Irwin Tools Night Race- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

The Sprint Cup Series returns to Bristol Motor Speedway in a race that has the potential to see some changes in the title race. Defending race winner Kasey Khane and Martin Truex Jr. currently hold the wild card spots, leaving Joey Logano and Ryan Newman looking to capitalize if they want to make the chase. Kurt Busch has now moved into the Top 10, but is still looking for his first win of the season.

Mark Martin moves to the #14 and Brian Vickers takes over the #55 for the rest of the year, with the exception of Talladega, and Ryan Truex makes his debut in the Phoenix Racing #51. Full entry list is posted below.

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1 1 Jamie McMurray Chevy McDonald's Felix Sabates 17 23
2 2 Brad Keselowski (PC1) Ford Miller Lite Roger Penske 8 23
3 5 Kasey Kahne Chevy Farmers Insurance Linda Hendrick 11 23
4 7 Dave Blaney Chevy TBA Tommy Baldwin 32 23
5 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford Stanley Richard Petty 23 23
6 10 Danica Patrick # Chevy GoDaddy.com Gene Haas 29 23
7 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota FedEx Ground J D Gibbs 25 23
8 13 Casey Mears Ford GEICO Bob Germain 26 23
9 14 Mark Martin Chevy Bass Pro Shops / Mobil 1 Margaret Haas 13 23
10 15 Clint Bowyer Toyota 5-hour Energy Rob Kauffman 2 23
11 16 Greg Biffle Ford 3M AAD Car Care Jack Roush 10 23
12 17 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Ford Nationwide Insurance John Henry 22 23
13 18 Kyle Busch Toyota Doublemint Joe Gibbs 5 23
14 19 Mike Bliss(i) Toyota Plinker Tactical Randy Humphrey 44 21
15 20 Matt Kenseth (PC4) Toyota Dollar General Joe Gibbs 6 23
16 22 Joey Logano Ford Shell-Pennzoil Walter Czarnecki 14 23
17 24 Jeff Gordon (PC5) Chevy Axalta Coating Systems Rick Hendrick 15 23
18 27 Paul Menard Chevy Menards / Schrock Richard Childress 18 23
19 29 Kevin Harvick Chevy Jimmy Johns Richard Childress 4 23
20 30 David Stremme Toyota Lean1 / Swan Energy Brandon Davis 33 23
21 31 Jeff Burton Chevy Caterpillar Richard Childress 21 23
22 32 Ken Schrader Ford Federated Auto Parts Frank Stoddard 37 23
23 33 Landon Cassill Chevy Little Joes Autos Joe Falk 35 23
24 34 David Ragan Ford Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts Bob Jenkins 28 23
25 35 Josh Wise(i) Ford Carson-Newman University Jerry Freeze 39 23
26 36 J.J. Yeley Chevy United Mining Equipment Allan Heinke 36 23
27 38 David Gilliland Ford Dockside Logistics Brad Jenkins 31 23
28 39 Ryan Newman Chevy Quicken Loans Tony Stewart 16 23
29 40 Tony Raines(i) Chevy Hillman Racing Mike Hillman 45 3
30 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Chevy Target Chip Ganassi 24 23
31 43 Aric Almirola Ford RainEater Wiper Blades Richard Petty 20 23
32 47 Bobby Labonte (PC6) Toyota Bush's Beans Tad Geschickter 30 23
33 48 Jimmie Johnson (PC2) Chevy Lowe's Dover White Jeff Gordon 1 23
34 51 Ryan Truex(i) Chevy Phoenix Construction James Finch 27 23
35 55 Brian Vickers(i) Toyota Aaron's Dream Machine Michael Waltrip 19 23
36 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota NAPA Auto Parts Michael Waltrip 12 23
37 78 Kurt Busch (PC3) Chevy Furniture Row / Sealy Barney Vissar 9 23
38 83 David Reutimann Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 34 23
39 87 Joe Nemechek (i) Toyota Greer Roofing Andrea Nemechek 41 23
40 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy Diet Mountain Dew Rick Hendrick 7 23
41 93 Travis Kvapil Toyota Burger King / Dr. Pepper Ron Devine 38 23
42 95 Scott Speed Ford Leavine Family Racing Bob Leavine 43 12
43 98 Michael McDowell Ford Phil Parsons Racing Mike Curb 42 20
44 99 Carl Edwards Ford Fastenal Jack Roush 3 23

I'm really looking forward to seeing Martin in the #14! Stewart-Haas and MWR are at fairly similar levels of competitiveness (well, maybe not quite this year). Nonetheless, it'll be cool to see what he can do for the remainder of the season!

