Okay so here we go Kansas. The race started out promising enough for humans at the front with only Scot as the tail gunner.
We didn't know if it was going to be a complete disaster or smooth ride.
As it turned out it was actually pretty smooth sailing for the first 20 laps or so. All of us stayed out of trouble although Sandy was having some difficulty with closer traffic.
And actually it was Sandy who was the first human to hit the pits.
Which as it turns out was a terrible idea. Scot came into the turn three area a little bit too hot and tore up the side of Buddy Arrington.
But it was Buddy who would be getting the last laugh as he came strolling down the track to slam into the side of Scot.
Sadly Scot was out of the race but his sacrifice was not in vain. It gave us the opportunity of pitting just at the end of our fuel window. Except for Sandy.
Back under green and the humans are starting to spread out a little bit from the stops.
I'm not exactly sure what happened here. It almost looked like Dale Earnhardt got into the side of Zack just the slightest bit but it didn't look like they actually made any contact when I was reviewing it.
Regardless, the damage was done and Zack was all sorts of out of control.
Which ended up shooting Darrell Waltrip and Bill Elliott right into the front of Darrel's 61 machine.
Shockingly enough Darrel managed to gently glide up into the wall and obtained very little damage at all. Meanwhile much of the rest of the field was not so lucky.
Zack just harmlessly spin around in the track nearly avoiding contact with cars zipping past.
Sandy, who you think would have been safe being at the back of the field from his poorly timed stop, came up to the wreck and slowed down at the smoke cloud.
Little did he know that there was a surprise Ricky Rudd hiding inside. Well this didn't kill him, bu it certainly hurt his chances of finishing well.
After a round of pit stops we went back to green and poor Zack was down a lap.
But Sandy's car had had enough from the previous damage. The engine exploded and the whole thing just wiped out. Fortunately he also took Rick Wilson with him.
Racing back to the line, Zack just eeked out ahead of Sterling Marlin to be the first car lap down and getting the lucky dog.
Now with the rest of the field ahead of him Zack declared war and was going to get as many points ahead of Sandy as he possibly could. Driving his ass off the 23 made it up to about the top 10 with around 30 to go. But as pit stops started to take place he had a very close moment with Harry Gant, running up on him going into Turn 3.
Fortunately, there was no incident and we all managed to cycle through our green flag stops with Zack coming in behind me for second place.
Unfortunately a bad start put him back in 15th and had to climb the hill all over again. Which was proving to be exceedingly dangerous by this point with less than 20 to go.
Fortunately before we all had to pit again Darrel had a large moment with Geoff Bodine, coming up on him just a little bit too fast off the corner and clipping his bumper sending both of them into the wall.
Daryl bounced hard off the inside wall but for the most part was still put together. Sadly, though, because he was so off course, the yellow was not thrown.
After driving past pit road and not coming in (likely because he felt he could just go the rest of the way), he pulled up into traffic and was met by a Brett Bodine.
This resulted in a somewhat exciting accident right in front of me as I came to the line.
Everyone came in and got their pit stops taken care of for the final time. Even Darrel, who is buggered up pretty good by this point. Although, for some reason, Zackcame in twice (I think it had something to do with a black flag but I don't recall).
In either case he was now starting way way back behind the field and had to charge his way back to the front with just about a dozen laps left.
From there on out, it was hard to cope with the walls of Waltrips...
Menacing Means...
Lakes of Speed and daft Duffy's...
Bouts of Bonnetts...
Finally coming home for a fourth-place finish behind Kyle Petty. An excellent way to wrap up the race. Although he still pulled a Harvick and wined slightly about how he could have been second.
With only five races left, Sandy needs to average 29 points ahead of Zack, per race, to have a chance at being the second place human. A tall order.
NOTE: Sterling Marlin is a cheating ass.
