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Brett has been following the sport of NASCAR since the beginning of the 2006 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Since Brett was 13, he has had a passion of chasing a job in sports that not many get the opportunity of doing. He has been in the NASCAR media since the middle of the 2010 season. Since then, he has been a part of many racing podcast shows to improve his talents. You can find him on twitter @NASCAR_Brett.
NKNPSW: Custer Comes Out With the Win at Phoenix
Cole Custer finally captures a win at the Phoenix International Speedway this evening in the Talking Stick Resort 75. In his last NASCAR K&N Pro Series start at Phoenix, Custer got turned off turn four as he was coming to the checkered flag by second place Gray Gaulding. Tonight, Gaulding finished last, of 29th, after an issue with the engine on the first lap of the race to bring out a caution. Custer was able to capture his third win of his NKNPSW career. Custer not only won the race, but also started on the pole after a lap of 23.565 seconds, 131.536 mph.
Brennan Newberry, driving the No. 24 NTS Motorsports Chevrolet, drove to his second top-five career finish tonight in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West at the Phoenix International Raceway. Newberry moved up to second after Brandon McReynolds had promblems with his car up-front late in the race, this caused him to slip back to fourth. Newberry came short of the win by 0.376 seconds.
Nick Drake finished in the third spot this evening and scoring his first top-five finish in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series. Drake was driving the No. 55 for Bill McAnally Racing, who almost put all three cars in the top-three spots if it wasn't for McReynolds trobles late in the race, in his first ever West division race.
Tonight's race will be televised on Friday, March 7th on FOX Sports 1 at 1:00 p.m. Et.
The NASCAR K&N Pro Series will head off to the Irwindale Speedway. This will be the first time the series returns to that track since July of 2011.
See below for full race results:
1 00 Cole Custer NAPA Auto Parts/Haas Automation 80
2 24 Brennan Newberry QORE24 80 0.376
3 55 Nick Drake * NAPA Auto Parts 80 0.808
4 26 Greg Pursley GPM/Star Nursery 80 1.270
5 81 D.J. Kennington Northern Provincial Pipelines 80 1.865
6 9 Dylan Lupton Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach 80 2.212
7 12 Giles Thornton TTC Racing 80 2.535
8 16 Brandon McReynolds NAPA Auto Parts 80 2.660
9 61 Brett Thompson RTTI/61 Logisitics 80 2.767
10 42 Taylor Cuzick Freightliner of Arizona 80 2.953
11 74 Luis Tyrrell * Team Tyrrell/Eclipse Racing 80 3.159
12 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink/Allied Pkging 80 3.331
13 36 Jamie Krzysik * Krown-Pell Ventures 80 4.509
14 5 Thomas Martin Jack Sellers Racing 80 4.556
15 09 Jason Fraser * Nothern Provincial Pipelines 80 4.708
16 2 Carl Harr West World Computers 80 5.256
17 84 Rich DeLong III * Country Girl Saloon/Ron's Rear Ends 80 6.409
18 30 John Wood Holleran's Performance/Wrap World 80 8.722
19 83 Kelly Admiraal * Swan Rentals 79 1 Lap
20 54 Anthony Giannone MGP Connecting/Sparco 78 2 Laps
21 18 Bill Kann * Interstate Batteries 76 4 Laps
22 14 Griffin Steinfeld * Our Military Kids 76 4 Laps
23 07 Greg Rayl GSR Racing 74 6 Laps
24 17 David Mayhew MMI Services/Ron's Rear Ends 74 6 Laps
25 6 James Bickford * Sunrise Ford/Lucas Oil/Eibach 64 16 Laps
26 15 Jack Sellers Karl Chevrolet 57 23 Laps
27 38 Jack Chisholm * Holleran's Performance/Wrap World 51 29 Laps
28 71 Daryl Harr iWorld Connect 31 49 Laps
29 02 Gray Gaulding Krispy Kreme 1 79 Laps
Source: NASCAR Home Tracks
NSCS: Phoenix Raceway Preview
This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will make their first of two stops at the Phoenix International Raceway for the 10th annual The Profit on CNBC 500, presented by Small Business Fueling America.
A total of 46 drivers will attempt to qualify this weekend, but three will go home. Some of the drivers on the entry list this weekend includes, Travis Kvapil, Brian Scott, Blake Koch, Landon Cassill, Joe Nemechek, Dave Blaney, Morgan Shepherd and Michael McDowell.
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. heads into this weekend with a lot of momentum after his Daytona 500 victory. Earnhardt Jr., has two wins at Phoenix coming back in 2003 and 2004, but hasn't been consistant. In 2013, he finished fifth and fourth at this track and hopes to get a much better finish this year at the 1-mile oval.
This weekend the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will use the new qualifying proceedures put in place this last off-season. The new group qualifying will feature two rounds of action. The first round will last 30 minutes and consist of all drivers. After that time is up, NASCAR will take the top-12 drivers from the first 30 minutes, and put them on track for 10 minutes. This is NASCAR's attempt to make qualifying more enjoyable to the race fans.
Three drivers comes into their home track this weekend in hopes to having a solid finish. Michael McDowell, Alex Bowman and Danica Patrick goes into this weekend with pressure to do well. McDowell and Patrick hopes to have a better weekend as both drivers had some bad luck last weekend at Daytona.
You can catch the race this weekend live on FOX at 2:30 p.m. Et. The Motor Racing Network will handle the live radio broadcast of the race. You can listen on many radio stations around the country, TuneIn application, MRN.com or by dialing 1-832-999-1717 on your phone.
