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Compelling questions... and maybe a few actual
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NASCAR RACE COUNTDOWN - TOP 5 OF 2015
No. 4: Aero package
a big hit with drivers
Kyle Busch wins
after a late-race
duel with Logano
By Godwin Kelly
[email protected]
During the offseason,
NASCAR This Week will
count down the top-five
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
races held in 2015. We
start from the bottom and
work our way up to No. 1.
The once-a-season stop at
Kentucky Speedway comes
in as the No. 4 Cup Series
race of 2015.
The NASCAR Research
& Development Department got a chance to
tinker around with a new
aerodynamic package for
the Quaker State 400 at
Kentucky Speedway.
Competitors have been
complaining for years
that it is nearly impossible
to pass on most 1.5- and
2-mile ovals because of the
aerodynamics of today’s
stock cars.
NASCAR used this
400-mile race as a guinea
pig event and took downforce away from these
3,000-plus-pound race
cars. The changes were a
big hit with competitors,
who were able to pass
others, and popular with
race fans, who didn’t have
to watch a one-lane parade
for three hours.
As a matter of fact, this
race produced a trackrecord 22 green-flag
Kyle Busch takes a bow after winning the Quaker State
400 at Kentucky Speedway in July. NASCAR VIA GETTY
IMAGES/BRIAN LAWDERMILK
Godwin Kelly is the Daytona
Beach News-Journal’s motorsports editor and
has covered
NASCAR for
30 years.
Reach him at
godwin.kelly@
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passes for the lead, among
nine drivers. From start
to finish, this race was
competitive, thanks in
large measure to the rules
package that pulled downforce off the cars and made
them trickier to handle
over the 1.5-mile oval.
Kyle Busch, making only
his seventh start of the
season after missing the
first 11 races, was a factor
from the first green flag.
He led laps in all stages of
the 267-lap event. It never
felt like he lost control of
the race.
Brad Keselowski was
strong off the line, leading 62 of the first 124 laps,
then several other drivers
got into the act, such as
Ryan Newman, Denny
Hamlin, Carl Edwards and
Joey Logano.
This was no mileage-run
race. These drivers battled
hard the entire way.
The last duel was
between Busch and
Logano, who ran several
laps of passionate racing
before Busch’s No. 18
Toyota cleared Logano’s
No. 22 Ford.
“All the drivers were
kind of striving for this,”
said Busch, who won his
second race in three weeks.
“I felt like it was a positive
thing when I was chasing
Joey down. Right when I
got to him, he moved up
and tried to block my lane.
With the old package,
you'd get stalled out, and
get stuck behind the guy. I
just moved down and went
a little bit lower and got
my Camry to stick and was
able to power through and
get back by him.
“We swapped the lead
back and forth a couple
times. I thought it was
pretty good racing. You
don’t want to spend too
much time racing around
and putting on too good
of a show for the fans to
take yourself out of a win.
I thought that was a really
good race, at least it wasn’t
a guy who checked out on
the last run and you didn’t
get to see a pass for the
lead coming down the final
stretch.”
It was an especially good
race for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Not only did Busch win
the race in a JGR car, but
Gibbs Racing swept four of
the top five positions.
The lone interloper at
the top of the race results
was Logano, who wound
up second.
Most drivers agreed
NASCAR had found a
winner in terms of a competitive aero package.
“This package, we need
to keep going in this direction,” said Edwards, who
finished fourth behind
Hamlin. “We could race
closer together; I was
steering right. We were
using the whole car. We
just need to keep taking
downforce away. It was
an awesome show. Just an
awesome, fun day, and I’m
glad Kyle got the win.”
As it turned out, it was
the first of three straight
victories for Busch, who
would eventually qualify
for the Chase after only 15
regular-season starts.
Tony Gibson was Danica Patrick’s first Cup
Series crew chief. AP FILE
Who is Billy Scott, and why is he in
the spotlight?
Billy Scott might be the luckiest man in
motorsports. Or at least the luckiest man who
makes his living sitting atop a pit box. He’s
Danica Patrick’s new crew chief, and the latest
given the task of finding the spark that’ll propel
Patrick and her No. 10 Chevy toward the lead
pack.
Can he do it?
Greg Zipadelli, head of competition at Stewart-Haas Racing, suspects he can get Patrick
in stride. “I really believe there’s no reason in
the world she can’t run 12th to 15th every week
if they get their stuff together,” Zipadelli told
ESPN.com’s Tony Fabrizio. The feeling here is,
Scott is a lucky man because if there’s noticeable improvement, he earns the credit for that.
