2015 Xfinity Series

[NaBUru38]

2015 Nascar Xfinity Series on Fox Sports 1:

Daytona: 2.9 million viewers
Atlanta: 1.5 million viewers
Las Vegas: 1.9 million viewers

[gomick]

How does that compare to other years? Are Xfinity getting there money's worth...

[gomick]

Kevin Harvick wins Fontana, win #46 in the series...

Points...

Ty Dillon - 187
Chris Buescher - 182
Chase Elliott - 172
Ryan Reed - 168
Darrell Wallace - 165
Brendan Gaughan - 164
Regan Smith - 157
Elliott Sadler - 148
David Starr - 136
Brian Scott - 134
Daniel Suarez - 134

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Phoenix on Fox: 2.5 million viewers

UFC Fight Night 59 on FS1 had a record-breaking 2.75 million viewers.

[R.Lee]

HAPPY EASTER everyone. Have a Great Day!

[gomick]

Pretty cool to see Erik Jones win at Texas & he aint an Xfinity regular?

[NaBUru38]

Standings after Texas:

1. Ty Dillon (Childress Chevrolet), 219
2. Chris Buescher (Roush Ford), 217
3. Chase Elliott (JR Chevrolet), 208
4. Darrell Wallace, Jr. (Roush Ford), 204
5. Ryan Reed (Roush Ford), 197
6. Regan Smith (JR Chevrolet), 197
7. Elliott Sadler (Roush Ford), 181
8. Brendan Gaughan (Childress Chevrolet), 176
9. Brian Scott (Childress Chevrolet), 169
10. Daniel Suárez (Gibbs Toyota), 160

Three teams in the top 9: JR, Childress and Roush.

Penske runs Keselowski, Logano and Blaney.

Gibbs also runs Kyle, Kenseth and Hamlin.

[gomick]

Chase has not been a stand out as of yet this year yet he is right there in points - quietly going about his business with his eye on back to back championships

Good to see the Mexican driver Suarez in the top 10 too...

[gomick]

Joey Logano get Xfinity win #24 with victory at Talladega.

Points...

Ty Dillon - 330
Chris Buescher - 321
Chase Elliott - 293
Darrell Wallace - 293
Brian Scott - 286
Regan Smith - 286
Elliott Sadler - 282

[canamman]

Great finish! Glad they didn't tear everything up in the last laps.
Joey Gase finished 5th. What a story that young man has.
Chase had some bad luck so I was hoping Darrel Wallace Jr.
could have won that some how.

[tux]

Jamie Dick is one of the luckiest people in the garage right now, some lead fell off of another car, hit the windscreen/roof of Dicks car and smashed his visor. Crazy

[JHamilton]

A shame Elliot was screwed out of another win, but overall that was an excellent race. Iowa is the best oval built in my lifetime.

[canamman]

Since att uverse is not broadcasting those races I had to
listen to it on the internet. He was less than a lap away
from taking the white flag which would have secured the
win. He had used his tire race allotment and when the others
took tires, he knew his fate. He had like a 3 second lead.
Of course cool as a cucumber , he said he has won races
like that in the past and he was on the bad side of luck
this time. One of the guys who brought out the yellow
were several laps down. He was lucky to finish 2nd
with what he had. That track is great and that's the
kind of racing we could see every weekend if the
bushwackers would stay away.

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Standings after Chicagoland:

1. Chris Buescher (Roush Ford), 528
2. Ty Dillon (Childress Chevrolet), 499
3. Chase Elliott (JR Chevrolet), 485
4. Regan Smith (JR Chevrolet), 466
5. Darrell Wallace, Jr. (Roush Ford), 462
6. Elliott Sadler (Roush Ford), 447
7. Brian Scott (Childress Chevrolet), 430
8. Brendan Gaughan (Childress Chevrolet), 419
9. Ryan Reed (Roush Ford), 410
10. Daniel Suárez (Gibbs Toyota), 407

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Standings after Kentucky:

1. Chris Buescher (Roush Ford), 593
2. Chase Elliott (JR Chevrolet), 557
3. Ty Dillon (Childress Chevrolet), 547
4. Elliott Sadler (Roush Ford), 528
5. Regan Smith (JR Chevrolet), 527
6. Darrell Wallace, Jr. (Roush Ford), 510
7. Brian Scott (Childress Chevrolet), 478
8. Daniel Suárez (Gibbs Toyota), 477
9. Brendan Gaughan (Childress Chevrolet), 473
10. Ryan Reed (Roush Ford), 471

Kyle Busch has raced just three time so far. The best full-time buschwhackers are Austin Dillon and Erik Jones The bets part-time buschwhackers are Logano, Harvick, Hamlin and Keselowski.

[canamman]

Kyle Busch knew he was going to
win that Indy race with 10 to go.
Just waited for the last lap to pass
for effect.

Gotta be a road race coming up soon.

[gomick]

Kyle reckons NASCAR throws cautions towards the end of Xfinity races to stop him from dominating - doesn't work

Standings...

Chris Buescher - 651
Chase Elliott - 626
Ty Dillon - 621
Regan Smith - 600
Elliott Sadler - 594
Darrell Wallace - 568
Daniel Suarez - 558
Brendan Gaughan - 537
Brian Scott - 527
Ryan Reed - 526

** 3 of the next 5 races are road courses, not next week tho!

[tux]

Xfinity is back on UK TV this weekend, i dont know how long for but Premier Sports will be showing the Iowa race live.

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by tux

Xfinity is back on UK TV this weekend, i dont know how long for but Premier Sports will be showing the Iowa race live.

