Weekly Pull List: 10/28/2015

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comics news is on Comic Book Resources.

Dark Horse
Fight Club 2 #6

DC
Batman and Robin Eternal #4
Flash #45
Gotham by Midnight #10
Grayson #13

Image
Chew #51

Marvel
Chewbacca #2
Deadpool vs. Thanos #4
Spider-Man 2099 #2

Joey Logano Wins Following Wild Talladega Finish

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Joey Logano won the CampingWorld.com 500 from Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon.

The victory was Logano’s third straight victory, giving him a three-race sweep of the Contender round of the Chase.  Logano said the victory is a reflection of his team’s hard work this season.

Photo courtesy Chris Graythen/Getty Images

“This team is unbelievable, three in a row,” Logano said.  “What an amazing team we’ve got.  We came to play this year.”

After running without a caution for the first half of the race, the ending of the race was marred by controversy.  Earlier in the week, NASCAR announced that instead of the customary three green-white-checkered attempts, they would instead go with just one attempt at a GWC finish at Talladega. 

 

After a late-race caution, the field was set to have a GWC attempt.  Before the field could make it to the start/finish line, a wreck mid-pack caused the caution to come back out, and NASCAR said that attempt did not count because the leaders had not taken the green flag.  Logano said the call confused him.

“Well I was confused after the first one…I thought the green flag flew and it was an attempt but NASCAR said no,” Logano said.  “We play by NASCAR’s rules in their sandbox, so we’ll play by those and thankfully it worked out for us.”

On the final restart, Kevin Harvick made contact with Trevor Bayne, which started the “Big One” at the front of the pack.  Harvick, who’s engine had been down on power, said he was trying to get out of the way when he made contact with Bayne.  

NASCAR threw the caution just before Dale Earnhardt Jr. could take the lead, which allowed Logano to pick up the victory.  Earnhardt said regardless of the outcome, he supported NASCAR’s call.

“Another 100 yards and I’d have been in the lead, but NASCAR makes the calls,” Earnhardt said.  “I have 100 percent faith in the choices that they make.  I’m not going to be too upset about it, I did everything I could.”

Following the race, four drivers were eliminated from the Chase: Earnhardt, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth and Denny Hamlin.  

The eight drivers who advance to the Eliminator Round starting next weekend in Martinsville:

1. Joey Logano

2. Carl Edwards

3. Brad Keselowski

4. Jeff Gordon

5. Kurt Busch

6. Martin Truex Jr.

7. Kevin Harvick

8. Kyle Busch

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

3. Jeff Gordon

4. Brad Keselowski

5. Carl Edwards

6. Paul Menard

7. Martin Truex Jr.

8. Clint Bowyer

9. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

10. Kurt Busch

11. Kyle Busch

12. Ryan Newman

13. Michael Waltrip

14. Austin Dillon

15. Kevin Harvick

16. Aric Almirola

17. Sam Hornish Jr.

18. Jimmie Johnson

19. Kasey Kahne

20. Greg Biffle

21. Trevor Bayne

22. Cole Whitt

23. Bobby Labonte

24. Kyle Larson

25. Tony Stewart

26. Matt Kenseth

27. Danica Patrick

28. Michael McDowell

29. Josh Wise

30. David Ragan

31. Casey Mears

32. David Gilliland

33. Alex Bowman

34. Landon Cassill

35. Travis Kvapil

36. AJ Allmendinger

37. Denny Hamlin

38. J.J. Yeley

39. Jamie McMurray

40. Matt DiBenedetto

41. Timmy Hill

42. Justin Allgaier

43. Ryan Blaney

Photo courtesy Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 10/21/2015

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any breaking comics news is on Comic Book Resources.

DC
Batman and Robin Eternal #3

IDW
Back to the Future #1
Godzilla in Hell #4

Image
Invincible #124

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #2
Astonishing Ant-Man #1
Darth Vader #11
Invincible Iron Man #2
Star Wars: Shattered Empire #4
Uncanny Inhumans #1

Titan
Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #4
Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Year Two #2
Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #13

Joey Logano Wins at Kansas

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Joey Logano won the Hollywood Casino 400 from Kansas Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

Logano chased down Matt Kenseth in the final laps, and Kenseth spun after the two drivers made contact.  Logano said the contact was a product of hard racing between two of NASCAR’s best.

Photo courtesy Todd Warshaw/Getty Images

“He raced me hard so I raced him hard back,” Logano said.  “If I get raced like that, I’ll race the same way.  That’s how I’ve always been.”

Logano picked up his second victory in as many weeks, which stopped any other Chase drivers from locking themselves into the next round heading into Talladega.  Logano said that was his team’s strategy heading into Kansas.

“Even though we’re moved on to the next round…our goal is to still win the race,” Logano said.  “That’s kind of the strategy of this Chase; win and try to get some guys nervous for next week.”

With a victory, Kenseth would have locked himself into the third round of the Chase.  Now he must head to Talladega Superspeedway next weekend in what promises to be the wildest race of the Chase.

“I pulled up in front of him [Logano] and he just lifted my tires off the ground and wrecked me,” Kenseth said.  “To me, strategically, it doesn’t seem like a good decision for him but it’s the one he made.”

Logano said Kenseth put him into a position where he had to wreck the 20 to get to victory lane.

“I got raced hard, got [run into the fence] twice, so I wasn’t going to put up with it,” Logano said.  “I’m sure we’ll talk about it.”

Unofficial results:

1. Joey Logano

2. Denny Hamlin

3. Jimmie Johnson

4. Kasey Kahne

5. Kyle Busch

6. Kurt Busch

7. Ryan Blaney

8. Carl Edwards

9. Brad Keselowski

10. Jeff Gordon

11. Ryan Newman

12. Brian Scott

13. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

14. Matt Kenseth

15. Martin Truex Jr.

16. Kevin Harvick

17. Greg Biffle

18. Trevor Bayne

19. Paul Menard

20. Jamie McMurray

21. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

22. Danica Patrick

23. Casey Mears

24. Aric Almirola

25. David Ragan

26. Justin Allgaier

27. AJ Allmendinger

28. Sam Hornish Jr.

29. Kyle Larson

30. Matt DiBenedetto

31. Alex Bowman

32. Brett Moffitt

33. Cole Whitt

34. Michael Annett

35. Tony Stewart

36. David Gilliland

37. Jeb Burton

38. Reed Sorenson

39. Will Kimmel III

40. Clint Bowyer

41. Austin Dillon

42. J.J. Yeley

43. Landon Cassill

Photo courtesy Daniel Shirey/Getty Images