Tråd: Udsigten anmeldelse: UNOH Slaget ved stranden

Udsigten anmeldelse: UNOH kamp på stranden

David Smith nedbryder Daytona indvirkning
Med den indledende UNOH slaget ved stranden indpakket og trofæer på vej til deres respektive destinationer, er nogle rigelig analyse forfalden til nogle af begivenhedens mere bemærkelsesværdige NASCAR Sprint Cup Series udsigter.
Mens én race ikke og skal ikke diktere en karriere, det giver os mulighed for at kaste et blik på nogle af tilbud disse spirende udsigter NASCARS regionale og ugentlig serie i øjeblikket råder over.
Cameron Hayley, K & N Pro serie -Drej 4 var røg monster af den konstituerende UNOH slaget ved stranden. Hayley, en sophomore i serien at gøre sin første start med Gene pris motorsport, havde ingen problemer med at tæmme den mytiske bæst.
Hayley cites undersøgelse med nye crew chief Jeff Jefferson, hvorfor han var i stand til problemfrit få ud af en tricky tur til 150 omgange, plus overarbejde. Han lagde også tunge vægt på dæk bevarelse:
"Vi havde brug at vide det var gonna arbejde og hvad var, og også behov for at holde på bagsiden af vores sind dæk forvaltning, fordi en masse fyre kom af det hjørne sidelæns og havde ingen steder at gå," sagde Hayley. "Så vi besluttede at glatte er hurtig, få hårdt, komme rundt om hjørnet, peger det lige og gå. Vi arbejdede hårdt på det, så vi ikke ville brænde dæk ud."
Fremgangsmåde arbejdede og resulterede i den bedste dag i den 16-årige chauffør karriere. Han var en udskiftning-niveau producent i 2012, men hvis han stykker løber sammen i løbet af K & N vest grundspillet den måde han gjorde tirsdag aften, forbedring i hans produktion kommer naturligt. Så måske vinder, hvis hans udstyr forbliver så hurtig.
Hayley og fellow driveren GPM til Greg Pursley, der førte 127 omgange, tempofyldt feltet i praksis. Hastigheden på de to hold var ikke nødvendigvis en overraskelse — GPM har til huse, de sidste to K & N vest champions i Pursley og Dylan Kwasniewski — men umiddelbarheden, hvor de blev klassen af feltet var et chok, men ikke helt tilfældigt. Hayley bekræftet at GPM udlejes Las Vegas Motor Speedway i to dage og bruges de anslåede slag spor specifikationer til at oprette en mockup praksis spor i sin parkeringsplads. Han sagde det hjalp "en lille smule", men det meget klart betalt nogle udbytte.
C.E. Falk, Whelen All-American serie — Efter hvad der skete i mandag aften indslag, jeg forventede en ting og fik en anden. Selvfølgelig, tænker jeg på hans aggressive tempo og 61 omgange førte der ikke vejret sin bil en tøddel. Hvad du tror jeg henviste?
En tre-tiden mester på Langley Speedway, Virginia Beach indfødte har knækket koden på udstyr bevarelse samtidig opretholde en temmelig tordnende løbetempo. Tricket er, hans dominans — disse 61 omgange — kom ikke så tidligt. Hans skifte til forsiden kom på lap 88, hvilket ville have været for tidligt en mindre driver. Ikke til Falk. Hans præstation var absolut vejledende af alt det, som han er i stand til.
Hvis det tager mile-høj følelser efter indgåelsen af race til jord denne kid-han er stadig kun 25 — en tur, en one-shot eller noget i en af de nationale NASCAR serie, så fint. Det er en parodi, han ikke er konkurrerer på lørdag eftermiddag alligevel, men efter hans præstation mandag, jeg er ikke længere alene om synspunkt.
