(Photo Credit: John Harrelson/Getty Images for NASCAR)
What a great Bud Shootout. It was nice to sit down and watch some racing again. I was rooting for Jamie McMurray towards the end of that race but was A-OK with Kevin Harvick taking the checkers. Congrats to Harvick!
All the cars looked extremely loose all night. Once that first caution happened, they just kept coming. It was a wreckfest. Couldn't help but feel bad for both rookies, Joey Logano and Scott Speed, who were only able to stay in the race for about four laps. During the first caution, Logano went down on the apron to stay clear of hitting anyone when Scott Speed ran right into him, ruining both their nights.
NASCAR penalized Logano for not making the drivers' meeting for the Bud Shootout. The penalty was to start at the rear of the field. Logano was held up in the ARCA race that ran right before the Shootout. There were so many delays during that race from so many cautions, including a red flag condition at one point that lasted about a half an hour. Bad deal for Logano.
Here's the NASCAR Newscast: Budweiser Shootout and Daytona 500 Pole Day:
Congratulations to Martin Truex Jr. for winning the pole for the Daytona 500. Kudos also go out to Mark Martin for attaining the outside pole position. I really like seeing Martin do well. I think he's going to have a stellar year.
That was a terrific race. So exciting. The 500 should be just as wild.
Poor Logano will never learn to race with the big boys if he keeps getting wrecked.
Congrats to my favorite, Tony Stewart, for having such a good run since the prediction was that Stewart-Haas will be "struggling" this year.
I will be watching Mark Martin this season. He's on a championship team. Everybody likes him. He'll have no shortage of drafting partners because all the drivers know he'll race them fair. He'll be high on my list in fantasy leagues.
I notice during the shootout that Jr ran quite a bit on the bottom of the track. Not his usual style.
Jennifer is the newsroom
administrative assistant and
executive
assistant to the editor for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. She is married, lives in Pownal with her husband and son, and has been following NASCAR for many years.
About this blog:
I am hopeful that this will be a place where people can air their two cents' worth about a race, catch up on the gossip and share their opinions on the rules and regulations of NASCAR. I have always felt that there has been a need for such a place in Maine and that this blog helps to fill the void.
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