David Ragan was fastest in practice.

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

It was more than likely a qualifying setup.

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

... how exactly does a 1-2 at Talladega correlate to topping practice at Bristol?

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

Hi Boozooka.

RetrogradeRenegade wrote:

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

... how exactly does a 1-2 at Talladega correlate to topping practice at Bristol?

He's saying the equipment may be indeed improving, which I would say is true, if only slightly.

Denny Hamlin on pole for 2nite's race. Kyle Busch will start dead last after crashing his car in qualifying.

Danica starting 22nd? *impressed Obama face*

Alta wrote:

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

Hi Boozooka.

If I was him, I'd be him. Sorry for expecting what normally happens at Bristol to happen. Besides, it's not like drivers usually get hurt during this race. But, to avoid any more anger from you, I will state that it would be way better for the race to go caution free and the winner to win by 10 seconds due to said absence of cautions.

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

Alta wrote:

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

Hi Boozooka.

If I was him, I'd be him. Sorry for expecting what normally happens at Bristol to happen. Besides, it's not like drivers usually get hurt during this race. But, to avoid any more anger from you, I will state that it would be way better for the race to go caution free and the winner to win by 10 seconds due to said absence of cautions.

So, according to you, races are only wreckfests or caution-free snoozefests?  

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

Alta wrote:

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

Hi Boozooka.

If I was him, I'd be him. Sorry for expecting what normally happens at Bristol to happen. Besides, it's not like drivers usually get hurt during this race. But, to avoid any more anger from you, I will state that it would be way better for the race to go caution free and the winner to win by 10 seconds due to said absence of cautions.

You could of simply said...I believe this is going to be crash-filled race since bristol

I don't know...Just what i think.

Anybody in the Philadelphia area, if you are planning on watching the race, you'll have to find a different alternative.  ABC in Philly is showing the Eagles pre-season game, NOT the race tonight (I'd figure in the market, ESPN would show the race, but don't hold me to that)

Edit:  In Philly, it's on WPVI's Digital channel (6.2)

Edit #2: If you are also in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Miami, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Tennessee, Cincinnati, or Dallas markets, and any of their games is on ABC, the race might be on the digital channels too.

The ABC i get in Canada is Boston, but they're not showing the race...

Yes or No?
Hamlin wrecks Logano tonight?

BEST ANTHEM EVER!

PYLrulz wrote:Anybody in the Philadelphia area, if you are planning on watching the race, you'll have to find a different alternative.  ABC in Philly is showing the Eagles pre-season game, NOT the race tonight (I'd figure in the market, ESPN would show the race, but don't hold me to that)

Edit:  In Philly, it's on WPVI's Digital channel (6.2)

Edit #2:  If you are also in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Miami, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Tennessee, Cincinnati, or Dallas markets, and any of their games is on ABC, the race might be on the digital channels too.

ESPN is showing the race for Philly. Jayski has a full list of where to catch the race in certain areas.

Here is the full list.

Buffalo  ABC affiliate WKBW-TV will join either NASCAR Countdown or the race in progress following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.
Charlotte, NC  ABC affiliate WSOC-TV will join either NASCAR Countdown or the race in progress following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.
Columbus, Ohio  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on local station WWHO-TV.
Dayton, Ohio  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and on Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate WKEF-TV.
Nashville, TN  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN.
Philadelphia  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and on Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate WPVI-TV.
Phoenix  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate KNXV-TV.
Rochester, NY -- ABC affiliate WHAM-TV will air NASCAR Countdown on its Digital Tier 2 channel and will join in progress on its main channel following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.
St. Joseph, MO  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN.
Weslaco, TX  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate KRGV.

PYLrulz wrote:Anybody in the Philadelphia area, if you are planning on watching the race, you'll have to find a different alternative.  ABC in Philly is showing the Eagles pre-season game, NOT the race tonight (I'd figure in the market, ESPN would show the race, but don't hold me to that)

Edit:  In Philly, it's on WPVI's Digital channel (6.2)

Edit #2:  If you are also in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Miami, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Tennessee, Cincinnati, or Dallas markets, and any of their games is on ABC, the race might be on the digital channels too.