If not, well, he’ll just be the third crew chief who
couldn’t light the fire.
How about Brian Pattie’s
assignment?
He’s been given the seat atop Greg Biffle’s pit
box at Roush Fenway Racing. At least he’s with
a driver who has proven capable of winning
races and living in the lead pack. Unfortunately,
Biffle hasn’t done either the past two years,
and, on the cusp of his 46th birthday, wouldn’t
be disparaged for lacking the drive and hunger
of his youth. Pattie spent most of the past four
years with Clint Bowyer at Michael Waltrip
Racing, so this switch to Biffle and Jack Roush
should make for calmer and quieter team
meetings.
Prediction on Pattie and Biffle?
I wouldn’t be shocked if Biffle has one more
late-career blast of speed in him, but often in
sports, when a guy starts approaching “closing
time” and loses his giddyup, it doesn’t come
back.
Ken Willis has been covering
NASCAR for The Daytona
Beach News-Journal for 27
years. Reach him at ken.
[email protected]
NASCAR NEWS AND NOTES
NASCAR CUP SERIES
LOOP STATS
Services to be held next
Monday for Judy Allison
Funeral services for Judy Allison will
be next Monday (Dec. 28) in Bessemer,
Alabama.
Judy, wife of NASCAR Hall of Famer
Bobby Allison, died Dec. 18 at age 74
due to complications from surgery
earlier in the day. The Allisons lost two
sons who’d followed their legendary
father’s footsteps into auto racing —
Clifford died in practice before a Busch
Series race at Michigan in 1992; Davey
died 11 months later in a helicopter
accident at Talladega Superspeedway.
Included in a statement from
NASCAR upon Judy Allison’s death:
“Her love extended well beyond her own
family, as many in the NASCAR family
leaned upon Judy for support and
compassion during many difficult times.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of a
true friend, and a woman who has given
much to our sport.”
Tinkering at Roush
Jack Roush isn’t afraid to reshuffle his
deck. He’s using this winter’s downtime
to move some crew chiefs around.
Brian Pattie, who was a pit-box fixture at Michael Waltrip Racing the past
several years — mostly as crew chief for
Clint Bowyer — will take over for Greg
Biffle’s No. 16 Ford at Roush Fenway.
Pattie replaces Matt Puccia, who’d
been running the Biffle team since the
middle of 2011. Puccia has been reassigned to Roush’s No. 6 Xfinity Series
SPEED FREAKS
Bobby and Judy Allison at last year’s NASCAR Hall of Fame ceremony in Charlotte. ASSOCIATED PRESS/BOB LEVERONE
team and driver Darrell Wallace Jr. Phil
Gould, who’d been crew chief for Elliott
Sadler and Roush’s No. 1 Xfinity team,
will switch to Ryan Reed and the No. 16
next year.
Two holdovers on the Cup side are
Bob Osborne (No. 6 and Trevor Bayne)
and Nick Sandler (No. 17 and Ricky
Stenhouse).
Speaking of Stenhouse…
Ricky remembered the way to Victory Lane. His Cup Series hasn’t been
the success he was hoping for, but
Stenhouse hasn’t lost his ability to
wheel a race car. He won last weekend’s
A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves
Did Matt Kenseth send Joey Logano a
Christmas card?
GODSPEAK: If he sent anything over, it
would likely be a few of the boys from the
shop.
KEN’S CALL: Doubtful that a card went in
either direction with those two. Maybe an
IOU from Joey to Matt, but that’s about it.
No more Miss Coors Light program.
Sad?
GODSPEAK: Another young talent
tossed from the garage area. Very, very
sad.
KEN’S CALL: I had a bad feeling about
that beer merger, but only because I
thought prices would go up.
Do you think Jeff Gordon is having
second thoughts yet?
GODSPEAK: Not at all. Now that he
doesn’t race cars, he can devote all his
attention to making money.
KEN’S CALL: If so, he’ll get over them
when the team schedules its next test
session and he gets to stay home.
If you could give one Christmas gift to
one driver…
GODSPEAK: A Taser for Kenseth that he
can send over to the boys from the shop.
KEN’S CALL: A razor for Joey Logano,
because it looks like he might start shaving any day now.
inaugural Junior Knepper 55 USAC
Midget event, indoors at the Southern
Illinois Center in Du Quoin. Stenhouse
outdueled runner-up Bryan Clauson
and took home the modest $3,000 firstplace check.
