Brandon Watson wins Autumn Colors Classic Feature and OSCAAR Super Late Model Championship
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[/media-credit]Continuing the success of his young racing career, Brandon Watson would win the 20thAnnual Autumn Colors Classic 50-lap OSCAAR Super Late Model feature and be crowned the 2012 series champion. The 20-year-old from Stayner, Ontario becomes the youngest series champion.
As part of OSCAAR tradition, last year’s champion Glenn Watson would hand the championship trophy to his nephew in victory lane.
Also, Jesse Kennedy was officially named 2012 Inside Track Rookie of the Year.
Getting to the action from this past weekend, in the first heat, J.R. Fitzpatrick would take the win driving Roy Passer’s late model. Derrike Tiemersma would finish second, followed by Corey Furkey, Rob Clarke, Owen Smith, Mike Bricknell and Chris Burrows. On the last lap, Jeff Dunford went for the spin.
In the second heat, Jesse Kennedy would turn Shawn McGlynn in turn three. Brandon Watson would take the victory, ahead of George Wilson, Dave Taylor, Tyler Hawn and Keith King.
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[/media-credit]In the third heat, Rob Poole would take the win ahead of Charlie Gallant, Glenn Watson, Rudy Oppersma and Todd Campbell.
In the fourth heat, Clarke would spin on lap four. Owen Smith would take the win ahead of Tiemersma, Furkey, Fitzpatrick, Clarke, Burrows and Bricknell.
In the fifth heat, McGlynn would get spun around on lap two by King. George Wilson would get the win ahead of Brandon Watson, Taylor, McGlynn, Kennedy, Hawn and King.
The sixth and final heat would go to Charlie Gallant ahead of Poole, Glenn Watson, Oppersma, Campbell, Gary Passer and Quinn Misener.
Following the qualifying heats and the draw in the pits, it’d be Rookie Rob Poole starting on pole, with 2012 OSCAAR Super Late Model Champion Brandon Watson starting second. Veteran Derrike Tiemersma would start third, followed by George Wilson, J.R. Fitzpatrick, Charlie Gallant and Glenn Watson.
On the drop of the green flag, Brandon Watson would grab the lead with Wilson second, bumping Poole back to third ahead while Tiemersma and Fitzpatrick battled for fourth. Fitzpatrick would clear Tiemersma on lap three, with Glenn Watson passing Tiemersma for fifth on lap five.
The top five would run single file all the way till the first caution at lap 18 for Keith King slowing in turns one and two. Under caution, Rob Poole would come down pit road and be done for the race with a broken clutch. So with 32 laps to go, it’d be Brandon Watson leading Wilson, Fitzpatrick, Glenn Watson, Gallant, Owen Smith, Rob Clarke and Tiemersma.
On the restart, there’d be another caution as Brandon Watson would run into problems while Dave Taylor spun on the front stretch virtue of Corey Furkey. Brandon Watson would make his way down pit road, work on the car and restart at the back of the field. Fitzpatrick would also make a pit stop under caution. Meanwhile, Chris Burrows would be done for the race. So now it’d be Wilson leading Glenn Watson, Gallant, Smith, Clarke and Tiemersma.
They’d get one lap in, but then the third caution would fly when Wilson was spun by Glenn Watson while battling for the lead. Behind them, Todd Campbell also spun while Gallant, Taylor and Jesse Kennedy were also involved. Under caution, King, Rudy Oppersma and Tyler Hawn would make their way down pit road. Now with 31 laps to go, it’d be Gallant leading Smith, Clarke, Tiemersma, Taylor, Campbell, Jeff Dunford, Fitzpatrick, Kyle Passer and Brandon Watson.
On the restart, Gallant would hold the lead while Smith and Clarke battled for second. Clarke would get by Smith and then challenge Gallant for
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[/media-credit]the lead. There would be contact between Clarke and Gallant, resulting in a wreck which brought out the fifth caution of the 50 lap feature. Smith and Tiemersma would also be collected in the wreck. However, because Tiemersma was involved after the instant of the caution being thrown, Tiemersma would keep his position as the race leader. So with 30 laps to go, it’d be Tiemersma leading Dunford, Taylor, Passer, Brandon Watson, Glenn Watson, Campbell, Furkey, Wilson, Oppersma and Shawn McGlynn.
