It was a great night of racing at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch and Kasey Kahne seemed to have to best cars, but both were involved in incidents. This opened the door for Jamie McMurray to swoop down and grab the checkered flag, and possibly steal a million dollars. A great night of racing. Thank you for joining VAVEL USA tonight. I'm Steven Patrick. Have a great night!
Always love how Jamie seems to pull through in the big races. Winner of the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, the Coca-Cola 600. Now he's a winner of the Sprint Cup All-Star Race.
Finish: The unnoficial top 10: McMurray, Harvick, Kenseth, Earnhardt Jr., Edwards, Johnson, Bowyer, Hamlin, Keselowski.
Finish: Jamie McMurray is busy doing donuts. And he sounds ecstatic!
OFF OF TURN 4, JAMIE MCMURRAY HAS WON THE NASCAR SPRINT CUP ALL-STAR RACE.
White flag
2 laps to go: Harvick is closing hard on McMurray.
3 laps to go: Earnhardt Jr. takes the 4th spot from Edwards
5 more circuits around. Jamie McMurray is on a 1 million dollar ride tonight!
8 to go: McMurray is ahead by 1.5 seconds.
9 laps to go: McMurray is off to the races!
Start of segment 5: Important to remember that ONLY green flag laps will count.
Start of segment 5: The top 5 will be Edwards, McMurray, Harvick, Kenseth, Johnson.
End of segment 4: The first pit stall just payed off HUGE for Carl Edwards, who was first off of pit road. He is followed by Jamie McMurray.
End of segment 4: All cars will take a 4 tire stop. Pit road is open.
End of segment 4:All that remains is the final 10 lap segment. Kevin Harvick will be the first car on pit road.
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End of segment 4: Kasey Kahne is on pit road after hitting the wall.
End of segment 4: Kevin Harvick wins the segment. Now we will set the field based off of their average potition at the end of each segment.
Segment 4, lap 19: Ryan Newman comes down pit road after hitting the wall.
Segment 4, lap 17: The new leader is Kevin Harvick.
Segment 4, lap 14: Jimmie Johnson now falling as Denny Hamlin has cracked the top 5.
Segment 4, lap 11: McMurray vs Harvick for the lead.
Segment 4, lap 10: Kasey Kahne is dropping. he got in the wall.
Segment 4, lap 8: Green flag.
Segment 4, lap 4: Still under caution. Jamie McMurray is the leader followed by Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, and Carl Edwards.
Segment 4, lap 2: Just looked like Gordon blew a tire. He went straight up the hill where Truex and Biffle where just innocent victims.
Segment 4, lap 1: CAUTION! Biffle, Gordon, and Truex all stacked up in turn 3.
Started of segment 4, lap 1: Green flag.
End of segment 3: Jamie McMurray is first off of pit road. he's followed by Brad Keselowski and Jimmie Jonhson.
End of segment 3: Pit road is open. Everyone comes.
End of segment 3: Kasey Kahne wins his second segment of the night. He leads Kevin Harvick, Jamie McMurray, Brad Keselowski, and Matt Kenseth.
Segment 3, lap 16: Kasey Kahne holding a 1.5 second lead over Kevin Harvick.
Segment 3, lap 12: Harvick battles Jamie McMurray for 2nd now.
Segment 3, lap 11: Kevin Harvick rises to the 3rd spot.
Segment 3, lap 10: Look out for the other Hendrick cars tonight. Johnson, Gordon, and Earnhardt have all been taking 4 tires on their pit stops, keeping them from the top 5.
Segment 3, lap 8: Kasey Kahne is back to the lead. He seems quite comfortable up front.
Segment 3, lap 5: Kasey Kahne blows by Brad Kesewlowski for 2nd. The battle is on!
Segment 3, lap 1: Kasey Kahne is going huge places tonight on 4 tires.
Segment 3, lap 1: Green flag.
Start of segemnt 3: Tony Stewart is the leader.
End of segemnt 2: four drivers stay out as Greg Biffle is the first off of pit road.
End of segment 2: Pit road is open.
End of segment 2: Kasey Kahne wins the segment. He is followed by Kevin Harvick, and Carl Edwards.
Segment 2, lap 19: Kevin Harvick takes 2nd spot away from Carl Edwards.
Segment 2, lap 18: Hamlin is slow on track.
Segment 2, lap 17: New leader is Kasey Kahne.
