2001 BGN Series

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2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 20:53:38 GMT -5

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Ever since the full 2001 BGN carset was released months ago, I've been trying my hardest to recreate this season (adding myself as a full-time driver, driving for my own team). Using heavily edited ratings and proper entry lists per race, this season should be highly realistic, save for the distance being halved (for my own sanity). The first several races have been done already and I will post summaries of them over the next few days. Without further ado, here is the 2001 NASCAR Busch Grand National season!

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2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 21:14:40 GMT -5

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Race #1: NAPA Auto Parts 300 @ Daytona International Speedway

Qualifying

Qualifying was heavily dominated by Pontiacs, as they took 6 of the top 7 starting positions. The lineup is as follows:
P # DRIVER MANUFACTURER
1 87 Joe Nemechek Pontiac
2 7 Randy LaJoie Pontiac
3 1 P.J. Jones Pontiac
4 18 Jeff Purvis Pontiac
5 23 Scott Wimmer Pontiac
6 21 Mike Dillon Chevrolet
7 61 Tim Sauter Pontiac
8 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
9 26 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Chevrolet
10 00 Todd Bodine Pontiac
11 27 Jamie McMurray Pontiac
12 10 Jeff Green Ford
13 43 Jay Sauter Chevrolet
14 20 Mike McLaughlin Pontiac
15 37 Kevin Grubb Pontiac
16 17 Matt Kenseth Chevrolet
17 35 Lyndon Amick Pontiac
18 59 Rich Bickle Chevrolet
19 6 Joe Bessey Pontiac
20 57 Jason Keller Ford
21 48 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet
22 36 Hank Parker, Jr. Chevrolet
23 98 Elton Sawyer Ford
24 55 Mark Green Ford
25 8 Blaise Alexander Chevrolet
26 60 Greg Biffle Ford
27 08 Bobby Hamilton Chevrolet
28 46 Ashton Lewis Chevrolet
29 92 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
30 66 Tim Fedewa Chevrolet
31 45 Steve Grissom Chevrolet (Post-Entry)
32 11 Marty Houston Chevrolet
33 42 Jacob Labrecque Chevrolet
34 99 Michael Waltrip Chevrolet
35 28 Brad Baker Chevrolet
36 16 David Starr Pontiac

Provisionals
37 14 Larry Foyt Chevrolet
38 25 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet
39 34 David Green Chevrolet
40 33 Tony Raines Chevrolet
41 63 Shane Hall Ford
42 77 Kelly Denton Ford
43 19 Mike Bliss Chevrolet

DNQ
44 74 Chad Little Chevrolet
45 38 Christian Elder Ford
46 49 Andy Kirby Chevrolet

