2018 Las Vegas - Kobalt 400 - Pre Race Thread

OK, it's just trivia and doesn't have much real meaning, but after just two races in 2018, I was surprised at how short these lists are...

> Drivers who finished both races on the lead lap: 3 (Logano, Blaney, Hamlin).

> Drivers Top-10 in both races: 2 (Logano, Hamlin).

> Drivers Top-5 in both races: 1 (Hamlin).
 
  • Like
Reactions: Pat
I love the #22 throwback-ish Pennzoil scheme. Much better than the regular scheme.

DIDIT said:
This is interesting.
World of Outlaw ticket $39
Busch ticket $34
Cup ticket --- honestly I expected to find some kind of "cheap" ticket deal for Sunday's race. Expecting to post the WOO race was the most expensive of the weekend. But after looking for about 30 minutes it appeared to me the cheapest ticket I could get was $124 for a seat in the first section of the fourth turn stands about 8 rows from the bottom.

Perhaps Vegas is different than most of the other tracks and don't offer reasonably priced tickets.
Click to expand...

That is interesting. The nearest track to me with a WoO race now wants $50 for a reserved seat and $40 for a GA ticket this year. Oh well, I guess if enough people are paying those prices, more power to them.
 
Cup Entry List - 37 this week.

Untitled.jpg
 
Justin Marks is back for Rick Ware racing. He started 29th, finished 12 at Daytona. (1 of the better back marker touts) Sponsored by Haas CNC
 
StandOnIt said:
Justin Marks is back for Rick Ware racing. He started 29th, finished 12 at Daytona. (1 of the better back marker touts) Sponsored by Haas CNC
Click to expand...
For what it's worth, Jayski says Marks' name is on the paperwork but Cole Custer is expected in the #51.
 
If I wasn't leaving for Gainesville FL next Thursday I would have loved to went to this race. But, I will definitely be watching it on TV.:D
 
LewTheShoe said:
OK, it's just trivia and doesn't have much real meaning, but after just two races in 2018, I was surprised at how short these lists are...

> Drivers who finished both races on the lead lap: 3 (Logano, Blaney, Hamlin).

> Drivers Top-10 in both races: 2 (Logano, Hamlin).

> Drivers Top-5 in both races: 1 (Hamlin).
Click to expand...
Wow. That's an interesting stat to me.
 
i think kyle busch wins in xfinity and cup this weeken!! lets go ahead and get locked into the playoffs #18 LETS GO!
 
Love this track, along with the whole west coast swing in general. Vegas is truly multi-groove with passable levels of tire wear. I'm not mad this track got a 2nd date even if it is a 1.5er
 
Ford teams eye strong start to NASCAR season with caution

“This is a place that’s all about grip, and drivers got to like it. By no means are we out of the woodwork,” said Greg Zipadelli, Stewart-Haas Racing’s vice president of competition. “We’re headed to Vegas, which is a complete opposite type of a race track next week.
Even Logano says he remains “skeptical” about season-long prospects based on the results of the first two races.

“Yeah, we looked pretty good, but Atlanta is a unique beast. There’s only one Atlanta,” he said. “There’s no other track just like it, so it’s hard to say what’s going to happen.

“I think next weekend really shows where your mile-and-a-half speed is at. Yeah, (Atlanta) is a mile-and-a-half, but it’s not really like the mile-and-a-halves that we’re used to, so next week
will be the true test to see where we’re at.
https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-c...-start-to-nascar-season-with-caution-1009675/
 
CornWhitt said:
Questions with the 48 are valid, given recent performances, but why the 78?
Click to expand...
at the first 1.5 which are the tracks where the 78 dominated last year, the 78 failed the new inspection process for illegal wheel openings and too much camber in the rear end 3 times. IMO both of those areas contribute to better cornering which is where the 78's speed came from on 1.5's. Failing inspection three times wasn't an accident IMO. Those two components were the key to the 78 being just a little bit faster than everybody else. That car is still way fast, but this week can be more telling.
 
Friday, March 2
2-2:55 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series first practice, FS1 (Follow live)
3:05-3:55 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series first practice, FS1 (Follow live)
5:05-5:50 p.m.: NASCAR Xfinity Series final practice, FS1 (Follow live)
6:05 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)
7:15 p.m.: Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying, FS1 (Follow live)
9 p.m.: NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Stratosphere 200 (134 laps, 201 miles), FS1 (Follow live)

Press Pass (Watch live)
— 12:45 p.m.: Kyle Larson
— 1 p.m.: Kurt Busch
— 1:15 p.m.: Kevin Harvick
— 1:30 p.m.: Kyle Busch
— 1:45 p.m.: Christopher Bell, Spencer Gallagher and Daniel Hemric
— 3:30 p.m.: Clint Bowyer
— 8:15 p.m.: Post-Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series qualifying
— 10:45 p.m.: Post-Camping World Truck Series race
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom