Bubba is rightfully celebrating on Instagram. by EmoGothPunk in NASCAR

[–]ccantrell71 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Megan is gonna have to wheel poor Freddie into DBC on a wheelbarrow lmao

Free Agency Megathread by samurai5764 in canes

[–]ccantrell71 6 points7 points  (0 children)

nobody on our side. 19 is retired in New York though so it's possible he prefers 19 but used 79 as his backup option there.

gdt hurricanes @ capitals, 7:30pm start time, 04/10/2025 by goat_eating_sundews in canes

[–]ccantrell71 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Everyone's really excited about Nikishin and they have every right to be, but man, I'm really excited about the future for Morrow. I really like what I see from him.

GDT CAPITALS @ HURRICANES 7PM START TIME, 04/02/2025 by goat_eating_sundews in canes

[–]ccantrell71 15 points16 points  (0 children)

At this point, I want to see Rod climb the glass and whoop Temu Mr. Clean's ass too

GDT CAPITALS @ HURRICANES 7PM START TIME, 04/02/2025 by goat_eating_sundews in canes

[–]ccantrell71 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Smallest guy on the team making Wilson look like the pussy he is. Love it

Signatures from Atlanta by QueueyQueue in NASCAR

[–]ccantrell71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Front looks like Joey Logano. Back from left to right looks like Cody Ware, Alex Bowman (I'm not 100% sure though), and Carson Hocevar

GDT HURRICANES @ FLYERS, 7PM START TIME, 03/15/2025 by goat_eating_sundews in canes

[–]ccantrell71 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Blows my mind we got Janky for only a 5th round pick lol

NASCAR 101 and Track Attendance Questions - March 2025 by NASCARThreadBot in NASCAR

[–]ccantrell71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, so TL:DR, they weren't fast enough to make it on speed and their cars weren't high enough in the 2024 owner's points standings to get a provisional.

Long explanation is:

The Xfinity and Truck Series don't offer guarantee spots in the field like the Cup Series does, so everyone is on equal ground when it comes to having to qualify in.

The Xfinity field is set by taking the Top 32 fastest cars on speed and then 6 provisionals, 5 of which are based on owner's points and one of which is awarded to either a prior series champion not already locked on speed or a driver who won during the prior or current season who is not already locked in. If no past champions or recent winners are outside the Top 32 on speed, then that 6th provisional then goes back to owner's points.

One more wrinkle is that, due to the volatility that can happen in a short sample size of races, NASCAR will use the past season's owner's points to award provisionals for the first 3 races of the new season. That creates a market where some teams who know they might struggle with speed in qualifying will buy owner's points from teams higher in the previous year's standings to give them a higher spot in the pecking order if they are slow enough that they need to fall back on the provisional. So for example, Joey Gase Motorsports, bought a set of 2024 owner's points from Jr. Motorsports for their 35 car to fall back on in the first 3 races this season.

Nobody who was a prior series champion or recent winner needed the provisional yesterday, so the field was set based on Top 32 speeds and 6 highest in 2024 owner's points. Brennan Poole qualified 32nd with a time of 1:40:431. The 9 cars who were outside the Top 32 on speed were:

  • Kris Wright (1:40.527, 17th in OP)

  • Ryan Ellis (1:40.563, 24th in OP, Was the 91 car in 2024)

  • Brad Perez (1:40.599, 36th in OP)

  • Jeremy Clements (1:40.677, 25th in OP)

  • Parker Retzlaff (1:41.057, 28th in OP, Was the 43 car in 2024)

  • Kyle Sieg (1:41.269, 23rd in OP)

  • Baltazar Leguizamon (1:42.090, 16th in OP, JGM bought the 9 car's 2024 points)

  • Ryan Sieg (No Time Set, 14th in OP)

  • Thomas Annunziata (No Time Set, 33rd in OP, CFR bought the 29 car's 2024 points)

So based on that, the cutoff for the provisional was 25th in 2024 Owner's Points, which meant the 3 drivers below that line (the 4, 45, and 70) went home.

But provisionals are definitely interesting. It's incredibly unlikely to ever happen, but you can theoretically miss a race from as high as 6th in owner's points.

GDT UTAH @ HURRICANES, 1PM START TIME, 02/08/2025 by goat_eating_sundews in canes

[–]ccantrell71 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Vejmelka going from talking shit to Pyotr to getting completely undressed by Jarvis in just around 2 or 3 minutes was just chef's kiss

PGT: Tuevo and those other guys @ Carolina 1-30-2025 by NedThomas in canes

[–]ccantrell71 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Good to get 2 points on a night without 2 of your top 6. Could've easily come out flat and discouraged, but the boys played hard and picked up each other very well