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Kyle Busch continues the family legacy at Thunder Valley by winning here for third time in four races Food City 500 i Kurt Busch’s Close Call i JGR v. Penske Clint Bowyer’s Blues I Bristol Surprises I Darrell Waltrip’s Retirement

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n this week’s episode of Out of the Groove, host and creator Eric Estepp gives us his recap of the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. But first, he has some real talk for us fans in the stands and the peanut gallery.

With so much constant fan debate over the format of stage racing, rules for horsepower and aerodynamic packages, and even the exact number of races per season, it seems there’s always one lodestone for NASCAR fans that they can always rely on - We Want More Short Tracks!

More at Bristol! More Martinsville! Bring back Rockingham!

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And yet, as with this week, as soon as we fans get a whiff of a little bad news, a little cross talk in terms of attendance, suddenly we’re asking to get rid of Bristol? Was another Kyle Busch just too much to handle? Was that cold blooded dumping

by Chase Elliot the straw that breaks the camel’s back, or Matt Tifft’s, as it were?

Or maybe we just need a nice splash of cold water from Eric Estepp. Take a listen to his diagnosis, and stick around for an absolutely unprecedented Groovy Gauge. Where did Bristol end up? You’ll have to watch and find out!

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lessons learned at BRistol THE BUSCHES TAKE BRISTOL

Kyle holds off brother Kurt in 1-2 finish

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yle Busch rallied from an early-race accident and then held off older brother Kurt Busch in the final laps to become the first three-time winner of the 2019 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. Before the series heads to Richmond Raceway this weekend for another short-track showdown, here are five lessons learned in Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway:

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Bristol Is For Busch Brothers

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rothers Kyle and Kurt Busch entered Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway as the prohibitive favorites to go to Victory Lane. It’s fair to say they didn’t disappoint. In addition to stretching their combined Bristol winning streak to four races, the brothers finished 1-2, with Kyle prevailing over his older sibling by .722 seconds at the checkered flag.

Kyle won for the eighth time in Thunder Valley and for the third time in his last four starts here.

Kurt, a six-time Bristol winner, just missed out on going back-to-back after triumphing here last fall. So, what is it about Bristol that just suits the Busch brothers? While they undoubtedly aren’t ready give away their secret, this much is certain: Sunday’s 1-2 was a rare achievement, it being only the second time that the brothers have swept the top two finishing positions in a NASCAR premier series race.

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This Bristol Race Was Very Bristol-Like

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aces at Bristol are traditionally on the more unpredictable side, and Sunday was no exception.

Numerous multi-car wrecks, a total of 21 lead changes and a chaotic final few laps influenced in large part by differing pit strategies made for arguably the wildest race of the season so far. On top of all that, the first stage featured a surprising winner in the form of Germain Racing’s Ty Dillon, who earned his first stage victory as a Monster Energy Series driver. Even before that happened, Chase Elliott was caught up in a three-car wreck while leading the race, and eventual race winner Kyle Busch was drilled from behind by Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and went for a spin on the second lap. Then, under a caution much later on, race leaders Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski inexplicably elected to pit — a decision that ultimately cost the teammates a shot at victory.

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Clint Bowyer Has The Blues

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lint Bowyer’s challenging season continued on Sunday where a late collision with driver Joey Logano sent him into the wall and ultimately out of contention for the victory. After finishing seventh, Bowyer didn’t even attempt to hide his frustration with his circumstances and Logano. “We had a good car. It’s just horribly disappointing,” said Bowyer, whose Stewart-Haas Racing Ford led 24 laps. “He was racing me pretty hard. I could get under him. I saw that I could get under him, and he would diamond it and just didn’t leave me much room there. It’s time to race; there’s no question about it. We just barely touched, and it must have cut the valve stem out of it or something, and hit it just right. Maybe his fender caught it or something; I don’t know. That’s about typical luck for here. You’re damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”

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There’s No Slowing Down JGR And Team Penske

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unday’s race at Bristol was the eighth event of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season. And for the eighth time in 2019, a Joe Gibbs Racing or Team Penske car went to Victory Lane. Sunday’s performance might have been the most indicative yet of how much distance the two organizations have put between themselves and the rest of the field. Just consider, for example: Of the nine drivers who led Sunday’s race, six were from JGR or Team Penske. That means three of JGR’s four drivers led at some point on Sunday, while all three Team Penske drivers did the same. Collectively, JGR and Team Penske drivers were out front for all but 68 of the 500 laps around Bristol’s high-banked, high-speed .533-mile layout. Said Stewart-Haas Racing driver Clint Bowyer after the latest dominant performance by JGR and Team Penske: “We’ve got work to do. We know that.”

