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NASCAR at Texas live updates, results, highlights from 2020 Cup Series playoff race

NASCAR’s Round of 8 race at Texas on Sunday has produced drama well before the firing of engines, hopefully foreshadowing a wild Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

Martin Truex Jr. was docked 20 points for failing a pre-race inspection and is now in serious trouble in his pursuit of a spot in the championship. There are only three positions remaining after Joey Logano’s win last weekend.

The main one-on-one battle to watch out for Sunday is between Brad Keselowski and Chase Elliott, who are separated by eight points on either side of the cut-off line.

Below are the Cup Series drivers still championship eligible, ranked by points:

Pos. Driver Distance from cut-off 1 Joey Logano ADV 2 Kevin Harvick +41 3 Denny Hamlin +20 4 Brad Keselowski +8 CUT-OFF CUT-OFF CUT-OFF 5 Chase Elliott -8 6 Alex Bowman -27 7 Martin Truex Jr. -51 8 Kurt Busch -73

Sporting News is tracking live updates and highlights from Sunday’s NASCAR race at Texas. Follow below for complete updates from the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500.

MORE: Watch Sunday’s NASCAR race live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)

NASCAR at Texas live updates, highlights from 2020 playoff race

6:37 p.m.: Good news. Maybe.

Mist has lightened up all the way around the race track.

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) October 25, 2020

6:15 p.m.: Here’s the current view of the track.

6:02 p.m.: What a weird weather pattern in Texas. It’s a fog-like mist, not downpour, that’s keeping us waiting.

NASCAR still reporting light mist around the track.

— Jayski.com (@jayski) October 25, 2020

5:48 p.m.: Alex Bowman shares his perspective of the delay.

I’m on top of the pit box. Greg just left. He says him going back to the hauler will change the weather. So we’ll be back to racing any minute now pic.twitter.com/08m88mhA29

— Alex Bowman (@AlexBowman88) October 25, 2020

5:38 p.m.: NASCAR says it’s making negative progress.

NASCAR says it is losing the ground quicker than it has been (it is getting wetter) … NASCAR is going to shut down the jet driers and load up on fuel.

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) October 25, 2020

5:26 p.m.: Cars remain covered at Texas.

4:55 p.m.: It could be a long while until we see a green flag.

NASCAR says it is misting hard enough that the areas where it dried the track are wet again.

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) October 25, 2020

4:48 p.m.: Texas does have lights, for what it’s worth.

4:35 p.m.: Red flag.

4:30 p.m.: Harvick is struggling to figure out what’s wrong with his car after hitting the wall.

Sounds like Harvick (P36 right now) is going to have to pit again and team will try to go underneath the car and fix it.

— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) October 25, 2020

4:28 p.m.: Yikes.

Rodney Childers: “My computer is so wet, the mouse won’t even work.”

— Jeff Gluck (@jeff_gluck) October 25, 2020

4:19 p.m.: Caution finally out for the weather.

4:16 p.m.: Harvick’s team is upset the race isn’t yellow for the moisture.

“It is f**king raining. It’s ridiculous.” heard on Kevin Harvick’s team radio.

— Matt Mayer (@MatthewMayerCBS) October 25, 2020

4:15 p.m.: There’s a low mist that might be making the track surface slick.

4:13 p.m.: Harvick into the wall.

4:11 p.m.: Green at Lap 27.

4:03 p.m.: Caution for JJ Yeley.

This will be the competition caution.

— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) October 25, 2020

4:00 p.m.: Kevin Harvick is maintaining an early lead.

3:56 p.m.: Back to green.

3:53 p.m.: Caution for Chris Buescher on the fifth lap.

3:49 p.m.: Green flag.

3:48 p.m.: Truex Jr. sends a message to his team.

Martin Truex Jr. tells the 19 group during the pace laps, “We got a great team. We can do this. I’m ready to go.” | #NASCAR

— Kelly Crandall (@KellyCrandall) October 25, 2020

3:30 p.m.: The green flag is supposed to come at 3:47 p.m. Pre-race ceremonies are underway.

NASCAR race start time today

The Round of 8 NASCAR playoff race at Texas on Sunday should begin at about 3:30 p.m. ET.

The race is 334 laps spread over three stages and will become official after Lap 167. The distance of the race is 501 miles.

NASCAR at Texas starting lineup

Here is the complete starting lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Texas:

Start Driver Car No. Team 1 Kevin Harvick (P) 4 Stewart-Haas Racing 2 Joey Logano (P) 22 Team Penske 3 Brad Keselowski (P) 2 Team Penske 4 Chase Elliott (P) 9 Hendrick Motorsports 5 Alex Bowman (P) 88 Hendrick Motorsports 6 Martin Truex Jr. (P) 19 Joe Gibbs Racing 7 Denny Hamlin (P) 11 Joe Gibbs Racing 8 Kurt Busch (P) 1 Chip Ganassi Racing 9 Kyle Busch 18 Joe Gibbs Racing 10 Ryan Blaney 12 Team Penske 11 William Byron 24 Hendrick Motorsports 12 Austin Dillon 3 Richard Childress Racing 13 Aric Almirola 10 Stewart-Haas Racing 14 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Wood Brothers Racing 15 Christopher Bell 95 Leavine Family Racing 16 Cole Custer 41 Stewart-Haas Racing 17 Erik Jones 20 Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Bubba Wallace 43 Richard Petty Motorsports 19 Tyler Reddick 8 Richard Childress Racing 20 Chris Buescher 17 Roush Fenway Racing 21 Clint Bowyer 14 Stewart-Haas Racing 22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing 23 Michael McDowell 34 Front Row Motorsports 24 John Hunter Nemechek 38 Front Row Motorsports 25 Ryan Newman 6 Roush Fenway Racing 26 Jimmie Johnson 48 Hendrick Motorsports 27 Ty Dillon 13 Germain Racing 28 Corey LaJoie 32 Go Fas Racing 29 Ryan Preece 37 JTG Daugherty Racing 30 Daniel Suarez 96 Gaunt Brothers Racing 31 Brennan Poole 15 Premium Motorsports 32 Matt Kenseth 42 Chip Ganassi Racing 33 JJ Yeley 27 Rick Ware Racing 34 Quin Houff 00 StarCom Racing 35 Reed Sorenson 77 Spire Motorsports 36 Timmy Hill 66 MBM Motorsports 37 Josh Bilicki 7 Tommy Baldwin Racing 38 Garrett Smithley 53 Rick Ware Racing 39 Joey Gase 51 Petty Ware Racing 40 Chad Finchum 49 MBM Motorsports

