This weekend saw the Camping World Truck Series was in Memphis, while the Nationwide Series and Cup Series were both up in New Hampshire.
The Truck Series race was almost free from any kind of major result-changing event. There was debris, there were some spins, but all told, there was only one major incident.
It would be on the final lap, where we would see Matt Crafton and Mike Skinner make contact while racing for the forth position. While neither would wreck, it would send them up the track, allowing Aric Almirola to pass underneath to take the spot himself.
The Nationwide race was almost the same. There were a few wrecks, but not something to really make an impact on the end of the day, save two instances.
One happened under caution on lap 106. Carl Edwards held the lead coming down pit road. While getting right side tires changed, the front tire changer had difficulty with the lug nuts, and it cost the team seven positions. He left the pits eighth, and would only make it back to sixth by the end of the day.
This race would also see a last-lap heartbreak. Brian Vickers was racing Mike Bliss for fourth place. The two went side by side into Turn 4, and Scott Speed would get into the back of Vickers, spinning him around. The incident gave Vickers a 12th-place finish, Speed an eighth-place finish and Bliss would retain the fourth spot.
The Sprint Cup series drivers would give us a lot of race changing action from about half way through the race to the end.
Around lap 170, Paul Menard got into the wall and draw a caution. The ensuing restart saw a melee that reminded a fan of Talladega. Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun his tires, causing Martin Truex to check up and go low to avoid Junior. While trying to merge back in for the setup to Turn 1, he nearly pinned Kyle Busch to Juan Pablo Montoya, and with nowhere for Kyle to go but straight, Truex was nudged in the back and sent around. Truex would collect Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick, and Casey Mears. Brian Vickers, David Ragan, Jamie McMurray, and David Reutimann would also be involved.
Scott Speed would spin on lap 190, which would give Joey Logano his lap back.
On lap 262, Ryan Newman would run out of gas, allowing Logano to take the lead.
The ultimate race wrecker for the weekend came on lap 265. The skies opened, and rain started falling. NASCAR deemed the race official, and Logano would earn his first Sprint Cup victory.
The biggest race changing moment was due to a situation that would usually be just another spin into the wall. The caution brought out by Speed turned out to be just what the Home Depot team needed to make Joey Logano the youngest Cup series winner in NASCAR.