On the restart, Tiemersma would keep the lead ahead of Dunford while Brandon Watson continued his climb back up through the field, getting side-by-side with Taylor for third. Brandon Watson would clear Taylor on lap 24, leaving Taylor to battle with Campbell for fourth. However, Campbell would clear Taylor for fifth on lap 25, and then both Wilson and Glenn Watson would pass Taylor to bump him back to seventh.
On lap 28, Wilson would pass Campbell for fourth. Brandon Watson would pass Dunford for second on lap 30 just before the sixth caution flew for Oppersma spinning in turn four in his own fluid. So with 20 laps to go, it’d be Tiemersma leading Brandon Watson, Dunford, Wilson, Campbell, Glenn Watson, Taylor and Furkey.
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[/media-credit]On the restart, it’d be Tiemesma and Brandon Watson side-by-side for the lead, with Tiemersma keeping Brandon Watson at bay. On lap 33 under green, Fitzpatrick would pit and be done for the race due to an issue in the rear end.
The seventh caution would fly on lap 35 when Quinn Misner spun on the backstretch, collecting Gallant, King and Kennedy. Due to the race being over its time limit, caution laps would now be counted.
The restart would come on lap 38 with Tiemersma holding serve over Brandon Watson, Wilson, Glenn Watson and Jeff Dunford. On lap 40, Tiemersma and Brandon Watson would get side-by-side for the lead. However, the eighth caution would fly the same lap as Shawn McGlynn got wrecked by Kennedy. So with 10 laps to go, it’d be Tiemersma leading Brandon Watson, Wilson, Glenn Watson, Dunford, Campbell, Furkey and Clarke.
The restart would come on lap 46, with Brandon Watson and Wilson both getting by Tiemersma for first and second. The ninth caution would then fly as Smith would stop in the grass. He spun into the grass on the previous lap after contact from Clarke.
On the restart, Glenn Watson would run into trouble and then the caution would fly the next lap as Clarke would wreck in turn four, collecting Taylor. Under caution, Glenn Watson made his way down pit road.
The race would go green with one lap to go and Brandon Watson would lead that lap to take the win. George Wilson finished second, followed by Derrike Tiemersma, Jeff Dunford and Gary Passer. The full results and unofficial standings are posted below.
Results: Autumn Colours Classic 50 (Peterborough Speedway)
1. #9 Brandon Watson; 2. #77 George Wilson; 3. #7 Derrick Tiemersma; 4. #7T Jeff Dunford; 5. #13 Gary Passer; 6. #07 Todd Campbell; 7. #10 Jesse Kennedy; 8. #2 John Owen; 9. #45F Corey Furkey; 10. #91 Keith King; 11. #69 Mike Bricknell; 12. #22 Glenn Watson; 13. #42 Tyler Hawn; 14. #5 Quinn Misener; 15. #49 Rob Clarke (DNF –accident); 16. #51 Dave Taylor (DNF –accident); 17. #81 Shawn McGlynn (DNF-accident); 18. #27x J.R. Fitzpatrick (DNF – rear-end); 19. #04 Rudy Oppersma (DNF – overheated); 20. #40P Charlie Gallant (DNF – accident); 21. #64b Chris Burrows (DNF – mechanical+); 22. #45 Rob Poole (DNF – mechanical).
UNOFFICIAL Championship Standings (Top-10)
1. #9 Brandon Watson 741 Points; 2. #7 Derrick Tiemersma 683; 3. #77 George Wilson 682; T-4. #22 Glenn Watson 665; T-4. #40P Charlie Gallant 665; 6. #10 Jesse Kennedy (R) 649; 7. #13 Gary Passer 578; 8. #07 Todd Campbell 555; 9. #45 Rob Poole (R) 531; 10. #29 Shawn Chenoweth 500.