Results
Session: Practice
| P | # | DRIVER | TIME |
| 1 | 44 | S Marlin | 29.711 |
| 2 | 013 | T Nadz | 30.500 |
| 3 | 023 | Z Webster | 30.546 |
| 4 | 061 | D Hamilton | 30.635 |
| 5 | 029 | M Max | 30.952 |
| 6 | 021 | T Bear | 30.960 |
| 7 | 8 | B Hillin, Jr. | 31.093 |
| 8 | 9 | B Elliott | 31.108 |
| 9 | 27 | R Wallace | 31.147 |
| 10 | 15 | R Rudd | 31.149 |
| 11 | 75 | N Bonnett | 31.157 |
| 12 | 26 | M Shepherd | 31.177 |
| 13 | 88 | B Baker | 31.179 |
| 14 | 4 | R Wilson | 31.189 |
| 15 | 43 | R Petty | 31.190 |
| 16 | 71 | D Marcis | 31.192 |
| 17 | 17 | D Waltrip | 31.196 |
| 18 | 7 | A Kulwicki | 31.197 |
| 19 | 5 | G Bodine | 31.211 |
| 20 | 3 | D Earnhardt | 31.233 |
| 21 | 67 | B Arrington | 31.237 |
| 22 | 55 | P Parsons | 31.251 |
| 23 | 22 | B Allison | 31.252 |
| 24 | 52 | J Means | 31.270 |
| 25 | 21 | K Petty | 31.275 |
| 26 | 28 | D Allison | 31.276 |
| 27 | 11 | T Labonte | 31.283 |
| 28 | 90 | K Schrader | 31.289 |
| 29 | 35 | B Parsons | 31.319 |
| 30 | 30 | M Waltrip | 31.345 |
| 31 | 25 | T Richmond | 31.346 |
| 32 | 33 | H Gant | 31.348 |
| 33 | 29 | C Yarborough | 31.369 |
| 34 | 77 | E Bierschwale | 31.458 |
| 35 | 62 | S Christman | 31.483 |
| 36 | 83 | L Speed | 31.491 |
| 37 | 19 | D Cope | 31.493 |
| 38 | 1 | B Bodine | 31.514 |
| 39 | 70 | J McDuffie | 31.525 |
| 40 | 50 | G Sacks | 31.541 |
| 41 | 89 | J Sauter | 31.544 |
| 42 | 18 | D Jarrett | 31.555 |
| 43 | 64 | R Combs | 31.646 |
Weather: Clear, 71 °F, Northeast 13 mph
Session: Qualifying
| P | # | DRIVER | TIME |
| 1 | 013 | T Nadz | 30.378 |
| 2 | 023 | Z Webster | 30.437 |
| 3 | 021 | T Bear | 30.563 |
| 4 | 061 | D Hamilton | 30.701 |
| 5 | 3 | D Earnhardt | 30.723 |
| 6 | 35 | B Parsons | 30.787 |
| 7 | 43 | R Petty | 30.806 |
| 8 | 90 | K Schrader | 30.825 |
| 9 | 27 | R Wallace | 30.830 |
| 10 | 28 | D Allison | 30.847 |
| 11 | 9 | B Elliott | 30.850 |
| 12 | 5 | G Bodine | 30.859 |
| 13 | 33 | H Gant | 30.860 |
| 14 | 22 | B Allison | 30.870 |
| 15 | 75 | N Bonnett | 30.880 |
| 16 | 26 | M Shepherd | 30.890 |
| 17 | 71 | D Marcis | 30.942 |
| 18 | 11 | T Labonte | 30.948 |
| 19 | 4 | R Wilson | 30.950 |
| 20 | 17 | D Waltrip | 30.978 |
| 21 | 30 | M Waltrip | 30.981 |
| 22 | 55 | P Parsons | 30.999 |
| 23 | 83 | L Speed | 31.002 |
| 24 | 44 | S Marlin | 31.021 |
| 25 | 18 | D Jarrett | 31.022 |
| 26 | 52 | J Means | 31.047 |
| 27 | 15 | R Rudd | 31.062 |
| 28 | 50 | G Sacks | 31.073 |
| 29 | 88 | B Baker | 31.078 |
| 30 | 7 | A Kulwicki | 31.096 |
| 31 | 19 | D Cope | 31.137 |
| 32 | 67 | B Arrington | 31.142 |