NNS: Phoenix Raceway Preview
This weekend the NASCAR Nationwide Series heads to the Phoenix International Raceway for the 10th annual Blue Jeans Go Green 200. It will be the first of two stops during the 2014 season for the racing series at the 1-mile oval.
The entry list features 39 total drivers. Some of these include: Carlos Contreas, Ruben Garcia Mateos, Mike Wallace, Ryan Sieg, Josh Wise, Kyle Larson, Will Kimmel, Matt Dibenedetto, Derrike Cope, Mike Harmon, Tommy Joe Martins, Daryl Harr, Kevin Harvick, Martin Roy and Matthew Carter.
Joe Gibbs Racing has been the strongest team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at the Phoenix Raceway. This weekend they will shoot for their fourth consecutive victory. In November of 2012, Logano scored the win at the track to start off this streak before moving over to the Penske Racing organization. In 2013, Kyle Busch captured the victory in both Phoenix races in the No. 54 Toyota. Besides Busch this weekend, Joe Gibbs Racing will also have Elliott Sadler and Matt Kenseth in a car.
Two drivers will attempt to make their NASCAR Nationwide Series debuts this weekend. Those drivers include Tommy Joe Martins and Martin Roy. Martins made five starts, with four coming in 2009, and one in 2011, in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Martin Roy is a full-time NASCAR Canadian Tire Series driver and will come over to drive the No. 90 Chevrolet for Mario Gosselin's team. In 2013, the 39-year-old Canadian made one start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at Bristol Motor Speedway. He also made one start in the truck series last year at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park.
You can catch the NASCAR Nationwide Series race this weekend live on ABC. The Motor Racing Network will also have the live radio coverage for this event.
NSCS: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Victorious Tonight at Daytona
After a six-plus hour rain delay today at the Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR was finally able to get the race back going. Once the race started back up, it was all Dale Earnhardt Jr. chasing his second Daytona 500 victory. Tonight, Earnhardt Jr. scored his 20th win of his career and ending a winless drought since 2012. He joins a list of five drivers to have only scored two Daytona 500 wins in their racing career, with his last win in the event back in 2004. He heads into the Phoenix International Raceway with a five point lead.
"Yeah, I think so. Man, winning this race is the greatest feeling that you can feel in the sport, aside from obviously accepting the trophy for the championship. I didn't know if I'd ever get a chance to feel that again and it feels just as good, if not better than the first because of how hard we tried year after year after year funning second all those years and wondering why and what we needed to do. I've got to get my head together," said Dale Earnhardt Jr. "This race car was awesome. We showed them there night long how good a car we had and it's because of these guys right here putting it together in the shop. We could fight off battles after battles. We got a little help from Jeff (Gordon) to get away on that restart and tried to take care of it from there. This is amazing. I can't believe this is happening. I'll never take this for granted because this just doesn't happen twice, let alone once. I'm so thankful."
Denny Hamlin fell just short of dominating all of Speedweeks this weekend. Hamlin came into tonight's race looking to be the first ever driver to have won the Sprint Unlimited, Duel and the Daytona 500 all in the same year. On the final lap, Hamlin lost the draft entering turn-three and didn't have help to push him to the front. Despite this, Hamlin had to settle for second and heads into one of his best tracks next weekend.
""Well, it was intense for me. I had no spotter. Our radios weren't working after we went back green after the rain so just had to wing it on my own really for the most part after we went back. If I cut anyone off I'm sorry, just trying to do it out there on my own," said Hamlin. "It was intense. Everyone was content not to run the top line, which was good. I thought for sure we'd wreck more cars, but still that was a great race for the fans. It was a great race from my standpoint. It was just so hard to pass -- similar to when we got out front. You can block your way to a victory, and really Dale (Earnhardt Jr.) just played it perfectly once he got out front on that last fuel run -- everyone else is just side by side and you really can't make any moves."
Brad Keselowski came home third in the 56th annual Daytona 500 after being in the lead four different times tonight. When the field was frozen, with the caution off turn four coming to the finish, Keselowski just edged out in-front of Jeff Gordon for the position. He earned his third top-10 finish after 10 starts at Daytona and led a total of 13 laps this evening.
"We had a really fast Miller Lite Ford and just came up a little short there at the end. We had a good restart but didn't get any help from behind. I was really proud of my car and team to be able to hold fourth with no help. Dale and his teammates were really fast and they did a good job executing at the end. Congratulations to him," said Keselowski. "If I had maybe one or two cars behind me I think I could have maybe had a shot but I just didn't get it."
The next race for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be next weekend at the Phoenix International Raceway. You can catch The Profit on CNBC 500 live on FOX at 2:00 p.m. Et. Not near a TV? The Motor Racing Network will provide the live radio broadcast of the event.
NCWTS: Kyle Busch Scores Win in Nextra Energy Resources 250
Kyle Busch captured the win this evening in the 15th annual Nextra Energy Resources 250 at the Daytona International Speedway for his 36th win in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Busch's impressive NASCAR win total now sits at 126 and will probably only get bigger as the races continue during Speedweeks. Busch also claimed a big defeat by becoming the first driver to score a win at Daytona in the ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck, Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series. Since 2007, Toyota has scored their eighth consecutive victory in the series at the Daytona International Speedway.
Coming home in the second spot was Timothy Peters after driving a hard fought race in the No. 17 for Red Horse Racing. He led the third most laps of any driver this evening of 20. He finished second by just 0.017 seconds and nearly held off Busch just enough to win the race. Peters will take this momentum into Martinsville next month where he has had numerous success in the past.
The 2013 winner of the Nextra Energy Resources 250, Johnny Sauter, drove his No. 98 Toyota to a third place finish. Sauter was up-front nearly the whole race but could never get out front to lead a lap. In six total starts at the 2.5-mile oval, Sauter scored his second top-10 finish this evening.
