The race was terribly boring. You don't need the wrecks of the pre-ruined track but you need competition. The only thing in question was whether Kyle was going to have a flat or have a mess up on pit road. It is beginning to look like the "lucky dog" was invented to keep Jr. on the lead lap. NA$CAR has done everything in their power to help Jr. win but he has not kept his end of the bargain.

The people that say that this or other recent races at Bristol are "boring" need to get a life. There was plenty of competition. I guess "Ken" would say there was competition when Cale Yarborough led all 500 laps in his win in the 70s or that I think it was Richard Petty who finished about 5 laps ahead of the field in another race. Races are races. Some are very competitive and some are not. Kyle has it going on right now. He is spanking the competition. It has nothing to do with Bristol. I was getting tired of the old Bristol with 20 green laps followed by 10 caution laps followed by 20 green laps followed by 10 caution laps. The last few years had brought about 18-20 cautions and just about 20-35 of green flag laps. The only way to get around someone was to push them out of the way and cause a wreck. What racing is that? Bristol is one of the greatest tracks on the planet and the repaving thing helped the races from becoming just crash fests. If that's what people want to see then they should really quit NASCAR racing and take up Demo Derby sports because to say Bristol is boring is to say a jet fighter at an airshow is boring. It's just not true. And the more people say this stuff is boring the more I think they need to move to wrestling alligators because that's the only thing that will satisfy them.

Fox never has come back from a commercial break for a wreck. That was NBC/TNT's gig.

FROM JEN: Thanks for the clarification.

That was no mishap m.w. took out Todd and knew he,ld get away with it.na$car giving ones like that full freedom to cheat,buyin & crash anyone he likes, while Black balling REAL RACERS like the Bodines is why thay are loosin Real Race fans. Thats a fact.

I'm with you, Dan. I used to not like Bristol much because I never felt like I could keep up with who was where because of all the wreckage. It is so much better now that cars are able to pass.

For those fans that have never been to Bristol,those drivers have to be a little bit nuts to drive that fast on that short track. It is unbelievable.

Glad too see someone mentioning Jrs. lucky dogs, the two at Alanta should actually be five.Three times when Jr. got just over 30 seconds behind the leader & was about too be lapped they threw the Yellow, the last one they threw they said R.Gordon may have scraped the wall. I can't believe no one has picked up on this.

Two things:

1) Jr.'s Lucky Dogs: Does anyone remember when Kyle Busch got it 8 times during a race at Watkins Glen a few years ago? There were no conspiracy theorists about that. Why does Jr. get it when he gets it three times?

2) Earnhardt himself: Earnhardt must get it in gear. Eury needs to be replaced and Hendrick should do what is necessary to get the #88 team to perform. The new car has changed the sport so much and he can no longer rely on strong finishes at Daytona and Talladega to stabilize his seasons. Jr. needs to evolve as a race car driver to improve on more tracks. Then, and only then will he be a championship caliber driver.

On a side note, for once I would like to hear the announcers say that Dale is complaining of a "tight" race car.

For the sake of clarity, it was 5 lucky dogs. He recovered to finish 9th. Still rediculous. I was in Dover the first time they ever used a lucky dog. Newman received one with just a 100 laps to go, got to pit without competition, and then went on to win. I don't think nascar intended for the lucky dog to be used as an advantage.