This is exactly why I am  sooooo happy to see ABC/ESPN going at the end of next season.

flyingturns89 wrote:

PYLrulz wrote:Anybody in the Philadelphia area, if you are planning on watching the race, you'll have to find a different alternative.  ABC in Philly is showing the Eagles pre-season game, NOT the race tonight (I'd figure in the market, ESPN would show the race, but don't hold me to that)

Edit:  In Philly, it's on WPVI's Digital channel (6.2)

Edit #2:  If you are also in the Jacksonville, Tampa Bay, Miami, Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Tennessee, Cincinnati, or Dallas markets, and any of their games is on ABC, the race might be on the digital channels too.

ESPN is showing the race for Philly. Jayski has a full list of where to catch the race in certain areas.

Here is the full list.

Buffalo  ABC affiliate WKBW-TV will join either NASCAR Countdown or the race in progress following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.
Charlotte, NC  ABC affiliate WSOC-TV will join either NASCAR Countdown or the race in progress following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.
Columbus, Ohio  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on local station WWHO-TV.
Dayton, Ohio  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and on Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate WKEF-TV.
Nashville, TN  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN.
Philadelphia  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and on Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate WPVI-TV.
Phoenix  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate KNXV-TV.
Rochester, NY -- ABC affiliate WHAM-TV will air NASCAR Countdown on its Digital Tier 2 channel and will join in progress on its main channel following 4:30 p.m. Buffalo-Washington game.
St. Joseph, MO  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN.
Weslaco, TX  NASCAR Countdown and race will air on ESPN and Digital Tier 2 channel of ABC affiliate KRGV.

When I looked at WPVI's website, they said that the race would just be on their digital channel, and that was about 30 or so minutes before the green flag

conrail1990 wrote:This is exactly why I am  sooooo happy to see ABC/ESPN going at the end of next season.

No, the problem will just end up being with any NBC station that airs pre-season games around the same time as the Saturday night NASCAR races

Fail 93!

BOBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYYYY (and Bowyer too)


Also, Goddamnit Kvapil.

What were you thinking?
Hope Kvapil gets spun in retaliation

Kvapil confirmed for leading candidate for reject of the race.

Anybody else notice how much the BK cars have beem in the way tonight?

David Reutimann's fanclub just grew by leaps and bounds there

So much for Carl Edwards having a great night.

And there goes everyone else's night too (including my roll for this race).

Big wreck!!!

Hope Montoya wins

That's some vintage early 2000s Harvick right there.

Harvick is pissed!

Lucstar88 wrote:Harvick is pissed!

 It's funny cause it wasn't really Hamlin's fault either. I think the Hamlin cut a tire

QQ Harvick

Mother of Invention wrote:

Lucstar88 wrote:Harvick is pissed!

 It's funny cause it wasn't really Hamlin's fault either. I think the Hamlin cut a tire

Guess he wanted to know what happend lol

Harvick stopped in the 11 box made my night

But unfortunately, this changes the standings

At first, I actually thought Hamlin was trying to get back at Vickers for making contact, but after looking at the replays a few times, I think it was a cut tire that caused Hamlin to go straight into Harvick.

Amazing Finish!!!

vbooy57 wrote:

RetrogradeRenegade wrote:

Pyrozooka0 wrote:

BWardboy88 wrote:David Ragan was fastest in practice.

looks like the Front Row 1-2 at Dega may not have been a fluke. Also, LET THE WRECKING BEGIN!!!!! 

... how exactly does a 1-2 at Talladega correlate to topping practice at Bristol?

He's saying the equipment may be indeed improving, which I would say is true, if only slightly.

I'd like to point out David Regan finished 12th.

Wow. I didn't think Matt Kenseth would be able to manage to hold off Kasey Kahne.

Kenseth had quite the good car on exit in the high groove. It just proved a bit too much for Khane. It sure looked like The 5 car had a real shot in traffic with about 20-15 to go, he made 2 huge lunges that would have stuck against anyone else. Excellent last stage of this race though.

Notable Finishers

Logano 5th after a wrecked car
Vickers 4th, and Ambrose in 8th

Also, Kvapil finished 16th.

Dang. If Kahne woulda used his bumper, he could have easily had won the race. But that's alright. From what I watched, it was a good race. Though I would like to know how many times Kahne has finished second to Kenseth in his career.