The next race for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will be at the Martinsville Speedway on March 29th. You can catch the race live on FOX Sports 1 at 2:30 p.m. Et. The Motor Racing Network will carry the live radio broadcast of the event.
See below for the full-race results:
POS DRIVER CAR MANUFACTURER LAPS MONEY START LED PTS BONUS PENALTY
1 Kyle Busch 51 Toyota 100 7 25 0 0 0
2 Timothy Peters 17 Toyota 100 18 20 43 1 0
3 Johnny Sauter 98 Toyota 100 9 0 41 0 0
4 Ryan Truex 32 Chevrolet 100 14 0 0 0 0
5 Ron Hornaday Jr. 30 Chevrolet 100 2 0 39 0 0
6 Ryan Blaney 29 Ford 100 3 0 38 0 0
7 Jeb Burton 13 Toyota 100 11 0 37 0 0
8 Joe Nemechek 8 Toyota 100 13 0 0 0 0
9 Jimmy Weller III 08 Chevrolet 100 30 0 35 0 0
10 German Quiroga Jr. 77 Toyota 100 23 0 34 0 0
11 Ryan Sieg 39 Chevrolet 100 12 0 33 0 0
12 Tyler Reddick 19 Ford 100 10 0 32 0 0
13 Matt Crafton 88 Toyota 100 4 0 31 0 0
14 John Wes Townley 5 Toyota 100 6 0 30 0 0
15 Ben Kennedy 31 Chevrolet 100 1 52 31 2 0
16 Justin Jennings 63 Chevrolet 100 32 0 28 0 0
17 Bryan Silas 99 Chevrolet 100 25 0 27 0 0
18 Ryan Ellis 28 Chevrolet 100 34 0 0 0 0
19 Chris Fontaine 84 Toyota 100 27 0 25 0 0
20 Norm Benning 57 Chevrolet 100 36 0 24 0 0
21 Jennifer Cobb 10 Chevrolet 98 35 0 23 0 0
22 Travis Kvapil 50 Chevrolet 95 28 3 23 1 0
23 John King 20 Chevrolet 87 19 0 21 0 0
24 Michel Disdier 07 Chevrolet 83 33 0 20 0 0
25 Brennan Newberry 24 Chevrolet 81 26 0 19 0 0
26 Darrell Wallace Jr. 54 Toyota 76 16 0 18 0 0
27 Caleb Holman 75 Chevrolet 74 29 0 17 0 0
28 Mason Mingus 35 Toyota 73 22 0 16 0 0
29 Parker Kligerman 58 Toyota 73 15 0 0 0 0
30 Ross Chastain 92 Ford 73 8 0 14 0 0
31 Sean Corr 82 Ford 73 20 0 13 0 0
32 Joey Coulter 21 Chevrolet 73 5 0 12 0 0
33 Brian Ickler 7 Toyota 73 21 0 11 0 0
34 Tyler Young 02 Chevrolet 73 17 0 10 0 0
35 Chris Cockrum 74 Chevrolet 73 24 0 9 0 0
36 Jason White 93 Chevrolet 45 31 0 0 0 0
Via: ESPN
NCWTS: Kennedy Wins Pole Despite Quals Washed Out
Weather forced NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying to be canceled this afternoon at the Daytona International Speedway. For all three races this weekend, all rookie drivers will earn the pole for the events. The line up was set via practice speeds combined in the three sessions held this weekend.
Ben Kennedy will start on the pole tonight in the season opening NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race. Kennedy, like Kwasniewski in the Nationwide Series, will be making his debut this evening behind the wheel of a Turner-Scott Motorsports truck.
Starting on the outside of Kennedy, will be the series veteran of Ron Hornday. Tonight at the Daytona International Speedway, he will be behind the wheel of the No. 30 truck, also owned by Turner-Scott Motorsports.
Ryan Blaney will start the race in the third spot breaking the Turner-Scott Motorsports sweep for the top-three spots. Blaney goes into tonight's Nextra Energy Resources 250 looking to score his third career win in the series. He also goes into the race this evening with momentum left over from 2013 after a second place finish at Homestead.
Todd Peck will be the only driver who will fail to qualify. Charles Lewandoski withdrew from the race before the scheduled qualifying session.
