Weekly Pull List: 9/7/2016

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

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The Walking Dead #158

Marvel
Daredevil #11
Deadpool and the Mercs for Money #3
Invincible Iron Man #13
Marvel Tsum Tsum #2
Moon Knight #6
Silk #12
Spidey #10
Star Wars: Poe Dameron #6
Uncanny X-Men #12

Truex Wins Southern 500 from Darlington

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Martin Truex Jr. won the Bojangles’ Southern 500 from Darlington Raceway on Sunday night.

Truex took the lead late in the race, and had to hold off a hard-charging Kevin Harvick over the closing laps for one of the biggest victories of his career.

“I’ve been wanting to win this thing for a long time,” Truex said.  “Couldn’t be happier to win at Darlington in the Southern 500.”

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Truex said the victory was a testament to his team’s performance on pit road after they got him off pit road first during the final pit stop.

“The pit crew was flawless tonight; they won us the race,” Truex said.  “Just so proud to get to victory lane with this group.”

Harvick had a very different outlook on his pit crew following his runner-up finish.  Harvick had the fastest car of the night, leading 214 of 367 laps.  A few slow pit stops late in the race kept Harvick out of victory lane.

“You get in a position to win races and they continually step on their toes and they don’t make it happen,” Harvick said.  “I’m really proud of the car that we brought tonight…but you can only make so many excuses for pit road.”

“You get in a position where you bring a dominant car, and the guys in the shop and the guys in the garage are doing a great job, and the guys on pit road are doing a terrible job.”

The Chase field will be set next weekend at Richmond, the final race before NASCAR’s 10-race playoff.  Chase Elliott, Austin Dillon and Jamie McMurray currently hold the three final Chase spots, with Ryan Newman only seven points behind McMurray for 16th in points.

Unofficial results:

1. Martin Truex Jr.

2. Kevin Harvick

3. Kyle Larson

4. Denny Hamlin

5. Joey Logano

6. Matt Kenseth

7. Kasey Kahne

8. Ryan Newman

9. Brad Keselowski

10. Chase Elliott

11. Kyle Busch

12. Austin Dillon

13. Ryan Blaney

14. Jeff Gordon

15. Jamie McMurray

16. Paul Menard

17. Chris Buescher

18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

19. Carl Edwards

20. Regan Smith

21. David Ragan

22. Clint Bowyer

23. AJ Allmendinger

24. Danica Patrick

25. Casey Mears

26. Matt DiBenedetto

27. Michael McDowell

28. Michael Annett

29. Josh Wise

30. Landon Cassill

31. Reed Sorenson

32. Aric Almirola

33. Jimmie Johnson

34. Kurt Busch

35. Tony Stewart

36. Greg Biffle

37. Cole Whitt

38. Jeffrey Earnhardt

39. Brian Scott

40. Trevor Bayne

Josh Hedges (Getty Images)

Weekly Pull List: 8/31/2016

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

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #6

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Saga #37

Marvel
Amazing Spider-Man #17
Astonishing Ant-Man #11
Carnage #11
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #5
Deadpool V Gambit #4
Guardians of the Galaxy #11
Howard the Duck #10
Nova #10
Rocket Raccoon and Groot #8
Spider-Gwen #11
Spider-Man #7
Spider-Man 2099 #14
Star Wars: Han Solo #3

Larson Picks Up First Career Victory at Michigan, Clinches Chase Spot

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Kyle Larson won his first career Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday in the Pure Michigan 400 from Michigan International Speedway.

Larson’s first victory helped him clinch a spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, NASCAR’s version of the playoffs.  Larson said he thought his chances to make it were over after a last-lap crash at Watkins Glen.

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“After AJ [Allmendinger] got into us, I thought we were done at Watkins Glen,” Larson said.

Larson and Chase Elliott were the class of the field over the final half of the race, and it came down to the final restart.  Both Larson and Elliott spun their tires, but Larson was able to get ahead and cruise to victory.

“We both spun our tires really bad, and the 2 [of Brad Keselowski] pushed me really good,” Larson said.  “He probably could have gone underneath me, but he stayed with me and got me to the lead.”

Elliott finished second at Michigan for the second time this season, and he said his mistake on the restart was too much to overcome.