Gary McLean wins 20th Annual Autumn Colors Classic and OSCAAR Modified Championship
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[/media-credit]At the end of the OSCAAR Modified feature, it’d be Gary McLean claiming another feature victory for his eighth win in 12 series starts. It marks the crowning achievement in McLean’s 2012 Championship season. It would be all McLean podium with Brent McLean second and Brian McLean third.
In the first heat on Friday night, Brian Strawn would take the win followed by Brian McLean, Matt Barton, Josh Gruntz, Darren Kearnan, Brandon Crumbie, Dave Terry and Gary McLean.
In the second heat, Justin Demelo would win, followed by Brent McLean, Justin Jones, Tristan Anderson, Tim Burke, Dave Osbourne, David McCollough and Phil Bullen.
In the third heat on Saturday afternoon, Dean Scott would spin around twice. Gary McLean would come home with the victory ahead of Terry, Crumbie, Brian McLean, Strawn, Kearnan, Barton and Gruntz.
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[/media-credit]In the final heat, Burke would take the victory ahead of Brent McLean, Jones, McCollough, Demelo, Mackenzie and Bullen. Anderson went for a spin on the last lap.
Once it came time for the feature, it’d be Gary McLean starting on pole virtue of his win in the Chase for the Colors event earlier this year. He would grab the lead off the start with Brian McLean second while Justin Demelo battled with Brian Strawn for third. Strawn and Brent McLean would both Demelo for positon by lap four.
The first caution would come out at lap six for Tim Burke spinning in turn two. Phil Bullen would make his way down pit road.
On the restart, it’d be Gary McLean in front of Brian McLean again while Strawn and Brent McLean battled for third. They’d battle till the caution for Demelo stalling on track due to a flat tire due to contact with Strawn. He would be spend multiple laps on pit road fixing the damage.
The restart would go clean, though the third caution would quickly fly on lap 10 for Matt Barton getting into Brandon Crumbie, collecting David McCullough. McCullough and Crumbie would get done for the race as a result of the damage, while Barton would get a blackflag for rough driving.
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[/media-credit]On the restart, Gary McLean would once again lead ahead of Brian McLean, now with Brent McLean third followed by Strawn and Justin Jones. Brent McLean would then pass Brian McLean for second on lap 16.
The rest of the race would run mostly without further incidents, except for Dean Scott spinning on lap 44.
Gary McLean would claim the victory and the 2012 OSCAAR Modified Championship. Brent McLean would finish second, ahead of Brian McLean, Brian Strawn and Davey Terry. The full results are listed below as per the OSCAAR Modified website, along with the unofficial championship standings. Davey Terry was crowned 2012 Inside Track Rookie of the Year.
Results: OSCAAR Modifieds Autumn Colours Classic 50 (Peterborough Speedway)
1. #8 Gary McLean; 2. #7 Brent McLean; 3. #47 Brian McLean; 4. #77s Brian Strawn; 5. #14 Davey Terry; 6. #4 Tristan Anderson; 7. #77j Justin Jones; 8. #99xTim Burke; 9. #46 Darren Kearnan; 10. #31 Josh Gruntz; 11. #67 Phil Bullen; 12. #19 Dean Scott; 13. #82 Justin Demelo; 14. #39 David McCullough (DNF – accident); 15. #2 Matt Barton (DQ – rough driving); 16. #72 Brandon Crumbie (DQ – rough drving); 17. #11 Dave Osbourne (DNS); 18. #96 Larry Mackenzie (DNS).
UNOFFICIAL Championship Standings (Top-10)
1. #8 Gary McLean 832 Points; 2. #7 Brent McLean 785; 3. #14 Davey Terry 720 (R); 4. #99x Tim Burke 672; 5. #31 Josh Gruntz 630 (R); 6. #47 Brian McLean 612; 7. #72 Brandon Crumbie (R) 603; 8. #1B Brad Pearsall 552; 9. #51 Adam Adams 550; 10. #82 Justin Demelo 446.
Surprising and Not Surprising: Talladega Good Sam 500
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[/media-credit]With Chase race four at Talladega delivering on its reputation as the ‘wild card’ and ‘game changer’ in the championship battle, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 44th running of the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500.
