Sunday, September 8, 2013

Chipotle 500 at Phoenix

It's crunch time in the Logocast Cup, with the list of contending drivers shrinking every week. Lets get to the action.

A bunch of contenders up front trying to gain on the 10 of Barros
Lap 5: Early caution, Flint gets loose in turn 3 and hits the wall hard. He retired with a DNF.
Lap 10: After the restart, Powers was running in back and spun. No caution.
Lap 51: These 4 cars broke away from the pack and battled during the green flag run. McAffee led every lap until this point, but he had company.
Lap 71: The pack finally gets a break as McAffee runs high. Walkowiak slides to the bottom and takes the lead.
Lap 78: Green flag pit stops happen, and the current points leader Zetticci breaks to the pits
Lap 102: A big break for the pack, a 3 car incident involving some bad drivers brings out the caution.
Lap 157: The leaders all ran together, Walkowiak ducks to the pits and the 19, 82, and 87 all battle for the lead. Green flag pit stops cycle through.
Lap 172: Wick is forced to retire with gearbox issues, and that will end his run at a championship. 4 DNFs won't win a championship.
Lap 273: Fischer and Bowen battling for the lead
Lap 259: Simms comes down on the 25 and spins both cars into the wall
Lap 289: Tabulov's championship hopes end in a cloud of smoke from suspension issues.
Lap 307: Bowen is caught in lap traffic, but Fischer was making no progress because of the same problem.
And Tim Bowen hangs on for the first win of his career
Barros somehow worked his way up for a decent finish. Zetticci made it interesting, and earned a bonus point to make the gap between the 10 and 6 not that bad. But since both had a top 10, everyone was really out of luck that needed help to get back in the championship.
The Las Vegas Shootout is gonna live up to it's name. Only Barros and Zetticci are alive in the championship. It's gonna wild.

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