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Ryan Truex falls two positions short of Daytona 500 bid

Ryan Truex falls two positions short of Daytona 500 bid

By Caleb Whisler, Staff Writer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Despite running in the first Gander RV Duel, Ryan Truex waited until the checkered flag flew in the second duel to find out that he was one of two cars to miss the 61st running of the Daytona 500.

In the duel, Truex had to beat the No. 96 of Parker Kligerman in order to race his way into the Daytona 500 as Tyler Reddick was already locked…

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Ryan Truex to attempt 2019 Daytona 500 with TBR

Ryan Truex to attempt 2019 Daytona 500 with TBR

Truex, 26, has attempted the 500 once before in 2014, failing to make the race in the No. 83 BK Racing Toyota Camry.

This time around, he will be driving the No. 71 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet Camaro.

“I am very thankful to TBR and Tommy Baldwin for this opportunity and can’t wait to get to Daytona and back in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car,” said Truex. “The pressure is on to make it…

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Fox hires Regan Smith as a pit reporter for 2018

Regan Smith competed in two Cup Series races in 2017. (Getty)

Regan Smith has a contract for the first 16 races of the season. For television.

Fox announced Wednesday that Smith would serve as a pit reporter on its coverage of Cup Series races in 2018. Smith has done television work for Fox recently, including analyst work during an Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway in 2017.

“When I had the opportunity to be in the FOX Sports booth at Iowa earlier in the year, the driver in me was really intrigued by the TV side of the sport,” Smith said in a Fox statement. “So, my biggest goal in joining pit road is to be able to give viewers something they didn’t know before or to better help them understand something going on with the driver or the car. Since I am still competing, I can put into perspective what a driver is feeling at a particular moment.”

Smith, perhaps most famously known for his role as a supersub in the Cup Series, drove in two Cup races in 2017 in addition to an Xfinity Series race and 13 Truck Series race.

Both of those Cup races came in a substitute role for Aric Almirola in the No. 43 car after Almirola suffered a fractured vertebra in a wreck at Kansas Speedway in May.

Smith has also subbed for Kurt Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Larson throughout his Cup Series career. He last competed full-time in the Cup Series in 2016, driving 35-of-36 races for Tommy Baldwin Racing.

His lone career Cup Series win came in the 2011 Southern 500 while driving for Furniture Row Racing. He parted ways with the team in the middle of the next season, as FRR hired Kurt Busch before joining forces with current Cup champion Martin Truex Jr. for the 2014 season.

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‘Midnight, Texas’ – Review primera temporada

Puedes ver esta primera temporada de ‘Midnight, Texas’ las noches de los jueves en Syfy España

Título: Midnight, Texas

Año: 2017

País: Estados Unidos

Guión: Monica Breen (adaptando las novelas de Charlaine Harris)

Música: Jacob Groth

Fotografía: Eric Kress

Reparto: François Arnaud, Arielle Kebbel, Dylan Bruce, Jason Lewis, Sarah Ramos, Lora Martinez-Cunningham, Yul Vazquez, Kellee Stewart, Parisa Fitz-Henley,John-Paul Howard, Bernardo Saracino, Jermaine Washington, Bob Jesser,Joanne Camp, Tommy Truex, Joe Smith.

Productora: Universal Television

Género: Fantasía, Suspense.

Hacia meses que el trailer de este peculiar thriller sobrenatural había llamado la atención del público. Una de las principales razones es que se trataba de una adaptación de otra saga de novelas de la escritora Charlaine Harris, conocida por crear el universo de ‘True Blood’, la ficción vampírica más aclamada y sangrienta de los últimos tiempos. Hubo que esperar hasta finales de julio para que NBC nos dejase echar un vistazo a uno de los estrenos televisivos más esperados del año. Con tan solo 10 capítulos, este martes ponía broche final a su primera temporada no dejando tan buenas impresiones como las expectativas que habían creado.

‘Midnight, Texas’ sigue las aventuras, o más bien desventuras, de Manfred (François Arnaud), un medium de origen gitano que llega a esta localidad, aconsejado por el espíritu de su abuela, huyendo de un oscuro secreto de su pasado. Sin embargo, Midnight no es típico pueblo americano y pronto descubrirá que esa comunidad de vecinos que conviven en armonía, tienen poco de habituales. Un vampiro, una asesina a sueldo, una bruja, un cambiaformas, un demonio o un ángel caído, entre otros, son la pequeña familia que habita ‘Midnight, Texas’ y que le ayudarán.