Last call
Winners at Cup Series races next
year will still win the “Coors Light Pole
Award,” but Amanda Mertz won’t be
there in her sparkling fire suit to hand
it out. Parent company MillerCoors
recently announced it’s discontinuing
the Miss Coors Light program.
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NASCAR produces a second set
of statistics for each Cup Series
race based on data and information from its timing and scoring
system. They are called loop
stats, and they dig a little deeper
into the pile of numbers. These
are season-ending loop stats in
various categories.
Driver ratings: 1. Kevin Harvick
119.0; 2. Joey Logano 106.5;
3. Kurt Busch 104.2; 4. Brad
Keselowski 101.7; 5. Martin Truex
Jr. 99.7; 6. Jimmie Johnson 99.3;
7. Matt Kenseth 99.1; 8. Dale
Earnhardt Jr. 97.1; 9. Carl Edwards
95.7; 10. Denny Hamlin 95.3
Laps led: 1. Kevin Harvick 2,294;
2. Joey Logano 1,431; 3. Brad
Keselowski 1,184; 4. Matt Kenseth
927; 5. Kurt Busch 788; 6. Kyle
Busch 736; 7. Martin Truex Jr. 567;
8. Jimmie Johnson 558; 9. Denny
Hamlin 529; 10. Carl Edwards 376
Average running position: 1.
Kevin Harvick 7.169; 2. Kurt Busch
9.495; 3. Joey Logano 9.820; 4.
Brad Keselowski 10.240; 5. Martin
Truex Jr. 11.254; 6. Carl Edwards
11.421; 7. Matt Kenseth 11.814;
8. Jeff Gordon 12.124; 9. Jimmie
Johnson 12.420; 10. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12.711
Fastest laps run: 1. Kevin Harvick
1,380; 2. Brad Keselowski 667; 3.
Joey Logano 603; 4. Matt Kenseth
583; 5. Kurt Busch 502; 6. Jimmie
Johnson 498; 7. Kyle Busch 494;
8. Denny Hamlin 413; 9. Martin
Truex Jr. 411; 10. Carl Edwards 342
Laps run in top 15: 1. Kevin
Harvick 9,510; 2. Joey Logano
8,754; 3. Brad Keselowski 8,364;
4. Martin Truex Jr. 8,343; 5. Kurt
Busch 8,220; 6. Jeff Gordon 8,131;
7. Carl Edwards 7,842; 8. Matt
Kenseth 7,648; 9. Jimmie Johnson
7,428; 10. Denny Hamlin 7,128
Percentage of laps run on the
lead lap: 1. Jeff Gordon 94.14 percent; 2. Kurt Busch 93.33; 3. Kevin
Harvick 93.16; 4. Jamie McMurray
91.20; 5. Carl Edwards 91.13; 6.
Brad Keselowski 90.52; 7. Martin
Truex Jr. 87.61; 8. Joey Logano
87.41; 9. Matt Kenseth 87.06; 10.
Jimmie Johnson 86.11
Quality passes: 1. Jeff Gordon
2,248; 2. Brad Keselowski 2,154;
3. Denny Hamlin 2,137; 4. Kevin
Harvick 2,084; 5. Jamie McMurray
2,056; 6. Carl Edwards 2,050; 7.
Jimmie Johnson 2,039; 8. Martin
Truex Jr. 2,032; 9. Kurt Busch
2,001; 10. Matt Kenseth 1,852
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■ WINTER DRIVING
Studded tires: which one suits you best?
If you planning to buy studded
tires, note that there are two
types: tire studded right from
the factory and tire studded by
the retailer or the distributor.
Both technologies have pros and
cons. Here, what really matters
are the road noise, their performance, and their durability.
Moreover, both tires’ selling
price aren’t quite de same; tires
studded at the factory more expensive. In the following sections, you will find out their
distinctions as well as the criteria to consider prior to your purchase.
Performances
and Durability
We can affirm from the outset
that the tire studded by the manufacturer right from the factory
is undoubtedly of better quality.
In fact, this product offers a superior performance, an increased durability, and a quieter
ride. These technologies developed in particular by European
manufacturers contribute to a
more efficient and versatile tire.
You can still consider getting
your tire studded by the retailer,
though, since it is cheaper. In
that case, you have to deal with
a noisier and less durable finished product.
