Weekly Pull List: 5/31/2017

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers 2017 Annual #1

IDW
Back to the Future Biff to the Future #5
D4VEocracy #4

Image
Saga #43
Sex Criminals #19

Marvel
Cable #1
Deadpool #31
Deadpool Vs. The Punisher #4
Gamora #5
Gwenpool the Unbelievable #16
Secret Empire #3
Secret Empire Uprising #1
Spider-Gwen #20
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #7
Thanos #7

Austin Dillon Takes the 3 Back to Victory Lane in the Coca-Cola 600

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Austin Dillon won his first career race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600.

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Dillon ran in the top 10 most of the night, but he needed to use fuel mileage to get to victory lane.  Dillon stayed out when most of the leaders pitted, and when Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel coming to the white flag, Dillon took advantage.

“I was just trying to be patient with the 48 [of Johnson], I could see him up there saving,” Dillon said.  “I thought I had saved enough early that I could attack at the end, but I was trying to wait as long as possible.”

Dillon said winning at his home track made his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory more special.

“Never thought I’d be here in Coke 600 victory lane,” Dillon said.  “It’s hasn’t sunk in, I can’t believe it.”

Dillon, who drives for his grandfather Richard Childress, said it was special to take the No. 3 car back to victory lane.

“My pit crew’s the best on pit road; I love it for them.  Got to thank my grandfather, he’s put a lot into me.  I complain a lot, but they got me to victory lane tonight.”

Martin Truex Jr. led a race-high 233 laps, but he came up short and finished third.  Truex said his car lost the handling over the final run as he chased down the cars who gambled on fuel.

“Fuel mileage didn’t play out our way,” Truex said.  “We were a little loose that last run as well, but I think we would might have been able to have caught him on the last lap.”

“Last three years, that’s two of them we’ve lost on fuel mileage, so that kind of stinks.  But big-picture-wise, it was a good night.”

Unofficial results:

1. Austin Dillon

2. Kyle Busch

3. Martin Truex Jr.

4. Matt Kenseth

5. Denny Hamlin

6. Kurt Busch

7. Erik Jones

8. Kevin Harvick

9. Ryan Newman

10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

11. Daniel Suarez

12. Jamie McMurray

13. Paul Menard

14. Clint Bowyer

15. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

16. Trevor Bayne

17. Jimmie Johnson

18. AJ Allmendinger

19. Michael McDowell

20. Chris Buescher

21. Joey Logano

22. Regan Smith

23. David Ragan

24. Ryan Blaney

25. Danica Patrick

26. JJ Yeley

27. Gray Gaulding

28. Landon Cassill

29. Timmy Hill

30. Reed Sorenson

31. Derrike Cope

32. Corey LaJoie

33. Kyle Larson

34. Cole Whitt

35. Kasey Kahne

36. Ty Dillon

37. Matt DiBenedetto

38. Chase Elliott

39. Brad Keselowski

40. Jeffrey Earnhardt

Sarah Crabill/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 5/24/2017

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

Marvel
All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #2
Ben Reilly The Scarlet Spider #2
Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #4
I Am Groot #1
Jean Grey #2
Star-Lord Annual #1
Venom #150

Kyle Busch Wins Monster Energy All-Star Race

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Kyle Busch won the Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race from Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

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Busch won at Charlotte for the first time in a Cup Series car, and it was his first trip to victory lane in 2017.  Busch said the victory helped his team achieve their goal of winning at NASCAR’s home track.

“We won the All-Star Race; we won a million bucks,” Busch said.  “We’ve never won at Charlotte in a Cup car, and we finally achieved that goal tonight.  It’s a reason to celebrate and to celebrate big.”

The All-Star Race is NASCAR’s second non-points event during the season.  The race instead pays $1 million to the winner, and Busch said he knew where some of that money would go.

“My wife’s…a huge advocate for IVF,” Busch said.  “The things that we do and the charitable things that we do with the Kyle Busch Foundation…it certainly goes a long way.”

Kyle Larson led every lap in the first two segments of the race, but he was caught in traffic on the final restart following a slow pit stop.  Larson said if the final run had been longer, he may have been able to run down Busch.

“We had the best car out there for sure, and even in traffic I thought I was really good,” Larson said.  “I would have needed another 20 lap run instead of a 10.”

“Sometimes it works out for you and sometimes it doesn’t.  We had a really fast car today, and go on to the 600…and try to win that one.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Busch

2. Kyle Larson

3. Jimmie Johnson

4. Kurt Busch

5. Jamie McMurray

6. Kevin Harvick

7. Chase Elliott

8. Joey Logano

9. Brad Keselowski

10. Denny Hamlin

11. Ryan Blaney

12. Martin Truex Jr.

13. Clint Bowyer

14. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

15. Daniel Suarez

16. Kasey Kahne

17. Chris Buescher

18. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

19. Ryan Newman

20. Matt Kenseth

Sarah Crabill/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 5/17/2017

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #15

DC
Justice League Power Rangers #4

Marvel
Deadpool Vs Punisher #3
Generation X #1
Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #3
Secret Empire #2
Star Wars #31
Star Wars Poe Dameron #15

Truex Wins at Kansas

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Martin Truex Jr. won the GoBowling.com 400 from Kansas Speedway on Saturday night.

Truex led a race-high 104 laps on Saturday, but he did not have the most dominant car at the end of the race.  Truex had to run down Ryan Blaney over the final 60 laps, and he was able to hold off the field over the final two restarts.

Sean Gardner/Getty Images

Truex said he needed to keep the lead over the final restarts or he wouldn’t have had enough time to get to victory lane.