Es aquí donde se encuentra el gran tropiezo de la serie pues ha querido revelar todos los ases bajo la manga en muy poco tiempo, desvelando ya desde el primer episodio muchas de las verdaderas identidades de los personajes. En el caso de ‘True Blood’, el misterio sobre el tipo de criatura fantástica que se escondía detrás de de alguno de sus aparentemente normales habitantes se mantenía durante varios episodios.

Por otra parte, el gran misterio de quien había sido el asesino de una de las habitantes humanas del pueblo que se presentaba en el primer episodio (y que había sido la causa que motivó que Manfred se relacionase con la comunidad sobrenatural) no fue, como era de esperar, el tema central en torno al cual giró la temporada y también fue resuelto de forma muy precipitada. 

La verdadera trama central fue un portal espiritual de gran poder que comunica con el infierno que reside debajo de Midnight. Portal que nada tiene que envidiarle al Mystic Falls de ‘Crónicas Vampíricas’; a la Boca del Infierno debajo del Instituto Sunnydale de ‘Buffy, la cazavampiros’ o al Bacon Hills de ‘Teen Wolf‘.

Este caos de tramas y personajes, al contrario de lo que el espectador se podría imaginar, está relativamente bien conectado por tratarse de una serie coral. Me explico, si bien es cierto que Manfred es el protagonista, también lo es que cada capítulo va adentrándose más en profundidad en la realidad de alguno de los habitantes de la localidad.

Por otra parte, la serie manifiesta muy abiertamente el target al que va dirigida: un público joven que guste de este género para conocer de sobra este imaginario sobrenatural y los clichés asociados a ellos. Esto resulta otro de los puntos negativos de ‘Midnight, Texas’ ya que quien no cuente con ese bagaje previo del mundo de la fantasía y la ciencia ficción puede acabar perdiéndose en este universo. Es por ello que si la serie quiere renovar por una segunda temporada, es muy probable que necesite que otro canal americano lo acoja en su parrilla, puesto que NBC está dirigida a un público más generalista.

Por último, a pesar del humor negro de Manfred y su abuela y de ese gato parlante con mala ostia digno sucesor de Salem de ‘Sabrina, cosas de brujas’, no consiguen salvar la sensación de adormecimiento del espectador que causa la serie en ciertos momentos. A ‘Midnight, Texas’ le falta ser mucho más mamarracha, más desenfadada y atrevida para conseguir realmente conectar y encandilar a la audiencia.

En definitiva, en 2008, ‘True Blood’ llegó a la televisión en plena fiebre del género vampírico, dándole un vuelco a esos vampiros empalagosos que nos habían presentado los universos de Crepúsculo y Crónicas Vampíricas, presentando una trama novedosa. Sin embargo, en pleno 2017, parece que ‘Midnight, Texas’ ha llegado un tanto tarde a un género (la fantasía, lo sobrenatural) que, en la última década, ha sido explotado en exceso en las parrillas televisivas. Es por ello y por no ser capaz de aportar nada nuevo al mismo, que no puede ser considerada una digna sucesor de ‘True Blood’ sino tal vez su versión genérica y cargante.

De todas formas si os decidís a darle una oportunidad, podéis disfrutar de esta primera temporada todos los jueves a partir de las 22 en SyFy España.

Lo mejor: Unos efectos especiales más realistas de lo esperado.

Lo peor: Que crease unas expectativas que luego no fue capaz de cumplir.

Nota: 5/10

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MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES 2017 - 24ª PROVA

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MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES RESULTADOS

24ª PROVA - BRISTOL - 2017

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PILOTO

EQUIPA

MARCA

PTS

1

#18

Kyle Busch

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

53

2

#77

Erik Jones

Furniture Row Racing

Toyota

50

3

#11

Denny Hamlin

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

43

4

#20

Matt Kenseth

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

49

5

#41

Kurt Busch

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

32

6

#31

Ryan Newman

Richard Childress Racing

Chevrolet

38

7

#6

Trevor Bayne

Roush Fenway Racing

Ford

30

8

#4

Kevin Harvick

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

37

9

#42

Kyle Larson

Chip Ganassi Racing

Chevrolet

41

10

#21

Ryan Blaney

Wood Brothers Racing

Ford

31

11

#48

Jimmie Johnson

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

36

12

#1

Jamie McMurray

Chip Ganassi Racing

Chevrolet

25

13

#22

Joey Logano

Team Penske

Ford

27

14

#17

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Roush Fenway Racing

Ford

23

15

#19

Daniel Suarez

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

22

16

#27

Paul Menard

Richard Childress Racing

Chevrolet

23

17

#38

David Ragan

Front Row Motorsports

Ford

20

18

#24

Chase Elliott

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

26

19

#14

Clint Bowyer

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

19

20

#95

Michael McDowell

Leavine Family Racing

Chevrolet

17

21

#78

Martin Truex Jr.