Surprising: Manhandling a very free race car and making a miracle save or two did not prevent this driver from being the loneliest, but no doubt happiest, man at Talladega Super Speedway. Matt Kenseth survived the last lap ‘big one’ to score his first ever win at the track.
Kenseth, in a very pink No. 17 Ford EcoBoost/National Breast Cancer Foundation Ford, notched his 23rd victory in 466 Cup races. This was his second win and 17th top-10 finish for the 2012 season.
Kenseth’s spotter Mike Calinoff described his driver’s lonely but lucky status best with his radio call on the final lap of the race.
“They’re wrecking behind you,” Calinoff said. “The whole field is wrecking.”
“There isn’t anyone who isn’t wrecked.”
“I looked behind me and saw nothing,” Kenseth said, echoing his spotter’s words. “Being in front of it all was the best place to be.”
Not Surprising: Although making the Chase, albeit barely, and admittedly not having the best of racing luck with him for much of the season, this driver was thrilled that things finally went his way at unpredictable ‘Dega.
“For a change, I finally came out on the good side of it,” Jeff Gordon, who finished second in his No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet, said. “I really have no idea how we all made it to the white flag because it was three, four wide.”
“I got hit by the No. 18 and somehow that turned me down on the apron and I just put it back to the floor and drove by every car.”
“I came out of that second behind the No. 17,” Gordon said. “That is like a win.”
This was Gordon’s 19th top-10 finish in 40 races at Talladega and his 15th top-10 finish for the season.
Surprising: It was a surprisingly humble and contrite Tony Stewart that greeted the media after causing the twenty-four car pileup and flipping end over end in his own No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet amidst the melee.
“I just screwed up,” Smoke said. “I turned down across, I think it was Michael (Waltrip) and crashed the whole field.”
“It was my fault blocking to try to stay where I was at,” Stewart continued. “So, I take 100% of the blame.”
Not Surprising: Not surprisingly, the theme for the day for the point’s leader Brad Keselowski was simple. He just wanted to survive Talladega and come out intact on the other end.
Keselowski, in his now familiar Blue Deuce, did indeed survive, finishing seventh in spite of being caught in the pile up. He now has a 14 points advantage over second place Chase contender Jimmie Johnson.
“We were four-wide for about two and a half straight laps and it was just a matter of time before you are wrecked,” Keselowski said. “It happens but that’s just Talladega.”
“That’s pretty big,’ Keselowski said of his points lead. “I just feel lucky to survive Talladega.”
Keselowski was so happy to have survived that he tweeted the following entrepreneurial thought after the race.
“Someone needs to make a t-shirt that says, “I survived Talladega,” @keselowski said. “Guaranteed at least 43 customers.”
Surprising: NASCAR’s biggest loser at Talladega was surprisingly one of Dega’s darlings, as well as fan favorite Dale Earnhardt, Jr. The driver of the No. 88 Diet Mountain Dew Paint 88/National Guard Chevrolet finished a disappointing 20th, dropping four positions in the Chase standings to 11th, all as a result of the ‘big one.’
And even more surprising, NASCAR’s most popular driver had some pretty harsh words to share after the race, particularly for the style of racing at Talladega and the longevity of the sport in light of it.
“Yeah, I took a lot of hard shots,” Junior said. “If this is what we did every week, I wouldn’t be doing it.”
“I would find another job.”
“The way we are going ain’t the right direction,” Dale Earnhardt, Jr. said. “I don’t care what anybody says for the good of the sport; I mean it’s good for the here and now and it will get people talking today, but for the long run that is not going to help the sport the way that race ended and the way the racing is.”
“It’s not going to be productive for years to come.”
Not Surprising: With over half the field involved in the last lap crash, it was not surprising that several drivers, including some of the Chase contenders, were a bit confused as to where exactly they finished. There was so much confusion that crew chiefs gathered around the NASCAR hauler to see indeed where their driver ended up officially.
“Everybody just merged together and we were all in a big wad at that point,” Jimmie Johnson, piloting the No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet, said. “Fortunately my car I could still drive to the finish so I passed a couple of guys that were sitting there on the bottom trying to get going themselves.”
“I guess I finished 17th,” Johnson said. “I don’t know.”
