April 4, 2016
- Entry List for the Duck Commander 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway is posted, 40 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed, including: #14-Vickers, #21-Blaney*, #30-Wise*, #32-Jeffrey Earnhardt, #55-Sorenson*, #95-Ty Dillon, #98-Whitt*.
Drivers who are not a Charter team, an Open Team, and must get in via speed: #21-Blaney, #30-Wise, #55-Sorenson, #98-Whitt
Drivers who would miss the race if qualifying is canceled (least race attempts, then owners pts): none
Since 40 cars are entered, all drivers will make the race, 40 is the maximum.
* Open Team (no Charter)
See the full entry list on Jayski.com’s Texas Entry List
- Busch brothers tied for 3rd with most wins: with #18-Kyle Busch’s 35th career Sprint Cup Series win, he and his brother Kurt, who has 27 Sprint Cup Series wins, now have 62 combined wins. This ties them with the three Flock brothers Tim (39 wins), Fonty (19) Bob (4) with 62 wins, 3rd best overall. Darrell (84 wins) and Michael Waltrip are 2nd with 88 wins. The Allison brothers, Bobby (84) and Donnie (10) hold the record with 94 overall wins by brothers. See the full list and some other brother records on the All-Time Sprint Cup Series Winners page
[Petty Note: Richard won 200, Maurice won 0, only count on this list if BOTH brothers have won].(4-4-2016)
- Hamlin comments on Martinsville accident:
Q Did you wheel hop before getting into the wall?
Hamlin: “It’s my first time ever doing it here, so it’s a little embarrassing, but I mean we were the fastest car those last 30 laps and we got back to the top-five and I was making up a lot of my speed on entry. As the tires wear, the rears get hotter, less grip, you can’t brake at the same amount and I just – it was really out of the blue. I didn’t ever have a hint of it up until that moment, so a bit of a rookie move on my part – been around here too much to do something like that, but learning for the fall and I’m really encouraged about how good our car came up through the pack and I really thought we had a car that could win.”(Toyota Racing)(4-4-2016)
- Race and Commercial Breakdown of the 2016 STP 500: For those NASCAR fans that like stats and love to hate commercials, here is the breakdown for Sunday’s race. Began recording the times at the Invocation of the race at 1:00 PM, and stopped at the waving of the checkered flag at 4:36 PM (all times are EDT). Did not keep records for the pre- and post-race coverage. FoxSports1 was the broadcast team for this event.
Total number of commercials: 80
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 41
Number of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 76
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 40
Number of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during race broadcast (split-screen): 4
Total number of companies or entities advertised: 4
Number of times Fox utilized ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials during this broadcast: 1
Start time to record race/commercial periods: 1:00 PM
End time to record race/commercial periods: 4:36 PM
Total minutes of complete race broadcast: 216
Minutes of race broadcast: 184
Minutes of traditional commercials (not split-screen): 32
Minutes of ‘Side-by-Side’ commercials (split-screen): 2
Number of missed restarts: 0
Number of ‘mystery cautions’ (debris not shown): 0
Total race brdcst time 184 Total comm. brdcst time 32
See past races, more info on the commercials with links at CawsnJaws.com.(4-4-2016)
- Mike Skinner returning to Goodwood Festival of Speed: With less than three months until the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Mike Skinner is preparing for his annual trip across the pond with team owner and driver Andrew Franzone, and celebrity guest driver Bill Goldberg. The team will have three trucks at the iconic festival, with each driver making two runs up the 1.16-mile hill climb daily. The 1995 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Mike Skinner will pilot the truck nicknamed the “Skinner Special.” Originally a part of the Bill Davis Racing stable, the truck has been set up specifically for road course competition. Returning to the Goodwood Festival of Speed for the sixth time in his career and participating in the timed competition for the third consecutive year, Skinner will attempt his third straight NASCAR class victory while also looking to break his own record time, which was set in 2015. Team owner Andrew Franzone will pilot the truck known to the team as “Truck 10.” The 10th Toyota Tundra racing chassis ever built, Truck 10 was a favorite of Skinner’s during his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career. While Franzone continues his driver development under the direction of Skinner, he is no stranger to the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The 2016 festival will mark Franzone’s fourth year participating in the annual hill climb event. Professional athlete, actor and automobile aficionado Bill Goldberg will drive the team’s “Celebrity” truck. A friendship that goes back 10 years, Skinner and Goldberg first met when Skinner drove a racecar promoting a television show hosted by Goldberg in 2005. A two-time World Champion, who has recorded a WWE World Heavyweight Championship, a WCW World Heavyweight Championship and a WCW World Tag Team Championship, Goldberg is also a collector of vintage cars. After undergoing some training with Skinner and Racecar Solutions, Goldberg will make his first appearance at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.(A2B Strategies)(DATE)
- XFINITY Entry List: There are 42 cars on the preliminary entry list for Friday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. A few notes:
Garrett Smithley will be in the #0;
Chase Elliott is in the #5 for JR Motorsports;
The #14 of TriStar Motorsports is TBA but could be JJ Yeley;
Kyle Busch is back in the #18;
Matt Tifft will drive the #24 for JGL;
The Rick Ware #25 is TBA;
Josh Wise will drive the #40;
Dale Earnhardt Jr will be in the #88;
The #97 is TBA. Harrison Rhodes has driven he car so far this year.(4-4-2015)
See the complete list on the Texas entry list page.