Furniture Row Racing

Toyota

18

22

#47

A.J. Allmendinger

JTG Daugherty Racing

Chevrolet

15

23

#88

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

14

24

#5

Kasey Kahne

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

13

25

#10

Danica Patrick

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

12

26

#32

Matt DiBenedetto

GO FAS Racing

Ford

11

27

#37

Chris Buescher

JTG Daugherty Racing

Chevrolet

10

28

#83

Corey LaJoie

BK Racing

Toyota

9

29

#2

Brad Keselowski

Team Penske

Ford

8

30

#7

J.J. Yeley

Tommy Baldwin Racing

Chevrolet

0

31

#55

Gray Gaulding

Premium Motorsports

Chevrolet

6

32

#51

B.J. McLeod

Rick Ware Racing

Chevrolet

0

33

#72

Cole Whitt

TriStar Motorsports

Chevrolet

4

34

#23

Joey Gase

BK Racing

Toyota

0

35

#34

Landon Cassill

Front Row Motorsports

Ford

2

36

#13

Ty Dillon

Germain Racing

Chevrolet

1

37

#43

Aric Almirola

Richard Petty Motorsports

Ford

1

38

#15

Reed Sorenson

Premium Motorsports

Toyota

1

39

#3

Austin Dillon

Richard Childress Racing

Chevrolet

1

40

#33

Jeffrey Earnhardt

Circle Sport / TMG

Chevrolet

1

P

#

PILOTO

EQUIPA

MARCA

PTS

SEGMENTOS

SEGMENTO 1

SEGMENTO 2

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PILOTO

PTS

P

#

PILOTO

PTS

1

18

KYLE BUSCH

10

1

20

MATT KENSETH

10

2

77

ERIK JONESR

9

2

48

JIMMIE JOHNSON

9

3

42

KYLE LARSON

8

3

4

KEVIN HARVICK

8

4

24

CHASE ELLIOTT

7

4

31

RYAN NEWMAN

7

5

20

MATT KENSETH

6

5

77

ERIK JONESR

6

6

11

DENNY HAMLIN

5

6

42

KYLE LARSON

5

7

21

RYAN BLANEY

4

7

11

DENNY HAMLIN

4

8

22

JOEY LOGANO

3

8

18

KYLE BUSCH

3

9

78

MARTIN TRUEX JR

2

9

27

PAUL MENARD

2

10

48

JIMMIE JOHNSON

1

10

14

CLINT BOWYER

1

CLASSIFICAÇÃO GERAL APÓS A 24ª PROVA

P

PILOTO

Pontos

1

Martin Truex Jr.

951

2

Kyle Busch

850

3

Kyle Larson

845

4

Kevin Harvick

824

5

Denny Hamlin

753

6

Brad Keselowski

728

7

Chase Elliott

711

8

Matt Kenseth

703

9

Jamie McMurray

700

10

Clint Bowyer

642

11

Jimmie Johnson

628

12

Ryan Blaney

623

13

Kurt Busch

586

14

Joey Logano

583

15

Ryan Newman

574

16

Erik Jones

574

17

Daniel Suarez

537

18

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

528

19

Trevor Bayne

470

20

Kasey Kahne

451

21

Austin Dillon

437

22

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

416

23

Paul Menard

408

24

Ty Dillon

395

25

Chris Buescher

387

26

A.J. Allmendinger

381

27

Michael McDowell

378

28

Danica Patrick

352

29

David Ragan

303

30

Aric Almirola

268

31

Matt DiBenedetto

264

32

Landon Cassill

241

33

Cole Whitt

241

34

Corey LaJoie

162

35

Gray Gaulding

111

36

Reed Sorenson

96

37

Jeffrey Earnhardt

93

38

Derrike Cope

30

39

Michael Waltrip

29

40

Boris Said

15

41

Billy Johnson

15

42

Gary Klutt

6

43

Alon Day

5

44

Stephen Leicht

5

45

Cody Ware

4

46

Kevin O'Connell

4

47

Tommy Regan

3

48

D.J. Kennington

2

49

Timmy Hill

0

50

Joey Gase

0

51

Ryan Sieg

0

52

Darrell Wallace Jr.

0

53

J.J. Yeley

0

54

B.J. McLeod

0

55

Brendan Gaughan

0

56

Elliott Sadler

0

57

Regan Smith

0

58

Brett Moffitt

0

59

Josh Bilicki

0

60

Ross Chastain

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Carl Long

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NASCAR Putting The Screws to Buschwhacking

A long overdue change is being made by NASCAR. Starting next season, further restrictions will be placed on the practice of “Buschwhacking” by established Cup drivers. Finally. For the uninitiated, Buschwhacking harkens back to the days of when the Xfinity was sponsored by Anheuser-Busch and its Busch brand. Over the years, notable Cup drivers such as Dale Earnhardt, Mark Martin, Carl Edwards, Kyle Busch and Joey Logano have continued to drive with regularity. Sure, you can’t blame them for wanting to race more, win more and make more money. No doubt, their sponsors loved it too.

The problem, as seen from here, is the Xfinity Series lacked a true identity. Sure, it was billed as a developmental series, but is that really what it has been? It hasn’t seemed that way for a long time. It’s frankly kind of lame to have champions with one or two wins, while the Buschwhackers grab a lion’s share of the headlines. That’s not to say having a small number of Cup veterans in races is good for the youngsters. One can further submit that when a Cup star is racing in his back yard, or driving at an old favorite, that it’s good for the fans. But to enter 20-25 races a season? No.

You can further make the argument that the journeyman drivers no longer racing in Cup fill the need for a veteran presence to school the youngsters. You see similar in other sports. It’s not unusual to see some Crash Davis type playing AAA ball in baseball’s minor leagues. Over in the truck series, the Ron Hornadays and Johnny Bensons kind of those races a kind of blue collar feel. Otherwise, the practice of Buschwhacking looks like nothing more than stat padding. It’s like a college athlete playing in a middle school game.

One thing that is also good with this new rule is that the young Cup drivers looking to build experience still get to earn seat team in the lower series. No one would argue there isn’t a benefit to a transitioning driver like a William Byron or a Ty Dillon getting valuable experience. Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick don’t need it.

