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Let's give this another try with McLaren, who are on their third engine of the season and we're still trying to test. Yesterday during the lunch break, rookie Stoffel Vandoorne was reporting multiple issues at once and Honda confirmed that the were changing the engine again after finding yet another electrical issue, not similar to Mercedes AMG Petronas' issue last week. The team is back out in Spain today for day 2 of the second week of Formula One testing in advance to the Australian GP in a few weeks. The boss of Honda is telling media outlets that he's worried about the future of McLaren after Jenson Button retired and now they have Vandoorne and Fernando Alonso, who have both had their issues in Spain. As pracice is wrapping up soon, McLaren went back out after a red flag for Kimi Raikkonen, the team announced Alonso was going out for  "gathering aero data, testing tyre compounds and mapping the power unit". The aero data and tyre test was going to happen anyways but they want to map out the power unit since the engine was just put in yesterday night after the electrical poblem was found. Both the rookie and veteran are testing today. Earlier today the team retired early before Alonso came out, Honda denied reports that it had somehing to do with the engine this time and that everything is fine.

Well then, he's back... Felipe Massa recorded the quickest time in Day 1 of Week 2 of Formula One testing in Barcelona today. He also tied Sebastian Vettel with 168 laps, the most ran today. Lewis Hamilton admitted the Scuderia Ferrari of Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen may have the advantage as they have both have shown speed. McLaren on the other hand... yeah. McLaren Honda was running 7th quickest at the break behinf Toro Rosso with rookie Stoffel Vandoorne, but when the lunch break came, the team found an electrical probelm, and Honda confirmed they had to change the engine, again. Pascal Wehrlein is back for the first time since his RoC crash in Florida over the winter. 

Formula One Testing 2017: Barcelona, Spain. Day 1, Week 2.

Times: Position, driver, team in (), time, tyre that set it

1) Felipe Massa (Williams-Martini) 1:19.726 - supersoft

2) Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 1:19.900 - ultrasoft

3) Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari) 1:19.906 - soft

4) Lewis Hamilton - (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 1:20.456 - soft - only took morning session

5) Valtteri Bottas - (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 1:20.924 - soft

6) Esteban Ocon - (Sahara Force India) - 1:21.347 - supersoft

7) Nico Hulkenberg - (Renault) - 1:21.589 - soft

Kevin Magnussen - (Haas F!) - 1:21.676 - soft

9) Daniil Kvyat - (Red Bull Toro Rosso) - 1:21.743 - soft

10) Stoffel Vandoorne - (McLaren Honda) - 1:22.537 - soft

11) Pascal Wehrlein - (Sauber) - 1:23.336 - soft - only took morning session

12) Marcus Ericsson - (Sauber) - 1:23.630 - soft

14) Jolyon Palmer - (Renault) - 1:24.790 - soft - only took morning session

Laps Completed: Driver, team in (), laps completed

Sebastian Vettel (Scuderia Ferrari); Felipe Massa (Williams-Martini) - 168

Esteban Ocon (Sahara Force India) - 142

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) - 89

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 86

Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull Toro Rosso) - 83

Kevin Magnussen (Haas F1) - 81

Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren Honda) -80

Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) - 57

Marcus Ericsson (Sauber) - 53

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes AMG Petronas) - 49

Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber) - 47

Jolyon Palmer (Renault) - 15

That's it from Spain, see you tomorrow for day 2!

Atlanta, Georgia:

Joe Gibbs Racing and Kyle Busch Motorsports are invading Atlanta this weekend for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Xfinity Series and Monster Energy Cup Series.

Drivers: * = Full-Time in series

Trucks:

Christopher Bell #4*, Noah Gragson #18*, Kyle Busch #51. Team is looking for first win ever at Atlanta. Gragson wrecked out of Daytona last week on lap 2. Bell survived being airborne and nearly avoiding the last lap crash to somehow finish 8th.

Xfinity:

Kyle Busch #18, Matt Tifft #19*, Denny Hamlin #20. First races of the year for Busch and Hamlin, who are limited to 10 races due to Cup experience restrictions. Tifft was wrecked coming to the line at Daytona.

Cup:

Denny Hamlin #11*, Kyle Busch #18*, Daniel Suarez #19*, Matt Kenseth #20*

William Byron stepped up to the NASCAR Xfinity Series this season with JR Motorsports after missing the Truck Final 4 by 8 laps last season as his engine blew with Kyle Busch Motorsports. Byron is a former Late Model driver for Jr and is back in a top series. He is a student at Liberty University, his sponsor but a lack of help could have costed him this year. But Axalta is stepping up to sponsor him in 15 races this year and will help the whole organization in 15 more next season. Byron crashed out at Daytona last weekend and hopes to rebound at Atlanta this week.