| 33 | 8 | B Hillin, Jr. | 31.155 |
| 34 | 77 | E Bierschwale | 31.204 |
| 35 | 1 | B Bodine | 31.250 |
| 36 | 89 | J Sauter | 31.290 |
| 37 | 62 | S Christman | 31.293 |
| 38 | 21 | K Petty | 31.328 |
| 39 | 25 | T Richmond | 31.489 |
| 40 | 64 | R Combs | 31.642 |
| 41 | 29 | C Yarborough | 31.719 |
| 42 | 70 | J McDuffie | 31.722 |
| 43 | 029 | M Max | 52.886 |
Weather: Cloudy, 71 °F, Northeast 15 mph
Session: Happy Hour
| P | # | DRIVER | TIME |
| 1 | 013 | T Nadz | 30.142 |
| 2 | 023 | Z Webster | 30.390 |
| 3 | 029 | M Max | 30.453 |
| 4 | 061 | D Hamilton | 30.509 |
| 5 | 021 | T Bear | 30.566 |
| 6 | 3 | D Earnhardt | 30.703 |
| 7 | 33 | H Gant | 30.799 |
| 8 | 90 | K Schrader | 30.826 |
| 9 | 62 | S Christman | 30.850 |
| 10 | 17 | D Waltrip | 30.867 |
| 11 | 21 | K Petty | 30.871 |
| 12 | 22 | B Allison | 30.875 |
| 13 | 75 | N Bonnett | 30.876 |
| 14 | 11 | T Labonte | 30.885 |
| 15 | 44 | S Marlin | 30.889 |
| 16 | 88 | B Baker | 30.914 |
| 17 | 26 | M Shepherd | 30.916 |
| 18 | 55 | P Parsons | 30.956 |
| 19 | 27 | R Wallace | 30.962 |
| 20 | 8 | B Hillin, Jr. | 30.966 |
| 21 | 15 | R Rudd | 30.975 |
| 22 | 25 | T Richmond | 30.981 |
| 23 | 52 | J Means | 30.983 |
| 24 | 9 | B Elliott | 30.989 |
| 25 | 28 | D Allison | 30.993 |
| 26 | 18 | D Jarrett | 31.009 |
| 27 | 43 | R Petty | 31.011 |
| 28 | 77 | E Bierschwale | 31.023 |
| 29 | 7 | A Kulwicki | 31.026 |
| 30 | 70 | J McDuffie | 31.036 |
| 31 | 5 | G Bodine | 31.038 |
| 32 | 4 | R Wilson | 31.074 |
| 33 | 64 | R Combs | 31.079 |
| 34 | 50 | G Sacks | 31.104 |
| 35 | 30 | M Waltrip | 31.120 |
| 36 | 35 | B Parsons | 31.144 |
| 37 | 1 | B Bodine | 31.184 |
| 38 | 89 | J Sauter | 31.195 |
| 39 | 71 | D Marcis | 31.242 |
| 40 | 29 | C Yarborough | 31.264 |
| 41 | 83 | L Speed | 31.322 |
| 42 | 19 | D Cope | 31.355 |
| 43 | 67 | B Arrington | 31.425 |
Weather: Cloudy, 64 °F, Northeast 1 mph
Session: Race
OFFICIAL STANDINGS
| F | S | # | DRIVER | INTERVAL | LAPS | LED | POINTS | STATUS |
| 1 | 1 | 013 | T Nadz | 139.921 | 81 | 77* | 185 | Running |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | D Earnhardt | -7.45 | 81 | 4 | 175 | Running |
| 3 | 38 | 21 | K Petty | -7.77 | 81 | 0 | 165 | Running |
| 4 | 2 | 023 | Z Webster | -7.91 | 81 | 0 | 160 | Running |
| 5 | 20 | 17 | D Waltrip | -8.09 | 81 | 0 | 155 | Running |
| 6 | 18 | 11 | T Labonte | -8.24 | 81 | 0 | 150 | Running |
| 7 | 30 | 7 | A Kulwicki | -9.38 | 81 | 0 | 146 | Running |
| 8 | 14 | 22 | B Allison | -10.81 | 81 | 0 | 142 | Running |