It’s interesting to read who doesn’t like it. Predictably, Kyle Busch doesn’t like it. Neither does Brad Keselowski. Sorry gentlemen, you’re time has come and gone. You can still race Xfinity and CWTS a little, but your Buschwhacking days are done.

The idea this will hurt track attendance is a straw man argument. At many tracks, the attendance can’t be worse than it already is. Now, when you see a Bubba Wallace or a Ryan Truex with a genuine chance to win, the event takes on a new significance.

One thing could make Xfinity better. More races at venues where the Monster Energy Cup Series doesn’t go. Think back to the days of the old Sportman’s Series. Guys like Ralph Earnhardt needed to stay closer to home for financial reasons- among other things- and drivers like the original racing Earnhardt, Tommy Ellis and Sam Ard built a name for themselves in a circuit that had a completely different flair.

It’s long overdue, NASCAR, but you got this one right.

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Fantasy cheat sheet: Driver rankings for Charlotte

  Martin Truex Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway. (Photo by Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images)

Special to Yahoo Sports By Dan Beaver

Back-to-back races on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks means that fantasy players who chose not to change their rosters can still be successful if they had the winning hand at Kansas Speedway in the GoBowling.com 400. However, making precise modifications this week can earn even more points. That is what separates the sheep from the goats. Sleepers will not earn the most points this week, but the right one could still help win your league.

1. Martin Truex Jr.: With the Kansas win, Truex should be regarded as one of the favorites in the Coke 600. He won last year’s edition of this race as well, which was his third straight Charlotte top-five.

2. Brad Keselowski: Success on the similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks should be used to handicap this week’s performance. Keselowski is one of four drivers with a top-10 sweep of them in 2017.

3. Kyle Larson: With a finish of sixth in the GoBowling.com 400 at Kansas, Larson snapped a streak of second-place finishes on this track type. He is still one of the favorites to finish in the top five.

4. Kevin Harvick: Fantasy owners wanted to see if Harvick would rebound effectively from his accident at Talladega. He did and that third-place finish in Kansas is his fourth straight unrestricted top-five.

5. Joey Logano: Kansas got off to a rough start even before Logano shattered a brake rotor and collected Patrick and Almirola. It’s time to dust off and regain focus inside the cockpit of the No. 22.

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6. Jamie McMurray: Four races on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks have ended in a narrow band of results of seventh through 10th for McMurray. He won’t earn maximum points in the Coke 600, but he will be a great fantasy value.

7. Ryan Blaney: The worst struggle Blaney had on the “cookie-cutter” tracks ended in an 18th at Atlanta this spring. The remainder of his efforts landed in the top 15 including last week’s fourth at Kansas.

8. Clint Bowyer: Consistency is often more important than raw strength. Bowyer has finished between ninth and 11th in four similarly-configured, 1.5-mile track races this year.

9. Jimmie Johnson: The O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 victory at Texas restored players’ faith in Johnson again, but he did not carry that strength with him to Kansas. Questions were immediately raised once more.

10. Matt Kenseth: The problem with a changing of the guard is that it disrupts predictive patterns. Kenseth had a nine-race, top-10 streak going before he finished 16th at Texas. He was 12th at Kansas.

11. Kyle Busch: He can be great on this track, but Busch is prone to mistakes as well. His sixth in last fall’s Bank of America 500 snapped a three-race streak at Charlotte without a top-10.

12. Trevor Bayne: Teammate Stenhouse got the early season press with his Talladega win, but Bayne has been the better value on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks with a worst result of 13th this year.

13. Chase Elliott: There comes a time in a sophomore season when the exuberance of the sport turns to hardship. How Elliott performs in the coming weeks will say a lot about his entire career will go.

14. Ty Dillon: The younger Dillon brother has regularly beaten expectations this year and he could be the top performing rookie of the Coke 600.

15. Denny Hamlin: Before he blew an engine last fall at Charlotte, Hamlin was riding a four-race, top-10 streak. Now, he has 11 such finishes in his last 13 starts on this track.

16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Winning at Talladega was a dramatic event, but what makes this driver and team so strong is how they have improved in 2017. Stenhouse has three top-15s on “cookie-cutter” tracks.

17. Kurt Busch: In his last five races on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks, Busch has alternated top-10s with results outside the top 15 and the majority of his efforts have been modest at best.

18. Kasey Kahne: There is little doubt that Kahne can drive and Rick Hendrick has shown confidence by leaving him in this car. Fantasy players have a tough choice handicapping him each week, however.

19. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Nothing would be better than a triumph in one of the biggest races of the year in Earnhardt’s final season. This team has to learn to walk again before they can run, however.

20. Daniel Suarez: By holding off Elliott last week in the All-star Open during the final segment, Suarez showed a different side of his racing personality than most fantasy players have previously seen.

21. Erik Jones: The incredible start to this rookie campaign has lost some of its momentum and that means it is time to handicap Jones by the numbers. His average finish on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks in 2017 is 18.25.

22. Chris Buescher: Each similarly-configured, 1.5-mile track race this year has been better than the one that preceded it for this team. Buescher finished 18th last week at Kansas, so a top-15 could be in the offing. They could just as readily lose momentum, however.

23. Ryan Newman: A win in the bank means a lot for a team that has finished 25th or worse in three of their last five attempts. Last week, Newman was the first driver to hit the showers at Kansas.

24. Michael McDowell: The Bank of America 500 was one of the first in which this team started to show a turnaround last year. McDowell’s 14th-place finish made him one of the best bargains that weekend.