Who would have guessed? Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 struggled today. Valtteri Bottas only ran 9 laps in his his car and multi-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton didn't even complete a lap. According to Hamilton's twitter, the Brit said he found an electrical problem in his new car that was not caused by F1's newest rules involving various parts of the car. Hamilton deemed the car unsafe to drive and retired before going out. The team is loading up and leaving Spain to head back to Great Britain to fix the problem to be ready for Australia. Also from today's final session, Williams-Martini F1 did not practice after excessive damage rookie Lance Stoll caused to the car after spinning out early 2 days in a row. That led to now out of retirement man Felipe Massa, who came back following the news Bottas was going to Mercedes to replace Nico Rosberg, who retired after winning the 2016 championship, his first.

You heard it here first, yesterday was the craziest and best Daytona 500 I've ever seen, a race that started calm and finished in chaos. In fact, I think we had more cars still running at the end than we did in the Truck and Xfinity races COMBINED. We know what happened with the Trucks, 1/3 of the field was taken out on lap 2 including Stewart Friesen and Noah Gragson. JGR/KBM aren't too happy since they are going home with 3 destroyed Trucks (though Bell's survived being airborne TWICE  and a last lap wreck that had Matt Crafton flip) . All 3 Xfinity cars are totaled after Daniel and Erik were in the same crash and someone took Matt out coming to the line. In the Cup series, Kyle Busch won stage 1 while Kevin Harvick won stage 2, Kyle's brother Kurt won the stage that mattered. Kyl was involved in a wreck on lap 103 after blowing a tire drafting with his Toyota teammates, so again, the Toyota's working together backfired. Erik Jones was in the wreck along with some other teammates, who were in the draft, it also took Dale Earnhardt Jr out as he failed to make the new 5 minute rule for damage. Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson both ran dry on fuel on the last few laps allowing Kurt to pass, but I'm telling you, one more lap and Ryan Blaney would've won, he was on a mission. It is his best career finish in Cup. AJ Allmendinger finished 3rd. 

2017 Daytona 500 Rundown:

1. Kurt Busch
2. Ryan Blaney
3. AJ Allmendinger
4. Aric Almirola
5. Paul Menard
6. Joey Logano
7. Kasey Kahne
8. Michael Waltrip
9. Matt DiBenedetto
10. Trevor Bayne
11. Brendan Gaughan
12. Kyle Larson
13. Martin Truex Jr
14. Chase Elliott
15. Michael McDowell
16. Landon Cassill
17. Denny Hamlin
18. Cole Whitt
19. Austin Dillon
20. Elliott Sadler
21. Ryan Newman
22. Kevin Harvick
23. Joey Gase
24. Corey LaJoie
25. David Ragan
26. Jeffrey Earnhardt
27. Brad Keselowski
28. Jamie McMurray
29. Daniel Suarez
30. Ty Dillon
31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr
32. Clint Bowyer
33. Danica Patrick
34. Jimmie Johnson
35. Chris Buescher
36. D.J. Kennington
37. Dale Earnhardt Jr
38. Kyle Busch
39. Erik Jones
40. Matt Kenseth

Tim McCreadie was 8 laps from winning his first Super Dirt Week race in October last year, it would have been his first win of the year too, he didn't win until November where he won 2 nights in a row. Well, he's already got a win in 2017. McCreadie from Watertown, NY, known by his father Bob, came from the B-Main to winning the A-Main in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race at East Bay in his new Longhorn Chassis by Bobby Labonte, Sweetners Plus 39.

"I didn't know where I was at before the yellow came out. I ran as hard as I could and we got there. I didn't think our chances were very good to win tonight from where we started (outside row nine). We have struggled to get this car to qualify. Low and behold, I am good in these conditions," said the driver who finished third in the 2016 LOLMDS Championship Points Standings.