Ben Rhodes, Whelen All-American serie — I hvad tilstrækkeligt som hans breakout race, den snart-til-være 16-årige færdige sekund efter start fra pole og fører 87 omgange. Denne del er temmelig nemt at gøre, når maskinen bliver drevet er en Lee McCall-bygget sent Model bestand at Tony Stewart kørte til sejr i sidste års Denny Hamlin Showdown. Det var hans genstarter selv, der kiggede rippet fra en veteran playbook. Jeg spurgte Rhodos om dette element i hans racing repertoire efter løbet:
"Jeg bare laver en masse forskellige ting på genstarter, forsøger at blande tingene. Jeg var i stand til at få en masse gode spring. At alle kommer fra min erfaring i legenden biler. Jeg havde en masse løb i forklaringer på en flok af korte spor — alle sekventielle Skift – så jeg var i stand til at arbejde på, og lære hvad du skal gøre på dobbelt-fil genstarter. Jeg ved ikke, hvis det vil være godt i disse ting..."
Åh, det kan oversættes, Ben. Hvis der er noget, hans ren og genstarte evne gjorde mig glemme at han skubbede sin bil tempo alt for hårdt, for tidligt, hovedsagelig madlavning sin bremser og iført ud sine dæk. Den gode nyhed er, at han vil lære udstyr bevarelse med mere spilletid. De genstartes, selv? Det er en dejlig lille våben til kid ud af Louisville.
Kyle Larson, alle tre begivenheder — Hans K & N race finish (10) ikke var præcis spiffy, men hans fremvisninger på mandag i Whelen All-American race og tidlig tirsdag i hændelsen Whelen ændret var imponerende briller i betragtning af fleste af hans tid i disse specifikke biler kom i en test atmosfære. Det lyder kliché, men hans evne til at træde ind i enhver bil og har umiddelbar succes er overjordisk. Hans 2013 slaget ved stranden ydeevne vil blive husket for mandagens uheld, men uden for om at, det var en påmindelse om hvor naturligt begavet denne 20-årige knægt virkelig er.
Derek Thorn, K & N Pro serie — Hjerteskærende. Thorn kørte en intelligent race, så Greg Pursley har alle de rum, han kunne håndtere på genstarter under den første halvdel af løbet, indstilling sig selv og sin glædeligt bevarede racerbil op for sent afgift. Han blev derefter spundet, hvilket tvang ham til at navigere gennem trafikken på ligesom Frogger på ekspert mode, picking off positioner på vil. Med en chance for at vinde, ulykken igen 2 på det endelige skødet kastede op en for høj en hurdle, slutter måske den mest geniale viser i hele kampen. Hans sjette-plads finish er ikke værdig til at blive anset for en trøstepræmie, men det tjener som et udråbstegn efter en 2012 sæsonen, hvor han rangeret fjerde i driver produktion.
Bryan Ortiz, K & N Pro serie — Ortiz fik spundet tidligt i tirsdagens sager, fik hans skød tilbage og overlevet en hvepserede af aktivitet bestående af den seneste spundet Greg Pursley og Derek Thorn og deres spinner, Cale Conley. Ortiz var intelligente nok til at bakke, når situationer, navnlig den ene, blev alt for risikabel, og satte sig i position til at score den bedste finish af løbet til Rev Racing stabil. Den driver, der førte divisionen i finish inde i top halvdelen af felter (en 92.86 procent klip) i 2012 viste igen at han vil finde sin vej til fronten af sammenstykke løber og outlasting sin mere antsy modstandere.
Michael Self, K & N Pro serie — I de sidste 12 måneder, har selv blomstret i en over-servicerbare K & N vest racer hvis opfattede udsigten bestand er nu stigende. Han førte 27 omgange i tirsdags funktion og var den første-plads i stand før sidste-lap shenanigans henvist ham til en ottende-plads finish. At afslutte definere ikke ham, skønt; hans fuld-race viser stifter på en fem-race køre, indeholder to vinder og en andenplads finish, går helt tilbage til 2012.
Corey LaJoie, K & N Pro serie — Vi kun fangede et glimt af hvad LaJoie tilbyder som en racerbil driver; efter start 12., havde han hævdede tredje før bliver spundet, som mere eller mindre fjernede ham fra påstand. Hans bevarelse var på display, og meget som hvordan hans sidste to sæsoner i K & N øst panoreret ud, det var overskriften for et godt resultat.
Nate Monteith, Whelen All-American serie — 10-Race vinder i 2012 havde en intelligent køre går indtil hans motor udløbet på lap 106. Bevarelse af udstyr og kører et komfortabelt, men stadig hurtig tempo svævede han rundt femte i køreklar stand. Hans nat blev afbrudt, før vi var at se, om han havde bevaret nok til at være en race-win contender.