Segment 2, lap 15: Kasey Kahne challenges Carl Edwards for the lead.
Segment 2, lap 14: Green flag.
Segment 2, lap 12: Allmendinger hit the right side of Brian Vickers, which propelled AJ into the inside wall.
Segment 2, lap 11: Following the restart, AJ Allmendinger finds himself in the wall. Caution is back out.
Segment 2, lap 11: Green flag.
Segment 2, lap 10: Interesting on-board look from Kyle Busch shows that his brother Kurt hit the wall right in front of him, forcing him to cut down.
Segment 2, lap 8: Kevin Harvick is first off of pit road.
Segment 2, lap 6: Kyle was clipped by Clint Bowyer. Lucky more drivers weren't involved. Pit road is open.
Segment 2, lap 6: CAUTION! Kyle Busch and Joey Logano wrecked in turn 3!
Segment 2, lap 5: Keselowski in the wall!
Segment 2, lap 4: Apparently, staying out may be a viable interest for other drivers after seeing what Hamlin is currently doing.
Segment 2, lap 1: Green flag is back in the air.
Start of segment 2: Denny Hamlin is going to be a sitting duck out there on old tires. Be prepared for him to get past on either side.
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End of segment 1: Denny Hamlin stayed out. off pit road, the first three drivers were Keselowski, Newman, and Kurt Busch. All three only took two tires.
End of segment 1: Pit road is now open.
End of segment 1: Kasey Kahne actually did pass Carl Edwards. Give the 4th spot to the 5 car.
Lap 20, end of segment 1: Kyle Busch wins the first segment as we are ow 20 laps into the 90 lap distance. It's then Gordon, Harvick, Edwards, and Kahne rounding out the top 5.
Lap 19: Carl Edwards now fending off his 3rd spot against Kevin Harvick.
Lap 15: Kasey Kahne and Jimmie Johnson battle for 5th spot.
Lap 13: Kyle Busch has now ran away from Carl Edwards as he now fends off Jeff Gordon.
Lap 10: at the same moment, Jeff Gordon takes third away from Harvick as they continue to battle for 3rd spot.
Lap 10: New leader, Kyle Busch.
Lap 7: A lot of wobbling around. Plenty of drivers who probably already want that first pit stop as we have a battle for the lead.
Lap 2: Harvick and Kyle Busch battling for second spot early as Carl Edwards begins to build a lead.
9:45: Green flag is in the air!
9:44: Carl Edwards won his first All-Star race in 2011. Is he due for another?
9:42: Rememebr these words, "Checkers or wreckers. No one remembers who finishes second".
9:40: It's time to do this. 90 laps around the Charlotte Motor Speedway split into five segments. Four 20 lap segments. Your average running position afrer those four segments determines your order down pit road before the final 10 lap segment
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9:36: The engines are fired, and it's now time to get rocking here in Charlotte.
9:34: If history tells us anyhting, Kyle Busch has a chance after winning last nights Truck Race. Jeff Gordon has a chance after winning last week in Kansas. Carl Edwards will have the best view of the start. And Jimmie Johnson won the last two All-Star Races and has won four all together, that being the most off all time.
9:20: Hopefully, I'm not the only one who thinks that Jake Owen ruined the Driver intros.
9:10: NOW, we have driver introductions.
9:07: Correction. There is now a performance on the stage being done by Jake Owen
9:06: Now it's time for driver introductions.
9:04: Owner Joe Gibbs with tonights invocation. Darius Ruckers to perform the National Anthem.
8:59: Lets talk about Kurt Busch for a moment. next Sunday, Kurt will be the third driver in history to run in the Indy 500 and the Coke 600, which are obviously on the same day. The owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has stated that any driver who can win most marveled events will be rewarded with 1 billion dollars. As fans, we should all wish Kurt good luck as he attempts this daunting feature.
8:55: The Sprint Unlimited and the Budweiser Duals were both races to little or no importance. Denny Hamlin won them both. Can he pick up yet another race that means hardly a thing?
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8:50: Bad news for the field. Carl Edwards smoked them all in qualifying and said that he had more potential in the car. Scary words.
8:45: Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman will both start in the rear of the field. They are penalized for illegal adjustments after post-qualifying inspection.
8:38: Here is the results of qualifying from front to back: Edwards, Kyle Busch, Harvick, Gordon, Johnson, Earnhardt Jr., Kahne, kenseth, Bowyer, Logano, McMurray, Truex Jr., Keselowski, Biffle, Stewart, Vickers, Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Josh Wise, Newman, Hamlin.
