Brickyard thoughts
I would be furious if I had spent money making the trip to Indianapolis Motor Speedway to watch those 14 or so heat races yesterday. That's just what they were, too. What a joke. Typically, I love this race # LOVE IT # but yesterday's display was pitiful. I've never seen anything like it.
If you missed the race, you didn't miss much. NASCAR threw a competition caution every 10 laps throughout the entire 160-lap race because they couldn't keep the tires on the cars. Drivers literally could not go any more than 10 laps without someone blowing a tire.
Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson. I do think he had the dominant car, well that is for at least 10 laps at a time. It would have been nice to see more than that to truly determine who had a dominant car in the long runs.
Here are a few more thoughts from yesterday's festivities:
-- It's been seven years and I still tear up like a little baby when they have a pre-race show about Dale Earnhardt Sr. They had an interview with Richard Childress about what the Brickyard meant to him and then they talked a lot of the earlier days with him and Dale Earnhardt Sr. It just still makes me really sad.
-- Blown tires, blown tires, blown tires...
-- I think it's time for Michael Waltrip to hang up his helmet. Just saying.
-- What bad luck for Kevin Harvick who fell victim to a blown tire, only it wasn't his own. Kurt Busch blew a tire. Harvick was close to him on the track and Busch took him out.
-- But what good luck for Carl Edwards. Edwards had a tire going down and was slowing on the track when Matt Kenseth's right rear basically shredded and tore his car apart. The caution came out allowing Edwards to pit with the rest of the field.
-- I was glad to see my man Clint Bowyer make it back to the top 12 in the point standings. Even if it's only by the skin of his teeth.
What did you think of the race?
Posted at 08:24 PM
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Good Morning, Jennifer...I agree with you, that is way too much money for the teams, everyone involved, and especially for the fans who paid good money...to have that many tire issues! I thought it was quite boring, too! It didn't hold my interest at all. Of course, being the die-hard-fan that I am...I couldn't bring myself to turn it off! But...NASCAR needs to strp up and start taking driver safety into much more consideration with Goodyear! And I agree with Darrell Waltrip on Windtunnel that night after the race...NASCAR should give Goodyear and ultimatum...or bring in competion for them to make them step up. They have no room for advanement if there is no one to compete with!
And I can absolutely relate to any and all of the Dale Sr. documentaries...I get teary just trying comment on it! He was NASCAR...wheather you loved him or hated him...He was an icon!!! And very respected by everyone in NASCAR! He was my favorite from the time I was about 8 years old...sometimes I still feel that it's just not quite the same without Dale Sr. out there!
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