Lee Pulliam, Whelen All-American serie — Jeg er ikke sikker på om det var den uvante bil eller hastighed spotlight, men sidste års NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champ kiggede lidt tabt på 0,4-mile oval, redde en syvende-plads finish. For en mere korrekt vurdering af hans talent, det er mere logisk at henvise til hans bredere stikprøvestørrelse: han scorede 22 sejre over 36 starter sidste sæson.
Cale Conley, K & N Pro serie — Speedy? Ja. Aggressiv? Så meget mere. West Virginia fik sulten i løbet tirsdags funktion, spinning ud af Greg Pursley, Derek Thorn og Corey LaJoie i løbet af begivenheden. Tvinger spørgsmålet er en vane, der kan udryddes med tid under en driverudvikling. Der ikke er sket for ham endnu, og en race med $20.000 på linjen kan ikke være tid til at forvente, at dette bestemte aspekt af modning at forekomme.

Prospect Review: UNOH Battle At The Beach

David Smith Breaks Down Daytona Impact
With the inaugural UNOH Battle at the Beach wrapped and the trophies heading to their respective destinations, some ample analysis is due for some of the event’s more notable NASCAR Sprint Cup Series prospects.
While one race doesn’t and shouldn’t dictate a career, it does provide us an opportunity to glance at some of the offerings these budding prospects of NASCAR’s regional and weekly series currently possess.
Cameron Hayley, K&N Pro Series — Turn 4 was the smoke monster of the inaugural UNOH Battle at the Beach. Hayley, a sophomore in the series making his first start with Gene Price Motorsports, had no trouble taming the mythical beast.
Hayley cites study with new crew chief Jeff Jefferson as to why he was able to seamlessly get out of a tricky turn for 150 laps, plus overtime. He also placed heavy emphasis on tire conservation:
“We needed to know what was going to work and what wasn’t, and also needed to keep in the back of our mind tire management because a lot of the guys were coming out of that corner sideways and had nowhere to go,” said Hayley. “So we decided that smooth is fast, get in hard, get around the corner, point it straight and go. We worked hard on that, so we wouldn’t burn tires off.”
The approach worked and resulted in the best day of the 16-year-old driver’s career. He was a replacement-level producer in 2012, but if he pieces together runs over the course of the K&N West regular season the way he did Tuesday night, improvement in his production will come naturally. So might wins, if his equipment remains as speedy.
Hayley and fellow GPM driver Greg Pursley, who led 127 laps, paced the field in practice. The speed of the two teams wasn’t necessarily a surprise — GPM has housed the last two K&N West champions in Pursley and Dylan Kwasniewski — but the immediacy in which they became the class of the field was a shock, though not totally a coincidence. Hayley confirmed that GPM rented out Las Vegas Motor Speedway for two days and used the estimated Battle track specifications to create a mockup practice track in its parking lot. He said it helped “a little bit,” but it very clearly paid some dividends.
C.E. Falk, Whelen All-American Series — After what happened in Monday night’s feature, I expected one thing and got another. Of course, I’m referring to his aggressive pace and 61 laps led that didn’t weather his car one iota. To what did you think I was referring?
A three-time champion at Langley Speedway, the Virginia Beach native has cracked the code on equipment conservation while maintaining a pretty thunderous race pace. The trick is, his dominance — those 61 laps — didn’t come all that early. His move to the front came on lap 88 which would have been too early for a lesser driver. Not for Falk. His performance was absolutely indicative of everything of which he’s capable.
If it takes mile-high emotions following the conclusion of the race to land this kid — he’s still only 25 — a ride, a one-shot or something in one of the national NASCAR series, then fine. It’s a travesty he isn’t competing on Saturday afternoons anyway, but after his performance Monday, I’m no longer alone in that sentiment.
