Murphs Nascar Pool

So it wasn’t Kyle Busch in the winner’s circle at Richmond. Had he not had a speeding penalty on pit road maybe he would have pulled it off, he had a great car on Saturday night. As it was it came down to Martin Truex Jr. and Joey Logano fighting it out on the last laps. Had Joey spun Martin for the win I think Martin would have had a meltdown given last year’s bump and run at Martinsville. Martin Truex Jr. gets his first short track victory at the Cup level, finally the broadcasters can stop reminding us he didn’t have one.

In the pool we have Whiskey Matters, Three Amigos, Team Gerda, Whiskey Farms, Last Lap Handicaps.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Amigo Haters, Glens Pics, Kcar, Rollie, and 68 Dad.

Most Points for the week goes to Oak Island and JoJo24 with 267

Biggest move for the week goes to Oak Island up 23 spots

Biggest slide for the week goes to Rocky Starter down 19 spots

Off weekend, yep I am sure the teams that need to find  some speed are okay with that.

Well I didn’t expect to see Kyle Busch in victory lane after getting in an accident in the first few laps in Bristol. Late race decision not to pit on the last caution got him into victory lane on Sunday. That is 3 race wins for him this year in the Cup series.

In the pool we have Three Amigos, 4LBoxOfRed, ScottME, Whiskey Farms, Snork Racing #2.

Rounding out the top 10 we have SLEDDIN, Peterson Racing, Rollie, Glen’s Pics, and Spare parts.

Most Points for the week goes to Team Midnite with 388

Biggest move for the week goes to Team Midnite up 65 spots

Biggest slide for the week goes to Dozer down 63 spots

Off we go for Saturday night racing in Richmond this coming week!

Denny Hamlin overcomes two pit road penalties and gets the win in Texas. Quite the turn around for Hamlin and team from last year, for sure a contender every week right now.

In the pool we have Whiskey Matters, Team Gerda, Whiskey Farms, Last Lap Handicapers, and Three Amigos.

Rounding out the top 10 we have 68 Dad, Glen’s Pics, Amigo Haters, Rollie, and Circle M Racing #1.

Most Points for the week goes to Care Bare, and Dutch with 269

Biggest move for the week goes to Dutch up 30 positions

Biggest slide for the week goes to Army and Dick Cunningham both down 23 spots.

Brad Keselowski gets the job done in dominating fashion at Martinsville. Lots of hungry drivers out there looking for their first win of the season. Nice to see Brad in the winner’s circle, lets spread the wealth.

In the pool we have Whiskey Matters, Whiskey Farms, Three Amigos, Team Gerda, and Last Lap Handicaps.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Glen’s Pics, Amigo Haters, Rear Gunner, Circle M Racing #2, and 68 Dad.

Most Points for the week goes to Toad with 293

Biggest move for the week goes to Bob Cunningham up 43 spots

Biggest slide for the week goes to Ford Racing 19, ScotchME3, and Marg Murphy all down 27 spots.

Off to Texas we head to on Sunday, another 1.5 mile. Sure we will see the same main suspects up front but who knows maybe we will have a Chevy with the win!  Well okay lets not get carried away, lucky to see one of those in the top 10 so far.

Kyle Busch gets the job done again in California, blew away the field, came from the back again to show they are the team to beat thus far this year. In doing so he gets his 200th Nascar win. Ties Richard Petty for all time Nascar wins, wow amazing. Kyle has a house just for all his trophies?

In the pool we have Whiskey Matters, Three Amigos, Whiskey Farms, Rear Gunner, Last Lap Handicaps.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Team Gerda, Snork Racing #2, Amigo Haters, Glen’s Pics, ScotchME.

Most Points for the week goes to Circle M Racing #2 with 257

Biggest move for the week goes to Circle M Racing #2 up 31 spots

Biggest slide for the week goes to Oak Island down 31 spots

Off to Martinsville we go this week, finally a short track! Look for Kyle Busch to be good here as well but at least there will be other contenders to make it a combination of best car and best pit strategy. Don’t want to get a speeding ticket on pit road at this place. Also don’t think we will see the waiting on pit road to the last minute for the final stage of qualifying.

Kyle Busch gets the job done in Phoenix, gets his 199th Nascar win. Strange how Kevin Harvick used to dominate this track but never even lead a lap on Sunday.

