Thornton Jr

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

Did he already lose the points championship tonight?

[NeedforLM$peed]

Yep. Kyle Larson won the championship.

[dalemcfan]

He could still be fine. They are only counting 5 of the 9 (now 8 because Fri at Alltech rained out) Speedweeks races. He needs some good runs at Eastbay and Bubba though

[ZERO25]

Did he already lose the points championship tonight?

Yep, they all should retire and rename it Larsons Lucas Oil Series.........:)

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Yep, they all should retire and rename it Larsons Lucas Oil Series.........:)If he ran the full season, you just might. Thank God Mr Hendrick aka Satan picked him up.

[mod95]

He could still be fine. They are only counting 5 of the 9 (now 8 because Fri at Alltech rained out) Speedweeks races. He needs some good runs at Eastbay and Bubba thoughNot sure if even TC has ever been to All-Tech before. Looked fast at times, looked meh at times. Sucks that he didn't make the show, all it took was him having to check up behind Stovall when he was making a move for the lead in the B with a few to go. Was fast at Arizona and just came to a track that a lot of guys found tricky. It'll be more tough competition for the rest of speedweeks but he could put on a show at East Bay.

[Rajflyboy]

Bloomer wasn’t there. Larson got lucky. 😜

[nc mudcat]

RT should have turned Stovall in the B Main. All the way under him, backed off and missed the field.

[kidrock]

If he ran the full season, you just might. Thank God Mr Hendrick aka Satan picked him up.

I agree. I would like to see what he could do if he ran a full season. I put him in the category of A.J.Foyt and Tony Stewart.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I forgot about the mulligans in FL. Thanks guys.

[kazual]

Been expecting both RTJ and Strickler to make a lot of noise, reality of the level of competition can be a bitter pill. Owens, Marlar, and Larson were maybe the only cars that showed the ability to run people down and pass them, Larson could do it at will, the others had to work much harder. Whatever your cup of tea thought the track provided a very interesting race.

[Hoosier_Dirt]

I expect RTJ and Strickler to struggle at some places this year. Some of these tracks they've never been. Strickler is also adjusting to the Rocket chassis. Both are great talents, and will get it figured out.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

I expect RTJ and Strickler to struggle at some places this year. Some of these tracks they've never been. Strickler is also adjusting to the Rocket chassis. Both are great talents, and will get it figured out.

Agreed. That's exactly what I said a couple weeks ago. RTJ will do big things, but he will have nights like last night too.

[ZERO25]

If he ran the full season, you just might. Thank God Mr Hendrick aka Satan picked him up.

Maybe the second year. He would be lucky to finish top 5 his first year!

[Highside Hustler25]

Maybe the second year. He would be lucky to finish top 5 his first year!
Umm, maybe maybe not. I know that I sure wouldn't bet against him.

[Mod Runner]

No , don't rule out RTJ.

[BloomerHarvickFan]

Thornton is 0 for 2 and Strickler has as 23rd and a DNS....
Not a good start, but man, Speedweeks is tough on rookies with so many cars and nothing to fall back on.
You get off just a bit in qualifying and you're gonna have a tough night with such big fields.

[TS FAN]

This^^^^^^^

[formercrewguy]

It's a long night when you don't qualify good......on all tracks. Some more than others.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

RTJ has qualified well enough. Heat racing has been the issue.

[keith94elliott]

With 74 cars entered its gonna be tough for the big guns to do good.

[racerx99]

R. Thorton....I think... will do pretty good on tracks he's been on already, on unfamiliar tracks he may struggle....he's in a Longhorn chss. so should be plenty of info out there if they sharing...with cars being so close these days u gotta be on.... with the size of the fields it's hard for everybody right now. Track like Atomic or B-town (which he ran pretty good at last year) he'll be good. Root for the New guy!!

[GottaGoFast]

Not just the new guy. Ricky is a great person too. Fantastic attitude. It is fun to talk racing with him. He just loves being in a race car.

[0_VodooChild_0]

I think this is even a different car than the one he ran well with in AZ, or at least he started speedweeks with a different car (may have switched back to the AZ one by now)Same car as they ran in Arizona. Ricky has never seen All Tech or East Bay. Huge learning curve & with 75 cars there, it makes it even harder.

[dirtcrazy4u]

They've had close to 80 cars each night so far. Minus team zero. Making the field is a task in itself. Anybody comes out of east bay just making the a main thru the week will impress me.