Teammate Kasey Kahne, in the No. 5 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet, also was a bit confused as to his finishing spot.
“You are kind of along for the ride once it starts,” Kahne said. “We ended up making it back to the line; a few cars passed us so we might be a little better than 13th.
Finally, Richard Petty Motorsports driver Marcos Ambrose, piloting the No. 9 DeWalt Ford, was confused but willing to forget about it in the end.
“We had a strong day,” Ambrose said. “I thought I missed the wreck but at least I didn’t cause it.”
“I have no idea where I finished, but we’ll just go on to the next one and forget about this.”
Johnson did indeed finish 17th as he predicted, Kahne finished 12th, a bit better than he thought, and Ambrose ended up in 27th, a finish he most likely will want to forget.
Surprising: Kyle Busch became a surprisingly ‘lucky dog’ at Talladega. The driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota was not only the official ‘lucky dog’, getting his lap back after a speeding penalty, but was also a ‘lucky dog’ in navigating his way through the major 24 car pile up to finish third.
“Our day was pretty good,” Busch said. “I got busted for speeding, so that was my fault and we had to battle through that.”
“That was probably one of the most tense parts of the race for me was having to race for the ‘lucky dog’ to get back on the lead lap.”
“But all in all, our guys had some good pit stops and we gained some spots,” Busch continued. “I’m just glad and thankful that I was able to get through with no damage and make it through unscathed.”
Not Surprising: The two drivers who will apparently swap their rides for the next race, with Kurt Busch going to the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing team and Regan Smith taking over the No. 51 Phoenix Racing Chevrolet, had polar opposite finishes to their last race in their former rides.
Regan Smith ended his tenure at Furniture Row with a 5th place finish, his best ever at a restrictor plate track, while Kurt Busch finished 39th after being parked by NASCAR for not heeding their command to stop his race car after his wreck.
“This is the way my life works,” Kurt Busch said. “I am leading, I wreck, I run out of gas and now I’m in trouble.”
“This year has been a great year to test me in every way.”
“What a wild ending,” Smith said. “We restarted the green-white checkered in 28th, picked up a bunch of spots on the first lap and then came the wreck.”
“Somehow I was able to drive it to the checkered flag with a fifth-place finish.”
Surprising: Rather than having a ‘Talladega Nights’ flashback, Greg Biffle was having another movie moment instead.
“It was like Days of Thunder, coming through the smoke and the grass,” the driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion said. “A car flew over the top of my car as I turned to the bottom and missed guys by three inches.”
“It was the craziest thing I’ve ever been involved in in my life.”
Biffle had his own crazy moment in the race, making an amazing save after being turned sideways in the draft. He finished the race in sixth, gaining two positions in the point standings to ninth.
Not Surprising: The difficult season for Earnhardt Ganassi Racing continued in agonizing style at Talladega for both of their drivers. Jamie McMurray, former Daytona 500 winner and driver of the No. 1 Bass Pro Shops/Allstate Chevrolet, finished 34th after leading 38 laps of the race.
Teammate Juan Pablo Montoya finished 38th in his No. 42 Target/Gillette Chevrolet after an engine failure on lap 156.
“We were running right up there in the lead pack the majority of the day and then something happened to the motor,” JPM said. “The car started smoking and I felt like it was going to let go at any minute.”
“We just can’t catch a break.”
“The Bass Pro Shops Chevy ran great all day,” McMurray said. “It was great to get back up there and lead some laps.”
“I wish the outcome had turned out differently,” McMurray continued. “The guys did a great job and I felt like we had the car to beat.”
NASCAR Top-10 Power Rankings: Talladega
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1. Brad Keselowski: Keselowski survived the last-lap pileup at Talladega intact and finished seventh. He remained on top of the Sprint Cup point standings and leads Jimmie Johnson by 14.
“It appears Lady Luck is on my side,” Keselowski said. “How else can you explain how I emerged from that mess with a seventh-place finish? So what you will, but I’ll never again complain about ‘women’ drivers.”