Ben Rhodes, Whelen All-American Series — In what sufficed as his breakout race, the soon-to-be 16 year old finished second after starting from the pole and leading 87 laps. That part is pretty easy to do when the machine being driven is a Lee McCall-built Late Model Stock that Tony Stewart drove to victory in last year’s Denny Hamlin Showdown. It was his restarts, though, that looked ripped from a veteran’s playbook. I asked Rhodes about this element of his racing repertoire following the race:
“I was just doing a lot of different things on the restarts, trying to mix things up. I was able to get a lot of good jumps. That all comes from my experience in Legend Cars. I had a lot of races in Legends at a bunch of short tracks — all sequential shift — so I was able to work on that and learn what to do on double-file restarts. I don’t know if it’s going to be good in these things …”
Oh, it translates, Ben. If anything, his sheer restarting ability made me forget that he pushed his car’s pace far too hard, too early, essentially cooking his brakes and wearing out his tires. The good news is that he’ll learn equipment conservation with more track time. Those restarts, though? That’s a nice little weapon for the kid out of Louisville.
Kyle Larson, all three events — His K&N race finish (10th) wasn’t exactly spiffy, but his showings on Monday in the Whelen All-American race and early Tuesday in the Whelen Modified event were impressive spectacles considering the majority of his time spent in those specific cars came in a testing atmosphere. It sounds cliche, but his ability to step into any car and have immediate success is otherworldly. His 2013 Battle at the Beach performance will be remembered for Monday’s mishap, but outside of that, it was a reminder of how naturally gifted this 20-year-old kid truly is.
Derek Thorn, K&N Pro Series — Heartbreaking. Thorn drove an intelligent race, allowing Greg Pursley to have all the room he could handle on restarts during the first half of the race, setting himself and his pleasantly conserved racecar up for late charge. He was then spun, which forced him to navigate through traffic at like Frogger on expert mode, picking off positions at will. With a chance to win, the accident in Turn 2 on the final lap threw up a too high a hurdle, ending perhaps the most brilliant showing of the entire Battle. His sixth-place finish isn’t worthy of being deemed a consolation prize, but it does serve as an exclamation point following a 2012 season in which he ranked fourth in driver production.
Bryan Ortiz, K&N Pro Series — Ortiz got spun early in Tuesday’s proceedings, gained his lap back and outlasted a hornet’s nest of activity consisting of the recently spun Greg Pursley and Derek Thorn and their spinner, Cale Conley. Ortiz was intelligent enough to back out when situations, particularly that one, became excessively dicey, and put himself in position to score the best finish of the race for the Rev Racing stable. The driver who led the division in finishes inside the top half of fields (a 92.86 percent clip) in 2012 proved once again that he’ll find his way to the front by piecing together runs and outlasting his more antsy adversaries.
Michael Self, K&N Pro Series — Over the last 12 months, Self has blossomed into an above-serviceable K&N West racer whose perceived prospect stock is now on the rise. He led 27 laps in Tuesday’s feature and was in the first-place position before last-lap shenanigans relegated him to an eighth-place finish. That finish doesn’t define him, though; his full-race showing tacks onto a five-race run of that includes two wins and a runner-up finish, dating back to 2012.
Corey LaJoie, K&N Pro Series — We only caught a glimpse of what LaJoie offers as a racecar driver; after starting 12th, he had claimed third before being spun, which more or less removed him from contention. His conservation was on display and, much like how his last two seasons in K&N East panned out, it was headed for a good result.
Nate Monteith, Whelen All-American Series — The 10-race winner in 2012 had an intelligent run going until his engine expired on lap 106. Conserving equipment and running a comfortable, but still speedy pace he hovered around fifth in the running order. His night was cut short before we were able to see whether he’d conserved enough to be a race-win contender.
Lee Pulliam, Whelen All-American Series — I’m not sure whether it was the unfamiliar car or the SPEED spotlight, but last year’s NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champ looked a bit lost on the 0.4-mile oval, salvaging a seventh-place finish. For a more proper evaluation of his talent, it’s more logical to refer to his broader sample size: he scored 22 victories across 36 starts last season.
Cale Conley, K&N Pro Series — Speedy? Yes. Agressive? More so. The West Virginian got hungry during Tuesday’s feature, spinning out Greg Pursley, Derek Thorn and Corey LaJoie over the course of the event. Forcing the issue is a habit that can be eradicated with time during a driver’s development. That hasn’t happened for him just yet and a race with $20,000 on the line might not be the time in which to expect that specific aspect of maturation to occur.