Completing the top ten were Kyle Bronson, Scott Bloomquist, Darrell Lanigan, Jonathan Davenport, and Austin Hubbard.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Wrisco Industries Winternationals - presented by E3 Spark Plugs
East Bay Raceway Park - Tampa, FL

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Josh Richards / 14.533 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Scott Bloomquist / 14.628 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Josh Richards, GR Smith, Boom Briggs, Kyle Bronson, Zack Dohm, Steve Francis, Gregg Satterlee, Jonathan Davenport, David Breazeale, Doug Horton, Todd Frank, Shan Smith

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Michael Lake, Dennis Erb, Jr., Hudson O'Neal, Kenny PettyJohn, Greg Oakes, Dustin Linville, Stephen Breeding, Freddie Carpenter, Brian Ligon, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Corey Conley , Darrell Lanigan, Bob Gardner, Scott Bloomquist, Tim McCreadie, Craig Wolford, Timothy Culp, Mason Zeigler, Ricky Weiss, John Gardner

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Don O'Neal, Tim Dohm , Austin Hubbard, Jared Miley, Davey Johnson, Doug Drown, Pancho Lawler, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Nick Davis, Austin Rettig

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Steve Francis, David Breazeale, Zack Dohm, Jonathan Davenport, Doug Horton, Gregg Satterlee, Freddie Carpenter, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner, Shan Smith, Brian Ligon, Dustin Linville, Greg Oakes, Todd Frank, Stephen Breeding

Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Tim McCreadie, Davey Johnson, Scott Bloomquist, Doug Drown, Ricky Weiss, Timothy Culp, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Mason Zeigler, Austin Rettig, Craig Wolford, Nick Davis, John Gardner, Pancho Lawler

Feature Finish (45 Laps):

Tim McCreadie was 8 laps from winning his first Super Dirt Week race in October last year, it would have been his first win of the year too, he didn't win until November where he won 2 nights in a row. Well, he's already got a win in 2017. McCreadie from Watertown, NY, known by his father Bob, came from the B-Main to winning the A-Main in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race at East Bay in his new Longhorn Chassis by Bobby Labonte, Sweetners Plus 39.

"I didn't know where I was at before the yellow came out. I ran as hard as I could and we got there. I didn't think our chances were very good to win tonight from where we started (outside row nine). We have struggled to get this car to qualify. Low and behold, I am good in these conditions," said the driver who finished third in the 2016 LOLMDS Championship Points Standings.

Completing the top ten were Kyle Bronson, Scott Bloomquist, Darrell Lanigan, Jonathan Davenport, and Austin Hubbard.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Wrisco Industries Winternationals - presented by E3 Spark Plugs
East Bay Raceway Park - Tampa, FL

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Josh Richards / 14.533 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Scott Bloomquist / 14.628 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Josh Richards, GR Smith, Boom Briggs, Kyle Bronson, Zack Dohm, Steve Francis, Gregg Satterlee, Jonathan Davenport, David Breazeale, Doug Horton, Todd Frank, Shan Smith

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Michael Lake, Dennis Erb, Jr., Hudson O'Neal, Kenny PettyJohn, Greg Oakes, Dustin Linville, Stephen Breeding, Freddie Carpenter, Brian Ligon, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Corey Conley , Darrell Lanigan, Bob Gardner, Scott Bloomquist, Tim McCreadie, Craig Wolford, Timothy Culp, Mason Zeigler, Ricky Weiss, John Gardner

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Don O'Neal, Tim Dohm , Austin Hubbard, Jared Miley, Davey Johnson, Doug Drown, Pancho Lawler, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Nick Davis, Austin Rettig

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Steve Francis, David Breazeale, Zack Dohm, Jonathan Davenport, Doug Horton, Gregg Satterlee, Freddie Carpenter, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner, Shan Smith, Brian Ligon, Dustin Linville, Greg Oakes, Todd Frank, Stephen Breeding

Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Tim McCreadie, Davey Johnson, Scott Bloomquist, Doug Drown, Ricky Weiss, Timothy Culp, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Mason Zeigler, Austin Rettig, Craig Wolford, Nick Davis, John Gardner, Pancho Lawler

Feature Finish (45 Laps):

Tim McCreadie was 8 laps from winning his first Super Dirt Week race in October last year, it would have been his first win of the year too, he didn't win until November where he won 2 nights in a row. Well, he's already got a win in 2017. McCreadie from Watertown, NY, known by his father Bob, came from the B-Main to winning the A-Main in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race at East Bay in his new Longhorn Chassis by Bobby Labonte, Sweetners Plus 39.

"I didn't know where I was at before the yellow came out. I ran as hard as I could and we got there. I didn't think our chances were very good to win tonight from where we started (outside row nine). We have struggled to get this car to qualify. Low and behold, I am good in these conditions," said the driver who finished third in the 2016 LOLMDS Championship Points Standings.

