Busch, Kentucky

Race: Busch, Kentucky
Winner: David Gilliland

Pre-victory Lane Celebration: Nice burnout
Burnout: Yep
Victory Lane Celebration: Climbs out of car and holds arms up in victory.

Confetti/ Pyro: Don’t actually see the pyro but you can see the reflection of it in Gilliland’s face during interview.

Persons Thanked: Crew and car owner Clay Andrews. They are running the car unsponsored.
Sponsors Mentioned: Car unsponsored for now.
Headgear/ Sunglasses Worn: Team hat, night race
Beverage Consumed: nope

Girlfriend/ Wife Present: Wife and kid

Additional Notes: “I love racing with these Cup guys because it makes me better,” said David Gilliland

Images courtesy of FX and NASCAR Digital Entertainment.

Cup, Pocono

Race: Cup, Pocono
Winner: Denny Hamlin

Pre-victory Lane Celebration: Grabs the checkered flag but only smokes the tires briefly as he has to drive this car next weekend at Michigan.
Burnout: Not really
Victory Lane Celebration: Climbs out of car holding Coke bottle towards grandstands. He is surrounded by media.

Confetti/ Pyro: No
Persons Thanked: Joe Gibbs Racing, Mike Ford
Sponsors Mentioned: Coke, FedEx
Headgear/ Sunglasses Worn: Nope
Beverage Consumed: Not on TV but he held up the Coke bottle for all to see.
Girlfriend/ Wife Present: Nope
Network/ Talent Conducting Interview: Dick Berggren

Additional Notes: Victory Lane looked a little out of control. Don’t know why all the media was in the background of the shot but a win is a win.

Images courtesy of FOX and NASCAR Digital Entertainment.

IRL IndyCar Series, Texas Motor Speedway

Race: IRL IndyCar Series, Texas Motor Speedway
Winner: Helio Castroneves

Pre-victory Lane Celebration: Helio = Fence climbing

Burnout: Nope, gotta save the engine for the next race
Victory Lane Celebration: Gets out of car and slaps hand s with team

Confetti/ Pyro: Yep but we don’t see the confetti shoot off but ESPN gets the fireworks.

Persons Thanked: Team unbelievable in pits.
Sponsors Mentioned: None
Headgear/ Sunglasses Worn: Firestone hat
Beverage Consumed: Unlabeled water
Girlfriend/ Wife Present: nope
Network/ Talent Conducting Interview: Dr. Jerry Punch

Additional Notes: We saw pits and pieces of victory lane festivities as ESPN wrapped up coverage.

Images courtesy of ESPN, IMS Productions and IRL.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Texas Motor Speedway

Race: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Texas Motor Speedway
Winner: Todd Bodine

Pre-victory Lane Celebration: The Onion took some time getting to victory lane but SPEED did not show why. For all we know he could have performed a burnout in reverse.

Burnout: Have no idea.
Victory Lane Celebration: Gets a sip of water then climbs out of truck, pumps his fist and holds up three fingers to the camera.

Confetti/ Pyro: Nope
Persons Thanked: Mike Jr and Sr making adjustments to the truck. “The motto of this team is that we never give up.”
Sponsors Mentioned: Todd forgets to mention Lumber Liquidators but SPEED’s announcers cover for him.
Headgear/ Sunglasses Worn: Lumber Liquidators hat. The Onion is no Kyle Busch, no glasses, it’s a night race baby.
Beverage Consumed: Someone hands him a bottle of Ozarka water and he drinks it but that same person holds a bottle of Deer Park water in the camera’s view in her hand.
Girlfriend/ Wife Present: Have no idea.
Network/ Talent Conducting Interview: Lord of the Truck Series Pits, Ray Dunlap.

Additional Notes: None

Images courtesy of SPEED and NASCAR Digital Entertainment.