Out of turn 2 and on to the back
stretch they go, fanning out to find each one's position in the draft….
Well, Jeff Gordon couldn’t give
that one away. After having it handed to
him when teammate Jimmie Johnson backed his ride into the wall. He led a fare bit until
the yellow flag flew with 12 to go. Not
realizing how low in fuel he was he followed the pace car and when the race
restarted (after a red flag to clean up some oil) Gordon found his car stumbling because of an
air bubble in the fuel line from driving around the banking under caution. The cough gave Ryan Newman the chance to get
around him and the other cars that got stacked up behind Gordon. As we all know Newman is able to lay down a
blistering lap, but he showed that he was human by looping it and hammering the
fence with 2 to go. Gordon led the cars
around under caution, this time being smart and keeping his car on the level
apron of the track, to pick up all the fuel possible. When the race restarted
though, as a green-white-checkered, the debris picked up from the apron on Gordon’s
tires caused them to spin on the restart.
Clint Bowyer, the surprise of the chase, was too close behind Gordon and
was unable to cleanly get around him, giving him a shot in the #### getting the
24 moving. In victory lane Gordon was
thankful for all the second chances and excited about his win.
I’m unsure of the number but I
know that he has a startling number of back to back wins. Some where around 21
times he has won 2 races in a row. And
don’t look now but next week is Martinsville,
considered one of Gordon’s best tracks.
Other interesting note from this
race was Matt Kenseth unbelievable bad luck.
Vying for the nickname “pinball” he hit everything but the pace
car. I’m sure he will be lobbying for a
softer tire next time they come to Charlotte.
Speaking of bad luck it seemed
that Scott Riggs was putting together a great run, after having announced this
week he won’t be in that car next year,
when Juan Pablo Montoya’s tire let go and took out Riggs, who was lapping
him at the moment. It seems when ever he
runs well he has problems.
Anyway, with the conclusion of
this race marks the half way point in the chase and slowly Gordon is
eliminating his competition with only 2 drivers within reach of his lead. Also drivers seem to be falling into their
place in the standings as only half of the drivers changed their position this
week.
Here are your standings IowaGirl-----------30 williamwilman---32 photogr------------34 jbroomy-----------36 volfan69-----------36 Dave_in_Indy-----36 JayJayDean--------38 Tezgm99-----------38 SharplyBlunt------46 HotfootLori--------52 Forensic2-----------66
Realistically, there are three drivers that can win the championship; the other nine are done: Gordon, Bowyer, and Johnson. I think that by Homestead only Bowyer will have a realistic chance at the championship. Bowyer's been getting stronger as the season winds down. But will he have enough to overtake Gordon? I hope so, as I am an RCR fan. Go Bowyer!!!
Well it was a race of surprises. How ever, I will be doing an epose of this race to prove it was rigged from the flash on the grassy knoll to the one comming from the of all places the tower.
And guess what. NASCAR unwittingly only had a small hand in the conspiracy.
William, I think I gave you the list that Photogr wanted me to send him cause he wasn't sure and wanted my help ? and I sent him my list of
Gordon
Johnson
Bowyer
Stewart
Truex
Busch Kyle
Edwards
Busch Kurt
Burton
Harvick
Kenseth
This was my list ? You must have gotten the wrong one. Its OK I don't mind coming in last place, keeping everyone else from taking the laughts.
Maybe if it was the right list, I got to start picking with my head and not my heart.
Photogr - I know I heard a gun go off, when Newmen's left rear blew. Did you hear Chad tell the crew first thing to do on Johnson car was #### that spoiler up, like way up above teck. lol
Now what I have seen in past fender benders, is all the other teams it hurts how well the car performs, But yet that Hendricks team cars seem to be ok after and even go faster then before.
Gordon's crew finally got caught years back, anytime he got rub the crew would grab the front wheel fender wells and flare them out more. That race they said it was cause of getting hit, The offical said yes you did on the left side of car, why you over on the right side. LMAO. Busted !
JJD has my utmost respect as a "math whiz." If I can just stay ahead of him I will feel like I have accomplished something. Good job everyone. Well.. Forensic needs help right now.
Congratulatio ns to Dave_in_Indy winning the Great Canadian Trifecta on June 10 2007. His blog "A Partially Able Mind" is a collage of sports info and a must for anyone interested in the Indianapolis 500 or the IRL. Congratulatio ns to JayJayDean, winner of the 2007 MonsterMile Trifecta on June 05, 2007. He has a great blog analyzing NASCAR's points system called JJD's NASCAR and other stuff blog. Congrats need to go out to 14Falcons, the 2007 winner of the Memorial Day weekend Trifecta. Every race fan needs to check out his blog, Kierkegaard's Stages. As for me, i am just another racing fan, from Canada, with opinions like every one else. other than racing i love Dave Matthews Band, playing guitar and all sports in general. favorite drivers include Jeff Gordon, Jeff Burton, and Dale Jarret. favorite sports teams are Toronto Raptors, Montreal Canadiens, Notre-dame football, Chicago Bears, Syracuse basketball.
