NASCAR 2019 Race 4: Phoenix TicketGuardian 500 Race and Contest Thread

[Orziz]

3rd race in a row my driver gets a penalty. I sure know how to pick em this year

 

[dara]

Favorites by Driver:

KyBusch: stilled, dara, superbox, Ryu
Elliott: Orziz
Harvick:82harley, minitor, dishuser, 4me2c, bigstar, crazed, Timekeeper
Keselowski: marley
Truex: ranagee

Other Drivers:
Blaney
Logano
Stenhouse

Everyone picked Harvick, all but one picked Kyle Busch.

 

[dara]

This is a pretty short race, already halfway through the 1st stage. Newcomers will get the lowest score, less 10 pts.

 

[dara]

Jones blows a tire, and almost stayed off the wall, giving us the first in-competition yellow in two weeks.

 

[dara]

Hamlin first out of the pits with a two tire change, followed by A. Dillon and KyBusch, who also changed only 2 tires.

 

[4me2c]

Didn't Ky Busch get 4...?!?

 

[dara]

Didn't Ky Busch get 4...?!?

Now he did

 

[dara]

Ryan Blaney wins Stage 1

Order:
Blaney 10
Almirola 9
Logano 8
Bowman 7
KyBusch 6
Larson 5
A Dillon 4
Byron 3
Elliott 2
Harvick 1

 

[4me2c]

Wow, Stage Win under Caution...!

 

[dara]

Alex Bowman hits the wall before the end of Stage 2, which will end under yellow.

Kyle Busch wins Stage 2. Bonus points to stilled, dara, superbox and Ryu

Order:
KyBusch 10
Bowyer 9
Harvick 8
Truex 7
Hamlin 6
Newman 5
Johnson 4
Logano 3
Elliott 2
KuBusch 1

 

[dara]

Day looks done for McDowell, and the yellow is out.

 

[dara]

Restarts are getting crazy now. Everyone is just inside the fuel window, but some have to get tires, including Harvick.

 

[4me2c]

Harvick is up to 14th and still coming on...!

Oooooops, up to 13th Now and Larson is Steady at 5th...!

 

[dara]

Pass of the race there by Kyle Busch on Blaney, 15 to go.

 

[dara]

Congrats to Kyle Busch, followed by Martin Truex, Jr, and Ryan Blaney

50 more Bonus points for stilled, dara, superbox and Ryu.

Race Points coming up

 

[dara]

Points by drivers (less bonus)
Blaney 44
KyBusch 56
Elliott 27
Hamlin 38
Harvick 37
Keselowski 18
Logano 38
Stenhouse 24
Truex 42

 

[dara]

Congrats to stilled and "me" for the high score of the race at 197, but superbox and Ryu were only one point less at 196. Podium won't change this week, see the rules thread for the complete order.

Next week is the Auto Club 400, at Fontana. Since we've gone through the different 'packages', and you can see what to expect, it will be our first diecast race. Rules will be the same as last season, except now that we have a 4th pick, we'll use that 4th score as the first tiebreaker in case of a tie, then who picked earliest if there still is a tie.

 

[4me2c]

Congratz to the 4 of You... Keeping it Close...!

 

[Marley]

great call

 

[stilled]

I was a second from taking truex over bitch bk, didn't think truex had the long run speed, was wrong, lol,