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8 – THE DERRICK. / The News-Herald Wednesday, July 06, 2016

SPEED FREAKS

QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE

FEUD OF THE WEEK

WHAT’S ON TAP?

ONLINE EXTRAS

GODWIN’S PICKS FOR KENTUCKY

SPRINT CUP POINTS

KEN WILLIS’ TOP 10 NASCAR DRIVER RANKINGS

A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

Questions? Contact Godwin Kelly at [email protected] or 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]

Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at [email protected]

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BRAD KESELOWSKIDaytona win

caps long stretch of

quality

1

KEVIN HARVICK

“Big One” doesn’t wipe

out points lead

2

KURT BUSCHCan he let the Logano thing slide?

3

JOEY LOGANOEveryone’s

whipping boy

4

CARL EDWARDS

Mr. Hunch likes him at Kentucky

5

KYLE BUSCHGot his

groove back

6

CHASE ELLIOTT

Suddenly dealing with mini-slump

7

MARTIN TRUEX JR.Back in

top-10 form this week

8

AUSTIN DILLON

Derby fans in Kentucky will love the hat

9

JIMMIE JOHNSON

Wow: Out-side top 10 in seven of last

eight

102016 SPRINT CUP SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

DID YOU KNOW?

3 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM DAYTONA

Kentucky Speedway is located in Sparta, which might be the smallest town to ever house a speedway. How small? When the Sprint Cup drivers and their pit crews arrive, the population roughly doubles. The latest census had Sparta at 231 residents.

Feb. 13: Sprint Unlimited at Daytona (Denny Hamlin)Feb. 21: Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin)Feb. 28: Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta (Jimmie Johnson)March 6: Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas (Brad Keselowski)March 13: Good Sam 500k at Phoenix (Kevin Harvick)March 20: Auto Club 400 at Fontana (Jimmie Johnson)April 3: STP 500 at Martinsville (Kyle Busch)April 9: Duck Commander 500 at Texas (Kyle Busch)April 17: Food City 500 at Bristol (Carl Edwards)April 24: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Carl Edwards)May 1: Geico 500 at Talladega (Brad Keselowski)May 7: GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas (Kyle Busch)May 15: Dover 400, 1 p.m. (Matt Kenseth)May 21: Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte (Joey Logano)May 29: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (Martin Truex)June 6: Axalta 400 at Pocono (Kurt Busch)June 12: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan (Joey Logano)

June 26: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (Tony Stewart)July 2: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (Brad Keselowski)July 9: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky, 7:30 p.m., NBC Sports NetworkJuly 17: New Hampshire 301, 1:30 p.m., NBCSNJuly 24: Crown Royal 400 at Indianapolis, 3 p.m., NBCSNJuly 31: Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono, 1:30 p.m., NBCSNAug. 7: Cheez-It 355 at Watkins Glen, 2:30 p.m., USAAug. 20: Night Race at Bristol, 8 p.m., NBCSNAug. 28: Pure Michigan 400, 2 p.m., NBCSNSept. 4: Southern 500 at Darlington, 6 p.m., NBCSept. 10: Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond, 7:30 p.m., NBCSNSept. 18: Chicago 400, 2:30 p.m., NBCSNSept. 25: New England 300 at New Hampshire, 2 p.m., NBCSNOct. 2: AAA 400 at Dover, 2 p.m., NBCSN

Oct. 8: Bank of America 500 at Charlotte, 7 p.m., NBCOct. 16: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas, 2:15 p.m., NBCOct. 23: Alabama 500 at Talladega, 2 p.m., NBCSNOct. 30: Goody’s 500 at Martinsville, 1 p.m., NBCSNNov. 6: AAA 500 at Texas, 2 p.m., NBCNov. 13: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix, 2:30 p.m., NBCNov. 20: Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami, 2:30 p.m., NBC

WINNER: Brad KeselowskiREST OF TOP 5: Martin Truex Jr., Joey Logano, Matt Kenseth, Kurt BuschFIRST ONE OUT: Brian Scott

DARK HORSE: Aric AlmirolaDON’T BE SURPRISED IF: “Bad Brad” continues his winning ways at Kentucky, where he won from the pole in 2014.

SPRINT CUP: Quaker State 400SITE: Kentucky Speedway (1.5-mile oval)TV SCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (NBC Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.) Friday, practice (NBCSN, noon and 1:30 p.m.) Saturday, race (NBCSN Sports, coverage begins at 7 p.m., green flag at 7:45 p.m.) XFINITY: Alsco 300SITE: Kentucky SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Thursday, practice (NBCSN, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.) Friday, qualifying (NBCSN, 4:45 p.m.) race (NBCSN, 8:30 p.m.). CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: Buckle Up In Your Truck 225SITE: Kentucky SpeedwayTV SCHEDULE: Thursday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 5 p.m.) race (Fox Sports 1, 8:30 p.m.)