Completing the top ten were Kyle Bronson, Scott Bloomquist, Darrell Lanigan, Jonathan Davenport, and Austin Hubbard.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Wrisco Industries Winternationals - presented by E3 Spark Plugs
East Bay Raceway Park - Tampa, FL

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Josh Richards / 14.533 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Scott Bloomquist / 14.628 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Josh Richards, GR Smith, Boom Briggs, Kyle Bronson, Zack Dohm, Steve Francis, Gregg Satterlee, Jonathan Davenport, David Breazeale, Doug Horton, Todd Frank, Shan Smith

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Michael Lake, Dennis Erb, Jr., Hudson O'Neal, Kenny PettyJohn, Greg Oakes, Dustin Linville, Stephen Breeding, Freddie Carpenter, Brian Ligon, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Corey Conley , Darrell Lanigan, Bob Gardner, Scott Bloomquist, Tim McCreadie, Craig Wolford, Timothy Culp, Mason Zeigler, Ricky Weiss, John Gardner

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Don O'Neal, Tim Dohm , Austin Hubbard, Jared Miley, Davey Johnson, Doug Drown, Pancho Lawler, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Nick Davis, Austin Rettig

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Steve Francis, David Breazeale, Zack Dohm, Jonathan Davenport, Doug Horton, Gregg Satterlee, Freddie Carpenter, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner, Shan Smith, Brian Ligon, Dustin Linville, Greg Oakes, Todd Frank, Stephen Breeding

Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Tim McCreadie, Davey Johnson, Scott Bloomquist, Doug Drown, Ricky Weiss, Timothy Culp, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Mason Zeigler, Austin Rettig, Craig Wolford, Nick Davis, John Gardner, Pancho Lawler

Feature Finish (45 Laps):

Tim McCreadie was 8 laps from winning his first Super Dirt Week race in October last year, it would have been his first win of the year too, he didn't win until November where he won 2 nights in a row. Well, he's already got a win in 2017. McCreadie from Watertown, NY, known by his father Bob, came from the B-Main to winning the A-Main in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series race at East Bay in his new Longhorn Chassis by Bobby Labonte, Sweetners Plus 39.

"I didn't know where I was at before the yellow came out. I ran as hard as I could and we got there. I didn't think our chances were very good to win tonight from where we started (outside row nine). We have struggled to get this car to qualify. Low and behold, I am good in these conditions," said the driver who finished third in the 2016 LOLMDS Championship Points Standings.

Completing the top ten were Kyle Bronson, Scott Bloomquist, Darrell Lanigan, Jonathan Davenport, and Austin Hubbard.

Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Race Summary
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Wrisco Industries Winternationals - presented by E3 Spark Plugs
East Bay Raceway Park - Tampa, FL

Miller Welders Fast Time Group A: Josh Richards / 14.533 seconds
Miller Welders Fast Time Group B: Scott Bloomquist / 14.628 seconds

Eibach Springs Heat Race #1 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Josh Richards, GR Smith, Boom Briggs, Kyle Bronson, Zack Dohm, Steve Francis, Gregg Satterlee, Jonathan Davenport, David Breazeale, Doug Horton, Todd Frank, Shan Smith

FK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Michael Lake, Dennis Erb, Jr., Hudson O'Neal, Kenny PettyJohn, Greg Oakes, Dustin Linville, Stephen Breeding, Freddie Carpenter, Brian Ligon, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner

Simpson Performance Products Heat Race #3 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Corey Conley , Darrell Lanigan, Bob Gardner, Scott Bloomquist, Tim McCreadie, Craig Wolford, Timothy Culp, Mason Zeigler, Ricky Weiss, John Gardner

QA1 Heat Race #4 Finish (10 Laps, Top 4 Transfer): Don O'Neal, Tim Dohm , Austin Hubbard, Jared Miley, Davey Johnson, Doug Drown, Pancho Lawler, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Nick Davis, Austin Rettig

Penske Racing Shocks B-Main #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Steve Francis, David Breazeale, Zack Dohm, Jonathan Davenport, Doug Horton, Gregg Satterlee, Freddie Carpenter, Chad Hollenbeck, Colton Flinner, Shan Smith, Brian Ligon, Dustin Linville, Greg Oakes, Todd Frank, Stephen Breeding

Fast Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Tim McCreadie, Davey Johnson, Scott Bloomquist, Doug Drown, Ricky Weiss, Timothy Culp, Gordy Gundaker, Earl Pearson, Jr., Mason Zeigler, Austin Rettig, Craig Wolford, Nick Davis, John Gardner, Pancho Lawler

Feature Finish (45 Laps):