1 31 Ben Kennedy # Florida Lottery/Whelen Chevrolet Row 1: 2013 Owner Points 11th 2 30 Ron Hornaday Jr. Rheem Chevrolet 2013 Owner Points 8th 3 29 Ryan Blaney CooperStandard/CareersForVeterans.org Ford Row 2: 2013 Owner Points 2nd 4 88 Matt Crafton Fisher Nuts/Menards Toyota 2013 Owner Points 3rd 5 21 Joey Coulter Allegiant Travel Chevrolet Row 3: 2013 Owner Points 31st 6 5 * John Wes Townley Zaxby's Toyota 2013 Owner Points 1st 7 51 Kyle Busch(i) ToyotaCare Toyota Row 4: 2013 Owner Points 34th 8 92 * Ross Chastain BTS Tire & Wheel Ford 2013 Owner Points 6th 9 98 Johnny Sauter Nextant Aerospace/Curb Records Toyota Row 5: 2013 Owner Points 4th 10 19 Tyler Reddick # Reese Towpower Ford 2013 Owner Points 29th 11 13 * Jeb Burton VAMP/Vapor Brands International Inc. Toyota Row 6: 2013 Owner Points 19th 12 39 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing Chevrolet 2013 Owner Points 18th 13 8 Joe Nemechek(i) pelletgrillusa.com/SWM Toyota Row 7: 2013 Owner Points 7th 14 32 Ryan Truex(i) Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 2013 Owner Attempts 15 58 * Parker Kligerman(i) BRG Motorsports Toyota Row 8: 2013 Owner Points 10th 16 54 Darrell Wallace Jr. ToyotaCare Toyota 2013 Owner Attempts 6 17 02 * Tyler Young Randco/Young's Building Systems Chevrolet Row 9: 2013 Owner Points 12th 18 17 Timothy Peters Valvoline Toyota 2013 Owner Points 13th 19 20 John King GunBroker.com Chevrolet Row 10: 2013 Owner Attempts 20 82 * Sean Corr Radon.com/Nesco Ford 2013 Owner Points 14th 21 7 Brian Ickler Bullet Liners Toyota Row 11: 2013 Owner Points 17th 22 35 Mason Mingus # MadVapes/811 Call Before You Dig Toyota 2013 Owner Points 16th 23 77 German Quiroga OtterBox Toyota Row 12: 2013 Owner Points 28th 24 74 Chris Cockrum Accu-Tech Chevrolet 2013 Owner Points 23rd 25 99 Bryan Silas Bell Trucks America Inc Chevrolet Row 13: 2013 Owner Points 21st 26 24 Brennan Newberry GunBroker.coml Chevrolet 2013 Owner Attempts 27 84 * Chris Fontaine Glenden Enterprises/JPL Auto Toyota Row 14: Series Champion 2003 28 50 * Travis Kvapil MAKE Motorsports Chevrolet 2013 Owner Points 37th 29 75 * Caleb Holman Food Country USA Chevrolet Row 15: 2013 Owner Points 20th 30 08 Jimmy Weller III GenevaLibertySteel/EnginePartsPlus Chev 2013 Owner Points 32nd 31 93 * Jason White(i) RSS Racing Chevrolet Row 16: 2013 Owner Points 35th 32 63 * Justin Jennings Mittler Bros. Chevrolet 2013 Owner Points 25th 33 07 Michael Disdier Lafayette Racing Chevrolet Row 17: 2013 Owner Attempts 34 28 * Ryan Ellis(i) FDNY Racing Chevrolet 2013 Owner Points 33rd 35 10 Jennifer Jo Cobb ArlingtonAnniversary/GrimesConst. Chevrolet Row 18: 2013 Owner Points 24th 36 57 Norm Benning EldoraSpeedway/Watt'sTruckCntrs Chevrolet Did Not Qualify: #40 Todd Peck.
NNS: Kwasniewski Wins Pole After Weather Shortens Qualifying
Weather had a say today at the Daytona International Speedway of who won the pole for tomorrow's DRIVE4COPD 300. After the first round completed, qualifying then was cancelled and times stood from the first round.
Dylan Kwasniewski will win the pole for the event after being pushed by teammates Kyle Larson and Danica Patrick in the draft. Kwasniewski posted a fast time of 46.856 seconds, 192.078 mph. Tomorrow's race will be his first ever start in the series. For Kwasniewski's first two ARCA Racing Series starts, including last weekends race at Daytona, he went on to score the pole.
Starting on his outside will be teammate Kyle Larson after running in that Turner-Scott Motorsports draft with a 46.857 second lap time. The time averaged out to 192.074 mph. lap time. Larson lost the pole to Kwasniewski by just 0.001 seconds.
In the third starting position will be Danica Patrick in the No. 30 Chevrolet this weekend. Patrick was at the tail-end of the three car draft and ended up posting a lap of 46.867 seconds, 192.033 mph. Patrick missed the pole by just 0.011 seconds.
Nine drivers will go home after not posting a fast enough speed. Those drivers include: David Ragan, Tanner Berryhill, Chris Buescher, Willie Allen, Matt Carter, Matt DiBenedetto, Carl Long, Carlos Contreras and Clay Greenfield.
NSCS: Joe Gibbs Racing Masters Duels in Daytona
Tonight NASCAR ran two 150 mile races this evening to set the starting line up for Sunday's 56th annual Daytona 500. The first duel was ran clean and green with most of the action coming in the second race.
Matt Kenseth drove to the victory this evening with a spectacular three wide finish at the line. Kenseth led the most laps of any driver and certainly had one of the best cars of the evening. He won the race by 0.022 seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick.
Later on during post-race technical inspection, NASCAR deemed the No. 4 of Kevin Harvick illegal from a split in the track bar that exceeded the maximum allowance. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams are allowed no more than a three inch split and the No. 4 exceeded that limit. No penalties will be given.
The second duel was clean and green until the exit of turn four coming to the checkers. Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel, which caught Jamie McMurray off guard and started a wreck involving numerous cars. It sent Clint Bowyer into the air but was able to drive his car to pit road. Denny Hamlin was able to score his second Speedweeks victory this weekend.
Drivers who will miss the field for the 56th annual Daytona 500 are: Eric McClure, Ryan Truex, Joe Nemechek, Morgan Shepherd and Michael McDowell.