8:33: Carl Edwards wins the pole for tonight NASCAR Sprint Cup All-Star Race.
8:30: Josh Wise shocked the NASCAR world last night by winning the fan vote because of websites such as reddit and Doegcoin. He qualifies 19th.
8:27: AJ Allmendinger was runner up in the Sprint Showdown. Tonight, he runs a time of 1:56.719.
8:24: Clint Bowyer won the Sprint Showdown last night. And tonight, he qualifies with a time of 1:52.224.
8:20: Brad Keselowski looked ugly there. he has a great car. But a time of 1:53.531.
8:19: Kurt Busch with a good time for his lack of time in the car. he runs 1:52.399.
8:14: Carl Edwards just SMASHED the pole time. His time is 1:50.268.
8:11: Kevin Harvick couldn't quite get the pole. Sits second at 1:51.294.
8:10: Martin Truex Jr. Didn't look too shaby. A time of 1:53.105.
8:05: Matt Kenseth was just udner control. A time of 1:51.873.
8:01: Jimmie Johnson just broke Kyle's record, but sits third with a time of 1:51.393.
7:58: Kyle Busch just ran the fastest lap in mile 1.5 history and is the new pole sitter at 1:51.118.
7:55: Jamie McMurray was trying to hustle to McDonalds. A time of 1:52.733.
7:54: David Ragan didn't look to fabulous. A time of 2:00.878.
7:48: Joey Logano didn't have a whole lot there. A time of 1:52.586.
7:45: Kasey Kahne Just missed the front row. A time of 1:51.704 for the most beautiful man in NASCAR.
7:43: Ryan Newman slides into his stall, and puts another bad time on the board. it's 2:05.776.
7:38: Denny Hamlin is one mad man. He messed up his stop bad and records a time of 2:06.219.
7:35: Jeff Gordon Is the new pole sitter with a time of 1:51.385.
7:32: Greg Biffle follows up Jr's pole run with a time of 1;54.064.
7:29: Dale Earnhardt Jr. is first in the stall cleanly. He sets a new pole time of 1:51.639 as the crowd goes wild.
7:24: Tony Stewart takes the pole. He too went through his pit stall but gets a time of 1:56.021.
7:22: Brian Vickers first on track. He turns a time of 1:56.428 after sliding through the pit box.
7:10: Jimmie Johnson should always be the favorite in a race like this. Can he rip and roar in this one tonight, like he did last year? Joey Logono is becoming one of the biggest threats in racing. Can he define his prominence again tonight?
2014 NASCAR All-Star Race, Live Thoughts And Inline
7:10: Drivers already in the race: Greg Biffle 16, Kurt Busch 41, Kyle Busch 18, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 88, Carl Edwards 99, Jeff Gordon 24, Denny Hamlin 11, Kevin Harvick 4, Jimmie Johnson 48, Kasey Kahne 5, Brad Keselowski 2, Matt Kenseth 20, Joey Logano 22, Jamie McMurray 1, Ryan Newman 31, David Ragan 34, Tony Stewart 14, Martin Truex Jr. 78, Brian Vickers 55, Clint Bowyer 15, A.J Allmendinger 47, and Josh Wise 98
7:10: The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race is 90 laps around the 1.5-mile Charlotte Motor Speedway for a total of 135 miles. The race is divided into five segments: Four segments of 20 laps each, followed by a 10-race shootout. The drivers' average finishing positions in each segment sets the order for a mandatory four-tire pit stop before the final segment.
7:10: This race isn't all about money, when it comes down to it. The drivers are already getting paid big bucks, and to them, a million dollars is chump change. However, it's a way for fans to have fun just looking their favorite drivers race on one of the best speedways in the country.
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7:10: In most All-Star games, it is quite tough to get the competitors to really get down and dirty and compete, such as the NFL All-Star game, the NBA All-Star Game, and the NHL All-Star Game. This race is different. This is a dash for $1,000,000, and all these racers are hoping to be like Jimmie Johnson last year, and win it all.
7:10: Welcome to VAVEL USA's LIVE coverage of the 2014 NASCAR All-Star Race from Charlotte, NC! This is Steven Patrick, you're host. With some of the best and most popular in the racing sphere, this is certain to be an exciting and exhilerating race, as most All-Star Races have been over the years. We hope you enjoy this all along with us.