“I felt like if I could get out front on those restarts I’d be fine,” Truex said.  “If I came out second or third after a lap or two, it took us awhile to get good enough to pass those guys.”

Truex made a daring move on one of the final restarts to split the lead cars, and he said he was worried something would go wrong over the final laps.

“Any of those restarts we could have gotten beat on, something could have happened,” Truex said.  “There’s no guarantee that you can make it happen, but we did.”

Blaney had a dominant car throughout the middle of the race, winning segment two.  Blaney’s car was good over the short run, but he was run down by Truex over the long run late in the race.  Blaney said he was disappointed with his fourth-place finish.

“We weren’t very good long run; we had a great short run car,” Blaney said.  “Thought, at worst, we should have finished second, but I think it says a lot for this team to go out and…get back on track.”

The race was red-flagged with 70 laps to go after a scary wreck involving Joey Logano, Danica Patrick and Aric Almirola.  Logano and Patrick got together, and Almirola slammed into them while they spun on the track.  Almirola was alert after the accident, but he had to be cut from his car by track workers.  Almirola was air lifted to the University of Kansas Medical Center for further observation.

Unofficial results:

1. Martin Truex Jr.

2. Brad Keselowski

3. Kevin Harvick

4. Ryan Blaney

5. Kyle Busch

6. Kyle Larson

7. Daniel Suarez

8. Jamie McMurray

9. Clint Bowyer

10. Trevor Bayne

11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

12. Matt Kenseth

13. Michael McDowell

14. Ty Dillon

15. Kasey Kahne

16. Austin Dillon

17. David Ragan

18. Chris Buescher

19. Kurt Busch

20. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

21. Landon Cassill

22. Erik Jones

23. Denny Hamlin

24. Jimmie Johnson

25. Reed Sorenson

26. Cole Whitt

27. Corey LaJoie

28. Timmy Hill

29. Chase Elliott

30. AJ Allmendinger

31. Carl Long

32. Matt DiBenedetto

33. Jeffrey Earnhardt

34. Gray Gaulding

35. Paul Menard

36. Danica Patrick

37. Joey Logano

38. Aric Almirola

39. Derrike Cope

40. Ryan Newman

Jonathan Ferrey/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 5/10/2017

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

IDW
Back to the Future #19

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #27
Amazing Spider-Man Renew Your Vows #7
Deadpool #30
Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #2
Gwenpool the Unbelievable #15
Rocket #1
Star Wars The Screaming Citadel #1

Stenhouse Wins at Talladega for First Career Victory

Originally written for CLNS Media.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Geico 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon.

Stenhouse picked up his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory on Sunday, and the first for Roush-Fenway Racing in 101 races.  Stenhouse said he was happy to take Jack Roush back to victory lane.

Sean Gardner/Getty Images

“It’s cool to have Jack Roush back in victory lane,” Stenhouse said.  “We’ve been terrible for a long time; this year every race we’re getting better and better.  Just glad to see Jack smiling here in victory lane; he’s been wanting this for a long time.”

After a late accident, the race went into overtime.  Stenhouse was able to pass Kyle Busch on the final lap to get to victory lane.

Stenhouse said the victory was the culmination of a weekend where he had one of the fastest cars.

“This car was so fast today,” Stenhouse said.  “Qualifying on the pole…it’s been a long time since we started on the pole.  We knew Talladega was a good race track for us; it’s been a good one in the past.”

Busch led 48 laps on Sunday, but he came up just short of the victory and finished third.  Busch said he was a victim of the racing at Talladega.

“Stenhouse got a really good run and really good push…I just didn’t get enough help from behind,” Busch said.  “We did all we could here today, it’s all circumstantial to win these things.”

Jamie McMurray finished second on Sunday, but he had a shot to win late in the race.  On the final lap, McMurray split Jimmie Johnson and Busch to work his way to the front, but he ran out of time before he could reach Stenhouse.

McMurray said he thought he would get a bigger run on Stenhouse coming to the checkered flag.

“I thought [Stenhouse] was going to pull out a little further than he did,” McMurray said.  “It’s so circumstantial with who gets behind you and who doesn’t.”

“This has been a really good track for me, and I haven’t been able to finish here for the last couple years.”

Unofficial results:

1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

2. Jamie McMurray

3. Kyle Busch

4. Aric Almirola

5. Kasey Kahne

6. Kurt Busch

7. Brad Keselowski

8. Jimmie Johnson

9. Paul Menard

10. David Ragan

11. Denny Hamlin

12. Kyle Larson

13. Ty Dillon

14. Clint Bowyer

15. Chris Buescher

16. Cole Whitt

17. Elliott Sadler

18. Matt DiBenedetto

19. Daniel Suarez

20. Gray Gaulding

21. Joey Gase

22. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

23. Kevin Harvick

24. Matt Kenseth

25. Ryan Newman

26. Brendan Gaughan

27. Corey LaJoie

28. Jeffrey Earnhardt

29. Landon Cassill

30. Chase Elliott

31. AJ Allmendinger

32. Joey Logano

33. Erik Jones

34. Michael McDowell

35. Martin Truex Jr.

36. Austin Dillon

37. Trevor Bayne

38. Danica Patrick

39. Ryan Blaney

40. Reed Sorenson

Chris Graythen/Getty Images

Weekly Pull List: 5/3/2017

All the comics available this week can be found on ComicList, and any comic book news is on CBR.

IDW
Back to the Future: Biff to the Future #4

Marvel
All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout #1
Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #1
Jean Grey #1
Nova #6
Secret Empire #1
Slapstick #6
Spider-Gwen #19
Spider-Man #16
Spider-Man 2099 #23
Spider-Man Deadpool #17
Star Wars Poe Dameron #14