Results

F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS
1 1 87 J Nemechek 137.616 60 32* 185 Running
2 29 92 J Johnson -0.10 60 5 175 Running
3 10 00 T Bodine -0.21 60 6 170 Running
4 40 33 T Raines -0.22 60 0 160 Running
5 21 48 K Wallace -0.31 60 0 155 Running
6 27 08 B Hamilton -0.40 60 0 150 Running
7 16 17 M Kenseth -0.40 60 1 151 Running
8 26 60 G Biffle -0.49 60 1 147 Running
9 30 66 T Fedewa -0.58 60 0 138 Running
10 14 20 M McLaughlin -0.66 60 0 134 Running
11 18 59 R Bickle -0.73 60 0 130 Running
12 2 7 R LaJoie -0.91 60 0 127 Running
13 3 1 P Jones -1.01 60 0 124 Running
14 6 21 M Dillon -2.43 60 0 121 Running
15 41 63 S Hall -2.44 60 0 118 Running
16 24 55 M Green -2.52 60 0 115 Running
17 11 27 J McMurray -2.83 60 0 112 Running
18 12 10 J Green -2.99 60 5 114 Running
19 39 34 D Green -3.17 60 0 106 Running
20 5 23 S Wimmer -3.17 60 5 108 Running
21 17 35 L Amick -4.29 60 0 100 Running
22 43 19 M Bliss -5.28 60 0 97 Running
23 42 77 K Denton -5.30 60 0 94 Running
24 35 28 B Baker -5.72 60 0 91 Running
25 38 25 C Chaffin -5.74 60 0 88 Running
26 20 57 J Keller -1L 59 0 85 Running
27 8 2 K Harvick -1L 59 2 87 Running
28 15 37 K Grubb -1L 59 3 84 Running
29 31 45 S Grissom -1L 59 0 0 Running
30 22 36 H Parker, Jr. -1L 59 0 73 Running
31 37 14 L Foyt -5L 55 0 70 Camshaft
32 32 11 M Houston -6L 54 0 67 Retired
33 36 16 D Starr -7L 53 0 64 Retired
34 4 18 J Purvis -25L 35 0 61 Retired
35 9 26 B Hamilton, Jr. -25L 35 0 58 Retired
36 19 6 J Bessey -26L 34 0 55 Retired
37 34 99 M Waltrip -26L 34 0 52 Retired
38 23 98 E Sawyer -26L 34 0 49 Retired
39 13 43 J Labrecque -26L 34 0 46 Retired
40 7 61 T Sauter -26L 34 0 43 Retired
41 28 46 A Lewis -27L 33 0 40 Accident
42 33 42 J Smith -27L 33 0 37 Retired
43 25 8 B Alexander -35L 25 0 34 Oil Pres

Caution Flags: 4 (14 laps)
Lead Changes: 18 (9 drivers)
Weather: Clear, 41 °F, East 3 mph

Summary

Joe Nemechek dominated from the pole, leading 32 of 60 laps. Other drivers had turns at the lead such as Jimmie Johnson, Todd Bodine, Jeff Green, and Scott Wimmer, but Nemechek's Pontiac was clearly the fastest of the bunch.

Caution 1 (Laps 7-9): Debris
The first caution came out for debris.

Caution 2 (Laps 24-26): Debris
The second caution also came out for debris, with everyone still on the lead lap and only a few cars (Smith, Hall, Denton) out of the lead draft. Pit stops occurred; Blaise Alexander was hit hard coming out of the pits by Steve Grissom, which forced Alexander to retire with an oil pressure issue.

Caution 3 (Laps 34-37): #26, 2, 37, 10, 18, 11, 46, 42, 98, 43, 61, 99, 6, 36, 19, 35 accident turn 3
The Big One happened on lap 33 when the front of the pack thought four wide was a brilliant idea. Jeff Green, Kevin Harvick, and Bobby Hamilton, Jr. were three wide for third when Matt Kenseth made a move to the apron. Kenseth had no trouble squeezing by, but there was no room and the other three wrecked. Many drivers towards the back of the pack had nowhere to go.

Caution 4 (Laps 56-59): #16, 27, 77 accident turn 4
David Starr, already slow on the track, turned down on Jamie McMurray in turn 4, collecting Kelly Denton. Starr was unable to continue. Larry Foyt blew a motor towards the beginning of this caution period; he was running in the top 20.

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barnstorm642 New Member Posts: 37	2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:11:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barnstorm642 on Feb 11, 2019 22:11:35 GMT -5 Yeah, the guy who finished 9th in points in real life missed the 1st race. Touché.

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2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:14:42 GMT -5

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Race #2: Alltel 200 @ North Carolina Speedway

