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The Daytona Beach News-Journal’s Godwin Kelly & Ken Willis have covered NASCAR for nearly 60 years combined. godwin.kelly@ NASCAR THIS WEEK news-jrnl.com [email protected] SPEED FREAKS QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE A few questions we had to ask ourselves Compelling questions ... and PHOENIX maybe a few actual answers Your knee-jerk review of Vegas and results of the “new THREE THINGS TO WATCH Is that a look of concern? package”? GODSPEAK: It’s a work in 1. Penske power Let’s call it a mix of mild concern, progress. Drivers have more car balanced by a hesitance to offer control, and there have been It sure looks like Team snap judgment. I tuned into Sun- fewer wrecks. Give it time. Penske has found the day’s race, saw a big pack of cars KEN’S CALL: If it seemed perfect secret key to the new slicing and dicing, and said, “See, at the start, the engineers NASCAR package — two that’s exactly what NASCAR was would eventually mess it up. But wins by two drivers on looking for with the new con- it seems imperfect at the start, consecutive weekends. figurations.” Then I looked in the so maybe the engineers will find Joey Logano credited corner of the screen and realized a way to tighten up the field. Ford’s engineers for solv- it was just the second lap of Reverse psychology, right there. ing the puzzle. “Everyone a green-flag run. By Lap 10, it is going through a learn- became the Urban Meyer 400 — Kez, then Joey. Is this going to ing curve right now, so everyone in spread formation. be a Penske year? if there’s a time to do it, GODSPEAK: You know how the now is the time because Now what? winds of fortune work, but right we had to redo every- now Team Penske enjoys a bel- thing we had anyway,” I always go back to the theory lowing jib. What? Logano said of the new proposed by former Nashville KEN’S CALL: Penske also has a Mustang. “That seems to Joey Logano won at Las Vegas a week after teammate Tennessean motorsports writer third wheel, Ryan Blaney, who be paying dividends for Brad Keselowski captured the flag at Atlanta. Team Larry Woody, who suggested has done no better than 22nd so us now.” Penske has seen early success with the new aero/motor tossing a rabid badger in every far. If they get him going, watch package. [AP/JOHN LOCHER] cockpit to liven things up. Given out. 2. NASCAR’s NASCAR’s reluctance to see the observation “But still work to do. It’s been happy with his car brilliance in that, I will instead early. Three different yet this season. “The last opt for patience and the insti- FEUD OF THE WEEK The Cup Series made its winners, three races; so two weeks we’ve been tutional knowledge that no full aero/engine package we’ll take this one and in right field at the start eventual landing spot, rules- DENNY HAMLIN VS. KURT debut at Las Vegas, with head to Phoenix.” of practice, and they just wise, will be universally loved BUSCH: Hamlin was not happy mixed reviews. NASCAR keep scrambling and by all. about having to play follow-the- is poking and prodding 3. Harvick watch taking big swings at it leader behind Busch, who was at the data gathered to to get us close,” he said. — Ken Willis, ken.willis a tick slower on older tires, but date. “I think it was good When the Cup Series “Hopefully, we can get @news-jrnl.com impassable because of the new to see directionally that circus hits Phoenix and that figured out.” Count GRAND OPENING & RIBBON CUTTING aero/motor combo. guys (came) up through ISM Raceway, you have on it Sunday. GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: This the pack and make to keep one eye on Kevin NASCAR CUP Saturday July 20th at 10am is something new in the Cup a pass for the lead,” Harvick. Harvick has — Godwin Kelly, STANDINGS Series — faster cars that NASCAR Vice President piled up nine wins at the godwin.kelly@ can’t pass. “(When) he ran Steve O’Donnell said. 1-mile oval. He hasn’t news-jrnl.com 1. Joey Logano 133 the bottom (racing lane) then 2. Kevin HarvickFree BBQ sandwiches131 there’s nothing anyone could do 3. Denny Hamlin 11am 127- 1pm