See below for full starting line up:
POS DRIVER MANUFACTURER CAR SPEED
1 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 3 196.019 mph
2 Martin Truex Jr. Chevrolet
195.852 mph
3 Matt Kenseth Toyota
4 Denny Hamlin Toyota
5 Kasey Kahne Chevrolet
6 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet
7 Marcos Ambrose Ford
8 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 41 194.078 mph
9 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet
10 Paul Menard Chevrolet
11 Josh Wise Ford
12 Brian Scott Chevrolet
13 Aric Almirola Ford
14 Trevor Bayne Ford
15 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet
16 Kyle Larson Chevrolet
17 David Gilliland Ford
18 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 40 193.732 mph
19 Ryan Newman Chevrolet
20 Clint Bowyer Toyota
21 Tony Stewart Chevrolet
22 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet
23 Cole Whitt Toyota
24 Terry Labonte Ford
25 Greg Biffle Ford
26 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet
27 Danica Patrick Chevrolet
28 Casey Mears Chevrolet
29 Alex Bowman Toyota 23 189.685 mph
30 Carl Edwards Ford
31 Brian Vickers Toyota
32 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
33 Brad Keselowski Ford
34 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Ford
35 Joey Logano Ford
36 Michael Annett Chevrolet
37 Kyle Busch Toyota
38 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 4 194.422 mph
39 Reed Sorenson Chevrolet
40 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet
41 Parker Kligerman Toyota
42 Michael Waltrip Toyota 66 193.428 mph
43 David Ragan Ford
Via: ESPN.com
NSCS: Teams Forced to Back-Up Cars After Practice Incidents
It was a very eventful practice this afternoon for the Budweiser Duels tomorrow evening at the Daytona International Speedway for many drivers. The two incidents will force atleast six teams to switch to a back-up car for the Daytona 500.
In the first on-track incident, Cole Whitt blew a tire going into turn three. Vickers, with a natural reaction, turned in-front of Casey Mears to send him into the wall. A hood flap flies off of Vickers car and stuck right into the nose of the No. 24 car of Jeff Gordon. Mears was able to save the car and continued on.
Brian Vickers will be the only driver who will need to go to a back-up car from the first incident. Cole Whitt was going to a back-up, but when his teammate Parker Kligerman got into the second incident, team decided to repair the primary No. 26.
The second crash involved five cars that started just past the start/finish line. The incident started between Matt Kenseth and Joey Logano. Kenseth came up to block Logano, which sent him up the track into Parker Kligerman. Kligerman's car caught air and brushed the catch fence, ripping some of the fencing and a camera away, but no one was hurt. Ryan Truex, Dave Blaney and Paul Menard also was involved as a chain reaction.
"We were coming off four there and the 20 started making a move to go down. I assumed he was gonna go down there. I had the run, so I was gonna fill that hole and then he started to come back up and I was there," said Logano. "Maybe I shouldn't have been racing as hard as I was there in practice, but everybody was in a big pack there trying to make things happen. As soon as he came back up I checked up a little bit and then the 21 hit me from behind and we spun out. It happens. That's Daytona for you. We have another good Shell/Pennzoil Ford in the trailer that they backed out and are getting through tech now so we'll get that out and make sure it's good for the Duel and get through that and we'll be fine."
This will force Ryan Truex, Joey Logano, Parker Kligerman, Paul Menard and Dave Blaney all to a back-up car. After the crash, Blaney told Fox Sports 1 reporters that Humphrey-Smith Racing has no back-up car this weekend.
Practice will resume later on tonight at the Daytona International Speedway, which can be seen live on FOX Sports 1 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Et. It will be interesting to see how many racing teams will participate in the event.
NNS: DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona Preview
The NASCAR Nationwide Series will set to roll in 2014 this weekend with the DRIVE4COPD 300 at the Daytona International Speedway. This will mark the first of 33 total stops on the schedule this season.
The entry list features 49 total drivers, meaning, nine of those will go home after qualifying. Some of the drivers include, Jason White, Jeffery Earnhardt, Chase Elliott, Carlos Contreas, Tanner Berryhill, Danica Patrick, Dylan Kwasniewski, Kyle Larson, Dakota Armstrong, Chris Buescher, Johnny Sauter, Chad Boat, Bobby Gerhart, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and David Ragan.
Three drivers of Dylan Kwasnieski, Chase Elliott and Chad Boat will all make their NASCAR Nationwide Series debuts this weekend at the Daytona International Speedway. These three drivers has numerous success on many short tracks around the country but it's time to put them to the test on the high banks. Chase Elliott is probably everyone's favorite to watch coming into the opener.
The season opener has always played a favorite to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series regulars at Daytona. That group this weekend will consist of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Matt Kenseth, David Ragan and Josh Wise. These drivers will certainly be the favorites this weekend to try and claim the first victory of the year.
The Sunoco Rookie of the Year battle will be strong in the NASCAR Nationwide Series once again. These drivers to watch out for are, Ty Dillon, Chase Elliott, Ryan Reed, Dylan Kwasniewski, Dakota Armstrong and Chris Buescher. Chase Elliott and Dylan Kwasniewski will certainly be the ones to watch out for in 2014.
You can catch the season opener for the NASCAR Nationwide Series this Saturday live on ESPN at 1:00 p.m. Et. Live radio coverage of the event will be provided by the Motor Racing Network. You can listen to MRN through a local radio station, online on MRN.com, TuneIn or by dialing 1-832-999-1717 on your phone.


Rosie Huntington-whiteley's new man may already have a penchant for fast cars like his dad, Jason Statham – cute convertible, babe! – but you gotta admit that little Jack is the spitting image of his model mamma... just look at those lips! The adorbs 18-monthold makes a rare appearance as he takes his new wheels out for a spin in Los Angeles. But rather than drag racing down the footpath Fast & Furious- style, the toddler opts for a hand-hold instead. Too much cuteness!


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The good news is we're now more than halfway through the school year. The bad news is that you're still going to have to keep packing that lunch box for a few more months. If you're in a slump and you need new ideas for kids that don't like or are tired of sandwiches then this post is for you!
You can make quesadillas in the morning pretty quickly or you can do it the night before. Lightly spread butter or margarine on one side of a tortilla, fill it with cheese, and top it with a second tortilla with the butter side facing out. Place it in a hot, non-stick skillet and cook it over medium heat until it's lightly brown on one side then flip it and brown it on the other side. Let it cool then cut it into wedges and store it in a plastic bag or sealed container. Serve sour cream, salsa, or guacamole on the side.
