Sunday, April 20, 2008

MEXICO...

It's the Nationwide series from and center this Sunday as the Sprint Cup boys take a week off. The Mexico City race should be interesting...ESPN has the coverage...

Interesting to note - Danica wins a race...maybe she's worth the hype....

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

SATURDAY NIGHT COMEBACK FOR #48

Finally, Hendrick breaks into victory lane...Jimmie Johnson wins at Phoenix. The end was suspenseful as the question of fuel mileage surfaced...it was a shame Mark Martin couldn't stay out...would like to see him win a race. But, seeing the 8 race the 88 brought some smiles to race fans as Junior deals with his past and present.

Gotta give Fox a smackdown for the way things started Saturday night...the switch from baseball was soooo abrupt. I understand they were trying to please everyone, but they should have dumped the baseball earlier....for a playoff game, that's another story...instead, you could have had another Heidi game...

Monday, April 7, 2008

MR. BACKFLIP WINS...AGAIN

Carl Edwards did another backflip yesterday after another win - his third this season. The #99 team is the class of the field so far this season. Afterwards, Edwards said they wanted to make a statement after the California oil tank cover incident.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Jeff Gordon - 43rd yesterday...talk about embarrassing. Junior fans had high hopes after winning the pole, but Junior faded as the afternoon wore on.
I'm sure by now you've seen the wreck that Michael MacDowell walked away from in qualifying. If there was ever a commercial for the COT and how much safety is improved, that was it....amazing.
Gotta dump on Fox for a sec...the end of the race was a disaster, as the announcers were describing a wreck involving Clint Bowyer while camera were focused on Carl Edwards in-car reaction...It would be nice to see the first 10 or so finishers before switching away from the finish line. I'm not the only person who noticed...fans have been screaming about this at a great blog I recommend about NASCAR coverage....The Daly Planet.

Get ready for a Saturday night race at Phoenix...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

MARTINSVILLE...

Another win for Gibbs as Denny Hamlin takes the checkers in Sunday's race. Hendrick teams had a good day. I have to say...as much a NASCAR likes those mile and a half cookie cutter tracks...I love the short tracks like Martinsville, Bristol and Richmond. There's a place in this sport for the short tracks.