- Derek White Targeted in Tobacco-Smuggling Operation UPDATES: NASCAR driver Derek White was among almost 60 people targeted by Quebec and Ontario police in the biggest tobacco-smuggling bust in North American history, according to law enforcement officials. Authorities said some of the suspects arrested early Wednesday have links to biker gangs and organized crime, buying tobacco in the U.S. and illegally importing it into Canada through three border crossings. The tobacco was ultimately sold on the Kahnawake and Six Nations reserves, according to police. Ingrid Asselin, a spokeswoman for Surete du Quebec, the provincial police force, declined to confirm that the Derek White they arrested is the NASCAR driver. Law enforcement officials, who requested anonymity because of restrictions about commenting beyond the scope of the warrants, said it was the same man. White is listed as one of the top ranking members of the smuggling operation, according to a chart provided by police. Dwayne Zacharie, Kahnawake’s chief peacekeeper, said investigators from Quebec contacted his police force early Wednesday and said they had arrest warrants for three members of the tribe, including NASCAR driver Derek White. Zacharie said his office informed the three suspects of the warrants and told them to contact Quebec police. Lieutenant Jason Allard, spokesman for the Quebec provincial police, said the tobacco operation was tightly organized. It bought shipments of tobacco leaf in North Carolina, trucking them north and reselling them in Canada. Profits from tobacco were used to purchase cocaine, and some of the money was laundered abroad, in Europe, he said. The tobacco shipments were not declared at the border and disclosed to government officials, thereby avoiding taxes and allowing the cigarettes to be manufactured and sold for less money.(Bloomberg)(3-30-2016
UPDATE: NASCAR driver/owner Derek White turned himself into authorities Wednesday and faces seven charges in connection to the biggest tobacco-smuggling bust in North American history, NBC Sports has learned. Sgt. Daniel Thibaudeau of the Quebec Provincial Police told NBC Sports that White was being interrogated Wednesday. White, who turned himself in after learning of an arrest warrant in his name, was expected to be arraigned Wednesday night. Thibaudeau said that the seven charges White faces are: Three counts of conspiracy to commit fraud against the government; Three counts of fraud toward the government; One count of profiteering as a criminal organization.(NBC Sports)(4-1-2016)
UPDATE 2: While the [police] tried to highlight the so-called “Aboriginal organized crime” angle of the operation, the agency provided little information to support the claim beyond evidence of tobacco smuggling. Many Mohawks see the tobacco trade as a sovereignty issue and consider the movement and sale of tobacco as a right. The Harper government made the sale and manufacturing of unlicensed tobacco products a Criminal Code offence. It had previously been a tax enforcement issue. Only four individuals ensnared in the operation have so far been linked to a First Nation community. Besides Hill, the SQ named Hunter Montour 45, Todd Beauchamp, 48, and Derek White, 45, who are all from Kahnawake, among the dozens arrested Wednesday. White has been under police surveillance since 2006, according to a previously obtained file from the RCMP’s Aboriginal Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. White was identified by police, but never charged, during the lead-up to Operation Cancun in 2008 which targeted a Mohawk-based marijuana smuggling operation in Kahnawake and Akwesasne, a Mohawk community which straddles the Canada-U.S. border and sits about 120 kilometres west of Montreal. White told Kahnawake’s Eastern Door newspaper in an article published Thursday evening that his charges were all tobacco-related and that he turned himself in. He denied any links to the drug trade. “All it has to do with is with tobacco, it has nothing to do with any of the other stuff they’re making up,” White told the Eastern Door. “I have nothing to do with drugs, or ISIS or terrorism…I have nothing to do with that [stuff], absolutely zero. They want their tax money, that’s all.” (APTN)(4-3-2016)
UPDATE 3: NASCAR indefinitely suspended White on Tuesday, April 4.(4-4-2016)
- Gdovic driving at Bristol: Reigning Lamborghini Gallardo World Champion, Brandon Gdovic, will return to the seat of the #46 Chevrolet Camaro for the Fitzgerald Glider Kits 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 16th, 2016. Transportation and logistics enterprise PITT OHIO will debut as primary sponsor with Precision Performance Motorsports and Gdovic as he competes in his first NASCAR XFINITY Series race of the season. Multi-year partner WindStax Wind Power Systems will return as a sponsor in 2016 as well. Established in 1979, PITT OHIO is dedicated to providing their customers with the best value in its SUPPLY CHAIN, GROUND, Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) and TRUCKLOAD services. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, PITT OHIO services the entire Mid-Atlantic and Mid-West regions and the remainder of the United States, Canada and Mexico with The Reliance Network.(Precision Performance Motorsports), see an image of the car on the #46 team paint schemes page.(4-4-2016)
- Bobby Pierce driving for MB Motorsports in 3 races: Bobby Pierce, the 19 year-old dirt track phenom who impressed legions of NASCAR fans with his amazing performance at Eldora Speedway last season, has once again teamed up with MB Motorsports for 2016. The Oakwood, Illinois native will be behind the wheel of MB Motorsports’ #63 Chevy Silverado for the Toyota Tundra 250 at Kansas Speedway on Friday, May 6th, the Dover 200 at Dover International Speedway on Friday, May 13th and the NC Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Friday, May 20th. Team owner Mike Mittler is enthused to be working with Pierce once again. Bobby has amassed a lengthy list of accomplishments for someone so young. Pierce is a two-time and defending DIRTcar UMP Late Model National Champion, as well as the 2015 DIRTcar UMP Summer Nationals Champion, He has over 130 total career feature wins with various regional and national touring series, numerous track championships, as well as winning the 2013 Champion Spark Plugs Search for a Champion.(MB Motorsports)(4-4-2016)
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