NNRacing.com 200 Race Weekend

The way that qualifying races will work for the rest of this season is that the cars below the Top 25 in the points standings will advance towards the race session. Since a total of eighteen veterans return and the rest of the fifty-seven car entry list consists of rookies, seven more cars will advance from this weekend's qualifying races. As a result, 25 of 39 cars advance from the qualifiers for this race only.

Entry List:

1. #00 - Don Phipps, Jr.
2. #01 - J.J. Phipps (R)
3. #05 - Eric Webler (R)
4. #07 - Jerred Mason (R)
5. #09 - Rikardou Akuzaru (R)
6. #1 - Blake Camphausen (R)
7. #2 - Greg Adams (R)
8. #3 - Shane Lennox*
9. #4 - Steve Rada
10. #7 - Justin Neyman (R)
11. #8 - Scott Jarnagin
12. #9 - Nick Flaitz
13. #10 - Daniel Leckliter (R)
14. #13 - Casey Lester (R)
15. #14 - Shane Dowell
16. #15 - Robby Bannister
17. #17 - Zack Ruddock
18. #18 - Mike Yamada (R)
19. #19 - Kiara Kilgore (R)
20. #21 - Aaron Fisher (R)
21. #22 - Dan Busch
22. #23 - Amié Genther (R)
23. #26 - Daniel Dennis (R)
24. #27 - Enrique Madrona (R)
25. #30 - Keith Batson (R)
26. #32 - Bruce Wilkinson (R)
27. #33 - Kris Floth (R)
28. #34 - Pike Patton (R)
29. #35 - Michael Battistoli (R)
30. #36 - Ryan Zidek (R)
31. #39 - Nick Dawson (R)
32. #44 - Zach Stultz (R)
33. #51 - Albert Harmon (R)
34. #56 - Fred Laier
35. #57 - Tim Averall (R)
36. #59 - AJ Stravato
37. #62 - Jacob Craigo (R)
38. #65 - Barry Juveno (R)
39. #69 - Holly McCann
40. #72 - Sami Joubert
41. #73 - William Meyers
42. #75 - Preston Bell (R)
43. #77 - Matt McFiend (R)
44. #79 - Landon Underwood (R)
45. #80 - Josh Lambeth
46. #81 - Carter Kittleson (R)
47. #82 - Shaun Grantson (R)
48. #83 - Casey Calhoun (R)
49. #85 - Matt Contey
50. #86 - Jhon Jhonson (R)
51. #87 - Chris Akin (R)
52. #89 - Brandon Corna (R)
53. #90 - Frank Harris (R)
54. #91 - Matt Constant (R)
55. #96 - Scott Morales (R)
56. #98 - Shawn Duffy
57. #99 - Jeremy Stanley

All cars labeled with (R) defines a rookie driver. All cars labeled with this will race their way into the NNRacing.com 200 via the qualifying race, as described above.

* = Lennox was under the alias Kris Thomas for all of the 2010 season.

Feel free to post driver reports.

Casey Lester wrote:

kensethfan wrote:

35. #57 - Tim Averall (R)

LOL

Keith Batson did not show up to the qualifying race for reasons as of yet unknown. The field for the qualifying race rolls off with 38 cars.

The starting grid was set by practice times. J.J. Phipps was on the pole with a blazing lap of 43.969 seconds.

QUALIFYING RACE RESULTS:

Position. # - Driver, Interval (seconds), Laps Led, Status

1. #26 - Daniel Dennis, -, 4, Running
2. #89 - Brandon Corna, -0.09, 30, Running
3. #75 - Preston Bell, -0.19, 0, Running
4. #33 - Kris Floth, -0.28, 1, Running
5. #87 - Chris Akin, -0.38, 0, Running
6. #2 - Greg Adams, -0.51, 0, Running
7. #51 - Albert Harmon, -0.68, 0, Running
8. #36 - Ryan Zidek, -0.85, 0, Running
9. #86 - Jhon Jhonson III, -2.97, 2, Running
10. #1 - Blake Camphausen, -3.07, 0, Running
11. #39 - Nick Dawson, -3.19, 0, Running
12. #35 - Michael Battistoli, -3.38, 0, Running
13. #57 - Tim Averall, -6.25, 0, Running
14. #01 - JJ Phipps, -6.38, 3, Running
15. #10 - Daniel Leckliter, -6.63, 0, Running
16. #32 - Bruce Wilkinson, -9.13, 0, Running
17. #81 - Carter Kittleson, -9.30, 0, Running
18. #65 - Barry Juveno, -9.37, 0, Running
19. #62 - Jacob Craigo, -9.48, 0, Running
20. #90 - Frank Harris, -9.53, 0, Running
21. #7 - Justin Neyman, -9.57, 0, Running
22. #21 - Aaron Fisher, -11.60, 0, Running
23. #77 - Matt McFiend, -11.70, 0, Running
24. #18 - Mike Yamada, -11.81, 0, Running
25. #34 - Pike Patton, -11.89, 0, Running
26. #91 - Matt Constant, -12.49, 0, Running
27. #05 - Eric Webler, -12.56, 0, Running
28. #44 - Zach Stultz, -12.61, 0, Running
29. #23 - Amie Genther, -12.66, 0, Running
30. #07 - Jerred Mason, -12.72, 0, Running
31. #83 - Casey Calhoun, -12.76, 0, Running
32. #09 - Rikardou Akuzaru, -12.82, 0, Running
33. #19 - Kiara Kilgore, -12.85, 0, Running
34. #82 - Shaun Grantson, -16.76, 0, Running
35. #27 - Enrique Madrona, -16.85, 0, Running
36. #13 - Casey Lester, -1 Lap, 0, Running
37. #96 - Scott Morales, -1 Lap, 0, Running
38. #79 - Landon Underwood, -7 Laps, 0, Header

