[bears9]

it was a weird race for the 20 Aric Almora started the race but Denny Hamlin jumped in for him after 59 laps Almora was credited with the win

Results
1.Aric Almora (Denny Hamlin drove 191 laps)
2.Scott Wimmer
3.Jason Leffter
4.Brad Coleman
5.Jason Keller
6.Todd Bodine
7.David Reutimann
8.Carl Edwards
9.Johny Beanson
10.Shane Huffman

who should have got win credit Almora or Hamlin

[Nevadastars]

Aric definately should have credit for the win since he won the pole and kept the car in the top 3, until he was told by the Rockwell brass to get out of the car.
See my "Rockwell Automation" thread.

[jks812]

I agree that Aric should get the win. That was low down of Rockwell.

[bears9]

Originally Posted by jks812

I agree that Aric should get the win. That was low down of Rockwell.

agreed Hamlin said he would of let Aric drive th car and he'd watch but Rockwell wouldnt let him

[LSC9901]

I would suspect that Rockwell had a contract with Hamlin to drive this race and that is the face they wanted to see in their advertising in reference to this race. Real bonus that he won.

[Jeffrey4318]

It is sad because now we have proof that Sponsor are running Nascar. Being a big JGR fan this pains me. I thought they were more of a stand up team than that. If Joe was at the track I'm sure Aric would of finished the race in the car.

[Quality88]

Freakin Corporate sponsorship.

[Racer Duck]

Originally Posted by Jeffrey4318

It is sad because now we have proof that Sponsor are running Nascar. Being a big JGR fan this pains me. I thought they were more of a stand up team than that. If Joe was at the track I'm sure Aric would of finished the race in the car.

doubt it. the folks with the wallet talk loudest. JGR didn't need a sponsor confrontation .. makes it harder to get others in the future...

plus there's that other little thing: doubt if Aric would have the win if Denny hadn't been "pressed" into service... Aric was a good solid T5, but wasn't showing enough speed to win when he was pulled.

on the bright side, Aric gets the driver points and win credit. that goes directly into his wallet.