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8 – THE DERRICK. / The News-Herald Wednesday, June 24, 2015
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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDECompelling questions ...
and maybe a few actual answers
SPEED FREAKS3 questions we
had to ask — ourselves
CUP POINTS
WHAT’S ON TAP
ONLINE EXTRAS
Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com or Ken Willis at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com
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news-journalonline.com/nascarNJ FEUD OF THE WEEK
1. Kevin Harvick....................... 5762. Martin Truex Jr. .................... 5613. Joey Logano ........................ 5204. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ................ 5085. Jimmie Johnson .................. 5066. Brad Keselowski .................. 4807. Jamie McMurray.................. 4648. Matt Kenseth ....................... 4569. Kasey Kahne ....................... 44710. Jeff Gordon ........................ 43411. Kurt Busch ......................... 42612. Paul Menard ...................... 42113. Denny Hamlin .................... 41214. Carl Edwards ..................... 40115. Aric Almirola ...................... 40116. Ryan Newman ................... 40017. Clint Bowyer ...................... 38818. Kyle Larson ........................ 36119. Danica Patrick ................... 35720. Greg Bif�e .......................... 35121. Casey Mears ..................... 33922. AJ Allmendinger ................ 32123. Austin Dillon....................... 31424. David Ragan ...................... 29925. Sam Hornish Jr. ................. 27326. Tony Stewart ...................... 26927. Trevor Bayne...................... 26328. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ........... 262
What does Junior’s engagement do to the fan base?ROB’S RAMBLINGS: As long as he doesn’t take her name when they marry, he should be fine.KEN’S CALL: Nothing at all. His fan base wasn’t built on matinee-idol looks, you know.
How long before Tony Stewart follows Junior’s lead?ROB’S RAMBLINGS: Don’t want to say he’s no spring chicken, but if the firesuit fits ... May be time to step up his game.KEN’S CALL: If he waits any longer, he’ll be do-ing Singles Night at The Villages.
Who do you like at Sonoma?ROB’S RAMBLINGS: Sorry, Jeff, I’m jumping ship. Defending win-ner Carl Edwards has finished in the top three in three of his past four starts here.KEN’S CALL: I’m sticking with AJ All-mendinger, which will take away one more “points place” in the Chase standings.
Associated Press file/RONDA CHURCHILL
Time to panic? Junior Earnhardt has hinted at retirement after getting engaged to Amy Reimann.
Who’s riding higher, Amy or Erik?Flip a coin. Both are coming off the biggest weeks of their lives (call it a hunch). The immediate headlines for both indicate great things for the near and long term — Amy Reimann officially became engaged to NAS-CAR’s leading man, Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Erik Jones, at 19, confirmed his “future star” label by sweeping the Trucks and Xfinity Series races at Iowa and Chicagoland Speedway. In the aftermath, it’s hugs for Amy and backslaps for Erik.
What’s it all mean?For Erik Jones, this validates the faith Kyle Busch had in him when Jones was hired (at age 17, by the way) to drive Kyle’s Truck Series en-try. He’s in the Joe Gibbs stable and is certainly pointed toward the Cup Series. Problem is, there’s no room in the main barn at Gibbs, where the show ponies are Busch, Denny Ham-lin, Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth. Then again, those things can change once the shadows start to grow long on existing contracts.
And for Amy?The engagement, while a long time coming, was no surprise. The bigger news, perhaps, was Junior actually talking retirement last week, suggest-ing he might be looking for the exit within a few years. No one pushed the big panic button in NASCAR’s marketing department, but they ner-vously cleared their throats and eye-balled it. Whether marriage changes Junior’s mind about the advantages of work weekends, we’ll see.
SPRINT CUP: Toyota-Save Mart 350SITE: Sonoma RacewayTV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 2, 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.). Satur-day, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 2 p.m.). Sunday, race (Fox Sports 1, 3 p.m.)
ARCA: Herr’s Chase The Taste 200SITE: Winchester (Ind.) SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Sunday, race (CBS Sports Network, 2 p.m.)
GILMARTIN
“SLUGGER”LABBE
GIL MARTIN VS. “SLUGGER” LABBE: Rich-ard Childress taps Labbe to replace Martin as crew chief for the struggling Austin Dillon.KEN WILLIS’ TAKE: “No outward hostility here, because these moves are typical when a big-money team is struggling.”
WINNER: AJ Allmendinger.REST OF TOP 5: Kevin Harvick, Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Kurt Busch.FIRST ONE OUT: Boris Said.
DARK HORSE: Dale Earnhardt Jr.DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Yes, Junior is a dark horse at a road course, but also look for Tony Stewart to finally make his presence known.
