Vickers and I think he’s a solid Top 10 pick.

Behind Vickers, you have Kyle Busch, Jimmie Johnson, David Reutimann, Kurt Busch, A.J. Allmendinger with a solid run in 6th, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kasey Kahne, Clint Bowyer and, no this isn’t an error, John Andretti in 10th.

Click below for the full starting lineup.
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Bridesmaid No More: Tony Stewart Wins 2009 Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Catch the bouquet!

Catch the bouquet!

Tony Stewart gambled on fuel to the end of the Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway, culminating with his first win of the season and the first win for Stewart-Haas. So, finally we can stop treating him like Jim Kelly and Don Mattingly, waiting for him to stop being the runner-up this season, and start focusing on his run for the Sprint Cup championship, now sitting on a 71-point lead.
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