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Kurt Busch Was Willing To Wreck His Brother To Win

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espite his greatest efforts, Kurt Busch was unable to chase down younger brother Kyle Busch in the final laps of Sunday’s race at Bristol. For Kyle’s sake — and perhaps for Kurt’s future sake — that was probably a good thing. “I was going to wreck him,” Kurt admitted.

“I was wanting to stay close enough so that when we took the white, I was just going to drive straight into (turns) 3 and 4; I mean he’s already won (in 2019). I figured he could give a little love to his brother, but no. I wanted that one bad.” Informed of Kurt’s intentions, Kyle responded with a playful jab. “I told him you can’t tell people you’re going to wreck them before you do it, because when the roles are reversed, that person is going to wreck you because you already told them that you were going to wreck them,” Kyle said.

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Darrell Waltrip will retire from FOX’s broadcast team this season.

Darrell Waltrip Will Be Missed In The FOX Booth

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ext season’s FOX NASCAR broadcast booth will look noticeably different in the absence of legendary driverturned-announcer Darrell Waltrip, who revealed this past week that he will retire from the network’s on-air team after the FOX portion of the 2019 NASCAR season commences at Sonoma Raceway on June 23. Waltrip, known to most as simply “DW,” is a 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame inductee whose 19 years in the broadcast booth bookended a wildly successful driving career highlighted by three NASCAR premier series championships and 84 career victories, including the 1989 Daytona 500.

Coincidentally, or perhaps not, the announcement of Waltrip’s decision to retire from FOX came just days after a prominent NASCAR journalist penned a column suggesting the time had come for Waltrip to hand over his microphone to someone

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more in touch with today’s generation of NASCAR drivers and fans. While the thesis of the column perhaps has some merit (Waltrip is 72 years old and hasn’t driven a NASCAR stock car since the 2000 season), ole DW is a special breed. While his inrace commentary might not be as crisp or relevant as it was, say, 15 years ago, he has still forgotten more about NASCAR than most people ever knew. His colorful wit and candor along with his vast understanding of the sport and how it got to where it is today remain a tremendous addition to each and every NASCAR broadcast (Can I get a “boogity, boogity, boogity,” someone?). So rather than chastising Waltrip as washedup and over the hill, it would be a good idea for us all to soak up as much DW as we possibly can over these next couple of months. After all, it’s oftentimes hard to fully appreciate someone until they’re gone. So it will be with Waltrip — whose one-of-a-kind voice will be missed, eventually even by his detractors, when it’s no longer heard.

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You’ll start your career in rookie class, just like every iRacer does. iRacing has four disciplines to choose from: Oval, Road, Dirt Oval, and Dirt Road. For this guide, we’ll be focusing on oval. As a rookie, you’ll have two series to choose from: Street Stocks and

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Legend Cars. Every iRacing series changes tracks week-to-week. In the street stock series, you’ll alternate between USA Speedway, a 0.75 mile oval in Florida, and the iconic 1.5 mile Charlotte Motor Speedway. In the legend car series, you’ll cycle through a set of six short ovals, all of which come with the service.

The main focus while you’re in rookie class should be car control and wreck avoidance.

Because of iRacing’s safety rating system, you’ll

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The other piece of this is car control. Learning the limits of your car is extremely important to avoid getting yourself into trouble while still making as much speed as possible. The video

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above, the first in a three-part series made by Scott Hanely, goes into more detail about this.

While everyone’s experience in rookie class is different, especially depending on the series you run, it’s easy to get frustrated. Whether it’s your own mistake or somebody else’s, it’s easy to want to give up. However, practice will get you through. Every race you run will have something to learn, and watching the replay you’re provided with after the race can help you learn from your mistakes and improve. That improvement feels incredibly gratifying when you finally get up to D class. Until then, happy iRacing!

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Kyle Busch 361 Denny Hamlin 334 Brad Keselowski 271 Joey Logano 326 Kevin Harvick 301 Ryan Blaney 265 Martin Truex Jr. 254 Kurt Busch 253 Aric Almirola 246 Chase Elliott 245 Clint Bowyer 234 Daniel Suarez 210 Jimmie Johnson 209 Kyle Larson 203 Ryan Newman 188 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 187 Erik Jones 186 Austin Dillon 185 Paul Menard 183 William Byron 174 Alex Bowman 166 Ty Dillon 156 Chris Buescher 147 Matt DiBenedetto 129 Ryan Preece 109 David Ragan 100 Bubba Wallace 100 Michael McDowell 93 Daniel Hemric 78 Matt Tifft 72 Corey LaJoie 70 Landon Cassill 60 Jamie McMurray 19 Cody Ware 18 Quin Houff 12 Reed Sorenson 7 Casey Mears 1

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cknowledged as one of the country’s leading neurosurgeons, Dr. Jason Cormier has helped MSG provide a comprehensive, grassroots marketing campaign focused on preventative health care education and wellness training.