“I had two opportunities to get out front there and take control of the race, but I let Kyle get a better start on me and I spun the tires,” Elliott said.  “Just made another mistake…and didn’t do my job right.”

Unofficial results:

1. Kyle Larson

2. Chase Elliott

3. Brad Keselowski

4. Ryan Blaney

5. Kevin Harvick

6. Jimmie Johnson

7. Carl Edwards

8. Jamie McMurray

9. Denny Hamlin

10. Joey Logano

11. Greg Biffle

12. Kurt Busch

13. Matt Kenseth

14. Kasey Kahne

15. AJ Allmendinger

16. Austin Dillon

17. Ryan Newman

18. Paul Menard

19. Kyle Busch

20. Martin Truex Jr.

21. Tony Stewart

22. Casey Mears

23. Danica Patrick

24. Trevor Bayne

25. Aric Almirola

26. Regan Smith

27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

28. Brian Scott

29. David Ragan

30. Alex Bowman

31. Michael McDowell

32. Matt DiBenedetto

33. Michael Annett

34. Cole Whitt

35. Chris Buescher

36. Reed Sorenson

37. Jeffrey Earnhardt

38. Josh Wise

39. Landon Cassill

40. Clint Bowyer

Weekly Pull List: 8/24/2016

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

BOOM! Studios
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers 2016 Annual #1

IDW
Back to the Future: Citizen Brown #4

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Chew #57
Invincible #130

Marvel
Captain Marvel #8
Civil War II: Ulysses #1
Deadpool #17
Drax #10
Extraordinary X-Men #13
International Iron Man #6
Star Wars #22
Venom Space Knight #11

Harvick Wins Wet Bristol "Night" Race

Originally written for CLNS Radio.

Kevin Harvick won the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race from Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon.

The race was postponed until Sunday afternoon following a rain storm that soaked the track on Saturday night.  Rain again caused the race to start later than expected on Sunday, and it was pushed back three hours.  

 

Rainier Ehrhardt (Getty Images)

When the race finally restarted on Sunday, Harvick showed that he had a dominant car.  After qualifying 24th, Harvick worked his way through the field, and led 128 laps on his way to victory.

Harvick said he and his team knew the win was coming.

“We knew we had the performance we needed to have in these cars pretty much every week,” Harvick said.  “To have the win now and to get the momentum before we get into the Chase, and to get things rolling, is really what we needed.”

Following the race, Harvick did a double-burnout with his team owner Tony Stewart, who is retiring at the end of the year.  Harvick said he originally wanted Stewart to get into his car and ride around the track to salute the fans.

“I wanted him to go on a victory lap with me and say goodbye to all the fans one last time here at Bristol,” Harvick said.  “That was pretty cool, doing double-burnouts with him.”

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. finished second to Harvick, and was strong over the final run of the race.  Stenhouse said he wanted to get to victory lane to celebrate his friend Bryan Clauson, who passed away in a Sprint Car accident two weeks ago.

“Starting sixth on that last restart with [Harvick] starting on the front row was tough, and I knew we were going to have to hit everything perfect,” Stenhouse said.  “I remembered we had Bryan Clauson’s tribute car here and his favorite helmet, and I just dug deep…to make our Fastenal Ford a lot better.”

Unofficial Results:

1. Kevin Harvick

2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

3. Denny Hamlin

4. Austin Dillon

5. Chris Buescher

6. Carl Edwards

7. Jimmie Johnson

8. Jamie McMurray

9. AJ Allmendinger

10. Joey Logano

11. Jeff Gordon

12. Trevor Bayne

13. Kasey Kahne

14. Aric Almirola

15. Chase Elliott

16. Greg Biffle

17. Matt DiBenedetto

18. Brian Scott

19. Michael McDowell

20. Landon Cassill

21. David Ragan

22. Danica Patrick

23. Martin Truex Jr.

24. Kyle Larson

25. Casey Mears

26. Regan Smith

27. Reed Sorenson

28. Ryan Newman

29. Jeffrey Earnhardt

30. Tony Stewart

31. Clint Bowyer

32. Paul Menard

33. Brad Keselowski

34. Cole Whitt

35. Ryan Blaney

36. Josh Wise

37. Matt Kenseth

38. Kurt Busch

39. Kyle Busch

40. Justin Allgaier

Jeff Curry (Getty Images)