[Open Thread] North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Lowe's Motor Speedway at Charlotte)
The only points race this weekend (claims jumpers have the weekend off). Trucks tend to put on a better show than either Cupsters or claims jumpers these days, so it'll be interesting to see how this shakes out.
Kyle Busch (yes, he really does have a Web site site called RowdyBusch.com ) is on the pole. Shocker, right?
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Grr...
... not the race, but the dislike SBN 2.0 has for the iPhone. This is going to be a hassle come hockey season when I’m trying to live-blog from the Tank. Ah well. I’ll live.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:17 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 25
Under caution (again). Thus far it’s been the Kyle Busch show. There’s some pit stop strategy going on, but he should be back up front shortly.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:22 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 30
Busch re-takes the lead before the first green flag lap had finished. Big shock. The announcers are trying to make it sound like Ron Hornaday Jr. has something for him, but I wouldn’t bet on it. Shrub is close to unbeatable in that truck.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:28 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 42
Love those Zaxby’s ads.
Meanwhile, Busch is running away with it.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:33 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 54
There actually is some passing going on. Just not up front.
The announcers were talking about Scott Speed going to Toledo for an ARCA race this weekend. So do you think this would be a good time to compare his career now to a couple of years ago… when he was in Formula One? Ah well. Maybe Toledo is better than Turkey.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:41 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 68
This just in: Kyle Busch is attempting to bring back old-school stock car racing… by lapping the field. Or at least coming close.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:48 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 80
Wow. They’ve actually made it all the way through green flag stops. And Busch leads Hornaday by “only” 4.6 seconds. Oh the drama.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 9:56 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 92
Hmm… maybe we will have a race. Or not, as Busch has picked it up.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:01 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 99
Debris caution. So much for any fuel mileage considerations.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:03 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 98
Well, so much for Kyle Busch’s domination…
Bad move by Hornaday, or just one of those racin’ deals?
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:12 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 108
Somewhere along the line I’ve managed to goof the lap count. Oops. Anyway, Busch is doing his best to work his way back up through the field. Erik Darnell currently in the lead with Johnny Benson in pursuit. And how old do you have to be to stop being called Johnny?
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:18 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 117
They’re going to have to sell a lot of Crocs to fix that truck…
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:23 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 123
Caution. Looks to be a good fight between Darnell and Benson for the win when action resumes.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:27 PM EDT 0 recs
Lap 127
This is getting good! Darnell and Matt Crafton now dueling… now Hornaday is in the mix… now he’s going for a spin… now he’s after Todd Bodine… there are going to be some quite interesting post-race interviews tonight.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:34 PM EDT 0 recs
GWC
They should not have black-flagged Benson on that last restart. Yet another interesting post-race interview. Meanwhile, Bodine to the back for his interaction with Hornaday that brought out the caution.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:38 PM EDT 0 recs
GWC
Crafton and Chad McCumbee for the win. Will McCumbee take him out?
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:41 PM EDT 0 recs
Checkered Flag
Crafton holds off McCumbee for his first ever win in trucks. Good win for him and for the little teams as he gets one for all of the independents.
by Diecast Dude on May 16, 2008 10:44 PM EDT 0 recs
Great finish!
That was an exciting finish1 Until the Sprint Cup teams get a handle on their new car, the Truck races are going to be the best we see on the intermediate tracks. Good for Crafton! Ten+ years in the series and he finally gets a win. Had to work for it too.
by revinjim on May 18, 2008 7:05 AM EDT 0 recs






