NASCAR THIS WEEK 8 - THE DERRICK. / The News-Herald Wednesday, November 21, 2018

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Knee-jerk reaction to how the For Joey, first of many? championship played out? TO WATCH GODSPEAK: had the Let’s answer that with a big fat “maybe.” That right car at the right time. He sounds too vague for our purposes here, so needs to go big for crew chief THIS WINTER let’s expand a tad and suggest Joey Logano Todd Gordon’s Christmas present will almost surely have more opportunities this year. 1. ’s recovery to win championships. And to win more, KEN’S CALL: Joey didn’t have you first have to be put in position, which he any long lulls during the year, Chevrolet has been the on-track figures to accomplish. However, as 2018’s and was always up front in the bully over the last two decades of Big Three can tell you, nothing is guaranteed last couple of months, so you NASCAR Cup Series racing. But the once you reach that final Sunday. can’t say he isn’t deserving, even folks at General Motors were glad to though he didn’t have the best see 2018 end. Chevy won only four A popular champ? season. races — three by — and didn’t have a car in the Championship Joey might be the “Baby Face Nelson” of Who’s most disappointed? Round. Chevy’s top race teams will current NASCAR stars. His boyish looks and GODSPEAK: Everybody. There is burn the midnight oil all through the big smile tend to mask his willingness to flare only one champion and a lot of offseason looking to up their his elbows and bull-rush the leaders when a “what ifs” in the garage area. If I Camaro fleet for the 2019 campaign. checkered flag is in the wind. That growing had to pick one, Martin Truex Jr., history has made him some on-track ene- because the No. 78 team is now 2. Mustang development mies — at least temporarily — and therefore history. angered some fans, but in the big picture, KEN’S CALL: Frankly, I’d say the After watching Chevy go through its most fans realize that type of physicality is guys who felt they should’ve been struggles by introducing the Camaro what’s supposed to set apart stock-car racing in the Final Four at Homestead to competition in 2018, Ford will likely from the more genteel forms of racing. and weren’t. , Ryan test the heck out of the Mustangs it Blaney and, most noticeably, plans to race in 2019. The competi- — Ken Willis, [email protected] Chase Elliott. tion-proven Fusion is coming out of won the season-opening production, so the Mustang will carry in a Chevrolet. It took the Ford nameplate into Cup Series six months for Chevy to nab a second FEUD OF THE WEEK battle. “Ford had an amazing year,” victory — when Chase Elliott won in driver said. “We won 19 August at Watkins Glen. [AP/TERRY CUP STANDINGS MARTIN TRUEX JR. VS. JOEY races and I’m really excited about get- RENNA] LOGANO: With the championship ting ready for 2019.” 1. Joey Logano 5040 on the line, it was these two driv- sponsorship hunting. While this is a 2. Martin Truex Jr. 5035 ers battling for the race win and 3. NASCAR’s ISC bid long-view situation, there will likely be 3. 5034 series title. Logano won another some movement during the offseason. 4. 5033 battle against Truex on a late NASCAR wants to buy its first-cousin NASCAR owns several tracks, such as 5. Aric Almirola 2354 pass after a restart. company International Speedway , plus the IMSA and 6. Chase Elliott 2350 GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: Truex Corp. and take it private. ISC hosts ARCA sanctioning bodies. 6. Kurt Busch 2350 still owes Logano a payback shot. 18 Cup Series races each season 8. 2343 Truex will keep it in his back and such a move could give NASCAR — Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@ 9. 2299 pocket for now. “(Logano) passed more flexibility in scheduling and news-jrnl.com 10. 2298 me so fast I didn’t even get a 11. 2285 chance to do anything,” Truex 12. 2272 said. 13. Austin Dillon 2245 14. 2242 15. 2220 G O D W I N ’ S P I C K S HOMESTEAD 16. 2204 FOR 2019 17. Ryan Newman 769 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 701 2019 CHAMPION: Kyle Busch THREE THINGS WE LEARNED 19. 692 REST OF TOP 5: Erik Jones, Chase 20. Jamie McMurray 683 Elliott, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick 1. Night moves FIRST ONE OUT: Ryan Newman DARK HORSE: Kyle Larson The difference in winning and losing WHAT’S ON TAP DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: NAS- the Cup Series championship was CAR’s young guns begin their having a car that could drive in the Upcoming racing events takeover of the Cup Series. night. Joey Logano’s No. 22 Ford Nov. 29: NASCAR Cup Series Awards Banquet, looked like a rocket next to the com- Wynn Las Vegas petition. “Got him tight enough so he Dec. 7: NASCAR Home Tracks Champions MOTOR MOUTHS could really hustle,” crew chief Todd Awards, Charlotte Convention Center at the PODCAST Gordon said. NASCAR Hall of Fame Joey Logano carries the championship Dec. 8: NASCAR Xfinity Series / NASCAR The pod doesn’t know the mean- 2. The first loser flag after winning the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Awards, Char- ing of the word “offseason.” Cup Series title at Homestead. [AP/ lotte Convention Center at the NASCAR Hall Nor the meaning of many other In racing they say second place means DAVID GRAHAM] of Fame words, for that matter. you are the first loser. Martin Truex Jan. 4: Roar Before The Rolex 24, IMSA sports- Jr. was hoping to defend his 2017 manufacturers’ championships for the car test session at Daytona (three days) Tune in online at title, but came up one place short. “To first time since 1999 when driver Dale Jan. 24: Rolex 24 At Daytona (four days) www.news-journal online.com/ come here and almost upset the field Jarrett led the charge. “Doing it again, Feb. 11: Advance Auto Parts Clash (2018 Cup daytonamotormouths and almost win it back-to-back was 19 years later, it is absolutely inde- Series pole winners) really awesome,” Truex said of his scribable to me,” said Edsel Ford II, Feb. 14: Can-Am Duel at Daytona (Daytona silver lining. great-grandson to company founder 500 qualifying races) Henry Ford. Feb. 15: NextEra Energy Resources 250 3. Nearly two decades later (Ganders Outdoors Truck Series) — Godwin Kelly, godwin. Feb. 16: PowerShares QQQ 300 (Xfinity Series) Ford won the NASCAR drivers’ and [email protected] Feb. 17: Daytona 500

