More Fuel for the Fire - 2018

#83
from nascar.com

Possible to clinch:
— Jimmie Johnson: If there is a new winner outside the 16-driver playoff grid, Johnson would guarantee a clinch with 37 points. If there is a repeat winner (or a win by Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Aric Almirola or Alex Bowman), Johnson would clinch on points, regardless of finish.

Possible to clinch:
— Alex Bowman: If there is a repeat winner (or a win by Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Aric Almirola or Jimmie Johnson), Bowman would clinch on points, regardless of finish. Bowman could clinch on points with a new winner outside the current 16-driver playoff grid and help (would need to out-point Johnson by 20 points at Indy; if Bowman gets a Top 6 finish, he would need to out-point Johnson by 19 points).

— The following drivers can only clinch a playoff spot with a win: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ryan Newman, Paul Menard, Daniel Suarez, Jamie McMurray, William Byron, Chris Buescher, AJ Allmendinger, David Ragan, Michael McDowell, Kasey Kahne, Darrell Wallace Jr., Ty Dillon and Matt DiBenedetto.

Clinching for Regular Season Championship:
Kyle Busch can guarantee a clinch of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Championship on his own with 22 points.
 
#84
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#85
Ok, Here We Go :
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https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2017/02/08/nascar-driver-points-awarded-per-race/

C/P :


How NASCAR driver points are awarded per race
By
Staff Report NASCAR.com February 8, 2017 at 3:02 pm

Under the charter system that was established in 2016, NASCAR’s premier series events can have up to 40 cars in the field. Each finishing spot in the field earns a driver points, from a maximum of 40 points to the driver who finishes first, down to one point for the driver who finishes 40th. These points accrue over a season and determine the driver standings, as well as the owner standings.

The addition of three stages to every points-paying race adds a new element. Drivers can earn race points through their performances in Stage 1 and Stage 2. Drivers who are running first through 10th at the conclusion of Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 will receive points, starting with 10 points for first place, nine points for second place, down to one point for 10th place. Points earned in those two stages are then added to what drivers earn after the Final Stage, which sets the full race results.

Points are accumulated over each of the 36 races. There is a reset for the 16 drivers in the playoffs after the regular-season finale at Indianapolis, the series’ 26th race of the season. There are additional points resets in the postseason after the completion of each three-race postseason round.

Additionally, a driver can earn bonus playoff points for the following:

-Five playoff points to the race-winning driver
— One playoff bonus point to the driver who wins Stage 1 and/or Stage 2 in every event.

Those points are added on to a driver’s total once the postseason starts. The accumulated playoff points will carry over at the start of the Round of 16, Round of 12 and Round of 8.

Other key items to know:
• The driver who starts the race receives the points; a relief driver does not earn points.
• Bonus points are not awarded in the final race of the season to the Championship 4 drivers.

Below is a look at how a driver earns points based on finishing position at the end of the Final Stage.
 
#87
Team Penske’s Joey Logano took the pole position for the 32nd race of the 36-race 2018 NASCAR Cup Series season, the Hollywood Casino 400, at Kansas Speedway. This race is the sixth of 10 races in the 2018 Cup Series playoffs, and it is the third and final race of the second of four rounds of the playoffs, the round of 12.

Logano took the pole position for the the 267-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) Kansas Speedway oval in Kansas City, Kansas by recording a top lap time of 28.177 seconds (191.646 miles per hour) in his #22 Ford the third and final qualifying session for the race.

By taking this pole position, which is his first pole position of the season and the 20th of his Cup Series career for this race, Logano led a top five Ford sweep of the starting grid.
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Stewart-Haas Racing teammates Kevin Harvick and Aric Almirola qualified in second and third place in their #4 Ford and #10 Ford, respectively, while Team Penske teammates Ryan Blaney and Brad Keselowski qualified in fourth and fifth in their #12 Ford and #2 Ford, respectively.

The next four drivers on the starting grid are all set to be Toyota drivers. Specifically, they are all set to be Joe Gibbs Racing drivers.

Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Erik Jones, Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez and Denny Hamlin qualified for the race in sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth place in their #20 Toyota, #18 Toyota, #19 Toyota and #11 Toyota, respectively.

Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman, who was the only Chevrolet driver to get into the third and final qualifying session for the race and thus the only Chevrolet driver to qualify in the top 12, qualified in 10th place in his #88 Chevrolet.

Stewart-Haas Racing’s Kurt Busch and Furniture Row Racing’s Martin Truex Jr. are the other two drivers who made it into the third and final qualifying session for the race. They qualified in 11th and 12th place in their #41 Ford and #78 Toyota, respectively.

Of the drivers who qualified in the top 12 for this race, nine are drivers who are still eligible to win this season’s championship, as Jones, Suarez and Hamlin have been eliminated from championship contention. Of those nine drivers, only Almirola has clinched a berth in the round of 8, as he did so by winning this past Sunday’s round of 12 race at Talladega Superspeedway.

The three drivers who are still eligible to win this season’s championship but failed to qualify for this race in the top 12 are Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Clint Bowyer and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Kyle Larson. They qualified in 13th, 14th and 27th place in their #9 Chevrolet, #14 Ford and #42 Chevrolet, respectively.

Elliott is already locked into the third round of the playoffs, the round of 8, are a result of his victory in the opening round of 12 race at Dover International Speedway. Bowyer is currently above the round of 8 cut line while Larson is currently below it.
 
