NASCAR at Fontana

Cup entries: http://www.jayski.com/stats/2017/pdfs/05acs2017entry.pdf
NXS entries: http://www.jayski.com/nxs/2017/pdfs/nxs-05acs2017entrylist.pdf

We're still a couple weeks away from the Truck Series getting back underway, so in the meantime, we're doing just Xfinity/Cup weekends.

After a Dash-4-Cash weekend in which the experienced Cuppies took the Saturday off (resulting in a pretty good race), sadly they're back this weekend. Other than the usual suspects (Kyle Busch, Logano, Larson), Paul Menard is entered in the 2 for RCR.

The Austin Dillon v. Cole Custer issue won't be settled this week, as Dillon isn't in the Xfinity race. (Though Ty is.)

On the Cup side, we've only got 39 entries, which means unless a couple late entries show up everybody's racing. (Your definition of "racing" will vary depending on who you're talking about.) Will Larson be able to hold onto his points lead?

Auto Club has been one of the better tracks on the schedule in recent years, hopefully good things continue.

Kyle Larson has been the talk in NASCAR this weekend.

He won the pole for today's Cup race. He beat Logano in the Xfinity race yesterday. He's leading the Cup points but still looking for win #1.

Cup Starting Grid:http://www.jayski.com/stats/2017/pdfs/05acs2017lineup.pdf

Kyle Larson is on it man!!! What a win for him!!!

I feel like I'm gonna be saying "Eh, still not a fan" about 50 more times.
Suarez 20th to 7th how exactly??
Also who's this Booyer guy? Never seen him up front. Is he new?

How about a shoutout to Brad Keselowski and the 2 team - struggled just to stay on the lead lap for like half the race after being damaged on the start, I thought a top 15 would be a good effort for that team but somehow they worked themselves up to finish 2nd... I'm really stunned by that one.

Awesome job by Larson today. And kudos to Brad K. on the comeback after the first caution. And what's with Johnson lately? I know its early this season, but the #48 team has looked somewhat atrocious this start to the season

Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

navycook75 wrote:Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

Too bad that lead doesn't mean jack shit in the long run.

PackerMan71 wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

Too bad that lead doesn't mean jack shit in the long run.

Besides, it's still pretty early on in the season. Regardless of the format, there have ben at least two or three times in the past (not just in NASCAR) where the driver can have a points lead large enough for 1-2 races, but they end up choking it away towards the end of the season.

PackerMan71 wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

Too bad that lead doesn't mean jack shit in the long run.

I know, it's still pretty damn impressive regardless.

Well That Was Underwhelming.

But it Pleases me that Jimmie is having a horrible year so far, Other Than Chase WTF has happened to Hendrick?

navycook75 wrote:Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

29 Points is a Full Race?

AntmanB wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

29 Points is a Full Race?

I must of misheard somewhere then, I'm an idiot.

AntmanB wrote:

navycook75 wrote:Glad to see Larson get the monkey off his back.

He also has a full race lead in points now.

29 Points is a Full Race?

60 points is a Full Race Mate 2 stage Wins and 40 for the regular points for the Victory Larson became the 2nd driver to score the Cycle Truex last week at Vegas

I wanted Jimmie Johnson to Win the race for Blaise Alexander yesterday my heart was shattered when it didn't happen