Bowyer wins at Memphis Motorsports Park October 22, 2005
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Running thread for the Busch race at Memphis, the fourth race from the end of the season. At this point, Truex has a 120 point lead over Clint Bowyer, and only the top four drivers are still mathematically alive for the title.
Bowyer started deep in the field, overcoming a spin during qualifying, and raced to the lead midway through the race. Bowyer ended up winning, leading the most laps, while Truex finished 3rd. Although Truex also led, the finish order was enough to cut Truex’s lead from 120 to 100 with 3 races to go. Next up is Texas after a week off, then Phoenix and Homestead. At this point last season, Truex was up some 300 points on current Nextel cup rookie Kyle Busch.
Long story short, with 3 races to go, the max number points per race is 190 for a win leading the most laps. Over 3 races, that is 570 max points. The minimum points for last place (43rd position) is 34 points, or 102 points. Bowyer being down 100 is guaranteed at least 102 points if he starts all three races, but so is Truex. So the max that matters over three races is 468, and Bowyer is already 100 behind, so Truex can clinch by gaining 368 points over Bowyer. Averaged over three races, this is 123 points per race net, or such that scoring 157 points per race, or a 4th place finish without leading or 5th with leading a lap, and Truex wins no matter what Bowyer does.
The third and fourth place drivers, Carl Edwards and Reed Sorensen, are 371 and 429 points behind respectively. This means that Truex need only gain 97 and 39 points respectively to eliminate those two drivers from contention, something that can happen in the next race.
Truex’s gesture costs 25 driver/owner points & 10k September 14, 2005
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After a spectacular wreck at Richmond last Friday night, Busch series points leader Martin Truex, Jr. apparently flipped the bird to the driver who had wrecked him.
The wreck occured when truex had position on the outside of Mike Wallace in the 38 car coming off of turn two. Wallace did not see Truex, and had no communication from his spotter that he was there. Wallace’s car slammed full on into Truex’s driver side, forcing hs car up the wall, where it rode perpendicular to the track the lenghth of the straightaway before righting itself.
Truex lost 16 laps making repairs, before returning to the track, and in the process, gained 4-5 positions (or 12-15 points) for finishing the race. Once back on the track, the aforementioned incident apparently occured under caution, but was not caught on TV. The car itself had been a top-5 car, having been black-flagged by NASCAR under green for one hood pin that had been sheered off by the 17 car of Matt Kenseth. He lost a lap under green heeding the black flag, and was racing Wallace for position.
Truex had led 2nd place driver Clint Bowyer by 94 after Richmond; now it is only 69 with 7 races to go in the 2005 season. Truex is the defending Busch Series points champion, and has dominated Busch series competition in 2005, with most wins (6), most top 5s (14) and top 10s (18).
The penalty was 25 driver points from Truex, 25 owner points from owner Teresa Earnhardt (DEI/Chance2), a $10,000 fine, and probation for the rest of 2005. It is a very similar penatly that was given to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the cup series after his win at Talledega last fall, where he used a four letter word in regard to how little his accomplishment (5th win at that track) compared to his father (10 wins at that track) on the live TV interview in Victory Lane. In that case, Jr. was the points leader after the race, but the subsequent penalty bumped him to 2nd in the points, a position he would not recover.
Truex’s gesture costs 25 driver/owner points & 10k September 14, 2005
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After a spectacular wreck at Richmond last Friday night, Busch series points leader Martin Truex, Jr. apparently flipped the bird to the driver who had wrecked him.
The wreck occured when truex had position on the outside of Mike Wallace in the 38 car coming off of turn two. Wallace did not see Truex, and had no communication from his spotter that he was there. Wallace’s car slammed full on into Truex’s driver side, forcing hs car up the wall, where it rode perpendicular to the track the lenghth of the straightaway before righting itself.
Truex lost 16 laps making repairs, before returning to the track, and in the process, gained 4-5 positions (or 12-15 points) for finishing the race. Once back on the track, the aforementioned incident apparently occured under caution, but was not caught on TV. The car itself had been a top-5 car, having been black-flagged by NASCAR under green for one hood pin that had been sheered off by the 17 car of Matt Kenseth. He lost a lap under green heeding the black flag, and was racing Wallace for position.
Truex had led 2nd place driver Clint Bowyer by 94 after Richmond; now it is only 69 with 7 races to go in the 2005 season. Truex is the defending Busch Series points champion, and has dominated Busch series competition in 2005, with most wins (6), most top 5s (14) and top 10s (18).
The penalty was 25 driver points from Truex, 25 owner points from owner Teresa Earnhardt (DEI/Chance2), a $10,000 fine, and probation for the rest of 2005. It is a very similar penatly that was given to Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in the cup series after his win at Talledega last fall, where he used a four letter word in regard to how little his accomplishment (5th win at that track) compared to his father (10 wins at that track) on the live TV interview in Victory Lane. In that case, Jr. was the points leader after the race, but the subsequent penalty bumped him to 2nd in the points, a position he would not recover.
