Race 9 - Richmond

Race 9 - Richmond

Pole Winner: #4 Kevin Harvick

Race Winner: #19 Martin Truex Jr.

Majority Pick: #11 Denny Hamlin


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Pool Standings: 

1. TAR-DEVIL - 65
2. Jeff Buchanan - 75
3. No Peeky - 79
4. Kat - 82
5. Go 21 - 83

Saturday night’s victory was a first for Martin Truex Jr., and more of the same for Joe Gibbs Racing. Truex won his first Cup Series race on a short track in his 81st try and in the process picked up his first victory with Joe Gibbs Racing since moving from  Furniture Row Racing last year.

At the same time, Truex gave JGR its third straight victory and sixth in nine races this season. Joey Logano finished .178 seconds behind Truex, as Gibbs and Team Penske maintained their stranglehold.

Logano got past third-place finisher Clint Bowyer in the closing laps and got a strong run off of Turn 2 on the last lap, but Logano couldn’t find a way around Truex through the last two corners. To his credit, the kept it clean, opting not to move Truex as he had done on the final lap in last year’s Playoff race at Martinsville.

The boys get a weekend off for the Easter Holiday weekend, then it's off to Talladega baby! Anything can happen at this place, so buckle up!

Next Race: Talladega on April 28th!

Race 8 - Bristol

Race 8 - Bristol

Pole Winner: #9 Chase Elliott

Race Winner: #18 Kyle Busch

Majority Pick: #18 Kyle Busch


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Pool Standings: 

1. TAR-DEVIL - 60
2. Jeff Buchanan - 72
3. No Peeky -75
4. Kat - 77
5. Chicken - 78

Next Race: Richmond on April 13th!

Race 7 - Texas

Race 7 - Texas

Pole Winner: #48 Jimmy Johnson

Race Winner: #11 Denny Hamlin

Majority Pick: #12 & #9


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Pool Standings: 

1. No Peeky - 58
2. TAR-DEVIL - 59
3. Swagoner - 64
4. Buz - 66
5. Michael Goard - 68

Denny Hamlin stole the show on Sunday. Recovering from two speeding penalties, and still being able to hold on for the win! It was a good day for Joe Gibbs Racing, recording Cup win #161. SHR also had a good day with all of their cars finishing strong. We saw the first glimmer of light out of the Hendricks camp, and Penske cars had nothing but trouble on Sunday. Including Ryan Blaney, who had engine trouble while leading the race. The racing action looked a little better on Sunday. Hopefully NASCAR tweaks the package some so that we get more racing like that, and better, as the season continues. 

This week is Bristol baby! Let's see how this package holds up at the coliseum. Hopefully we see more action there than Martinsville had. Our pool shook up this past week with a lot of top people taking some hits. The standings are tight now and it's anyone's race!

Next Race: Bristol on April 7th!