about it,” Hamlin said. HealthHealth 4. Kyle Busch LocalLocal News 121News LocalLocal NewsNews Local News 5. Brad Keselowski Education115 Local News PagePagePage 85 8 6. KyleOpenLarson MondayPagePagePage102 102 -2 Saturday PagePagePage 2 66 GODWIN’S PICKS 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.10am-6pm99 FOR PHOENIX 8. Erik Jones 98 8. Martin Truex Jr. 98 LAS VEGAS AMPSONSAMPSON COUNTY’SOUNTY’S COMMUNITYOMMUNITY NEWSPAPEREWSPAPER FREE WINNER: Kevin Harvick SSAMPSON C C10.OUNTY’SKurt Busch C COMMUNITY95 N NEWSPAPER FREE REST OF TOP 5: Chase Elliott, 11. Aric Almirola 92 Kyle Busch, Joey Logano, Kurt THREE THINGS WE LEARNED 12. Alex Bowman 85 Busch 13. Clint Bowyer 83 FIRST ONE OUT: Ty Dillon 1. Two for Kyle 14. Chase Elliott 81 DARK HORSE: Ricky Stenhouse 15. Ryan Blaney 69 Jr. Kyle Busch continued 16. William Byron 66 DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: The his assault on NASCAR’s VOLUMETheVOLUME 9, ISSUE9, ISSUE 50 50 Sampson17. Jimmie Johnson 65 Weekly TheTheVOLUME 10, ISSUE 10Sampson Sampson WeeklyWeekly TheVOLUME 10, ISSUE 29 Sampson Weekly competition tightens up in the minor-league series 18. Daniel Suarez 63 front pack because of the size of with two more wins, 19. Ryan Newman 62 this oval. but finished third in the www.thesampsonweekly.comwww.thesampsonweekly.comwww.thesampsonweekly.com 20. Paul Menard 61 WeekWeekWeekWeek ofof December Decemberof of March July 19-25, 7-13,8-14,7-13, 201920182018 Cup race. “I think we passed the most cars so I think we were the most INSIDEINSIDEINSIDE MOTOR MOUTHS INSIDE WHAT’S ON TAP RoseboroRoseboro ChristmasChristmas PODCAST impressive,” he said, ShootMayorMayor the Voices Books-Voices Citizen’s Citizen’sThe Battle MaxwellAnd The Road Winners Endless Are... Yard “but that doesn’t matter 2019 ALIVECUP SERIES: AFTERTicketGuardian 500 FIVE Stay west, young man, stay because we don’t have a Kyle Busch carries the checkered flag after winning SITE: ISM Raceway (1-mile oval) SaleParade-Parade- Set for August UnderUnder 10th west. Horace Greeley didn’t trophy. Whatever.” the Xfinity Series race at Las Vegas. He wonFrustrationSEASONtheFrustrationTruckAgainstSCHEDULE: ANNOUNCEDGun Friday,with withqualifying Violence DOT/24 DOT/24 exactly say that, but he wasn’t a Series race Friday, but finished third in Sunday’s Cup (Fox Sports 1, 6 p.m.). Saturday, thethe LightsLights NASCAR fan. 2. Top-5 for Kurt race. [AP/BENJAMIN HAGER] practiceAt a recent(Fox ClintonSports City1, 11:30Councila.m. meeting, two young women, and 2 p.m.). Sunday, race (Fox, Faith Michelle Loftin and Alisha McBride stood to address Mayor Tune in online at Kurt Busch has taken a we know we’ve gotFaithLocalEducationsome News “If it’s entertaining for coverage beings at 3 p.m., racing PagePagePage 7 10 7 Lew Starling, the council and members of the community in www.news-journalonline.com/ liking to the new pack- more work to do.” Page 2 people to watch, it really atattendance.3:30 p.m.) In a solemn voice the ladies read the names and daytonamotormouths age. At least that’s what does not matter to me a dates of death for three members of our community who had his performance sheet 3. Package reaction bit. Whatever it is, it is, XFINITY:been shotXfinity to death.200 shows — two top-five fin- the rules are the same SITE: ISM Raceway ishes in a row. “I’m really NASCAR’s new Cup pack- for everybody.” SCHEDULE:ChristopherFriday, Wright,practice 20, July 31,(Fox 2015 proud of everybody to age made its debut at SportsJihad Vaughn,1, 3 p.m. 24,and September5 p.m.). 25, 2018 get a top-five,” he said. Las Vegas. “Yeah, I mean — Godwin Kelly, Saturday,Kaleef J. Johnson,qualifying 33,(Fox OctoberSports 12, 2018 “Now we’ve got two I really don’t care,” driver godwin.kelly@ 1, 12:30 p.m.), race (Fox Sports 1, top-fives this year, but Chase Elliott (ninth) said. news-jrnl.com 4 Loftinp.m.) and McBride then introduced an organization they EntertainmentEntertainment EntertainmentSports started named ‘Shoot the Books’. “Shoot the books was PagePage 9 9 Page 7 formed in April of this year. 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