#88
The following drivers advanced to the Round of 8
1. Kyle Busch
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Kurt Busch
6. Joey Logano
7. Chase Elliott
8. Aric Almirola

The four drivers eliminated from the postseason after Kansas
1. Brad Keselowski
2. Ryan Blaney
3. Kyle Larson
4. Alex Bowman
 
#90
crazed 7.2 said:
The following drivers advanced to the Round of 8
1. Kyle Busch
2. Kevin Harvick
3. Martin Truex Jr.
4. Clint Bowyer
5. Kurt Busch
6. Joey Logano
7. Chase Elliott
8. Aric Almirola

The four drivers eliminated from the postseason after Kansas
1. Brad Keselowski
2. Ryan Blaney
3. Kyle Larson
4. Alex Bowman
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YES! lol,

I still think it is Harvick or Busch to lose, they do have the bonus points, but, I also think the paper clip will define the rest of the year for one driver,

Bowyer, dont underestimate that good ole boy at a short track, any the fords will be strong, along with the 18, Chase is a good story, but I honestly dont see him at Homestead, not this year, but one day soon,

I only wish Kenseth was round to take out Logano for good memories, LOL, he will be tough to beat,

Then you have Truex at Texas, Phoenix is a crap shoot, will be a very interesting 3 races before Homestead . . .
 
#91
stilled said:
YES! lol,

I still think it is Harvick or Busch to lose, they do have the bonus points, but, I also think the paper clip will define the rest of the year for one driver,

Bowyer, dont underestimate that good ole boy at a short track, any the fords will be strong, along with the 18, Chase is a good story, but I honestly dont see him at Homestead, not this year, but one day soon,

I only wish Kenseth was round to take out Logano for good memories, LOL, he will be tough to beat,

Then you have Truex at Texas, Phoenix is a crap shoot, will be a very interesting 3 races before Homestead . . .
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#97
From LasVegas Betting :

November 1, 2018

AAA Texas 500 - Odds to Win @ Texas Motor Speedway
Kevin Harvick #4 +275
Kyle Busch #18 +325
Martin Truex, Jr. #78 +400
Brad Keselowski #2 +650
Kyle Larson #42 +675
Chase Elliott #9 +1100
Ryan Blaney #12 +1300
Joey Logano #22 +1400
Clint Bowyer #14 +2200
Kurt Busch #41 +2200

Tidbit from Gambler's Palace :

Mean while, Jimmie Johnson has made Texas his personal playground winning this race five times, while Carl Edwards has three wins with Tony Stewart winning twice.

Hendrick Motorsports has won this race five times, while Joe Gibbs Racing has three wins with Roush Fenway Racing winning twice.

It has been almost all Chevy in this race as they have won seven times, while Ford and Toyota have two wins with Dodge winning once. :cool:
 
#98
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The AAA Texas 500 is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. The inaugural race took place on November 6, 2005. The race has always started in the late afternoon, gone through sunset and twilight, and ended under the lights at night, much like the Coca Cola 600 in May, but it is not considered a night event. The race is held on the first weekend in November each year; TMS has expressed interest in changing the date, which is also the opening weekend of deer hunting season in Texas.

The race was acquired as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, which forced NASCAR to relinquish the sport's fourth major, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 and in the process end its Grand Slam, as the Southern 500 was one of the four races that made it up. This race has been derisively referred to as the Francis Ferko 500, mostly by traditionalist fans upset by the demise of the Southern 500.

The trophy is in the shape of cowboy boots. Traditionally, the winning driver wears a cowboy hat and fires a couple of six-shooters in the air on victory lane.[1]

This race is featured in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, but it was actually shot at the identically shaped Charlotte Motor Speedway with the wall painted to look like Texas...! :cool:
 
#99
Playoffs pulse: Stacking the field after Texas
By
Staff Report NASCAR.com November 4, 2018 at 6:55 pm

Following the eighth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs race, here’s a brief look at the playoffs picture. The 10-race postseason is two races into the Round of 8. There is just one more race before the field is whittled to four, with four drivers eliminated from the postseason following Phoenix (Nov. 11).
Winner

Kevin Harvick earned his fourth career trip to the Championship 4 with a clean sweep at Texas Motor Speedway. The Stewart-Haas Racing veteran had the move of the race, too. On the final restart of a NASCAR Overtime finish, Harvick elected to start on the outside, hit the restart perfectly and powered clear of Ryan Blaney for his eighth win of the season.

MORE: Full race results | Updated standings
Who’s hot

Joey Logano. Forget whatever happened to Logano’s No. 22 Team Penske Ford as the temperatures got cooler. That he finished third one week after winning at Martinsville, on a day where several playoff contenders struggled, shows that this group is a serious threat to win the title. Logano isn’t making many friends by remaining as aggressive as ever on the track, but it’s helping his team round into championship form.

Kurt Busch. In a race in which it seemed nearly every playoff driver had issues, Kurt Busch enjoyed quite a smooth run. His seventh-place finish Sunday at Texas gives him a jolt heading into Phoenix. The only way his day could have been better is if Martin Truex Jr. had stayed a lap down after his pit-road penalty, because it would have significantly cut into the gap on the cutline. As it stands, though, Kurt looks like a threat to win at Phoenix.
Who’s not

Clint Bowyer. Bowyer’s in the “not” column for the second consecutive week, putting him in a must-win situation at Phoenix. Contact on Lap 1 with Denny Hamlin damaged Bowyer’s No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and put him two laps back. While the team confirmed the right rear damage wasn’t fatal to the car, the driver lost an extra lap and couldn’t recover — especially after an over-the-wall penalty with four laps remaining in the second stage.

Kyle Busch. Busch appeared to holler out “oh boy” on the scanner in the middle of Stage 2. In fact, the Joe Gibbs Racing driver felt he had a loose wheel. The vibration got so bad he pitted out of cycle to get new tires as a precautionary measure, but it cost him two laps and any shot at the win, plus the ability to pad his lead entering the Round of 8 finale. Busch’s 17th-place finish is his worst of the year on a 1.5-mile track. ...!
 
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