25. Austin Dillon: In 10 races on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks last year, Dillon had only two results outside the top 20; this year three of his four efforts ended 25th or worse.

26. AJ Allmendinger: The first three attempts for Allmendinger on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks ended in the mid- to low-20s. His last effort was a crash-induced 30th at Kansas.

27. Landon Cassill: Nine of the last 10 attempts on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks have ended in the 20s for Cassill. That allows fantasy owners to make accurate assumptions about how he’ll run this week.

28. Cole Whitt: His is certainly not the first who comes to mind on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks, but Whitt has a 20th at Atlanta and 26th at Kansas that suggests he could be an acceptable “filler” pick.

29. Paul Menard: This team showed some promise at the start of last season, but the tide turned late in 2016. Now, Menard has only one top-20 in his last eight races on this track type.

30. Danica Patrick: Frustration can sap the energy out of a driver and team. Patrick believes something bad is just around the next turn and too often she is right.

31. David Ragan: Front Row Motorsports appeared to have their house in order at the start of the season with a balance of veteran and young talent. Ragan has been star-crossed in 2017, however.

32. Matt DiBenedetto: This team was one of the early-season, hidden gems. Their last two efforts on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks ended in the 30s, however, and it seems they still have some room to slip.

33. Jeffrey Earnhardt: If one disregards Texas, Earnhardt’s other results on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks this year have been in the low-30s and that could make him a sneaky bargain if he qualifies poorly and earns place-differential points.

34. Corey LaJoie: Despite crash damage in the GoBowling.com 400, Lajoie had his best finish yet on a similarly-configured, 1.5-mile track. He was 27th at Kansas.

35. Reed Sorenson: Before finishing 25th in the GoBowling.com 400, Sorenson had a five-race streak of 30-something results. That is a much more likely scenario this week.

36. Elliott Sadler: In Tommy Baldwin’s No. 7, Sadler will make his first Charlotte attempt since 2010. That year, he finished in the 20s twice for Richard Petty Motorsports.

37. Gray Gaulding: If one is looking for consistency, Gaulding has provided it over the past three similarly-configured, 1.5-mile track races with 34th-place finishes in each.

38. Derrike Cope: He has been in all four similarly-configured, 1.5-mile track races this year, but Cope has earned minimal points with a best result of only 35th.

39. Timmy Hill: In his first two tries on similarly-configured, 1.5-mile tracks, Hill was at the very back of the pack in the high-30s each time the checkers waved. He stayed out of trouble in Kansas and finished 28th.

40. Carl Long: Simply making the Coke 600 will be a measure of success for Long, so don’t expect him to climb into the top 35 unless there is a lot of early-race attrition.

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NASCAR mailbag: Why do teams keep failing inspection?

Plus, questions on the two different tire compounds being used at the All-Star Race, and Martin Truex Jr.’s status as a championship contender.

Each week SB Nation's NASCAR reporter Jordan Bianchi answers your questions about the latest news and happenings within the sport. If you have a mailbag question, email jordanmbianchi@gmail.com.

Explain to me about teams having two tire compounds to pick from this weekend at the All-Star Race. Has this been done before and is this something that will happen at other races in the future? I only ask because I actually think NASCAR may be onto to something here.

--Brad

Teams having varying tire compounds is something many motor sport disciplines incorporate, but the All-Star Race marks the first NASCAR national division event where this is an option. Monster Energy Cup Series teams will be given the choice between two tire compounds: one they would traditionally use, and an alternate that is softer and supposed to improve lap times by as much as a half a second -- though the falloff occurs quicker.

At its discretion, teams will have three sets of hard compound tires and a single softer compound set to use. The sets cannot be mixed-and-matched.

Whether multiple tire compounds becomes the norm in NASCAR and used in all points races hasn’t been decided, but it is being considered as a means to improve competition beyond just stage formats and a low downforce aerodynamic rules package.

And smartly, before implementing the idea NASCAR is electing to use the exhibition All-Star Race as a platform under live conditions. Because as we’ve seen many times previously, ideas that look good on paper don’t always materialize favorably on the track. There is no better example of this than the high-drag aero package NASCAR officials so adamantly touted, which ultimately proved to be a big dud.

But regardless of how things turnout Saturday night, NASCAR deserves credit for its willingness to try something outside the box. If having multiple tire compounds can lead to a better on-track product, then it’s a worthy experiment to try.

It’s getting old to hear every week how some teams aren’t passing inspection and some drivers aren’t even taking part in qualifying. Is it really that hard to have inspection completed before qualifying? It feels like NASCAR can do better, but instead would just rather blame the teams.

--Griffin

It’s easy to take shots at the 800-pound gorilla, and NASCAR does itself no favors with decisions often lacking both consistency and transparency. But in the case of teams having repeated issues passing pre-qualifying technical inspection -- such as 10 failing to pass last weekend at Kansas Speedway -- the teams deserve a large share of the blame.

Where the majority of teams have run afoul is going through the Laser Inspection Station, which measures the car including the rear suspension skew -- an area of emphasis that NASCAR said in the offseason it would crack down on. Still, because the better a car can handle going through a corner the faster it will be, this is an area teams try to exploit.

The perpetual game of cat-and-mouse is complicated further in that many crew chiefs contend the equipment NASCAR uses to measure has a small degree of variance. Thus the readings lack consistency and why a team will go through the LIS believing it will pass only to fail, and then have to start the entire inspection process anew.

But that LIS may not always be accurate is common knowledge. And yet, teams tenaciously insist on setting their cars right to the limit with no margin for error, which leaves NASCAR with little recourse when the measurements exceed its rules. Precisely an approach drivers, crew members, and fans have long lobbied.

