Will driver and owner Robby Gordon beat the rap? Will he run the double?
Will Flipper lose points and money for the missing oil tank box lid?
Will Junior win at Atlanta becoming the first Chevy to win a Cup race this year?
Will Tony cut his hair?
Find out the answers to these burning questions and much more this weekend on “As The Wheel Turns”
That’s two in a row for Mr. Edwards and 20 bonus points he has racked up already. I thought the end of the race was going to be a shootout between Jeff, Matt, Carl and yes perhaps Junior. Unfortunately I didn’t get the ending I wanted. Jeff tapped Matt which sent Matt’s car spinning like a roulette wheel and Jeff’s into the inside wall. After the smoke cleared, Jeff’s radiator was sitting in the middle of the track and his car well, pretty much scrap metal. It was definitely a vicious hit for Jeff. After the race was red flagged, we got under way and Carl crossed the finish line for his second win a row.
I have to say I didn’t pay that much attention to the race after Tony’s crash midway through the race. Tony’s crash was scary looking. When the emergency crews helped him out of his car, he looked hurt. I am sure he was sore from yesterday’s crash with Reutiman in the Nationwide race. Tony will definitely be feeling it in the morning. He finished 43rd. Tony definitely crapped out in Vegas this weekend.
Much of the talk this weekend was about Kyle Busch. He was the home town boy coming home to race at his home track. You could tell he wanted to win at LVMS. He had great shot yesterday until he blew a tire and slammed into the wall. He also had a shot today as well. After all he was starting from the pole. But as the reporters kept telling us today, no driver has won from the pole at Vegas so the odds were against him from the beginning. Like I said after Tony was gone from the race, I didn’t pay all that much attention to the race. Kyle finished 11th. Not bad, but probably not the spot he wanted to finish. He is now second in the points behind Carl Edwards.
Speaking of standings where is last year’s champion? I believe he is sitting in 14th while Jeff sits in 22nd. Not the way the two dominant drivers from last year wanted to start out 2008. But we have only finished 3 races. There is still quite a bit of racing to do. Let’s review…3 races…and no HMS winner…or Chevy driver has won. Just some observations…
I have to say Mark Martin is a one of the classiest racers on the circuit. After running into Carl towards the end of the N’Wide race on Saturday, the first thing Martin did in victory lane was apologize for his actions. Postman even said the minute Mark got out of his car he would apologize. Mark is a clean and hard racer. I don’t think he would purposely knock some out to win a race. Of course, maybe during last year’s Daytona. He was racing for the win. Even Carl couldn’t be mad at Mark. I wish all drivers would take a page from the Mark Martin book of racing.The boys get to head back to the East side of the country…Atlanta.
Update on Little Smoke…he got to build his own Tony Stewart car yesterday at one of our local Home Depots. He had a great time. Too bad they didn’t have a workshop for the adults..he he. He played with it all day! During the N’Wide race, he kept looking for the orange #20. I explained to him that his car for the race was going to be red. When I said there was Tony Stewart’s car on the television set, he stopped to look for him. I am raising this boy right!
168…no it’s not how fast I was driving today or how much I owe in Girl Scout cookies. It’s the amount of hours since Little Smoke has been living with Postman and myself. He has been a God send to us. About two years ago I began the fertility adventure in the hopes that I would get pregnant. After several cycles, I decided this wasn’t the road I wanted to continue down. It was so emotionally draining for me especially after my last cycle. I was devastated. For several months I wanted to be childless. Postman and I could do whatever we wanted without worrying about little ones. But after much thought and hanging out with some friends with children I realized I wanted to be a mom. Postman and I looked at all of our options including more fertility rounds, but ultimately we decided to adopt. We decided to go through the state to adopt. Postman and I knew there were lots of kids who needed a good home and a chance for a better life. This road was daunting with lots of paperwork (did I mention we were working with a state agency?) and lots of hoops to jump through in order to be approved as adoptive parents. In January we were approved and now here we are.I don’t usually write too much about my personal life here in The Park, but this past week has been some of the most rewarding days of my life.
Congratulations to Kyle Busch for sitting on pole for Sunday’s race. I know there are lots of people out there who dislike Kyle, but he’s grown on me. I think he is the right fit for JGR. He can drive the wheels off his car and has done so literally. I just finished watching him on Trackside and I have to say he seems happier and having quite a bit of fun. I think at HMS he was the red headed step-child. I know Junior is over at HMS now, but Jeff and Jimmie will still be the top drivers at HMS. Kyle has the spunk to be on the same team as both Tony and Denny. They are all passionate about racing and winning. I look for JGR to make a lot of noise this year. Watch out HMS and everyone else that’s JGR crossing the finish line!
Carl Edwards won and Tony Stewart won.
Way to go Tony!
I did get to watch the final 25 laps of the Cup race. Nice pass Cousin Carl. Luckily this past weekend didn’t turn into a Michigan weekend like we had last year.
I saw a little bit of the N’Wide race. And what I saw, Smoke pretty much dominated the race. That’s two for two in N’Wide series for Smoke.
An interesting point…Chevy dominated last year’s races, but who has won the first two Cup races? A Dodge and a Ford. I know it is early, but it’s a good sign.
On to Vegas…maybe Lady Luck will be on the boys side this weekend.
Little note on the newest little NASCAR fan, Little Smoke…went to Home Depot and he was able to ride in the Tony “Car”t. He loved it. Plus Home Depot has building workshops about every month…in March..it’s build a race car! So, Little Smoke will be building his own #20 this Saturday.
I’m doing all I can to cultivate the NASCAR nation fanbase.
I sat down yesterday to watch the race. Well at least see if it was going to be cancelled until today. There was a little bit of racing…well they were driving fast around the race track with each other. I don’t know how much “racing” was really going on. Casey Mears’ crash was very scary. And in the race fan’s opinion could have been prevented. NASCAR knew there was a seepage problem and thought the race could get underway. Did they take into account what would happen if 43 cars going close to 200 miles would do to these weepers? I know NASCAR wants to try to get the race in on Sunday because of the fans, sponsors, and so on, but at what cost? Isn’t NASCAR always touting about the safety of the drivers? Luckily I will get to watch some racing today because I will have the afternoon off. It was already planned that way, and I am not taking off because of the race. Besides if I am going to take off work to watch a race, it will be because I am actually going to the race.
Have a good one….
For those who read The Park on a regular basis know that Postman and I have been working on adopting a child or children. Last weekend we went to visit the little guy and everything went well. On Tuesday we got word we had the green flag to go get him from his foster family and bring him home with us. Both Postman and I very elated because we have both been through so much with regards to having a family through all the fertility things to the adoption/foster process. We will be given guardianship tomorrow and hopefully by the end of August or the beginning of September this little tyke will be formally adopted.The little tyke has been quite a lot for his 4 years, but I believe his life will take a normal path. Now I will have not only NASCAR to talk about, but the newest NASCAR fan as well.Well…racing has started back up at California…more to come.
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