Open Race Thread: NASCAR Nationwide Series Wypall 200 | Phoenix International Raceway

All eyes, both fans and Sprint Cup teams and drivers, will be on this race today.  The two main stories about this race will be; 1) The battle for the Nationwide Championship and 2) How the new racing surface is going to affect the racing on the track.  Of course this may not be exactly in the right order.

The Championship is effectively down to Stenhouse and Sadler.  Will the younger driver prevail with youthful enthusiasm or will the seasoned veteran be hungry enough to prevail and win his first Championship?

For more on this check out what NASCAR RNR’s Troy J had to say.

I imagine that there will be more curious eyes peering from the garage area than normal for a Nationwide race because of the new pavement.  Will there be two grooves or just one like pre-paved Bristol?  Will the racing surface hold up or come apart like Texas years ago? And so on …

There will be a lot to learn from today’s race and the answers may be hard learned for some of the drivers on the track.

For more info and opinion about this subject check out what NASCAR RnR’s very own NASCAR Krissy had to say.

Starting line-up and ‘in-depth race discussion’ after the jump – see you there!

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Starting line-up via nascar.com.