Rykia_RKXK wrote:Dang. If Kahne woulda used his bumper, he could have easily had won the race. But that's alright.  From what I watched, it was a good race. Though I would like to know how many times Kahne has finished second to Kenseth in his career.

I think this is like the sixth or seventh time.

This was a very entertaining race. Crazy stuff happening all night long, pit strategery, and a damn good fight for the win between Kenseth and Kahne. Overall, this was probably the best race of the season, so far, at least in my opinion. The entertainment value was pretty high tonight. My only major gripe was the lapped cars getting in the way, in particular, the BK Racing cars. Kvapil gets reject of the race IMO.

The Irwin Tools Night Race @ Bristol gets a solid 8.0/10.

Entertaining race. Nice fight at the end.

Lap cars were absolute madness.

Lucstar88 wrote:Notable Finishers

Logano 5th after a wrecked car
Vickers 4th, and Ambrose in 8th

Also, Kvapil finished 16th.

You forgot David Stremme 17th.

That was a very good race. Congrats to Kenseth. Reject of the race: Travis Kvapil. I'll give it a 9.0/10.

bigdc48 wrote:That was a very good race. Congrats to Kenseth. Reject of the race: Travis Kvapil. I'll give it a 9.0/10.

I disagree, Vickers may have knocked someone, maybe even two people out of the chase in one fell swoop.

Mother of Invention wrote:

bigdc48 wrote:That was a very good race. Congrats to Kenseth. Reject of the race: Travis Kvapil. I'll give it a 9.0/10.

I disagree, Vickers may have knocked someone, maybe even two people out of the chase in one fell swoop.

One of which was his teammate. Though he didn't directly wreck them - Kvapil did with Bowyer.

Kenseth proved why he is the only person at Gibbs who has his head on straight and has accomplished more than what the other two clowns have done. Granted he has run a few Nationwide races (and won the Daytona July race) I'm convinced he's the only driver on the team who is taking his Cup season seriously. Kyle thinks that 200 NASCAR wins is better than a championship and Hamlin thinks that despite missing 4 races, he's still going to make the chase.


The race in general was rather strange. Edwards blowing up, Kurt Busch having bad luck, backmarkers being wrecking balls, David Ragan getting a top 15, and next week is Atlanta....which isn't that great.

but at least Trucks are going to CTMP.

navycook75 wrote:Kenseth proved why he is the only person at Gibbs who has his head on straight and has accomplished more than what the other two clowns have done. Granted he has run a few Nationwide races (and won the Daytona July race) I'm convinced he's the only driver on the team who is taking his Cup season seriously. Kyle thinks that 200 NASCAR wins is better than a championship and Hamlin thinks that despite missing 4 races, he's still going to make the chase.


The race in general was rather strange. Edwards blowing up, Kurt Busch having bad luck, backmarkers being wrecking balls, David Ragan getting a top 15, and next week is Atlanta....which isn't that great.

but at least Trucks are going to CTMP.

And it's funny... err... stupid when you see people online who think it's a good thing.

I must say, one of the side stories from last night I was fairly impressed and pleasantly surprised with was the way that Front Row Motorsports ran, the 34 and 35 that is. Ragan was pretty consistent all night and Josh Wise was running great before he was wrecked. Gilliland didn't do much again, but I thought the other two were pretty respectable.

PYLrulz wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Kenseth proved why he is the only person at Gibbs who has his head on straight and has accomplished more than what the other two clowns have done. Granted he has run a few Nationwide races (and won the Daytona July race) I'm convinced he's the only driver on the team who is taking his Cup season seriously. Joe Gibbs thinks that 200 NASCAR wins is better than a championship and Hamlin thinks that despite missing 4 races, he's still going to make the chase.


The race in general was rather strange. Edwards blowing up, Kurt Busch having bad luck, backmarkers being wrecking balls, David Ragan getting a top 15, and next week is Atlanta....which isn't that great.

but at least Trucks are going to CTMP.

And it's funny... err... stupid when you see people online who think it's a good thing.

Fixed

Give Hamlin and Harvick crying towels, first order of business.

Given the BK Racing antics I've seen in person (bumpdrafting under caution at Chicagoland last year), the fact that they don't appear to have mirrors installed on their cars doesn't surprise me.