Of course, now that cars are repeatedly getting held up with some not even making it onto the track, NASCAR is getting criticized when all it’s doing is steadfastly enforcing the rules equally and to the letter of the law.

Essentially, the sanctioning body finds itself in a no-win position when a team fails inspection. But at least this way, it can say its reaction has been consistent and unwavering. Exactly how it should be.

Is Martin Truex Jr. really a serious championship contender or is this just some driver off to a fluky start? I can’t see how he can keep winning like this all season, eventually his luck is going to run out.

--Tommy

Luck has nothing to do with Truex, crew chief Cole Pearn, and Furniture Row Racing’s emergence as a powerhouse organization capable of winning any given week. Any doubt whether the No. 78 team may have been a one-year wonder after Truex surprisingly qualified for the four-driver championship finale in 2015, was soundly erased after a dominating 2016 season where he won four times and led a series-best 1,809 laps.

All this season has been is a continuation of that superiority with two wins already through 11 races. Further testament to the solid foundation FRR has built where despite the addition of a second car for rookie Erik Jones, and despite de facto big brother Joe Gibbs Racing experiencing an uneven start where its four-driver roster remains winless, Truex and Pearn will continue to thrive.

If anything, expectations are such anything short of Truex making a deep playoff run will be considered a disappointment; a high compliment to pay a driver who as recently as three years ago finished a woebegone 24th in points.

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Kevin Harvick gets first win of the season at Sonoma

Kevin Harvick won’t have to worry about missing out on NASCAR’s playoffs because he doesn’t have a win.

Harvick scored his first win of the season and the first of his career at Sonoma on Sunday as he cruised to the win eight seconds ahead of teammate Clint Bowyer.

Harvick got the lead via a faster final pit stop than Martin Truex Jr., who had the fastest car throughout Sunday’s race. But Harvick didn’t have to worry about fighting Truex for the win, because Truex had to take his car to the garage with less than 20 laps left because of an engine issue.

The only concerns Harvick had at the end of the race were related. If a caution came out while Harvick was leading, other teams behind him could do the opposite pit strategy and either get fresh tires or get track position over Harvick. And as the race went caution-free over the final 56 laps, Harvick had to save a little fuel to make sure that he had enough to win.

A caution didn’t come out. And Harvick had plenty of fuel. The win was his second of the weekend too; he won Saturday’s K&N West race at the track.

In addition to being Harvick’s first win at Sonoma, it’s his first win driving a Ford. All of his wins in NASCAR’s top three series had previously been in Chevrolets. His Stewart-Haas Racing team switched from Chevrolet to Ford at the beginning of the season.

“To finally check this one off the list — I feel like we have been close a couple times but never put it all together,” Harvick said. “Being so close to home and having raced here so much, this was one that was on the top of the list and today we were able to check that box.”

Harvick grew up in Bakersfield, Calif., and has now won on all but three of the tracks on the Cup Series schedule. Those three tracks are Kentucky, Pocono and Texas.

NASCAR’s playoffs are heading for a points crunch. With Harvick’s win, there’s still a logjam of drivers at the top of the standings without a win. Seven of the top 12 drivers in the points are without an official win and 10 drivers have official wins (Joey Logano’s win is encumbered). That means a driver currently in the top 12 in points — right now it’s Matt Kenseth — would miss the playoffs if things don’t change significantly before the end of the regular season.

Full results:

1. Kevin Harvick 2. Clint Bowyer 3. Brad Keselowski 4. Denny Hamlin 5. Kyle Busch 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 7. Kurt Busch 8. Chase Elliott 9. Ryan Blaney 10. Jamie McMurray 11. Paul Menard 12. Joey Logano 13. Jimmie Johnson 14. Michael McDowell 15. Ryan Newman 16. Daniel Suarez 17. Danica Patrick 18. Austin Dillon 19. Chris Buescher 20. Matt Kenseth 21. Cole Whitt 22. Billy Johnson 23. Matt DiBenedetto 24. Kasey Kahne 25. Erik Jones 26. Kyle Larson 27. Trevor Bayne 28. Ty Dillon 29. Boris Said 30. Landon Cassill 31. David Ragan 32. Alon Day 33. Kevin O’Connell 34. Tommy Regan 35. AJ Allmendinger 36. Josh Bilicki 37. Martin Truex Jr. 38. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Kevin Harvick is a very likely member of NASCAR’s playoffs in 2017. (Getty)

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Nick Bromberg is the editor of Dr. Saturday and From the Marbles on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at nickbromberg@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!

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NASCAR Trucks Make It Exactly One Lap Before Huge Wreck

NASCAR Trucks Make It Exactly One Lap Before Huge Wreck

Tonight’s NASCAR truck race at Daytona knocked out seven drivers after just one lap in an incident that brought the typical superspeedway mayhem to fans a little earlier than anyone might have expected. Advertisement Noah Gragson, Austin Cindric, Ryan Truex, Clay Greenfield, Ross Chastain, Stewart Friesen, and Tommy Joe Martins all fell victim to this Big One, an event that will inevitably leave…

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MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES 2017 - 23ª PROVA

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MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES RESULTADOS

23ª PROVA - MICHIGAN - 2017

P

#

PILOTO

EQUIPA

MARCA

PTS

1

#42

Kyle Larson

Chip Ganassi Racing

Chevrolet

45

2

#78

Martin Truex Jr.