3 THINGS WE LEARNED DURING THE OFF-WEEK
3 THINGS TO WATCH FOR AT SONOMA
WILLIS’ SONOMA PICKS
Feb. 14 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Matt Kenseth)Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)Feb. 19 — x-Budweiser Duel 2 (Jimmie Johnson)Feb. 22 — Daytona 500 (Joey Logano)March 1 — Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 (Jimmie Johnson)March 8 — Kobalt 400 (Kevin Harvick)March 15 — CampingWorld.com 500 (Kevin Harvick)March 22 — Auto Club 400 (Brad Keselowski)March 29 — STP 500 (Denny Hamlin)April 11 — Duck Commander 500 (Jimmie Johnson)April 19 — Food City 500 (Matt Kenseth)April 25 — Toyota Owners 400 (Kurt Busch)May 3 — Geico 500 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)May 9 — SpongeBob SquarePants 400 (Jimmie Johnson)May 15 — x-Sprint Showdown (Greg Biffle and Clint Bowyer)May 16 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Denny Hamlin)May 24 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. (Brad Keselowski)May 31 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. (Jimmie Johnson)June 7 — Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 (Martin Truex Jr.)
June 14 — Quicken Loans 400, Brooklyn, Mich. (Kurt Busch)June 28 — Toyota-Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif.July 5 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla.July 11 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky.July 19 — New Hampshire 301, Loudon, N.H.July 26 — Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero’s Name Here 400 at The Brickyard, IndianapolisAug. 2 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa.Aug. 9 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y.Aug. 16 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich.Aug. 22 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn.Sep. 6 — Bojangles’ Southern 500, Darlington, S.C.Sep. 12 — Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond, Va.Sep. 20 — MyAFibStory.com 400, Joliet, Ill.Sep. 27 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H.Oct. 4 — AAA 400, Dover, Del.Oct. 10 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C.Oct. 18 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan.Oct. 25 — Alabama 500, Talladega, Ala.
Nov. 1 — Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va.Nov. 8 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, TexasNov. 15 — Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz.Nov. 22 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead
x — non-points race
DID YOU KNOW?Sonoma Raceway was known as Sears Point Raceway from 1967-2001, and Infineon Raceway from 2002-2012. In 1989, it replaced fellow California road course Riverside Raceway on the NASCAR schedule. Sonoma is 33 miles north of San Francisco.
SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
Associated Press/NAM Y. HUH
What’s next for Erik Jones after sweeping the Trucks and Xfinity races last weekend? NASCAR fans are anxious to find out.
1. Junior a romantic?Florence, Paris, Santorini, Venice ... there’s lots of ro-mantic places in Europe. But Germany? We’ll still give Dale Earnhardt Jr. some major romance points, though. He went all the way to Europe on a family roots fact-finding mission, found a little chapel and asked Amy Reimann to marry him. She said yes.
2. Dillon gets a makeoverStarting this weekend, Austin Dillon will drive under new crew chief Richard “Slugger” Labbe. A former Xfinity Series and Trucks Series champion, Dillon is 23rd in the Sprint Cup Series points standings. His best finish this season is 10th at Bristol. We’ll see how this shake-up helps with his Chase chances dwindling.
3. Jones’ sweet sweepTrucks and Xfinity success doesn’t always mean Cup success, but you have to be thinking, “What’s up with this Erik Jones guy?” After sweep-ing wins in both — and at dif-ferent tracks — last weekend, and becoming the youngest to do so, expectations for Jones are already soaring.
— Rob Ulleryrobert.ullery@news-jrnl.com
NASCAR via Getty Images/JEFF GROSS
Might want to keep an eye on Clint Bowyer, who is no stranger to success at Sonoma Raceway.
1. Track made for TonyWe keep waiting for Tony Stewart to re-emerge as one of the marquee drivers, and there’s no better place than Sonoma to make that move. He owns two wins, five top-5s and nine top-10s.
2. Don’t be surprised if ...This is the track where drivers you might not choose in the office pool can wind up in Victory Lane. Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman are among the leaders in driver ratings here.
3. Parity streakDating back to 2001, Jeff Gordon is the lone two-time winner at Sonoma. Is this the week he breaks the skid in his farewell season?
— Rob Ulleryrobert.ullery@news-jrnl.com
JIMMIEJOHNSON
Not related to Dustin Johnson
KEVINHARVICK
Sonoma actually five hours from
Bakersfield
MARTINTRUEX JR.
And 44 hours from New Jersey
KURTBUSCH
Newest member of S. Nevada Hall of Fame
JOEY LOGANO
Will likely get carded at the winery
JUNIOREARNHARDTWill next big news involve a Junior Jr.?
BRADKESELOWSKI
Will finish sixth at Sonoma
MATTKENSETH
Ross Kenseth’s dad
JAMIEMCMURRAYCan he finish seventh for
fourth straight race?
PAULMENARD
A surprising fifth-place last year
at Sonoma
WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE
Ken Willis has been cover-ing NASCAR for The Daytona Beach News-Journal for more than 30 years. Reach him at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com
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