With an emphasis to educate and engage race fans in their growing role as health care consumers, the objective is to influence behavioral changes, to provide racing’s brand-loyal audience with the medical knowledge to make informed, preventative decisions that directly affect the wellness of their families.

One health issue that affects NASCAR racecar drivers and fans alike is neck and back pain. Cormier shared some preventative measures one can take to help avoid lower back pain.

“Outside of the red flags – like a fever, weight loss that is not explained by a change in diet, suspicion of cancers, long-term steroid use, or a weak immune system – we can look at simple things to prevent lower back pain,” Cormier said. “We’ll take a look at improving the diet, weight loss, smoking habits and exercise.”

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A patient can also strengthen his or her core to help prevent lower back pain. Improving one’s range of motion and maintaining an active lifestyle are also helpful preventative measures.

In the event that a patient is already affected by lower back pain, Cormier recommends he or she take an anti-inflammatory, such as Ibuprofen or Tylenol – if the patient has been cleared by a doctor. Avoiding carrying large bags, briefcases and purses can also limit the stress on a person’s back.

health and wellness “Watch your posture,” Cormier said. “Make sure you’re not overloading your back. Consider switching to a briefcase or bag on wheels.”

One of the most common causes of upper back and neck pain in this day and age is poor posture when sending text messages and looking down at smart phones. Writing for extended periods of time without stretching your neck is another common cause.

“It’s the result of constantly looking down at a computer or phone,” Cormier said. “It’s important to think about posture.”

Neck trauma is a more serious issue that can be managed non-surgically with traction

therapy, physical therapy or an interventional procedure, depending on the results of one’s MRI. Racecar drivers also are at risk of suffering compression fractures. Austin Therriault and Aric Almirola have both suffered those types of injuries in the recent past.

“When you’re driving at high speeds, the spine absorbs the ‘G’ forces of the wreck, which predisposes one to the possibility of spinal fractures,” Cormier said. “Protect your body by consistently exercising for a few minutes three to four times weekly, and maintain a healthy life style, and your body will be significantly optimized to endure the physical challenges ahead.”

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Also, patients that suffered brain-related injuries were more likely to recover after 30 days of ingesting Omega-3 Fatty Acids.

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â–śâ–ś BUSCH IS BACK. Kyle Busch was involved in a multi-car crash on the second lap of the 500-lap affair, sustaining damage to the rear of his car. But he patiently worked his way back through the field. He took his first lead at lap 384.

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▶▶ A BATTLE OF BROTHERS. Kyle Busch, along with older brother Kurt, opted to stay out, along with Daniel Suarez and Paul Menard to restart first through fourth when the field went back to green with just 14 laps remaining.

“It was fun to battle out the brother there at the end,” Kyle Busch said. “I know we didn’t quite get the side-by-side racing it out; I saw him looking at the top. I’m like, ‘I better go.’ I got up there, was able to make some ground.”

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▶▶ A STRATEGY TO CELEBRATE. The key to the win came late – Kyle Busch collected his third win of the season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and his eighth overall at Bristol Motor Speedway when he chose track position over fresh tires during the 11th and final caution of the race.

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▶▶ LOCKED AND LOADED. Martin Truex Jr. prepares to drive during practice for the Food City 500.

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▶▶ JUMPMAN. Jimmie Johnson and the No 48 Ally Chevrolet team goes through a pit stop during the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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▶▶ AROUND THE HORN. Cars race during the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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▶▶ SETTING THE SCENE. Fans cheer on their favorite drivers during the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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▶▶ DRIVER OVERSIGHT. Erik Jones stands in the garage area during practice.

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▶▶ A PRETTY PERM. Tyler Reddick speaks with Austin Cindric on the grid prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

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▶▶ COLLECTING CASH. Christopher Bell celebrates in Victory Lane with the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash check after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300.

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Drivers and their furry friends

By Jared Turner

J

ohn Hunter Nemechek’s house could be likened to an animal farm these days.

A pet lover from childhood, the now 21-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series driver is the owner and caretaker of three rambunctious but friendly dogs: a 3-year-old Goldendoodle named Layla, a 3-year-old Charcoal Lab named Tucker and a 1-year-old Black Lab named Nyx. With his trio of furry friends to care for, Nemechek is never concerned about boredom.

“Everyone jokes around and sends me pictures with a bunch of puppies running into a house and stuff like that,” he said. “I feel like that’s

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what I have right now with these three. They’re definitely a handful, but I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

While Nemechek is still relatively new to life with three dogs, his passion for pets is nothing new. “I’ve always had a love for animals,” said the son of longtime NASCAR Cup Series driver Joe Nemechek. “We used to own a horse farm.

So I was around horses, but my passion has always been for dogs. They’re a man’s best friend. Being able to walk in the door to them, hang out with them and hug them and play with them, it’s a lot of fun.”

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