Tomato, chicken noodle, lemon rice, chili, or stew. Pick a favorite. The trick to keeping the soup hot until lunchtime is to fill a thermos with boiling water and let it sit there while you're heating the soup. When the soup is ready then empty the water from the thermos and pour in the soup. Serve it up with a side of cheese and crackers.
Eggs are a great source of protein and kids love them. Easy to prepare you can stick with a traditional blend of mayo and paprika or add salsa, bacon, cheese, or Dijon mustard for an added twist.
These are a great option for the whole family. Spray mini muffin tins with a small amount of olive oil then fill them 2/3 of the way with veggies such as shredded zucchini and carrots or try turkey sausage and cheese. Whisk up half a dozen eggs with a little basil or oregano and pour it into each muffin tin. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. The mini quiche muffins will last for approximately a week refrigerated.
Create your own crispy baked nuggets the night before. Cut chicken breast to small bite size pieces, dip it in an egg, and then roll it in crushed corn flakes or potato chips. Bake for 10 minutes in a 350 degree oven. Serve with their favorite dip.
Lunches don't have to be difficult. Get creative! Replace bread with tortillas to create nutritious wraps. Try finger foods like pita bread and humus, cut up fruit and serve with yogurt dip, or maybe mini meatballs with dipping sauce.
Whatever you choose, be sure to keep everything nice and fresh by choosing an insulated lunch bag so you can pack foods that need to stay hot or cold. Keep cold foods cold by using an ice pack, and hot foods hot by using a thermos. Perishables such as cold cuts or sliced fruit are only safe to eat for about two hours after they rise above fridge temperature.
Pack up these healthy ideas and your kids will be looking forward to lunch all morning long!
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As Italy votes, Europe fears populist, euroskeptic gains
Mar 04, 2018 14:05
More than 46 million Italians were eligible to vote. (Photo/Reuters)
ROME (AP) — Italians voted Sunday in one of the most uncertain elections in years and one that could determine if Italy will succumb to the populist, euroskeptic and far-right sentiment that has swept through Europe.
The campaign was marked by the prime-time airing of neofascist rhetoric and anti-migrant violence that culminated in a shooting spree last month against six Africans. While the center-right coalition that capitalized on the anti-migrant sentiment led the polls, analysts predict the likeliest outcome is a hung parliament.
That will necessitate days and weeks of back-room haggling and horse trading to come up with a coalition government that can win confidence votes in Parliament. Just which parties coalesce from among the three main blocs - the center-right coalition, center-left coalition and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement - will determine Italy's course.
"Basically it is very likely that, at the end of the day, none of these three groups will have an absolute majority and they will be forced to start talking to each other and see how to put together a coalition government," said Franco Pavoncello, dean of the John Cabot University in Rome.
More than 46 million Italians were eligible to vote from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. (0600-2200GMT), including Italians abroad who already mailed in ballots. Exit polls were expected after polls closed, projections sometime thereafter and consolidated results Monday.
Some polling stations remained closed in Palermo hours into election day because the wrong ballots were delivered and 200,000 new ones had to be reprinted overnight. The outgoing Senate president, Pietro Grasso, complained that such delays were "unacceptable" and that he hoped they wouldn't discourage turnout.
In Rome, meanwhile, some early voters said the ballots were confusing and the process to cast them — which for the first time requires an anti-fraud check by polling authorities — too time consuming.
"You feel as if you have gone there prepared but it is not that clear," complained Sister Vincenza as she cast her ballot on Rome's Aventine hill before heading to Mass.
With unemployment at 10.8 percent and economic growth in the eurozone's third-largest economy lagging the average, many Italians have all but given up hope for change. Polls indicated a third hadn't decided or weren't even sure they would vote.
"The situation is pretty bad," said Paolo Mercorillo from Ragusa, Sicily, who said he had decided not to even bother casting a ballot. "There aren't candidates who are valid enough."
The 5-Star Movement hoped to capitalize on such disgust, particularly among Italy's young, and polls indicated the grassroots movement launched in 2009 by comic Beppe Grillo with the mantra for Italy's political establishment to "(expletive)-off" would be the largest vote-getter among any single party.
But the 5-Stars weren't expected to win enough to govern on their own, and they have sworn off forming coalitions. The movement's leader Luigi Di Maio has recently suggested he would be open to talking with potential allies, however.
Analysts predict the only coalition with a shot of reaching an absolute majority is the center-right coalition anchored by ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party. The coalition includes the anti-migrant League and the nationalistic, neofascist-rooted Brothers of Italy party.
Berlusconi, 81, can't run for office because of a tax fraud conviction, but he has tapped European Parliament President Antonio Tajani, considered a pro-European moderate, as his pick if the center-right is asked to form a government.
League leader Matteo Salvini is gunning for the top job too though, and some pro-European analysts envision a possible "nightmare scenario" of an extremist alliance among the 5-Stars, the League and Brothers of Italy. The presence in Rome this weekend of Steve Bannon, right-wing populist architect of Donald Trump's White House campaign, was an indication of the stakes.
Roberto D'Alimonte of Rome's LUISS University said such an outcome would be "catastrophic" for the markets. But he said the 5-Stars will have to decide if they're going to join the right or the left if they're going to move from their longtime perch in the opposition to actually help govern.
"This will be the moment of truth," he said.
With polls showing the center-left trailing, Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi and the current premier, Paolo Gentiloni spent the final days of the campaign warning that the only way to guard against a turn to populists and extremists was to vote for the Democrats. Because Renzi alienated so many in the coalition, Gentiloni has been cited as a possible candidate for premier who would even be acceptable to some in the center-right.