2018 SCHEDULE AND WINNERS May 6: AAA 400 at Dover (Kevin Harvick) Aug. 18: Night Race at Bristol (Kurt Busch) May 12: Go Bowling 400 at Kansas (Kevin Harvick) Sept. 2: at Darlington (Brad Keselowski) Feb. 11: Clash at Daytona (Brad Keselowski) May 19: All-Star Race at Charlotte (Kevin Harvick) Sept. 10: Brickyard 400 at (Brad Feb. 15: Can-Am Duel at Daytona (Ryan Blaney and May 27: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte (Kyle Busch) Keselowski) Chase Elliott) June 3: Pocono 400 (Martin Truex Jr.) Sept. 16: Las Vegas 400 (Brad Keselowski) Feb. 18: Daytona 500 (Austin Dillon) June 10: FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan Sept. 22: at Richmond (Kyle Feb. 25: Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta (Kevin Harvick) (Clint Bowyer) Busch) March 4: Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas (Kevin Harvick) June 24: /Save Mart 350 at Sonoma (Martin Truex Sept. 30: Bank of America 500(k) at Charlotte road March 11: Camping World 500(k) at Phoenix (Kevin Jr.) course (Ryan Blaney) Harvick) July 1: Chicago 400 at Chicagoland (Kyle Busch) Oct. 7: Delaware 400 at Dover (Chase Elliott) March 18: Auto Club 400 at Fontana (Martin Truex Jr.) July 7: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona (Erik Jones) Oct. 14: Alabama 500 at Talladega (Aric Almirola) March 26: STP 500 at Martinsville (Clint Bowyer) July 14: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky (Martin Truex Jr.) Oct. 21: at Kansas (Chase Elliott) April 8: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas (Kyle Busch) July 22: New Hampshire 301 (Kevin Harvick) Oct. 28: First Data 500 at Martinsville (Joey Logano) April 15: Food City 500 at Bristol (Kyle Busch) July 29: Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono (Kyle Busch) Nov. 4: Texas 500 (Kevin Harvick) April 21: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond (Kyle Busch) Aug. 5: 355 at the Glen, at Watkins Glen (Chase Elliott) Nov. 11: Can-Am 500(k) at Phoenix (Kyle Busch) April 29: Geico 500 at Talladega (Joey Logano) Aug. 12: Pure Michigan 400 (Kevin Harvick) Nov. 18: Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead (Joey Logano)

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