Qualifying

Ryan Newman shocks the world by qualifying on the front row in just his first career start for Penske Racing. Clay Rogers, however, barely squeezes past the provisional positions in his first start in Robbie Reiser's Chevrolet. Chad Little, the only scheduled full-time driver to DNQ at Daytona, qualifies in the top 25.
P # DRIVER MANUFACTURER
1 00 Todd Bodine Chevrolet
2 02 Ryan Newman Ford
3 26 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. Chevrolet
4 48 Kenny Wallace Chevrolet
5 21 Mike Dillon Chevrolet
6 10 Jeff Green Ford
7 60 Greg Biffle Ford
8 18 Jeff Purvis Pontiac
9 57 Jason Keller Ford
10 42 Jacob Labrecque Chevrolet
11 2 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet
12 20 Mike McLaughlin Pontiac
13 1 P.J. Jones Pontiac
14 01 Andy Santerre Chevrolet
15 98 Elton Sawyer Ford
16 7 Randy LaJoie Chevrolet
17 8 Blaise Alexander Chevrolet
18 33 Tony Raines Chevrolet
19 46 Ashton Lewis Chevrolet
20 23 Scott Wimmer Pontiac
21 11 Marty Houston Chevrolet
22 27 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet
23 74 Chad Little Chevrolet
24 66 Tim Fedewa Chevrolet
25 92 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet
26 34 David Green Chevrolet
27 55 Mark Green Ford
28 61 Tim Sauter Chevrolet
29 37 Kevin Grubb Chevrolet
30 43 Jay Sauter Chevrolet
31 28 Brad Baker Chevrolet
32 59 Rich Bickle Chevrolet
33 77 Kelly Denton Ford
34 86 Sean Studer Chevrolet (Post-Entry)
35 63 Shane Hall Ford
36 17 Clay Rogers Chevrolet

Provisionals
37 14 Larry Foyt Chevrolet
38 25 Chad Chaffin Chevrolet
39 36 Hank Parker, Jr. Chevrolet
40 16 Sammy Sanders Pontiac
41 49 Robbie Faggart Chevrolet
42 52 Jason Rudd Ford
43 93 Bill Hoff Chevrolet

Results

F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS
1 11 2 K Harvick 121.332 99 68* 185 Running
2 9 57 J Keller -0.47 99 0 170 Running
3 2 02 R Newman -0.94 99 18 170 Running
4 15 98 E Sawyer -1.42 99 2 165 Running
5 7 60 G Biffle -1.89 99 0 155 Running
6 10 42 J Labrecque -3.64 99 0 150 Running
7 25 92 J Johnson -4.13 99 0 146 Running
8 18 33 T Raines -4.64 99 0 142 Running
9 39 36 H Parker, Jr. -5.67 99 0 138 Running
10 26 34 D Green -6.17 99 0 134 Running
11 24 66 T Fedewa -6.66 99 0 130 Running
12 4 48 K Wallace -7.14 99 0 127 Running
13 20 23 S Wimmer -7.64 99 0 124 Running
14 3 26 B Hamilton, Jr. -9.24 99 0 121 Running
15 12 20 M McLaughlin -9.76 99 0 118 Running
16 16 7 R LaJoie -10.27 99 0 115 Running
17 35 63 S Hall -10.77 99 0 112 Running
18 29 37 K Grubb -11.27 99 0 109 Running
19 30 43 J Sauter -11.77 99 0 106 Running
20 19 46 A Lewis -12.29 99 0 103 Running
21 28 61 T Sauter -12.82 99 0 100 Running
22 8 18 J Purvis -13.36 99 0 97 Running
23 23 74 C Little -13.90 99 0 94 Running
24 22 27 J McMurray -14.46 99 0 91 Running
25 17 8 B Alexander -15.02 99 0 88 Running
26 6 10 J Green -15.60 99 0 85 Running
27 5 21 M Dillon -16.17 99 0 82 Running
28 38 25 C Chaffin -1L 98 0 79 Running
29 21 11 M Houston -1L 98 0 76 Retired
30 27 55 M Green -1L 98 0 73 Running
31 14 01 A Santerre -1L 98 0 70 Running
32 36 17 C Rogers -1L 98 0 67 Running
33 31 28 B Baker -1L 98 0 64 Running
34 34 86 S Studer -1L 98 0 0 Running
35 13 1 P Jones -2L 97 0 58 Accident
36 32 59 R Bickle -3L 96 0 55 Retired
37 37 14 L Foyt -4L 95 0 52 Accident
38 33 77 K Denton -4L 95 0 49 Accident
39 40 16 S Sanders -4L 95 0 46 Running
40 41 49 R Faggart -5L 94 0 43 Running
41 1 00 T Bodine -15L 84 11 45 Tire
42 42 52 J Rudd -50L 49 0 37 Engine
43 43 93 B Hoff -64L 35 0 34 Engine