Furniture Row Racing

Toyota

52

3

#77

Erik Jones

Furniture Row Racing

Toyota

47

4

#31

Ryan Newman

Richard Childress Racing

Chevrolet

33

5

#6

Trevor Bayne

Roush Fenway Racing

Ford

32

6

#37

Chris Buescher

JTG Daugherty Racing

Chevrolet

31

7

#3

Austin Dillon

Richard Childress Racing

Chevrolet

30

8

#24

Chase Elliott

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

37

9

#1

Jamie McMurray

Chip Ganassi Racing

Chevrolet

32

10

#18

Kyle Busch

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

32

11

#41

Kurt Busch

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

26

12

#43

Aric Almirola

Richard Petty Motorsports

Ford

25

13

#4

Kevin Harvick

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

41

14

#88

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

23

15

#21

Ryan Blaney

Wood Brothers Racing

Ford

27

16

#11

Denny Hamlin

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

23

17

#2

Brad Keselowski

Team Penske

Ford

39

18

#17

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Roush Fenway Racing

Ford

19

19

#48

Jimmie Johnson

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

18

20

#47

A.J. Allmendinger

JTG Daugherty Racing

Chevrolet

17

21

#13

Ty Dillon

Germain Racing

Chevrolet

16

22

#10

Danica Patrick

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

15

23

#14

Clint Bowyer

Stewart-Haas Racing

Ford

14

24

#20

Matt Kenseth

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

17

25

#34

Landon Cassill

Front Row Motorsports

Ford

12

26

#32

Matt DiBenedetto

GO FAS Racing

Ford

11

27

#95

Michael McDowell

Leavine Family Racing

Chevrolet

10

28

#22

Joey Logano

Team Penske

Ford

14

29

#72

Cole Whitt

TriStar Motorsports

Chevrolet

8

30

#38

David Ragan

Front Row Motorsports

Ford

7

31

#23

Corey LaJoie

BK Racing

Toyota

6

32

#83

Brett Moffitt

BK Racing

Toyota

0

33

#55

Reed Sorenson

Premium Motorsports

Chevrolet

4

34

#27

Paul Menard

Richard Childress Racing

Chevrolet

3

35

#33

Jeffrey Earnhardt

Circle Sport / TMG

Chevrolet

2

36

#51

B.J. McLeod

Rick Ware Racing

Chevrolet

0

37

#19

Daniel Suarez

Joe Gibbs Racing

Toyota

7

38

#5

Kasey Kahne

Hendrick Motorsports

Chevrolet

1

39

#15

Derrike Cope

Premium Motorsports

Toyota

1

P

#

PILOTO

EQUIPA

MARCA

PTS

SEGMENTOS

SEGMENTO 1

SEGMENTO 2

P

#

PILOTO

PTS

P

#

PILOTO

PTS

1

2

BRAD KESELOWSKI

10

1

78

MARTIN TRUEX JR.

10

2

4

KEVIN HARVICK

9

2

2

BRAD KESELOWSKI

9

3

24

CHASE ELLIOTT

8

3

4

KEVIN HARVICK

8

4

78

MARTIN TRUEX JR.

7

4

77

ERIK JONES # R

7

5

77

ERIK JONES # R

6

5

19

DANIEL SUAREZ # R

6

6

22

JOEY LOGANO

5

6

21

RYAN BLANEY

5

7

20

MATT KENSETH

4

7

1

JAMIE MCMURRAY

4

8

18

KYLE BUSCH

3

8

42

KYLE LARSON

3

9

42

KYLE LARSON

2

9

18

KYLE BUSCH

2

10

11

DENNY HAMLIN

1

10

11

DENNY HAMLIN

1

CLASSIFICAÇÃO GERAL APÓS A 23ª PROVA

 P

PILOTO

PONTOS

1

Martin Truex Jr.

933

2

Kyle Larson

804

3

Kyle Busch

797

4

Kevin Harvick

787

5

Brad Keselowski

720

6

Denny Hamlin

710

7

Chase Elliott

685

8

Jamie McMurray

675

9

Matt Kenseth

654

10

Clint Bowyer

623

11

Jimmie Johnson

592

12

Ryan Blaney

592

13

Joey Logano

556

14

Kurt Busch

554

15

Ryan Newman

536

16

Erik Jones

524

17

Daniel Suarez

515

18

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

505

19

Trevor Bayne

440

20

Kasey Kahne

438

21

Austin Dillon

436

22

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

402

23

Ty Dillon

394

24

Paul Menard

385

25

Chris Buescher

377

26

A.J. Allmendinger

366

27

Michael McDowell

361

28

Danica Patrick

340

29

David Ragan

283

30

Aric Almirola

267

31

Matt DiBenedetto

253

32

Landon Cassill

239

33

Cole Whitt

237

34

Corey LaJoie

153

35

Gray Gaulding

105

36

Reed Sorenson

95

37

Jeffrey Earnhardt

92

38

Derrike Cope

30

39

Michael Waltrip

29

40

Boris Said

15

41

Billy Johnson

15

42

Gary Klutt

6

43

Alon Day

5

44

Stephen Leicht

5

45

Cody Ware

4

46

Kevin O'Connell

4

47

Tommy Regan

3

48

D.J. Kennington

2

49

Timmy Hill

0

50

Ryan Sieg

0

51

Darrell Wallace Jr.

0

52

Joey Gase

0

53

Brendan Gaughan

0

54

Elliott Sadler

0

55

J.J. Yeley

0

56

B.J. McLeod

0

57

Regan Smith

0

58

Brett Moffitt

0

59

Josh Bilicki

0

60

Ross Chastain

0

61

Carl Long

0

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