2. Jimmie Johnson: Johnson’s No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet was one of several cars damaged in Talladega’s “Big One,” triggered by Tony Stewart on the final lap. Johnson is still second in the point standings, and now trails Brad Keselowski by 14.
“My car was so damaged,” Johnson said, “I had to hitch a ride back to the pits with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. That was the first time a champion’s been in that car.”
3. Denny Hamlin: Hamlin finished 11th in the Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500, one of the few cars that escaped the final lap melee unscathed. He held on to the third spot in the point standings, and is 20 behind Brad Keselwoski.
“I lost my rear view mirror about midway through Sunday’s race,” Hamlin said. “Luckily, it was replaceable, because I couldn’t see myself winning without it.
4. Jeff Gordon: Gordon led seven laps at Talladega and finished second, after navigating through the carnage that ensued when Tony Stewart was clipped by Michael Waltrip. Gordon now has three runner-up finishes in the Chase, but has made little ground in the point standings.
“It appears that, despite solid finishes,” Gordon said, “I won’t be able to make up much ground in the Chase. I’m sure some will argue that the Chase format needs more tweaking to reward cases such as mine. And I would be the first to ‘second’ that emotion.”
5. Matt Kenseth: Kenseth won in a wild finish at Talladega, pulling away for the victory as chaos reigned behind him. It was his second win of the season following his triumph at Daytona in February.
“That’s two superspeedway wins for me in which I persevered despite major incidents,” Kenseth said. “First it was Juan Montoya starting a fire, then it was Tony Stewart starting a wreck. Just call me the ‘Master Of Disaster.’
“It was shaping up to be a close finish, but after the crash, I ended up winning easily. With respect to my contract with Joe Gibbs Racing, you could say I won ‘going away.’”
6. Clint Bowyer: Bowyer was in position to compete for the win in the closing moments at Talladega, but was collected in the “Big One,” triggered when Tony Stewart was turned while trying to move in front of Michael Waltrip.
“A win was in our sights,” Bowyer said, “and would have been a big lift to our championship hopes. As it was, Tony Stewart got a ‘lift,’ in the air and on my hood.
7. Tony Stewart: Stewart was leading on the final lap at Talladega, but with Michael Waltrip fast approaching, Stewart tried to move in front of the No. 55. It didn’t work, Stewart spun, and much of the field was affected in the pileup. Stewart finished 22nd, and is now 43 out of first in the point standings.
“I take full responsibility for the wreck,” Stewart said. “I said as much when I took to social media to explain on my new Twitter account, ‘@fault.’
“As you have heard, I’ve secure sponsorship from Bass Pro Shops for 18 races in 2013. I’m thrilled. I can’t wait until next year, when I can qualify first for a race and proudly proclaim it a ‘fishing pole.’”
8. Kasey Kahne: Kahne started on the pole and finished 13th after a wild, last-lap crash that saw Tony Stewart’s No. 14 Chevy on the hood of Kahne’s No. 5 Chevy. Kahne moved up two spots to fourth in the point standings, and is 37 out of first.
“Aric Almirola handed out 600 pounds of bacon to celebrate Gwaltney’s sponsorship of the No. 43 car,” Kahne said. “Interestingly enough, I later gave Stewart a ‘piggy-back’ ride on Sunday.”
9. Kevin Harvick: Harvick was battling up front, with a good chance to win, when the inevitable struck at Talladega. When the dust had cleared, Harvick had an 11th-place finish.
“The Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 certainly lived up to his name,” Harvick said. “At least the ‘Roadside Assistance” part. Kurt Busch lived up to the name, as well, at least the ‘Roadside Ass’ part.”
10. Dale Earnhardt, Jr.: Earnhardt finished 21st after order was restored in the aftermath of a massive final-lap crash that left much of the field in wrecked cars. Earnhardt is now 11th in the point standings, 58 out of first.
“Despite the damage to my car,” Earnhardt said, “I was still able to give Jimmie Johnson a ride back to the pits. It felt good to be able to return the favor, because Jimmie’s ‘carried’ this team for so long.
“Drivers may not like it, but fans love racing at Talladega. And I’m all about giving the fans what they want, as long as it’s overpriced merchandise bearing my likeness and not wins.”
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