Caution Flags: 3 (10 laps)
Lead Changes: 7 (4 drivers)
Weather: Clear, 54 °F, East 8 mph

Summary
Kevin Harvick, who failed to qualify for the 2000 Alltel 200, wins an extremely emotional race--the first big NASCAR race since Dale Earnhardt's death. Of course, Harvick was named Earnhardt's replacement for the 2001 season. Ryan Newman looked to play spoiler in his first career race, but ended up with a podium finish and some laps led at one of the most difficult tracks on the circuit. Rookie Greg Biffle takes an early points lead thanks to two strong outings the first two weeks.

Caution 1: Laps 76-79: Debris
During the second round of pit stops, debris was found on the racetrack.

Caution 2: Laps 83-86: #49, 1, 36 accident frontstretch
Shortly after the first restart, Robbie Faggart had a tire go down coming out of turn 4 and nearly wrecked the field--thankfully, only a couple of cars were involved. Todd Bodine, who was leading during the caution, had a tire failure on lap 83 that caused him to retire from the race.

Caution 3: Laps 98-99: #14, 10, 77, 59, 86, 25, 1, 11 accident backstretch
With just a few laps to go, an impatient Jacob Labrecque drove up the track with Larry Foyt, who hit the wall and lost control, collecting several drivers. Kelly Denton ended up on his roof, sliding across the backstretch into turn 3, where he went up the banking and collected Chad Chaffin before flipping back on his wheels. This cost Jeff Green a top 10 finish. The race ended under caution due to this, with Kevin Harvick as the leader.

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2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:19:11 GMT -5

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Feb 11, 2019 22:11:35 GMT -5 barnstorm642 said:

Yeah, the guy who finished 9th in points in real life missed the 1st race. Touché.

The 74 didn't run the full season in 2000, so they were low on owner's points, even compared to the 19 which DNQ'd several races. This is a similar scenario as Kevin Harvick the year before, who missed Rockingham due to having no owner's points but was still third in points, and Jeff Green the year before that, who also missed Rockingham but finished second in points. And later on in Cup, Greg Biffle DNQ'd Las Vegas in 2003 but still was a ROTY contender throughout the season. This was perhaps the biggest hole in the provisional system at the time.

barnstorm642 New Member Posts: 37	2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:19:42 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barnstorm642 on Feb 11, 2019 22:19:42 GMT -5 Awesome!!

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2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:21:52 GMT -5

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Feb 11, 2019 22:19:11 GMT -5 soneperso said:

Feb 11, 2019 22:11:35 GMT -5 barnstorm642 said:

Yeah, the guy who finished 9th in points in real life missed the 1st race. Touché.

The 74 didn't run the full season in 2000, so they were low on owner's points, even compared to the 19 which DNQ'd several races. This is a similar scenario as Kevin Harvick the year before, who missed Rockingham due to having no owner's points but was still third in points, and Jeff Green the year before that, who also missed Rockingham but finished second in points. And later on in Cup, Greg Biffle DNQ'd Las Vegas in 2003 but still was a ROTY contender throughout the season. This was perhaps the biggest hole in the provisional system at the time.

Oh yeah, I forgot. Doh!!

barnstorm642 New Member Posts: 37	2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:23:16 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barnstorm642 on Feb 11, 2019 22:23:16 GMT -5 What 19 car??

barnstorm642 New Member Posts: 37	2001 BGN Series Feb 11, 2019 22:26:41 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by barnstorm642 on Feb 11, 2019 22:26:41 GMT -5 Feb 11, 2019 22:23:16 GMT -5 barnstorm642 said: What 19 car?? I’m stupid. It was the Ridling car. Which, did that team shut down?