Cars in GREEN advance to the race event.
Cars in RED do not advance to the race event.
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Quiet race, but it was still exciting to watch. Not much to talk about aside from Landon Underwood blowing up in front of half the field and Matt Constant running into Daniel Leckliter on pit road. The funniest part though, for me, was the runner-up Brandon Corna blowing up on pit road after the race was already over.

Also, the laps led by the #86 are all because everybody pitted during the final laps. He tried at least 20 times to get around Brandon Corna while he was leading and never got it done.

Why am I always the one who DNQ's? Preston and Barry always do so much better.

Casey Lester wrote:

Why am I always the one who DNQ's? Preston and Barry always do so much better.

You're saying that now -- you also lost the draft mid-race.

Results From Practice:

Pos., #, Driver - Time

1. #21, Aaron Fisher - 43.830
2. #73, William Meyers - 43.897
3. #86, Jhon Jhonson III - 43.931
4. #17, Zack Ruddock - 43.947
5. #89, Brandon Corna - 43.947
6. #3, Shane Lennox - 43.969
7. #69, Holly McCann - 44.029
8. #2, Greg Adams - 44.105
9. #15, Robby Bannister - 44.132
10. #85, Matthew Contey - 44.179
11. #51, Albert Harmon - 44.218
12. #14, Shane Dowell - 44.224
13. #80, Josh Lambeth - 44.231
14. #72, Sami Joubert - 44.234
15. #22, Dan Busch - 44.235
16. #18, Mike Yamada - 44.237
17. #7, Justin Neyman - 44.238
18. #33, Kris Floth - 44.248
19. #35, Michael Battistoli - 44.253
20. #87, Chris Akin - 44.274
21. #59, AJ Stravato - 44.276
22. #57, Tim Averall - 44.279
23. #10, Daniel Leckliter - 44.289
24. #01, JJ Phipps - 44.291
25. #56, Fred Laier - 44.294
26. #75, Preston Bell - 44.296
27. #99, Jeremy Stanley - 44.300
28. #65, Barry Juveno - 44.309
29. #98, Shawn Duffy - 44.318
30. #1, Blake Camphausen - 44.323
31. #4, Steve Rada - 44.324
32. #62, Jacob Craigo - 44.327
33. #81, Carter Kittleson - 44.328
34. #39, Nick Dawson - 44.329
35. #00, Don Phipps, Jr. - 44.351
36. #26, Daniel Dennis - 44.353
37. #77, Matt McFiend - 44.387
38. #8, Scott Jarnagin - 44.412
39. #90, Frank Harris - 44.426
40. #9, Nick Flaitz - 44.441
41. #32, Bruce Wilkinson - 44.471
42. #36, Ryan Zidek - 44.706

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NNRCS Releases Statement On Qualifying Day: "We will not tolerate backmarkers!"

Before the season had started, the NNRacing.com Cup Series had mentioned the possibility of the league cracking down on backmarkers in their league, to which the media had dubbed, "The Alex Rush Rule". They confirmed this rule to be so by releasing the statement "We will not tolerate backmarkers!" on qualifying day.

During the course of practice, the #8 of Scott Jarnagin had exited his stall for a fuel run, but when he got on track, it was clear that something was wrong -- he was 45 mph slower than everyone else, who was doing roughly 200 mph. And for some reason, he did not come into the pits to rectify whatever the problem was. He held up whole packs of cars for the last half of the session, and was the cause of a wreck when AJ Stravato, Frank Harris, and the four car pack they were running in caught up to a pack which Jarnagin was holding up. Harris darted low to pass, and was spun by AJ Stravato. The result was a trip to the inside Turn 3 wall for the #90, who managed to keep off anyone or anything else and limp to pit road.

"If the #8 had done what he did during the race, we would've slapped him with a point penalty and a two race suspension.," said the NNRCS. "Driving like that is absolutely unacceptable. If we see that during the race, you will be penalized, no exceptions."

The way I'm going to do the race broadcast is like this: The intro/starting lineup/Track Tours segment will have it's own video, as will the race itself, although depending on how many clips I wind up using, I may have two videos for it.

Right now I'm just getting starting lineup graphics out of the way. Here's a preview:

Spoiler:

Of course you have the pole. And Neyman hasn't been on in forever.