| 9 | 17 | 71 | D Marcis | -12.67 | 81 | 0 | 138 | Running |
| 10 | 16 | 26 | M Shepherd | -12.98 | 81 | 0 | 134 | Running |
| 11 | 15 | 75 | N Bonnett | -13.06 | 81 | 0 | 130 | Running |
| 12 | 12 | 5 | G Bodine | -13.43 | 81 | 0 | 127 | Running |
| 13 | 42 | 70 | J McDuffie | -14.79 | 81 | 0 | 124 | Running |
| 14 | 23 | 83 | L Speed | -14.98 | 81 | 0 | 121 | Running |
| 15 | 26 | 52 | J Means | -15.27 | 81 | 0 | 118 | Running |
| 16 | 21 | 30 | M Waltrip | -17.52 | 81 | 0 | 115 | Running |
| 17 | 24 | 44 | S Marlin | -1L | 80 | 0 | 112 | Running |
| 18 | 39 | 25 | T Richmond | -1L | 80 | 0 | 109 | Running |
| 19 | 31 | 19 | D Cope | -1L | 80 | 0 | 106 | Running |
| 20 | 35 | 1 | B Bodine | -2L | 79 | 0 | 103 | Running |
| 21 | 13 | 33 | H Gant | -2L | 79 | 0 | 100 | Running |
| 22 | 4 | 061 | D Hamilton | -4L | 77 | 0 | 97 | Running |
| 23 | 19 | 4 | R Wilson | -4L | 77 | 0 | 94 | Running |
| 24 | 22 | 55 | P Parsons | -5L | 76 | 0 | 91 | Running |
| 25 | 7 | 43 | R Petty | -5L | 76 | 0 | 88 | Running |
| 26 | 36 | 89 | J Sauter | -5L | 76 | 0 | 85 | Running |
| 27 | 28 | 50 | G Sacks | -6L | 75 | 0 | 82 | Running |
| 28 | 33 | 8 | B Hillin, Jr. | -6L | 75 | 0 | 79 | Running |
| 29 | 25 | 18 | D Jarrett | -16L | 65 | 0 | 76 | Retired |
| 30 | 29 | 88 | B Baker | -16L | 65 | 0 | 73 | Retired |
| 31 | 8 | 90 | K Schrader | -47L | 34 | 0 | 70 | Retired |
| 32 | 3 | 021 | T Bear | -51L | 30 | 0 | 67 | Accident |
| 33 | 9 | 27 | R Wallace | -57L | 24 | 0 | 64 | Retired |
| 34 | 10 | 28 | D Allison | -57L | 24 | 0 | 61 | Retired |
| 35 | 11 | 9 | B Elliott | -57L | 24 | 0 | 58 | Camshaft |
| 36 | 6 | 35 | B Parsons | -57L | 24 | 0 | 55 | Accident |
| 37 | 27 | 15 | R Rudd | -58L | 23 | 0 | 52 | Accident |
| 38 | 41 | 29 | C Yarborough | -58L | 23 | 0 | 49 | Retired |
| 39 | 34 | 77 | E Bierschwale | -58L | 23 | 0 | 46 | Piston |
| 40 | 40 | 64 | R Combs | -58L | 23 | 0 | 43 | Retired |
| 41 | 32 | 67 | B Arrington | -65L | 16 | 0 | 40 | Accident |
| 42 | 43 | 029 | M Max | -65L | 16 | 0 | 37 | Accident |
| 43 | 37 | 62 | S Christman | -66L | 15 | 0 | 34 | Accident |
Caution Flags: 5 (16 laps)
Lead Changes: 2 (2 drivers)
Weather: Cloudy, 64 °F, South 3 mph
Pitstop Frequency: 3x
AI Strength: 97%
PENALTIES
| LAP | # | INFRACTION | PENALTY |
| 20 | 021 | Speeding in pits | Go to end of longest line |
| 25 | 061 | Dropping Fluid | Pit for repairs |
| 64 | 061 | Passing under yellow | Held for 1 seconds |
| 67 | 023 | Speeding in pits | Go to end of longest line |
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