In the pool we have Whiskey Matters, Last Lap Handicaps, Three Amigos, Whiskey Farms.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Snork Racing #2, Peterson Racing, Team Gerda, Team Infinity War, and Amigo Haters.

Most Points for the week goes to Marg Murphy with 254

Biggest move for the week goes to Marg Murphy up 36 spots

Biggest slide for the week goes to Orma Cunningham down 47 spots

Off to California Auto Club Speedway we go this week, another 1.5 mile track. Look for the familiar faces up front. Was nice to see Ryan Blaney run so well this weekend.

Well interesting race in Las Vegas. Like it not the new rules package is here to stay for the 1.5 mile tracks. The 550 HP in the cars this weekend in Vegas kept the cars closer. Not one caution other than cautions for the stage 1 and stage 2 finishes. Back to the 750 HP range this weekend in Phoenix.

In the pool we have Three Amigos, Wiskey Farms, Rear Gunner, Whiskey Matters, and Snork Racing #2.

Rounding out the top 10 we Peterson Racing, Amigo Haters, Big Buzz, Team Infinity War, and Team Gerda.

Most Points for the week goes to Rear Gunner with 259

Biggest move for the week goes to Orma Cunningham up 27 spots.

Biggest slide for the week goes to CarolK2 down 30 spots.

Well Joey Logano talked the talk and walked the walk getting the win at Homestead and subsequently the Championship for 2018.

Interestingly enough the 4 Chase contenders for the 2018 Championship finished the race 1-4. I think there was some pretty soft racing out there that allowed them all to race together at the end but I am sure they would all would want that consideration if they had a shot to win it all.

My final thought is Nascar should step in and not allow the drivers to blow the rear fenders off the car in post-race celebrations. If there was anything tweaked in the back fenders Nascar would never know once the fenders are destroyed from the burnouts. To that respect I can see Nascar making some rule changes over the offseason that will drastically will affect points when it comes to cars that are found to be blatantly altered for an advantage. After 4 out of 4 cars failed the Texas post-race/R&D Center inspection Nascar won’t put up with teams continually breaking the rules. Currently the reward for breaking the rules is greater than the risk.

Thank you to all the entered the 2018 pool, it was a good season of racing.

Congratulations to Three Amigos, the 2018 Pool Winner.

Top 5 in the pool are Three Amigos, Big Buzz, Mitchman, Whiskey Farms, Russhour.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Smokinjoe, Lexus Lady, Sparky1, YEEHAA, and J&J Racing.

Most Points for the week goes to Rear Gunner with 233

Biggest move for the week goes to Only Use 2 Ply, Orma Cunningham all up 2 spots..

Biggest slide for the week goes to Cool Heat, Ford Racing 19, and Team Everett all down 2 spots.

Well crazy week this was with Kevin Harvick getting his penalty for the car failing back at the Nascar R&D centre. Kyle Busch gets the win at Phoenix, the big three make the final 4 at Homestead on Sunday.

With the Championship drivers going from 8 to 4 this week, another shake up in the pool.

In the pool we have Three Amigos, Big Buzz, Mitchman, Whiskey Farms, Russhour.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Smokinjoe, Lexus Lady, Sparky1, YEEHAA, and J&J Racing.

Most Points for the week goes to Kandy with 1909.

Biggest move for the week goes to 68 MOM and Wheel Witch both up 36 spots.

Biggest slide for the week goes to Army down 24 spots.

Off to Homestead we go for the final race on Sunday. It might be a wild one with 2 Toyotas and 2 Fords fighting it out for the win. I think one of those 4 drivers will win the race as well.

Kevin Harvick dominates in Texas, secures his spot in the final 4 at Homestead.

In the pool we have Three Amigos, YEEHAA, Big Buzz, Mitchman, and JoJo64.

Rounding out the top 10 we have Amigo Haters, Russhour, Army, Getting Bent, and Rockin Rockets.

Most Points for the week goes to Three Amigos with 246.

Biggest move for the week goes to ZOOM ZOOM up 3 positions.

Biggest slide for the week goes to Glen, and Eater of Iced Caps both down 2 spots.

Off to Phoenix we go to see who the final 2 qualifiers are the Championship in Homestead.