First, thank GOD this racing weekend is finally over! In the decade or so of following the sport, I can't recall a weekend anything like this!
Next, congratulations to Carl Edwards on the win. He definitely had the car to beat today, so he deservedly picked up the win.
Now for my awards of the race:
Surprise finisher: How can a person go against Brian Vickers? A nice 11th place finish. And it's not like he fluked his way into the finish. He had that car running top 15 almost the entire race.
Perserverance: This was one of those races where I look at the finishing order, and it lines up with how everyone ran most of the race. Case in point: 7 of the top 10 finishers were in the top 10 at lap 120. So, in terms of a driver, I'm going to leave this category incomplete for this race. If anything, the whole NASCAR community, (drivers, crews, officials, fans, television/radio, etc.) need to be given the perserverance award.
Hard Luck Ace: Again, I'm going to leave this award incomplete. The drivers that finished bad, ran bad.
Should've Stayed in Bed Award: This one goes to Denny Hamlin. He hit the turn 3 wall on lap 15 and was playing catch up from that point forward and never caught up, finishing 41st.
Surprisingly Bad Finish: Again, going to give this one to Hamlin. I don't think anyone expected him to finish that low. For honorable mention, let's throw in Dale Earnhardt Jr.
From today's Nationwide race.....While Tony Stewart was destroying the field, I'm going to give my impressive performance award to David Reutimann in finishing 4th. In my opinion, he had the next best car following Stewart. And another David R, David Ragan, had a pair of top 15's on the day.
And lastly, I'd be remissed if I didn't mention Kyle Busch's name. He pulled the triple, running all 3 of this weekend's events and finishing top 4 in all 3 races.
I'm ready: Let's go to Vegas! And sayonara California!
Bad move by nascar to run 500 mile race.Sunday. Very lucky no one was hurt badly. Who are they trying to protect,drivers and teams or track pocket book. I feel that nascar should be fined for the lose of good race cars. They have no problem attaching fines for others mistakes deliberit or not.
Ahh.. Lets go to VEGAS..Nascar gets the Goodys Headache award. They gota have a hangover after the bad call to start, and continue the race as far as they did...And Shrub getting the recignition Hendrick gave up...Ahh.
Good listing of award for this past weekend. Definitely perservance was in order for all who participated in the event. Good to mention Vickers who doesnt get noticed often enough. Also liked your award for Denny Hamlin. Probably wishes he could have stayed in bed, lol. Cheers to Little Shrub for his success in all three events this weekend.
