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6 – THE DERRICK. / The News-Herald Wednesday, July 01, 2015
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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE
FEUD OF THE WEEK
WHAT’S ON TAP?
ONLINE EXTRAS
KEN WILLIS’ PICKS FOR THE COKE ZERO 400
FEEDBACK
SPRINT CUP POINTS
WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE
Excited to see NBC take over?ROB’S RAMBLING: Of course. Jef Burton, Kyle Petty, Dale Jarrett as announcers ... it’s like an all-star lineup of former drivers Ken’s age.KEN’S CALL: Not sure, but excited to be rid of boogity-boogity for six months.
What should we expect from Jef Gordon’s final Daytona race?ROB’S RAMBLING: Days of hype, race day of hype, first 20 laps of hype and hopefully Victory Lane hype.KEN’S CALL: He’s so happy to put plate-racin’ behind him, the only guarantee is that he’ll be first to the airport after the checkers.
Any chance that the “fix” is in for Jef?ROB’S RAMBLING: I’ve been labeled a conspiracy theorist so many times I think it’s a conspiracy, and even I don’t buy a scripted finish.KEN’S CALL: Aside from “forgetting” to give him a restrictor plate, there are too many moving parts for a scripted finish.
A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves
WINNER: Jef Gordon
REST OF TOP 5: Kevin Har-vick, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch.
FIRST ONE OUT: Aric Almirola.
DARK HORSE: Austin Dillon.
DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: If ever the No. 3, with Dillon at the wheel, is going to make some noise, what better place than Daytona?
Is Brian France alienating the base again?Some of the base, yes. But it’s better to call the Confederate flag an “ofensive symbol,” as France did, and lose some more of the old-school, Deep South base, than be perceived by Corporate America as out of touch with the cur-rent social and political climate. The “base” had already been bloodied by the losses of North Wilkesboro and Rockingham (not to mention the arrival of Toyota).
Purely political move?Listen, you can’t become an Oicially Licensed Cynic unless you initially assume EVERYTHING is politically motivated. This was also a bit of social awareness. NASCAR has done it before.
Ethanol?Yep, ethanol. NASCAR has spent a ton of resources in playing the modern “green game,” largely through its promotion of ethanol, which, best I can tell, is mostly responsible for pad-ding the bottom lines of corn farmers, small-engine repairmen and the Iowa political class.
MARTIN TRUEX VS. DAVID RAGAN: After a bunch of sheet-metal slugging, Ragan sent Truex into the tire wall at Sonoma. Truex suggested Ragan “probably has one coming.”
KEN WILLIS’ TAKE: No paybacks at Daytona without igniting the Big One. Be patient, hoss.
1. Kevin Harvick 6162. Martin Truex Jr. 5633. Joey Logano 5594. Jimmie Johnson 5465. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 5456. Brad Keselowski 5057. Jamie McMurray 4978. Kasey Kahne 4839. Matt Kenseth 47910. Kurt Busch 46911. Jef Gordon 46212. Paul Menard 45213. Denny Hamlin 43814. Ryan Newman 43515. Aric Almirola 43116. Clint Bowyer 43017. Carl Edwards 40518. Kyle Larson 39019. Danica Patrick 37720. Greg Bile 36821. Casey Mears 34522. Austin Dillon 34123. AJ Allmendinger 32924. Sam Hornish Jr. 30725. David Ragan 30426. Tony Stewart 30127. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 28628. Trevor Bayne 284
Questions? Contact Ken Willis at [email protected]
Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for 27 years. Reach him at [email protected]
Compelling questions... and maybe a few actual answers
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Truex Ragan
JIMMIEJOHNSONKeeping top spot warm for Harvick
KEVINHARVICK
Will finish second at Daytona
KURT BUSCH
Last three races: 5th,
1st, 2nd
JUNIOR EARNHARDT
Should loan Gordon his old plate this week
KYLE BUSCH
Clutch foot, throttle foot,
all’s well
JOEY LOGANO
Only guy who can earn Day-tona double
this week
MARTINTRUEX
Still seeing tire walls in his
sleep
BRADKESELOWSKIHappy for Kyle? Not especially
MATT KENSETH
Shocker: Mild Matt survived wine country
JEFFGORDONThis is the
week, right?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
SPRINT CUP: Coke Zero 400SITE: Daytona International SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. EDT); Saturday, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 4:30 p.m. EDT); Sunday, race (NBC, 7 p.m. EDT)
XFINITY: Subway Firecracker 250SITE: Daytona International SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. EDT); Saturday, qualifying (NBC Sports Network, 2:30 p.m. EDT); race (NBC Sports Network, 7:30 p.m. EDT)
NASCAR chair Brian France has called for the ‘insensitive symbol’ of the Confederate flag to be elimi-nated at races.
JARED C. TILTON/GETTY IMAGES
1. Gordon’s Daytona finaleHe could exit Daytona on Lap 3 and his name still will be men-tioned more than the winner. All eyes will be on Jef Gordon’s Daytona swan song, and not just his fans’. Even the non-Gor-dons may be rooting for the No. 24 to reach Victory Lane.
2. The next best thingWell that would be Junior, of course. A battle to the wire between Jef Gordon and Dale Earnhardt Jr.? Can you picture it? Here’s how the two stack up going into the race: Gordon has six wins, 13 top-5s and 20 top-10s; Junior has three wins, 11 top-5s and 17 top-10s.
3. Tony’s time?This is Tony Stewart’s place. He leads all active Cup driv-ers with four wins in the summer Daytona race and has the fourth-best driver rating here. But it’s getting really hard to pick him, even after his 12th-place finish Sunday.
3 THINGS WE LEARNED AT SONOMA
3 THINGS TO WATCH
1. Kyle legs out a winNot sure if the two are related, but Sunday’s victory may signal Kyle Busch’s leg and foot are getting better. You pretty much knew it was just a matter of time until he got a victory. He’s not Chase eligible yet (37th in points), but fear not, he’ll get there.
2. Brother Kurt on the real rollThe last two weeks, Kurt Busch has pulled a mini-Kevin Harvick: two races, two top-2s. Kurt came up just short to Kyle at Sonoma after picking up his second win of the season the week before at Michigan. He also has three straight top-5s.
3. Jury still out on DillonWe’ll have to wait to see if put-ting Slugger Labbe atop Austin Dillon’s pit box was a good move. Dillon’s Sonoma finish (17th) was just slightly above his average finish for the season (23rd), but was his second-best finish in the last eight races.
Kyle Busch celebrates after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday.
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SARAH CRABILL/GETTY IMAGES
— Ken Willis, [email protected]
— Ken Willis, [email protected]
Jeff Gordon climbs into his car during qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Saturday.
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