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2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 20

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July 21st, 2013: the Bitty Beer 400 @ Southern Super Speedway.

The big pre-race news was points leader Parnell Drake failing to qualify for the race, after he had crashed out of last week’s event.

Tom Rossi needed a 6th place finish or better to take to lead in the standings.

Race results:

Chris Wynne is victorious for the first time this season.

Tom Rossi finishes 3rd and takes over the lead in the points standings.

Parnell Drake sits 4 points behind Tom Rossi in the standings with 12 races to go in the season.

Next: the Colonial 500 @ Eastern Seaboard Speedway.

Stay tuned!

2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 19

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Whoops, didn’t post these results.

July 14, 2013: the CropMaster Tractor 300 @ Midwest Motor Speedway.

Race Results:

Jordy Pettis takes the checkered flag for the first time this season.

Points leader Parnell Drake crashes out of the race for a 41st place finish.

Current standings:

Despite the crash, Drake maintains a solid lead ahead of Tom Rossi in the points standings.

Next: the Bitty Beer 400 @ Southern Super Speedway.

Stay tuned!

Qualifying: 2013 Bitty Beer 400

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BREAKING NEWS:

Points leader Parnell Jones (engine failure) and previous race (CropMaster Tracktor 300) winner Jordy Pettis (suspension problem) have both failed to qualify for this week’s Bitty Beer 400 at the Southern Super Speedway.

This gives Tom Rossi a chance to take the points lead with a 6th place finish or better.  He starts deep in the field in 36th position.

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I conducted the qualifying session for the Bitty Beer 400 before going to bed, and the results surprised me enough that I felt the need to document it immediately.

I don’t believe I’ve ever had both the points leader and previous race winner *not* qualify for the following race.

Stay tuned!

 

Let’s Go Racin’ Boys!

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It’s the start of the NASCAR season this weekend, so my plan is to run at least one SCRAM 2013 race on Sunday, and perhaps a couple more during the week.

I’ve said elsewhere that I want to play something more consistently, and Red White & Blue Racin’ is game that I can run a tabletop race in a reasonable amount of time, probably quicker than an average baseball simulation, and definitely much faster than a non-express soccer/hockey/football game simulation.

I have about 14 races left in the 2013 SCRAM season, which can be finished in a couple of months, if I can manage to run 2 races a week.

As for baseball, I believe I have about 64 games left in the 1971 SF Giants season, and more than that (90) in the 1921 NY Giants season.  If I can finish one of those by the end of the year I’ll call it a big success.

That would require me to play about six 1971 games a month and/or nine 1921 games a month.

So those are my tabletop sports goals for the rest of 2025.  We’ll see how much I can get accomplished.

Stay tuned!

2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 14

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June 9th, 2013: the Burger Hut 400 @ Rocky Mountain Raceway.

Race results:

Denny Baker comes from 42nd place to win the race, matching Pete MacAtee’s victory earlier in the season.

Huge crash on the last lap took out 6 cars.

Despite a late black flag on Parnell Drake’s #70 Chevy, he maintains a lead on new second place driver Tom Rossi.

Next: the Mogro Farm 500 @ Northern Lights MotorDome.

Stay tuned!

2013: Stock Car Racing America, Race 13

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Another race run a couple weeks back.

June 2nd, 2013: the Foursquare.com 400 @ Northwest Empire International Raceway.

Race results:

This is the first rain shortened race of the season, perhaps the first rain shortened race I’ve had.

A 1-2 finish between Drake and Hodge keeps the points race close.

Next: the Burger Hut 400 @ Rocky Mountain Raceway.

Stay tuned!