Fontana thoughts
Congratulations to Jimmie Johnson for his win at Fontana. He simply dominated the race. There's not much more I can say about him in regards to the race. He was in a league of his own. Period.
Luck must be on my side. That's two correct picks to win in three weeks as I picked Johnson to win this week. I'm now 2-for-25.
Here are a few random thoughts of the race:
-- I think 10 p.m. is far too late to air a race. I just can't stay awake. I relied on my DVR Monday morning to watch what I missed, which was most of the race.
-- Greg Biffle seemed to be the only driver that could run with Johnson but he just didn't have enough umph to stay in front of him.
-- What happened to Tony Stewart? He was a brick all night long.
-- I watched three drivers during most of the race: Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne and David Ragan. Those three are fighting hard to get in or stay in the top 12 in the point standings. It is really going to be an exciting race to watch at Richmond International Raceway this weekend. I know that I will be sitting on the edge of my seat.
-- Kevin Harvick has really been going well. This was his fifth consecutive top-10 finish. He only needs to start the race at Richmond and he has clinched a spot in the Chase. His consistency has paid off. Way to go Harvick!
I hope you had a nice holiday weekend. What did you think of the race?
All for now...
Posted at 09:20 AM
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The best thing about ESPN is that they replay the races. I missed part of Sunday night, but watched the replay yesterday morning.
Tony was mad at his crew for something they did, but I don't know what it was. Neither he nor Busch thought they had a great car to start with anyway.
Frank Stoddard stated this morning that the race for points between Ragan and Bowyer will be the most exciting part of next week. Fans are expecting that the Richmond race may get rained out due to Hurricane Hanna.
The President of the California Speedway is working really hard to market the track. Maybe they need to do a little upgrading since the lights are falling off and the drivers say it's really rough. Frank S. was asked this morning after discussing the falling caution lights, what was the weirdest thing like that that had happened to him. He said they raced a a small dirt track years and years ago and while they were racing, the track lights would just go out. He said sometimes it might be just a turn, but sometimes it would be the whole track. It made racing there very interesting.
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