A new law passed last year, ostensibly to make Italy more governable, calls for a combination of direct and proportional voting for both the lower Chamber of deputies, which has 630 seats, and the Senate, which has 315 seats.
A few quirks could affect the outcome, particularly for the 5-Stars.
For starters, the names of about a dozen 5-Star candidates will appear on the ballot, but they no longer represent the party. After party lists were finalized, these 5-Stars were kicked out for a variety of sins. If they actually win, other parties can woo them away to beef up their own ranks.
Analysts have also warned that the ballot itself might confuse voters and result in a higher-than-usual percentage of invalid votes.
While European capitals and Brussels were watching the outcome for its effects on policy and markets, some in Italy had more at stake personally. Even the three-time premier Berlusconi vowed in the heat of the campaign to repatriate 600,000 migrants if the center-right wins.
"Yes indeed I fear these results because I have arrived here with all my thoughts and dreams," said Musab Badur, an asylum seeker from Sudan who is living in a Milan shelter. "And I never thought that one day maybe I would have to go back or anything like that."
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This is a huge benefit for smaller housings or housings with a unique shape and makes installation substantially easier.
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Do I Need a Dog to Work for Search and Rescue?
By now, it should be clear that SAR efforts involve far more than the standard image of the intrepid mountaineer with a trusty bloodhound. People can get into trouble in just about any environment, and a dog won't always be able to help.
That said, the National Association for Search & Rescue (NASAR) estimates that a single trained dog can be as effective as 20 or 30 human SAR personnel can. A dog's extraordinary sense of smell can locate a person's characteristic scent, and dogs are often at their best where human senses are most limited [source: NASAR].
Again, the key here is training. SAR dogs and their handlers must go through training for at least a year -- and sometimes 18 to 24 months -- to obtain certification. Some dogs learn trailing, which involves following a specific scent across the ground [source: U.S. SAR Task Force]. Other dogs learn a method known as air scenting, or finding an airborne scent. If authorities fear the worst, they'll bring in a dog trained in finding human remains [source: Western New York Search Dogs]. Additionally, dogs must learn scent discrimination -- the ability to distinguish one person's scent from among hundreds or thousands of others.
Aspects of SAR dog training are similar (in some cases, identical) to the training required for the K9 units of police and fire departments. In other words, it's a major commitment. As the saying goes, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, so many trainers prefer to start with puppies -- essentially creating career SAR dogs [source: NASAR].
If you haven't put your dog through SAR training, it's a bad idea to bring your pooch along on SAR efforts. Not every dog is disciplined enough to stay calm in a group full of panicky people. A nervous dog can be a safety hazard for volunteers and victims alike. If the SAR team has a trained dog, the untrained dog could create problems of discipline and aggression. And if your dog bolts from the scene, what do you do -- continue with SAR work, or search for your beloved best friend?
Being an SAR volunteer -- with or without your dog -- provides you with an opportunity to help people and learn many new skills.
To learn more about volunteering, visit the links below.
Dogs aren't the only animals to assist in SAR efforts. Some SAR work involves mounted searches. Horses and donkeys can get to places that wheeled vehicles can't reach [source: NASAR]. Furthermore, horses have a keen sense of smell, which is something the horse can be trained to use in search efforts [source: Equine Detection Services].


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Retail and consumer product organisations are entering a new phase of technological innovation — with intelligent automation at its core. "The coming AI revolution in retail and consumer products," a global study co-sponsored by the IBM Institute of Business Value and the National Retail Federation, looks at how companies are thinking about implementing intelligent automation in their businesses, where these innovations are poised to take the industry and the new set of risks and benefits artificial intelligence can pose.
The study is based on a global survey of 1,900 retail and consumer products across 23 countries. Participants included executives in supply chain, store operations, merchandising, product design, finance, sales and marketing and customer-focused areas.
Take a look at some of the highlights and recommendations below.
Two in five retailers and brands are already using intelligent automation, and adoption is expected to double by 2021.
Intelligent automation is making the biggest impact in demand forecasting, supply chain planning and customer engagement.
Companies invest in intelligent automation with an eye toward improving efficiency and their bottom line. However, as these capabilities mature, they realize additional benefits beyond their original expectations. Executives say some of the top wins from implementing intelligent automation are greater operational agility, the ability to make faster, smarter decisions and improving the customer experience.
Look for ways intelligent automation can improve brand experience throughout the customer journey and create competitive value for your brand in the long term, rather than focusing on its ability to improve operational efficiencies and reduce costs.
Analyse every aspect of your enterprise, whether you're examining trends, consumption data and consumer feedback, or scaling that data down to the pulse of a neighbourhood.
Assess both upstream and downstream processes across the integrated supply chain when evaluating intelligent automation capabilities. While each individual function can yield incremental benefits, an interconnected automated supply chain can provide a new level of value.
Think ahead, picture the end to end results. Be open to uncovering new capabilities and iteratively evaluate automated tasks and activities for opportunities to redesign processes using intelligent automation capabilities.
Think beyond basic automation to capitalise on the potential of intelligent automation. This capability isn't just about removing human activities from business processes but rather shifting to a culture of speed, agility and innovation.
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Pierre Guérusseau, seigneur du Magnou, mort le  à Rochefort, est un officier de marine français des . Il sert pendant la guerre de Hollande et la guerre de la Ligue d'Augsbourg dans la Marine royale et termine sa carrière au grade de chef d'escadre.

Biographie
Issu d'une famille noble connue en Poitou dès le , il entre dans la Marine royale vers 1650.

