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crashthe24

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Saturday, September 2 (XFINITY) & CUP practice and qualifying

NASCAR Xfinity Series
10:35 a.m. ETPractice
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NASCAR Xfinity Series
11:05 a.m. ETQualifying
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NASCAR Cup Series
12:35 p.m. ETPractice
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NASCAR Cup Series
1:20 p.m. ETQualifying
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crashthe24

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XFINITY and Cup Races.

Saturday, September 2 xfinity​

NASCAR Xfinity Series
3:30 p.m. ETSport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
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CUP RACE

Sunday, September 3​

NASCAR Cup Series
6 p.m. ETCook Out Southern 500
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crashthe24

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ALL OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF FLASH FLOOD RISK DUE TO THE HURRICANE PATH THIS WEEK. (INCLUDING DARLINGTON)

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crashthe24

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NASCAR CUP SERIES PLAYOFFS FIELD​

RANKDRIVERTEAMPOINTS
1William ByronHendrick Motorsports2,036
2Martin Truex Jr.Joe Gibbs Racing2,036
3Denny HamlinJoe Gibbs Racing2,025
4Chris BuescherRFK Racing2,021
5Kyle BuschRichard Childress Racing2,019
6Kyle LarsonHendrick Motorsports2,017
7Christopher BellJoe Gibbs Racing2,014
8Ross ChastainTrackhouse Racing2,011
9Brad KeselowskiRFK Racing2,010
10Tyler Reddick23XI Racing2,009
11Joey LoganoTeam Penske2,008
12Ryan BlaneyTeam Penske2,008
13Michael McDowellFront Row Motorsports2,007
14Ricky Stenhouse Jr.JTG Daugherty Racing2,005
15Kevin HarvickStewart-Haas Racing2,004
16Bubba Wallace23XI Racing2,000
 

crashthe24

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Getting some heavy rain as the hurricane spins west of Tampa Bay around 11pm but we dodged a big bullet this time.
Prayers to all along the path of this monster storm.


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crashthe24

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When is the race entry lock date and time for Cup? Says TBD.

it says partial lock at midnight saturday night / sunday morning TBD.
probably due to the flooding from the hurricane if qualifying gets scratched.
if they have qualifying, then he'll change first lock to practice / qualifying time i guess.
TO BE DETERMINED.
 

Paterri5

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it says partial lock at midnight saturday night / sunday morning TBD.
probably due to the flooding from the hurricane if qualifying gets scratched.
if they have qualifying, then he'll change first lock to practice / qualifying time i guess.
TO BE DETERMINED.
Don't believe it has a thing to do with hurricane as all 10 playoff races say TBD.
 

crashthe24

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in case you missed Darrens weekly email,

NASCAR Cup Series

#27 Cook Out Southern 500 @ Darlington RacewaySunday, September 3rd, 2023 at 6:00pm ET

  • Partial Lock Sat, Sep 2 at 12:50pm ET
  • Full Lock Sun, Sep 3 at 6:00pm ET
 

Ank Racing

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I have a question— not sure of the answer!
How much difference will it make with the pit crew switch between Ty Gibbs and Belll? Will Gibbs be less effective? For those of of us with few Gibbs picks left— will that enhance the value of other c group drivers??? Not too many valid choices! Bell could be the most improved???
 

crashthe24

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I have a question— not sure of the answer!
How much difference will it make with the pit crew switch between Ty Gibbs and Belll? Will Gibbs be less effective? For those of of us with few Gibbs picks left— will that enhance the value of other c group drivers??? Not too many valid choices! Bell could be the most improved???
i'm thinking that stenhouse in the chase means always roster him until you run out of starts or he's out out of the playoffs.
if he qualifies well, he'll have a chance for stage points which he'll need to keep advancing in the playoffs.
setting aside stenhouse, it basically becomes gibbs versus dinger or preece most weeks as the 2nd C option.
i'd roll with gibbs as option 2 most weeks, but bench him on a plate race.
in DGG, i still have a combined 7 starts with stenhouse and gibbs so i can use dinger on the roval and someone else at tally.
that leaves me with just one start to worry about and preece will be a good play at martinsville and phoenix.
as always, the DGG game is more like chess than checkers and you're playing against people who will run out of many of the best drivers in each group rather quickly and make up ground in points as the season ends.
 

crashthe24

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Since Kyle Busch drops to the rear for changes do you think he can still run good.
you might want to tell us who your other B drivers are.
at this point in the season, you may not have many truex starts left.
can he come from the back > yes. will he > who knows,
wouldn't you rather use him when he qualifies top 5 and will probably get stage points?
 
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