1. Kevin Harvick 5652. Brad Keselowski 5513. Kurt Busch 5454. Joey Logano 5315. Carl Edwards 5276. Kyle Busch 4927. Martin Truex Jr. 4827. Chase Elliott 4829. Jimmie Johnson 47510. Denny Hamlin 44611. Matt Kenseth 44312. Austin Dillon 43413. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 43314. Ryan Newman 42515. Ryan Blaney 40916. Jamie McMurray 40517. Trevor Bayne 39918. Kasey Kahne 39619. AJ Allmendinger 39320. Kyle Larson 39021. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 38822. Greg Biffle 32423. Paul Menard 32024. Clint Bowyer 30424. Aric Almirola 30426. Danica Patrick 30227. Casey Mears 26828. Landon Cassill 25929. David Ragan 24330. Tony Stewart 212

Junior is now 13th in points. Time to worry yet?GODSPEAK: When a driver gets up in front of the media and talks about the anxiety he is experiencing about making the Chase, it’s defi-nitely problematic.KEN’S CALL: Oh yeah. I guarantee you, the thought of missing the Chase didn’t enter their minds entering this year. Who you got in the hypothetical Danica vs. Kasey battle?GODSPEAK: I will take Danica. She has Hulk-like muscle mass and does the difficult kind of yoga.KEN’S CALL: Not really sure, but I smell an opportunity for the folks in charge of spark-ing the TV ratings. Is Joey Logano rightly blamed, or just a whipping boy?GODSPEAK: When he has a dominant car, Logano pushes it and sort of flaunts it, and that is a tad aggravating. KEN’S CALL: Can you be both? When in doubt, side with Roger Penske, who sides with Joey, of course.

Why is the Captain all fired up?

We all know racing and racers breed emotion, but Roger Penske has normally been above it all. After Saturday night’s Daytona win, he forcefully defended drivers Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano, who have often been targets of sniping by others. First, defending Joey: “I’m behind him 300 percent.” And Brad: “You’re not with him every day like we are in the shop.” And overall: “This is not a popularity contest, and anybody that thinks it is … shouldn’t be sitting here.”

Did he say 500?Team Penske, in its 50th year, got its

100th NASCAR win last Saturday and Roger let us in on a goal of his. Includ-ing all the various forms of racing in which he’s succeeded, he’s approaching career totals of 500 wins and 500 poles. Let’s assume the 500-500 club is a small gathering.

Danica vs. Kasey?Probably not, but it made for fun con-

versation when radio host Dan Patrick broached the subject last week. Danica said, yes, she could probably whip Kasey Kahne, as well as several others on the NASCAR circuit. It was all in fun, we assume, so we’ll probably never know. Oh well.

KURT BUSCH VS. JOEY LOGANO: On the last lap, Logano’s No. 2 Ford rammed hard into the rear of Busch’s No. 41 Chevy, sending Busch sliding through the Day-tona tri-oval grass.GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: After the race, Busch said, “It just didn’t work out with him trying to drive straight through us.” The scary part? Busch’s calm demeanor when talking about the incident. Watch out.

Busch Logano1. Nine to go

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regular season is quickly shrinking. There have been 17 races, creating 11 winning drivers, leaving only five spaces left for the Chase. This has the potential for becoming the first season, since this format was intro-duced in 2014, as a must-win to make the Chase field. Sev-eral race winners from 2015 have yet to score a victory to date, most notably Dale Earn-hardt Jr. The clock is ticking.

2. New surfaceGoodyear officials say the

most horrifying sight is new pavement on the Cup Series circuit. Kentucky Speedway recently completed a repave of its 1.5-mile oval and now

crew chiefs and drivers, in addition to those tire guys, must rebuild their racing note-books with new data. Expect a new race record for pole-qualifying speed. The current record is 188.791 mph. The new mark is expected to be in the mid-190s.

3. Hendrick surge?Competitors may have

poked the sleeping bear at Daytona. Hendrick

Motorsports, which has only two wins to date, was horrible in the Coke Zero 400. Earn-hardt Jr. was the top Hendrick driver at Daytona and he fin-ished 21st. Look for car owner Rick Hendrick to pull out all the stops in the next few weeks to get wins for drivers Kasey Kahne, Chase Elliott and Earnhardt. HMS hasn’t won a race since March. Ouch!

— Godwin Kelly, [email protected]

3 THINGS TO WATCH

1. ‘Smoke’ risesWhen you couple Tony

Stewart’s win at Sonoma with the points earned in Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, the retiring three-time Cup champ is now eligible for the Chase playoffs. He is listed 30th in points despite finishing 26th at Daytona.

2. Ford forgesTeam Ford found its groove

at Daytona. Four of the top five finishers, including race winner Brad Keselowski, were wheeling Fords. Ford has won two of the last three Cup Series races. Ford swept Daytona. It won both Daytona races and Greg Biffle earned pole honors for the 400.

3. Junior disappointedDale Earnhardt Jr. arrived

at Daytona with high expecta-tions, but left disappointed. He finished 21st on the lead lap. “I just rode around,” he said. “I couldn't get in there and get two and three-wide because the car needed a couple lanes to run well.” Back to the drawing board.

Tony Stewart greets fans during driver introductions before the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona. He crashed out of the race, but still became Chase playoff eligible. AP/WILFREDO LEE

— Godwin Kelly, [email protected]

All four Hendrick Motorsports stock cars were involved in the “Big One” crash at Daytona. AP/WILFREDO LEE

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