Promu capitaine de vaisseau en 1666, il participe à la guerre de Hollande (1672-1678). Pour la perte de son vaisseau Le Rouen à la pointe du Hoc le 17 janvier 1670, il est condamné à mort, sans que le jugement soit exécuté. Il est rétabli dans son grade en 1672.

Il est à la bataille de Solebay le , commandant du L'Excellent, 50 canons, dans la flotte combinée franco-anglaise sous les ordres du prince Rupert et il est blessé au cours du combat. En 1673, il commande toujours L'Excellent, lors des trois combats qui opposent la flotte française aux vaisseaux hollandais de l'amiral Ruyter. Il fait alors partie du corps de bataille, placé sous les ordres du vice-amiral d'Estrées. Il sert enfin en 1676, pendant la campagne sur les côtes de Sicile, à bord du Florissant.

Il sert à nouveau pendant la guerre de la Ligue d'Augsbourg. Il est à la bataille du cap Béveziers, le , commandant L'Aimable, de 70 canons, sous les ordres du vice-amiral, le comte de Tourville, monté sur le Soleil Royal. Le , il est au désastre de La Hougue, combat au cours duquel une grande partie de la flotte française est soit détruite, soit contrainte de se saborder. Au commandement du Conquérant, 84 canons, il parvient néanmoins à sauver son vaisseau. Il est cité dans le récit du combat que livre le marquis de Villette-Mursay dans ses Mémoires :

Promu chef d'escadre de Poitou et Saintonge le , en même temps que le marquis d'Infreville, le marquis d'Amblimont et le Chevalier de Cogolin. 1693 est l'année de la création de l'ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis, ordre dont il est fait Chevalier avec une pension de . La même année, il est au combat de Lagos au large du Portugal. Il décède en 1706 à Rochefort.

Dans son Histoire de l'Ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis, M. d'Aspect écrit :

Il avait épousé en premières noces Anne Rousseau, dont il eut :
 Marie-Anne de Guérusseau, mariée à Philippe-Ignace de Tryon-Montalembert , seigneur d'Espanvilliers.

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Articles connexes
 Histoire de la marine française de Richelieu à Louis XVI
 Chef d'escadre

Décès en mai 1706
Officier de la Marine royale (France)
Commandeur de l'ordre royal et militaire de Saint-Louis
Amiral français du XVIIe siècle
Amiral français du XVIIIe siècle
Date de naissance non renseignée (XVIIe siècle)
Personnalité liée à Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)
Décès à Rochefort (Charente-Maritime)

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Using new information, this Fool furthers an argument he's previously made.
A TSMC chip wafer. Image source: TSMC.
A little while ago, a rumor came out claiming that Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) upcoming A10 processor would be built on TSMC's (NYSE:TSM) upcoming 10-nanometer chip manufacturing technology. Following this, I argued that TSMC's 10-nanometer technology simply wouldn't be ready in time based on what the company has said publicly.
Although I was confident in my reasoning, I decided to do a little more digging to verify my suspicions. To that end, I shot off an email to TSMC's Elizabeth Sun, senior director of TSMC's corporate communications division.
TSMC typically has two "phases" of production. The first is known as risk production. When I asked Sun about the definition of risk production a few years ago, she indicated that it means that customers can submit chip designs for "small quantity production" and that it also means that the technology has been "qualified."
TSMC had previously said that its 10-nanometer technology would enter risk production in the fourth quarter of 2015. Given that it usually takes about a year or so to go from "risk production" to "high-volume production," if TSMC were still on this schedule it would be extremely tight for Apple to get the A10 in high volumes for a September launch.
According to Sun, in a recent exchange, TSMC is targeting risk production start on the 10-nanometer in the first quarter of 2016 (about a one quarter slip) but it has "already started customer product tape-out" activity on the technology.
If the A10 were built on the 10-nanometer technology, TSMC's 10-nanometer timeline would suggest that Apple would only just now be able to submit 10-nanometer designs to TSMC. Furthermore, if Apple were to submit the A10 design on 10-nanometer to TSMC today, it would be about three months (typical fab cycle time) before Apple got back first silicon.
This would imply that Apple wouldn't even be able to build prototypical iPhones until around May of 2016. And if, heaven forbid, the A10 didn't work correctly on the first go, Apple would need to spend months modifying the design and waiting another three months for silicon to come back from the fab.
Another thing to keep in mind is that even if Apple nailed the design on the first try and was ready to start manufacturing the A10 in mass quantities starting in May/June, there's the question of TSMC's 10-nanometer manufacturing yields.
Just because the technology is qualified doesn't mean that the yields are any good. In fact, typically speaking, once the technology is qualified, the chip manufacturer spends about a year or so trying to ramp yields in order for the process to be economically viable for its customers.
Given the kinds of wafer volumes that Apple needs, low yields just aren't going to work. Why? Well, suppose that TSMC's A10 yields are just 50% (the goal is usually at least 80%). This means that in order for Apple to get the wafers it needs, TSMC would need to have 1.6 times the capacity that it would have in place if yields were at mature, production-worthy levels.
So, say, TSMC put in all of this extra capacity in advance (knowing it would have to ramp 10-nanometer early for Apple). Once the yields come up to good levels, TSMC would effectively have much more unit capacity in place. TSMC in this case had better be sure that many other customers are lined up to fill that extra capacity; it's not clear that enough companies are even going to bother with the 10-nanometer node given TSMC's intention to quickly move to 7-nanometer.
I am completely convinced that the A10 will not be a 10-nanometer manufactured part. The word has been for some time that TSMC has won this business exclusively and that it will be a 16-nanometer FinFET Plus part, and that's what I'm counting on.