Comfort and Quiet Ride
Due to its particular shape
designed to optimize contact
with the road surface, tires
studded by the manufacturer
right from the factory will provide a quieter ride without reducing its traction. The
superior performance of this
technology allows the manufacturer to install more (up to 50
percent) and better distributed
studs on the tire tread to increase traction.
On the opposite, tire with
studs installed manually does
not get the benefits from such
technology. The studs, in the
most basic form, are neither optimized nor shaped. That results in a greater impact on the
ground and a noisier ride. The
main benefit of this type of tires
is the following: you can purchase an average quality tire
and get studs installed afterwards at a much cheaper cost.
Make the Right Choice
Drivers who must regularly
take icy or snowy country roads
or poorly maintained roads
should think about getting studded tires. This product provides
a significantly shorter braking
distance allowing better control
of the road. In case that you go
for a studded tire, you must
know that the one with studs installed by the manufacturer is a
better investment if you are
planning to keep your car for
several years to come. However,
if you have a limited budget, you
can purchase an average quality
tire and get studs installed afterwards. The tire is more affordable, but still provides good
performance.
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■ POPULAR ALTERNATIVE
Chinese winter tires: best-priced tires
When it’s “Made in China,” a
lot of consumers are skeptical
about the quality level of the
product. Tire quality, an important component of road safety,
should not be taken lightly.
Many drivers have doubts about
the quality and especially the
safety of Chinese winter tires,
which are becoming more and
more popular due to their affordable prices.
Worth the hype?
Because of the low-cost
labour force in China, retailers
can afford to sell Chinese winter
tires at a very affordable price.
Contrary to popular belief, many
models demonstrate good performance on snow.
Nothing is perfect, and neither are Chinese tires as they
have a long way to go in terms of
durability. In order to sell them
cheap, manufacturers must use
medium quality components
find a Chinese winter tire suitable for SUVs and high-end vehicles. Moreover, replacing a
damaged tire after a road accident in winter could be a
headache, considering the annual production by size is limited. Overall, Chinese winter
tires could be a great alternative
for drivers on a budget, who
don’t drive very much or who
plan to dispose of their vehicle
soon.
and less advanced technologies
in the production process. Some
Chinese winter tire models are
made of rubber compounds that
tend to harden in cold weather,
which significantly decrease
traction on ice. To address this
issue, several models can get
studded at the retailer. Drivers
are therefore ready to overcome
the challenges of Canadian winters.
It is also interesting to note
that the availability of high-performance tire sizes is limited, so
it’s sometimes a challenge to
Chinese winter tires:
hazardous?
Not necessarily. There are
over 250 tire factories in China,
so product quality differs excessively from one workshop to another. Many European and
American models of well-known
brands are now manufactured in
China under the supervision of
experts sent by the head offices
to ensure quality. Moreover,
some
US
manufacturers
launched a whole range of winter tires specifically manufactured in China, such as Ironman
tires from Hercules. Of course,
there are also Chinese manufacturers who design and make
their own winter tire brands, including Sailun, Minerva (Imperial sub-brand), and Maxtrek.
Note that most of these Chinese winter tire models are quite
safe. To find a low-cost tire without sacrificing safety, being a
wise consumer is key by following the advice from tire experts
in order to differentiate the various Chinese winter tire models
available on the Canadian market. With a little help, there is really nothing to worry about.
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■ CAR TALK
Idling with the AC on won’t harm your car
Dear Car Talk:
I have a job (insurance adjuster) that requires me to sit in
my vehicle with the engine running at idle with the AC on. I’m
currently driving an early-model
Toyota Tundra that is getting
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sit and idle for long periods of
time is hugely important. I like
the Subaru Forester, because I
can get all 6 feet 3 inches of me
into it comfortably, and I can get
a ladder on the rack. But that
car’s head gasket issues scare
me. Do you have any recommendations?
– Richard
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Wouldn’t you rather do that over
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I’m not excited about encouraging anyone to sit in his idling
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not a great practice.
But setting my environmental
preferences aside, you can let any
car idle with the AC on for a long
time without doing any harm. As
long as the cooling system is
working properly, you should be
able to sit in any modern car you
buy and let it idle indefinitely. Or
at least until you run out of gas.
Or need to pee. Hey, another advantage of Starbucks!
Subaru has had head gasket
issues for years, and we replace
a lot of them at around 100,000
miles. We still like Subarus, for a
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