Boy howdy, am I excited for the race tomorrow night at Bristol! Even though the repaving has made the track less exciting, in my opinion, it's still the Bristol Night Race.....
Anyway, I originally had Jeff Gordon picked to win this thing, but seeing as he qualified 26th today, I'm thinking otherwise...perhaps Carl Edwards. Carl has been close in recent races to getting a victory, and he's won this race a few times before (in '07 and '08), and he starts second tomorrow.
Jimmie Johnson has the pole, and after his win in March at the bullring, he should also be strong. Joey Logano starts third, after his pole here in March, and other guys to watch are the two chasing a Chase berth. Mark Martin, 35 points behind Clint Bowyer in 12th, starts 13th, and Bowyer qualified 24th.....oooooh baby!
Other drivers who ought to be strong tomorrow are Jamie McMurray, Matt Kenseth, A.J. Almmendinger, Kasey Kahne, Greg Biffle, and both Busch brothers.
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Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Brad and Carl Penalty
This section below is from jayski...
- NASCAR has penalized the #60 team and the #22 driver for rule violations committed during last Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Gateway International Raceway. The penalties come as a result of violating Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing/ aggressive driving) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book. Carl Edwards, driver of the #60, has been penalized with the loss of 60 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship driver points, fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. Car owner Jack Roush has been penalized with the loss of 60 series championship owner points. Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22, has been placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.(NASCAR), the probation for both drivers applies to the Sprint Cup Series as well.(7-21-2010)
The 60-point penalty given to Carl I think was definitely fair. That means Carl received 130 points at Gateway and Brad got 131, so all in all, Brad extended his points lead by one point to 228 ahead. Before the penalty, Carl was 168 behind.
I don't know why they put Brad on probation, but that doesn't really mean anything.
Next time something like this happens with Carl Edwards, suspend him a race!
- NASCAR has penalized the #60 team and the #22 driver for rule violations committed during last Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Gateway International Raceway. The penalties come as a result of violating Section 12-1 (actions detrimental to stock car racing/ aggressive driving) of the 2010 NASCAR Rule Book. Carl Edwards, driver of the #60, has been penalized with the loss of 60 NASCAR Nationwide Series championship driver points, fined $25,000 and placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31. Car owner Jack Roush has been penalized with the loss of 60 series championship owner points. Brad Keselowski, driver of the #22, has been placed on NASCAR probation until Dec. 31.(NASCAR), the probation for both drivers applies to the Sprint Cup Series as well.(7-21-2010)
The 60-point penalty given to Carl I think was definitely fair. That means Carl received 130 points at Gateway and Brad got 131, so all in all, Brad extended his points lead by one point to 228 ahead. Before the penalty, Carl was 168 behind.
I don't know why they put Brad on probation, but that doesn't really mean anything.
Next time something like this happens with Carl Edwards, suspend him a race!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Gateway Finish
Ok after the finish in the Nationwide series at Gateway on Saturday night, here is my take....
Although what Carl did was unnecessary, it can be argued that both incidents this year he's had with Brad have looked much worse than they usually would've been (and therefore people have scorned Carl because of it). In the Atlanta crash, Brad happened to go airborne, and in this one he was t-boned in the pileup. I mean, that was a wicked hard hit Brad took by Shelby Howard on the final lap. Good thing he's ok.....like I said, I'm not saying what Carl did was right, but both crashes have happened to be bad, and therefore people have taken a strong stance against Edwards.
Kinda reminds me of Jamie Mac and Todd Bodine at Darlington in the Busch race in March 2003. Que Ball got loose trying to block Jamie, and spun both cars out, with Bodine coming out the victor. If not for the late race caution, the same exact thing would have happened. Again, I'm not saying what Carl or Todd did was right, fair, or good; I'm just saying that people sort of blow it out of proportion because the crash is bad.
On another note, the battle for the championship is starting to look rather exciting. Like Edwards in 2007, Keselowski could have a second-half "slump". I have a feeling Carl and Brad will be racing hard until the final lap at Homestead to win this thing!
Although what Carl did was unnecessary, it can be argued that both incidents this year he's had with Brad have looked much worse than they usually would've been (and therefore people have scorned Carl because of it). In the Atlanta crash, Brad happened to go airborne, and in this one he was t-boned in the pileup. I mean, that was a wicked hard hit Brad took by Shelby Howard on the final lap. Good thing he's ok.....like I said, I'm not saying what Carl did was right, but both crashes have happened to be bad, and therefore people have taken a strong stance against Edwards.
Kinda reminds me of Jamie Mac and Todd Bodine at Darlington in the Busch race in March 2003. Que Ball got loose trying to block Jamie, and spun both cars out, with Bodine coming out the victor. If not for the late race caution, the same exact thing would have happened. Again, I'm not saying what Carl or Todd did was right, fair, or good; I'm just saying that people sort of blow it out of proportion because the crash is bad.
On another note, the battle for the championship is starting to look rather exciting. Like Edwards in 2007, Keselowski could have a second-half "slump". I have a feeling Carl and Brad will be racing hard until the final lap at Homestead to win this thing!
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