It is sunny in Dover for the first elimination race of the Chase. At the end of this race four Chase drivers will be eliminated from the Chase for the Cup. I’m still not digging this format. To a large degree nothing matters until Homestead. That puts luck way too much at the forefront. With the usual suspects in every field leaving it all to one race doesn’t seem fair to me. It might work out fine, but the format and the qualifying format has seriously put a damper on my season. I’ve not been to a race this season and it doesn’t look like I’ll get to one. I was going to try to make Homestead, then I realized, if the Champion is determined by a fluke I would be so disgusted and disappointed it might completely kill my NASCAR love. Continue reading “2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Nine Dover”
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Eight Loudon
Cloudy in Loudon. Cole Custer, 16 years of age, won his first truck series race yesterday. Since the Cup guys are in Loudon, Kentucky was lite on Cup guys making for a more interesting finish than usual. Brendan Gaughan’s experience netted him the win. Continue reading “2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Eight Loudon”
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Six Richmond
Its cloudy in Ricmond tonight, looks like rain. I’m hoping to be able to stay awake through tonight’s race to see the 2014 Chase field. For the past few weeks I’ve slept through most of the races. It was kinda tough not going to the Atlanta race. I miss track time. I love being at the track, but it feels as though they’re going cheap and I couldn’t justify spending my hard-earned money on an event that feels like someone shortchanging me. Continue reading “2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Six Richmond”
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Two Watkins Glen
Tony Stewart went Sprint Car racing last night. It went badly. After an on-track incident which put Kevin Ward Jr. into the wall. Ward got out of his car and wandered down the track toward the circling field. As Smoke’s car came by he moved closer to express his displeasure and ventured too close to the right rear wheel of Tony’s car and was struck. The 20-year-old has died of his injuries. May those impacted by his death find peace. Continue reading “2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty-Two Watkins Glen”
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty Pocono
NASCAR has decided to move race start up 15-20 minutes due to weather in the area. Mike Wheeler is taking over for Darian Grubb today on the FedEx 11 car of Denny Hamlin since Darian has started serving his 6 race suspension for failing post-race tech inspection last week.
Boring race from Iowa last night for the Nationwide Series. Brad Keselowski crossed the finish line first. He had the nerve to say in his post-race interview he “knew a lot of people wanted a Nationwide regular in that car, but it just didn’t work out like that for them”. He would’ve been much better served to have kept his mouth shut on the subject, because that statement is just crass. Of course that’s frequently the case with him. It often reminds me of the classless year he served as champion and the inappropriate things he said and did during that year. He was not a good representative of the sport – and he’s still not a good representative of the sport. He needs to learn when and where to talk and when and where to keep his ignorance to himself. Continue reading “2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Race Twenty Pocono”