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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 14:30:35 GMT -5
he started the race p13 but inside lane was kind of a disaster & Ryan was stuck behind the 48.
Fell back to p18 by the time he could get to the high side. Then he drove straight up to p10. Passing on the outside & inside. By lap 20 things are pretty spaced out & he is p10.
1st time in a very long time I have seen him in a competitive car. Hoping for a good year.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 14:34:02 GMT -5
next thing to hope for is to finally have a good pit crew so he isn't constantly passing the same cars over & over.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 14:44:17 GMT -5
Lap 36 yellow pit stop 14.3 stop Kyle Busch was a 13.4 but only showing Kyle & Blaney having better stops so that is good. restarting p9 on inside again
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 14:46:20 GMT -5
Lap 41 fell back to p11 by time he could get to high side. Heavy traffic though.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 14:50:34 GMT -5
Lap 45 reporting to tight was p9 12 & 14 got by him though back to p11 still going back & forth. trying to repass the 14 on inside (not a good spot) lost two more spots. Lap 47 p13 the aero is huge if you don't complete a pass you lose all momentum.
Lap 49 p14 the 22 gets by.
Starting to settle down & string out now.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 14:54:04 GMT -5
Lap 56 the 88 goes by P15.
Ryan reports way to tight in 3 & 4 right now.
Lap 62 gets back by the 88 p14.
reports balance is ok high, but it is too high.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:05:04 GMT -5
Lap 75 way to tight 3 & 4, little tight in 1 & 2 snappy loose on bottom of 1 & 2.
Lap 77 41 gets by. P15
Lap 82. Ryan reports he thinks the grip is better this run, just balance is off. CC says he will free it up.
Lap 85 end of stage 1 the 24 edges ahead of ryan. Ryan now p16.
Reports his RF tire is pretty much junk now.
Talking about freeing him up.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:18:47 GMT -5
15.6 pit stop absolutely horrible that time. Harvick team tops at 13.7 that round. Comes out p16 but the 10 car has speeding penalty so will restart on bottom again lap 92 will be green p15.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:23:18 GMT -5
Ryan got to the outside quickly got up to p8 by lap 94 then tried to pass inside didn't clear & started losing spots. Lap 96 p13. Restarts are crazy.
Lap 97 he is single file p13 with 41 pressuring.
Lap 101 the 22 gets by p14.
22 making up spots after being blocked in by the 24 in pits.
Lap 104 ryan repasses the 22 p13.
Lap 107 22 repasses Ryan p14. 41 still lurking.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:31:41 GMT -5
Lap 112 CC- how's your balance. Ryan - best I have been. better in traffic.
CC - just let me know if it starts turning any tighter Ryan - 10-4
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:41:44 GMT -5
Lap 125 ryan green flag pitting.
13.3 stop
gets up to speed p27 1 down.
lap 128 p11 on lead lap. lap 129 p9
so it looks like he gained 5 spots pitting a lap or 2 early. (& a good stop)
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:42:39 GMT -5
Lap 132 passes the 20 car on track. p8
Lap 133 Ryan says feels pretty good right here (he is in clean air) CC says ok p8 lets roll with it.
Lap 135 the 20 & 22 get by p10 now
Ryan now reporting he is too tight right here. 9 coming fast.
Lap 139 Ryan is trying to use the low lane. Lap 143 he has pulled away from the 9 using lower lanes. Lap 144 ryan says still too tight CC asks if they should do wede again, Ryan says yeah atleast half.
Ryan says pretty good in 1 & 2 (using lower lanes).
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 15:53:44 GMT -5
Lap 151 the 18 blows by Ryan he is flying. p11
Lap 159 ryan goes back to the top of 1 & 2 CC asks how is balance up there. Ryan says pretty good.
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 16:09:34 GMT -5
Lap 170 end of stage 2. p11. they did 2 rounds of wedge before. CC was wanting to do that again. Ryan only wants half that. Says track is changing. So they will do one round. Hope that is the right call. Ryan is used to having to make calls himself with some of the CC's he has had in past. I would really want him to have a CC that thinks for himself. Drivers being their own Cc normally doesn't bode well. lets see how this turns out. Pit stop is 14.6 best was Blaney & Almirola with a 13.7 Shows Ryans stop as 8th best came out p9. restarting on inside again
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Post by Schmoopy1000 on Feb 24, 2019 16:16:21 GMT -5
Lap 181 p13 once the restart shakes out.
Ryan more loose if anything to get started there.
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