GREETINGS FROM SW OKLAHOMA:

     EXCELLENT WEATHER, BEAUTIFUL COUNTRYSIDE VIEW, 43 HOT CARS, AND I NEW RESTART PACKAGE COMBINED TO GIVE US A VERY GOOD RACE, THE EXTENSION OF FUEL MILEAGE TO A POINT OF DISBELIEF REALLY ADDED A TON OF EXCITEMENT TO THE RACE ALSO.  THIS IS WHAT I SAW AND HOW I SAW IT.

NOT:

1.  #11 RACE TEAM:  DENNY'S DAY SUCKED RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO, HAD TO BE PUSHED AFTER HIS CAR DIED ON THE ORGINAL START, WENT 11 LAPS DOWN IN THE GARAGE, CAME BACK OUT AND DIED AGAIN BEFORE HE GOT IN ONE LAP, THEN BACK TO THE GARAGE

2.  DALE JR.:  COME ON SON, PAY ATTENTION, YOUR SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE FOOT, THE AMP CAMP CAN'T HELP IF YOU CONTINUE TO BE YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY.

3.  MICHAEL WALTRIP:  MICHAEL SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SPINNING AT THE ENTRY AND IN PIT ROW, I THINK IT IS TIME FOR MICHAEL TO MOVE TOTALLY TO THE FRONT OFFICE AND AS THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET MARTIN TRUEX JR. INTO THE 55 CAR FOR A LONG TIME.  TRUEX AND RUITIMANN WILL BE AS TOUGH A TEAM AS BATMAN AND ROBIN.

4.  KURT BUSCH:  KURT IS REALLY ONLY A SORTA NOT THIS WEEK, HE WAS RUNNING GREAT THEN THE DAY WHEN OUT THE WINDOW, HE LOST A COUPLE OF BELTS ,OVERHEATED, AND HIS GOOD RUN WHEN OUT THE WINDOW.  NO SWEAT THOUGH HE WILL REBOUND NEXT WEEK AND BE RIGHT BACK IN THE HUNT.

5.  KYLE BUSCH:  THORN BUSCH STARTED 6TH AND JUST WENT BACKWARDS,  BY LAP 150 HE HAD DROPPED TO 18TH AND FINISHED THE RACE IN 22ND PLACE.  ALSO THORN YOU AREN'T PETE TOWNSEND SO LET'S NOT DESTORY ANYMORE LES PAUL'S.

HOT: 

1.  TONY STEWART:  TONY GOT THE POLE, WRECKED HIS CAR, STARTED IN THE REAR AND RACED TO THE TOP 10 IN LESS THEN 45 LAPS, THAT WOULD GET HIM ON HERE ALL BY ITSELF.  BUT NO TONY WASN'T HAPPY WITH JUST THAT HE GOES ON TO STRETCH HIS FUEL MILEAGE TO AN UNHEARD OF POINT AND WINS THE RACE.  HIS NERVES ARE NOT THE ONLY THING MADE OF STEEL. 

2.  CARL EDWARDS:  THE LUCK OF THE DUCK DIDN'T QUITE HOLD UP BUT CARL HAD AN EXCELLENT DAY, HE STARTED 11TH RAN GREAT ALL DAY, LED THE MOST LAPS, BUT BEING A HALF SECOND SLOW OFF OF PIT ROW COST HIM A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING THE RACE.  BUT THEN SECOND PLACE AIN'T BAD FOR A COUNTRY BOY.

3.  JEFF GORDON:  JEFF RAN A GOOD RACE,OVERCAME SOME PROBLEMS AND HELD ON TO FINISH 4TH IN A RACE, THAT SAW A FRONT TO REAR CHANGE AT THE LAST PIT STOP.

4.  RYAN NEWMAN: RYAN STARTED STRONG IN FIFTH BUT MOTOR PROBLEMS PLAGUED HIM IN  THE EARLY PART OF THE RACE BUT IS CALM HEAD AND THE CREW'S HARD WORK HAD HIM IN 5TH BY THE TIME THE CHECKED FLAG DROPPED.

5.  DOUBLE FILE RESTART:  BEING ONE  OF THE THOUSANDS WHO ASK FOR THIS CHANGE OF COURSE I WOULD THINK IT WAS A HOT DEAL, BUT IT DID REALLY SEEM TO WORK WELL AND WHEN EVERYONE GETS SQUARED AWAY IT WILL BE GREATER THEN EVER.  I THINK THAT HAD THE OLD RESTART BEEN USED TODAY WE MIGHT VERY WELL HAVE SEEN A DIFFERENT ENDING WITH A TON OF WRECKED CARS AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT WINNER.

     BY FAR I WAS A HAPPY CAMPER TODAY, ONE OF MY THREE GUYS WON THE RACE AND SINCE I HAD TONY IN THE SYMT TOUR I WAS REALLY TICKLED, THIS IS HOW I SAW THE RACE , WHAT ABOUT YOU.

THAT'S MY OPINION  -  WHAT'S YOURS

GUNAQUAT