Just in time for you to see Kenny Wallace's last NASCAR race. He is retiring, as a NASCAR driver, after a 26 year career. Kenny never had the really top equipment in the Winston/NEXTEL/Sprint Cup Series, but he got the most out of the cars that he drove and had he had rides, equal to those of Hendrick, Gibbs, etc., he would have won quite a few races and possibly at least one championship. "Herman" is quite a personality, on television and a great guy. He has and will continue to do well, as a broadcaster! He will continue to race dirt track Late Models. God Speed, in your "retirement" Kenny! This, from Jayski's:

Kenny Wallace to make his final NASCAR start: Kenny Wallace will make his third NASCAR XFINITY Series start of the 2015 season at Iowa Speedway in the U.S. Cellular 250 on August 1. The veteran driver will go behind the wheel of the #20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing at the short track. Wallace finished 23rd in the May race at Iowa.(NASCAR.com)(7-14-2015)
UPDATE: The August 1st U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa Speedway will be Kenny Wallace's third NASCAR Xfinity Series start of 2015. The ever-popular Wallace announced that after what will be a series-record 547 career starts, the Iowa event will also mark the final start of his 26-year NASCAR career. When all is said and done after Iowa, the former Xfinity Series Rookie of the Year and three-time Most Popular Driver will leave behind a remarkable legacy of longevity and perseverance that is nearly unparalleled in the sport. This is shown by what will be--following Iowa--an all-time record 547 career Xfinity Series starts and 904 combined NASCAR national series starts (14th all-time). After making his NASCAR debut in Dale Earnhardt's #8 Xfinity Series ride at Martinsville in 1988, Wallace would go on to finish among the top-10 in the Xfinity Series standings in 10 of his 14 full seasons, including a runner-up finish in 1991. His nine series wins and ten poles rank him among the top-40 all-time in both categories, while his 173 top-ten finishes mark the seventh-best all-time career total. Wallace may have most often competed in the Xfinity Series, but he also enjoyed a fruitful career in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series as well, where he had 344 career starts, including three poles. While he may not have reached victory lane in the Sprint Cup series, Wallace played a vital role in several of its most memorable finishes, including pushing the late Dale Earnhardt to his final NASCAR victory at Talladega in 2000. In recent years, Wallace has been able to capitalize on his charismatic personality and racing experience in becoming a NASCAR analyst for FOX Sports. In that role, he currently appears on Fox Sports 1's NASCAR RaceDay and NASCAR Victory Lane shows.(Wallace PR)(8-1-2015)

[canamman]

Hermanator ! One of the good guys.

[canamman]

That was good fun at the Glen. Did not disappoint.
#7 Regan Smith, hmmm, those post race actions won't help
his career path. Kinda looked like a mad man on a rampage.

Points race still tight with the top 3.

[R.Lee]

Originally Posted by canamman

That was good fun at the Glen. Did not disappoint.
#7 Regan Smith, hmmm, those post race actions won't help
his career path. Kinda looked like a mad man on a rampage.

Points race still tight with the top 3.

Didn't watch the race, but saw the "fight" on a post race show. Don't know whether it will hurt Smith's career or not. Have heard different versions of the incident, according to who was interviewed as to who was at fault. It looked like it was going to be a real fight, like back in the old days (50s/60s) instead of like the slapping and pushing matches that are seen today! Glad I didn't watch it. Beside the fact that I do not like road-racing, from what I've read and heard, it was completely dominated by the Sprint Cup drivers, particularly by Penske's Sprint Cup team drivers! I'm sorry, it just isn't right. So many Sprint Cup drivers competing in these races, especially, with their Sprint Cup teams, pit crews and big money sponsors have ruined the Xfinity Series! It's nothing more that Sprint Cup Lite, a Sprint Cup Driver Benefit race! A Sprint Cup driver or two, competing in an Xfinity car, with Xfinity pit crew, once and a while is okay, but when 7 to 10 Sprint Cup drivers compete, practically every race, using their full time Sprint Cup teams, pit crews and sponsors, it ruins the whole race! No wonder this series no longer draws big crowds or big TV numbers, like it did in the early 90s. It has completely lost it's identity.

[NaBUru38]

Standings after Watkins Glen:

1. Chris Buescher (Roush Ford), 724
2. Ty Dillon (Childress Chevrolet), 700
3. Chase Elliott (JR Chevrolet), 700
4. Regan Smith (JR Chevrolet), 667
5. Elliott Sadler (Roush Ford), 666
6. Darrell Wallace, Jr. (Roush Ford), 629
7. Daniel Suárez (Gibbs Toyota), 625
8. Brendan Gaughan (Childress Chevrolet), 610
9. Brian Scott (Childress Chevrolet), 606
10. Ryan Reed (Roush Ford), 565

[canamman]

Really good race at Road America.

Paul Menard wins at his home track
with the family business headquarters just
up the road. Very popular win!

Cup guys need to be here!

Points still tight in the top 3. Maybe NaBUru38
will have that update.

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Standings after Road America:

1. Chris Buescher (Roush Ford), 835
2. Chase Elliott (JR Chevrolet), 819
3. Ty Dillon (Childress Chevrolet), 816
4. Regan Smith (JR Chevrolet), 785
5. Elliott Sadler (Roush Ford), 750
6. Darrell Wallace, Jr. (Roush Ford), 736
7. Brian Scott (Childress Chevrolet), 723
8. Daniel Suárez (Gibbs Toyota), 717
9. Brendan Gaughan (Childress Chevrolet), 705
10. Ryan Reed (Roush Ford), 631

Darlington is next. It will air in the United States on NBC. As far as I've researched, it's been a long time since ABC last aired a Busch / Nationwide race in football season.